The Jinxiu Palace, which had been festive and bustling just a moment ago, was now deserted. Su Jinxiu stood dejectedly in the palace. She no longer had the joy of getting married. She was waiting for news from her mother.
She didn't dare to face it just now, but now, she wants to know what the outcome will be.
She had wanted to give herself a dowry that would make her happy, but she had never expected it to turn out like this.
Su Jinxiu sat in the palace for a long time before she stood up and, regardless of her disheveled clothes, ran towards the imperial study like crazy.
She had just forgotten that today was her wedding day, and this was her only support now. After today, she would have the support of her husband's family. With them around, her mother's life should be safe, right
She despised her mother and had hated her at the gate of Suzaku Palace, but now, she wanted to protect her, because she knew better than anyone that she was the culprit of all this. Even though she had her own little thoughts, she would not allow her mother to die because of her. She was afraid that she would never be able to rest in peace in the future.
So, relying on her wedding today, she asked her father not to shed blood today. Although their father-daughter relationship is not strong, he should not refuse, right
Su Jinxiu was still comforting herself and trying to convince herself, and when she reached the imperial study, Xiao Yuzi, who had already returned to the imperial study from Suzaku Palace, was standing at the door with a smile on her face.
"Xiao Yuzi, I want to see my father."
"Princess Jinxiu, the emperor is busy."
"Are you busy with my mother's affairs?" Su Jinxiu stepped forward, staring at Xiao Yuzi and asked.
Xiao Yuzi didn't say anything, but just raised his hand to block her way.
"I want to see my father."
"The emperor is busy. He just said that he won't see anyone. If you insist on breaking in, you will bear the consequences yourself." Xiao Yuzi warned.
"Regarding my mother's affairs, what does my father think? How does he want to punish my mother? I..."
Seeing Xiao Yuzi standing there calmly, Su Jinxiu couldn't help but ask, but Xiao Yuzi seemed not to hear her and just stood there with a smile.
In the imperial study room that Su Jinxiu couldn't see, the father and daughter, who had been estranged for a long time, sat face to face, looking at each other without speaking for a long time.
"There's no need for you to be angry about Concubine Zhu. She's just a woman you don't bother to deal with." Ah Man thought about it for a long time, but finally couldn't help but speak, breaking the quiet atmosphere.
Su Jing never expected that Ah Man, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, would rush into his imperial study again. After the two looked at each other for a long time, the first thing they said was this.
Perhaps because he was too surprised, after hearing what Ah Man said, he couldn't help coughing loudly.
After coughing, he sat up again, but his complexion was not as good as before, pale with a hint of decadent yellow.
"Father, you have never really given your heart to this woman, so you shouldn't ask for her affection for you."
Ah Man had always thought that her father was dispensable to Concubine Zhu and that she was just a decoration. However, judging from her father's reaction just now, her perception might be a little wrong.
Su Jing didn't expect that his physical discomfort would give Ah Man such a false impression. He instinctively wanted to explain, but before he could say anything, he felt that there was no need to explain too much about his current relationship with Ah Man.
"My mother told me that Sister Jinxiu is not your daughter, so you may be with Concubine Zhu..."
A'man wanted to tell her father that before her mother passed away, he and Concubine Zhu might not even have had physical contact, so there was no need to feel sad for Concubine Zhu.
Su Jing had never expected that his queen would hide such a huge thing from him, but based on her personality, it was very possible, because he had never remembered favoring Concubine Zhu in the past. It was the queen who said that he favored her once when he was drunk, and later returned to the queen's palace.
He never doubted the truth of the Queen's words, so he always thought that Su Jinxiu was his daughter, and that although he did not love Concubine Zhu, he still harmed her, so he condoned her to mess around in the harem and gave her wealth and glory.
(End of this chapter)