The civil and military officials panicked, and so did the common people below. Watching the thunderstorm, it took them a long time to react before remembering to run around to hide from the rain.
"How could this happen?" Tang Yue yelled in a low voice, looked at the scattered people, and muttered, "It's God who doesn't want Concubine De to die? Then don't we all wrong her?"
"It's a coincidence." Lu Sanbian immediately said, "Maybe it's going to rain today, and we didn't choose the right time."
"But it doesn't fall in the morning and never in the evening, but it happens when the fire is burning?"
Lu Sanbian shuddered: "This... I don't know, anyway... I said at the beginning that Concubine De is innocent, and you are the ones who insist on convicting."
When he evaded, Tang Yue quickly waved his hands: "I am just petitioning for other adults. I also believe in Empress Defei. I have never said that she is a monster."
The rest of the ministers were silent. Without further ado, the emperor immediately took the umbrella from Eunuch Qin's hand, and went over to help Huachun from the fire.
"Are you all right?" he asked in a low voice.
Hua Chun's face was full of anger, but the voice squeezed out between his teeth said in a low voice: "It's okay, I can play for a while."
"When the clothes are wet, you will catch cold."
"I can't bear to let the child not be caught by the wolf."
Frowning slightly, Yu Wenjie stopped talking, and then saw Hua Chun push him away, and said hysterically: "It is heaven, not Your Majesty, who spared my concubine. From today onwards, my fate with Your Majesty ends here. That's it!"
After speaking, he stumbled and threw himself into Rui'er's arms and cried loudly.
He Chang'an hurried over, helped her up, looked at the emperor and said, "I didn't expect that the emperor would really burn the empress to death. If God hadn't opened his eyes, this would be a dead body and two lives! This minister is so disappointed in the emperor. Return the position of Marquis Yu to the emperor, whoever you want to confer! Farewell!"
After saying that, he took Hua Chun and boarded the carriage prepared outside.
This turning point came so fast that no one could react. The emperor didn't stop it, and the carriage disappeared at the end of the road.
A heavy rain washed away the inside and outside of the capital, and the emperor stood on the execution stage for a long time, until the rain stopped before someone came to ask: "Your Majesty... they have arrived at the gate of the city, can they let them go?"
"Do I still have any position to prevent them from leaving?" The emperor turned his head, his eyes bloodshot: "No one is responsible for the crime, so when everyone in the world is wrong, I have nothing to do with you, you have won."
All the ministers kept silent and lowered their heads. The emperor waved his sleeves and returned to the palace. He was ill for three days.
Three days later, the haze hanging over Yanjing seemed to have finally dissipated. It rained heavily, the drought was over, and the smallpox disaster gradually disappeared with the burning of corpses and spraying of medicines. It's just that the emperor's condition has not improved much, and he barely goes to court every day, his face is pale and he coughs continuously.
After Concubine De left, there were no more concubines in the harem to see the emperor, and the position of Gong Yuhou was vacant. Many things could not be handled, so all the courtiers had to work overtime day and night.
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Qin said, "A lord entrusted this servant with a message, saying that he hoped that the Emperor would welcome Concubine De to come back. After all, she is still pregnant with the Emperor's heir, and now the world is at peace..."
"They think so simply." The emperor sneered: "Do you think that Hua Chun really comes and goes when you want it? There is no way to welcome her back. Whoever wants to welcome her should find a way."
Eunuch Qin nodded and conveyed the original words.
A group of ministers were frowning. The emperor seemed to have no intention of accepting a new concubine. All the concubines in the harem seemed to have been thrown into limbo. Judging from the current physical condition of the emperor, they had to plan for the worst, at least Be an heir!
It seems that it was a misunderstanding to say that Concubine De is an evildoer. Now that the misunderstanding has been eliminated and the disasters in various places have been alleviated, why not find a way to apologize to Concubine De
As soon as they said it, Tang Yue and Lu Sanbian sent people to inquire about Hua Chun's whereabouts, only to learn that He Chang'an actually took her to Shanshuizhuang near Yanjing, which was a good place to raise a baby.
So everyone came to visit with gifts.
As a result, the door was boarded, but He Changan drove him out with a long sword before he could enter.
"It was you who didn't believe that she was pregnant with the emperor's heir, but now you are going to use the emperor's heir, and you are the ones who want to rob her." The sword was cold, and He Changan looked at the group of people with raised eyebrows: "Mr. Hua will not come back again!" If you go back to the palace, you will no longer belong to the emperor, so give up!"
"Master Hou doesn't care about the glory and wealth, and the concubine doesn't care about it either?" Someone asked in a low voice, "If this child is the heir of the emperor, his life will definitely be much easier than that of ordinary people."
"We don't care." He Chang'an said: "Glory, wealth, status, whoever you like, let's fight for it."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, watching the door close in front of them, at a loss.
Some people said: "Concubine De is not very important, if you really can't win, then let it go."
Several old officials sighed and went back home.
"The emperor's condition has not improved. We have to think about the future. Concubine De and Gong Yuhou are indispensable people, but they have such an attitude now. We can't just let them go."
"Then what else can we do?" asked the person next to him, "They don't care about being rich and famous anymore."
"Concubine De should be heartbroken by the emperor's actions, and He Changan is eager to protect her shortcomings." The old official said: "Let's prescribe the right medicine and start with the emperor, maybe we can bring Concubine De back."
It makes sense! Everyone immediately entered the palace.
In the end, seeing the emperor was pale and unconscious, Doctor Feng stood outside the door worriedly and said to Eunuch Qin: "Your Majesty, this is a heart disease. Forgive me for speaking bluntly. If you continue, you will not have a good life for a few years."
Eunuch Qin immediately knelt down on the ground, and all the ministers behind him also knelt down in fright.
"What are you kneeling on me for?" Doctor Feng sighed, "It's important to enlighten the emperor."
"How can this enlighten you?" Eunuch Qin's eyes turned red: "The emperor is usually a quiet person who hides everything in his heart, but now he has wronged his concubine De, broken his heart, and completely lost his wife. How can a slave help you if you don't care about what the common people and adults think, and don't dare to do anything?"
Tang Yue hurriedly said: "The emperor is like this, then let's go and bring the empress back in person."
"We've been there before." The old official behind said: "It's useless, the empress refuses to come back."
"Oh, this is actually a matter of face." Lu Sanbian said: "My lady thinks that the emperor doesn't love her and wants to burn her to death in public, so why don't we prove the emperor's feelings for my lady?"
"how to prove?"
"It's very simple. The emperor mentioned the matter of becoming a queen earlier." Lu Sanbian said: "Is there anyone who disagrees now?"