Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 393 Qingluan begs his father

As soon as Princess Jianjun left, Yu Tuan'er came in and replied: "Mother, the ninth princess is still on hunger strike. It's already the third day. Someone from Yilan Palace came to report that she fainted just now."

Ever since he learned that Zhou Yi had repelled the Xiongnu army, Qingluan came to ask Empress Cao about descending to Li Ling. Empress Cao had not only lost her face due to this incident a while ago, but was also punished by Emperor Ming. How could she dare to do so? She once again had the idea of ​​conquering the Duke's Mansion, but she wanted to use Qingluan's incident to make a show for Emperor Ming.

After hearing Yu Tuan'er's words, Empress Cao asked, "Did you order someone to tell your Majesty?"

Yu Tuan'er replied: "Yesterday, I sent someone to report back to Your Majesty. Your Majesty was very impatient after hearing this and didn't say anything. Today, I sent someone to report back to Your Majesty. Your Majesty said that after handling the government affairs, he would go to visit the Ninth Princess."

Upon hearing this, Empress Cao had a faint smile on her face.

 It will be easy if Emperor Ming can go and meet Qingluan.

 Emperor Ming came out of Qinzheng Hall and was led by Li Dequan to Yilan Hall in Qingluan. Emperor Ming paid little attention to this daughter, so the number of times he set foot in Yilan Hall was also very few.

Qingluan has been on a hunger strike for three days. If Emperor Ming doesn't want to see her anymore, he won't be able to watch her starve to death. Besides, the Huns invaded a while ago, and Emperor Ming sent her to marry him, so he still felt a little guilty for Qingluan in his heart.

Emperor Ming saw his daughter lying on the bed with a pale face and dying. He felt a little distressed in his heart. Emperor Ming sat down by the bed, looked at Qingluan and said, "Okay, why are you seeking death and living like this?"

Seeing Qingluan tightly closing her eyes and refusing to speak, Emperor Ming continued, "Are you still upset about the fact that I asked you to go and get married a while ago?"

After hearing this, Qingluan slowly opened his eyes and replied coldly with a dead face: "My father sent me to that barbarian land, why don't you allow me to feel sad?"

Emperor Ming was speechless because of his daughter's rebuke. He was silent for a while. After calming down, he continued to persuade Qingluan and said: "You are the princess of Daqi and my daughter. You should share the worries of the country and me. Look at what you are doing." Sister Huang, who is not like this?"

Qingluan replied coldly to Emperor Ming: "Although I am your father's daughter, in your heart, have you ever regarded me as your daughter, and have you ever given me a trace of love? If you say you are sharing the worries of your father for Da Qi, It should be the Eighth Emperor sister who has always been regarded as the apple of my father's eye. I have never enjoyed any favor from my father, so why should I be the one to share the burden for my father?"

As soon as Qingluan said these careless words, even Li Dequan, who was waiting on the side, turned pale after hearing this: "Ninth Princess, please be careful what you say."

After hearing this, Emperor Ming was even more angry and trembling all over. The little guilt he originally had for his daughter was now so angry that it disappeared.

Emperor Ming was so angry that he waved his dragon sleeves and said angrily: "You are such a big man, but you are still so paranoid. It's really a headache to watch."

 After saying that, Emperor Ming got up and left.

Qingluan did not hesitate to go on a hunger strike for three days and made such a fuss, but she did not do it to anger Emperor Ming. Now that she saw that her father, whom she had been looking forward to for so long, was so angry with her, Qingluan realized that she regretted it.

She no longer cared about being pretentious, and rolled out of bed in a hurry, threw herself at Emperor Ming's feet, hugged Emperor Ming's legs tightly, and cried and begged: "My daughter was deceived just now, so she spoke indiscriminately. It's my daughter's fault. Please save me! Please save me!" Li Dequan stepped forward quickly, supported Qingluan and said: "Oh, Princess Ninth, if you have anything to say, please tell His Majesty. Don't say anything. Like this."

Qingluan did not get up. She let go of Emperor Ming and knelt in front of him. Wiping away her tears, she begged: "Father, since the Huns have retreated, Da Qi no longer needs my daughter to marry her. My daughter has nothing else to ask for. Please promise me something, Father."

Although Emperor Ming didn't like Qingluan's temperament, he was still his flesh and blood. Because the relationship between father and daughter was estranged, the daughter had never asked him for anything when she grew up. Moreover, the marriage did make Emperor Ming feel guilty. When he saw his daughter Crying and begging like this made my heart soften again.

Emperor Ming helped his daughter up and asked, "What do you want? Just say it."

Qingluan tried her tears, looked at Emperor Ming with watery eyes, and replied in a low voice: "My daughter lost her mother when she was young and lacks protection. She has no other aspirations. She only wants to marry into her mother's clan and be with her relatives." Let’s live this life peacefully together.”

After hearing this, Emperor Ming sighed heavily and asked directly: "Are you still thinking about Boyue?"

Seeing Emperor Ming express her thoughts so directly, Qingluan first glanced at Emperor Ming with fear, then lowered her head and bit her lip, nodded heavily, and replied: "My daughter has already sworn a poisonous oath, and she will never be the same in this life." My cousin won’t marry.”

Emperor Ming snorted coldly and said: "You and Bo Yue are really stubborn together. One of you must be the Shen family. If you don't want another girl, the other one must be the king."

Seeing Qingluan's pale face and lowering her eyes to wipe her tears, Emperor Ming sat her down on the chair beside him and persuaded her in a slow tone: "It's not that my father is unwilling to help you achieve your wish, but that my uncle is unwilling to help you achieve your wish." Yue is not willing to marry you. In order to satisfy you, the queen even gave the Shen family a decree to demote his wife as a concubine a while ago. Do you know that Boyu even did not hesitate to hand over the military talisman after knowing this."

Before Emperor Ming could finish his words, Qingluan tugged on Emperor Ming's sleeves and hurriedly defended: "Father, my cousin is a face-saving person, and my mother suddenly demoted Mr. Shen to a concubine, and then forced him to marry me. Of course he won’t want to force me to do anything to my cousin.”

Emperor Ming looked at his daughter and said, "Then what do you think he should do before he is willing to do it?"

Qingluan quickly replied: "My father only decreed that I should be surrendered to my cousin. There is no need to demote Shen to a concubine. I am willing to be on an equal footing with Shen and be my cousin's equal wife."

Emperor Ming looked at his daughter with hatred, sighed heavily and said: "You, a dignified princess, want to be on an equal footing with a woman from a small family, do you still need any dignity?"

As soon as Emperor Ming said these words, Qingluan started to cry again. She had been on a hunger strike for three days, and her originally weak body was now even more frail. Now she was crying sadly, looking as if she was about to die at any moment. generally.

Li Dequan was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to help Qingluan, and he was so anxious that he kept muttering: "Princess, don't be in a hurry, princess, don't be in a hurry!"

Emperor Ming was patient and coaxed her for a while, but Qingluan tossed and turned and said only one sentence: "If I can't marry my cousin, I might as well die."

Emperor Ming was distracted by his stubborn daughter when his chamberlain came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen wishes to see you."

 (End of this chapter)