Just then, a deep, resonant voice rang out from outside the door: "What has caused me such fury?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked outside and saw a bright yellow hem.
Song Juncai hurriedly got up from the ground and bowed to the person who came.
The concubines and ladies present also stood up and knelt down to pay their respects in the direction of the newcomer.
"Your Majesty, may Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."
Emperor Guangqi's voice was indifferent: "Get up, all of you."
When Consort Liang saw Emperor Guangqi arrive, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly went to greet him: "It's so late at night and the dew is so heavy, yet Your Majesty has come in person. May I ask what punishment some people deserve!"
Song Juncai also hurriedly knelt down and apologized to the emperor: "It is because I failed to manage the household properly that my daughter committed such a disgraceful act. I am sorry to the Marquis's Mansion, to the court, and to Your Majesty."
"I beg Your Majesty to calm your anger and punish me leniently!"
Emperor Guangqi simply avoided Consort Liang's hand and walked towards Consort Li, then plopped down on the soft couch where Consort Li had just been sitting. He then spoke to Song Juncai with a playful expression:
"What shameful thing did your daughter do? The matter hasn't been settled yet, and you're already being convicted. You're quite the father."
Consort Liang was stunned, her movements frozen in place.
Song Juncai was also taken aback. He looked up at Emperor Guangqi with a blank expression in his eyes.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Song Xizhi abruptly raised his head and saw two familiar faces.
He was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and sat on a soft couch, with a middle-aged, pale-faced eunuch beside him.
Isn't this the middle-aged man she rescued in the bamboo forest that day?
And that eunuch beside the emperor was none other than Eunuch Shen, who was injured that day!
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