Emperor Xuan lowered his eyes and did not respond. After a while, he just sighed and said, "You should thank Zhaohe."
"She asked for this."
…
When Huo Yan walked out of the imperial study, his usually steady steps became a little shaky.
Yuan Cheng was outside the imperial study. When he saw him come out, he hurried to greet him and wanted to tell him in detail about Yuan Zhao.
But Huo Yan just looked at Zheng Lu on the side and spoke obscurely.
"Eunuch Zheng, please tell me how long the princess knelt outside the Diligent Administration Palace during the winter of the Battle of Swift Wind Valley."
Yuan Cheng was stunned when he heard this question. He looked at Huo Yan and Zheng Lu inquiringly, frowned and asked,
"How long did you kneel? How come I don't know?"
Zheng Lu was Emperor Xuan's confidant, so he naturally knew what to say and what not to say.
He led Yuan Cheng and Huo Yan to the outside of the imperial study and pointed to a place at the bottom of the long steps of the Qinzheng Hall.
The ground there was paved with blue-gray stone slabs, which were extremely hard.
"Your Highness, General," Zheng Lu whispered, his whisk tucked between his sleeves, "that winter was very cold, there was such a thick layer of ice in front of the Qinzheng Palace..."
He gestured with his finger and it was about as thick as his index finger.
"The princess...knelt there for three days and three nights..."
…
Later, Huo Yan could no longer hear what Zheng Lu said.
Even Yuan Cheng forgot his own business for a moment after learning the whole story.
Huo Yan didn't know how he got back to the princess's mansion.
He walked to the flamboyant tree, leaned his hands on the trunk, and scenes from the past came back to his mind.
On such a cold snowy day, she knelt for three days and three nights, just begging for justice for the Huo family and to preserve the honor of the Huo family.
After three days and three nights, he developed a high fever that lasted for half a year.
She also gave up her marriage and agreed to marry someone else, and no longer have any relationship with Huo Yan or the Huo family.
Huo Yan also recalled that these days he occasionally heard Gan Tang mention that His Highness's leg disease would relapse every winter, causing unbearable pain and making it difficult for him to sleep almost every night.
He originally thought that the leg disease was contracted in Yangzhou.
But I never thought that it was caused by him.
Huo Yan held the flamboyant tree with one hand, his hand clenched into a fist, veins almost popping out.
He suddenly felt shortness of breath and a sharp pain in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, tears fell.
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