Chapter 12 Call all the concubines to me
Emperor Wen Zhao didn't know what was going on. There was no other man in the room except him, but he heard a strange man's voice.
They still call him the old emperor, but he is not old at all, he is still in his prime. He wants to catch this little thief and find out who is so audacious.
Emperor Wen Zhao suddenly shouted, and Ji Jinyou shuddered. [Tong, what's going on? I called you father, why did your majesty ask 'who'? It can't be that I'm not your majesty's biological child, right? ]
That's a capital crime punishable by loss of head. Now there's finally some hope that the plot can be changed and I can live longer, but I must not cause any more trouble.
Seeing the little girl's eyes widened with fear, the Empress and the Royal Concubine looked at each other tacitly. The Royal Concubine moved aside to block Xiaojiu's sight. The Empress walked to Emperor Wen Zhao, turned her back to Xiaojiu, and winked at him, signaling him not to be anxious and to listen first.
Emperor Wen Zhao looked around but saw no one. He was about to ask something, but when he saw the empress like this, he suppressed his surprise and curiosity and listened quietly as she said.
Coincidentally, the man started talking again, his tone still very firm.
[That's absolutely impossible. Your mother has never left the palace since she entered it. She is so timid and never takes the initiative to cause trouble. Even if trouble comes to her, she will avoid it if possible. How could she possibly hook up with other men?
[Besides, the old emperor is powerful, rich, and handsome. Your mother would only risk losing her head to get involved with another man if she had lost her mind.]
Emperor Wen Zhao's expression softened after hearing these words. Although this little thief was a bit bold, what he said made sense.
And there is this Concubine Ru, who is usually quiet and seems to be a sensible person. He hasn't seen her for a while, so he will go to her palace and visit her someday.
After listening to the system's analysis, Ji Jinyou confirmed again: [So, I am really His Majesty's biological child? ]
System: [That’s a must.]
With his head saved, Ji Jinyou breathed a sigh of relief: [I told you, my mother is happy as long as she eats well and sleeps well. She doesn't care about whether a man is a man or not. Even Your Majesty has never heard her mention it.]
The corners of Emperor Wen Zhao's mouth, which had just curled up a little, bent down again.
If Rupin had cared for him a little, he wouldn't have forgotten them both for so long, and he almost couldn't recognize his own daughter.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ji Jinyou was puzzled: [Everyone, why are you all silent? ]
System: [I don’t know. People in this palace are weird sometimes.]
The Empress and the Imperial Concubine looked at each other and thought, now that the Emperor has heard it, it is time to discuss the matter.
The queen smiled and said to the seven and eight princesses, "It's too hot today. We've been walking for a long time. You two should take Xiaojiu to the side hall to have some snacks and drink some sweet soup."
The Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess naturally knew what the adults were going to do, so they agreed, picked up Ji Jinyou and walked to the side hall. The emperor called the eunuchs to follow and serve.
After the three girls entered the side hall and closed the door, Emperor Wen Zhao could no longer sit still. He stood up in a hurry, holding the Empress's hand on the left and the Imperial Concubine's hand on the right, and walked to the back: "Quick, tell me what is going on."
As the Queen and the Royal Consort had expected, after His Majesty had heard the conversation between Xiaojiu and Tongtong with his own ears, he could communicate with him without any obstacles.
Thinking that Xiaojiu and Tongtong were chatting unpredictably, who knows what might suddenly come up at any time, and His Majesty himself might hear it, so the two did not hide anything and told His Majesty everything they heard, including the fight between the two noble ladies Yuefang, and Sun Cairen kneeling on the road and being sent back by her.
After a cup of tea, the two finished their conversation.
Emperor Wen Zhao listened for a while and finally understood. He pointed at the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, then at himself, and then around the entire room. He found it very hard to accept: "So, you, me, this room, and everything in this are all fake? I, the emperor, am also fake?"
As soon as the Empress learned about it, she immediately dealt with Dan Gui's matter, and then came to the Emperor. She hadn't had time to discuss it in depth with the Imperial Concubine, so she didn't know much about it. She looked at the Imperial Concubine and said, "Sister, you tell me."
The Imperial Concubine nodded: "According to Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, this is a real place and the people here are real, just like the fairy in the painting. To us, it is just a painting, but to the people in the painting, everything is real."
Emperor Wen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, as long as I am the real emperor."
The two talked about so much, but His Majesty only cared about his own affairs. The Imperial Concubine couldn't help but roll her eyes secretly, "Your Majesty, I have asked the imperial physician to examine Xiaojiu, and there is no problem, so I thought that maybe someone had harmed her."
The emperor didn't understand: "Since Xiaojiu knew someone was trying to harm her, why didn't she tell me, or even you, why did she just wait to die so quietly?"
The Royal Concubine replied: "It's impossible to tell. Xiaoqi and Xiaoba have tried to talk to her about this before, but she couldn't say it."
The queen calculated and said, "Sixty-seven days later, it will be the Double Ninth Festival. According to the custom in previous years, a palace banquet should be held. Maybe something went wrong at the banquet?"
"I think what the Empress said makes sense." As someone who had experienced it all, the Imperial Concubine knew exactly what the Empress meant by this, because in the past years, every palace banquet had always been turbulent.
The emperor slammed the table and said, "Go, call all the concubines to me, and bring Xiaojiu here. I want to hear with my own ears who dared to harm the princess."