Chapter 132 What’s the Use of the Emperor?
Meng Yan avoided his gaze and said softly, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is old and cannot be left without someone to serve her..."
"Excuse!"
Lu Haozhi shouted angrily, interrupting her, "Yan'er, you just want to avoid me, right?!"
Meng Yan bit her lower lip lightly, and after a while she continued, "But the Emperor promised me..."
"I never said you could leave the palace with the Queen Mother!"
Lu Haozhi supported himself on the wall with one hand and trapped her in his arms, as if she could never escape from him again.
As soon as the morning court was over, Rong An came hurriedly to report that Concubine Meng had received the Empress Dowager's decree and was to go with her out of the palace to Shanghe Garden to escape the summer heat.
This news was like a bolt of thunder from a clear sky, striking Lu Haozhi on the head.
She had previously intended to ask for permission to move to Shanghe Garden, but he had not approved it. Now she was going to follow the empress dowager.
It doesn’t matter where Meng Yan wants to go. The whole world belongs to the king. Can she really fly away with wings?
But this meant that her desire to leave him had never stopped for a single day.
Lu Haozhi just felt very bitter in his heart, and he didn't know what to do.
The war in the southwest was not over yet, a locust plague broke out in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and an epidemic was gradually spreading in the suburbs of the capital. He really had no time to spare. He originally wanted to get along well with her after he was busy for a while, but she just wanted to leave.
Meng Yan whispered, "The Empress Dowager has already promised me. Besides, the Emperor is busy with state affairs. If I stay in the palace, it will only cause him trouble and distraction. I am incompetent and helpless in the country. I can't help the Emperor solve his problems. I shouldn't cause him any more trouble. After I leave the palace, the Emperor won't see me, and he won't be bothered anymore."
She lowered her eyes slightly and fixed them on Lu Haozhi's chest. The five-clawed golden dragon rose and fell slightly with his breathing, as if it was about to roar out and capture her.
Meng Yan couldn't help but stretch out her hand, but she suddenly retracted it when she touched the dragon pattern.
Lu Haozhi stared at the woman in front of him and said word by word, "Meng Yan, what makes you think..." Before he finished speaking, he sighed, "Well, I won't tell you. I'll go ask my mother to revoke her decision!"
After saying this, he turned around and walked out of the door in big strides.
Looking at Lu Haozhi's tall back as he walked away, Meng Yan felt her heart tighten and aches.
She slowly sat down on the jujube wood armchair beside her, lost in thought and speechless.
"Sister, I just saw the emperor go out with an unhappy look on his face. He seemed very angry..."
Bai Yuxin walked into the room, only to see Meng Yan sitting on a chair with a melancholy look on her face.
Since entering the palace, she had never seen Sister Yan like this, and she was a little surprised.
"Sister...I'm afraid you can't bear to leave the emperor?"
She asked boldly.
Meng Yan glanced at her, then turned around and tidied up the clothes spread out on the bed. "Don't talk nonsense."
Bai Yuxin walked over and supported her shoulders.
Meng Yan's body trembled slightly, but she said nothing.
Bai Yuxin keenly sensed that Sister Yan wasn't as indifferent to the Emperor as she appeared to be, even though she hid it well. But when the two of them chatted about palace matters and occasionally mentioned the Emperor, Sister Yan would unconsciously reveal a subtle sense of loneliness.
At first, she thought that the emperor had betrayed Sister Yan, which made her sister disheartened, but looking at the situation in the past two days, it seemed that the emperor was not heartless.
There are probably some misunderstandings here.
But it is always difficult for outsiders to interfere in matters between men and women. Bai Yuxin is powerless, but she can accompany and enlighten her. "No matter where you go, I will always be with you."
Meng Yan squeezed her hand, turned around and smiled at her, "Yuxin, thank you."
Lu Haozhi strode all the way, and when he arrived at Shoukang Palace, a layer of fine sweat had already appeared on his forehead.
Rong An, who was following him, was also running out of breath.
When he arrived at the gate of Shoukang Palace, Zang Xiu was already waiting at the door. She seemed to know he was coming and smiled slightly, "The Empress Dowager is waiting inside. Your Majesty, please come in."
Lu Haozhi followed Zang Xiu into the main room, and sure enough, he saw Empress Dowager Jiang standing in front of the Buddhist shrine, burning incense and praying.
He stood aside, and waited until Empress Dowager Jiang finished offering incense before he said impatiently, "Mother, I beg you to please keep Yan'er."
Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at him and said calmly, "Leave her here, and then what? Let the two of you make a scene?"
Lu Haozhi said hurriedly, "No, my son will definitely get along well with her and won't worry the queen mother anymore."
Empress Dowager Jiang snorted, "I've only been gone a few months, and you've already gotten to this point. Do you think you're getting along well? I've seen clearly over the past two days that Yan is too rude to you. She can't be coaxed away with a few sweet words. In that case, I'll take her away. You two should spend some time apart to calm down. It will benefit both of you." At this point, she shook her head and sighed, "Yan is a sentimental person, not really suited to the palace. I shouldn't have agreed to bring her here in the first place. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened!"
Lu Haozhi listened to his mother's words, and his heart became anxious. He took a step forward and said, "Mother...!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to say more." Empress Dowager Jiang said calmly, "The Emperor is the ruler of a country. He should prioritize state affairs. How can he indulge in the gentle pleasures of love and romance? You and she, take this opportunity to carefully consider your own identities and what you should do! I will take Yan away, and the Emperor will return to handle state affairs. I will leave tomorrow, and you don't have to see me off."
Since Lu Haozhi was a child, Empress Dowager Jiang had been raising him strictly as the future king of the Great Zhou. In front of Lu Haozhi, she was always a strict mother who had the final say.
Facing his mother, even as the emperor, Lu Haozhi was helpless. In the end, he could only bow and leave Shoukang Palace.
Walking on the long street, Lu Haozhi lowered his head and remained silent.
Seeing the dejected and dejected look on the master he had served since childhood, Rong An felt very sorry for him and whispered to him, "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? It's not like we'll never see the Imperial Concubine again. When you're not busy someday, why don't you move to the garden and live there?"
Lu Haozhi punched the red wall beside the road, "Why does she have to leave?! Even if she really hates me, she doesn't have to leave!"
Rong An knelt hurriedly, "Your Majesty, your words are too harsh. You are the Son of Heaven, who dares to be angry with you? The Imperial Concubine... she just can't think it through at the moment. Please give her some time to calm down, and she will gradually come to her senses, and then everything will be fine."
Lu Haozhi asked calmly, "Can she?" Without waiting for Rong An to reply, he smiled bitterly, shook his head and continued walking forward.
"The Son of Heaven...what's the use of the Son of Heaven?"
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