Chapter 426: Useless Things
Mo Jinchuan responded respectfully, strode to Song Yanxi's side, and pretended to kneel down in salute.
Glancing at his movements, Emperor Xuande said with a dark face: "Alright, just stand up. You know your legs are not good, but you insist on kneeling like others."
Mo Jinchuan lifted his robe and knelt down, as if he didn't hear what he said.
The dull thud wasn't hitting the bluestone floor, it was clearly hitting Emperor Xuande's heart.
His face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot in an instant, and his heart was ice-cold.
What a guy, Xiaowu, who forgets his father as soon as he has a wife. He starts to protect her before she is even his wife. What will happen in the future if he really gets what he wants?
Emperor Xuande was just thinking about it when he heard Mo Jinchuan's cold voice: "Princess Yong'an saved my son's life, and her legs were injured while saving me.
My father has taught me since I was young that a gentleman should be grateful and repay kindness. How could I, a son, stand by and watch coldly while my savior kneels on the ground?
I hope your Majesty will understand and allow me to kneel on your behalf."
As soon as the words were spoken, the hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Emperor Xuande resisted the urge to throw a memorial at him, closed his eyes and said, "Forget it, everyone, stand up and answer."
Mo Jinchuan stood up decisively, then used his wide sleeves to pad his palms and stretched out his hand towards Song Yanxi.
The movements were very orderly and there was nothing wrong with them.
But Emperor Xuande found it extremely annoying.
He raised his hand and ordered in a deep voice, "Come, help Yong'an up and give him another seat."
Song Yanxi thanked him respectfully.
The weather in early spring is the coldest. She had only been kneeling for a while when she felt her knees were frozen and she almost lost all feeling.
Half-supported and half-lifted by two eunuchs, she sat on the chair and felt that her legs were no longer hers.
Could it be that I was trapped in the inner house for the past two years and my body became too pampered?
Noticing the paleness of her lips and the unnatural position of her legs, Mo Jinchuan's eyes darkened slightly and he said, "Father..."
Emperor Xuande raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and with a dark face, he ordered: "Light a basin of silver charcoal and send a hot water bottle for the princess to warm her hands."
Without waiting for Song Yanxi to speak, he said, "You saved Xiaowu's life, so you are the benefactor of the royal family. These are what you deserve."
"Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace."
Looking at her respectful attitude, Emperor Xuande felt inexplicably angry.
He built his empire halfway through his career, and was once nicknamed the "grassroots emperor" by the people because he was not from a prominent family. It was only in recent years that he had sat on the throne for so long that his words and deeds became like those of an emperor from an orthodox family.
But even so, he still didn't like what the censors said were the rules left by their ancestors, saying that they had been like this since ancient times.
It has been like this since ancient times, so it is always right?
I’m afraid that’s not entirely true.
If it is true as they say, then he, who did not follow the ancestral etiquette and obediently submit to the old emperor, but instead pulled him off the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, was not the first to break the rules?
Emperor Xuande's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know how Brother Yan, with his fiery temper, could have raised a girl as stern as you."
Song Yanxi: "Your Majesty..."
"Before I get angry, swallow the rest of your words."
Emperor Xuande frowned, glared at Mo Jinchuan and said, "This girl wouldn't act so arrogantly in front of you guys normally, would she?"
If that was the case, he would immediately send Xiaowu to the Imperial Hospital and have them take a good look at him to see what was wrong.
The corners of Mo Jinchuan's lips curled up slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.
Seeing him secretly delighted but trying hard to suppress his emotions, Emperor Xuande cursed him in a low voice: "Useless thing."
Apart from that face and his mind, he didn't inherit any of the courage he had when he was young to pursue women. I don't know who he inherited it from.
Emperor Xuande pinched his brows and said tiredly, "You two should tell the truth yourself, or should I send someone to investigate?"
Song Yanxi's eyes flickered slightly, and she saw Mo Jinchuan step forward and said, "Father, I have something to report."
Emperor Xuande frowned and said, "Xiaowu, we can discuss other matters later."
Mo Jinchuan cupped his hands and said respectfully, "My son wants to report General Lin for his inaction. He allowed the old mother in the mansion to maliciously torture his daughter-in-law. When the news of his death in battle reached the capital, he used dirty tricks to force Princess Yong'an to be buried with him.
If I hadn't been grateful to General Lin for sacrificing his life for the country, and hadn't deliberately avoided the crowd to pay my respects at his grave, and hadn't happened to save the princess from a plot to kill her, she would be lying in that grave now."
"Bang!" Emperor Xuande slammed his hand on the table. "Who the hell is Lin Tingfeng? How could he be worthy of having the eldest daughter of the Song family buried with him?"
He stared at Mo Jinchuan with a solemn gaze and asked in a cold voice, "Empty words are not enough. Even if I am willing to believe such absurd talk, how can you convince the people of the world to believe it?"
"Your Majesty, I have evidence."
*
Fu Shou Tang.
After being given an injection by the doctor, Mrs. Lin slowly woke up. When she saw her big son standing by her bed, her eyes immediately turned red.
She reached out tremblingly and took Lin Tingfeng's hand, choking with sobs, "My son, you are finally back.
If you don't come back, you will never see your mother again."
Lin Tingfeng said in a deep voice: "My son has returned, so there is no need for me to say such discouraging words."
The candlelight was dim, and Mrs. Lin did not immediately notice her son's abnormality. She only wanted to complain.
The person she wanted to sue was her younger aunt, Wang Lin, Lin Tingfeng's aunt.
"That ungrateful bastard, not only does he come to our house to eat and drink for free every day, but today he's even thinking of marrying his lazy daughter off to you as a concubine!"
Madam Lin's eyes turned red with hatred, and she said viciously: "Does she think her daughter is such a popular girl?
Forget about Madam Ru. Her daughter is not only ugly, but also treacherous and greedy. I feel it would be unfair to you to keep her at home as your concubine."
Lin Tingfeng asked, "Is this the reason why Mother and Aunt had an argument today?"
Madam Lin paused, her eyes flickering as she said, "Not entirely. You know your aunt's temper. She's a fool with high aspirations but a fragile life.
After I married your father, she always disliked me, saying that I came from a peasant family, couldn't read a single word, and was unworthy of being the wife of your father, a new noble in the imperial court."
The more she spoke, the angrier she became. She gritted her teeth and said, "What a bullshit new nobleman in the imperial court. When he married me, he was still a peasant and couldn't even afford a tael of silver as a betrothal gift.
If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet the emperor the following year...would he have been able to climb to this position?"
Mrs. Lin wiped her tears and wanted to talk about the difficulties of her married life, but then she heard Lin Tingfeng ask, "Mother, do you think what my aunt said is wrong?"
"Feng'er, what do you mean?"
"Whatever my mother thinks is the meaning, that is the meaning."
Looking at Lin Tingfeng's cold face, Mrs. Lin's heart sank to the bottom of the valley in an instant, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Feng'er, are you going to blame your mother for an outsider?"
Lin Tingfeng reminded with a cold face: "Although my aunt married into the Wang family and took her husband's surname, the General's Mansion is still her natal family.
From now on, mother, please don't say such things outside, it will only make people laugh at you."
Old Madam Lin was stunned and asked with tears in her eyes, "Feng'er, you also feel that your mother is embarrassing you outside, right?"
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