A tear fell from the corner of his eye. Shen Nian'an didn't look up at him. He lifted his sleeve and gently wiped it on his face, showing it all in front of Zhou Beichen in a particularly conspicuous way.
"Also, there are so many concubines in the harem, some gentle, some domineering, some arrogant, some overbearing, and some kind. If Your Majesty really wants to find a foster mother for them, please give them to Concubine Xian. After all, I have been getting along best with Concubine Xian during this period."
Shen Nian'an's voice was filled with deep reluctance to part with the two children.
Zhou Beichen glanced at her, stupid woman.
Sister Xianfei is the best to you. I have already investigated secretly. Chen Zishan is your biological father, and Sister Xianfei is your biological elder sister. If she was not good to you, your father would probably find ways to skin her alive.
I was planning to take you out of the secondary palace recently so that you and your daughter could truly recognize each other.
"Also, Your Majesty, I believe that although I deceived Your Majesty at that time, Your Majesty, think carefully. If I had not lied to you and had not framed you, and had let Concubine Li go to the cold palace first, then Nuannuan and Hanhan would have been gone long ago. Therefore, my merits and faults have offset each other. After all, I also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. Today, I ask Your Majesty to spare my life and let me go."
Shen Nian'an crawled on the ground with her eyes closed. She only hoped that Zhou Beichen would fall into her carefully designed trap again because of her twists and turns.
As expected, Zhou Beichen blinked unnaturally.
"Where are you going? Shen Nian'an, do you know that you are my concubine, you are mine in life, and I am a ghost in death. In this life, even in death, you can't leave this deep palace."
"I understand. I have requested to be sent to the cold palace. From now on, I will live out my remaining years there on simple food and drink. I hope Your Majesty will allow me to do so for the sake of our two children."
Chen Nian'an's calm appearance, with no sadness or joy, made Zhou Beichen's heart throb. He looked at her intently, wanting to see if she was playing hard to get again.
On the other side, Zhou Zhaonuan blinked her big, watery eyes like grapes, blinking and blinking until she finally understood what it meant.
The little girl's mouth pursed and she was about to burst into tears.
"So, Daddy and Mommy have been talking for so long just to keep Nuannuan by Daddy's side, and Mommy wants to go to the cold palace by herself. No, I don't want to, Daddy, Nuannuan doesn't want to. If Mommy must go, then Nuannuan must go with Mommy. I'm going to find brother, and we'll discuss what to do about this."
As he said that, he used all his strength to climb out of Zhou Beichen's arms. At this time, his brother probably went to practice martial arts again.
"Zhou Zhaonuan, come back here. I see you're getting bolder."
Zhou Beichen realized it later and ran after him. Nuannuan glanced back and said, "Daddy is coming, run!"
Nuannuan was running around excitedly, her heart leaping with joy, her short legs moving incredibly fast.
Run quickly and find your brother so that you can act with your mother.
"Dad, Nuannuan, go discuss this with your brother first. Come back after you've figured it out. Dad, please go back quickly. After all, there are still many memorials to be approved in the Xuanzheng Palace."
After walking a few steps, Zhou Beichen felt more and more that it was extremely undignified for him to chase a young boy who was talking nonsense in broad daylight.
Especially Deshun, who was running behind with the imperial sword in his arms, was panting. He turned around and lowered his voice.
"Alright, stop chasing. They've already run away. What a shame! That girl, if she doesn't come looking for me, it's fine. But if she comes looking for me again, I will definitely give her a good beating."
The palace servants around him dared not breathe, for fear that the emperor would vent his anger on them.
When Zhou Beichen returned to the Pepper Room, the woman kneeling on the ground was no longer there. Zhou Beichen laughed in anger, pulled out a sword from Wang Da, and put it against Madam Xu's neck.
"Where is Concubine Hui?"
Aunt Xu thought that she might have had a close call with death, but she didn't expect that there would actually be a knife at her neck. Aunt Xu couldn't even kneel down, and she rolled her eyes and spoke incoherently.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Hui has asked me to tell you that she knows she has violated your taboo and has requested to go to the Cold Palace to apologize. To show her sincerity, she has not only changed back into the clothes she wore in the Cold Palace, but she has also not taken anything from the Pepper Palace."
Taking the sword away, Zhou Beichen snorted coldly, "This woman, this hard-to-get trick, she's played it so well. Deshun, pass on the order, tell her that she doesn't want to live in the Pepper Palace anymore, and tell her not to come back. Also, send someone to pull out all the vegetables planted in the cold palace. Pull out not a single one."
Deshun: “…”
This emperor, how could this idea be so naive? On the way to the cold palace to convey the imperial edict, Deshun was thinking about what to say so as not to hurt Shen Nian'an's heart.
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Du Ruolan packed up her things and was about to leave when she saw Prime Minister Li being carried back on a rack. His back was covered in blood and his clothes were all stuck to his back. He looked horrible.
"Husband... Madam, where are you going? They said that the carriage at the door was ordered by you. I didn't believe it just now, but now I see it's really you, Madam, our son..."
Prime Minister Li wept bitterly, pounding the chair. "He's going to die, tomorrow... he's going to die. That's our youngest son, and you can't bear to let him die in such an unclear way? Tell me, when Li Luo and I were being held down today, you were already at the Xuanzheng Hall. Why couldn't you plead for your husband and your son? Why? Could it be that you really had the heart to watch your son die and your husband be beaten?"
Prime Minister Li's tone was full of complaints towards Du Ruolan.
When Du Ruolan heard this, the past sorrows surged into her heart and her anger soared. She walked to Prime Minister Li in a few steps, looked at the wounds on his body, her heart was in turmoil and her face was full of grief and anger.
"Li Luo is going to be beheaded. Did I let him die? Is it all my fault? When he was little, at the age of five, he injured an old man who was helpless. I told him to teach him a lesson, but you insisted on stopping me, using all kinds of reasons to shut me up. When he was seven, he set fire to the street and committed murder, and you used your power and influence to suppress him. If you hadn't spoiled him so much, how could he have become like this today?"
Prime Minister Li looked at Ruolan with disappointment on his face.
"Madam, Madam, we've had three children over the years. I thought that with all the love we've had as husband and wife for so many years, we should have some tacit understanding. But I never expected this to happen. Today, my daughter is under house arrest, my son is about to be beheaded, and I'm injured like this. And the first thing you did was not show concern, but to leave. Are you...are you still human?"
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