Chapter 176 The So-called Bitter Fruit
"Sir Shen, His Majesty is displeased at the moment and will not see anyone. If you have no urgent business, please wait until tomorrow morning to report."
Fu Wanquan stopped Shen Xi, who came to meet him, at the door and winked at him frantically.
There was a sound of porcelain breaking in Changqing Palace.
After hearing this, Shen Xi's face tightened, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty has never been so angry even when he investigated the Su family's affairs, what happened today?"
Fu Wanquan's face wrinkled up. "Sir, please stop asking. How can I explain this?"
Does it mean that Your Majesty failed to compete for the position of Crown Prince and was neglected by the Empress?
Shen Xi also knew that he had to stop when he was about to speak. His Majesty was in a very bad mood, and going in now might cause bad luck, so he said, "It's not a big deal. I'll report it to Your Majesty tomorrow when I go to court."
After Shen Xi left, Fu Wanquan stood outside Changqing Palace and listened for a while. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he tiptoed in and knelt on the ground to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, please take care of your health. The Crown Prince is still young, and Your Majesty is so concerned that she can't think of anything else..."
"Are you also going to tell me that it's normal for the Queen to be like this?" Xiao Chenglan leaned sideways on the dragon throne, his hand supporting his forehead, the sinister emotion in his eyes difficult to dissipate.
Fu Wanquan fell silent. He didn't know what was normal. After all, this was the first child of His Majesty and His Majesty, and His Majesty had never raised a child before, so how could they compare?
Besides, the queen had difficulty getting pregnant before, but now she finally has the little prince, so it is understandable that she looks at him like the apple of her eye.
But no matter whether it was normal or not, His Majesty was really sad, and he couldn't bear to see His Majesty so depressed.
"Perhaps, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grows up a little, Your Majesty will feel more at ease." Fu Wanquan tried to persuade.
Xiao Chenglan kicked the wine jar that rolled down from beside his feet. The wine jar rolled down the imperial steps, spun in front of Fu Wanquan, and finally broke into pieces.
"Older, how old is old? One, two, or twenty?"
Xiao Chenglan's gloomy tone frightened Fu Wanquan so much that his legs trembled.
Xiao Chenglan waved his hands irritably, "Get out."
Fu Wanquan couldn't think of how to persuade him, so he had to get out quickly.
Xiao Chenglan rubbed his forehead heavily.
When I opened my eyes and looked at the messy Changqing Palace, I felt a little dazed for a moment.
Two years ago, Changqing Palace also suffered a disaster, but at that time it was Jiang Yingli who smashed the things in the palace.
Thinking of the past, Xiao Chenglan slowly straightened his sitting posture.
His long, dark eyes drooped as he quietly looked at the mess in the hall. Jiang Yingli's heart-wrenching cry that day seemed to echo in his ears again.
Was she the same as I am now?
He tempted her to go further and further, making her sad for him, cry for him, jealous of him, making her love expand, making her greedy, forgetting her creed of seeking only stability and not sincerity the night before she entered the palace, and becoming completely obsessed with the feeling of having him all to herself.
He saw her smashing the vases on the ground in front of him like crazy, and the pain in his heart was greater than the joy and satisfaction.
Looking back, loving someone like that was never right.
Otherwise, why would he suffer the same bitter consequences?
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The night was as cool as water, and the faint smell of alcohol invaded Zhaohua Palace.
Xiao Xia Zi was leading a patrol in front of the palace when he suddenly saw the Yinglong pattern embroidered with gold thread reflecting the moonlight under the night sky, getting closer and closer.
Xiao Xiazi was startled, and then she realized that His Majesty had come alone.
He knelt down quickly and saluted.
Xiao Chenglan went straight into the palace after entering the palace gate. The servants kneeling on the ground could clearly smell the alcohol on him.
Xiao Xiazi couldn't help but worry.
Your Majesty has been in a bad mood recently and seems to have drunk too much today.
Your Majesty had some disputes with His Majesty yesterday, and Your Majesty was fined her salary. Although the fine is... the same as no fine at all, what if something goes wrong again today?
Xiao Xiazi spoke cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Queen and the Little Prince have already gone to bed, Your Majesty..."
"Get out!" Xiao Chenglan waved him away and went straight into the hall.
The candles in the hall had gone out, leaving only a hazy moonlight.
Qiuxia, who was on duty, was awakened by the noise. Seeing that it was Xiao Chenglan, she quickly stood up. Before she could even stand up and salute, she was ordered to get out.
Qiuxia smelled the alcohol and was worried, but she did not dare to disobey the imperial order.
The hall fell silent, and Xiao Chenglan's gaze fell on the small bed.
He walked over slowly and stopped in front.
This time, Xiao Chenan was already fast asleep, being incredibly well-behaved.
Xiao Chenglan's cold face was half in the moonlight and half in the shadow, his expression was obscure and difficult to discern.
He looked at Xiao Chenan for a long time, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and finally he slowly reached out his hand to him.
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