Chapter 218 Concubine Hui in the Cold Palace
"Father, my mother is wronged. Please look into this matter." Shangguan Nanfeng's voice came from outside the imperial study. The emperor paused while looking at the memorial, then continued reading.
"Eunuch Zhu, can you please let me in?"
At this time, Shangguan Nanfeng was stopped outside the imperial study with an anxious look on his face. After hearing that his mother was banished to the cold palace, he rushed back to the palace without even trying to find out the whole story.
"Second Prince, the Emperor has just ordered that no one is allowed to disturb you."
Eunuch Zhu looked at Shangguan Nanfeng with a hint of helplessness. Just now, the second prince suddenly appeared and was about to rush into the imperial study. Fortunately, his old body was able to stop him.
"Father, if you don't see me, I will kneel here and wait for you to agree to see me. My mother must have been wronged."
Shangguan Nanfeng looked at Eunuch Zhu's embarrassment and stopped forcing him. He simply stepped back a few steps and knelt down in front of the main door of the imperial study.
Eunuch Zhu looked at the stubborn Second Prince, shook his head helplessly, and stopped talking.
The emperor's eyes were deep and no one knew what he was thinking. He just read the memorial for a long time.
"Come in." About an hour later, just when Shangguan Nanfeng felt the pain in his knees becoming more and more intense, he finally heard the emperor's voice of letting go.
Shangguan Nanfeng stood up in a hurry, but stumbled because he had been kneeling for too long. Then he limped towards the imperial study without paying any attention to it.
"Father, my mother is innocent. Please look into this matter." The first words Shangguan Nanfeng said when he entered the room were to plead for his mother.
"You said that your mother was wronged, do you know the whole story?" When the emperor heard that his son was talking about injustice all the time, he put down the memorial and stared at Shangguan Nanfeng with his sharp eyes.
"This..." Shangguan Nanfeng was stunned by the stare, and then he didn't know what to say. After all, he really didn't know the details, so he came over anxiously to plead for his mother.
"You don't know, right? Then how can you be sure that your mother is wronged? Your intuition?" The emperor saw Shangguan Nanfeng's hesitant look and no longer waited for his answer. He just picked up another memorial with disappointment.
"Father, I know my mother. She would not do such a thing. That Concubine Yi must be framing my mother."
Shangguan Nanfeng naturally saw the disappointment in his father's eyes, and became flustered, so he quickly spoke up to refute.
"Whether it is a frame-up or not, I will make the final judgment. You have time to come to me to complain about your injustice. You might as well go see your mother and ask her in person."
The emperor said no more and turned his attention to the memorial in front of him.
"My son takes his leave." Shangguan Nanfeng saw that his father obviously didn't want to bother with him anymore, so he thought that what his father said was right. He would go find his mother and ask her clearly, and then come back to let his father administer justice.
"Ah..." The emperor looked up at Shangguan Nanfeng's departing back and sighed deeply.
The candlelight beside him was reflected in the emperor's eyes, flickering, and no one knew what the emperor was thinking.
"Mother, are you okay?" Shangguan Nanfeng now stepped into the dilapidated cold palace, and saw that his mother was still wearing concubine's clothes, but her hair was messy, and none of her hairpins or step-shakes were on her head.
"My son, why are you here? It's unlucky here, please leave quickly." Concubine Hui looked up and saw her son's face full of concern. Her heart warmed, but she hurriedly wanted Shangguan Nanfeng to leave.
"Mother, I won't leave until the matter has been investigated thoroughly." Shangguan Nanfeng raised his foot, strode over the already dilapidated threshold, and took a few steps towards Concubine Hui.
“Hahaha…play…”
"Give it to me...beautiful..."
Suddenly, several discordant voices were heard from the room. Shangguan Nanfeng looked up subconsciously, and saw several crazy women fighting for something. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was his mother's favorite braided white agate hairpin or something else.
Looking at the ground, there were scattered pearls, gold beads, broken hairpins and other things.
It turned out that my mother's headdress was torn off by these crazy women.
With a surge of anger rising in his heart, Shangguan Nanfeng quickly walked over to the crazy women, pushed them away, and snatched the hairpin away.
When those crazy concubines saw their hairpins being snatched away, they were about to turn around to grab it back, but they met Shangguan Nanfeng's murderous eyes. They shrank their heads and retreated to the corner.
Two of them squatted on the ground and picked up the broken pearl hairpins. They were afraid that Shangguan Nanfeng would snatch them away again, so they ran away like the wind.
"Mother, this is not a place for people to stay. Come with me to find father. You are wronged." Shangguan Nanfeng took the hairpin and walked to Concubine Hui, ready to take his mother to find father to seek justice.
"My son, your father will never change his mind just because you say he is wronged. He wants evidence." Concubine Hui gently pushed Shangguan Nanfeng's hand away and took the hairpin to play with it in her hand.
His eyes were very deep, and I didn't know what he was thinking.
"Mother, it's all because of that Concubine Yi. I don't understand. This Concubine Yi seems to have never seen Mother before. Why did she want to frame you?"
Seeing that his mother didn't say anything, Shangguan Nanfeng directly expressed his doubts.
"My son, do you know? Concubine Yi said something when she was framing me." Concubine Hui raised her head and looked at Shangguan Nanfeng, her eyes revealing something.
"What?" Shangguan Nanfeng met his mother's eyes and his heart sank. This look seemed to be related to him.
"That Concubine Yi said that if she wants to blame anyone, she should blame you." Concubine Hui answered softly, but Shangguan Nanfeng was stunned.
"What, you blame me? But I have no grudge against Concubine Yi." Shangguan Nanfeng looked back at Concubine Hui in confusion. What on earth is Concubine Yi going crazy about?
They had never met each other, let alone had any personal grudges against each other.
Concubine Hui stared at her son, and when she saw that he indeed had a confused look in his eyes, she lowered her eyes.
"My son, your mother is now in the cold palace, and I can't plan many things for you. Go find your uncle. I have already told him many things, and he can help you a lot."
After Concubine Hui finished speaking, she stopped talking, turned around, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Mother, are you willing to stay in the cold palace?" Shangguan Nanfeng looked at his mother who looked resigned to her fate and was very puzzled. His mother should not be like this.
"My son, your mother has done all this for you." Concubine Hui's light words exploded in Shangguan Nanfeng's heart, and he immediately felt bitter.
Yes, no matter what his mother did, she was always thinking about him. Now his father was angry, and he and his mother could not provide evidence to prove his mother's innocence.
If I keep pestering my father, it will only make him disgusted.
"Mother, thank you for your hard work. Don't worry, the emperor will definitely take you out of the cold palace in style."
After Shangguan Nanfeng finished speaking, he glanced around again. Those crazy concubines who had just been frightened by Shangguan Nanfeng now bravely gathered around him not far away, looking at him with curiosity in their cloudy eyes.
"Whether you are really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, remember this: if you dare to bully my mother, the next time I see you, you will die!"
Shangguan Nanfeng left a harsh remark, bid farewell to Concubine Hui, and left the cold palace.
It was late at night and the early spring breeze was still cool as it brushed lightly across Shangguan Nanfeng's face.
"Is that right, Concubine Yi? I want to see what grudge you have against me!"
Shangguan Nanfeng raised his head and looked towards the depths of the harem, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
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