"Your Majesty, why are you so heartbroken for him and pleading for him? Believe me, once I release him, he'll turn around and accuse you of being hypocritical and meddling. If I were Your Majesty, we would just let the child go if he didn't acknowledge us. Even knowing that he was raised by a vicious woman for eight years, you would still feel disgusted looking at him."
"Your Majesty, you're not incapable of having more children, so don't waste your energy on this fool. What's the point?" Hong Xiaoduo said, feigning concern as she advised the Empress.
Hearing her words, the Ninth Prince gave up struggling. He remembered that since Consort Yun was given death, the Empress had come to see him several times, and each time she had tears in her eyes before she even spoke.
But all he could think about was what Granny Yao had said: the kindness of raising someone is greater than the kindness of giving birth. Plus, he was really confused and didn't know how to face his birth mother. So, every time she left, she was very sad.
This son who isn't close to her must have broken her heart!
"Young Lady Hong, I understand your good intentions. Regardless of whether he can come to his senses or accepts me as his mother in the future, he is still my child. I don't want to force him anymore. Let nature take its course." The Empress had truly come to her senses. As long as her child was safe and sound, she didn't care whether he accepted her or not.
"Well, since Your Majesty has said so, I can't continue to play the villain." Hong Xiaoduo saw that it was about time now. As she spoke, she lifted the person in her hands up a little, then nimbly crossed her hands and grabbed the Ninth Prince's waist. With a twist, she turned the upside-down person right-side up and put him on the ground.
The Ninth Prince felt the world spinning around him, and his feet swayed as he landed. He was then supported by the Empress, who was standing nearby: "Ming'er."
Looking at his birth mother, whose face was full of concern, the Ninth Prince, whose hair was disheveled and whose face was covered with tears, felt very wronged. He buried his head in the Empress's arms, wrapped his arms around her waist, and sobbed in her embrace.
He didn't call out "Mother" once, didn't say anything, just cried, and the crying grew louder and louder. After a moment of surprise, the Empress called out "My son," and hugged him and also wailed.
The son feels wronged, and the mother feels wronged too!
Hong Xiaoduo hadn't expected her goal to achieve such an effect, and gestured for Kaiyang to follow her.
The Emperor's nose also felt sore, and his eyes were hot. After thinking for a moment, he didn't say anything, and followed Hong Xiaoduo with light steps towards the Imperial Garden.
First, Eunuch Fu wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve, then raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, signaling the guards to follow him.
The guards shared similar feelings with Eunuch Fu. As they all served the emperor, they knew better than anyone else that after the emperor brought the empress out of the cold palace, his only worry now was the relationship between the Sixth Prince and the empress.
It's not that we haven't tried to persuade the Ninth Prince, but he just can't get over it.
Unexpectedly, this problem that troubled the emperor and made the empress uncomfortable was solved by Lady Hong. However, the method and process were too exciting!
In the Imperial Garden, the Emperor watched Hong Xiaoduo arranging the exquisite chrysanthemums. He wanted to say thank you, but when he remembered that she had said her sixth prince had a chamber pot on his neck, he couldn't bring himself to say thank you.
Even if she's a woman from the martial arts world with little education, or even if you call her a good-for-nothing, or even use a chamber pot!
No, that's not right. She's not just poorly educated; she speaks foreign languages fluently.
The emperor couldn't help but grit his teeth when he recalled the scene of her holding his ninth son upside down and suspending him over the well. How could she have such a heart and such audacity! To treat a prince like that in front of him, the emperor!
Although I know she used her own methods to help the child resolve his inner conflict and ease the tension between the Empress and the child, this is still too, too brutal and risky. What if she didn't catch him?
In the instant the emperor was lost in his internal monologue, he noticed that she had broken off his favorite chrysanthemum. It wasn't that the chrysanthemum was particularly precious, but rather that he had learned to graft it from the gardener.
This is the first flower that bloomed this morning. I was thinking of sending it to my mother so she could see it after a few more blooms.
The Emperor's face darkened, and he turned to look at Eunuch Fu, thinking to himself, "Why didn't you keep an eye on her and stop her?"
Eunuch Fu felt wronged, thinking to himself, "This person just picked up your son and did this and that, and you didn't stop him. How can a chrysanthemum be more precious than a prince?"
"Don't be nervous, Grandpa Fu. I just picked the most common one with the smallest flower. How could I possibly pick those that look like they're from very expensive varieties?" Hong Xiaoduo teased Grandpa Fu with a smile when she saw his expression.
Eunuch Fu glanced at the Emperor and could only give Hong Xiaoduo a smile in return. He thought to himself, "Girl, this most ordinary flower was grafted by His Majesty himself. He has grafted many precious ones, but unfortunately, only this little one survived."
At this moment, the people from the imperial kitchen came over.
I was getting anxious because the food hadn't been served yet, so I came to see what was going on.
For this lunch, there were only the Emperor, Hong Xiaoduo, and Kaiyang. The Emperor was not as considerate as the Empress, and did not let the servants leave.
However, Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang have already adapted.
After they finished eating, Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang left the palace directly.
Since she knew that the foreign envoys had left the palace after the banquet, she and Kaiyang had no need to stay in the palace.
When Eunuch Fu returned with the person, he saw that the emperor looked very annoyed, but he didn't dare to ask.
Even if he asked, the emperor wouldn't tell him that he had simply forgotten to ask the girl to leave a painting.
When Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang arrived outside the palace, the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue, who were also heading out, had not yet dispersed.
"Kaiyang is quite good at foreign languages. I heard that you, Miss Hong, will be leaving soon. I have instructed the interpreter Shi to let Kaiyang go to the Ministry of Rites to find him. With the interpreter Shi, he can speak with him in foreign languages so that he won't forget them if he doesn't use them for a long time." Minister Mo said kindly to Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang.
“I have no objection, but I’m afraid Lord Wei looks down on the profession of interpreter and won’t let this child come,” Shi Rong said from the side.
That expression and that tone of voice really annoyed Hong Xiaoduo.
“No need, I have already found the most suitable foreign language teacher for Kaiyang. However, I still thank you for your kindness, Lord Mo.” After Hong Xiaoduo finished speaking, Kaiyang stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Minister Mo.
Shi Rong felt very uncomfortable being ignored. She was just a woman from the martial arts world. If it weren't for her voice problem, she and the Wei family boy wouldn't have had the chance to show their faces in front of the emperor.
"Oh, that's wonderful! But I wonder which tutor Miss Hong has chosen for Young Master Wei? I know all the foreign language experts in Fengliang Kingdom." Shi Rong was somewhat skeptical. Those tutors were all in positions of considerable importance and couldn't possibly come to the capital to tutor Lord Wei's grandson. Besides, she hadn't heard of any of them returning to the capital...
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