Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 243
Huo Mingzhu knelt for two full hours, but the queen mother did not pass by here during these two hours, Huo Mingzhu thought to herself, the queen mother is afraid that she is deliberately trying to make things difficult for her, so she should leave from the other side at this moment, then How long will she kneel here.

If she was kneeling all the time, her legs wouldn't be able to bear it. If she got up, it would be terrible if the Empress Dowager pursued her.

Just as she was thinking, Baili Zonglu led He Fang to pass by. Seeing where he was going, it was obviously the Imperial Study Room. Huo Mingzhu maintained the posture just now, but when Baili Zonglu came to her side, she said: " The servant girl pays homage to the Ninth Prince Qiansui."

"Huh?" Baili Zonglu raised his voice softly, and then said after a while, "I'm afraid the national teacher is kneeling here to wait for the king."

That tone meant to add insult to injury, Huo Mingzhu thought it was funny, Baili Zonglu usually pretended to be gentle and gentle for those ignorant girls, it was really funny to be so sarcastic to her now.

But Huo Mingzhu didn't laugh, but said: "My lord, don't make fun of my servants."

"Is the king making fun of you? Now you are like this, I'm afraid it's because you don't know what's good." Baili Zonglu's face changed when he said that. Although he was still smiling, the words in his mouth were very blunt.

Huo Mingzhu knelt down and said nothing.

"Uncle, what a coincidence, are you going to see the emperor this time? So is Gu." Baili Jingqi's voice appeared from behind Baili Zonglu, Huo Mingzhu thought to himself, what a coincidence, this person shouldn't come are here.

It's really funny to say that Baili Zonglu hated her instead of his courtship, and sneered at her. He approached her with a vicious heart, and he didn't allow her to refuse. It's really funny.

However, when thinking of the other person present, Baili Jingqi, Huo Mingzhu couldn't help but laugh.

This silly prince is the one that Huo Mingzhu feels a little guilty about. She thinks that appearing here at this moment, Huo Mingzhu thinks it is not a coincidence.

She has been his accompanying student for several months, so she knows Baili Jingqi's schedule. This time is just the time to go to the South Study Room. The South Study Room is not on this road. If there is something important to report to the Emperor, But not this time.

It's almost time for lunch.

When Huo Mingzhu thought of this, Baili Zonglu replied, "Jing Qi, why are you free today?"

"The master finished his lecture, and the father asked Gu about his studies that day. So, Gu felt that after school early today, he went to pay his respects to the father, and talked to the father about his studies by the way."

"It's rare that the crown prince has the heart, so let's go." Baili Zonglu repeatedly took the dominance over, and after such a dismissal, Baili Jingqi didn't mean to leave.

However, Baili Jingqi looked at Huo Mingzhu and then at Baili Zonglu with a foolish look as if he didn't know him, so he bowed to Baili Zonglu and said, "Uncle Emperor, I don't know if the national teacher is a criminal. What's the matter, you have to kneel here."

That expression, as if Baili Zonglu had made Huo Mingzhu kneel there, was full of disapproval.

How could Baili Zonglu be able to let him in with just a few words? He was just passing by, and when he saw Huo Mingzhu kneeling here, he stopped to say a few words, but he didn't say any of these two words. Baili Jingqi is here.

Baili Zonglu would not be so stupid as to really believe Baili Jingqi's words. Baili Jingqi was clearly here to rescue Huo Mingzhu. Thinking of Baili Jingqi's thoughts on Huo Mingzhu, Baili Zonglu's eyebrows were deep Wrinkled deeply.

"If Jing Qi is going to pay his respects to the emperor, he might have to rush in early. Seeing that the time to pass the meal is approaching, if you are a step late, do you want to have dinner with the emperor?"

Baili Zonglu's words of driving people away were very obvious, and he deliberately said such words, so that Baili Jingqi had to leave.

Not everyone can accompany the emperor to have meals, and only the emperor has given his order to stay. It is disrespectful for Baili Jingqi to step on the meal spot, so Baili Zonglu said so.

Huo Mingzhu sighed inwardly, after all, Baili Jingqi's Taoism was not as good as Baili Zonglu.

Baili Jingqi was unexpected, not only did not leave, but also walked up to Huo Mingzhu and said: "The national teacher will soon be the orphaned queen mother, although she has not been canonized, but it is not good to kneel here, if The national teacher offended the emperor's uncle, and asked the emperor to raise his hand and spare the national teacher."

Not only Baili Zonglu didn't expect it, but Huo Mingzhu didn't expect it either, but Baili Jingqi took out her identity to speak.

He, he doesn't care?

Huo Mingzhu glanced at Baili Jingqi, but knew that Baili Jingqi still cared. His body was stiff, and his hands were clenched tightly into fists. For some reason, seeing Baili Jingqi like this, Huo Mingzhu's heart ached. Very sour.

Baili Zonglu laughed back angrily: "Hehe, I have forgotten that the national teacher will soon be the queen, the emperor's wife, and the queen mother of Prince Jingqi. It is really unreasonable to kneel here with such an identity. , but, Jing Qi, you misunderstood Uncle Huang, who also just passed by here."

Hearing Baili Zonglu's words, Baili Jingqi glanced at Huo Mingzhu in puzzlement and said, "Then why is Ah Jin kneeling here?"

Huo Mingzhu said: "If you go back to the prince, it's the minister's daughter who offended the empress dowager."

If it is said that the queen mother made her kneel there, it is wrong, the queen mother did not say anything at all, but did not let her get up, if it is not the queen mother, but it is not true, so answering like this is the best.

Baili Jingqi frowned: "If it's the empress dowager, Gu will go to ask for grace to let you get up."

"Thank you for the grace of His Highness the Crown Prince, but the courtier thinks that kneeling like this is fine. If the Empress Dowager is still angry, and His Highness the Crown Prince makes such a request, I am afraid that even His Highness the Crown Prince will be angered. Besides, the scenery here is very good. , Kneeling like this is also very good."

Only Huo Mingzhu understood that what she said was to make her face swollen to make herself fat, her knees must have been blackened, and if she knelt down like this, she might even have difficulty getting up.

When Baili Jingqi heard this, he knelt down beside Huo Mingzhu.

This move made the two people present look at him in surprise.

Baili Jingqi smiled and said, "A Jin thinks the scenery here is good, and that Gu also appreciates it."

Huo Mingzhu has mixed feelings, and I can't tell what it is like. If Baili Jingqi's actions spread to the Queen Mother's ears, the Queen Mother won't bother to pay attention.

If the crown prince didn't intervene, no one would come to sympathize with her even if she knelt here. If she wanted to get up, she would have to get the queen mother's will in the end.

Now, with Baili Jingqi intervening like this, unless the Empress Dowager doesn't even care about Baili Jingqi, she will soon let herself go, but in this way, she owes him again.

Thinking of Baili Jingqi's defense of her over and over again, he tried to cover up every time, but every time she saw it naked and remembered it in his heart.

This kind of kindness, she will never be able to repay it in her life, so Huo Mingzhu didn't think about just accepting it, so she said to Baili Jingqi: "Your Highness, you kneel here to look at the scenery, I'm afraid it's unreasonable. If you also think the scenery here is very good, just ask the maid to find a chair to sit on."

"Ah Jin, don't talk too much, once I knelt down like this, I feel that what Ah Jin said is right, the scenery here is indeed very charming." Baili Jingqi smiled at Huo Mingzhu.

Looking at Baili Jingqi's hearty smile, Huo Mingzhu really didn't know what to do.

Baili Zonglu laughed softly: "Jing Qi, if the emperor sees your behavior like this, you will be furious, and the old queen mother must be quite disappointed."

"Uncle Huang's words are wrong. Jing Qi knelt down like this, not for anything else, just to see the scenery. If the empress dowager and the father asked about it, Jing Qi would answer the same way. The empress dowager and the father are kind-hearted , how can you care about how Jingqi sees the scenery." Baili Jingqi laughed.

Baili Zonglu laughed loudly: "The national teacher is really a good method."

"Mingzhu doesn't know what the Ninth Prince is referring to." Huo Mingzhu said so, but how could she really not know what he was referring to.

Baili Zonglu heard Huo Mingzhu's words, but he didn't make things difficult any more, but left with an ambiguous smile. The place he went was not the Imperial Study Room, but the Queen Mother's Renshou Palace.

"My lord, this is not the way to go to the imperial study." He Fang asked in confusion.

"Go to Renshou Palace, the prince and the national teacher are kneeling there, if the king doesn't help them, how can the prince be worthy of calling the king uncle."

Speaking of Baili Jingqi, Baili Zonglu was also extremely annoyed.

Baili Jingqi's luck, Baili Zonglu had to admit that it was good, Huo Mingzhu destroyed several schemes, but Baili Zonglu didn't think it was a big problem, Baili Jingqi was going to die sooner or later , he can keep him to live for a few more years.

Halfway through the walk, Baili Zonglu saw Xiao Dezi who was beside the empress dowager hurriedly approaching the two of them. Seeing Baili Zonglu, he said, "Your servant greets the prince."

"Xiao Dezi, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"The slave obeyed the Queen Mother's orders, and invited the Crown Prince to accompany the Queen Mother to have a meal." Xiao Dezi said to Baili Zonglu with a doggy smile on his face.

"Why is the prince over there?" Baili Zonglu asked deliberately.

Xiao Dezi said: "Oh, isn't that right? His Highness the Crown Prince is kneeling at the door of the Imperial Study Room. If the Emperor passes by and sees it, it will be a disaster. I'd better go over there quickly, and I will leave."

"If there is such a thing, go there quickly, little Dezi." Baili Zonglu didn't find it strange.

There is always no shortage of caring people in this palace. The Queen Mother wanted to teach Huo Mingzhu a lesson, so of course she would not just let her kneel down like this. Now that Baili Jingqi was stopping her, the Queen Mother felt sorry for her grandson, so she hurried over to invite someone.

It's just that Baili Zonglu didn't expect that the emperor would be so indifferent to Huo Mingzhu.

In fact, Baili Zonglu was wrong. The emperor didn't know about Huo Mingzhu's situation at the moment. He thought that Huo Mingzhu had already left the palace. After the queen mother left him, he went back to the palace and took a rest after lunch. Well, of course I don't know what's going on outside.

Otherwise, without Baili Jingqi, the emperor would come to interfere in this matter. You must know that Huo Mingzhu at this time is the emperor's favorite person.

However, Huo Mingzhu fell down before this little Dezi could rush over.

It really wasn't her intention, but this body that has just recovered from a serious illness, plus kneeling here for two hours, this is a person who is beaten by iron, and he will also fall down.

The fall frightened Baili Jingqi, he immediately picked him up and ran away, while telling Cao An to go to the imperial doctor and go to the womb of the crown prince.

Xiao Dezi did not invite Baili Jingqi, but brought the news to the queen mother, who was so angry that she smashed the teacup in her hand.

"Does this woman want to harm Jing Qi, or does she want to harm this country?" The Empress Dowager felt disgusted towards Huo Mingzhu, but Huo Mingzhu didn't know that.

(End of this chapter)