Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 532
Su He tightened Xiao Yiyue's hand, "Your Majesty is tolerant, and I am very grateful."

"Don't be too busy expressing thanks." Ling Xihan walked back slowly, "If your answer makes me feel unsatisfactory, what you pay will be your wealth and life." She sat down gracefully, her tone casual.

"How dare you bet?" She looked at him with a bright smile in her eyes.

"Mother's queen." Xiao Yiyue couldn't help but took a step forward, with a hint of anger in her eyes.

Su He held her back again, met Ling Xihan's gaze, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Minister—I would like to obey your mother's order."

"Hey?" Xiao Yiyue turned her head suddenly, with eagerness and worry in her eyes.

Su He smiled gently at her, "Since you are willing to entrust your life to me, how can I make the Empress feel uneasy?"

Ling Xihan's eyes flashed, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Three days later, all civil and military officials gathered in the school grounds."

After the banquet, Ling Xihan left early.Xiao Yiyue was still dissatisfied with Ling Xihan's autocracy, Xiao Tingxuan walked over with his hands behind his back, looked at Ling Xihan's back, and sighed softly.

Xiao Yiyue looked back, "Father?"

Xiao Tingxuan waved away the palace people, and slowly paced in the silver-clad imperial garden.

"Yue'er, you broke her heart."

Xiao Yiyue pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "Father, you are biased." She raised her head, her Ling Xihan-like face showed grievance and stubbornness.

"It's obvious that she is accusing me and trying to separate Su He and me, Father, why are you—"

Xiao Tingxuan's eyes were half closed, Xiao Yiyue stopped talking.The father and daughter walked quietly, no one spoke.

After a long time, Xiao Tingxuan stopped, looking at the corner of a palace in the distance, his eyes were long and distant.

"When you were three years old, you once had a fever, your whole body was burning hot, and you slept for a day and a night."

Xiao Yiyue lowered her head and pursed her lips.That day, the queen mother stayed by the sick third sister's side.

"She hugged you and stayed by your bed all night."

Xiao Yiyue raised her head in astonishment, "Father?"

Xiao Tingxuan didn't look back, and continued to walk forward.

"Lele was born prematurely and has been weak since she was a child." He lowered his head and sighed with melancholy eyes.

"Eight Emperor Uncle said that she might not live to be ten years old."

Xiao Yiyue widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief.

Xiao Tingxuan closed his eyes, his voice was low and soft with a hint of sadness.

"Lele...she looks like my mother, your imperial grandmother."

Xiao Yiyue's breathing was stagnant. She had heard the unforgettable love story between the imperial grandmother and the imperial grandfather since she was a child, and now she can memorize it fluently.

"You have been smart and mature since you were a child, and you never let your mother and I worry about it. Plus Lele's illness..." Xiao Tingxuan lowered his head, with a hint of sadness shrouded in his brows.

"On the night of Lele's tenth birthday, she fell ill again. We all thought she couldn't hold on... That time, she lay in bed for seven days and seven nights... Later, she woke up."

Xiao Yiyue's eyes were dazed and dull, and she recalled in a trance three years ago, when her mother hugged the third sister who woke up from a coma for seven days, the excitement and joy on her face.She even shed tears when she saw the mother who had always been strong.The queen mother took care of the third sister for a whole month, and even forgot her 12th birthday.

Xiao Tingxuan looked up at the sky, "In fact, she already knew about you and Su He."

Xiao Yiyue was taken aback for a moment, but saw him turn his head and smiled slightly.

"If your mother really objected to you being together, she would have stopped it at the very beginning."

Xiao Yiyue stared blankly at her father who smiled so warmly at this moment but made her feel a little strange, "Then why..."

"Because you are her daughter." Xiao Tingxuan sighed softly, "Yue'er, as a parent, we all want our children to be safe and happy. Your mother, although she is sometimes a bit authoritarian, but everything she does, It's all for your own good." He pulled Xiao Yiyue to sit down in the pavilion, and the father and daughter hadn't sat and talked together so peacefully for many years.

"You may not know that your mother and I have a long relationship with Su He."

Xiao Yiyue looked at him in surprise, "What origin?"

Xiao Tingxuan smiled, stroked her head gently, and slowly told the past 20 years ago.

Xiao Yiyue was silent, "That is to say, Su's father's death was actually indirectly related to the mother's mother."

"En." Xiao Tingxuan responded lightly, his eyes dimmed.

"When I met Su He, he was only five years old."

Xiao Yiyue lowered her head and said nothing, Xiao Tingxuan continued: "Yue Er, Su He is actually not as simple as you seem on the surface—"

"At least I know." Xiao Yiyue raised her head, her eyes were as clear as water.

"He loves me, and I love him too."

Xiao Tingxuan was dumbfounded, and then laughed.

"Yes, I do not deny that."

Xiao Yiyue raised her eyebrows, "Isn't that enough?" She stood up, facing the wind and snow.She stood upright, like a plum blossom in the cold snow, shining brightly.

"Father, perhaps in the eyes of you and the queen mother, Su He's mind is unpredictable and should not be approached. But—" She turned her head and looked straight at Xiao Tingxuan, with indescribable firmness and persistence.

"But he left the only warmth to me. Father, I am not a three-year-old child anymore. I have a heart, and I can feel who is sincere or not. No matter what kind of person Su He is in the eyes of the world, All I know is that he loves me, pampers me, loves me, and cherishes me. He understands me!"

Xiao Tingxuan was slightly shocked, but Xiao Yiyue smiled slightly.

"Back then, the empress mother and the emperor's grandmother were amazingly talented. How many men in the world have they attracted? They are equally proud, free and easy, and they don't like the prosperity of the palace. But why are they willing to do it for you and the emperor alone? Fold off the wings and stay in this deep palace and high walls?"

Xiao Tingxuan was silent, looking deeply at Xiao Yiyue.After a long time, he smiled slightly.

"Yue'er, you have grown up."

Xiao Yiyue smiled and said nothing, Xiao Tingxuan walked to her side with his hands behind his back, and spoke in a low voice.

"Even though you know you are smart and exquisite, in the eyes of your parents, you still don't want your daughter to marry an inhumane person in the future. Today, she held a birthday banquet for you and elected a son-in-law. In fact, the biggest purpose is to dispel your worries about our opposition. And the facts that have been secretly hidden and dared not be revealed to the public. It also completely dispels the thoughts of those in the court who want to climb up to the royal family and have ill-conceived thoughts about you."

Xiao Tingxuan's eyelashes trembled slightly, she had never thought about this.

"She ordered someone to put medicine in your food, and she also wanted to test Su He, whether he is worth your money or not."

Xiao Yiyue had tears in her eyes.

"After today, she is finally relieved. There is a person who will replace her with his whole life to make up for the maternal love and care that you have missed for more than ten years."

Tears finally fell from Xiao Yiyue's eyes.

"Mother..."

Xiao Tingxuan shook his head, "Yue'er, when you were young, you never called these two words."

Xiao Yiyue was shocked, and suddenly ran out of the pavilion, heading straight for Longyan Palace.

Xiao Tingxuan stood where he was, smiling slightly.

That night, Tiansheng Emperor Xiao Tingxuan was kicked out of the room by his wife for the first time since the emperor and empress got married.Inside the house, the candlelight was dim, and the ice and snow reflected the window paper, drawing two equally graceful and soft shadows.Low sobs and desolate but relieved exclamations could be faintly heard.

That night, the empress and princess, whose mother-daughter relationship had gradually faded, were crying in the palace.

That night, Tianshengdi had been standing in front of the door, with his hands behind his back, watching Xuewu late at night.

That night, the well-known Su Xiang was sitting in the study, staring down at the charming woman in the painting.Next to it, a peony that has gone through the years but is still youthful is lying quietly, lining the faint smile on the woman's lips, which is also peerless.

That night, how many people meditated on the night, and how many people lost their souls.

Until three days later, that decisive test came.

In the huge school grounds, the wind is buzzing, and the snowflakes are dancing.There was a person standing in the arena, with green clothes and black hair, and a beautiful face.Outside the arena, countless officials stood silently.Can't see or hear what's going on inside.

Xiao Yiyue stood in the corner, still wearing a veil, her eyes were quiet but clear, with a faint smile.

Three hours later, the door creaked open.

Everyone looked up suddenly.

A ray of white light came out from the gap. The man was dressed like a bamboo, and his face was unparalleled, with a slight paleness on his face.There was a slight warmth in the corner of his mouth.The warmth is like a spring breeze, and the snowflakes seem to be melted by the smile on his face.

Winter is gone, spring is here.

(End of this chapter)