Chapter 307: Confinement to the Bedroom
The emperor said angrily: "Send the fifth princess back to the palace. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the bedroom."
Xie Shiyin wanted to continue speaking, but the emperor did not give her a chance to speak. Eunuch Deng hurriedly sent someone to ask her to leave.
The queen looked at Xie Shiyin who was leaving with red eyes.
She wanted to say a few soft words to help Xie Shiyin, but seeing the emperor's furious look, she held back and didn't say anything.
Thinking of how Xie Shiyin had ignored her dissuasion and was determined to perform her talent, the Queen showed her displeasure towards her.
Ling Xuan chuckled and said, "The Princess of Xiling took the initiative to perform a dance, but I didn't expect that she couldn't even perform a complete dance."
"When did the people of Beiling become so open-minded? The Fifth Princess's dance costume is really nice." Song Shao said sarcastically.
Song Yi glanced at Song Shao and said, "Royal brother, you are speaking so harshly. It will ruin the reputation of the Fifth Princess."
Song Shao said: "My brother, what you said makes sense."
Reputation? Ever since Xie Shiyin decided to wear that dance costume, she hadn't thought about the issue of reputation, right?
If she were an ordinary woman, even if she wanted to perform a dance, she would not dress as revealingly as she did.
The emperor said gloomily, "Excuse me, everyone. I didn't discipline her well."
"Your Majesty, how can I blame you for this?"
"You are busy with official duties all day, how can you have time to discipline her? It is my fault."
When the emperor heard the queen's words, his complexion gradually improved.
"Even so, I should spend some time to discipline her, otherwise she will become even more unruly."
The Queen's eyes gradually turned red: "Your Majesty, I feel guilty when you say that."
After saying this, the Queen's tears slowly rolled down her cheeks, and the Emperor's brows gradually frowned, then returned to their original state in an instant.
Without waiting for him to pretend to coax her, Xie Lingxiao said, "It is true that the Queen is not good at educating her children."
"Your Majesty is so busy that he has little time to rest. How can he participate in the management of the harem?"
"As the mother of a country, if the queen can't even teach the princes and princesses well, won't she be laughed at by the world?"
The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Queen were always trying to cause trouble for him, and now he wanted to give them a big gift, but he wondered if they would like it.
The Queen said aggrievedly: "But..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Lingxiao interrupted her: "Brother, the mother of a country is like this, the queen is not worthy of her position."
Lu Zhong frowned and wanted to stand up to defend the Queen, but when he looked up, he saw Xie Lingxiao looking at him with a smile, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
He couldn't be too impulsive. Looking at Xie Lingxiao's expression, it seemed as if he was waiting to catch him doing something wrong at any time.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong raised his body slightly and slowly lowered it, looking at the queen with a hint of heartache in his eyes.
The emperor's eyes flickered slightly: "What my brother said makes sense. In this case, the queen will stay in the bedroom to teach the fifth princess."
"Once she is well taught, the Queen and the Fifth Princess can enter and leave the palace as they please."
The Queen and Lu Zhong looked at the Emperor in shock.
They never expected that the emperor would confine the queen and the fifth princess to their bedroom in front of the other three kingdoms.
What they didn't expect was that the emperor, who had always disliked the regent, listened to Xie Lingxiao's advice this time.
When Lu Zhong saw the queen crying like a pear blossom in the rain, he felt extremely distressed.
But at this moment he was powerless.
He knew that Xie Lingxiao knew about their affair and the emperor also had some suspicions, so at this moment he could only choose to remain silent.
Lu Zhong looked at Xie Zihan, and seeing him lowering his head and keeping silent, he felt dissatisfied with him.
He had no way to help the queen, but he didn't expect that Xie Zihan was the queen's son, and he remained indifferent when seeing the queen being under house arrest.
"Your Majesty..." The Queen looked at the Emperor.
The emperor simply said, "Let's leave early with Eunuch Deng."
The Queen glared at Xie Lingxiao: "Why is the Regent targeting me so much?"
She looked at the smile on Xie Lingxiao's face and found it extremely dazzling.
"I am not targeting you. I am just speaking the truth." Xie Lingxiao said calmly.
The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Queen don't want Shen Jingxuan and I to have an easy life, so they can forget about living comfortably either.
The emperor said: "Send the queen back to the palace."
In the past, whenever the Queen participated in palace banquets, there would always be problems, which made everyone go home disappointed.
With his reminder today, the Queen understood his thoughts. The Emperor did not expect that such a good palace banquet would be ruined by Xie Shiyin.
Song Shao said: "The Queen of Beiling is also different from other countries, and so is the princess. I guess the Queen's children have the same temperament as the Queen?"
"Prince Xiling, there is nothing wrong if he resembles the queen," Ling Xuan said.
Song Shao smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with that. I just think that if they were more like the emperor, it might be a good thing."
Shen Jingxuan had to praise Song Shao, as every word he said stabbed the emperor in the heart.
Just by looking at the emperor's gloomy face, you can tell how bad his mood is at the moment.
Song Yi thought about Xie Shiyin's dancing just now, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.
After hearing what Song Shao said, he defended Xie Shiyin.
"The Fifth Princess is just more casual. Your Majesty Beiling doesn't need to mind. Besides, no matter who they resemble more, they are all your descendants after all."
When Lu Zhong saw Song Yi helping him speak up, he gradually felt relieved.
If he could persuade the emperor on his own, he would definitely prepare a valuable gift and go to the emperor's house to express his gratitude.
Xie Zihan glanced at Song Yi, lowered his head and said nothing.
He knew that this was not the time for him to speak. If he helped his mother and Yin'er to talk too much, it would only make his father even angrier.
Xie Lingxiao glanced at Song Yi, wanting to know how the emperor would answer.
He was certain that Xie Zihan was not the emperor's heir, and as for Xie Shiyin...
Thinking of her, Xie Lingxiao's face was full of disgust.
Shen Jingxuan listened to their conversation quietly, her eyes moving back and forth between Xiling Kingdom and Dongling Kingdom.
Shen Jingxuan could understand that Song Shao spoke harshly and without bias because the Prime Minister's Office and the Prince's Office worked together to capture him.
Perhaps Ling Xuan didn't like the style of the Queen and the Fifth Princess, and she could understand that.
The only thing Shen Jingxuan didn't understand was why Song Yi, who looked like he didn't like everyone, would defend the Fifth Princess.
Looking at Nanling Kingdom again, no matter how messy the hall was, it seemed that it could not stop the two from watching the fun.
Just by looking at the excitement in Xiao Yao's eyes, you can tell everything.
The emperor finally did as Xie Lingxiao had expected and confined the queen and Xie Shiyin to their bedroom for an unknown period of time.
Given Xie Shiyin's personality, it would be extremely difficult for the Queen to discipline her strictly.
A palace banquet lasted for several hours, but ended in unpleasantness as usual.
Although everyone had different thoughts, they finally had to leave the palace with the emperor's consent.
As the people from the other three countries left, Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan also got on the carriage and returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Shen Jingxuan sat on the couch with a worried look on her face, because today's palace banquet had just ended and she was worried about the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet in five days.
But she knew that the birthday banquet five days later would be the same as today's palace banquet, and she and Xie Lingxiao still had to attend.
Shen Jingxuan was unwilling in her heart, but she couldn't turn back time, let alone stop time.
Just five days after she had been gloomy, the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet arrived.