allendalepharm Chapter 172 Pleading for Father
Chapter 172 Pleading for Father
Father, like son.
Perhaps only after going through hardships can one truly see what is the most important thing in one's heart.
This is true for Zhen Huan and her sister Shi Lan.
She used to be so bright and so arrogant.
I never thought that I would live so cautiously and fearfully.
But if she doesn't make changes, the price will be so painful.
It is never easy for a person to change himself for what he wants to protect.
……
Royal Garden.
Back then, Zhen Huan pretended to be sick to avoid being favored. Xiao Yunzi and Liu Zhu built a swing in the Imperial Garden to make her happy during her illness.
It was also at that time that she and the emperor met for the first time.
She and Shen Meizhuang had already agreed that Sister Mei would lead the emperor to the Imperial Garden today.
She played the flute and waited here, just to see the emperor.
The autumn is getting deeper and the wind is gradually picking up.
The wind blew for a moment, and Zhen Huan felt a little chilly because of her thin clothes.
She was even more afraid of the cold during pregnancy, and she was seen shivering slightly in the wind.
Liu Zhu couldn't bear to see this, and hurriedly hugged her, "My queen, it's so windy, you should have listened to Aunt Jingxi and put on a cloak when you came out just now."
As he said this, he rubbed her shoulders and arms to make her feel warmer.
Zhen Huan shook her head and said, "Now, I can only hope that the emperor will see my pitiful appearance during pregnancy and be willing to pity me and listen to me."
Liu Zhu sighed in her heart, and a little sadness appeared between her eyebrows. She looked ahead and said, "I don't know if Huipin can really attract the emperor. Is the young lady going to keep bragging like this?"
"Yes, no matter what, we have to blow it until the emperor comes."
As she spoke, Zhen Huan raised the flute in her hand and played it with all her heart.
The piece she played was "Apricot Blossoms in the Sky" which she played in the Imperial Garden. The lyrics of this song were originally written about missing a lover far away. The longing is deep and touching.
Zhen Huan had played the flute countless times, but never as sad and mournful as today.
It was not until she blew the wind for the third time that Yinzhen's figure appeared.
When Zhen Huan caught a glimpse of the yellow figure in the corner of her eye, she suddenly felt aggrieved.
When she finished blowing, she slowly stopped.
He bowed towards the direction where Yinzhen was standing.
This time, Yinzhen finally spoke.
Perhaps because he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse.
"It's inconvenient during pregnancy, so there's no need to perform the ceremony."
Liu Zhu helped Zhen Huan stand up.
Yinzhen slowly approached her, looking at her thin body, and couldn't help but express his concern, "It's windy today, but why are you wearing so little? Now that you are pregnant, you can't be as careless as before."
"So the Emperor still cares about the baby in my belly?" Zhen Huan spoke softly, with a hint of self-mockery in her words.
"I was specially brought here today by Huipin. What do you want to say?"
Yinzhen ignored what she had just said. Perhaps because of what she had just said, there was some different emotion in his eyes and he spoke in a hurry.
"Your Majesty doesn't want to see me, so I can only ask Sister Mei to perform this act with me. Please don't blame Sister Mei."
Zhen Huan lowered her brows and spoke slowly.
Yinzhen neither said anything nor expressed his opinion.
Zhen Huan could only continue, "Your Majesty, do you still remember this place? This is where I first met Your Majesty. This is the song that I played at that time. My heart towards Your Majesty remains the same as always, but I don't know if Your Majesty still treats me the same way."
Yinzhen looked at her deeply. Her face looked very much like his former lover.
And this kind of flute sound is comparable to Chunyuan.
If you ask him, does he like Zhen Huan?
That was natural, but at this moment, he had already felt that Zhen Huan was deliberately imitating Chun Yuan in order to plead for her father who had committed a crime.
But it made him feel disgusted.
That undefiled moon will always be an untouchable place in his heart.
“The sound of the flute remains the same.”
Yinzhen did not answer, but spoke to himself.
"I am fortunate that the emperor likes the sound of my flute." She was willing to compromise and flatter, all for the sake of the emperor's willingness to let her go when she told him about her father's affairs.
But unexpectedly, Yinzhen said this out of the blue.
"Since Queen Chunyuan passed away, I haven't heard such beautiful flute music."
Zhen Huan felt as if she had been hit hard. She stood there in a daze, her brain went blank, and she opened her mouth but said nothing for a moment.
Yinzhen glanced at her and saw the sadness on her face, which made him feel as if his heart was stabbed.
He turned his head slightly and didn't look at Zhen Huan's expression.
Zhen Huan found it ridiculous, but as she laughed she began to cry unknowingly.
"So, the reason I was able to attract the Emperor back then was because my flute sounded like that of Empress Chunyuan?"
Yinzhen pursed his lips, "It is your blessing to be somewhat like Queen Chunyuan."
Zhen Huan was speechless. She felt that the little thing she had held on to with great difficulty was completely shattered.
"Really? Then could it be that the affection that the emperor showed to me was also because of Queen Chunyuan?"
Yinzhen stopped talking, obviously not wanting to continue this topic.
Even though Zhen Huan was sad, she never forgot the most important thing of the day.
"Your Majesty, no matter how you think I am, it doesn't matter. But my father was wrongly accused. I beg Your Majesty to re-examine my father's case. I only ask Your Majesty not to convict my father because of other people's slander!"
Hearing that she really came to plead for Zhen Yuandao, Yinzhen was filled with anger.
"The evidence is solid for Zhen Yuandao's crime, so it's not like he was wronged. Besides, the affairs of the previous dynasty cannot be discussed by the concubines!"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Huan burst into tears, "Your Majesty, my father has always been loyal to you and would never do such a thing. Your Majesty knows what kind of person my father is. Could it be that your Majesty did this because the Imperial Observatory said that the child in my belly is a bad omen?"
Zhen Huan was so anxious that she blurted out this matter.
When Yinzhen heard this, he thought that Zhen Huan was asking about the affairs of the previous dynasty. After all, once this matter came out, he ordered the Imperial Observatory not to spread it to anyone, and even the Queen did not know about it. The fact that Zhen Huan knew about it was even more intolerable.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhen Huan spoke again.
"No matter how Your Majesty dislikes me, no matter how Your Majesty dislikes the child in my belly, I will accept it. If Your Majesty doesn't like the child in my belly, even if you give me a bowl of safflower today, I will not hesitate at all, but..."
"I only ask that Your Majesty re-examine my father's case..."
"presumptuous!"
When Yinzhen heard her words, he became even angrier.
"Do you know what you are talking about!"
Zhen Huan stopped talking.