After the long silence, the emperor on the throne slowly opens his mouth:
"Do you think that what I did previously was wrong?"
His voice deep and stern, like the crack of a thunder, booming in everyone"s heart.
Seeing that things take a worse turn, the a.s.sistant minister is about to go down on his knees and beg for forgiveness out of instinct.
But what the emperor says next makes him frozen on the spot:
"My beloved minister, you have taught me so much. How about you teaching me how to be an emperor?"
The a.s.sistant minister feels nothing except a sore in his knees and kneels with his knees. .h.i.tting hard on the ground.
Not only does the a.s.sistant minister get down on his knees, but those ministers on court all go down on their knees.
Some of the clever ministers has guessed that His Majesty is going to be angry.
But n.o.body has thought that His Majesty would be so flared up and say something so devastating.
"Take him out." Emperor Huizong closes his eyes and speaks in a low voice.
The emperor has said something as simple as "Take him out." But n.o.body dares to think carefully about where the a.s.sistant minister is going to be taken or what the a.s.sistant is going to be made to do.
Only that after this incident, everyone in the capital of Yan knows that the a.s.sistant minister wouldn"t be seen anywhere near the capital.
Deep down, the a.s.sistant minister knows that he is doomed so he looks at his patron instinctively.
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Prince Fu stands there without any expression on his face and doesn"t even look at him.
The a.s.sistant minister is bitterly disappointed and realizes that he has been discarded.
But he dares not to say anything else and lowers his head in frustration since his wife has been controlled by Prince Fu.
The a.s.sistant minister is taken away by palace guards and n.o.body else dares to say anything on court.
Zhao Yi watches the man who is sitting on the throne.
He has underestimated how important Prince Yan is for his father after all.
He knows clearly that Emperor Huizong was angry not because the a.s.sistant minister was trying to be smart but because he suggested to send Prince Yan away to the imperial mausoleum.
Emperor Huizong hates that.
Though Emperor Huizong knows that Prince Yan has wished for his early death, he couldn"t bring himself to destroy Prince Yan"s entire life.
Zhao Yi lowers his head, his fists clenching tightly on his sleeves.
He is jealous.
The royal family ought to be ruthless.
Prince Yan and Emperor Huizong, their ridiculous affection for each other as son and father shouldn"t exist at all.
Why? Why could Zhao Yin have something that others couldn"t have?
Let"s wait and see. He, Zhao Yi will prove it through his action.
That ruthlessness is the normal way of life in a royal family.
In the yard of the cold palace.
Ah Zhao and Zhao Yin are having lunch.
Clearly, Prince Beiding"s action has taken its effect.
Compared with what they had yesterday, this lunch is way more delicious and rich.
With two dishes and a soup, one of them with meat, cooked with fresh ingredient and in abundance.
Though it is nothing compared with what they used to eat but it is truly a nice meal for those who end up in the cold palace.
Other things aside, a cook of the imperial kitchen, even though a second-tier cook has better cooking skills than normal people.
Ah Zhao is quite pleased by the meal.
Zhao Yin, in contrast, has mixed feelings seeing Ah Zhao in such contentment.
Especially knowing that she is here to suffer due to his mistake, Zhao Yin feels more sorry to her than ever.
"Princess, I"m sorry to put you through such a rough time." He says softly.
Ah Zhao is having her soup when that comes from Zhao Yin out of nowhere. She is a bit confused and looks at Zhao Yin with her dark and bright eyes.
But she soon realized her persona and puts down the bowl in her hand and says in an indifferent tone: "It"s my own choice and it makes no difference to me."
Zhao Yin automatically puts what she said into: I"m willing to suffer with you.
At that moment he is more touched than ever and is about to say something tenderer when Ah Zhao opens her mouth all of a sudden: "Zhao Yin, I know well that you didn"t do the curse stuff."
Zhao Yin is dumbfounded.
It"s the first time that the topic is brought up between them since they got here.