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Chapter 551: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (302)

Chapter 551: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Three Hundred and Two)

Qiao Li stood on the high platform and looked around. The palaces bathed in the sun were magnificent and gorgeous, but no one could ignore how many bones were buried in this magnificent palace complex.

Rights are indeed a good thing. Many people are willing to fight for them even if it means getting hurt or losing their lives.

Xuan Yunian let her look at the palace quietly until the wind grew stronger. Fearing that she would catch a cold, he said, "It's windy here, Madam. Let's go. Shi'er is still waiting for us."

Qiao Li turned sideways, smiled and nodded, saying, "Let's go. Don't keep Shi'er waiting too long."

Xuan Shi was already waiting at the palace gate. When he saw his parents coming, he hurried forward to greet them. The three of them left the palace together and submitted a visiting card to the Duke's Mansion in the name of the King of Northern Frontier.

The next morning, the three of them went to visit Duke Cui's mansion again. After dismissing the servants, there were only five people inside. Duke Cui and his wife were already in a trance when they saw Xuan Shi and the veiled Qiao Li. After the outsiders were gone, Qiao Li took off her veil and took her son and husband to meet her parents, feeling guilty for her unfilial behavior over the years.

The Duke and his wife hadn't seen their daughter for many years. They were genuinely angry and felt sorry for their daughter as well. They didn't ask their daughter to kneel for too long and just asked them to stand up.

A quarter of an hour later, the Duke asked Xuan Yunian to go to the study. Qiao Li and Xuan Shi accompanied Madam Cui. Then the family had dinner together. Qiao Li left with her husband and son in the evening. The next day, Qiao Li came quietly to accompany her mother. Every other day, the Queen Mother would summon Qiao Li.

Half a month passed, and the remaining remnants were eliminated. Liang Sheng's health improved somewhat in the palace, and his parents had been with him for half a month. Even their son's future had a clearer direction. Qiao Li missed his daughter in the northern border and was finally on his way home. Mrs. Cui, thinking of her granddaughter, whom she had never met, wanted to go to the northern border herself, but the Mid-Autumn Festival was just over half a month away, and her son Cui Jing would be returning to Beijing with his family. She couldn't leave, and she was worried about her granddaughter being lonely in the northern border, so she asked her daughter to leave early.

Over the past half month, Mrs. Cui has come to understand her daughter's situation and she agrees with her daughter's decision. Since she is marrying someone else, she should have less emotional involvement with the one in the palace.

As for Tuantuan, Madam Cui liked this grandson very much, but Tuantuan's identity made Madam Cui embarrassed. After all, the grandson was His Majesty's biological son. In recent years, His Majesty dismissed the beauties in the harem, and no prince was born in the palace for decades. Unless something unexpected happened, His Majesty would not give up the idea of ​​letting Tuantuan succeed to the throne. If Tuantuan did not ascend the throne, the successor could only be chosen from the royal family, but which royal family member could tolerate the legitimate prince to be alive?

Mrs. Cui was worried that it would be someone else instead of her grandson who would ascend the throne in the future, and that the new emperor would suppress the Cui family, assassinate her grandson, and even her daughter and current son-in-law would not have a good end. So Mrs. Cui was always worried before His Majesty made a decision, but she did not want to force her grandson to make a choice, and never advised her grandson to agree to His Majesty's request that he be presented as the crown prince.

Liang Sheng was also afraid that his son would be unwilling to inherit his throne, but he understood that as long as he made his future situation clear, his filial son would not ignore his mother and sister.

"Yan'er, the emperor has been in poor health these past few years and may not live for many more years. The only thing he can give you is the throne. Whether you like it or not, you must accept the imperial seal and become a monarch who cares about the world."

Xuan Shi looked at his biological father with mixed feelings. He understood what the imperial seal meant. His mother and father had told him to think it over carefully. If he didn't want to be emperor, they would protect him and prevent the new emperor from harming him. But Xuan Shi wanted to protect the people he wanted to protect more than anything else. Besides, a man with ambition didn't need to hide under his parents' umbrella; he would gradually become the one to protect them. Furthermore, he feared that one day, he would come to blows with the new emperor in the northern border, reigniting the chaos and suffering of the people. Ultimately, Xuan Shi accepted the imperial seal from his biological father, promising to be a good emperor and protect Daliang.