Enough, let us first enter the palace to meet the Emperor.
Sure enough, as soon as he reported to the palace gate, there was an attendant who came forward to serve.
"The Emperor has been waiting for you for some hours, please follow this old servant."
"Thank you, Eunuch." Xia Guangcheng understood the implied meaning and rewarded the attendant with some broken silver.
The attendant was naturally pleased.
"The Emperor is very angry after hearing that the First Prince has relapsed. Be careful, General."
See, this is the difference between giving silver and not giving silver.
"Thank you, Eunuch."
Sincerely thanked once more.
The First Prince relapsed, and the Empress was at a loss.
She kept asking if there was any news from the Xia family.
The news was that the old lady had been rescued, but the young lady had not returned to the residence.
This worried the Empress greatly.
She kept praying that nothing would go wrong.
Otherwise, what would happen to Che’er?
"Father, let’s see Big Brother first." Panpan always called the First Prince Big Brother.
"Daughter, this time listen to your father and see the Emperor first, then the First Prince." Xia Guangcheng thought that children are indeed children and couldn’t distinguish who was senior.
Coming to the palace without seeing the Emperor would definitely not do, besides, the Emperor is waiting for his report.
"Alright, I suppose we have to let Big Brother suffer a bit more."
In the Study Room, Xia Guangcheng put Panpan down, kowtowing properly to express his gratitude.
It was the Emperor who permitted him to leave the city, which meant everything about him was under the Emperor’s control.
However, matters concerning the Third Prince still needed to be honestly conveyed.
"What did you say?"
"I am quite certain, Your Majesty. It was indeed the Third Prince I saw."
The Emperor’s expression turned unpleasant. Unexpectedly, he was still alive and, after so many years, still held delusions and even sought to seize power?
But thinking about his own health in the past two years and then the frail body of the First Prince, Che’er, the Emperor felt a sense of danger.
"What kind of deal did you make with him?"
Inside, the Emperor was very angry.
Because there were five memorials on the desk impeaching him.
Unexpectedly, the contents of the memorials were true. The Third Prince was alive, and General Xia was on familiar terms with him, indulging in drinking and pleasure together...
"Your Majesty, I can explain."
Xia Guangcheng’s desire to survive was overwhelming, and he felt bitter inside. What about the promised trust? Actually, there was none at all.
"Uncle, Uncle, Panpan knows, Panpan will tell you, okay?" Panpan trotted directly to the Emperor: "Emperor Uncle, that Third Prince is a villain, he drugged Grandma and kidnapped Panpan. He wanted Daddy to cooperate with him, to drink with Daddy, and then let Daddy go."
"Then what did your father say to him?"
"Daddy said..."
"Daddy also said..."
Panpan’s little mouth spoke in a soft, adorable manner, and surprisingly, the Emperor listened.
"Your Majesty, at that time, the situation was that the Third Prince was surrounded by experts, I weighed my capabilities and realized I was no match for them. To protect my mother and daughter, I chose to drink." Xia Guangcheng said, "I am entirely loyal, please discern the truth, Your Majesty."
"Alright, you may leave now. Investigate that group thoroughly, and redeem yourself by arresting them all."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
This turn of events left Xia Guangcheng stunned, how could he be believed so easily?
"You can leave the palace now, leave your child at the Kunning Palace and come to pick her up in a few days."
"Ah?"
Xia Guangcheng was a bit dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, the child is still young, staying at the Kunning Palace might trouble the Empress, disturbing her rest."
"No need to worry about that, Panpan will have everything she needs at the Kunning Palace. It is the Emperor’s will and also the Empress’s desire."
Then Xia Guangcheng was "chased" out of the palace gate.
Upon returning to the Xia family, Xiao Chunyu hurriedly looked behind him, seeing no one, not even a child held in his arms.
"General, where is Panpan?"
Xiao Chunyu’s voice was trembling.
"I took her into the palace, and the Emperor and Empress kept her there." Xia Guangcheng said, "Don’t worry, mother was drugged, but Panpan was not. Panpan said she felt uncomfortable with the scent, so she went to the chamber to sleep..."
After recounting the events, Xiao Chunyu was very surprised.
"Does this mean our Panpan brought me good luck, and today I wasn’t punished at all." Xia Guangcheng said, "While others support their daughters, I seem to be going backward, needing my daughter to support me."
The Emperor didn’t punish him and even rewarded him?
This news also made the Third Prince’s faction very frustrated: their plot to sow discord failed.
"How could it be? Why has he changed?"