C298 Father and daughter meeting

In the end, it was winter. The cold wind was bone-chilling, and the droplets of water had turned into ice.

Even when the sun was lazily shining, he could not feel the slightest bit of heat.

Another day passed. Yuwen Di had used brunch s, so he looked restless as he walked around the house.

"Your Majesty, what happened to you today?" Why don't you sit down and rest for a while? " Eunuch Ming looked at Yuwen Di and could not help but say to him with a smile.

"It's getting colder and colder these days." The emperor looked outside and frowned slightly.

"That's right. It's almost the end of the lunar month. The weather is naturally getting colder and colder." The Eunuch Ming and Yuwen Di were talking, thinking that Yuwen Di was feeling cold. He hurriedly ordered people to add some good animal gold in the brazier, allowing the room to become warmer.

Yuwen Di hesitated for a while, before speaking to the Eunuch Ming: "Go and order some people to prepare some winter clothes and delicious food. "Prepare it for me in a moment."

"What is the Emperor planning to do?" Eunuch Ming replied, but still asked Yuwen Di in puzzlement.

Yuwen Di sighed. Seeing that there was no way to hide it, he nodded towards Eunuch Ming. "I heard from the Little Thirteen that Ying Luo was sick a few days ago and still hasn't recovered from it. I thought I should go and see her."

Yuwen Di deliberately lowered his voice, afraid that others would hear, causing him, the Emperor, to lose face.

Eunuch Ming immediately understood and quickly prepared the things Yuwen Di requested, then followed Yuwen Di to Sixth Princess's palace.

The weather was getting colder, and there were very few people walking around the palace. The doors to the Sixth Princess's palace were tightly shut, making the area in front of the door seem even colder.

"Your majesty, let this servant go and knock on the door." Eunuch Ming stood behind Yuwen Di and tried to probe him out.

Yuwen Di shook his head, standing outside and quietly watching, his entire being lost in thought.

He really did not know how it felt like for Duan Yingluo to spend these past few days alone in this ice-cold courtyard.

After a long while, Yuwen Di slowly walked forward, and pushed open the red lacquer door that was already stained with dust.

When the hymen s in the palace heard the noise, they hurriedly came out. As they walked, they smiled and said, "Thirteenth Princess, you've come to visit our princess again today."

"How dare you!" Eunuch Ming stood at the side and sternly berated Qingyan, "Insolent palace maid, why aren't you hurriedly bowing when you see the Emperor?"

Only now did Qingyan raise her head, and realized that the person who had arrived was Yuwen Di. She panicked and knelt on the ground, trembling as she said to Yuwen Di: "Greetings Your Majesty, this servant did not know that Your Majesty had arrived, and truly deserves to die a thousand deaths. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Yuwen Di did not care about this matter, and waved to Qingyan, indicating her to stand up.

Qingyan was shocked and even staggered to her feet. She lowered her head, not daring to move.

Yuwen Di sized her up, and asked her in a low voice: "Just now, you mentioned the Thirteenth Princess, what exactly happened?"

After hearing Yuwen Di's question, Qingyan hurriedly said to Yuwen Di, "Reporting to your majesty, ever since Sixth Princess was imprisoned, no one else came to our palace to visit us. Only Thirteenth Princess ignored the previous hatred and gave us a lot of quilts and charcoal to help us survive the winter. "She's even invited an imperial physician to treat our princess' illness."

Just as Qing Yan finished speaking, Yuwen Di could not help but sigh, and muttered to himself: "This Little Thirteen, has truly troubled this child."

"Your majesty, what did you say?" Qingyan asked the Emperor, not hearing him clearly.

Yuwen Di shook his head, and extended his hand out, pointing towards the house. "It's nothing, how is your princess now?"

Qingyan also looked in the direction Yuwen Di was pointing and frowned slightly. He shook his head at Yuwen Di. Although my princess' illness has completely recovered, her entire temperament has changed a lot. She doesn't even dare to say a single word throughout the day. I wonder what's going on. "

Duan Yingluo had been proud and stubborn ever since she was a child, her own royal father had wrongly accused and misunderstood her, and everyone in the court knew that she was the one who secretly poisoned Duan Yunfei. After experiencing this, Duan Yingluo must have been deeply shocked, which was why she was in her current state.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Di felt even more remorse.

He waved to Qingyan, indicating that she should open the door.

Duan Yingluo sat on the bedside without saying a word, and looked out the window, lost in thought. Her eyes were empty, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Yuwen Di looked at Duan Yingluo in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but twitch for a moment. He did his best to open his mouth wide, only then did he call out her name. "It's just …"

Only now did Duan Yingluo turn around and look at Yuwen Di blankly. With a bland smile, she shouted "royal father".

She sat in her original position without moving, quietly watching Yuwen Di who was standing in front of her.

"Princess, the emperor has come. Please hurry up and pay your respects to the emperor." When Qingyan, who was at the side, saw Duan Yingluo like this, she immediately became anxious and hurried over to tug on Duan Yingluo's sleeves, indicating for her to come down and pay her respects to Yuwen Di.

However, Duan Yingluo remained unmoved, her lips were pale white, without a trace of life.

She raised her head to glance at Yuwen Di, her lips slightly opened, and asked with a blank expression: "How did royal father get the free time to come today?"

Yuwen Di slowly walked over, sat down next to Duan Yingluo, and smiled at her, pretending to be relaxed as she said: "We heard that you were sick, so we specially came to visit you."

"Are you feeling better these days?" Yuwen Di stretched out his hand wanting to brush away the hair on her forehead, but he was dodged by Duan Yingluo.

She huddled up in the corner, looking a little nervous, she nodded at Yuwen Di. He slowly opened his mouth and said, "Father, I have already recovered a lot. Thank you for your concern."

Yuwen Di looked at Duan Yingluo and could not help but let out a bitter laugh. After hesitating for a moment, he then turned to Duan Yingluo and said: "Ying Luo, we have actually come here today not only to see your condition, but also to deliver some clothes and quilts to you. There is something else that I want to tell you."

"What is royal father doing?" Duan Yingluo looked at Yuwen Di with an expressionless face, her mouth opening and closing in a rhythmic manner, as if she was talking to a stranger. Please do not worry about it, royal father. "

He sighed at her and said, "The empress' birthday is in a few days' time. You have been the one to personally arrange the empress' birthday in the past few years. The empress would always like it, but this year the Ministry of Rites doesn't know what to do."