graceful

"

The captain of the guards looked up suddenly.

The emperor looked at him in disbelief.

The old emperor was impatient and was furious when he saw that the captain of the guards had not yet left.

"What are you still standing there for? Get out of here!"

The captain of the guards knew that he had no say, and he tried his best to convey the message. He could not anger the emperor, otherwise all his family members would lose their lives.

He just lowered his head with a look of disappointment.

Bai Yuer's eyes flashed with a smile when she saw this.

Then he raised his hand and gently stroked the old emperor's chest, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Princess Anping may have lost her sense of propriety because she cared too much about the Crown Prince. I think she definitely didn't mean to offend Your Majesty. Your Majesty should just give her a small punishment, but don't let your anger harm your health."

After being comforted, the old emperor not only did not calm down but became even angrier.

"Humph, this Anping actually dared to disobey me. Since she wants to kneel, she can kneel until she dies!"

……

Xuanwu Gate.

The captain of the guards came running over. Tang Yu looked up. His long eyelashes seemed to be stained with snowflakes. His lips were pale and his face looked lost.

"Father didn't agree, did he?"

There were people watching not far away, all looking at the captain of the guards with anticipation.

Expecting the words they want to hear to come out of that mouth.

But no.

The captain of the guards lowered his head, unable to hide the self-blame between his brows.

"Princess Anping, His Majesty has ordered you to kneel here until he lets you stand up. He has not ordered reinforcements. You should go back. You will freeze to death if you kneel here in such a cold weather. We brothers will help cover up for you. When the time comes, we will say that you fainted from kneeling here and were carried back to the palace."

He can't do much.

I didn't dare ask why when His Majesty gave an order, I didn't dare to plead, I didn't dare to say anything.

But now he wants to be brave for once.

Such a good princess cannot die at Xuanwu Gate.

The answer was as expected. Tang Yu did not show any disappointment, but instead smiled gently.

"If I leave, you won't be able to live. How can I leave? Well, don't worry about me. I'll just kneel here!"

The captain of the guards tried to continue persuading him but to no avail, as Tang Yu had already repeated his previous words loudly again.

"Father, please send troops to reinforce the army, please send troops to reinforce the army..."

In the Queen's Fengyi Palace, the Queen kept twisting her handkerchief in her hands, her eyes full of worry.

"How is it, Anping is still kneeling at Xuanwu Gate?"

The maidservant who came back in a hurry was panting, "Replying to the Queen, I heard that His Majesty ordered the princess to kneel at Xuanwu Gate all the time. What should we do? It's snowing heavily outside and it's so cold. The princess will get frostbite and her body will collapse."

The queen subconsciously stood up and wanted to rush out, preferably to the Qianqing Palace to get the old emperor to give in.

But she thought of the plan Xiaoyu had told her in advance.

The queen had no choice but to sit down again.

The knuckles of his hands were white from pinching the handkerchief with such force.

"What should I do? What should I do?"

The nanny next to her comforted her.

"Your Highness, don't be anxious. I think Her Royal Highness the Princess has her own plans. We must not lose our composure."

The day passed and night fell.

The snow keeps on falling.

The snow had accumulated after a day and a night and had formed a thick layer that was higher than the knees when you stepped on it.

"Please, father, send troops to reinforce the army... Please... father... send... troops... to reinforce... the army..."

Tang Yu's voice was intermittent, his lips were purple, and his whole body was frozen and completely unconscious.

This was all thanks to Xiaoyuan and Xiaotao who kept bringing hot packs from Yaohua Palace to keep Tang Yu warm, otherwise Tang Yu would have become a corpse in a day and a night.