Chapter 1261: Chapter 18: The Emperor Turned into a Dog Again

"What? Someone almost kicked to death the little dog the Empress Dowager gave you, who dares to do such a bold thing?!" the Emperor asked angrily.

"It was..." The Princess was about to speak, but was interrupted by the Empress.

"Marzi, quickly invite your father to sit inside. Standing all the time is tiring," the Empress said with a forced smile.

"No need, Marzi, tell me first, what’s going on?" the Emperor waved to stop the Empress from speaking further and asked the Princess.

The Princess hesitated for a moment, not opening her mouth.

"Don’t worry about anything else, speak honestly to your father, he will stand up for you," the Emperor said authoritatively.

"It’s Liu Yin beside the Imperial Concubine," the Princess said at last.

The Emperor was silent for a moment.

Suddenly, the Empress couldn’t help but speak: "Marzi, come down."

The Princess obediently started to get down, but the Emperor held her tightly.

"I haven’t spoken yet, and you think I won’t stand up for Marzi?" the Emperor looked at the Empress.

The Empress curled her lips in a mocking smile: "I dare not."

The Emperor was stifled.

Then the Emperor turned to Eunuch Xue and said: "Pass my decree, the Imperial Concubine was disrespectful to the Empress Dowager, she shall copy the Tao Te Ching a hundred times, have her salary docked for three months, and be confined to the palace for three months. Liu Yin will be punished with twenty strikes of the board."

Eunuch Xue responded respectfully and went to deliver the decree to the Imperial Concubine’s palace.

Then the Emperor saw the Empress once again have a ghost-like expression.

"That’s the little dog the Empress Dowager gave to Marzi, it’s different," the Emperor explained sheepishly.

The Empress said no more, whether she believed it or not was unclear.

The Emperor carried the Princess inside, chatting with her, asking what she was learning now, what she liked, and what she wanted most. The Princess happily conversed with the Emperor for a long time, until she yawned and became sleepy, then the Emperor had Lianhua take her to sleep.

When the Princess went to sleep, the Emperor and the Empress sat alone in the room, immersed in an eerie silence.

After hesitating for a while, the Emperor finally spoke slowly: "You, are you doing well?"

The Empress looked surprised at the Emperor, coldly responding: "Whether I am well or not, the Emperor should know best." After saying this, the Empress regretted it. She knew the current situation for herself and Marzi was not good, and with the Emperor’s visit today, she should seize the opportunity to please him. But hearing the Emperor ask, she couldn’t help herself. She knew his temperament well, ready for him to leave angrily. Then she debated internally on whether to quickly beg for forgiveness and apologize.

"It’s my fault, these years have been hard on you," the Emperor unexpectedly said in a low voice.

The Empress thought the Emperor was sick or had taken the wrong medicine. In the past, he either shouted at her or strictly reprimanded her. When the Imperial Concubine was just a concubine, he often stormed into the palace, scolding her as a poisonous woman, mistreating the concubine, and after the concubine was promoted to the Imperial Concubine, he simply stopped coming. He ignored the mother and daughter, yet today he says it has been hard on them?

This was certainly taking the wrong medicine.

"I have things to attend to, I’ll go first. I’ll visit the Princess again tomorrow. You’ve taught her well; I’m very pleased," facing the Empress’s expression as if questioning his sanity, the Emperor felt guilty, not wanting to stay any longer. He stood up, said these few words, and left quickly, almost fleeing.

The Empress rose to perform a courteous farewell to the Emperor, but her eyes lingered on his figure, filled with doubt.

The Emperor didn’t ride the Dragon Carriage, instead walked silently on the path back to his palace, contemplating how to compensate the Empress and the Princess. With roughly drafted plans in his heart, he went back, washed up, and laid down to sleep.

Then the next day, he couldn’t implement his compensation plan, because he once again transformed into a dog.

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