In the main hall of Prince Xi's Mansion.

Leng Xi sat at the front with a cold expression, while Yu Qiaoqiao stood with her head lowered, holding the handkerchief with her fingers to hide her inner nervousness.

After a moment of silence, Leng Xi suddenly spoke in a cold voice,

"Why are you contradicting me?"

Yu Qiaoqiao knew that he was talking about how he made her drink alcohol in Prince Yu's Mansion.

So, she looked up at him and said without hesitation:

"I don't know how to drink. You know that. Why do you still want to make me look embarrassed in public? You blame me for contradicting you. Why don't you say that you don't care about my feelings at all?"

"What did I tell you before I left in the morning? This time we sued for peace with sincerity, but you refused to even drink a glass of water and wine? You also contradicted me in public. Your courage is getting bigger and bigger.

"

"It doesn't matter whether I drink or not. Princess Yu won't kick us out of Prince Yu's palace just because I don't drink. It's you who use me to please others. Isn't this interesting? Don't you think you're doing a great job?

Is it too much?"

Too much? How dare she talk to herself like this? How dare she contradict herself again?

Leng Xi was stunned for a moment.

He was about to get angry, but Yu Qiaoqiao bowed and saluted like a normal person, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, I am Princess Xi, not a little girl from Prince Xi's Mansion. Please don't point fingers at me in the future. It's getting late and I should go back to sleep. You should also rest early."

After leaving these words, she turned around and walked out of the main hall without taking another look at Leng Xi.

this……

Leng Xi was stunned for a moment. How could Yu Qiaoqiao, who had always obeyed his advice, dare to contradict him repeatedly today? What on earth was going on?

He frowned and thought, and finally, he thought of it.

Yu Qiaoqiao and Luo Lan stayed together for a long time today. It must have been Shui Luolan who said something to her, otherwise she would never dare to talk to herself like this.

Thinking of this, he slapped the table with his fist angrily, wanting to get angry, but he held it back with all his strength.

"Here comes someone."

He shouted loudly, and the butler bowed over.

"Your Majesty..."

"Go ahead and tell me that starting from tomorrow, Prince Xi will go to the streets to give out porridge and steamed buns every day for a month. Those homeless people can eat for free."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment and asked cautiously:

"Your Majesty, this month's supply of porridge and steamed buns requires a large sum of money, so we still..."

"Is this king's words unclear or is it because your ears are hard to use?"

Seeing Leng Xi's tone becoming unhappy, the housekeeper nodded hurriedly in agreement,

"Yes, I'll ask someone to prepare it right now."

After saying that, the butler quickly turned around and trotted away.

Didn’t the mother-in-law say that she should be a good person among the common people? Then just spread the wealth by yourself!

…

Early the next morning, after Leng Yu finished handling the matters in the court early, he and Liu Dechang came to the Yangxin Hall.

The emperor's body was still very weak these days. Fortunately, Luo Lan gave him medicine to recuperate his body. Although he was in poor spirits, his health was not serious.

Since Leng Yu was appointed as regent by the emperor, he could meet the emperor directly without notification.

Therefore, after arriving at Yangxin Hall, he took Liu Dechang directly to the emperor's chamber.

When he came closer, he saw the emperor leaning on the imperial couch and taking a nap. Liu Xi stood beside him and gently rubbed his legs. Leng Yu bowed and clasped his fists and said:

"Father, I have something to report."

Leng Yu's words broke the tranquility here. The emperor half-opened his eyes and looked at him. Liu Xi hurriedly helped him sit up.

He sat upright, glanced at Leng Yu, and then looked at Liu Dechang,

"General Liu is here too. It seems this matter is very important."

Liu Dechang hurriedly clasped his fists and replied:

"What the emperor said is absolutely true. This matter concerns me, so I came here with Prince Yu."

"Oh? Tell me, what is it that Yu'er can't make the decision about, so she has to come to me to report it?"

After Liu Dechang and Leng Yu looked at each other, they handed over a memorial directly. After Liu Xi took the memorial, he bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, I once had a wife. You know this. In fact, she did not die. She was just kidnapped to the Chu State by the Chu people. They also took away one of my children, Luo Lan's twin sister.

."

His words made the emperor's eyes flash with slight surprise, and he immediately asked:

"What do you mean by mentioning this to me now?"

"I want the emperor to rehabilitate my wife and daughter and restore their identity so that they can see the light of day again in Daning Kingdom."

"According to what you said, they are in Daning Country now, right?"

Liu Dechang hesitated for a moment, Leng Yu cupped his fists and replied:

"Father, they are currently living in Prince Yu's Mansion."

The emperor's face suddenly darkened. He looked at Leng Yu and roared in a low voice,

"So, they were at Prince Yu's Mansion last time I went there? You lied to me."

"I don't dare. I had no choice last time. I hope my father can be considerate of me."

"snort!"

The emperor suddenly threw up his sleeves and shouted loudly,

"You are killing first and then telling the story. You had no choice last time. What happened this time? Because of your status as regent, you can make the decision for them, right? You are so brave, you actually put two Chu people at home.

If you don't tell me, you know that the people I hate the most are the people of Chu."

"Father, they are not from the Chu State. They were just kidnapped to the Chu State by the Chu people. They are also victims. I hope that my father will be kind and restore their identities."

"It's really unreasonable. If you didn't lie to me last time, I might be able to give them some mercy. But you left them at home a long time ago without telling me. Now it seems that your Prince Yu's Mansion doesn't take me seriously at all.

inside."

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Liu Dechang hurriedly bowed and begged:

"Your Majesty, I lost my wife and daughter that year. Your Majesty was sympathetic and ordered people to search inside and outside the capital to no avail. In order to make the old minister give up the idea of ​​looking for his wife and daughter, the people of Chu held a fake funeral for the old minister's wife.

, Now that the old minister knows that their mother and daughter are still alive, he naturally wants to take them back. Please understand the old minister's pain of being alone and helpless for many years, and for the sake of the old minister, clear their names and restore their mother and daughter's identity as Daning people.

I would like to thank you here."

When he said this, Liu Dechang suddenly knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to the emperor with tears streaming down his face.

The emperor closed his eyes slightly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then waved his hand,

"The people I hate the most in my life are the Chu people and the people who deceive me. You have taken advantage of both of them. Considering that you two have the same heart for me, I won't let you care about it. Three

Let the two Chu people leave the capital and Daning within a few days. If not, I will send someone to pick them up."

"emperor……"

When Liu Dechang saw the emperor saying harsh words, he immediately shouted in panic:

"Your Majesty, they are not from the Chu State. They are the wives and children of an old minister. Can't Your Majesty be accommodating?"

The emperor waved his hand mercilessly,

"Although they are not from the Chu State, they have stayed in the Chu State for many years. If they care about the Daning State and you, General Liu, why don't they come back earlier? Do they want to come back when the Chu State and the Daning State are at war? Who can guarantee them

Isn’t it a trick of the Chu State? In my opinion, they must have some ulterior secret if they want to return to the Duke’s Mansion, so you should stop interceding on behalf of the two of them.”

After saying these words, he waved his hand to Liu Xi,

"I'm tired. Help me lie down and take a nap. You all can step aside."

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of being accommodating and didn't even want to talk about the matter any further, Leng Yu and Liu Dechang could only walk out of the Yangxin Palace in frustration.
Chapter completed!