"Yes." Fengling Yelan and Fengling Yexi both nodded.
Fengling Yelan snickered secretly. Since the emperor wanted to hide it from the Queen Mother, he would definitely not pursue it vigorously. Even though the lie they compiled was full of loopholes, the emperor would not pursue it either.
Also, he just confessed to the emperor about digging tunnels. If the emperor wanted to hide it from the Queen Mother, he would definitely not punish him arbitrarily...
In this way, since he helped his fifth brother and the others, he himself would not be punished.
"And...who do you think those two men in black are? Could it be that they are the same assassins from last time?" The emperor put down his boots and then said.
"Brother Imperial, it seems to Brother Yichen that this time has nothing to do with the previous assassins. It is very likely that some of Fifth Brother's previous enemies are chasing him."
Hearing this, the emperor fell into deep thought and didn't know what he was thinking.
"You'd better not tell anyone else about this yet. For the time being, just pretend that Ye Xi is still in the palace, lest the people at Butterfly Villa know about it and make the truth bigger." The emperor explained again.
"Yes." The two nodded again.
"Brother Imperial, since the fifth brother...then Brother Imperial, why not choose a prince directly and marry Ren Butterfly, isn't that the same?" Fengling Yelan suggested.
The emperor is already quite old this year and is the eldest among them. And he also has many princes, the older ones of whom should be about the same age as Ren Butterfly.
Hearing this, the emperor hurriedly sighed: "If it could be like this, I would have done it long ago. It's just that Ren Butterfly has to argue and won't marry unless it's Ye Xi..."
Before, he wanted to choose a prince and marry Ren Butterfly, but he didn't agree and there was nothing he could do.
"Forget it, let me figure this out. You can go back first!" The emperor shook his head and waved his hands, seeming a little annoyed.
Fengling Yelan and Fengling Yexi didn't say anything and just left.
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Prime Minister Qu's Mansion.
The lady didn't return home last night, and the entire Prime Minister Qu's residence was already in commotion.
At this time, a secret edict was issued in the palace and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The person who came to announce the edict was the emperor's confidant, Eunuch Hu.
The imperial edict stated that only Prime Minister Qu could see it.
Prime Minister Qu didn't quite understand it at first, but he felt that this matter had something to do with his daughter.
Because, he went to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion last night and asked the bearers. The bearers said that Zhen'er was taken away by Fengling Yexi.
After reading the imperial edict, Prime Minister Qu was stunned out of shock.
He couldn't believe what was written in the imperial edict, King Liulan fell off a cliff, Prince Liulan and his concubine died in love... Those few glances stung his eyes and nerves.
The imperial edict also stated that he should keep it a secret, and that the funeral should be kept private and not publicized, and that no outsiders or the Queen Mother should know about it for the time being.
Keep it a secret... Hehe... He had dedicated his whole life to Fengling Kingdom and died... Unexpectedly, even after his daughter passed away, he could only feel so aggrieved.
"Prime Minister Qu, the imperial edict has been delivered to you, so our family will return to the palace first." Eunuch Hu didn't know what was written in the edict, but he still had a smile on his face.
But seeing that Prime Minister Qu ignored him, he had no choice but to say goodbye, take his people, and leave.
After a long time, Prime Minister Qu closed the imperial edict and held it tightly in his hand.
The wrinkled face twitched slightly...and the weak body also trembled slightly.