Inside the main hall of Xiwang Mansion.

Leng Xi sat in the front position with a cold expression. Yu Qiaoqiao stood with her head down, and kept pinching the handkerchief to hide her inner tension.

After a moment of silence, Leng Xi suddenly spoke coldly.

"Why contradict me?"

Yu Qiaoqiao knew that he was talking about the fact that he asked himself to drink in the Yu Palace.

So she looked up at him and said without hesitation:

"I can't drink, you know, why do you still make me fool of yourself in public? You blame me for contradicting you, why don't you say you didn't care about my feelings at all?"

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

"You go to ask for peace, it has nothing to do with whether I drink or not. Princess Yu won't blow us out of Prince Yu's mansion just because I don't drink. But you, using me to please others, is this interesting? Don't you think you're doing too much?"

Excessive? She dares to talk to herself like this? She dares to contradict herself again?

Leng Xi was stunned for a moment.

He was about to get angry, but Yu Qiaoqiao bowed and said lightly:

"Prince, I am Princess Xi, not the little girl from Xi Wang Mansion. Please don't point fingers at me in the future. It's getting late, so I should go back to bed, so you can rest early."

Leaving this sentence, she did not look at Leng Xi for a long time, turned around and headed out of the main hall.

this……

Leng Xi was stunned for a moment. How dare Yu Qiaoqiao, who has always obeyed his words, refuted him repeatedly today? What's going on?

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

Yu Qiaoqiao and Luo Lan have been together for a long time today. I guess it was Shui Luo Lan 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 in anger, trying to get angry, but he held it hard again.

"Come."

He shouted loudly, and the butler bowed,

"Prince..."

"Give me instructions. Starting tomorrow, Xiwang Mansion will go to the street to distribute porridge and steamed buns every day. For one month, those homeless wanderers can eat it for free."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment and asked carefully:

"Prince, this month's porridge and steamed buns cost a lot of money, so we still..."

"I can't say clearly or is it your ears not working?"

Seeing Leng Xi's tone become unhappy, the butler nodded quickly and responded.

"Yes, I'm going to ask someone to prepare."

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

Didn’t the mother say that she would be a good person among the people in the market? Then let’s spend money on her own!

...

The next morning, Leng Yu had handled the matter in the court early, and came to the Yangxin Hall with Liu Dechang.

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

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

So, after coming to the Yangxin Palace, he took Liu Dechang directly to the emperor's bedroom.

When he came closer, he saw the emperor leaning against the couch and napping. Liu Xi stood beside him and rubbed his legs lightly. Leng Yu bowed and clasped his fists and said:

"Father, my son and I have something to say."

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, looked at Leng Yu, and then looked at Liu Dechang.

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

Liu Dechang hurriedly clasped his fists and replied:

"What the emperor said is very true. This matter is related to me, so I come with Prince Yu."

"Oh? Let's talk, what's the matter, Yu'er can't make decisions, and she has to come to me to report?"

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, you know that I married a wife back then. In fact, she was not dead. She was just taken hostage by the Chu people to Chu State and took away one of my children, Luo Lan's twin sisters."

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

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

"I want the emperor to rehabilitate his wife and daughter, and restore their identities so that they can see the light of day again in Daning Country."

"As you said, are they in Daning Country now, right?"

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

"Father, they live in Prince Yu's Mansion now."

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

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

"I dare not. I was helpless last time. I hope my father can be sympathetic to my son."

"snort!"

The emperor suddenly shook his sleeve and shouted loudly.

"You are killing first and then reporting. Last time I was helpless, what happened this time? I can make decisions for them because of my identity as a regent, right? You are so brave that you actually put two Chu people at home without telling me. You know that the one I hate the most is Chu people."

"Father, they are not from Chu. They are just taken hostage by Chu. They are also victims. I hope my father will be kind and restore their identities to them."

"It's really outrageous. If you didn't lie to me last time, I might have been able to open my mouth, but you have kept them at home for a long time without telling me. Now it seems that your Yu Prince's Mansion doesn't take me seriously at all."

When Liu Dechang saw that the emperor was angry, he hurriedly bowed and pleaded:

"Emperor, the old minister lost his wife and daughter back then. The emperor was polite and ordered people to go around the capital without any result. In order to let the old minister give up the idea of ​​finding his wife and daughter, the Chu people held a fake funeral for the old minister's wife. Now, the old minister learned that their mother and daughter were still alive, so they naturally had to take it back. Please ask the emperor to understand the old minister's suffering of being lonely and helpless for many years. For the sake of the old minister, they will justify their mother and daughter and restore their mother and daughter's identity as a native of Daning. The old minister thanked him here."

When he said this, Liu Dechang suddenly knelt on his knees and kowtowed to the emperor in tears.

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

"The people I hate most in my life are those Chu people and those who deceive me. You have taken all these two things. Considering that you two have no different intentions towards me, I will not care about you. Within three days, let the two Chu people leave the capital and leave the Daning Kingdom. Otherwise, I will send someone to get the people."

"emperor……"

When Liu Dechang saw the emperor say something harsh, he immediately shouted in panic:

"Emperor, they are not from Chu, they are the wives and children of old ministers. Can't the emperor be compatible?"

The emperor waved his hand mercilessly.

"Although they are not from Chu, they have been in Chu for many years. If they care about Daning and General Liu, why don't they come back soon? They want to come back during the war between Chu and Daning? Who can guarantee that they are not the detailed work of Chu? According to my opinion, if they want to return to the Duke's Mansion, they must have any unspeakable secrets. Don't plead for them again."

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

"I am tired, help me lie down and sleep for a while. You all go back."

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of being at all and did not even want to continue talking about this matter, Leng Yu and Liu Dechang could only walk out of the Palace of Yangxin in disappointment.
Chapter completed!