Ruan Mianmian saw through Li Yu's thoughts and asked with a smile: "I heard that the eldest princess was grounded by the emperor."
"Well, three months of confinement. After you left that day, my father asked me in front of my mother." Li Yu's eyes flashed, "I half-hidden what you said, and even interceded for her.
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"The emperor must be furious." Ruan Mianmian took over.
Li Yu nodded, and Ruan Mianmian held his hand: "I see that you are not particularly excited. Is it because you begged for Li Ling's favor? The Queen is still angry with you."
"I'm used to it." Li Yu said, but tears appeared in his eyes.
Ruan Mianmian put a little more strength into her hands, Li Yu looked at her, and her eyes were full of support.
"I'm fine, really. When I was a child, I would feel sad about my mother's favoritism, but I don't feel any more now. I just feel a little uncomfortable."
The little brother was only an eight-year-old child. Ruan Mianmian looked at Li Yu and felt that his suppressed expression made her more sad than the crying.
"Isn't the Queen your own mother?" Little Tits Tuanzi blurted out.
Li Yu smiled bitterly and said: "I also had doubts, and I even asked my father in private, but he categorically said that I am indeed the daughter of my mother."
"Is that so?" Ruan Mianmian's mind was spinning rapidly, "I overheard my grandfather muttering to himself, as if the Queen's partiality was related to something that happened back then."
"Back then? What happened?" Li Yu's eyes widened, "I have never heard of it."
Ruan Mianmian gently pressed Li Yu's shoulders: "Little brother, this matter will be clarified sooner or later. The most important thing right now is that while the eldest princess is in confinement, you have to think carefully about how to deal with her in the future."
"What should we deal with? Haven't we already made her suffer a big loss this time?" Li Yu couldn't react.
"Li Ling must hate you and me to the core now." Ruan Mianmian didn't want to say this but had to say it.
Li Yu said innocently: "It's okay, she can't do anything to us. Our father is protecting us."
Youyou sighed, Ruan Mianmian felt that she was leading Li Yu to evil step by step, but she had to do this.
"It is essential to be on guard against others, and it is difficult to guard against hidden arrows. You must have heard these two sentences."
His heart trembled, Li Yu was not stupid, and since he was born into a royal family, he naturally understood these things better than his peers.
"Mianmian, she is a woman."
Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but hold her forehead: "You are overthinking. I'm not saying that she wants to compete with you for the position of crown prince. But think about it, she and you are already incompatible. Do you think she will take action against you, or even
Are you joining forces with others to deal with you?"
"You..." Li Yu wanted to argue. He really didn't want to think of his own sister in such a bad way, but deep down he had to admit that Ruan Mianmian was right.
Wisdom flashed in her eyes. Ruan Mianmian was afraid that Li Yu would be stupidly plotted against, so she could only make up her mind to ask: "There is also the queen, is she not helping each other or is she helping Li Ling?"
These words touched his heart, and Li Yu quickly reacted. He was silent and looked ugly.
The little breasted dumpling was telling Li Yu that the Queen would never help her. At most, she would just stand by and watch, and she might even try to hinder him for Li Ling's sake.
If anyone else dared to say this in front of Li Yu, he would immediately fall out, but it would be different if the person who said this was Ruan Mianmian.
After pondering for a long time, Li Yu said: "Mianmian, my father is in his prime, and he is a wise king."
Xiaotai Tuanzi pulled Li Yu closer and lowered his voice: "The emperor is indeed a wise king. I didn't ask you to rebel and seize the throne. I just asked you to learn to protect yourself."
Li Yu nodded thoughtfully, then heard Xiao Naituanzi say again: "You may as well use some methods when necessary. You are the prince, and you will suffer big losses if you are merciful and soft-hearted."
"Thank you." Li Yu had already thought about it, but after hearing Ruan Mianmian's words, he made up his mind.
After coming back to his senses, Li Yu touched Ruan Mianmian's cheek: "You should also take care of yourself. It would be too scary to see you unconscious at every turn."
"Don't worry, I know what's going on, I'm just tired."
"I've been out for half a day, I have to go back to the palace."
"Little brother, when I get better and you come out of the palace again, let's go play together."
"Okay." Li Yu stood up and suddenly leaned over and hugged the little breast dumpling.
Ruan Mianmian was a little surprised, but she just let Li Yu hold her quietly, and heard him solemnly say in her ear: "Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt me, and I won't let anyone hurt you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yu turned around suddenly. Ruan Mianmian's ears turned red when he saw him, and she didn't dare to face him and strode towards the door.
The behavior was inexplicable, but Ruan Mianmian realized that Li Yu really listened to what he just said.
As soon as Li Yu left, the two of them slipped into Ruan Mianmian's room, and Jiu'er couldn't stop them even if he wanted to.
"Third brother, fourth brother." Ruan Mianmian was very happy to see Ruan Chen and Ruan Xiao.
Ruan Chen stepped forward and reached out to touch his sister's forehead. Seeing this, Ruan Xiao also took action, but he touched his sister's cheek.
"You're quite energetic." Ruan Chen frowned.
"Is your body so weak that you can't wake up?" Ruan Xiao shook his head, "Although his face is not too rosy, it's not that bad."
It seems that the two brothers did not believe the imperial doctor's diagnosis, and Ruan Mianmian actually did not believe the judgment that he was too weak and was causing drowsiness.
Ruan Mianmian had fallen asleep several times before and was completely unconscious, but this time it was different. Although the two figures pulling her from left to right could not be seen clearly, based on intuition, she estimated that she should be the real owner of this small body and her modern self.
Could it be that he would fall asleep when two souls competed for this small body? Ruan Mianmian fell into deep thought.
"Mianmian, Mianmian." Seeing that his sister was stunned and didn't speak, Ruan Xiao called out twice in a hurry.
Ruan Mianmian came to his senses: "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
"Are you okay?" Ruan Xiao looked at Ruan Mianmian worriedly.
Ruan Mianmian raised a smile and held one of his brothers by the hand: "I'm sorry for making you worry."
"I'm going to the academy tomorrow, you have to take good care of yourself." Ruan Chen was really worried.
"The academy has been repaired?" Ruan Mianmian reacted, "So the eldest brother and the second brother also want to go?"
Ruan Chen felt a little relieved when he saw that Ruan Mianmian had returned to his usual clever and eccentric appearance: "My second brother and I will go, and the eldest brother will stay."
"Eldest brother stays? Why? He doesn't study?"
Ruan Xiao rushed to say: "My eldest brother has decided to take part in this year's scientific examination."
Surprise flashed in Ruan Mianmian's eyes, and she heard Ruan Chen say: "I haven't heard my elder brother mention it before. I don't know why he suddenly made up his mind."
Meeting Ruan Chen's eyes, Ruan Mianmian actually saw the question. The third brother was a careful person, so maybe he had noticed something.