One question after another appeared in Xiao Naituanzi's mind. She believed in Li Yu, but her belief alone was useless. What she needed was evidence.
"Last night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back and didn't say where he was going. The Emperor angrily ordered him to be temporarily confined in Yongtai Palace. Now, the Queen is inside."
Although Eunuch Kang didn't say it explicitly, Ruan Mianmian knew from the look on his face that the empress was adding insult to injury to Li Yu and was gossiping in front of the emperor.
How could your mother treat her son like this? Ruan Mianmian felt angry and sad when she thought about it. With the Queen as her mother, my little brother was really unlucky for eight lifetimes.
"Princess, please wait for a while before going in." Eunuch Kang suggested kindly, "in case you encounter the Queen."
"It's good to meet her." Ruan Mianmian raised her feet and walked towards the imperial study room, "I just want to hear what she said."
Eunuch Kang was stunned for a moment, then heard Jiu'er remind him: "Eunuch, the princess has left."
When he came back to his senses, he saw Ruan Mianmian already ten feet away, and Eunuch Kang quickly followed.
Arriving outside the imperial study room, Ruan Mianmian was waiting outside, and Eunuch Kang went in to report.
Looking at the virtuous concubine who was kneeling in front of her and crying, and listening to the queen's chattering in his ears, the emperor did not speak but just watched and listened quietly.
Once upon a time, the empress was his sweetheart, and the virtuous concubine was his white rose. Now, although the charm of these two people is still there, the anger and resentment on their faces really makes the emperor feel strange, and he secretly feels that they are no longer what they used to be.
of them.
The emperor was in a bad mood, but when he heard Ruan Mianmian asking for an audience outside, he finally smiled.
"Princess Linglong wants to see you, please invite her in quickly."
"My slave obeys the order." Eunuch Kang bowed and agreed before turning around.
"Wait a minute." The queen stopped Eunuch Kang.
"Your Majesty, Li Yu left the palace overnight to go to Ding'an Marquis Mansion last night. He did something wrong and still doesn't want to regret it. He must have asked the old Marquis to come and intercede." After saying this, the Empress turned to Eunuch Kang and said, "The princess is with the old man.
Did the Marquis enter the palace together?"
"To report to the Queen, I only saw the little princess coming." Eunuch Kang replied.
Hearing this, the queen was stunned, and the slap in the face was so fast that she was speechless for a while.
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me. Your Highness the Crown Prince mutilated his hands and feet, and Sheng'er hasn't woken up yet. If he does anything wrong, I will die." Concubine Xian cried and reminded the emperor at the right time.
"Shut up." The emperor shouted sharply, "Look at how decent you two are."
Seeing that the emperor was angry, not only did the empress restrain herself, but even the concubine Xian who was originally crying suppressed her tears.
"Don't jump to conclusions before you investigate the matter clearly." The emperor's casual expression suddenly changed, and even his eyes became sharp, "This is the imperial study, one of you is the queen, and the other is the noble concubine."
The emperor warned them to pay attention to their identity and propriety when speaking.
The Queen took a deep breath, bowed slightly, and sat down next to her. As for the Concubine Xian, she quickly stood up without anyone to help her, and she retreated to the bottom and sat down.
After receiving the emperor's look, Eunuch Kang quickly brought Ruan Mianmian into the imperial study.
"Mianmian, please say hello to the emperor, please say hello to the empress, and please say hello to the noble concubine." Ruan Mianmian deliberately pretended to be soft and cute, and even her voice seemed to have a sweet taste.
Seeing the little breast dumplings purring and blinking at him, the emperor was really impressed by the cuteness.
"I haven't seen you for a while. Mianmian, get up quickly and come over here so I can take a look."
Ruan Mianmian smiled very wisely and ran towards the emperor, hugging his thigh. The best thing about being a little baby is that you can hug his thigh openly.
The Empress looked at Ruan Mianmian and had to say that the little doll was indeed cute. If it weren't for Li Ling, maybe she would also like her.
At this moment, the emperor had already picked up Ruan Mianmian and was walking around.
"Why did you come into the palace today?"
"I'm here to complain."
"Oh? Who are you suing?"
"Your Majesty, I am filing a lawsuit against my little brother."
Hearing what Xiao Naituanzi said, the Queen couldn't help but asked: "Are you talking about Li Yu?"
"Yes." Ruan Mianmian turned his head and looked over, "The Queen is right."
The Queen's face suddenly darkened: "What did this evildoer do again?"
"My little brother had barbecue with me last night and ran away after eating half of the meal." Ruan Mianmian put her hands around the emperor's neck and pouted, "He is not good, Your Majesty, please give him a slap."
"Haha——." The emperor laughed heartily.
The depressed mood from last night to the present seemed to be swept away. Ruan Mianmian's childish words seemed like sunshine, brightening the emperor's gloomy mood.
"Did Yu'er come out of the palace to find you specifically?"
"Yes, and then I took him to barbecue for just a short while." Ruan Mianmian raised her little finger to emphasize only a little bit, "He said he couldn't be out for too long and had to go back to the palace."
"Oh, then you didn't keep him?"
"Of course I kept him, but he said he had something important to do." Xiao Naituanzi was extremely dissatisfied, "I asked him why he had to leave the palace because he had something to do, and he said he came specially to see me."
At this point, the emperor understood that Li Yu left the palace to see Ruan Mianmian, and also understood why he did not tell the truth, because he was afraid that something would happen to the Ding'an Hou Mansion.
"Your Majesty, he must be going to see the old Marquis." The Queen interjected.
Ruan Mianmian retorted in surprise: "Empress, my grandfather went to play chess with Taifu Ji last night and didn't return home until very late."
Being slapped in the face again, the empress was speechless when she saw the ignorant and innocent look on the face of the small-breasted dumpling.
The emperor glared at the queen, she didn't want to see Yu'er so much, if he hadn't been with her when she gave birth, he would have thought she was not his mother.
Concubine Xian, who was about to interrupt, suddenly swallowed her words. She was not stupid. The queen was asking for trouble, and she didn't dare to say more.
"Did Yu'er tell you anything else?" the emperor asked tentatively.
"No." Ruan Mianmian turned his head.
Looking into Ruan Mianmian's clear eyes at close range, the emperor actually nodded slightly, the little baby wouldn't lie.
"Your Majesty, put me down, I'm going to see my little brother." Ruan Mianmian chuckled, "He won't let me follow him into the palace, but I have to follow him."
Such willfulness and such words and deeds are very reasonable for a four-year-old baby. The emperor gently put Ruan Mianmian down.
"Little baby, my little brother saw you last night. See you some other time."
"Let me go in, I want to see my father."
Ruan Mianmian glanced at the door and smiled: "Hey, Your Majesty, the little brother is here."
"Mianmian, please go back first." The emperor looked at the queen and the noble concubine Xian, "I remembered something to talk to my little brother."