Chapter 44: The Test (2)
"Gonggong Chen, this palace wants to see the third brother and the father!" Yu Chi Yuya heard the eunuch's shout, and hurriedly stepped forward.
"Sixth princess, don't embarrass the old slave, the emperor specially explained that no one can disturb him, princess, please go back first." After Chen Gonggong finished speaking, he turned his head to Chi Xiaoman and said, "Miss Chi, please come in with the old slave." ”
Yu Chi Yuya chopped her feet, but she didn't dare to break into the imperial study rashly, while Chi Xiaoman followed Gonggong Chen into the imperial study.
Compared with Emperor Ning, she was more nervous when she saw Emperor Jinglie, not because she was afraid of Emperor Jinglie, but because she had a feeling of an ugly daughter-in-law seeing her in-laws.
Emperor Jinglie and Emperor Ning are about the same age, both in their forties, but they look much more majestic than Emperor Ning. And she was very surprised that in addition to Emperor Jinglie who was sitting on the top and Wei Chimu who was standing, there were two people sitting on the side in the imperial study.
Looking at the clothes of the two people, they should be the princes. Chi Xiaoman suddenly understood, she knew that the relationship between Yu Chimu and several princes was not very good, and these two were not good birds at first glance, so they must have wanted to harm her and Yu Chimu.
She sneered in her heart, wanting to hurt them? Hmph!
"Chi Xiaoman blessed Jin'an. She didn't kneel, nor did she call herself a people's daughter, but she just gave a blessing to Emperor Jinglie, the same attitude as when she saw Emperor Ning.
Emperor Jinglie admired her bearing, he believed in the words of the national teacher, and of course he also believed that the person in front of him who was being fought for by the Ning Kingdom and the Shengxing Dynasty was Tianji Xing, but he was also very curious about the ability of Tianji Xing, so he did not give a seat, only said that he was exempt, and asked, "Miss Chi...... Maybe you should be called the princess of Liuxia of the Shengxing Dynasty, why did you pretend to fall into the water and die at the birthday banquet?"
"Falling into the water is just a ploy to get out of the palace. She stole a glance at Wei Chimu. I don't know what he said to Emperor Jinglie, if her answer now is not good. If you disagree with him, that's bad.
Chi Xiao was full of anxiety, but his face was silent. It was absolutely impossible for Yu Chimu to say anything about helping her escape from the palace, that would make Emperor Jinglie suspicious, he had already known that she was a Tianji Star to help her escape from the Shengxing Palace, so ......
She thought about it for a moment, and she already had a plan in her heart. If you can't let Emperor Jinglie ask too much, then she can only turn passive into active!
"As a princess, why do you want to leave the palace?" Emperor Jinglie glanced back and forth at Yu Chimu and Chi Xiaoman.
"Alas...... Xiao Man also has a last resort...... "She wanted to tell Emperor Jinglie the trick of deceiving Emperor Ning again, but she saw the two princes sitting there with obvious ill intentions. Instead, he said: "Xiaoman's mother died early, and his father and prince and brother took great care of Xiaoman, but this move made other royal brothers and sisters dissatisfied. ”
She sighed again and continued: "Fortunately, the palace maid who served Xiaoman learned of this news, and Xiaoman did not want to embarrass his father. I had to make this decision as a last resort, and I planned to make a plan, and I really fell into the water and quietly left the palace, and I wanted to say that this would be able to settle a dispute. The father was not embarrassed. It's just that Xiao Man didn't expect that Master Yuan Zhi would understand the Heavenly Machine that day, and declared that Xiao Man was the Heavenly Machine Star in front of everyone. That's why these things came about. ”
"Oh, that's what happened. Emperor Jinglie couldn't see any expression on his face. I don't know whether I believe her or not.
Chi Xiaoman was a little uneasy in his heart, but he knew that the situation at the birthday banquet was not known to outsiders. This lie, she said that Emperor Jinglie did not believe it, and there was no way to verify it.
And at this time, she couldn't give Emperor Jinglie too much time to think about the truth of her words, so she said: "Your Majesty, the so-called family Qi and national governance are peaceful in the world." And those who are in harmony with their families should first cultivate their bodies. Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts. Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere. If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. It can be seen that the beginning of a qiē is in Gewu, which means correcting one's own incorrectness and correcting incorrect concepts. Your Majesty has a way to Qi family, looking at the princes and princes of your country, they must be knowledgeable, brothers, friends and brothers, and will not be jealous and murder brothers. Xiao Manzi hoped that the Shengxing Dynasty could be like this, so he sacrificed his small self to his whole big self, and then left the palace. ”
Her words were ostensibly flattering Emperor Jinglie, but in fact, she turned the finger at the two princes on the side. She wouldn't let Emperor Jinglie keep his attention on the matter of Tianji Star!
The faces of the crown prince Chi Hao and the fifth prince Chi Xin changed when they heard this, and her words were clearly sarcastic about the two of them.
Emperor Jinglie raised his eyes and looked at his two sons. He was not completely ignorant of the discord between his children, but he never thought that the royal children had plotted to kill each other. And people are selfish, the prince is the son of his favorite queen, although he knows that the prince's ability is not as good as the third prince's son Yu Chi Mu, but the position of the prince of Yu Chi Hao is still unshaken.
Chi Xiaoman's remarks also made Emperor Jinglie's face a little gloomy, in this way, he is not a person who understands knowledge, Gewu, and Qi family, so isn't it saying that he will not govern the country and the world will not be peaceful?
"Princess Liuxia is really talented and learns tightly, is articulate and eloquent, and lives up to the name of Tianji Star. The fifth prince, Wei Chi Xin, applauded and said, "I don't know if Yu Chi Xin will have the honor to ask Princess Liuxia for advice one day?"
Lower your posture and want to have a relationship with me? Chi Xiaoman looked at Yu Chixin and sneered in his heart. He's smart, but she's not interested in associating with someone who has a little cleverness and doesn't know what the hell he's thinking.
"Heh......" she said with a smile: "Don't dare to ask for advice, as long as Mu agrees, the five princes are welcome to visit at any time." She deliberately called Wei Chi Mu Mu to show her closeness, and she was telling Emperor Jinglie and the two princes that she was on Yu Chi Mu's side.
Wei Chimu has been listening to her remarks from the sidelines, both proud and happy for her, but at the same time he is also deeply worried.
Her ingenuity is indeed what she says, and she will get into trouble. Needless to say, the father and the emperor will use her, and the crown prince and the fifth emperor brother are probably also eyeing her.
Now sure enough, the fifth emperor brother moved his mind first.
"Father, my son has a request. Yu Chimu stepped forward and said.
Emperor Jinglie was a little unhappy with Chi Xiaoman's words, but she was just objectively talking about self-cultivation, Qi family, and the way to govern the country, and the subtlety of her remarks made people have to be convinced, even if they were alluded to and scolded, they had to admit it.
But he was still a little unhappy in his heart, but this son, who was as smart as Tianji Xing, spoke at this time, and he said in a somewhat unkind tone: "If you don't return to the country for a few months, and you haven't counted your fiefdom without recklessness, what else do you want?"
"Father, although the sons have not returned for several months, the matter of the fiefdom is not ignored, and they have sent people to take care of it and return it on time, and the sons are fortunate not to be dishonored, obtain the heavenly machine and bring back the heavenly machine star, hoping to offset the merits. He was very helpless about his father's attitude.
"That's it, you say, what's the request?" With the Heavenly Machine Star on his side, Emperor Jinglie could only compromise.
"Erchen and Chi Xiaoman are in love with each other, and ask my father to approve our marriage. Wei Chimu knelt down cautiously and pleaded sincerely.
The prince glanced at Yu Chi Mu fiercely. He finally snatched away his childhood sweetheart Cheng Yin, he thought that he would be in a state of collapse, but he didn't expect that now he got a woman who is more favorable than Cheng Yin!
He clenched his fists, got up, and said to Emperor Jinglie: "Father, this matter must not be allowed!" (to be continued......)