Knowing or not knowing is not the point, the focus is Ye Nianchen's reaction and attitude after hearing the news.

The emperor's gaze was firmly locked on Ye Nianchen, as if he wanted to see through everything from this girl, those who had and were not, everything that had been noticed or had been ignored.

Even the emperor himself couldn't figure out why he was so suspicious of a little girl's thoughts, always feeling that there was either a problem here or there, but he couldn't find any real problem when he tried to find it.

This is obviously not normal, and it is not very logical.

But the more this happened, the more the emperor's suspicions could not be truly dispelled, and it was unconsciously as if he had walked into a dead end.

Fortunately, so far, this girl and Liu Zitong, the uncle of Southern Xinjiang, do not have much to worry about in the court, and because of this, as an emperor, he will be so polite to a little female doll.

Hearing the emperor's words as if he was the last to lift the card, Ye Nianchen was very cooperative and made a slight gesture of surprise.

However, she didn't rush to reply, but first turned slightly sideways to Li Yu on the side and said, "Thank you for the second prince's love." ”

Then, Ye Nianchen was facing the emperor again, and replied seriously word by word: "Thank you for the emperor's praise, the marriage of the second prince has its own emperor's holy judgment, Nianchen is a citizen of Great Wei, everything is in accordance with the holy will, and acts according to the holy word!" ”

This reply once again cleverly jumped away from the question, and even threw the question back to the emperor, but it answered the emperor's heart word by word.

After all, this kind of thing. For an emperor with a strong desire to control, only he can really decide! All people and all things are taken for granted to do what He wills, not as they please.

Don't say that it is an ordinary people, even if it is his royal son, the monarch and the ministers are followed by father and son!

"Okay, I know your loyalty, there's nothing else to do, you can step down." Seeing that Ye Nianchen couldn't find anything here, the emperor nodded. Signaled that Ye Nianchen could go.

Overall. He was quite satisfied with Ye Nianchen's performance today, and at the same time, he had enough reasons to temporarily shelve the letter submitted by the second prince.

Ye Nianchen didn't linger, and after receiving the decree and saluting again, he followed the palace people and retreated.

Wait for Ye Nianchen to leave. Only then did the emperor look at his two princes again. said unhurriedly: "Second child." Your son, when you have time, your father will discuss with your mother about the Qianjiang corruption case. These days, you have to work hard to assist the prince to deal with it together, and strive to finalize the case as soon as possible. ”

"Sons obey orders!" The second prince received his own orders, and he never asked anything else.

The prince also spoke out to receive the order, and he also did not do anything else.

"Alright, it's okay, you all step down." The emperor had already picked up a book again and flipped through it.

Seeing this, the crown prince and the second prince bowed and withdrew together.

Out of the imperial study, the crown prince and the second prince walked all the way but were silent, and the atmosphere was even more strange than the imperial study.

It wasn't until the two were about to part ways that the second prince stopped and said to the prince: "The crown prince and brother don't seem to be optimistic about my marriage with Sister Nianchen?" ”

"Why did the second emperor brother say this?" The prince also stopped and asked in a flat tone.

"It's just a gut feeling." The second prince smiled: "Actually, I also know that it is definitely not so easy to get my father to agree, after all, Sister Nianchen is not the most suitable candidate for the princess in my father's mind." But ......"

He paused, looking at the prince's gaze was particularly vivid and interesting: "But for the sake of Sister Nianchen, I will do my best to fight to the end, fortunately, no matter what, there is always the qualification and opportunity to ask for marriage openly, even if the final outcome is not satisfactory, there is nothing to regret." ”

These words are really extremely heartbreaking, the second prince did not say it explicitly, but the meaning is obvious enough.

Although his marriage proposal may not go well, at least he has never been married, and he can openly compete for the opportunity to marry Ye Nianchen. is not like the crown prince, there is already a crown princess, no matter how it is, it is impossible to propose marriage like him, and it is even problematic to even propose it explicitly.

Don't say that Ye Nianchen has such a temperament, even if you don't mention this, just about your family background, you don't have the reason to ask the eldest daughter of a century-old family to be your concubine!

What about the crown prince, before he became the emperor, this kind of thing is really provincial, even if the family is happy, they have to consider the honor and disgrace of the entire family, right?

Li Zhizi could understand the irony in the words of the second prince, but there was nothing abnormal in his face, so he said calmly: "This is the second emperor's own business, you can know it yourself." ”

"That's right, the crown prince and brother are right, look at me when I mentioned something related to Sister Nianchen, I couldn't help but be a little out of shape, and asked the prince and brother not to laugh."

The second prince laughed, his mouth was good, but his expression and demeanor were not a little afraid of being ridiculed, and then he got closer, deliberately lowered his voice, and said very mysteriously: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the crown prince and the royal brother, this time the imperial brother I am really moved and fully prepared, and I will definitely find a way to let my father approve this marriage!" ”

"When I get married to Sister Nianchen on the other day, the crown prince and brother must come early to have a few more drinks, and when I am the happiest in my life, I naturally have to share it with the crown prince and brother!"

Looking at the prince's increasingly indifferent face, Li Yu laughed even more: "Okay, I won't disturb the prince's brother to go back to the East Palace and love the princess sweetly." Let's go first, if it's fast, maybe I can catch up with Sister Nianchen and have a good conversation, and then send her back home by the way. ”

After that, Li Yu really didn't stay any longer, and strode towards the direction of the palace gate.

Looking at Li Yu's back as he walked away, the crown prince Li Zhi was already covered with frost, standing there for a long time without moving, nor squeaking, like a sculpture, indescribably cold.

"Your Highness...... But when I returned to the East Palace, I still ......" After a long time, Li Zhi's close entourage finally cautiously stepped forward to ask.

"Go to the Ministry of Officials and deal with official documents!" Li Zhi changed direction and left without looking back.

Unlike Li Zhi, the second prince Li Yu, who was happy physically and mentally, went straight to the direction of the palace gate, and sure enough, he caught up with Ye Nianchen, who was about to leave the palace, not far from the palace gate.

"Sister Nianchen, I'll send you home, and I just have something I want to say to you in person." Li Yu said with a smile: "Let's go, take my car!" (To be continued......)