"If it goes on like this for a long time, no one in the court will concentrate on official business, and they will only want to please the emperor with all their might, because as long as they win the favor of the emperor, then they don't have to worry about this life, and in the long run, the country will not be guaranteed."

After speaking, Jiang Qiming arched his hand, no matter how ugly the emperor's face was, he bowed and turned away.

The emperor and Jiang Qiming have known each other for decades and have a deep relationship, and Jiang Qiming is also a freewheeling person, he has always said something, although the emperor is occasionally dissatisfied because of the other party's outspokenness, and Jiang Qiming occasionally speaks wildly, as he said today, but he has never really turned his face with Jiang Qiming.

This time, the emperor also knew that Lu Li was indeed wronged, not only was he wronged, but also for the sake of the royal family's face, he did not see this layer of window paper in front of everyone, giving Chen Hu and the eldest princess enough face.

Jiang Qiming, a straight man, naturally can't stand it, and it is normal to remind him.

"Your Majesty, look at what Lord Jiang said, what is it to offend Lu Li for Chen Hu! He is a small prince, and he still wants to go past the Hou Ye? Besides, this matter has nothing to do with Chen Hu, Jiang Qiming said this, wouldn't it be a rake? The eldest princess had a gloomy face, and muttered that Jiang Qiming was not.

The emperor didn't speak, but sat in the first place and stared at a certain place in a daze.

Seeing this, Chen Hu thought that the emperor was also unhappy in his heart, so he hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty, then Jiang Qiming just wants to stir up a relationship between us, don't listen to his nonsense and alienate us." ”

Chen Hu has always been very clear in his heart that he can be safe and sound, and he can still have unscrupulous pleasure and enjoy glory and wealth in the eldest princess's mansion, in addition to his biological mother, thanks to the emperor, if he didn't help and protect himself again and again, I'm afraid he would have been demoted to a commoner a long time ago.

Therefore, Chen Hu was arrogant and domineering outside, but as soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately changed his face and was very flattering.

But at that time, the emperor had been thinking about Jiang Qiming's words, and he didn't have the heart to say anything more about the princess's mother and son, but felt that these two people were chattering in their ears non-stop, and they were very noisy, and he couldn't calm down at all.

However, this matter can be considered a satisfactory solution, and if anything goes wrong, then let's talk about it then.

There are still many things in the court that have not been dealt with, and it has been more than half a day since he came out, so the emperor put these messy things aside, got up and waved his hand, "Okay, today's matter is over, Chen Hu, you are not allowed to be so willful and reckless in the future, you know?" ”

"Yes, follow the emperor's teachings." Chen Hu saluted with a smile and promised happily, but in fact, he didn't take the emperor's words seriously at all.

Seeing that the emperor was leaving, the eldest princess said on the side: "Your Majesty, this incident has nothing to do with Chen Hu, don't listen to Jiang Qiming's words, he and the Su clan are close, so they will naturally help the landing mansion speak." ”

The emperor frowned unhappily when he heard this, "I am not a three- or four-year-old child, and the imperial sister is worried." ”

"But Your Majesty, this matter is clearly deliberately framed by Lu Li and others." The eldest princess did not give up, and continued to be indignant: "That Su Xiaoman deliberately framed Chen Hu before, but now that Lu Li has returned, and you have been crowned the prince of the country by the emperor, the tail of their Lu Mansion will be lifted to the sky!" Seeing you welcome Chen Hu back, they were red and angry, so they did such a show! It must be like this! ”

"That's it!" The emperor waved his hand impatiently and frowned, "Sister Huang, you are used to Chen Hu not being serious, and you actually used the white fox you just killed as a gift, anyone will be unhappy, besides, Lu Li didn't continue to pursue it for the sake of the face of the whole royal family, what are you still unwilling to do?" ”

After speaking, the emperor sighed and softened his tone a little, "This matter has passed like this, and no one is allowed to mention it in the future." ”

"But-" The eldest princess wanted to say more, but at that time, the emperor had already gotten up and was about to leave, so she had to endure her grievances and send the emperor off.

Because of the few words that the eldest princess just said, the emperor was still a little awkward in his heart.

This matter is obviously not right for Chen Hu, although the emperor himself is also biased, and Lu Li does not want to pursue it, this matter has ended successfully, but since Jiang Qiming poked it, and the eldest princess did not give up, he already felt faintly uncomfortable in his heart.

and what Jiang Qiming said, what is the country not guaranteed......

Just as he was thinking about it, a terrible woman's voice suddenly came from the side: "Your Majesty! Emperor! Save the minions! ”

The emperor frowned slightly, and before he could speak, the eunuch on the side reacted quickly and scolded: "Bold! How did this woman get here, don't you know that the emperor is here? How did you guards manage to allow this woman to yell here? ”

"Wait a minute." The emperor raised his hand, "Who is shouting?" ”

The eunuch was busy giving the guards on the side a look, but several people didn't know, so they could only stare at each other face to face, just when the eunuch was in a hurry, he ran up to the front guard, knelt on the ground and said: "Back to the emperor, he is a slave in the eldest princess's mansion, and he made trouble here just now, saying that he has something important to tell the emperor." ”

"Presumptuous! What is she, and she is delusional—"

"That's it!" The emperor glanced sideways at the eunuch who talked a lot, his eyebrows were slightly tired, and he beckoned, "Bring someone over, I want to hear what she has to do." ”

There happened to be a gazebo next to it, and the group went to the bottom of the gazebo, and the emperor sat in the first place, with his hands on his knees, frowning and waiting for the guards to bring people over.

After a moment's effort, a thin woman was brought up, she was wearing the coarse linen clothes of the eldest princess's mansion, with a simple wooden hairpin in her hair, and a few strands of messy hair were stuck to her face with sweat, I don't know if it was because of fear or the emperor was in front, she kept trembling, and her voice trembled: "Slave, knock... Knock to see the emperor. ”

"Say, why are you shouting so loudly, and when are you going to tell me?"

The woman lowered her head slightly, her eyes stared at the pattern of the stone bricks on the ground, and her voice trembled: "Back to the emperor, the slave heard about it...... I heard that Lu Guogong's child was lost today, and he came to the eldest princess's mansion, and it happened to be... It just so happened that the slave learned a little bit of the inside story, in order to prevent the traitor from deceiving the emperor, and in order to save the slave's own life, the slave... The slave is desperate to tell the emperor the truth! ”

Is it actually about today's events?

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Say." ”

"Today, the slave was cleaning the yard outside the Hou Ye's residence, and suddenly heard the sound of the child crying, and the slave walked in to see that it was a male doll carved in pink and jade, and the swaddling clothes and fabrics were very luxurious, and it was not an ordinary child."

"The slave has been in the eldest princess's mansion for many years, and he knows that there is no big child in this mansion, and when he was puzzled, he suddenly saw a man coming over, and he was going to take the child away without saying a word, and he also promised to let the slave go to the emperor to identify the Hou Ye, saying that the Hou Ye secretly kidnapped the children of the Lu Mansion."

Hearing this, the emperor's face was already pale, but his voice was calm, "Go on." ”

The woman responded, and then said: "Although the slave is just an ordinary inferior maid in the eldest princess's mansion, she also knows that she can't betray her master, and besides, this is a frame-up!" The slave couldn't fight to the death, and the man had no choice but to take the child and leave, but before he left, he threatened the slave and said that he would find someone to beat the slave to death! ”

After speaking, the woman kowtowed vigorously, "Ask the emperor for mercy and save the slaves!" The slave is cheap, and it is not a pity to die if he is killed by Lu Guogong, but the old man in the slave's family doesn't know how to live! Ask the emperor to be merciful and save the minions! ”

The woman in front of her wept bitterly, kowtowed to her forehead and began to bleed, and the bright red blood mixed with tears flowed down, looking more and more pitiful.

The emperor's eyebrows twisted into a pimple, he leaned back slightly on the chair, and put one hand on the stone table, "Since you said that you were threatened by Lu Guogong, is there any real evidence?" Also, although Lu Li is holding the child, he is extraordinary, since he said that he wanted to kill you, then why didn't he do it at that time, but left you until now, so that you can still get close to me and tell all this? ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted again, "Your Majesty, a few small servants suddenly came behind at that time, and when they heard their footsteps, Lu Guogong left in a hurry, and it was precisely because of this that the slave was saved from death." ”

After finishing speaking, the emperor didn't speak for a long time.

The strings in the woman's heart tightened, for fear that the emperor would pick out some loopholes, she bit her lip, lowered her head, and said: "If the emperor doesn't believe in the minions, you can go to those little servants to interrogate, when the minions were threatened by Lu Guogong, they happened to pass by." ”

"Not necessarily." The emperor lowered his eyes, and his voice was low, making it impossible to guess the emotion.

Everyone present looked at the maid on the ground, some looked sympathetic, and some stared at her, as if they wanted to see some clues from her.

There was silence inside and outside the pavilion, everyone didn't dare to act rashly, and the woman on the ground didn't dare to breathe, and her heart was full of excitement, I don't know if the emperor doubted himself.

In this excessively quiet environment, the voice of the eldest princess suddenly came from a distance, "Your Majesty." ”

Hearing the familiar voice, the emperor withdrew from his thoughts and glanced at the surrounding environment casually, only then did he remember that he had not left the eldest princess's mansion yet.

He frowned, then got up, and his eyes fell on the eldest princess who had just arrived, "Imperial sister, why are you here." ”

"I just sent someone to report that a strange man broke into the courtyard of the Hou Ye." The eldest princess stood beside her, her face full of seriousness: "That man has never seen it, and I don't know where he came from, he kept saying that he was looking for someone, but he turned in from outside the wall, if it wasn't for the sharp eyes of the next person to find out, this person wouldn't know what to do!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the woman suddenly screamed, "It's him! Emperor. Lu Guogong sent someone to kill me! ”