The emperor quietly came to Yunyan Pavilion, and everyone hadn't had time to go out to greet them, and Wan Ning naturally didn't either. She didn't go to the main hall to serve, and she didn't even know that the emperor had come, so she only hid in the side hall to write and paint.

It was so quiet today that the Emperor was curious. So he took advantage of Zhou Cairen's bathing efforts to go around the side hall.

When I came, I saw Wanning burying her head and writing carefully. Without interrupting her, she raised her head and looked around, and without any effort, she saw Wan Ning's paintings hanging all over the room. The warmth of a room, even I seem to be infected, as if I have returned to that age.

As soon as he saw these paintings, he thought of the scene where Wan Ning and Gao Ziang were together. Thinking a little deeper, I immediately knew Wan Ning's intentions.

The emperor stood quietly for a long time beside Wan Ning, who was writing seriously. Until Wan Ning raised her head slightly, she felt a strong sense of oppression in the vicinity. She suddenly saw that it was the emperor!

Wan Ning immediately put down the pen and moved out from the desk: "The slave maid greets the emperor." ”

"No more formality."

The emperor took a few steps closer, looked at the words Wan Ning had just written, and nodded from time to time in praise. "I didn't expect Wanning's small characters to be so good, your handwriting is very delicate."

"Thank you for the emperor's compliment."

Then the Emperor spun around, stopping in front of a picture she was hanging.

Perhaps influenced by the painting of a man and a woman in love holding hands, the emperor actually took Wan Ning's hand. Wan Ning shrank back, and the emperor glared at her, didn't say anything, moved to the couch and sat down.

Wan Ning knew that she had offended the emperor again, and she didn't know how to raise it. stood in place, silently thinking about how the emperor would lose his temper.

Without a hint of anger on his face, the Emperor waved his hand at her, motioning for her to come closer.

Wan Ning's legs trembled and moved forward.

"Wanning, why did you paint such pictures of men and women falling in love, could it be that you already have a heart?"

Wan Ning pondered for a moment and replied, "How so? Emperor. But if you ask where the inspiration for these paintings came from, the slave and the maid said bluntly, you should not laugh at the slave. ”

"Say."

"Courtship is an animal instinct. Beautiful love, there is no one in this world who does not yearn for it, let alone men and women who are young. ”

After hearing this, the emperor really laughed, but he didn't expect everyone to say such unashamed words. Wan Ning knew her mind and refused to tell her sweetheart, just to protect him. I didn't expect her to say such a thing in order to protect Gao Ziang.

In order to protect his beloved, he refuses to say his name, that is, he refuses to admit that the person he has in his heart is him.

"You have a lot of connections with the Gao family, right?" The emperor asked a different question.

"Yes, the emperor tried your best to prevent our two families from marrying. How could you not know the origins of our two families? Master Gao is the uncle of the slave. Because his father used to be in a high position, he has always taken care of slaves and maids since he was a child. ”

"So, you still want justice for your father?"

"This ...... Can a slave say one yard to one yard? Be a principled person. The slave maid is indeed very close to the Gao family, but his uncle has made a mistake, so he has to be brave to bear it. The slave said something that should not be said, and the uncle was a corrupt official. Accepting bribes, selling official positions, and causing chaos to the court—"

The Emperor shouted, "Shut up! Wanning, you are so bold! The major affairs of the government and politics can't be discussed by your little girl. ”

Wan Ning was so frightened that she quickly knelt down, and she herself realized that accusing his courtiers in front of the emperor was not clearly saying that he was not using people properly? "Slaves and maids know that they are guilty, and they should not talk about the government, let alone participate in the government. Please also ask the emperor to forgive the sin. ”

After a while, the emperor's frowning brow finally gradually relaxed. Whispered, "Get up." ”

Wan Ning slowly got up. From the emperor's reaction, it can be known that his uncle has made great contributions to the imperial court, and the emperor may be reluctant to do him. She pondered how to speak for her father, and her uncle's injustice was also a fact.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid is just for his father, and the slave and maid have no right to intervene in the government, they just want to seek justice for their father. At the beginning, my uncle didn't know why he instructed Zuo Linghong to list his father's crimes in front of you, and this move was indeed not good for my father. After his father's death, he refused to forgive, and in order to plunder the property of the Li family, he framed his father, so that his father is still guilty. ”

The emperor who listened to Wanning's words was very calm.

There is another extremely important thing, she wants to get a definite answer: "Your Majesty, the slave maid wants to ask you, did your uncle instruct Zuo Linghong to kill his father?" ”

These words made the emperor's face change again, and he sighed: "Li Wanning, you are so bold!" ”

Where is Wanning's boldness? It's just that this matter is simply too important to her and Brother Ziang, and she has to figure it out no matter what.

"Because only you will tell the truth, and only you will see it best. Uncle can not tell the truth, after all, this is a harmful thing, the Gao family and the Li family are world friends, and killing the prospective in-laws also shows that he is unkind and unjust. Zuo Linghong is more likely not to tell the truth, anyway, death is a foregone conclusion, and his slave and maid do not fully believe it. Only the emperor can make the most accurate judgment, and only your words, the slave and maid are completely convinced. Please also ask the emperor to make it clear! ”

As soon as the words fell, Wan Ning knelt down again.

The emperor glared at her, then lowered his head slightly, and only whispered for a long time: "Gao Qing did not instruct Zuo Linghong to kill your father. ”

After so long, the big stone in Wanning's heart finally fell to the ground.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Her thanks were heartfelt.

"So you two still want to marry?" The emperor asked.

Wan Ning changed the subject: "Right now, the slave maid only wants to get back everything that belongs to the Li family. As for whether Uncle Gao committed a crime or not, the emperor has his own decision, this is a major matter of government affairs, not a slave and maid. ”

"Everything about your Li family?"

"Yes, my uncle convicted my father for plundering the Li family's property. The slave maid once again asks the emperor that you can be the master of your father and the Li family. My father has done his best for the court all his life, and he does not deserve such an end. Slaves and maids don't just want a lot of money, but those are the hard work of their father for many years, and the foundation of the Li family supported by his father is the foundation for the survival of the entire Li family. ”

"Wanning, you probably forgot, right? I once said that your father's affairs will give you an explanation, and you have no jokes. ”

Wan Ning knelt down and said, "Slave and maid thank heaven." ”

The emperor said lightly, "Get up." ”

"The slave believes that with the emperor's wisdom, even if the slave and the maid don't say it, the emperor, you still won't let the court have half an unjust case."

"There's no need to pat on the back, it's not very meaningful for you to pat on the back now." The Emperor glared at her for a moment and then said, "Courtship is an animal instinct, and you said it yourself. So if I insist on staying with you, how will you stay? ”

Wan Ning thought to herself, because she begged the emperor to rehabilitate her father, and the emperor wanted to possess his daughter, he shouldn't be so despicable. These two things should be unconnected. So he still said: "The posture of the slave and the willow is not worthy of your dignified ninety-five." ”