flstandardbreds Chapter 161 Lord Emperor is so naive
Chapter 161 Lord Emperor is so naive
Chapter 161 Lord Emperor is so naive
Ye Chulian panicked, her face turned red, and she wanted to deny it, but her words trembled and she didn't even believe them.
"No, no, I didn't have anything to do with His Highness the Fourth Prince. I, I am, I..."
She couldn't say any more. What was she doing? She was just worried about that prince. She just wanted to know if that prince had left the palace safely, and if he had been injured by the flying sand and rocks in the Phoenix Palace. She just wanted to know about him, because she came to this palace banquet just for him!
Wu Fei was a shrewd man, having served two emperors successively, so there was nothing he could not see! He had guessed the little girl's little thoughts clearly as soon as Ye Chulian opened her mouth.
So he took the initiative to say, "I will help you find out the news about the Fourth Prince. If you find out anything, please tell Miss Zhuier. When Miss Zhuier returns home, you can go find her and ask her."
Only then did Ye Chulian feel at ease to leave the palace. Wu Fei watched her for a while and shook his head silently.
It's not that the Fourth Prince is incompetent, but that this road is destined to be too hard. If the Fifth Lady of the Ye Family stood on the side of the Fourth Lady, he would feel sorry for the Fifth Lady.
In the Immortal Palace, Quan Qingcheng and Zhuier quarreled again, still because of the name Zhuier and Peier. Wu Fei stood outside and listened for a while, smiling helplessly, and did not rush in. He just asked the palace servants to prepare some midnight snacks. Although a palace banquet had just ended, who could eat a full meal at a palace banquet?
Thinking about it again, hmm, maybe Fourth Miss Ye was full. After all, every time he looked at Fourth Miss Ye, Fourth Miss Ye was eating. From vegetables to meat, from snacks to fruits, and even wine, nothing was left out. On Yanhua Mountain, Yun Chen sat on the steps outside the hall and talked to Lian Shi, talking about who did something annoying at this palace banquet, who spoke for Fourth Miss Ye, and who unexpectedly had a very good relationship with Fourth Miss Ye.
Lian Shi was holding a needle and thread in his hand, mending Yun Chen's sleeves. It was a nice new dress, made of fine materials, and the sleeves were embroidered with cloud patterns in silver thread, which was very beautiful. Unfortunately, it was scratched when the banquet hall collapsed, which made Lian Shi very distressed.
"The one who is annoying must be the old lady of the Ye family. The ones who are speaking for the fourth young lady should be the Jiang family of the Ministry of Justice and the Chi family of Lin'an Prefecture. As for the one who unexpectedly has a very good relationship with the fourth young lady Ye... well, could it be that Princess Guiyue?"
Yun Chen was a little surprised, "How did you know? Did the Fourth Miss tell you?"
Lian Shi shook his head. "No, the Emperor is keeping a close eye on her. Miss Four didn't bother to talk to me after she came back. But I heard a few arguments this morning about how beautiful Princess Guiyue is. The general idea was that Princess Guiyue is very beautiful, and Miss Four Ye was under some pressure, so she firmly forbade the Emperor from meeting that princess."
Yun Chen was puzzled, "What did the Emperor want to do when he met Princess Guiyue?"
Lian Shi added, "It seems that the princess kissed the fourth lady, and the emperor was not happy about it."
Yun Chen thought about Feng Zhaolian's expression and shuddered subconsciously. "She should be unhappy. That princess is mentally ill, but she has a strong sense of justice. She challenged their envoys several times at the palace banquet and didn't give her own family any face."
Lian Shi tied the last knot with his needle and thread and bit it off with his mouth. Yun Chen took a look and felt very satisfied.
"I didn't expect that my father-in-law has such a talent. His needlework skills are really good, not much worse than those of weaving, embroidery and spinning."
Lian Shi was also a little proud. "My weaving, embroidery and spinning skills cannot be compared, but they are still much better than those of the tailor shops outside. To be honest, I originally practiced this skill for the Emperor, because I didn't want to give the Emperor's clothes to the people in the palace to mend, for fear that they would touch them and make them dirty, and the Emperor would not wear them. But later, when I mastered it, I found that the Emperor's clothes would never wear out, or if they were worn out, we didn't need to mend them, he could mend them himself with a few tricks. So I have never had a place to use this skill, and today I want to thank you, Lord Yun, for giving this skill a place to use."
Yun Chen put down his sleeves, thought about the palace banquet again, and sighed.
"The Envoy Guiyue is such an idiot. The Regent is in such a difficult situation today. He is still kneeling outside the palace! I wonder if he will have the face to face the civil and military officials in the future, and if he will still have the face to be the Regent."
Lian Shi said, "Don't worry, he's thick-skinned! Not only can he continue to be the emperor, he may even come up with other evil concubines. But if you say so, Fourth Miss hasn't had enough fun at this palace banquet! If the Emperor doesn't get angry, Fourth Miss Ye may have killed the envoy herself. Oh, it's always more satisfying to do it yourself than to have others do it. The Emperor is still quick. I thought holding a palace banquet would allow Fourth Miss to vent her anger and then vent her anger, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. No, no, I have to find a chance to talk to the Emperor tomorrow, or we can hold another one. We have to get this back for Fourth Miss! We have to let Fourth Miss scold all those who deserve to be scolded, that's satisfying!"
Yun Chen was helpless, "Forget it! Miss Four doesn't have the time to play with them every day. But there is one thing I want to ask you, that is, the late emperor's edict, was it modified by the emperor? Although I haven't seen the previous edicts, the late emperor would definitely not make the Seventh Prince the new emperor, this is a foregone conclusion. But why is the Seventh Prince's name clearly written on the edict taken down tonight? I think it must have been modified by someone, probably by the emperor."
Lian Shi shook his head, "I don't know about that. Normally, the Emperor would not care about these trivial matters. It's mortal state affairs. You can mess around as you like. Even if you mess yourself up, it has nothing to do with the Emperor. As long as it doesn't cause trouble in Yanhua Palace, the Emperor would not care if there was a fire in the palace. But isn't the situation different now? Isn't there a fourth young lady? Maybe the Emperor changed the will to make the fourth young lady happy. After all, the new emperor calls the fourth young lady "sister" all the time, so they are more or less related."
Yunchen felt that this analysis made a lot of sense.
As the two were talking, Zhuier came back, climbing up the mountain panting, and sat down next to Lianshi, tired.
Lian Shi quickly handed her some water and asked, "How's the emperor doing?"
Zhuier took a few sips of water and finally recovered a little. Then he waved his hand and said, "The emperor is fine. Not only is he fine, he is actually quite happy. He said that the emperor was so angry because he cares about my young lady and he is happy for her. By the way, we have also drafted a letter of compensation and plan to send an envoy to Guiyue in a few days to ask for money from Guiyue."
Lian Shi thought this idea was very creative.
Zhuier continued, "When I passed by the collapsed banquet hall before coming here, I saw the Regent was kneeling there, kneeling straight. But I always wanted to hit him to death with a brick, but I had to endure it again and again before I could hold it back."
Lian Shi slapped his thigh, "Why are you tolerating him? Just rush up and hit him!"
Zhuier sighed, "I'm afraid I'll really beat him to death."
"If he dies, then he dies! In such a huge country like Northern Qi, can't they afford to have a regent die?"
Yun Chen was so angry that he wanted to strangle them to death, "Stop joining in the fun, okay? Zhuier is a little girl, and she rushed up to slap the regent? The regent is not a rabbit, he is a wolf! I am afraid that before the brick is lifted, she will be slapped to death by the regent. Besides, the mortal court still has to deal with government affairs. This collapse has injured many people, and it is unknown when the court can resume. If the regent is slapped to death, who will the emperor take care of? You go and deal with government affairs?"
Lian Shi lowered his head to indicate that he was wrong.
Outside the hall, Zhuier told Lian Shi and Yun Chen about the compensation in detail. Inside the hall, Ye Wenyan saw Shi Liyuan looking at her and smiling, which made her feel uneasy.
"What are you laughing at? Shi Liyuan, do you have any self-awareness about your appearance? You look like this, and you keep smiling at me. How can I resist? To be honest, I have been using my spiritual power to suppress my anger. The flowers in my pocket are about to run out. If you laugh again, I will have to pounce on you. Don't cry then."
Shi Liyuan controlled his expression and dared not laugh anymore.
"Tell me what you're laughing at. Didn't you just tear down a palace after getting angry? How come you suddenly act like you got a great bargain? Tell me what you're laughing at, so I can laugh with you."
Shi Liyuan told her, "I am just laughing at you. You had made all the necessary preparations to go home, and you said goodbye to me reluctantly before the palace banquet, saying that you didn't know when you would be able to come to Yanhua Palace and see me again. You tricked me into kissing you for a long time, but now you are back after just a few hours. Isn't that funny? Ah Yan, if you deliberately tricked me into kissing you more, then just say it directly. I am still very happy about this matter, and there is no need to go through so much trouble."
Ye Wenyan gritted his teeth, "It was you who kidnapped me, and I haven't settled the score with you yet! You said I was just dancing the Fire Phoenix Dance and made Miss Li half crippled, and then you were ready to take action against the Guiyue envoy. But you hit him to death with a brick. I have a lot of ambitions but nowhere to display them. This is too annoying. Can I sleep tonight? Can you understand the feeling of having your train of thought suddenly interrupted?"
Shi Liyuan said no, "I am just very angry. The Guiyue people should never, ever set their sights on you. I cannot tolerate this. As long as they do not cross my bottom line, I will not kill them directly."
"Can't you just leave it to me to clean up?"
"It was an impulse."
"Then can we calm down before taking action next time?"
"How dare you do it again? If you do it again, it won't be the Northern Qi palace that collapses, but the Guiyue Palace. And it won't be the Guiyue envoys who are crushed to death, but the Guiyue monarch."
"……childish."