Chapter 393 The Cuckold Emperor (5)
Chapter 393 The Cuckold Emperor (5)
"Well, Master, based on His Majesty's feelings for Yan'er, she must be the Queen. How can we..."
"Your Majesty's feelings for her? Is that what he feels?"
Mother Liu was speechless when she saw the messy situation before her.
Liu Chang sighed, "We are mistaken. No matter how deeply His Majesty loves this girl, he is still a man, an emperor. How can he allow his beloved to love someone else and reject him at every turn? If this continues, it is doubtful whether Liu Yan can enter the palace. So I say don't worry about the position. As long as she enters the palace and spends every day with His Majesty, I will be able to win back His Majesty's heart. As long as His Majesty's heart is with her, it is not a matter of time before she becomes the queen!"
"Master is the one who has a plan. I will go find Madam Shoukang right now."
Madam Shoukang was a close friend of Liu's mother, but it is nonsense to say that Liu's mother frequently brought Liu Yan to visit her just to visit an old friend and had no intention of currying favor with the original mother.
Mrs. Shoukang was actually happy to see this happen.
If Liu Yan really became the Empress of the Central Palace, she would become their matchmaker, and her words would carry more weight in the palace in the future.
Madam Shoukang also heard that Liu Yan seemed to have lost her loyalty recently, and she wanted to find out the truth. If Ning Ning was just angry for the moment, she would help to reconcile them, but she would give Liu Yan a lot of benefits.
So after getting Liu's mother's request, he passed the sign into the palace and spoke for Liu Yan, "I also watched this child grow up. She is indeed a bit spoiled, which is why she offended Your Majesty. I heard that she is already very remorseful and wants to apologize to Your Majesty in person. How about Your Majesty meeting her for the sake of your frequent interactions since childhood?"
Ning Ning's face darkened, "Madam, what are you talking about? You also said that we often met when we were young. Now that we have grown up, we should also pay attention to the separation of men and women. Why would I summon her to the palace for no reason? Besides, she has not offended me. Since she loves Ouyang Fen, I will remove her from the list of candidates and let her get married. This is the meaning of helping others to achieve their goals. How can she offend me? As for asking her to return the silver she owes, it is because it is natural to pay back debts. Does she still want to default on her debt?"
"Of course not. I made a mistake."
"It's good that Madam knows. Since she has nothing to do with state affairs, there is no need to mention her in the future. Besides, the matter of collecting the debt is not targeted at her alone. It's just that she is the only one who owes the money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so she will be collected first. The money owed by other officials and noble families is from the Ministry of Revenue, which belongs to the national treasury. What right do they have to occupy it? They must all be returned to me! I have ordered the account books to be cleaned up, and they will all be collected after they are sorted out!"
"Yes, Your Majesty is wise!"
Mrs. Shoukang came out with a pale face, and when she returned home, she asked someone to count how much silver her family owed to the Ministry of Revenue, and to pay it back quickly to avoid the embarrassment of having others come to collect the money.
While he was busy, a servant came to report that Liu's mother was here again.
Madam Shou Kang sneered, "Let her go back. Tell her that the information I helped her find out is useless. I am ill and I will not see her anymore!"
Just because of Liu Yan's matter, she was treated very badly when she entered the palace, and she also had to pay back the silver she owed. It was all because of Liu Yan, and she had already kept a grudge against Liu Yan in her heart!
Since it is certain that Liu Yan has lost her holy heart, why should she still care about the Liu family!
After being turned away, Liu's mother went back anxiously, "Master, what's going on?"
"What's going on? Oh, you still don't understand. The emperor is disgusted with this damn girl, otherwise Madam Shoukang wouldn't be so disrespectful to you. It's all our fault for being too pampering to her!"
"Ah? Then what should we do? Do we really have to sell off the things in the mansion to pay back the money owed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Liu's mother was also anxious, and Liu Chang sighed, "Sell it. No matter if we can pay it back or not, being willing to sell things to pay off the debt means we are following the emperor's orders. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives reports it, our lives will be even more difficult."
But even so, the Liu family has been living a good life in the past two years thanks to Liu Yan. As the saying goes, it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality, so how could they give up the wealth they have obtained?
Liu Yan's sister-in-law even stopped them from selling the things in the warehouse, saying that even if they wanted to sell them, they had to start from Liu Yan's yard.
Liu Yan was also a little panicked. "I'll go to the palace and find the emperor. I don't believe he will ignore our relationship!"
Liu Chang, "It's great that you are willing to go. This time, you must remember not to act like a child again. Put yourself down and apologize to His Majesty."
"I see."
Liu Yan lowered her head, knowing that it was getting difficult. In the past two days, she had been constantly contacting the ladies from noble families who were on good terms with her, but those people either refused to see her at all, or told her that an unmarried daughter could not take care of the household, and they did not know how much money the family had, so they could not help her.
She even took some time out of her busy schedule to secretly meet Ouyang Fen.
In front of Ouyang Fen, she always said that it was her original body that harassed her and she had no choice but to obey.
Now he thinks she is not obedient enough, so he makes things difficult for her family and even adds many false charges to her just to force her to submit. He is worse than an animal!
Ouyang Fen was naturally indignant after hearing this, but his anger was useless. If he were favored, he would not have been "exiled" to be a hostage.
Even if no one mentioned him, the Emperor of the Great Zhou would have forgotten about him. It would be inappropriate for the Great Zhou to send him money, and he himself would have to live in poverty, let alone pay back the money for Liu Yan.
So in the end, Liu Yan had to come forward and bow her head.
She sat in the sedan chair all the way, constantly thinking about what to say when she saw Ning Ning, how to bow her head so that Ning Ning would soften her heart without losing face too much.
She had been thinking about it all the way, and had rehearsed the speech several times in her mind, which moved her deeply.
Humph, but she was even more unhappy to see Ning Ning taking advantage of her power to bully others. Even if she entered the palace, her heart would never be on Ning Ning's side.
She had to make things clear with Brother Ouyang, join hands with him, and get out of the disgusting palace as soon as possible.
She was planning how to leave the palace in the future, but unexpectedly, she didn't even get into the palace.
The guards at the gate said that Liu Yan's badge had been invalidated and she could no longer enter and leave the palace as freely as before.
"How dare you! Do you see who I am? I want to go to the palace to see the emperor, and you dare to stop me!"
Liu Yan felt more and more aggrieved. It was not like she had never quarreled with Ning Ning before, but when was it not Ning Ning who compromised first? !
Why couldn't he give her some leniency this time!
She has agreed to go back for the audition, but Ning Ning can't help but listen to her explanation!
But the guards guarding the city would not let her go wild. "No matter who you are, we cannot allow you to run wild in this important place! Get out of here!"
"You bastard!"
"Miss, let's go quickly. Breaking into the palace without permission is no joke!"
"Yes, didn't you see that several of their soldiers have put their arrows on the nocks? Let's go back and discuss it later!"
The servants didn't want to die with her, so they tried their best to drag her back.
Liu Yan was so angry that she cried all the way and secretly made up her mind to never pay any attention to the emperor again!
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