Chapter 56: Are we going to pick the next one? Xiao’s father and son just left, Chun…

As soon as the Xiao family father and son left, Chuntao looked at Song Youning with a sad face.

"Your Highness, Lord Li is furious right now. If he knew you wrote this letter... I'm afraid, I'm afraid it wouldn't change his mind, but would only add fuel to the fire, driving him to even greater rage... and do something even more ruthless."

"If that's the case, what should we do?" Chun Tao's beautiful eyebrows suddenly furrowed, like a spring mountain full of sorrow.

Her slender fingers twisted the handkerchief unconsciously, her lips slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself. Her clear eyes were filled with deep worry, and her gaze followed Song Youning closely, as if she wanted to find a trace of hesitation in her calm expression.

Song Youning waved his hand nonchalantly and blurted out, "It's okay!"

Before she finished speaking, she seemed to suddenly think of something very interesting. As her eyes moved, a sly and clever smile quietly crept up the corners of her mouth.

She walked briskly towards Chuntao until their sleeves were close to each other, then she leaned in close, her warm breath almost brushing Chuntao's ear, and whispered in a low voice: "My dear Chuntao, why are you so nervous?"

"I asked the Prince of Zhenbei to deliver a letter for me..." "But guess what 'surprise' I left for Lord Li in the letter?"

Chuntao blushed when she saw her unruly look.

They say playboy, playboy... From ancient times to the present, it is always men, so why is it that His Highness...

How can a girl behave so unruly?

Chuntao clutched her handkerchief with one hand and glared at her shyly, "The porridge I cooked on the stove should be ready by now. I'll leave first!" She hurriedly found an excuse and walked out of the tent with a blushing face. After leaving the tent, she did not forget to carefully tuck the curtain tightly for her, for fear that a speck of dust would get in.

Song Youning looked at Chuntao's fleeing back, and a helpless smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

She didn't say anything, did she? This little girl is really too shameless!

I've been with her for so long, why haven't I gotten used to her yet? It seems I'll have to work hard to get used to her in the future. I'm so thin-skinned, I'll have to suffer if I follow her in the future.

The morning mist in the capital had not yet dissipated when a galloping horse broke through the silent city gate and rushed straight to Zhuque Street in front of the palace gate before suddenly stopping, raising a cloud of dust.

The dust raised by the horse's hooves rolled in the sunlight, just like Li Funing's uneasy mood at the moment.

After the quarrel with Song Youning, he felt a surge of turbid air in his chest, making him feel as if all his internal organs were dislocated.

All the gentleness, courtesy, frugality and gentlemanly manners were thrown out of the window by her anger.

Before daybreak in the camp and when the campfire was still dim, he whipped his horse's buttocks and rushed out of the camp gate, leaving her no chance to regret.

Outside the Great Wall, the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, and the cold wind pierces into the bone marrow like an iron spike.

The cold wind from the border, carrying the cold dew, scraped across his fair cheeks like a knife. Not only did it fail to extinguish the anger in his heart, but it made the unwillingness and resentment even more intense.

He just wanted to stay away from her, farther and farther...it would be best if they never saw each other again in this life!

This thought was like a poisonous thorn gnawing at his heart, urging him to head north. He didn't care about anything else and galloped straight towards the capital.

Along the way, they slept in the open air and traveled under the stars and the moon.

The good horse was so tired that it foamed at the mouth several times, and his eyes were bloodshot from all the hard work, but he hardly ever got a real rest.

It seemed that only by making the body extremely tired could one temporarily suppress her every frown, smile, word and sentence that were churning in his mind.

Every brief pause seemed to give that figure a chance to catch up, so he had no choice but to whip her again and again, trying to sever the entanglement with her!

He rode his horse all the way back to the capital, and when he arrived at the palace gate in front of Zhuque Street, he was just in time for today's morning court session.

Li Funing dismounted, the tail of his white robe was stained with mud, and a few strands of black hair were soaked with sweat and stuck to his cold cheeks, making him look even more disheveled. However, it did not diminish his overall demeanor at all, but instead added a sense of coldness and brokenness, as if a high and mighty immortal had fallen from grace into the mortal world.

Apart from the fatigue and lethargy in his eyes, he still looked somewhat mortal.

He ignored the surprised or inquiring looks of the officials around him, casually threw the reins to the eunuch in the palace, and said in a voice as cold as ice water, chilly yet warm: "Change my clothes."

In the side room next to the palace gate, he quickly took off his dusty outer robe and changed into court clothes.

The cold silk against my skin temporarily suppressed the heat from running around.

He straightened his crown in front of the blurry bronze mirror. The eyes of the person in the mirror were sharp and cold, and all the fatigue was covered by a kind of almost arrogant determination, which was an even stronger defense after being angered.

When the bell rang, he took a deep breath, suppressed all the anger at the border in his heart, and put all the past events with her behind him.

It was just a past event. Since she didn't care, there was no need for him to force it.

He stepped into the grand palace, and the gazes of the courtiers shot towards him like sharp blades.

"Didn't Lord Li follow His Highness to the border? Why did he return to the capital alone without an imperial edict?"

"Yes, returning to the capital without imperial decree is a grave crime! No matter how much Your Majesty values ​​Lord Li, you must not shield him this time. He must be severely punished!"

“Yes, yes, yes!”

Everyone gathered in a group, talking and pointing at Li Funing. They didn't look like a group of well-read scholars, but more like elderly women pointing at the cabbages in the vegetable market.

Everyone is talking at once, it's so noisy!

"His Majesty has arrived!"

Eunuch Guo's shrill voice echoed throughout the hall, and the echoes lingered for a long time.

Upon seeing this, all the court officials returned to their seats in an orderly manner, stood in a neat row, and prostrated themselves on the ground, saying in unison: "Long live the emperor!"

As soon as Song Luoshu sat on the throne, he accurately caught sight of Li Funing's figure at a glance.

Even though Li Funing was crawling on the ground with his eyes lowered, the low pressure and the hard-to-conceal tired look around him made him stand out in the crowd.

Song Luoshu immediately understood and couldn't help but sigh silently.

Enemies, what a pair of enemies! It wasn't enough for the two of them to torment each other, they also dragged his old body into the torment with them!

As soon as it was light this morning, Eunuch Guo was evasive, hesitating and very nervous.

As soon as he asked, he handed over the military report that King Zhenbei had urgently sent.

He originally thought it was just a routine report on the battle situation and was just going to take a quick look at it, but who knew that the more he looked at it, the more something seemed to be wrong!

But he suddenly discovered that the flying handwriting that he was so familiar with was clearly his daughter's handwriting! (The heroine wrote it, and Chuntao changed it)

This girl...when did she become so close to King Zhenbei?

Even an old fox as prudent as the King of Zhenbei could be persuaded to pass on a private message for her?

Song Luoshu could almost imagine how she had coaxed and deceived the prince into submission. Her methods were becoming more and more powerful.

But before he could finish lamenting his daughter's growth, the rest of the letter nearly made him choke on his imported ginseng tea—this girl... in a private letter to the Prince of Zhenbei, she actually blatantly... asked him to coax Li Funing back to the border for her...

He has been the emperor for so many years, and he has really opened his eyes...

Not only that, he also gave him advice in the letter. He had thought of all the strategies and listed them one by one in his mind, just waiting for him to follow them.

Look, this letter was delivered to the palace openly in the name of Prince Zhenbei!

What was she going to do? It was obvious to everyone! Her little plan was just as good as being written on a sign hanging at the entrance to Suzaku Street!

What's more, he is her biological father who has seen her grow up and gone through all the troubles she has faced since she was a child!

He didn't even need to guess. It was nothing more than that, seeing that Li Funing was so angry this time that he actually dropped his job and ran back to Beijing, she had already set up the stage for the frontier opera, but the most important actor had gone on strike. She was panicked, but she couldn't bring herself to chase him back and surrender in person.

So he used the tricks of "killing with a borrowed knife" and "shooting the bull from behind the mountain".

He wanted to flatter and tease Xiao Lin, and act out a scene of "There are many young talents and eloquent flowers around me", so as to make the silly boy who was about to turn into a "wife-waiting stone" standing next to His Highness jealous and irritate him.

He hoped that the deliberately poured out basin of old vinegar would completely overturn the gourd vinegar jar with the sawed-off mouth, causing him to jump up uncontrollably and run back to the border obediently!

This calculation, this method... Song Luoshu was so angry that he almost laughed.

All I can say is that if this plan really works, it would be like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten...the two are a match made in heaven...

"My dear ministers, please stand up!"

Song Luoshu spoke calmly, but his eyebrows were throbbing wildly. He had sat on the throne peacefully for so long, but in the end, he ended up losing his integrity...

When this brat comes back from Northern Frontier, he will definitely abdicate as soon as possible and return this mess to her!

When Song Luoshu thought about what he was going to do next, his old face couldn't help but turn slightly red. He had previously felt that the dragon throne was too far away from the court officials and he couldn't see their expressions clearly.

Now he was suddenly glad that he was far away... He deliberately straightened his spine, sat up straight, and pretended to be wise and honest to cover up his guilty conscience.

Before he could even open his mouth to mention the matter, the Minister of Rites jumped out first and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Li was previously sent to the border by Your Majesty to assist the Crown Princess. Now he has not been recalled to the capital. This is a blatant disobedience of the Emperor's order, a serious crime! Your Majesty, please punish him..."

Song Luoshu thought to himself, fortunately, there are a few troublemakers around, and he just doesn't know how to bring up this matter with the court officials!

"My dear ministers, you are worrying too much. This morning, the King of Zhenbei sent me a report on the military situation at the border and explained the border situation..."

"The letter also specifically mentioned Lord Li's return to the capital. The Crown Princess specifically sent Lord Li back to handle important unfinished matters in the capital..."

Li Funing was startled when he heard this. He had thought she would be angry at him for leaving without saying goodbye, but he hadn't expected...

Upon hearing this, several minor officials who were on the same level as the Grand Tutor's looked pale. They then took a few steps back, gave up the thought of impeachment, and glanced at General Chen in front of the hall.

What they feared was not Song Youning's order, but the fact that this order was submitted from the memorial of the Prince of Zhenbei. In this case, whether the Prince of Zhenbei was in league with the Crown Princess, then these little minions who followed Master Chen suddenly felt alarm bells ringing in their hearts.

Song Luoshu lowered his eyes and looked at the people who had their own ulterior motives. The corners of his mouth curled up again, and he dropped a heavy hammer: "The princess also wrote in the letter that the front line is relatively stable this time, and told me not to worry about it. Everything is under the control of the King of Zhenbei..."

"By the way, he also specifically mentioned Prince Xiao's performance in the army..." Song Luoshu's eyes swept over His Highness Li Funing, who suddenly trembled when he heard his name.

"The princess is very appreciative. Young people are full of energy!"

Although these words were spoken lightly, they were like a bolt from the blue to Li Funing, who had just had a fight with Song Youning.

He originally thought that if he returned to Beijing, she would at least be sad for a while. Not to mention too much, but at least a month, right?

It's not even half a month yet?

She started to flirt with other men, and now she's picking the next one?