Chapter 406 Winning the Verbal Battle

Ye Wan stood on the steps outside the palace gate, watching the couple leave.

Lin Anyuan walked to Ye Wan's side and asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"

Lin Anyuan was fully aware of Liu Wenshu's feelings for Ye Wan back then, and now that he saw that Liu Wenshu had children, he was finally at ease.

I'm afraid this guy is like that Pei San, a scheming man who will never marry.

Ye Wan turned to look at him, "I was wondering when my older sister would be able to come to the capital. I miss her a little."

Ye Hua is now the queen of Nanzhao. I wonder if she's used to it.

"They'll definitely come before the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, our family can finally have a reunion dinner," Lin Anyuan said, looking at Ye Wan.

He actually heard what the two sisters said.

He didn't care; all he cared about was the person in front of him.

Ye Wan naturally knew that he had heard her, but she wouldn't say anything unless Lin Anyuan asked.

"Yes, the weather is nice today, shall we go to the imperial palace to visit our parents?"

Ye Wan wanted to see Lin Suyi.

The retired emperor and Lin Suying were at the temporary palace, not in the palace.

"Okay, bring plenty of oranges when you go. It's orange season now, and the Emperor Emeritus loves them." Lin Anyuan smiled and took Ye Wan's hand.

"good."

The couple first returned to their palace, changed their clothes, and had the imperial physician take good care of Liu Cheng and Liu Nuo before going to the temporary palace.

I didn't bring the children with me today, it was just the two of them.

In a courtyard of the imperial palace.

Prince Ning is playing chess with the retired Emperor Murong Jingyi.

Despite being nearly fifty, Murong Jingyi still maintains an upright posture and remarkable demeanor.

On the contrary, the Prince of Ning opposite him looked much thinner and darker, with some gray hair on his head.

Upon hearing Li Dequan's report, Murong Jingyi dropped the chess piece in his hand.

“My son and daughter-in-law have come to see me, old man Ning Wang, so I won’t play chess with you.”

Prince Ning snorted coldly, "Who would want to play chess with a lousy chess player like you? Get out of here. Do you think I want you to stay? You've only been here a few days and you've already ruined all my chickens."

"Why didn't you bring anything with you when you came? You came empty-handed."

Prince Ning had never seen such a shameless person. He was, after all, an emperor, yet he was so stingy, coming empty-handed, only to eat several of Prince Ning's chickens and then brazenly claiming they were too skinny to taste good. It was infuriating!

The Emperor Emeritus laughed heartily, “Look at how stingy you are. I’ll send you a few later. The chickens on the farm are big and fat, unlike yours, which are skinny and have barely any meat. They’d get stuck in your teeth if you ate them.”

Prince Ning was furious. "The chickens on the farm eat so much every day. How can they compare to my chickens that eat insects? They definitely can't. My chickens taste better. If you're so capable, then stop coming to eat them!"

"Father."

Just as the two old men were arguing, Ye Wan and Lin Anyuan arrived and immediately fell silent.

"Yes, Yuan'er, Yuan'er's wife is here. Please sit down." The Emperor Emeritus gestured for them to sit down.

Then he said, "You've come at just the right time. Your uncle's chickens are quite delicious. Why don't you stay here for lunch?"

Ye Wan chimed in, "That's great! Since you've come all this way, I'll cook for you myself to show my filial piety."

Prince Ning was furious when he heard this. "I say, do you all have no shame? I raised these chickens. Did you even ask for my opinion? You just want to eat them without asking?"

I've never seen such a shameless person. This family is just like that bastard Murong Jingyi. They're truly birds of a feather.

"You're right here, can't you hear me? You'll eat too, it's not just us eating. Don't you have a mouth?" The Emperor Emeritus slowly peeled an orange.

Prince Ning: "How much can I eat by myself? How many mouths do you have in your family!"

Seeing that the two old men were arguing again, Ye Wan said, "Your Highness Prince Ning, I'll give you a few more chickens from my farm later, and you can choose them yourself."

Prince Ning glanced at Ye Wan and snorted coldly, "Hmph, that's more like it. Do you think it's easy for me to till the land and raise a few chickens every day? And you shameless people have ruined them. At least there's someone reasonable here, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to live like this."

The retired emperor was somewhat displeased and immediately began to argue, "You old fool, didn't you say that my Murong family's empire was going to be lost? Look at this empire now! Are the people living in peace and prosperity?! Isn't it much better than when you were in power!"

Prince Ning sneered, "Why are you so happy? It's not even certain whether we'll be able to keep the Murong surname in the future. What's the rush?"

It must be admitted that Lin Anyuan is indeed a talented ruler; the changes he has undergone in the past few years have been truly remarkable.

The retired emperor slowly peeled an orange. "Actually, it doesn't matter who sits on the throne, as long as the person in that position cares about the people and can see them living in peace and prosperity. The people are the foundation of the country."

"How could I not care about the people?" Prince Ning sighed again. "Forget it, what's the use of bringing up the past? So many years have passed, I'm not the emperor anymore, and neither are you."

"By the way, young man surnamed Lin, tell me about what's going on in the imperial court!"

Lin Anyuan hadn't said a word from beginning to end, but after being called upon by Prince Ning, he simply began to speak slowly.

Seeing this, Prince Ning snatched an orange from the Emperor Emeritus and ate it.

Ye Wan went to find Lin Suyi.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cooked chicken together.

While eating, Prince Ning couldn't help but ask, "It's so fragrant! What spices did you use to stir-fry it? How can it taste so good? I can't make it taste like this."

The Emperor Emeritus placed a chicken leg into Lin Suying's bowl, saying, "You definitely lack talent. You absolutely can't do cooking without talent!"

Prince Ning rolled his eyes. "I may lack talent, but I haven't seen you eat less."

After eating and drinking their fill, the two old men, with their round bellies sticking out, sunbathed on deck chairs in the yard.

The retired emperor glanced at Prince Ning beside him and asked, "Are you really not going to do anything about your children, wives, and concubines?"

"What do you care? Haven't you already killed them all? Those who weren't killed have become someone else's wives and recognized someone else as their fathers."

After Prince Ning abdicated, his wives and concubines initially relied on him, but later, realizing that he himself had to fend for himself, they all left.

He got angry just thinking about it and couldn't help but curse, "I said, Murong Jingyi, you're a real scoundrel! I at least abdicated, which made it sound a little more legitimate for you, so couldn't you have kept me rich and well? Your heart is smaller than a pinhead. Even when I was in power, I didn't make you a commoner and farm the land. At least I had that fiefdom of Min County."

This is something that has angered him for many years, but he has come to terms with it now, although he still can't help but bring it up again.

The retired emperor clicked his tongue, "The common people are suffering, and you are living too extravagantly. I don't know how an emperor should behave. Let me get rid of your ailments."

"Forget it, the past is the past. I've come to terms with it over the years. Now, it's good enough to eat and drink my fill and stand in the sun by the wall." Prince Ning closed his eyes.

All his dreams of power have turned to ashes; he no longer wants to be emperor, and nothing else matters to him.

With nothing on his mind, everything is fine. Maybe he'll even outlive Murong Jingyi.

Just as he was thinking this, the person next to him nudged him and said, "Come on, let's play another round."

Prince Ning: Get out! You're a terrible chess player, who wants to play with you!

"..."

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The two old men argued for two days. Murong Jingyi, as the retired emperor, won the argument and then happily led Lin Suyi into the palace, where they moved into the former Chaoyang Palace.