Ye An understood that Taifu and Zhang Qian were both upright people. Even if the empress dowager did not allow the investigation, they would still ask for permission in court and find out the truth. Having been in the court for such a long time, he could at least see that the court nowadays was all about balancing all parties. Prime Minister Yuan held a high position of power and was the empress dowager's maternal family. If the Yuan family made any mistakes, other forces would be happy to see it.

Ye An himself also supported the investigation. The case of Prince Yu Luo had revealed a strong smell of conspiracy. Ye An did not think that Prime Minister Yuan would collude with Yu Luo to commit suicide. It was possible that Yelu Xiong had slandered and framed him in return.

Ye An rubbed his brows and said to Mu Zheng, "Yelü Xiong has exposed Prime Minister Yuan. If we don't investigate, both Prime Minister Yuan and the Queen Mother will be criticized. I believe that Prime Minister Yuan will not betray the Wei Dynasty. Sending someone to investigate can also clear the Prime Minister's name."

Master Mu said with emotion: "Your Majesty is wise."

He knew very well that the Queen Mother was actually confused because of her concern, and that simply blocking them would not help the Yuan family at all.

Ye An's worries grew heavier, and he was also upset by Mu Li's accusations. After saying a few words, he became noticeably tired.

Mu Ci said gently, "Xiao An, you should take a break."

Ye An leaned on him obediently. Mu Ci gave the tutor a look to wait a moment and helped Ye An into the room to rest.

Ye An was placed on the couch, drowsy.

Mu Ci let him hold his arms and waited until Ye An fell asleep before returning to the main hall.

Master Mu was still waiting for him. When Mu Ci came out again, Mu Zheng asked curiously, "What happened to the emperor?"

Ye An couldn't hide his tired look, but he couldn't tell even the Queen Mother, and naturally couldn't tell the Imperial Tutor. Mu Ci said cautiously, "It's just a minor illness. The Imperial Physician has checked it out. He will be fine in a few days."

Mu Zheng said: "That's good, and there's also A-Li..."

Mu Zheng felt a little scared when he thought about this unfilial son. Mu Li's nonsense was extremely disrespectful. He wanted to ask Mu Li to kneel down and apologize, but this troublesome guy actually ran away. Fortunately, the emperor was broad-minded and did not pursue the matter.

Mu Ci said: "The emperor has a kind temper. He didn't blame me just now, and he won't blame A-li in the future. But as for A-li, please give him some advice to avoid any disaster."

Mu Ci spoke in a stern tone. Mu Zheng's expression froze and he responded solemnly.

Mu Li was secretly sad and walked aimlessly out of the palace. He felt that Ye Xiaoan and his brother had betrayed him.

It was obviously he who liked her first, but in the end he was the one who was blamed. His brother and Ye Xiaoan both had a happy ending, but he was the only one who was a fool from beginning to end. He even thought that they were implicated because of him...

Mu Li couldn't see or hear anything clearly. He couldn't stand his own stupidity and wanted to get drunk. He walked into a store in a trance and said to someone at random, "Where is the wine? Give me some, I want some!"

This shop was actually a silk shop. Mu Li looked so miserable that the owner mistakenly thought he was drunk and looking for trouble, so he ordered everyone to push him out. Mu Li lost his balance and fell to the ground, and the owner spat at him.

Mu Li was so focused on finding wine that he didn't bother to argue. He got up and went into another store, but was kicked out again.

Finally he arrived at the tavern. The bartender saw that although he was covered in dust, the material of his clothes was still good, so he should be able to afford the wine. As he wished, he gave him a jar of Shaodaozi. Mu Li opened the lid and drank, but he had never drunk such a strong liquor before. He choked and burst into tears after just one sip.

When Jiang Jing passed by the tavern, she heard someone cursing at a distance for being well-dressed but unable to pay for the drinks. Jiang Jing thought it was some homeless person trying to get free food and drinks, but the next moment Mu Li was pushed out in a mess.

Jiang Jing: “…”

Why is it this bastard little enemy again!

After all, he was her friend's brother. Jiang Jing couldn't just pretend she didn't see anything. She resigned herself to her fate, went forward to pay for the drinks, and helped Mu Li up.

"Ali, what happened?"

Jiang Jing patted Mu Li's face.

Mu Li was drunk and had to look several times before he could see the person in front of him clearly. The bright red dress almost burned his eyes. He thought of the Zhaoyang Palace where he tried desperately to escape, and the fiery red color was everywhere.

The eunuchs said that this was specially arranged by the emperor and it has never been removed since Mu Zhaoyi entered the palace.

Mu Li smiled with his dry lips, and then tears rolled down his eyes.

"Ali——"

Jiang Jing was terrified, wondering if this child was stupid. I quickly took his pulse and found out he was just drunk.

Jiang Jing picked up Mu Li and brought him home, and sent a letter to the Grand Tutor's Mansion. Mu Zheng and Xiao Shi were almost going crazy as they couldn't find Mu Li anywhere, and they almost reported the case to the Supreme Court. They wanted to rush over after receiving the letter, but Mu Li refused to let them go after he woke up. He didn't want to see anyone from the Taifu Mansion in the short term. Mu Zheng was afraid of irritating him further, so he had to ask Jiang Jing to take care of him.

"So, you were so distraught because you found out Ye Xiaoan's identity?"

Jiang Jing couldn't understand Mu Li's loss at all.

Mu Li turned his face away angrily: "That's not entirely true. I... I hate him for lying to me and hiding the truth from me. Even my eldest brother scolded me!"

"Oh." Jiang Jing said coldly, "Have you ever thought about this? He is the emperor, and who are you? Is it worth him lying to you? When you go out, how many people don't hide their true identities? What's the big deal? I think you are jealous because he likes your brother but not you. It's obviously you who are narrow-minded, but you have to put all the blame on Xiaoan and Huaixuan."

Mu Li was immediately furious when his secret was spoken: "What do you know? Don't say anything nonsense!"

"What do I know?" Jiang Jing repeated with a sneer, not showing any mercy to Mu Li. "Even someone like me who came along late can see that Xiao An likes Huai Xuan. Mu Li, don't say you can't see it. In my opinion, it's you who insisted on getting in between them. What are you thinking?"

"I didn't! I really didn't know!"

Mu Li denied loudly, and even his expression became flustered.

Ye Xiaoan paid much more attention to his brother than to himself. He complained several times but never thought about Ken's side. Because as long as Ye Xiaoan didn't say it, he could pretend not to know.

On the Chinese Valentine's Day, when he learned that Ye Xiaoan had made an appointment with Mu Ci, he took the initiative to suggest that Jiang Jing, who was strolling around the mansion, go look for Mu Ci together. He was also the one who insisted on moving Ye Xiaoan, who was sleeping on Mu Ci's back, off, and deliberately mentioned the engagement between Mu Ci and Jiang Jing. However, the engagement was not fabricated by him, but he had heard his parents talking about it and really believed it, so he wanted to stop Ye Xiaoan from having thoughts about Mu Ci that shouldn't have, and even the subsequent confession of love.

Because he is still young, he can be willful and selfish, but no matter what, it cannot compare to a sorry from the other party.

In fact, thinking back on it, Ye Xiaoan had already rejected him, so what right did he have to blame Ye Xiaoan?

And the moment he learned of Ye Xiaoan's identity, his greatest feeling was anger and humiliation, not the pain of the person he loved being a non-human.

Does he really care about Ye Xiaoan that much?

Mu Li still roared: "I don't care, they are the ones who have wronged me!"

Jiang Jing's personality was not gentle at all, and she couldn't bear to listen to young people's whining. For a while, she felt that Mu Huaixuan was a little silly, and Mu Li was probably a fool from beginning to end. She would never show mercy to fools.

Jiang Jing raised her hand and slapped Mu Li in the face. Mu Li was stunned after being hit for the second time.

Jiang Jing shouted, "Can you be more capable? You are only causing trouble for your parents. What's the point of doing this?!"

Mu Li said aggrievedly: "Sister Jing, even you hit me..."

Jiang Jing said, "I'm hitting you! Mu Li, don't use your dirty thoughts to think about others. You were poisoned by the aphrodisiac and your life is worse than death. Xiao An was poisoned by it too. He is a royal family and his pain is a thousand times greater than yours, but he would rather endure it by himself and didn't force Huai Xuan to do it. Huai Xuan is the same. They are together because they love each other. What does it have to do with you? Why do you think they are sorry for you!"

"Sister Jing, stop talking!"

Mu Li held his head in pain. Jiang Jing was really too cruel. She scolded him so badly that he even doubted whether he was really wrong.

Jiang Jing smiled: "If you don't want me to say anything, then shut up. I don't take in useless trash, Mu Li, if you only know how to blame others when you grow up, get out of here right now."

Mu Li was so scared that he forgot to wipe his tears. He said awkwardly, "Sister Jing, then, is it okay if I don't mention it? Don't chase me away. I'm homeless now."

Mu Li is essentially a spoiled child. After Jiang Jing threatened him a few times, he dared not talk nonsense. From then on, Jiang Jing had a handsome medicine boy by her side. He voluntarily followed her around the country, but was often punished by Jiang Jing for saying the wrong things. When Mu Zheng and his wife waited for a long time and wanted to take Mu Li away, Mu Li had already taken root in the Jiang family and didn't want to go back to the Taifu Mansion at all.

Although Ye An supported Zhang Qian to continue the investigation, he still had to report to the Empress Dowager. The Queen Mother looked sad when she learned about this, but she was not surprised by Ye An's decision. It seemed that she had expected that the Emperor would investigate the Yuan family one day.

Once upon a time, Empress Gongsu begged the late emperor on her knees for the Cui family. Now he has tasted the bitterness of that. Perhaps this is a strange and ironic cycle.

The Queen Mother tried to get out of her weird circle of thinking, calmed down and said, "An'er, no matter what, you have to believe that I and the Prime Minister will not betray you."

Ye An nodded, he thought so too.

Zhang Qian was able to continue investigating the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the person who was accused by Yelu Xiong died mysteriously on the eve of the intervention of the Supreme Court!

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the court and among the people, all saying that Prime Minister Yuan had killed someone to silence him. If that person was still alive, the truth would be revealed one day, but that person was dead, and Yelu Xiong would not confess, so this case would bring discredit to Prime Minister Yuan for life.

Prime Minister Yuan could not stand such questioning. Even though Ye An publicly expressed his trust in his character in the court, Prime Minister Yuan still had to resign in the end to appease the public anger. Empress Dowager Yuan looked much more haggard overnight, with some white hair growing on her temples.

As the Yuan family is the empress dowager's maternal family and the emperor's maternal family, this is the biggest crisis the emperor has faced since he ascended the throne.

The news spread into a small room where a plain candle was lit. A crystal chessboard was placed on the table. Two men were sitting face to face, playing chess.

A man pondered for a moment, then calmly placed a white piece made of mutton-fat jade, and the overall situation on the chessboard was settled.

The man smiled and said, "Sir, what do you think?"

Opposite him, the masked "young master" pushed the chessboard away and also laughed: "It's too easy for him to just resign."

The man said, "The best is yet to come. Please wait a little longer. You will see it soon."

Ye An has been turning over the sign of Zhaoyang Palace recently. Before nightfall, Mu Ci will go to Xuande Hall to accompany the emperor.

But when I arrived today, Ye An was not there.

Mu Ci sat and waited for a while, then saw Ye An staggering towards him alone with a big belly.

For a moment, Mu Ci was a little stunned, and subconsciously ran forward to support Ye An.

"Xiao An, your stomach..."

It's only been a month, how can it be so big?

Ye An smiled mysteriously, dismissed the servants around him, and then took out a stack of memorials from his "stomach".

Mu Ci: “…”

Prime Minister Yuan has lost his power and the Queen Mother is temporarily uninterested in government affairs. No matter how Ye An tries to comfort her, it's useless. Memorials keep coming in like snowflakes and Ye An really can't take it anymore.

He was still experiencing pregnancy symptoms and would fall asleep after reading a few books. In order to finish all the government affairs, he had to resort to this last resort.

"Brother Aci, please help me review the memorials!"

Ye An is acting cute and naughty.

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