Chapter 66

Tang Mitang thought Zhou Xuanqing was staying in bed, so she let her stay there and got up and walked towards the kitchen to prepare some medicinal food.

Zhou Xuanqing sat up, habitually raising a decent smile on the corner of his mouth. As if realizing something was wrong, he put away the smile, patted his cheeks, and wondered why he smiled yesterday?

He got up and practiced in front of the mirror for a long time. A simple and lovely smile appeared on his face. The person in the mirror was as beautiful as a fairy. Tang Mitang happened to come in with medicinal food. He saw this smile, which hit his heart directly and caused ripples.

Zhou Xuanqing turned to look at her, and seeing her smiling foolishly, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"Qingqing looks so beautiful. Let me help you comb your hair~" Tang Mitang put down the medicinal food, walked forward, picked up the wooden comb, and combed Zhou Xuanqing's hair carefully.

Thinking of the person in front of her who always tied her hair up with a hairpin, her eyes rolled. Now, the person in front of her was a thirteen-year-old girl. Could she do what she wanted to do before?

Tang Mitang was combing her hair happily, with her mouth almost stretched to the sky.

Zhou Xuanqing looked at the two buns that Tang Mitang had combed for him and smiled speechlessly.

Tang Mitang looked at her and was touched by her cuteness, so he quickly found her an apricot red pleated skirt with gold flowing clouds and a pair of pearl flowers.

Zhou Xuanqing let her play with him without saying a word, and did whatever she told him to do.

He heard a commotion outside the Daming Palace, and Zhou Xuanqing couldn't help but frown. Why was there a commotion inside the palace?

"Master, something's happened with the Emperor. Today's morning court session has been postponed. This is a huge deal!" Chang Xi said as she walked in. Seeing Zhou Xuanqing's outfit, she took a step back in shock. Oh my god, this little girl is... the master? So cute!

"What happened?" Tang Mitang asked curiously, handing the medicinal food to Zhou Xuanqing and asking her to eat it first.

Chang Xi finally reacted after hearing Tang Mitang's question. He stood aside and said, "Last night, the Emperor slept with Han Yuxin, the daughter of the Marquis of Jingkang. I searched for her for a long time and found her in the Emperor's bedroom! The Marquis wants an explanation!"

"Oh my God~" Tang Mitang covered her mouth in disbelief. What a big melon!

Zhou Xuanqing's expression changed slightly. He put down his bowl and asked, "Who allowed them to search the palace and find the emperor's bedroom?"

"Uh..." Chang Xi didn't expect Zhou Xuanqing to ask this. He choked for a moment before saying, "The Concubine Dowager allowed it. She said she was looking for the Marquis' daughter. Most of the people at the banquet last night haven't left yet."

"My Lady Concubine... let's go and take a look." Zhou Xuanqing said and walked out.

Lan'er slept with a woman, and the problem was solved by making her a concubine. The difficulty is how to shut Youyou up so as not to damage the reputation of the royal family!

Tang Mitang and Chang Xi followed, not noticing Zhou Xuanqing's changes, both of them looked very interested in gossip.

Zhou Erlan sat on the chair with a gloomy face, looking at the people kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but clench his fists. Why couldn't he hold back last night?

Han Yuxin knelt precariously on the ground. The marks on her neck revealed how much pleasure she had experienced last night. She clutched her sleeves. She had a premonition that she would definitely get pregnant!

If the emperor doesn't want her, she will wait until she is pregnant before coming back. The emperor can't possibly not want a royal heir!

She really despised Liu Yanran's actions, but this was a good idea, wasn't it? As long as she could stay with Zhou Erlan, she would pay anything!

The Marquis and his wife followed Han Yuxin and knelt on the ground, begging the emperor to handle the matter properly, and the proper solution was to have the emperor make his daughter a concubine.

Last night, his daughter disappeared. The Marquis was worried, fearing something might have happened to her. He begged the Concubine to accompany him in the search. He hadn't expected his daughter to be so ambitious that she'd actually begged the Emperor! He had no choice. With people outside watching the fun, he'd already lost all face!

Outside, the concubine was sitting on chairs with Zhou Qiuyu and his princess, eating breakfast, and other officials were waiting with them! How could they leave if the concubine didn't leave?

The Emperor was indeed very similar to Empress Zhou Erlan, 90% alike, the only thing missing being that ruthlessness. The officials were not afraid, and they were secretly thinking about whether they could take advantage of the opportunity to have the Emperor select a concubine and send their daughters to the palace to help their families.

When Zhou Xuanqing came, he saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh. Lan'er was still too weak!

"Is it so lively today?" Zhou Xuanqing said with a smile, walked out from the corridor, glanced casually, walked to the concubine, looked at her and smiled happily.

The toffee suddenly felt panicky and quickly stood up.

"Greetings, Princess Gan Ning~" Everyone else knelt down to salute, except, of course, Prince Pingning's family.

Zhou Xuanqing stretched out his hand and was helped to sit down by Chang Xi. Chang Xi finished what he was used to, and suddenly froze. Has the master recovered?

"Chang Xi, call out the emperor." Zhou Xuanqing looked at the closed door and said coldly.

"Yes!" Chang Xi responded and walked forward.

Zhou Xuanqing turned to look at Zhou Qiuyu, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, which scared Zhou Qiuyu so much that he knelt down suddenly, along with Liu Yanran who had not saluted.

Unless Zhou Xuanqing told them to stand up, naturally no one dared to move. Everyone, young and old, knelt.

Tang Mitang looked at this scene and her heart skipped a beat. Her Zhou Xuanqing was back!

Zhou Erlan brought the Marquis' family out and saw Zhou Xuanqing sitting at the top and people kneeling there. She bit her lip in grievance, not knowing how to defend herself.

"Royal sister..."

"Kneel down." Zhou Xuanqing uttered these two words lightly. Zhou Erlan was stunned and knelt straight on the ground, facing Zhou Xuanqing.

For a moment, no one else dared to complain! The current emperor still had to kneel before Princess Gan Ning, and they had no reason to kneel.

"Xuan Yi, Xuan Er, punish the Great Zhou Emperor Zhou Erlan with five strokes of the cane." After Zhou Xuanqing finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to see such a cruel scene.

The Marquis panicked upon hearing this and quickly knelt down, saying, "Princess Gan Ning, please calm down. The Emperor is worth millions, how can he bear such punishment?"

Han Yuxin was also panicked. She liked Zhou Erlan and was reluctant to see him punished for her schemes. She quickly said, "Princess Gan Ning, it's my fault! Please don't punish the emperor..."

Zhou Xuanqing didn't speak immediately. Instead, he stepped forward to help the Marquis up and said in a cold voice, "How can the emperor break the law without punishment? Marquis, don't ask for mercy. Xuanyi, Xuaner, and five more sticks!"

"yes."

"Royal sister, I accept the punishment!" After Zhou Erlan said that, she lay on the stool and let Xuan Yi and Xuan Er beat her.