Chapter 188: The Stupid

Emperor The guards at the palace gate saw Princess Anle and quickly let her in. Some of them were smart enough to run to inform the eunuch Yang Shun, who was beside the emperor.

When Yang Shun heard that Su Xiaoxiao had come, he ran to the emperor with a smile on his face and reported: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great news, Princess Anle has entered the palace!"

The emperor jumped up from his chair in excitement, but then felt that it was too cheap, so he sat back on the dragon chair and said slowly: "She's here, why are you so surprised?"

Yang Shun knew that the emperor was angry. He asked people to invite Su Xiaoxiao several times, but she either said she was asleep or she was unwell, so she never came once.

Zhao Antai wanted to avoid suspicion, he understood, but how old was Xiaoxiao, how could she know all this? If she really missed him, she should come to see him.

The emperor was angry, so he pretended to be indifferent and buried his head in reviewing memorials.

At first, he just wanted to show that he was very busy when Xiaoxiao came, but time passed by little by little, and when the sun was about to set, Su Xiaoxiao still did not come to the Qinzheng Hall, and the emperor felt more and more upset.

He asked Yang Shun, "Didn't they say that Princess Anle is here? Where is she? No matter how big the palace is, she should be able to walk here with her short legs!"

Yang Shun pretended to be confused and asked, "Your Majesty, Princess Anle hasn't been here for a while. As soon as she entered the palace, she was taken away by the Empress Dowager. She had lunch with the Empress Dowager, and then was taken away by Concubine Hui for a snack."

The emperor became angry, "Then what are you still doing here? Go to Concubine Hui and take Xiaoxiao back!"

Yang Shun quickly agreed and went there in a hurry, but muttered in his heart, "Aren't you going to be here? Why are you in such a hurry now?"

The emperor threw the memorial away and paced back and forth angrily. None of them were worry-free.

When Xiaoxiao entered the palace, she didn't think of coming to see him first. The empress and Huipin were the same. They were so short-sighted that they could not compete with him for Su Xiaoxiao.

He was righteous, but Yang Shun came back, but there was no trace of Su Xiaoxiao behind him.

The emperor asked anxiously: "Where is Xiaoxiao?"

Yang Shun looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I went to Concubine Hui's place. Princess Anle had already had some snacks and went to the prince's place to wait for him. I followed her again, but the princess insisted on waiting for the prince to come back from school and refused to come!"

The emperor gasped in anger. Little girl, did she do this on purpose? Was it because I arrested her uncle?

The emperor didn't want to do that, but the evidence was irrefutable, he couldn't just sit there and let it go. Besides, he asked Xu Mo to preside over the case because he wanted to find out the truth.

If Zhao Hongye was wronged, he would definitely clear his name. If Zhao Hongye was really corrupt and perverted the law, he would not show leniency even if Xiaoxiao begged for mercy.

The emperor said self-deprecatingly: "She doesn't want to come? That's good. I have so many things to do, how can I have time to deal with her!"

Yang Shun lowered his head, forcing himself to smile. He didn't dare to show any emotion on his face, for fear that the emperor would find out that he was making fun of him.

The emperor waited anxiously for Xiaoxiao for an entire afternoon, but in vain. He suddenly felt empty in his heart.

Yang Shun knew that the emperor was thinking about Xiaoxiao, so he said, "I will go again later and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to bring the princess to pay you respects!"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Xiaoxiao hasn't seen Huaiyu and Huai'an for a long time. Let the three siblings play together and pick her up tomorrow."

Yang Shun saw that the emperor was upset, so he asked, "Your Majesty, which lady are you going to tonight?"

After the incident with Concubine Zhou, the emperor was a little suspicious of the concubines in the harem. He only trusted the queen and Huipin now.

He also wanted to reconcile with the queen, but the queen had always been indifferent to him. According to the rules, the emperor must stay at the queen's place on the first and fifteenth day of the month. Every time he tried to get close to the queen, the queen had a lot of excuses to prevaricate.

Later, the empress even chose to fast and chant Buddhist scriptures on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. When the emperor went there, he just said a few words to the empress and then went to bed.

Concubine Hui was considerate. She looked at the emperor with the same eyes as the empress when she was young, full of admiration and attachment.

The emperor finally understood the empress's intention. She wanted Concubine Hui to take care of the emperor instead of her.

"Alas..." The emperor sighed in a low voice. When he was young, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he did a lot of things that made the empress sad. He felt guilty and wanted to make amends as much as possible, but the empress was unwilling to give him another chance.

The emperor hesitated again and again, not wanting to stay alone tonight, so he said, "Let's go to Concubine Hui's place!"

When they arrived at Concubine Hui's palace, the maid said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui went to copy Buddhist scriptures with the Empress to pray for the soldiers in the western border!"

The emperor was repeatedly turned away today, and he shook his sleeves angrily and said coldly, "Yang Shun, go back to the Qinzheng Palace."

He was obviously the most supreme emperor of Dashuo, but now, they were all happy and he was left alone.

The emperor became angrier and angrier, and there was a permeating chill around him. Yang Shun followed behind the emperor, not daring to say a word.

Tomorrow, no matter what, Princess Anle must be brought back to relieve the emperor's boredom.

The emperor walked heavily back to the Qinzheng Hall. As soon as he stepped in, a soft little baby came running over and jumped into his arms.

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her eyes and said, "Grandma Emperor, you're finally back. Xiaoxiao has been waiting for you for so long that she's getting sleepy!"

When the emperor saw that it was Su Xiaoxiao, his mood immediately brightened up. He picked up Su Xiaoxiao and said, "You heartless little thing, do you still remember the uncle emperor?"

Su Xiaoxiao's lips were as sweet as honey and she said, "Of course I remember. Xiaoxiao thinks about the grandma emperor every day!"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled innocently, but she couldn't help complaining in her heart: [I never dreamed that such corny words would come out of my, Su Xiaoxiao's mouth. For the sake of my brother Liming's participation in the imperial examination, I'll just endure it! 】

After listening to Su Xiaoxiao's complaints, Gu Huaiyu felt both amused and helpless. This little guy already knew how to plot against the emperor.

The emperor was very pleased to hear Su Xiaoxiao's words, but he still said something unreasonable: "I don't believe you. If you miss me so much, why didn't you come to the palace to see me when I went to pick you up several times!"

"Alas!" Su Xiaoxiao sighed as well, with a sad face: "It's not that Xiaoxiao doesn't want to come, but it's my grandfather who told me not to influence the judgment of the Empress Mother-in-law! Empress Mother-in-law, what is judgment?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked seriously, and the emperor couldn't help laughing. How old is Zhao Antai, the old guy, what does Xiaoxiao know? How can he influence his judgment?

Does he have no confidence in his son, or does he think he is a tyrant!