Chapter 71 Let them go!
Xiao Yan turned around holding Tuan'er. He looked at the empress dowager and the emperor with a calm expression, but his words were extremely firm.
"If you think about it carefully, you will never regret it."
"Your Majesty, do not need to worry about our family."
"Even if you are gone in the future, our family of three will still be able to live well."
Xiao Yan's words really hurt the empress dowager's heart.
Although she was not nice to Meng Mingshu, she was very sincere to Xiao Yan.
Ever since Xiao Yan came back, her whole heart has been with him, caring about him and choosing a princess for him.
Now Xiao Yan is no less than cursing her to death.
The Queen Mother clutched her chest in anger: "Are you blaming me because I made Meng kneel down yesterday?
So you're venting your anger on her behalf today, deliberately poking me in the heart?"
"Yan'er, have you forgotten that I am your biological grandmother, and we are blood relatives.
Even if someone in this world wants to harm you, neither your grandmother nor your father will do so."
"This woman next to you, what did she do to you?"
"Once unfaithful, never again. This is a truth known to everyone. Why don't you understand?"
Seeing that Xiao Yan's face remained calm, the Queen Mother became even more furious. Her fingers trembled:
"You're a father too. If a man abandons Tuan'er in the future and then comes to her again after learning she's a princess, wouldn't you, as Tuan'er's father, hate that man?"
The Queen Mother was probably truly heartbroken, and her voice was choked with sobs as she questioned.
After hearing this, Meng Mingshu fell silent for a rare moment.
At this moment, she began to understand why the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had such a deep prejudice against her.
If it were her daughter, she would definitely try to stop it.
But she really changed.
The emperor should know.
Wasn’t the temptation that day enough to explain everything?
"The feelings I have for your father and I are the same as your feelings for Tuan'er."
The late emperor was also infatuated, but no matter how infatuated he was, he never gave up the throne for Concubine Zheng.
"If you give up the throne today, Meng Mingshu will abandon you again someday."
Meng Mingshu opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Xiao Yan held her hand.
"No need to explain, I know you won't."
After the Xuanzheng Palace ceremony that day, Xiao Yan would no longer doubt Meng Mingshu's sincerity.
Meng Mingshu was a little touched.
She thought that the Queen Mother's words would at least make Xiao Yan waver.
But Xiao Yan didn't.
"This is our husband and wife's business, don't worry about it, Queen Mother."
"Let's say goodbye now, and we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on."
Xiao Yan turned around and raised his foot to leave.
The Queen Mother called out to them again.
"etc!"
"Have you asked Meng?"
"You are willing to give up the position of Crown Prince, and Meng is willing to do the same for you?"
The Queen Mother looked at Meng Mingshu:
"If you stay in the capital, you can get the position of a concubine.
When Xiao Yan ascends the throne, given his feelings for you, the worst you can do is become an Imperial Noble Consort, the same rank as a Vice Empress."
"You really don't want such a noble person so close to you?"
"If you leave with Xiao Yan today, you and your wife will have nothing left in the future. You will have to live your whole life in the countryside."
Xiao Yan's reaction was beyond the Empress Dowager's expectations.
But this child has been a prince since he was young, born into a wealthy family, and does not understand the importance of power.
But Meng Mingshu is not.
The Queen Mother believed that she would know how to choose.
A normal person with a clear mind will not give up the power that is within his reach.
Meng Mingshu held Xiao Yan's hand tightly: "I will listen to my husband."
Meng Mingshu looked directly at the Queen Mother and the Emperor: "I know that you and Your Majesty are prejudiced against me.
They thought a woman like me would never change, and that I wasn't sincere to Xiao Yan."
"But on the contrary, it was precisely because I had done something wrong and let him down that I saw clearly what I really wanted."
"Compared to wealth and glory, what I want more is Xiao Yan."
Meng Mingshu looked sideways at Xiao Yan as she said this.
These words all came from her heart.
"No one is a saint, and even a noble woman like Her Majesty the Queen Mother has never made a mistake in her life?"
“I am not a saint, and neither is the Queen Mother or Your Majesty.
When you beat me to death with a stick, did you ever think about the mistakes you made towards Xiao Yan?"
The person who was most touched by these words was the emperor.
He thought of the day in Xuanzheng Hall when Meng Mingshu was resolute and resolute after learning the news of Xiao Yan's death.
Perhaps, we should give Meng Mingshu a chance and believe in her sincerity.
"etc."
The emperor spoke, his voice full of compromise: "I can give in, Yan'er, we father and son will each take a step back."
Meng Mingshu and Xiao Yan looked at each other, surprise flashing in their eyes.
Xiao Yan turned around and asked: "How about we both take a step back?"
"I can let Meng Mingshu be your Crown Princess, but now that the imperial decree has been issued, the Zhao family also needs to give an explanation.
If Zhao Zhiyuan doesn't enter the Crown Prince's Mansion, her life will be ruined, so I will ask Zhao Zhiyuan to be your concubine."
"In addition to this, you can take two more concubines."
What the emperor cares about most is his offspring.
This is above all else.
The reasons why he and the Queen Mother disliked Meng Mingshu were not exactly the same.
After experiencing the Xuanzheng Hall, the emperor's vigilance towards Meng Mingshu was reduced a lot.
What he was most worried about was that Meng Mingshu would cause Xiao Yan to have few descendants, thus making the Li Dynasty unstable.
Xiao Yan refused to accept other women for Meng Mingshu, which was what the emperor most tabooed.
Now that he is still alive, if he cannot find another woman for Xiao Yan.
After he dies one day, Meng Mingshu will really be the only one in charge.
"Emperor, how could you be so foolish? How could a woman like that become the Crown Princess? How could she rule the country in the future?"
"Mother, you don't have to say anymore."
The emperor looked directly at Xiao Yan: "Yan'er, what do you think?"
The emperor believed that if Xiao Yan was not confused, he would agree.
In order to leave room for maneuver, the emperor deliberately mentioned two more concubines.
This is to leave room for negotiation.
When Xiao Yan objected, he pretended to compromise and kept Zhao Zhiyuan, whom he really wanted to keep.
Zhao Zhiyuan's appearance is no worse than Meng Mingshu's. As long as she can stay in the Prince's Mansion, everything in the future will be easy.
There are many medicines that can be used, which will definitely help them consummate their marriage. If they have one, they will have two.
Once some bottom lines and persistence are broken, the rest will not be difficult.
The emperor believed that Xiao Yan would know the good qualities of other women.
This is the nature of men.
"No need."
Xiao Yan sneered.
"You know very well in your heart that I don't just want Meng Mingshu to be the Crown Princess."
"Besides her, I can't accept any other woman."
"You keep saying you're giving in, but you're actually forcing people."
"Leave Zhao Zhiyuan here and drug us, or use Ah Shu or someone else to force us to consummate our marriage?"
Xiao Yan had already guessed the emperor's thoughts.
Rather than staying in the capital and enduring the oppression and calculations of the emperor and the empress dowager.
It’s better to leave for a while.
Let the emperor start to eradicate the roots.
As his father, the emperor would never leave the throne to those members of the royal family even if he died.
If he leaves, those members of the royal family will not be at peace.
That would be even closer to a dead end.
Ignoring the surprised gazes of the empress dowager and the emperor, Xiao Yan took Meng Mingshu and left.
The emperor wanted to stop her again, but the empress dowager held him back.
"emperor!"
“Let them go!”
They are not the ones who regret it!
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My dears, I procrastinated today, and the writing was a bit awkward. I don’t know when I will finish the next chapter. You can read it tomorrow morning^O^
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