Chapter 101 The Emperor Fainted
A cold light flashed in Xie Yao's eyes.
She had wanted to take action against Xiao Hong for a long time, especially the look in Xiao Hong's eyes when he saw her... it was disgusting.
"Okay." Zhao Ying agreed without hesitation and naturally had no objection. After all, she was a victim of the epidemic.
Xie Yao invited Zhao Ying to have lunch and sent someone to the study to pass on the message.
When Yuyan arrived, Pei Chen had already stood up and walked to the door.
After listening to Yuyan, he turned around and walked back to sit opposite the prince, staring at the prince with his eyes.
Xiao Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had seen through everything but he said nothing.
He was reading the letter that the Crown Princess had just sent him.
His Crown Princess's handwriting... needs more practice. Although her strokes are sharp, her foundation is obviously a little lacking...
And the book he left for Yaoyao last time, he hasn’t had time to check yet…
Xiao Ji made a plan in his mind. Until lunch time, Pei Chen did not leave and just looked for a book to read.
Xiao Ji stood up and went to the main courtyard for dinner, and Pei Chen followed closely behind him...
The four of us had lunch together.
Xie Yao and Xiao Ji were used to having no one to serve them when they ate, and there was no rule of not talking while eating or sleeping, but this meal was strangely silent.
Xie Yao looked at the Marquis of Zhenbei opposite her, and then looked at Zhao Ying beside her.
"Princess."
Xiao Ji served food to Xie Yao, "Focus."
Xie Yao's face suddenly turned red. These two words were nothing, but... Xiao Ji often reminded her like this on other occasions, and she immediately thought of it in the wrong way.
After lunch, Zhao Ying left the Prince's Mansion to do business.
Pei Chen also followed, and the man who had just been refusing to leave quickly left.
Zhao Ying got on the carriage.
Pei Chen stood guard beside the carriage as if it was a matter of course.
Zhao Ying took a deep breath, lifted the carriage curtain and looked out, with fire burning in her eyes, "I wonder how long the Marquis is going to stay with me."
Is this ever going to end?
Pei Chen pursed his lips slightly, "You will be in danger these few days."
If we spread the news about the Second Prince, we will definitely be targeted. If we can't touch the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, how can we not touch Zhao Ying?
Pei Chen said: "I will protect you."
"No need." Zhao Ying rolled her eyes. "I've already told you, that incident was just an accident. I don't care. Can you please stop chasing me?"
Pei Chen's eyes were full of seriousness and stubbornness, and he had no intention of giving up. "Then... you have to be responsible for me."
Zhao Ying: ???
She laughed angrily.
He casually pulled out a banknote from his sleeve and threw it to Pei Chen, "That's enough."
Pei Chen grabbed the banknote, his face turned pale, and he looked at Zhao Ying with burning anger in his eyes.
What does this take him for?
But before he could get angry, Zhao Ying had already urged the driver to speed up and directly threw the angry Pei Chen away.
Zhao Ying's expression in the carriage was very calm.
Responsible?
Oh, she definitely can't be someone's concubine.
Besides, what Zhao Ying likes most is making money.
Get married?
Forget it.
Pei Chen stopped on his horse and looked at the Zhao family's carriage that seemed to be almost impatient to escape. He crumpled the silver bills in his hand into a ball, his face ashen, but with suspicion in his eyes.
Is he... really that bad?
Prince's Mansion.
As soon as the two of them left, Xie Yao asked Xiao Ji, "Your Highness, what happened?"
She didn't ask Zhao Ying about it today because she saw that Sister Ying was obviously resistant when she mentioned the Marquis of Zhenbei, but looking at the Marquis of Zhenbei's performance... something seemed to be wrong.
Xiao Ji looked at her sideways and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Yaoyao, do you still have the time to care about others?"
Xie Yao's eyelids jumped, "Your Highness?"
"How is the book I gave to the Crown Princess before I left for Nanzhou?" Xiao Ji's eyes were dangerous. "If you don't read the book seriously, I will punish you."
punish?
Xie Yao was taken to the study.
She was reading seriously, but she also had a lot of things to do. She went to Nanzhou again, and she was also busy with the birthday celebration recently...
Faced with Xiao Ji's test, his answers were somewhat reluctant.
She looked at Xiao Ji, a little nervous.
At this moment, Xiao Ji seemed like a different person. She spread out the pages of the book that she did not remember on the desk.
Xie Yao stood beside the desk, reading haltingly.
Her body was shaking from being knocked around, the sound of her reading was broken, and her vision was so blurry that she couldn't see the words on the book clearly.
But Xiao Ji was still sticking behind her, biting her ear gently, "Yaoyao, remember this?"
Xie Yao was sobbing, her whole body was covered in sweat, and even her toes were curled up on the carpet.
She didn't answer, so Xiao Ji kept asking.
In the end, Xie Yao could only answer intermittently, "Remember, remember..."
Really remember it.
It would be hard for her not to remember His Highness's way of doing things.
Your Highness has really learned bad things...
Within two days.
It was widely rumored in the capital that the Second Prince was the culprit behind the Nanzhou corruption case, and even the epidemic was deliberately spread by the Second Prince.
The incident in Nanzhou, which had originally been settled due to the Wanshou Festival, was mentioned again.
And it's not just a rehash of old stuff or a new charge.
This day.
Pei Chen also reported the matter to the court.
"You're talking nonsense!"
The Second Prince refuted immediately, and his rebuttal was justified, "I have never done such a thing!"
revenge.
This must be revenge!
Pei Chen is in cahoots with Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji must have known that he was spreading rumors about that bitch Xie Yao, so he deliberately took revenge on him.
Pei Chen glanced at Xiao Hong, and chose to ignore him in a bad mood, "Your Majesty, I have evidence."
The emperor did not speak immediately, but looked at Pei Chen with a serious gaze.
The evidence of the last Nanzhou corruption case was submitted by Pei Chen.
He saved Xiao Hong, believing that Pei Chen could understand what he meant.
But today...
Pei Chen did not look at the emperor, but knelt on the ground respectfully, holding the memorial in both hands.
"Show it up."
Soon, a young eunuch took the memorial and presented it to Li Dajian, who then presented it before the emperor.
"Father."
The second prince was still swearing at this moment: "I have never done such a thing, please father, I will clear my name——"
Before the second prince could finish his words, the memorial in the emperor's hand came flying towards him!
He threw back the rest of Xiao Hong's words.
All the civil and military officials in the Golden Throne Hall immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Xiao Hong was hit on the head and was caught off guard. He kneeled down subconsciously before picking up the memorial and opening it. Immediately, his face changed drastically, "Impossible!"
"Father, this is a false accusation!"
He really didn't do it!
Framed, this must be a frame-up!
But... the person mentioned in this memorial is indeed his man, and he personally testified against him...
Although the Li family was gone, there were still many people in the court who supported Xiao Hong. They immediately stood up to speak for Xiao Hong and tried their best to protect him.
The court was filled with noise and bustle, just like a vegetable market.
The emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, and he felt as if there were tens of millions of ducks quacking in his ears at the same time, which gave him a headache.
“That’s enough!”
He shouted angrily, but just as he stood up, he staggered and lost his balance... and fainted on the spot!
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