On the bluestone path of the Imperial Garden, a deliberately subdued childish voice rang out again, "Dad, are you really indifferent to love? Don't you really have anyone you like?"
"You don't have to care about my feelings. I have no objection if you can find me a stepmother."
"I'm a girl too, maybe I can help you with some advice on how to pursue someone..."
Accompanied by the little girl's chattering voice.
A deep male voice finally spoke.
"If I don't have someone I like, I won't welcome anyone into my house. Chengyi, put away those inappropriate thoughts in your head."
The little girl responded in a muffled voice and didn't say anything else on the way to the palace banquet.
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When Qin Songmo returned to the palace banquet, he found that many people's eyes were on him.
Civil officials and military generals sat separately. As soon as he sat down and raised his head, he saw Meng Jiuan opposite him winking at him.
Following his gaze, he saw His Majesty staring at him. He stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty."
The current emperor Chu Hong had a pale complexion, and it was obvious that he had been drained of his body by alcohol and sex.
At this moment, Qin Songmo stood up to salute, and he heard him snort coldly, and slammed the wine glass in his hand onto the table in front of him with a "bang".
In an instant, all the ministers who were enjoying the singing and dancing and discussing something behind the scenes knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
"Calm down? Why should I be angry? My dear Minister Qin, it's been over half a month since the locust plague in the northwest. Why haven't you come up with a solution yet?"
"They teamed up with the Second Prince to use the Northwest locust plague as a target of my father at the palace banquet..."
That childish voice suddenly sounded in my mind.
Qin Songmo raised his head slightly and his eyes fell on the second prince who was sitting not far away.
After seeing the half-smile in the other person's eyes, he withdrew his gaze and faced Chu Hong, who was full of anger, and lowered his waist.
"Your Majesty, the locust plague in the northwest cannot be solved simply by disaster relief. The Northwest Governor colluded with others to embezzle disaster relief funds and grain. I will need some time to thoroughly investigate this matter."
The originally lively palace banquet fell into silence in an instant.
Upon hearing this, the smile on Second Prince Chu Huaiyu's face disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression.
He turned his head and wanted to look at Yun Bixin, but unexpectedly, his eyes filled with displeasure met Qin Songmo's eyes.
His expression froze, and Chu Huaiyu immediately turned around and stopped looking around.
When Chu Hong heard that someone had embezzled the money for disaster relief in the northwest, he was so angry that he smashed the fruit plate beside him on the spot, scaring the ministers so much that they dared not even look up.
"Investigate! Investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Qin Songmo bowed and said, "I obey your order."
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When he returned to the palace banquet, Li Shengyi was indeed the center of attention.
She was gone for too long, and the little boy following her disappeared.
A girl who was a few years older than Li Shengyi saw that she came back alone. After trying to hold back, she finally couldn't help but ran to her and asked her.
"Are you the daughter Prime Minister Qin just adopted? No wonder I've never seen you before."
"I heard that Prime Minister Qin is very violent. Did he not attack you?"
"You came back alone just now, where is your brother following you? Could he be..."
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