Chapter 117 You Can Also Be My Little Princess
Facts have proved that no matter how nice her words are, He Yanchen always has an excuse to make trouble for her.
Yueli fell asleep exhausted with her eyes closed and hugged the quilt. Her jet-black hair was scattered all over the pillow, and her exposed white skin was covered with kiss marks. There were two red marks on her slender wrists, and no one knew what left them.
He Yanchen kissed her and waited until she fell asleep before getting up. The hanging curtains tightly blocked the spring scene on the bed.
He casually put on an outer coat and walked out of the palace. When Ji Ming saw him come out, he hurried forward to report: "Your Majesty, Su Huai has been executed and driven out of the palace. I have ordered someone to escort him out of the capital and drop him off on the official road."
Ji Ming glanced at his expression and added, "After a few more blows, I'm afraid he won't be able to walk anymore."
He Yanchen's eyes were cold and fierce, but it was a good thing that he saved his life.
"Did he admit it?"
"I confessed, I confessed everything." Ji Ming presented Su Huai's confession and said while the man was reading it, "Su Huai is connected to Rong Jieyu's people. Last month, Rong Jieyu left a letter home. I sent someone to deliver the message to the palace. The guards found it in Fuyue Palace. It mentioned the matter between Concubine Yu and Su Huai."
He Yanchen scanned the confession at a glance. Su Huai was originally in Jiangning. Rong Jieyu's people told him that Yueli still had feelings for him, so he dared to come to the capital and take Yueli away.
Oh, why are you pretending to be so affectionate?
If he really had deep feelings for Yueli, he shouldn't have sent her away in the first place.
If it were him, he would do his best to take Yueli away directly, and no one, Xiao or Liu, would be able to touch Yueli.
"Go on."
Ji Ming responded, "I followed the letter and found that it was sent from Lingzhou County near Jiangning. I saw Yuan Zhang there last month."
He Yanchen then understood that Yuan Zhang had fled to the Jiangnan area. Jiangning City was the central city between the north and the south. All kinds of merchants would transit here, and it was the best place to hide because of the mixed crowd.
He probably heard about Yue Li's past in Jiangning, and that's why he wanted to use Su Huai to sow discord.
"Follow this line of inquiry and tell the public that Concubine Rong is ill and needs to rest." He Yanchen handed the file back, his eyes expressionless. "Find someone to imitate Concubine Rong's handwriting and continue communicating with Yuan Zhang."
"Yes." Ji Ming was a little embarrassed. He imprisoned Rong Jieyu because he wanted to get news about Yuan Zhang from her, but Rong Jieyu was a concubine after all, and he could not torture her. How should he interrogate her?
"Your Majesty, if Concubine Rong doesn't say..."
He Yanchen frowned slightly and said, "Let the people from the Criminal Justice Department go. No matter if they are dead or alive, I only want the result."
Ji Ming understood immediately that this was arbitrary torture, as long as he confessed what he needed to confess before being killed.
"I understand."
*
In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.
It was when Yueli went to see the Queen Mother today that she discovered that she was the only concubine left in the palace.
Concubine Rong was ill and had been moved back to the palace to recuperate overnight a few days ago. As for Shen, I heard that she had hysteria and was unconscious all day, and her condition did not seem to be very good.
Tonight's New Year's Eve banquet is smaller than in previous years. After all, there are fewer people accompanying the hot spring palace. But it doesn't matter to Yue Li, as long as He Yanchen is by her side.
In the evening, He Yanchen took Yue Li to Jiaotai Hall for a banquet.
He held Yueli's hand, and the warm touch of his palm made Yueli unable to help but hold him tightly. She unconsciously wanted to get closer to him. When they reached the door of the palace, Yueli thought of something and suddenly kept a distance from him.
He Yanchen stopped and looked at her: "What's wrong?"
Yue Li shook her head: "It's nothing. There will be so many people around later. If I stick to Your Majesty, will it be bad?"
He Yanchen rubbed her cheek and said, "Do whatever you want. Don't worry about what others say. I will make sure they don't dare to say anything."
Yue Li was immediately happy. She shook his fingers and leaned against his arm, "I just like being close to Your Majesty."
He Yanchen chuckled, put his arm around her waist, and took her into the hall.
Everyone stood up and saluted. Yue Li looked at the people kneeling on both sides, and felt He Yanchen's arm around her waist, and suddenly she had a feeling of her previous life.
When he attended the palace banquet at that time, he also held her in his arms in this lazily manner, not caring about the eyes of others at all.
Yueli liked him like this, liked the fact that he did not hide his affection for her in front of everyone.
After the two sat down, the Queen Mother glanced at Yueli and seemed to want to say something, but finally kept quiet.
Yue Li's seat was right next to the throne, and the two of them were very close. He Yanchen poured her a glass of wine and said, "This is the Yuzhuchun tea that was newly introduced as tribute this year. It's sweet, fragrant, and refreshing, but it has a strong aftertaste. I'll allow you to try a little."
Yue Li took it and snorted unconvincedly, "Your Majesty, you underestimate me. I can drink quite well."
The drink tastes sweet, and it takes a while for you to feel the slight burning sensation in your throat, but it's still quite delicious.
He Yanchen knew that she could drink, otherwise he would not have let her taste it. After a while, seeing that Yue Li still looked clear-headed, he realized that what she said was true. The little girl could drink quite well.
Yue Li snuggled up to his arm and said, "I learned to drink when I was a teenager. Many men can't drink as much as I can."
He Yanchen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Including that Su Huai?"
Yue Li frowned, "Why is Your Majesty mentioning him again? You should have Eunuch Ji remove the wine and serve Your Majesty a dish of vinegar."
While the two were chatting and laughing, the eldest prince and the eldest princess also brought tea to offer to He Yanchen and the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother liked these two grandchildren very much. She asked them to sit next to her, and the three of them were having a great time.
Yueli took a few glances. When she was in the palace, Concubine Lin also loved Jiade very much. Now when she was in the temporary palace, the empress dowager also loved her. No wonder she was so noisy.
Is this the love from elders? Yueli suddenly felt a little envious.
He Yanchen followed her gaze and saw the Queen Mother feeding Jiade. He held the woman's hand and whispered in her ear, "Jiaojiao, if you want, I can feed you too."
Yueli came back to her senses and glared at him, "Your Majesty, you have no shame."
"I'm really surprised to hear the word 'shameful' coming out of your mouth." He Yanchen pinched her face. He knew that after seeing the scene just now, Yueli was probably thinking of her childhood when she didn't have the love of her parents, so she would envy others when she saw that they had it.
"Don't envy others. I will give you whatever you want." He Yanchen fed a shrimp to her mouth, "You can also be my little princess."
Yueli almost choked, but she quickly swallowed it. Then she blinked and leaned close to his ear and said, "Then what should I call you? Your Majesty? Father?"
"Your Majesty, if you want to play these tricks on me, just say so..."
He Yanchen's eyes darkened instantly, and he tightened his grip on her hand, causing Yue Li a little pain.
"You are really looking for death."
Yueli laughed so hard that her body shook, and the slight melancholy she had just felt was instantly swept away.
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