Minister Lin became their scapegoat. He knelt before Situ Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, please save me."
Situ Zhao kicked him away and said, "Minister Lin, if you had known this would happen, why did you do this in the first place? The emperor has personally issued an edict to sentence you. How can I help you?"
Minister Lin had always followed Situ Zhao's instructions, which was why he dared to speak so confidently in front of the emperor. However, after the truth was revealed, Situ Zhao abandoned him without even a word of plea.
"I know I was wrong." Minister Lin stopped pleading with Situ Zhao and knelt before the emperor, saying, "I shouldn't have said those words."
"Come here, throw him out!" said the emperor with a frown. Soon, guards came in and took away Minister Lin, who looked like a puddle of mud.
After the court session, Situ Yao and General Feng finished their conversation and were about to return to the East Palace.
Situ Zhao stopped him and said, "Royal brother, you are very capable."
"Third brother, you are too kind." Situ Yao smiled with his lips curled. "Maybe those people are too weak to kill me."
Situ Zhao was angered by his words and laughed in anger, "Yes, that's why I said that my royal brother is very capable. Others thought you died outside, but I didn't expect that my royal brother could come back alive."
"Third brother, are you disappointed?" Situ Yao sneered, "I didn't let you get what you wanted."
"Don't worry, we still don't know who will win in the end." Situ Zhao looked calm, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Haha, then I'll wait." Situ Yao said leisurely, "But I have to remind you that you don't have many civil officials left."
Almost all the people gathered around Situ Zhao were civil officials, and now that Minister Lin is gone today, he really won't have many people to use in the future.
Situ Yao watched his expression change, and his smile deepened. "You were able to invite Xuan Yue here, so I guess Lin Huaian must have given you a lot of money in Luohe Mountain. It's a pity that he's dead."
Situ Zhao didn't expect that he knew about this matter, and his face became even uglier. "What do you want to do?"
"Even if you go and tell my father, you have no evidence. Let's see whether he believes you or me." Situ Zhao relied on the emperor's favor and was fearless. Besides, Lin Huaian, who was related to Luohe Mountain, had been killed by him, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
"It's okay, Third Brother, there's no need to be so scared. When did I say I would tell Father about this? The person is dead, so there's no point in telling him." Situ Yao's calmness was in stark contrast to Situ Zhao's furious expression. He asked impatiently, "Then what do you want to do?"
"I just want to remind you, if you want money in the future, don't be stupid enough to cooperate with bandits." Situ Yao warned as an elder brother.
"You don't have to cry wolf and pretend to be merciful. This is just a coincidence." If they had not settled in Heyang City, the matter of Luohe Mountain would never have been discovered.
"Cui Mixue is my brother's, right? She's currently staying at my Rui Palace. Should we send her to the Eastern Palace?" Situ Zhao deliberately revealed a puzzled expression. "Such a beautiful girl, yet my brother abandoned her and only thought of escaping on his own? What a shame."
"If you like it, I'll give it to my third brother. I remember that your birthday is coming soon, so consider it as a gift to you in advance." Situ Yao left him helpless again because he didn't care about Cui Mixue at all.
"Third brother, you also said that she is a beauty, so hurry back home and get along with her." Situ Yao walked past him after saying this, and came back after a few steps. "By the way, she is from the Cui family. If third brother can marry her as a princess, maybe it can give you another bargaining chip."
Situ Yao wasn't worried about Situ Zhao stealing his crown prince position; he even offered him advice. A proud expression etched across his stern brows, "If there's no opponent of equal strength, I don't think there's any point in fighting."
Situ Zhao was furious. If they weren't outside Qiankun Palace, he would have rushed up to fight him. But now he could only suppress his anger and stare at Situ Yao's departing back.
In the East Palace, Su Mengyan was still served by Chunhe. When they went to Chu City, Situ Yao did not take her with him, but sent her back to the East Palace.
Chun He knew that Su Mengyan and the others had returned last night, and had been waiting outside the door since early morning. When she heard the noise coming from inside the house, she immediately asked, "Is the young lady awake?"
"Come in." Su Mengyan hadn't slept so soundly for a long time. She stretched and lay lazily on the bed, waiting for Chunhe to come and pull her up.
"The young lady has lost weight." This was the first sentence Chunhe said when she saw her.
Su Mengyan was very happy, touching her face and said, "Really?"
"Are you more beautiful than before?" She used to have a little flesh on her face, so she always envied Cui Mixue's oval face, the standard heroine face.
Chun He washed her and said sincerely, "My lady has always been beautiful."
"It's indeed the Chunhe I like. Everything she says is what I like to hear." Su Mengyan's eyes were curved and she was in a happy mood.
When Situ Yao came back from court and saw the smile on her face, he asked in confusion, "What's so worthy of your happiness?"
"Why is Your Highness here?" Su Mengyan turned over and sat up straight. "Are you leaving court so soon?"
"If I were anything like you, the crown prince position would have been Situ Zhao's sooner or later." Situ Yao mocked her for sleeping until noon, but Su Mengyan didn't take it seriously. "I'm just a little concubine with nothing to do but sleep."
"I'm here to give you some silver." Situ Yao had a box brought over. After opening it, the white silver ingots were neatly arranged in a row.
Su Mengyan's eyes lit up as she moved the box in front of her. "These are all for me. Your Highness, you must not regret it."
"Since you were able to rush down the cliff to save me, this silver is naturally a reward for you. No one will compete with you for it." Situ Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing that she finally let go of the silver, he asked with a smile in his eyes, "When will you complete what you promised me?"
Su Mengyan didn't remember what she had promised him, so she looked up and asked, "Your Highness, can you give me some hints?"
Seeing that she had completely forgotten, Situ Yao restrained his smile and said, "Scented sachet."
"Oh, it's a sachet." Su Mengyan thought he had forgotten, but since she had the money, she agreed quickly.
"Yan'er, you must study hard. I will come to check your progress in a few days." Situ Yao said with a smile and walked away with a swagger.
Su Mengyan put the silver away and immediately asked Chunhe, "How is your embroidery?"
"Not bad." Chun He put down the work in her hands, "What do you want to do, young master? I can help you."
"No need, just teach me how to make a sachet." Su Mengyan was very excited, thinking to herself that it was just a simple sachet, how difficult could it be.
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