As she spoke, she pushed away Bai Jinjin's hand that was about to take it. Bai Jinjin felt more and more that Shen Yue had no good intentions, so she stopped her again. This time, Bai Jinjin was not polite, "Your Majesty, please give it to me. Daddy's desk is full of memorials. It seems unreasonable for Your Majesty to go over and see it."
Shen Yue lowered her head slightly and looked at Bai Jinjin, with a gentle smile still on her lips, but there was indeed murderous intent hidden in her lowered eyes.
"Your Highness, Princess Nine, that's wrong. I'm the Empress, the Emperor's wife. How can a wife who just brought a bowl of soup be implicated in state affairs?"
Bai Juncheng frowned and closed the memorials on the table one by one and put them aside. "Queen, aren't you delivering soup? In that case, give the soup to Jinjin. If there is nothing else, you can go back."
Shen Yue's expression froze. She hadn't expected Bai Juncheng to be so reluctant to see her. She handed the soup to Bai Jinjin and looked at him with a slightly stiff smile. "Your Majesty, I heard today that you had sent the Zhenguo Mansion to exile."
Bai Juncheng paused and put down his brush, "How come not only the former court knew about my banishment to the Zhenguo Mansion, but also the harem knew about it?"
How did this matter of the previous dynasty spread to the harem? Did someone from the previous dynasty tell it?
Chen Yue, who was speaking from the off-screen, clearly understood. Her face turned pale and she said, "This matter is already known to everyone. How could I not know about it?"
Bai Jinjin sniffed the lotus seed soup and took another sip. Although it wasn't as good as her mother's small kitchen, it wasn't bad either. She sat next to Bai Jing and gulped down the soup, "Hmm~ The food made in the Queen Mother's palace's small kitchen tastes pretty good."
After being interrupted by Bai Jinjin, Shen Yue was unable to say the next words. She looked at Bai Jinjin with a blaming look in her heart, "Your Highness the Ninth Princess. This bowl of lotus seed soup was meant for the Emperor. How could you have drunk it?"
The girl held the bowl with a confused look on her face as she looked at Shen Yue scolding her. She smiled and said, "Don't be angry, Queen. Daddy doesn't like to drink lotus seed soup. Jinjin is just helping him."
Shen Yue gritted her teeth in hatred. Her eyes darkened when she heard Bai Jinjin address Bai Juncheng. Her tone was a little low, "Your Highness the Ninth Princess, the Emperor is a true dragon emperor, not an ordinary citizen. You should call him Father, not this title."
My goodness, is this woman here to cause trouble? Bai Jinjin shrank back in fear, and Bai Jing, who was standing beside her, patted her shoulder.
"Empress, the name Jinjin has been approved by the Emperor, and it was the Emperor who allowed Jinjin to be called that. Are you dissatisfied with the Emperor's decision?"
Hearing this, Shen Yue looked at Bai Juncheng stiffly, only to see that he was looking at her expressionlessly, and even his eyes were deep and unfathomable. He cleared his throat to cover up and clenched his trembling hands tightly.
Trying to maintain a calm tone, she said, "Since the Emperor has agreed to your calling him that, it would seem unkind of me to make a fuss about it."
"I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."
Shen Yue turned around, saluted Bai Juncheng and retreated. What a troublesome Bai Jinjin!
Bai Jinjin, who was inside the room, saw that Shen Yue had already left. She quietly reached out her hand and high-fived Bai Jing, then laughed out loud, "I knew that this queen might not be good."
Bai Juncheng snorted coldly on the dragon throne, and the brush in his hand moved faster and faster. Seeing this, Bai Jinjin came forward and hugged Bai Juncheng's waist, "Daddy, Jinjin is worried that the Queen Mother will see something she shouldn't see. Why are you so angry?"
Bai Juncheng sighed deeply and stroked Bai Jinjin's hair. "You really dare to eat anything. You dare to eat something the Queen brought?"
The girl fearlessly spread her hands and pouted, saying, "The Queen is not stupid. Besides, this was originally food for Daddy. If it's really poisonous, wouldn't she be plotting to murder His Majesty?"
Seeing this, Bai Juncheng pretended to look at Bai Jinjin seriously, "If you're greedy, just say you are greedy. Why are you making so many excuses?"
"Hehehe, Daddy always wants to expose me."
Finally, Bai Juncheng calmed down and sat on the dragon throne holding Bai Jinjin.
Of course he knew what Bai Jinjin and Bai Jing meant. In fact, when he issued the imperial edict and returned to the palace, he already felt a little regretful and scared.
Just as Bai Jinjin said, if the general guarding the border knew about this, he would probably lead his troops in rebellion, which would be a major blow to the Qin State.
Bai Juncheng sighed and rubbed his aching temples with his fingers. Although he regretted his decision, he was the emperor of a country. How could he issue an imperial decree and then take it back? It was too disrespectful for an emperor.
Although he was the emperor of a country, he also had the right to complain, "Jinjin, the general who protects the country, is supposed to be meticulous in his actions, but how come his son is so reckless and impatient?"
Bai Jinjin leaned on Bai Juncheng and listened to Bai Juncheng's complaints silently.
"Father, if the emperor retracts the imperial edict, how embarrassing it would be! As the ruler of a country, don't I have dignity?"
Bai Juncheng took a sip of tea. He had said a little too much. "Is Mo Yunqiu's brain burned out after the Qiulie fire?"
"How dare you say anything in the court? Can't I vent my anger over this failure?"
"This Mo Yunqiu chose to confront me in the court."
Bai Jinjin nodded in agreement. Mo Yunqiu was very stubborn and didn't believe anything anyone said. He was indeed a difficult person to control. Perhaps he hadn't cultivated well enough.
"How dare he criticize me in front of so many ministers? Who gave him the guts?"
"He has no sense of judgment, let alone the ability to judge. How can I do anything to the general who protects the country? He has almost dedicated the first half of his life to the Qin State. I will not treat him unfairly!"
Bai Jing listened blankly. He had never seen his father like this before. He held his child like an ordinary person and said some things that made him angry.
At the same time, he was also very happy. He had always wanted to help Bai Juncheng stabilize the government, but he didn't know what his father was thinking. Now it seems that his father is also a benevolent monarch.
So he can assume that almost all the officials he had executed before had a history of tax evasion or corruption?
"Father, were all the officials you executed previously guilty of lip service but insincerely disobeying the emperor's orders?"
Bai Juncheng snorted coldly and said, "Of course. At the time, I spent a lot of time and effort to completely eliminate these corrupt officials hidden in the court. Because they were officials under the previous emperor, I didn't tell anyone the reason for executing them."
Not only Bai Jing, but even Bai Jinjin was stunned. The plot said that Bai Juncheng was a tyrant who killed people without blinking an eye. Now it seems that the plot does not match some things.
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