Chapter 58: The Emperor Seduces
From waking up in the morning till near dusk, Yang Manyan was concentrating on reading ancient books and was exhausted.
At this moment she was sleeping soundly, her cheeks were slightly flushed and her lips were slightly parted.
Xiao Yan's eyes were stung, and he didn't look down any further.
My heart seemed to be filled with coptis root, which was bitter and astringent, and very blocked, but I couldn't get rid of it for fear of waking the sleeping girl.
He slowly fastened Yang Manyan's pajamas, and worried that she would catch a cold, he covered her with the satin embroidered quilt again, leaving only her round, rosy little face exposed.
He slipped on his shoes and walked out.
Tong Lin, who was waiting outside the hall, came over. He was wearing a dark grey Qilin costume, and seemed to blend into the night.
Tong Lin lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, when Yang Shangyi was in Wenyuan Pavilion today, His Majesty also entered Wenyuan Pavilion, but the news was suppressed."
As expected. Xiao Yan frowned, the bitterness and humiliation in his heart surged up like a sea wave, suffocating and painful.
"Come with me to the Qianqing Palace." He ordered in a deep voice, then strode out. Tong Lin followed him and signaled the eunuch behind him to hand the crane cloak to the prince.
The group braved the cold north wind and arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The emperor was in the west warm pavilion looking through the schedule for Yang Shangyi's birthday banquet tomorrow.
Hearing that the prince was coming late at night, the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, summoned him in and at the same time sent his attendants away.
Xiao Yan entered the warm room with a gloomy face, "Father, are you going to completely break up with me, your son, right?"
"It is you, Zi'an, who wants to break up with me, right?" The emperor put down the book in his hand nonchalantly without changing his expression.
The flickering candlelight cast a flickering light on his sharp face, and his black eyes were blazing, his emotions unclear.
"Aren't you the one who created the hundreds of memorials per day advising me to abdicate?"
Xiao Yan remained calm and said calmly, "I think this is enough to make Father restrain himself."
Unfortunately it didn't happen, instead it got worse.
The emperor suddenly sneered, "You came here to question me because of the pleasure I had with Yuan'er in Wenyuan Pavilion today, right?"
He slowly stood up and looked his son, who was now growing stronger, in the eye a sharp light flashed, and every move he made was full of aura and majesty.
"Have fun?" Xiao Yan seemed to have heard something extremely absurd.
"It was you who bullied Yang Shangyi. She was weak and powerless. How could she resist your power?"
The emperor surprisingly did not look angry. "On the contrary, I am willing to go to Wushan with me."
"Zi'an, you have been very good at guessing people's hearts since you were young. You can easily make all the subjects in the world lean towards you. I don't believe you can't see it. I hope she has feelings for me."
Xiao Yan suddenly raised his eyelids, and two cold rays of light shot out from his eyes.
He gritted his teeth and replied, "Yuanyuan is just physically sensitive. If it weren't for the emperor seducing her in every way, how could she be bewitched by you?"
The emperor was speechless for a moment. He had indeed tried to seduce Yang Manyan today.
After a moment of silence, he sneered, "I was able to seduce you successfully, but it was also because Zi'an was not capable enough to make Yuan'er happy."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly changed.
The emperor continued, "I know that you have been leaving the palace frequently recently, ostensibly to provide disaster relief, but in reality you have been communicating closely with the twenty-six guards who protect the capital. You are planning to force me to abdicate, right?"
Xiao Yan did not comment, and he never concealed his purpose.
After all, he was the heir he had personally cultivated. If it were someone else, the emperor would have crushed him to ashes long ago given his temperament.
Xiao Yan was the same. If the man in front of him was not his father who raised him personally, he would have drawn his sword and cut the man into pieces.
Now that it has come to such a stalemate, it all comes down to the fact that the father and son still have concerns about their friendship with each other.
The emperor lowered his eyebrows, his eyes looked directly into his son's eyes, and said sharply: "I have no other heirs, the throne will always fall on your head, you don't need to do anything unnecessary."
Xiao Yan said coldly: "If I, your son, had done nothing, your father would have already unscrupulously snatched your love away."
Indeed, if he had not tried his best, it would have been impossible to successfully bring back the imprisoned Yang Manyan from Xiyuan Yingtai.
For a moment, there was silence in the room and the atmosphere was tense.
After a while, the emperor raised his hand and gently rubbed his brows, taking the initiative to give in. "I promise you that I will never forcibly imprison Yuan'er again in the future, but you can't deliberately prevent Yuan'er from interacting with me."
Xiao Yan looked incredulous, "She is my son's woman. Father is violating human ethics like this. Heaven cannot tolerate it."
The emperor said calmly: "I am the Son of Heaven. I am the law of nature."
"Of the twenty-six guards of the Imperial Guard, you have only won over three: the Yanshan Front Guard, the Tengxiang Left Guard, and the Wuxiang Right Guard. Zi'an, are you sure you can win the battle and force me to abdicate?"
"As long as Yuan'er refuses me, I will never touch her, but if she is willing, you can't deliberately obstruct her, how about that?"
Although it was a question, his words carried unquestionable imperial authority.
Xiao Yan's eyes were red and his look was sad.
He couldn't do it, he couldn't give the woman to someone else.
The emperor sat down on the edge of the bed again and waved his hand impatiently, "Go back and think about it carefully. Tomorrow is Yuan'er's birthday banquet, and I don't want any accidents to happen tomorrow."
"Also, today Yuan'er specifically begged me not to tell you about this. I advise you to pretend that you know nothing."
Hearing his father repeatedly saying "I wish", Xiao Qing, who usually remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe, suddenly felt veins bulging on his forehead and the blood in his chest was boiling.
But in the end, he still considered the birthday party tomorrow and left with a wave of his sleeves.
As the emperor watched his son's gaunt figure, like a lone pine tree under the moon, completely leave the palace, a hint of viciousness flashed across his eyes.
Regarding the Crown Prince's recent behavior of almost openly forcing the emperor to abdicate, he was not as calm and composed as he appeared.
He had no biological offspring, and was very satisfied with the crown prince as his successor. Being in a high position and being arbitrary, he never cared about his reputation.
He also had to admit that because of this, he gradually began to lose the contest with his son.
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East Palace.
The next day, when the sky was just beginning to lighten, Yang Manyan, half asleep and half awake, washed and dressed up with the help of Xingyun and others.
Su Yue carefully took the newly made dress from the female official in the inner court, but when she saw the dark blue fringe of the dress, she was stunned.
She asked hesitantly, "Did the inner court send the wrong thing?"
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