She looked at Xie Jingyan, her gaze falling on his handsome, flawless face. Xie Jingyan smiled and said, "If you want to praise me, just praise me directly. I can't hear you if you praise me in your heart."
Shen Wan's ears burned. "You clearly heard it."
Xie Jingyan, "..."
Shen Wan's coquettish expression made a certain gentleman's heart itch, and he wanted to kiss her.
Just as he was about to act, a young eunuch caught up from behind and said, "Prince Ling, Princess Ling, His Majesty wants you to wait for him in the Imperial Study."
What does the Emperor want with them?
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan with some concern.
Xie Jingyan said dejectedly, "Let's go, let's go get scolded."
Shen Wan, "..."
Judging from what he said, it's obvious he doesn't take the emperor's reprimand seriously. He probably won't even listen to it, let alone let it go in one ear and out the other.
The two changed their route and went to the Imperial Study. They waited for a short while before the Emperor arrived.
Upon entering the imperial study, Eunuch Yuan quickly dismissed the palace servants. As soon as the Emperor sat down, he rebuked Xie Jingyan, "How dare you forge a pardon?!"
Xie Jingyan said, "Father, you flatter me. Your son is still a bit timid. I dare not ask for permission to search the residence of Princess Huyang, the residence of Duke Maoguo, or even the Empress Dowager's Shou Kang Palace. I know that the death-exemption token is in one of these three places, but I dare not go to look for it. So I only dared to make a fake death-exemption token."
Shen Wan, "..."
Eunuch Yuan, "..."
To take the emperor's reprimand as praise is truly something else.
Even the emperor had nothing to say.
Regarding the pardon, the Empress Dowager set the record straight, while Xie Jingyan took it a step further.
What could the emperor do besides turn a blind eye?
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