"Ruan, the Ruan family had a family dinner the day before yesterday. Can the prince go back with you?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, no."

"What about Chu Xuanling?"

Second Young Master?

Ruan Xinchen turned his head to look at Chu Xuanche.

Chu Xuanche put his fist to his lips and coughed, "Ah Xin, tell the truth. You can't lie in front of the Queen Mother."

This title was telling him that he was not pretending to be Chu Xuanling.

At this time, his identity is Chu Xuanche.

Okay!

"Your Majesty, you are joking. Why would the Second Young Master accompany me back to the Ruan family?"

"No?" The Queen Mother's eyes darkened and she said in a cold voice, "But someone saw him at Ruan's house. Humph, how dare you lie to me?"

The Queen Mother's voice suddenly rose, and an ordinary person would be frightened by her aura.

However, Ruan Xinchen was not afraid, and remained neither humble nor arrogant, and slowly said: "Empress Dowager, the Second Young Master did not accompany me back to the Ruan family. I did see the Second Young Master climbing over the wall to find His Royal Highness Prince Xiao Zhan."

Um?

The Queen Mother looked at Ruan Yihe.

Ruan Yihe stood up and asked her, "Why didn't you say it at that time?"

Ruan Xinchen did not answer her, but looked at Chuli.

Their eyes met.

Chu Li's eyes were filled with affection, and it seemed as if she was trying her best to endure the hidden pain in her heart.

Ruan Xinchen looked helpless and turned away.

Chu Li also said at the right time, "Grandmother, this is what I meant."

Queen Mother: “…”

The Queen Mother curled her lips and asked Ruan Xinchen again, "Is he fighting the King?"

Ruan Xinchen saw that Chu Li's face was still swollen, so it seemed that this matter could not be concealed.

The Queen Mother dared to say this, someone must have told her.

"yes."

The Queen Mother felt sorry for Chu Li and said, "Li'er, that boy dared to do this to you, why did you keep it a secret for him?"

Chu Li said calmly: "It's just a little friction between brothers, what's there to say? Didn't we often fight when we were with the emperor? The emperor never got angry, he always just laughed it off."

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Xuanche, "Brother, is that right?"

Chu Xuanche said indifferently, "I don't know. I have a bad memory and I forgot it a long time ago."

In Ruan Xinchen's impression, the two of them had no relationship in their previous life, and were at most nodding acquaintances.

Chu Li was obsessed with the throne, while Chu Xuanche went crazy secretly behind closed doors.

They would occasionally meet at special state banquets and nod to each other, so they were called nodding acquaintances.

I never thought that they often lived together when they were children.

Chu Li seemed a bit embarrassed to be embarrassed in front of Chu Xuanche.

The Queen Mother was very unhappy, especially when she heard Chu Li mention the years they lived together with the late Emperor.

But there were so many people around, so she couldn't say anything.

놙 looked at Ruan Xinchen and asked, "Where is that boy now?"

At this time, everyone was looking at Ruan Xinchen.

Ruan Xinchen looked at Chu Xuanche and Princess Gong, but their expressions didn't give any clues.

What should she say about this?

"My Queen Mother, I don't know."

"you do not know?"

"I have no idea."

"When was the last time you saw him?"

"Not long after I returned home from the Ruan family that day, my maid told me that the second young master had also returned. I spoke to him for a few words, and he left in anger. I never saw him again."

The Queen Mother kept asking, "What did you tell him?"

Ruan Xinchen said: "I told him it was wrong to hit people, he got very angry and said I was helping him, then he ran away after losing his temper."

Everyone: “…”

"Very good." The Queen Mother said through gritted teeth.

This is very Chu Xuanling.

No one doubted Ruan Xinchen's words.

At this time, Princess Gong said, "Your Majesty, we can't find Xiao Ling now, why don't we wait until Xiao Ling comes back."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Humph, did you hide your little son?"

Princess Gong said, "My daughter-in-law is innocent. You just heard from Xin Chen that the boy got angry and ran away. You know his temper. My daughter-in-law can't control him."

"Humph, you are so indifferent. If you don't care about it, you will be lawless, right? I don't believe that there are people in this world that I can't control."

She called out with a sullen face, "Someone come."

A middle-aged grandmother came in.

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother threw her a sign and said, "Go, tell them to find Chu Xuanling for me."

Ruan Xinchen recognized the sign; it was the sign for mobilizing the Empress Dowager's assassins.

It was equivalent to issuing a hunting order for Chu Xuanling.

Let this group of people capture Chu Xuanling. If he knows what's going on and doesn't resist, it will be ok. At most he will suffer some physical pain.

But if he resists, he will be crippled at best and killed at worst.

With Chu Xuanling's personality, how could he not resist the monster?

Ruan Xinchen nervously pulled Chu Xuanche's sleeve secretly.

He remained unmoved and acted as if it had nothing to do with him.

When Princess Gong saw the sign, her heart skipped a beat and her face turned pale.

The way the Empress Dowager looked at Princess Gong was as if she wanted to chop her alive and wait for her to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Although to her disappointment, Princess Gong was very scared and worried, but she did not mean to ask for mercy.

Grandma took the sign but didn't leave immediately.

Everyone seemed to be in a stalemate.

At this time, the queen, who had been silent all the time, slowly opened her mouth.

"Mother, it's not just a fight between children, is it?"

The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze from Princess Gong and turned to look at the Queen.

He glanced at her and said, "What do you know? I'm killing the chicken to scare the monkey."

When she said this, she kept looking at the Queen, and that look felt like a warning to the Queen.

The chicken she wanted to kill was Chu Xuanling, and the monkey she wanted to warn was the queen.

"Li'er had a narrow escape and finally survived, but that boy actually dared to hit him? Humph, I want to see if some brainless people are willing to do stupid things that will only dig their own graves."

The queen looked unhappy and said nothing more in a hushed tone.

The Queen Mother asked her to come here to warn her, and she understood it.

Grandma went out with the sign.

However, as soon as he reached the door, he was blocked and sent back.

"I have seen the emperor."

The emperor is coming.

Everyone in the room looked at the door.

A middle-aged man in a black robe strode in.

Except for the Queen Mother, everyone knelt down to pay their respects.

He walked straight to the chair next to the Queen Mother and sat down, asking everyone to sit up straight.

Everyone stood up and saw that the emperor was holding the empress dowager's jade pendant in his hand.

"Mother, it's just a fight between children. Why do we have to start a war?"

The Queen Mother looked unhappy. "Look at Li'er's face. Do you think this is just a fight between children?"

The emperor looked at Chu Li's face, which seemed a little miserable.

It was very swollen and had many different colors.

"Li'er, why did you and Xiao Ling start fighting?"

Before Chu Li could speak, the Queen Mother interrupted.

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? How can he fight like this? It was Chu Xuanling, that stinky brat, who beat him unilaterally."

emperor:"……"

"Why did Xiao Ling hit you?" the emperor asked again.