Inside the palace, the palace servants swept the surroundings again and again. Jing Huaixu looked back at Jing Yan, wanting to hear Jing Yan say he was satisfied. How could he be willing to let it end like this?
"Your Highness, you and the Crown Princess can rest assured now."
Jing Yan remained silent for a long time, then sighed softly, revealing his resentment: "Doesn't Father Emperor think it's too hasty?"
“What they said makes sense,” Jing Huaixu said with a slightly stiff smile, glancing at the Empress beside him.
Even the Empress couldn't think of a good way to smooth things over for Jing Huaixu, so she simply avoided his gaze.
To avoid an awkward silence, Yue Jiang took the initiative to step forward, smiling with a reassuring expression.
"Father, now that the matter has been clarified, I am relieved. I was quite uneasy all night and would like Your Highness to accompany me back to the East Palace. May Your Highness travel with me now?"
"Go back quickly, you don't need to work so hard here," Jing Huaixu said, taking the opportunity to back down.
When his gaze intentionally shifted to Jing Yan again, Jing Huaixu ignored the unpleasant expression on his face and still managed a kind and friendly smile.
"Yan'er, rest well. You'll be a father soon, and the responsibilities on your shoulders will be even greater."
Jing Yan smiled faintly, his eyes were indifferent, but his words were full of sarcasm: "Your subject will try his best to shoulder the responsibility, at least to make the child distinguish right from wrong and know the principle of not bending the law for personal gain."
Jing Huaixu felt something stuck in his heart, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. The next moment, he saw Jing Yan pull Yue Jiang out.
...
Walking outside, the night wind was chilly. Jing Yan remained silent, and Yue Jiang nestled into his arms, gently holding his hand to comfort him.
"It's normal for the emperor and his son to act this way. The emperor still feels guilty. He did this today to protect his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zheng. To put it bluntly, it's just human nature."
"Father was afraid that if it were discovered that it was actually the great-grandmother of the emperor who had ill intentions, he would not look good, and His Highness would also be embarrassed. So he went along with those people's words to resolve the conflict."
Jing Yan didn't care: "The embarrassment is nothing compared to your and the child's safety. I still have doubts about whether Grandmother Zheng had this intention."
"Anyway, Father Emperor is hesitant to act against the Longevity Palace because of it. Isn't this a weakness that can be exploited?"
Suddenly, he stopped, his sharp eyes fixed on the main hall of Liushang Pavilion, his dark eyes hidden in the night, as if deep in thought.
"If I fall out with my father, who else can he rely on?"
"My two younger brothers, one of whom really impressed me tonight, made every move perfectly, while I was the one who came out rashly."
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