Lan Yu knew what had happened when she saw Xiao Hang's expression. She walked up to him and said, "Xiao Hang, you said you wouldn't run away again?"
Xiao Hang didn't say anything, just lowered his head. Lan Yu sneered and said, "When I intercepted you at the Duke's Mansion that day, I swore I would never let you slip away from me again."
Lan Yu bowed to Ye Chen and said, "Thank you, Duke, for helping me capture him. I will never let him escape again!"
Then Lan Yu turned around and smiled at Xiao Hang, reaching for a hollow ball on her waist. At first glance, it looked very similar to the silver bell on Chen Qiu's waist, the same size but with a different pattern.
Lan Yu smiled evilly and said, "I didn't want to use it, but seeing you're like this, I have no choice. Be good and close your eyes!"
Xiao Hang suddenly had a bad premonition, but before he could react, Lan Yu snapped her fingers at him and a small insect flew into his nose.
Xiao Hang slapped his nose with both hands. Lan Yu smiled and said, "It's useless. This is a love insect. When the male and female insects are separated by five miles, your heart will be filled with uncontrollable longing for me. And I will follow the insect to find you."
Xiao Hang's mouth twitched. Chen Qiu glanced at Ye Chen and said, "Husband, you brought him back? Why didn't you beat him up?"
Ye Chen said with a smile: "Let Lan Yu deal with him. I brought him back entirely for you."
"If he leaves, Lan Yu will leave too. When you give birth, I have no one more trustworthy than them, so he has to stay until the baby is born."
Today, the old Duke and Lady Xiao will also enter the palace together. This is the first time that the old Duke and Lady Xiao have entered the palace after six years of silence. Combined with Ye Chen's results in the autumn examination, almost everyone knows why this is happening. The young Duke of the Ye family is going to enter the officialdom.
Xiao Hang was taken back to the medicine garden by Ye Chen. Ye Chen, Chen Qiu and Lan Yu went to Rongwei Hall together. Together with the old Duke and the old Lady, they got on the carriage from the back door of Rongwei Hall and went to the palace together.
There were two carriages, one for Ye Chen and the old Duke, and one for Chen Qiu Lan Yu and the old lady.
As soon as he stood at the palace gate, Gao Gong, who was beside the emperor, came to meet him. He smiled and said outside the carriage: "The emperor asked me to wait here early in the morning. I hope the old Duke and the old lady are here."
Ye Chen got out of the carriage first and bowed to Eunuch Gao, saying, "Thank you, Eunuch!"
Then Black Eagle helped the old Duke out of the carriage. After six years, he once again stood in front of the palace gate. The old Duke murmured, "It's been a long time since I came here!"
Eunuch Gao laughed and said, "Isn't it? The old Duke hasn't been here for six years."
The old Duke said to Eunuch Gao: "Let's go, I will go to see the emperor first."
Chen Qiu and Lan Yu had already helped the old lady down. The old lady came over and said, "Why did you forget me?"
The old Duke turned around quickly and said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten, how could I forget you? Come, hold my hand, just like you did when you first entered the palace."
As he spoke, he stretched out his left index finger in front of the old lady. The old lady smiled, switched the crutch in her hand to her left hand, and stretched out her right hand to grab the old duke's index finger.
Ye Chen supported the old Duke, Chen Qiu supported the old Dowager, and Lan Yu went to the study room next to Chen Qiu.
Before they even reached the upper study, the emperor came hurriedly from afar. The old duke and the old lady were about to kneel down to pay their respects. The emperor stepped forward quickly, holding the old duke with one hand and the old lady with the other, and said, "Don't be so polite. I'm really glad that you are willing to come to the palace."
The emperor always calls himself "I" in front of the Ye family. There is no need for him to call himself "I". The emperor feels that with the Ye family and the queen around, he can also understand what happiness is like for ordinary people, and sitting on that high position is not so cold anymore.
Since he was ten years old, his sister asked him to be like a real emperor. Only in this way could he grow up day by day. But he has never been a cold-hearted person. All he longs for is a loving couple and both sons and daughters.
In the palace, the Queen's Yiku Palace is his home, and outside the palace, the Ye family is his relatives. He can also find a place to rest his heart away from conspiracies and calculations.
Lan Yu saluted the emperor using the unique etiquette of Ye Nan Kingdom and said, "Lan Yu of Ye Nan Kingdom greets the Emperor of Great Yin Kingdom."
The emperor smiled and said, "No need to be polite. You are Chen'er's friend, and naturally you are also my friend. Today is the chrysanthemum viewing banquet, and later I will arrange a special welcoming banquet for the princess."
Lan Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be polite. Since we are friends, we naturally have our own ways of getting along. I am here for both personal and state matters."
Ye Chen said: "Can you please go inside and talk? Grandpa and grandma can't bear it, and Qiu'er is still pregnant!"
Lan Yu smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I was wrong!"
The emperor also smiled and said: "Let's go, this place is closer to the Yikun Palace. Let's go to the queen's place and wait until the banquet starts before we go there."
The group arrived at the Yiku Palace, and the queen came out to greet them after receiving the news.
After the meeting, they all entered the Yiku Palace. No one sat in the seat, and everyone sat casually like family members. However, the old Duke and Lady Xiao still respected the ordinary etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.
The emperor may treat you as a family member, but you cannot really act without any scruples. After all, one should know how to appreciate favors, otherwise one may get carried away.
Here, the emperor asked Lan Yu: "I wonder what exactly is the matter that Princess Lan Yu is talking about, which is both a private matter and a state matter?"
Lan Yu smiled and said, "It's a private matter because someone plucked my feathers. Whoever plucks the feathers from the heads of Yenan women is obliged to marry them, and the person who plucked my feathers is a citizen of the Great Yin Kingdom."
"But the person who marries me will eventually take over the position of Regent of Ye Nan Kingdom. So it is both a private matter and a state matter."
"After all, it is about the marriage between the two countries and the future diplomacy between the two countries, but it is also about my personal happiness."
The emperor looked at Ye Chen, glared at him, and asked solemnly: "It is not just the people of the Great Yin Kingdom who are so lucky to be favored by the princess."
Lan Yu said: "Xiao Hang, the official physician of the Duke's Mansion." The emperor visibly sighed.
Ye Chen looked at the emperor and said, "Uncle, you didn't think Lan Yu was talking about me just now, did you?"
The emperor snorted and said, "You are right. Fortunately, I thought of asking you before settling the score with you. Otherwise, I would have beaten you first."
Ye Chen also snorted coldly and said: "No one can compare to Qiu'er. Apart from Qiu'er, I think other women are no different from men."
The queen coughed awkwardly, and Lan Yu sneered, "Alright, alright, can you please let my teeth grow a few more days? If you keep going on like this, they'll be eaten out by you."
"It's not enough that you're sour in the mansion, can't you tone it down when you get out?"
Ye Chen grabbed Chen Qiu's hand and naturally touched the cocoon, saying: "No! You think it's sour, but I think it's very sweet!"
Chen Qiu blushed and didn't dare to look up. She really wanted to find a crack in the ground to stuff Ye Chen in. This mouth was becoming more and more inappropriate.
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