Zhao Xuanyin finished the food on his chopsticks slowly and calmly. "Your Majesty, you're joking. My third brother has just become a little weaker. He can still handle the official duties on his own."
The Queen Mother took a sip of water and asked, "Why is Brother Yi vomiting blood for no reason?"
"Just now, Miss Wen was here, but the prince wouldn't tell me. Can you tell me now?"
The emperor put down his chopsticks and sighed, "It's all his own fault."
"Your Majesty, how could you say that about Yi'er?" The imperial concubine was very dissatisfied. She withdrew her gaze from the second son and pouted, "Yi'er is so well-behaved, how could he do anything bad?"
The emperor nodded at her from a distance and feigned anger, saying, "He's about to get married, yet he's alone in the pavilion with another noble lady, having an ambiguous relationship with her."
"And Miss Wen even heard him confessing his feelings. He must have become wild-minded and doesn't want to marry Miss Wen anymore, right?"
The imperial concubine and the queen were shocked when they heard this.
"How could it be?" The imperial concubine blinked blankly, "Yier has only liked Wen since he was a child, how could he possibly mess around with someone else?"
"I don't believe it either." The emperor shook his head, "But more than ten or twenty people saw it, so I have to believe it."
The Queen Mother frowned, "What about the marriage between Miss Wen and Brother Yi...?"
The Empress Dowager knew the Emperor's plan. The reason why the Emperor was so anxious to grant Wen a marriage was that he wanted to tie the Wen family to the royal family so that Wen Xiuye would not have any rebellious thoughts.
The emperor's eyebrows dropped, his expression becoming serious. "Mother knows Wen's temper. As long as this doesn't happen again, she won't mind it."
But if it happens a few more times and the news reaches the Wen Mansion, given Wen Xiuye's doting personality, he will definitely rush directly into the palace.
I want justice for my daughter.
By then, the marriage agreement will be invalid... then all his plans over the past decade will have gone to waste.
Zhao Xuanyin placed the chopsticks in his hand on the jade chopstick holder, and the slight "clicking" sound attracted the attention of the big men with different thoughts.
The corners of his mouth curled up into a smile, a smile that was open and unrestrained. "This son has something to tell Father, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and Mother."
When the imperial concubine heard that he didn't mention herself, she immediately knew that what he wanted to talk about was something she knew.
She opened her eyes wide and opened her cherry lips, wanting to interrupt him.
This was the fastest her mind had worked in recent years, but she still didn't have time to stop it.
"My son is pleased with Xiaoyu."
When Zhao Xuanyin said this, his voice was as gentle as a spring breeze, gently brushing past everyone's ears.
It was very different from his usual gloomy and sarcastic hoarse tone.
These words successfully stunned the big guys who had seen all kinds of things in the world.
The emperor was the first to come back to his senses, his brows knitted tightly together, a rage that was about to gather like thunder, "You——"
"Father." Zhao Xuanyin was not afraid at all and gave a short laugh. "I am devoted to Xiaoyu. She looks exactly like my third brother. She is currently... the best choice."
The emperor's anger paused, and the scenes he had seen in Zhao Xuanyi's bedroom before surfaced in his mind.
His anger faded, and his expression was so calm that it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. "Don't tell anyone else about this."
Zhao Xuanyin raised his eyes, revealing a hint of arrogance and determination. He chuckled and replied, "Yes."
Don't tell anyone else about it, it means that the emperor is thinking about it.
Consider changing the candidate from Zhao Xuanyi to Zhao Xuanyin when Wen Liyu said she wanted to cancel the engagement.
After dinner, the imperial concubine angrily grabbed Zhao Xuanyin who wanted to leave and took him back to her palace.
The imperial concubine sat in the upper seat, her pretty face cold, "Zhao Xuanyin!"
"Why is mother so angry?" Zhao Xuanyin seemed to not understand what she was angry about and tilted his head innocently.
"You! You still ask me what I'm angry about?" Imperial Concubine Taohua's eyes were filled with anger. "You knew Yi'er loved Miss Wen, so why did you compete with him for it?"
Zhao Xuanyin's smile faded, his eyes filled with calmness.
He no longer had a smile on his face, but his face, which looked just like Zhao Xuanyi's, showed a deep coldness and cruelty.
When Zhao Xuanyi doesn't smile, he looks like a gentle and upright gentleman.
As for Zhao Xuanyin, whether he was smiling or not, he gave people a cold and gloomy feeling, like a bloodthirsty wolf king hunting in the desert and jungle.
"Isn't it obvious that Mother is partial to me?" Zhao Xuanyin's voice was low and hoarse. "If I didn't look exactly like Zhao Xuanxuan, I would really doubt..."
"Am I the biological son of my mother?"
"Why do you think so?" The imperial concubine didn't expect him to say that, and she immediately lost focus on the fact that both her sons liked the same girl.
She immediately stood up from her seat, walked down the stairs, and wanted to hold Zhao Xuanyin's hand. "You are my children, this palace...how could I be partial?"
Zhao Xuanyin didn't dodge, but just stood there, looking down at the ground, "Since mother doesn't favor Zhao Xuanyi more, then please don't stop me from pursuing my own happiness."
There were only mother and son in the palace. After Zhao Xuanyin finished speaking, the palace fell into silence.
The imperial concubine held her forehead, feeling a headache and confused as she sat on the chair behind her. "I...I just..."
She just felt that she couldn't accept that her two sons liked the same girl.
Besides, they are already engaged, and if Zhao Xuanyin falls in love with his brother's wife, who knows what others will say about it if this matter gets out.
But she didn't expect that it would be so difficult just to get her son back on the right track.
Did she have to watch two brothers turn against each other because of a woman?
The imperial concubine felt her heart weaken just thinking about it, and her eyes flushed and watered.
If she was cruel, she should hate Wen Liyu and threaten her not to mess with her son.
But she watched Wen Liyu grow up and treated her almost as her own daughter.
Asking her to suppress and humiliate her own daughter.
She can't do it.
Zhao Xuanyin sighed, walked to her side, and knelt on one knee on the ground, "Mother, I hope you take care of yourself and don't worry too much."
"How can I not think about it?" The imperial concubine lowered her head and shed tears. "I don't know what to do. Am I really too stupid?"
"I can't even figure out such a small thing."
"Mother, this is good." Zhao Xuanyin's tone was flat and straightforward, without any emotion, "Don't interfere, just let everything take its course."
"But..." The imperial concubine opened her mouth to refute. She wanted to ask what to do with Yier, but then she thought of Zhao Xuanyin's question just now and swallowed the words in her mouth.
Her spirits suddenly became dispirited, and she sighed, "...Yin'er is right."
"But what if Miss Wen doesn't want to change?" A light flashed through the imperial concubine's mind. "If she doesn't want to, then Yin'er, you..."
Zhao Xuanyin stood up and shattered the little hope in the concubine's eyes, saying, "I won't give up."
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