He naturally disdained to explain these to others, even if that person was his own sister.
But because it involved Jiang Yi, he was afraid that she would cry after being misunderstood, so he still explained.
"Rong'an." The emperor said in a serious tone, "Publicly, Jiang Yi is my savior. Privately, Jiang Yi is your stepdaughter. No matter what, you should treat Jiang Yi and Jiang Shan equally, instead of letting the daughter of the Minister of Rites live a life worse than that of a servant."
"Rong'an, you are the eldest princess of the imperial court after all. Don't you even have this little bit of grace?"
Knowing that the emperor was talking about her letting Jiang Yi live in the woodshed, Princess Rong'an's face was not very happy, "It was all done by the servants, and I don't know anything about it."
"You can only deceive outsiders with this, Rong'an. If you treat Jiang Yi badly again, I will have Jiang Yi brought to the palace." The emperor's tone became more serious.
Princess Rong'an was shocked and asked, "Why did you bring him to the palace?"
The emperor said, "I have few children. Since you don't want to raise Jiang Yi, I will do it. I wish I had such a warm and caring little girl."
She would save him when she saw him injured. She was obviously in a difficult situation, and he wanted to stand up for her, but she was worried that he would be implicated by her.
The emperor had never seen a girl who could live so positively after experiencing such unfair fate.
Even after hearing that the emperor didn't want Jiang Yi to be his concubine, Princess Rong'an was still in a bad mood. "How can we allow our royal brother to confuse the royal family like this?"
However, the emperor only said coldly: "If I say she can do it, then she can do it."
"Rong'an, I remember that before I ascended the throne, you and our mother suffered many injustices, so I indulged you all these years. Now I think I must have spoiled you, so that you could treat a girl who has not even reached the age of marriage so viciously."
"From today on, you may wish to meditate with your mother in the small Buddhist temple in the palace."
"Royal brother!" Princess Rong'an couldn't believe that the emperor would punish her for a little girl like Jiang Yi.
But the emperor ignored Princess Rong'an and issued another order, "Jiang Rao, who doesn't even know how to respect the elderly and love the young, is unworthy of being the Minister of Rites. I order that, effective immediately, Jiang Rao be removed from his position as Minister of Rites and ordered to reflect on his mistakes."
"As for Jiang Shan, she bullies the weak and speaks vulgarly. I will have the palace maids personally educate her."
The emperor issued three orders in a row, not giving Princess Rong'an, her daughter, or Jiang's father a chance to argue. "If you have any objections, you might as well think about the accusations you just made against me."
Just now, the eldest princess, her daughter, and Jiang's father called the emperor a "wild man". If the emperor really wanted to make a fuss about it, he would punish them for disrespect and even chop off their heads.
The three of them fell silent.
The emperor turned his head and looked at Jiang Yi again. Jiang Yi seemed to react, "You are actually the emperor. I actually saved the emperor."
Facing Jiang Yi, the emperor was no longer serious as before, but smiled just right, "Silly girl, I have told you many times before, but you just don't believe it."
"I believe it now." Jiang Yi was not afraid of him or even alienated from him after knowing his identity, as the emperor thought. "Thank you for standing up for me."
Her pair of red eyes were filled with a smile that was dotted with stars.
The emperor asked, "What is this?"
Jiang Yi added, "But since you are the emperor, then my mother-in-law is your sister, and my second sister is your niece."
"You must be very unhappy to be punished for my sake, Your Majesty, because of your sister and niece. It's really not necessary."
The sincere gratitude flowing from her eyes made the emperor feel warm in his heart.
His biological mother was an orphan palace maid, dull by nature and not knowing how to compete for favor, so she had to rely on him to fight and compete for it.
His sister is six years younger than him, and he protected her and helped her grow up happily and innocently.
But all this seemed to be his due. He was so powerful and had never heard anyone express gratitude.
But Jiang understood.
He would be grateful for his protection and even afraid that he would be unhappy.
She never thought about herself.
But it was obvious that the instigator of all this was his sister.
But she didn't hold any resentment towards him.
This silly girl.
The emperor felt that this silly girl would probably be bullied by others if she left him, so he still wanted to take her away.
He knew that if he tried to talk to her nicely, she wouldn't go with him, so the emperor half threatened and half intimidated her, saying, "Now that I've punished your father and Rong An, they won't dare to hate me. I'm afraid they'll remember all this on you, and they'll become even more aggressive against you."
"You might as well come with me, I will protect you."
Jiang Yi blinked, "To be your daughter? I can consider it, but I think you are too frivolous. We can't be father and daughter."
The emperor laughed.
"Forget it. If you don't want to enter the palace, then don't enter. When you want to see me again, just tell me."
The emperor took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Jiang Yi.
"This is the jade pendant I've carried since I was a child. If you want to enter the palace, bring this jade pendant with you and come to me. No one will stop you."
The emperor's eyes swept over Rong An's mother and daughter, as well as Jiang's father. "Jiang Yi is someone I want to protect. If you dare to treat her badly, you are treating me badly."
"If Jiang Yi does anything wrong, I will also hold you responsible."
"Jiang Yi." The emperor's gaze was deep, so deep that Jiang Yi couldn't look directly at him. "We have a long way to go."
There is ample time?
Beneath Jiang Yi's naive expression was the knowledge that everything was under control. She wanted the emperor to scheme hard to get her. Only in this way would he cherish her more, and only in this way could she gradually replace the position of his relatives in his heart.
The emperor really didn't want to let Jiang Yi go, but he was reluctant to force Jiang Yi, so he could only force others.
Didn't Jiang Yi like Qi Yu? Then he would make Qi Yu's image in Jiang Yi's heart collapse.
Thinking of this, the emperor walked into the palace even faster.
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