Chapter 37 She Didn’t Dare to Gamble with Her Son’s Life

He fell to his knees with a plop. Pei Zhiyu's eyes lit up and he seized the opportunity to put the sword on Chai Weiqing's neck.

"Brother Chai, thank you for letting me!"

He smiled brilliantly.

Chai Weiqing looked confused.

How did he lose? He was about to win!

He didn't give in, what is there for him to give in to?

Pei Zhiyu harmed him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say! This guy hurt me with a hidden weapon, and I don't accept it!" Chai Weiqing hurriedly defended himself.

I was afraid of being kicked into a frontier military camp to suffer.

[Hey, it was my father who took action. 】

[Why is Father still helping Pei Zhiyu cheat? 】

Before Lu Yanshi could figure out how to respond to Chai Weiqing's questioning, his daughter interrupted him.

He had forgotten that his daughter had a melon-eating system, and she could detect everything he did.

It seems that I still have to be careful when doing small things in the future.

"Xiaojiu is hungry. Yao'er, take her to find the wet nurse." Lu Yanshi sent his two daughters away.

[I'm not hungry, I'm full! I want to keep watching.]

Lu Li protested in her heart.

But Lu Yao did not dare to go against his father's opinion and took her away anyway.

After Lu Li left, Lu Yanshi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just admit that you are not as skilled as others. I will not punish you." He glanced at Chai Weiqing and looked at Pei Zhiyu.

"Pei Zhiyu, you win. You will be the Grand Princess's consort. The Qintianjian will select an auspicious date for the wedding. After the wedding, you can take the imperial examination. If you pass, you will be admitted according to the law."

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Pei Zhiyu was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to express his gratitude.

Everyone else was dumbfounded.

If they had known that becoming a princess consort would allow them to take part in the imperial examination, they would have fought hard to become one.

The concubines in the harem were also dumbfounded.

An Miaoyi muttered, "The emperor asked us to vote, but so many people were eliminated in the first round for no apparent reason. What's the point of us coming here?"

"Just come and watch the fun. It's much more interesting than staying in the harem all day." Qu Zhi said with a smile.

"That's true. I'm stupid and I'm sorry to make you laugh at me, Your Majesty." An Miaoyi didn't expect that her little complaint was heard, so she quickly explained.

Qu Zhi smiled and shook his head, glanced at the sleeping Lu Li, turned and left.

She was thinking that she would be able to meet Lu Li today and hear something interesting, but she didn't expect that Lu Li would follow the emperor the whole time.

After the other concubines left, Xia Shuyi also planned to leave, but unexpectedly she was stopped by Lu Yao.

"Empress Hui, please stay."

"Princess, what do you want from me?" Xia Shuyi looked at her with some confusion.

"This matter is related to my third brother, so I have to tell you something." Lu Yao told him about Xu Linyong.

Xia Shuyi widened her eyes in surprise. It was the first time she saw her father so heartbroken.

"If he stays with the third prince, I'm worried that he will bear a grudge against the third prince because the emperor punished his father." Lu Yao expressed his concerns.

Xia Shuyi also has this worry.

Although Xu Mingting is a good-for-nothing who betrayed his own son, what if Xu Linyong is confused and doesn't hate his father but hates someone else?

She didn't dare gamble with her son's life.

Especially since Xiaojiu had predicted that Heng'er would be pushed into the pond and drowned, this matter had always been on her mind.

"Give him some money and let him out of the palace." Xia Shuyi made the decision.

"Then let Concubine Hui handle this matter." Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

This matter has something to do with her. If it is not handled properly and something goes wrong, she will be to blame.

"Okay. Princess, just wait for your marriage with peace of mind." Xia Shuyi smiled.

Hearing her teasing him, Lu Yao suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

She bowed slightly, turned and left.

Xia Shuyi ordered people to escort Xu Linyong out of the palace.

He was a little confused when he left Weiyang Palace.

He no longer has a home. Where should he go after leaving the palace?

"If you are willing to recognize me as your godfather and take care of me in my old age, you can live in this alley." Deng Hua, the eunuch in charge of the purification room, sighed and stopped him.

"Godfather, I will definitely be filial to you in the future." Xu Linyong's tears suddenly burst out.

He immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times to Deng Hua.

He knew that if he left like this, the five taels of silver he had on him would definitely be robbed.

As an orphan with no parents and no home, it is questionable whether he can survive to tomorrow.

"Okay, then you can't call yourself by your previous name anymore. You should take my surname and be called Deng Yong from now on." Deng Hua felt sorry for him and gave him a way out.

"I'll remember it." Deng Yong nodded heavily with tears in his eyes.

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After Xu Mingting received the punishment of thirty strokes of the cane, he was thrown out of the palace. The Shao family avoided him and there was no way they could take him home.

If he hadn't said that the eldest princess liked him, he would definitely have become a royal consort. They would never have accepted this disgraceful grandson into their family and secretly changed his name to get him shortlisted.

As a result, the emperor now hates them, and they regret it very much.

Xu Mingting woke up on the street and found that the only valuable jade pendant on his body had been stolen. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

He wanted to ask someone to help him report to the police, but he didn't expect that his tongue had been pulled out and now he couldn't utter a word.

The emperor must have been afraid that he would associate with Lu Yao outside, so he ordered his people to pull out his tongue.

He hated the emperor's family.

Although he lost his tongue, he still had hands and he could still write.

Thinking this, Xu Mingting crawled desperately, trying to crawl to the bookstore to borrow pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and tell everything.

The onlookers looked at him with disdain, but he didn't care how miserable he was and just crawled forward desperately.

I finally crawled to a shop selling study supplies, but was kicked out by the waiter.

He looked up and saw that the person who confronted him was his younger brother Xu Mingwei.

“Ah, ah, ah!” (Ming Wei, it’s me, I’m the eldest brother!)

He tried desperately to speak, but no words came out. He could only wave his hands, push away the hair that was blocking his face, and raise his head, hoping that he could see who he was.

Xu Mingwei had recognized him a long time ago, but he did not acknowledge him.

From the moment his eldest brother complained that he ate too much and drove him away, he broke off all ties with his eldest brother.

"Where did you come from, beggar? Get away. Don't delay our business." He drove Xu Mingting out rudely.

Xu Mingting completely collapsed.

He was like a useless man, no longer having the strength to struggle. He lay on the ground, waiting in despair for death to come.

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palace.

Song Yulan finally completed the task assigned to her by the emperor.

Her handwriting has been honed.

She excitedly ordered someone to invite Lu Yanshi over, wanting to take credit and ask if she could be released from house arrest.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yanshi brought her new news.

"Pack your luggage. I will have someone escort you out of the palace tomorrow."

Song Yulan was shocked. Where was the emperor going to send her?