No one noticed Wu Yunran's action, and Wu Yunran quickly withdrew his gaze, his eyes quickly lowered, making it impossible to tell the emotion in them.
At the upper position, after the palace maid had ground the ink, Ye Kunlin picked up the brush in public.
When everyone thought Ye Kunlin was about to draft an edict, he stopped and put down the brush.
Ye Changyou: "..." Looking at the falling brush, he suddenly had a bad feeling, as if something had changed today.
As expected, Ye Kunlin spoke, "Xie Meng from the Xie family?"
A beautiful woman in apricot-colored clothes with a dignified face stood up slowly and saluted Ye Kunlin.
One can see some shadow of Empress Xie in her, but she is more charming than Empress Xie, yet also dignified and decent. She is indeed a daughter raised by a good family.
Ye Kunlin glanced at her, then his gaze fell on Wu Yunran, "Wu Yunran."
Wu Yunran also stood up and saluted Ye Kunlin.
Then, Ye Kunlin looked towards Lu Miao, "Miss Lu."
Lu Miao's face froze, his face turned visibly pale, and a flash of panic flashed in his eyes.
She already has someone she likes and doesn't want to marry someone from the royal family.
However, when the emperor called her, she had to stand up.
However, just as Lu Miao was about to get up, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the woman next to her.
That was her cousin Lu Linger, the daughter of her second uncle, who was the same age as her but a few months younger.
In a panic, Lu Miao suddenly had an idea and came up with a plan.
The emperor was calling the Lu family girl, not her Lu Miao, so it was okay for her to ask Lu Linger to stand up, right? After all, Lu Linger was also a girl from the Lu family.
Besides, she has always disliked Lu Linger, and now is a good time to teach her a lesson.
Although there are risks in doing so, compared with her determination to marry Qin's brother, Lu Miao decided to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Lu Miao stomped hard on Lu Linger's foot, showing no mercy at all.
"Ah——" Lu Linger screamed in pain and stood up.
However, when she saw that everyone's eyes were on her, Lu Linger's face turned pale all of a sudden, and her big watery and tearful eyes were like a frightened deer, which was extremely adorable.
In particular, Lu Linger has a very cute appearance, with fair skin and big eyes. She is not a stunning beauty, but she is the kind that makes people feel comfortable looking at her.
For a time, Lu Linger made many men want to protect her.
Not to mention men, even Su Liyue couldn't help but want to rush forward and protect her behind her, after all, she was so attracted by Lu Linger's beauty.
But in this situation, not everyone dares to protect others.
Just when Lu Linger was at a loss, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a third-rank military officer stood up, walked to the middle, knelt down, and confessed his guilt to Ye Kunlin with a terrified face, "I have behaved badly. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me. I am willing to take the blame for my daughter."
Obviously, this is a man who loves his daughter.
After all, this is the background of the times. Women's lives are worthless. How many fathers are willing to take the blame for their daughters?
This person is Lu Qi from the second branch of the Lu family. He is now a lieutenant general and a third-rank official.
Logically speaking, both branches of the Lu family served as officials in the court, and one was a civil official and the other a military officer, so the family should be wealthy and powerful. However, the eldest branch has always suppressed the second branch.
This is because the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Qing, not only holds a higher official position than the second son of the Lu family, but also marries a more respectable wife than the second son of the Lu family.
Everyone knows that the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Qing, married the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, but the second son of the Lu family married the daughter of a bandit.
When Lu Lao Er was suppressing the bandits, he didn't spend a single soldier because he simply pacified the entire mountain and married the daughter of the mountain king.
Although this matter was approved by the late emperor and had a bright future, and the late emperor also bestowed an imperial edict on Mrs. Lu's second wife, Chen Lihua, but because of Mrs. Lu's birth problem, the first wife had been making things difficult for the second wife over the years, and the two wives were in a state of disharmony.
The second branch had been forbearing, but who would have thought that today Lu Miao would actually push Lu Linger out to take the blame, which made Lu Qi's anger over the years almost burst out.
If the occasion wasn't wrong, he would have definitely had a clear discussion with the first wife.
But it’s not possible now, he still has to protect his daughter.
When Lu Qi knelt there and begged for mercy, Mrs. Lu's second wife Chen Lihua could no longer sit still and stood up, kneeling beside her husband in panic.
Chen Lihua is a beautiful woman, but not a gentle one. Instead, she is a woman with a heroic spirit.
Although the life at home in recent years has killed her sharpness and made her more gentle, the sharpness between her eyebrows and eyes is incomparable to that of the ladies in the capital.
In particular, Chen also has fair skin. Although she is now in her thirties, she still looks very young and beautiful.
Lu Linger knew that she had gotten into trouble, and she held back her tears as she knelt beside her parents and kowtowed to Ye Kunlin, "This is all my fault, and I am willing to accept the punishment."
Su Liyue looked at this family and found it rare that she felt happy about them.
She hadn't seen such a harmonious family in such a long time since she came here.
Although she didn't know what was going on, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the emperor was going to call Lu Miao, and there was something fishy going on when Lu Linger stood up at this time.
Besides, the scream just now was clearly in pain, and she also noticed that although Lu Linger came over in a hurry, she was obviously limping.
Obviously, Lu Miao worked very hard to achieve his goal.
Su Liyue withdrew her gaze and looked up at Ye Kunlin who was sitting in a high position.
She really wanted to know how the emperor would deal with this matter.
Moreover, the emperor just called Lu Miao, so he must be arranging a marriage for Lu Miao.
Now that Lu Miao has put this in front of him, I wonder what will become of Lu Miao.
Su Liyue suddenly felt a little excited.
Ye Kunlin was not stupid, and he was sitting high up and could see clearly, so he did not miss Lu Miao's little move.
To dare to play such a trick in front of him, one has to say that the girl is very brave.
Obviously, there was a hint of displeasure in Ye Kunlin's eyes.
The people from the Lu family's main branch were sitting in their seats at this time and felt their scalps tingling.
Just when everyone thought the emperor would take action, Ye Kunlin suddenly set his eyes on Lu Linger.
"May I have your name?"
Lu Linger had her head lowered at this time, and for a moment she didn't react to the fact that someone was calling her.
But after a while, Lu Linger realized something was wrong and looked up. Seeing the emperor looking at her, she lowered her head in fear again.
"Your Majesty, your daughter Lu Ling'er."
Looking at Lu Linger, Ye Kunlin's eyes were deep. "Are there any of my princes that you like?"
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