This grandfather and grandson, protecting each other, is quite amusing.
Yuan Yao nestled in the emperor's arms, concealing the coldness in her eyes, her small, childlike voice slightly hoarse: "Your Majesty, was Yao'er wrong?"
Wrong?
The emperor looked down at her: "What did you do wrong?"
Yuan Yao sobbed, "The Empress Dowager wants to take Yao'er as a princess and wants to take Yao'er to Mount Fotai. Yao'er shouldn't have refused her, shouldn't have offended her..."
If Yao'er had agreed, the Emperor and Empress Dowager wouldn't have argued today...
"Wouldn't Princess Lan Yue stop crying then?"
Isn't she just pretending to be a green tea b*tch?
Who's afraid of whom?
Jiang Lanyue knows how to pretend, the Empress Dowager knows how to pretend, but doesn't she know how to pretend?
After sobbing a few times, Yuan Yao continued, "Father is in a place severely affected by floods, saving people for the Emperor. Yao'er is in the palace and shouldn't cause trouble..."
Yao'er shouldn't have caused a rift between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor because of herself, nor should she have made Princess Lan Yue cry..."
"Silence!" The emperor raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice, "I don't want to hear this!"
Yuan Yao's eyes filled with tears, and she looked aggrieved.
The emperor patted her back gently: "You didn't cause any trouble, it's my fault for not protecting you."
Look, your voice is hoarse. Stop crying, okay?
Your father is a hero who saved the people from the flood. As his daughter, it's okay for you to be a little delicate.
Even if he's not here, I'll still protect you.
Don't worry, I won't let anyone take you away from this palace.
And no one can separate you from your father.
"Really?" Yuan Yao blinked, and two tears slid down her cheeks.
The emperor raised his hand and wiped away her tears: "I am the emperor, and my word is law!"
"Yes, Yao'er trusts the Emperor."
Yuan Yao sobbed as she leaned against the emperor's chest.
She glanced at the Empress Dowager and saw that her face was almost completely black.
Beside the Empress Dowager, Jiang Lanyue's face was deathly pale, her large eyes brimming with tears, which seemed about to fall but did not.
Yuan Yao glanced at it only once before looking away.
Bullying her?
She would get her revenge, even if it meant resorting to underhanded tactics.
The emperor held Yuan Yao in his arms and said to the people outside the ancestral hall, "Disperse."
As soon as he said that, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
The crown prince approached and said, "Father, give Yao'er to me."
Upon hearing this, the emperor glanced at him and asked, "Have you finished today's lessons?"
Crown Prince: "..."
The Crown Prince bowed respectfully and said, "Your subject will return to the Eastern Palace now."
As the crown prince, although the Imperial Academy has been on holiday these past few days, his daily workload has only increased.
Huaiyao and Xie Zhi, however, walked up to the emperor.
The emperor glanced at the two of them, then picked up Yuan Yao and left.
So, Huaiyao and Xie Zhi followed the emperor.
Soon, the group was far away from the ancestral hall.
Outside the ancestral hall, the Empress Dowager, supported by Tan Xin, was looking in this direction from afar.
Yuan Yao raised her fair and delicate little hand and wiped her eyes.
Xie Zhi whistled: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yao'er, today you have completely offended the Empress Dowager."
Offended the Empress Dowager?
The emperor paused, "Haven't I offended her enough already?"
For a moment, Xie Zhi was at a loss for words.
He had heard his father talk about the feud between the emperor and the empress dowager.
However, it's only the tip of the iceberg.
He wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today.
The emperor of a nation, in front of so many people, actually embarrassed the empress dowager.
Xie Zhi clicked his tongue in amazement.
Yuan Yao grabbed the emperor's collar and asked, "Your Majesty, is this really the right thing to do to the Empress Dowager?"
“Not good,” the emperor replied.
"Then why are you still doing this?" Yuan Yao asked in surprise.
The emperor sneered: "You little brat, you were almost sent to Mount Fotai by the Empress Dowager, and you still dare to accuse me of coming?"
“Yao’er didn’t blame the Emperor!” Yuan Yao explained, “Yao’er was worried that if this matter got out, it wouldn’t be good for the Emperor.”
Empress Dowager, after all, is your mother…
The emperor frowned, his voice unusually somber and hoarse: "She is not my mother. My mother died long ago!"
Yuan Yao: "..."
She softened her voice, a little apologetic: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, Yao'er misspoke..."
"It's not your fault," the emperor sighed. "You're just children, what do you know?"
The emperor sent Yuan Yao directly back to Meixiang Courtyard.
Upon seeing the emperor arrive, Yu'er and the others were terrified, thinking something terrible had happened, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
The emperor waved his hand: "You all go about your business, I'll be leaving soon."
"yes."
Yu'er quickly led the people away and got up to get busy.
The emperor put Yuan Yao down and sat in the courtyard of Plum Blossom Courtyard. He smelled the sweet fragrance in the air and his mood improved considerably: "A Yuan's people are truly exceptional in their dessert-making skills."
Yuan Yao ordered tea to be served and asked, "Your Majesty, would you like some dessert?"
The emperor shook his head: "No."
After sitting for about an incense stick's time, the emperor had other matters to attend to and left on his own.
Xie Zhi sat down in the chair the emperor had sat in and stretched his limbs: "Just now, outside the ancestral hall, I was scared to death!"
"I was almost scared to death!" Huaiyao gripped the whip on her wrist and kicked Xie Zhi. "Get up, let me sit down. My legs are still weak!"
Xie Zhi sat comfortably in his chair: "Can't you find a chair to sit on yourself?"
Huaiyao was so angry she wanted to whip him: "This chair belongs to my father!"
"So what?" Xie Zhi looked up and asked in surprise, "Just because the Emperor sat on a chair doesn't mean I can't sit on it. It's not like it's the Dragon Throne."
Huaiyao gritted her teeth in anger: "If this were the dragon throne, you'd be dragged out and beheaded!"
Yuan Yao stood to the side, finding it amusing.
She had three ice creams delivered and then moved two chairs to the table.
Sitting in the chair and taking a couple of bites of ice cream, Yuan Yao finally felt like she had come back to life.
She sighed, "I was also frightened by what the Empress Dowager said."
Promoting her to princess and taking her to Mount Fotai—there's definitely a conspiracy involved!
It may seem like a promotion, but in reality, if she is really taken away, it will be the beginning of a miserable life!
Moreover, the whereabouts of the Ninth Prince are currently unknown...
The Empress Dowager was only in such a hurry to bring her over because the Ninth Prince was not present...
"Hoo..." Huaiyao ate her ice cream, her tone indistinct: "To put it bluntly, she just thinks that since your father isn't here, it's easy for her to bully you."
Bully?
Yuan Yao laughed and said, "How could it be that simple?"
"So, Xiao Yao'er, what do you think the Empress Dowager wants to do by bringing you over?" Xie Zhi moved a chair closer.
"Get away from me!" Huaiyao shoved him in disgust. "Your breath is spraying all over my face!"
Xie Zhichao and Huaiyao mischievously exhaled a breath: "I didn't eat any garlic, why are you so disgusted?"
"Get away!" Huaiyao kicked him angrily.
How childish.
Yuan Yao looked at the two of them with disdain.
She scooped up a spoonful of ice cream, put it in her mouth, and said softly, "Perhaps she suspects something and wants to bring me over to confirm it."
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