Chapter 374 Being an official is not easy, and resigning is even harder
"Someone come and catch it." Yuan Xinyuo shouted twice in a row.
No guards appeared in the imperial garden.
The guards just now were all from Concubine Yuan's bedroom and they recognized Yuan Xinyuo. Once she left the palace, no secret guards knew her, and even if there were some, they would not take action.
The palace guards only obey the royal family, and the young lady from an official family has no ability to order them around.
Seeing that the guards were nowhere to be seen, Yuan Xinyuo's pale face became terribly gloomy, and he chased after Bai Ling on his own.
If she catches it, she will cut it into pieces.
The palace maid was so frightened that she dared not breathe, nor did she dare to be negligent, and she trotted after her.
Bai Ling walked around the imperial garden for a few times and then ran towards the front hall, just in time for the court session.
Emperor Beili came out from behind the Qianqing Palace and not long after he walked away, he met Dean Chen and two angry little men walking towards him.
"My father has resigned from his post. Even if we go back to the countryside to farm, it's better than living under someone else's roof."
"Fatty, don't try to scare me with resignation, my father won't buy it."
"Who's trying to scare us? We just want to go back to the countryside. What do you mean by whether we should eat or not?"
"... Fatty, all you know is eating."
"It's you who decides whether to eat or not, not me who wants to eat."
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Emperor Beili heard the quarrel between the two from afar and couldn't help but frown.
He was beaten with a military stick yesterday, but he is full of energy today. Isn't it obvious that the punishment is fake?
"President Chen." Bei Lidi walked over.
"Your Highness."
When Ye Qianning and Sang Qi saw the emperor, they looked at each other, snorted, and turned to salute the emperor.
"Your Highness."
"Father."
"Everyone, get up." Emperor Beili looked at Ye Qianning and said, "Little girl, why are you in the palace?"
"My father and I came here together this morning. He told me to wait for him in the Imperial Garden after he finished his court session. I waited for quite some time but he didn't show up." Ye Qianning said this while secretly glancing at him with her small eyes. She asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, where is my father?"
"Your father is with the Minister of War to check on the troops. I don't think he will be back for a while."
"Recruiting soldiers? Didn't Dad resign from his post? Why recruit soldiers?" Ye Qianning was suspicious.
"Little girl, you think it's so easy to resign? Bandits suddenly appeared in the south, so I ordered your father to go to the south, capture them, and escort them back to the capital."
Ye Qianning frowned, looking very unhappy.
"Little girl, do you really want your father to resign?" Emperor Beili took in her expression.
"Yes." Ye Qianning nodded heavily: "I thought it was not easy to be a high-ranking official, but now I know it is even harder to resign. Alas, I can't even think about living a peaceful life, my father has gone to war again."
She heard bits and pieces of what happened at the morning court from Ximi. There was no banditry early in the morning or late in the evening, but the urgent news came just when her father was about to resign from his post.
I heard that the bandits were extremely brutal and that all the officials who went to the south to control the floods were intercepted and killed with extremely cruel methods.
"The purpose of fighting is to protect the people's livelihood." Emperor Beili said in a deep voice.
"The common people are living and working in peace and contentment, but I am miserable. Doesn't the emperor see my face? Dad protects others, but others may not protect us. I still remember what the Sixth Princess said." Ye Qianning was a little indignant.
Emperor Bei Li didn't see it, it's just that he didn't want to see it at all. He felt a little annoyed when he saw the doll.
Sang Qi couldn't help but steal a few glances at him. He was shocked when he saw him just now, but it didn't seem so serious yesterday.
"Girl, the Sixth Princess' words and deeds were inappropriate, and the Emperor has already punished her severely. Let's not mention this matter again." Dean Chen said gently.
(End of this chapter)
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