Someone worth remembering?
Leng Yu sneered in her heart. Could it be that she still expected him to linger on this imaginary mother of hers? This was truly a huge joke.
He raised his eyes and looked at her coldly. Looking at the mother he had called for more than twenty years, he felt a little empty in his heart.
He suddenly wanted to know something about his biological mother, but he also knew very well that the person in front of him would not tell him the truth. He had to investigate everything slowly on his own.
Without even raising his head, he said in a cold and unhurried voice:
"Leng Yu, from now on, will become a commoner. This palace is an unattainable place for me, so who dares to stay here? To me, this place is nothing but the past."
After saying this, he straightened his expression, clasped his fists and saluted:
"If there is nothing else, Leng Yu will take his leave."
"you……"
Concubine Chang looked at him with gritted teeth, but she was not his biological mother. She had never raised him and even had little time to meet him. She was only his mother in name, so she had no reason to blame her or scold him.
The most important thing was that Leng Yu didn't care about her feelings at all. When she was so angry that she gritted her teeth, he had already left with his clothes flying.
As soon as Leng Yu walked out of the gate of Dening Palace, Leng Xi ran towards him with excitement, shouting,
"Fourth brother, fourth brother."
Leng Yu looked back, and when he saw Leng Xi, a rare smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth. Leng Xi came in front of him, looked him up and down, then threw himself into his arms, patted his back with both hands, grinned excitedly and said:
"Fourth brother, I finally see you."
Leng Yu pushed him away from her arms, a smile on her face, raised her hand and punched him in the chest, saying with a smile:
"Xi'er, I haven't seen you for three years. You've grown a lot."
Leng Xi scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly, "Xi'er is already eighteen years old. Father has given me a mansion. I'm not a child anymore."
Listening to his words, Leng Yu felt a little emotional. Three years, how many three years can a person have in his life? He had been bedridden for three years, losing three years of his youth and three years of his best time.
Thinking of this, he sighed, patted Leng Xi's shoulder, and said softly:
"Xi'er, Fourth Brother is leaving. Take care of yourself from now on."
"Where are you going?"
Hearing him say this, Leng Xi couldn't help but ask anxiously:
"Fourth brother, the emperor has restored your throne. Where else are you going? I still have a lot to say to you."
Leng Yu pursed her lips and chuckled helplessly, then raised her hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said to him softly:
"Fourth brother is going to a very far place. We will meet again if we are lucky enough."
Leaving these words behind, he strode forward and left.
Looking at his back, Leng Xi stood there in a daze, looking at a loss.
Leng Yu left the palace and went straight to Prince Yu's mansion.
Walking on the road, the free wind blew on his face, and he actually felt a moment of relief in his heart.
But he felt that this freedom and ease came too easily, and he didn't know how long this feeling would last. Walking on this land under the rule of the imperial power of Daning Kingdom, he still felt vaguely uneasy in his heart.
Sure enough, as soon as he stepped into Prince Yu's Mansion, Ah Gang ran over and said hurriedly:
"Your Highness, someone has come from the palace, and they have brought an imperial edict."
Hearing this, Leng Yu's brows tightened instantly, and his nerves, which had just relaxed, tensed up instantly.
He could guess that the content of this imperial edict must be something he didn't want to hear.
He walked slowly into the courtyard, and just as he was thinking about what to do, Eunuch Liu came out from the main hall, holding the imperial edict in his hand and appeared in front of him. He smiled at him and said loudly:
"The Emperor has issued an order. Prince Yu, please accept it."
Leng Yu's handsome pupils suddenly tightened, and the premonition of being restrained in his heart rushed into his head again.
He swung his clothes, knelt on the ground with a serious expression, and waited quietly for Liu Xi to speak.
Seeing this, Liu Xi unfolded the imperial edict, raised it above Leng Yu's head, and read aloud word by word:
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, decrees:
The New Year is approaching, and the royal family should return to the capital for reunion. Now that I have ascertained that Shui Luolan has performed meritorious service in saving and caring for Yu'er, I hereby restore her status as Princess Yu and allow her to return to the palace immediately. Prince Yu does not need to go to pick her up personally; he can simply wait in the capital. I will send a royal carriage with people from Prince Yu's Mansion to bring her back as a token of my respect for her. I will also bestow upon Prince Yu's Mansion one thousand taels of gold, ten pieces of jade, and some cloth. This is my decree!"
This imperial edict made Leng Yu feel confused. Just when he was in the palace, the emperor had clearly agreed to demote him to a commoner. What was the matter with this sudden imperial edict?
It seems that the emperor wants to force him to stay in the capital!
But before he could think about it, Liu Xi had already presented the imperial edict with both hands, bowed with a smile and said:
"Prince Yu, please accept the order!"
Hearing this, Leng Yu raised his hand and took the imperial edict.
The emperor's edict was undoubtedly a mandatory one, leaving him no room for refusal.
Although this imperial edict restored Lan Eryu's status as Princess, he still felt extremely heavy in his heart.
He knew that Lan'er didn't want to return to the palace. She liked a free and easy life.
Although he had an arrogant personality, he was no longer rebellious. He knew that he could not disobey the order. Moreover, there was more than one person in Prince Yu's Mansion. He could not defy the emperor's majesty. He had to consider the dozens of people in Prince Yu's Mansion.
I just wonder if Lan Er will blame him for making the decision on his own after knowing this? Will she understand why he did this?
Thinking of this, he raised his hands to take the imperial edict, looked at Liu Xi with a solemn look, and said sternly:
"Eunuch Liu, please tell the emperor that I will personally go and ask Princess Yu to come back."
Liu Xi's eyes turned, and he half bent down and said comfortingly:
"Prince Yu, the New Year is less than twenty days away. During this time, various foreign kings will be coming to the capital. The Emperor has said that as the oldest prince besides the Crown Prince, you must share the Emperor's worries. So, you shouldn't go in person. Or, why don't you send two capable subordinates with you?"
Listening to Liu Xi's words, Leng Yu's eyes sunken, and there was a hint of helplessness between his brows. He knew that the emperor said nicely that he was asked to stay in the capital to receive the visiting foreign kings, but in fact he was afraid that he would never come back.
But since the imperial edict has been issued, he has to comply. He doesn't want to live a life of escape with Lan'er. He wants to live with her openly.
Children in the royal family really have no freedom. His two elder sisters were married off to foreign countries as political spouses. If he had not met with an accident three years ago, he might have been married off to someone else by the emperor.
Thinking of this, he could only sigh and send Eunuch Liu out of the mansion.
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