This person was the fifth prince Leng Xi. When he saw the two of them coming, his face lit up with joy and he trotted over to greet them with a smile.
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Seeing Leng Xi, Leng Yu punched him on the shoulder first, then asked:
"Fifth brother is waiting for us?"
"yes."
Leng Xi smiled, revealing his standard eight teeth, and replied with a smile:
"I'm actually waiting for the Imperial Sister-in-law. I want to take her as my master."
Hearing this, Leng Yu opened his mouth in astonishment. Luo Lan stared at him with his eyes wide open. After blinking a few times, he pointed at him, then at himself, and asked:
"You...want...to take me...as your master?"
"yes."
Leng Xi didn't hesitate at all, and nodded in response with his hands dancing and excitement.
"The Empress's sister-in-law possesses unique skills, especially her chess skills. I, Leng Xi, feel inferior to her. Could the Empress's sister-in-law teach me?"
Luo Lan looked at this innocent and cute boy and shook his head helplessly.
"I'll teach you a few moves when I get a chance. As for becoming your disciple, forget it. I can't afford it."
Hearing this, Leng Xi felt a little disappointed at first. After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed again, grinning from ear to ear. He clenched his fists and thanked him:
"That's fine too. As long as I can learn a few moves from the Empress's sister-in-law, that will be enough. Xi'er thanks the Empress's sister-in-law here. Tomorrow I will go to Prince Yu's mansion to ask for her advice."
"Not tomorrow."
Leng Yu saw that he was a bit arrogant, so she quickly raised her hand to block his grinning face and directly rejected him on Luo Lan's behalf:
"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. We are going to the lantern festival. How can we have time to teach you?"
Hearing this, Leng Xi became even more interested and said excitedly:
"Really? Then I want to go too. We agreed. I'll come to see you tomorrow."
After leaving these words, he ignored the surprised looks of the two and trotted away.
Leng Yu even pointed his finger at him and muttered angrily,
"We're going to see the Lantern Festival tomorrow. What does that have to do with him? Besides, it would be inconvenient to bring him along."
Luo Lan could only shake his head helplessly and smiled:
"That's not easy. Let's just leave early tomorrow."
Hearing her say this, Leng Yu's mouth suddenly revealed a smile. He raised his hand and gently touched the tip of Luo Lan's nose, saying lovingly:
"My wife is really smart. Let's go early tomorrow morning. I'll take you to eat something delicious first. I heard there's a place on the outskirts of the city that makes delicious mixed noodles. Also, there's a teahouse in the west of the city that's cozy and quiet. After we finish eating the mixed noodles, we can go to the teahouse and sit and chat so that Leng Xi can't find us."
Luo Lan nodded heavily with anticipation in her eyes. "Okay, it's been a while since I've had a quiet cup of tea and a chat with my husband. It's a deal then, pinky promise."
As she spoke, she stretched out her little finger. Leng Yu looked at her finger in confusion, "What is this?"
Luo Lan snorted and smiled, pulled his fingers over, let his little finger and his little finger together, and muttered while pulling the fingers,
"Hook and hang yourself, don't change for a hundred years. Whoever changes is a little bastard. Card poke."
This series of actions made Leng Yu stunned in place, but he thought it was quite amusing. Looking at the two little fingers hooked together, he raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Does this mean we've made this decision? We can't go back on our word?"
"Yes!"
Luo Lan blinked her sparkling eyes at him and explained:
"Whoever goes back on his word is a little dog and must bark like a dog."
Leng Yu helplessly covered her mouth with the back of her hand and smiled, then tapped her forehead with her finger, scolding her.
"Your little head, I don't know what you think about all day."
Luo Lan stuck out his tongue, looked at Ah Cai and Ah Hong who were holding the toilet paper behind him, and suppressed the urge to laugh. He blinked at Leng Yu and reminded him:
"Let's go, the emperor might be waiting for us."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the palace hand in hand.
Acai and Ahou followed closely behind, each holding a bundle of toilet paper.
Inside the Imperial Study
The Emperor looked at the hundred pieces of paper, flipped through a few at random, then frowned and asked:
“How many people wrote this?”
Luo Lan replied generously:
"Seven people."
Hearing this, the emperor's face suddenly darkened and he raised his voice to question,
"Why did you lie to me again?"
Seeing that his tone was a little off, Luo Lan hurriedly bowed and replied:
"Your Majesty, that day you only said that you would punish me by copying the Disciple Rules a hundred times, and you didn't say that I couldn't ask for help. Besides, with my own strength, I might not be able to finish copying it in eight or ten days, let alone three days. Luo Lan thought that Your Majesty didn't really want to punish Luo Lan, but was just pretending to punish him for others to see."
Her words left the emperor speechless. Logically speaking, Luo Lan had made the greatest contribution in the murder of Leng Zian's son in the palace, and he should be rewarded. If she had not lied to him the night before, he would have really rewarded her.
However, it was indeed my negligence in my words that allowed Princess Yu to take advantage of the opportunity.
Thinking of this, he nodded slightly and said:
"Since Princess Yu has paid these 100 penalties, let's call this matter over."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand to Luo Lan and said:
"You go down first. Yu'er and I have something to say."
Leng Yu's brows tightened. Seeing this, Luo Lan hurriedly bowed and replied:
"Yes, Luo Lan, I'll take my leave."
After saying this, she blinked at Leng Yu and said softly:
"I'll wait for you outside."
Then, he left quietly.
Since the father and son have something to say and don't want her to hear, why should she disturb their interest? It would be better to go out and relax.
After she walked out of the imperial study, she said to Ah Cai and Ah Hong:
"Let's go for a walk in the back garden."
As they talked, the three of them headed towards the back garden.
After Luo Lan left, the emperor stood up from behind the dragon table, walked slowly to his side, patted his shoulder, and said softly:
"Yu'er, for such a long time, father has wanted to say sorry to you. Father knows that you must be holding a grudge against him in your heart, but there are some things that father has his reasons for doing. Can you understand?"
understand?
Leng Yu felt that these two words were particularly harsh.
However, he still replied calmly:
"I dare not accept your apology, Father, and I have never blamed you. It was my own reckless behavior, and it has nothing to do with others."
Seeing him say this, the emperor sighed and said:
"Since Yun'er harmed you, I should have abolished his position as Crown Prince. However, you know, his uncle Wu Hong holds military power, and his grandfather Wu Yuanzhang controls half of the Daning Kingdom's court. Therefore, I cannot and will not move."
Having said this, the Emperor put his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and continued:
"I also know that the mastermind behind this incident must be the Wu family father and son. Yuner is not smart enough to do such a thing."
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