I saw Leng Ming in front of me wearing a white robe, with a smile on his face, holding a folding fan and gently waving it. His hair was combed neatly without a trace of mess. Under the sunlight, his face looked unusually clean.
This scene startled the two people who were watching him outside the door.
Leng Yu looked at Luo Lan with a surprised look, muttering in a low voice,
"He...why did he suddenly change?"
Luo Lan raised her eyebrows slightly, blinking her sparkling eyes cunningly, feeling lucky that he could still be saved...
Leng Ming stepped forward, came in front of the two of them, bowed with a smile in his eyes,
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, is this appropriate for Ming'er?"
Luo Lan curled her lips, smiled and nodded.
"That's right, that's what a man should do. I just discussed it with your fourth brother. If you and Sina really want to be together, then we can work together to find a solution."
"Really?"
Leng Ming looked at Luo Lan with disbelief, and then looked at Leng Yu timidly.
Leng Yu frowned slightly, breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
"Well, I don't want to think of a solution. I'm afraid you'll die here."
Luo Lan knew that he was speaking in anger. In the past, he and Leng Xi had a very good relationship, but now, Leng Xi had gone against him. Now he only had Leng Ming as his younger brother, and he definitely didn't want anything to happen to him.
Leng Ming scratched his head and lowered his head in shame.
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't be like this, but I really don't know what to do. I'm desperate. I think if one day I really see Xina marrying someone else, I'll go crazy. Instead of that, I might as well lock myself up at home and never go out."
Luo Lan raised her hand, patted his shoulder, and shook her head with a smile on her face.
"You are truly foolish. Everything in this world, except life and death, is trivial. Some people want to live but simply cannot, yet you torture yourself when you could be alive. I am most angry at you for not trying to find a solution when faced with problems, but instead hiding at home and abandoning yourself. This is the most unwise behavior. Before entering the palace, I was thinking about how I could help you. Now that your fourth brother has been personally appointed as the Regent by the Emperor, he can make the final decision on some matters. What do we have to fear then?"
"Fourth brother is the regent?"
Hearing this news, Leng Ming was a little surprised and also a little delighted.
Leng Yu frowned, with a hint of indifference in his eyes.
"The Emperor is unwell, so I am only here to help him with some state affairs. When he is well again, I will return to being Prince Yu. By then, it is best to stay away from the tedious affairs of the court if possible."
"Fourth brother, even if your position as crown prince has been abolished by our father, this regent is even more powerful than the crown prince. This is enough to prove that you are the best candidate for the throne in the future. Will this make Fifth brother furious?"
When Leng Xi was mentioned, Leng Yu's brows were tightly twisted into a knot. He had repeatedly sent people to secretly rob and kill him, and led troops into the palace to force him to abdicate. The emperor punished him by not allowing him to enter the palace for five years, which was already the lightest punishment.
It seems that the emperor is still very kind to Leng Xi. He even wondered what the emperor would do if this happened to him. Would he be as cruel as he was back then?
Thinking of this, he shook his head and tried his best not to think about the terrible past.
"My husband, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Leng Yu in a daze, Luo Lan reminded him softly:
"Let's go! Go home..."
Leng Yu lowered his eyebrows and met her crystal-clear eyes. He looked at her lovingly and nodded.
"Okay, let's go home..."
After saying that, he took her hand regardless and walked towards the front yard of Prince Ming's mansion.
Leng Ming stood there, blinked hard a few times, and said to the housekeeper beside him:
"Clean up this room of mine. If it's not clean when I come back, you'll be the one to blame."
"Yes, yes, Your Highness, don't worry..."
Leng Ming didn't even listen to the butler finish his words before he could no longer wait to follow Leng Yu and Luo Lan.
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Xiwangfu
Leng Xi sat on the chair at the head of the table with a sullen face. The floor of the main hall was littered with broken porcelain and other debris.
All the servants in Prince Xi's mansion stood in the yard with their hands hanging down, silent.
It turned out that after Leng Xi came back from the palace, he was dissatisfied with the emperor's punishment for him and was angry about the failure of his long-prepared attempt to force the emperor to abdicate, so he smashed everything that could be smashed in the main hall of Prince Xi's Mansion. Now, no servant dared to go in to clean up, so they could only wait outside.
At this time, Concubine Li was surrounded by a group of maids and came hurriedly. When she saw the people standing outside, she seemed to know something and stepped directly into the main hall without hesitation.
When she stepped over the threshold and looked at the mess on the ground, she stopped in her tracks and angrily shouted at the maids and servants standing outside:
"Are you dead? The room is so messy, why don't you come and clean it up?"
Although the maids and servants felt aggrieved, they dared not say a word. They could only bend their waists, walk into the main hall, and carefully pick up the broken pieces of items.
Concubine Li's face was gloomy, and Leng Xi did not stop the servants from cleaning up. He just looked at the door with empty eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.
Only after everything was cleaned up did Concubine Li wave to the people around her. Seeing this, everyone retreated in shame.
When they were the only two left here, Concubine Li slowly walked to the chair beside him and sat down. She picked up a teacup, looked at it, then calmly put it down, and then looked at Leng Xi.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Leng Xi's eyes were filled with resentment, and his teeth were chattering from gnashing.
Seeing that he was silent, Concubine Li continued:
"In fact, you should be thankful for this outcome. Otherwise, you would have been dragged to the guillotine by now. Why are you still uncomfortable?"
"How did you know Leng Yu was back? Why do you know more about the situation outside the palace than I do?"
Concubine Li's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a wicked smile, and then she said lightly:
"Because I am your mother, and you are my only son. I know you want to do this, so I have to make sure it is foolproof..."
"Are you disappointed?"
Leng Xi laughed self-deprecatingly as he said this, "Are you trying to tell me that you advised me not to be impulsive, but I didn't listen, and in the end, I ended up losing more than I gained?"
"I'm a little disappointed, but now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. Regardless of whether you succeed or not, at least you've tried. If I had insisted on not letting you do it, you would definitely regret it even more, because you were so sure you would succeed..."
"I thought I had done everything perfectly, but I didn't expect Leng Yu and Shui Luolan to see through me long ago. I'm not angry about the failure, but about being fooled. I'm mobilizing all my forces to show my skills, but I didn't expect them to treat me like a monkey. I'm like a fish, and they are like the fishermen, ready to net me, waiting for me to jump in. Don't you think I'm a complete fool, a complete fool..."
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