Hearing these two words, Xingnan felt dizzy. She asked anxiously,
"Where did he go?"
"He took the initiative to ask for permission to go on errands outside the palace."
Xingnan was so angry that he kept beating the quilt with his fists, cursing:
"He just avoided me on purpose. He was really too much, too much."
Seeing Xingnan getting angry on his own, Ah Hong immediately leaned forward and said:
"I have to hurry back to report. Bye."
Leaving these words behind, she turned around, walked to the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked quickly towards the door.
Fengyi Palace
Ah Cai had just brought the dinner, Leng Yu took the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it to Luo Lan's mouth.
"My lady, eat more meat so you can grow more flesh."
"Husband, I can eat it myself. My leg is just injured, but my hand is not injured."
"It's rare that I'm free today, so please give me this chance. Be good and open your mouth."
Luo Lan had no choice but to open his mouth and start eating in small bites.
Seeing her eating with gusto, Leng Yu smiled contentedly.
"Lan'er, you don't have to pretend to be sick anymore. I thought I'd pick up Lele and Yicheng and bring them to the palace to see you tomorrow. They'll be as anxious as monkeys at home."
"Okay, Lele has been quite lonely these days, so it's a good opportunity for them to get together. Tell the imperial kitchen to make some delicious food for them and let them stay in the palace for two days!"
"Okay. By the way, there's a flood in Mianzhou, and Leng Xi has asked me for permission to go there to provide disaster relief. He might not be back for several years. I was wondering if you could talk to An An and ask her to forgive him?"
Luo Lan swallowed the food in his mouth and shook his head in embarrassment.
"I mentioned this to An An a few days ago, and she was very resistant. Now she has her own ideas and understandings. We should stop forcing our ideas on her. If Leng Xi is truly willing to be a person who is devoted to the court, I believe An An will gradually accept him."
"Well, let's not force her. Let's put this matter aside for now!"
At this moment, Ah Hong walked in quickly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
"What do the people at Qixia Palace say?"
"I didn't see Princess Yongping. I heard she was out on business. Princess Xingnan immediately rejected her proposal. She didn't agree to marry into Prince Ming's mansion."
Leng Yu seemed to have expected this and nodded.
"I understand. You guys go eat first! I'm here to protect the Queen."
Ah Hong and Ah Cai bowed together hurriedly.
"I'll take my leave."
Seeing that both of them retreated, Luo Lan waved his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Husband, I'm full, you can eat by yourself."
Leng Yu put the bowl on the table, sat down next to her again, held her in his arms, and shook his head gently.
"I'm not hungry, let's talk!"
Luo Lan frowned slightly in confusion.
"Is there something on my mind, sir?"
"I think so! So many things have happened recently, both inside and outside the court. I feel very tired. Sometimes I think, how wonderful it would be if we could take the children to live in a place with mountains and rivers!"
"Your Majesty, are you going to give in again? The Daning Kingdom won't tolerate such thoughts."
"I know I have a lot of responsibilities on my shoulders. I just wanted to chat with you for a few minutes. By the way, let me massage your legs. Didn't you say that this would help with blood circulation and help your wound heal?"
"Husband, your hands are meant for handling state affairs. How can you use them for something as trivial as massaging my legs? Ah Hong already did that for me during the day."
Leng Yu changed his sitting position unwillingly, pulled her legs over and placed them on his legs, massaging them gently while looking at her lovingly.
This scene made Luo Lan dazed for a moment. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, how great it would be if they could really live the life of ordinary people one day!
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The next morning,
Mingwang Mansion
The Emperor's edict rejecting the marriage arrived at Prince Ming's residence that morning. Chang took the edict from Eunuch Qin's hand with a pale face and a bitter smile with red eyes.
"If I had known this would happen, why would I have gone to all this trouble? This is really... really shooting myself in the foot!"
Qin Shun looked at her and curled his lips.
"I heard that Prince Ming is missing. Old Madam, you must hurry up and send someone to look for him. Don't let anything happen and it will be too late to regret."
Leaving these disdainful words, Qin Shun turned around and left with a group of young eunuchs.
Xiao Tao stepped forward, helped Chang up, and comforted her softly:
"Madam, let's go back to the house!"
"Xiao Tao, did you understand what the imperial edict meant? Princess Xingnan doesn't take our Prince Ming's Mansion seriously at all, and yet I'm still eagerly waiting for the emperor's edict granting me marriage. Don't you think I'm incredibly confused?"
"Old Madam, you...you are not confused. You are doing this for the good of the prince."
"I'm doing this for his own good? But he doesn't appreciate it at all. Now I don't know where to go to hide away, leaving me, an old woman, to guard this dilapidated house. By the way, Xiao Tao, do you think I've been harmed by that woman, Concubine Li, again? The advice she gave me was completely bad, wasn't it?"
Xiao Tao pursed her lips and shook her head, "I don't know."
"No, I'm going to go and settle the score with her. This woman has been harming me my whole life. Even now that she's old, she's still trying to harm me. She's really vicious."
"Madam, please don't go. You'll definitely get angry if you go."
"No, I have to go. Xiaotao, help me change my clothes. Take out my best long dress and dress it up for me. Oh, and where are my pair of jade hairpins? Put them on me..."
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