"Sister, when do we start?"
"Tonight, Liu Luoxue is usually not here at night. I will find a way to delay the emperor, and then I will have people send the people in Fengyi Palace away. Then, it will all depend on you."
"Sister, I'm a little scared. I hope nothing will happen!"
"With the eldest princess here, what can go wrong? Just do as I say. This must be done as soon as possible."
"Sister, you seem very anxious, what happened?"
"Don't ask. I'll tell you when the time comes. Go get ready now! I'll also arrange for someone."
Leaving these words behind, she took a deep breath and walked out the door.
After Luo Xue returned from Prince Ming's Mansion, she went straight back to Fengyi Palace. Seeing the joy on her face, Luo Lan knew that she must have guessed right about Leng Ming.
She squinted at her.
"What's wrong? Are you in such a good mood?"
Luo Xue bit her lip and sat down beside her.
"Sister, let me tell you, this matter really has nothing to do with Leng Ming. Now let's see how the Chang family will end up."
"Xue, even if this matter has nothing to do with Leng Ming, it still happened in Prince Ming's Mansion. If he really stands up and refuses to admit it now, then Prince Ming's Mansion will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Then not only the Chang family, but also Leng Ming and the entire Prince Ming Mansion will be implicated."
"But...but won't the Emperor show leniency and forgive Leng Ming's ignorance of this matter?"
"If this happens privately, the Emperor can forgive him. But if this matter is brought to light, even if the Emperor wants to forgive him, the officials will not agree. Even if the officials agree to let Prince Ming's family go unpunished this time, others will be even more unscrupulous in deceiving the Emperor. Who will still respect the laws of the Daning Kingdom and the Emperor's dignity?"
Luo Lan’s words made Luo Xue’s brows furrowed.
She only thought that the emperor would spare Leng Ming for her sake, but completely ignored the impact this incident would cause. Now the entire court knew about this matter. How easy would it be to turn the situation around?
Thinking of this, she looked at Luo Lan with a pale face.
"Then what should I do now? What if Leng Ming is really questioned?"
Luo Lan looked at her seriously.
"Don't worry. There are only two solutions to this problem. One is for Leng Ming to fake it and admit that the imperial decree granting marriage was indeed his, and that he sincerely wants to marry Xingnan."
When she said this, she looked at Luo Xue again.
"But Leng Ming won't do that. So, the only way is for Xingnan to reject this marriage. As long as she refuses and the emperor rejects Leng Ming's request, everything will fall into place."
Hearing her say this, Luo Xue stood up from the bed.
"I'm going to find Princess Xingnan now and ask her what she thinks."
"You can't go. Going will only complicate things. Don't worry. I think the emperor will be back soon. It won't be too late to ask Nanping Kingdom for their opinion before making a decision."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard footsteps coming in. From the footsteps, Luo Lan could tell that it must be Leng Yu.
Sure enough, after a while, Leng Yu's face, which was extremely serious when facing others but gentle as water when facing her, appeared in front of her. When he saw Luo Xue, he looked at her with some sympathy.
"When I came here just now, I heard that you left the palace to look for Leng Ming? What was the result?"
Luo Xue bit her lip and shook her head vigorously. She wanted to say that this matter had nothing to do with Leng Ming, but when she thought of what her sister had just said to her, she immediately shook her head.
"I don't know. I didn't see anyone."
The emperor shook his head and sighed.
"I have already mentioned this matter to the people of Nanping State. Now I am just waiting for their reply. By the way, I don't have anything to do this afternoon, but I am accompanying Lan'er. You should go back early!"
Luo Xue was feeling a little depressed at this time. After hearing what Leng Yu said, she immediately nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll have to trouble your Majesty. I'll go back first."
After Leng Yu nodded to her, she hurried out.
It was not until the door opened that Leng Yu came to sit beside Luo Lan's bed, took her hand, and asked with concern:
"Lan'er, did Luo Xue really not see Leng Ming?"
Luo Lan looked up at Leng Yu and shook his head slightly.
"She saw it. This matter really has nothing to do with Leng Ming. She originally thought that you would consider that Leng Ming didn't know about this matter and let him go. I told her about the interests involved, and she got a little anxious."
"I would like to make some concessions on this matter, but I cannot do that. Once this concession is made, how will I manage this court in the future?"
"I understand your difficulties. Before Chang did this, she probably didn't expect such consequences. She probably thought that as long as the emperor gave Leng Ming an imperial decree to grant marriage, he would have to accept it whether he wanted or not. She didn't expect that a marriage between two countries couldn't be done with just an imperial decree. It also required the consent of the emperors of both countries. She was really too clever!"
"She has always been like this. Otherwise, why would the emperor have been so reluctant to make her empress? He knows she's more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. She thinks she's smart, but she ends up shooting herself in the foot."
"So what do we do now?"
Leng Yu immediately shook his head solemnly.
"Now, firstly, I'm waiting for Princess Xingnan's reply, and secondly, I'm waiting for news from Leng Ming. If this matter has nothing to do with Leng Ming, he will naturally come to the palace to find me, and then I will see how to deal with it. But if he doesn't come, it means that he has tacitly approved of this matter. So, there is no way to make a decision now, anything can happen."
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