The prince dotes on his wife: a reborn peasant woman is not easy to mess with

This reason was at least plausible, but Prince Jing thought that he would not give up so easily. He said decisively: "If you can't find an opportunity, create an opportunity!"

Prince Jing stared into the counselor's eyes and said word by word: "All opportunities can be created. Xia Yechen is grounded and cannot leave the house. Where are the people around him? Where are the maids and guards?"

"The more opportunities there are, the more we have to look for them. Otherwise, will this matter just go by? It's ridiculous! I never suffer such a loss!"

Prince Jing was so aggressive that the counselors naturally did not dare to refute.

Fortunately, he thought about it for a moment and had some idea in his mind, and immediately said: "I understand, let's do it now!"

After saying that, he was about to leave when Prince Jing called out to him again and said coldly: "While Xia Yechen is grounded this time, you have a long time to prepare. This time you must let him know how powerful I am. Understand ?"

When the counselor heard this, he immediately nodded, "This is natural. Please rest assured, Your Highness, this matter will be absolutely foolproof. Your Highness will wait for the good news."

After that, he really left. Prince Jing stared at his back, his expression still not very good, as if he was worried about something, but in the end he just lay back.

At this time, Prince Rong's Mansion had also received the news.

Xia Yechen came out to receive the imperial edict. When he heard that his superiors had ordered him to be grounded for three months, his expression did not change. After receiving the imperial edict, he politely sent the eunuch away, while he returned to his study as if nothing had happened.

Song Ling, who was standing next to him, felt worried when he saw his expression. He couldn't help but ask, "Master, what should I do now?"

"What should we do? Just do what you have to do." Xia Yechen's tone was indifferent, which made Song Ling not understand why.

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"Why don't you find an opportunity to explain it to Your Majesty! If the news is conveyed to Concubine Shu in advance, Concubine Shu will definitely run for you. With Concubine Shu here, Your Majesty will never believe Prince Jing's words no matter what!"

Hearing this, Xia Yechen asked Song Ling, "How do you know that His Majesty grounded me just because he believed one side of the story?"

Xia Yechen already knew that he had not killed anyone, but he also knew that Prince Jing would not be so calm as to report the real news.

Therefore, he would definitely exaggerate. Xia Yechen had already imagined all kinds of departures, but to be honest, being grounded was really a trivial punishment. It was not so much a punishment as a protection.

According to Song Ling, it was actually impossible for Xia Yechen to receive such a light punishment. In the final analysis, His Majesty still felt that he was at fault.

To put it another way, in the eyes of the emperor, they were still brothers.

Blood ties and family ties are more important than anything else. The emperor could not allow Xia Yechen to attack Prince Jing just because Prince Jing wanted to attack Zhou Xiaoyuan. He did not like this daughter-in-law who came halfway.

Now if it was known that the reason for the attack was Zhou Xiaoyuan, the impression would only be worse, so Xia Yechen was not prepared to defend himself at all.

If it didn't make sense, why would he go to Concubine Shu to explain it? In order to consume the little guilt left in the emperor's heart?

This is what Xia Yechen said and what he did. Seeing that Song Ling's expression was still hesitant after he finished speaking, he even patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why do you care?"

"I rarely stay at home, so now I have some free time to spend time with Yuanyuan Nini. It's a good thing. I feel comfortable."

After he finished speaking, Song Ling sighed quietly.

"Actually...Master, you are still a little bit resentful of Concubine Shu, right? Even though the young lady is back safely now, Miss Wu...Miss Zhou must also be very concerned about it."

After saying this, Xia Yechen fell silent. He rubbed his head and said, "There is no need to say this again."

"It's also my fault. They should have been brought back after letting them play for a few days. If it hadn't been delayed for so long, the result wouldn't be like this. In the end, it's still me."

At that time, Xia Yechen and Zhou Xiaoyuan had a good relationship, so he wanted to let the two of them get along for a while, but he didn't expect that if he continued to hesitate, Wu would actually die. Xia Yechen blamed himself, and Songling saw this and stopped talking. , gently resigned and left.

However, after leaving the study, Song Ling thought for a while and took the opportunity to spread the news about his master's suspension to Zhou Xiaoyuan, while also adding some hints.

After all, after following his master for a long time, Song Ling knew in his heart that Xia Yechen would never say anything he didn't want to say.

If Zhou Xiaoyuan had to wait until she found out in person, she didn't know when she would go. It would be better for her as a subordinate to help, and a gentle push would make the two of them feel better.

Zhou Xiaoyuan didn't know about these little tricks done by Song Ling, but she actually knew that the emperor would punish Xia Yechen.

She had been paying attention to this aspect since she returned to the palace. Zhou Xiaoyuan was relieved when she heard that Xia Yechen was only grounded.

Only Yingmei, who was not following, was extremely puzzled.

She kept talking about what was going on with the emperor and why he suddenly wanted to ban the prince's feet. Could it be that it was so and so who had accidentally offended the prince? She guessed that there was no one

Yes, Zhou Xiaoyuan was listening in a funny way.

As a result, when she smiled, Yingmei became even more anxious and said, "Girl, why are you still smiling? Now is a good opportunity to show your good will!"

Zhou Xiaoyuan raised her eyebrows, but before she could say anything, Yingmei slapped her head and muttered, "Oh, you can't say that - in other words, the prince has stood up for you. Now that you have been punished, you won't Do you feel sorry for him? He teases the dog and he knows how to hit him with a stick and give him a sweet date!"

Zhou Xiaoyuan's smile deepened when she said this, and she deliberately misinterpreted her meaning and said, "What you mean is that the prince is..."

"Don't dare to say such nonsense!" Yingmei was startled, shaking her head anxiously, thinking hard about how to defend herself, but when she looked up and saw Zhou Xiaoyuan's smiling face, she reacted instantly.

He couldn't help but become angry: "You did it on purpose, why are you so worried!"

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyuan coughed, patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, I know what's going on, don't worry."

Yingmei didn't believe it at all when she said this, and when she opened her mouth to ask what was going on, Nini's movements were heard outside. The little girl was running around calling her mother.

Of course, Zhou Xiaoyuan would not let her wait too long. She went out and hugged Nini to comfort her for a while and suddenly said, "Daddy must be in a bad mood recently."

Nini immediately opened her eyes and asked in confusion: "Why? Then how can daddy be in a good mood?"

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyuan rubbed her head and said with a smile: "Let's divide the work. Later I will cook some food myself, and Nini will be responsible for coquettishly coquettishly coaxing daddy. How about it?"

This thing sounds simple,

Nini immediately nodded happily. It seemed that she couldn't delay for a moment, so she took Zhou Xiaoyuan and went to find Xia Yechen.