The soft beauty is so good at teasing, the villain prince asks for a kiss

“Because of the Son of Man’s duty.”

After sitting for a while, the prince's legs felt better. He stood up with the help of the armrest, knelt slowly, and stood up straight to face the emperor. "Father, the Queen Mother has been with you for many years. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. She has never made any mistakes in managing the six palaces. She pleaded for Duke Rong because of the deep love between siblings. Please forgive her this time for the sake of our past relationship."

He looked at the emperor earnestly, hoping to see some emotion on his father's face. However, after looking for a long time, he still had the same expression, not even his eyes fluctuated, and was frighteningly cold.

"What is your duty as a son?" The emperor sneered. "Silly child, what do you think this place is? This is the imperial palace, the imperial city! Here, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects comes first, and then the relationship between father and son. I asked you to go back but you refused. You are disobeying your emperor and father. Is this your duty as a son?"

Before he finished speaking, his face suddenly darkened, and the heavy pressure made the prince breathless.

He gritted his teeth, feeling timid, but still insisted on not backing down. He kowtowed, "Father, the Queen Mother is your wife!"

"I will accept any punishment you want, but my mother is old and she can't bear it!"

"You have to bear it even if you can't bear it. If you can't bear such a small thing, how can you be the mother of a country? You too, I have appointed you as the crown prince, you should fulfill your duties as the crown prince and set an example for your brothers and ministers."

The emperor glanced at him coldly, "Duke Rong is an unforgivable criminal. As his sister, the Queen has the responsibility to neglect his discipline. And the bribes that Duke Rong accepted, do you dare to say that the Queen didn't know about it? Those people he killed were more or less related to the Queen. Do you want me to list them one by one?"

"I have already given her enough respect. If you are smart, you should stay in your East Palace at this moment and draw a clear line between yourself and the Duke Rong's Mansion, instead of running to me and crying."

"Father..."

"Get out!"

The emperor picked up the memorial from the table and threw it in his face.

The prince turned his face away in pain, covered his head in despair, and whispered, "I'll take my leave."

Du Man watched the prince leave in a daze at the door, then turned around and went into the imperial study to pick up the memorials on the floor and put them away, advising: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Your Highness the Crown Prince is just soft-hearted."

"Humph." The emperor sneered, "In the royal family, being soft-hearted is a taboo. The prince has disappointed me greatly."

He picked up the red pen to write down the memorials, shook his head and said, "It is difficult to handle such a big task."

Du Man was horrified. Does Your Majesty mean to depose the crown prince?

Just as he was thinking, the emperor suddenly laughed again, "This group of people usually rush to curry favor with Duke Rong, but now that something has happened, everyone is pushing him down, and they all want to drown him with their spit."

"Look, there is someone who denounces the crown prince and asks me to appoint a new crown prince."

Du Man pursed his lips and thought quickly, smiling and saying, "Although His Royal Highness was a little reckless this time, he is usually very steady. Besides, the position of crown prince is so important, how can it be easily abolished?"

After reading the memorial, the emperor nodded and said, "You are right. The crown prince cannot be deposed easily."

He tapped the table with his fingertips, "Pass on my order. The Crown Prince's words and deeds were inappropriate and he contradicted his father and the emperor. He is ordered to reflect on his mistakes in the East Palace and is not allowed to go out without the emperor's order."

Du Man: “Yes.”

"Also, go and call Prince Rong and Prince Zhou to me."

Du Man agreed and bowed before leaving.

When he arrived outside the imperial study, he finally dared to take a deep breath. Looking at the gloomy sky, he felt emotional. Things have changed, and this time it was the turn of the eldest prince and the third prince to step forward.

……

No matter how the outside world changes, it has nothing to do with Rong Heqing. After coming out of the palace, Liang Changjin and Su Yuwan said goodbye to her. It was indeed inconvenient to stay in the palace for a long time, so the two prepared to return to their own home.

Ronghe Qing understood and did not keep them, but only asked them to be careful. He also sent a few guards to go back with them to protect their safety.

However, the expected Jingwei did not come to the door, but Chen Zhining did come once.

No one knew how she escaped. She ran to the door of Liang Changjin's house alone and tried to force her way in, but was discovered and stopped in time by the guards. Several people were quarreling and making a mess. Liang Changjin, who was in the house, heard the noise and pushed the door open to check the situation.

When I saw Chen Zhining, I couldn't help but be stunned.

Across the yard where the north wind was howling, the two looked at each other.

Chen Zhining burst into tears instantly, and asked in grief: "Liang Changjin, why did you do this? My father trusts you so much, how could you bear to hurt him? You said you liked me and wanted to marry me, but it turned out to be all fake?"

Liang Changjin just looked at her calmly, and nodded after she finished speaking, saying indifferently: "It's just a show. If I don't say this, how can I have a chance to gain his trust? How can I get the account book?"

These words stabbed Chen Zhining's heart like a knife. She staggered back a step and stared at him in disbelief. "Have you never had even a little bit of sincerity towards me from beginning to end?"

Her thin body was swaying in the wind. Seeing this, the guards didn't dare to pull her. They just stood in front of her vigilantly to prevent her from getting close to Liang Changjin to avoid any accidents.

Liang Changjin looked at her grief-stricken face without any emotion, and even had a hint of disgust that he couldn't hide. "I have never had any feelings for you, nor will I ever have any. I approached you with only one purpose from beginning to end, which was revenge."

The word "revenge" hit Chen Zhining's heart hard and became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

She collapsed to the ground, her whole body colorless, like a flower that could break in the wind at any moment.

She murmured, "Why? I love you so much, and I tried everything to plead for you in front of my father, and in the end, this is how you repay me?"

Liang Changjin wanted to say something when he heard a slight noise in the room. His face changed and he immediately turned around to look.

"Wanwan, why are you up? Did she disturb you? I'll have someone chase her away right away."

"No need, let me talk to her." Su Yuwan walked out holding the door, and Liang Changjin immediately reached out to help her walk down.

The two of them walked up to Chen Zhining.

Chen Zhining looked at the intimate posture of the two and her eyes instantly turned red as she glared at them.

"So you are Su Yuwan - what do you want to tell me? Are you trying to show off to me? Are you making fun of me for being so miserable now? You are so happy to have your revenge, right?"

Su Yuwan shook her head: "Why should I be happy? You, the Chen family, deserved it. My family suffered this misfortune innocently. Even if you die a thousand times or ten thousand times, it will not relieve my hatred. What should I brag about? Chang Jin and I have been married for life. If you hadn't interfered, how could such a tragedy have occurred?"

Chen Zhining was stunned, his lips trembling, and he defended himself, "I didn't mean it, I didn't want to kill your family. I just like him, I never thought of breaking you up."

"Have you never thought about it, or have you just accepted it?" Su Yuwan pointed out the problem incisively, exposing her self-deception.