The beautiful and powerful minister hooked up with the crazy emperor and couldn't escape

Feng Jiuqing couldn't bear to think about how heartbroken he would be if that whip landed on Mo Ling. Mo Ling would definitely be seriously injured.

Even if Mo Ling didn't pursue the other members of the Shen family, this Duke Shen couldn't escape the charge of murdering the emperor. So, it's not a good idea to be too impulsive, or you might get into big trouble.

Fortunately, nothing happened. Feng Jiuqing looked at Mo Ling with a little worry and said softly, "Ayan, are you okay?"

Mo Ling looked back at Feng Jiuqing meaningfully: "Nothing, but Qingqing's Qinggong seems to be pretty good?"

Feng Jiuqing touched his nose and said with a wry smile, "The ancestral teaching of our sect is that if you can win, then fight, and if you can't, then run away, so my Qinggong is barely okay. And I was worried about A-Yan, so I performed exceptionally well just now."

Mo Ling seemed to be thinking about something, and Feng Jiuqing didn't know whether he believed it or not.

But soon Mo Ling smiled and touched Feng Jiuqing's head: "Thank you very much for today, Qingqing, otherwise I don't know what would have happened."

Feng Jiuqing smiled slightly and said softly: "Then Qingqing, can you please ask for a favor?"

"What favor do you want, Qingqing?" Mo Ling asked dotingly without changing his expression.

"If the carriage doesn't cause any trouble later, can A Yan punish Duke Shen lightly? He must have just mistaken us for liars who deceived the old lady, and he didn't do it intentionally."

Mo Ling agreed without even thinking about it.

"Okay, but my dear, why would you plead for Lord Shen? Are you old acquaintances?"

Feng Jiuqing shook his head: "I don't know her. This is the first time I've met her. But Old Lady Shen treats Qingqing very well. If Duke Shen is punished too severely, she will be sad. Qingqing doesn't want her to be sad. Dayue has already made her lose one son. She can't lose the second son. Just think of it as Qingqing pleading for her."

Mo Ling was not angry at all. Instead, he held Feng Jiuqing in his arms and said softly, "You are quite like a virtuous queen. I am very pleased."

Thank you for the invitation, I don’t plan to be the queen.

Feng Jiuqing didn't say anything, but his heart was full of rejection. What's so good about being a virtuous queen? She still has to take care of his concubines. He is not that magnanimous.

After a long time, Shen Yi finally came back panting with the carriage. He knelt aside consciously, not daring to breathe, waiting for Mo Ling's decision.

Mo Ling took Feng Jiuqing by the hand and walked into the Duke's Mansion: "Get up."

Shen Yi looked at Mo Ling in disbelief, but he only saw Mo Ling's back. He didn't know why His Majesty would let him go so easily. But His Majesty had already ordered him to stand up, so he dared not disobey.

The whole journey was extremely quiet until they entered the hall of the Duke's Mansion. Mo Ling pulled Feng Jiuqing to sit down before saying, "In view of Qingqing's plea for you and Old Lady Shen, the death penalty can be spared. You will receive your punishment tomorrow. If you do it again next time, you will be punished for both crimes."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Yi bowed in thanks.

Mo Ling pulled Feng Jiuqing without looking at Shen Yi: "Thank me only? It was Qingqing who pleaded for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Qingqing."

Mo Ling's expressionless face darkened: "Qingqing is my noble lord."

Feng Jiuqing sighed inwardly, Mo Ling was really jealous of everything. He wouldn't put anything on the table without vinegar, right?

Shen Yi readily agreed: "Thank you, sir."

Feng Jiuqing nodded: "Duke Shen, please stand up. I hope you will remember this lesson and not be impulsive next time."

"Yes."

Although Shen Yi had been in Lucheng, he had heard rumors about Feng Jiuqing, but he felt that this noble lady did not seem to match the rumors. Although he could not see her face clearly because of the veil, Shen Yi believed that Feng Jiuqing would never be the demon concubine that those people said she was.

That's a really straightforward way of judging.

At this moment, the old lady's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Da Lang, is Da Lang here?"

Although Feng Jiuqing did not object to Old Madam Shen admitting his mistake, but Old Madam Shen kept calling him "Da Lang Da Lang", which made him feel that he could vaguely hear a few more words, "Da Lang~ take the medicine!"

Feng Jiuqing shook off the goose bumps on his body and forcibly interrupted the sound of drinking medicine that was looping in his head.

Shen Yi watched his mother come in and hurried to greet her, but Old Madam Shen didn't even look at him and went straight to Feng Jiuqing and hugged her.

"Da Lang didn't lie to me, he really came today."

Shen Yi's eyes were about to fall to the ground, and he hurriedly stopped Old Lady Shen: "Mom, there is no big brother here, you must have seen it wrong!"

Old Madam Shen glared at Shen Yi, and Shen Yi, who was about to say something, could only swallow his words back.

"Nonsense, Dalang is right in front of me, don't try to deceive me!"

Old Lady Shen pulled down Feng Jiuqing's veil, then glared at her silly son: "Look for yourself, is this your elder brother?"

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and the originally blurry face in his mind gradually became clear. Look alike, really too much like him! Could this noble man be his eldest brother's illegitimate son who was living outside? How could he look so much like his eldest brother?

His elder brother resembled his mother, and he resembled his father, but because Shen Dalang died young, he only had a portrait of his elder brother. Occasionally, when he missed his elder brother, he would go and look at it. But this man actually looked more like his elder brother than the portrait, so it was no wonder that his mother made a mistake.

If he had not known in advance that this was His Majesty's son, he would have thought that it was his elder brother who had come back to life and was standing in front of him.

Seeing that Shen Yi did not refute, Old Lady Shen pulled Feng Jiuqing and was about to walk out: "Come, Dalang, mother made you some cabbage buns, mother will take you to eat."

Feng Jiuqing gave Mo Ling a look that showed he had no other options, and was then pulled out by Old Madam Shen. Old Madam Shen took him to an elegant pavilion. In the middle of the pavilion was a table filled with appetizing-looking buns and some pastries.

Feng Jiuqing was pushed on the chair by Old Lady Shen, and the next moment he had two more buns in his hands. Feng Jiuqing raised his eyes and saw Old Lady Shen looking at him expectantly: "Try it and see if my mother's cooking skills have deteriorated."

“Okay.” Feng Jiuqing nodded and bit into the bun with courage. It turned out to be surprisingly delicious.

But as he was eating, he saw Old Lady Shen's tears dripping onto the ground, and there was a hint of guilt and nostalgia in her eyes as she looked at him.

Feng Jiuqing lowered his eyes to avoid the gaze of Old Lady Shen: "It's delicious!"

Suddenly, Feng Jiuqing had another bun in his hand. Feng Jiuqing looked up and saw Old Lady Shen with a smile on her face: "If it tastes good, eat more."

"Hmm." Feng Jiuqing only felt his eyes getting hot, and he ate every bite with great relish.

Mo Ling and Shen Yi were each given a bun by Old Lady Shen. Mo Ling ate slowly, but Shen Yi stared at the bun in a daze.

Since the death of the eldest brother, the Duke's Mansion would only make cabbage buns on the anniversary of the eldest brother's death every year as a tribute to the eldest brother, and they were not allowed to eat them. On weekdays, the Duke's Mansion could not have such buns at all, because once seeing Old Lady Shen, she would cry.

He was still young at that time. One time, he secretly ate the buns his mother made for his eldest brother. His mother, who had always been kind to him, used family punishment on him mercilessly for the first time.

Later, when he grew up, he knew that cabbage buns were his eldest brother's favorite, so he didn't blame his mother. But he didn't expect that today, he could actually eat cabbage buns handed to him by his mother. For a moment, he was overwhelmed with emotions, and took a bite with tears in his eyes. It tasted the same as before.