After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Xiao Qirui came here today for no other reason, as the Emperor's Birthday was coming soon, and this assignment should be assigned by the Ministry of Rites. A few days ago, the Empress Dowager interceded in front of the Emperor, allowing Xiao Qirui to get this assignment.

There are some things he wants to ask the emperor for instructions.

Besides that, he wanted to see what kind of conflict would arise between the emperor and Xiao Chengji.

Before Xiao Chengji left, Emperor Jianxing was extremely happy thinking about the fact that Princess Qin was pregnant.

He had long wanted to make Xiao Chengji the crown prince, but had never been able to find a suitable reason. If the Princess of Qin gave birth to a prince, it would not be easy for the Queen Mother and the ministers to stop it.

Then Emperor Jianxing thought of Xiao Chengji's words and felt a little sad and guilty. This child acted honestly and sincerely, which made him, as a father, look suspicious and fickle.

Gu Guangliang came from outside to report the news: "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is here."

Emperor Jianxing let him in.

After Xiao Qirui came in, he found that Emperor Jianxing's face was not very good either. He thought it was because of the conflict he had just had with Xiao Chengji.

He first said what he needed to report, and then asked caringly: "Father, are you in a bad mood?"

Emperor Jianxing was stunned. The Seventh Prince hadn't cared about him for a long time, but today he seemed to care about him.

Xiao Qirui looked at Emperor Jianxing's expression and instantly thought he had guessed what was on his mind, so he continued, "When I came out just now, I saw my third brother. When he saw me coming, he got very angry and asked if I had said something bad about Ma Xiao in front of you and had him driven out of the capital."

Emperor Jianxing sneered in his heart, thinking it was interesting, so he remained calm and let him continue.

Xiao Qirui said: "As the younger brother of the third brother, it doesn't matter if I am misunderstood and scolded by my elder brother, but I am afraid that the third brother will be rude to the emperor and hurt his heart."

Emperor Jianxing already hated people who played tricks in front of him, and he was even more disgusted after hearing what Xiao Qirui said: "You think too much, your third brother never said anything bad about you brothers in front of me."

Xiao Qirui's face turned pale.

Emperor Jianxing said coldly: "Seventh Brother, sometimes being too clever can backfire. You should get out of here."

Xiao Qirui felt cold all over and slowly retreated from the hall.

Emperor Jianxing called Gu Guangliang over and asked him to ask the eunuchs at the door what the Prince of Qin and the Seventh Prince said when they met.

Not long after, Gu Guangliang came over and said, "Nothing. The two Your Highnesses greeted each other and then Your Highness the Prince of Qin left."

Emperor Jianxing became even more angry and overturned the tea on the table: "Seventh Master really thinks I am deaf and blind, and whatever he says is the truth!"

Gu Guangliang and other eunuchs and palace maids were so frightened that they quickly knelt down.

Xiao Qirui felt like he was a clown with a white nose jumping around on the stage, and he didn't know how he got out of there.

After leaving the palace, he saw Xiao Chengji's carriage.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted by an ink-colored folding fan sprinkled with gold, and Xingwen stepped forward to listen to what Xiao Chengji said.

Then Xingwen walked up to Xiao Qirui and said, "Seventh Master, our Highness asked me to pass on a few words to you."

Xiao Qirui said: "Speak."

"Our Highness said that if we find anyone sneaking around the Qin Palace to gather information, we will send their heads to Master Qi."

At this time, Xiao Qirui finally realized that he had fallen into Xiao Chengji's trap.

Xiao Chengji is completely different from Xiao Jiashan. Every step he takes is unconventional.

Xiao Qirui's face was cold: "I know."

Another carriage came from the opposite direction. It was the Shao family's carriage. Hearing that the King of Qin was here, a middle-aged man with a thin figure and elegant temperament got off the carriage to pay his respects.

Today, Mr. Shao and his wife, Ms. Cen, returned to the capital. At noon, Mr. Shao went to the palace to meet the emperor.

Mrs. Cen received a letter from the King of Qin before going to Beijing and knew the reason for this trip.

She told her daughter-in-law and niece-in-law to settle the entourage and their belongings, then she sat down to rest for a while, and then asked Shao Junliang to go to the palace to invite Princess Qin to come.

Shao Junliang hesitated and said, "Mother, we should go to the palace to visit the princess. Isn't it inappropriate for you to ask the princess to come over?"

Mrs. Cen glanced at him and said, "If I tell you to go, just go."

After waiting for an hour, the people from Princess Qin's side finally arrived.

I haven't seen Mrs. Cen for two years. She is living a life of luxury and is no different from before.

Yan Yu has grown a lot taller, and now she is a graceful young lady. Her facial features had not yet fully developed before, but now she has become more graceful.

As soon as she saw Yan Yu coming in, Mrs. Cen stood up and wanted to go forward and hold Yan Yu's hand.

Luo gently pressed Mrs. Cen's arm. Mrs. Cen realized that she had lost her composure and quickly led everyone to pay their respects to Yan Yu.

Yan Yu stepped forward and helped Madam Cen to stand up: "Aunt, please get up. We are all family. You are the elder and I am the younger. How can we bear this?"

Mrs. Cen's nose felt a little sour as she listened: "How is your life in the capital, young lady?"

The two sat down and talked for a while, and Yan Yu asked about the old lady and the second and third aunts.

Madam Cen said, "Don't worry, young lady. The old lady is doing well and is in good health. Before she came here, she was still talking about you and the prince, and she was grateful to you and the prince for your care and concern. Last year, the old lady asked a monk for a string of blessed Buddhist beads, and asked me to bring it to her."

As she spoke, Madam Cen asked the maid beside her to take out a box carved from a whole piece of water jade. After opening the box, a string of 108 glittering and sparkling Buddhist beads was revealed.

Yan Yu's eyes turned red, and he took it with both hands and put it on his wrist.

Madam Cen added: "Your two aunts are also good. They said they don't know when they can see the girl again, and asked me to say hello to her."

It was not until the next day that Empress Dowager Zheng heard that Yan Yu and her aunt had gone to the farm to recuperate.

Empress Zheng was indignant: "I haven't come to pay my respects for a month. Her husband doesn't care about the two of us, and she doesn't care about us either!"

Ever since Xiao Jiashan was demoted to guard the imperial mausoleum, Empress Zheng became more and more mean and lost a lot of weight. At first glance, she looked like a demon.

Queen Mother Zheng was a little annoyed with her and closed her eyes and ignored her.

These days, Queen Zheng has been hanging around the Empress Dowager in order to ask the Empress Dowager to plead with the Emperor to bring Xiao Jiashan back.

Unfortunately, the empress dowager knew that Xiao Jiashan had been implicated many times by his incredibly stupid princess consort, and the emperor was extremely disappointed in him and had completely given up his hope of ascending to the throne.

If Xiao Jiashan is really called back, this child will have no chance of survival.

At this time, news came from outside that the Seventh Prince had come to pay his respects. When Queen Zheng heard that he was coming, a look of deep disgust appeared on her face.

The Queen Mother said calmly: "You go, let the Seventh Prince come over."

When passing by the Seventh Prince, Queen Zheng gave him a fierce look.

Xiao Qiru remained calm and stopped to bow.