After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Since he didn't have to attend the morning court the next day, Xiao Chengji didn't get up early.

It was not until the morning that Yan Yu gradually woke up.

She leaned on Xiao Chengji's chest weakly for a while, wanting to push him away and sit for a while.

When he stretched out his hand, he grasped Yan Yu's wrist, and his fingertips with thin calluses gently stroked the delicate and weak snow-white wrist twice.

Xiao Chengji was still in a bad mood today, and there was no sign of improvement.

Yan Yu paused for a while, then suddenly asked: "Your Highness, have you ever seen a pufferfish?"

Yan Yu grew up in Lingcheng these years. Lingcheng was under the jurisdiction of Yuhu. Pufferfish were quite common in the Yuhu area, and some people offered them to these young ladies to see.

There are no puffer fish in the capital, and Xiao Chengji is not a cook, so of course he has never seen a living one. He has eaten it, after all, all kinds of rare things from all over the world are tributed here. Because this thing is poisonous, it has to be preserved alive and sent here at full speed. The people below are afraid of getting hurt after eating it, so they don't pay tribute often.

Xiao Chengji said indifferently: "I haven't seen it before, why?"

"nothing."

The main reason was that Yan Yu felt that Xiao Chengji was like a puffer fish, who would get angry at any time. She had no idea why he was angry, and sometimes she would get very angry just by pointing her finger at him.

Just call him the King of Pufferfish.

Of course, Yan Yu only dared to think about these things in his heart and did not dare to say them out loud.

She was afraid that if she told it out, Xiao Chengji would beat her up.

"Those people in Cangfengtai are so annoying. They keep quarreling over the Ma family's affairs." Xiao Chengji said, "I will stay at your place these days."

Yan Yu said "Oh".

She had never been to Cangfengtai, which was Xiao Chengji's residence and the center of the entire palace. Yan Yu was in charge of the affairs of the rear house. Everything in Cangfengtai was managed by special officials and eunuchs and was closely related to everything in the previous dynasty.

A man of Xiao Chengji's status would naturally have many retainers and retainers. These people were supported by him, so they were naturally loyal to him and would actively offer advice when problems arose.

Yan Yu thought that something had happened to the Ma family, and these people wanted Xiao Chengji to take advantage of the opportunity to do something.

However, if the master keeps relying on the woman, there will definitely be people who think that this woman is a beauty that brings disaster, confusing the master's mind and making him lose the ambition to make progress.

Yan Yu is also worried about this.

She thought for a moment and said, "However, I think that honest advice is unpleasant to the ear. Some of the things the subordinates say may be annoying, but some of them do make sense."

Xiao Chengji tapped her forehead and said, "Not bad, you have some knowledge. Go to the Ma family when you have time, and don't let Ma Gong do anything impulsive. He is your father's old subordinate, and he will definitely listen to you."

Yan Yu said: "Your Highness still has to return to Cangfengtai and not get angry with them."

Xiao Chengji curled his lips coldly: "Are you afraid that I will stay with you forever?"

"Of course not. Your Highness is staying with me. I am so happy." No one knows how to curry favor with others better than Yan Yu. Yan Yu's eyes sparkled. "Of course I like Your Highness to stay with me. The whole palace belongs to Your Highness. Do you need me to say where Your Highness wants to go? But for the sake of the overall situation, Your Highness has to go back to work."

Xiao Chengji's mind went blank, and he only heard Yan Yu say "Of course I like Your Highness."

A string in his mind suddenly broke, and he thought, as expected, Yan Yu really did fall in love with him at first sight, and that's why she had been trying so hard to seduce him.

If not for this, he wouldn't have been seduced into coming to her all the time.

However, Xiao Chengji felt that he had no idea in this regard yet.

For many years, he has been focusing on the court and has no desire to fall in love. His mind is not here at all.

Xiao Chengji's ears turned red for no apparent reason: "It's getting late, we should get up."

It's not nice to stay in bed all the time. If you don't get up, the maid outside might wonder what they are doing in broad daylight.

Yan Yu couldn't get up. Today he really couldn't get up. His body always felt a little heavy.

Also, I had no appetite in the morning and didn’t feel like eating anything. I just wanted to take a nap.

She buried her face in the quilt again: "Your Highness, you go eat alone, I will take a nap."

Xiao Chengji was in a good mood. He got up, changed his clothes, and asked the maid to come in and bring him some water.

Yan Yu did not get up until noon. He called two maids in charge to ask about the affairs of the mansion and ate a little. Only then did he learn that the young lady of the Ma family had swallowed up all the gold.

Yan Yu's fingers holding the teacup paused.

In fact, she still remembered the scene when she met Miss Ma on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Miss Ma was of the same age as Yan Yu. She was lively and pretty, with a crisp voice when she spoke. She made several witty remarks, which not only made the empress dowager laugh, but also made the people present laugh.

But such a person is gone just like that.

She lowered her head and took a sip of water. Perhaps one day she would make a careless move or take a wrong step, and instantly step into the endless abyss and disappear.

This matter will not end with the death of Miss Ma, but will instead create a rift in the chaotic court.

The emperor was furious and ordered his trusted eunuch to investigate on the spot.

But the incident happened in the Empress Dowager's palace, and it was difficult to tell whether what was found out was true or false.

It is well known that the Queen Mother has strict control over the people in her palace. Even if these people listen to outsiders, that outsider can only be the Queen.

Therefore, the information found out by the emperor was basically the same as that leaked from the outside world.

Miss Ma was greedy for wealth and took the risk to seduce the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince was still young and had not yet married, so how could he resist such temptation? So Miss Ma successfully climbed onto the Seventh Prince's bed and seduced him to have sex with her.

This was the testimony given by all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Empress Dowager's palace.

The seventh prince said he was sick and was recuperating in the Empress Dowager's palace. The emperor summoned the seventh prince several times, but the Empress Dowager did not let him out.

Gu Guangliang was terrified. He stood aside with his head down and held his breath, not daring to say anything. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin came in from outside.

Xiao Chengji was wearing a dragon robe and a golden belt, and was obviously in a good mood. He strode in from outside and bowed when he saw the emperor.

After the emperor saw Xiao Chengji, his expression eased a lot: "Yue'er, you are here. What do you think about the Ma family's affairs?"

"Princes who break the law are subject to the same punishment as common people." Xiao Chengji said calmly, "According to the Wei Law, those who commit rape shall be hanged. Now is the time to arrest the Seventh Prince from the Queen Mother's Palace and bring him to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation."

Emperor Jianxing's expression changed again and again: "Nonsense! You want to kill your grandmother!"