After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

After wasting most of the night, Li Yan finished approving the papers and went back without much sleep, and it was time to go to court.

Today's morning court was quite lively, Liu Linxi suddenly had Li Yan's dragon fetus, this was a major event that shocked the court and the public.

When all the officials stood outside the hall waiting to go to court, they were already divided into three factions.

One group has juniors in the family who went to the Liu Mansion yesterday to propose marriage, the other group has no seniors of the right age in the family and escaped the catastrophe, and the other group is the family who went to the Liu Mansion to propose marriage yesterday.

"It's still the young master who has the bearing. I heard that His Majesty arrived yesterday, and he was the first to let go."

"If it were your son, would you dare to compete with His Majesty to be a father?

"My son doesn't dare, but it's not that no one dares. The youngest son of Taifu Cheng, wouldn't he dare to challenge His Majesty face to face?"

"So what, isn't General Liu in the palace now?"

Everyone was talking about it, some sighed and threatened to teach their sons a lesson, some gloated and mocked, and of course the most embarrassing position was the third faction, including Lu Yuzheng, the deputy commander of the Imperial Army who was on duty today, and Not long ago, Lin Jingze, the young master who had just obtained the qualification to attend the court, only Cheng Yuan was younger and escaped the catastrophe.

Of course, all the ministers were talking outside the hall, but they didn't dare to joke anymore when they were inside the hall.

After all, Li Yan's attitude has already been established, and if others speak again, it will only offend Li Yan.

But there is one exception, that is Cheng Yuan's father, Cheng Taifu.

As Li Yan's teacher, Cheng Taifu has always been good at debating. If he wanted to argue something in the court, he never saw a time when he lost.

But when he meets Li Yan, he will inevitably hit a snag.

As a student, he is not that particular about respecting teachers.

"Your Majesty, I heard that there were many people who went to Liu's mansion to propose marriage yesterday, and everyone insisted that the child in General Liu's belly is their own." Cheng Taifu said.

"Sir, did you listen to what Cheng Yuan said?" Li Yan said with a smile on his face: "Yesterday when I went to the Liu Mansion, Master Yuezhang seemed not very satisfied with my son-in-law, thanks to Young Master Cheng's persuasion, Someday I will thank him personally."

Cheng Taifu said: "Your Majesty, Longzi is related to the royal blood."

"That's why I took General Liu into the palace overnight, and arranged for an imperial physician to protect him." Li Yan said.

"But this child..."

"Sir, do you want to say that the child in General Liu's belly is not mine?"

Tai Tuo cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please observe clearly."

"Okay, I will relieve the doubts in my heart for Mr. Li Yan." After finishing speaking, Li Yan pointed to Lin Jingze and Lu Yuzheng and said, "You two also went to the Liu Mansion to propose marriage yesterday, right?"

The two of them had shrunk their necks all morning, because they were afraid of being noticed by Li Yan, but they didn't expect to be called directly at this moment.

"Your Majesty has clearly observed that I have never met General Liu, and the child does not belong to me," Lin Jingze said.

"I have never met General Liu before. The polo encounter I mentioned before was all fabricated by me, not the truth." Lu Yuzheng said.

Li Yan swept across the two with a smile in his eyes, then looked at Cheng Taifu and said: "Sir, I can hear you clearly."

"The child didn't belong to Nephew Lin Xian and Deputy Commander Lu, that doesn't mean anything." Cheng Taifu said, "Yuan'er still insists that the child belongs to him."

The smile on Li Yan's face faded when he heard the words, and he said coldly: "If the grand master wants to prove it, how about I make a bet? After October, General Liu will give birth to the child. If the child looks like Cheng Yuan, I will give the child the surname Cheng. If the child looks like me, Cheng Yuan will be accused of deceiving the emperor, and he will be punished according to the law. Do you dare to bet?"

It is true that Cheng Taifu is good at arguing, but the premise is that the opponent plays cards according to common sense.Not to mention that Li Yan's robbing completely disrupted his thoughts, and directly took hold of his life, how could Cheng Taifu dare to really bet on Cheng Yuan's life?

Besides, he is Li Yan's husband, even Li Yan's temper.

If he really lost the bet, it is not impossible for Li Yan to cut Cheng Yuan off without showing mercy.

"Sir, do you have anything to say?" Li Yan asked.

The Tai Tu was so angry that his face was livid, he cupped his hands and said: "The old minister has nothing to say."

At this point, no one dared to mention the origin of the child in Liu Linxi's belly in Zao Shangshang.

It's just that Li Yan saw Cheng Yuan at the door of the imperial study room after he went down to court.

According to the guard on duty, Cheng Yuan entered the palace early in the morning and waited at the gate of the imperial study all morning.

Li Yan sneered and called people in.

In the imperial study room, Cheng Yuan knelt on the ground and bowed his head to Li Yan.

"Didn't you say that you have been waiting all morning, why are you not talking now?" Li Yan asked in a cold tone.

Cheng Yuan cupped his hands towards Li Yan and said: "Your Majesty sent a message yesterday, saying that the answer I want will definitely be heard by me. Today I came to the palace specially to ask for this answer."

"What if you don't get an answer today?" Li Yan asked.

"Then Cheng Yuan will kneel here and wait." Cheng Yuan said neither humble nor overbearing.

Li Yan took a deep breath to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and said, "Cheng Yuan, do you know what you are doing?"

"Cheng Yuan is taking the liberty, I just want to hear General Liu's personal answer to be reconciled, and I hope His Majesty will do it." Cheng Yuan knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to Li Yan.

Su Heng listened at the door, afraid that the master could not control his emotions and really beat him up.As for Cheng Yuan's small body, if Li Yan really made a move, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to beat him up badly.

"Then you can kneel here." After Li Yan finished speaking, he ignored him and went straight to the inner hall to read the scriptures.

Su Heng waited outside, anxious, but that Cheng Yuan was also stubborn, and really knelt in the outer hall without saying a word, it seemed that he wanted to kneel to Li Yan to compromise.But Su Heng has always known Li Yan's temper, and today's anger can be regarded as set. Li Yan's not punishing Cheng Yuan is already the best of humanity, and it is absolutely impossible for him to compromise.

After noon, when it was time to eat, neither of the two people within a mile or a distance wanted to bow their heads.Su Heng went to persuade Cheng Yuan first, but was speechless by Cheng Yuan's eloquent teeth, and then ran to persuade Li Yan, but it was of course useless, but Li Yan broke a new teacup and a party for nothing. Duanyan.

The matter of Cheng Yuan kneeling in the Imperial Study Room soon spread to the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace.The Empress Dowager heard that Li Yan had an argument with the Grand Tutor early in the morning, and she was already upset, when she heard Cheng Yuan kneeling in the imperial study, she immediately became angry and went to Jiyue Residence in a rage.

Liu Linxi got up early this morning with nothing to do, but she tended to think wildly when she was idle, so she wanted to find something to pass the time.Later, when he saw the pond outside Jiyueju, he had an idea, so he asked the little eunuch to prepare fish food and bait, and sat on the fishing platform of Jiyueju to catch fish for noon.He is not skilled in skills, and he didn't gain much from sitting here all morning. After lunch, he had nothing to do, so he put on his posture again.

When the queen mother came back, he was about to reel in the rod, but unfortunately, the queen mother disturbed him, and the fish that was about to take the bait ran away again.

"See the Empress Dowager." Liu Linxi saw that she was not kind, and saluted the Empress Dowager politely.

"General Liu is really good at it." The Queen Mother said: "Early in the morning, because of you, Your Majesty did not hesitate to turn against Lord Taifu, and went down to court, and the young master of Taifu's family knelt in the imperial study for a long time because of you."

Liu Linxi: ...

What can I do, is this trying to kill me?

"The Grand Tutor and His Majesty have always been at odds, and today they quarreled again. Now if Your Majesty punishes Cheng Yuan again, where will the Tai Tu's face go? At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will accuse His Majesty of disrespecting the teacher." The queen mother said.

Liu Linxi could tell, did the Empress Dowager ask him to put out the fire?

Thinking of this, Liu Linxi hurriedly said: "I'm going to apologize to His Majesty, and I will let Young Master Cheng leave safely."

The queen mother said: "The tone is not small, today Aijia wants to see how much ability General Liu has."

After saying that, the queen mother walked away in a huff, really coming and going in a hurry.

Liu Linxi sniffed, feeling that it was really not easy to live in this palace.

If he really went to intercede with Cheng Yuan right now, he would definitely make Li Yan unhappy. After all, Cheng Yuan's behavior was rounded up, which was tantamount to giving Li Yan half a green hat. Can you bear it?

But this love must be obtained, otherwise Cheng Yuan will be punished, and the Queen Mother will blame Liu Linxi for it.

what should we do?

Half an hour later, the eunuch in the imperial study reported, "General Liu begs to see His Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Yan glanced at Cheng Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help showing a trace of coldness on his face. When Liu Linxi came here at this time, what else could he do besides pleading for Cheng Yuan?He didn't expect this Liu Linxi to be so courageous, not only did not avoid suspicion, but also took the initiative to join in!

"Who asked him to come?" Li Yan said with displeasure.

Su Heng said: "Perhaps... General Liu misses His Majesty, right?"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell him to come in."

He wanted to see what tricks this Liu Linxi could pull off.

Then the hall door opened, and Liu Linxi came in carrying a food box.

Li Yan:! ! !

Cheng Yuan:! ! !

I saw that Liu Linxi specially wore a bright red wide-sleeved robe today. His skin was already fair, but it was set off by the color of the robe, making him look even more unearthly.He is used to being unkempt, and his hair is often partly loose, covering most of his delicate facial features. Now that his hair has been combed carefully, it is completely different from his previous lazy and casual temperament, but he is not stingy about that amazing face. exposed.

It's an exaggerated shape, but it really looks good.

Li Yan and Cheng Yuan didn't come back to their senses after seeing it for a long time.

"It took me half a day to catch only one fish today. I was afraid that your majesty would be cold when you go back at night, so I brought it here for your majesty to taste." Liu Linxi didn't even look at Cheng Yuan on the ground, and went straight to Li Yan's. Next to the desk, put down the food box.

Li Yan stared blankly at Liu Linxi, and saw him open the food box and take out a bowl of fish soup.

Su Heng hurriedly said from the side: "Your Majesty didn't even eat lunch and is hungry. It's really time for General Liu to come."

"Why didn't you have lunch?" Liu Linxi asked with concern.

"Not hungry." Li Yan replied somewhat unnaturally.

Liu Linxi frowned upon hearing this, took Li Yan's hand and placed it on her stomach, and said, "If my son knows that his father doesn't care about his body so much, he won't be happy."

Li Yan:! ! !

Cheng Yuan:? ? ?

"Liu...General Liu..." Cheng Yuan called out.

Only now did Liu Linxi look back at Cheng Yuan, and asked, "Who is this young master?"