Princess is stubborn

The news of Marquis Changping's rebellion quickly spread throughout the capital.

When Xie Bai heard this, his face was as pale as paper: "No...impossible!"

Although she doesn't know her father well enough, she also knows that Xie Zhen's greatest daring is to let herself pretend to be a man to cheat the title.rebel?No way!

Xu Yuyao also didn't believe that Lord Xie, who had acted like that in front of him, would have the guts to rebel after returning to his hometown.

"Where did you get the news?" Xu Yuyao asked the servant girl sharply, supporting the teetering Xie Bai.

The servant girl hurriedly said: "Now it's rumored in the market, and...and..."

"Say!"

"Furthermore, the servants heard from the people in the Ministry of Punishment's house that...the son-in-law also participated in this rebellion."

"Nonsense!" Xu Yuyao was furious immediately, "How dare you put this kind of nonsense in front of me and my son-in-law?"

"No, I don't dare!" The servant girl hurriedly knelt down, "Yes... someone from the Ministry of Punishment has already arrived and said that they want to bring the son-in-law to investigate."

"How dare they?!" Xu Yuyao left the Huxin Pavilion, asked the servant girl to send Xie Bai back to rest, and went to the front yard by herself.

"See Her Royal Highness, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment..."

"I don't care who you are!" Xu Yuyao directly interrupted the Shangshu's salute, "You are not welcome in my palace."

She seemed to be very disdainful on the surface, but Xu Yuyao was still a little worried in her heart: Did you ask the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to come here in person?What exactly is going on!

"Your Highness, don't make it difficult for me," Minister of the Ministry of Punishment said with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty came here today to ask your son-in-law to assist the Ministry of Punishment in its investigation."

"Then ask father to speak in person." Xu Yuyao decided to drive away this group of people first, as long as it can be delayed, to find out what's going on.

"Your Highness, you..."

"Let's just say it's what I said!" Xu Yu Yao said, "If the emperor blames you, then you can blame me! It's me who resisted the order, and you are only a third-rank official, so naturally you can't beat me. "

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice thought that if he came to lead someone by himself, he would be rejected, but he never thought that he would be rejected so thoroughly, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Seeing his hesitation, Xu Yuyao said, "If you don't leave, don't blame me for killing people!"

With the matter of Zhang Shangshu's son being chopped off, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment felt his back go cold, and immediately made a decision: "I will resign as an official."

After driving away the people from the Ministry of Justice, Xu Yuyao called two guards: "Go, find out what happened to Chang Ping Hou's rebellion! I don't want to hear those rumors, I must find out the real situation!"

The guards looked at each other in blank dismay, but their own princess had given such orders, so they had no choice but to obey.

"My dad he..."

Seeing the anxious Xie Bai, Xu Yuyao suddenly understood why Xie Bai had to bid farewell to the emperor and queen by himself.

After all, they are still their biological parents, how could they really not care?

He raised his hand to stroke her head to comfort her, but Xu Yuyao found that Xie Bai had grown to be as tall as him now, so he had to raise it a little more, and stroked her head twice.

"No hurry, I'll ask someone to go out and inquire."

"The Criminal Department..."

"You have been in Beijing and by my side, how could you participate in the rebellion?" Xu Yuyao comforted, "I have driven them away, don't worry, they can't take you away."

However, Xie Bai couldn't rest assured no matter what.

Seeing her anxiously like an ant on a hot pot, Xu Yuyao peeled a grape and handed it to her mouth: "It's useless to be anxious now."

Xie Bai couldn't eat it.

Xu Yuyao put the grapes between her lips, moved towards them directly, and pressed the sweet grapes with her tongue.

"If you can't calm down now, I will consider doing something else to make you fall asleep."

"Now……"

"I'm here." Xu Yuyao put her index finger on her lips, "What you have to do now is to calm down and use your ingenuity to help me think about the doubts about this matter."

After hearing these words, Xie Bai finally calmed down a bit.In any case, she had to calm down before she could analyze what happened.

In the evening, the guards returned with news.

"Speak directly."

"Yes! My subordinates found out today that the news of Master Xie's 'rebellion' first spread three days ago, and it came from the capital."

"The palace?"

"It's neither in the palace nor the Ministry of War. It started from the houses of the adults, but I don't know which of the houses of the adults... It may be from the houses of several adults together."

If Marquis Xie really rebelled, the news would only come from the Ministry of War or the palace. After all, the emperor and the Ministry of War should be the first to get news of someone rebelling.

However, rumors began to spread from the residence of the adults...Xu Yuyao bit her lower lip: "Continue, what else?"

"This case has been handed over by His Majesty to the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Criminal Justice for joint trial. Lord Xie Hou has also been sent to Beijing under pressure, and is now being locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Where is Mrs. Xie?"

"Still grounded in Zhangzhou Mansion."

Hearing that Mrs. Xie didn't come to Beijing, Xu Yuyao and Xie Baiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

"What about those rebellious bandits? Are they escorted to Beijing too?"

"I've never heard of it."

Xu Yuyao glanced at Xie Bai, and asked again: "How is Xie Houye doing in prison?"

The guard shook his head: "This subordinate failed to find out, please punish him, Your Highness."

"That's all." Xu Yuyao waved his hand and told the guards to go out, "If there is any news about Lord Xie's rebellion outside, report it as soon as possible."

"Yes."

After the guards left, Xie Bai spoke with some difficulty: "This matter...may be aimed at me."

"Why do you think so?" Xu Yuyao was afraid that she would go into a corner again.

"It's strange that this news came from the residence of the adults; now there is no news about whether there are rebel bandits entering Beijing, but there is news that my father is in custody; Then they came to arrest me, as if they were sure that there was no other evidence that didn’t matter... It’s just adding to the strangeness." Xie Bai said, "If everything is directed at me, it can be explained. Arrest me Dad is just incidental."

After hearing Xie Bai's words, Xu Yuyao suddenly had an idea in her heart, but she couldn't believe it.

Rebellion, how big a crime is this, and can it be slandered and framed at will?

Putting this thought behind her, Xu Yuyao felt that the most important thing now was to appease Xie Bai and not let her think about it.

"You're thinking too much. The fact that there were no bandits escorted to Beijing may be due to the large number of people; the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not come to arrest you today, but just wanted you to cooperate with the investigation." Xu Yuyao said, "It's just that you, as my son-in-law, If you want to investigate, you can only ask them to post a good post and visit, there is no reason to go directly to the Ministry of punishment."

Knowing that Xu Yuyao was trying to ease his heart, Xie Bai still felt that this matter was aimed at him, because he was about to "abduct" Daqi's precious princess out of Beijing.

Seeing that Xie Bai was still depressed, Xu Yuyao went out and called the maid: "Go, invite a troupe to come to the house tomorrow and sing some festive songs."

"Here."

"Dinner will be delivered directly to the bedroom."

Xie Bai only took a few mouthfuls of dinner before stopping his chopsticks.

Xu Yuyao frowned and looked at the food on the table that had barely touched her chopsticks: "You look like this, I'm going to be angry."

"But I really can't eat it." Xie Bai muttered softly.

"Eat it if you can't eat it." Xu Yuyao picked up her bowl, took a spoonful and handed it to her lips, "If the matter is not cleared up, you will be hungry first, what should I do?"

makes sense.Xie Bai reached out to take the bowl, but Xu Yuyao didn't want to give it to her.

"I will do it myself."

Xu Yuyao still refused to give it to her.

Xie Bai had no choice but to let her feed him spoonful by spoonful, just like when he was in Suizhou.

In the end, a bowl of rice was still eaten, Xie Bai looked at the two mouthfuls of rice in front of Xu Yuyao, and felt a little sorry: "The food is cold, I'll go ask the kitchen to reheat it."

"In summer, don't be afraid of the cold." Xu Yuyao quickly finished her meal, and called the maid to clean up the things.

Seeing the sound of insects chirping outside, Xu Yuyao saw that Xie Bai was still absent-minded, and suggested, "Go to the backyard and catch him?"

"No."

"Then go to sleep, wake up, maybe the Ministry of Punishment will have found out." Seeing her tired face, Xu Yuyao said.

"I'm sorry to make you worry again." Xie Bai felt that he was really useless.

Xu Yuyao ignored her apology and only gave her two choices: "Go to Zhanzhi, or sleep?"

If he continued following her apology, Xie Bai would feel more guilty and blamed himself, so Xu Yuyao simply changed the subject.

After hesitating for a moment, Xie Bai chose: "Let's sleep."

Lying on the bed, Xie Bai didn't feel sleepy at all.

Xu Yuyao watched her toss and turn, and simply put her arms around her: "Perhaps, I need to do something to help you fall asleep?"

"I still feel that this incident is aimed at me..."

In fact, Xu Yuyao also had this kind of feeling in her heart, but before finding the evidence, everything is arbitrariness, and Xie Bai has already got into the horns at this time, if it is found out in the future that it is really aimed at her, then...

Thinking of this, Xu Yuyao felt that he had to find a way to keep Xie Bai out of this matter.

"Yu Yao, if this matter is really aimed at me, when the time comes, let it go..."

That's it again.Xu Yuyao didn't intend to have a cold war with her this time, but kissed her directly, blocking the unpleasant words behind her.

"Jade……"

Xu Yuyao didn't give her the slightest chance to speak, and her hands went downstream.

However, Xie Bai pulled her hand away: "Yao'er, I'm telling the truth, if this matter is as I guessed, then hand me over. Conspiracy to rebel is a serious crime, don't drag you down."

"Is this your truth?"

"nature."

Xu Yuyao was silent for a moment, and said, "Since that's the case, it's better not to think about anything and just enjoy the last few days."

Xie Bai was taken aback by these words, and after understanding the meaning of these words, he was a little disappointed.But what is there to lose?Obviously this is what I want, Xu Yuyao is just following my own ideas...

"Too."

Xie Bai smiled brilliantly, but Xu Yuyao's heart ached when he saw it.I know that Xie Bai misunderstood something, but she can't explain it now, and she can't explain it, so it's better to let it go...

Just when Xu Yuyao pulled off Xie Bai's neck tie, someone actively kissed her lips.

Such proactive Xie Bai made Xu Yuyao very happy, but it's a pity that such proactiveness was due to "despair"... It would be great if Xie Bai could keep being so proactive when things subsided.

"Are you still thinking about other things now?" Xu Yuyao gently kissed her slightly trembling eyelids, and then turned her attack.

Just like a summer night, at the beginning of the drizzle, at the end of the night, it will always be accompanied by thunder, and it will pour down in an instant.Xie Bai felt that his thoughts, amidst the lightning and thunder, turned into a cloud of fireworks, scattered in the night sky, and then fell into rain.

Sleepiness and satiation made Xie Bai dreamless all night, and when he woke up, his side was empty.

"Where is your Highness?" After waking up, Xie Bai only saw the breakfast delivered by the maid who took over from Bell, but did not find Xu Yuyao.

The servant girl said: "Go back to the son-in-law, Your Highness has left early in the morning."

"Where did it go?"

"Never."

Could it be that he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?Xie Bai guessed: Or went to the palace to meet His Majesty?

In fact, Xu Yuyao neither went to the Ministry of Punishment nor entered the palace, but went to the Prince's residence instead.

Hearing Xu Yuyao's arrival, the prince once again hid in the study, but Xu Yuyao did not disappoint him and forced his way in again.

"What happened to Marquis Changping's rebellion?"

"That's literally what happened," said the prince. "After returning to his hometown, Marquis Changping—oh no, the more Xie Zhen thought about it, the more he felt dissatisfied that he was forced to report his old age and return home, so he brought the private soldiers raised by Xie's family to fight back. gone."

"What about the private soldiers?"

"Still under guard in Zhangzhou."

The prince's answer seemed to be watertight, but Xu Yuyao didn't believe him: "Oh? How many troops?"

"Three thousand troops."

"Third brother really doesn't feel ashamed at all when he tells a lie."

The prince frowned: "Why did you say that?"

"Let's not talk about how the three thousand private soldiers can be supported by Xiehou's salary, let's just think that he has embezzled a lot of money." Xu Yuyao said, "Just talking about the three thousand soldiers, when did you start to support them? Third brother, don’t tell me, it’s after he returned to his hometown.”

"Of course it was a long time ago!"

"Since it was a long time ago, it was when he was still in Beijing, under the eyes of the third brother and the father! The third brother actually let a little prince, under his nose, regularly send money to his hometown to support himself Bing, what a disgrace!"

The prince was choked up by her and could only say: "Xie Zhen already admitted to rebellion yesterday."

"Oh? Relying on coercion or profiteering or direct torture?" Xu Yuyao sneered, "Third Brother, is it really so unacceptable for me to be with Xie Bai?"

"Yao'er, let's talk about the facts, don't talk about anything else!" Hearing what she said, the prince's tone was a little impatient.

"Let's talk about the facts? Third brother, how dare you swear, take my fortune and swear, that this time you found out about Xie Zhen's rebellion, and it has nothing to do with my being with Xie Bai?"

Although the oath was not valid, but if he was asked to gamble with the fortune of the Great Qi Kingdom, the prince still chose to remain silent.

Seeing this, Xu Yuyao felt like a bright mirror in her heart: "I am with Xie Bai, neither violated the law of my great enlightenment, nor hurt others, why...why the third brother who is a close relative and the queen mother and father , can’t accommodate us?”

"The imbalance of yin and yang is contrary to morality and against the way of nature. It's not that my father, the queen, and the queen can't tolerate it, but that the world can't tolerate it!"

"Sounds good! The world?" Xu Yuyao laughed, "If Xie Bai and I really go against the heavens, then God will naturally punish us; if the world really can't tolerate us, the sky will collapse , just hit the bedroom of the princess mansion!"

"Did Xie Bai teach you these words?"

Xu Yuyao sneered and said, "She doesn't know that I came to see you today, and she doesn't know the filth behind these things. These words, from the time you encouraged the third sister-in-law to have such a shit feast, do I need someone to teach me? "

"Yao'er, since you were with Xie Bai, you have changed! The former you would never talk to third brother like this."

"Yes, I have changed, I have become smarter, I have become more transparent, third brother, you are panicking."

The prince felt that the current Xu Yuyao didn't cry or make trouble, but it was more difficult to deal with than the previous time when he made a big fuss when something happened.

"Think about it as you like." The prince waved his hand and pressed his forehead, looking like he was having a headache. "The evidence for Xie Zhen's rebellion is conclusive. Now we just wait for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate and close the case."

Seeing that the prince was determined, Xu Yuyao stopped entangled with him, turned around and left the prince's mansion, and went straight to the Ministry of punishment.