Imperial City, Imperial Palace, Qian Dragon Palace.
"Your Majesty, the empress requests an audience," the eunuch said to Li Heng in a low voice as he walked into the main hall with his head lowered.
Li Heng was frustrated, but he couldn't find anyone to talk to. When he heard that the empress had arrived, he immediately said, "Let the empress in."
Empress Fang walked in from outside. She looked up and saw Li Heng pacing back and forth in the main hall with a face full of frustration. She sighed in her heart. "This concubine greets Your Majesty."
"Empress, you may rise." Li Heng held her hand. "You came at the right time. We have something to tell you."
"Is it about Lord Ye? I heard that he resigned from his position. Did Your Majesty keep him? "Empress Fang asked in a low voice.
Li Heng was troubled by this matter. "Why didn't we keep him? He is the pillar of Dongqing Kingdom. I've said so many good things to him, but he insists on leaving. I'm at my wit's end. I can only send someone to keep an eye on the Ye residence and prevent Ye Yiqing from leaving the capital. "
Empress Fang cried out in surprise. "Your Majesty put him under house arrest in the Ye residence?"
"Not house arrest!" Li Heng frowned and said guiltily, "We … We just don't want him to leave Imperial City like this. We have to at least think of a way to persuade him."
"Then has Your Majesty thought about how to punish Princess Royal?" Empress Fang's heart went cold. Why did she feel that Ye Yiqing would definitely leave this time? How could they keep Ye Yiqing by having people watch over the Ye residence?
At the mention of this, Li Heng looked troubled. "Princess Royal is our older sister. Can we still take her life? Madam Ye is fine now. We have already ordered Li Yu to move out of Imperial City. Isn't that enough? "
Empress Fang sighed inwardly. What kind of punishment was it to have Li Yu reflect on her wrongdoings and leave Imperial City? Ye Yiqing probably wanted to grind her to ashes now. The emperor's favoritism was too obvious. No wonder Ye Yiqing resigned.
She should not have been careless that day. She knew that Li Yu had been looking for opportunities to take revenge on Ye Yiqing. Why did she think that Li Yu would not dare to be arrogant in the palace? She had failed Ye Yiqing and Lu Yaoyao. When they were not around, she had failed to protect Zhao Yang and caused her to miscarry because of Li Yu. If she had not sensed that something was wrong and sent someone to chase after Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang would have been ruined by Li Yu.
Li Yu … Thinking of this Princess Royal, Empress Fang gritted her teeth in hatred. However, the Emperor still cared about his sibling relationship and didn't want to kill her.
"Your Majesty, Madam Ye almost lost her life. Even though she managed to keep her life, her child is gone." Empress Fang said in a low voice, "Lord Ye conquered two cities for Dongqing in Xiliang. He left Madam Ye in the capital city because he believed that Your Majesty could protect his family's safety. Only then would he have no worries in Xiliang. Now that he has returned, how can he feel good about this? Even if you don't want to punish Princess Royal, you shouldn't be so biased. "
Li Heng frowned and looked at Empress Fang. "Even if I demote Princess Royal to a commoner, it's useless. Ye Yiqing wants me to kill Princess Royal."
Then kill her! Empress Fang said in her heart. She felt that people like Li Yu would only harm people if they were alive. It would be better for him to die earlier. "Your Majesty doesn't want to kill Princess Royal, so how can you keep Lord Ye here? Will he still be willing to be used by you? "
"Empress, what do you think?" Li Heng knew that no matter what he said, he wouldn't be able to keep Ye Yiqing, even if he killed Princess Royal.
His actions had already hurt Ye Yiqing. He probably wouldn't be as loyal as before.
"Your Majesty's illness was cured by Lord Ye's daughter. No matter how you look at it, Ye Yiqing has only contributed to Your Majesty and not done anything wrong. Even if you keep him here today, unless you want to kill him, otherwise …" Empress Fang remembered that Dongqing had relied on Ye Yiqing to get through several troubles. She didn't know what the country would become after Ye Yiqing left. "Your Majesty, Jin will not ignore this."
Li Heng took a deep breath. "Empress, if Ye Yiqing leaves, Dongqing … will be in danger."
"Your Majesty should talk to Lord Ye again. It would be best if he could change his mind," Empress Fang said.
"You're right. We should talk to him again. No matter what he wants, we will agree to it," Li Heng said in a low voice. "We will go see him now."
Empress Fang smiled and said, "Good."
Li Heng immediately had people prepare a carriage. He changed into a sapphire blue brocade robe and hurried out before night fell. His carriage had just left the palace when an imperial guard came to report that Princess Royal had gone to Ye Manor to see the Prime Minister.
"…" Li Heng froze. He was so angry that he almost spat blood.
Was Princess Royal going to the Prime Minister's residence to court death?
Li Yu didn't go to Ye Manor to court death. She just didn't want to go back. She thought that she hadn't been severely punished because the Emperor didn't dare to do anything to her. When she heard that Ye Yiqing had resigned, she didn't care that she was still under house arrest and immediately came to Ye Manor.
In Li Yu's life, she had never lacked men, so she didn't care much about any of them until she met Ye Yiqing.
How could she let Ye Yiqing leave Wangdu like this? Even if he didn't love her, she wouldn't let him go.
"Princess Royal, the Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed in." The commander of the imperial guards guarding outside the Ye Family forcibly stopped Li Yu. Because of Madam Ye's matter, Lord Ye was about to resign and leave. Now, no one in the imperial court saw Li Yu as an eyesore, let alone a commander with a military background.
Li Yu glared at him and slapped him, "You dog, let this consort pass!"
"Princess Royal, even if you go in, Lord Ye won't see you. Why do you want to humiliate yourself here?" The commander coldly said, not willing to let her go in.
"If you dare stop this consort again, this consort will definitely kill you." Li Yu shouted angrily.
The commander just looked at her coldly, standing still in place to block Li Yu.
Ye Yiqing, who was accompanying Zhao Yang, heard that Li Yu was outside. His eyes flashed with a cold light as he looked down at Zhao Yang, "You rest, I'll be back soon."
"Revenge can be taken at any time, there's no hurry. Wait until we leave this place first." Zhao Yang was afraid that Ye Yiqing would kill Li Yu outside, so she held his hand, hoping that he wouldn't be impulsive.
Ye Yiqing lightly smiled, "Killing her like this is too easy. Don't worry, I will still keep her alive."
Hearing him say this, Zhao Yang smiled and let go of his hand. She hated Li Yu in her heart, but she knew very well that if she killed Li Yu now, it would be even more difficult for them to leave Dongqing.
The future was long, she had the patience to let Li Yu get her retribution.
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(Tianjin)
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