When Li Rong heard this, he chuckled softly. He opened the small golden fan in his hand and covered half of his face. He smiled with curved eyes and said, "Then I will wait for Lord Pei's good news."
Pei Wenxuan bowed his head and respectfully sent Li Rong off.
Li Rong closed the small fan and walked out.
When he reached the outer door, he saw the palace servants waiting outside. Li Rong's face turned cold. He ordered the person next to him, "Prepare the carriage and go to the East Palace."
Not long after Li Rong left, the Empress slowly came back to her senses. She tidied up her appearance and called out, "Shan De."
Hearing the call, Shan De hurriedly ran in and knelt in front of the Empress. "Niangniang."
The Empress sat on the golden throne and said tiredly, "Call Pei Wenxuan in."
When Shan De heard this, he was stunned at first. Then he reacted. The Empress probably didn't know that Pei Wenxuan was outside, but he didn't say much. He just nodded and turned to the door. He said loudly, "Summon Pei Wenxuan — —"
Pei Wenxuan bowed to Shan De and then walked out of the door. The Empress was sitting on the golden throne with her hand supporting her forehead. When she saw him walk in, the Empress looked up and quietly stared at the young man.
Pei Wenxuan calmly entered the hall and knelt down. The Empress looked at him. After a while, she slowly said, "Were you outside the hall just now?"
If he entered from the outer door, he shouldn't have appeared in front of her so quickly.
Pei Wenxuan knelt on the ground and said calmly, "Just now, the princess asked me to wait outside the hall for Niangniang's summons."
The Empress nodded. Shan De sensibly retreated and waited outside. The Empress straightened up and said in a low voice, "Then you also heard my conversation with the princess just now."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. The Empress knew that he acquiesced. She was silent for a moment and said slowly, "Your father passed away early. There are no elders in the family to plan for your future. It is not good for you to rashly get involved in the affairs of the palace. Don't tell anyone about what happened last night. When you go back, I will assign you another official position and arrange a marriage for you. You don't have to worry. "
Pei Wenxuan was silent. The Empress seemed to have a headache, she held her forehead and said, "What else are you dissatisfied with?"
"This humble subject thanks Your Highness for understanding this humble subject's difficulties and for helping this humble subject plan for this humble subject's future. However, this humble subject has one thing that this humble subject does not understand."
"What is it?"
"If this official retreats," Pei Wenxuan raised his head and met the Empress's gaze, "Your Highness, what will happen?"
"That's not something for you to consider."
The Empress said coldly. Pei Wenxuan looked at the Empress and said calmly, "What if I want to consider it?"
"What do you mean?"
The Empress frowned. Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "Your Highness, last night Concubine Ning entered Wei Yang Palace and tried to use threats and promises to tie Yang shi and the Crown Prince together. Then she went to Consort Rou's palace. Your Highness, why did she go to Consort Rou's palace?"
The Empress said stiffly, "Speak."
"Right now, Yang shi is wholeheartedly trying to curry favor with the Princess. Consort Rou is favored. Concubine Ning went to Consort Rou's place to ask Consort Rou to help Yang shi marry the Princess. However, Consort Rou and the Empress and the Crown Prince are mortal enemies. If it is a good thing for Yang shi to ally with the Princess, why would she help? It can be seen that Yang shi and the Princess are related by marriage. There must be hidden harm. Your Highness, please reconsider. "
The Empress didn't speak. She was silent. Pei Wenxuan continued, "Yang shi allows Your Highness to have military power. But for military power, if Yang shi still has the power to resist, then ally with the Crown Prince is complementary. If Yang shi is a fish without water and can only struggle desperately, then ally with the Crown Prince is dragging him into a quagmire. The Crown Prince doesn't have actual military power. The only military power he has is from Your Highness's maternal family, the Shangguan Clan. What His Majesty is most afraid of now is that the Crown Prince is the eldest son. If he wants to abolish him, he is afraid that the officials will be angry and shake the foundation of the country. But if the Crown Prince makes a mistake now, does Your Highness think that Yang shi and the Shangguan Clan can suppress the officials and His Majesty? "
"Then in your opinion," the Empress said hesitantly, "what should we do now?"
"Your Highness doesn't need to do anything," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "These people have their own plans. Now, Your Highness and the Crown Prince only need to do two things. First, after I walk out of Wei Yang Palace, Your Highness immediately block the news that I entered the palace and that the Princess was with me last night."
"I have already done this." The Empress was a little confused, "Why do you want me to do this?"
"With His Majesty's eyes and ears in the palace, what Your Highness has done can't be hidden," Pei Wenxuan said calmly. "Your Highness is against me, so I can gain His Majesty's trust. Therefore, what the Crown Prince needs to do next is to prepare a report to impeach Yang shi. Once Yang shi is in trouble, "Pei Wenxuan looked up and said seriously," the Crown Prince will immediately impeach her and then find a replacement for the position of Zhenbei General. "
"Why is that?"
"In the future, Your Highness will know."
Pei Wenxuan looked at the Empress, "I just don't know if Your Highness can trust me now?"
The Empress looked at Pei Wenxuan. This person looked to be in his early twenties, but his words were clear and his thoughts were meticulous. Even when facing someone as high as her, he was still calm, completely unlike a young man.
He quietly looked at the Empress. After a long time, the Empress said, "What do you want?"
As she spoke, she stood up, "You're just an eighth-ranked official. Why are you involved in the disputes in the palace?"
"If I don't have the ambition to rise to the top, why don't I give up the crown and return?" Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "Don't the people in the imperial court all want the same thing?"
"Then why choose the Crown Prince?"
The Empress stared at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan pondered for a moment and said truthfully.
"This humble subject can't bear to see Your Highness being humiliated."
"You like my son?" The Empress looked a little surprised. Pei Wenxuan was speechless.
After a moment, he respectfully kowtowed and said, "I'm willing to plant a parasol tree in the courtyard and lead the Phoenix back."
The Empress looked at Pei Wenxuan in silence. After a long time, she finally said, "You can go."
"This humble subject will take his leave."
Pei Wenxuan bowed and then calmly stood up.
He slowly walked out of the door. A eunuch came out and led him to sit in the soft sedan.
Not long after he sat in the sedan, he felt that the sedan was not going in the right direction.
He had been in and out of the palace for many years in his previous life and was already familiar with the palace. He lifted the curtain and took a look. He knew that the sedan was turning in the direction of the imperial study.
He thought for a moment and knew that Li Ming had received news from Weiyang Palace and probably summoned him.
Pei Wenxuan's heart calmed down and pretended to be asleep. When the sedan stopped, he heard a call, "Lord Pei?"
He pretended to wake up from his sleep and opened his eyes absentmindedly. He saw the eunuch in front of him with a smile. He was a little absent-minded, "Sir, you are …"
"This humble subject is Fu Lai, the attendant of His Majesty. His Majesty summoned Lord Pei. Lord Pei, please come with me."
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan pretended to be shocked. He then hurriedly walked down from the sedan and followed Fu Lai into the courtyard of the imperial study.
He trembled and followed behind Fu Lai. He asked, "Eunuch, do you know why His Majesty summoned me?"
Fu Lai smiled, "Sir, you should know."
Pei Wenxuan's expression changed, but he did not say anything. When he reached the door, he saw that Yang Quan was already standing there. Pei Wenxuan walked over and bowed to Yang Quan. Fu Lai instructed the two of them to wait here and walked in.
After Fu Lai entered, Pei Wenxuan glanced at Yang Quan and smiled, "Sir Yang, what are you doing here today?"
Yang Quan looked at Pei Wenxuan coldly and said, "To propose a marriage."
"Sir, you may be disappointed." Pei Wenxuan folded his hands in front of him and stood up straight. He whispered, "I'm afraid this matter has been decided."
"What do you mean?"
Yang Quan looked up at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "Sir, do you know why I turned back last night?"
Hearing this, Yang Quan's expression changed greatly.
Others could not hear anything, but Yang Quan clearly knew that no one should know about his ambush last night. However, not only did Pei Wenxuan know, he even turned back and saved the Princess. He even spent a night alone with the Princess.
"His Majesty is a wise ruler," Pei Wenxuan whispered, "Sir Yang is not unwilling. It's better to return to the Northwest. The mulberry flowers there are very beautiful."
The mulberry flowers were sprinkled on the coffins during the funeral procession in the Northwest. Most people in Huajing did not understand, but Yang Quan was sure of Pei Wenxuan's meaning.
Pei Wenxuan was already decided to be the Emperor's son-in-law. Yesterday, something went wrong, and the Emperor asked him to rush over and use Yang Quan as a wedding dress to pave the way for Pei Wenxuan and the Princess.
The Yang Family was destined to die. Not only did the Emperor know this, but the Emperor also told Pei Wenxuan, this ignorant fool, to let him show off in front of him.
Pei Wenxuan saw that Yang Quan was extremely angry, so he smiled and did not speak. At this moment, the Emperor's voice came from the hall.
The two entered the hall together. Li Ming was reading a memorial. The two bowed, but Li Ming did not move.
Li Ming slowly took a sip of tea, then raised his eyes and said, "You're here?"
As he spoke, Li Ming looked at Pei Wenxuan and said, "Dear Official Pei, please rise."
Pei Wenxuan immediately responded happily, then stood up and stood to the side. Yang Quan knelt on the ground and clenched his fists.
Li Ming looked at him and said, "What are you doing here?"
"This humble official came today to ask for Your Majesty's hand in marriage."
Yang Quan respectfully said. Li Ming raised his eyebrows, "Marriage? Who do you want to marry? "
"This humble official wants to marry Princess Xinyue Ping L," Yang Quan said stiffly, "This humble official asks Your Majesty to grant a marriage."
"I see," Li Ming nodded, but said, "This matter, zhen has to think about it. Dear Official Pei, "Li Ming turned to look at Pei Wenxuan and stood up," Follow zhen to the garden for a walk. "
Pei Wenxuan responded and quickly helped Li Ming up, then walked past Yang Quan. When they reached the door, Pei Wenxuan suddenly remembered, "Your Majesty, Official Yang is still kneeling."
"Oh." Li Ming seemed to have suddenly remembered something. He turned to look at Yang Quan and said, "Get up. If there's nothing else, you can go back."
After speaking, Li Ming led Pei Wenxuan and slowly walked towards the Imperial Garden.
When they walked to a place with fewer people, the surrounding servants suddenly stopped following. Pei Wenxuan supported Li Ming and heard Li Ming slowly say, "Zhen heard that you saved Ping L E last night."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Ming looked up, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Pei Wenxuan stopped walking. After a long time, he took a deep breath, as if he had made an important decision. He walked in front of Li Ming and knelt down in front of Li Ming.
"This humble official begs Your Majesty," he kowtowed deeply, his tone sorrowful, "Save this humble official's life!"
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