Chapter 17
"Mother..."

"Hey!" Hui Guifei responded, and suddenly said: "Yaoer, do you like brother Xiuran?"

Lingyao was taken aback, and wanted to deny it, but when she thought of Emperor Rui's murderous intentions towards Duan Xiuran, she pretended to be shy and said: "Mother Concubine!"

Neither confirmed nor denied.

Concubine Hui smiled, a little bright, the sun's light shone through the window lattice on her face, the paleness and dimness were a little bit darker, and it was replaced by brilliance and dazzling.

"Alright, concubine mother is a bit tired, Yao'er should go back first, concubine mother needs to rest."

Thinking that Concubine Hui probably didn't have a good rest these days, Lingyao got up quickly and said, "Yes."

Before leaving, she did not forget to remind: "Mother and concubine, remember to eat the taro cakes made by Yao'er!"

"Okay." Concubine Hui looked at her dotingly, and watched her leave.

As soon as she left Concubine Hui's palace, Lingyao said: "Go, take my token, let's sneak out of the palace."

"Take your token, isn't that going to reveal your secrets, and His Majesty will know!"

"Just to let Father know!" Lingyao clenched the handkerchief in her hand. She was betting on Emperor Rui's feelings for her and Concubine Hui.

And above the main hall, the guard guarding the palace gate came to report that the third princess had sneaked out again.

Ruidi was not surprised at all, he knew Lingyao's heart, and asked casually: "Where did you go?"

The guard said: "It is... the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion."

Ruidi's hand paused slightly, and a drop of thick ink fell, blurred and ruined the entire paper.

And Lingyao here did go to the Marquis of Pingyang. When the servant at the door saw her, he hurriedly invited her in, and then reported to Mrs. Sun.

Mrs. Sun is not as enthusiastic as before, she has a slightly strange expression on her face, she wants her to return to the palace first, but she never mentions the matter of Concubine Hui, presumably knowing that His Majesty's family affairs are state affairs , it is not good to intervene.

"Auntie, don't say any more, Yao'er just wants to see Brother Jianran." Lingyao held her hand instead, with sincere eyes.

But Sun still said: "Although the rebels have been captured now, there are still some remnants left if they can't be saved. The princess is too dangerous outside. Why don't you send someone to take the princess back to the palace?"

Lingyao straight to the point and asked: "My aunt never objected to seeing my elder brother before, what's the matter now? Is it possible that I will see him, and there is no danger?"

Mrs. Sun still wanted to say something, but she didn't know when Duan Xiuran stood on the porch, and said indifferently as usual: "Let her come over."

Surprised, Sun was busy thinking but pulled Lingyao, but was stopped by Yuqiao.

Ling Yao followed Duan Xiuran into the house.

"No!" Sun didn't take any face into account this time, but shouted directly, but unfortunately, Lingyao didn't hear it.

After following Duan Xiuran for a long time, Ling Yao realized that this was not the way to his study!But thinking about it carefully, I didn't do anything to offend him, not to mention that Duan Xiuran is a courtier, probably he wanted to harm her, right?
She was looking for reasons for him on her own, but when she reached a courtyard, Duan Xiuran walked in without saying a word to her the whole time.

"My son." Saluted carefully, saw Lingyao behind him, just about to salute, but Duan Xiuran said: "Go down."

Shen Xin didn't dare to disobey, he hesitated for a moment or left.Lingyao smelled Duan Xiuran's displeasure, but he didn't let the servant girl salute her?
Since Shenxin is here, then here... Lingyao had a flash of inspiration and said, "What are you bringing me to Wu Bingning's yard for?!"

Duan Xiuran still turned his back to her, and said: "Originally, I wanted to marry the princess by virtue of my military achievements on the night of Qiqiao Festival."

Lingyao was taken aback, why did she ask to marry her?Could it be a calculation, for the sake of power?I can't... I like it, right?
She remained silent, and he continued: "But if I marry the princess, I will become a person of disbelief. I promised her that I would marry her to save her from worries and give her glory. I changed my mind, It's really wrong to want to abandon your kindness and covet the princess."

Lingyao's giant self is at a loss—why, Duan Xiuran once liked herself? !Why didn't she notice it at all?Just now he said that Wu Bingning was kind to him, so he wanted to marry her and give her a stable life. Could it be that he wanted to marry himself because he helped him too much?
Isn't that the usual way for girls to repay their kindness? !
She coughed twice, and said: "If...you think that I have saved you several times, so you want to marry me to repay your kindness, then you don't have to. I didn't help you out of your gratitude, I..."

Before she finished speaking, Duan Xiuran turned around. His eyes were filled with something she had never seen before. No matter what it was, Lingyao could clearly feel that he was very angry.

Sure enough, he asked word by word: "So, the princess provokes the minister again and again, just for...fun?"

Where did she say that!Lingyao didn't know how to explain for a moment, and then she heard his voice as cold as frost: "The princess is the jewel in His Majesty's palm, and she is used to playing with others in her hands. She must be a minister, and she is wrong."

You are wrong!Lingyao yelled in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out. Duan Xiuran's gloomy and cold demeanor made people daunted, like Yama in hell, so terrifying.

"The princess knows that because of the dress that the princess gave, Bing Ning was punished with a stick by the eldest princess. The minister sent someone to find the princess for help, but the princess couldn't live or die, so that an innocent person has both legs and veins. Break, I will never walk again in this life!"

Lingyao was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said: "How could..."

"Couldn't this be planned by the princess?" Duan Xiuran suddenly approached her, with a cold smell rushing into her nostrils, but his voice was chilling: "I thought, you just wanted to use the Golden Jade Pavilion to make me despise her , I didn’t expect you to let her wear your princess-style clothes to participate in the Qiqiao Festival! Princess Changning is your aunt, presumably only Bingning and her wore the same color clothes in the audience that day, and you arranged it too!”

"I didn't!" Lingyao pushed him away, "I didn't know that she would go to the begging banquet of the royal family, I thought she just wanted to show off in the street, and I don't know what clothes my aunt will wear that day! "

Duan Xiuran obviously didn't believe it, so he just said calmly: "If you marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, the heart of a snake and a scorpion will definitely bring trouble to Xiao Qiang. Princess and minister, let's just say goodbye."

Lingyao just felt angry, he kept saying that he wanted to marry her, but he didn't believe her so much!Taking a deep breath, she said: "Who are you going to marry, Wu Bingning?! With her status, who would allow her to be the mistress of a family like the Pingyang Hou's Mansion? What ability does she have to take care of the Pingyang Hou's mansion?" Hit hundreds of people! I don't think you love her, but to clear up the debt in your heart?"

"Princess, please go back, the minister's words are very clear." He said lightly.

"Okay!" Lingyao turned and left without saying a word, without hesitation.

It's just that even if she glanced at him from the corner of her eye, she could still see the reluctance and entanglement in that person's eyes.

Lingyao returned to the palace angrily, and before she could complain to Yuqiao, Erqi's voice exploded in her mind: "It's over for the host!"

"What's wrong!" Ling Yao said angrily.

"Host, it has been detected that Emperor Rui is [-]% intent on killing the Marquis of Pingyang and the target of the attack!"

"How could this happen!" Ling Yao exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that someone said something to Father?"

"No," Erqi said, "It's because Concubine Hui hanged herself just now, and the hospital tried her best to save her but it was ineffective. Host, please think of a solution!"

Erqi spoke very hastily, but after dropping this question, it automatically went to sleep.

Lingyao only felt a "boom" in her ears, something collapsed and became a ruin.Emperor Rui had long wanted to kill Duan Xiuran, but that was Concubine Hui's mother's family, he still had feelings for her, maybe Concubine Hui was the factor that prevented him from doing it.But now, the old man is gone, and the emperor is more angry than sad, so the Pingyang Marquis Mansion has become a sandbag to vent his anger.

But she didn't have time to be sad, she just said: "Yuqiao, please drive faster."

The carriage galloped past, raising a cloud of dust and smoke.When Lingyao arrived at the palace, the first thing she did was rush to the main hall, knelt down in front of His Majesty and said, "Father, I have something to ask."

Now no one can see through Emperor Rui's thoughts, he seemed not to know the news of Concubine Hui's death at all, without the slightest grief, but said mechanically: "Tell me."

Lingyao raised her head, and said firmly word by word: "I am very happy with Duan Shizi of Pingyang Houfu, and I implore my father to give me a marriage!"

After she finished speaking, she slammed her forehead hard on the floor, making a sound in the Hall of Silence, and then there was a "snap", something slammed over and landed at her feet.

She knew, she clearly knew that she was making a problem for the father who loved her the most, and she was running against him; she also knew that the king who seemed to be safe on the dragon chair now had a heart full of wounds hole.

Although the emperor is iron and blood, he is not without tenderness.

Once a person has feelings, he can feel his heart, but whether he is happy or heartbroken is controlled by others.

Lingyao got up, glanced at the floor tile next to her that had been smashed into a hole by the inkstone, but she was still fearless, and repeated: "I am very pleased with Duan Shizi of the Marquis of Pingyang, and I implore my father to give me a marriage!"

"Good! Good! Good!" Emperor Rui laughed suddenly, a little arrogant, but also a bit desolate. The laughter echoed in the hall for a while, and then disappeared. He continued: "As expected of my daughter! With such an exquisite mind, in order to keep the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, you actually used your bargaining chips to blackmail me."

That's right, as long as she marries Duan Xiuran, Emperor Rui, as his father, will definitely not kill her husband.

She... took advantage of a father's love for his daughter.

Lingyao slowly knelt down and kowtowed gently. When he stood up again, Lingyao had tears streaming down his face: "I'm sorry, father, but Yao'er has to protect him..."

 Little cuties who can’t say enough to watch, I’ll add an update~ There’ll be an Olympiad in the evening

  
 
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