Parents are busy farming

Ye Zifen had just entered the palace yesterday to express gratitude, but she entered the palace again today, which made everyone in the palace nervous except the emperor.

The concubines in the harem spontaneously sent various supplements to the emperor, but unfortunately they were all rejected.

There was no trace of Ye Zifen even when he saw her.

The eunuch beside the emperor was also very puzzled. Knowing that Ye Zifen was a person who did serious work, he did not dare to neglect her. After the person arrived, he quickly found someone to bring her over.

When she learned that Ye Zifen had entered Chengqian Palace, she smiled and said, "I'm here to have a meal with the emperor. I wonder if the emperor will agree?"

The emperor originally thought that Ye Zifen must have important matters to discuss, after all, she was a busy person who was just as busy as himself.

So he asked, "Come and have dinner with me? How come you are free today?"

As he spoke, the emperor put down the red brush in his hand, slowly stood up, and said to the eunuch: "Serve the meal!"

When the father-in-law heard this, he quickly agreed and ran out to serve the meal.

I muttered to myself: Princess Fuxia is really considerate. She knows that the emperor often neglects his food and sleep, which has been especially serious in the past few months. With Princess Fuxia, the emperor will also pay attention to his diet. Maybe...

The emperor walked towards the side hall first, and as he walked, he confirmed with Ye Zifen again: "Is everything really alright this time?"

Ye Zifen replied with a smile, "I just wanted to have a meal with the emperor, and I was also a little curious about my grandmother's father, Prince Rui. You seemed to have only said that you had a good relationship with him, but you didn't elaborate on how you two became close friends."

The little girl is indeed a child at heart. It seems that she is just curious.

Marquis Fengyang smiled, and after sitting down, he took the teacup handed over by Ye Zifen, took a sip and slowly said: "Although I and Uncle Rui are uncle and nephew, our relationship is more like father and son. Back then, my father loved Prince Rui very much, but he didn't like me. He liked someone else. It's just that that person eventually went against his wishes, otherwise you would not be able to see me now."

Ye Zifen raised her eyebrows. After hearing what Feng Yanghou said, she was no longer so surprised.

However, when she saw the hint of sarcasm on the emperor's face, her heart was still stirred. From the emperor's expression, she could clearly feel his dissatisfaction with the late emperor.

Ye Zifen thought about it, smiled and said: "This shows that the emperor is destined to be the emperor!"

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly sneered and said, "Humph, what do you mean by destiny? It was my uncle, your great-grandfather, who made careful plans for me, that made me what I am today. I dare not be a tyrant for even a day! Otherwise, I would be sorry for my uncle who died young."

Ye Zifen said slowly: "You also said that the relationship between you is as deep as that between father and son. I believe everyone will be willing and have no complaints."

Just then, my father-in-law came in with his back bent, followed closely by several servants, who were holding lunch boxes in their hands.

The emperor smiled and motioned for Ye Zifen to sit down. The eunuchs took out the food from the food boxes and placed them on the table one by one.

Ye Zifen sat obediently aside and dined with the emperor.

According to the palace rules, one should keep quiet during meals, but this time the emperor didn't care. He continued to ask Ye Zifen, "Have you and the general known the auspicious day selected by the Imperial Observatory?"

Ye Zifen replied softly, "Your Majesty, we two do not want to bother with these matters, so we will leave it to the Ministry of Rites to handle."

The emperor nodded and said with concern: "Then I will let the imperial concubine help you prepare your dowry!"

Ye Zifen said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, you are going to give me something again, I really can't refuse."

The emperor smiled with satisfaction. While eating, Ye Zifen asked casually, "What does the emperor think of Fengyang Hou?"

Hearing this question, the emperor suddenly put down the soup spoon in his hand and stared at Ye Zifen, as if trying to find some clues from her expression.

Ye Zifen pretended not to notice and continued eating. The emperor looked at her for a while and couldn't help asking, "Why did you suddenly mention Fengyang Marquis' Mansion?"

Ye Zifen's heart tightened, but she still pretended to be calm and answered: "It's like this, the general recently discovered a good martial arts talent, and this child is the young master of Fengyang Marquis's Mansion. So I want to ask you, Your Majesty, to see if we have any special opinions or taboos about this Fengyang Marquis' Mansion. After all, if this child is accepted into the army, he will inevitably be involved with the Marquis' Mansion in the future."

I have to say, Ye Zifen's lie was flawless.

You know, the skill of lying lies in cleverly combining seven parts of truth and three parts of lies, so that it is difficult for people to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.

As expected, after hearing this, the emperor stopped asking questions and just lowered his head to continue eating, muttering, "The reason why the Marquis of Fengyang is in this situation now is entirely because of his father's involvement. Back then, his father was also involved in that thrilling battle for the throne. If not, with their ancestors following Emperor Taizu in battles and making great military achievements, how could they have fallen into this embarrassing position now?"

After hearing this, Ye Zifen's heart finally settled down.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked carefully: "Then, Your Majesty, do you have any dissatisfaction with the current Marquis of Fengyang?"

The emperor frowned and said unhappily, "I can't say I'm dissatisfied. He has no real power now, so I haven't paid attention to him. But I heard that he seems to be very close to the fourth brother? I really don't understand why he is as stupid as his father. He has to get involved and wants to die. As for his son... humph, it's not certain whether he can become a great man! You put in the effort to train him now, and if he turns out to be as stupid as his father, you will know what regret is."

Ye Zifen hesitated for a moment, her eyes flickering, and finally said, "It seems that Marquis Fengyang did not follow the Fourth Prince voluntarily."

When the emperor heard this, he was slightly startled, then seemed to understand something, and then showed a look of sudden realization.

He knew very well that Ye Zifen came here just to test his attitude towards Marquis Fengyang. He was a little unhappy, but there was no need to care about this matter.

He asked bluntly, "What handle? Are you and General Zhang going to start with him?"

Ye Zifen knew that as long as she gave the emperor a little information, he would be able to guess their general thoughts.