After rebirth, she became the prince's favorite

"Your Majesty, do you want to send me to marry?"

Chu Yanyi opened her big eyes with clear black and white, and if anyone came out, it would hurt the emperor's heart.

"I just feel that I have a connection with you. Seeing you is like seeing my daughter, so I want to adopt you as my daughter. I definitely don't want you to marry someone else. Don't worry, I won't do anything to hurt you. I promise. Are you willing?"

He looked at the girl in front of him expectantly. She was obviously his daughter, but he couldn't acknowledge her openly. He felt so sad.

"If I tell you what I really think, will the emperor be so angry that he punishes me, or even punishes everyone in Mingyao Marquis's mansion?" she tested cautiously.

"No, no matter what you say, I won't blame you."

He also wanted to know what impression his daughter had of him, whether she hated him, admired him, or was full of admiration for him.

"Then I don't want to be the emperor's daughter. I have my own parents, and that's enough."

Chu Yanyi had a shy and fearful smile on her face, and even beads of cold sweat appeared on her forehead, as if she was afraid that she was in great danger.

"Why? Isn't it good to be my daughter? As long as you nod your head, you will be a princess of a golden branch and jade leaf, with a noble status and enjoying wealth and splendor. I don't need you to marry, and I won't hurt you. I just want you to live a happier life."

"Yan'er, this is something that countless noble daughters dream of. Why do you refuse me?"

The emperor could not accept such a thing. How could his daughter be raised in the Mingyao Marquis's mansion? She should be raised by his side, and he could visit her anytime he wanted.

If Xiaoxiao were still alive and saw that their daughter was living so well, her hatred for him would probably be much less.

Tears welled up in Chu Yanyi's eyes again. She struggled, trying to stand up and even kneel down. The emperor was worried that she would hurt her wound, so he held her down again.

"You don't have to kneel. I want to know the reason."

Chu Yanyi wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and like a frightened deer, she covered her pounding heart with her hands, her voice gentle yet firm.

"My parents only have me as their daughter, but the emperor already has many princesses, many of whom love him. If I became the emperor's daughter, my parents would no longer have a complete daughter. I have had a heart disease since I was a child, and my parents have spent a lot of effort to raise me to this age."

She paused and looked at Chu Tengzheng gratefully, "When I was a child, I was often sick, and my parents often stayed by my side all night. They gave me life and a good life. I can't abandon my parents just because the emperor gave me more wealth and glory."

"Then their sincerity will be wasted. I can't bear to see my parents suffer."

The emperor was overwhelmed with emotions. This was the daughter born to Chu Xiaoxiao. She was kind-hearted, grateful, and always considerate of others.

Their daughter has all the good qualities of Xiaoxiao.

"Your Majesty's willingness to adopt me is a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes. I appreciate your kindness. I wish your Majesty a long life, and that the Great Zhou Kingdom will become more prosperous under your rule."

"Your Majesty will surely become a wise ruler and the greatest emperor of all time. This is your most loyal wish."

Even though the gentle, beautiful and sensible daughter rejected the emperor, the reasons she gave and her blessings to the emperor completely eliminated the emperor's previous unhappiness.

"Since you don't want to be my adopted daughter, I won't force you."

Although it was a pity, the emperor thought about it and felt it was reasonable.

Chu Yanyi didn't know that she was his daughter, and he rashly proposed to make her his adopted daughter and to anoint her as a princess. Unless one was short-sighted and dazzled by power and wealth, no one would have agreed to it so rashly.

The Chu family was also afraid that this was a trap, and that he would use Chu Yanyi as a marriage partner.

He will use practical actions to tell Yan'er that he is her father and will give her all his love and the best of everything.

"By the way, Yan'er, what kind of punishment do you want the person who stabbed you to receive?" The emperor changed the subject.

"Do you want the Yongning Marquis to pay with his life? He was determined to put you to death."

Chu Yanyi fell into deep thought. After a while, she shook her head and said, "Forget it. I wasn't stabbed to death by him. It was Sister Yufei who cured my poison and helped me with my heart disease."

"For Sister Yufei's sake, I will not spare Marquis Yongning's life."

The emperor felt distressed and a little regretful, "Yan'er, you are too gentle and easy to bully. Not only does he want to take advantage of you, he also wants to kill you. Don't you feel too aggrieved to just let him go?"

Chu Yanyi smiled shyly, "I haven't finished what I want to say yet. Your Majesty, I want to say that although I don't want to kill Marquis Yongning, I can't let him think that the Chu family is too easy to bully."

"How about this, keep him in jail for a few more days, so that he can feel it thoroughly. We cannot let Lord Yang lose his mind and hurt me in anger because of the different political views between my father and me. There are many times when there are different opinions in the court, how can you stab someone just because of a disagreement?"

She stuck out her tongue playfully, "Will you let Lord Yang out when my temper subsides? But I don't want him to go against my father anymore, can you suspend Lord Yang's official position?"

"Yan'er, don't talk nonsense. The emperor has his own ideas about the appointment and dismissal of officials."

Chu Tengzheng's face changed and he immediately pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, Yan'er is ignorant and has interfered in state affairs. Please forgive her for her youth and ignorance."

The emperor was infinitely tolerant and doting on Chu Yanyi. He was not angry at all and even obeyed her in everything.

"I also think Yan'er talks too much. She can't even control her temper. What else can she do? It's better not to hold this position. Eunuch Li, have the people from the Ministry of Personnel dismiss Yang Daoling from his position. I feel annoyed when I see him."

Yang Yufei and Yao Mingjin were standing right beside them, with no emotion visible on their faces.

The emperor's eyes fell on Yang Yufei and he asked directly, "Yufei, do you have any opinions?"

Yang Yufei wanted to rub her scumbag father's face on the ground. She was very happy in her heart, but a look of reluctance emerged on her face.

"I have no objection. My father made a mistake and he should pay the price. This is beyond doubt."

As she spoke, a thin layer of mist formed in her eyes, as if she had swallowed all the pain in her heart into her stomach.

Yao Mingjin held her hand calmly, as if to comfort her.

The emperor could understand her feelings very well. No matter how bad Yang Daoling was, he was still her father and her support.

Now that Yang Daoling has lost his official position and the Yongning Marquisate has lost all face, how could Yang Yufei be happy?

"Yang Yufei, don't worry, your marriage will go on as usual, and I won't have any opinion about you. You are still the distinguished eldest lady of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, and no one will look down on you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. My father committed a serious crime, but Your Majesty was able to give him a lighter sentence. This is all due to Your Majesty's great grace. I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of my father."

"If you want to thank someone, then thank Yan'er. If it weren't for her pleading, your father would have lost his head."

Yang Yufei immediately looked at Chu Yanyi respectfully, "Thank you Miss Chu for your plea. I will always remember your great kindness to the Yongning Marquisate."

Chu Yanyi waved her hand, "Sister Yufei, you don't have to be so polite. Your father is your father, and you are you. I know the difference very well."

"Your Majesty, I feel much better now. Can I go home now? I was in the palace yesterday. My mother must have been worried sick. I want her to see me."

"In that case, Lord Chu, you should escort Yan'er back to the palace. Her injuries are not fully healed yet, so please take care of her. Yan'er, when you are free, please go to the palace and spend more time with the Queen Mother. If you have thought it through, tell me. My intention to take you in as my adopted daughter has never changed."

"Okay, Yan'er will remember it."

Just like that, Chu Yanyi was sent home by Chu Tengzheng.

The emperor was worried that his daughter's injury would take too long to heal, so he gave her many precious medicinal herbs for her to take back.

Yao Mingjin and Yang Yufei also followed the Chu father and daughter out of the palace.

Sitting in the carriage, Yang Yufei suddenly clapped her legs excitedly, "I finally know who Chu Yanyi looks like."

"Ah Jin, do you think she looks 70% similar to you, except that your features are tougher, while Chu Yanyi's features are softer and brighter. No wonder I wanted to get closer to the daughter of the Chu family when I saw her."