I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

The guard's words of leaving half and keeping the other half were the most thought-provoking. The emperor was stunned for a moment. Isn't he from Dongyue?

When the Minister of War heard that his grandson was being implicated, although he didn't know which grandson it was, he knelt down quickly.

"What?"

"As long as the princess is safe and sound."

The guard looked at the position of the Qiao family and said, "The princess and Meng Qingyu are having sex."

The Minister of War was stunned. How could this disaster befall his Meng family?

"Bring it up!"

The emperor heaved a sigh of relief in a place where no one else could see. As long as the Dongyue people were not causing trouble, it would be fine. As for the matter between Qiao Linxi and Meng Qingyu, it was just a small matter.

"Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding. Meng Qingyu, he doesn't dare to defile the princess. Someone must have framed him."

Minister Meng felt a chill on his back, and even on his neck. He had lived a lifetime, how could he not know Gu Changfeng's attitude towards Qiao Linxi?

He told all the court officials that Qiao Linxi was the one he, Gu Changfeng, was protecting. At that time, just because one minister mentioned that Qiao Linxi was wearing a dragon-shaped jade pendant was disrespectful, he was beheaded.

Now that Meng Qingyu has laid hands on Qiao Linxi, won’t the Meng family be wiped out?

"Minister Meng, there is no need to apologize. Perhaps Princess Dingguo wanted to do this herself?"

Xiao Simin looked at Gu Changfeng's reaction and felt secretly happy. Now that thing was done, no one would compete with her for Gu Changfeng.

Gu Changfeng can only be her son-in-law.

“Princess, please don’t talk nonsense. Meng Qingyu doesn’t know you at all. This is the first time he has seen you. How could you…how could you…”

As soon as Minister Meng knelt, all the Meng family members also knelt down.

Master Qiao's face wasn't very good either. He knew that someone must have framed Qiao Linxi, but there was nothing he could do. Since he was framed, he had to admit it.

He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, someone must be plotting against the princess. Please investigate carefully."

The emperor relaxed and looked at the kneeling people, and asked, "If Meng Qingyu and Princess Dingguo really had physical contact, what would you do?"

"Old minister..."

Minister Meng felt very disappointed. He was afraid that this might be Gu Changfeng's plan. He wanted to use this incident to get rid of the Meng family.

"Your Majesty, if my son really has something going on with the princess, I am willing to take responsibility for him and will go to the Qiao family to propose marriage."

The word "propose marriage" surprised Master Qiao. Is this killing two birds with one stone? Someone wants to use Qiao Linxi to wipe out the Meng and Qiao families?

After all, Gu Changfeng's attitude towards Qiao Linxi is there. If Meng Qingyu really touches Qiao Linxi, Gu Changfeng will have to find an excuse to wipe out the entire Meng family.

No, there is no need to find an excuse. The Meng family can be hammered to death directly by convicting them of humiliating the princess and defying the imperial power.

"Master, what about you?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty respects your princess's choice."

"Manager Gu, if this is true, what do you think we should do?"

The emperor's question scared the Meng Qiao family. The emperor personally handed the knife to Gu Changfeng.

"Your Majesty, how can a servant like me make irresponsible remarks about the princess' marriage?"

The emperor glanced at him and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to go to the Qiao family to ask for Princess Dingguo's hand in marriage?"

"Well, I am just a servant, how can I be worthy of the princess? However, I think as long as the princess is fine, it's fine. As for the marriage between the two families..." Gu Changfeng glanced at Minister Meng and Master Qiao: "I think they are a perfect match."

Everyone could hear that Gu Changfeng said the last three words with gritted teeth.

"I think so too."

Although the emperor didn't know what Gu Changfeng was thinking, if something like this really happened, he could only help Meng Qiao and his family.

Soon, several guards came in from outside the palace, followed by two people. To be exact, a man and a woman, with the man holding the woman.

Minister Meng's heart was in his throat. He stretched his head to look back, and when he saw the familiar face, he instantly lost his temper. He had only one thought in his mind: "It's over, it's over! The Meng family is finished."

Regardless of whether it was a plot or not, Meng Qingyu touched Gu Changfeng's woman and wanted to get away with it? Was he kidding me?

Meng Qingyu was wearing a lake blue robe and looked handsome. At this moment, there were some scars on his face, and he was holding an unresponsive woman in his arms, which made him look more masculine.

When everyone saw the woman in Meng Qingyu's arms, they recognized her as Qiao Linxi.

Meng Qingyu held the unconscious Qiao Linxi in his arms and walked to Shangshu Meng’s side and knelt down.

"you……"

Minister Meng's blood rushed straight to his head, and his head spun for a moment. It took him a long time to recover, and he pointed at Meng Qingyu and said, "You, tell me, what happened?"

Meng Qingyu glanced at Qiao Linxi in his arms and said, "Grandfather, Your Majesty, today's incident was caused by someone trying to plot against Princess Dingguo."

The emperor looked at Meng Qingyu, then at Qiao Linxi, and asked, "What do you mean? Do you have any evidence?"

"I accidentally spilled some wine on my clothes when I was drinking earlier, so I went to the side hall to clean it up. When I got there, I asked a young eunuch to go to the palace gate to find the servants of the Meng family to get clothes. But before the young eunuch came back, I saw a man in black carrying a woman on the rooftop, and she looked a bit like Princess Dingguo, so I chased after her. Who knew that when we chased her to Chaoxia Palace, the thief actually threw the princess on the bed in the palace, and then tried to humiliate her. I chased him in and scolded him, and the result was..."

Meng Qingyu paused, "There are other people lying in ambush in Chaoxia Palace, and they lit a magic incense. I was also tricked, and then..."

"And the thief?"

The emperor looked at the guard behind Meng Qingyu, and the guard knelt down and replied: "He was killed by my subordinates. He was from Dongyue."

"Then you and the princess..."

This is the issue that Minister Meng is most concerned about.

"Your Majesty, although I am only a humble official, I will not shirk my responsibilities."

What Meng Qingyu said was equivalent to admitting that he and Qiao Linxi were together.

"Okay, be brave and take responsibility!"

When the emperor saw that the bracelet was still on Qiao Linxi's hand, he felt relieved.

"I have made the decision on this matter. Although Princess Dingguo has not been officially canonized, I will grant her to you in marriage now. You will be the prince consort. Let the Ministry of Rites choose an auspicious date to hold your wedding."

"This……"

Minister Meng and Imperial Tutor Qiao were both a little terrified. They wanted to object, but that would be disobeying an imperial order, a capital crime. If they agreed, they would offend Gu Changfeng, also punishable by death.

How to break this game?

The two gray-haired men placed their hopes on Qiao Linxi, hoping that she would wake up and oppose this arranged marriage.

Only she can disobey the order.

Judging from the emperor's attitude towards Qiao Linxi, even if she disobeyed his order, he probably wouldn't be angry.

But Qiao Linxi still hadn't woken up, and people who were close to her could see that the hem of her skirt was wrinkled, which meant that Qiao Linxi had indeed been taken by Meng Qingyu.

"Your Majesty..." Gu Changfeng suddenly stepped forward and spoke.