Later, I became the prince of the group

Before entering the palace, you need to freshen up.

Chang Xi Chang Le is not allowed to enter the palace if he is not purified, so Xiang Ying followed Liu Qi.Chang Le was so anxious that he wanted to cry: "It's definitely not a good thing to ask the young master to enter the palace this time, we can't follow the young master, or I'll kill you..."

Chang Xi quickly covered his mouth: "Don't be impulsive, if your majesty sends you a divorce letter and drives you back to Liu's house, will you go back with you?"

Xiang Ying put on the robe for Liu Qi, turned around and gave the two of them an angry look: "What nonsense are you talking about, can you say something nice."

The two servants immediately shrank into quails, and Liu Qi smiled at them: "It's okay, Your Majesty likes me very much."

Chang Xi Chang Le became even more worried—afraid that his young master would be blindly optimistic.

No matter how much you like it, you are also a daughter-in-law. If your daughter-in-law has failed her son, do you think His Majesty likes it or not.

After tidying up, Liu Qi went out, and the palace specially sent a carriage to pick him up, and Chu Yan was already waiting at the gate ahead of him.

Liu Qi was extraordinarily quiet at the moment, silently walked around Chu Yan and got into the carriage, Chu Yan also followed him, sat on his left side, and held his hand.

The palms are all sweaty.

Chu Yan looked at Liu Qi, who was extremely calm on the surface, and felt a little funny in his heart.

Don't look at his concubine's whining and whining, but when something happens, she will stand up for it.

Liu Qi thought he was laughing at his sweaty palms, glared at him angrily, and pulled his hand out.

But Chu Yan grabbed his wrist again, wiped his hand carefully with a handkerchief: "Don't worry, father will always be your father."

Liu Qi understood, this is actually saying: No matter what, I will never give up on you.

Wiping his hands was useless. On the way into the palace gate, Liu Qi was still sweating in his hands, so he wiped it on Chu Yan's body after a while. Fortunately, Chu Yan was wearing a dark purple robe, and it was not obvious when he wiped it on. mark.

The father-in-law was leading the way, and looked back from time to time, which was a little strange. He knew why His Majesty summoned King An, so he had heard the rumors, but now seeing how intimate the two were, he felt that the rumors were not true. .

Both of them thought that what was waiting for them was a severe interrogation, but when they arrived at Daming Hall, Emperor Chengxing was playing chess with Chu Rui.

The father-in-law who led the way said softly: "Your Majesty, King An and Princess An have arrived."

Emperor Chengxing gave a perfunctory "hmm": "Wait until I finish playing this game."

Chu Yan took Liu Qi and sat down not far away, took a piece of dim sum from the plate and put it in Liu Qi's hand without any notice, and gave another piece to himself.

Liu Qi actually didn't have much appetite, but he was even more nervous when he was sitting. He quickly finished eating a piece, but Chu Yan thought it was too sweet. .

Liu Qi stared at the row of teeth marks, speechless for a moment.

After waiting for two full cups of tea, the chess game was finished.

Emperor Chengxing looked at Chu Yan: "Xinqing sent news last night, saying that Prince An's Mansion was attacked by an assassin, what happened to the assassin?"

Chu Yan said: "My son put him under the law on the spot."

"I heard that the assassin was a woman, you two big men, why did you hurt a woman?"

Chu Yan showed a wry smile: "Because she is a woman, I have no defense at all, so I don't know that she has hidden a knife on her body. What's more, her son is still in our hands. How could I expect her to kill his son?" I don't care about my life."

Only then did Emperor Chengxing ask, "How are your injuries?"

Chu Yan said: "Father, don't worry, it's okay, that woman doesn't have much strength."

Emperor Chengxing thought about what the imperial doctor came back to report last night, saying that King An was injured in order to block the knife for Princess An. I helped push the knife away and scratched it in a hurry.

It's a bit like adversity.

"I also heard a rumor, have you ever heard of it?"

Chu Yan looked helpless: "Father is talking about Liu Qi? Of course I have heard of it. In fact, there are too many rumors about the two of us in the folks. We will change the pattern after a while, but this time the rumors It's too strange, and I didn't expect that my father would hear it."

Emperor Chengxing laughed: "I also find it strange that a woman entered the Prince An's mansion to take revenge, but in the end, someone at the court meeting actually took part in Liu Qi's book, and the words were wrong."

Chu Yan was surprised and said, "Someone is ginseng Liuqi? Is this my servant ginseng Princess? Is it... about that rumor?"

Liu Qi also made an inexplicable expression at the right time.

Emperor Chengxing turned his head and motioned Chu Rui to read the book again, Chu Rui was already prepared.

The book listed Liu Qi's crimes of lack of morality, irresponsibility, misconduct, bullying weak women, deceiving the emperor, etc., and the writing was full of hype.

If it wasn't about Liu Qi, Chu Yan really wanted to praise him for being "clear".

But when Chu Rui finished reading, the first word that really came to his mouth was: "Fart."

Chu Rui: "..."

Emperor Chengxing: "..."

Chu Yan came back to his senses after cursing, and hurriedly pleaded guilty: "Father, forgive me, my son was agitated just now and made a slip of the tongue."

Liu Qi: "..."

I'm sorry, but his acting skills can't be compared with Wang An's.

Emperor Chengxing didn't pursue him, but felt that Chu Yan, who had always known etiquette, suddenly uttered a dirty word, most of which came from his heart-the book said nothing.

The emperor had already favored Chu Yan and Liu Qi more than half in his heart, but he still asked seriously: "What is the relationship between that woman and Liu Qi?"

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Father, it really has nothing to do with it. I used to accompany my friends to brothels and dared not touch those women. I heard that she was a Qingyuan, so I heard her story. I think she can't help herself. So I redeemed her body and gave her money to settle down. Who knew that she was a woman living alone and recruited evil people to oppress her, so she blamed me and thought it was my fault for redeeming her. If you want to ask me for money, do you think I can give money to a woman who comes out of a brothel in front of His Highness? Of course I say no."

Emperor Chengxing: "..."

Chu Rui: "..."

Liu Qi: "Unexpectedly, she said a lot of words to smear me, and wanted to make His Highness separate from me. Fortunately, His Highness saw her intention, so he asked someone to gag her and shut her up."

This set of rhetoric was compiled by Chu Yan earlier and confronted Liu Qi. Although Liu Qi couldn't act well, once he said this, the naturally stupid tone when facing the elders was easy. convincing.

Emperor Chengxing looked at Chu Yan again, as if asking him, "That's the case."

Chu Yan nodded, and recounted the compiled story in detail, even describing in detail how Yingmei couldn't survive and how she wanted to die.

Emperor Chengxing actually sent someone to the palace overnight to investigate. The spies came back and reported that the expression of the woman when she died seemed to be unwilling, desperate and vicious, which was exactly the same as what Chu Yan said, "I can't live on." Revenge" is right.

"I know you are innocent in this matter."

Chu Yan and Liu Qi sat up straight at the same time, and they both heard that there was another turning point in his words.

"However, flies don't bite seamless eggs, Liu Qi, as long as your previous absurdities are less, people won't take the opportunity to frame you."

Liu Qi Xiaoji pecked at the rice and nodded: "I know I'm wrong, son, haven't you...repented?" Then, he raised three fingers in front of him, and said solemnly: "Father, since you pointed out After I got married, I never went to those gambling houses and flower streets, and all my old friends and friends were wiped out. If His Highness wants me to study and exercise, I will listen to him."

Emperor Chengxing looked at his expression of "I'm very obedient and begging for praise", he was annoyed and funny: "You also know that those are cronies."

Liu Qi laughed dryly: "Before... I didn't feel it before, but now I have come to my senses, changed my past, and turned my back..."

"Okay, knowing what's wrong can make a big difference, and I won't blame you for it."

The discomfort in Emperor Chengxing's heart was ironed out, and it was true, since Liu Qi got married, he performed very well.Besides, this marriage was my own designation. If it was an ordinary dude, it would not be a big deal to go to the brothel gambling house. It is also because I only knew that the Liu family had three sons, and the first two were dragons and phoenixes. I'm afraid it won't be too bad. When I know what Liu Qi is like, the marriage has already been pointed out, and I can't take it back if it's not good.

He had no choice but to send someone to investigate Liu Qi's past in detail. He would naturally find out what Chu Yan could find out, and only more. The marriage will not be changed.

Fortunately, the young couple had a smooth life, which made him feel that there was nothing wrong with the marriage at the time, and neither Liu Wen nor Chu Yan complained.

Now that people are living a good life, I don't know who has no eyesight to provoke them, and they have to stir up trouble everywhere to be happy?

Thinking so much, Emperor Chengxing's expression was gloomy.

"I have to think carefully about how to solve this matter. You all go out first, and stay for dinner later."

The three looked at each other, bowed respectfully and retreated.

After leaving the door, Liu Qi pulled Chu Yan's sleeve and pulled it to the corner: "Is this a pass?"

Chu Yan nodded: "Don't worry, he touched Liu Qi's right hand, our injuries are not in vain."

Liu Qi immediately lowered his head nervously to look at his wound: "I forgot just now, it didn't involve your injury."

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows: "Master Liu is not angry anymore?"

Liu Qi: "..."

Sorry, I'm angry again.

In fact, it is the principle of preconceived ideas. Chu Yan guessed that today there must be a minister who used the rumor to refer to Liu Qi's book, and let Emperor Chengxing hear this from someone else. .

So Chu Yan acted out a play first and asked Xin Qing to come to the palace to explain the situation.

Emperor Chengxing knew in advance that the woman who entered the palace was actually "assassinated if she couldn't touch the porcelain". In addition, the two of Chu and Yan were seriously injured. When the ministers came to the court, he naturally didn't believe the so-called rumors. Still feel that it is just a matter of speculation, and it is absurd for you to go beyond the rules and join other people's concubines!

It was only then that Chu Yan and Liu Qi had some innocuous little interactions under his nose. Although not many, it was enough to see that the two were close.

This made Emperor Chengxing feel that the rumors were even more unbelievable.

If there was even the slightest possibility, how could Chu Yan still be so close to Liu Qi?He, King An, is not blind!

Yes, even Emperor Chengxing did not believe that Chu Yan would not be angry when he knew that his princess had an old relationship.

And after Chu Yan hinted that the rumors spread too fast, Emperor Chengxing couldn't help feeling suspicious, and he would definitely send someone to investigate what happened behind it without Chu Yan mentioning it.

This is also the reason why Chu Yan didn't deal with the brothers and sisters of the Qiu family directly: he had his father and emperor to deal with them.

Chu Rui was still waiting not far away, and when Chu Yan raised his eyes, it happened to meet his gaze.Chu Rui hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the two of them.

"Big Brother, Brother Qi."

He obviously wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the father-in-law from Fengyi Palace: "My lord, my concubine, the third prince, the empress has an invitation."

Chu Yan said to Chu Rui: "The queen mother hasn't explained yet, so I asked my third brother to testify for me."

Chu Rui paused, temporarily swallowed what he wanted to say, and nodded.

On the way, Chu Yan whispered to Liu Qi: "If the queen mother asks you to talk alone, no matter what you say, don't get angry."

Liu Qi was a little confused: "Why, why did you find me alone?"

Chu Yan sighed: "The queen mother is a woman, and her worries are different from the emperor's father. Maybe...worry about things in my house."

Liu Qi was silent.

"Don't be angry, just push the matter to me."

"Then what about you?" Liu Qi lowered his eyes and asked sullenly, "What do you think... I know you care about me, but the empress really wants to add someone, can you refuse?"

There was obvious grievance and unwillingness in his voice, which made Chu Yan's heart twitch.

"I also know that you are kind to me because I am your concubine, but when you have side concubines, concubines, concubines, you will still be kind to them..."

Chu Yan covered his mouth with his palm, and the two stopped at the same time, Liu Qi blinked a few times to suppress the moisture in his eyes.

"No." Chu Yan said seriously, "You are the only one in my palace, and I only want you alone. I won't accept anyone else."

Liu Qi raised his hand and rubbed his sore eyes.

He felt that he was too unreasonable to make trouble, and forced Chu Yan to say such things, but could Chu Yan, the person arranged by the emperor's father and stepmother, refuse?Besides, even if there are a few more people... Isn't it normal, other women's women can bear it, why is he so hypocritical as a man.

But... Even if he understood this, he was still unhappy, and it would make him feel sick to death thinking about it.

Chu Yan moved his hand up to catch the teardrop on the other side: "If I really can't refuse..."

Liu Qi raised his head and smiled at him: "That's okay..."

But Chu Yan continued firmly: "I can't refuse, come one, I'll kill one."

If the killing intent had any substance, it was clearly reflected in Chu Yan's eyes, and Liu Qi was stunned for a moment.

He could feel... what Chu Yan said was true.

Chu Rui, who was in the front, realized that there was no one behind him, and when he looked back, the two of them had to be in love for a while halfway through their walk.

The corner of Chu Rui's mouth twitched again and again, and soon his patience ran out, so he asked the father-in-law who led the way to go back and remind him.

When the two followed up again, Chu Yan looked at Chu Rui's complicated and speechless expression, and pretended to say: "I'm really sorry, I was so absorbed in the chat that I forgot that my third brother was still waiting alone."

Chu Rui: "..."

Don't think I didn't realize that "solitary" was added on purpose by you!

When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, Chu Yan explained the rumors to the queen, and then, as Chu Yan expected, the queen wanted to talk to Liu Qi alone.

Chu Rui finally seized the opportunity, and said to Chu Yan with a serious face: "Brother, can I borrow a step?"

Chu Yan glanced at him and walked into the side hall.

When facing Liu Qi alone, the kindness and gentleness of the queen's mother disappeared immediately, and she became the mother of the country again, from the moment she stepped into the palace gate to when she sat down, there was a kind of unattainable feeling. Extravagance.

She sat down, looked at Liu Qi silently for a while, and then slowly said: "Since His Majesty has believed in your innocence and is unwilling to deal with you, I don't want to pursue it anymore."

Liu Qi lowered his head silently.

"However, I don't believe in you like His Majesty and Yan'er." The Queen's tone was blunt and merciless, "I have also heard about your affairs. For a person like you, let you be in charge of Prince An's mansion." Things, I really can't rest assured..."

After a pause, the Queen laughed sarcastically: "Oh, I forgot, the internal affairs of Prince An's Mansion are still managed by two domestic slaves. These two are very thorough in their work, but the housekeeper is a housekeeper, not a master. Yes, you can’t be without a master all the time.”

Liu Qi has never been insulted so unilaterally, even if someone ridiculed and slandered him before, if he heard it, he would fight back and never let himself fall.

But at this moment, his heart is calmer than he imagined, he can even think: In fact, what the queen said is right, the internal affairs of the palace cannot be in the hands of Chen Su and You Sheng forever, and he has been evading the responsibility that should be his , deserves to be underestimated.

Seeing that he was silent, the queen was a little satisfied: "I won't force you either. You used to be a carefree playboy, so you can be your carefree Princess An now. It's a matter of the palace. I will find someone else to worry about it. But when the time comes, don't make trouble to stop me."

Liu Qi finally raised his head.

The queen clearly said that Liu Qi had no ability to manage the palace, but in fact Liu Qi knew that the queen still didn't believe in his virtue, and now he had become a grain of sand in the eyes of the queen, and Chu Yan would be wronged if he existed for a second longer.

She helped Chu Yanna people into the palace, firstly because she wanted to choose someone she thought she was satisfied with, and secondly because she hoped that Chu Yan, who had put all her heart on Liu Qi, would be able to separate her heart. Dispensable exists, he has no power in his hands, and it is best to fall out of favor. From now on, he can only stay in his own square inch yard honestly, and be a well-behaved and obedient Princess An. This is the best thing in the Queen's heart. the result of.

Liu Qi suddenly wanted to ask, did the queen really know what kind of person Chu Yan was, but then she thought it was unnecessary.

He took a deep breath, raised his head and said, "Queen, I don't want to."

The queen's face changed: "This matter cannot be tolerated if you don't want to."

"Mother..."

Seeing that he wanted to talk back, the queen said angrily: "Enough! Your Majesty is not here, and there are no outsiders. You don't need to call me queen mother."

Liu Qi knelt down immediately, with sweat dripping from his hands, but his eyes were calm, and he changed his words in a calm manner: "Your Majesty, you and the emperor chose me, but you didn't like me. It's nothing more than the fact that there is no other suitable candidate in Beijing. The position of main concubine is not suitable, and the position of side concubine is probably not suitable either. You have to choose someone to be in charge of Zhongfu, and you can't choose someone with a low status, which will make outsiders laugh."

"You don't need to worry about these." The queen looked at him closely, "Liu Qi, don't forget, your identity was also given by others."

Liu Qi just pretended that he didn't understand the threat, and continued: "Unless your majesty invites girls in, but His Highness doesn't like girls, then maybe a good thing will not be a bad thing."

"What do you mean?" the queen asked, "According to what you say, the palace will not accept women for the rest of its life? Why don't you tell me that I have obtained the imperial doctor's approval letter, and Ah Yan's health is getting better and better. If he can recover, as a prince, he must have his own heir."

Liu Qi heard his own voice trembling a bit: "Madam, I will never stop His Highness when he wants an heir. If he himself likes someone, I will admit it, but now is not the time. Madam, now that there are rumors outside, even No matter how widely it is spread, it is still false, but if the palace has really recruited newcomers at this time, wouldn't it be confirmed in the eyes of outsiders?"

The queen was at a loss for words for a moment, but she didn't know how to refute.

At this point, Liu Qi could only continue to say: "As long as the palace is calm and calm, the rumors outside will soon be self-defeating. Although the rumors are related to me, they will also involve His Highness's reputation. Your Majesty should consider it for His Highness." .”

The queen's face turned green and then pale: "Are you saying that Bengong didn't consider Yan'er?"

Liu Qi pursed her lips: "The empress is only in a hurry to protect her son."

Kneeling on the ground, he couldn't see the queen's expression, but after the depressing silence, he heard the queen sneer: "I'm in a hurry? Well, I'm not in a hurry. After all, it won't take long. When the rumors subside, I think you'll still be there." What excuse can you come up with?"

Side hall.

"You want me to go because you can't see Li Xiang?" Chu Yan couldn't help "ha" as if he heard something funny, "What can I do with someone you can't even see?"

Chu Rui looked at him: "Elder brother is favored in front of the father, and he has nothing to do with Li Xiang. He is different from me. Eldest brother is talented, and I believe that elder brother must have a way. And... I always think you should know something What."

Chu Yan looked at him with a half-smile: "You don't need to praise me, it's useless, and you don't need to test me, what can I know?"

Chu Rui hesitated for a moment, then said: "When Prince Rui rebelled, he tied you up..."

Chu Yan's eyes turned cold: "You also know that Prince Rui kidnapped me, Li Xiang colluded with the Southern Jin Dynasty to provoke Prince Rui, and almost put me to death, but you want me to join him in the prison, so you can find a way to save him come out?"

Chu Rui was blocked by these words, and after a long while, he said dully: "Li Xiang is definitely not this kind of person, it is impossible for him to collude with Nan Jin."

"What does that have to do with me?" Chu Yan asked back.

Chu Rui thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth with determination: "Brother, Li Xiang's accident means that the people behind him will be implicated, and many of them... support me. Zuo Xiang is now the Second Prince's faction. If we can't clear Li Xiang's charges, then they will take advantage of the vacancy to insert people, and the forces behind Chu He will occupy most of the court. I don't know if you and I are of the same mind, but I know that once Chu He He Deshi, he will not let our two sons go."

Chu Yan seemed to have finished listening to a piece of homework, and said nonchalantly: "He has installed power, and you can do it too. Why, there are so many ministers in the court, and it is not enough for you to choose. If you have to grab the power of the right prime minister, you will be fine." put?"

Chu Rui said: "No, if I abandon them at this time, who else is willing to follow me? Besides, no one is in line yet, even if I win over at this time, I won't follow me easily..." His voice stopped abruptly , obviously realizing that he had said too much.

Chu Rui's lips parted, and it took him a long time to say: "Brother...some people say you are a fisherman, but I, I don't believe it. I know, you just don't want to get involved, but, think about it, brother, even if you don't get involved, What if others still refuse to let you go?"

"You and I are brothers, at least, I will not harm you."

"Brother, you can even just show me a way."

Chu Yan leaned halfway on the table, resting his head on his arm: "Why do you think I know something?"

"..."

"Understood, Yang Zhixing." Chu Yan pronounced the name deliberately protractedly, and hooked the corner of his mouth, "Right?"

Chu Rui didn't speak, but his embarrassment had already betrayed him.

Chu Yan was silent for a while, wondering if he was thinking about it. Just when Chu Rui thought he was unwilling to speak, Chu Yan suddenly said: "It's no use for you to argue with Chu He at this time. If I were you, I wouldn't care about it." This issue."

Chu Rui's expectations were in vain, and his face became ugly, but his tone was still steady: "Brother... If you don't want to show the way, then forget it, the younger brother is bothering you."

After finishing speaking, he gestured towards the door and took a step first.

Chu Yan came out after him, the door of the main hall was still closed, the two could only stand outside and wait, the maids brought stools, handed tea, and stood on both sides holding the plates.

Chu Yan moistened his throat, and waved back the group of maids.At this time, Chu Rui had already adjusted, and he smiled and said to him like a normal person, "Brother is sympathetic."

"Don't talk nonsense." Chu Yan squinted at him, "Your elder brother is a man with a family."

Chu Rui: "..."

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Chu Yan couldn't sit still any longer, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door. The maid at the door wanted to stop her, but the Grand Duke at the side gave him a wink before backing away.

Soon someone opened the door inside, it was Chun Ming, the empress's eldest maid.

"His Royal Highness King An."

Chu Yan nodded: "Excuse me, have you finished chatting with the queen mother? The emperor father still let us go back."

Chunming smiled and said: "The empress and the concubine are very engaged in chatting, I'm afraid there will be a while, the two highnesses can go first, and the slaves will guide the concubine later."

Having said so far, it is hard to refuse, Chu Yan glanced inside, there are screens and bead curtains on three sides, so you can't see inside at a glance, and you can't hear any sound.

He withdrew his gaze and said, "No need, I happen to have something to discuss with my queen mother." As he spoke, he directly pushed open the half-open door.

Immediately, all the palace people in the house came up to stop him.

Chu Yan felt even worse, these people couldn't stop him at all, he crossed the screen in a few steps, and saw Liu Qi was kneeling alone, and the queen was no longer there.

Chu Yan's heart trembled, and he grabbed Liu Qi's arm.

Liu Qi raised his head and gave him a slight shake.

Chu Yan didn't want to know what it meant, so he pulled him up with all his strength: "We won't kneel anymore, let's go."

Liu Qi wanted to say something, but seeing Chu Yan's angry face, he swallowed it back.

Anyway, he also wants to follow Chu Yan, at least now he doesn't want him to leave him.

"Stop." When she reached the door, the Queen's voice came after a while. She appeared from inside and asked angrily, "Ah Yan, what are you doing?"

Chu Yan looked back at her indifferently: "Come and pick up my princess."

"You feel sorry for your princess, but mother is afraid that you will be blinded to reason, Ah Yan, just because of this matter, you are going to break into my main hall and talk to me in this tone?"

Such a thing?

Chu Yan suddenly understood where his sudden burst of anger came from.

It's not that Liu Qi was punished because Liu Qi was not so delicate, but just thinking about it, he could imagine how much Liu Qi had been humiliated and how disrespected he was before he knelt there.

He thought that the queen should keep her face in consideration of his own face, but now he even wants to trick him into going to his father's place first.

Then what?She can keep Liu Qi and punish her whenever she wants. Even if Chu Yan knows that Liu Qi is being punished, she will not be able to leave directly in front of Emperor Chengxing.

Chu Yan: "If Liu Qi has done something wrong, the queen mother can tell me generously, if he really deserves to be punished, I will definitely not stop him, but you want to hide and stop it. Could it be that the queen mother herself feels that the punishment is worthy of punishment?" Shouldn't it?"

The queen looked at him with a weary face: "He has attracted rumors and contradicted the queen. If he was a woman, I would have to say that he committed the three obediences and four virtues. Shentang is not too much. How can he not be punished? He only kneels at all. After less than half an hour, you were so nervous, if you didn’t know, you thought I put him to death. What’s more, you asked him, but I want him to kneel?”

Liu Qi tugged on Chu Yan's sleeve and shook his head.

Chunming naturally stood by the queen, and when she saw the queen was very angry, she stood up like a hug, and roughly repeated what Liu Qi had said.

"Your Majesty also wanted to add people to your mansion for your sake. What's more, she has already made concessions and promised to discuss the matter in a few months. Who knows that the princess is not willing to give up, and insists on letting the empress agree to wait until you reach the crown. Madam He wouldn't get up if he didn't want to. In the end, how can a princess stop the prince from accepting his side, and force the queen to make a promise? In the eyes of the princess, is she still half as a concubine?"

Chu Yan looked at her unmoved: "Then you still have half of me in your eyes?"

Chun Ming choked and dared not speak any more.

She is a big court lady next to the queen, and the princes and concubines of all the palaces should be more polite when they see her. King An has always been kind to her, which is why she dared to say those things. It is inappropriate to say princess.

"Forget it, Ah Yan, you don't have to vent your anger on the people around me. If you want to take people away, then take them away." The queen's tone softened, "I figured it out, you have such a good relationship with Liu Qi, I I also don't want to force you to hurt our mother and son's feelings, since Liu Qi said that he will be crowned, then wait until you are crowned..."

"Wrong, Queen Mother." Chu Yan said coldly, "Ji Guan was said by Liu Qi, and I didn't agree."

There was more expectation in the Queen's eyes: "Then..."

"I will never take a concubine in my life. The queen mother should give up her heart as soon as possible."

The queen looked at him incredulously, and was too angry to speak, Chu Yan turned around without hesitation, and took Liu Qi away.

Chu Rui heard the dispute inside from the outside, looked at the two people who came out with the expression of a strong man, and rushed in when he heard Chun Ming's exclamation from inside the room.

Chu Yan didn't care about everything that happened behind him.

He found a hidden pavilion outside, carried Liu Qi to the stone table, and pressed his knees.

Liu Qi pressed his hand: "I'm fine, I only knelt for a short while, not as long as I knelt at the ancestral hall at home."

Chu Yan asked: "Master Liu will still make you kneel in the ancestral hall?"

Liu Qi smiled: "I have been punished several times, and each time I was told to kneel for two days to remember, but in the end I was released after two hours."

After laughing, he found that Chu Yan didn't follow suit, Liu Qi rubbed his fingers subconsciously: "Chu Yan..."

After calling his name, he realized that he hadn't thought about what to say, and he came to his lips and said: "You...you just did that, will someone go to the father to accuse you of being unfilial?"

Chu Yan: "Then tell me."

Liu Qi felt a little uncomfortable: "I don't want you to be called unfilial, I have caused you a lot of trouble... Are you angry with me?"

"A bit."

Liu Qi was dejected by these two words: "I'm sorry..."

Chu Yan pinched his chin, making him look at him at the same level: "I'm angry that you have to bear it yourself. Didn't you agree to push it to me?"

Liu Qi said honestly: "I don't want you to help me with everything, and... I want to say it myself, I just don't want you to be nice to others."

"Then why do you say wait until I reach the crown before taking concubines?"

"Because... I can't say enough about the empress." Liu Qi sighed, "I can't find a reason to refuse, so I can only use the tactic of delaying the attack."

"Why Ji Guan?" Chu Yan vaguely thought of an answer when he asked.

Liu Qi looked at him fixedly, stretched his arms forward, and pressed himself into Chu Yan's arms.

"When you reach the crown, I will be eighteen."

I'm eighteen.

With just this one sentence, Chu Yan felt that it was worth giving everything for this person.

He wanted this person to stay happily by his side, and he didn't have to worry about taking concubines and heirs from now on. He wanted to love this person more deeply and make him believe that he would never change his mind.

Not only eighteen, even eighty, he would only give it to him.

Chu Yan suddenly turned around and carried him on his back.

Liu Qi patted him on the shoulder: "My legs really don't hurt."

Chu Yan: "I know, I just want to carry you on my back."

Liu Qi obediently lay on his back.

It felt so warm.

After walking for a while, Chu Yan suddenly said, "Let's go."

Liu Qi didn't realize it: "Ah? Where are you going?"

"Leave the capital and go to a place farther away."

Liu Qi was taken aback, and immediately a bunch of brainstorming came up: "Leaving the capital? How can this be done? Don't be impulsive, you are the prince!"

"I'm not impulsive, I'm not going to elope, and I'm not running away from home." Chu Yan steadily supported him step by step, with a calm but solemn voice, "I will ask my father to leave Beijing. This is what I planned a long time ago. It's a good thing, and the emperor will most likely agree to it."

"I have something I plan to do. Although it's earlier than planned, it's not too early. Don't be afraid, I won't be impulsive."

He will not be so naive as to think that he can live a stable life with Liu Qi by giving up his prince status, and there are no rules to restrain them. On the contrary, he wants to be the supreme person, and let the person he loves enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime, No disease and no pain.

"It's just..." Chu Yan said, "It's just that it will be a little harder for a while, okay?"

Liu Qi felt relieved, put his arms around his neck, and said, "Okay, anyway, I will go wherever you go, I have to watch you, and let you obediently obey me when the time comes."

Chu Yan laughed out loud, and joked, "Young Master Liu, you are really domineering."

"I didn't want to be domineering at first. Who told you to say that one will die and the other will not take concubines for the rest of my life. If I don't be more domineering, I will feel a little sorry for you." Liu Qi muttered.

"Aqi." Chu Yan smiled and called him in a warm voice, "You want to be domineering for the rest of your life, you know?"

Emperor Chengxing obviously knew what happened in the middle palace, although he didn't say anything, his expression was not very good.

After the meal, Chu Yan took the initiative to take Liu Qi to plead guilty to Emperor Chengxing to accept the punishment, and said bluntly: "This unfilial act of my son has failed my father's high expectations."

Emperor Chengxing saw that he said "unfilial", but his attitude was firm, and he didn't want to argue with him, so he said: "Forget it, you can go to the queen's side to admit your mistake someday. As for Liu Qi, for the time being, you should not enter the palace. Just let him stay in the palace and copy scriptures for the queen."

Finally, Chu Yan mentioned the matter of leaving Beijing.

It was obviously not the first time Chu Yan mentioned this matter, Emperor Chengxing knew about it, he pondered for a moment, and finally agreed, but said: "I really hate you to travel far, but you are so insisting on going in person, I am also pleased that you are willing to share my worries. Ah Yan, among my several princes, you are the one with the most righteous thoughts, so don't let me down."

Chu Yan kowtowed: "My son and minister must live up to the emperor's grace."

Within a few days, Emperor Chengxing issued three decrees in succession at the court meeting.

First, King An was given the fiefdom of Liangzhou, where he only received food and salary, and had no military power. The government affairs of Liangzhou were still in charge of the prefect, and King An was not allowed to interfere without authorization, and he went to the fief within one month.

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