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In the middle of the night, Xiao Lingming nervously went to Hanyuan Hall holding the answer book.

Emperor Wu was drinking medicine, when he saw him coming in, he only waved his hands, as if he was greeting some kittens and puppies.Xiao Lingming hurried forward obediently and took over Li Fu's work.

While applying medicine to his hand, Emperor Wu said: "Xian'er told me that he would be your son when he entered the palace today to pay his respects."

Xiao Lingming shook his hand holding the spoon, and gave a pleasing hum with his eyebrows lowered.He took another spoonful and handed it to Emperor Wu's lips.But Emperor Wu didn't drink it, instead he looked him up and down, and then pushed away the medicine bowl in his hand.

Xiao Lingming's heart skipped a beat, he put down the medicine bowl, folded his hands on his knees in a kneeling position, lowered his eyes, quietly and obediently waiting for the Emperor's reaction.

He couldn't help recalling his recent actions carefully.

To deal with the emperor's moodiness, this is his usual method, and he learned to deal with it in the punishments of Emperor Wu.

In fact, Emperor Wu's attack on him was only after Concubine Ce, and before that, he had never touched him with a single finger, and he seldom even said harsh words.

Emperor Wu was strict and cold. It can be said that all the warmth and patience of the emperor at that time was used on Xiao Lingming.It was a value that no one except him had ever received from Emperor Wu, even Xiao Lingyi had never had it.

But maybe it was because Emperor Wu treated him so well before that it seemed that the same person's thunderous methods in the years to come were so deep and unforgettable.

After a while, Emperor Wu didn't show any intention of getting angry, he was just playing around: "My dear concubine, if I tell you that Xian'er is my favorite prince, what should you do?"

Xiao Lingming was stunned, but soon he took a light breath and carefully selected his words.Only then, with a bit of pampering and coquettishness that was favored by the master's favorite thing, he opened his mouth aggrieved, "If your majesty is determined to want a concubine to be buried, anyone may be the prince that your majesty prefers. Your majesty, what will you do?" Just one sentence is enough, if you say something, even if I don't want to, I will obey you."

Emperor Wu sneered and didn't answer his words, "My eldest brother thinks he is smart, while my second child is reckless and a martial artist. My sons are not up to snuff, so only the third child seems to be okay, but it's a pity that he is neither a son nor a son."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Lingming's reaction, and continued: "Originally, I planned to adopt him under the empress's name to occupy the title of a son-in-law, and it will be justified in the future."

Hearing what Emperor Wu said, Xiao Lingming felt relieved. The emperor hated the queen so much that even if he lifted Song Xian's biological mother, he would definitely not call him the queen's child.

He understood that Emperor Wu was just finding him unhappy after the drug took effect as usual, so he said softly: "Prince Rui said that he didn't want to be a prince, he didn't have that kind of heart, and..." He raised his eyes slightly, looked Emperor Wu's face said, "Prince Cheng has quite a reputation, and King Shen is outstanding in martial arts. A sage just wants his son to become a dragon."

Xiao Lingming's second half of the sentence was really bold and reckless, but Emperor Wu was not angry, he just asked in a casual tone, "Really?"

Xiao Lingming nodded, "I asked him."

Emperor Wu just laughed when he heard this, raised his hand and squeezed the tip of Xiao Lingming's chin affectionately, not to make things difficult for him anymore.

Recently, the Son of Heaven's health has improved, so he returned to Xiaochao. Xiao Lingming always felt lazy and never got up.

The next day when the emperor was called up by Li Fu, Xiao Lingming was still in a drowsy sleep. Li Fu and the servants knew the habits of Ming emperors and noble concubines, so they all came in lightly, for fear of disturbing the sweet dream of the beloved concubine. The emperor blamed it.

When Xiao Lingming fell asleep, he tied his hair with a headband.At this moment, he didn't know where he was sleeping, and his thick long hair was scattered around. When Emperor Wu got up, he accidentally pressed a little.

Xiao Lingming seemed to be in pain, he let out a hum and opened his eyes in a daze, but before he could open them all, Emperor Wu put his hand on his eyes, and the saint coaxed in a low voice, "Don't get up, yes I'm not careful, I'll sleep tomorrow."

This time he fell asleep as soon as Emperor Wu went down to the pilgrimage, the saint entered the dormitory and saw him sitting by the bed in a thin shirt, his hair loose, his face still full of sleepiness, and Sui'er knelt beside him While putting decorations on his wrists for him, he was chattering about something.This look is to pinch the time when the emperor is going down and forcefully call people up.

Sui'er heard the movement and hurriedly got up to salute, Emperor Wu scolded her: "He falls asleep when he likes to sleep, what can you do to force him to wake him up?" Then he walked up to Xiao Lingming, turned his face and looked at him, frowning He said: "Usually, I wake up when I go down to court, why am I so tired today?"

Xiao Lingming waved Sui'er who was kneeling at the side to signal her to get up, and then slowly replied: "Your Majesty asked Xiang Wu a few days ago to answer the excerpts, so I went back and forth a lot. I think too much during the day. Too much, I can't sleep well at night."

Emperor Wu asked back: "Is it really difficult to answer?"

Xiao Lingming hummed, Emperor Wu winked and ordered Li Fu to take a look.

This is more than a thousand words, Xiao Lingming revised and rewritten it for half a day, Emperor Wu just read ten lines at a glance.

But his expression was completely opposite to what Xiao Lingming thought. He cast a gloomy glance at Xiao Lingming, and said coldly: "Is it difficult for Prime Minister Wu to answer this question, or is it difficult for you to do things?"

As soon as Xiao Lingming heard that Emperor Wu's tone was bad, he knelt down and pleaded guilty, but he still couldn't escape the expected slap.

Emperor Wu didn't hit hard this time, Xiao Lingming was just hit on the side of the head, but the pain was not very painful, "I know I was wrong." He said hastily.

Emperor Wu asked indifferently: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Lingming couldn't answer it anymore, he felt that his answer to this book was appropriate, and he respectfully wrote it on behalf of the sky, without any overstepping.

Emperor Wu raised his face, looked at his pair who pretended to be dazed and pitiful, and said coldly, "Ming'er, I want you to answer Wu Xiang on my behalf."

Seeing that he was still puzzled, Emperor Wu forcefully dropped his hands and got up, threw the folder in hand to his feet, and reprimanded him: "I accept my wishes, and I use my rhetoric, that's what I do. You are acting on my behalf. It’s true, but if the zhezi is sent back to Prime Minister Wu, it’s my personal answer.”

"Ming'er thinks what will Prime Minister Wu think when he receives this note of respect and restraint?"

Only then did Xiao Lingming understand, he narrowed his eyes and admitted his mistake: "Ming'er knows."

Only then did Emperor Wu snort, and lightly kicked the folder on the ground, the stiff back of the paper hit Xiao Lingming's knee, and the Emperor sent: "Go back and change it."

Xiao Lingming leaned over to accept it, said yes, and said cautiously: "I want to see Prince Rui."

Emperor Wu waved his hand, and said impatiently, "I'm going to be your son, go call him yourself."

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After returning to Zhaoyang Palace, Sui'er nervously looked at Xiao Lingming's face, and told him to hide gently, "The saint didn't attack, it doesn't hurt." He asked again: "Did someone pass on Prince Rui?"

Sui'er nodded, "As soon as you left the Hanyuan Palace slave, someone handed you out of the palace." She was still wronged, endured it and said: "Sage is really unreasonable, and it's not what you want to do!"

Xiao Lingming forced a smile, and comforted him: "It's been so many years, haven't you always come here like this. It's not that your Majesty has never taught me, and this time I made a mistake because of my overthinking."

He lowered his eyes as he said, "I only have these things to do, is it possible that Sui'er wants me to intrigue like an ordinary concubine?"

Sui'er hurriedly said: "I don't mean that, I just love you."

While speaking, Song Xian was already waiting outside the hall, Sui'er's voice was not soft, and when Song Xian was heard in, the expression on Xiao Lingming's face had not completely subsided.Song Xian's careful eyes immediately saw the faint crimson color on the face of Emperor Ming's noble concubine, and subconsciously said: "What's the matter? You were wronged by the father?"

He said this because he spoke quickly, and he felt a little regretful after he finished speaking, and he was also a little thankful that this little concubine was a careless concubine.

As expected, she didn't have any special reaction, she just shook her head and gave Song Xian the tea seat, and then said: "I called you here mainly because I have something to ask you."

Song Xian nodded, "Please tell me, I will answer everything."

Because of Song Xian's question at the beginning, she picked up a crimson colored satin handle fan and shielded it in front of her.She lowered her eyes again, so that Song Xian could not distinguish her expression when she spoke, and only heard her ask softly: "Does Xian'er really want to be the crown prince?"