The male supporting role takes over and kicks the male lead away

In the Queen Mother's heart, Xiao Ying's youngest son is her sweetheart, her lifeblood, and ten or eight older sons cannot compare to him.

So no matter how angry the Queen Mother was about Meng Lianyi's secret departure from the palace, Xiao Ying coaxed her and she immediately smiled and ignored it.

Meng Lianyi, who was kneeling on the ground and thought she could not escape this disaster, looked at Xiao Ying with tears of gratitude.

She said that she was a time-traveling heroine, and even if there were hardships, there would be a prince charming to save her from the water and fire.

Xiao Li was too lazy to care about what his queen was thinking. At this time, he looked at the Queen Mother and Xiao Ying's affectionate appearance, and his face became colder.

He suppressed his anger and the unknown feeling in his heart, and said to the Queen Mother: "Mother, it's late. I have some memorials to review, so I'll take my leave first."

The Queen Mother waved her hand nonchalantly, and her loving eyes did not move on Xiao Ying: "Go, go, take the Queen with you. You can decide how to deal with her, I can't control her."

Xiao Li saw that the Queen Mother only had Xiao Ying in her eyes, and drove him away like a fly, and said expressionlessly: "I know."

Then he left Chonghua Palace with Meng Lianyi.

Seeing this, Xiao Ying advised the Queen Mother: "Why does the Queen Mother have to be so angry with the Emperor?"

The two were not close because of Xiao Li's adoption by the previous Queen, and now they were both holding back their anger and unwilling to bow their heads, and the relationship between mother and son became more and more stiff.

Even if Xiao Ying tried to maneuver, it didn't seem to have much effect.

Fortunately, Xiao Li still cared about him and didn't let the estranged relationship between the two brothers get in the way, otherwise the mission would be difficult.

The Queen Mother said indifferently: "How did I get angry with him? It's obviously..." She suddenly paused, and then changed the subject, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Er'er, when will you get married? You are already a young man..."

Xiao Er heard this topic of forced marriage again, and hurriedly interrupted: "Mother, the emperor said before that he had something to do with me, I will leave first, and come to pay my respects to you tomorrow morning!"

After saying that, without waiting for the Queen Mother to have a chance to stay, he ran away.

"Ah..." The Queen Mother stared at his back in amazement, then laughed angrily, "This kid runs faster than a rabbit."

She looked at the old nanny beside her, sighed, and asked, "Why don't you think this child wants to marry? Such a good child has to be so cold-tempered."

The old nanny had been with the Queen Mother for so many years, so she naturally knew what she liked to hear: "The Queen Mother is so worried, so she can personally choose a good girl for the prince who understands her feelings."

The Queen Mother nodded in agreement and said, "It is indeed necessary for me to personally check. But what if this child, Ying'er, doesn't want to do it herself?" She couldn't force her son to marry a wife he didn't like, right?

The old nanny said, "You can choose a few more first, and then let the prince choose in person. If the prince still doesn't like it, continue to choose, and you will always find one that the prince likes."

The Queen Mother looked at her approvingly, and then hurriedly asked someone to investigate the information of the daughters of marriageable age in the capital.

***

After Xiao Ying left Chonghua Palace, he did not leave the palace, but went to the imperial study.

At this time, Xiao Li should still be in the imperial study, teaching Meng Lianyi a lesson.

Sure enough, when Xiao Yan stepped into the imperial study, he heard a voice of rebuke from inside, suppressing anger and lowering the volume. It seemed that Xiao Li was really angry.

Xiao Yan looked at the broken pieces of the teacup and tea stains on the ground, and his eyes turned around Meng Lianyi, who looked a little embarrassed.

Meng Lianyi only had some water stains on her clothes, but no scars on her body. Obviously, although Xiao Li was very angry, he was still very rational and did not do anything to Meng Lianyi that would cause gossip.

Seeing Xiao Yan coming in, Meng Lianyi, who had been sprayed by Xiao Li for half an hour, looked at him with bright eyes and hope as if she saw a savior.

However, Xiao Yan seemed not to see her eyes asking for help, and only looked at Xiao Li steadily: "Royal brother, I have something to discuss with you."

As he said that, he deliberately glanced at Meng Lianyi who was still kneeling.

It was obviously a hint to Xiao Li that he should ask the "strange people" to leave.

Seeing that Xiao Rong didn't pay much attention to Meng Lianyi, Xiao Li waved his hand and asked Meng Lianyi to leave.

Meng Lianyi, who had wanted to leave the imperial study for a long time, got up and left in a hurry, even forgetting to salute.

Xiao Li looked at Meng Lianyi's back with displeasure, but he was thinking about what Xiao Rong wanted to discuss with him, so he didn't call her back to teach her a lesson.

He looked at Xiao Rong and said, "Are you looking for me because of the tribute from the Dongyi Dynasty?"

The Dongyi Dynasty was a small country on the border of the Daxia Dynasty. Although its territory was small, its national style was extremely fierce, it advocated military force, and it was eyeing Daxia covetously.

The Daxia Dynasty had not been able to free up its hands to destroy the Dongyi Dynasty because of the restraint of the Daqing Dynasty next to it.

Therefore, the Dongyi Dynasty often invaded when Daxia and Daqing were fighting, and took a big bite on Daxia.

Xiao Li had long been dissatisfied with the Dongyi Dynasty. The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to send Xiao Ying to lead the army to attack Dongyi.

With Xiao Li's full support, Xiao Ying led the army straight into the royal city, and forced the Dongyi Dynasty to cede land, pay compensation, and surrender before withdrawing.

Dongyi, which was not large in size, has now become a tiny country, and is also one of the countless vassal states of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Xiao Ying came to Xiao Li just to ask the Dongyi Dynasty to pay tribute.

Every year, the Dongyi Dynasty would send an envoy to show their loyalty and present a large number of rare treasures.

But this year, the one who brought the envoy was the fourth prince of Dongyi, who was most likely to inherit the throne...

Xiao Ying frowned slightly and said, "Dongyi has been quiet for only two years and it is ready to make a move. We should have destroyed it directly at the beginning."

Xiao Li shook his head and said, "Daqing has tied up too many of our troops... Let's wait and see, wait for the Dongyi envoys to come to the capital, and see what they are up to."

Xiao Ying said, "We should keep a close watch on the spies of Dongyi and Daqing in the capital recently. I always feel that this fourth prince came to pay tribute in person, it seems..."

It seems what, he didn't say, Xiao Li Ye knew it all.

A prince of a country, or a prince with a great chance of succession, came to pay tribute, no matter how you look at it, there must be something fishy.

However, Xiao Ying was not too worried. After all, this was a romantic novel world, and the evil and mad male protagonist was Xiao Li, so it was destined that the Great Xia Dynasty would prosper under the male protagonist's halo.

And as for conspiracy, if the female protagonist was released, all the conspiracy would be nothing but clouds~