Chapter 76 Breaking the Rumors
As Xie Chen thought, the emperor went to the Queen's Palace that night, and he didn't get angry in the middle of the night like everyone else thought.

It's just that Xie Chen didn't know it was because the queen failed to let the emperor go out that night, and she didn't want to share the bed with him. The emperor felt sorry for the queen and insisted on resting on the ground overnight.

The next day the prince was summoned to the palace for tea.

"The prince is here...cough cough." Before the emperor finished speaking, he started coughing.

Resting on the ground last night, he must have caught a cold.

After Yan Qing'an heard it, he saw that the emperor's eyes were dark, and asked with concern: "Father, did you deal with political affairs late at night last night?"

He had just entered the palace, no one had ever mentioned to him that the emperor had rested at the empress's place yesterday, he thought it was because the emperor stayed up all night to deal with political affairs.

The emperor waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

Yan Qing'an felt relieved when he heard this, and was about to ask his father why he came here, when he heard the emperor above speak.

"Come here and read this notebook for me."

Yan Qing'an couldn't help being taken aback, although his father had asked him about his views on political affairs before, but he never let him have any trouble.

"What are you doing standing there stupidly, come here!" The emperor looked at his stupid son and urged.

Yan Qing'an walked over after hearing this, picked up the booklet the emperor handed him, and looked down at the content on it.

It's just a letter to impeach Pan Zeyuan, which is not uncommon.

Pan Zeyuan was recommended by Gu Hengyu to the emperor as the servant of the Ministry of Rites, but because of his integrity, other officials could not benefit from it, so they tried to impeach him.

Naturally, Yan Qing'an also knew what the people in the court thought, and what was written in this booklet was also about the shitty things she did with relatives who Pan Zeyuan couldn't beat, and she actually said that it was Pan Zeyuan's connivance.

But Yan Qing'an didn't know that this was just a note handed to him by the emperor at random, thinking that it was to test whether he had private friendship with Pan Zeyuan.

After thinking about it, Yan Qing'an still couldn't agree with the zhezi, and said aloud: "My minister thinks that the words in this zhezi are too forceful, and there is no reason to add a crime. If the emperor blames Master Pan for this, it will chill people's hearts. "

After hearing this, the emperor knew that the note was reporting this matter, nodded, took the note and threw it aside.

Recently, many people are dissatisfied with Pan Zeyuan, but no one can find his fault, so the emperor will not punish him for it.

Yan Qing'an watched his father's actions, knowing that he didn't mean to blame, so he was relieved.

But then he handed himself a booklet and said, "Continue."

This booklet is to report on the resettlement of refugees after the flood in the south of the Yangtze River. The effect is good, and the words are appropriate. The local official is also a good official, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Yan Qing'an thought for a while, and told the emperor what was in his heart.

The emperor nodded, and handed Yan Qing'an a few more notebooks, and told Eunuch Li, "Go and get the prince a stool, let him sit down and read."

Although Yan Qing'an was puzzled, he still obeyed his father's arrangement and sat there to read today's memorials one by one.

When it was noon, Eunuch Li reminded the emperor that it was time for lunch. Yan Qingan was about to leave after hearing this, but was stopped by the emperor.

"Don't leave in a hurry, stay and have lunch with me." The emperor looked at Yan Qing'an and said calmly, as if he didn't care about his abnormality today.

But there was an episode during the lunch, Concubine Xiao came to the gate of the hall to see the emperor.

"Your Majesty, let my concubine accompany you to have dinner together. The concubine's palace has recently got a good cook. Jiangnan cuisine is very good and tastes fresh." Concubine Xiao Guifei said to the emperor after paying her respects.

In addition to the monthly rules in the palace, Concubine Xiao's mother's house would also send some money, plus the former ministers and concubines in the harem courted her intentionally or unintentionally, her life was actually very nourishing.

She knew that the emperor liked the dishes from Jiangnan, so she paid a lot of money to have the cook brought in from outside the palace.

After hearing this, the emperor was also ready to move, and normally he would have agreed to the imperial concubine's request, but today... besides, he had to show Liu Gong what he wanted.

"The noble concubine is interested, but I have decided to have dinner with the prince today, the noble concubine should go back." The emperor looked at Concubine Xiao and refused.

Concubine Xiao was a little surprised when she heard this. This was one of the few times when the emperor refused her.

"Your majesty, my concubine..." Concubine Xiao Gui wanted to say more after she had spoken.

The emperor didn't hear her finish, and interrupted her: "I know that you came to me because of the grounding of the fifth prince. I'm tired of hearing about it, and there are only a few days left. How come three Didn't the prince come to beg for mercy and disturb me?"

Although Concubine Xiao usually loves to trouble the queen, she has never done anything particularly excessive. The reason why she came up with a way to trap the queen in the Ye Ting Palace this time is also because her son was grounded, and she tried to intercede with the emperor several times but failed. , I'm just unhappy.

Concubine Xiao was stunned, she was almost the only favorite in the palace these years, why the emperor's attitude towards her has changed so much now.

Thinking of the emperor sending someone to deliver the green orange to her side yesterday, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. Could it be that she lost her sacred heart and was about to be left out in the cold?

"Send the noble concubine out." The emperor didn't care what Concubine Xiao was thinking, and ordered his Eunuch Li to send her out.

Eunuch Li received the emperor's order, walked up to Concubine Xiao, his face remained unchanged, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please."

Concubine Xiao looked at Eunuch Li and then at Yan Qing'an who was sitting next to the emperor, endured her displeasure, saluted the emperor, and flung her sleeves out.

Yan Qing'an sat beside the emperor, taking all the things that happened just now into his eyes.

I thought that my father would say something to me when I left him for lunch, but after Xiao Guifei left, the emperor also ate with heart, and even put some shrimp in his bowl.

"Your mother's empress loves shrimp the most." The emperor added after watching Yan Qing'an put the shrimp into his mouth.

Yan Qing'an didn't know what the emperor meant, but nodded in agreement, and didn't tell him that he was allergic to shrimp, and that red rash would appear on his body after eating.

After finishing the meal, the emperor let Yan Qing'an leave.

The news in the palace spread quickly, within half a day, the whole palace knew about the emperor's change of attitude towards the prince.

Combined with the fact that the emperor stayed in the queen's palace last night, many people speculated that the empress is going to return to favor.

This incident naturally reached the ears of Shifang Palace Xie Chen, but she wasn't too surprised by it. Looking at the emperor's attitude yesterday, she could guess the emperor's purpose for doing this, and she couldn't help but look forward to the next day in her heart. Reaction.

On the way back to the East Palace, Yan Qing'an was a little confused about what happened today, but she was more surprised than scared.

He never blamed his father for being indifferent to himself and his mother, but getting his father's love made him happier.

This happiness didn't last long. After returning to the East Palace, a red rash appeared on her body as expected. Yan Qing'an shook her head and called the imperial doctor.

(End of this chapter)

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