The willow leaves are slowly

After a pause, Liu Qingyin said, "It's okay. I'll be here to protect the prince and help him finish the work. The disaster relief work is about to end, and we need to have a complete and effective work. The prince is in poor health and needs help."

Ye Hansheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll come to you as soon as I finish dealing with the matter in Beijing."

"Yeah!" Liu Qingyin responded.

After saying goodbye to Ye Hansheng, Liu Qingyin ran breathlessly to the tent of Liu's father and mother, where Liu's father was pouring tea for Liu's mother.

"Ayin, what's wrong? Is there something urgent? You're sweating from running." Liu's mother hurried forward and took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat.

"Ayin, come and sit down and have some tea." Father Liu said with loving eyes.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Liu Qingyin couldn't really ask, "Dad, Mom, am I your biological child?"

Mother Liu asked with concern: "What's wrong with Ah Yin? Are you worried? Are you worried because Ah Sheng is gone?"

After a pause, she smiled and jokingly said, "Yeah, I'm worried that he'll be seduced by another girl."

"Hahaha," Liu's father laughed, "Ah Sheng is a trustworthy person and would never do such a thing."

"The grace of raising someone is greater than heaven. No matter whether I am their biological child or not, they are my biological parents in this life!" Thinking of this, she suddenly figured it out.

a few days later.

Inside the Fengtian Hall of the Shangjing Imperial Palace.

"Rebellious son, what else do you have to say!" Li Qi was so angry that he was shaking all over!

"Father, I am doing this for the good of Dongling. The national treasury is empty, and all the money I have earned has been used to replenish the national treasury. I also want to share your worries!" Prince Ning defended pitifully.

"Refilling the national treasury? Did you get even one tenth of your money into the national treasury?! This money represents the lives of the people of various countries!

As the prince of Dongling, if you start a national war, the people will suffer, and my entire Dongling country will suffer! Do you have the responsibility? !

The evidence is irrefutable, and you are still quibbling! Smuggling drugs should be punished by death according to the law!"

"Father, I refuse to accept this. I was not selling poisonous substances, but ordinary goods. How can you say that I was responsible for the discovery of poisonous substances?!"

"Would your highness Prince Ning like to take a look at this account book?" Ye Hansheng handed the account book to him.

"These poisons are all fake, they are not real!" King Ning roared!

"Your Highness hasn't even looked at it yet, how do you know it's poisonous?" Ye Hansheng asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Ye Hansheng, it's you. You plotted against me! It's all your fault!" King Ning's face was distorted, and he pointed at Ye Hansheng and cursed.

Ye Hansheng smiled contemptuously, then turned to Li Qi and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Miao Shan?"

"The one from Xiyue? Didn't she die?" Li Qi asked.

"This Miao Shan actually survived the catastrophe and is living in Dongling under the pseudonym Mu Wanyin. A few days ago, she asked someone to bring me a letter saying that she wants to identify Wu Changyuan and forgive his crime. Wu Changyuan is also His Royal Highness Prince Ning. I brought Mu Wanyin here, and she is waiting outside the door."

When King Ning heard Miao Shan's name, his face changed drastically and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He turned around and stared outside the door!

"Xuan Mu Wan Yin!"

Mu Wanyin led Ali slowly into the hall!

The mother and daughter knelt down and saluted.

"I, Mu Wanyin, and my daughter, Mu Xueli, come to pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."

"What do you have to say?" Li Qi asked coldly.

King Ning looked at Mu Wanyin and Mu Lixue, shock in his eyes overflowing, and he was so shocked that he was speechless.

"I want to testify against him!" Mu Wanyin pointed at King Ning and said, "The merchant from Dongling State, Wu Changyuan! He is also the third prince of the Dongling Li royal family!

Prince Ning Li Yiyuan!

He used the alias Wu Changyuan and joined forces with the Xiyue Zhiyu League to sell poisonous substances such as tobacco cream and aphrodisiac, harming the people and seeking huge profits! I am Miao Shan, the former head of the medicine hall of the Xiyue Zhiyu League. Previously, I was mainly responsible for connecting with Li Yiyuan's goods.

I am the certifier and the account book is the physical evidence!"

"Rebellious son! Rebellious son!" Li Qi's eyes turned red with anger and he was burning with rage!

"Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of your health!" Eunuch Huang hurried forward to support Li Qi.

"Report!" A guard knelt down and saluted at the door.

Li Qi didn't say anything. Eunuch Huang glanced at Li Qi and hurried to the door to ask questions.

After the guard finished speaking, Eunuch Huang's face became stiff, and he turned around and walked towards Li Qi.

Li Qi glanced over and saw Eunuch Huang hesitated and seemed to want to say something.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

"Tell me! Is there anything else I cannot bear to hear?"

Eunuch Huang glanced at Prince Ning, then quickly knelt down and said, "The Ministry of Justice sent a message saying that a batch of poisonous substances from the merchant Wu Changyuan was seized!"

Li Qi clenched his fists! His face was ashen, and he said nothing!

"Father, I am innocent! I am innocent!"

At this time, there was a commotion outside the door, "Let me in!"

Concubine Rong rushed in, followed by several eunuchs. Huang Zhongquan gave them a look and the eunuchs immediately retreated.

Concubine Rong fell to her knees and said, "Your Majesty, I am to blame for what happened back then. It is all my fault. It has nothing to do with Ayuan. Please forgive Ayuan. Ayuan is also your biological son, Your Majesty!"

Concubine Rong hugged Prince Ning and cried bitterly.

Prince Ning cried bitterly, tears streaming down his face, "Father, from childhood to adulthood, why did you never even look at me? I studied hard, practiced riding and archery, and fought hard just to get you to look at me, to praise me, even just one sentence."

Prince Ning smiled bitterly and said, "When I grow up, I will build canals, promote commerce and agriculture. All of this was done to relieve my father's worries and win his favor. But, why?

Why does the emperor hate me so much? No matter what I do, no matter how well I do, the emperor won't even look at me. We are both my mother's children, so why can my fifth sister be favored by the emperor? Why can't I be favored by the emperor? If the emperor hates me so much, why did he give birth to me?

Why? Why? "

Prince Ning's veins bulged and he shouted loudly. He wanted to tell Li Qi everything that was in his heart.

"Your Majesty, this is all my fault! Please forgive Ayuan!" Concubine Rong kept knocking her head, and her forehead was bruised.

Li Qi closed his eyes and recalled the past. When he was a hidden dragon, Wei Yaqing, who was still a princess, had been in poor health after giving birth to Li Yiheng. She had been taking good care of herself. After a lot of effort, her health got better day by day, and she became pregnant again. Li Qi happily hugged Wei Yaqing and spun around.

It was Concubine Rong, the daughter of the Left Prime Minister Zhao Yunrong, who asked for permission to come to the palace to accompany Wei Yaqing. Zhao Yunrong and Wei Yaqing were close friends, and Wei Yaqing was very happy to have her company.

But Zhao Yunrong fell in love with Li Qi, and tried every means to climb into Li Qi's bed and successfully became pregnant. In order to cover up the scandal, Prime Minister Zhao had a secret talk with Li Qi and promised to help Li Qi become the crown prince. After much deliberation, Li Qi finally asked the emperor for permission to grant the marriage. Wei Yaqing, who was pregnant, learned about this and fell ill.

Zhao Yunrong entered the palace, and not long after, Li Qi entered the Eastern Palace. Zhao Yunrong secretly sent people to drug Wei Yaqing.

When she was weak and about to give birth, Zhao Yunrong came to Wei Yaqing with her pregnant belly and provoked her, telling her about her love affair with Li Qi and how gently Li Qi treated her. Wei Yaqing was greatly traumatized, and eventually she suffered from deficiency of qi and blood, gave birth to a stillborn baby, and passed away!

These plots were eventually discovered by Li Qi. Li Qi was heartbroken. After he ascended the throne, he posthumously named Wei Yaqing as Empress Xiaoxian, and made his legitimate son Li Yiheng the crown prince. He would marry any girl who looked similar to Wei Yaqing into the palace and arrange them around Zhao Yunrong's bedroom. He also announced to the world that he would never take a queen in his life!

But he didn't even protect his only child with Wei Yaqing. In order to protect the playful Li Yiyuan, Li Yiheng was poisoned with a lifelong poison. Zhao Yunrong and his son made his wife and children suffer. How could he not hate them!

In order to balance the power in the court, he could not do anything to Zhao Yunrong. Over the years, when he woke up in the middle of the night, he always asked himself, if he had not chosen the throne, would his Yaqing not have died, and would their Ah Heng have grown up healthily.

Whenever he dreamed of him and his Yaqing holding hands and playing with their grandchildren, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

But without the throne, he would become a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of those in power. He could not kneel down at the feet of others in servility. He could not be born into the royal family in vain!

Rong Fei's cries brought him back to reality.

Li Qi opened his eyes, looked at the audience coldly, and then said:

“Send the imperial edict!

Ning Wang Li Yiyuan, who smuggled drugs, deserves death, but considering his past merits, his merits and demerits offset each other, and he is now demoted to a commoner and exiled to Nanling. He is not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial decree!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Nanling is a place of suffering. Ayuan has lived in Shangjing since he was a child and cannot go to Nanling! Your Majesty, please take back your order!" Concubine Rong begged bitterly.

"If you beg for mercy again, I will sentence you to death!" Li Qi said coldly.

King Ning knelt on the ground and laughed loudly towards the sky!

"How dare you!" Li Qi frowned and scolded!

Prince Ning paused for a moment, bowed deeply, and then said: "Li Yiyuan thanks your majesty for your grace! I will obey your command! May your majesty live long and long!" He spoke with great emphasis, then stood up, tore off the waist badge representing the royal family, threw it in the hall, and turned to leave...

When he returned home, he wrote a letter of divorce to Princess Ning. Although Princess Ning was reluctant, she had no choice but to take the child back to her parents' home. Prince Ning dismissed all the servants and sat alone in the hall of the palace.

"At this point, Your Highness, do you still have any illusions?" The man in white slowly walked out from behind the screen.

Prince Ning sneered and said, "They forced me to do this! How are the preparations going in Hecheng?"

The man in white whispered, "Everything is going according to plan!"

After leaving the palace, on the way to the inn.

"Mom, is that man Daddy?" Mu Lixue asked calmly.

Mu Wanyin frowned and responded.

"Mom, I'm hungry, let's go eat noodles!"

Mu Lixue smiled brightly. For her, meeting him once was enough. After all, that man was not worthy of being her father...