After crossing over, the demon king rolled in my arms and acted like a spoiled child

Seeing that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, Cen Changqing quickly rebuked Bai Jiyue, "You have only done your part, but you dare to make such excessive demands on the emperor. You simply don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."

He knelt down as he spoke: "I beg Your Majesty to forgive me for my poor governance. Please allow me to take them back and teach them a lesson!"

The emperor's face was stretched, and he smiled but didn't say anything, as if he saw through Cen Changqing's behavior of defending Bai Jiyue.

There was total silence in the hall. The ministers below held their breath as they watched the scene, fearing that the emperor would get angry.

Bai Jiyue also felt a chill in her heart. She originally thought that she had the merit of saving the princess but she did not take credit for it. She asked for reward by using her experience of protecting the tribute, which should have moved the emperor. However, she underestimated the difficulty of persuading the emperor.

It now seems that there is no hope of pardon from the emperor. Not only that, but it is also likely that Cen Changqing will be implicated.

Just as he was about to bite the bullet and say a few words to help Cen Changqing excuse himself, he suddenly heard a tender and crisp voice, breaking the silence in the hall: "Father~"

Everyone turned around and saw a small figure running into the hall and heading towards the platform where the emperor was sitting.

There were several steps on the platform. She climbed up using her hands and feet and threw herself into the emperor's arms.

The emperor held her little body, and before she could touch him, he handed her to the empress dowager's arms: "Hurry up and congratulate the empress on her birthday!"

Qingyue was quite well-behaved. She rubbed herself in the empress dowager's arms for a few times, then turned over and knelt in front of the empress dowager.

The little person bowed solemnly to the Queen Mother and said, "Yue'er wishes the Queen Mother good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains!"

The Queen Mother's face was full of smiles, and she hugged her into her arms and rubbed her: "Oh my, you are really the Queen Mother's little darling!"

After rubbing her granddaughter to her heart's content, the queen mother pulled her aside and looked her over carefully: "How come you're here after just falling into the water? Are you feeling well? Are you feeling unwell?"

Princess Qingyue shook her head and turned to look at Bai Jiyue who was kneeling on the ground: "This sister is great!"

As she spoke, she struggled out of the Queen Mother's arms, ran down the stairs, and hugged Bai Jiyue's arm.

"Sister, didn't you say you would come to see me? Why are you here?"

Bai Jiyue smiled at Qingyue but said nothing. How could she dare to speak if the emperor didn't say anything?

Qingyue tried to pull her up: "Sister, come to my place and play. Sleep with me tonight!"

Bai Jiyue didn't dare to respond, nor did she struggle. She let her pull her, not daring to get up.

All the court officials just watched the two girls pulling each other like this, which was somewhat inconsistent with today's theme.

After a while, the Queen Mother spoke first: "Qingyue, come, come to the Queen Mother!"

Qingyue shook her head and said coquettishly: "No, I want to play with my sister!"

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and said, "She saved Qingyue, and did not leave her name or ask for a reward. This shows that she is a good person. She risked being convicted to ask for pardon for her mother and sister. This shows that she is filial. Why not reward her? The criminal has already been brought to justice. How much of a threat would it be if we leave these old, weak, women and children behind?"

The emperor stroked his beard and looked at Bai Jiyue. Bai Jiyue quickly lowered his head and dared not look at him directly, pretending to be respectful and fearful.

After a moment of silence, the emperor finally spoke: "Okay, in consideration of your contribution in saving the princess, I will pardon your mother and sister's exile!"

Bai Jiyue and Bai Jiri immediately kowtowed to express their gratitude.

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "Your Majesty, just do your best. How can a weak woman and a young child be left without anyone to take care of them? Please pardon the exile of both the brother and sister."

This time the emperor did not hesitate, and waved his hand: "Since the Queen Mother pleads for you, I will pardon both of you!"

Bai Jiyue and Bai Jiri kowtowed again to express their gratitude, thanking the emperor and the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother smiled kindly: "Alright, alright, go down quickly."

The two of them took their leave and were about to leave when Qingyue grabbed Bai Jiyue's hand and shouted, "Sister!"

Bai Jiyue squatted down and said to her gently, "I have something important to do today and can't play with the princess, but I promise you that I will find a chance to see the princess in the future, okay?"

A layer of mist suddenly covered the girl's big dark eyes.

Bai Jiyue felt weak in the heart and was speechless.

She wanted to have a chance to see Qingyue, but the palace was not a place she could visit whenever she wanted.

"I will give you a token. When you come to the capital next time, you can use this token to enter the palace to see Princess Qingyue." The Queen Mother suddenly said.

Bai Jiyue looked up at the Queen Mother, very surprised.

The Queen Mother sighed, "It's rare for Qingyue to meet someone she gets along with. I'm doing this for Qingyue, not for you. You need to get along with her sincerely. If I know what you do with Qingyue's identity, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Bai Jiyue said quickly: "I won't do that. Thank you Queen Mother for your grace!"

The empress dowager winked at the nanny beside her, and the nanny untied a token hanging on her waist and gave it to Bai Jiyue.

Bai Jiyue bowed to the Queen Mother again to express her gratitude.

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Okay, now you can send Qingyue back to Kunning Palace."

Bai Jiyue smiled, bent down, hugged Qingyue in his arms, then said goodbye and left.

Qingyue smiled with curved eyebrows, hugged her neck and rubbed her face a few times: "Sister, come eat with me!"

"Okay, I'll have dinner with you." The two said this and walked away.

The ministers in the palace were all staring with wide eyes, it turned out that saving the princess would have such great benefits!

After leaving the hall, Bai Jiyue asked his elder brother to go back to the inn with the prefect after the banquet, while he carried Qingyue in his arms and went to Kunning Palace under the guidance of Nanny Su.

After entering Kunning Palace, Nanny Su first led Bai Jiyue and Qingyue to pay a visit to the Queen. Just now in the hall, Bai Jiyue did not see the Queen, and it turned out that she had already returned to the palace.

The queen sat on the high seat. Bai Jiyue put Qingyue down and knelt down to pay respect. The queen said gently, "Stand up."

Bai Jiyue thanked him and stood up, looking up at her, only to see that she had a beautiful face. She must have been there to celebrate the birthday in the front hall before, and she was still wearing heavy formal attire, looking dignified and majestic.

"You have done a great job in saving the princess. I want to reward you. Tell me, what reward do you want?" asked the queen.

Bai Jiyue bowed her head and replied, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has already rewarded me. For what I have done, the Emperor's reward is already very generous. I dare not ask for more rewards from the Empress."

The queen was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give you this reward first. If you want it again later, I'll give it to you again."

Bai Jiyue quickly expressed his gratitude.

The queen turned to look at Qingyue who was standing next to her: "Girl, why are you running around by yourself? You scared your mother to death."

Qingyue lowered her head and stammered, "Qingyue was wrong..."

The Queen held out her hand to Qingyue: "Come, come to your mother."