Long Live the Empress

Yue Hanwen went to Su Hongfu's courtyard angrily. When he saw the beautiful Su Hongfu, Yue Hanwen's anger had already disappeared by half.

Su Hongfu was playing with a parrot at this time. She looked at Yue Hanwen in confusion, "Prime Minister Yue, why are you here at this time? You look so unhappy. Did something happen?"

Yue Hanwen held Su Hongfu's hand and sighed, "I can't find a quiet place except coming to your place. Alas..."

Su Hongfu patted the back of Yue Hanwen's hand, stood up and poured him a cup of tea, "Why do you say that, Prime Minister Yue? If it's not official business, you can talk to my daughter. Maybe my daughter can help Prime Minister Yue share his worries!"

Yue Hanwen shook his head. Forget it. It's better not to talk about such an embarrassing thing. "Fu'er, why don't you paint a portrait of yourself? It's a pity for a beautiful person like you not to paint!"

Su Hongfu smiled shyly, "Then the little girl should go back to the room and change clothes~ ok?"

Yue Hanwen has been immersed in the imagination of Su Hongfu changing clothes.

When Su Hongfu came out, Yue Hanwen's eyes widened. He saw that she was only wearing a bright red mandarin duck bellyband under the bright red gauze... coupled with Su Hongfu's alluring eyes... Yue Hanwen actually forgot how to start writing?

Su Hongfu smiled and patted Yue Hanwen's chest coquettishly, "Prime Minister Yue, what's the matter? Is it because my daughter is too ugly that Prime Minister Yue doesn't know how to paint her?"

Yue Hanwen smiled awkwardly, covered his lips and coughed softly, closed his eyes, and adjusted his thoughts for a long time before starting to paint for Su Hongfu.

But when he painted the part below the collarbone, Yue Hanwen couldn't concentrate at all, and his eyes kept unconsciously looking at Su Hongfu.

Su Hongfu sneered in her heart, but her face became more charming. She pulled the red veil down again, "Prime Minister Yue, isn't my daughter beautiful~?"

Yue Hanwen's brain got hot, and bright red blood flowed out of his nostrils...

Su Hongfu was shocked, "Prime Minister Yue, you..."

Yue Hanwen subconsciously touched his nose, feeling so embarrassed that he wanted to bury his head in the ground! "The weather has been dry recently, and I'm a little irritated..."

Su Hongfu gently wiped Yue Hanwen with a silk handkerchief, "I'll ask them to make some herbal tea for Prime Minister Yue to help him cool down!"

Yue Hanwen's ears were filled with Su Hongfu's coquettish voice, and his nose was filled with the fragrance of his daughter on the silk handkerchief... "Fu'er, I will take you into the mansion tomorrow at the latest!"

Su Hongfu paused, her eyes filled with unconcealed delight, "My little girl... is waiting for Prime Minister Yue to pick her up~"

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There was another person who was also feeling uneasy at this time, and that was the prince.

The prince sent someone to check the list of Fengzhuo Academy early in the morning. After waiting for an hour, the servant finally came back.

The prince quickly stood up and asked, "What was the result?"

The servant fell to the ground and said, "I have looked over it many times, but I did not find Miss Yue's name on the list..."

The prince sat back in his chair in a daze, "How is this possible? Could it be that the Master made a mistake?"

The servant lowered his head even more, "I have asked around, and they said... they said Miss Yue fell asleep during the exam, so... she handed in a blank paper..."

"What?" the prince shouted in disbelief. "This is impossible! Miss Yue is so talented, she would never make such a stupid mistake!"

The servant did not answer, but tried to reduce his presence, fearing that the prince would be unhappy and punish him.

After a long while, the prince waved his hand and asked the servant to leave. He held his forehead with his hand, and his inner disappointment was beyond words...

"Your Highness, the Queen is summoning you to the palace." Outside the door, the eunuch from the palace came to deliver the message.

The prince then remembered that he had already told his mother that Yue Jinghong would stand out in this exam, but now...

Fengqi Palace

The queen leaned on the chaise longue, closing her eyes and eating the grapes fed to her by the palace maid.

The prince paused at the door before entering to greet everyone.

The queen opened her eyes, glanced at the prince, then closed them again and waved her hand for the maid to leave. "Prince, have you sent someone to check the list?"

The prince's hands trembled unconsciously, "My Lord, Miss Tianyue is not feeling well, so..."

The Queen didn't want to hear this. "Humph, what do you mean by the most talented woman in the capital? That's ridiculous! Not only did she snatch the title of the first daughter, but she also brought such a huge loss of face to the Prime Minister's Mansion! Is such a thing worthy of the Crown Prince's attention?"

The prince knelt down quickly, "My mother has misunderstood... Miss Yue! It was Prime Minister Yue who saw that the eldest daughter was useless, so he gave the quota to the second lady. Also, a few days before the exam, Miss Yue accidentally fell into the water and had a fever the whole time, so she fainted during the exam... Please, my mother, look into this!"

The prince was determined to protect Yue Jinghong, and even when Yue Jinghong fell asleep during the exam, he said that she fainted because her body could not hold on.

The Queen sneered a few times and suddenly slammed the table, "This Yue Jinghong is indeed a person who can seduce the Master! She hasn't done anything yet and she has tricked the Crown Prince into coming to me and telling lies!"

The prince quickly fell to the ground and pleaded guilty, "Mother, calm down. It was not Miss Yue who deceived me. I wanted to say this myself. Please don't blame Miss Yue!"

The queen was furious as she watched the future crown prince kneel down and beg for mercy for a mere concubine's daughter. "Has the crown prince forgotten his status? As the crown prince of a country, the most taboo thing is to have a love affair. The crown prince's current behavior really disappoints me!"

After the Queen's advice, the Prince realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly admitted his mistake to the Queen and said that he would not make the same mistake again. Only then did the Queen let him return to the Prince's Mansion.