After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

The emperor rubbed his swollen brows and ordered Li Zhongquan to invite General Xiao into the palace.

The matter concerns the Xiao and Wang families. It would be too hasty to convict Xiao Jianting based solely on the one-sided statements of Wang Jizhong and Wang Yuejiao.

Since Xiao Jianting was not there, General Xiao came and the two families talked it out.

Li Zhongquan went out of the palace to invite people, and it took a long time to go back and forth. The emperor saw that the father and daughter were still kneeling. It was freezing cold, and even though there was sufficient heating in the Yangxin Palace and the floor was covered with thick blankets, their knees could not bear it after kneeling for too long.

He waved his hand and ordered someone to bring two chairs and let him sit down.

Wang Jizhong and Wang Yuejiao helped each other to get up, and the father and daughter exchanged glances.

Wang Yuejiao's eyes were full of worry and anxiety, while Wang Jizhong patted the back of her hand gently, signaling her to be at ease.

Xiao Mansion.

General Xiao nervously invited the person into the side hall.

The person who came was Li Zhongquan's apprentice, Lin Shoude. Although Lin Shoude was not as good at handling things as his master, and even less favored by the emperor, he was still a servant in front of the emperor and obeyed Li Zhongquan. His coming was equivalent to Li Zhongquan coming to invite him personally, so you can imagine the seriousness of the matter.

General Xiao thought about it over and over again, but couldn't figure out what he had done wrong, and he had already walked into the side hall.

Lin Shoude showed a neither humble nor arrogant smile, "General Xiao, I won't say any more. The emperor wants to invite you to the palace. If you have packed everything, please follow me."

General Xiao raised his thick eyebrows, feeling something was wrong. How could this be the same as the Hongmen Banquet?

He suddenly thought about it and took out his purse and handed it over. Lin Shoude pushed him a few times but failed to refuse, so he held the purse steadily in his hand.

"Eunuch Lin, you serve in the imperial court. Do you know why the emperor asked me to go?" General Xiao asked directly.

Although it was a bribe, a servant was still a servant after all, and General Xiao could not flatter or fawn on Lin Shoude.

Since Lin Shoude took his money, he naturally had to reveal something.

He put away the purse, his smile widened, and he said something ambiguous: "General Xiao, Lord Wang and Madam Xiao have entered the palace."

Outside the door, Xiao Yunzheng was eavesdropping, and her heart instantly hung in her throat.

I didn't expect Wang Yuejiao to really make trouble in front of the emperor. There have been minor quarrels in the past, and both of them were wrong, but they always settled the matter peacefully. This time...

She felt more and more uneasy. What if the emperor blamed her...

Everyone has their own share of responsibility, so she was naturally not afraid. What she was afraid of was that the emperor would vent his anger on other people, her father, her brother.

Xiao Yunzheng gritted her teeth and decided not to sit there and wait for death, so she quietly slipped out of the mansion and headed towards Nian Mansion.

In the side hall, General Xiao had a heavy face, he had realized what was happening. He had guessed that this day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly, he was not prepared at all.

When the enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. General Xiao sighed heavily and followed Lin Shoude into the palace.

Nian Mansion.

Xiao Yunzheng went straight to the east wing and found Nian Susu.

"Lingling, what should we do? Wang Yuejiao has made a scene in front of the emperor." Xiao Yunzheng pulled Nian Susu's hand and shook it back and forth, pouting and saying, "Someone from the palace has come to invite my father in. If the emperor blames us, it will be no small matter."

The marriage was granted by the emperor. Wang Yuejiao was bullied after marrying into the Xiao family. Isn't this a slap in the emperor's face?

"You usually have the most ideas. Do you think I should take the initiative, take all the blame on myself, and ask the emperor to let my father and my two brothers go?" Xiao Yunzheng came up with a plan.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was feasible. Anyway, Wang Yuejiao would go to complain and she would admit her mistake. As long as someone was punished, it would make the emperor and Wang Yuejiao calm down.

Nian Susu was still thinking about countermeasures with a serious face. Xiao Yunzheng was about to carry out her plan, but she had only taken half a step when she was grabbed by Nian Susu.

"Yun Zheng, this is not a matter between you and Wang Yuejiao at all." Nian Susu sighed earnestly.

It would be nice if the problem could be solved if someone admitted their mistake.

The emperor invited General Xiao instead of Xiao Yunzheng, which is enough to show that the key to the problem is not the quarrel between the two little girls, but Xiao Jianting.

Wang Yuejiao has always been dissatisfied with Xiao Jianting's stay in Jiangnan and his lack of return to Beijing for a long time, and has threatened to divorce him several times because of this. Although this was an excuse she made up to get a divorce, it was also an indisputable fact that Xiao Jianting had been hiding in Jiangnan.

Therefore, the emperor was concerned about what went wrong in the marriage between Xiao Jianting and Wang Yuejiao, rather than how many times Xiao Yunzheng and Wang Yuejiao had fought or why they fought.

Once Wujun is found, Li Yaoyuan will be in danger. Xiao Jianting did not have many contacts in Wujun. He initially pestered Li Yaoyuan, causing a sensation and everyone knew about it. If you randomly ask anyone, they will be implicated in Li Yaoyuan.

She couldn't let that happen.

Xiao Yunzheng asked in confusion: "Who was that about?" She rarely saw such a sad expression on Nian Susu's face, and gradually she felt that the matter was more serious than she had imagined.

She was anxious, "What should I do? Dad has already entered the palace. If it's any later... What if the emperor wants to punish him with a stick? How can he bear it at his age!"

Nian Susu was upset and couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so the two of them stamped their feet in anxiety.

Xiao Yunzheng wanted to rush into the palace several times, but was stopped by Nian Susu every time. Being impatient would only make things worse.

After some thought, Nian Susu decided to write a letter to Xiao Jianting first, so that he would be prepared in case the emperor really sent someone to Wujun to investigate.

She believed that Xiao Jianting would protect Li Yaoyuan. No matter whether he thought it was Li Yaoyuan or Yu Yue, he must be like her and did not want the people in Shengjing to know that such a person existed.

Nian Susu had a plan in mind. She asked Xiao Yunxiao to help her grind ink. She picked up the pen and quickly wrote the letter, put it in the envelope, and asked Jingzhe to hire a messenger at a high price to deliver it to Wujun as quickly as possible.

After completing this series of tasks, Nian Susu pulled Xiao Yunzheng towards the palace.

When he arrived at Dongzhimen, Nian Susu did not go towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but walked east.

"Lingling, shouldn't we go to the Yangxin Palace to find His Highness and explain things clearly?" Xiao Yunzheng watched the magnificent buildings behind her getting farther and farther away from her.

Nian Susu calmly told her: "No, let's go find His Highness."

If she brought Xiao Yunzheng to the Yangxin Palace to make trouble, not only would it fail to solve the problem, it would likely backfire and make the emperor think that they were protecting the Xiao family, which would further confirm the accusation that the Xiao family bullied Wang Yuejiao.

What she wanted was to inadvertently clear Xiao Jianting's name and make everything go smoothly so that the emperor would not be able to find any fault.

Although Xiao Yunzheng didn't understand, she was willing to follow the instructions.

On the way, she comforted Xiao Yunzheng: "Don't worry, I'm here, and I won't let anything happen to you and Uncle Xiao."

These words gave Xiao Yunzheng great comfort. She had an inexplicable trust in Nian Susu. She seemed to have a kind of magic that made people unconsciously want to rely on her, trust her, and follow her.