The Prince Consort's Beloved

Lord Cao said "Hmm?" in confusion and asked, "What do you mean?"

Li Yuanrou said earnestly, "I'm talking about you, Lord Cao. Everything is excessive. With Yuanqi's personality, the more you do this, the more disgusted he will be, and the less likely he will listen to you."

Lord Cao thought for a moment and said, "Princess, please don't ask any more questions. Women should not interfere in government affairs. Princess, please leave as soon as possible."

Li Yuanrou smiled and said with a very proud expression on her face: "That won't work. My husband is still in there. I can't leave now."

As Li Yuanrou was speaking, she accidentally glanced at an inconspicuous old man kneeling beside her. She chuckled, stood up, walked to the old man and called out with a smile, "Grandpa Chang."

Lord Chang looked up at her in panic, then immediately bowed his head to the ground, saying, "Princess, please don't call me that. I am so scared!"

As he spoke, he looked around and saw Lord Cao staring at him with a burning gaze. Lord Chang was startled.

Li Yuanrou squatted down beside him and whispered, "Grandpa Chang, why are you kneeling here as someone who manages rent, taxes, and money? How old are you? It's New Year's Day and you're here to join in the fun instead of staying at home."

As Li Yuanrou spoke, his eyes were fixed on Lord Chang's white beard.

Lord Chang wiped his sweat and whispered, "I didn't want to come either. I was dragged here by them to make up the numbers."

Li Yuanrou said: "Then you should go back. Are you the same as them? You have many children and grandchildren at home, waiting for you to have the New Year's Eve dinner. Do they have that..."

She glanced at the young Imperial Censor Zhang next to her and said, "Look at him. He probably doesn't even have a wife. There's no difference between kneeling here and him staying alone at home. Are you the same as him? Think about whether your little great-grandson is waiting for you at home..."

As she spoke, she was about to pull Lord Chang up.

Lord Chang glanced at the people kneeling beside him and found that he was indeed the only older one.

Li Yuanrou said, "They don't have this blessing. Let them kneel here. It's a troublesome time during the New Year. Yuan Qi will be furious and they will not get any good results. You should go back to celebrate the New Year."

After hearing this, Lord Chang really stood up and was about to leave quietly.

Suddenly, an angry rebuke came from the hall: "How dare you!"

Li Yuanrou was shocked, thinking that Yuanqi was angry.

She walked quickly towards the palace door, and then heard the sound of a teacup breaking.

The moment Li Yuanrou pushed open the door of the hall, she saw Xiao Luobai kneeling on the ground. The broken pieces of teacup porcelain jumped up from the ground and scratched across Xiao Luobai's left cheek, leaving a bloody mark.

Li Yuanrou suddenly became angry and shouted angrily, "Yuanqi!" and walked over.

When the ministers outside the palace saw this scene, they began to whisper, and Eunuch Fu quickly closed the door of the palace.

Li Yuanqi's brows relaxed a little when he saw his sister coming: "Sister, you came at the right time. I want to arrange another marriage for you. It's a good opportunity to discuss it with you. It's the He family, a wealthy family in Beijing."

Li Yuanrou immediately became furious and scolded, "You have no money again and you want to sell your sister?"

Li Yuanrou reached out and pulled Xiao Luobai's arm: "Get up quickly."

Xiao Luobai didn't move.

Li Yuanqi said angrily: "Don't let him stand up, make him kneel down. He doesn't even take me seriously now, and he dares to scold me."

Li Yuanrou squatted down and looked at the wound on Xiao Luobai's face. She gently wiped away some of the winding blood. She was so angry that she couldn't breathe.

She got up and walked quickly around the hall, as if looking for something handy.

Finally, she pulled out a feather duster from the corner and came over angrily to hit Li Yuanqi: "You are a rebel. Now that you are the emperor, no one can control you, right? How dare you bully your own sister?"

Li Yuanqi was horrified and ran away screaming: "Sister, what are you doing? I am the ruler of a country, how can you hit me..."

Eunuch Fulai was so shocked that his eyes widened, and he chased after her, shouting, "Princess, you can't do this! Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

But he couldn't keep up with the running Li Yuanrou.

Fulai was so anxious that he was running around screaming in front of him.

He glanced sideways and saw the expressionless man kneeling on the ground, and hurried over to pull him: "Master Xiao, please get up quickly and take care of the princess."

Xiao Luobai remained calm and said, "I can't do anything about it."

Fu Lai wiped his sweat and said anxiously, "Master Xiao, I beg you to stop the princess. This is so shameless!"

Seeing that Li Yuanrou was chasing the emperor and beating him without stopping, Xiao Luobai felt that it was about enough, so he stood up slowly and grabbed Li Yuanrou who was about to pass by him.

He spoke softly, "Rou'er, stop hitting me. Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, you can't offend him like this."

Fu Lai standing next to him wanted to vomit blood. Who was it that said that it couldn't be done? Now he said that His Majesty, the ruler of a country, should not be offended. Maybe he felt relieved after beating him for such a long time.

Fulai couldn't help but think that this prince consort was really deep-minded and stingy!

Li Yuanrou panted for a few times and said sternly, "Don't stop me. I've wanted to beat him up for a long time. What kind of thing has he done? He didn't even send a guard to my mother's palace. There were only a few maids guarding it. How can a son be like this!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand to hit him again.

Li Yuanqi, looking aggrieved, actually hugged her, and with red eyes, he choked and shouted, "Sister..."

Li Yuanrou was stunned, and I looked at my brother with moist eyes.

Li Yuanqi buried his face in her shoulder and sobbed for a while, his voice muffled: "Sister, I'm so tired..."

Li Yuanrou felt a lump in her throat when she heard this. Yuanqi was only fifteen years old, yet he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being an emperor.

She patted his back and asked, "What's wrong, Yuanqi? Tell me, is it because of the war?"

Li Yuanqi shook his head, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and stepped back from Li Yuanrou's arms.

He glanced at Xiao Luobai beside him, straightened his sleeves, and resumed his previous superior attitude, saying, "Brother-in-law, take my sister out first. We'll discuss what happened later."

When Xiao Luobai heard the word "brother-in-law", his eyebrows raised slightly, thinking that the little emperor's ability to change his expression was exactly the same as Li Yuanrou's.

Xiao Luobai pulled Li Yuanrou out. As she walked, Li Yuanrou turned back and said, "Yuanqi, if you have anything to tell me, I will help you."

The ministers were still kneeling on the ground outside the Changsheng Hall, staring at each other in bewilderment. Li Yuanrou pouted with a headache and began to drive them away: "Hurry up and go home to celebrate the New Year. If there is anything, we can talk about it after the New Year. The imperial decree to go to war hasn't been issued yet. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Several ministers began to whisper to each other, but Li Yuanrou ignored them and walked out with Xiao Luobai.

Li Yuanrou looked at the long and narrow scar on Xiao Luobai's face, raised her hand and touched it gently, and said distressedly: "Does it hurt? The face-wiping medicine that Yuan Qi sent to me last time when I was injured is still there. I'll apply some on you when we get back after the family dinner. It's better not to leave scars on such a handsome face."

Xiao Luobai took her hand away and held it in his own: "It's okay, it's just a little skin breakage, it won't leave a scar."

Li Yuanrou looked at his handsome but wounded face and suddenly felt that there was a kind of enchanting beauty in it.

She was in a playful mood, so she pulled out Xiao Luobai's hand, pinched his jaw like teasing a decent woman, and said seductively: "Let me see your face that has brought disaster to the country and the people. This face with injuries has a different charm."

Xiao Luobai raised his eyebrows, looked at her with a smile, and narrowed his eyes.

Li Yuanrou was frightened by her gaze and immediately became timid. She coughed twice and said, "What did you say in there just now? Why did Yuanqi throw the cup?"

Xiao Luobai spoke in a cold voice, unhurriedly: "I didn't say anything, I just wanted money."

Li Yuanrou spoke boldly: "You ask for money whenever you have something to do. I don't know which of you two is the emperor. You are almost being squeezed dry by Yuanqi."

Xiao Luobai's mouth twitched, and he said frivolously: "I can only be squeezed dry by you."

Li Yuanrou glared at him, and Xiao Luobai straightened his expression and said helplessly, "No wonder those ministers came to give advice even though the New Year has not passed. There are wars every year and people are dissatisfied. The Great Viet Kingdom looks prosperous on the surface, but it has long been rotten inside."

He paused, looked at Li Yuanrou with interest and said, "He also said he would give you a concubine."

Li Yuanrou was startled, laughed awkwardly twice and quickly expressed her determination: "I won't agree."

Xiao Luobai smiled, and raised the corner of his mouth: "I don't agree either, so I scolded him."

He held Li Yuanrou's arm and gently pulled her into his arms. He looked down at her and spoke slowly with a very overbearing tone: "You are destined to be tied to me for the rest of your life, and we will fight to the death!"