After awakening, the eldest daughter was slapped all the way

"I thank the Emperor and take my leave."

Huo Tang stood up, bowed to the emperor, and was about to leave.

"Girl from the Huo family, why don't you stay and have dinner with me before leaving the palace!"

The emperor spoke with a smile. His current appearance was completely different from the gloomy look he had when looking at Huo Tang before. He looked like a kind elder.

"Then I will respectfully obey your command!"

Huo Tang smiled and nodded, without refusing, he stayed.

The ministers around had already left one by one. At this moment, only Princess Huo Tang, the emperor, and the serving palace maids and eunuchs were left in the imperial study.

Hearing that Huo Tang had stayed, the princess snorted in displeasure: "Royal brother, isn't today a family dinner for you and me? Why bring an outsider like her?"

Although she was asking the emperor this question, her eyes were looking at Huo Tang, as if she was saying that Huo Tang was tactless.

Huo Tang smiled and said nothing.

The emperor said with a smile: "Royal sister, Prince Anyang was adopted by our father as his son. We grew up together and are like brothers and sisters. His children are our descendants and can be considered as our own children."

"This Huo Tang girl rarely comes in and speaks very little at palace banquets. I rarely have the chance to chat with her about family matters, but today I can take this opportunity to chat with her."

"Besides, this little girl will be the new Prince of Anyang in the future. She has to take on her father's responsibilities. Naturally, I have to get to know her well."

After hearing this, the princess did not speak any more. She glared at Huo Tang and then walked out of the imperial study first.

The emperor said with a smile: "Eldest sister's temper is getting worse and worse. Huo family girl, you should not bother with her. Besides, she is bound to be in a bad mood after what happened a few days ago."

"understand"

Huo Tang smiled and nodded.

She was completely different from the person who had just been arguing with the eldest princess. The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

He spoke casually, "Come to think of it, you were also involved in the incident at the Princess's residence last time, so..."

At this point, the emperor paused before continuing, "The previous incident has not yet been fully investigated. My sister inevitably harbors resentment towards you, so even if she has gone too far in some areas, I hope you can understand."

The emperor's words secretly reminded the princess that her grandson's death was related to her.

Although Huo Tang has been acquitted now, the previous incident has not been followed up!

She still bears this charge.

Huo Tang just smiled slightly when she heard this, without showing any other strange expressions. She said: "The old man sends the young man away, I can understand your grief."

"But Princess, you should focus on finding the real murderer instead of keeping a close eye on me."

"In this incident, I am even more innocent!"

After she finished speaking, she looked up at the emperor and said, "Besides, even the emperor has already issued an edict informing me that I am innocent, but the princess is still holding on to this matter. I suspect that Princess Zhang is dissatisfied with your edict."

Having said this, Huo Tang stopped and said no more.

Her words made the emperor's expression darken and he narrowed his eyes.

Although he knew that Huo Tang might have done it on purpose, he couldn't help but start to think about the meaning of her words.

Could it be that the imperial sister—

The reason why he issued an order to release Huo Tang without charge was all because of the late emperor's golden medal of immunity from death.

The privileges given to Huo Tang back then were all decreed publicly by the late emperor. If he didn't do so, he would be branded as disrespectful to the late emperor!

The imperial sister should understand him!

He thought this in his heart, but did not show it in front of Huo Tang: "After all, this matter was originally a case of evidence. Even if the emperor had to give up the pursuit for some reason, it is only natural for her to feel guilty."

Huo Tang knew what the other party meant, she just smiled and said: "Since you feel bad, you should find out the real culprit."

No matter what the emperor said, Huo Tang just asked the princess to find out the real culprit and did not respond in the direction he wanted.

In short, she would not fall into this trap. She did not kill the man, and she would not admit it. As for who the real murderer is, that is something the eldest princess needs to investigate, and Huo Tang will not investigate it to prove her innocence.

At least on the surface she won't take this job

It has nothing to do with me.

She had always known this.

Even if she wanted to investigate, she would only investigate who was harming her.

Instead of investigating to prove your so-called innocence, why should you work for others?

As for the charge?

She didn't care. It wouldn't affect her now. As for the people outside, who could still remember what happened?

Besides, when she finds out, she will naturally announce it to the world.

But there was no need for her to talk about this in front of the emperor.

Seeing that Huo Tang had not taken the bait, the emperor's eyes became increasingly profound.

I underestimated the girl from the Huo family. She is smarter than I thought.

It seems that this girl has rarely interacted with outsiders in recent years and has been hiding herself.

He admired such a person. Having such a smart minister would be a great help to his Luoling Kingdom, and he would also gain a great general.

But this girl is from the Huo family.

Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes became a little complicated. He no longer mentioned these things and talked to Huo Tang about his friendship with King Anyang in the early years.

Huo Tang just listened quietly.

The emperor said that he and his father had a deep relationship, better than that of brothers.

The two of them sympathized with each other, and her father was loyal to him. He also trusted and valued her father, and finally expressed his regret for his father.

Huo Tang just listened, nodded in agreement when he heard certain things, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart.

The other party seemed to be mentioning his friendship with his father, but he was actually reminding her that she had to be loyal and serve him as she served her father.

Unfortunately, Huo Tang is not the original Huo Tang, and she is not her father.

Loyalty to others?

ridiculous!

The only person she wanted to be loyal to was herself.

But Huo Tang was very good at acting. As she listened to the other person's story, her face was filled with excitement, and from time to time she would act as if she was willing to go through fire and water for the other person.

Show loyalty from time to time.

Even the emperor was bewitched by her determined and serious look.

He finally smiled happily, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Huo Tang was less defensive and more friendly!

So what if she's smart? She's still just a little girl!

You can be fooled by him with just a few words, and work for him and risk your life for him!