Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Li Mingyue and Zhao Mingyuan looked at Emperor Mingde, and it was obvious that his thoughts were drifting far away.

The two did not dare to disturb him and waited for Emperor Mingde to come to his senses.

"You two seem to be as close as one person, inseparable." Emperor Mingde came back to his senses and looked at the two young men standing beside him, and couldn't help but joke.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, I was also worried about the Second Prince, so I followed him to protect him. Before he was hunted down, he almost died." Zhao Mingyuan spoke up for his brother.

"Well, how is the investigation into the private casting of weapons going?" Emperor Mingde asked suddenly.

Zhao Mingyuan and Li Mingyue were stunned and didn't react for a moment.

After listening clearly, the two realized that everything they did was under the control of the emperor.

But why didn’t the Emperor (my father) get angry with me? Instead, I felt a sense of encouragement.

The two men didn't understand what was going on, so they told the emperor everything they had investigated.

After mentioning that the man in black cloak who was contacting merchants from all over the country might be from Yilan Country, Li Mingyue's tone began to become cautious.

He didn't know how to start. He was basically certain that Yilan Country might be involved with the Fifth Prince, but he was worried that if he told his father, he would think he was framing his brother.

Emperor Mingde seemed to see through his thoughts. He said calmly, "Just say what you want to say. Don't overthink it."

Li Mingyue glanced at Zhao Mingyuan before speaking out her guesses and evidence.

He had interrogated the gray-clothed servant before. The man was quite tough, but when he was handed over to the Tianlang Army, he became cowardly after a few moves.

According to his account, the man in black cloak was a high-ranking official of Yilan State. They all called him Lord Gao. He was ordered to come and contact Concubine Shu and the Fifth Prince.

He is the man of Ming Zhanting, the current regent of Yilan. Ming Zhanting wants to take the throne in Yilan, and at the same time wants to support the fifth prince, the grandson of the Yuan Dynasty, to be the master of the Yuan Dynasty, so he sends the man in black cloak and the gray servant to the Yuan Dynasty to help the fifth prince and Shu Guiren.

As for the issue of merchants privately casting weapons, it was also the black cloak of Yilan country.

By the time Li Mingyue finished speaking, Emperor Mingde's face had become as dark as water.

Seeing this, Li Mingyue immediately knelt down and waited anxiously for the emperor to speak. Zhao Mingyuan saw that Li Mingyue had knelt down, so it was naturally inconvenient to stand, so he knelt down as well.

When the emperor saw this, he felt quite relieved. The two children had always had such a good relationship. Even after being demoted, their relationship remained stable. They were even closer than those princes in the palace.

It's just that regarding the matter of the fifth prince, Emperor Mingde thought carefully and realized that he really doted on the fifth prince. The fifth prince was also a filial son and had some of the demeanor of the second prince. He did not fight or compete, so Emperor Mingde also looked up to him.

But he never expected that his seemingly innocent son would be so ambitious.

In Old Man Liu and Mrs. Meng's room, Mrs. Meng was doing needlework with Xiao Zhen'er in the room, so she didn't know what was happening in the main room.

Seeing several people coming into the room with strange expressions on their faces, especially grandpa and dad, whose faces were a little pale, Xiao Zhen'er hurriedly got down to support them and asked them.

When he saw Liu's confused expression, he was so scared that he hurriedly poured water for them to drink and kept patting their backs.

While rubbing her back, he turned to ask Xiao Wan, "Wan'er, what's going on? Dad, Mom, and Grandpa don't look well. Should we ask Dr. Zhang to come and treat them?"

She saw that Xiao Wan was the only one among these people whose face looked normal, so when she asked, Mrs. Meng was so shocked that she stood up and supported her old man.

Xiao Wan looked calm on the surface, but she was actually very excited.

The emperor, a figure I've always seen in history books! The ruler of ancient feudal society!

Although this is a fictional dynasty, it does not hinder Xiao Wan's excitement about meeting the real emperor.

Hearing her sister's question, Xiao Wan quickly calmed herself down and shook her head, saying, "No, sister, they are just scared. Just drink some water and sit down to relax."

Xiao Zhen'er had no choice but to give up. Xiao Wan thought it would be better not to reveal this matter to anyone, and she had to tell her parents about it later.

After all, the fewer people who know, the better. If the emperor's whereabouts are revealed, all his family will be in danger.

This was the ancient imperial society. I heard that if a family was punished together, nine generations of their clan would be executed!

Just as I was thinking this, Li Quanfu knocked on the door and came in.

Xiao Wan hurriedly saluted, but Li Quanfu avoided her. Xiao Zhen'er looked at her sister in surprise, not understanding why she saluted.

Li Quanfu smiled and bowed, saying, "I dare not accept the county lady's gift."

After staying for a few days, Li Quanfu had a very good impression of the Xiao family. The emperor lived a very comfortable life. Although the food, housing and transportation were not expensive, they were all carefully prepared.

Even in the past few days when the weather was cold and the season was changing, the cotton-padded clothes she was wearing were sewn overnight by the eldest daughter of the Xiao family and the grandmother of the Xiao family. She was basically in charge of the food and drink when the county lady was at home. The Xiao family members were very hospitable.

Li Quanfu was wearing shoes made by the Xiao family and was filled with emotion.

He entered the palace at the age of eight and experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature. He had long since developed a calloused heart. Except for the emperor, he never took other people's kindness to heart.

Now he was moved by the Xiao family. Since he had received such kindness from the Xiao family, he naturally wanted to return the favor by reminding the Xiao family not to make mistakes and offend the emperor.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said amiably to Old Man Xiao and the others who were frightened and wanted to bow to him, "County Lady, Uncle Liu, Village Elder Xiao, Madam Xiao, there's no need to be afraid. Master Yuan is very fond of your family. I just came to ask you not to spread what happened just now, so as not to threaten Master Yuan's safety."

Xiao Wan guessed what he meant and said to Li Quanfu with gratitude, "Butler Li, thank you very much. My parents and I will remember it."

Li Quanfu nodded with satisfaction, bowed again and went out.

As soon as he left, Xiao Zhen'er and Meng dared to ask what was going on. Old Man Liu looked at his granddaughter and his wife and said, "Old woman, Zhen'er, please don't ask about this matter. If you meet Master Yuan in the future, just take good care of him and serve him. It's not convenient to say more about this matter. Our family's lives depend on it."

Mrs. Meng was startled, and Xiao Zhen'er was also a little uneasy. Xiao Wan spoke to comfort them, "Grandmother, sister, perhaps you will know soon. Master Yuan is a very good person. We can just take good care of him as before."

Meng and Xiao Zhen'er looked at each other and agreed.

Since my family members said I can’t tell them, I’d better put away my curiosity.

So the few of them put it aside for the time being and waited for the emperor to finish his business before leaving.

In the main hall, Emperor Mingde saw two young men kneeling on the ground. He intended to scare them but did not wake them up immediately. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door and Emperor Mingde frowned.

Zhao Mingyuan and Li Mingyue immediately stood up and stood beside Emperor Mingde to guard him.