Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

After hearing from Eunuch Chang that the emperor had summoned him because of Miergan's affairs, Xiao Chenze carried a cage covered with cloth and entered the palace.

Ever since the Queen's accident, the Second Prince has also lost his spotlight.

People in the palace avoided him when they saw him from afar. He went to the palace several times to ask his father to allow him to see his mother, but was turned away every time.

Today he entered the palace again and was kneeling outside the imperial study begging bitterly when Xiao Chenze strode over.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Xiao Chenze stopped and pretended to be surprised, "Is the emperor still unwilling to see you?"

Xiao Haoze looked at him hatefully without saying a word.

Xiao Chenze continued, "Tsk tsk, what can we do? If it were anything else, I could still plead for you, but since this involves the deposed empress harming Concubine Liu, I dare not say much in front of the emperor. If you ask me, listen to me and don't go to the palace for the next few days, lest the emperor gets angry when he hears you pleading for mercy. If you anger him to any extent, be careful of my fists."

After saying that, he shook his fist, looking as if he was deliberately trying to piss people off.

"Bullshit!" Xiao Haoze finally couldn't help cursing. "My mother's matter has not been concluded yet. Stop talking nonsense here. Get out of here."

"How can you say there's no conclusion yet? If there's no conclusion, why is she confined? It can't be that she's been confined for her protection, right?" Xiao Chenze leaned over to Xiao Haoze and said, "Second brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but when your grandfather got into trouble, I heard that not only did you not plead for mercy, you even went to the emperor and expressed your pity for him being deceived, asking him to take care of himself. What happened this time? The severity of this incident is no less than your grandfather's, and the emperor was furious. Why don't you seem to feel sorry for him? Why don't you tell him to take care of himself?"

As he spoke, Xiao Chenze slowly straightened up, his expression changing from laughter to indifference. "I guess you lost your composure because you didn't have your mother's help and advice, so you went to the palace to beg the emperor again and again? In fact, you just can't see your mother, otherwise she would definitely not allow you to do this. She would ask you to leave the palace quickly, or pretend to be a filial son in front of the emperor instead of pleading for her. If you don't believe me, do you dare to make a bet with me? Send someone in to tell her that you are forcing the emperor here, and see what she will do?"

Everyone inside could hear these words, and the emperor's face changed from green to red and purple.

He hasn't died yet, but they are already playing tricks on him. He feels so disappointed every day.

Just as Xiao Haoze was about to open his mouth to curse again, he heard a roar from the imperial study, "Xiao Chenze, get out of here!"

Xiao Chenze picked up the cage on the ground and turned away without saying a word.

Eunuch Chang hurriedly bowed to Xiao Haoze and followed him into the imperial study.

The door of the imperial study closed again.

Xiao Haoze stared blankly at the imperial guards at the door, feeling empty inside, and his worry for his mother deepened.

Without his mother's guidance, he has been like a headless fly, flying around these days.

The results were terrible.

After the court session that day, he went to his grandfather's house to ask for his help in figuring out what had happened as the attitudes of the court officials had changed so drastically.

As soon as he arrived there, he heard that his uncle Yao Xun was captured by Fu Lizhang, forced to reveal the secrets of the court officials, and then sent back home.

He was so scared at that time that his heart was pounding.

It goes without saying that Fu Lizhang's appearance was also instructed by his father.

It turns out that my father has been sending people to keep an eye on me. It seems that my father doesn't want to leave any chance for my mother to survive.

My grandfather suffered a stroke due to the successive blows. Even after he was finally revived by emergency treatment, he was still drooling when he spoke.

After listening to his story, my grandfather's cloudy eyes were filled with despair. He stared at him blankly for a while, mumbling something in his mouth, and saliva flowed out again.

Xiao Haoze was just about to get up to wipe him when a girl came in from outside with a tray in her hand and a bowl of medicine on the tray.

Seeing Xiao Haoze, the girl bowed to him properly and said softly, "Hello, cousin."

The one who came in was Yao Jingyi, the eldest daughter of the Yao family, who was also Xiao Haoze’s wife who had not yet married.

Her face flushed slightly as she lowered her head and walked to her grandfather's side. She placed the tray on the table and picked up the handkerchief beside her pillow to wipe the corners of her grandfather's mouth. "Cousin, you might not have heard clearly what grandpa said just now. He said that when the emperor confiscated the Yao family, he might have already begun to suspect that the Empress was involved in Empress Chu's death. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken such a harsh approach to the Yao family."

She put down the handkerchief, ignoring Xiao Haoze who was standing there, tested the temperature of the bowl, picked it up and put it to her grandfather's mouth, "Grandfather, come, drink the medicine."

The maid hurried over to help. Yao Jingyi handed the medicine bowl to the maid, then straightened up, looked up at Xiao Haoze, and then lowered her eyes in an instant.

Then he said, "Grandfather said that the Emperor didn't kill my aunt because he was afraid of the consequences. I don't know what the Emperor is afraid of, so you have to find out for yourself."

After a while, she said softly, "After you find out, quickly find a way to take advantage of this opportunity. Auntie might still have a chance of survival. Otherwise, she will definitely die."

After saying this, she bowed to Xiao Haoze again and went out with the maid.

Xiao Haoze looked at her back and was stunned for a long time.

......

When he entered the palace again today, he had been secretly investigating for several days, but he had no clue at all.

I originally planned to come in to find out something, but I didn't expect to meet that bastard Xiao Chenze.

Xiao Haoze tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and wanted to get closer to listen to what was being said inside. He looked up at the guards, but was afraid that any big movement would arouse alertness.

The door to the imperial study opened, and Eunuch Chang emerged. He hurried to his side, bowed, and said, "Second Prince, the Emperor has ordered you to leave the palace immediately. The Emperor has said that if you dare to enter the palace to plead for Yao again, you will be punished with the same crime. Second Prince, the Emperor has been feeling unwell since he coughed up blood last time. Please listen to this old servant's advice and stop causing him trouble. Leave immediately."

Now that things have come to this, what else can Xiao Haoze say?

He had no choice but to stand up with the help of his knees, looked at the imperial study again, and turned to leave.

Eunuch Chang stood there until the second prince's back walked away, then he sighed and went back to guard outside the door.

In the imperial study room.

The emperor was scanning the table with his eyes, wanting to pick up a memorial that he could throw at Xiao Chenze who was kneeling on the ground.

I picked up a book that was too light and didn’t hurt when I hit it, so I put it down.

I picked up another one, but it was no good. It was a document from the Ministry of Revenue regarding tax and silver. Once it was broken into pieces, I would have to piece it together when I read it, which was too troublesome.

Put it down and pick up another one.

Snapped.

Xiao Chenze didn't look up. He knew by feeling that something was coming towards him, so he dodged subconsciously. A heavy object fell to the ground with a loud noise.

The emperor was startled.

He looked carefully, and thank God, he was in a hurry and didn't see clearly, so he grabbed the ruler on the table and threw it over.

Fortunately, this brat dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been hit on the head and the Queen Mother would have been relentless.

After coughing twice, the emperor looked at Fang Yao with resentment.

Why didn't you stop me just now?

Fang Yao curled his lips.

You are the emperor. If you want to beat your son, who can stop you?

Emperor: You are such a good guy, Fang Yao. You don’t listen when you should, but you listen more than anyone else when you shouldn’t. Are you doing it on purpose?

Fang Yao walked from the table to Xiao Chenze, bowed and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, considering the eldest prince's meritorious service in capturing Miergan alive, please don't bother about his quarrel with the second prince just now."

The emperor looked at the two people in front of him angrily and snorted, "Tell me how you caught Miergan."