" Miss, you're awake." Lu Tao heard a slight sound on the bed and pulled open the pink bed curtain. Yesterday, Miss and Old Master chatted until very late. She thought that Miss would sleep a little longer!
"Yes, the weather is good today." Leng Ruoxue sat up on the bed and looked at the warm sunlight outside the window.
"Yeah, the weather is great today. Moreover, it's Valentine's Day in our Dongchi Nation. There are so many people on the streets!”Cuizhu, who walked in with a basin of water, had an excited expression on her delicate little face.
Leng Ruoxue put on her clothes and washed up first. Then, she asked Lu Tao to help her style her hair.
"Valentine's Day?" She didn't expect that there would be a Valentine's Day in this world. She wondered how it was different from her previous life. Leng Ruoxue was a little curious.
"Miss, this Valentine's Day has a history!”Cuizhu deliberately kept him in suspense.
"Tell me!"
"According to the historical records of our Dongchi Nation, today is the day when the founding emperor and empress of our Dongchi Nation are in love. The founding emperor and empress were deeply in love with each other. In order to commemorate their relationship, today is the Valentine's Day of Dongchi Nation. Moreover, it is said that all men and women who are in love today will receive the blessing of the founding emperor and empress.”The innocent little girl said with a yearning expression.
Leng Ruoxue nodded in understanding," Cuizhu is already an adult and is starting to miss love.”
"Miss, you're bullying me." Cuizhu's small face was red with embarrassment. She looked at her heartless young lady with tears in her eyes. It could rain at any moment.
"Is Grandpa awake?" Leng Ruoxue looked at Lu Tao who had already laid out breakfast.
"Old Master has already entered the palace."
Leng Ruoxue didn't expect her grandfather to enter the palace so early. She knew that it was all because of her. She was so touched and happy to have a grandfather who treated her like a princess and loved her unconditionally.
"Cuizhu, sit down and eat." Leng Ruoxue saw that Lu Tao had already sat down, but Cuizhu was still standing there and looking at her with an extremely resentful gaze. She couldn't help but find it funny. What an innocent child.
"Miss only knows how to bully Cuizhu." Cuizhu muttered softly and slowly walked to the dining table to sit down.
"Miss is teasing you!" Lu Tao could not help but laugh. Looking at Cuizhu's cute appearance, not to mention Miss, even she could not help but want to tease her. Why did she not realize that Cuizhu was so fun in the past?
She looked at her young miss again. After she woke up, she had changed a lot. Not only did she not allow them to kneel for no reason, but she also wanted them to eat at the same table. In the words of the young miss, although you are my maidservants, you must also have the heart of a strong person. Whether you want to be a servile servant forever or a person above others, it is up to you. However, I don't need servants who only know how to serve others by my side. It was exactly what the young miss said. It made Lu Tao realize that her young miss was no longer the young miss who needed them to worry about everything. They could no longer treat her as the silly young miss who did not know anything in the past. The young miss now would become a strong person that everyone admired in the future. If they wanted to stay by her side, they had to follow her closely. Otherwise, they would only get further and further away from her. She had decided to follow her forever.
"Let's go out for a walk after dinner.”Leng Ruoxue said as she drank the porridge. She had been in this world for a few days, but she still didn't know what the outside world was like!
Palace
"Great General, please wait a moment.”The eunuch who led the way bowed respectfully. Not to mention a little eunuch like him, even the emperor did not dare to offend this lord!
Leng Qingtian nodded slightly. His expressionless face showed no emotion. He was not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Imperial Garden. He only wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible so that he could go home and accompany his precious granddaughter. No matter how beautiful the scenery of the Imperial Palace was, it could not compare to his Xue 'er. Moreover, it was not his first time in the Imperial Palace. No matter how beautiful the scenery of the Imperial Palace was, it was not attractive to him.
Not long after, a eunuch led him into the Emperor's royal study.
"Your Majesty." Leng Qingtian bowed slightly to show his respect for His Majesty.
"My dear minister, you're back.”Emperor Li Xun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said enthusiastically.
" It's not hard for me, but my granddaughter is…" Leng Qingtian deliberately left a sentence to let people's imagination run wild. His face even had a heartbroken expression.
When the Emperor saw Leng Qingtian's expression, he could not help but curse in his heart. This old fox was not easy to deal with. Yu 'er had caused big trouble this time. It seemed that Yu' er had no choice but to marry this time.
"My dear minister!"
"Your Majesty, this subject asks Your Majesty to uphold justice for this subject's granddaughter.”
"Beloved Minister, I have already punished Yu 'er. As for Miss Xu…she is not a citizen of Dongchi State. Even if I wanted to punish her and avenge Ruoxue, there is nothing I can do. You are an elder of two dynasties, so you must understand my difficulties. However, I have already informed the Xu family to bring her back and discipline her properly. I believe that Miss Xu will never dare to commit any more crimes in the future. Moreover, the Xu family is willing to compensate Ruoxue for the harm she has suffered. Just treat it as giving the younger generation a chance and don't be calculative!”The Emperor persuaded him nicely. He didn't want to offend the Xu family, but he couldn't offend the important officials of the Dongchi Nation either. He relied heavily on Leng Qingtian, and the Dongchi Nation couldn't lose this War God. He only hoped that Leng Qingtian would give him face as the Emperor and not be too calculative.
"Ruoxue suffered such heavy injuries and I almost couldn't see this granddaughter. I wonder how Your Majesty plans to compensate this lowly official.”Leng Qingtian's sharp eyes narrowed. He had long expected His Majesty to say this, so he did not intend to take their lives now. Just as Xue 'er said, there would be opportunities in the future to take revenge. There was no need to kill them now. Now was not the best time. It was better to make up for it more realistically.
This old fox even wanted to rob him. Emperor Li Xun was angry in his heart, but he still had to put on a smile on his face. No matter what, as long as this old fox was willing to let this matter go, he would accept it even if he bled a little. At most, he would just get it back from the Xu family. Who asked this matter to be caused by their young lady, hmph! So what if he was one of the five great families? He still didn't dare to provoke this crazy dragon. Dragons had reverse scales, and this old fox also had reverse scales. He couldn't touch it!
"Don't worry, dear minister. Zhen will compensate Ruoxue well.”Li Xun gritted his teeth.
"Then this humble subject will thank Your Majesty in advance.”Leng Qingtian said with a smile. Then, he took out a piece of paper from his storage ring." Your Majesty, Xue 'er's injuries are not light. She needs to recuperate well. However, I'm really short of money. Look at these herbs..."
"If you need any medicinal ingredients, feel free to go to the Imperial Medicine Bureau to get them.”Li Xun said generously. He did not care about a few medicinal herbs.
"This subject thanks Your Majesty. In addition, this subject has drawn up a list of compensation. Your Majesty and the Xu family can compensate according to what is written on it. This subject will not make any other unreasonable requests.”Leng Qingtian said very considerately and handed the list in his hand to the eunuch.
The eunuch who was serving at the side took the list and placed it on the Emperor's table.
Li Xun picked up the list and opened it. His eyes immediately widened, and he almost choked. The eunuch saw this and quickly handed him some water. The Emperor drank a mouthful of water, and only then did he feel better. However, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. There was not much on the list. There were only a total of 10 items, but each of them was priceless. There was even a price that could not be bought. Take the crystal honey for example. It had already been sold for 1000 Purple Crystal Coins per gram, but it was written on the list that it was 10 catties. This was really asking for an exorbitant price. Moreover, even if he had the money, he had nowhere to buy it!
"Your Majesty, you can discuss the items on the list with the Xu family.”Leng Qingtian reminded him. In other words, he did not need to pay a lot of money alone.
That's right, there's still the Xu family. What's there to be afraid of? With Leng Qingtian's reminder, the Emperor immediately woke up from his shock and felt much better. Sigh, blood still had to be shed, but not so much.
"Your Majesty, I still have one more thing!" Leng Qingtian continued.
"Is there anything else?" The Emperor's voice was trembling. He was afraid that Leng Qingtian would play some tricks again.
" Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has outstanding talent and virtue. Ruoxue has always admired the Seventh Prince. This time, she suffered an undeserved disaster because of the Seventh Prince. It's really…"
"My dear minister!"
"Your Majesty, Ruoxue is really not worthy of the Seventh Prince. This official asks Your Majesty to cancel the engagement between the Seventh Prince and Ruoxue. This official wishes that the Seventh Prince and Miss Xu will be able to get together.”Leng Qingtian did not give the Emperor a chance to speak at all and directly finished what he wanted to say.
“……”
The Emperor was stunned. Did he hear wrongly? Leng Qingtian said that he wanted to cancel the engagement. How could this be? Although Ruoxue was a fool, this engagement was too important to Yu 'er.
"Beloved minister, this marriage was bestowed by the late emperor.”The Emperor reminded him.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember what the late Emperor promised me when he bestowed the marriage?”Leng Qingtian looked into the Emperor's eyes and said seriously.
"My dear minister, have you decided?" The Emperor was very helpless. He did not want to cancel this engagement. After all, this engagement would bring endless benefits to Yu 'er. Unfortunately, Yu' er did not understand.
"This subject has decided." With that, Leng Qingtian took out the engagement token from his storage ring and handed it to the eunuch. The Emperor looked at the token in his hand and gestured for the eunuch to return the other item to its original owner.
After Leng Qingtian left, the " ancestor " Emperor Li Xun came to a side hall of the Imperial Palace. This place was the most inconspicuous place compared to the golden walls of the Imperial Palace. However, this place was a forbidden area of the entire Imperial Palace because an important person lived here.
The old man in plain clothes who was tending to the flowers and plants raised his head and frowned. Elder Cang's face was obviously displeased.
"What are you doing here? Didn't I say not to disturb me unless it's important?”The old man reprimanded. He was getting more and more disappointed in these descendants. None of them were decent.
"Ancestor."
"What happened?" The old man continued to fiddle with his plants.
"Leng Qingtian entered the palace just now." Emperor Li Xun's expression was somewhat unnatural.
"And then?"
"I told him as you instructed.”
"Then what's the problem?" The old man did not even bother to raise his head.
"He proposed to cancel the engagement." the Emperor said carefully.
"You agree?" The old man raised his head and looked straight at Li Xun with his turbid eyes.
"I have no choice but to agree. Back then, when Imperial Father bestowed the marriage, he promised him that as long as he was not satisfied with the engagement, he could cancel it at any time.”Back then, Leng Qingtian had only agreed to the marriage because it was a stopgap measure for him to sit on the throne.
"Sigh, forget it, forget it!" The old man sighed and went back to his garden.
"Your Majesty, Great General Leng has emptied the medicinal herb warehouse of the Imperial Medicine Room!”When Emperor Li Xun returned to his palace, the eunuch who sent Leng Qingtian off ran over in a panic.
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