Three months later, a hotel called Yuanyang Restaurant opened in the capital.
As it was said that this mandarin duck restaurant was opened by Prince De Yuqi's beloved concubine, Su Panpan, and Su Panpan was well-known in the capital, the opening day of the mandarin duck restaurant was like a market. The guests from inside and outside crowded the three-story mandarin duck restaurant like a vegetable market. This was because everyone came to see what the legendary mandarin duck maid who had cut off a consort, toppled a governor, and later replaced a governor of the two rivers looked like.
Unfortunately, no one saw Su Panpan's true face.
Later, someone said that the dishes of the restaurant, especially the cornbread, were personally made by Su Panpan. Even a few imperial princes had specified that the restaurant would send cornbread to the residence every day. Early in the morning, there were people queuing at the entrance of the restaurant to buy cornbread, becoming a wonder in the capital.
Su Panpan was well aware of the rumors in the capital, but she didn't care at all. What she cared about the most now was money. As long as she could earn more money, her baby would have more protection. As long as she had the money, she would not need to return to Prince De's residence to see other people's faces, especially Yuqi's face!
At the mention of Yuqi, Su Panpan was filled with anger! That damned stinky man actually dared to hide it from her and let her be the bait without knowing? Fortunately, she was lucky enough not to be beaten to death by Sanniang and the other women, nor was she killed by Fucha Ruiguang. Otherwise, she, Su Panpan, would have long returned to Suzhou to sell duck eggs and reunite with her family.
Damned stinky Yuqi, even the tortoises in the Yongding River are much better than you!
Su Panpan mumbled as she inserted a hairpin into her hair and spoke to her stomach,"Little darling, we have to do business again today. You have to work hard and earn more money for mother, lest mother has no strength to make cornbread one day and can't support you!”
It turned out that this Mandarin Duck Restaurant was really owned by Su Panpan.
As for why Su Panpan opened the Mandarin Duck Restaurant? He would have to ask Yuqi. Who told him to hide it from Su Panpan and set up a trap with Yureng? Although Fucha Ruiguang and Ke Qing were both executed, Su Panpan suffered a lot. Not only did she suffer a whipping for nothing, but she was so scared that she had nightmares for several days and almost went back to Suzhou to sell duck eggs!
Fortunately, the imperial physician in the palace had superb medical skills and pulled Su Panpan back from the gates of hell. However, Yuqi's disaster did not end there. After several setbacks, Su Panpan, who had been injured all over twice because of Yuqi, decided to divorce Yuqi. She did not recognize him as her master, nor did she treat him as her husband.
That's right, he was done! The dignified Prince De was actually divorced by Su Panpan. This was probably unprecedented, right? There was actually a prince who was divorced by his beloved concubine?
After Su Panpan divorced Yuqi, she ignored the advice of all the elder brothers and left Prince De's residence to make a living outside.
Not long after, she found out that she was pregnant, so Su Panpan simply threatened and bribed her. In addition, she threatened to jump into the Yongding River to scare a few brothers and asked them to pay for her. When Yuqi was not at home, she opened a hotel in the capital because it was better than letting her show her face alone. If she said she wanted to go back to Suzhou, how would she explain it to Yuqi when he came back?
After some discussion, the brothers decided to take turns to go to the mandarin duck restaurant to look at the famous mandarin duck in the capital. At the same time, they would look at their little nephew, the little imperial grandson of Qianlong. This would prevent their cold-faced fifth brother from coming back to cause trouble for them. If that happened, they would be in deep trouble!
On this day, Yuhao brought Wei Yan 'er, Yureng, and Ding Xiyan to Yuanyang Restaurant to look for Su Panpan. The two men and three women were chatting happily when a shout suddenly came from downstairs,"Go away, all of you go away. Yuanyang Restaurant is not doing business today!”
Yu Hao was stunned." Who's so bold? How dare you make a move on us?"”
His thick eyebrows furrowed." Brother Shisan, sit down. I'll go take a look!"”
Su Panpan quickly jumped up." I'll go too!”
When the two of them arrived downstairs, they saw groups of guards surrounding Yuanyang Restaurant from inside to outside, making it so that not even a drop of water could pass through. Then, eunuchs entered one by one, followed by the ministers of the Inner Residence and the scholars of the Imperial Academy.
Yureng's expression changed drastically when he saw this. He pulled Su Panpan's hand and went upstairs.
Su Panpan was baffled," Wait, Fourteenth Brother, these people…"
Yureng hushed her." Don't talk. It won't be good if they hear you!" Follow me!"
Yu Ren hurriedly returned to the third floor. Yu Hao saw that his expression was not right, so he asked,""Fourteenth brother, what happened? Why did you…"
"Your Majesty is here!"
When Yu Hao heard that, he almost jumped up." What did you say? The emperor is here!"
"Not only is the Emperor here, even the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Academy is here! Brother Shisan, let's hide first. Don't let the Emperor know we're here.”
"Why are you afraid that the emperor will see? Don't we meet a few times a day?”
"It's different now. You also know that the Emperor and Empress Dowager are very unforgiving towards Fifth Brother and Huan 'er because of their relationship. If he finds out that we secretly helped Huan' er open this shop, he will have more reason to blame Fifth Brother and Huan 'er."Huan 'er, can you handle it alone?"”
Su Panpan nodded, but she couldn't help but feel uneasy and confused. She didn't understand why Qianlong would come to see her at this time.
Yureng, Yuhao, Wei Yan 'er, and Ding Xiyan had just hidden themselves when Eunuch Xu walked up." Ce Fujin, the Emperor is waiting downstairs."”
Although Su Panpan had left Prince De's residence, her identity as the Fujin still existed, so she did not mind Eunuch Xu's address.
She tidied her clothes, combed her hair, and went downstairs to see Qianlong with an uneasy heart.
"Su Panpan greets the emperor. May the emperor live forever!”
Qianlong sat upright and looked coldly at Su Panpan, who was kneeling on the ground." Your name is Su Panpan?”
"Yes, sir!"
"Raise your head!"
Su Panpan obeyed and slowly raised her head to meet Qianlong's stern eyes.
Qianlong couldn't help but gasp when he saw Su Panpan. His eyes widened. What a beautiful and enchanting woman. She was really like the reincarnation of Daji. She exuded an indescribable peerless style that made people want to take her for themselves.
No wonder Yuqi would be smitten with her, because even he couldn't help but be tempted!
"Let me ask you, how did Ke Qing die? Why did she and Fucha Ruiguang die in a dilapidated temple in the western suburbs on their wedding night?”Qianlong's first question hit a sore spot. For Ke Qing's death, he was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager almost every day, saying that if she had known earlier, she would not have let Ke Qing marry Yuqi!
Su Panpan looked at Qianlong fearlessly." Why would the Emperor ask about Panpan? Pan Pan was just a weak woman. She had no power and did not know martial arts. How would she know how Ke Qing died?”
"A weak woman without power or influence? However, you, a weak woman, buried a general and removed a county magistrate. Even the governor of Shandong, Fu Cha Deguang, and the governor of the two rivers, Cha Xuepu, are awaiting trial in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. A weak woman like you isn't weak at all. You're much stronger than ten men!”Qianlong said sarcastically.
Su Panpan smiled." Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. I don't deserve it. However, had the emperor thought about it? If Ma Ming was upright, did things openly and aboveboard, and put the country and the people first in everything, would the prince bury him alive? If Lord Fu Cha taught his son well, not favoritism, and was impartial and not afraid of power, would His Highness be able to deal with them?”
Qianlong glared at him." Are you saying that I don't use people?”
"I wouldn't dare! How could Pan Pan dare to say anything about the emperor? There were a hundred kinds of people and a thousand kinds of hearts. They might look like loyal officials and filial sons in front of the emperor, but who knew what would happen behind the emperor? As the saying goes, every man for himself! These people were thinking for themselves and had no fault. Their fault was that they had received the emperor's favor and received the court's salary, but they did not know how to repay the emperor's grace. Instead, they were biased and protected their shortcomings, tarnishing the emperor's holy name and defiling the noble purity of the court. Today, the Emperor punished them according to the law. It was the eyes and ears of the court and the world. It showed the Emperor's selflessness. How could the Emperor blame Pan Pan?”
These words were said in a righteous manner without any flaws, but Qianlong was a smart person. How could he not hear the metaphor in his words?
"Su Panpan, there's a hidden meaning in your words. What exactly are you trying to say?”
Su Panpan bit her lip, thinking about how to say it so that she wouldn't anger Qianlong and could tell him the truth tactfully.
Suddenly, Yuqi's clear, bright, and powerful voice sounded," Your Majesty, Panpan wants to tell you, but it's not what you and the Empress Dowager think. She only has herself to blame for what happened today!”
Su Panpan was delighted. He was finally back. Not only did he come back, he even came back to Yuanyang Restaurant to see her.
However, when she thought of Yuqi hiding it from her and making her suffer, the joy in her heart immediately turned into resentment.
She glared at Yuqi and watched him stride forward. He shook his sleeves and knelt in front of Qianlong." Your son greets Emperor Ma Jin An."”
"Yes! You're back? How was the situation in Northern Jiangsu? Where's Yu Ming?"
Northern Jiangsu suffered from a severe drought for months, and there was no harvest. Qianlong sent Yuqi and Yuyan to Northern Jiangsu to relieve the disaster. Unexpectedly, the brothers had been gone for three months and had not returned until now.
"Fourth Brother is discussing with Twelfth Brother at the Ministry of Revenue how to save money and food to help the thousands of victims in Northern Jiangsu. Fourth Brother and Twelfth Brother will come to see the Emperor later.”Then, Yuqi briefly explained the situation in Northern Jiangsu.
Qianlong nodded." Well done. Let Yu He and Yu Li worry about it. Now, I have something to ask you." You just said that love is self-inflicted. What's going on?”
Yuqi turned his head to look at Su Panpan. Who knew that Su Panpan would turn around and not look at him. Yuqi knew that this little thing was still angry at him for not telling her about his plan with Yureng, but it didn't matter. He had many ways to deal with her. The most important thing now was to convince the emperor to accept her and make her his legitimate wife.
Yuqi raised his head and looked at the guards, eunuchs, internal officials, and scholars around him." Your Majesty, this is a matter of great importance. Your Majesty, please dismiss the others."”
Qianlong frowned, but he still waved his hand, signaling for the others to leave." You can say it now, right?”
Yuqi cupped his hands." Your Majesty, your son has a presumptuous request.”
"What presumptuous request?"
"Pan Pan is already pregnant. Can you please give me a seat?”
Su Panpan blushed and rolled her eyes at Yuqi.
Qianlong was slightly stunned before he burst into laughter, sweeping away Su Panpan's frustration at his rude remarks." I have a grandson? Good, good. Xu Bin, give me a seat. Yuqi, you sit too!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xu Bin, who was waiting outside the door, quickly moved a chair for Su Panpan and Yuqi to sit down.
"Emperor Ma, do you remember that two years ago, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Ma toured the south together?”
"Of course. That time, I went south from the canal to inspect the river works and even beheaded a few officials who failed to manage the river.”
"Your Majesty, it was during that southern tour that I met Fucha Ruiguang.”Thus, Yuqi told him about how he got to know Fucha Ruiguang, lost her virginity to him, was willing to pass on false orders for him, used the opportunity when the 14th Prince Yureng was not in the Ministry of Justice to save Fucha Ruiguang, and then kidnapped Su Panpan from Prince De's residence, almost killing the imperial grandson.
Qianlong's eyes widened. He slammed the table and stood up." What did you say? Was it Keqing who released Fucha Ruiguang from prison? Why is she so muddle-headed?"
"Not only that, but Ke Qing also asked her servants to torture Pan Pan and almost kill Pan Pan and the unborn little imperial grandson of the emperor.”Yuqi got up and knelt on the ground." Your Majesty, I have to take responsibility for Keqing's death. If it wasn't for my negligence, how could Fucha Ruiguang have the chance to hold Keqing hostage? How could Keqing die?" Therefore, if Emperor Ma really wants to blame someone, blame your son. Don't blame Pan Pan. She is innocent.”
Su Panpan looked at Yuqi in surprise and stared at him with a pair of round eyes. What a good Yuqi. He actually left everything clean and pushed the blame to the dead? If he hadn't pushed Ke Qing to Fucha Ruiguang and Fucha Ruiguang pushed her to Yureng without knowing, how could she have died?
Qianlong did not notice the flaw in Yuqi's words at all. He was shocked by the truth and could not recover for a long time. Forget it! What else could he do? He sighed lightly." Yuqi!"
"Your son is here!"
"Does the Empress Dowager know about this?"
"Your son is afraid that the Empress Dowager can't bear it, so I don't dare to report to the Empress Dowager.”
"You…don't say it first. Let zhen think about it before telling the empress dowager. Right, Fucha Deguang and Zha Xuepu will be handed over to you and Yureng to deal with. I don't want to bother about them anymore.”Qianlong staggered a few steps and seemed to want to leave. However, he suddenly turned around and looked at Su Panpan." You're very powerful! To be able to make Yuqi protect you like this, even I, as a father, can't compare to him.”
Su Panpan's face turned pale. She got up and knelt on the ground." I don't understand. Please explain, Your Majesty."”
"I originally wanted to kill you! According to the laws of Qing Dynasty, you, as a woman, had implicated the county magistrate, the general, the governor, and even the princess. No matter how reasonable you were, it was still difficult for you to escape. But seeing that your entire family is in trouble, Yuqi loves you so much, and you're pregnant with my little imperial grandson, I'll spare you this time!”
Qianlong raised his head."Fu Heng!"
The Grand Secretary, Fu Heng, who was waiting outside the door, quickly stepped in.”
"Draw up an imperial edict to confer Su Panpan the title of princess and point it to Fifth Prince Yuqi. Choose a date to complete the marriage without any mistakes!”
Yuqi was overjoyed when he heard this. He pulled Su Panpan and kowtowed to the ground." Thank you for your grace!"”
Qianlong waved his hand. You must be tired after rushing back from Northern Jiangsu at night, right? Rest well and come to Yuanmingyuan tomorrow morning. I still need to talk to you, Yu He, and Yu Li about the disaster relief in Northern Jiangsu. Oh right, I heard that this place is famous. What is it?”
Yuqi's eyes revealed a smile as he looked at Su Panpan, who had already blushed.”
Su Panpan tugged at the corner of her clothes shyly, revealing a rare naivety." That's…that's for poor people. Your Majesty, don't try it."”
"But a few ministers of the Imperial Academy said it was delicious and wanted zhen to try it too. How about this, in a while, someone will send a few for me to taste. Also, send some of that pickled vegetable.”After saying that, he turned around and led everyone away.
Yuqi heaved a sigh of relief and held Su Panpan's hand." Panpan, your cornbread and pickles are so delicious."”
Who knew that Su Panpan used force and shook off Yuqi's hand. She said fiercely,"Don't touch me!"
He was a little stunned." Pan Pan, why did you…"
She took out a crumpled piece of paper that she had prepared for a long time and threw it at Yuqi." For you!”
"What is this?" Yuqi picked up the paper from the ground and asked.
She snorted and looked away." You'll know when you see it.”
In fact, Yuqi did not even need to open it to know that it was a divorce certificate.
Ever since he left the capital, there had been a fast horse reporting Su Panpan's situation to him every day, so he knew everything about Su Panpan like the back of his hand. He knew that she was pregnant, that she had written a book and left home, and even which brother she had spoken to and how many times she had written the divorce papers. Therefore, if Su Panpan could open the mandarin duck restaurant, if it was not for Yuqi's tacit approval, who else would dare to help her?
Yuqi shook his head and tore the divorce letter into pieces." I don't want to read it, and I don't need to read it because it's meaningless."”
Su Panpan glared at him." What did you say?”
"I said that this divorce certificate is meaningless! First, I am still your master, and I have not removed you from my flag. Secondly, we didn't have a wedding ceremony. I've never officially married you, nor have I registered you as a side wife at the Imperial Clan Court, so there's no need for a divorce letter.”He walked in front of her and lifted her beautiful face. His hot lips gently kissed her pouting lips." Seriously speaking, only I can decide whether to keep you or not. Even if the Emperor has already made you a princess, it can't be changed.”
" You..." Su Panpan was so angry that she reached out to slap him.
Yuqi quickly grabbed her and deliberately angered her." Don't you know that beating up a prince is an additional crime?”
Su Panpan was so angry that she laughed." Since you can't even decide my own fate, why did you save me? Why don't you let Ke Qing and those maids beat me to death?”
Yuqi wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his embrace." You're my darling. How can I bear to see you die? Besides, you still have a little darling in your stomach. I can't bear to let you die!”
Su Panpan's eyes reddened and she reached out to hit him. Her daughter's coquettish appearance was revealed." You're talking nonsense! If you really liked me, you wouldn't have kept me in the dark and let me suffer. You…you're bad. Even the tortoises in the Yongding River are better than you!”
Yuqi picked her up horizontally and walked upstairs to her boudoir. He gently placed her on the bed and gently pressed her down." Pan Pan, I know I'm sorry to you, but are you willing to watch Fucha Ruiguang get away with it?"”
She shook her head." I don't want to. I'd rather die with him than let him go!”
He caressed her face lovingly."I knew you would have such thoughts, so I didn't dare to tell you. Because you're a straightforward person, and everything is written on your face. You can't hide it in your heart. Isn't telling you the same as harming you?”
"But why did you marry Keqing? Do you know how painful it is to watch you get married, but the bride is not me?”
" I married her to give an explanation to the empress dowager and the empress dowager. I also wanted her to let her guard down. Otherwise, she would never have lured Fucha Ruiguang out. If that happened, we would never be able to avenge your family and Xianxian.”Yuqi lowered his head and kissed her gently as he unbuttoned her clothes and examined her mature and beautiful body." Tell me, are all your injuries healed?"”
Su Panpan panted softly and cooperated with him to take off her clothes." It's all better. Sister Xiyan and Yan 'er come to accompany me every day and apply medicine for me. I've already recovered a long time ago, but I miss you so much. I wonder how you can help me apply medicine..."
At the mention of applying the medicine, both of their bodies trembled slightly. In an instant, they hugged and rolled into a ball. Their four lips met and they kissed until it was dark. They didn't know what night it was.
After a long time, Yuqi reluctantly got up and removed his restraints. He then returned to the bed and hugged her." You're still talking! If Ling hadn't dragged me to Northern Jiangsu, I wouldn't have lost the chance to apply medicine for you. Let me see, are you all better?”
"I'm fine. I'm fine a long time ago! But Xiao Xiao's precious baby is not good!" Su Panpan pouted.
Yuqi slapped his forehead. He had almost forgotten that other than this precious baby who taught people to love him to the bone, he also had a little baby.
He got up and leaned on Su Panpan's flat belly. This action made Su Panpan laugh so hard that she almost choked." Not yet! Little darling can't talk or move yet. You can't hear him like this!”
Yuqi looked up in disappointment." Not yet?”
Su Panpan pulled him onto her body and exhaled." Not yet. Mother said it would be another month or two."”
Yuqi was stunned." Mother? Which mother?"
"Which mother is there? Of course it's your mother."
Yuqi was surprised." You've seen Mother? Who brought you to see Mother? Logically speaking, you can't enter the palace to see Mother if you aren't summoned.”
"When Thirteenth Master brought Yan 'er into the palace, he also brought me in. Mother knows about us, she…she's very happy, just say it…just say it…"
"Say what?"
Su Panpan was so embarrassed that she closed her eyes and buried her face in his shoulder." She said that she regretted giving birth to only you for a long time and wanted me to give birth to a few more fat boys for her to hug. I…"
Before Su Panpan could finish her sentence, Yuqi blocked her mouth and stopped her from continuing." In that case, what are we waiting for? Give birth to a few young men for Mother?”
" No, my darling will protest. My darling will say…" Su Panpan could no longer speak and could only pant as she accepted her husband's love.
Outside the door, Yu Hao, Yu Ren, Ding Xiyan and Wei Yan 'er were quietly climbing down the stairs, afraid that the affectionate couple inside would hear them. If that happened, the usually cold Fifth Prince Yuqi would turn hostile! At that time, no matter who came to plead for mercy, it would probably be useless!#
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