novelraw Chapter 296: Apology or Threat?
Chapter 296: Apology or Threat?
Yan Zheng walked in quickly and saluted Jiang Yi respectfully: "My son, please see your mother."
"Not too polite."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yan Zheng bowed with a calm and polite attitude, "Just now in the main hall, my son spoke inappropriately to the Emperor's sister. I came here to apologize to the Queen Mother and also want to make amends with the Emperor's sister."
After saying that, he turned to look at Yan Li: "I want to talk to the emperor's sister alone. I wonder if the emperor's sister will appreciate her?"
Yan Li raised her eyebrows slightly and thought briefly.
Now that she has become the eldest princess, she will face it sooner or later, be it human or ghost, and avoiding problems has never been her style.
So she nodded.
"Go." Jiang Yi smiled gently, "It just so happens that Miss Ling and I have a private chat."
Yan Li stood up and left, walking with Yan Zheng in the palace garden.
The layout of royal palaces in various countries is similar. The palaces and pavilions are decorated with dragons and phoenixes, showing nobility and solemnity everywhere.
It's late autumn now, the climate is slightly cool, the dead leaves of the towering trees are falling, and there is a bit of a desolate atmosphere in the air.
"My father is ill." Yan Zheng's voice sounded in his ears, and there was a sense of unknown meaning in his ears. "Do you want to see your father?"
Yan Li turned his head slightly and looked at him expressionlessly: "Isn't the emperor recuperating from illness?"
"Well, I'm recuperating from illness." Yan Zheng nodded, "My father has never been in good health. Over the years, my mother has been responsible for all major government affairs. It's too hard."
Yan Li said: "It's really hard."
However, I don’t know how many people in the court are coveting this hard work.
"Imperial sister." Yan Zheng turned around and looked at her apologetically, "It's my fault that you suffered injustice in Tai Chi Hall today. Please, imperial sister, please forgive me for my stupidity?"
As he spoke, he bowed deeply.
The apology was very sincere.
Yan Li looked at him steadily, raised her lips and smiled slightly: "Brother the Emperor is really a man who can bend and stretch."
Yan Zheng's expression froze slightly, and he always felt that these words were a bit ironic.
But he didn't care, and said quickly: "The official Taifu is actually a good old man, but he is too old, and he is too strict about rules. He always thinks that girls should be gentle and virtuous - I don't agree with his point of view, but I don’t want to argue with a respectable old man, but I hope the emperor can understand what I mean.”
Yan Li hummed: "I understand what you mean, what next?"
Yan Zheng pursed his lips, and a trace of loneliness flashed across his face: "The accidents in my childhood have developed a cautious temperament. I have low self-esteem, cowardice, and fear. Sometimes I wake up from nightmares in the middle of the night. Thinking of my mother who died tragically, my heart aches... …Later, it was Taifu’s strict and patient teachings that allowed me to gradually get out of the predicament and assume the responsibility that a direct descendant should have.”
Yan Li's eyes were delicate, was it her imagination?
The word "director" seems to have a somewhat deliberately emphasized meaning.
"The Taifu has helped me a lot over the years. Although I don't agree with some of his ideas, I feel that I should repay the kindness." Yan Zheng sighed, "I hope the emperor will understand my difficulties."
Yan Li was noncommittal: "It is appropriate to repay kindness."
"But I know that even if I'm repaying my kindness, I shouldn't let the imperial sister suffer." After Yan Zheng finished speaking, he bowed again, as if he was really aware of his own shortcomings, "I hope the imperial sister will forgive me. once."
His posture is really very low-key.
Yan Li looked at his movements, a clear look flashed in his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled up with a hint of a smile: "Brother, you don't have to be like this. In fact, you just stick to your own ideas and actions, there is no need to feel guilty." responsibility."
"My sister came all the way back from the Kingdom of Mu. As a brother, I should naturally love and protect my sister." Yan Chen smiled bitterly, "Even if I can't make my sister respond to her requests, at least I shouldn't hold her back."
Yan Li was silent for a moment and said truthfully: "If you apologize today, you will still be in a dilemma in the future. Are you going to apologize again and again?"
"I--"
"Instead of doing this every time, it is better to stand firm at the beginning." Yan Li smiled faintly, "There is no need to forcefully maintain the brother-sister relationship."
Yan Zheng was startled, as if it was difficult to say: "We are brothers and sisters, why can't we stand on the same side?"
Yan Li narrowed his eyes: "I didn't understand what the Great Emperor said."
"I want to ask my royal sister for a favor."
Yan Li said calmly: "I am new here and have nothing. How can I help you?"
"Tai Tuo, he... is indeed a bit stubborn." Yan Zheng pondered the words, "If he still treats the emperor's sister like this in the future, can the emperor see it for my sake...can he see it for my sake? How much respect do you have for him?”
Yan Li said nothing.
The air seemed a little stagnant.
"Your face?" Yan Li slowly raised her lips, a hint of pity appearing on her face, "Brother, does the emperor think his face is valuable?"
Yan Zheng froze and looked up at her in disbelief: "Imperial sister?"
"The reason why I don't like the official Taifu is not because he is stubborn. It's because I hate the entire Jin system where men are superior to women." Yan Li looked at him with such a cold and firm tone, "I I never hate someone for no reason. Even if the official Taifu was forced to apologize to me because of his status, I would not like the concept he upholds. What is even more ridiculous is that you want me to swallow the things I hate? "
Yan Zheng's expression was ugly, but he still smiled extremely: "Imperial sister..."
"When I was in Mu State, my grandfather was also a tutor, but so what?" Yan Li looked at him coldly, "Tuifu is not necessarily admired by everyone. Since you know he is stubborn, why do you still follow him and think you shouldn't offend him?"
"I..." Yan Zheng's face flushed, "I just..."
"What does your gratitude have to do with me?" Yan Li asked calmly, "How can you tell that I am willing to sacrifice myself for your gratitude?"
"Imperial sister!" Yan Zheng's face was a little embarrassed, but he still tried to save face, "You are a princess, and a woman. Such a stubborn attitude will suffer in Jin State."
Yan Li smiled: "Are you threatening me?"
Yan Zheng was silent, and slowly shook his head: "This is not a threat, it is a fact."
"I don't believe it." Yan Li smiled, "Let me see who has the ability to make me, the eldest princess, suffer. . ”
When the word "princess" was mentioned, Yan Zheng seemed to have a reason suddenly, frowned and said: "The Kang family is Yan Chen's power. If you wipe out the Kang family, Yan Chen must hate you to death. Aren't you worried about his revenge?"
"There's nothing to worry about." Yan Li said calmly, "When the enemy comes, we will stop him. When the water comes, we will cover it."
"It's easy to dodge an open spear, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark."
Yan Li nodded calmly: "Thank you for reminding me."
"My brother and I are from the same mother. , he must be on my side. "Yan Zheng seemed to be trying to persuade her, "If I become the heir in the future, I am willing to promise my sister endless wealth and glory, let my sister live a glorious life, let my sister become a princess who is the guardian of the country, and can-"
"Then wait until you sit on the throne." Yan Li interrupted his dream, "What if you can't sit on the throne?"
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