Yusui Chang'an

Feng Sinian tried to persuade Chu Chengping a few more times, but Chu Chengping remained unmoved. He just said that Jizhou was not far away and asked Feng Sinian to come and see him whenever he missed him.

Then, he entrusted Lin Wanrong to his care:

"She has a miserable life and is timid. After I told her my feelings, she avoided me like a snake and scorpion, saying that she was not worthy of me. I really had no choice but to ask my father for an imperial decree.

Heh… Speaking of which, the Lin family has a clean and upright family tradition, not like the royal family’s complicated family. It’s me who is not worthy of her. I should not be destined to be with her. I don’t know if the Crown Prince will tell others about my proposal. If so, it will harm her.

I can't even protect myself now, and I don't know what will happen to me. When the time comes, please help me, cousin, even if it means helping me protect her."

Feng Sinian was angry when he heard this, and suddenly stood up and said:
"Don't sound like you're leaving your affairs to the dead! You're so incompetent that your loved one needs others to protect him! You've reassured the people behind the scenes, and His Majesty, but what about grandfather and aunt?

If you really want to avoid it completely, the worst that can happen is that you can just retire to the mountains and forests. We are already tired of all the scheming and calculating. Let's take my aunt out of the palace and live as ordinary people in a deserted place. We can live together as a family and get along well..."

"Si Nian!! How can you talk nonsense even if you care so much!!"

Ming Fei rushed forward fearfully, interrupted the two people who were talking nonsense, and knelt down to apologize:
"Your Majesty, please have mercy! Si Nian was worried about Ping'er and spoke nonsense because he was not in his right mind. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Feng Sinian was originally feeling vent in his anger after cursing, but upon hearing this his face changed in shock, and he knelt down in panic but decisiveness to apologize.

When the emperor stepped inside, he saw the pale-faced Chu Chengping lift the quilt and stagger to his knees:

"Father, I am just joking with my cousin. Please don't take it seriously."

"Oh? You're kidding me if you want to go to the fiefdom?" Chu Chengping was about to speak when Feng Sinian interrupted him in panic:
"That's a joke! Your Majesty has arrived, why didn't the servants announce it?"

The emperor did not show any emotion, and after he sat down, he did not ask the three people to get up, and his tone was indifferent.

"What? I have to wait for the order to come to see my son?"

Feng Sinian crouched even lower:
"That is not what I meant. I just felt that I failed to go out to greet Your Majesty, which was impolite."

"I heard you brothers were arguing loudly, so I didn't let the servants disturb you. I just heard you say that the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion is going to retire to the mountains?"

Chu Chengping answered first:
"Cousin, you are just joking. I am thinking that if I am still alive after this matter is over, I would like to ask to go to my fiefdom. I heard that the scenery in Jizhou is very beautiful, so I want to go and see it as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Ming and Feng Sinian glanced at Chu Chengping anxiously and disapprovingly. They wanted to speak but were stopped by the emperor:
"You know, going to the fiefdom is equivalent to being expelled from the capital. Some things will never happen again."

"I know that many things are beyond my reach. It is a great blessing to be able to enjoy the mountains and rivers. I hope that you will grant my permission."

After saying this in despair, Chu Chengping knocked his head on the back of his hand, revealing a sad and resolute look.

The emperor glanced at the three people kneeling on the ground without saying a word. He only felt uneasy when he stared at them. Then he called them up in a light voice, and then looked at the weak Chu Chengping with a helpless tone:

"In the royal family, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects comes first, and then between father and son. The evidence is before me, and even though I want to protect you, I have to act impartially. I didn't want to punish you, but you got yourself hurt by your anger, and made me worry and distressed. You are really a bastard." (End of this chapter)