Yusui Chang'an

Chu Chengping looked up in disbelief when he heard this. His eyes suddenly lit up. After confirming with the emperor again and again that what he had just said was true, he covered his face with his sleeves and sobbed in grievance. He knelt on the emperor's knees and cried bitterly:
"I thought...I thought that Your Majesty did not believe me...I was ready to stop being an eyesore in front of you..."

Zheng Cheng saw that the emperor was frowning but his eyes were filled with joy, so he knew that he was pretending to be disgusted:

"Your Highness, you are wrongly accusing the Emperor. Yesterday, the Emperor personally ordered a thorough investigation of who slandered Your Highness, and ordered the Dali Temple not to punish Feng Xun. Last night, he was worried about Your Highness and couldn't sleep well. It's clear that His Highness trusts and loves Your Highness."

The emperor looked helpless and doting, patting Chu Chengping on the back:

"Alright, alright, you are already so old, why are you so ashamed?"

After hearing this, Chu Chengping cried even harder, and even wet his dragon robe with his tears. The emperor, thinking that he was still ill, coaxed him in a gentle voice and ordered Zheng Cheng to help him up.

After talking about the tender affection between father and son, Ming Fei said that she was afraid that Pingyang Hou would hear from other places that Chu Chengping was ill, and not knowing the inside story, something bad might happen to him, so she sent a message to the marquis's mansion to ask Feng Sinian to come to the palace to take a look, in order to comfort Pingyang Hou.

The emperor was very satisfied with the lack of news about the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, but his smile faded and he looked at Feng Sinian with cold eyes:
"Just now you said you wanted to take your aunt out of the palace?"

Feng Sinian knelt down simply:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just said something out of turn. I didn't mean it that way."

Ming Fei and Chu Chengping also pleaded for mercy, and the emperor's expression softened and a smile returned to his face:

"I know you are speaking out of turn. If the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion can really enter the palace and snatch the concubines, and walk out of the palace alive, then my heavily guarded palace and imperial guards will become a joke."

Feng Sinian heard the deep meaning in the words and bowed his head repeatedly. The emperor called the people up, comforted the three people, and left with Zheng Cheng. He stood up and watched the group walk away. Ming Fei no longer had a worried and frightened look on her face. She waved away the servants with cold eyes, looked at the direction where the emperor left and muttered to herself:
"Can't you sleep well at night? With a beautiful woman in your arms, you can't let go of your sleep."

The emperor summoned Concubine Yi to sleep with him last night. Not only Concubine Guangming knew about it, but Feng Sinian also knew about it. He helped Chu Chengping sit down and glanced outside the room:
"Aunt, I heard that this new concubine Yi is somewhat similar to the biological mother of the Prince of Jin."

Ming Fei nodded:
"I have seen him twice when I was paying my respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress. He does look like her, but he looks more like someone else."

Seeing Feng Sinian wash the towel, wring it dry, and hand it to Chu Chengping to wipe his face, Ming Fei stepped forward with concern:

"Don't you know everything? How can you be tricked into crying like this by a few words?"

Chu Chengping squeezed his eyes hard to ease the discomfort:
"I didn't cry. My cousin put some medicine on my sleeves, which made me cry."

Seeing Ming Fei looking over, Feng Sinian explained:
"It was the potion that Lin Jinyan sent last night. She said that Your Majesty would receive the ironclad evidence of Feng Xun's injustice this morning. It was also her suggestion that she quarreled with Ping'er just now and asked Ping'er to ask for the fiefdom herself. As for forcing you out of the palace, it was because I was afraid that Your Majesty would suspect that we were putting on a show."

"No wonder you sent a message asking me to come with His Majesty. This girl is really brave. She is not afraid. What if His Majesty really agrees to what Ping'er wants..."

After saying this, Ming Fei's eyes suddenly lit up:
Even if His Majesty agrees to let Ping'er go to the fiefdom, it will just avoid the persecution of the factions. Staying away from the capital will not only make others feel at ease, but also help develop her own power...

"This girl is a wonderful person. She can help His Majesty dispel his suspicion of Ping'er." (End of this chapter)