The step-brother is charming and soft, and the Marquis can't help but flirt with her

"Lao Wu will make him the Prince of Nanping County and ask him to leave for the fiefdom immediately. He will not be allowed to return to the capital or leave the fiefdom without an edict."

Emperor Hui'an patted Lu Xingyue's hand, "What do you think?"

Lu Xingyue raised his eyes and looked at him. Although Shen Lansui and he almost died, as long as they didn't die, it was impossible to really let them pay with their lives. The current treatment was serious enough. There was no chance for the prince to turn around. Five The prince was also imprisoned in a disguised form in the fiefdom, and the noble concubine even lost her life, which was considered as repayment to Lu Yanning. At this point, it was over.

He gently broke away from Emperor Hui'an's hand, lifted his robe, knelt down in front of the bed, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, thank you for your kindness!"

Emperor Hui'an exhaled and said happily: "You are a good boy, brave and resourceful, know how to advance and retreat, and loyal. Now that the position of crown prince is vacant, I intend to make you the East Palace. What do you think?"

Rong Zhao was shocked. Sure enough, without the crown prince and fifth prince, his father's first consideration was Lu Xingyue.

It doesn't matter if it's him, at least Brother Qi doesn't have to worry about ending his life well.

However, what neither she nor Emperor Hui'an expected was that Lu Xingyue decisively refused.

"I don't want to."

Rong Zhao was stunned, and Emperor Hui'an frowned, "Why?"

Lu Xingyue said seriously: "I have no great ambitions. I only want to be a pure minister in my life to serve the country. I just want to stay with my wife for a long time. I don't want to sit on a high platform and have no control over myself."

Emperor Hui'an was speechless.

After a while, he asked again, "Having a king and a king doesn't stop you from staying with your wife, and you can also control the power of life and death. Are you really not tempted at all?"

Lu Xingyue shook his head without hesitation, "I don't want to, I don't want to. The greater the power in this world, the greater the responsibility. I feel I can't afford it. It's not easy to take care of my family."

Emperor Hui'an couldn't do anything about him, so he smiled bitterly and said: "You live a clear life. If they can be like you, they won't be like this."

"That's all." He waved his hand, "Please step back and I'll think about it again."

"Wei Chen retire."

Lu Xingyue stood up and left.

Rong Zhao had finished grinding the ink, put down the ink ingot and asked, "Does the father want to issue an edict?"

Emperor Hui'an stood up and walked over, stared at Mo for a while and suddenly asked: "Ting'er, what is your wish?"

Rong Zhao was stunned, "Why did your father suddenly ask about this?"

Emperor Hui'an smiled and said: "You are my most beloved daughter. Of course I will make it happen for you while I still have the strength to spare."

"What unlucky words did your father say? You are still young." Rong Zhao was not very happy.

"Even if you don't tell me, I know that you and Liang Ci are in love, right?" Emperor Hui'an picked up his pen and dipped it in ink.

Rong Zhao was startled, "Daughter..."

"Yes or no?" Emperor Hui'an raised his eyes and stared at her.

Rong Zhao's thoughts were racing, and after a moment he knelt down while holding up the hem of his skirt, "My daughter and General Liang are indeed in love, and it must be him in this life. I beg your father to make it happen!"

"Liang Ci is reliable and capable. I feel at ease leaving you to him."

After Emperor Hui'an finished speaking, he put down his pen, and soon he wrote an imperial edict, "I will give you and Liang Ci a marriage, and I will not take away the military power in his hands. In the future, you will pay more attention to him. If he is disobedient, Even if my heart is not good to you, don’t be afraid, you are the apple of my eye, Princess Daheng, no one can bully you.”

Rong Zhao kowtowed excitedly, "Thank you, Father!"

"Get up." Emperor Hui'an did not stop writing, and wrote several more imperial edicts one after another, asking her to take them out to Cheng Jin.

The large-scale inspection that lasted for many days finally ended, and the imperial edicts were issued one after another like snowflakes.

The distribution of power in Yangdu has been broken. Some families are happy and some are sad.

The first imperial edict listed the prince's crimes, demoted him to a commoner, and imprisoned him for life. He worked hard for more than ten years and was destroyed in a snap, but at least his life was saved.

The second imperial edict dealt with the imperial concubine and the Jin family. It was written rather vaguely, probably to save some face for the deceased. It did not list the crimes of the Jin family in detail, but just passed it over in one sentence. In the end, the entire Jin family was sentenced to exile, and the fifth prince was granted the title of Prince of Nanping County. He immediately set off to settle in the fiefdom, and was not allowed to return to the capital without an edict for the rest of his life.

Nanping was remote and poor, which showed that Emperor Hui'an was completely disappointed with him.

Everyone who was close to the fifth prince was liquidated, and the Mu family bore the brunt. The father and son were demoted to their hometown and would not be able to come back for a few years.

The third was the imperial edict of marriage. Princess Rong Zhao and Marquis Liang Ci of Dingbian were in love with each other. The emperor was greatly comforted and allowed Liang Ci to retain military power and guard one side.

The fourth way is to establish the seventh prince as the crown prince and take charge of the East Palace.

At this point, except for Liang Ci's ability to retain military power, which is surprising, everyone else expected it.

Until the fifth imperial edict was announced.

The fifth imperial edict announced how the imperial concubine harmed Lu Yanning, cleared Lu Yanning's innocence, and posthumously named her the imperial concubine Xianjia. Lu Xingyue was reinstated as the prince, ranking fifth in terms of age. The other princes were moved later, and He was made a prince and given the title Ying, and Shen Lan was made Princess Ying at the age of 18.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and there were endless speculations about Lu Xingyue's identity among the people. There were different opinions, but they never expected that he was actually the prince!

Emperor Hui'an didn't explain what happened to his green eyes, but since he said he was his son, he was Long Zi, and it was useless what others said.

After the queen found out the whole story, she almost fainted from tears. She kept saying that she had mistaken Lu Yanning and that she had harmed her.

Rong Zhao finally calmed the person down.

Later, the queen wrote a decree and asked people to send it to the Hou Mansion.

Shen Lansui and Lu Xingyue received the edict together, and it was Aunt Zhu who delivered the edict. She said to them: "The Queen said that she was unworthy of the prince and the princess, so she could only write this edict to make up for it. After a hundred years, if the prince If His Highness takes a wrong turn and becomes suspicious of the prince and princess, then the prince and princess can show this edict to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Shen Lansui understood, this was almost the same as a gold medal to avoid death.

She took it with both hands and said to Aunt Zhu: "What happened back then has nothing to do with the Queen. The fault lies with people with evil intentions. Don't try to blame yourself. Now the fault is with the Crown Prince and not with the Queen. Please take care of yourself. Don’t overthink.”

Aunt Zhu said with emotion: "The princess is really kind, and this slave will bring her words."

After saying that, she left the queen's reward and took the people back to the palace.

Shen Lansui and Lu Xingyue stood side by side at the door, watching them leave.

When they disappeared at the end of the long street, Shen Lansui sighed: "Is it really over this time?"

Lu Xingyue nodded, "What should be copied should be copied, and what should be punished should be punished. The imperial edict has been issued, and there is no room for change."

"The gears of fate are turning slowly and finally returned to their original position." Shen Lansui clenched the Yizhi in his hand, "In the future, it will only get smoother and smoother."

Lu Xingyue put his arms around her shoulders and whispered, "It's going to rain. Let's go back."

Dark clouds rolled in the sky and a cool breeze blew.

Shen Lansui walked back hand in hand with him, and said with a smile: "Let's go, there will be a hearty spring rain, and maybe we can see a rainbow."