White Fence Dream

Chapter 256 Seeking each other
The emperor really didn't want to see Li Yu.

"Just tell the princess if you have anything to say," he said, patting the sleepy child in his arms and frowning.

He acknowledged this nephew because, firstly, Princess Jin Yu cried and said that she had acknowledged him at the beginning, so the identity of this nephew was confirmed. Secondly, he also wanted to show that they, as father and son, and brothers, were actually a loving and harmonious family, and that they were all instigated and deceived by Queen Jiang to kill each other. Therefore, he did not force the emperor to abdicate and seize the throne, but was both loyal and filial.

But in fact, he didn't have much contact with the former crown prince.

The emperor only had eyes for the late crown prince and ignored all the other sons. The late crown prince saw no one else except the emperor, and all his brothers and sisters were his slaves.

The emperor's eldest grandson is even more precious, and it is good enough for him to be able to see him from afar.

Although the death of the late crown prince's family was sudden, compared to the hardships he had experienced since childhood, their lives were much better than his.

He didn't want to see this nephew, didn't want to evoke past memories, and it was enough for him to acknowledge his nephew and restore his status as a royal child. He didn't want to have any other contact with him in this life.

In particular, many people called this nephew the emperor's eldest grandson.

They all overshadowed his position as the eldest prince.

He didn't want his son to suffer the same pain he had suffered in the past.

He is the emperor now and his son is the crown prince!

"I saw that he was very anxious, his eyes were red, and he was about to cry." Bai Ying said, reaching out to take the child from the emperor's arms, and said softly, "This child is pitiful, he lost his parents at such a young age."

As she said this, she looked at the prince in her arms and sighed softly.

"I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm a mother now and can't bear to see other children cry."

The emperor laughed: "He is already twenty years old, how can he still be a child?"

Bai Ying rocked the child in her arms, her eyes as gentle as water: "With parents around, no matter how old he is, he is still a child. Without parents, he was six years old, but he has become an adult. Looking back on those years, as the concubine of Shangguan Fu Ma, even if it was just pretending, he suffered a lot. Since he refused to even tell Princess Jin Yu and came directly to ask to see Your Majesty, it can be seen that he really encountered difficulties."

The emperor was somewhat helpless: "You are just soft-hearted." Then he shook his head and said, "Be careful not to be deceived."

Bai Ying smiled and put her head in front of the emperor: "I'm not afraid, your majesty is here."

The emperor held Bai Ying and the child in his arms and sighed, "After becoming emperor, the people around me come and go, and they are all different from before. Only you, Aying, remain the same as before."

Bai Ying smiled and said, "My lifelong wish was fulfilled the moment I married Your Majesty. I have nothing more to ask for." Then she stood up again holding the child in her arms, "The man is outside. Your Majesty, please ask him to come in. I'll go put the child down."

The emperor nodded, watched Bai Ying walk out with the child in her arms, and said to Wang Degui, "Let him in."

Wang Degui answered yes and went out to pass the message. Then there were the sounds of footsteps and Li Yu walked in and bowed to the emperor in front of him.

"My son, I have met your Majesty."

Looking at the young man prostrating himself, the emperor hummed and said, "Stand up and talk."

Li Yu refused to stand up and knelt on the ground: "I am an unfilial son. I am sorry for the princess's kindness in raising me. I dare not stand up."

Sorry, princess? No wonder he had to go past the princess to see him. The emperor frowned and asked, "What did you do?"

Li Yu raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I ask for your permission to marry me."

Marriage?

The emperor was stunned for a moment, but then frowned. He knew that Princess Jin Yu was arguing for Li Yu in marriage, and she was extremely bold, thinking of the famous and powerful families.

He snorted in his heart, not even thinking about whether Li Yu had that blessing!

Sure enough, just after the marriage proposal with Li Chengyuan, Li Chengyuan died, and his death was absurd and funny.

Could it be that he was killed by this kid?

He was waiting to see which family would dare to discuss marriage with the King of Chu.

Unexpectedly, I would come to him directly for help.

What absurdity!

"Marriage is a matter of parents' decision." The emperor said calmly, "The princess and her husband raised you, they will choose a suitable family for you. Once they have chosen one, I will arrange the marriage for you, don't worry."

"No, I have someone I like, and I cannot accept the princess choosing a marriage partner for me." Li Yu said, and kowtowed again, "That's why I say I am unfilial!"

The one she loves? Is this Princess Jin Yu's new idea? The emperor didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously guessed that it was like framing Prime Minister Zhu's family, to ruin the other woman's reputation?
"Marriage requires mutual love between the two parties. You can't just do whatever you want..." the emperor said with a frown and some displeasure.

Before he could finish his words, Li Yu spoke again hurriedly.

"We love each other and have been together for many years," he said, gritting his teeth, "and we have a child."

"In that case, let the princess...what did you say!" The emperor was absent-minded at first, but he reacted after he said it. He looked at the kneeling Li Yu in disbelief, "Child?!"

Oh, the baby is born! Bai Ying, who was standing behind the screen at the side of the palace, was also surprised. Which noble lady would do such a shameless thing as having an affair without a matchmaker?
"She is not a lady from a noble family. She is one of my maids."

Hearing what Li Yu said, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. She was just a maid, so it was not surprising. Although it was against the rules for a maid to give birth to a child before marrying a wife, it was common.

"Then get rid of it quickly..." he said subconsciously.

Before he could finish his words, Li Yu interrupted him again.

"Your Majesty—I want to marry her!"

The emperor was stunned again.

So that's what's going on. Bai Ying suddenly realized behind the screen and nodded with a smile. Marrying a maid as his wife would really make Princess Jin Yu angry and would also ruin his own future!
"absurd!"

The emperor shouted, standing up.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Yu knelt on the ground and kowtowed again. "I know that this is unfilial to the princess, so I came to Your Majesty--" The emperor glared: "Oh, you don't have to be filial to me, right? You can use this kind of thing to irritate me, right?" He pointed at him and said, "Have you forgotten that your last name is Li, and you are a descendant of the Li family! How ridiculous! Marrying a maid as your principal wife! Have you forgotten your identity? You are the King of Chu!"

Li Yu knelt straight and looked up at the emperor: "Yes, I am the King of Chu now, but before I was not the King of Chu. I was the descendant of sin, a fugitive who deserved death, and the concubine of the Shangguan family. She never left me, accompanied me through life and death, and shared joys and sorrows with me. Now that I am the King of Chu, how can I abandon her!"

As he spoke, he knelt down a few steps, hugged the emperor's legs, looked up at him, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"I know she is of low status and is not what the world considers a good match, and the princess will not agree, but I know that Your Majesty will understand me."

"You and the Queen have been together since you were young, supporting each other and sharing joys and sorrows. When you became the emperor, you did not care about Yang's low family background and still made her the Queen. You even pardoned Yang's crime for her. I heard from people that you made a promise to the Queen since childhood that you would never leave her and you did not forget it even after her death. You will not make her the Queen again in this life..."

"Your Majesty, you are the Emperor, and you are also a man of love and righteousness. I did not dare to have any extravagant hopes, but I made this decision after seeing your kindness and righteousness towards the Queen."

After he said that, he released the emperor's legs and kowtowed again, with each kowtow ringing loudly.

"I never thought that I could regain my status as the King of Chu. I am already content to be alive."

"If I have to abandon her because of my status as the King of Chu, I ask Your Majesty to take back my title. I am willing to be a commoner and stay with my wife and daughter."

The emperor looked at the young man who was sobbing on the ground. After listening to his words, his expression was complicated and his thoughts were in a mess.

"Ridiculous!" he shouted again.

But the tone was no longer as harsh as before.

"For a woman, you actually said you don't want to be a descendant of the Li family! You are so disloyal and unfilial!"

After saying that, he picked up the whisk beside him and hit him.

Li Yu lay on the ground and let the emperor sob.

"I know I am unfilial, but I really don't know what to do. The princess has tried so hard to find a good match for me, but I really can't abandon my wife and daughter. I dare not tell the princess, so I can only come to ask Your Majesty for help."

"Your Majesty, I lost my parents when I was young, and I cannot let my children be like me, shameful in public."

The emperor was about to say something when he heard a baby crying, and then Bai Ying came over holding the child.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this child is impossible to coax..." She said anxiously. As she approached, she seemed to have just seen the scene in the palace, and she was panic-stricken. "What's going on, Your Majesty, please talk to him nicely, don't hit the child."

Seeing the child crying so hard in her arms that she could hardly hold him any longer, the emperor sighed, threw down his whisk, reached out to hold the child and tried to comfort him. The child's crying indeed subsided in his arms.

"What he did was ridiculous!" The emperor told Bai Ying, then looked at Li Yu who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing, and said in hatred, "It's not unfair to break his legs!"

Bai Ying looked surprised, but also smiled: "You have a child? Is it a girl?"

The emperor shook his head and said, "Women, you notice this."

"Yes." Li Yu choked up and said, "She is a very well-behaved daughter who doesn't cry or make a fuss."

The emperor shouted angrily: "What do you mean, are you saying that my son only knows how to cry?"

Li Yu bowed his head and said he dared not.

Bai Ying looked at the emperor in disapproval: "He just said that." Then she laughed, "It's true that in the eyes of parents, their own children are the best."

The emperor snorted and shook the prince: "Bao Lang is very well-behaved, it's you who don't know how to take care of him."

Bai Ying smiled and said yes.

"Your Majesty..." Li Yu shouted again, "And Concubine Bai, you didn't abandon her despite her status..."

The emperor was furious and kicked him while holding the child: "Do you think you can talk about Concubine Bai?"

Bai Ying hurriedly stopped him, "Your Majesty, calm down. He doesn't look down on me." Then she scolded Li Yu, "Your Highness, you really don't know how to talk. No wonder His Majesty is angry."

Li Yu knelt down and sobbed, "I really don't know what to do! I don't know what to do!"

Bai Ying gently shook the emperor's sleeves and said, "The King of Chu lost his parents when he was young and has lived in fear for so long. What he desires most in this life is a stable life. If he really marries a noble lady, it may not be a good thing for him."

The emperor seemed somewhat helpless: "But a maidservant being the principal wife is too absurd!"

"But I am still the daughter of a guilty minister!" Bai Ying said, "Your Majesty still protects me."

The emperor glared: "How can it be the same?"

"Why are they different?" Bai Ying said with a smile, holding the emperor's sleeve, "I understand that everyone in your Li family is amorous."

Li Yu kowtowed to the emperor again: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

With a bang, blood oozed from the forehead.

Bai Ying looked reluctant and said, "Your Majesty, please grant his wish."

The emperor looked at Li Yu and frowned: "You know what you are doing, right? Once you marry this maid, you will be laughed at by the world, and the officials and dignitaries will look down on you."

Li Yu raised his head and nodded solemnly: "I know, I don't care, I only care about her."

The emperor looked at him and nodded slowly: "Okay, then I will grant you your wish. Don't regret it."

Li Yu raised his head, a smile bloomed on his face which was stained with blood and tears: "I don't regret it!" He kowtowed, "I'll take my leave. I'll go tell her the good news right away!"

After saying that, he stood up and ran out.

The emperor looked at his back and said unhappily, "Look at what he looks like!"

Bai Ying smiled widely. Marrying a maid as his wife would cut off the great support of his in-laws. The King of Chu would have no future.

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