The Wenhua Hall was brightly lit with candles, as bright as day.

Li Jing knelt before Emperor Yongjia, his handsome face full of suppressed anger and grievance: “…After I married Xiaoyu, we are in love and harmony. Xiaoyu got pregnant right after she entered the family, and I was happier than anyone else.”

“To be frank, this is not only a happy event for the Second Prince’s Mansion, but also a great happy event for the imperial family. I am my father’s legitimate son. If Xiaoyu gives birth to a son, she will be the legitimate grandson of the Emperor. If she gives birth to a daughter, she will also be an honorable gōngzhǔ of the royal family.”

“I will not hide it from Father. It was my idea to let Xiaoyu stay in the Lu Mansion to rest and have a baby. Because even I am not sure about the people in the mansion.”

“Among so many people in the palace, I think the only ones who are truly happy for us are my father and mother.”

“I thought the Empress Dowager was also very happy to see the birth of her great-grandchildren. But I didn’t expect that the first one to come and make trouble would be the Empress Dowager.”

“Today, the Empress Dowager summoned me to Shouning Palace and offered to reward me with two palace servants to serve me. I politely declined. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager sent them to Lu Mansion the next moment.”

“If the Royal Grandmother really loves me, she definitely shouldn’t have done this. We all know why my sister-in-law had a miscarriage. The Royal Grandmother did this, could it be that she hoped Xiaoyu would be so angry that she would have a miscarriage…”

“Shut up!”

Emperor Yongjia could no longer bear it and interrupted Li Jing, his eyes blazing with anger. “You insolent fool! She is your own grandmother! This is blatant rebellion and unfilial conduct!”

Li Jing straightened his back, his eyes filled with anger no less than that of Emperor Yongjia: “Please teach me, Father, what should I do to be filial to my Royal Grandmother? Should I ignore my pregnant wife and quietly accept the two palace maids? It would be best if I could set up a few tables of banquets to raise their status?”

Emperor Yongjia felt choked and had chest pain.

This bastard son!

How could he talk to his own father like this?!

Emperor Yongjia glared at Li Jing and said, “Speak properly, or I will teach you a lesson with my whip!”

Li Jing did not back down and stood up straighter. “Even if Father uses family rules, I will speak my mind. It is right to be filial to elders. Filial piety without asking right from wrong is foolish.”

“I brought these two palace maids back today. I didn’t go to Shouning Palace because I didn’t want to argue with the Empress Dowager. So, I sent the palace maids to Wenhua Palace. It’s up to my Royal Father to decide how to deal with them. In short, my Royal Father must support me!”

Emperor Yongjia: “…”

Emperor Yongjia was so angry that he laughed: “You are here to act like a scoundrel to me!”

Li Jing did not feel guilty at all: “Yes, my son is in trouble. If I don’t come to my Royal Father, who else can I go to?”

Emperor Yongjia glared at Li Jing.

Li Jing looked back calmly.

Eunuch Liu, who was standing by, gave the Second Prince a thumbs up in his heart.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince made a brilliant move.

The Empress Dowager Zhao was able to run rampant in the harem, being unreasonable and unreasonable, all because of Emperor Yongjia. Hence the only person who could stop Empress Dowager Zhao was Emperor Yongjia.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince came to Wenhua Palace in person and explained the whole story in detail, and also pushed the whole trouble onto Emperor Yongjia.

As a father, it was his duty to clean up the mess for his son!

Although Emperor Yongjia looked angry, he was not really angry. Otherwise, he would have taken out the whip long ago.

Sure enough, after a while, Emperor Yongjia said, “It’s getting late. Go back to the Lu Mansion first and comfort and appease Lu Shi. Leave this side of the palace to me!”

Li Jing’s eyebrows relaxed: “Thank you, Royal Father.”

Emperor Yongjia snorted, “No need to thank me. Just make less trouble in the future.”

Li Jing achieved his goal, and his words became much softer and more pleasant: “Royal Father is right. From now on, I will definitely be filial to my Royal Grandmother and Royal Father.”

He used to be very modest, but now he had developed such a shameless and scoundrelly demeanor.

Emperor Yongjia rubbed his forehead and said, “Get out! Get out of my sight!”

Li Jing responded respectfully: “Son, get out of here!”

Emperor Yongjia: “…”

Li Jing stood up quickly, left the two beautiful palace maids in Wenhua Palace, patted his butt, and left.

Emperor Yongjia was amused again and turned to Eunuch Liu and said, “This bastard has become a different person since last year. After marrying a wife, he has become even more shameless.”

His tone revealed the helplessness and a hint of smile of a father.

In the past, Li Jing was gentle and respectful to him, and the relationship between father and son was inevitably a little awkward. Now, although the father and son have disputes from time to time, they are much closer than before.

As a son, it is nothing to throw the trouble to your father.

Eunuch Liu smiled and said, “Your Highness rarely asks the Emperor for help, so the Emperor will have to support Your Highness.”

Emperor Yongjia rubbed his forehead and glanced at the two beautiful palace maids who were cowering.

…

When Li Jing left, his expression was gloomy and full of anger, but when he came back, his brows were relaxed.

Lu Mingyu felt curious and asked.

Li Jing did not hide it and told Lu Mingyu about the trip.

Lu Mingyu was surprised and amused: “You really sent him to Wenhua Palace?”

“Yes,” Li Jing said as if it was a matter of course, “I am the younger generation after all, and I have already had an unpleasant argument with the Empress Dowager today. If I send her directly to Shouning Palace, the Empress Dowager will lose face and I don’t know how she will make a fuss. No matter what the result is, I will be the one who suffers.”

“It’s better to give this hot potato to my Royal Father.”

Lu Mingyu: “…”

How shameless and evil!

Li Jing’s actions today completely refreshed her perception of him.

Li Jing was amused by Lu Mingyu’s wide-eyed look. He smiled and put his arm around Lu Mingyu’s waist, whispering, “In those years in my previous life, I was possessed by a longbow and thought about many things.”

“Royal Father is a wise emperor who founded a new dynasty, and he is also a good father. He does love my Eldest brother more, but it’s not as if he doesn’t love me.”

“It’s just that people’s hearts are biased. In my father’s heart, Meng Guifei is his beloved woman, and my Eldest brother is his eldest son. Moreover, my Eldest brother looks and has the same temperament as my father, and he has a talent for martial arts and fighting. There’s nothing wrong with my father liking my Eldest brother.”

“I had resentment in my heart, so I was not close to my father. My father was busy with government affairs and conquering the world. How could he have so much time and energy to understand the feelings of all his sons?”

“But no matter how much my father loved my elder brother, he did not make him the crown prince. This was tantamount to cutting off my chance of survival. My father was always hesitant.”

“The cold relationship between father and son is not entirely due to my father. I was also at fault. I will make up for the relationship between me and my father in this life.”

Lu Mingyu looked at Li Jing with a complicated look, “So, your way is to push this matter to the Emperor to deal with it?”

Li Jing nodded: “That’s right. As a son, when something happens, is it wrong to think of your own father?”

Lu Mingyu: “…”

(End of this chapter)