Xiaoman glanced at Gu Xiangning and said, "Why should I explain? I never thought of becoming an official in the court. Besides, if I wasn't worried that someone would restrict you."
"If it had caused any bad consequences, I would not have gone to the battlefield. Now that the mission is completed, I will naturally leave. No matter what method I use, as long as I can leave, it's good enough."
"What's more, Brother, it's been three years. I'm tired! Hundreds of thousands of lives, I..."
At this point, Xiaoman still felt a little uncomfortable. Gu Xiangning's eyes flashed with self-blame: "I'm sorry, it's all because of me..."
Xiaoman shook her head: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. It's a war, people will die anyway, so what. By the way, where are you going now?"
"I got the news from the Master that my sister and her friends are going to Mingyue Island to pick up the child. We should go too. What do you think?"
Gu Xiangning was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, wherever you say, we'll go."
The two men walked out of the palace side by side, and in the court, the emperor's face suddenly turned ugly as he watched their backs as they left.
Prime Minister Ren thought that it was because Xiaoman had angered the emperor that he dared to speak, and continued: "Your Majesty, look, these two people are so proud of their achievements that they dare to ignore you like this..."
Before he finished speaking, he threw a memorial in Prime Minister Ren's face: "Shut up! Who are they? They are the meritorious officials who have expanded the territory for my court!"
"At this very moment, when the rewards are being given, you actually forced them all away! Prime Minister Ren, you are so courageous."
"Wars are all about casualties. Let alone two cities, as long as we can capture Ningguo, even if we massacre the whole country, what does it matter? Go back and reflect on this carefully."
"You don't have to go to court recently, dismiss the court!"
After the emperor finished speaking, he stood up and walked quickly to the Queen Mother's palace: "Mother, please order Xiaoman to come to your palace."
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then looked at the eunuch beside her and said, "Go and invite Princess Yongxi to the palace."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the emperor and said, "What happened? Why did Xiaoman leave so suddenly? Shouldn't he be rewarded? By the way, what did you reward Xiaoman with?"
The emperor snorted in annoyance: "What reward? My good grandfather directly angered people and left, and he still gave me a reward? Do you know what he wants to do?"
"He asked me to remove Yongxi from his position as general, and not only that, he even wanted me to punish Xiaoman. What do you think is wrong with his brain?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment. No wonder the Emperor came to see her. She didn't expect her father to be getting more and more confused. She sighed and said, "He is old."
When the emperor heard this, he naturally replied, "Yes, you are old now. You should go home and enjoy your old age. You are still stirring up trouble in the court."
The Queen Mother immediately fell into deep thought. Did the Emperor no longer tolerate the Ren family? In recent years, the Ren family has indeed gone too far, apart from anything else.
Her father was the prime minister, and in the past three years, he had tried several times to use her to place women under the wing of the emperor. How audacious he was!
Now it seems that the emperor has really been angered, so he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Since the prime minister is old, just let him go home."
The emperor glanced at the queen mother and asked, "Are you not angry, mother?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor with amusement and said, "Don't say that your mother doesn't understand. The harem has no right to interfere in matters of the court. Besides, I have fought against your father my whole life, so I know everything."
While the two were talking, the eunuch had already brought Xiaoman in. Originally, Xiaoman had planned to take Gu Xiangning out of the palace, first to the palace, and then go home to see her father.
Then the two of them set out to look for Qian Jiujiu and the others, but before they even reached the palace gate, a eunuch arrived and said that the Empress Dowager had summoned them.
And she was summoned alone, so she had no choice but to let Gu Xiangning wait for Xiaoman at the palace gate, and Xiaoman went to see the queen mother with the eunuch.
Xiao Man did not see the emperor either, she just watched the empress dowager salute: "Yong Xi pays respects to the empress dowager, and greets the empress dowager."
The Queen Mother looked at Xiaoman and was not in a good mood: "Yongxi is here, stand up, come here, let me see, you have grown up after being gone for so long."
Indeed, Xiaoman in front of her, still wearing armor, looked more heroic, which made the empress dowager even more satisfied. However, when she thought of the queen, she began to feel conflicted again.
It would be nice if Yongxi and the Queen could be like she and Concubine Qing. Thinking of this, the Queen Mother was stunned. It turned out that she really didn't want to be like this in this life.
She didn't even feel bitter. It was just a sudden change at first because she wasn't used to it. They had always been a group of three, but she was suddenly abandoned, so she felt resentful.
Thinking of this, a few years later, the Empress Dowager suddenly figured it out. She finally had no more worries and could enjoy her old age in peace.
After figuring this out, the Empress Dowager felt more at peace and her expression became more kind. She looked at Xiaoman and said, "She is getting more and more beautiful."
"Look at you, you're wearing so many clothes, are you feeling hot? Come and sit down."
Xiaoman then looked up and saw that the emperor was also sitting here. She couldn't help but bow again: "Your Highness."
The emperor laughed and said, "Stand up. You even know to salute me. You don't look very angry. I didn't expect the court to develop like this."
After hearing the emperor's explanation, Xiaoman smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I'm a woman anyway, I don't want to be a high official, besides."
"Yongxi has already obtained what he wanted. As for other matters, they are your business, Your Majesty. I can now retire. By the way, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother."
"Xiao Man will go home and play for two days and then will set off to look for Sister Princess."
The emperor's expression changed. Did he decide to leave so quickly? How could that be possible? Before he told Xiaoman about his thoughts, the empress dowager also saw the emperor's expression change.
Thinking that he should create an opportunity for the two of them, he sighed, "Why are you talking about the court affairs here? I am also a little tired of looking at Yongxi."
"Why don't you take a rest in Aijia Palace and have dinner before going back?"
Xiaoman blinked her eyes. She always felt that it was unbelievable how nice the Empress Dowager was to her. Then she thought of Gu Xiangning who was still waiting for her at the palace gate, so she refused directly.
"Your Highness, thank you for your kindness to Yongxi. It's just that Yongxi has been away from home for three years and really misses his parents. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
The Queen Mother thought the same thing and said, "If that's the case, then you can come to the palace again in three days and stay with me. Since you miss your parents, why don't you go back and see them first."
When Xiaoman heard this, he stood up and said, "Then Yongxi will take his leave first."
After saying that, Xiaoman turned around and left. When the Queen Mother saw this, she sighed. It seemed like this was another smart woman who was unwilling to enter the harem.
She glanced at the emperor who was still in a daze and said, "My son, go back and rest if you are fine. The queen is about to give birth, go and see her."
This did remind the emperor that he already had a queen, and if Xiaoman didn't want to, it would be better not to force her. However, when it comes to matters of the heart, who can tell
What's more, the Queen Mother secretly hoped that Xiaoman could become the Emperor's woman. She also liked Xiaoman from the bottom of her heart.
If she could become his daughter-in-law, that would be the best thing. Xiaoman didn't know what the empress dowager was thinking, let alone that the emperor liked her.
After saying goodbye to the Queen Mother, she quickly left the palace and saw Prime Minister Ren talking in front of Gu Xiangning at the palace gate with a frown on his face. Xiaoman walked up to him.
Then I heard Prime Minister Ren say: "Mr. Gu, you should think about it carefully. My granddaughter is a stunning beauty."
When Xiaoman heard this, she immediately thought of what the old Prime Minister Ren wanted to do? Because she was a girl and there was a massacre in the city, she would definitely be driven out of the court.
She would become an idle county lady, or perhaps not even be able to be a county lady. If she left, her position would naturally be left to Gu Xiangning, the military advisor.
She actually wanted to use her granddaughter to tie Gu Xiangning up. She was simply courting death. Thinking of this, Xiaoman was really angry. She snorted and walked forward.
"Oh, Prime Minister Ren's granddaughter is a beauty that can topple a country. I don't know which granddaughter you are talking about. When can you introduce her to me?"
Seeing Xiaoman coming out of the palace at this time, Prime Minister Ren was a little surprised: "It's the Demon General, what a surprise, why are you still here?"
Xiaoman curled her lips: "Can't this general be here? Could it be that this palace gate is your home? You don't want me to show up?"
Prime Minister Ren was so angry at Xiaoman's words that he pointed at Xiaoman and said, "Princess Yongxi, please be careful with your words!"
Xiaoman really wanted to reply, "Fuck you, you've already poached my people, and now you want to poach my man. I didn't give you a direct Shadowless Kick because I consider your age!"
He rolled his eyes at Prime Minister Ren rudely and said, "Brother, let's go. Don't pay attention to these people who are taking advantage of their age."
After saying that, he directly pulled Gu Xiangning away. Gu Xiangning did not object and just followed Xiaoman away, looking at the two of them holding hands.
Prime Minister Ren stared at the two with eyes wide open: "This is simply immoral! You, you..."
Obviously, he was stimulated by this incident and didn't know how to say it or describe it. But at this time, Xiaoman turned around and glanced at Prime Minister Ren.
Then he made a face and stuck out his tongue: "Lululu..."
Prime Minister Ren was so angry that he covered his heart and fell to the ground. Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning looked at Prime Minister Ren falling to the ground, and Xiaoman's head skipped a beat.
"Brother, this old man is not so annoying. Is he going to die of excitement?"