Ever since the marriage fraud rumor, Zhu Ying has always had a small knot in her heart. Even though Zhang Shou had clearly expressed his feelings to her that time, she still hoped to get the missing marriage certificate as soon as possible. However, the emperor had just been speaking for her, but Zhang Shou was still holding her back, so she was naturally a little sulky.
But she didn't expect that her father would suddenly agree so readily! In an instant, she grabbed Zhu Jing's arm and said with a smile: "I knew that Dad is the best to me!"
"When has Dad ever treated you badly? You just forgot about me when you got him. It makes me, as a father, very sad!" Zhu Jing teased his daughter half-seriously and half-jokingly. When Zhu Ying let go of his hand, he bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have reported everything I should have reported just now. Now, can you allow me to leave? I have been away from the capital for a while, and my mother and wife have been working hard at home."
"Go, go!" The emperor looked like a wise ruler who cared for his subjects. He even waved his hand at Zhang Shou and said, "Zhang Shou, you should also send your future father-in-law back with you. Let him take a good look at you, so that you won't regret it when you get home to sign the marriage certificate."
Even though Zhu Jing knew that his cousin, the Supreme Emperor, had always been a playboy, he still didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Shou actually said, "The Emperor has ordered me to do this. I didn't dare to refuse. I also wanted to personally send Duke Zhao home so that he would have a good impression of me. But I have something important to report to the Emperor. If I go out and come back again, it will attract too much attention."
"Oh?" The emperor sat up straight in surprise, then smiled and said, "Then tell me about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have just returned to Beijing. I will not listen to what Dr. Zhang said. Just let Yingying accompany me home."
Having said this, without waiting for the emperor to agree or refuse, he nodded slightly to Zhang Shou and said, "Zhang Shou, you stay here and tell the emperor everything you want to report. Yingying, let's go home first."
Zhu Ying still wanted to hear what Zhang Shou had to say, feeling very unhappy. But this time, her wrist was tightly held by Zhu Jing. She could only glare at Zhang Shou angrily, and then was involuntarily dragged out of the Qianqing Palace.
As soon as she got out of the door, she complained in a low voice, having just managed to hold it back with great difficulty: "Dad, what are you doing? Ah Shou didn't tell us to leave, why did you drag me away so quickly!"
"We should distinguish between public and private matters." Zhu Jing finally let go of his hand, and with a complicated expression, he looked at his spoiled daughter. He said softly, "Zhang Shou didn't ask us to stay away, and the emperor didn't say so either, but there are some things that we should know. If the matter that Zhang Shou reported to the palace today is really important, and I stay there, what should I do if the emperor asks for my opinion?"
"Then just say it straight!" Zhu Ying blurted out instinctively, but then she came to her senses, "Dad, what you mean is that if you side with A Shou, it will be seen as favoring the son-in-law, and if you don't side with A Shou, it will be like undermining him. But the emperor has never cared about these things, otherwise he wouldn't value our family so much, and he wouldn't value A Shou so much..."