Ning Chen was confused by Miss Huo's sudden action.
The hand holding the teacup paused for a moment, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"What did you say?"
At this point, Huo was still immersed in the panic he had created, and he spoke hurriedly.
"I beg Your Majesty to forgive me. I would never dare to deceive Your Majesty. Yes, it was Ming Shunyuan who found me and instigated me to do it. I was worried about my brother's safety, so I did this wrong thing. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"
At this moment, Ning Chen finally reacted and knew what she was talking about.
It was probably because his casual words just now caused Huo to misunderstand, which led to this incident.
However, Ye Jun had already explained the matter of food and fodder to him as soon as possible, and she only mentioned herself in her conversation, as if she would be the one to bear the consequences if anything happened.
But looking at the Huo family, before anything happened, they immediately pushed Ye Jun out to take over.
It really gives people a much worse impression.
One is well aware of the bigger picture and believes that everyone should take responsibility for their own actions; the other clearly participated in the incident but was afraid of being blamed so he hurriedly looked for someone to take the blame.
The difference is immediately apparent.
After hearing no response for a long time, Lady Huo's face turned pale.
I hated Ye Jun so much at that moment, and regretted so much why I had followed him and done something that could have cost me my life.
Who knew that the next moment, what he heard was Ning Chen's extremely calm voice.
"Get up, I already knew about this. Ming Shunyuan came to me and reported it on the day it happened. There are reasons for this. I will not blame you. It was just an accident. You were also involved. When Ming Xiuyuan came to apologize, she did not mention you."
If the first half made Huo feel like he had escaped a disaster, the second half made him feel like he was falling into an icy cave.
No matter how dumb she was, she could already understand the message in Ning Chen's words.
The emperor had no idea that the Huo family had pretended to be merchants to donate grain, and Ye had already informed the emperor when she did this.
At this moment, Miss Huo felt like a clown. Thinking back on her actions just now, they were so stupid!
Especially when she shirked responsibility and sold out Ye Jun, but Ye Jun did not treat her like that.
I felt embarrassed, surprised and ashamed.
"Your Majesty, I..."
"You don't need to say more. I've almost finished reviewing all the memorials today. You can go back now. Don't talk about this matter anymore. If anything gets out, you should know what the charges are."
Ning Chen lowered his eyes and didn't want to look at her, his tone was cold.
Huo knew that this time he had shot himself in the foot.
I guess for a long time, the emperor didn't want to see her.
As long as Ye is favored for one day, she will be hated by the emperor for one day.
After coming out of Jingqian Palace, Huo was cold from head to toe, and her complexion was extremely ugly.
Fortunately, there were few people in the garden and no one noticed these things.
But Lady Huo went to serve the emperor with writing materials but did not stay to sleep with him, which still made people laugh at her.
Although both of them had made contributions to their families, Huo Pingbei had one or two more military achievements than Ye Zheli, but the Huo family was still out of favor.
That night, Ning Chen still took the Huo family's reputation into consideration.
He did not let Lady Huo sleep with him, nor did he summon anyone else.
But I went to Yi Shunrong's place the next day.
Since the third prince was brought along, it would be bad for me not to go and see the child.
When he arrived, Yi Shunrong was teaching the third prince some simple words.
It was a palm-sized wooden sign made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with words written on it in gold lacquer.
There were two or three piles with about twenty or thirty words in them.
Ning Chen sat down, and the Third Prince saluted as the adults had taught him.
The child is still very cute.
Finally, Yi Shunrong enthusiastically showed Ning Chen her teaching results.
The third prince, who was not even three years old, could already recognize nearly a hundred words and could recite two simple poems.
It can be seen that the third prince is indeed smart and studious. Yi Shunrong did not force him. The child is really interested.
Ning Chen was naturally happy that his child was so outstanding, so he praised him a few times.
Finally, at Yi Shunrong's request, he personally wrote a set of Chinese characters for the third prince to learn.
He starts his education at the age of three and goes to the study to study at the age of five.
Ning Chen stayed overnight that night and left after having breakfast the next day.
Yi Shunrong was extremely proud of the Third Prince's intelligence.
So the next day, the third prince asked to go out and play, and he was allowed.
Unexpectedly, I met Ye Jun when I came out.
One was out walking the kid, the other was out walking the dog.
The garden was not as familiar as the palace and was too big, so they didn't dare let Nian Gao run around, so they kept it in Jiaotang Garden for a few days.
The consequence is that Nian Gao's exuberant energy has no place to vent, and it tends to destroy the house.
It was a rare sunny day after the snow, so I quickly took them out for a walk.
"Greetings to Shunyuan." Yi Shunrong bowed insincerely.
The third prince was confused, but when he saw his mother saluting, he also followed suit and saluted crookedly.
"Forget it." Ye Jun waved his hand.
She didn’t have a good impression of adults, but the fair and tender Third Prince was quite cute, so she smiled at the child.
"Why did Shunyuan come out? Are you feeling bored being alone?" Yi Shunrong said with a smile.
Ye Jun retracted his gaze and gave her a cold look.
"It's not that I'm bored, it's just that I rarely have time to go out and walk around. I've been accompanying the Emperor all the time, and I haven't had time to come out and see the scenery of the garden. I'm not like Yi Shunrong, who always has plenty of free time."
This was a harmless retort, and Yi Shunrong's expression paled a little.
Just at this moment, I caught a glimpse of the third prince and Nian Gao getting together.
Nian Gao, the dog, likes children very much. He wags his tail and looks very happy.
The Third Prince had never seen it before and was even more curious. He was a little scared but also wanted to get closer, so he reached out and touched Nian Gao's nose.
As soon as he met her, Yi Shunrong called him.
"Enthalpy!"
The third prince was startled and quickly retracted his hand. He glanced at Yi Shunrong, then lowered his head with his hands behind his back.
Yi Shunrong narrowed her eyes, took out a handkerchief, squatted down, took the third prince's hand and wiped it carefully.
"Han'er, this is a dog. It's so dirty. Animals don't understand human nature. Don't get hurt. From now on, if you encounter animals outside, just stay away from them. OK?"
The third prince looked at the rice cake with a confused look, his eyes revealing a bit of reluctance and vigilance.
Hearing Yi Shunrong's indirect criticism, Ye Jun's eyes turned cold.
Huiyue couldn't help but said unhappily, "Nian Gao is very smart. He won't bite people. He understands human nature the most."
"Really?" Yi Shunrong glanced at Huiyue with a fake smile and slowly stood up. "But this beast can't understand human language, so it's hard to control. It would be bad if it hurts someone."
Ye Jun glanced at her and said softly, "Nian Gao, come here and sit next to me."
Upon hearing the owner's command, Nian Gao immediately came over wagging his tail and sat down obediently.
"It seems that not all animals cannot understand human language. Maybe some animals are particularly stupid. Don't you think so, Yi Shunrong?" Ye Jun said lightly, raising his chin slightly.
The sarcasm and mockery in his eyes were not concealed at all.
Without waiting for Yi Shunrong to reply, he immediately continued.
"Huiyue, next time you take Nian Gao out to play, be careful not to let him get too close to stupid animals, or he will get tainted by the company he keeps. Let's go somewhere else."
Yi Shunrong didn't have time to argue and could only watch Ye Jun's back gradually walking away.
His face was black and blue with anger.