Xiao Yuchen's will was simply a bombshell.
He has obviously retired from the court.
But except the emperor, no one left.
The ministers surrounded the prince.
"Your Highness! What is going on? Why is this happening?"
"There's no warning? Haven't you heard anything about it before?"
"Did the Emperor and the Queen have a falling out over something? Is this move aimed at the Queen?"
Yu'er frowned, "Don't make blind guesses. I'll go ask my mother."
"Your Highness, we have closed down schools for women, prohibited women from taking part in imperial examinations, and prohibited women from appearing in public... Then, aren't we, the female officials, going to be deposed?" The female officials gathered around Yu'er and asked, "How can we ministers now?" do what?"
Yu'er said, "Don't be anxious, wait until I go to see my mother..."
The old minister suggested, "I will kneel down in front of the imperial study room or in front of the Xuande Palace! I beg the emperor to take back my order!"
When Yu'er heard this, she quickly shook her head, "Don't coerce your father like this... My father will always accept soft words but not hard words. Kneeling down to remonstrate like this is tantamount to forcing him to compromise. It will only irritate him and will not help."
The veterans were dissatisfied, "The emperor's move has not only wasted the hard work and energy of the past many years! It has also overturned the national policy of Daliang for so many years! It has made Chen Guo and Song Guo see my Daliang joke! The emperor cannot be allowed to have his own way!"
"Even if you are beheaded, we will still kneel down and remonstrate with you!"
If a person is stubborn, even ten oxen cannot pull him back.
Seeing that Yu'er couldn't persuade these ministers, he didn't waste any more words.
He quickly left the court meeting and went straight...even jogging all the way to Renhe Palace.
Xiao Yuchen left the court meeting before him.
Naturally, he came to Renhe Palace before him.
"Queen...did you make trouble last night?" Xiao Yuchen asked the eunuch outside the door.
The eunuch shook his head, "The queen wanted to come out, but was stopped... The queen didn't make a fuss, but she was a little angry."
Xiao Yuchen nodded... He could understand being angry, but if it were him, he would be even more angry.
But for Wen Jin's safety...even if she misunderstood him, he would do this.
"Open the door." Xiao Yuchen said.
The palace man quickly opened the palace door.
The palace was quiet.
The people in the palace worked quietly and made very little noise.
Xiao Yuchen looked at the food table and saw that the food had been moved.
It seems that Jin'er is not struggling with her body, and she still eats well.
"Where's the empress?" Xiao Yuchen looked around and didn't see Wen Jin or her daughter.
The palace attendant said, "My wife finished her breakfast and said she was sleepy, so she went to lie down on the bed again."
Xiao Yuchen strode to the inner hall.
The bed curtains were all hanging down. It was quiet in the tent.
She didn't like to sleep during the day, so when she was pregnant with Yue'er, she liked to take a nap during the afternoon.
How could she be sleepy? She was clearly in a mood with him!
"Jin'er, are you asleep?" Xiao Yuchen came to the bed and asked.
It was quiet in the tent, no one paid any attention to him.
Xiao Yuchen curled up his lips and said, "If you are angry, you can vent it on me, don't keep it in your heart..."
Xiao Yuchen stretched out his hand to lift the curtain.
The skylight leaked into the tent, Xiao Yuchen's whole body stiffened, and his spine went cold.
There are only two empty quilt covers on the bed. How can there be any brocade?
Xiao Yuchen didn't believe it, so he suddenly opened the quilt.
It was empty under the quilt. Not only was there no Wen Jin, but there was also no Yue'er.
"Where's the queen?"
Xiao Yuchen turned around suddenly and asked the palace attendant.
The palace people looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, after eating, went to lie down on the bed..."
"Find it for me!" Xiao Yuchen ordered in a deep voice.
There's no way she can leave!
She can't leave this palace!
He knew that Jin'er had extraordinary abilities, and this palace was prepared for her to conquer her elusive ability!
How could she leave?
"Back to the Emperor... I didn't find it!"
The palace people searched the inner and outer halls, but could not find Wen Jin and Yue'er.
While Xiao Yuchen thought it was impossible...he recalled carefully, what did he miss?
"correct!"
His eyes suddenly narrowed, and he suddenly remembered that when he entered the palace, he suddenly felt a calm fragrance of lotus blowing in his face.
That was the smell of Wen Jin, a fragrance that belonged only to her, and he would never mistake it.
But at that time, he didn't think much about it. He subconsciously thought that because she was in the room, the moment he opened the door, he smelled of her.
But now it seems...
She most likely took advantage of the moment he entered the door to get out!
Xiao Yuchen took out Fang Sinan hidden on the ancient shelf in the palace.
Sinan, made of brass, seems to have been aged for some time, with patina developing in some places.
Only the brass spoon was shiny.
Xiao Yuchen fiddled with the brass spoon, and the spoon immediately started spinning on the Bagua plate.
The spoon suddenly stopped, its handle pointing southeast.
Xiao Yuchen took Si Nan and stepped out of the palace door.
It was at this time that Yu'er came over.
"My father is here, where is my mother? My mother and my sister..."
Before Yu'er could finish speaking, she was pushed aside by Xiao Yuchen's big hand.
"Father?" Yu'er looked at him blankly.
Xiao Yuchen, however, had already chased Si Nan's direction and strode away.
Yu'er asked the frightened palace servants in the palace and found out that Wen Jin and the little princess were missing.
He hurriedly chased Xiao Yuchen.
"Isn't the Si Nan in my father's hands broken? How could Si Nan not guide his side?" Yu'er said, chasing after Xiao Yuchen.
Xiao Yuchen frowned and looked at him.
"I heard from the palace people that my father put my mother and queen under house arrest in Renhe Palace?" Yu'er's pure and smart eyes looked directly at his father.
Xiao Yuchen said solemnly, "That's not house arrest, it's protection."
Yu'er said, "Why protect? The queen is not a child. Does she need such protection?"
"Since yesterday, my father has become very strange... What you said in the meeting today is even more strange. Even I know that women's education and women's officialdom are my mother's years of hard work. It is impossible for my father not to know! But you Ruin the mother’s years of hard work in one day!”
"If you continue to be so stubborn - you will lose your mother!"
Xiao Yuchen looked at Yu'er deeply.
Yu'er thought that his father was going to get angry and even beat him.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuchen only whispered, "I just didn't want to lose her, so I insisted on doing this."
Yu'er frowned, "What do you mean, father? Why do you want to hide it from us?"
"Okay, even if my son is too young, in your mind, he cannot be a big responsibilities. But you should not hide it from your mother!"
"From the Queen Mother's point of view, this is not protection! It is self-righteousness! It is hegemony!"
"The queen is an adult, she has the right to know the truth and then make her own judgment and choice!"
After Yu'er finished speaking, her heartbeat was fast.
His little face was angry, but he was still a little scared when he met his father's gaze.
Xiao Yuchen snorted coldly, "Oh, did my son teach me a lesson?"
"Then I will tell you, I am the emperor! What I am doing now is my judgment and choice! Go back to the East Palace and stay!"
When Yu'er was a child, she knew that her father was unreasonable.
But it was much better in the past few years. Unexpectedly, now that he has grown up, his father is even more unreasonable!
He returned to the East Palace angrily. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he noticed something strange.
The curtain on his bed was not hung up. There seemed to be the toe of a small shoe hanging out from the corner of the curtain.
"Everyone, please step back." Yu'er waved her hand and dismissed the palace guests.
