Chapter 296: Apology or Threat?

Yan Zheng walked in quickly and saluted Jiang Yi respectfully: "My son, please see your mother."

"No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yan Zheng bowed with a calm and polite attitude, "Just now in the main hall, my son spoke inappropriately to the Emperor's sister. I came here to apologize to the Queen Mother and also want to make amends with the Emperor's sister."

After saying that, he turned to look at Yan Li: "I want to talk to the emperor's sister alone. I wonder if the emperor's sister will appreciate her?"

Yan Li raised her eyebrows slightly and thought for a moment.

Now that she has become the eldest princess, she will have to face it sooner or later, whether human or ghost, and it has never been her style to avoid problems.

So she nodded.

"Go." Jiang Yi smiled gently, "It just so happens that Miss Ling and I have a private chat."

Yan Li stood up and left, walking with Yan Zheng in the palace garden.

The layout of royal palaces in various countries is similar. The palaces and pavilions are decorated with dragons and phoenixes, showing nobility and solemnity everywhere.

It is now late autumn, the weather is slightly cool, a few dead leaves have fallen from the towering trees, and there is a somewhat desolate atmosphere in the air.

"My father is ill." Yan Zheng's voice sounded in his ears, and there was a sense of unknown meaning in his ears. "Do you want to see your father?"

Yan Li turned her head slightly and looked at him expressionlessly: "Isn't the Emperor recuperating from illness?"

"Yes, I am recuperating from illness." Yan Zheng nodded, "My father has not been in good health. Over the years, my mother has been responsible for all major affairs of the government. It is too hard."

Yan Li agreed: "It's really hard."

However, many people in the court are coveting this hard work.

"Imperial sister." Yan Zheng turned around and looked at her apologetically, "I made you suffer in Tai Chi Hall today. It's my fault. Please, imperial sister, please forgive me for my stupidity?"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

The apology was very sincere.

Yan Li looked at him steadily, raised her lips and smiled slightly: "Brother the Emperor is really a man who can bend and stretch."

Yan Zheng's expression froze slightly, and he always felt that this sentence was a bit ironic.

But he didn't care, and said quickly: "Shangguan Taifu is actually a good old man, but he is too old and pays too much attention to rules. He always thinks that girls should be gentle and virtuous - I don't agree with his point of view, but I don’t want to argue with a respectable old man, but I hope the emperor can understand what I mean.”

Yan Li hummed: "I understand what you mean, what next?"

Yan Zheng pursed his lips, and a trace of loneliness flashed across his face: "The accidents in my childhood have cultivated my cautious temperament. I have low self-esteem, cowardice, and fear. Sometimes I wake up from nightmares in the middle of the night. Thinking of my mother who died tragically, my heart aches... …Later, it was Taifu’s strict and patient teachings that allowed me to gradually get out of the predicament and assume the responsibilities that an eldest son should have.”

Yan Li's eyes were delicate, was it her imagination?

The words "eldest son" seem to have some deliberate emphasis.

"The Taifu has helped me a lot over the years. Although I don't agree with some of his ideas, I feel that I should repay the kindness." Yan Zheng sighed, "I hope the emperor will understand my difficulties."

Yan Li was noncommittal: "It is appropriate to repay kindness."

"But I know that even if I want to repay my kindness, I shouldn't let the emperor sister suffer." After Yan Zheng finished speaking, he bowed again, as if he really realized his shortcomings, "I hope the emperor sister will forgive me once." ”

His posture is really very low-key.

Yan Li looked at his movements, a clear look flashed in her eyes, and there was a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth: "Brother, you don't have to be like this. In fact, you just need to stick to your own ideas. There is no need to feel guilty and blame yourself."

"My sister came all the way back from the Kingdom of Mu. As a brother, I should naturally love and protect my sister." Yan Chen smiled bitterly, "Even if I can't make my sister respond to her requests, at least I shouldn't hold her back."

Yan Li was silent for a moment and said truthfully: "If you apologize today, you will still be in a dilemma tomorrow. Do you want to apologize again and again?"

"I--"

"Instead of doing this every time, it is better to stand firm from the beginning." Yan Li smiled faintly, "There is no need to forcefully maintain the brother-sister relationship."

Yan Zheng was startled, as if he was a little embarrassed to say something: "We are brothers and sisters, why can't we be on the same page?"

Yan Li narrowed his eyes: "I didn't understand what the First Emperor said."

"I want to ask my royal sister for a favor."

Yan Li said calmly: "I am new here and have nothing. How can I help you?"

"Tai Tuo, he... is indeed a bit stubborn." Yan Zheng considered his words, "If he still has this attitude towards the emperor's sister in the future, can the emperor's sister look at my face... can he look at my face, right? How much respect does he have?”

Yan Li said nothing.

The air seemed a little stagnant.

"Your face?" Yan Li slowly raised her lips, a bit of pity appearing on her face, "Brother, does the emperor think his face is valuable?"

Yan Zheng froze and looked up at her in disbelief: "Imperial sister?"

"The reason why I don't like Taifu Shangguan is not because he is stubborn, but because I hate the entire system of male superiority and female inferiority in the Jin Kingdom." Yan Li looked at him, her tone was so cold and firm, "I have never changed my mind. I don’t hate someone for no reason. Even if Shangguan Taifu is forced to apologize to me because of his status, I won’t like the concept he upholds. What’s even more ridiculous is that you want me to swallow the things I hate? "

Yan Zheng's expression was ugly, but he still smiled as hard as he could: "Imperial sister..."

"When I was in the Mu Kingdom, my grandfather was also a Taifu, but so what?" Yan Li looked at him coldly, "Taifu may not always be admirable. Since you know that he is stubborn, why? You still want to follow him, thinking you shouldn’t offend him?”

"I..." Yan Zheng's face turned red, "I just..."

"What does repaying your kindness have to do with me?" Yan Lidan asked, "How do you see that I am willing to wrong myself for your kindness?"

"Imperial sister!" Yan Zheng was a little embarrassed, but still tried to save his face, "You are a princess and a woman. Such a stubborn attitude will cause you to suffer in the Jin Kingdom."

Yan Li smiled: "Are you threatening me?"

Yan Zheng was silent and slowly shook his head: "This is not a threat, but a fact."

"I don't believe it." Yan Li smiled lightly, "I want to see who has the ability to make me, the eldest princess, suffer."

When the words "eldest princess" were mentioned, Yan Zheng seemed to suddenly have a reason. He frowned and said: "The Kang family is Yan Chen's power. If you take the blame for the Kang family, Yan Chen will probably hate you to death. Aren't you worried about his revenge?"

"There's nothing to worry about." Yan Li's voice was calm, "The soldiers will stop us, and the water will cover us."

"It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows."

Yan Li nodded calmly: "Thank you for reminding me."

"My fourth brother is from the same mother as me. He must be on my side." Yan Zheng seemed to be convincing her, "If I become the heir in the future, I am willing to promise my sister endless glory and wealth, so that my sister can Living a distinguished life can make my sister the princess of the country who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, and can-"

"Then let's wait until you sit on the throne." Yan Li interrupted his daydreaming, "What if you can't sit on the throne?"