Chapter 208: Emperor's decision
Chapter 208 The Emperor's Decision
After hearing what the emperor said to them, Ruan Youqing felt mixed feelings.
"Your Majesty, this is..." Ruan Chong frowned and spoke first.
The emperor saw the reaction of the Ruan family, heaved a heavy sigh and continued:
"It's not been a day or two since I had this idea. I used to think that letting Ruan Ye stay at Jingbian and old General Ruan at the capital would not only protect my Ning country for a hundred years, but also make others feel that I am guarding you. People are not old, let them know that I don't trust you, and no one will be jealous of you and frame you. And I also thought that this is to protect you. But... as you get older, this thing you look at It’s different from when I was young. Especially during the Chinese New Year every year, thousands of families are lit up, and your Ruan family alone cannot be reunited... I began to feel that I was wrong. I said it was to protect your safety, but after thinking about it, I felt that I was still occupied by selfishness .To protect you, as I see it now, is a high-sounding excuse I gave myself to comfort myself.”
"But your majesty, you asked all of our family to go to Jingbian City...you are not afraid..." Ruan Ye frowned tightly, feeling uneasy.
"Afraid that you will rebel? Hehe, I don't know the virtues of your Ruan family? Even if you hand over the plan to your hands, your family will sneer and throw it away or just hand it over to me. I'm not afraid that you will think I'm hypocritical. , I feel that apart from a few old ministers in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, only your Ruan family is the most trustworthy. Moreover, it does not mean that all of your family should be moved to Changzhou City. After all, Youqing is I want to marry Chang An. If the young couple just got married, I will let them separate the two places... Chang An is the first one who doesn't want to."
"Then leave only one person in the capital, we are still afraid of her being bullied!" Ruan Chong said truthfully with his lips curled up.
After hearing this, the emperor continued: "Don't worry about that, I like this little girl, Youqing, too. Chang An went to give the dowry with great fanfare this time, and it was also with my acquiescence! If you are really worried, I can accept it. If she is a righteous daughter, what we Ange can get, I can also give to Youqing. If anyone dares to bully her in the future, I will be the first to agree! Or... instead of going to Changzhou City, you can go back to Beijing. But , I don't know the situation in Changzhou City yet. If you think that the Jie tribe will not invade our borders again, you can come back. After all, this is what I have always expected. And... I am a general who can fight , it’s not just your Ruan family!”
The emperor talked about this topic with his family so seriously, everyone in the Ruan family was very moved.
Only Ruan Youqing had an extremely complicated heart.
The Li family, father and son, are like one in the sky and the other in the earth.
Emperor Li Long treated them with such trust and generosity. But Li Yi was racking his brains to figure out how to use her and everyone in the Ruan family to satisfy his ambitions.
If Li Yi hadn't ascended the throne...
Their Ruan family will always be safe and sound.
Ruan Youqing lowered his eyes to suppress his hatred for Li Yi, secretly thinking in his heart that he must find evidence that Li Yi planned to usurp the throne and kill his father as soon as possible.
In this life, she not only wants to protect the Ruan family.
Still need to protect this rare good emperor.
The emperor took so much trouble to tell them so much, their Ruan family will not be proud of their favor.
Therefore, after Ruan Chong and Ruan Ye father and son looked at each other, Ruan Ye said in a deep voice: "The emperor is so generous to our Ruan family, the end will be very grateful. But, it's okay to go back to Beijing, let's go to Changzhou city together Forget it, the general and his family still need to think about it carefully.”
The emperor nodded: "I know this. After all, I don't want to feel guilty about your Ruan family anymore. I just want your Ruan family to be reunited. However, the country is the most important thing. I believe that you can find a way to balance the best of both worlds." .Anyway, I have said everything I need to say. If your family insists on separating the two places, you can’t tell me that I am ruthless!"
"Our emperor is the most enlightened emperor ever, how could he be a ruthless person!" Ruan Ye retorted righteously.
The emperor grinned and said, "It would be nice if you all know my good intentions."
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here!" The eunuch's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
After hearing this, everyone quickly turned around and greeted them.
"The Ai family heard that Ye'er is back, and because there are so many rules in the palace, it is inconvenient for you to see the Ai family, so the Ai family has come to see you."
As soon as the Queen Mother walked in, she looked at Ruan Ye with a smile and spoke slowly.
After Ruan Ye heard this, he was flattered and quickly brought his family to salute.
The Queen Mother waved her hands with a smile, and after asking about Ruan Ye's life in the frontier, she shifted her gaze to Ruan Youqing, and then she stopped smiling.
"You girl, after your mother and sister came back, have you forgotten the helpless old man Aijia?"
After leaving the palace for a short stay last time, Ruan Youqing never had time to visit her old man.
Even if she enters the palace, she is too busy with various business affairs to find time.
Thinking of her queen mother, this is the time to ask the teacher for a crime.
Ruan Youqing knew what she wanted, so she hurried over to support her, and said coquettishly, "The Empress Dowager, don't be angry, Youqing knows you're wrong. After these busy days are over, Youqing will come to the palace to stay with you for a few days."
After the Queen Mother heard Ruannunuuo's coquetry, her deliberately stiff face couldn't hold back for a moment, and she smiled and said, "Okay, okay, if you dare to lie to Ai's family, Ai's family will move out of the palace and live in your Ruan's mansion for a few days .”
"Mother Queen!" The emperor curled his lips and shouted softly: "You go to live in the Ruan Mansion for a while, if someone spreads the word, others will think that our palace has treated you harshly!"
The Empress Dowager glanced at him lightly, and replied calmly: "Is it harsh treatment? Among these juniors, Ai Jia likes An Ge and You Qing the most. Leaving aside the last time you asked them to go to Jingbian for disaster relief, what did An Ge do in the past few days to make the queen ground her feet? It's not even allowed to go to Ai's house! "
Li Ange was grounded?
Could it be because of drinking?
Ruan Youqing was worried, and the emperor quickly replied: "An Ge is too wild, she can't compare with Youqing's quietness and prudence. The empress restrained An Ge's feet, and she wanted to make her restrain herself. If you are the queen mother, you will miss her , I immediately went to ask the queen to play the Ange."
"That's more or less the same." After finishing speaking, the Empress Dowager turned her head away to talk to Ruan Youqing and her mother and daughter.
Watching a few women gather together and talk about family affairs, Ruan Ye, Ruan Lingjun and his son, who were ignored, smiled helplessly, and honestly continued to talk to the emperor about what happened in Jingbian City in recent years.
Ruan Chong, who was left behind, sat comfortably in the corner alone, drinking cups of tribute tea unique to the emperor.
Monarchs and ministers get along like this, it's like a family.
And somewhere outside the window of the imperial study, a handsome young **** was pretending to play with the potted plants outside the window, while eavesdropping on the hearty laughter coming from the room from time to time.
If he heard correctly just now, the emperor seems to be...wanting General Ruan to return to Beijing?
He must hurry up and tell the master!
Thinking of this, the little **** hurriedly straightened the potted plant in his hand, and then carefully ran towards a certain place in the palace.
As everyone knows, the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind.
Behind him, there was also a figure silently observing him.
(end of this chapter)