TV Series: When the Villain Chooses to Stand by

Chapter 276 Return of the Pearl Buddha 44

Xiaoyanzi was excited for a long time after learning that she could learn martial arts from a master.

Yongqi, who rushed over after hearing the news, saw her lively appearance and suddenly didn't want to speak.

Since she wants to learn, then just learn it. With her trouble-making personality, it would be better if she knew some martial arts.

"Good luck to the fifth elder brother."

The sound of the palace servants bowing brought Xiaoyanzi back from her excitement. She stopped spinning and looked at the other person intently.

"You, why are you here?"

Yongqi approached slowly with a smile on his face, "Why? You don't welcome me?"

"Every time I came here before, you said you needed to recuperate. Now that I'm almost well, you still don't want to see me? Huh?"

Xiaoyanzi tried her best to suppress the awkwardness in her heart and said, "No, I didn't stop you."

She remembered the scene of that day clearly. Yongqi had clearly known that she was not a real princess, but he still lied to the emperor without hesitation.

Later, Yongqi explained that he had no choice but to do so, and in that situation, he would save as many as possible.

Xiaoyanzi was a little confused by what she said. She was also thinking about protecting others, so she took the blame alone.

She always felt that Yongqi did something wrong, but Erkang himself didn't care. After he recovered from his injuries, their relationship was as good as before.

It was as if nothing had happened, and Xiaoyanzi didn't want to keep holding on to it.

Yongqi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiaoyanzi did not reject him.

"Come on, let's go inside and talk. It's so windy in the evening, don't catch a cold."

"Don't~"

Xiaoyanzi subconsciously stopped Yongqi from moving forward, and when she saw the hurt look in his eyes, she hurriedly explained.

"The Emperor has already known the truth. Without our brother-sister relationship, you and I can no longer act as casually as before."

Xiaoyanzi has already remembered Ziwei's words firmly in her heart.

Because she had lived in the Fu family for a period of time, the emperor had already tacitly assumed that Ziwei would marry Erkang, but she did not like him and was not willing to marry into the Fu family.

When Xiaoyanzi learned of Ziwei's feelings, she was about to make a scene, but in the end she was defeated by Ziwei's tears.

Through her crying, Xiaoyanzi, who has always been free and easy-going, understood how important reputation is.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Cixi stopped the emperor from granting the marriage on the grounds that Ziwei was still in mourning.

Facing Yongqi at this moment, Xiaoyanzi would be careful about her behavior even though she liked him in her heart.

On the contrary, Yong Qi couldn't accept her change. "Xiao Yanzi, don't you hate the palace rules the most?"

"You are a bird flying freely in the sky, how can you be bound by other people's gazes?"

Xiaoyanzi gave him a strange look and said, "Why are you being so serious? I'm free now."

"Is there something you can't say here?"

Yongqi was a little anxious. He thought returning to Beijing was a good thing, but his relationship with Xiaoyanzi had not made any progress in recent days.

It wasn't even as intimate as on the way back to Beijing.

Even the emperor did not get what he wanted. Not only did he not regain his trust and love, but he also aroused the emperor's suspicion because of the matter of the real and fake princess.

Yongqi was very eager to return to his former status.

It's not that he didn't try other methods. He studied harder, practiced martial arts, and paid his respects to the emperor, showing filial piety. The emperor was also very kind to him.

But Yongqi could feel that something was different.

After persuading her a few more times and seeing that Xiaoyanzi was unhappy, Yongqi finally compromised.

"Okay, okay, I was just worried about you. I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable in the palace. If you don't feel that way, then forget it."

"I heard that you are going out of the palace with Qing'er and the others. Let's go together then."

Yongqi pretended to be indifferent and mentioned it casually. He had long been interested in what Yongjing and others had done, and it had earned the royal family a lot of good reputation among the people.

The emperor therefore valued them more.

Yongqi had no money to support himself and could not act alone, so he wanted to join in, but Qing'er kept avoiding him.

Now is a good opportunity. Yongqi believes that with his abilities, he will do better in the future.

"Yes, let's leave the palace together. Do you want to accompany me to the slum?"

A touch of emotion flashed in Xiaoyanzi's eyes, and she immediately started talking about her life in the slum.

Yongqi was choked. Looking at Xiaoyanzi's bright eyes, he couldn't say no and could only nod stiffly.

He wanted to use the emperor's love for Xiaoyanzi to get back into the emperor's sight, but he also really liked Xiaoyanzi's carefree and optimistic personality.

The trip to the slum was not a friendly experience for Yongqi and Erkang.

The high and mighty prince had never seen such a child before, and the smile he tried hard to create did not reach his eyes.

Seeing Xiaoyanzi and the brother and sister hugging each other and crying, his face became even uglier.

Erkang standing by was even worse. No matter how hard he tried, Ziwei never spoke to him again.

This made the proud him very frustrated, and he even doubted whether he had made the wrong choice and whether Qing'er would be more suitable for him.

When she saw Ziwei stuffing the banknote into Liu Hong's hand, this thought disappeared.

Only a gentle and kind woman like Ziwei is worthy of me.

Erkang seemed to have forgotten that Qing'er was equally kind.

The few people who left the palace with them also arrived at their destination.

This wasteland in the south of the city has now become Yan Ning's private property, and all the half-grown children gathered there have been resettled.

It was completely different from the shack they had first seen.

In order to enable them to live a better life, Yan Ning got a lot of ways to make money from the system. With the system's wealth support, she is the most generous employer.

Outsiders were only surprised at the queen's doting on the princess and had no other speculations.

She's just a princess, and she'll get married eventually.

In the following time, Yan Ning became very busy and her schedule was fully scheduled.

Although the system repeatedly emphasized that she only needed to enjoy life, the system would help her satisfy everything else.

After seeing the abandoned baby tower filled with bones, Yan Ning had nightmares for a long time.

She couldn't convince herself to accept the gift from the system with peace of mind.

He resolutely decided to open orphanages in every place.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Concubine Ling gave birth to a prince as she wished. As the emperor paid more attention to the twelfth prince, her relationship with the empress became closer.

Naturally, he became much more distant from the Fifth Prince.

After a difficult struggle, the Fu family finally stood behind the Fifth Prince. There was really no way out as they were branded as the Fifth Prince early on.

It’s not that easy to remove it.

After being hit by Ziwei, Erkang was disheartened and wrote a long letter to Qing'er.

This letter was delivered directly to the emperor by Nan Chu.

The emperor was furious when he saw Erkang's accusations against Ziwei. How could he let an outsider pick and choose his daughter like that?

He threw the letter in front of him hard at the other person.

"Fulkan, you are so bold! I have already asked her, and she has no feelings for you, let alone any violation of the law. Yet you dare to slander the princess's reputation like this."

"I beg your Majesty to forgive me. I was drunk and made a slip of the tongue. It was definitely not intentional."

"Your Majesty, I have been sincere to Princess Ziwei all these years, and you have seen it all. Please have mercy on me."

The emperor snorted coldly. He was busy dealing with state affairs and had no time to pay attention to these things.

He didn't see whether it was sincere or not, but he saw the complaints and greed clearly.

"Your sincerity is writing a letter to another princess after drinking, describing a chance encounter several years ago as admiring the moon and stars?"

The emperor's emotionless voice made Erkang break out in a cold sweat.

He quickly thought about how to respond, and prayed in his heart that his parents and the Fifth Prince would come and rescue him soon.