Chapter 178 Asking for Grace for My Students (Part )
After Zhou Yunke walked out of Su Liuyue's room, he walked straight past Feng Qi, who looked concerned but dared not say anything, and Feng Yang, who could not hide his excitement, and asked in a cold voice, "Where is the person I ordered to be brought from the military camp?"

Feng Yang said quickly: "The person has been brought here and is waiting outside."

Zhou Yunke curled his lips coldly, "Very good, let's go, and enter the palace immediately."

Today was not a day for the morning court. After His Majesty Zhou Xiaokun paid his respects to the Empress Dowager, he returned to his own Funing Palace and was about to have breakfast when the chief eunuch Yuan Shouli beside him came over, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei requests an audience."

The emperor was slightly startled, put down his chopsticks and said, "What is that boy doing here so early? Come, bring another set of bowls and chopsticks to the king of Wei."

Immediately, the young eunuch serving beside him responded and went to ask someone to bring the dishes and chopsticks.

Before the dishes and chopsticks were even brought over, the King of Wei came in in a hurry and performed the proper etiquette between a monarch and his subjects. "Your son greets the emperor. Long live the emperor!"

"Alright, we are father and son, why are there so many empty formalities?"

His Majesty is nearly fifty years old this year. Due to years of military life, his body looks particularly strong. But he is old after all. No matter how hard he tries to maintain his health after ascending the throne, there are still many wrinkles on his face that cannot be ignored. In addition, he was often exposed to wind and sun when he was young, so his skin is darker and rougher than that of his peers.

He looked at the King of Wei and said with a kind look on his face: "Come, Jingchen, come and sit down. It's rare for you to come here, so just have breakfast with your father. We haven't had breakfast together for a long time."

Upon seeing this, the King of Wei felt it was not appropriate to immediately state the purpose of his visit, so he just responded and walked over to sit to the lower left of the emperor.

Soon, a young eunuch brought a new breakfast and placed it on the small table in front of him.

"You came just in time. Today's breakfast includes your favorite soup dumplings. It is said that they contain shark fins from Wenzhou. But when I eat them, they don't taste as good as the ordinary soup dumplings we used to eat."

The emperor seemed to really miss the old days, and shook his head and said, "The mutton soup dumplings sold in the dumpling shop at the end of Changsheng Street in the north are so delicious that I once ate five large baskets of them. Now it is difficult to eat them."

The King of Wei said quickly, "If your father misses the soup dumplings from that shop, just bring the chef from that shop into the palace."

The emperor chuckled and looked at the king of Wei as if he was looking at an ignorant child. He said, "How can I do that? He has a family and has lived in the north for most of his life. If I suddenly ask him to come to Xinjing just for my little sexual desire, he will definitely blame me in his heart even if he dare not say it.

Besides, I am old now, no matter how delicious the soup dumplings are, I can only taste them briefly, and I dare not be as reckless as I was when I was young."

As he spoke, he glanced at the eunuch standing next to him and immediately moved the basket of soup dumplings, of which he had only eaten one, away.

The King of Wei saw all of this, his eyes dimmed, and he dared not act rashly again.

In recent years, my father has become more and more concerned about his age and has been pursuing health preservation more and more.

After becoming emperor, he became more and more afraid of death.

But, no matter how afraid he was of death, he would have to step down from that position one day.

The King of Wei sneered secretly, turned to the emperor and saluted, saying: "Father, I came here today to ask for a favor." The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed not surprised at all. He took a sip of the warm tea in front of him and said: "Tell me, what is it?"

"It's like this, my son has recently..."

Before he finished speaking, a eunuch's deliberately prolonged voice suddenly came from outside, "Princess Changxi has arrived——"

The emperor was startled, and now he was a little surprised, "Even Changxi is here? Quick, quick, Yuan Shouli, quickly welcome Changxi in. I heard yesterday that Changxi went to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother for the whole night. Unfortunately, when I went to pay my respects to the Queen Mother just now, Changxi hadn't gotten up yet. I didn't expect that she would come here by herself now."

Princess Changxi is the emperor's only sister, and the emperor has always treated her with great kindness.

Yuan Shouli naturally did not dare to be negligent and quickly welcomed Princess Changxi in.

After Princess Changxi came in, she glanced at King Wei and bowed to the emperor.

His Majesty laughed and said, "It's rare for my sister to come to the palace to see me. Why should I observe these empty formalities? However, my sister really did come this time. The last few times, you came to the palace to see our mother and left. It seemed that you forgot that there was a brother like me in the palace. This time, you actually remembered it?"

Princess Changxi raised her lips slightly and looked at His Majesty, "What are you talking about, my brother? I am worried that you are busy with things, so I don't want to disturb you. Is that wrong? But, my brother will be disappointed this time. I am not here to visit you, but to ask for a favor for a new student I have recently accepted."

The King of Wei frowned secretly.

His aunt didn't come early or late, but came just when he wanted to talk about serious business.

Come to think of it, his aunt had indeed accepted quite a few new students recently, so he could only wait until his aunt had finished talking about her affairs before he could find an opportunity to talk about his own affairs.

The emperor was a little surprised and said, "Last time you came to me for your student, or for General Pei who is now stationed in the north with her husband. You have always had good vision. When you asked me to let General Pei join the army, I thought you were daydreaming, but I didn't expect that although General Pei was a woman, she really had military talent.

Let me hear what promising talent you have found in Xinjing this time?"

Princess Changxi couldn't help but laugh. "My student is indeed a rare talent in a thousand years! However, before I tell my brother about her in detail, I want to apologize to him first."

The emperor immediately looked alert and asked, "What have you done again that you killed first and then asked for permission?"

"Yes."

Princess Changxi smiled and said, "My student has a talent for investigating cases that others don't have. I accidentally saw her clearing the injustice of a pastry shop owner before, and I fell in love with her.

In order to let her use her talent for solving cases and prove her ability to the world, I specifically asked Yun Ke to let her dress up as a woman to help Jingzhao Prefecture. Unexpectedly, her performance was even more amazing than I thought. In just three months after entering Jingzhao Prefecture, she solved several major cases in succession!"

When she said this, the emperor didn't show any reaction, but the King of Wei beside him suddenly widened his eyes with a look of shock.

impossible!
The information he found out yesterday clearly did not mention that the woman was his aunt's student!