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"Your majesty, take a look. You haven't even spoken, but Miss Ann has already overstepped her authority. This An family's reputation is really big." Gu Qiangwei hid behind Xiao Leng and looked at the emperor timidly. She said, "Even this servant doesn't dare to speak anymore."

The An clan had a lot of face? The bigger one was, the more powerful it was for Lili to act so arrogantly in front of him, so what could State Duke Qi do? Hearing what was said, the emperor slammed the table in anger.

"Ann Ruyu, how dare you. I don't even have the right to talk to you while I'm sitting here." The Emperor's tone was cold, almost roaring. He glared fiercely at Ann Ruyu, a hint of coldness appearing on the corner of his mouth. "Was it State Duke Qi who gave you the guts?"

"Your majesty, please forgive me. Your subject's daughter has lost her cousin. Please forgive me, your majesty." Ann Ruyu immediately knelt before the emperor when she heard his words. Her body trembled uncontrollably as she knew what she had said. Her eyes were filled with fear, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.

"After your cousin dies, you can bite people and overstep your authority. Then one day, if you go crazy and assassinate the Emperor, can you forgive me?" Originally, when the Emperor heard Ann Ruyu's words, he did give State Duke Qi some face and the anger in his heart dissipated by quite a bit. However, it was untimely for Feng Xian to say these words that neither cold nor hot, causing the Emperor's anger to rise again.

"How dare you! Even Mrs. Xuanhe said that Gu Qiangwei didn't kill anyone. You insisted that we leave it to the empress to handle this matter. What about it? How about we give it to you, the emperor?" If a little girl was jumping around in front of him, then there was no need for him to be the emperor. Thinking about it, the emperor would be angry. He slammed the table forcefully and spoke with a cold gaze.

"Please calm your anger Your Majesty, this subject doesn't dare." Hearing this, Ann Ruyu immediately kowtowed to the Emperor, her voice trembling as she begged for forgiveness.

However, in front of Xiao Leng, Ann Ruyu was released just like that. In the future, the Emperor would feel that the Emperor was too easy to bully, and even the Emperor wouldn't be able to pull this down. A trace of indifference flashed across the Emperor's eyes as he fiercely frowned and said, "Eunuch Du, pass down the decree that Ann Ruyu is in contempt of the Emperor's authority and is grounded for half a year.

"Yes." Hearing that, Eunuch Du hurriedly nodded his head in agreement.

"Your majesty, please forgive me. This matter is the responsibility of this subject. Your majesty, please do not blame your uncle." Hearing that, Ann Ruyu's face turned pale as large drops of sweat dripped down from her forehead. Her eyes were full of fear and she frowned heavily. If State Duke Qi knew about this, he would have skinned her alive.

"All of you get out of here." The emperor waved his hand and said with great impatience.

Xiao Leng pulled Gu Qiangwei, who originally wanted to watch the show, out.

Ann Ruyu was still inside, and she still wanted the Emperor's forgiveness.

Gu Qiangwei could hear her head pounding outside.

"This emperor isn't bad either. At least he can understand what's right and wrong." Gu Qiangwei followed behind Xiao Leng and said while rubbing her chin. When she thought about how Ann Ruyu had failed to steal the chicken and failed to steal the rice, Feng Xian felt like laughing. She also felt extremely happy in her heart.

Hearing that, Xiao Leng turned around and looked at her. With a cold look in his eyes, he frowned and said, "You think it's because of you? "I just suppressed State Duke Qi to give him a reminder because of what you said."

Hearing this, Gu Qiangwei's eyes flashed with a smile. She wasn't stupid, when State Duke Qi persuaded the Emperor, along with State Duke Qi's sister, An Yuxin, also known as Imperial Concubine An, to put so much pressure on the Emperor's ears and cause the An family to end up like this, no matter what, they deserved to be punished.

Now that there was no Gu family or State Duke Qi to contend with, State Duke Qi was the only one in the family, and two years ago he had also forced the death of Fourth Prince, who had always been contending with State Duke Qi. Now that there was General Xuanhe in the imperial court, it was still impossible for them to contend with State Duke Qi alone.

Gu Qiangwei was indeed powerful. With just a few words, she had stirred up the relationship between the emperor and State Duke Qi. This kind of woman's thoughts should have been very deep. It seemed that he had underestimated Gu Qiangwei.

As Gu Qiangwei walked, she touched the walls along the way — decorations, stuff like that, these were all antiques. If she could get some back, it would be too expensive, so she didn't pay attention to Xiao Leng. This man was too deep, Gu Qiangwei would only feel the pain of her brain if she thought too much about him.

"Gu Qiangwei, do you want your parents to come out of jail?" Suddenly, Xiao Leng turned around and looked at Gu Qiangwei. A hint of seriousness and coldness flashed across his eyes.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Brother, of course I want to. " What a joke, wasn't there something wrong with someone not wanting to be maidservant when the young mistress wasn't around?

"Then tomorrow, I'll make an apology to the empress and have you follow me." Xiao Leng stood in front of Gu Qiangwei. Although he was wearing a woman's outfit, he had an impressive aura that no one could ignore. He was like a condor looking down on all the heroes, or a monarch overlooking the world.

Gu Qiangwei swallowed her saliva. Was there something wrong with her? She was just a young girl, yet she wanted to rebel with Xiao Leng? Gu Qiangwei could not help but think of the TV series where those who failed to rebel and had their heads chopped off. Just thinking about it made her shudder. However, Xiao Leng's way of doing it made her think that the Tang Dynasty had an enlightened king.

Gu Qiangwei touched her chin as she thought about it. She didn't notice Xiao Leng looking at her with a fiery gaze at all. When Gu Qiangwei came back to her senses, Xiao Leng had already retracted his gaze. A trace of coldness flashed across his eyes as he smirked and said, "You don't need to think too much. If you don't want to, then so be it."

Gu Qiangwei nearly exploded when she heard this. She fiercely frowned. There was nothing she could do now. Could it be that she would continue to wash the buckets of respect in the Xin Dynasty's warehouse? That's impossible. One fight to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

"No, I haven't been a young miss for a long time. I'm a bit excited when you say that." Gu Qiangwei raised her head and looked at Xiao Leng. Holding her hand, she smiled and said to Xiao Leng with raised eyebrows, "I'm a little excited.

"Hmph." Hearing that, Xiao Leng frowned and snorted. He glanced at Gu Qiangwei as she turned around and walked away. A trace of impatience flashed in his eyes as he said, "Follow me."

Xiao Leng was starting to regret his decision. This Gu Qiangwei seemed to have a bad brain, but it was also interesting.

Gu Qiangwei didn't return to Xin Xin Vault. Instead, she went straight to General Xuanhe Manor.

It was only maidservant. Since Xiao Leng thought it would be convenient, he gave it to Xiao Leng. Since the Gu family was finished and there was nothing else that could threaten them, the empress let Xiao Leng take Gu Qiangwei away.

Xiao Leng really regretted bringing back such a little girl. He didn't know how to pour tea or clean the table.

"How did you survive so long?" Xiao Leng sat on the chair and looked at the slovenly Gu Qiangwei. A trace of coldness flashed across his eyes and he frowned heavily, wishing he could beat Gu Qiangwei up. Gu Qiangwei looked at Xiao Leng and patted her clothes.

"Let Xueruun take him to learn the rules." Xiao Leng glanced at Gu Qiangwei and said to a slim and graceful girl who was about 15-16 years old beside him.

Hearing that, the girl hurriedly nodded, "Yes, madam, don't worry. Xueruun will definitely tame her."

Hearing her words, Gu Qiangwei couldn't help but tremble a little. Hmm, this girl was a violent loli, so it definitely wouldn't be a good idea for her to let him fall into her hands. Thinking like this, Gu Qiangwei hurriedly shook her head.

Gu Qiangwei stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for Xiao Leng. She pinched Xiao Leng's shoulder and said with a flattering smile, "Madam, I was just joking. Look at my arms and legs. They can't bear it."

Hearing that, Xiao Leng calmly took a sip of tea. A hint of a sneer flashed across his eyes. This girl, she should be able to properly correct her rebellious character.

"Servant saw that Qiang Wei is also very thin, so why don't I cook some food for her and make up for it?" Xueruun glanced at Xiao Leng and agreed with Lili's words. A smile flashed across her eyes as she spoke.

Gu Qiangwei's heart skipped a beat when she heard that. She glanced at Xueruun, only to see a harmless smile on her face.