The Princess Wei Yang

37.Brother and Sister Conspire

**mufei: way for an imperial prince to address his or her mother

**qinwang: an official title bestowed to a prince

**muqin: way for a child to address his or her mother

**buyao: dangling hairpin

**sun'er: way for a male grandchild to refer to himself in front of his grandparents

In the chamber, Li Chang Le personally served Li Min Feng a cup of tea: “Gege, you must be tired from traveling back.” Li Min Feng gave a smile and said: “Meimei, we haven’t seen each other for only six months yet you’ve become more beautiful, even causing San huangzi to glaze at you without shifting his attention!”

­Li Chang Le lightly smiled, Tuoba Zhen was very handsome and alluring but his mufei came from a humble background so it was only after gaining the emperor’s favor that she gave birth to him. Because of this, he was disliked and wasn’t favored. Fortunately, his mother passed away, so he was eventually adopted by the childless Wu xianfei. As a prince with such background, he could never ascend the throne. Recalling Tuoba Zhen’s handsome face, Li Chang Le unconsciously released a smile of sympathy.

Li Min Feng looked at his meimei and knew exactly what she was thinking about: “Don’t let mother influence you, the politics within the court is ever-changing, this San huangzi is not an ordinary person ---“

Hearing this, Li Chang Le thoughtfully said: “But he is relying on the crowned prince, in the future, he would at most become a qinwang ……”
Li Min Feng let out a smile but he didn’t give a response. In his eyes, even though his meimei was as beautiful as a goddess, she was ultimately shortsighted and didn’t possess the far-reaching mind of a man. This year, it seemed like he and San huangzi were traveling leisurely, in actuality, he was sent to Changzhou by the emperor to investigate the case that involved Zhang Gun, the governor of Changzhou. Once Tuoba Zhen arrived in Changzhou, he dug up what Zhang Gun was trying to cover up. He questioned Zhang Gun’s steward and found evidence, forcing the shrewd and well-experienced Zhang Gun to have no choice but to plead guilty to his crimes. From accepting the assignment to reporting the crime of Zhang Gun, only half a month time was used. After, Tuoba Zhen stayed in Changzhou to reorganize the chaotic administration completely. Within a month, he had rectified the mess and transition the new administration to the succeeding governor.
In this assignment, Tuoba Zhen did an outstanding job, which greatly showed off his talents and capabilities and earned him praises from the emperor. In the eyes of the pompous Li Min Feng, he had to admit that Tuoba Zhen was indeed determined and intelligent and was able to handle everything agilely, which showed that he was not an ordinary figure. He didn’t know if he should mention these words to the sheltered Li Chang Le. As a result, he only said: “If you don’t believe it, then let’s wait and see.”

Li Chang Le heard this and her heart fluttered.

As she continued to probe further into his words, Li Min Feng became unwilling to continue on and thus changed the subject: “Meimei, what has happened today, you allow a little yatou to cause you displeasure.”

In the eyes of his privileged self, he eventually saw this meimei of a concubine to be of a degrading status. In their household of sisters, who didn’t treat Li Chang Le with profound respect and humility, it was only this Li Wei Yang who didn’t show an inch of reverence, this made him felt surprised because according to his muqin’s methods, how could she tolerate the existence of such a yatou?

Speaking of Li Wei Yang, Li Chang Le’s face uncontrollably paled: “This degradable thing! She has won Lao furen’s favor now, you should know Lao furen’s thoughts, she biasedly favors San fang and has always not been close to muqin and us, if she insists on protecting the yatou, muqin can only leave her be.” In addition to their failure of framing her, they actually raised her father’s suspicions, so they couldn’t act recklessly anymore.