Since returning to the Marquis Mansion from the palace at the beginning of the summer, he has rarely gone out. For more than a month, he has been studying the emperor's antidote. Every once in a while, he would go into the palace to try it on his behalf, but he always treated the symptoms rather than the root cause.
Although it can be suppressed, it cannot be eradicated, which gives Xia Chu a headache.
Although he often went to the palace, he rarely went to Yongning Palace to interact with Xiao Zimu. At this time, he was afraid that he would be too friendly with Xiao Zimu and add to the emperor's wild speculations.
Therefore, although the two of them wrote a lot of letters in private.
I haven't seen this side a few times.
Although it was inconvenient to go to Yongning Palace in the early summer of Xia, Concubine Qi's Yongxin Palace was very diligent. After meeting the emperor, she would go to converse with Concubine Qi and play with Xiao Muhong for a while.
Xiao Mubai still wrote one letter every day without interruption, but the content was only a few words.
Xia Chu didn't tell him about the emperor, and Xiao Mubai didn't tell him about Liang Guofu's Shuiwang Temple.
It wasn't until more than a month later, on October 12th, that Xia Chu received a letter from Xiao Mubai. There was only one sentence in the letter: Yue Fengwan had left the Western Region.
Xia Chu checked the letter upside down, left and right, and found that there was indeed only one sentence. He pinched the letter and was slightly stunned. What did it have to do with Yue Fengwan to leave the Western Region
Therefore, he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the brazier. He walked to the case and wrote back to Xiao Mubai with the four words "None of my business."
When Xiao Mubai received these four big words, his face was slightly stunned, and then the image of Xia Chu curling his lips and shrugging his shoulders as he said these words appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud, quite helplessly. Shaked his head.
Ever since Xu Jing reported that someone broke into Fushuiwang Temple without permission, he had been paying close attention to the rumors about Princess Su Ran in Tianlu Capital City, but the Liang Kingdom was peaceful and no one had any doubts. .
Just when there was nothing to do, spies from the border between Liang and the Western Regions came to report that the regent seemed not to be in the royal capital.
Yue Fengwan was not in the royal capital, and had never set foot in the Liang Kingdom. So the only possibility was to enter the Xiao Kingdom from Jincheng, which was on the border with the Xiao Kingdom.
Jicheng was the fiefdom of King Jing Gu Xingyun, thousands of miles away from Yucheng. By the time Xiao Mubai sent people to investigate closely, it had already taken a long time.
Although I don’t know where Yuefengwan went, it can be vaguely confirmed that Yuefengwan’s men did appear in Jincheng.
Xiao Mubai just relied on various antecedents and intuition to infer that Yue Fengwan's trip was related to the beginning of Xia.
But if it is normal, even if Yuefengwan knows that the person in Fushui King Temple is not Xia Chu, he will not know Xia Chu's true identity. If he tells Xia Chu that Yuefengwan went to Xiao Country to find him , let alone Xia Chu, he himself found this conclusion quite ridiculous.
Therefore, he just wrote a letter to tell Xia Chu that Yue Fengwan had left the Western Region.
Sure enough, Xia Chu's reply was simple and straightforward, and he didn't take it seriously.
Xia Chu could be indifferent to Yue Feng Wan's whereabouts, but Xiao Mubai could not. Even if Yue Feng Wan was not looking for Xia Chu, Xiao Mubai had to figure out what his intentions were when he entered the Xiao Kingdom. Can feel at ease.
He customized several general directions, focusing on the route from Jincheng to Beijing, and sent people to investigate along the way to pay more attention.
There was always a bad feeling lingering in Xiao Mubai's heart. He counted the days. Fortunately, he would be able to return to Beijing in just one month. It was only one month. Nothing major could happen in Chang'an...
After Xia Chu replied those four words to Xiao Mubai, Xiao Mubai never mentioned the matter of Yuefengwan in subsequent letters, and Xia Chu gradually forgot about it.
At the end of October, in response to Xia Chu's words, the emperor began to show signs of fatigue, and the time spent in court was gradually shortened. The government affairs were basically presented in memorials, and the emperor showed that he had no energy to discuss more in court.
The ministers were concerned about the emperor's health and asked Eunuch Li and Yuan Guangyi one after another to inquire about the emperor's daily life and physical condition.
Although Yuan Guangyi told the ministers that the emperor was just overworked and nothing serious, as time passed, he finally handed over the documents admonishing the emperor to appoint a prince.
On the morning of November 6th, Xia Chu waited in the imperial study. After the emperor went to court, he returned to the imperial study and became furious, scolding all the officials and saying that his ministers were disloyal.
Xia Chu encouraged him while calming him down: "Your Majesty, please lower your voice. You are weak to the outside world now, and your roar is too powerful."
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The emperor's face was startled, and he laughed out loud at what he said. The stagnation in his heart was relieved a lot. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia Chu: "Do you think this prince should be established?"
Xia Chu had a troubled look on his face: "I think so. It's not up to me to feel this matter. What does the Emperor think?"
The emperor was so confused by him that he spat at him: "Don't be meandering in front of me. Just say what you want."
Xia Chu then looked up at him and asked instead of answering: "Does the Emperor have anyone in mind?"
When the emperor heard this, his face suddenly darkened. The person he had in mind was not lucky enough to be the emperor...
"Your Majesty?" Xia Chu saw his face suddenly changed and his expression was dazed, so he called out again.
The emperor came back to his senses and glanced at him: "I asked you to speak, so you can interrupt with this terrible twist."
"No way." Xia Chu smiled awkwardly, and then asked: "I wonder who is supported by hundreds of officials above the court?"
The emperor looked at him and suddenly laughed and cursed: "You are really trying to do the same thing as Xia Wei."
Xia Chu lowered his head and touched his nose and muttered: "He is my father. It would be unreasonable not to be like him..."
"You're young, and you've got a knot in your stomach. You'll get it again in the future." The emperor snorted coldly, feigning anger on his face, but in his heart he understood the meaning behind Xia Chu's words. Now this man supported by hundreds of officials, exactly He is the one who cannot be registered.
Since the person who poisoned the poison intended to make him mistakenly believe that he was seriously ill, it is understandable that the matter of registration would be put on the agenda, and the beneficiary at this time would most likely be the person behind the scenes.
The emperor was very clear in his heart, so Xia Chu just nodded and he laughed and scolded him for being naughty...
"I suddenly remembered that you seem to be very unhappy with Jun'er." The emperor remembered that when he first took him into the palace for a banquet, Xiao Yanjun took the initiative to show his kindness and proposed to send him out of the palace, but he ignored him in public. Instead, he chose Xiao Zimu, who was still unknown at the time, and went together.
At that time, the emperor had doubts in his mind, but soon after Xia Chu returned to the mountain to recuperate, the matter gradually faded away.
Xia Chu listened to his question and quickly put aside the relationship: "Your Majesty, what you said is that he and I had no grudges in the past and have no grudges in recent days. Prince Yu is handsome and good-looking again. What should I dislike?"
(End of chapter)