After Xiao Mubai returned home, he accompanied Xia Chu and Xiao Muhong to have a sumptuous dinner.
During the dinner, Xiao Muhong seemed to have accidentally asked about Wugetai's situation, and Xiao Mubai replied calmly: "Whether he has the chance to go back alive depends on his luck."
Xiao Muhong pouted, pushed the bowl and chopsticks and returned to the room.
Xia Chu stood up and was about to chase her when Xiao Mubai grabbed her wrist: "She's smart, she only asked after she was full."
Xia Chu looked stunned and looked at the remaining dishes on the table. He and Xiao Mubai pretended not to eat much, but Xiao Muhong actually ate a lot.
Xiao Mubai asked him, "Are you still eating?"
Xia Chu shook his head. He had stopped using his chopsticks a long time ago. Xiao Mubai immediately pushed the bowl and chopsticks away, and the two of them walked towards the study.
Xiao Mubai said as he walked: "The Marquis has left the city overnight, and the Marquis of Mianxi, who is closest to Jincheng, also sent a letter. I hope it's not too late."
Xia Chu saw that he looked tired. For two consecutive days, he probably only slept for four hours in total. He immediately turned his direction and pushed him towards the room: "You should have a good sleep tonight." Go to sleep, let’s discuss this big matter tomorrow.”
Xiao Mubai was caught off guard and turned around. He smiled. He was really tired in the past two days, so he half-pushed him and said, "Then sing a song to coax me."
Xia Chu pushed him into the room and spat: "Go to sleep and I'll go see Mu Hong. It's one thing to be full, but it's another thing to be hurt by you."
Xiao Mubai didn't insist. He leaned against the door and cast a flirtatious look at him and praised, "Sister-in-law is doing a good job."
I thought he would smile shyly or feign anger.
Unexpectedly, Xia Chu stretched out her hand and pretended to receive his wink, pressed it to his heart, raised her chin towards him, blew a kiss in return, and replied proudly: "That's right." .”
Xiao Mubai's elbow as he was leaning against the door slipped, and he staggered and almost lost his balance.
When he looked up again, Xia Chu waved coolly with his back to him and was already walking towards Xiao Muhong's room.
Xiao Mubai laughed out loud, feeling sweetness mixed with warmth in his heart. He closed the door with satisfaction, took off his clothes and lay down on the couch obediently.
However, he made a space on the couch. Xukong patted the space and said to himself: "Go to sleep. It's a big deal. Let's discuss it tomorrow..."
Xiao Mubai had been tired for two days in a row, so he fell asleep very quickly, and his sleep was very peaceful.
But he never expected that when he opened his eyes, something huge had really happened!
Hansha's urgent knock on the door woke him up from his sleep. He opened his eyes and frowned and said, "Come in."
Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of Han Sa breaking in through the door. Xiao Mubai glanced at him while standing up to put on his clothes, and found that Han Sa's face was very panicked and uneasy.
Before Xiao Mubai had time to reprimand him for his impatience, Han Sa had already taken the lead to report urgently: "Your Majesty, it's not good. News came from the palace that the emperor appointed His Royal Highness Prince Yu as the crown prince and asked him to supervise the country. , I don’t care about government affairs anymore!”
The belt that Xiao Mubai was wearing fell to the ground. He frowned and looked at Han Sa, with a bit of surprise on his face: "What did you say?"
Han Sa walked up in two steps, picked up his belt, and tied it for him while saying, "His Royal Highness King Yu is now appointed as the Crown Prince to supervise the country. What should I do?"
Xiao Mubai calmed down again after being stunned for a short time. He pushed Han Sa away and quickly washed up while ordering: "Call Ah Chu to the study."
"Ah?" Han Sa had a sad face, and he wanted to refuse, but Xiao Mubai had already finished cleaning and walked towards the door. When he passed by, he glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and go. "
Han Sa opened his mouth, stretched out his hand in the air, looked at Xiao Mubai's back and finally sighed, gritted his teeth and went outside Xia Chu's room.
When Xiao Mubai arrived at the study, he had just written two letters and sent them out. Xia Chu had already hurriedly pushed open the study door and saw Xiao Mubai sitting there, with a scowl on his face. He turned around and shouted angrily: "Han Sa, you bastard, how dare you lie to me!"
Although Raven is not around now, no one who is familiar with Xia Chu knows that when the young master is sleeping, he must not be disturbed.
It happened that Xiao Mubai gave him this task. Han Sa had no choice but to shout twice outside the door: "Master, something happened to the prince, please get up and go to the study..."
Xia Chu was awakened by his first shout, and when he shouted his second shout, he had already rushed out. Han Sa's neck swayed left and right along with the figure, and Xia Chu had disappeared.
Han Sa had already heard a roar before he reached the study. He touched his neck and decided to stand outside the courtyard to be safer.
Although Xiao Mubai didn't know the reason, when he saw him rolling up his sleeves and turning back to go out, he guessed Qi Ba, and called out to his back in a deep voice as he took a step forward: "Ah Chu, something happened to my father."
Xia Chu then raised his hind legs and hung them in the air. He turned to look at Xiao Mubai and saw that his face was very solemn. Then he put his right hand on the door and turned half a circle into the study: "Is it poisonous? It can't be done." Not so fast."
Xiao Mubai shook his head: "No, but something must have happened to my father, otherwise the news would not have spread that Xiao Yanjun has been appointed as the crown prince to supervise the country."
Xia Chu pressed his hands on the desk: "What?"
Xiao Mubai pulled him to sit next to him. In fact, after entering Dali Temple in the early summer, Xiao Mubai entered the palace to meet the emperor secretly more than once.
Not long after he entered the palace, Xia Chu was exiled by decree. He never had time to tell Xia Chu these things.
Later, Xia Chu quietly returned to Beijing, and everything was proceeding according to his arrangements. Xiao Mubai felt that there was no need to say anything and just waited for the net to be closed.
But the news that just came, there must be something wrong. Something happened to the emperor, and the palace could not be entered for the time being. He had to first find out how much control Li Fei had in the palace before he could make arrangements.
At this time, Xiao Mubai took Xia Chu to sit down and talked to him about important things first.
It turned out that during the interrogation of the three halls of Dali Temple, Xiao Mubai had changed his appearance and mingled with the people. After Xia Chu confessed to the crime of burning corpses, he left Dali Temple and went to find Xiang Chengfang.
Ever since Xiang Chengfang knew that the emperor suspected Xia Chu of poisoning him, he had taken the initiative to mention to the Marquis that he would testify for Xia Chu and tell the Emperor the real reason why the young Marquis started diagnosing his pulse.
Although Lord Marquis knew about this matter, he kept suppressing it.
Since Xia Chu didn't say it out loud, it meant that he didn't want to involve Xiang Chengfang.
Therefore, even when the Emperor scolded Xia Chu for poisoning him in the royal study, the Marquis never relented...
(End of chapter)