As soon as Princess Jinyang left on her front foot, King Qin packed herself into the imperial study on her back foot.
Seeing King Qin coming, the smile that had just disappeared on the emperor's face returned: "It's been half a month since you came back, but did you find out who assassinated you?"
After the King of Qin entered the door, he bowed to the emperor first, and frowned and shook his head when he heard the emperor's words: "I haven't found it. It's been so long, and even if there are clues, it has been dealt with by someone. , After knowing the news of my return to Beijing, I will definitely attack me again, and then I will follow the clues and I will be able to catch him."
Hearing what King Qin said about the assassination, the emperor sighed: "I have wronged you all these years."
A trace of imperceptible sarcasm flashed across King Qin's eyes, and he shook his head: "Father is serious, and all of that is also a test for my son, otherwise if I stayed in the capital, my son would not be where he is today."
After listening to King Qin's words, the emperor nodded in satisfaction, but at the same time, there was a little melancholy in his eyes.
Back then when he was the crown prince, he met King Qin's mother and concubine Qinshi by chance, and fell in love at first sight, but Qinshi was only the daughter of a merchant, and according to his status, he could only be a concubine in his mansion. At that time, he was very young and didn't want to wrong his beloved woman to be bullied in the prince's mansion, so he lied to Qin's family that he was also a merchant's family, married Qin's family in a eight-carriage sedan chair and secretly raised him outside the mansion. It has been safe and sound.
He originally thought that he would take the Qin family into the palace and give him a high position after he succeeded to the throne, but he didn't expect that the world is impermanent! That time he accompanied the queen who was still a crown princess back to her natal home, but was bumped into by the pregnant Qin Shi on the way. Qin Shi was frightened and gave birth prematurely on the spot. Before he could explain to Qin Shi, Qin Shi He collapsed and died, leaving only one youngest son, the second prince, who was taken back to the Prince's Mansion by the emperor.
It was precisely because of that that the queen knew that he had raised a woman outside. The queen was very jealous when she was young, and she was worried about the existence of the second prince, and even wanted to take the second prince away twice. At that time, the emperor still needed the support of the Yue family, so he had no choice but to send the second prince to the state of Chu as a hostage.
After he ascended the throne and fully grasped the government affairs, he wanted to take the second prince back, but after the second prince returned to the country, he expressed his unwillingness and asked the emperor to give him the land of Shu as a fief. According to his wishes, he even named his mother's surname as the King of Qin.
In the eyes of others, the King of Qin is very disliked by the emperor, but in his heart, King Qin is the son he likes the most.
The King of Qin stood under the desk and asked the emperor: "I heard that the surrender of the Great Xia Kingdom was because Prince Jing's son had captured the Seventh Prince of another country alive. I have become acquainted with him. I don't know when he will return to Beijing?" Qin Wang's words were full of air, but there was a hint of probing.
"What? You also think Chu Yan is a good person?" The emperor didn't think much of it at all, and what he couldn't hide was his admiration for Chu Yan.
A trace of gloom flashed in King Qin's eyes, but he followed the emperor's words and said with a smile: "Who doesn't want to know the young Yingjie? My son has been away from Beijing for many years, and now I want to meet more peers of the same age." He originally mentioned Chu Yan only for To test the emperor's opinion on Chu Yan, now hearing what the emperor said, I feel that the existence of Chu Yan is quite troublesome.
But at the same time, the hostility towards Chu Yan in King Qin's heart deepened, but it didn't show in front of him at all.
The emperor laughed loudly: "Okay! He really is my good son!" After laughing, the emperor pointedly said: "The way of a monarch is to know how to recruit wise men."
After Qin Wang finished listening, he bowed deeply to the emperor, a pretty figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and when he bent down, a gleam of determination flashed in the corner of his eyes.
While the emperor and the king of Qin were talking in the imperial study, a figure in blue palace attire quietly entered the bedroom of the seventh prince.
"He is really messing around! If someone finds out, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor!"
After reading the letter that Princess Rongyang handed to him, the Seventh Prince's face turned red, and he couldn't control himself to get angry in front of Princess Rongyang!
Princess Rongyang knew that her cousin was at fault, so she just stood there with her head bowed to be scolded for Chu Yan.
The Seventh Prince suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked Princess Rongyang in a low voice: "Lian Hao gave you the letter? Did he tell you when Chu Yan would arrive in Beijing?" His anger was not because of Chu Yan's behavior. Reckless, but afraid that he will really be caught by someone! There is no way to clean up the end!
Hearing the question from the Seventh Prince, Princess Rongyang coughed dryly twice, and said with some hesitation: "Lian Hao set off with his cousin, since Lian Hao has arrived, I guess... cousin should be... almost... probably already Let's get to the capital." After saying this, Princess Rongyang immediately took two steps back, lest the Seventh Prince get angry and hurt Chi Yu again.
The Seventh Prince closed his eyes, his chest heaved violently for a while before he said, "What about others?"
Princess Rongyang looked up at the sky, pretending not to hear the Seventh Prince's question.
Where did Chu Yan go? Do I need to ask
"Forget it." The Seventh Prince waved his hand feebly, and called his guards to order: "Send someone to keep an eye on it, and set up a good cover for Prince Jing, so that no one can find his trace."
"Yes." The guard ordered to go.
After the guard left, the Seventh Prince rubbed his head, and asked Princess Rongyang: "What excuse did you use to come here? You won't be discovered, right?"
Princess Rongyang took a sip of tea, then smiled: "I just went to the empress's palace to pay my respects, and concubine Shu happened to be there, so I asked empress Shu where she bought her hairpin, and she understood and told me It was given by my cousin, so I borrowed this excuse to come here."
Only then did the Seventh Prince feel relieved.
Princess Rongyang held the teacup, suddenly thought of something, smiled and said to the Seventh Prince: "Cousin, I heard that your date with Miss Lin has been fixed?"
Speaking of Lin Jin'er, the Seventh Prince's mood didn't fluctuate at all, he just nodded indifferently: "Well, July 23rd is set."
Seeing that the Seventh Prince's reaction was so flat, Princess Rongyang understood in her heart, and didn't want to tease him any more. After drinking the cup of tea in her hand, she bid farewell.
As soon as Princess Rongyang left, an attendant entered the room and whispered something in the ear of the Seventh Prince.
After hearing the attendant's words, the Seventh Prince Danfeng's eyes flashed with light, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "Let's go, let's meet my second brother, who I haven't seen for more than ten years."