"Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense." Shen Xihe frowned.
It was as if a clear stream was slowly washing away the body, sliding through the heart, moistening and sweet. Xiao Huayong said happily: "If Yoyo doesn't like to hear this, I will never say nonsense again in the future."
She chose me because she didn't have long to live. Now, not only does she not hope for her early death, she also doesn't like to hear me say anything unlucky. This shows that I am no longer an insignificant person to her.
Even though it was far from what he desired, it was enough to make Xiao Huayong satisfied and happy.
Shen Xihe didn't say much. Her feelings towards Xiao Huayong were different from the moment he saved her. It was not a love between a man and a woman, but a feeling of gratitude.
Although Shen Xihe may not have put much true love into his benefactor, he also did not want him to die young.
In Liyang County, Shen Xihe and Xiao Huayong saw the grief of the people because of the tomb robbery case. The better ones just sought explanation from the government, the more ruthless ones directly scattered paper money in front of the yamen, the smarter ones wore mourning clothes and knelt in front of the yamen with the spirit tablets in their hands, and the more resolute ones even hit their heads and died in front of the yamen.
All these incidents immediately aroused the anger of the people in the whole city. Killing one's parents is an irreconcilable hatred, let alone disturbing the peace of the deceased after death. Even if the people with a conscience have never experienced such things, they can understand the shock and pain.
If the government can't even protect the dead, how can they expect it to protect them, the living
"Could it be that... His Royal Highness Prince Xin didn't know that things would turn out like this?" Shen Xihe saw with her own eyes an old woman in her seventies who ran into a wall and died in the government office because her late husband's grave was disturbed. Her blood splattered and dyed the stone lion red.
"These are not important to him." Xiao Huayong lowered his eyes.
Xiao Changqing was the prince in reserve that Emperor Youning had cultivated for more than a decade, waiting to take over his position as soon as he closed his eyes. If it weren't for the incident with the girl from the Gu family, he would probably be the most prestigious prince at this moment.
He has learned a lot of methods of an emperor, and he was very smart since he was young. Some of them have not been taught to him by His Majesty, but he himself may have understood them all. Anyone who wants to be an emperor has a cold heart.
At this moment, Xiao Changqing has the iron-bloodedness and cruelty of an emperor, but lacks the benevolence that an emperor should have, which is to put the overall situation and the people first.
It’s not that Emperor Youning didn’t teach him these things, nor is it that he can’t comprehend them on his own, but that these are not what he wants.
He no longer has any interest in the throne, he just wants to make life difficult for Your Majesty.
"Your Highness won't stop it?" Shen Xihe looked at Xiao Huayong.
The matter had come to this point where she could no longer intervene. She had no evidence that Prince Xin was responsible. Even if she had evidence, exposing Prince Xin for bombing the imperial mausoleum would not quell the public resentment.
"Now we can only wait for His Majesty to issue an edict of apology." Xiao Huayong looked at the distant Kyoto and said, "Whether it is the bombing outside the imperial mausoleum that disturbed our ancestors, or the wide range of people implicated in this case, His Majesty must issue an edict of apology to calm it down."
At this point, Xiao Huayong smiled with an ambiguous meaning: "Old Five's move actually has more benefits than disadvantages."
"The advantages outweigh the disadvantages?" Shen Xihe was puzzled.
Xiao Huayong whispered, "If the imperial mausoleum had not been bombed, even if His Majesty had issued an edict of guilt, the people might not have let it go. But now the imperial mausoleum has been bombed, which means that it was not the court that condoned it, but the royal family was also a victim. As long as the edict of guilt is written with sincerity and empathy, and mentions that His Majesty has been on the throne for 20 years, the country is strong and the people are prosperous, and the people have passed the greatest grief, and finally finds two local people of reputation who have also had their tombs disturbed to stand up and speak for themselves, this disturbance will not be difficult to settle."