Li Yanyan reached out to help Shen Xihe, and the fragrance on her body became clearer. It was indeed the agarwood from Xiao Changtai, and not only that, there was also burning incense. Xiao Changtai must have burned incense every day in the imperial mausoleum...
So Li Yanyan and Xiao Changtai actually...
Shen Xihe was helped up by Zhenzhu and left with a gloomy expression.
Xiao Changtai sneaked back during the Lantern Festival. It was definitely not just to meet Li Yanyan in private. What were they plotting? Was this chaos related to the fourth prince Xiao Changtai
After returning to the Princess's Mansion, Shen Xihe said to Tian Yuan, "Tell His Highness that the Fourth Prince has secretly returned to the capital and met with Princess Dai."
Tian Yuan was slightly surprised, not understanding why Shen Xihe knew that Princess Dai had met the Fourth Prince privately after meeting her once. And her tone was firm, not a guess at all, so she still agreed respectfully.
"Old Four?" Xiao Huayong lowered his brows and thought, "It does seem like that, but Old Four doesn't have the ability to do that alone."
Tian Yuan looked at the wound on Xiao Huayong's arm: "Could it be... Your Majesty?"
"If your majesty wants to test me, he won't use the Lantern Festival." Xiao Huayong rejected it. "The Lantern Festival is so important in front of foreign envoys. Your majesty will not let my dynasty lose face just to test me."
His Majesty was particularly annoyed by this chaos, with so many envoys coming to the court meeting watching him. In order to demonstrate the style of a great country, His Majesty also set up lanterns in the palace to celebrate together and let the whole country see that the Celestial Empire is united and prosperous.
Someone was causing trouble, and the slap was given to His Majesty in the face. Both generals of the Jinwu Guard were reprimanded.
"Who could it be?" Tian Yuan couldn't think of it.
Several princes were under their surveillance, and even if they tried to break free from their control occasionally, it would not be too big. It was impossible for them to be unaware of such a big commotion as during the Lantern Festival beforehand.
Even for His Royal Highness Prince Xin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent more people to keep an eye on him since the incident at the imperial mausoleum.
"Look at this the other way around." A hint of cold smile flashed across Xiao Huayong's eyes, "This man came for me, and his martial arts skills are pretty good. I just chased him and before I could exchange two moves with him, the Jinwu Guards arrived. If I hadn't noticed it in advance, my martial arts skills would have been exposed to the Jinwu Guards.
This person's purpose is to expose me in front of His Majesty, which means that he knows my true face, but the fourth one doesn't know it yet."
This point can rule out Xiao Changtai. Xiao Changtai is preoccupied with planning his own affairs, and in his eyes, only the fifth and eighth brothers are strong enemies.
The only ones who knew his identity were the Xiao Changqing brothers and Xiao Changgeng. Xiao Changgeng was still too young to do what he did today.
Xiao Changqing and Xiao Changying are indeed the most suspicious, but Xiao Changqing wishes he could live a few more years so that he can help him harm His Majesty, and would never set such a trap for himself.
"In that case, it was not done by Your Highnesses." Tian Yuan was stunned.
"There are only a few people in Kyoto who hate me." Xiao Huayong said with a half-smile, "The one who hates me the most is Wang Zheng."
If Wang Zheng had not thought that the crown prince did it on purpose during the last collision at the palace gate, then the fact that the envoy of the grand court almost drew his sword would have been enough for Wang Zheng to think clearly, otherwise he would not be qualified to be in his current position.
Secondly, Munuha's words would deepen Wang Zheng's suspicion of Xiao Huayong. Wang Zheng would feel that the crown prince was playing dumb and targeting him in order to eliminate His Majesty's confidants. If he continued thinking in this way, he would blame Xiao Huayong for the deaths of Dong Biquan, Prince Kang, and even Prince Xun. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xiao Huayong was the most terrifying person lurking in the dark.