Facing the arrival of the imperial edict, Xile ignored it at all and just hugged the pillow where Wu Yuan had slept and looked out the window dreamily.
Seeing this, the palace maid had to go out and explain the situation to the eunuch who delivered the order. Fortunately, Xile's status was unusual now, so the eunuch directly handed over the imperial edict to the palace maid and left.
The palace maid took back the imperial edict and placed it next to Xile, not daring to disturb her and left the room.
When Xile came back to his senses, he picked up the imperial edict and read it.
After reading it, I felt even worse and threw the edict directly on the ground.
As if he was not relieved by this, he kept trampling on it, trampling the imperial edict to pieces.
Xile is probably the only one who dares to treat the imperial edict like this.
On the second day, Xile didn't go to greet the envoys from the Northern Desert at all.
Emperor Wu was really angry, but he didn't show it.
This time, the Northern Desert envoy was personally led by Prince Zharqing of the Northern Desert. After paying tribute to Emperor Wu, he directly asked: "Why isn't Princess Xile here?"
Emperor Wu said with a smile: "Xile has caught the cold and is recovering in the palace. When he gets better, he will naturally meet you."
Hearing this, Zhar Qing immediately said with a worried expression: "Your Majesty, I want to visit Princess Xile, and I happened to bring the snow lotus from the Northern Desert to replenish Xile's health."
Emperor Wu originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Zalqing's eager eyes, he thought that maybe letting the two of them meet could increase their relationship.
I remember when Zharqing was little and Xile was little, they had a lot of fun playing together.
"Okay, you can tell Xi Le that we will attend the palace banquet together in the evening."
After all, the two eunuchs took Zarqing to find Xile.
All the ministers could also see that Emperor Wu's attitude towards Bei Mo seemed to be very good.
Some veterans knew that the relationship between Beimo and Dawu was indeed good in the past, but due to some things, the two countries had no contact.
Now, when Dawu is in need of some foreign aid, it will inevitably become more friendly to Beimo and repair the relationship between the two countries in the name of peace.
It's a good thing, but what makes the ministers a little uneasy is that there are rumors that there seems to be some unclear relationship between Xile and Wu Yuan.
However, before the envoy from the Northern Desert arrived, Emperor Wu issued a hush-hush order not to talk about Xile and Wu Yuan.
The ministers did not dare to make rash comments, and even Prime Minister Wen did not dare to talk too much.
But Prime Minister Wen knew that Wu Yuan knew about the marriage in advance, so he specifically asked Liu Baichuan to find out what happened back then.
But what Prime Minister Wen didn't understand was why Wu Yuan did nothing and instead left Xile alone in the palace. With Wu Yuan's character, this shouldn't be the case.
Because he did not understand the situation and Wu Yuan did not tell him what to do, Prime Minister Wen had no choice but to do his part.
Besides, at this moment, Prince Zharqing of the Northern Desert is following two eunuchs to find Xile.
When he learned that Xile did not live in the Princess Palace, but in the Prince's East Palace, Zharqing couldn't help being surprised and asked why.
The two eunuchs didn't dare to talk, so they had no choice but to prevaricate.
But this aroused Zhaerqing's suspicion. He is the prince of the Northern Desert and also the crown prince of the Northern Desert. After marrying Xile, he will probably inherit the throne of the Northern Desert King. Naturally, he has a palace and a mind.
However, he also knew that there was no way to know anything from the two eunuchs' mouths, so he remained calm and didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, we arrived in front of the East Palace.
The two maids in front of the door saw that the prince from the Northern Desert was coming. One invited Zarqing in, and the other went to inform Xile.
After Xile heard the report, he gave the palace maid a slap in the face.
"Who allowed you to bring men into the East Palace? Don't you know the rules of the East Palace? No men are allowed in." Xile scolded angrily.
The palace maid immediately knelt down and said, "Princess, calm down. I thought the prince had left, so..."
"So you dare to bring people in? Even if the prince leaves, this is the East Palace. To drive people out, this princess is not feeling well today and will not see guests." Xile ordered directly.
"But princess, isn't this bad? If Your Majesty takes the blame..."
Xile snorted coldly, "Shut up. If Your Majesty blames you, I can't blame you. But I can kill you at any time. Remember to call me Prince from now on. Don't call me Princess. I am a peacock."
A king, not a princess."
"Yes!" The palace maid withdrew with a look of panic and grievance.
Zharqing, who was still waiting outside, was stunned when he saw the palace maid coming out like this, and then he guessed something.
"What? The princess doesn't see me?" Zhar Qing asked in surprise.
"Yes, Your Highness, please calm down. The princess is not feeling well and it is inconvenient to see guests. Please come back, Your Highness."
Zharqing looked at the handprints on the palace maid's face and said, "I can understand why you are not feeling well and not seeing guests, but why did the princess hit you?"
"This..." The palace maid didn't know how to explain.
"It doesn't matter, just come and listen. I just don't want you to be beaten because of me. If so, I will feel bad about it."
Hearing Zharqing's heartwarming words, the palace maid was immediately aggrieved and moved to tears.
"Your Highness, it's not because of you. It's because I forgot the rules of the East Palace. No man is allowed to enter the East Palace. It's my own fault and I deserve to be beaten."
Hearing this reason, Zharqing frowned.
"I heard that the Prince of the East Palace has gone on a trip and no one is here anymore. Why do you still insist on adhering to this rule? And why does this Prince hate men?"
The palace maid was startled, and she really didn't know how to answer this time.
The rules were set by Wu Yuan. Even if ministers came to see him before, they would wait in the pavilion outside the door. Even Prime Minister Wen had to do the same.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know this. Please forgive me, Your Highness. Please go back first. I'm afraid the princess won't see you today."
Zhaerqing did not force this, "Well, in that case, this is the Northern Desert Snow Lotus I brought to Princess Xile, and some Cordyceps. You can drink it for the princess to replenish her body later.
, I’m here to visit.”
"Yes, I will obey His Highness the Prince's instructions." The palace daughters had never seen such an affable prince, and they had a very good impression of Zar Qing, and were even a little moved.
Zharqing smiled, said no more, glanced at the room where Xile was, then turned and left.
After leaving the East Palace, Zharqing met with the envoys from the Northern Desert.
"Gerile, before departure, my father asked me to visit some old ministers who entertained us at that time. Go and find out which of those old ministers are still alive."
As Zalqing's closest advisor, Gerile immediately sensed something was wrong with Zalqing.
"Prince, I'll just wait for the visit. Since you have a distinguished status, you don't have to pay the visit in person. But what's wrong with you?"