"I just heard about it?" Xia Shang frowned, thought for a while, and asked, "Where is that person? How is that person's condition?"
"You mean the emperor?" Qin Zheng asked doubtfully.
"Um."
"Have you already gone to bed? Why are you so nervous all of a sudden?"
Xia Shang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Take me to see him. I want to see his condition."
"Why? It's so good, how come you..."
"Don't ask, I must take a look tonight!"
Xia Shang insisted, and Qin Zheng did not refuse, but before that, he changed Xia Shang into palace clothes.
After Xia Shang confirmed the emperor with his own eyes, he finally felt relieved.
On the way back to the queen's palace, Xia Shang had some doubts on his face.
"You've been acting weird all night. What are you thinking about?" Qin Zheng asked calmly with an expressionless face.
Xia Shang looked back at the emperor's palace: "It's nothing, but you have to be more careful recently and pay attention to the emperor. I feel that one day, the emperor will recover."
"Aren't you still worried? Didn't you just read it? The emperor's body does not have any zhenqi fluctuations, and he is in a state of chaos. Would you be worried about such a person?"
Thinking about secretly checking on the sleeping emperor just now, Xia Shang couldn't say anything to refute and frowned: "I hope I'm overthinking it."
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When things got to this point, Xia Shang couldn't figure out where that voice came from, but that voice and that momentum really appeared.
Not only Xia Shang felt it, but also everyone who woke up in the capital that night felt it.
The next day, the legend about the voice had spread.
After Xia Shang came out of the palace, he didn't sleep all night and walked aimlessly on the street until a small tea shop opened by the bridge before dawn.
After drinking a few sips of strong tea and enjoying the morning wind, Xia Shang's spirit relaxed a little.
I don’t know how long it took, but it was fully dawn, the tea shop gradually had customers, and more and more rumors started to appear in my ears.
It is said that too many deaths in the capital recently have angered the gods, and if this continues, they will be punished by heaven.
Xia Shang really didn't want to think about what happened last night. Hearing those rumors, he felt a little more upset for no reason. He dropped the tea money and prepared to leave.
The hour has not yet arrived, and Xia Shang's location is not far from the palace. This is when the court officials go out to attend court, so you can see carriages and horses heading towards the palace at any time.
Xia Shang had just left the teahouse and had not taken a few steps when a very special group of carriages and horses in front of him immediately caught Xia Shang's attention.
It was a team of Japanese envoys, and at the front of the team, a surprising person suddenly appeared in Xia Shang's field of vision.
It turned out to be Lingsi!
It's not surprising to see Lingsi, but now he appears in perfect condition, riding a horse, full of energy, and no trace of injury can be seen.
Seeing this situation, Xia Shang was stunned.
"What happened? Shouldn't he have been seriously injured yesterday?"
Xia Shang clearly remembered that Yu Ji's sword almost cut off half of his chest. He was already dying when he left. How could he appear on the street in the blink of an eye like a perfectly fine person?
Even if you are a Grandmaster, even if you have a recovery ability that is beyond ordinary people, even if the injury is healed, it will still have some impact on the human body. How come Lingsi not only recovered, but also did not look weak at all?
Xia Shang was still thinking, but unexpectedly he was noticed by people from the Japanese mission.
Before the sedan in the middle of the procession stopped, the Japanese prince inside had already opened the curtain and shouted: "Catch him! Isn't this the one with the surname Xia?"
As soon as the voice came out, everyone saw Xia Shang, and people from the Japanese envoy immediately gathered around.
After losing consciousness, Xia Shang found that he was surrounded and could not leave even if he wanted to.
At this time, the entire Japanese delegation had stopped. The Japanese prince squeezed through the crowd and came to Xia Shang. He sneered: "Oh, Mr. Xia made it easy for us to find him!"
Xia Shang ignored him and just glanced at Ling Si, who was still riding outside.
Lingsi was looking at him now, with a calm expression and said nothing.
"Hand over the princess quickly!"
The prince in front of him roared, and the warriors around him drew their swords.
Xia Shang's thoughts left Lingsi, looked at the Japanese prince, and then raised his finger to point to the majestic palace in the distance.
"The palace is right there. Do you really want to attack Dahua officials at the entrance of the palace?"
"You dare to threaten me? Even if you kidnapped the princess, even in front of your great emperor, it would be enough for you to die a hundred times.
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"Your Highness, this is Dahua, not a place where you can just say it. If you suspect that I abducted the princess, you can show the evidence in the Jinluan Palace and say it is unfounded. Even our emperor cannot convict you so easily.
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"you!"
"Okay..." Outside Lingsi said calmly, looking at Xia Shang, "We have indeed been looking for you these days. If you really have no suspicion, why did you leave without authorization? As the reception minister, we foreigners
The visitor was not received at all, so you followed us and went to the Emperor Dahua to ask what was going on."
After saying that, Ling Si got off his horse and came to Xia Shang.
"Do you still want to run away at this time?"
Xia Shang squinted his eyes and looked at Ling Siyi Bian up and down, making sure that he didn't have any wounds on his body: "Who are you? Where are your injuries?"
The corner of Lingsi's mouth rose: "If you want to know the reason, you can investigate slowly."
Xia Shang's expression sank, and he seemed to have thought of something in his mind, but it was just a guess. To confirm what he had in mind, he needed to investigate carefully.
"What are you going to do to me?"
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you, let alone report you in front of your emperor. Today is the first time our mission has entered the palace. As a receptionist, you'd better be honest and be yourself.
work. In the next period of time, there should be no major events happening in your capital."
Xia Shang didn't know Ling Si's thoughts, but Xia Shang could feel that Ling Si didn't intend to kill him for the time being. After all, he didn't know the whereabouts of Ji Zi.
After thinking about it, Xia Shang also hid. After all, he was still receiving ministers and should accompany the Japanese delegation into the palace.
The Japanese delegation entered the palace this time to agree on the wedding date of the princess and the prince in the court hall according to the rules. The wedding date was set on New Year's Eve twenty days later.
This time was considered very rushed, but it was still too slow as Xia Shang thought.
First of all, weddings on New Year's Eve are relatively rare in this world. At least according to Xia Shang's knowledge, most weddings will be held after the new year.
The saying that Chinese New Year and wedding are combined together, and the happiness on top of each other is not true. On the contrary, it is the double happiness that collides with each other and brings bad luck.
The wedding date was decided by Li Xiangyang and passed directly in the court. It is said that this time point was selected. I don’t know what Li Xiangyang’s thoughts were.