The newly renovated Prince Qi's Mansion had just welcomed its owner, but the owner didn't come back for a long time.
As Chu Xiurong walked among them, he felt a sense of emptiness or strangeness.
“Although I’m not happy living in that imperial city,” he sighed, “but after living there for a long time, I always feel like something is missing when I go to other places.”
He did not come back alone, Zhou Xuan was followed behind him.
When he came out of the palace, Zhou Xuan's face was very long. He could barely squeeze out a smile when he heard this: "Think about the prince, how he feels when he arrives at his new residence. He is very happy to have lived in the imperial city for so many years."
Chu Xiurong smiled: "He probably has nothing to be unhappy about. He can still live well after doing such a thing."
The emperor saw with his own eyes that he was plotting to kill him, but he refused to declare his crime to the world. Instead, he replaced it with some vague words in the edict to depose the prince.
Zhou Xuan looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Your Majesty is still reluctant to let go. Although this son wants his life, he still can't bear to let the world laugh at his son."
Chu Xiurong walked into the hall without saying anything.
"Hey, I'm not sowing discord." Zhou Xuan shouted, "This is leaving trouble in the future. If you don't accuse him of patricide, you can overturn today's empty charges at any time and make him the prince again."
Chu Xiurong smiled and said: "Axuan, today my father forces you to marry Jin Yao, don't be angry."
Zhou Xuan suddenly became furious: "The prince wants to kill him. Why did he lose his temper at me? What does he think of me?"
"I treat you as a minister." Chu Xiurong said gently, "Let you marry the princess, silence the King of Xiliang, and take back your military power."
The last sentence is also the most important. Zhou Xuan looked at him with a livid face and sneered.
Chu Xiurong took the handkerchief held by the little eunuch in the hall, wiped his hands, and said softly: "My father was frightened to death by illness this time. It feels so terrible to be able to hear but not move or say anything.
I was frightened half of my life by the prince, and now I don’t trust anyone and I’m on guard against everyone.”
The little eunuch held the scarf to Zhou Xuan, but Zhou Xuan waved it away.
Zhou Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Xiurong: "In this case, His Majesty will not make you the crown prince for a while."
Chu Xiurong sat down and poured tea for himself: "Don't worry, I've been waiting for so many years, and I'm not afraid of waiting anymore."
Zhou Xuan walked a few steps in the room: "There is no rush to crown the crown prince. The most urgent thing now is Danzhu. She is still locked up. We have to find a way to get her out."
Chu Xiurong said: "I have said that it is safest for her to be in the palace now."
"Before, the emperor was ill and you were in control of the palace." Zhou Xuan frowned, "Now that the emperor is awake, you have been kicked out, and His Majesty has a very bad attitude towards Chu Yurong."
As soon as the emperor woke up, he rushed to court. He first deposed the prince and then solved the crisis of Princess Jin Yao, but he did not mention Chu Yurong.
When the prince announced to the outside world that Chu Yurong had plotted to murder the emperor, Chu Yurong escaped. Now soldiers and horses are still searching everywhere, and as an officer and soldier, Zhou Xuan knew that there was another order to kill without mercy.
Now that the emperor knew that the real murderer was the prince, why didn't he clear Chu Yurong's name?
"Because, Chu Yurong's crime has nothing to do with the prince." Chu Xiurong held the tea cup and said, "It is the order of the father."
Since it is the emperor's own will, there is probably nothing to amend.
"This Chu Yurong is really awesome." Zhou Xuan touched his chin and wondered, "How did he offend His Majesty?"
Chu Xiurong didn't care about this: "That's a matter between him and His Majesty. It has nothing to do with us, so don't worry about it."
Zhou Xuan frowned: "Why doesn't it matter? If he doesn't get away with it, Danzhu will be in trouble."
Chu Xiurong smiled: "Don't worry about this. He is him and Miss Danzhu is Miss Danzhu. He will not be involved. What's more, I - you are here."
He originally wanted to say "I'm here," but seeing the sullen young man in front of him, who kept talking about Chen Danzhu, he added "you."
Zhou Xuan's complexion really looked much better.
"I am enough," he said, "Your Highness, just mind your own business."
Chu Xiurong smiled: "You should go and have a rest. At this time, we should see each other less often."
"Anyway, Your Majesty is on guard against me. I can see whoever I want to see." Zhou Xuan said with a snort, raising his eyebrows, "I might as well see everyone one by one." After that, he left.
Chu Xiurong watched him striding away with a smile. Xiaoqu came forward from the side and asked in a low voice: "Follow him?"
Now let alone the emperor being wary of anyone, they must be too.
Chu Xiurong shook his head: "No, no need, it doesn't matter."
These three sentences obviously have the same meaning, but they seem to have different meanings. Xiaoqu understands but is confused. Seeing Chu Xiurong lowering his head to drink tea, he backed away.
Zhou Xuan left the Prince Qi's Mansion, and as expected he rode on horseback and took his entourage to the Mansion of King Yan and Prince Lu respectively.
Zhou Xuan complained to King Yan that the emperor asked him to marry Princess Jin Yao. Now that the prince was deposed as a commoner, King Yan was the eldest brother and treated his brothers more kindly. He patiently appeased him and said that he would take Princess Jin Yao back first.
I’ll talk about it slowly later.
King Lu, on the other hand, cried and cried with Zhou Xuan. The emperor actually knew everything after being comatose for so long, and he was worried that the emperor would blame him for not serving the emperor well - because he was afraid that he would always hide behind him at that time, and later he would not come to the emperor at all.
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"I am not disrespectful or unfilial to my father." King Lu sighed, "I am afraid. Even if my father is unconscious, I am still afraid of him."
Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? When the emperor blames you, just blame it on the deposed prince."
This was true, and King Lu breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Xuan left Prince Lu's Mansion and passed by where the fifth prince was imprisoned. Qing Feng smiled from behind and said, "Young Master, why don't you go in here as well? Tell him the good news that the prince has been deposed?"
Zhou Xuan glanced at the mansion. There were several guards standing at the door chatting and laughing in low voices. When he saw Zhou Xuan and others coming, they looked solemn.
"Master Zhou," they reminded politely, "You can't stay here for too long."
Zhou Xuan turned his head to Qing Feng and said, "Let others tell him this good news." After that, he urged his horse to pass.
Qing Feng followed with a smile, and soon he arrived at the place where the prince was confined. Compared to the fifth prince's mansion, this place was more strict. When he saw Zhou Xuan coming, soldiers from a distance waved their hands to stop him.
Zhou Xuan turned his horse and took Qing Feng and others back to the capital camp. The soldiers gathered to greet them and took the horses' armor. Zhou Xuan strode towards the Chinese army camp while asking: "Is there anything unusual happening around?"
A deputy general came forward and said: "Earlier, a group of people passed by from the southwest."
Zhou Xuan paused and asked, "Who is he?"
The deputy general whispered: "Many of them work under the prince's command."
Qing Feng immediately said: "We can't let them go, these people are all the prince's accomplices."
But Zhou Xuan interrupted him: "What kind of party are we with? They are a bunch of rabble. They will fall down the trees and scatter the hozens. Don't pay attention to them." After saying that, he took off his waist knife and threw it to Qing Feng.
The officials will conduct a thorough investigation to see who is close to the prince."
Qingfeng groaned, always feeling that something was not right, but——
"Go quickly!" Zhou Xuan shouted with a glare, "If you don't find me, your majesty will treat me as an accomplice of the prince."
Qingfeng quickly turned around and left.
The former deputy general lifted the curtain and Zhou Xuan walked into the camp. There was a soldier in the camp who was clearing the table. When he saw Zhou Xuan coming in, he bowed and saluted "Master Marquis" without leaving.
Zhou Xuan sat down, looked at him, and asked, "Where did your old King Qi go?"
The current King of Qi is the third prince Chu Xiurong, and the old King of Qi naturally refers to the one who was deposed as a commoner.
Taking advantage of the emperor's illness, the commoner King Qi escaped from the imprisoned Qi County. Now he is also being hunted, and there is no news.
Zhou Xuan asked a soldier casually, and the soldier smiled relaxedly and poured a bowl of tea over.
"What old King of Qi? Chu Cheng, a common man, just wants to find a deserted mountain and forest to live in peace." He said.
Chu Cheng was the name of the old King of Qi. Zhou Xuan sneered: "Then what's the point of living?"
Xiao Bing smiled bitterly: "It's meaningless for him to live."
Zhou Xuan waved his hand to him: "I know I can't ask you anything. It's true. There's no point in him living."
The soldier saluted and said: "Master Marquis, it is very interesting for us to live with you. We will definitely do what you told us. Here in the capital, we are all staring at the prince's people. They are probably in all directions."
We have summoned a lot of people, should we follow up now and eliminate the roots, or should we wait for them to come again and catch them all?"
Zhou Xuan drank the tea he brought in one gulp: "Of course, I don't care about anything."
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When there was a heated discussion in the capital because the emperor had recovered from his illness and the crown prince had been abandoned, the new envoys from Honglu Temple rushed to Xijing day and night to tell Princess Jinyao the good news that the emperor had woken up.
Princess Jinyao lives in the palace in Xijing, waiting for the envoy from Xiliang to send news to the king of Xiliang.
She no longer had the fear she had before. The fish charm given by Chu Yurong was hanging in front of her. She also knew that her father would not die. Moreover, as soon as she entered Xijing, Doctor Yuan, who stayed behind in the Sixth Prince's Mansion, secretly sent ten people as personal bodyguards.
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"This is the order of His Highness the Sixth Prince," Doctor Yuan said in a low voice.
Doctor Yuan still lives in the Sixth Prince's Mansion, but the entire mansion has been sealed off by the Xijing officials who received the news.
Because Dr. Yuan was not in the capital, he escaped being regarded as an accomplice, but he was placed under strict supervision - of course, the supervision was invisible.
Although she had known that her father would be safe and sound, Princess Jin Yao still shed tears of joy when she heard what the messenger from the capital said personally.
"I knew my father would be fine," she said. Brother Six would never lie to her.
The messenger did not think that the princess's words had any other meaning, and told her more news, such as the prince was deposed, Doctor Hu was not dead, he was hidden in the palace by the King of Qi, and the emperor was cured, and Doctor Hu was assassinated by the prince.
class.
Princess Jin Yao knew more about the inside story than the envoy. For example, Doctor Hu was not a doctor at all, and he listened absentmindedly and had some vague explanations. So, Doctor Hu is Chu Xiurong's person?
Third brother, what is he going to do?
Although my father has recovered, the situation in the imperial city is still unclear.
While the messenger was talking, he saw that Princess Jin Yao was not at all curious or happy, but instead frowned and her eyes were a little sad - he understood that girls care more about themselves.
"Your Highness," he said, paraphrasing the emperor's words, "There is no need for you to marry the Crown Prince of Xiliang. Your Majesty has refused."
Princess Jin Yao smiled, this is the aura of the emperor of Daxia.
The day after the envoy from Honglu Temple arrived, the envoy from Xiliang also came back. He said happily that the crown prince of Xiliang had come in person, bringing with him a mountain of betrothal gifts and asking the princess to allow them to enter the country to marry her.
The envoy from Honglu Temple came out to meet them: "The emperor is awake and has something to say to the King of Xiliang." He asked the envoy from Xiliang to lead the way, "I will go to see the crown prince of Xiliang in person."
The envoy from Xiliang could only obey the order, and Princess Jinyao also wanted to follow: "Since I'm here, why should I meet the people of Xiliang?"
The officials of Honglu Temple persuaded me that "there is still a long way to the border." "The border is desolate." They even whispered that the people of Xiliang were very ugly.
Princess Jin Yao laughed: "If I were afraid, I wouldn't come here."
Everyone had no choice but to agree and prepared more soldiers and horses to escort her. On the third day, Princess Jin Yao's chariot was escorted by officials, soldiers and horses, and led by the Xiliang envoy, and slowly walked out of Xijing.
It was just dawn and there were not many people on the street, but the princess's car was still stopped.
"Princess, princess. It's me, it's me."
Princess Jin Yao lifted the car curtain and saw the passerby who was stopped by the soldiers, waving his hands and shouting in a hoarse voice. He was dusty and had a haggard face. Although he had not seen him a few times, perhaps not for a long time, Princess Jin Yao still recognized him at a glance.
Recognized.
At that time, the scholar stretched out his hand and gestured and said: "I am Zou Zi Yao, which is different from the princess's golden body."
"Zhang Yao." Princess Jin Yao shouted in surprise, "Why are you here?"
