Chapter 1078 Old Courtiers

After a moment's silence, Xia Huanyu sighed slightly and said, "Yes, I did it on purpose. I just knew about Cao Wenxi's matter at that time. She used some means to secretly support Xia Houjing. In order to cut off her thoughts, I did like this. But even so, although Xia Houjing is not my biological son, he has grown up around me. The so-called favor is not all fake. If Xia Houjing behaves well, I won't stop spoiling him, but he is similar to his mother in character. "

"In that case, why didn't father tell us directly? In this way, we couldn't have been suspicious for no reason." Luo Qingyan turned to look at the waves on the lake.

Xia Huanyu smiled and said, "First, it's really hard to tell others about it, and I believe I can solve it with my own efforts. Second, after you entered the palace, the Empress was close to Cao Wenxi. Her suspicion of me was more or less shown in front of Cao Wenxi, which could affect her judgment. Cao Wenxi is a very smart woman. If I tell you the truth, I'm afraid the Empress can't do so well in front of her. "

"Tomorrow..." Luo Qingyan asked.

Xia Huanyu waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry about what will happen tomorrow. You just need to rest assured that I will never hurt you. "

What Luo Qingyan was worried about was not this. After thinking for a while, he sighed slightly, stood up, bowed to Xia Huanyu, turned around and walked out of the pavilion.

"Express my thanks to the Empress." Xia Huanyu's voice came from behind with a little embarrassment.

Luo Qingyan turned to look at Xia Huanyu in confusion, "Express your thanks to Shang'er? Why do you thank her? "

Xia Huanyu lowered his head and smiled, "You can ask her. She is indeed a good wife, but if she really can't get pregnant anymore, I won't agree anyway."

Luo Qingyan frowned and said coldly, "If father insists, I won't agree you either." Then Luo Qingyan turned around and left without looking back.

When she returned to Weiyang Palace, Yun Shang was sitting on the couch in the inner hall, with an embroidery stick in one hand and an embroidery needle in the other. She was looking at the needles shuttling back and forth in Qin Yi's hand, frowning and distressed.

Luo Qingyan couldn't help laughing, "Oh, I didn't see the sun rising from the west just now."

Qin Yi stood up in a hurry and bowed, but Yun Shang just snorted and put the embroidery aside. She curled her lips and said, "I can use silver needle, and it's easy to kill people with this silver needle. But why is it so difficult to embroider?"

Luo Qingyan sat down beside her with a smile. He looked at the needle and thread that were entangled together at her hand and couldn't help laughing. "Why do you suddenly learn embroidery?"

Yun Shang rolled her eyes and sighed, "Nothing. I just want to do it because I haven't embroidered clothes or a sachet for

sip. Then she frowned and said, "Xia Houjing..."

"I have generally known where he is now." Luo Qingyan clenched his fists in his sleeves secretly. "No accident. For the time being, I won't take the initiative to hurt him for the sake of Xia Huanyu. If anything happens, I will definitely get rid of him."

"That's it." Yun Shang murmured, "Since everything is ready, let's wait and see a good show tomorrow."

"Your Majesty." Qian Zhuo's voice came from outside. Yun Shang put down the teacup and said loudly, "come in."

The sound of bead curtains colliding rang out. Yun Shang looked up at Qian Zhuo. With a few flowers in her hands, she bowed to Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang and said, "When I was picking flowers in the Imperial Garden, the secret guards quietly reported that in the past two days, they have seen many old courtiers in the Jin city."

"Those courtiers are getting old. Although most of them had lived in seclusion in the past, it's normal for them to return to the Jin city to live a peaceful life." Yun Shang answered softly, fiddling with the embroidery stick and needle in her hand.

Seeing that Yun Shang didn't take it seriously, Qian Zhuo continued, "It makes sense if there is only one person. However, the secret guards had seen several ones, all of whom were high-ranked resigned courtiers. After Xia Huanyu took the throne, those courtiers all resigned and went back to their hometown. Now several people have come back in a row. I'm afraid it's not just a coincidence. "

Yun Shang's hand, which was playing with the needle and thread, paused for a moment. She looked up at Qian Zhuo and asked, "Several ones?"

Qian Zhuo nodded, stood up and put the flowers in her hand into the vase. Then she took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and said, "The secret guards have found out the names of the people they saw and their original identities. Please have a look, your majesty."