When Xiu Min left the camp in Prince Chu, his back was covered in sweat after a cold day. He never thought he would be able to see the Prince Chu again, nor did he expect that the Prince Chu he saw would no longer match up to the Prince Chu in his memory, nor could he tell that something was wrong. He still looked the same, but the coldness in his bones made him think of a bloodthirsty wolf, and it was still a hungry wolf that hadn't eaten for a long time, being able to chase after you 18 mountains.
As they were speaking, Prince Chu had already sent everyone out of the house, leaving only the two of them behind. That kind of feeling, when thinking about it, was a little regretful, that Xiu Min was able to achieve the Grand Scholar, it was not that he had never seen huge waves before, but he felt that every time was not as dangerous as before. It was as if Prince Chu was the wolf chasing after them, even though his face was expressionless, but he could bite you at any time, so when he spoke, he was extremely careful, afraid that if he said nothing, he would die miserably.
He was a civil servant, and knew how to speak to make himself safer. He had written a rough draft on the way here, but in front of the Prince Chu, it was as if he could not connect his words together at all.
Prince Chu sat in his chair, glanced at the secret letter, lit a fire piston and burned it. After that, he said nothing.
Xiu Min had originally intended to mention Xiu Yuanshuang if he had the chance to, but in that suffocating silence, other than sweat, he couldn't think of anything else. Even if he did, he probably wouldn't dare to.
He thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't wrap his head around it. Why did the Prince Chu want to sit with him for so long? But he swore, there would never be another time. It was too scary.
When he entered the city, he calmed his anxious heart, adjusted his Robe, straightened his hat, and put on the appearance of a respectable Grand Scholar.
Just as he entered the palace, he saw a young eunuch waiting at the side of the street with a palanquin. When the eunuch saw him, he hurriedly went forward to beat him up, "Master Xiu, the emperor is waiting for you. Hurry and get on the palanquin."
He knew that the Emperor was anxious from waiting, so he did not say anything more and entered the palanquin. The palanquin swayed, and soon enough, it reached the Chengde Hall.
When Gao Shenghai saw the palanquin coming over, he personally went forward to curtain it. "Master Xiu has worked hard, quickly go in, the emperor is waiting."
Xiu Min strode into the palace. The emperor who was initially lying lazily on the Soft Couch, upon seeing him, immediately sat up, "How is it, what did Prince Chu say?"
Prime Minister Bai also anxiously stared at him.
Xiu Min walked forward courteously, and was in a difficult situation. Prince Chu had kept him here for a long time, but he kept his mouth shut, unable to open it.
He hesitated. "Your Majesty, Prince Chu read the secret letter you gave him and said that he knows."
The emperor's face was filled with anticipation as he listened to the rest. "What else?"
"There's nothing else."
"Gone?" The Emperor didn't believe him. "You've been gone for so long, and he only said those four words?"
"Yes, this old subject has already brought all of the emperor's words," Xiu Min said. "Prince Chu looked very calm, so I only said those four words."
"Did he seriously read the secret letter that This Emperor gave him?"
"I'm looking at it very seriously. I'll put it this way word for word."
"And then?"
"After reading the secret letter, Prince Chu lit a fire piston and burned it."
"Burned it?"
"Yes, burnt to ashes."
The emperor sighed, looking a little confused. He leaned back on his soft pillow and thought for a while, then asked Bai Rubing: "Prime Minister, what do you think the Prince Chu meant by knowing that?"
Prime Minister Bai thought for a moment, "This old one understands that Prince Chu believed that secret letter."
"What will he do next?"
"He will definitely suspect the crown prince."
"Will they still attack the city?"
Prime Minister Bai: "This … This old official thinks that at least for the time being, he will take some time to clarify things. "
The emperor seemed to heave a sigh of relief. "That's good. When we have time, we can think of a way …" Say, if Prince Chu is suspicious of the crown prince, will he come back to our side? " After pausing for a moment, he spoke as if he was talking to himself, "If he were to fall out with the crown prince and I didn't want to be the emperor, then I would be the one to interfere in this world. This time, as long as he is willing to come back, I won't pursue the past matters any longer. The crown prince is too hateful! "
The Prince Chu and the Emperor were extremely close. If it wasn't for the matter with the Princess Chu, he wouldn't have been able to go north. It was all because of the crown prince.
Seeing them asking questions and answering them, Xiu Min sighed in his heart. If the Emperor and the Prime Minister Bai had met the current Prince Chu, they probably wouldn't think like this.
Coming out of the palace, he originally wanted to return home, but after walking for a while, he called for the sedan bearer to stop, lifted the curtain and looked over at the other side of Jin Sheng Street. His eldest daughter was still living in the Prince Chu Palace, which was tightly shut.
After knocking for a long time, a servant finally opened the door a little, rubbing his eyes. Seeing that it was him, he immediately smiled, "So it's Master Xiu, please come in."
Xiu Min stepped in and scolded him in a low voice, "Where are you dozing off off to, you don't even know what will happen if the thieves come and take the door away."
The guard then closed the door and smiled apologetically, "Where did the thieves come from? Besides, I didn't take a nap and just walked away for a short while. I'm usually very cautious and cautious."
Xiu Min couldn't be bothered to try to play with him, and asked: "How is your Lateral Princess doing recently?"
"Princess Hua-Yang is pretty good. He eats well, sleeps peacefully and is in good spirits."
Xiu Min did not say anything. Although Xiu Yuan Shuang was his daughter, he admired some things when he thought of it. If Lord Chu left her behind, she would live on her own dowry. His life was not bad, growing flowers to brew wine, reading books to make a red girl, very calm, very fulfilling, it was not like how he imagined a grudging wife would be. When the winter flowers dried up, she would copy the scriptures of Wenli Buddha, and these few times he came to see her, he vaguely felt that she had a sense of being born. "If these things were to be placed on an ordinary person, no one would be able to live like her.
At first, he had his own selfish thoughts, the same as Bai Rubing, who wanted to send his daughter to the palace. He had only pointed at the empress, and would not live long, and would have the chance to make a comeback, but unfortunately, when Bai Rubing's daughter went in, his daughter was pointed at by the emperor to the Prince Chu, wasting his life's effort. Honestly speaking, like the Imperial Consort Bai, he truly did not like her. Unfortunately, her fate was not good. She thought that entering the Prince Chu Palace would make her a concubine, but in the end she didn't, and the Prince Chu still chased after the Princess Chu, leaving her behind.
The Prince Chu was currently at the outskirts of the Linan City, so she must have heard of the news as well. He wasn't as optimistic as the Emperor, as there were some things that needed to be done earlier.