C215 The Life of Xiao Jingyue

"I heard from the guard that Le Le Le had been clamoring to see you last night, but since you were in the palace, the guards had no way of communicating with you. Not long after the guard left, the child smashed the cup and swallowed the fragments in one gulp. "When the guards rushed back, it was already …"

Chen Linye did not continue after he said this.

He had originally been relying on precious herbs to kill himself, and any slight accident could have easily taken his life.

Godly Doctor Gu's face revealed shame, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have sneaked out to drink."

"I don't blame you." Qu Ling paused, and his tone lowered, "In the end, none of us asked about it from the very beginning... Does he want to live? "

Most people had the thought of living a light life while dragging their sick bodies. It was just that some people were ruthless and some people just couldn't do it.

Chen Linye sighed, and said in a heavy tone: "I have already arranged for people to bury his mother's corpse after she died, it's a pity that she was thrown into the unmarked cemetery, and could not be found back, if not I would have buried them together."

Prayer country custom, the minor child died is not able to conduct funeral.

Moreover, he was not related to happiness or General Mansion in any way, and it was already benevolent of him to be buried in such a dignified manner.

In the afternoon, Qu Ci, who hadn't stepped out of his room for many days, finally came out after hearing the news of himself dying from happiness.

Qu Ci turned and looked back into the courtyard, laughing at himself: "Sometimes, adults are not even as brave as children."

Qu Ling's eyebrows twitched, "Grandma!"

Qu Ci raised his eyelids, "I'm not deaf yet, why are you shouting so loudly."

Seeing her granddaughter staring at her without uttering a word, Qu Ci added: "Rest assured, I, this old lady, am very considerate and would not easily seek death. After all, we have endured so many years. It would be too late to say that it would be too late if we were to say that the pain is so excruciating that it makes one wish that they were dead. "

After Qu Ling heard this, his complexion looked better.

And morning assembly.

After what happened last night, the various officials all had different thoughts. Today's morning assembly was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be clearly heard.

After waiting for a while and seeing no one speaking, the emperor cast a glance at Eunuch Xi impatiently.

Eunuch Xi understood and raised his high-pitched voice. "If there's anything, start, and if there's nothing else, leave the court."

After waiting for a while, there was still no second voice within the Hall of Golden Chimes. The Emperor stood up and left with a cold expression.

Eunuch Xi shouted, "Withdraw!"

After an entire night, almost everyone was able to recollect the events of last night.

It was unknown if it was on purpose or not, but all of the court officials avoided Xiao Jingyue, distancing themselves from him.

Even the crown prince and Li Yun did not walk together with Xiao Jingyue.

In the end, only Prime Minister Jiang stood shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Jingyue.

The two of them walked out of the palace without saying a word. Standing at the entrance, Prime Minister Jiang suddenly said: "Why not come to my residence?"

Xiao Jingyue gently nodded and followed behind Prime Minister Mansion's carriage.

Under the gazes of the other court officials, he left together with Prime Minister Mansion's carriage.

On the other side, the Eighth Prince was heading straight for the Yutang Palace.

Yi Feifei hurried over and asked, "What did your father say to the imperial court today?"

Last night, when the assassin revealed Xiao Jingyue's background, the emperor did not say anything.

What she feared the most was the emperor admitting Xiao Jingyue as his son at the morning assembly.

A son that had been hidden for so many years, once he acknowledged his ancestors, would it even be their turn to become the emperor?

The smile on the Eighth Prince was bitter as he said in a low voice, "If you think about it carefully, those assassins last night were most likely my royal father's people. In order to reveal Xiao Jingyue's background, royal father could even use the Empress, whom he has always respected. It can be imagined just how important Xiao Jingyue is in his heart. "

"My son." Yi Fei looked worried.

Eighth Prince raised his head slightly and gave a self-deprecating sigh, "Many brothers, I thought I only needed to compete with brother Crown Prince, but never did I think that I would never have the chance to. there has never been a place left in royal father's heart. "

After saying that, Eighth Prince's face suddenly darkened, a trace of coldness flashed across his eyes, "Earlier, Prime Minister Jiang was helping me on the surface, while General Xiao was helping the crown prince. Now, it seems like the heart of this place is still at rest, it's very difficult to not let others think too much about it."

Yi Feifei didn't want her son to become depressed, so she tried to comfort him, "Don't think too much into it. Compared to you, the Crown Prince is more anxious."

Eighth Prince said absentmindedly: "That's right, brother Crown Prince should be more anxious than us."

Just as Yi Concubine and Eighth Prince had said, the crown prince's current state was not much better than the Eighth Prince's, and was even more worried and terrified than his.

He was already too nervous to sit on the throne, if Xiao Jingyue truly did return to his clan, then with the support of the emperor and the empress and Prime Minister Jiang, as well as the support of the Southern Guarding Prince Palace outside the imperial court, he would definitely win.

Li Yun said in a low voice: "Now, we can only stop Xiao Jingyue from entering the Jade Announcement this way."

For a prince who had been a common citizen for many years to recognize his ancestors was not something that the emperor could decide alone.

There were so many old officials in the imperial court, if they did not agree, even the emperor would not be able to make Xiao Jingyue accept their invitation.

The only thing they could do now was to fan the old officials and tell them to stop the Emperor from recognizing Xiao Jingyue.

Li Chenxuan said from the side, "Perhaps we can invite the empress dowager back to the palace."

Li Yun shook his head instead. "How did you think the empress dowager went to the Liushui Villa?"

Back then, the entire imperial court only knew that the emperor and the empress dowager had centrifuged before sending the empress dowager to Li Shui Manor.

From the looks of it, it seemed that it was related to the Southern Guarding Prince Concubine.

How could the emperor allow the empress dowager to return to court so easily?

The crown prince looked at the green sprout sticking out of the palace wall and said faintly, "Three months from now will be the empress dowager's sixtieth birthday."

Li Yun shook his head, "I can't wait."

This game of chess was done too quickly. It took them more than ten years to realize that overthrowing the game now was easier said than done.

Pausing, Li Yun suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up: "Rather than..."

The three of them whispered to each other. When the Crown Prince heard that, he was stunned for a while and then subconsciously said, "No."

However, Li Yun kneeled down and said: "Crown Prince, everything is important!"

The crown prince's face was pale and he did not speak.

Li Chenxuan looked at the crown prince and gently shook his head.

If he wanted to achieve great things, he would definitely give up on his children's relationship.

and Prime Minister Jiang sat on opposite ends of the Go Board.

However, he did not play chess. He stared at the black and white piece on the board for a long time with different thoughts in his mind.

Tauber brought up the tea, wanting to say something.

Prime Minister Jiang casually waved his hand, "Go down."

Hearing this, Tao Bo had no choice but to give up and silently push it down.

As the sound of Tauber's footsteps faded away, the courtyard quieted down once more.

Prime Minister Jiang looked back at the spring day in the courtyard, his expression becoming absent-minded.

After a long while, she said hoarsely, "I thought that the emperor had always treated our Jiang family quite well. I never thought that it was just wishful thinking on my part."

Thinking about his daughter who was still in the palace, Prime Minister Jiang felt his heart ache.

"Grandfather knew about this a long time ago." Xiao Jingyue said indifferently.

Prime Minister Jiang sighed as he admitted it, "Yes, I know. The Empress knows too."

"The empress said 'no three' to me."

"Tell me about it."

"Firstly, do not ask about the parasite, secondly, do not ask about your background, and thirdly, do not ask about the cause of death of Ah Ling's mother."

"The empress is right."

Xiao Jingyue looked up at Prime Minister Jiang, who looked back at him without dodging.

Their gazes met. One of them could see the questioning in the other's eyes, while the other could see the seriousness in the other's eyes.

After a while, Xiao Jingyue retracted his gaze and muttered: "But I have a question."

Prime Minister Jiang nodded lightly: "Go ahead."

Xiao Jingyue looked up, and asked word by word: "Is Ah Ling's mother's death related to me?"