C159 Select a guard

"Tian Er, you did the right thing." When Yan Fei heard Xuanyuan Qingtian's explanation, he felt that Xuanyuan Qingtian did the right thing.

"matriarch is saying …"

"Yes, lean over. matriarch will tell you."

After that, Xuanyuan Qingtian bent over and the Yan Fei moved closer to Xuanyuan Qingtian's ear and whispered something. Xuanyuan Qingtian nodded his head to show that he understood.

"Someone, come." Xuanyuan Mo shouted.

"Your Majesty, this old servant is here."

"Go get Princess Jing." Xuanyuan Mo instructed.

"This old servant greets Princess Jing." The personal general beside the emperor said.

"General director is being too polite, no need to be so polite." Xuanyuan Jing said, "May I know why this eunuch is here today?"

"Oh. It was His Majesty who asked this old servant to invite the princess over. "

"Is that so?" Xuanyuan Jing could not help but have a trace of doubt, "May I ask why this eunuch wants to do this?"

"This old servant isn't clear. We'll find out once we head down to the Princess Palace."

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir. Jing Er will be here soon." After that, Xuanyuan Jing summoned her personal servant to help him dress up.

All the way, Xuanyuan Jing's heart had some doubts. Although royal father usually cared about him, but never today had royal father asked him to go to the imperial study to see him without saying a word.

When they arrived in front of the imperial study, the eunuch said, "Your Highness can go in by yourself. His Majesty wants to talk to the princess about random things, so this old servant won't go in."

Xuanyuan Jing nodded slightly, "Thank you, Eunuch."

Xuanyuan Jing slowly pushed open the door to the imperial study and walked in. She saw that Xuanyuan Mo was reading the imperial study very seriously. Xuanyuan Jing silently looked at his father. Originally, unknowingly, even his father had become an old man with silver hair at the temples. I used to think that royal father was the greatest person in the world, but now, I suddenly realised that even someone like royal father would become old.

Xuanyuan Jing slowly walked forward, "Jing`er greets royal father."

Xuanyuan Mo raised his head, "Jing Er is here, you should sit down and rest for a while. Then he looked down at the memorial he was reviewing. Xuanyuan Jing also silently sat at the side, quietly looking at her royal father's review of the imperial reports.

After finishing his work, Xuanyuan Mo raised his head and realized that the sky was no longer bright. Suddenly, he realised that Xuanyuan Jing was still there, it was just that he had been waiting for a while, and had already fallen asleep while leaning on the table.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at his own daughter. He had always liked his own daughter since he was young, and no matter what she did, she would always sit there quietly by herself. He didn't cry nor make a fuss, he really liked her personality. Only until now did he realize that he had never asked himself what she wanted from his daughter. Sigh, in the imperial family, she was destined to be a sacrifice in the war for the throne, even as a princess she could do nothing about it.

"Jing Er." Xuanyuan Mo shouted.

"Father." Xuanyuan Jing was jolted awake, and only now did she realize that she had fallen asleep in front of his father.

"Jing Er, royal father called you here today because he has something he wants to discuss with you."

"Please speak, royal father."

"What about royal father? He wants to choose a guard of both culture and martial arts for you from a descendant of an aristocratic family? What do you think?"

Xuanyuan Jing was so smart, how could she not understand Xuanyuan Mo's intentions? To be honest, royal father only wanted to choose a Prince Consort for him, even though he couldn't force him to do so with his own death last time because of what happened between Mu Ming and Shangguan Qinger. However, in the heart of the royal father, he did not give up on trying to find a prince consort for himself. This time, it was just a different method. It was better to just say that he had a choice.

"Jing Er doesn't need a personal bodyguard." Xuanyuan Jing said.

"Didn't you want to be able to go out of the palace to play?" Xuanyuan Mo said, "We are also relieved to have chosen a personal bodyguard for you. We will allow you to leave the palace in the future."

"Father's meaning is, Jing Er is allowed to leave the palace." Xuanyuan Jing was shocked that her royal father would actually allow him to leave the palace.

"That's right. If I choose a personal bodyguard for you, royal father would be at ease as well. Otherwise, I would not be able to feel at ease even if you run out of the palace like this every two or three days."

Although Xuanyuan Jing was unwilling to accept such a thing in her heart, she remembered that royal father had promised to allow him to leave the palace, and that royal father had said that he would only choose a guard for him.

"Jing`er, do as you are told, Imperial Father." Xuanyuan Jing said.

"Alright. Father shall take responsibility for this matter for you. " Xuanyuan Mo said with gratitude.

After seeing Xuanyuan Mo, Xuanyuan Jing returned to his own quiet jade pavilion. Xuanyuan Mo obviously knew what was on his mind. Although he did not use Xuanyuan Jing to rope him in, Mu Ming was a chess piece that could be used by him, but this time, when he chose his personal bodyguard for Xuanyuan Jing, he could still secretly cultivate a strength for himself to use.

Obviously, Xuanyuan Mo and the crown prince had their own thoughts.

The crown prince sat on the tatami as he thought that since the sole task of choosing Xuanyuan Jing's personal bodyguards had been given to him by her royal father, she must make good use of this opportunity and not let it slip away from her hands.

Within an extremely private room in the Bamboo Pavilion.

"Young master …"

The door slowly opened, and what entered seemed to be a robust, middle-aged man.

"Your majesty Li, this time the emperor wants to choose a personal bodyguard for Princess Jingjing. You don't understand the intention behind his actions, do you?"

"Young master, this …"

The reason we called you here is to tell you that if you are on my side, then I naturally have a way to help you. This opportunity given by the Emperor is a rare opportunity, but I don't know if Lord Li will make good use of it.

"Don't worry Young Master, I will definitely think it through."

"If that's the case, that's great. Lord Li, please consider carefully."

When Xuanyuan Zhan heard about this, he immediately understood the emperor's intentions. But due to the decree, even if he wanted to help Jing Er with something, it would be in vain.

Actually, in Xuanyuan Zhan's heart, it was the same as always. After all, they had grown up together and Xuanyuan Zhan had always doted on him a lot. However, there were too many things in the Monarch's House that he couldn't decide on his own free will.

Xiao family.

Xiao Mingmo had been studying the Blood Bead since he secretly took it back to the Xiao family. Since he had nothing to do in the past few days, he had been studying it closely, and it seemed that the Blood Bead had some bewitching powers. Even he himself was almost bewitched by it, for this thing must not be left in this world, and it had fallen into the hands of others.

It had been a month since he came back from the capital. He had tried everything he could think of during this month, but there was no way to completely destroy this bead of blood. He had tried everything, whether it was fire, ice, or smashing it.

Moreover, he didn't tell anyone in the Xiao family about him bringing this item back to the Xiao family because he understood in his heart that the Xiao family wasn't as friendly as the rumors said they were. For the past few years, the Xiao family seemed to be in harmony with one another, but in reality, they had already been at loggerheads for a long time. All that is seen now is apparent peace. If they knew that he brought the blood droplets back, it would be hard to not have some bad intentions from those stubborn old things.

It seemed that if he wanted to find a way to destroy the blood drops, he would have to make a trip back to the capital. Perhaps there was a way to destroy the blood drops hidden in the palace. Xiao Mingmo thought, and decided that he would have to visit the Imperial Palace again in a few days.

In these two days, a major event had occurred in the capital, to the point that the matter of helping Xuanyuan Jing select her personal bodyguards had to come to an end. Lord Xing's family, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the family of the Minister of Rites, Lord Zou's family, were all slaughtered overnight. In an instant, this incident shook the entire capital.

was furious about this matter.

Who exactly is it that dares to commit a crime under the hands of the emperor in the capital? Who is it that dares to kill an important official of the imperial court and have his entire family slaughtered? What kind of concept is this? Xuanyuan Mo roared.

"You, We order your Magistrate of the Supreme Court to immediately investigate, we must catch that murderer for us."

"Yes, yes, yes."

All the officials of Magistrate of the Supreme Court who were kneeling down anxiously replied quickly.

Xuanyuan Qingtian looked at the anger of Xuanyuan Mo, who was sitting high up on the Dragon Throne, and thought to himself that this was a good opportunity to prove to royal father that he, him, had a whole new level of respect for him.

"Father, this son requests that you participate in the investigation of this matter. You will definitely cooperate with the masters of the Magistrate of the Supreme Court in the investigation of this case and arrest the culprit as soon as possible to relieve royal father's worries."

"Alright, in that case, the Crown Prince will help to investigate this matter." Xuanyuan Mo thought that his son had finally learned when to do something.

"No matter what you do, you must find the person who annihilated both my and my families. I will never let them off." Xuanyuan Mo said.

"You may leave."

The lords of Magistrate of the Supreme Court, one by one, left the great hall, unavoidably sweating for themselves. The royal family's anger was not something that an ordinary person could bear easily.

This morning, Xuanyuan Zhan stood up and heard of the news, it was because Xuanyuan Zhan did not make a sound at the imperial court, one of the reasons was because the crown prince wanted to show off, which made him extremely happy, and another reason was because if he were to investigate, it would be difficult for the members of the imperial family to say something in his father's ears.

When Xuanyuan Zhan returned to the manor after the morning assembly, he thought about the incident of the two court officials being massacred by the Zou family last night, and could not help but feel suspicious. If it was said that Xing Family and the Zou family were massacred because of enmity, then he clearly remembered that the Xing Family and the Zou family were not on good terms, and from Lei Yu's investigation, he heard that the two people who killed Xing Family and the Zou family were on the same side.

"Lightning."

"Send people to investigate secretly, do Xing Family and the Zou family have enmity with anyone, or perhaps they have offended someone?"

"Yes." Lightning said.

"Remember, this must be investigated in secret. Do not let anyone find out."

"This subordinate understands."

Why did they want to kill the entire Xing Family and the Zou Clan? Xuanyuan Zhan was puzzled, but he did not have any leads, so he wanted to personally go to Xing Family and the Zou family's crime scene to take a look.

Needless to say, Feng Yu already knew that Xuanyuan Zhan wanted to go to the Xing Family to investigate with the Zou family. With such a huge event happening in the capital overnight, as the prince of the Xiao Kingdom, how could Xuanyuan Zhan possibly stay out of this matter?

"You want to go to Xing Family and the Zou family, right? I'll go with you." Feng Yu stopped Xuanyuan Zhan from leaving the room.

Feng Yu thought to herself. Although she might not know how to handle a case, but she might not be able to help in any way. However, in the modern world, she would often watch movies and TV dramas that solved cases. She had never eaten pork before, so she had at least seen a pig run. She might even be able to show off her detective skills. She might even be able to help out a bit.