mtlumby2d Chapter 244 On the contrary
Chapter 244 On the contrary
After leaving the imperial study, Xie Guimo walked towards the exit of the palace. Halfway there, the eldest prince came towards him.
The eldest prince held a folding fan in his hand and looked at Xie Guimo's face. "The palace maids said you were beaten, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it to be true."
Xie Guimo glanced at him and said, "Why are you so happy when I get beaten?"
"I don't know, I just can't help it," said the eldest prince.
"..."
If this wasn't happening in the palace, Xie Guimo would have wanted to punch the eldest prince. How could anyone be so gloating?
The eldest prince laughed and said, "You are newlyweds, why did the emperor ask you to come to the palace?"
Xie Guimo said, "The Emperor already knows about our secret alliance."
The smile on the eldest prince's face froze, "How could father know?!"
He still had the nerve to ask. How could he imagine that the emperor had spies? How could the emperor not know when he was ostentatiously invited to dinner in a restaurant?
The eldest prince asked, "Did father say anything?"
Xie Guimo said, "I didn't say anything, just remember to buy me a drink."
After saying this, Xie Guimo walked away under the confused and puzzled gaze of the eldest prince.
He ran into the eldest prince in the palace, and after leaving the palace, he ran into the King of Qi again. The King of Qi stopped in front of him on horseback and said, "I almost didn't recognize you. How did you get beaten like this?"
Xie Guimo remained silent. Chen Qi briefly explained the reason for the beating. King Qi asked, "Are you coming out of the palace?"
Another one asked what the emperor wanted him to do.
Xie Guimo clearly did not hold any official position, but he was often summoned to the palace by the emperor. No one knew what the emperor wanted him to do. The King of Qi had tried to ask him many times, but he had not been able to get a single word out of Xie Guimo.
But Xie Guimo is the prince of Jingyang. Now he has married Shen Tang and become the son-in-law of Pingyuan Hou and the brother-in-law of the prince of Ning. The King of Qi is even more concerned about his every move.
Xie Guimo stroked the horse's fur and said, "It's nothing serious. I don't know who told the emperor about the eldest prince inviting me to dinner, and the emperor asked me if I supported the eldest prince."
King Qi: "..."
This is absolutely true.
Don't ask him why he knows.
Prince Qi said, "I just had a meal with the eldest prince. Why would your father think so? You and I are cousins. If you have any doubts, you should be supporting me."
"I'll treat you one day. It's been a while since you and I drank together, brother."
Xie Guimo said, "Didn't we just drink at the wedding banquet? Wait until the eldest prince treats me, then you can treat me."
The King of Qi's face froze.
The eldest prince invited him to dinner, and his father even called him into the palace to question him about this matter. Yet he dared to have dinner with the eldest prince in private. He was so disobedient. Wasn't he afraid of the emperor's anger?
Xie Guimo said, "I still have to go back to apply medicine, so I'll take my leave now."
Xie Guimo kicked the horse's belly and rode away.
After watching Xie Guimo walk away, the guard behind King Qi asked, "What does Prince Jingyang mean by that? Is he telling His Majesty that he has joined forces with the First Prince?"
The King of Qi said, "I have never seen through him."
But even if he couldn't see through it, he knew that Xie Guimo had guessed that it was him who had someone tell the emperor about the eldest prince inviting him to dinner, so he simply told him directly that the eldest prince would invite him to dinner again, and he would go back, not afraid of letting him and the emperor know.
Even though I used to be a little hesitant, now it’s all open and aboveboard.
He knew that Xie Guimo was the type of person who would do whatever he was told not to do, but since it was a fight for the crown prince position, he didn't believe that Xie Guimo was acting on impulse, and that there might be the emperor's tacit approval behind this.
Thinking of the forces behind Xie Guimo, if he really chose to support the eldest prince, he would be even further away from the position of crown prince.
A cold light flashed in King Qi's eyes.
The guard said, "Your Highness should go to the Marquis of Changping's Mansion first, so as not to keep you waiting for too long."
The King of Qi rode his horse to the Marquis of Changping's residence and went straight to the Marquis of Changping's study.
Just as I entered the house, a snow-white dove landed on the window sill.
Marquis Changping went to meet the King of Qi. A man nearby caught the pigeon, took the letter off the pigeon's ankle, and presented it to Marquis Changping for his inspection.
Marquis Changping took the letter and unfolded it.
When he saw the contents of the letter, his expression froze.
When the King of Qi saw this, he asked, "What happened?"
The Marquis of Changping said, "Someone has gone to Qianzhou to investigate the case of Envoy Lu colluding with bandits to rob official ships."
Over the past year, those sent to Qianzhou either never returned or were bribed by them. This case should have been over long ago, so why is it that someone is still investigating it? Envoy Lu Xuanfu was exiled to the border. When he knew that someone was investigating this matter, he specially ordered people to take care of it. He might have died long ago.
Looking at the letter in his hand, Marquis Changping felt a little uneasy.
Who on earth is holding on to this case?
……
Xie Guimo entered the palace with bruises on his face and returned home with bruises on his face.
The emperor came just in time. Before Shen Tang could apply medicine to Xie Guimo, he entered the palace.
When he returned to Chenxiangxuan, he saw medicine on the table. When he came back, Shen Tang pulled him to sit down and said with a look of a young wife, "I'll apply the medicine for you."
Xie Guimo said, "You brothers and sisters are really cruel."
Shen Tang said, "I can't bear to leave my child, no, I can't bear to leave my husband, so I can't catch the wolf..."
"If my elder brother fails to protect Princess Roujia, I will let you beat him up too."
She is both my daughter-in-law and my sister.
Shen Tang asked, "Are you injured?"
Xie Guimo asked, "You were slapped in the face by your elder brother, so how come you have injuries on your body?"
People say you shouldn't hit people in the face, but in his case, only his face was hit.
The wounds on the face are clearly visible. Although they look serious, they are only superficial injuries and will be fine after a few days of rest.
Shen Tang carefully applied the medicine and asked, "Why did the emperor ask you to come to the palace?"
Shen Tang knew that Xie Guimo was helping the emperor, but even if he worked diligently and the emperor was able to use him well, Xie Guimo had just gotten married after all. Shen Tang wanted to know if there was anything that Xie Guimo had to do.
Xie Guimo didn't even hide it from the King of Qi, let alone Shen Tang. When Shen Tang heard that it was because Xie Guimo was close to the eldest prince, his heart skipped a beat. "Is the emperor not allowing you to support the eldest prince?"
"Quite the opposite."
Shen Tang's eyes widened, "The Emperor asked you to support the eldest prince?"
Xie Guimo said, "The emperor asked me to investigate the Marquis of Changping. It's obvious that he doesn't want me to support the Prince of Qi. I admitted that I secretly supported the eldest prince, and the emperor didn't say anything. It was considered tacit approval."
Shen Tang knew that it was the emperor who asked Xie Guimo to investigate the Marquis of Changping, but she didn't think that the emperor had no intention of letting the Prince of Qi succeed to the throne. She thought that the emperor was afraid of the power of the foreign relatives and let the second prince inherit the title, but he had to prevent the Marquis of Changping from becoming omnipotent after the second prince ascended the throne.
Shen Tang looked at Xie Guimo and said, "The Emperor dotes on Concubine Ye so much. How can you be sure that the Emperor has never considered making Prince Qi the Crown Prince?"
Xie Guimo pinched Shen Tang's nose and said, "If I don't understand the Emperor, how can I not understand my own father?"
"The Emperor dotes on Concubine Ye so much, and Concubine Ye and my mother are cousins. My father didn't even participate in the selection of the crown prince, preferring to let my mother be caught in the middle and suffer. This shows how much he loves her."