Xiao Hanyi walked past Heng Yue and carried Xiao Jiayun into the study.

The second prince glared at the servants outside. They have all become successful. They didn’t even report the emperor’s arrival?

He suppressed his displeasure and stepped forward to greet Xiao Hanyi, "Your Highness, your son greets you."

Xiao Hanyi said coldly, "Yeah."

You're not doing your job all day, just asking around, huh?

"Second brother, where did you hear that? Tyrant Daddy actually gave me snake eggs, hahahahaha."

[This is truly unique in the world and very creative]

Why isn't this part mentioned in the book? It's so interesting.

The second prince listened to Xiao Jiayun's thoughts, lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He heard it from the old lady in the residence, an old nanny.

Xiao Hanyi looked at the tender little Xiao Jiayun in his arms and said, "Little kid, why are you interested in these things?"

He looked up and saw Hengyue still kneeling there, "Everyone, get up!"

Heng Yue slowly stood up and quickly sorted out some information in his mind in preparation for Xiao Hanyi's questioning. According to the "actual situation", he should now be by the side of the Prince of Beiliang to protect him.

As expected, Xiao Hanyi asked nonchalantly, "Hengyue, I asked you to protect the Prince of Beiliang to enter the capital. When did you run back?"

When the second prince heard this, he asked, "What?"

Asking my uncle to protect the Prince of Beiliang? When did that happen? No wonder I haven't seen my uncle for a while.

Heng Yue bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I returned to the capital at dusk today and wanted to enter the palace early tomorrow morning. However, I was worried about the Imperial Concubine, so I came to the Second Prince's residence first."

Well, that makes sense. It’s not a big deal now that Xiao Hanyi’s dissatisfaction has dissipated.

"Is there something that brought you back this time?" Xiao Hanyi asked.

Heng Yue said, "Your Majesty, everything is going well with the Prince of Beiliang. I feel that he is not in a hurry to come to the capital. Whenever he arrives at a place, he must stay for a few days. In the past few days, nothing has happened. He just wanders around, eats, drinks and has fun. It seems that he has no big ambitions."

[Oh, no ambition? Second brother, your uncle's eyesight isn't very good. But it's no wonder, the Seventh Prince deceived the other princes of Northern Liang as well.]

[He was just too good at disguising himself. The book says that it was this seventh prince who eventually ascended the throne.]

Xiao Hanyi's eyes were deep and unfathomable. He was now wondering how the letter from the former crown prince ended up in the hands of this prince.

"Why would Beiliang send such a prince?" Xiao Hanyi asked.

"Why else? He arranged it himself. He wants to meet the Tyrant Father and negotiate terms with you."

He wants to be the emperor.

Negotiate terms?

Use the letter from the former crown prince?

Xiao Hanyi thought.

Heng Yue replied, "The spy reported that it was the prince himself who proposed it. He encountered two assassination attempts on the road, one by..." He lowered his voice and did not dare to look at Xiao Hanyi.

It was someone sent by Concubine Heng. She thought that as long as she got rid of the Seventh Prince, the Second Princess would not have to marry far away, but she did not succeed.

[There's nothing to be embarrassed about. They were sent by Concubine Heng.]

Seeing Heng Yue hesitating and his voice growing weaker, Xiao Jiayun simply answered for him.

[However, the person sent by Concubine Heng was too useless. He didn't even get to see the Seventh Prince.]

[He was clearly carrying a portrait. How shameful! He even assassinated the wrong person.]

[Don’t tell me the assassins were sent by us from Nanliang. Stupid! Will they think we from Nanliang are all useless? My tyrant father has no respect for us.]

Xiao Jiayun started complaining.

The Second Prince's fists were clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound. He was obviously very angry that someone dared to say something bad about Concubine Heng, but he had no idea what to do. What could he do?

Xiao Hanyi felt like laughing when he heard her thoughts. Concubine Heng had a bit of a bad temper, but she was also very cute.

During this period, he also reflected a lot. Maybe he really didn't do well enough, but the women in the harem were too cruel to him. He was the emperor, the emperor!

They all dared to carry him on his back...

Every time he thought of this, he got furious. Forget it, don’t think about it now, I will settle the score with them later.

Xiao Hanyi glanced at him and said, "Say it another time."

Heng Yue sorted out his thoughts and said, "The other time was when Beiliang sent someone, but we haven't found out who it was yet."

The Seventh Prince is just an unfavored prince. Who wants to kill him? Unless the people of Northern Liang want to put the blame on Southern Liang. However, Northern Liang cannot withstand a war now, and he can't figure it out.

[You still can’t figure this out, you’re really stupid]

Xiao Jiayun doesn't seem to like Heng Yue very much.

Xiao Hanyi was worried and listened to Xiao Jiayun continue talking, but Xiao Jiayun's voice stopped.

Huh? There's something else going on? The Second Prince became interested and listened carefully.

Heng Yue sorted out his thoughts and continued, "I also heard that the Seventh Prince seems to have a treasure that he wants to present to the Emperor."

Well, Xiao Hanyi nodded. He already knew it. It was the letter from the late crown prince. Once this letter was made public, his ascension to the throne would no longer be a usurpation.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You've worked hard too," Xiao Hanyi said.

Heng Yue felt relieved. He knew Xiao Hanyi's temper. He said this to tell him that he would not pursue the matter of him returning to Beijing without permission.

Just when Heng Yue felt relieved, Xiao Hanyi said something lightly that scared him so much that he broke out in a sweat.

"On the way back to the palace from hunting, I met a strange woman. I heard that she is with you?"

Xiao Hanyi spoke as if he was chatting about daily life, without a trace of displeasure in his expression.

The Second Prince looked at Heng Yue, "......"

Heng Yue was shocked. How did Xiao Hanyi know this? To prevent the news from leaking out, he didn't even tell the Second Prince.

what to do?

Admit it or not?

Hengyue's mind raced.

"Your Majesty, I do know where that woman is."

It seems like he admitted it, but also like he didn't.

[What you said is that my tyrant father asked if the woman was with you. You said you knew where she was.]

Tyrant Daddy, he's changing the subject.

Originally, Xiao Hanyi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Heng Yue say this. He had been looking for it for so long and finally found it. But what Xiao Jiayun said did make sense, and he suddenly felt a little unhappy.

The second prince stepped forward and asked, "Father, it's being rumored that the woman was your concubine back then."

"But, if she was my father's concubine, how could she become like this? I heard that she cursed the Empress. Could it be..."

The Second Prince's words changed the subject, and Heng Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Hanyi glanced at the second prince and fell into deep thought. He didn't know either. He wanted to meet that woman and find out what was going on.

"Lead the way, I want to see her now," Xiao Hanyi ordered.

The Second Prince said, "Your Highness will go with me."

He must go and see such excitement.

"Second brother, I like your lively personality. I want to go too. I want to go too."

Oh my god, the time to witness the truth has come.

[Queen Wang, this time it's really hanging by a thread]