Chapter 736 No Pursuit

At this time, hurried footsteps were heard from the inner courtyard: "Sir, the old man has woken up!"

A servant came running over, panting.

Hu Xin'er paused while holding the tea cup: "You guys go see him, I won't go."

Lord Liu had a complicated look in his eyes before he left. He knew that Hu Xiner was a good child and had deep feelings for her father, but these two things were destined to be impossible to have both.

However, although Hu Xin'er wanted to avoid him, Old Master Liu still asked about the reasons and consequences of his rescue in a few words.

He stared at the bed curtains, his eyes dazed, his demeanor much older than before: "Forget it... Since you don't want to see me, just call those evil beasts from the first room over here."

Lord Liu hesitated for a moment: "Father, they..."

He was worried that his father would be angry and that his father would be deceived by the eldest wife.

But Old Master Liu shouted in a deep voice: "Don't you even listen to what I say?!"

Old Lady Liu and others were making a scene at the door at this time. When they heard that they could go in, they thought that Lord Liu was afraid of them, so they walked in happily.

But when he entered the room and saw the old man lying on the bed, Liu Zhi was so frightened that he fell to his knees and said tremblingly, "Dad...you, why are you awake?"

Weak scolding and the crying and arguing of Liu's mother and daughter were heard in the room.

After a while, the sound stopped, and Liu's mother and daughter came out crying.

Hu Xin'er then walked out of the adjacent compartment and said, "Since the matter has been resolved and they didn't force the old man to go back, we'll go back first. We can hand over the evidence to the mansion later."

After Liu Yanchuo escorted them out the door, he whispered, "The old master doesn't intend to pursue the eldest wife, and asked me to thank you."

Hu Xin'er was stunned, but did not stay for long. Instead, she lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.

"He was nearly killed, yet he doesn't intend to pursue the matter. This Old Master Liu really values ​​his reputation." Mu Qing clearly disapproved of this.

The carriage was swaying slightly as it drove on the bluestone road.

Hu Xin'er thought of Old Master Liu's various expressions, and her eyes flickered slightly: "Yes, he has always been like this."

Lord Liu was a filial son, so he must have followed his father's wishes and ignored the matter.

Then it would be inconvenient for them to intervene.

"By the way, about Yin Li whipping the corpse..." Hu Xiner said using the art of voice transmission.

Mu Qing's expression seemed calm and composed. "A few days ago, while you were busy with the Liu family's affairs, I helped him finish it."

He didn't want his wife to see such a horrific scene.

Hu Xin'er nodded understandingly and leaned her head on Mu Qing's shoulder a little tiredly.

After this matter is over, I can live a peaceful life again.

Speaking of which, there are endless banquets in the capital nowadays. Ever since Hu Xiner became a legitimate princess, invitations have been flying in like snowflakes.

Many people even sent male favorites to her house with ill intentions, hoping to use her relationship to get close to Nangong Yue.

She naturally refused them all.

As the New Year was drawing to a close, the army led by Zhao Yunxuan had not yet reported any news of a great victory, but the princes from all over the country could not contain their excitement.

Before the three-month deadline, some people had already come to the capital without permission.

"We've clearly sent people to suppress the bandits, so why is the prince's influence growing stronger and stronger?!" Nangong Yue has become more calm and composed in government affairs recently, but after seeing the new memorial submitted, she couldn't help but get angry.

"What's wrong?" Hu Xiner happened to come to the palace to show her the new comics and saw her like this.

Nangong Yue angrily snatched the comic from her hand and complained, "Is Zhao Yunxuan any good? The world is in chaos right now!"

Hu Xin'er had been helping her review memorials these past few days. Upon hearing this, she took the newly presented memorial and examined it carefully. Without even glancing at it, she burst out laughing, "Master Zhao is truly a man of talent. He's only been away for a short time, but he's already stirred up the internal strife among the seven princes."

Most of the memorials on the case were submitted by the Seven Princes' followers, including various accusations and evidence exposing the crimes of other princes.

The one with the most stains was the King of Qi, who was greedy for money and lustful, and owed the eldest princess three thousand gold.

In order to drag others into the water, he directly reported the remaining six princes, such as the fact that Prince Lu and Nangong Yue had competed for a male favorite, and that a general under Prince Yan had massacred civilians...

Among them are minor matters of jealousy as well as major events that truly hurt the moral integrity and harmed the people.

Nangong Yue replied one by one, then complained: "My brothers all want to use me to eliminate dissidents. In their hearts, I really don't pose any threat to the throne."

"Isn't that good?" Hu Xin'er laughed. "They've all been badly beaten, so we can take advantage of their weakness. Look, after the princes from all over the country learned of the deposed crown prince's rebellion, they all suggested that you send troops to suppress the bandits. The Seventh Prince even raised the banner of defending the throne, preparing to capture the capital first and then attack the deposed crown prince."

"Hmph, you're overestimating yourself." Nangong Yue snorted coldly, "So now I only have six younger brothers. The Seventh Prince has been captured by the others in one fell swoop, and even his head was personally transported back to the capital."

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot down, this principle has been around since ancient times.

Moreover, the term "loyal to the king" generally only applies when the emperor has treacherous ministers around him.

Now that the previous emperor was dead and Nangong Yue didn't seem to pose any threat to them, what kind of king was Qin? He was clearly trying to kill his relatives and usurp the throne.

The three-month deadline proposed by Nangong Yue previously gave all the princes hope. Although she also said that she would participate in this competition, those princes did not take her seriously at all.

In the competition, no one dares to bear the crime of killing one's own family, so even if brothers kill each other, they have to be careful and use the name of justice.

Everyone was busy scheming and calculating every day, and no one had the time to care about Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue suddenly remembered that her brother had died. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but she didn't want to be seen to be emotionally disturbed, so she handed the memorial to Hu Xin'er: "Zhao Yunxuan is indeed alienating the Seventh Prince, but the Crown Prince's power is growing. What should we do now?"

This was Zhao Yunxuan's memorial, in which he said that he really couldn't find the prince's hiding place, and that the prince had martial arts masters under his command. This team of martial arts masters could not resist the prince, so he had to borrow troops from several princes to search and guarantee that they would not collude with the prince.

"This..." Hu Xiner fell into silence after reading the contents of the letter.

The prince is extremely intelligent, and now he has recruited martial arts masters from nowhere, and the situation is becoming more and more difficult.

"I should have thought of it earlier." Nangong Yue smiled bitterly, "How can we suppress him just by sending out an army at random?"

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the hall.

"The situation in the imperial court has now completely stabilized. The six kings have been severely weakened by their fighting. Even if they unite, they are no match for me."