Chapter 265 Rules and Regulations

"It's strange. The imperial physician originally said that you were hopeless, but after acupuncture, you suddenly got better. I don't know what happened. Maybe it's because you are a prince and your fate is tied to you. Maybe the Buddha will bless you."

Xiao Yuan lowered his eyes and stared into the woman's serious eyes, listening to her extremely perfunctory words.

"Really? I know the morals of those imperial doctors best. If they had that ability, would they have dragged it on until now?"

Shen Anan shook her head, "Then I don't know, after all, I know nothing about medicine."

Xiao Yuan knew that continuing to ask would lead to no results, as An An would not tell him. But the more she asked, the more worried and uneasy he became.

"An An, if there is anything, you must tell me, and we can find a solution together, understand?"

"Yeah." She lowered her eyes and replied calmly, "By the way, you haven't eaten properly in the past few days. You must be starving. I'll go to the kitchen to get you something to eat. You lie down for a while."

"Let the maid go." Xiao Yuan was reluctant to let her leave.

"Be obedient, I'll be back soon."

She got up from the bed and walked out very quickly. Xiao Yuan looked at her back with dark eyes and thin lips tightly pursed.

Mo Xiang, "Prince's Consort."

"Go to the kitchen and make something to eat." Shen Anan smiled, but she couldn't suppress her fatigue.

"Princess, please take a rest. I can go alone."

She shook her head and looked back at the window of the main house. "Let's go together."

She didn't want to stay, fearing that he would continue to delve into the issue.

Xiao Yuan waited for a long time, but Shen Anan didn't come back. He was worried, so he got up, picked up his outer robe, put it on and went out to look for her.

As soon as he finished changing his clothes, the door was pushed open. Shen Anan saw his neatly dressed appearance and was stunned for a moment, "Are you going out?"

"I'll go find you."

She frowned, "What are you looking for me for?"

"You said you were going to the kitchen to prepare food for me. I saw that you were taking a long time to come back, so I thought of going to take a look."

Shen Anan's eyes were empty and blank for a moment.

"An An, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Anan suddenly came back to her senses, looked down at her empty hands, and hid the doubt in her eyes very well, "Oh, nothing, I asked Mo Xiang to wait there, and I came back first, and I was worried that you would be worried."

Xiao Yuan smiled, walked forward and hugged her in his arms, "An An, I don't want to leave you for a moment."

"Yeah." Shen Anan responded, but for some reason she always felt empty in her heart.

After the meal, Shen Anan quickly fell asleep in Xiao Yuan's company. Perhaps she was exhausted from the hard work of several days.

In the study, Xiao Yuan sat upright behind the desk, his brows slightly knitted, his face full of thought.

"Master." Qingfeng pushed the door open and walked in. "You are looking for your subordinate."

Xiao Yuan finally came back to his senses and ordered calmly, "Tell me everything that happened in the past few days, no matter how big or small."

"yes."

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"You said that the prince's wife took you to Xiangjue Temple the day before yesterday?"

"yes."

"What did you do?" Xiao Yuan keenly noticed something unusual and asked anxiously.

Qingfeng frowned, "The princess went to look for Master Wenyin, but Master Wenyin was out traveling that night and was not at home. The princess also captured the monks from Xiangjue Temple and threatened them, so Master Wenyin agreed to come back to see her."

"Then the two of them stayed in the meditation room for about an hour before coming out."

Xiao Yuan's hands on the edge of the table tightened slightly, "What did you say?"

"I don't know about this. The princess doesn't allow us to get close. The content of the conversation is known to Master Wenyin, besides the princess."

Xiao Yuan was silent for a long time before waving his hand and asking Qingfeng to leave.

He suspected that his sudden improvement was related to An An. After all, she remembered everything about her previous life, so she would naturally believe the fallacies of these ghosts and gods and find out the crux of the problem.

But he also knew that she would not tell him. He had tried to probe her in every way possible, but she had always been perfunctory. However, the imperial physician felt her pulse and said that she was fine. So what was wrong?

On the other hand, he also felt that Wen Yin should not be able to do such a mysterious thing.

He sat back in his chair, staring with his dark eyes at the beams of light coming through the window, and pondered for a long time.

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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.

"Are you sure he is fine?" the emperor asked while reviewing memorials.

"When the Fourth Prince scolded me, he was full of energy. It should be fine now." The chief eunuch bent over and massaged the emperor's shoulders, saying with a smile.

"Humph." The emperor sneered, threw the reviewed memorial aside, and picked up the next one. "Looking at the court, only that bastard yelled at you, beat you or scolded you."

The chief eunuch smiled awkwardly.

That master has never been kind to the emperor, not to mention that he is a eunuch, so he naturally cannot be treated with common sense.

When the second prince was still alive, he was treated with great courtesy and given gold and silver.

"Well, since the person is fine, let's release the one in the library. Let him use this opportunity to think. If he fails again, he doesn't have to stay with Tian'er."

"yes."

The library is located in the southeast of Fengtian Hall. It is a high-rise building with flying eaves and brackets. Even in the daytime, it is still brightly lit, and the red candles make the whole building even more magnificent.

The heavy door was pushed open with a deep sound. The eunuch glanced around the building and spoke in a shrill voice, "Lord Shen."

After calling out several times without any response, he lowered his eyes and looked at the little palace maid beside him.

The little maid was so frightened that she trembled and knelt down with a plop. "My Lord, Master Shen, he was arranging books in the building this morning."

"Why are you still kneeling there?" The eunuch's voice sank, "Why don't you go find him quickly?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

All the palace maids and eunuchs in the library began to shuttle around the building, from the first floor to the third floor, searching carefully, and finally found Shen Yunbai in the cabinet on the third floor where the military books were placed.

He was brought here injured that day, but not even a royal doctor was hired. He had to keep treating his injury. It was a kind-hearted eunuch who found him a set of clean clothes to change into to cover the wound on his back.

He curled up in a corner, his face pale with cold sweat and an abnormal redness, but his eyes were still clear.

The chief eunuch glanced at the military book in his hand and narrowed his eyes, "Lord Shen is really a man of great learning and antiquity."

"Eunuch Miao Zan," Shen Yunbai smiled faintly, put the book back on the bookshelf, and stood up with the help of the wall.

The head eunuch frowned, but did not embarrass him anymore. He waved his hand and asked the eunuch beside him to help the man down.

He also sent someone to invite the imperial physician to treat his injuries in the side hall. "The emperor has instructed that now is a good time. I hope Lord Shen will seize the opportunity and not let him down again."

"Yes." Shen Yunbai's tone was calm without any fluctuation.

The imperial physician took off his robe and gasped, knowing that an injury of this severity had been delayed until today, it must be the emperor's intention, so he just applied medicine and bandaged the wound silently, not daring to say another word.

The chief eunuch took one look and immediately looked away.

But who could blame him for being the one who had the child with someone else? In the emperor's eyes, he was a thorn in his side, and it was a great favor from the emperor that he didn't get rid of him.

Shin Yunbai was almost dragged out of the library by the eunuchs. At the end of the long palace corridor, a young man was waiting there anxiously. When he saw Shin Yunbai, he immediately ran over.

The chief eunuch leaned over and whispered in Shen Yunbai's ear, "Sir Shen, you should know what to say and what not to say in front of the Fifth Prince."

Shen Yunbai's eyes moved. Chen Tian had already run up to him. Seeing his disheveled and haggard appearance, he hurriedly pushed the eunuch away and supported him, his eyes red.

"Brother, did he have someone beat you up?"

Shen Yunbai smiled at him weakly, "I damaged a few rare books, and the emperor has shown great mercy by giving me a small punishment and a severe warning."

Chen Tian was not a fool, how could he believe this? He looked at the eunuch angrily, "Where is the emperor? I want to see him."

The head eunuch's eyelids twitched, and he immediately tried to persuade him, "Young Master, the Emperor is busy reviewing memorials right now, and I'm afraid he doesn't have time to see you, so please stop making a fuss."

Knowing that they were in the imperial study, Chen Tian turned around and left angrily without saying a word.

The chief eunuch was startled and rushed forward to stop him. Shen Yunbai immediately advised him that even if the emperor favored him, he was the emperor after all and would never allow anyone to challenge his majesty.

Especially, when it comes to things related to him.

But Chen Tian's pace was very fast, and Shen Yunbai was injured, so he couldn't catch up at all.

In the imperial study, the emperor was reviewing memorials when he heard a loud "bang" and a lot of dust was shaken off the beams.

The first thing the emperor thought of when hearing this news was, could it be that the damn boy has recovered? I began to wonder why he was crazy this time. It seemed that I didn't touch Shen Anan that day.

Just as he was frowning in thought, a young man strode in, his face full of anger. When the emperor saw him, the doubt in his eyes immediately turned into cold frost, and the emperor's majesty poured out.

"How dare you barge into the imperial study?"

Chen Tian held back his anger, bowed respectfully, and said directly, "If the emperor doesn't like my elder brother, why does he keep him in the palace? If he wants him to help me, why does he humiliate him in every way?"

Hearing that it was for that lowly son, the emperor's face became even colder, "Do you know what you are saying?"

"I know." Chen Tian pursed his lips tightly. "Over the years, if it weren't for Big Brother's protection, I would have been frozen to death, starved to death, or bullied to death. He is my relative and even more so my benefactor. I have no way to repay his kindness, and I don't want him to be bound here for me and be abused to death."

The chief eunuch and Shen Yunbai finally arrived at the imperial study, and heard what Chen Tian said. They were so scared that they retreated again. Shen Yunbai wanted to stop him, but was also dragged out by the chief eunuch.

Some people have overstepped their authority several times and escaped unscathed, but as for this person, it is unknown whether he has the ability to do so.

"Hmm?" The emperor sneered, "As expected, you were raised in a poor family. I didn't teach you any moral principles."

"Do you know what it means for the ruler to be the ruler of the subject? Why does the subject have to die if the ruler wants him to? As long as he is a citizen of Daliang, he must be under my command. My decision, whether it is a reward or a punishment, is not open to anyone!"

The emperor stood up and looked down at Chen Tian with all his might. "Today, I will teach you what the rules and etiquette are!"