The court was calm and peaceful. The princes were no longer troublesome, and the remaining young concubines in the harem were thinking about having another prince while Emperor Liang Cheng's health was still relatively good. Unfortunately, Emperor Liang Cheng was now working tirelessly, day and night, to leave Xiao Yuan a country that he could control. He wished he could spend every hour of the day reviewing and approving memorials. As a result, Emperor Liang Cheng's health had deteriorated significantly in the past two years. On two occasions, he had to secretly invite Chen Zhaoci to the palace to treat him together with the head of the Imperial Medical Academy.

Although Chen Zhaozhi neutralized Wang Xiuyuan's poison, the poison had been in Emperor Liang Cheng's body for a long time, inevitably causing damage to his internal organs.

Emperor Liang Cheng did not shy away from medical treatment. After Chen Zhaoci and the head of the Imperial Medical Academy explained his current health condition to him, Chen Zhaoci told him that if he took good care of himself, he could live for another ten years. However, if he continued to be busy with government affairs and overwork himself, even a god could not save him.

Emperor Liang Cheng remained silent for a long time, only instructing Chen Zhaoci and the Imperial Physician to prescribe medicine and then take it on time. The court was much calmer because of the matter between Wang Xiuyuan and the Sixth Prince, but what kind of abyss lay behind this calm was something that ordinary people could not understand. At the very least, Chen Zhaoci could not see it.

Li Yuexi gave birth to a boy in Miaozhou. He is Xu Di's second son. After his birth, the child has been living with his parents in Miaozhou. Xu Rao has been too busy with official duties to visit him. Chen Zhaoci, on the other hand, has visited twice. When she came back, she told Xu Rao that the little guy looks a lot like Xu Di when he was a child.

After Lin Zhijing passed the imperial examination, he married Zheng Yuanyuan. After the marriage, the young couple went to Tai'an to study. The following year, Lin Zhijing participated in the metropolitan examination, but unfortunately he did not pass. Xu Rao seriously analyzed for Lin Zhijing that this was related to the level of Lin Zhijing's thinking. If Lin Zhijing wanted to pass the metropolitan examination, he had to leave the capital and go out to see the famous mountains and rivers outside, and experience the ordinary life of ordinary people.

Because of Xu Rao's words, after Lin Zhijing and Zheng Yuanyuan returned to Gaoqing and settled Lin's mother, they packed their bags and prepared to set off to travel around and see the sights.

Before the trip could even take place, news arrived from the capital that the current emperor had brought back the twelfth prince, who had been raised outside the palace, and appointed him as the crown prince. Wu Muyue was also given the position of Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince, a first-rank official, and was to accompany the crown prince to the Eastern Palace to teach him.

Zheng Yuanyuan and Lin Zhijing exchanged bewildered glances, neither of them quite understanding. Xu Zhi had written to Zheng Yuanyuan a few days ago, saying that Xu Bai had passed the preliminary examination and was preparing to take the county examination. She also mentioned that in the past two years, her uncle had stopped taking Xu Bai and A Yuan around as before and instead had taken the two children to study at a manor in the suburbs of the capital. Zheng Yuanyuan felt that the twelfth prince, who was raised outside the palace, was very distant from her, but Wu Muyue was someone she knew. How could he suddenly go to the Eastern Palace with the newly established crown prince?

Lin Zhijing suddenly understood many things. He had met both of Wu Muyue's students before. Xu Bai was a given, and he also knew the taciturn Chen Yuyuan. He had only heard that Chen Yuyuan was a member of the Chen family in the capital. Lin Zhijing felt that this twelfth prince raised outside the palace was most likely Chen Yuyuan.

Zheng Yuanyuan asked Lin Zhijing with surprise and doubt, "Husband, do you think this twelfth prince might be someone we know?"

Lin Zhijing nodded and said, "It should be someone we know. I just didn't expect that Mr. Wu would always be with the Twelfth Prince and be the Twelfth Prince's teacher."

Zheng Yuanyuan carefully recalled what Chen Yuyuan looked like. Because of their advanced age, they would greet each other politely when they met again, and then go their separate ways. However, Zheng Yuanyuan had a more vivid memory of Chen Yuyuan when he was a child.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuanyuan said earnestly to Lin Zhijing, "Husband, we should not tell anyone about this matter in the future. Those who know will naturally know, but those who know will not easily tell others, and those who do not know will not know anymore. We only need to know that in order to cultivate a diligent and benevolent successor, His Majesty sent the young Crown Prince out of the palace to learn various skills."

Lin Zhijing nodded solemnly. Considering their plans, he asked, "Wife, what do you think, should we go or not?"

Zheng Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Of course we should go. We're practically living in the martial world now. How can we grow if we don't go out and experience the dangers of the martial world firsthand? Uncle Xu is right. Husband, the only thing you've lacked in these imperial examinations is your mindset. Once you broaden your horizons, your mindset will naturally improve."

Following their planned itinerary, the two set off from Gaoqing, first taking a boat to Qiantang, and then a sea voyage from Qiantang to Yuezhou. They first went to see the place where Zheng Yuanyuan had stayed and experience the local customs and culture. Later, the two planned to go to Hainan Island to see what the rubber trees that Xu Bai liked so much looked like.

After a few days of chaos caused by Emperor Liang Cheng's decree, many people in the capital suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder, no wonder, no wonder Emperor Liang Cheng never worried about the quality of his successors after the incidents involving his princes, nor did he feel guilty about not having a suitable successor. It turned out that he had entrusted his chosen successors to reliable people for guidance, and under the guidance of his tutors, they had traveled to every corner of the Great Liang.

Wu Muyue was a well-known figure in the capital. He loved to take his students on trips while teaching, whether it was to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Daliang or to experience the hardships of the common people. He always made sure his students learned things from firsthand experiences that couldn't be found in books. In fact, many wealthy and powerful families in the capital had tried to send Wu Muyue to their side, hoping he would be their children's tutor and help them study. Unfortunately, Wu Muyue always politely declined, explaining that he was too old and that he only took his children out to broaden their horizons because of the entrustment of his family members.

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