Chapter 314 Mutation

Nanny Chang wasn't sure what the Queen Mother was going to do. She took the teacup and said carefully, "Your Majesty, if you rashly attack the male concubine, will it be..."

"I heard that he took great care of Bai Rushui and even brought her to the Second Brother's house."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Are they planning to support Bai Rushui's son? That's just wishful thinking! Not to mention whether the child is a boy or a girl, it's hard to say whether it can even be born!"

"The second son doesn't even want to be the regent, does he really want to compete with Xu'er for the throne?"

Nanny Chang thought, is this even necessary? Who would want to carry someone else's shoes and end up getting beheaded? Even she understood why the Empress Dowager was so confused right now.

But she could only think about it in her mind.

"My Lady, since ancient times, so many fathers, sons, and brothers have turned against each other for the supreme position. The temptation is too great."

The Queen Mother fell into deep thought upon hearing this. It was not that she did not understand, but she just felt that the Second Prince would not do such a thing.

For so many years he has been doing what she wanted him to do, and he has done it well.

If it is true as guessed, the throne will be shed with blood!

Rong Ye came back from the palace and went straight to Xie Shuangbai.

When Xie Shuangbai found out that the Empress Dowager had sent someone to kill Bai Rushui, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he took the person out of the prison and kept him in his house.

Now that he holds great power, no one dares to refuse him.

This courtyard was a house of a university scholar that he had bought casually before.

The building is very elegant. Although it is September now, there are still many green plants, which makes people feel much better when they see it.

He walked through the corridor and returned to the main courtyard. Seeing that Xie Shuangbai no longer asked, "Where is the princess?"

My lord, the princess is in the guest room.

Rong Ye understood, but did not order anyone to call him.

He and Rong Yi played with knives for a while, and just as they finished, Xie Shuangbai came back.

Xie Shuangbai said happily: "Why didn't you call me when you came back?"

"I'm afraid you'll have something to say."

He was touched by Rong Ye's thoughtfulness.

Seeing Rong Ye's bad face, he asked, "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"

"The Queen Mother suddenly asked me to be the regent at the morning court today."

Rong Ye must feel bad for being outmaneuvered by his own mother. He hugged Rong Ye and said, "You still have me, Chi Er, and so many subordinates who care about you."

Xie Shuangbai couldn't continue. No matter what, no one could replace his mother.

"How do you cope with it?"

"I refused to his face."

"You've put the Queen Mother in such an embarrassing situation. I wonder what she'll do."

"I came back urgently to tell you that if she calls you, don't go. Just say you're sick."

Xie Shuangbai: "Is this... okay? Will we be too obvious?"

Rong Ye's eyes gradually turned cold: "I just want her to understand that I am no longer the same person I was when I was little. It's time for her to wake up."

Xie Shuangbai didn't say anything. He didn't want to see the empress dowager anyway, after all, he looked so much like his aunt.

The Queen Mother hated her so much that she would probably go crazy if she saw his face.

The next day, the Empress Dowager really sent Nanny Chang to Rongye's house to invite Xie Shuangbai.

Rong Ye directly sent someone to say that the princess was ill and sent Nanny Chang away.

When the Queen Mother found out, she was so angry that she knocked over many valuable vessels in the room, and frightened the palace maids so much that they dared not say a word for fear of being implicated and punished.

The relationship between the Queen Mother and Rong Ye went downhill. Rong Ye refused to accept the order and she could not find a breakthrough, but she could not force it either, so the two sides were in a stalemate.

The army brought by Rong Ye had been staying thirty miles away from the Duwei camp and had now set up camp.

Thanks to his father, Nie Shaoli is now a minor official in charge of logistics in the capital's camp. Even he can sense that the atmosphere in the capital is not right recently, and there are signs that it is about to explode.

After Liang Yuan and he returned from the northern border seriously injured, their relationship became even closer, and now Liang Yuan is his deputy head of logistics.

He looked at the blue sky and asked mysteriously, "Boss, do you think the sky will change?"

Nie Shaoli threw a peanut and was about to take it with his mouth when he suddenly thought of Rongyu.

The peanuts then fell to the ground and fed the ants.

He kicked the flower and rice and said lazily, "Whether it changes or not is none of our business."

Nie Shaoli felt that they had no control over such a major event. His father was overwhelmed every day and couldn't handle it, let alone him.

Ever since he escaped death, he felt that nothing was more important than being alive. Whoever wanted to be the emperor could do it. Anyway, he was already like this and could not threaten anyone.

Liang Yuan didn't get anything out of his question, but he thought it would be great if Rong Ye became the emperor.

He would definitely be better than the late emperor, but he didn't dare to say it, after all, Nie Shaoli didn't like King Liang.

But then again, if the new emperor is really the King of Liang, who knows what they will do. After all, they had some unpleasantness in the northern border before.

The days dragged on one after another, and the ministers argued endlessly every day. Rong Ye claimed to be sick and did not attend the court, but he still stayed in the capital. There was nothing anyone could do but wait it out.

In this tense atmosphere, envoys from the Nanzhao Kingdom arrived. They expressed their sorrow for the death of Emperor Dayin and brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. They also expressed their hope that the Dayin Dynasty would not vent its anger on them because of the saint.

The Queen Mother naturally did not have a good face for them, but now was not a good time to go to war. Since someone was offering money, they would accept it. Anyway, the national treasury had a lot of room for money.

After the court session, Rongye asked the Nanzhao envoy about the weeping tree. The envoy with small eyes was very smart and immediately understood. He said that Nanzhao had a weeping tree and the sap would be collected and given to the King of Liang, and asked him to accept it.

Rong Ye did not refuse. It was reasonable for Nanzhao to pay some price. This matter was somewhat related to Nanzhao. However, it was convenient for him, so he would not make things difficult for them.

Seeing that the matter was resolved perfectly, the envoy with small eyes hurried away with the people of Nanzhao, fearing that any further accidents would occur.

Of course, the Saint Lady and the others had no time to watch. Bai Rushui was not surprised at all when she learned that the envoys from Nanzhao Kingdom came and left in a hurry.

Now, under Xie Shuangbai's care, you can see flesh on her face, and her whole body exudes maternal radiance.

On the other side, the Queen Mother and Rong Ye have been arguing over the throne.

Rong Ye couldn't just keep wasting time, so he discussed with Xie Shuangbai and planned to send troops in the middle of the month to see how the empress dowager would respond before making further plans.

They don't want to waste time and money and want to minimize the losses.

Even the weather in the capital is getting colder in October.

After Rong Ye and Xie Shuangbai finished their dinner, they played Go for a while. Xie Shuangbai felt a little sleepy, so Rong Ye kindly accompanied him to rest early.

They had just fallen asleep when they heard a noise.

"Master, something happened!" Rong Yi shouted in panic.

Rong Ye opened his eyes and saw that Xie Shuangbai in his arms was also woken up.

"You go to sleep first and I'll go check on you."

He rubbed his eyes and instructed, "Go slowly and put on one more piece of clothing."

Rong Ye nodded, quickly got dressed and went out.

"Why are you so panicked?"

"Something happened in the master's womb, and the little prince is gone."

"What?" Rong Ye's brows seemed to be frozen. "What's going on? Let's talk while we walk."

"The young prince was found by a young eunuch in the pond behind the rockery in the Imperial Garden. When he was found, he was already..."