Yue Haoyun chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Your Majesty is well aware of my situation in Daiyue. Naturally, this is no secret."
"The Empress Dowager was jealous of me, so when I turned twenty, she arranged a marriage for me."
"Of course, this princess is hers. She said she was marrying me, but in fact, she came here to monitor me."
"I think that as long as we are cautious, we can protect ourselves."
"But I never expected that they didn't even want me to live! They had already set up a plan when we got married, hoping that I would die without knowing it."
"What a vicious heart!"
[Wow, the Queen Mother of Dai Viet is really quite vicious.]
Yue Haoyun's eyes flashed with coldness when he said this. "Since they are so unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"
"Your Majesty!" Yue Haoyun bowed to Emperor Mingxi.
"From now on, Your Majesty will be my savior. I am willing to stand by you!"
[Ahhh! Yue Haoyun finally figured it out and is willing to cooperate with Daddy!]
[This is called waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to appear!] Xia Miaoyuan suddenly felt overjoyed.
Emperor Mingxi laughed heartily: "Great! That's what I've been waiting for!"
Yue Haoyun said respectfully, "Whatever your majesty wants to know, Haoyun will tell you everything he knows."
Emperor Mingxi stroked his chin and asked, "How much do you know about that poisonous insect?"
"The idea of using the insect to poison the Second Prince was thought up by that old thief Han Lie."
"Your Majesty, you also know that Haoyun has always been marginalized in the court. Therefore, Haoyun cannot participate in such top-secret matters."
"So, Haoyun didn't know the specific details. Later, Han Lie and the others asked me to come with the delegation to protect me. That's when I learned about the poisonous insects."
"Their original plan was to make the Second Prince go berserk at the palace banquet and kill the Crown Prince, thus achieving three birds with one stone."
"Yes, it really is three birds with one stone. The second brother killed the eldest, which is a double kill. Losing two sons at once would surely be too much for Daddy, and his body would collapse. This is the third kill."
Emperor Mingxi's eyes turned slightly. "Your Highness, are you aware of a tragedy that occurred in Great Xia over a decade ago? The Crown Prince at that time murdered the Sixth Prince at a palace banquet."
Yue Haoyun froze and said, "Haoyun knows about this."
"Why, Your Majesty, do you suspect that Dai Viet was responsible for what happened back then?"
Emperor Mingxi nodded. "That's right. Ever since I learned that the Second Prince was harmed by a poisonous insect, I've been thinking back to the events of more than a decade ago."
"Furthermore, I have just discovered that it was the Dai Viet priestess who disguised herself as an ordinary woman and bewitched my brother, the Crown Prince."
"After the tragedy, the woman disappeared."
Yue Haoyun was shocked: "Is it really like this?!"
"When the tragedy in your country occurred, Haoyun was only a prince in his teens and had not yet entered the court. Therefore, he knew very little about the court's plots."
"However, if Your Majesty wishes to investigate what happened back then, Haoyun is willing to assist you."
Emperor Mingxi nodded with satisfaction.
"Haoyun, how much do you know about Liang Chaozong's affairs?"
Yue Haoyun propped his chin with his fist, as if recalling something, "As far as I know, Liang Chaozong and Dayue have been colluding for a long time."
"Initially, Liang Chaozong reached a cooperation agreement with Dai Viet in exchange for the conquest of more than ten cities in the southern border of Daxia."
"Liang Chaozong promised that if Dai Viet would join forces with him to destroy Daxia and help him restore his country, he would hand over more than a dozen cities in the southern border to Dai Viet."
"However, as far as I know, although Dai Viet cooperated with Liang Chaozong, in reality, they had their own agenda. After all, Liang Chaozong was just a prince of a fallen nation, and Dai Viet looked down on him."
Xia Miaoyuan bit her finger and thought, "Yes, that's right."
[Dai Viet was a powerful nation, so how could it possibly take Liang Chaozong seriously?]
Liang Chaozong and Dai Viet actually had their own agendas. They appeared to be cooperating, but they were merely exploiting each other. While cooperating, they were also secretly engaging in underhanded tactics.
"After Dai Viet colluded with him, they carried out several joint plans, such as this one involving exotic crops."
"Liang Chaozong's original plan was to use rumors to turn the exotic fruits and vegetables your country had finally imported into something into something everyone feared as poisonous."
"Afterwards, the exotic fruits and vegetables that were planted were left unsold. The Dai Viet delegation then took the opportunity to buy them up cheaply."
"Afterwards, these fruit and vegetable seeds will be divided equally between Dai Viet and Liang Chaozong."
Xia Miaoyuan almost laughed out loud when he heard this. [Hahaha, Liang Chaozong's idea is really stupid! And Dai Yue actually agreed to it.]
Emperor Mingxi wanted to laugh, but he held it back. "Then, how did Liang Chaozong contact you after escaping from the Heavenly Prison?"
Yue Haoyun said seriously, "When the delegation learned that Liang Chaozong had been captured, they were very angry. They were angry that he was stupid and had ruined their plan."
"At that time, Han Lie, Bai Zhou, and I, the three envoys, had different opinions on how to treat Liang Chaozong."
"I was against continuing to collude with Liang Chaozong. He had already failed, and there was no point in contacting him again. But Han Lie insisted on continuing the cooperation and wanted to help Liang Chaozong leave Daxia and go to Dai Viet."
"Later, Han Lie secretly brought Liang Chaozong and others into the guesthouse without telling me."
"After that, I don't know."
Emperor Mingxi pondered over what Yue Haoyun said, seeming to be lost in thought.
Xia Miaoyuan sat quietly beside Emperor Mingxi, but her mind was restless. [Combined with what Yue Haoyun said, it's almost certain that Yao Jinse's biological father is Han Lie. It seems our speculation is correct.]
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