Chapter 16: Receiving a Letter
The only response from the emperor was air. Xiao Yan, lying on the bed, did not move or say a word, as if he were nothing.
The emperor sighed inwardly.
If he had other princes, why would the emperor do this?
He was unwilling to hand over the country to others, and unwilling to let a few low-born sons inherit the throne.
He could only support Xiao Yan. No matter how bad Xiao Yan was, he was still his biological son and had his blood.
After comforting himself in this way, the emperor was finally able to suppress the anger in his heart.
"You've been in Chongzhou for many years, have you really only liked one woman?"
The emperor still did not give up and could not help but ask tentatively:
"At such a young age, you really haven't had any casual romance?"
"Perhaps the emperor has forgotten. Do you want to think about it carefully again?"
When the emperor was Xiao Yan's age, he already had more than a dozen women.
However, the person he had the deepest feelings for at that time was Xiao Yan's mother.
"Your Majesty, since you are a romantic person, do you think I am the same?"
"Unfortunately, I am different from Your Majesty. I have only loved her in my life and have only had one wife."
The emperor could not accept Xiao Yan's disrespectful words at first, but now he has become accustomed to it.
"If Your Majesty wants to force a woman upon me, you might as well just say so. There's no need to resort to these tactics."
The emperor ignored Xiao Yan's disrespectful tone. Instead of getting angry, he asked with some expectation and tentativeness:
"Do you mean to agree with Father sending people in?"
The emperor's only response was Xiao Yan's sneer.
The emperor suppressed his disappointment and said, "Although my father has sent many women here before, this time it was not arranged by him."
A sarcastic smile appeared on Xiao Yan's pale and thin face, and he obviously didn't believe it.
It doesn't feel good to be misunderstood by my son.
What's more, this guy is the emperor.
The emperor was tolerant of Xiao Yan because he had no choice.
There is only this one seedling left, and it was found with great difficulty after being lost and then recovered. It is like a treasure.
The emperor was extremely tolerant only towards Xiao Yan.
It's impossible to do this to other people.
"Liu Zhongquan! Get in here!"
Liu Zhongquan heard the tone of the emperor's words and felt something was wrong. He rolled in and crawled.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my fault."
"Your Highness, this was not arranged by His Majesty. I received the letter from Chongzhou and took it upon myself to present it to Your Majesty. This is all my fault!"
Liu Zhongquan kowtowed repeatedly to admit his mistakes.
He knew that the emperor cared about the prince the most now.
Now that he was misunderstood by the prince, he was naturally angry, and he was the only one who had to bear this anger.
The emperor stroked the jade ring in his hand, his face stern as he spoke, "The person who helped deliver the letter, as well as the woman and child who lied to curry favor with the crown prince, will be caned to death."
Liu Zhongquan couldn't help but shiver, and a chill surged from his limbs to his heart.
He should have been grateful that Your Majesty did not execute him.
But Xu Shaozhang could not survive.
He originally planned to work things out slowly, using his connections to get Xu Shaozhang to the capital and then pave the way for him.
When I get old, I can still ask Xu Shaozhang to support me in my old age, but now everything is ruined.
Liu Zhongquan felt only regret.
If he had known earlier, he would not have submitted anything in the letter.
"Why, do you have any objection?"
Seeing Liu Zhongquan in a daze, His Majesty's tone became even colder.
Liu Zhongquan quickly prostrated himself on the ground, "I dare not, I dare not, thank you Your Majesty for your grace."
"I will pass on His Majesty's order."
Liu Zhongquan retreated with a pale face.
The emperor looked at Xiao Yan again:
"Don't worry, my son. This kind of thing won't happen again in the future. After killing the chicken to scare the monkey, I think no woman in Chongzhou Prefecture will dare to casually associate with you again."
"It's okay if you don't want to contact other women for the time being. The most important thing right now is to take care of your health."
Seeing that Xiao Yan still didn't speak, the emperor sighed in his heart.
"My son, please take your medicine carefully. Don't let me, an old man, send you off with my young one."
As soon as the emperor left the inner hall, a young eunuch came up with a bowl of medicine.
Except for one old eunuch, the rest of the eunuchs in Xiao Yan's palace were very young.
The emperor found that after Xiao Yan drank the medicine brought by the young eunuch, all the eunuchs in the Eastern Palace were replaced by younger ones.
The youngest is only seven years old.
All the medicine for Xiao Yan was delivered by this youngest eunuch.
The emperor naturally understood Xiao Yan.
Anyone who has lost a child would soften their heart a little when seeing such a young eunuch being punished, even the coldest heart would soften a little.
"Your Highness."
The young eunuch tremblingly handed over the medicine bowl.
"Take it away."
Xiao Yan closed his eyes and spoke in a cold voice.
Today, the emperor mentioned Chongzhou, which made Xiao Yan feel extremely bad.
The young eunuch was too young and had never seen His Highness look so gloomy before, so frightened that his hands trembled and the medicine bowl fell to the ground.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness, please forgive me."
"I didn't mean it..."
The young eunuch was so frightened that he was shaking, and his voice was filled with a strong tone of crying.
He had heard from the eunuchs that if they angered their masters, they would be executed. He didn't want to die yet, sob...
Xiao Yan was upset by the little eunuch's crying, as the sound reminded him of his daughter.
"I won't kill you..."
Xiao Yan frowned slightly: "Go down."
The young eunuch was bewildered for a moment, then realized something. He wiped the tears from his face with his little hands and kowtowed, saying:
"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness."
Xiao Yan listened to the voice of the young eunuch and became dazed again.
This little eunuch's voice is somewhat similar to Tuan'er's.
Therefore, Xiao Yan kept the little eunuch by his side.
The young eunuch clumsily began to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.
Then the cautious voice sounded again: "Your Highness, is that your letter on the ground?"
Xiao Yan didn't say anything, but an ordinary person would understand that this was a denial.
Unfortunately, this little eunuch was too young to understand facial expressions and could only understand specific words.
The young eunuch took a deep breath, carefully crawled to Xiao Yan's bed, handed the note in his hand to him, and asked again:
"Your Highness, Your Highness?"
"Would you like to keep this letter?"
This kind of stubbornness is just like Tuan'er.
But in terms of intelligence, this seven-year-old eunuch is far inferior to his Tuaner.
Tuan'er is young, but he inherited all the advantages of him and Meng Mingshu.
No one in this world can compare to his Tuan'er.
"Throw it out."
After the young eunuch got the clear answer, he nodded foolishly: "Okay."
"Then, Your Highness, may I keep this note?"
The young eunuch begged, his voice subconsciously softening.
"What do you want the note for?"
Xiao Yan looked pale and coughed a few times.
"I like the little piggy pictured on it, it's so cute."
"piggy?"
Xiao Yan was stunned.
Tuan'er's zodiac sign is pig, and they had agreed in the past that piglet was the secret code between them.
"This little pig is Tuan'er, and the big pig is Daddy."
"If Daddy loses Tuan'er, Tuan'er will draw a pig."
"Daddy, come find Tuan'er when you see the piglet, okay?"
At that time, he firmly believed that he would never lose his daughter in this life.
Even when she grows up, he and Meng Mingshu will follow her.
Xiao Yan suddenly sat up, propping himself up with his arms. He spoke as if possessed by some mysterious force: "Bring me the note."
It was the first time the young eunuch saw His Highness in this state, and he stood there in a daze.
The next second, Xiao Yan took action and snatched the note from the eunuch's hand.
He could clearly see the words and the pattern on it.
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