Chapter 256 Pain, just get used to it
Wei Chan immediately understood the implication of Li Dajian and the emperor.
She suddenly raised her eyes with a look of disbelief in them, "Master Eunuch, is this really what the Crown Prince meant?"
Li Dajian nodded and said, "It is absolutely true. This is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said in person in front of His Majesty."
Wei Chan bit her lip, her lips slightly pursed with a hint of displeasure, and after a moment she said, "Thank you for your reminder, Chief Supervisor. Wei Chan understands."
Under the nose of Li Dajian, Wei Chan wrote a letter to Wei Er, and naturally explained in the letter what Li Dajian had just said.
After receiving the letter, Li Dajian ordered people to escort Wei Chan out of the palace.
Li Dajian personally delivered the letter to the Yangxin Palace, "Your Majesty, this is a letter from Miss Wei San, please take a look."
The emperor glanced at the letter carelessly, "What was Wei Chan's reaction?"
Eunuch Li sighed softly, his tone was quite compassionate, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so selfless, Miss Wei San is really a little sad."
The emperor thought of what Xiao Ji said, and a trace of deep thought flashed across his eyes: Pei Chen is good, but...
He finally sighed, "Wei Er, please don't let me down."
…
Wei Chan left the palace and did not go to the Prince's Mansion, but went directly back to the Wei family.
When Xie Yao heard the news, she guessed something in her heart.
After all, the emperor first told Xiao Ji to have a good rest today, and then asked him about his opinion on the northern border before leaving... It's hard not to feel that there is a problem.
Now it seems that it is true.
"Send a message to the Wei family, telling Achan that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has awakened." Xie Yao instructed the steward of the Crown Prince's Mansion.
Even if she guessed it, she would pretend not to know and just do what she had to do.
Wei Chan had been guarding the Prince's Mansion for three days, and this was known to everyone in the capital. Now that Xiao Ji had woken up, she naturally had to inform Wei Chan.
Soon, Zhu Qing returned to the main courtyard and whispered, "Miss Wei San wrote a letter home in the palace."
Xie Yao understood, "Tell His Highness about this."
Xiao Ji is still accompanying the child at this moment.
He had confirmed from Si Nan that the two children were his biological children, and he finally understood where the sense of closeness he felt towards Zhao Zhao and Sui Sui came from.
Accompanying Zhaozhao and Suisui, he not only did not feel any discomfort, but felt calm and peaceful.
Si Nan walked in and whispered something in Xiao Ji's ear.
Xiao Ji paused, "...the news that the Crown Princess sent someone to deliver?"
"Yes." Sinan nodded.
Xiao Ji pursed his lips and said nothing more, only a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes. The Crown Princess he married... was not ordinary.
Just thinking this, he felt a sharp pain in his heart again.
"Your Highness..." Si Nan was always paying attention to the situation of his own highness. When Xiao Ji paused, he noticed something was wrong.
"It's okay." Xiao Ji raised his hand to stop Si Nan's actions, "I'm fine."
This kind of pain was still within his tolerance range, but it was so sudden that he frowned. Once he got used to it a few more times, this kind of pain would not have any effect on him...
At this moment, the steward's voice came from outside, "Your Highness, the Marquis of Zhenbei is here!"
Pei Chen!
Xiao Ji's eyebrows relaxed a little, "Please go to the study."
Xiao Ji handed Zhaozhao and Suisui to the wet nurse, and immediately got up and went to the study.
Pei Chen was dirty and had a faint strange smell. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiao Ji coming in alone, and asked, "Your Highness, where is the Crown Princess?"
Xiao Ji paused slightly, glanced across Xie Yao's desk, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.
So in the past...when he discussed things with Pei Chen, the Crown Princess was there?
He frowned slightly, suppressed the pain in his heart, avoided answering, and asked: "Aren't you investigating Xiao An's affairs, how come you have time to come here?"
Pei Chen smiled, "Now that you're awake, I'll naturally take some time to come and see you. How are you? How do you feel now? Are you really all right?"
Xiao Ji felt his body at this moment. Although it was weak, it was full of vigorous vitality...
He nodded and said, "It feels good."
Pei Chen laughed out loud, "That's great! The Crown Princess is really capable of making Shan change his mind..."
Pei Chen's voice gradually became lower. He looked at Xiao Ji with suspicion, sizing him up and down.
Xiao Ji frowned, "...what?"
Pei Chen supported his right elbow with his left hand, rubbed his chin with his right hand, and looked at Xiao Ji with a sharp gaze, "Are you Xiao Ji?"
Calling the prince by his name was indeed somewhat disrespectful, but Pei Chen didn't care at all at the moment.
Xiao Ji frowned, "Why are you crazy?"
Pei Chen shook his head solemnly, "Your Highness, you have changed."
This time he praised the Crown Princess!
If it were in the past, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have already proudly started praising the Crown Princess...
But today, Your Highness is so calm and dares to say there is no problem?
Xiao Ji: “…”
Pei Chen was filled with grief and anguish, "Your Highness, although you have recovered now, you should not abandon your wife who has shared your hardships with you!"
"The Crown Princess has paid so much for you. If you turn against me just because you are better, I, as your brother, will not agree to that!"
Xiao Ji looked at Pei Chen expressionlessly, but he was quite shocked in his heart.
Pei Chen spoke to him like this for the sake of the "Crown Princess"...
"No." Xiao Ji explained: "I just... forgot something."
Pei Chen raised his eyebrows, "For example?"
"Crown Princess." Xiao Ji had no expression on his face.
Pei Chen's expression was frozen on his face, and he looked quite funny. He looked Xiao Ji up and down, wanting to laugh but unable to.
His lips moved, and in the end, all he could say turned into one sentence: "Really?"
Xiao Ji didn't answer, but his eyes told it all.
Pei Chen raised his hand heavily and patted Xiao Ji's shoulder, "No wonder..."
He thought that if the former Xiao Ji knew that things would turn out like this, he would have preferred to die immediately.
How could Xiao Ji bear to see the Crown Princess sad?
But... it's a good thing that His Highness has recovered.
Therefore, facing such a situation, Pei Chen didn't know what to say, "Then... can you still remember it?"
Xiao Ji shook his head, "Shan Shan said that these feelings and memories are completely lost."
Pei Chen comforted her: "It's okay, there is still a long way to go."
In the end, Xiao Ji never mentioned again the fact that he would feel a pain in his heart whenever he thought of Xie Yao. He realized from Pei Chen's attitude that Pei Chen was really optimistic about him and Xie Yao.
Pei Chen was his best friend, and the fact that he recognized Xie Yao was enough to prove his former feelings for her...
Xiao Ji felt a sweetness in his throat, and a hint of red appeared on his pale lips.
"Your Highness!"
Pei Chen was horrified and quickly supported Xiao Ji, "Didn't you say he was fully recovered? What happened? How could he be like this out of the blue?"
Pei Chen asked questions one after another. Xiao Ji covered his heart with his hands and could not answer them at all. Si Nan rushed in first and said, "Your Highness!"
Pei Chen asked hurriedly: "Sinan, what's going on, Your Highness?"
"This..." Si Nan subconsciously wanted to explain, but was frightened by Xiao Ji, "Si Nan!"
Si Nan immediately fell silent and didn't dare to say anything obediently.
Pei Chen looked incredulous, "Your Highness, are we going to have a secret between us too?"
At this moment, the voice of the steward of the Prince's Mansion came from outside, "Marquis Zhenbei, someone from the palace is looking for you."
"Your Highness, please take care of yourself. I will leave first and come to see you another day!" Pei Chen looked bitter and did not dare to stay any longer.
His Majesty ordered him to find the real culprit in Xiao An's case within three days. Today is already the second day, but he still has no clues.
The person coming to the palace at this moment must be here to inquire about this matter.
"Do you have any clues?" Xiao Ji asked.
Pei Chen shook his head, "I really can't find it."
"The Third Prince has done a really good job keeping his mistress a secret. We didn't know he was having so much fun outside before."
"After the Third Prince got into trouble, his men burned down the villa. Now there are no clues at all."
Pei Chen didn't know until he checked. He was shocked. From yesterday to today, he had been despising the Third Prince in his heart all the time.
Always causing trouble!
He got into trouble and can't clean up the mess himself, so find him something to do.
Xiao Ji took the handkerchief handed over by Si Nan, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and reminded: "There is a suitable candidate now."
Pei Chen immediately perked up, "Please give me some advice, Your Highness."
When Pei Chen left the study, he was full of energy and left the Prince's Mansion with his head held high...
"Your Highness." Si Nan helped Xiao Ji stand up and sat down on the couch in the study, his eyes full of worry, "Are you okay?"
It was just angina pectoris before, but this time I'm vomiting blood!
Your Highness's condition has become more serious!
Xiao Ji waved his hand, signaling Si Nan not to worry. After a moment of silence, he said, "You don't need to tell the Crown Princess about this."
"Yes." Si Nan agreed, but couldn't help asking, "Are you afraid that the Crown Princess will worry?"
Xiao Ji curled his fingers slightly around his chest, raised his eyes and glanced at Si Nan without saying a word.
Si Nan immediately said, "Your Highness, I will call the palace doctor over..."
This time Xiao Ji did not stop him, although he had some guesses about the current situation.
The court doctor arrived quickly.
After checking his pulse, he sighed softly and said, "Your Highness, this is the same problem as last time. Your Highness, your body is too weak to withstand such stimulation."
"You are in the critical period of recovery, please take care of yourself."
If his current thoughts were to be followed, then His Highness had better stay away from the Crown Princess and not have any contact with her for a short period of time.
In this matter, the palace doctor could only give suggestions. Even the medicinal materials were not changed from last time. He left quickly after the consultation.
Even though Xiao Ji did not send anyone to deliver the message, nothing that happened in the Prince's Mansion could be hidden from Xie Yao.
She soon found out that Pei Chen had left and Xiao Ji had vomited blood and had asked the court doctor for help.
The expression on his face was extremely complicated...
After a moment's silence, he asked, "Did the Marquis of Zhenbei enter the palace?"
"In response to the Crown Princess's question, that's right." Zhu Qing replied immediately.
Xie Yao ordered: "Wait for the Zhenbei Marquis to leave the palace, and send someone to talk to him..."
Zhu Qing responded and immediately turned around to make arrangements.
Imperial Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The people who went to look for Marquis Zhenbei were naturally arranged by the emperor. Ever since Xiao Ji woke up, he had people paying attention to the situation in the Prince's Mansion.
Marquis Zhenbei was the focus of attention. As soon as he left, the emperor received the news.
He immediately sent someone to summon the Marquis of Zhenbei into the palace.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Pei Chen strode in and saluted with a serious expression.
The emperor looked up and frowned, "What's wrong with you?"
Although he was summoned by His Majesty, Pei Chen still suggested changing his clothes for the sake of decency, but his suggestion was directly rejected by the eunuch in the palace, who took him into the palace.
So at this moment, I am still wearing the old clothes that still smell faintly of sweat...
Not only that, Pei Chen looked extremely haggard, with his eyes dark and blue. "Your Majesty, I have been in the Dali Temple these days, busy investigating the attack on the Third Prince."
The emperor naturally knew, "What did you find out?"
Pei Chen reported the findings to the emperor with a serious expression, and concluded: "The murderer behind the scenes has cleaned up all the clues very thoroughly, and the minister has a vague suspicion in his heart."
"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows.
"The third prince of Northern Frontier, Huyan Yuan." Pei Chen did not keep the secret and immediately said, "I suspect this matter may be related to him."
"Before today, I was just suspicious, but today we received news of an invasion from the northern border..."
Hu Yanyuan...
A trace of deep thought flashed across the emperor's eyes. He stared at Pei Chen and asked, "Did you come up with this yourself?"
After all, Pei Chen had just come out of the Prince's Mansion.
Pei Chen understood the emperor's implication, but answered honestly, "Your Majesty, this is my speculation."
"In addition, I have discovered that a mysterious force was involved in both the flood disaster in Nanzhou and the dragon's reversal in Shu."
"Hu Yanyuan had once collaborated with the former second prince." Pei Chen said, "Hu Yanyuan has been in Xia for many years, but he has secretly cultivated his own power and deliberately murdered the prince of Xia for the sake of the Northern Frontier."
"This is an unforgivable crime!"
Pei Chen became more and more angry as he spoke, and when the emperor heard this, he basically believed what Pei Chen said...
I also felt in my heart that this might really be related to Hu Yanyuan!
Pei Chen knew this very well.
No matter how bad the princes are, they are still His Majesty's own sons. If they do something wrong and bring disgrace upon themselves, if the Emperor can find reasons and excuses for them, they will naturally go downhill.
Pei Chen continued, "Especially this time, Beijiang captured two cities in a row. I am afraid that Hu Yanyuan secretly informed Beijiang of the troop deployment map of those two cities. That is why Beijiang was able to succeed in the surprise attack."
Some people have suspected this for a long time, but no one dared to speak out.
Pei Chen is not afraid.
He had just returned to Beijing from Northern Xinjiang only a year ago and was very familiar with the situation in Northern Xinjiang. When he mentioned this matter, he hated Hu Yanyuan and that bastard who betrayed the Xia Kingdom!
The emperor was not completely without doubts in his heart. When he heard Pei Chen's words, his face sank...
He looked at Pei Chen with a solemn look in his eyes, "Oh? Then according to you, how did Hu Yanyuan know about the troop deployment map?"
"I don't know." Pei Chen said, "But I am willing to do my best to investigate this matter and maintain the safety of Daxia."
Pei Chen knelt on the ground with a sincere expression and anger between his eyebrows.
His anger was not for others, but only for the soldiers in the north and the people in those two cities.
If he were to track down Hu Yanyuan and catch him collaborating with Hu Yanyuan... a cold light flashed in Pei Chen's eyes.
No matter who he is, he will make him pay a sufficient price!
But at this moment, the emperor finally spoke up: "I have other arrangements for this matter."
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