"Father."
Lu knelt down and crawled over. She hugged the Great Xia Emperor's legs and cried softly, "Father, I am truly wronged."
The Great Xia Emperor snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with a cold light. He coldly scolded: "Could it be that you really want to ruin Chong Wen's better future?"
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she was stunned on the spot.
Her son Xia Chongwen is now the grandson of the emperor, with a better future?
Doesn't that mean he is the heir to the throne?
The Crown Prince!
The future new ruler of the entire Great Xia Dynasty!
"Someone, send the Crown Princess back to the East Palace!" Seeing that Lu remained silent, the Emperor of Daxia called the guards and turned away from her. Instead, he shouted at Shen Yuyao in a deep voice, "Lord Shen!"
Shen Yuyao hurriedly took a few steps forward, cupped her hands and said, "I'm here."
"Close the door of Fengxian Hall tightly. No one is allowed to approach."
"yes."
"Chong Wen, come here."
Seeing that the door of Fengxian Hall was closed and only Shen Yuyao and Xia Chongwen were left in the hall, the emperor's expression softened a little.
"Yuyao, come here too." A rare look of kindness appeared on the face of the Emperor of Daxia.
......
The guards outside Fengxian Hall stayed there all night.
In the middle of the night, they saw the emperor's grandson wiping his tears and walking out of Fengxian Hall.
Immediately afterwards, the door of Fengxian Hall was closed tightly again.
As the sky gradually brightened, the door of Fengxian Hall was slowly opened from the inside again.
When Shen Yuyao walked out of Fengxian Hall, her eyes were as red as the morning glow in the sky.
She did not go back to Prince Ning's Mansion directly, but waited for the servant outside the palace gate and gave him a few instructions before going straight to Zuixian Tower.
Zuixianlou had not yet opened for business. Seeing that it was Shen Yuyao, dressed in a python robe, who was knocking on the door, the shopkeeper's eyes were full of shock. He hurriedly opened the door and said respectfully, "Sir, please come in!"
"Is the boss here?" Shen Yuyao asked in a deep voice.
"The boss has been here waiting for you early this morning." The shopkeeper bowed and gestured for Shen Yuyao to go to the backyard.
Shen Yuyao was wondering why it was the shopkeeper who opened the door. It turned out that Xu Yunxuan had already expected her to come to Zuixianlou.
She gently lowered her hand from the soft sword at her waist, pushed open the door, and walked towards the backyard.
The words the emperor said to her last night kept repeating in Shen Yuyao's ears.
"Respecting the system of primogeniture, I will enthrone my grandson Xia Chongwen as the Crown Prince."
"A hundred years after my death, the Crown Prince Xia Chongwen will ascend the throne."
"Yu'er is the one who is most like me. His military achievements are outstanding, which frees me from the worries of the north. However, he is more than capable of expanding the territory, but not enough to defend the city and govern the country."
"The Lu family and their Western Depot have already grown strong. To prevent the Lu family from monopolizing power after Chong Wen ascends the throne, I have specially granted you this edict."
"Prince Ning is specially authorized to follow the imperial order and quell the rebellion!"
"If that day ever comes, I hope you can do your best to preserve the prince's bloodline. As for Chong Wen... I have already prepared a cassock and Buddhist beads for him..."
"I once had the Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculate that Chongwen's skull is quite tilted, actually a 'half moon'. I'm afraid... I'm afraid he won't have a good end..."
Shen Yuyao vaguely remembered that there was a family banquet in the palace on the third night of the Lunar New Year, and the Emperor of Daxia was watching the crescent moon.
The crown prince and his grandson Chongwen were both present at the time, so the emperor ordered them to compose poems to praise the first month respectively.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote in a poem: "Last night Yan Ling lost his fishing hook, who pushed it up to the top of the blue cloud? Although we are not reunited, there is still a clear light shining on the nine states."
The emperor's grandson, Xia Chongwen, composed a poem: "Who would use jade fingernails to create marks in the sky? My shadow falls into the river and lake, and no dragon dares to swallow it."
After Shen Yuyao read it, she felt that it was not a good omen.
This also fits exactly with Xia Xiaoxian's thoughts, that the prince will die early and Chong Wen will also inevitably suffer misfortune.
It turns out that the Emperor of Daxia had the same perception.
......
Xu Yunxuan brewed tea and sat on the soft chair. "Yuyao, I thought you would come to Zuixianlou as well."
Shen Yuyao picked up the teacup and asked, "Yunxuan, have you remembered the whole book recently?"
"Probably eighty-nine times out of ten." Xu Yunxuan smiled, "But there are always some holes that the author hasn't filled, and even if you try your best, it won't work."
Shen Yuyao looked at her carefully, "Then Yunxuan, do you know why I entered the palace, and why I came to this Zuixian Tower after leaving the palace?"
Xu Yunxuan lowered her head, frowned and did not answer immediately.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yuyao asked again.
Xu Yunxuan reached out to pick up the cup of tea that was brewed for her, but she accidentally knocked the teacup to the ground.
There was a crisp "pop" sound.
The teacup was smashed to pieces.
"Yuyao." Xu Yunxuan said, "The emperor has given all the names of 'loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness' to the crown prince's lineage, while bestowing the name of 'traitor' on Prince Ning!"
Shen Yuyao looked at her and nodded slightly.
Xu Yunxuan rolled up her sleeves, reached out to pick up the largest piece of debris on the ground, and placed it on the table. "The Emperor of Daxia is truly a founding monarch. He is so thoughtful."
"The worst possible outcome of the Emperor's plan would be a rebellion, which he had anticipated."
"And this rebellion, no matter what the outcome, is merely a change of supreme ruler within the Xia family."
"This land still belongs to the Xia family, and the emperor's blood and flesh remain at the pinnacle of power!"
"The old emperor really has a good plan."
As she spoke, Xu Yunxuan had already picked up the larger pieces of debris on the ground and placed them on the table.
"Yuyao, you didn't return to Prince Ning's Mansion, but instead rushed to Zuixianlou. You want to ask about the future fortune and misfortune of the entire Prince Ning's Mansion."
She asked Shen Yuyao as she pieced the larger pieces together.
"Am I right?"
Shen Yuyao also helped her pick up a few smaller pieces, "No, I just want to ask about one person's ending."
"Who?" Xu Yunxuan's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Princess Xiaoxian!" Shen Yuyao put down the fragments in her hand and looked straight at Xu Yunxuan.
"Her?" Xu Yunxuan exclaimed, "She doesn't even appear in the book I read!"
“…”
When Shen Yuyao walked out of Zuixian Tower, she actually forgot that it was Xia Xiaoxian's arrival that changed the fate of her and Xu Yunxuan.
Although Xu Yunxuan came from another more advanced world, she was probably even more confused than Shen Yuyao about the fate of Xia Xiaoxian.
Standing at the gate of Zuixianlou, Shen Yuyao suddenly felt like she was in a dream.
Although Xu Yunxuan had told her the ending of everyone in the entire book, Shen Yuyao knew that because of the appearance of Xia Xiaoxian, everyone's ending might change.
Should she now silently take on the responsibility of carrying out the emperor's will, or tell Xia Xiaoxian everything before making a decision?
Shen Yuyao suddenly felt confused about where to go next.
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