Chapter 282 Flattery
Why summon the emperor if he doesn't take good care of his injuries?
He still had to rush back home to have lunch with his wife...
A certain gentleman had a bad feeling in his heart.
But the emperor summoned me, so I had to go.
I had no choice but to go back to Hanyuan Hall.
When he returned, Dean Zhao had just prepared the medicine and brought it up.
When Xie Jingyu smelled the medicine, his eyelids twitched twice. The emperor drank the medicine in one gulp and threw the bowl onto the tray. Zhao Yuan was so flustered that he almost dropped the bowl.
Zhao Yuanzheng didn't dare to stay any longer and left quickly.
Xie Jingyu saluted the emperor and said, "I wonder if the emperor is looking for me..."
The emperor's face darkened.
A certain gentleman silently changed his words, "Looking for a son-in-law...?"
Eunuch An, “…”
This flattery is really subtle.
Even Eunuch An, who had been flattering the emperor for more than 20 years, had to admit defeat.
The emperor's dark face visibly became more handsome. "That half of the jade pendant belongs to Wan'er. Why didn't you tell me first?"
Xie Jingyu guessed that the emperor was looking for him for this matter.
Originally, he wanted to inform Shen Ji and then tell the emperor, but plans could not keep up with changes. Shen Ji did not even give him the chance to tell the emperor and beat the emperor.
Xie Jingyu said, "I accidentally learned that the Princess of Jin had given birth to a child, and I wanted to see the files on the Jin Palace fire case. My father-in-law knew about this and didn't allow me to investigate the case. It just so happens that Wan'er is not my father-in-law's biological child, and Wan'er's half of the jade pendant is the same as the emperor's. I have doubts, but this matter is of great importance, so I dare not seek confirmation..."
It's normal not to dare to verify this matter.
The emperor did not blame him, but only asked, "Why did you suddenly tell Shen Ji?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Your Majesty, like Wan'er, cannot eat hickory nuts. At the birthday banquet yesterday, I don't know whether someone wanted to kill Wan'er and mistakenly gave the gift to Your Majesty, or whether they had guessed the relationship between Wan'er and Your Majesty and deliberately murdered Your Majesty..."
"No matter which one it is, the time has come to report it to the Emperor. I dare not ask the Emperor rashly, so I went to my father-in-law first. I hope the Emperor will forgive me."
The emperor glanced at Eunuch An, and Eunuch An took out the half jade pendant.
The emperor rubbed it in his hand for a few times and handed it to Xie Jingyu, "Take it back to Wan'er."
Xie Jingyu took it and said, "It's alright, I'll take my leave."
The emperor would not let Xie Jingyu go easily. He glanced at the dragon table and said, "Give me those memorials for approval."
Xie Jingyu, “……???”
Eunuch An, “…???”
Xie Jingyu's mouth twitched, "How can I help the emperor review memorials?"
Eunuch An also felt that this move was inappropriate.
The son-in-law couldn't even hold real power, let alone review memorials.
But the emperor's action left Xie Jingyu and Eunuch An speechless.
The emperor covered his chest and was having trouble breathing.
But Zhao Yuanzheng said that the emperor had serious internal injuries and would not be able to attend court for the next five or six days.
The emperor would have to review memorials regardless of whether he was attending court or not. The emperor was already half dead, and if he continued to review memorials, he would have lost half his life.
The fact that the emperor was beaten by Duke Dingguo must never be made known to anyone, otherwise Duke Dingguo's life would be in danger.
Among those who knew about it, apart from the Prince of Jingbei, the only one who could help the emperor review memorials was the Duke of Dingguo.
If Duke Dingguo were to review the memorials, he would surely beat the emperor again, so he could only pick on the weak.
Xie Jingyu struggled, "I still have to go back and have dinner with Wan'er..."
The emperor said unhappily, "Why? Without you by his side, Wan'er won't even eat?"
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Eunuch An tried to hold back his laughter.
What could Xie Jingyu say? He could only accept his fate and go to review the memorial.
It was already lunchtime, and Eunuch An asked, "Should we serve the meal?"
The emperor has no appetite at all.
Eunuch An advised, "Prince Jingbei also wants to eat..."
"Give him two steamed buns."
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Eunuch An, “…”
Looking at the steamed buns brought in front of him, Xie Jingyu's mouth and eyes twitched.
Eunuch An wanted to laugh but couldn't, and he felt so uncomfortable holding it in.
From a favored minister to a disliked consort of the emperor...
His status plummeted.
Eating only two steamed buns, a certain gentleman reviewed memorials for the entire afternoon.
When he returned to the Jingbei Palace, it was already evening and the sky was filled with brilliant sunset glow.
Shen Wan leaned against the window to admire the sunset. Seeing Xie Jingyu coming back, she said, "You went to find my father. Why did you come back only now?"
It didn't take long for Xie Jingyu to find Shen Ji. Shen Wan thought he would come back to have lunch with her, so she waited for him for quarter of an hour.
Fortunately, I didn't wait too long, as no one showed up for the entire afternoon.
Xie Jingyu put his arm around Chen Wan's waist and said, "It's only been a while since we last met, why do you miss me so much?"
Does this person have to be so cheesy? It's not like he's going on a long trip. Shen Wan said, "Who missed you? I'm just curious what you want from my dad that makes you go away for so long?"
Xie Jingyu said, "I went from Duke Dingguo's Mansion to the Lin Mansion, then to the military camp, and finally waited for my father-in-law outside the palace gate. I did nothing all morning and just ran after my father-in-law."
Shen Wan, “…”
Shen Wan's face was full of black lines, "Do you really have to find my father?"
Xie Jingyu pinched Shen Wan's nose, "I can't let my father-in-law come to see me, right?"
He really dares to think.
In order to prevent Shen Wan from asking him why he was looking for Shen Ji, Xie Jingyu took out the half jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Shen Wan.
Shen Wan asked in surprise, "How did you get it back?"
Xie Jingyu said, "The emperor asked me to find the other half, so he gave me this half as well."
Shen Wan had no doubt about this reason.
I was just a little curious, "What does the emperor want the other half of the jade pendant for?"
Xie Jingyu could only shake his head after being ordered to keep silent. "I, your husband, cannot possibly guess what the emperor is thinking."
He guessed that the emperor had a candidate for the crown prince in his mind, but he didn't expect that person to be Shen Wan's biological brother. However, even after living a lifetime, Shen Wan seemed unaware that she had a twin brother, nor did she know that she was the daughter of the emperor and Princess Jin.
Shen Wan looked at the jade pendant over and over again, then handed it to Xie Jingyu. Xie Jingyu asked, "How do you give it to me?"
Shen Wan said, “It’s useless for me to hold it, you can find someone who needs it.”
She could feel that her mother really wanted her to find the other half of the jade pendant.
Given my parents’ personalities, they must have looked for it, but they just didn’t find it.
This jade pendant was of no use to her in her previous life, so it would be better to give it to Xie Jingyu. Maybe Xie Jingyu could help her find it?
Xie Jingyu used the excuse that the emperor asked him to find the other half of the jade pendant, and Shen Wan gave him the jade pendant. Xie Jingyu had no reason not to accept it.
It doesn't matter whether the jade pendant is in his hand or in Shen Wan's hand.
Xie Jingyu took the jade pendant.
The small kitchen brought dinner, and Xie Jingyu and Shen Wan sat down to eat together.
Seeing that Xie Jingyu had eaten two bowls of rice and added another bowl, Shen Wan asked, "You didn't have lunch?"
Thinking of the two soft buns, Xie Jingyu said, "It's almost the same as not eating anything."
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