Rongde Hall
"Lord Xiao, the people sent to investigate the eastern border have returned."
Xiao Tianci was surprised, "How come Dongjun has invaded so quickly?"
Xiao Deng said, "There must be some movement. Our men walked sixty kilometers outside the city when they discovered that the Ministry of War had secretly dispatched tens of thousands of troops to the Eastern Territory. Furthermore, He Zhongkai, bearing the imperial edict, led troops to the Western Territory. Their numbers far outnumbered those sent to the Eastern Territory."
Xiao Tianci's cloudy eyes darkened. "He Zhongkai is heading to the Western Territory this time, and Xiao Su and Xiao Jing are still on their way back to the capital. I'm afraid the tens of thousands of soldiers of our Xiao family will be taken over by him."
Xiao Deng: "We were careless. We played this drama too realistically. We had the two marquises return to the capital pretending to attend a funeral, which gave the emperor an opportunity to take advantage of it. Our Xiao family has completely lost its military power."
"Not necessarily." Xiao Tianci was optimistic. "We still have 10,000 troops in the southern border."
"Perhaps the Emperor has also sent someone to receive it."
"The fact that Dongjun has raised an army to invade the border is enough to worry His Majesty. Now there is no suitable candidate in the court to go to the southern border. His Majesty will not use the 10,000 troops of our Xiao family for the time being."
Xiao Tianci dared to conclude that Dongjun had assembled a lot of troops this time and would not attack the city for the time being. It was just putting pressure on the emperor to allow Su Xingyi to successfully return to his roots and get everything he deserved.
The emperor sent He Zhongkai to lead more troops to the Western Border, apparently because he was worried that the Western Border would intervene!
Xiao Deng added, "With only 10,000 soldiers left, won't our Xiao family gradually decline?"
"No, our Xiao family army has worked hard to defend our country for decades. We should take this opportunity to have a good rest for 10 to 20 years."
"Ten or twenty years?" Xiao Deng was apprehensive. "Will our Xiao Family Army still be around?"
Xiao Tianci smiled mysteriously, "Perhaps there will be no war in the next ten or twenty years, or it is not impossible that the four countries can coexist peacefully for thirty or forty years."
"My Lord." At this time, the servant came in and announced, "The eldest lady is here."
"Yu'er, why are you here?" Xiao Tianci hurried out to greet her, holding Xiao Lingyu's arm and leading her into the house with Mo Shu. "Be careful, there's a threshold here. Go slowly."
Xiao Tianci suddenly felt that the threshold under his feet was an eyesore, so he turned around and removed it, "Xiao Deng, quickly move the soft chair over here."
Xiao Deng quickly moved the soft chair over and placed it behind Xiao Lingyu.
"Yu'er, come and sit down, don't get tired." Xiao Tianci looked at her big belly, terrified that she might have a miscarriage.
Seeing that Xiao Tianci was nervous, Xiao Lingyu also became nervous and sat down carefully with the help of Mo Shu and Xiao Tianci.
"Don't worry, Grandfather. I will take care of myself and won't get hurt. I came here because I have something important to say."
"Grandfather already knew that the murderer who persecuted you and Feng Jinyu was Cui Wan. From now on, the Cui family will not show up again."
Xiao Lingyu glanced at Xiao Deng, realizing that nothing could be hidden from his grandfather. "Nie Jiu came back and told me that the emperor only ordered her and the young prince to be banished to the cold palace, and did not want her life."
"The Emperor didn't demote her this time, but instead banished her and the little prince to the cold palace, which is a severe punishment. The cold palace is no place for human beings, and the Empress Dowager treasures Feng Jinyu the most. She won't let Concubine Cui have an easy time! This is torture for Cui Wan."
Xiao Lingyu frowned, "The little prince is less than a week old, and the emperor has banished him to the cold palace. How could he just leave him alone? Cui Wan not only persecuted Feng Jinyu, but now she's trying to poison me while I'm pregnant. If I hadn't discovered it sooner, our fake drama would have become real."
Xiao Lingyu feels extremely scared when he thinks about it now.
If Xiao Xier couldn't communicate with animals, it would be difficult for her, a time traveler, to guard against being assassinated.
Xiao Tianci's expression grew solemn. The Emperor seemed to be punishing Cui Wan severely, but wasn't he protecting her?!
Cui Wan really wanted to poison his precious granddaughter, so being banished to the cold palace was really too easy for her.
"Nie Jiu, bring the person in."
Wu Youshu entered Rongde Hall trembling with fear, and knelt down in front of Xiao Tianci, crying and begging for mercy, "Mr. Xiao, please forgive me, I don't want to die. It was Concubine Cui who ordered me to do this, and I just followed your orders."
Xiao Tianci was bewildered. Seeing the white-haired Wu Youshu kneeling and wailing before him, his head ached. "Alright, stop wailing! You're already old, what's wrong with you? Explain what's going on."
Wu Youshu stopped talking instantly and glanced at Xiao Lingyu.
"Tell my grandfather in detail how my mother died."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Rongde Hall was shocked. Xiao Tianci instantly understood that his eldest daughter-in-law did not die of illness. He suddenly became furious and kicked Wu Youshu to the ground.
One kick was not enough to vent his anger, so he raised his second kick. Seeing this, Xiao Deng quickly hugged the furious Xiao Tianci. If he kicked Wu Youshu to death, no one would point out Cui Wan's evil deeds in front of Emperor Qianyuan.
"Mr. Xiao, calm down, his old bones can't stand being kicked."
Xiao Tianci raised his second foot and kicked it hard on the ground. The sound scared Wu Youshu so much that he fainted.
"Wake him up!"
Wu Youshu was quickly awakened by the splash. Facing Xiao Tianci's sinister expression, he quickly confessed, "Lord Xiao, the Imperial Concubine was determined to support the Second Prince to ascend the throne and didn't want the First Prince to be smoothly appointed as the Crown Prince. Madam Xiao's emergency didn't come on suddenly. Six months before Princess Xiao came of age, the Emperor asked me to come to the Duke of Huguo's residence to check her pulse. At that time, I followed the Imperial Concubine's instructions and tampered with Madam Xiao's health-preserving prescription. Three months later, the emergency occurred. Later..."
Xiao Lingyu took over and said, "Later, we asked you to come in for a consultation, and you tampered with the herbs, causing my mother's condition to worsen. The imperial doctors were helpless, and you simply retired and disappeared. We used the prescription you gave me to keep my mother alive. If we had stopped using the prescription, would my mother still be able to be saved?"
Wu Youshu was silent for a moment. "Even so, there's no hope. If Elder Lu had been in Beiyi at the time, perhaps Madam Xiao could have saved her life."
Cui Wan immediately sent people to keep an eye on Old Lu. Seeing that he had left Beiyi and gone to Nankun, she began to give Madam Xiao a chronic poison.
"Also, the Emperor and your Xiao family sent people to look for Elder Lu. The information you got about Elder Lu's whereabouts was all fake. It was specially arranged by the Imperial Concubine."
"Pa!" Xiao Tianci slapped the table. "What a vicious mind! Just banishing her to the cold palace is too good for her."
"Grandfather, Cui Wan must pay with her own life for killing someone!"
"Yu'er, leave this matter to grandfather. Go back and take good care of your pregnancy. Cui Wan will suffer the consequences after the court meeting tomorrow. Just wait for the news from the palace tomorrow. Mo Shu, the rest of you, quickly help the princess go back and rest."
After Xiao Lingyu saw that everything had been explained, she felt a little tired from sitting here, so she returned to Youhuang Courtyard.
"Wu Youshu, I'll take you to the palace tomorrow and tell you everything I just said in court. If you dare to play tricks, I'll kick you to death!"
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