Early the next morning, Su Mengyan was waiting and dozing on the steps outside Situ Yao's bedroom, with a large bag on her back, looking like she was going to escape.
Seeing her tired face, Situ Yao couldn't help but ask, "Why do you look like this?"
Su Mengyan smiled bitterly: "I ruined Concubine Bai's plan yesterday. I was afraid that someone would do something bad to me. I didn't sleep at all the whole night."
This miserable look made him feel inexplicably funny. The corners of his lips rose slightly, then quickly dropped.
"Let's go to the carriage and rest first."
Su Mengyan was pleasantly surprised and quickly thanked him and ran towards the carriage.
"Your Highness!" The shrill voice was extremely harsh.
The person who came was Liu Bo, the eunuch beside the emperor. Ever since the emperor ordered Situ Yao to mourn for the empress, he refused to see him again.
This eunuch always sided with Concubine Bai. He had a lover in the backyard, who was the senior palace maid in front of Concubine Bai.
"This old servant greets His Majesty the Crown Prince!" Liu Bo stepped forward and saluted. His movements and posture were all in place, but there was a lack of respect in his eyes.
Situ Yao calmly supported the man, not allowing him to bow. "No need to be so polite, Chief Steward Liu. I wonder what the emperor's wishes are?"
"Your Majesty knows that Situ Yao feels aggrieved, so he specially asked this old servant to deliver a book to you. Please take a closer look at it when you go to the imperial mausoleum." After saying that, he handed the brocade box to Situ Yao.
Book of the Later Han
Su Mengyan immediately recalled passages from the book. It was clearly a fictional dynasty, yet biographies of Han Dynasty-related figures appeared in it.
And the emperor at this time was just like Liu Xiu.
No matter how outstanding he was in history, it cannot conceal the fact that he was a shameless emperor who made his fortune by relying on women.
Mingming had already married a wife, but for the sake of status, he turned to marry Guo Shengtong, whose family status was higher.
But after he firmly established himself as emperor, he felt that the Guo family was too powerful and there was a danger of foreign relatives monopolizing power.
Not only was the queen deposed, but even her son was forced to give up his position as Situ Yao.
Although it is called abdication, even a fool knows that Situ Yao has to step down.
Like Liu Xiu, this emperor also had a lover, Bai Guifei, who was a palace maid.
Liu Bo paid attention to Situ Yao's reaction, but he was indifferent. He was disappointed that he didn't get to watch the excitement, but he still said, "Your Highness, please carefully consider His Majesty's intention, especially those marked pages..."
He leaned closer, looking heartbroken, "Your Highness, please comfort His Majesty sooner, so that he won't have to suffer in this imperial mausoleum any longer."
Situ Yao smiled lightly, "I'll remember this. Please go back and report to the emperor, please take care of yourself. I'll be leaving now."
Liu Bo watched Situ Yao leave, put away the smile on his face, and his shriveled face became even more creepy.
The young eunuch beside him was very puzzled: "Godfather, what does it mean that His Majesty sent a book to the Crown Prince?"
Liu Bo glanced at him and sneered, "You're still far from it, kid!"
Situ Yao sat in the carriage, playing with the brocade box in his hand, his eyes fixed on the box, wondering what he was thinking about.
Su Mengyan knew that he was in a very bad mood at the moment, so she shrank into a corner, closed her eyes and rested, secretly praying in her heart that she would not provoke this gentleman.
Things don't always go as planned.
"Tell me, why did the emperor give me such a book?"
The voice is clear and a bit lazy, which makes people let down their guard unconsciously.
However, when Su Mengyan heard this, it felt like a death warrant. She slowly opened her eyes and said embarrassedly: "Your Highness, I have never been to school and I don't understand these things."
"You don't understand?" Situ Yao smiled playfully.
Su Mengyan still shuddered in her heart, because in the original book, when the protagonist showed this expression, it meant that he was just teasing the ants, and when he lost interest at any time, he would crush the ants to death without mercy.
Su Mengyan immediately admitted her mistake: "Your Highness, I was wrong and shouldn't have lied to you. I do know a few words."
Situ Yao said "Oh?" and continued, "Then tell me, what does it mean when the Emperor gives me this book?"
Su Mengyan thought for a moment and asked stiffly, "I have told the truth. Your Highness, can you not punish me and not be angry?"
He nodded as a promise.
Su Mengyan felt a little throaty and licked her lips. "I dare to guess that His Majesty wants you to voluntarily abdicate the throne of Situ Yao, thereby preserving His Majesty's reputation and allowing the Second Prince to ascend the throne legitimately. More importantly, your mother's family will also lose their position to resist."
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