Chapter 96: None of them makes me worry-free!
Eunuch Yang nodded repeatedly, "Your Majesty is right. Your Highness Prince Xuan killed Wei Wencai to eliminate harm to the people."
He knew that every time the emperor punished King Xuan, he would regret it afterwards, and in the end, it was only these servants who were punished.
That was why he turned a blind eye before and did not dare to let the palace servants torture King Xuan.
The emperor became more and more angry, "Give them to me——"
Before he could utter a few words, Eunuch Yang said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. His Highness Prince Xuan is fine. I was right there with him! The prince was escorted out of the palace to conceal his whereabouts and to give Lord Anyuan an explanation."
The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that nothing serious is wrong."
He learned that Xie Yan was fine, and he felt happy again: "So, A Rao came to my dream just because she missed me..."
Eunuch Yang pretended to be deaf and dumb. This Concubine Rao was the emperor's Achilles' heel. Only the emperor himself could speak about the matters concerning Concubine Rao. He dared not say a single word.
Everyone says that the Emperor favors Concubine Hui, but if Concubine Rao had been willing to accept the Emperor's arrangement, there would probably be no place for Concubine Hui in the palace!
At this time, a palace attendant came outside the palace and respectfully announced, "Your Majesty, Prince Duan has come to pay his respects to you."
The emperor's mood improved, no longer as depressed as when he first got up. Hearing this, he said, "Let him in."
Eunuch Yang hurried out and invited Prince Duan in.
Prince Duan was respectful and filial: "Your Highness, your son pays his respects to you, Father."
The emperor nodded and said, "It's rare that you are so thoughtful. Please take a seat."
After Prince Duan sat down, he sighed softly.
The emperor was just feeling better when he heard Prince Duan sigh, and he was filled with displeasure: "You come to pay your respects to me so early in the morning, and yet you come to cause me trouble!"
He looked at Prince Duan carefully and said, "Your eye circles are so dark. You should be more restrained in your sexual life!"
None of his sons are worry-free!
Prince Duan quickly knelt on the ground and said with deep emotion, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I was worried about my third brother being beaten and bedridden, and I couldn't sleep all night. That's why my eyes are dark. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor nodded sullenly, "It seems I misunderstood you. It's hard to believe your brotherly love is so strong. Well, stand up."
Prince Duan carefully sat down and said casually, "But your Majesty, don't worry. My third brother lives in the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion. With so many people taking care of him, I'm sure he will recover soon."
"What?" The emperor was immediately furious. "Xie Yan actually moved into the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion? He truly turned a deaf ear to my words!"
Prince Duan carefully observed the emperor's expression, hinting, "People say that the Third Prince hasn't forgotten the kindness of the Zhenguo Marquisate in raising him all these years."
The emperor was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Prince Duan continued, "Although my third brother is concerned about the Marquis's Mansion, he is still a prince. What's the point of him living in the Marquis' Mansion all the time?"
"In my opinion, Third Prince might be too lonely living alone in the palace. He's not young anymore. Why don't you... Father find him a good marriage? Once Third Prince has his own family, he can't live in someone else's house anymore."
Yesterday, Bai Ruowei and Sun Manying went to Liang's house for a banquet. For some unknown reason, a conflict broke out and Sun Manying actually bit off a piece of Bai Ruowei's ear.
Bai Ruowei came to the palace crying, saying that Ruan Yunsheng poisoned Sun Manying, which was why Sun Manying went crazy.
Although Bai Ruowei's words were very certain, he was actually skeptical, because he had known Ruan Yunsheng for so many years and had no idea that Ruan Yunsheng could use poison.
Ruan Yunsheng liked him so much before, how could she have hidden it from him?
It's probably because Bai Ruowei was jealous and deliberately pushed the blame onto Ruan Yunsheng.
Fortunately, Bai Ruowei only had a defective ear. If her appearance was also ruined, he would really have to reconsider taking Bai Ruowei as a concubine.
He said a few perfunctory words and asked the imperial physician to treat Bai Ruowei so that she could rest and recuperate.
Not long after that, Marshal Sun found him and asked him to reveal to his father the fact that Xie Yan was living in the Marquis' Mansion and to find a way to get Xie Yan to leave the Mansion.
This is quite what he wants!
He was also not happy about Xie Yan living in the Marquis' Mansion every day. Although there was no possibility between him and Ruan Yunsheng, he just didn't want to see Xie Yan get what he wanted!
Since Ruan Yunsheng couldn't accept him marrying another woman, he would definitely stay away from Xie Yan who was married!
The emperor arranged the marriage, and if Xie Yan refused, it would be disobeying the emperor's order; if Xie Yan did not refuse, it would be equivalent to giving up Ruan Yunsheng.
No matter what he chooses, it's wrong!
Eunuch Yang frowned secretly after hearing what Prince Duan said.
He already knew what King Xuan was thinking. Given King Xuan's temper, he was willing to kill for Princess Mingyi, so he naturally would not accept the emperor's arranged marriage.
When the time comes, King Xuan will be punished for disobeying the emperor's order, and when the emperor regrets it later, it will be these servants who will suffer.
Prince Duan really brings up things that are not related to the topic!
The emperor listened to Prince Duan's words and nodded thoughtfully, "You do have a point. After getting married, naturally, you can't do whatever you want like before."
In fact, he had intended to arrange a marriage for Xie Yan two years ago, but Xie Yan refused on the grounds that he was in poor health and needed to rest.
But now we can no longer let him do as he pleases!
When Prince Duan saw that the emperor agreed, he was secretly happy and quickly took his leave.
After Prince Duan left, the emperor looked at Eunuch Yang and said, "Xie Yan has high standards. I'm afraid ordinary people wouldn't be able to catch his eye. Do you know any court official whose daughter has an outstanding temperament and appearance?"
Eunuch Yang cautiously advised, "Although the Emperor favored the prince by granting him this marriage, Prince Xuan has always been a man of his own ideas. Why not wait until the prince is better, have the Empress host a palace banquet, and let the prince choose his own?"
The emperor was displeased: "I granted him the marriage, and he dared to disobey my order?"
Even so, the emperor also understood Xie Yan's temper. After thinking for a moment, he ordered, "Let the Ye Ting Bureau select a few palace maids with clean family backgrounds, outstanding looks, and gentle and virtuous manners. With concubines serving in the palace, Xie Yan won't feel lonely anymore."
"After you've chosen someone, you'll personally deliver them to Xie Yan."
Eunuch Yang was complaining in his heart, and naturally he didn't want to encounter this bad luck.
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to have Prince Duan deliver it?"
"Firstly, Prince Duan is worried about His Highness Prince Xuan, so he can go and visit him. Secondly, it would be more respectable for the concubine to be sent by the prince."
The emperor nodded and said, "You have a point. Then let Prince Duan go."
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The Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion.
Ruan Yunsheng and others were gathered together to analyze the letter.
Ruan Yunsheng had already written down the contents of the letter he had seen in the Taiwei Mansion and placed it together with the letter he had found in the Liang Mansion.
Ruan Yunsheng pointed at a few of the sentences and said, "I think these are very likely to be secret codes."
She glanced at Pei Jinghong and said with a smile, "Thanks to my cousin for getting the information from Lin about the places Su Muci often visited, we sent someone to secretly investigate yesterday, and sure enough, we found a rarely visited lotus pond nearby!"
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