Xiahou Chongyuan remained silent, secretly analyzing Song Qingxue's speculations.

Perhaps at the beginning, Xiahou Jun did have the idea of ​​recruiting him, because he had been the least favored prince since he was a child, and there was no powerful force supporting him. He wanted to find a powerful official with real power to support him.

But after trying several times without success, Xiahou Chun should have given up the idea.

Now he continues to do those thankless tasks, probably simply to maintain his benevolent image.

However, no matter what purpose Xiahou Jun had in trying to please him, it was all for his own success.

Regardless of whether his response is good or bad, it can bring unlimited benefits to Xiahou Chun.

As the regent, although he has tremendous power, his every word and action is always closely watched.

Even the common people in the capital knew that Xiahou Jun was dull-witted and stupid.

If he treated Xiahou Chun kindly, outsiders would think that he was afraid that Xiahou Le would be difficult to control because he was old, so he wanted to support this useless person to continue to hold the power of life and death in the court.

Xiahou Le is still young and has an unstable mind. If he hears such remarks, he will definitely be affected and break off with him completely.

At that time, Xiahou Le and he were fighting each other, and Xiahou Chun could reap the benefits.

He couldn't let Xiahou Jun achieve his goal, so he could only treat him coldly. In the eyes of others, this situation would only make them think that he was cold-blooded and heartless, while on the contrary, it would deepen their impression of Xiahou Jun's kindness and righteousness.

In this way, even if Xiahou Chun finally showed his true colors one day and tried to seize power and usurp the throne, when people looked at him based on their impression of him, they would simply think that he was the emperor because people wanted him to be.

After all, he even showed genuine care and love for the regent who had always treated him harshly. How could such a generous and kind person treat the people of the world unfairly!

There are not so many black and white things in the world, but when Xiahou Chongyuan makes a choice, there are only two paths: black and white.

He had no third way to go, so he could only choose the safest path between these two options and go all the way.

Xiahou Chun is indeed a smart man as he has two plans in mind.

He had to admit that Song Qingxue's so-called ending in the book, in which Xiahou Chun would become the final winner, was not completely unreasonable.

As soon as Xiahou Chongyuan fell silent, the whole hall suddenly became quiet.

Xiahou Chun and Zhao Wanqiu couldn't guess what he was thinking and didn't dare to speak out. Song Qingxue had a faint smile on her face and just wanted to watch the show quietly.

She just wanted to see what the couple's purpose was in coming to the Regent's Palace today.

However, keeping the atmosphere so tense doesn’t seem to be a solution?

When Song Qingxue thought about this, she still felt that she should say something to liven up the atmosphere.

If everyone is so quiet, we will probably just sit there in silence until dark, and then we will have to send everyone away.

So she coughed twice and said, "Prince He, don't mind what the prince said. He only said such nonsense because he heard rumors from outsiders. You are uncle and nephew, so don't let the words of outsiders ruin your relationship."

At this point, Song Qingxue glanced at Xiahou Chongyuan's expression and confirmed that he was not angry before continuing, "If you are hurt by what the prince said just now, this princess will apologize to you on his behalf. Don't let this cause you to have a grudge against your uncle."

"You are too harsh, auntie," Xiahou Chun said as she gave him an excuse. "I know that uncle is in a bad mood because of his leg problems, so he said such harsh words. I can understand."

"As long as you understand."

Xiahou Chun nodded and looked at Xiahou Chongyuan, saying with concern, "Uncle, don't be too anxious. Although the imperial physician said that your leg disease is difficult to treat, he did not say that it cannot be cured. Just rest assured and take care of it. With the imperial physician's dedicated treatment, you will be able to stand up soon."

Xiahou Chongyuan was not moved at all when he heard this, but this step was given by Song Qingxue, so he naturally couldn't tear it down easily, so he just said calmly: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Knowing that he was going to order him to leave, Xiahou Chun quickly said, "Uncle, I came here today because I have something else I want to ask you."

He came here specially not only to see the joke of this disabled person, he had more important things to do.

"Speak." Xiahou Chongyuan had expected this, and when he heard him ask this, he was no longer in a hurry to send him away.

Xiahou Jun hesitated for a while before speaking slowly: "Uncle, I heard that you caught a fortune teller before the accident?"

"Oh? Who told you that?" Xiahou Chongyuan raised his eyebrows but did not give a definite answer.

Facing his pointed question, Xiahou Chun just said calmly: "You didn't hide it from anyone when you arrested the man. Many people in Shangjing City knew about it."

Xiahou Chongyuan narrowed his eyes and stared at him for a long while, "Is that so? But when I brought him back to the palace, it was already the middle of the night. How did so many people know about this?"

"Uncle, you forgot that you brought him into the palace at the banquet that day, and almost all the civil and military officials saw it."

"Oh, it's true." Xiahou Chongyuan admitted generously, and then immediately asked: "But what does this have to do with you? Why are you so concerned about this? Could it be that this person is a running dog you keep outside?"

"No, uncle. I just suspect that your assassination that night might have something to do with that person."

"Why do you think so?" After Xiahou Chongyuan said this, he grabbed the handles of the chair with both hands, leaned his back gently against the chair, and looked like he was ready to listen attentively.

Seeing this, Xiahou Jun said quickly, "When you brought him into the palace, someone recognized his identity and said that he was the one who spread the word that Princess Changle was destined to be a phoenix."

"Anyone who dares to say such things either really has the ability or someone deliberately instigated him to do so. But seeing that he is so young and his eyes are cloudy, it is obvious that he is a charlatan. So it is only possible that someone instigated him to do so. Otherwise, no one with a little bit of brains would casually say such things to provoke you, my uncle."

"Yeah." Xiahou Chongyuan raised his chin, motioning him to continue.

"Uncle, have you ever thought about why he wanted to release such news when the whole city was rumored that you and the aunt were getting divorced? That person obviously wanted to sow discord between you and the emperor, but he probably didn't expect that you would find out about him and catch him, so he was so angry that he wanted to take your life that night!"

At this point, Xiahou Chun leaned forward slightly and said seriously: "Uncle, I think we should find the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise I am worried that he will attack you again. You are the pillar of the Dongyue Dynasty. If you encounter any accidents again..."

Xiahou Chongyuan listened to him talking for a long time and just wanted to sneer in his heart.

He raised his eyelids and said expressionlessly, "Then what do you think, Prince He, should I do to find out who is behind this?"

Xiahou Chun did not answer immediately, but pursed his lips and thought for a long time before saying: "According to my nephew, the emperor's uncle might as well use the liar who spread the rumors as a lure to lure out the person behind him!"

"That's a good idea." Xiahou Chongyuan said, "Unfortunately, he was a discarded pawn and had been poisoned to death long ago. His body is probably now in the stomachs of the wolves in the mass grave. Your idea is too late."

"What! What should we do? Without this person, it will be difficult to find the person behind this!" Xiahou Chun's face was full of worry, but his heart was completely relieved.