"The sage...in person?"
Helian Chen was dumbfounded.
He never expected that his prince would have such a shameless side.
How could a sage speak to you face to face?
Is he alright in the capital, thousands of miles away?
Moreover, such matters require a sage to speak to one's face.
"Your Highness, there is... there is an imperial edict."
Helian Chen swallowed hard, then gave a strained reminder.
"Well, in broad daylight, under the clear sky, how dare a daring madman falsely convey an imperial edict!"
Helian Jue's expression was serious, but a playful glint flashed in his beautiful peach blossom eyes.
He did it on purpose!
"By the way, Your Highness, have you apprehended that madman who forged the imperial edict?"
"Hmph, such a madman deserves a good beating before being escorted back to the capital."
"Does the emperor really think Yuezhou is so far away that anyone can come and forge an imperial edict and run rampant in my Yuezhou?"
Helian Jue, however, became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke. As long as the man refused to accept the imperial decree, he had plenty of ways to deal with him.
The simplest and most effective way is to act like a rogue and deny everything!
Hey, I told you you're fake. You can talk all you want, but I won't believe you. What can you do about it?
The emperor is far away and the country is high up!
Several months passed in this back-and-forth.
After going back and forth, and then there's the verbal sparring, a whole year has passed.
After two or three years of this, everything will eventually fall through or the trouble will be over.
Helian Chen's eyes widened in disbelief: You can do it like that?
When did our prince become so shameless?
He seems even more "bearish" than the fourth prince next door.
Because the kid next door was a real troublemaker, while Helian Jue was just pretending.
Helian Chen must be thankful that Helian Jue was not at the palace when the imperial envoy from the capital came to deliver the decree.
Otherwise, this guy might actually pull that stunt.
Who knows how angry the emperor in the capital will be then?
Well, actually, even if someone is really angry, what can a saint do?
Helian Chen suddenly realized that his prince was no longer the tool that the emperor and empress could appoint or depose at will.
He commanded tens of thousands of elite troops and occupied the vast Lingnan region.
Not to mention, Helian Jue wasn't fighting alone; he also had his wife, Lady Xie, as a capable assistant and a source of wealth.
With its people, money, and soldiers, and being located far away in the southern border region, even if the sage wanted to govern or utilize it, he would be powerless to reach it.
The sage couldn't come up with any grand, sweeping moves, so he could only resort to petty tricks to annoy Helian Jue.
Since it's a petty trick, it's somewhat beneath its dignity.
If Helian Jue had revered imperial power and obeyed orders, his little tricks would have been very effective.
But Helian Jue simply resorted to shamelessness—
hiss!
For some reason, Helian Chen felt inexplicably relieved after his worries subsided!
"So, you won't allow Xie Rou to enter the Prince's residence?"
Helian Chen licked his lips, and without beating around the bush, asked the question directly.
"snort!"
Helian Jue snorted coldly, "What do you think the Yue Prince's Mansion is? You think you can send any Tom, Dick, Harry, or any kind of trash into here?"
Putting aside his old grudges with the Xie family, his relationship with A Yuan alone was enough to make him incompatible with any other woman.
Helian Jue was never a fool who repaid evil with kindness. The fact that he did not exterminate Xie Ze's family was already merciful enough.
Helian Jue was well aware of the sage's true intentions in deliberately elevating Xie Rou.
Even if Xie Rou was as beautiful as a fairy, Helian Jue would never have managed to get a spy into the Prince's mansion.
The key point is that Xie Rou is also plain-looking. Not to mention compared to herself, she can't even compare to A Yuan.
The reason Helian Jue chose Xie Rou was not because of Xie Rou herself, but to appease the aristocratic families.
Helian Jue's idea was very simple: any woman would do, since none of them were as beautiful as Gu Chang.
Therefore, appearance was not what Helian Jue valued most.
It was only after meeting Xie Yuan that Helian Jue realized that women shouldn't be casual; he needed someone with whom he could be compatible both physically and mentally.
Xie Yuan was his destined partner, the lover with whom he would spend his life.
Xie Yuan is indeed very capable and has a strong inner strength.
But she is, after all, a woman, and society imposes too many rules and constraints on women.
As the legal wife, Xie Yuan could not be jealous and had to take the initiative to help her husband take a concubine.
Xie Yuan likes Helian Jue, so he can't take the initiative.
However, she could not refuse the emperor's reward, otherwise Xie Yuan would be firmly branded as "jealous".
Xie Yuan seemed somewhat "helpless" about Xie Rou.
It wasn't that she had no choice, but that she couldn't break the rules.
Helian Jue no longer had Xie Yuan's concerns, and he was also very understanding of Xie Yuan's helplessness.
Therefore, he did what Xie Yuan couldn't do!
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Finally, Helian Chen heard the exact answer from Helian Jue, and he immediately felt confident.
Xie Rou, old feelings, it's all bullshit!
Didn't you hear what our prince said? Hehe, just cats and dogs, rotten fish and shrimp!
The prince didn't care at all and even looked down on it.
"Alright, stop wasting time, let's go home!"
Helian Jue raised his whip, twirling it in mid-air, and then charged off ahead.
The bridge is not yet completed and cannot be used.
Therefore, Helian Jue could only lead the main force out of He County, through mountains and villages, and head straight for Crescent Moon New City.
"Huh? Didn't they say the Prince was back? Where is he?"
Upon receiving the servant's report, Xie Ze rushed out in a panic.
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