Chapter 491 My father said, "I must listen to you."
Li Rong paused in his mounting motion, then dismounted and went to meet him.
Xuan Ting saw Li Rong from afar, his nose turned red, and he ran over and threw himself into Li Rong's arms. At that moment, Li Rong was momentarily exhausted and staggered for a moment, but he managed to regain his balance.
A large group of people followed behind Xuan Ting, shouting, "Your Highness, oh dear, Your Highness, be careful!"
General Wan, who had been wondering where this child came from, dressed so richly, and was trying to guess his identity, was startled when he heard someone call out "Your Highness!" The still lively prince under the Emperor's wing was the Sixth Prince? So, this… was actually the General's apprentice? His eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Li Rong, completely stunned. Good heavens! He thought General Li had fallen on hard times, but it turned out he was the tutor of the princes, the Grand Tutor of the Realm! The Sixth Prince was clearly the future Crown Prince, already residing in the Eastern Palace!
"Master, Xuan Ting has finally seen you. Are you alright?" Xuan Ting looked Li Rong up and down and saw that he looked terrible. His brows furrowed tightly.
Li Rong patted him on the shoulder: "There are too many people around, let's get on the carriage with Master and have a chat."
Xuan Ting nodded vigorously: "An Dehai, don't come over, just stay there and keep watch." Then he happily followed Li Rong onto the carriage.
Once in the carriage, Xiao Xuanting chattered on, asking Li Rong about everything that had happened along the way, and Li Rong patiently recounted it all. When asked about his recent situation, Xuanting sighed softly, "This palace is a man-eating cage. I'm so bored here, I keep thinking about my days in the Great Wilderness..." Then he waved his hand, "Never mind, let's not talk about these things. Anyway, Aunt Nuan will be coming to the capital in a couple of days."
As he said this, he excitedly took out another box and stuffed it into Li Rong's hands: "Master, look, I've prepared a house for you and some silver. Aunt Nuan said before that you can't do things outside without silver, so please take this."
“Master has money on him, and your father has also bestowed a house upon you. You should keep these things safe.” Li Rong didn’t intend to accept Xuan Ting’s things, but Xuan Ting insisted that he take them. Li Rong said helplessly, “Then I will pass them on to Aunt Nuan for you later.”
When Xiao Xuanting heard him mention Jiang Nuanzhi, his eyes lit up immediately: "Master, I'll go out of the palace with you for two days, and then we can go pick up Aunt Nuan together, okay?"
Li Rong frowned, but considering that Xuan Ting was still young, he did not reprimand him, and only said, "How could your father allow you to leave the palace?"
"Yes, Father Emperor has granted my request!" Xuan Ting's eyes and brows were full of smiles. "I just heard from the palace servants that Duke Chi has returned to the capital, so I rushed to Father Emperor's place. I didn't expect to be a little late, so I talked to Father Emperor for a while. Master, I miss Aunt Nuan so much. Can I go with her to pick her up? Father Emperor said that I should tell you. If you agree, I can go. Master, please agree!" Little Xuan Ting, in front of Li Rong, showed a bit of a childlike nature, tugging at his sleeve and speaking in a slightly coquettish tone.
Li Rong unconsciously rubbed his fingers together: "...Did your father really say that?"
General Wan, standing nearby, stared wide-eyed, even thinking he'd misheard. What was going on? The Emperor had the prince…ask the general if he could leave the palace? Was that reasonable?
Even Chi Heng stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "No way, has your father gone mad? Why are you here to talk to A Rong about leaving the palace?"
Xuan Ting glanced at Chi Heng: "Duke Chi, what are you yelling about? What's so strange about this? I respect my master as much as I respect my father. I only learned today that my master and father were sworn brothers. My father said that he trusts my master the most. I accidentally let it slip, and I thought my father would scold me, but he was actually quite happy. He even told me that I can only go out of the palace with my master, as long as my master agrees. However, my father has been very sleepy lately, and he only said a few words before going to sleep, and he doesn't want to say much more to me. Master, can you tell me about what happened between you and my father back then?" Xuan Ting looked at Li Rong with bright eyes, his eyes full of curiosity.
Upon hearing this, Chi Heng's eyes widened in disbelief: "Bah! Your father is clearly..."
“Chi Heng!” Li Rong suddenly interrupted Chi Heng, “Xuan Ting is the sixth prince of the current dynasty, you have been impolite.”
Upon hearing this, Chi Heng rolled his eyes, met Li Rong's serious gaze, pursed his lips, and weakly clasped his hands in a salute to Xuan Ting: "Sixth Prince, please forgive me, it was my presumption."
That bastard Li Rong is becoming increasingly protective of his own people these days. Can't he even say a few words about it?
Xuan Ting, however, seemed to have won a victory. He stuck out his tongue at Chi Heng and grinned from ear to ear at Li Rong.
Seeing Xuan Ting's beaming smile, Li Rong knew he was probably unaware of the Emperor's current illness. He patted Xuan Ting's head and said, "Master has some matters to attend to and cannot take you with him. You should stay in the palace for now and keep your father company. When it's time to pick up A Nuan, Master will send someone to inform you in advance."
When Xuan Ting heard that his master wanted him to return to the palace, he initially pouted in dissatisfaction, but eventually nodded after hearing the rest: "Master, you must tell me as soon as possible, or give me a message after you've finished dealing with things, and the two of us can leave the capital as soon as possible to pick up Aunt Nuan!"
Li Rong nodded: "Okay."
After saying this, Xuan Ting was still somewhat reluctant to part: "Master, where are you going? Please take good care of yourself! You've been poisoned, so you absolutely cannot overexert yourself. With Aunt Nuan gone, I have to take good care of you for her! Do you have enough people around you? I'll assign some guards to you."
Li Rong shook his head: "Don't worry, Master is fine. Master also brought some things for you." He then handed him a package. "Go ahead, take a look at it slowly when you get back to the palace. If anyone asks, just say that it's a little trinket that Duke Chi brought back for you from afar."
Xuan Ting nodded, reluctantly got off the carriage, and watched longingly as Li Rong and the others' carriage drove away. Clutching the package Li Rong had just given him, he slowly walked back.
An Dehai also looked over curiously, but Li Rong was wearing a mask, so he never saw what the prince's master looked like.
Why did the Emperor suddenly change his mind? Why did he ask His Highness's master about His Highness leaving the palace?
It seems this person is no ordinary individual.
However, this is naturally what Andehai is happy to see. The more people who bring help from across the land, the better. Not to mention that His Highness is so pleased.
...
"Commander Liu, you have already escorted them quite far from the palace gates."
After the carriage had traveled for some time, Li Rong finally stopped, lifted the curtain, and looked at Commander Liu beside him.
"Is...is that so? General, I..."
Li Rong waved his hand: "Let bygones be bygones. I'm happy to see you doing well now. Go back to your duty and take good care of the Emperor."
Upon hearing Li Rong's words, Commander Liu froze, his eyes instantly reddening, and his nose tingling: "General..."
Li Rong nodded to him, then lowered the carriage curtain and left.
Behind him, Commander Liu burst into tears. He knelt down with a thud and kowtowed heavily to the carriage in the distance.
...
"It's done! It actually worked!"
Without delay, Li Rong and his group rushed to Sixi Teahouse.
In the private room of the teahouse, as soon as Li Rong pushed open the door, he saw that Wei Ke had lost his usual composure and his face was flushed with excitement.
He approached quickly, his hands trembling, holding a white porcelain bottle. He raised the bottle to Li Rong and said, "General, it's done! We've obtained his blood! Once Madam returns, your poison will be cured!"
Goodnight, my darlings
(End of this chapter)
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