The person who came was to bring some soup to dispel the cold.
The water in the pool was too cold. Shi Yu had fallen into the water before and had to walk through half of the palace in wet clothes before arriving at this empty palace. He had no idea how cold the air had been.
When Emperor Cheng received the news, he first asked people from the Dali Temple to investigate, and secondly, he ordered his servants to go to the imperial kitchen to prepare hot soup for him.
Someone came in and the conversation had to come to an end.
Qu Liannian wanted to try harder to promote himself, but he was stopped by the other party's words: "I don't need it."
He had no choice but to pick up the notepad: "Okay then. But if you change your mind, I'm always available."
Shi Yu nodded to indicate that he heard it.
Before leaving, Qu Liannian seemed to be making a friendly gesture and took the initiative to say, "There were a total of 17 assassins who tried to assassinate Young Master Xiang. All of them are dead. Half of them committed suicide by taking poison after the reinforcements arrived. No traces on their bodies that could reveal their origins have been found so far."
In short, all of Shi Yu’s guesses were correct.
Otherwise he wouldn't have given in so quickly.
Shi Yu sent the Dali Temple Minister away, opened the lid of the sand bowl, and scooped a spoonful of soup with a spoon.
Two spoons, three spoons, four spoons.
The cold-relieving soup that had just come out of the pot was naturally boiling hot, and a sand bowl was specially used to keep it warm.
Shi Yu didn't rush to drink it. He just looked at the steam rising in front of him, with a layer of water droplets forming on his eyelashes.
The game would not release such a big smoke bomb at the beginning to confuse the players, so if nothing unexpected happens, even if the assassination of the young master of the Xiang family is not the main plot of the game, it should be closely related to the main plot.
But what does the assassination of the son of a court official have to do with the war between the two countries mentioned in the previous summary?
He blinked, and drops of water rolled down his eyelashes.
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It was still early when the palace banquet ended.
Shi Yu returned to his house and went straight into the study.
"Sir," the guard handed over the letter, "Young Master Xiang was rescued by Sheng Yuantang from the General's Mansion after being assassinated. He has now returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He didn't suffer any injuries, but he must have been quite frightened."
Although the Chief Censor was given the title of assistant to the Prime Minister, everyone knew that Emperor Cheng originally selected him to the position in order to supervise and check the Prime Minister in order to prevent the imbalance of one person's power over the government.
In this way, any news about the Prime Minister's Mansion would naturally be sent to the Chief Censor as soon as possible, and there would be no need to even inquire about it.
Shi Yu repeated the stranger mentioned by the guard: "Sheng Yuantang?"
"Yes." The guard said, "Palace Master Sheng was also attending the palace banquet. He left immediately after hearing the news, just to rush to rescue Young Master Xiang. Before that, I didn't hear that the two of them had any close relationship in private. Does your Excellency need to check it out?"
The content on the letter was similar to what Shi Yu had said to Qu Liannian before. After reading it, he folded it again and put it aside. His fingers ran over the books on the bookshelf one by one, and finally pulled out one.
Shi Yu opened the booklet.
The name at the top of the first page of the booklet is Sheng Yuantang.
Three generations of the Sheng family followed the late emperor in establishing the Great Cheng Kingdom. Later, they withdrew from the front line, and the late emperor intended to reward them. Naturally, the power they possessed as founding generals was not small.
The prosperity of the Sheng family began from that generation, but in the generation of Emperor Cheng, the original lord of the Sheng Mansion, Sheng Yuantang's father, died on the battlefield. The power of the Sheng family finally fell into the hands of General Sheng's son who had not yet reached adulthood.
Although Sheng Yuantang has the title of the Lord of the General's Mansion, his actual age is only nineteen years old.
With such a young man under his command, the generals' mansion would naturally not have an easy time. There were daily power struggles inside and people outside were trying to take a bite out of it. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as being plagued by internal and external troubles.
The guard didn't hear his order for a long time, so he asked again: "Sir, do you need me to investigate the relationship between Lord Sheng and Young Master Xiang?"
Shi Yu hummed, and suddenly said, "Young Master Xiang should be about the same age as Sheng Yuantang?"
"Yes, they are the same age."
"Sheng Yuantang is still studying in the Imperial College?"
"Yes," the guard finally reacted after hearing this, "The same is true for Young Master Xiang. I will investigate in this direction now."
"Go ahead."
As soon as the guards left, the maid knocked on the door: "Sir, His Majesty just sent someone to bring some nourishing food."
Shi Yu pulled out another booklet from the bookshelf, pulled out a chair and sat down in front of the desk: "Just take care of it."
The maid responded and left.
How did Sheng Yuantang and the prime minister's young master Xiang Yanchao know each other, and why did they become friends who were willing to risk their lives to save each other? To put it bluntly, these are all past events that have already happened.
Shi Yu is actually not very inclined to believe that the two countries will eventually go to war because of what happened between them in the past. The final focus still has to fall on the assassination.
More importantly, he had never met either of the two protagonists of the story.
But there is no need to do anything about this, it will be solved automatically the next day.
When attending court the next day, because of what the prime minister said, Emperor Cheng naturally brought up the matter in front of all the officials, expressed his condolences to the prime minister and ordered the Dali Temple to find out the truth as soon as possible.
Qu Liannian felt extremely miserable, but he could only agree on the surface.
Then there was Sheng Yuantang who came to save people.
Emperor Cheng looked down the stairs and asked: "What reward does Lord Sheng want?"
Sheng Yuantang raised his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to inherit my father's legacy, go to the border to drive back the barbarians, and protect our Great Cheng Kingdom."
The whole court was in uproar.
The military power of the Sheng family has been passed down from generation to generation until General Sheng died on the battlefield. Originally, everyone thought that Sheng Yuantang could not take it, but no one expected that he not only held it, but also had the intention to continue holding it.
If he were really allowed to go to the battlefield, he would probably no longer be able to be called the Lord of Sheng Mansion when he returns.
Unfortunately, the Sheng family has been a group of war dead for generations, and now Sheng Yuantang wants to inherit his father's legacy, and no one can find a reason to refuse.
Emperor Cheng seemed to think for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.
When Shi Yu received the news, the emperor had already written the imperial edict and issued it.
He had not escaped the negative impact of falling into the water the day before. He had a high fever at night and had to report illness to the emperor and missed the morning court session. At this moment, he was writing on a scroll while listening to the servant's report: "Sheng Yuantang was sent to the border?"
"Everyone used to think that Sheng Yuantang was just an unlucky and lazy young man who inherited his father's business." The guard lowered his head, "I never thought that he had such great ambitions."
Shi Yu didn't look at him: "Since he was able to seize the power of Sheng Mansion among so many people, how could he have no ambitions?"
"It is my stupidity."
"What about Xiang Yanchao?"
The guard was about to report this: "There is still no clue about the person behind the assassination of Young Master Xiang. I heard that the Dali Temple is also in a difficult situation. We did find out something about him and Lord Sheng."
"They had contact in the Imperial College, but their relationship was not very close. As for Palace Master Sheng, he could chat with anyone in the Imperial College if he met them."
Shi Yu listened: "What about Yu Xiangyanchao?"
The guard said, "Young Master Xiang is indifferent by nature and doesn't like to socialize with others, but he can maintain a relationship with Palace Master Sheng where they can meet and chat for a few words. To some extent, this is special."
To put it bluntly, Sheng Yuantang is an extrovert who has many friends. Xiang Yanchao is just an ordinary one among all his friends. But for the introverted Xiang Yanchao, Sheng Yuantang is probably the only friend who is not afraid of his cold face.
But it is obvious that one of them is the head of a crumbling general's mansion, and the other is the son of the prime minister of the current dynasty. No matter how you look at it, the latter should be more attractive than the former.
The ink on his pen was slightly dry, so Shi Yu dipped his pen into the inkstone and continued writing.
But at this moment, a man suddenly rushed in from outside, knelt down and said, "Sir, something happened."
The guard frowned and scolded: "Why are you so impetuous in front of the adults?"
The guard apologized and said hurriedly: "The Seventh Prince was assassinated in the palace and died directly in the palace!"
Shi Yu paused with his pen, and a bird outside the window was suddenly startled.
[This launch node has ended, players are about to return]
Everything in front of me suddenly became blurry.
When it became clearer, it was still the same secret room as before, with a round table, a chandelier above, and ten players sitting around it.
Before everyone could react, a scream suddenly broke out.
One of the male players fell to the ground, with a hole in his chest caused by something unknown. Bright red blood oozed out from between the player's fingers as he covered his chest, and soon soaked his entire collar.
In just a few seconds, the male player died from blood loss.
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