The World is Shocked 86. Secret Letter from Yunzhou
"Your Highness, a secret letter from Yunzhou!" In the study, Chief Steward Mo walked in quickly, holding a letter sealed with a black flame. Mo Xiuyao, who was sitting in the study reading, suddenly raised his head, took the letter from Chief Steward Mo, took it out, lowered his head and quickly read it, his face gradually becoming solemn. The air pressure in the study seemed to stagnate, and Chief Steward Mo asked with some concern: "Your Highness?" Mo Xiuyao lowered his head and was slightly startled. It turned out that the letter in his hand had been crumpled into a ball by him unconsciously. After closing his eyes slightly to calm down the anger in his heart, Mo Xiuyao unfolded the paper ball in his hand, flattened it, and said in a deep voice: "Ask Feng Zhiyao to come over, and... ask Mr. Shen to come as well. Get ready, I will go to the palace in a while." Chief Steward Mo frowned. Since the princess got into trouble, the prince has never entered the palace again. It seems that the news from Yunzhou is indeed something big. Although he was a little worried, Chief Steward Mo could only respond to the prince's order in a low voice: "I will go now."
Soon, Feng Zhiyao and Shen Yang appeared at the door of the study. Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows and smiled, "What instructions do you have, Prince?"
Mo Xiuyao extended his hand and handed over the wrinkled letter, saying in a deep voice, "Take a look." Feng Zhiyao raised his handsome eyebrows slightly. He knew Mo Xiuyao and naturally understood the meaning of his expression and tone. Without saying anything more, he took the letter and sat down. "From Yunzhou? Is it written by Mr. Qingyun?" Mo Xiuyao nodded silently. Feng Zhiyao's expression also became a little solemn. He originally just hoped that someone knowledgeable in the Xu family could help translate the things Ye Li had sent back, but he didn't expect that it would actually alarm Mr. Qingyun. What could attract the attention of this old gentleman was bound to be no small matter. Feng Zhiyao was sitting aside reading a letter. Shen Yang looked at Mo Xiuyao curiously and asked, "Is there something wrong, Your Majesty? Or are you feeling unwell?" Shen Yang was a doctor and never liked to ask about these things.
Mo Xiuyao shook his head and said, "Originally, Mr. Shen was supposed to leave for Xiling in a few days, but now I'm afraid I have to ask you to postpone it for now."
Shen Yang frowned and asked, "Has the prince's plan changed?" Mo Xiuyao sighed and said, "It's too late. Mr. Shen, I have to go to Southern Xinjiang."
"What?!" Shen Yang asked loudly, and even Feng Zhiyao, who was sitting next to him, was stunned for a moment and frowned in worry. Shen Yang did not give Mo Xiuyao a chance to speak, and shouted at him angrily: "Prince, are you kidding? Your body is much better now than in winter, but don't forget that this is only compared to winter! The climate in Southern Xinjiang is humid and rainy, which is not suitable for your body at all. And... you know that the cold poison in your body was out of control last winter. Although you found a way to suppress it, your body will only get worse now. If you change the place, the cold poison may even get out of control again!" Feng Zhiyao was a little puzzled, "The climate in the south is warmer, isn't it more suitable for your body?" Shen Yang rolled his eyes in annoyance, "If that's the case, why have we been struggling for so many years? Can't we just let the prince go to the south to recuperate?"
"Mr. Shen." Mo Xiuyao frowned, looked at Shen Yang seriously and said in a deep voice: "I must go." The low and firm voice declared the speaker's unshakable intention.
"Reason!" Shen Yang said angrily, "Please give me a reason why you don't take your life seriously! As a doctor, I am at least qualified to know why my patients are going to die."
Mo Xiuyao sighed, full of respect for this elder who had pulled him back from the underworld time and time again over the years, but unfortunately he had to go against his will, "Because... if I don't go, we can only die to atone for our sins in the future." Shen Yang was shocked. For Mo Xiuyao to say such a thing, it must be something he couldn't stop, or he couldn't stop it at all. Shen Yang seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and said sadly: "Prince, even if you go to the southern border, you can't do anything with your current body." The body infected with cold poison is extremely sensitive to external climate changes. The climate in the north is dry. Even if it is not raining, Mo Xiuyao's body will be extremely weak and aching, not to mention the rainy south. Mo Xiuyao's past will not be much better than winter.
Mo Xiuyao lowered his eyes and said, "I know you have a way. Mr. Shen, I can't go to Southern Xinjiang like this. I want to stand up and appear in Southern Xinjiang intact. Do you understand?"
"You're crazy!" Shen Yang yelled. Feng Zhiyao also stood up and said, "My Lord, things haven't come to that point yet. Why don't we set off for Southern Xinjiang first, and then... we can talk about it later?"
Mo Xiuyao looked at him calmly and said, "You should know that if I can't go to Southern Xinjiang, it will be too late when things really get to that point."
Feng Zhiyao lowered his head, clutched the letter in his hand tightly, and remained speechless.
Shen Yang snorted and said, "I don't care how serious the situation is. If there is no solution, there is no solution! I am a doctor, not a killer. I will never let you do that!" Mo Xiuyao ignored him and said to Feng Zhiyao indifferently, "Go and get ready. I need to go to the palace." Feng Zhiyao looked at him for a long time and didn't know what to say. After a long time, he could only whisper, "Yes, Your Majesty." Mo Xiuyao turned around and moved the wheelchair out the door. When he passed by Shen Yang, he left a faint voice, "Mr. Shen, I need to see the medicine when I come back."
"I won't give it to you!" Shen Yang finally abandoned the gentleness of a doctor and shouted loudly, but unfortunately the person he was shouting at had already walked out of the door. Feng Zhiyao looked at Shen Yang, whose face was red and neck was thick with anger, and followed him out with the letter in his hand. Shen Yang was so angry that he could only stare blankly in the study room. After a long while, he burst into a roar, "Are you men of the Mo family sick? The world will not survive without you?!"
Feng Zhiyao glanced back at the study room and quickly caught up with Mo Xiuyao. Mo Xiuyao asked calmly, "What do you want to say?"
Feng Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, and finally could only shake his head and said: "I have nothing to say. Please allow Feng San to follow your own will, Your Majesty."
Mo Xiuyao frowned and said, "You need to stay and take care of the affairs in the capital."
Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows, and there was a bit of heroism between his eyebrows that was not usually there, "Prince, Feng San is a soldier. His lifelong ambition is to dominate the battlefield, not to control the secret guards and collect intelligence." Mo Xiuyao was startled and looked back at Feng Zhiyao. So much time has passed that he has forgotten a little. When they were still naughty children, Feng Zhiyao in red stood in front of him and said that he would become a world-famous general who would win every battle in the future. Then, Feng Zhiyao gave up the luxurious life of the Feng family at the age of thirteen and followed him through life and death. Perhaps if it weren't for that incident back then, Feng Zhiyao would have become a famous general as he wished, instead of staying in the capital like he is now, appearing in front of the world with the image of a dissolute and romantic young man just to hide his identity as the leader of the secret guards.
After a long while, Mo Xiuyao whispered, "Well, if they really did... then they should also know about your relationship with the Dingguo Palace. I will make other arrangements for the secret guards." At the beginning, Feng Zhiyao followed him anonymously to fight on the battlefield, and few people knew about it, but it was not unheard of. Feng Zhiyao was overjoyed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly and replied, "I should thank you. Also, send someone to deliver a letter to A Li, be careful of Shu Manlin!"
Nanzhao Capital
Ye Li looked helplessly at Han Mingxi, who had a hostile look on his face, and Xu Qingchen, who was calm and composed, "Mr. Han..." Han Mingxi snorted lightly, turned his face away and smiled at Ye Li, "Sister Liuyun, there's no need to be so polite. Since you also know Jun Wei, just call me Brother Mingxi." Ye Li looked at him speechlessly and swallowed back the words of persuasion she wanted to say. Seeing that the little beauty was ignoring him, Han Mingxi shrugged his shoulders and looked at Ye Li with some regret, saying, "Come to think of it, Sister Liuyun and Jun Wei are really similar. In fact, Jun Wei is not the younger brother of Master Qingchen, but the brother of Sister Liuyun, right? Don't you both have the surname Chu?" Ye Li wiped the sweat off her face in her heart, "Brother Qingchen is really Jun Wei's elder brother." Han Mingxi rolled his eyes and blinked at Ye Li harmlessly, "Then Jun Wei's name must not be real? Sister Liuyun, can you tell me? What is Jun Wei's name?"
Ye Li felt bitter and regretted that she had asked Han Mingxi for help. She looked for help at Xu Qingchen, who was drinking tea leisurely. Xu Qingchen nodded and said calmly, "Xu Qingliu."
"Qingliu? What a good name... It suits Jun Wei very well. Unlike some people... They simply ruin a good name. No... There is no Xu Qingliu among the five sons of the Xu family!" Han Mingxi murmured and quickly reacted, staring at Xu Qingchen fiercely. Xu Qingchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Who told you that he is one of the five sons of the Xu family?" Han Mingxi lowered his head and thought, but no one. After pondering for a moment, he raised his head with a look of understanding, and his expression when looking at Xu Qingchen became a little strange and tangled. If you look closely, you can see a little contempt. Ye Li looked at Han Mingxi helplessly: What have you thought of now?
Han Mingxi snorted, looked Xu Qingchen up and down, nodded and said, "This young master understands. No wonder I haven't heard of Xu Qingliu's name, no wonder he has to change his name when he goes out. Humph, don't think of bullying Qingliu in the future... No, he must have seen this name before, and you Xu family will never bully Jun Wei in the future! This young master will protect him." Ye Li looked embarrassed, Xu Qingchen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Young master Han has a good imagination." Han Mingxi sneered, "This young master's ability to beat people is even better. If it weren't for Jun Wei, I would beat you up!"
"Mr. Han..." Ye Li cried helplessly. She was deeply moved by Han Mingxi's sincere treatment of Chu Junwei. Thinking of the secret she had hidden from him, she felt even more guilty.
Han Mingxi glanced at her and said, "Sister Liuyun, you'd better change your fiancé as soon as possible. Some people look like gentlemen on the outside, but who knows what kind of people they are on the inside. Humph... Jun Wei hasn't come back for so long, and I don't think he's worried. I'll go look for him!" After saying that, Han Mingxi went out like a gust of wind.
Xu Qingchen put down the teacup and said thoughtfully: "Han Mingxi is really good to you." |
Ye Li smiled bitterly, "I really regret deceiving him now." Xu Qingchen said calmly, "It's right to be cautious when going out. If you tell him clearly earlier, he will understand." Ye Li glanced at him helplessly, "Then big brother just mentioned Xu Qingliu. If you tell him later, won't I have deceived him once more?" Xu Qingchen smiled calmly, "I will ask grandfather to record my name in the family tree, so it won't be considered deceiving him. But you..."
Ye Li looked at Xu Qingchen in confusion. Xu Qingchen shook his head and said nothing more.
"Xu Qingchen!" A voice yelled outside the door, and the door was kicked open with a clang, and a royal blue figure rushed in. Ye Li couldn't help but tremble when he saw the woman coming in with great momentum. He turned his head to look at Xu Qingchen, but he saw that Xu Qingchen was still calm and leisurely, as if the angry woman was not rushing towards him. The woman couldn't stop when she rushed to the door of the hall, staring at Xu Qingchen in a daze. Ye Li blinked, coughed lightly, and called out: "Princess sister." Princess Anxi seemed to come back to her senses, stepped into the hall and asked concernedly: "Qingchen, are you okay?"
Xu Qingchen smiled faintly and said, "Looking at the princess's attitude just now, I thought she was here to settle a score with me."
Princess Anxi blushed and glared at him fiercely, "Shouldn't I settle accounts with you? What bad things have you done in the palace?"
Xu Qingchen smiled innocently, "I didn't do anything." But he didn't do anything. All the things were done by the secret guards and the people from Tianyi Pavilion. Princess Anxi walked to the side and sat down, staring at Xu Qingchen with dissatisfaction, saying, "You didn't do anything, but you caused a mess in the palace! My father just summoned me to the palace for questioning, suspecting that I did it." Although she was originally prepared to do that, wasn't it someone else who got there first? Why did my father still suspect her? Xu Qingchen raised his eyebrows and said, "You know the King of Nanzhao is suspicious of you, but you still come here?" Princess Anxi raised her eyebrows disdainfully and said, "Those bastards, I want them to catch up with me only if I follow them. If I don't want them to catch up with me, I will run away even if I break my legs."
"Princess, is there something that makes you rush here?" Xu Qingchen asked.
Ye Li watched from the side and sighed in her heart. Princess Anxi came here in such a hurry because she was worried about her brother's safety, but he just asked her indifferently, "Is there anything wrong?" Does she have to say in person that she came here because she was worried about her safety?
Princess Anxi was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ye Li beside her and raised her eyebrows and said, "Can't you come over if nothing happens? This princess must come to see if my friend and military advisor is still alive."
Xu Qingchen shook his head and said, "It just so happens that I also have something to discuss with the princess. Now that the princess is here, I don't have to send anyone to the princess's mansion to look for you." Princess Anxi frowned, looked at Xu Qingchen and said, "You're not going back to the princess's mansion?" She hesitated and glanced at Ye Li and said, "Miss Chu is also living in my mansion now. It would be convenient for you to go back with me and take care of her. Wouldn't it be convenient for us to discuss something?" Ye Li thought about it, and before Xu Qingchen opened his mouth, she said, "Princess, I'm really sorry that I lied to you before..."
Princess Anxi frowned in confusion. Ye Li whispered, "Well... I actually..."
"In fact, Liuyun is not a weak woman who is powerless. It was she who went into the palace with Lin Han to rescue me today. I pretended to know nothing before because I was afraid that you would be suspicious." Xu Qingchen said lightly. Ye Li raised her eyebrows and glared at Xu Qingchen implicitly, but Xu Qingchen remained calm and motionless.
Princess Anxi looked at him strangely, then looked at Ye Li and smiled, "That's nothing. It's rare to find a woman in the Central Plains who is as talented in both literature and martial arts as Miss Chu. Miss Chu is also doing this for Qingchen's safety. I'm not such a stingy person."
Ye Li smiled and said, "Thank you, Princess."