Chapter 590 Only the dead can't open their mouths
"Your Majesty, cough, cough, cough..." As soon as Prince Jiangning opened his mouth, he started coughing violently because of the saliva stuck in his throat.
Xiao Jin patted his back very considerately, "It seems that the emperor's uncle is very happy. I believe he is very happy about my suggestion."
Prince Jiangning coughed for a while before he recovered his breath. "Your Majesty, now, Kuncheng has not been rebuilt yet. How dare I spend money? I won't celebrate this birthday. I will just have a bowl of longevity noodles as a token of my appreciation."
Xiao Jin tightened his grip on King Jiangning's hand, with a look of disapproval on his face, "It's rare that your uncle has such a heart, I'm very touched, I won't be extravagant, I just want your uncle and his son to be reunited."
Prince Jiangning knew that the emperor would not allow him to enter the palace just to have dinner!
"Your Majesty, I might as well tell you straight, I cannot control this son. As you know, he has been in Jincheng since he was born, and I have only seen him a few times. I am afraid that he and I do not have much father-son affection, and he is not willing to travel thousands of miles to the capital to celebrate my birthday. If I ask him to come, how can I save my face if he refuses to come?"
Prince Jiangning's words were sincere and did not seem to be false.
Xiao Jin's eyebrows slightly raised, "You don't want to go to the capital? Did you do something shameful in Jinling City and are you afraid that the emperor's uncle will know?"
Prince Jiangning's face changed drastically, he stood up and knelt down, "Your Majesty is very clear, that kid would never dare to have any thoughts that he shouldn't have. Your Majesty, don't worry, I will send him a message after I return, asking him to come to the capital to celebrate my birthday!"
Xiao Jin nodded in satisfaction after hearing this. "Manager Zhang, the emperor's uncle enjoyed the food very much. I will personally deliver it to the palace to the emperor's uncle later. If the emperor's uncle is not convenient, please write a letter for him and help him pass the letter to Shijie. I also want to have a good reunion with Shijie."
Zhang Shuming stepped forward and answered, "It's the emperor." Then he asked the eunuch to bring in food boxes and clear the food on the table.
Prince Jiangning looked pale, and he couldn't even run away. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
As he walked out of the hall, a cold wind blew on his face, and Prince Jiangning felt cold all over.
He prayed silently in his heart, praying that his only child would not do anything stupid!
Zhang Shuming followed King Jiangning all the way back to his residence.
"Your Majesty, this dish must be cold. Let the kitchen warm it up before eating. I will write you a letter in the meantime so that the prince can come to the capital before your birthday."
Prince Jiangning winked at the people in the room, signaling them to leave.
After all the attendants had retreated outside the door, Prince Jiangning closed the door, walked up to Zhang Shuming and stuffed a few banknotes into his hand.
Zhang Shuming smiled and declined it before accepting it.
Seeing that he had stopped, King Jiangning felt a little better. "Chief Steward Zhang, you see, I only think about having fun on weekdays, and I don't know what happened in the capital. Why would the emperor let Shijie come to the capital for no reason? Did something happen?"
Zhang Shuming gave Prince Jiangning a reassuring smile, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. The Emperor really wants to give you a good birthday, especially after...what happened to the eldest son. You said that this person should come back for the Emperor to see. If the Emperor is happy and relieved, what else can happen?"
To put it bluntly, Xiao Jin is no longer so confident about Xiao Shijie because of Xiao Shihang's incident. Now the emperor is giving them a chance to show their loyalty. If they come back openly in order to let the emperor see it, it means they have nothing to hide.
If he didn't dare to come back, he might have done something wrong over there!
No matter how stupid Prince Jiangning was, he understood the meaning of Zhang Shuming's words. The emperor was testing him.
"Well, then he, he was suddenly tripped up by something and couldn't come back..."
Zhang Shuming gave Prince Jiangning a look that said, "You know what I mean." Prince Jiangning felt even colder in his heart.
"Write, write, write, write as I say."
If you want someone to come back, you can't let him notice anything wrong. Otherwise, if he feels there is danger, can he still come back?
He was fine in Jinling City, but what about him? The emperor would have to use him as a target!
He finally understood why the emperor did not let him go to his fiefdom before. He was waiting for him here!
After Zhang Shuming wrote the letter for Prince Jiangning, he sent the letter through Prince Jiangning's channels.
"Please take your time, my lord. I will be returning to the palace to report."
Prince Jiangning had no intention of dealing with it and waved his hand to signal him to leave.
After Zhang Shuming returned to the palace, he explained the situation to Xiao Jin.
"Looking at the look on King Jiangning's face, he must really know nothing." But there is a kind of person in this world who, when they really start acting, will believe it themselves, so he dare not conclude that King Jiangning is really an innocent old white rabbit.
"The letter sent by carrier pigeon will reach Jinling City in no time, and the round trip will only take two or three days." By then, we will know whether Xiao Shijie is a human or a ghost.
"yes."
The letter sent by carrier pigeon soon arrived at the Prince of Jiangning's Palace in Jincheng.
The butler took the message and walked through the long corridor to the outside of the study.
"Sir, there is news from the capital."
After a moment, a clear voice came from inside the house, "Come in."
The housekeeper came into the room and handed the letter to Xiao Shijie.
After the butler left, a figure walked out from behind the screen of the study. It was the fugitive Ma Zhi.
"Sir, the capital sent a message at this time. Did they discover something?"
Xiao Shijie opened the letter and read it. It was sent by Prince Jiangning. The content of the letter was simple, asking him to go to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.
Ma Zhi's heart was in suspense after reading the letter. "Prince, this is a trap for you."
Xiao Shijie lowered his eyebrows. His biological father would occasionally send him letters, but he never mentioned letting him go to the capital. Yet this time he sent a letter asking him to go. It would be strange to say that there was no problem.
"Prince must not go." If Xiao Shijie was captured, all their efforts over the years would be in vain, just like Ma Wang.
"The Emperor will definitely send someone to investigate the matter of Su Yulun's burial. Did anyone know your whereabouts when you escaped?"
Ma Zhi shook his head, "Don't worry, my lord, no one knows."
Xiao Shijie nodded and said, "Stay in Jinling City and don't go anywhere."
"yes."
Ma Zhi was just about to turn around and leave when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. His eyes widened in shock, and he reached out to touch his neck, feeling blood on his hand.
Xiao Shijie withdrew the sword in his hand expressionlessly, "Only the dead can't open their mouths."
Ma Zhi fell to the ground with a loud bang and was silent.
"Someone come."
Two guards pushed open the study door and walked in.
"Dump the body outside the country as quickly as possible, then lead the border officers and soldiers over. Don't let anyone show their hand."
"yes."
(End of this chapter)
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