Chapter 208 Return
Su Yue stayed with Murong Li in the space for a few days. Seeing that his body had recovered well, she decided to return.
I left in such a hurry, I wonder how worried my grandparents, parents must have been.
"Murong Li, it's time for us to go back. Do you want to go out with us or stay in the space?" Su Yue still asked Murong Li's opinion.
"Let's go out together." Murong Li replied without hesitation. He had lost his memory and wanted to see the outside world. Now that his body had recovered, he could protect Su Yue.
"good."
After packing up, they disguised themselves as a caravan and left the space.
Su Yue went out to collect the herbs in the Nanyue Mountains whenever he had time these days and used his mental power to collect them. So after coming out, the group went straight out of the mountains and headed towards Xifeng Country.
In the capital, Prince Yi's Mansion, today is Prince Yi's wedding day. The Mansion is decorated with lights and there is a constant stream of carriages and people coming to congratulate the gate.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Suddenly, a hoarse voice shouted, and everyone at the door immediately knelt on the ground.
Many common people originally came to watch the fun and hope to share in the good news, but they didn't expect to see the emperor leaving the palace to attend Prince Yi's wedding. The people were very excited. The emperor, even if they lived in the imperial city, could not see his face.
So the kneeling people secretly raised their heads, wanting to see what the emperor looked like.
Is he fat or thin? Is he an old man or a handsome middle-aged uncle?
Unfortunately, they didn't dare to raise their heads too high. They only saw a pair of bright yellow boots, surrounded by many guards, heading towards the gate of Prince Yi's Mansion.
As soon as the emperor entered the palace, the ministers who were kneeling at the door got up tremblingly and followed him in.
Some ministers went in with great joy.
After the last incident with the crown prince, the emperor did not punish any of his sons, and the ministers were suddenly unsure of the emperor's intentions.
Today is Prince Yi’s wedding, and almost all the ministers in the court are here, no matter they are from the Prince’s party, Prince Yi’s party or the neutral party. They all came because he is the emperor’s son.
No one expected that the emperor would come.
What does this show? It shows that the emperor really cares about Prince Yi, and the crown prince is not the only one in power.
Those members of Prince Yi's party were even happier. Prince Yi had a great chance. It was worth their efforts and flattery in front of the emperor.
The emperor finally listened.
The minds of the Prince's party began to become active again, and their originally firm hearts began to waver.
On the contrary, the people of the neutral party remain neutral. No matter who comes to power in the future, it will not affect them. They have no major faults and no major achievements. At most, they will remain in the same position. The most serious consequence is demotion, but it is better than having their heads hanging on the waist of their pants.
The person who expected it most was Murong Yi. He thought the emperor would not come, but unexpectedly the emperor came before the wedding ceremony, and he came on time.
Murong Yi immediately led the emperor to the seat of honor and then began to bow.
The emperor looked a little old and not in a very good mood. He drank a cup of tea with satisfaction and returned to the palace.
In the imperial study, the emperor looked at the news brought by the secret guard. He still didn't know whether the fourth brother was alive or dead. At this moment, he felt mixed emotions.
The emperor knew that he had not much time left. Looking back on his life, he felt it was absurd and foolish. If he could live his life over again, he thought he would not choose such a life.
Even though he has obtained the highest power and stands at a height that no one can reach, he is still lonely.
When he was old, he looked back and found that so many of his sons were dead or disabled, and he didn't even have a grandson.
The emperor sighed deeply, called the chief eunuch beside him, wrote an imperial edict and gave it to him.
This old eunuch had followed him since he was young and was considered one of his trustworthy people. The imperial eunuch was in his hands, and he knew that the old eunuch could keep the imperial eunuch's promise.
And no one would have thought that the old eunuch would have the imperial edict he left behind.
"emperor!"
The old eunuch Zhu Jiu looked at the contents of the imperial edict in confusion.
The emperor waved his hand at him and said, "If one day I die and the fourth brother is still alive, read this imperial edict. If not... then destroy it.
Also, you must take the imperial edict and leave the palace immediately. If I am still alive, you can only return to the palace with my written order. Do you understand?"
The old eunuch nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I understand. Take care, Your Majesty!"
The old eunuch sighed deeply, knelt down and kowtowed three times to the emperor before saying goodbye.
Then he was sent to the royal temple by the emperor.
If I stay in the palace, I might lose my life one day.
There are many spies in the palace, and he might be exposed somehow.
If he was sent to the royal temple, at least there would be someone watching him, and not just anyone could go there and act wildly.
After the emperor arranged everything, he sent a message to the secret guards in the northwest city, asking them to try their best to find out the news about the fourth brother. Fortunately, he was still alive and immediately sent back the news.
The Crown Prince and Murong Yi had no idea that the positions they had dreamed of were arranged for them by the Emperor in a few strokes.
At this moment, one of them was drinking to relieve his boredom in the Prince's Mansion, while the other was having a great time in Prince Yi's Mansion.
The prince was very angry. He was angry that the old emperor actually went to the fifth brother. Doesn't this make his attitude clear and tell the world that the fifth brother might also compete with him?
"This old thing!"
The prince cursed harshly and threw the wine glass in his hand heavily to the ground. This old man was very cunning. Since he failed last time, he never had the chance to get close to the old man again.
Being on guard against him is like being on guard against a cheap person.
"snort!"
The prince snorted coldly. It was impossible for the fifth brother to compete with him for the position of prince. How could he possibly fulfill the old man's wish?
That night, when Murong Yi was in his wedding chamber, a group of black-clothed men with great martial arts skills broke into Prince Yi's mansion and killed everyone they saw, leaving no one alive in the mansion.
Suddenly, countless people in Prince Yi's Mansion were killed or injured. Fortunately, Murong Yi and his bride were protected by people from Mingyue Pavilion and escaped death, but they were also in a very miserable state.
The two frightened men immediately went to the palace to complain. The emperor was woken up shortly after he fell asleep and got up in a rage.
Murong Yi brought his bride and told him tearfully that an assassin had broken into Prince Yi's mansion.
The emperor was furious when he heard this, and immediately called the person from the Ministry of Justice out of his bed, ordering him to conduct a thorough investigation overnight and to find out the bold thief behind the scenes.
The thieves nowadays are so rampant that they actually assassinated his son right under his nose. Do they even take him, the emperor, into consideration? Such behavior is simply treason. If they are caught, they will be cut into pieces.
The people in the Ministry of Justice were also stunned. Oh my God, who was so bold as to assassinate the emperor's son, a first-rank prince, in the capital?
This kind of thing was the first to happen in Xifeng Kingdom since Pangu created the world.
The people in the Ministry of Justice were so frightened that they forgot their sleepiness. After receiving the imperial edict, they did not dare to delay and conducted a thorough investigation overnight. For a while, the capital was in chaos again.
(End of this chapter)
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