Chapter 78: Being nagged by that idiot all the way
The Queen paused. "He was able to kill people in the palace without leaving any traces. He had the opportunity to kill the Emperor but didn't do it. This person is really capable."
"The reason why this person didn't kill the emperor, but killed all the secret guards..."
"Caifeng, send someone to tell the Crown Prince to come to my palace later."
The queen's name is Luo Yun, and she is the daughter of Luo Hetong, the chief minister of the cabinet. When the emperor came to power, this chief minister also made a lot of efforts and played a big role. Therefore, although the emperor has always had little love for the queen, he also respects her very much.
Emperor's bedroom
"Father, are you feeling better? I will help you up."
The emperor leaned back on the bed with a pale face: "You all go down, Eunuch Li and the Crown Prince stay."
Eunuch Li is the emperor's confidant. He grew up with the emperor and is one of the few people the emperor trusts.
After all the palace attendants had left, the emperor coughed and looked at Eunuch Li: "You go ahead and speak."
Eunuch Li looked at Xiao Jingrui, who looked bewildered, and whispered, "Your Highness, the jade... the jade seal is lost."
Xiao Jingrui was shocked: "What do you mean the jade seal is lost? Where did it go?"
Eunuch Li: ...
If you want to know where it was lost, how can it still be called lost?
"Your Highness, I'm sure you've heard about what happened last night. The imperial seal was lost last night."
"Ever since His Majesty ascended the throne, he would send this old servant to secretly place the imperial seal in his bedroom after reviewing the memorials. This was something I was the only one who knew about. But this morning... the Emperor discovered that the imperial seal was missing, and he fainted in excitement."
Xiao Jingrui looked at the emperor who kept coughing and didn't say anything for a long time. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no emperor had ever lost the imperial seal.
"Rui'er..."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. "In the next few days, I will announce to the public that I am unwell and will let you serve as regent. You can use your crown prince's seal temporarily. You must secretly retrieve the imperial seal as soon as possible, and this matter must not be spread outside."
Xiao Jingrui nodded: "Don't worry, Father. I will find the jade seal as soon as possible."
The Queen's Fengyi Palace
"What did you say? The imperial seal is lost?"
Xiao Yulan sat down below with a look of despair on his face: "Yes, my father said it himself, asking me to use the Crown Prince's Seal as a temporary regent and find the Imperial Seal as soon as possible."
The Queen breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou can use the Crown Prince's Seal to govern the country, otherwise I would like to see how he ends up."
"But Rui'er, this matter shouldn't be that simple. The Queen Mother called you here today to tell you that you must find a way to take that position as soon as possible."
Xiao Jingrui nodded: "What the Queen Mother said is true, but now all the military power is in the hands of the Emperor Father. I originally wanted to take back the military power of the Bu family and find a way to hold it in my own hands, but I didn't expect there would be Bu Ruo."
"Besides, now that Prince Zhan has returned, I cannot act. Prince Zhan and Bu Ruo are bound to die, but it would be best if they died at the hands of my father."
"I cannot kill them right after taking office. Otherwise, even if there is no evidence, the court officials will make assumptions, which will be disadvantageous to me."
The Queen narrowed her eyes and asked, "Do you think it was the War King who did this?"
"No, it's true that the War King was poisoned. It was someone sent by my father himself. The poison was from a mysterious tribe in Beining. The fact that he could hold on until now is probably the limit."
"Otherwise, considering what my father did back then, if the War King hadn't been poisoned, more than just a few secret guards would have died last night."
The Queen looked at the Crown Prince and seemed about to say something, but she swallowed her words back. "Just remember to ascend the throne as soon as possible. As for the Imperial Seal... your mother will secretly keep an eye on it for you. If there is any clue, she will send someone to tell you."
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That night, Bu Ruo was about to go back to rest in the yard when he saw Xiao Yulan walking in from outside.
"Aren't you busy today? Why are you back so early?"
Xiao Yulan took Bu Ruo's hand and went back into the house, then turned around and went to the closet to get two dark robes.
"Put it on. I'll take you to see some gossip today."
"Gossip?" Bu Ruo's eyes lit up. "Are you taking me to see the prince's biological father?"
"That's right, Ruo'er, don't you want to know? Today, I will take you to see it."
Bu Ruo took the dress from Xiao Yulan and walked quickly behind the screen: "Bi'er, come and help me, I'm going out to see the fun and tell you about it when I come back."
Xiao Yulan: ...
Beau: ...
In the ancestral hall behind the Prince Zhan's Mansion
"Didn't you say you were taking me to see the prince's biological father? Why are we here at the ancestral hall? Are you going to tell the emperor that his son has been cuckolded?"
"But it's no use telling him here. The emperor isn't here. Hmm... But if you really want to tell him, I can help you call him."
Xiao Yulan was speechless. Under Bu Ruo's gaze, he walked to the tray of fruits and vegetables and gently turned it.
Following the sound of creaking, Bu Ruo pointed in shock at the bottom of the altar: "There's a secret passage in Prince Zhan's mansion! Where does it lead to?"
"The Imperial Palace."
Bu Ruo: ...
"If I had known, I wouldn't have run so far last night, and I was nagged by that idiot all the way."
Xiao Yulan took Bu Ruo's hand and entered the secret passage: "It was my fault for neglecting it. I thought Ruo'er knew everything."
Bu Ruo curled her lips and said, "It's true that I can tell fortunes, but I can't tell fortunes no matter who I meet or where I go. Telling fortunes is very exhausting. If I overdraw my mental energy, I'll become a fool."
"Eh? That's not right. I read the prince's face before. Although he doesn't have the fate of an emperor, he is indeed a member of the royal family. Otherwise, I wouldn't have looked deeper and realized that the prince is not the emperor's biological son."
In a secret room separated from the Queen's bedroom by a wall, Bu Ruo and Xiao Yulan were both lying on the wall, one of them with a flushed face.
"Um...I should have brought you here later."
Bu Ruo shook her head: "Not too late, not too late, the time is just right."
Seeing Bu Ruo's excited face, Xiao Yulan could only helplessly reach out and cover her ears.
"Why? I can't see anyway, so why not try to hear?"
"Hey? Tell me, when you built the secret room, why didn't you drill a hole in this wall? It's really annoying that I can't see anything."
Xiao Yulan didn't say anything, but just covered Bu Ruo's ears firmly without letting go until a cup of tea had passed. Then he pulled out a cylinder the size of a little finger from the wall.
Bu Ruo: ...
"Xiao Yulan! You didn't remove the hole earlier, causing me to miss such a great show!"
"Ruo'er is still young, it's not appropriate for her to watch these."
"I'm already married."
"The marriage has not been consummated yet."
Bu Ruo: ...
Bu Ruo squinted his eyes and looked at the cave entrance, his face full of disappointment. Although he couldn't see the person on the bed inside, he knew what had happened just now by looking at the clothes on the floor, so he kept staring at Xiao Yulan.
"If Ruo'er wants to see it, just look at me. No one else can."
Bu Ruo was about to say something when he heard a man's voice coming from inside.
"Yun'er hasn't contacted me for a long time, why did you suddenly think of me today?"
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