While claiming to be helping... in reality, the Prince of Huainan wanted to use the eldest prince to promote his own confidant to the position.
Zhou Qin probably went to Chu Xuan for the same reason.
Zhou Huaichuan continued, "Chu Xuan is only loyal to the emperor on the surface. As long as the struggle for the throne is not obvious, he will not take sides. Zhou Qin's trip was probably in vain."
Chu Xinxin lowered her head and thought for a moment: "I will investigate this matter."
Zhou Huaichuan knew she had a solution, but simply told her to be careful in everything she did.
......
After returning, Chu Xinxin used the system to monitor and track Chu Xuan for several days, and confirmed that Chu Xuan had secretly pledged allegiance to the Third Prince Zhou Qin.
Chu Xinxin wrote a secret document, sealed it with sealing wax, and had Yun Gui take it to the Prince An's residence.
No sooner had Yun Gui stepped out the door than an imperial edict arrived.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau calculated the auspicious dates and set the wedding date for Liu Xin and Chu Xinxin for fifteen days from now.
After the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict left, Chu Xinxin casually tossed the edict to Haitang, telling her to take it to the small kitchen as firewood.
"Miss, sob sob sob, you're not really going to marry that bastard Liu Xin, are you?" Haitang cried, tears streaming down her face.
Chu Xinxin gently took her hand: "Why don't you marry in my place?"
Haitang: "Miss, I'm still young. I think the Second Miss is quite nice!"
After saying that, Haitang made an excuse that the food in the kitchen was about to burn and quickly left.
As soon as she left, Zhou Huaichuan came out from behind the screen.
Chu Xinxin's face lit up with a bright smile as she took Zhou Huaichuan's hand and said, "I heard that Emperor Zhou's old illness relapsed a couple of days ago, and he had to get out of bed?"
Instead of picking her up as usual, Zhou Huaichuan subtly avoided her, taking the opportunity to sit down at the table and pull his hand out of Chu Xinxin's arms.
Chu Xinxin's eyes flickered, and then she smelled a faint medicinal scent on Zhou Huaichuan, in addition to the pine and ink fragrance.
She feigned ignorance: "Who was responsible for Emperor Zhou's illness? The Prince of Huainan? Or one of the other princes?"
Zhou Huaichuan poured a cup of tea and placed it in her palm, replying casually, "It's me."
A ripple appeared in the teacup in Chu Xinxin's hand, then quickly subsided.
"So, Emperor Zhou wanted me to marry Liu Xin as soon as possible so that the Prince of Huainan could get out of here quickly?"
Zhou Huaichuan remained silent.
Chu Xinxin moved a little closer and pulled down his high collar a bit, making the medicinal scent even stronger.
Beneath the collar were several deep scratch marks.
It looks like it was clawed out by some wild animal.
"What happened?"
It's been discovered.
Zhou Huaichuan: "It's nothing. Last night they caught a black bear, and I got a sudden urge to go to the animal training ground."
He knew even earlier than Chu Xinxin that Emperor Zhou would order Chu Xinxin and Liu Xin to get married.
Although he has already laid out his plans, he will definitely not allow Chu Xinxin to marry into the Prince of Huainan's mansion.
But when he sneaked into the Taiji Hall and saw Liu Xin and Chu Xinxin's names written together on the same imperial edict for their marriage, he still couldn't suppress the violence in his heart.
Others are born to enjoy everything, with someone taking care of everything for them.
What he wants is something he has to fight and snatch with great difficulty.
Even the person you like the most has to be careful, afraid that others will find out, lest your feelings for her cause her trouble.
Zhou Huaichuan's eyes were half-closed, his long, thick eyelashes drooping down, concealing all his emotions.
Chu Xinxin wrapped her arms around his waist, her voice soft and sweet: "Zhou Huaichuan, tell me, isn't what we're doing an affair?"
Haitang, who returned halfway to guard the gate for them: Hmm... how can it not count?
Zhou Huaichuan was stunned for a moment; his emotions had shifted so quickly that his brain seemed not to have caught up yet.
Chu Xinxin reached out and pulled his head down: "Want to do something even more exciting?"
......
Late at night, in Weichang, a suburb of Beijing.
A group of people were quietly burying something.
The guards watching over the enclosure fell asleep as if they were dead.
The group moved very quickly and left in no time.
After a long while, when only the sound of the wind could be heard, Chu Xinxin finally peeked out from under Zhou Huaichuan's black cloak.
She turned her head and made a gesture, and Yun Zheng, Yun Gui, and Haitang, who insisted on coming along, appeared together.
With a mix of emotions, Haitang asked, "Miss, is this the kind of excitement you were talking about?"
Chu Xinxin: "Oh, it was supposed to be quite exciting. An Wang and I were enjoying a romantic evening under the moon and flowers, in the middle of nowhere... Why did you all have to come along?"
Haitang retorted, "If we don't come, who will help you? Besides... don't drag me into this!"
Seeing that his master's expression was not good, Yun Zheng wanted to tell Haitang to stop talking, but Haitang turned around and betrayed him.
"Master, Master, we were worried about you too, you're covered in injuries..."
Zhou Huaichuan glared at him, and Yun Zheng raised his hand to cover his mouth. Oh no, he'd let it slip.
Of these people, Yun Gui was the most reliable. She went straight up to check and found that after burying the things, they had restored the ground to its original state.
If Yun Gui hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have noticed that the ground here had been disturbed.
Chu Xinxin also wanted to go forward to check, but Yun Gui whispered to stop her: "Don't come over, there are fire mines buried here."
Zhou Huaichuan pulled Chu Xinxin back and hugged her.
Haitang was so angry she couldn't bear to look, so she pulled Yunzheng to the other side.
Before long, they found the hidden bait on the other side.
Chu Xinxin looked around. The place where they buried the fire mines should be the grandstand of the Spring Festival Gathering, where Emperor Zhou and his civil and military officials were standing.
"The spring outing is in five days. Isn't the Prince of Huainan afraid of being discovered if he makes his move so soon?"
"Lord Liang, who organized the spring outing, is a fellow townsman of the Prince of Huainan."
Zhou Huaichuan explained.
Chu Xinxin estimated the amount of fire bombs needed. It was only a small amount, and although the range was wide, it wouldn't even kill a horse.
"Is the Prince of Huainan just trying to scare Emperor Zhou into handing over the Imperial Guards and city defenses to the Crown Prince as soon as possible?" Chu Xinxin asked Zhou Huaichuan, looking up at him.
"Well, he didn't dare to reveal his true ambitions until he got them."
"I don't understand. What good are the city defenses and the Imperial Guard if he really wants to usurp the throne? This little bit of stuff..." Chu Xinxin's expression suddenly changed. "Unless, the Southern Barbarian disturbances are just a pretext? His personal troops have already marched north?"
Zhou Huaichuan's expression was also quite grave: "I have already sent spies to investigate, and news should come back in the next few days."
Chu Xinxin was not entirely at ease.
Although the city's defenses and imperial guards were formidable, they were utterly insignificant compared to warriors who had actually been on the battlefield and experienced countless life-or-death battles.
Zhou Huaichuan's military power was in the Northwest, which was the closest to the capital, but he couldn't be summoned at any time.
Moreover, since Emperor Zhou did not issue an edict, if the Prince of Huainan were to make a feint, it would be tantamount to Zhou Huaichuan plotting a rebellion.
We still need to get definite information.
Chu Xinxin sighed. She could only say that they had all let their guard down after the Prince of Huainan was imprisoned a few days ago.
Later, his attention was distracted by the marriage proposal.
etc......
A thought flashed through Chu Xinxin's mind, and she tried to grasp it, but it vanished in an instant.
Seeing that her expression was off, Zhou Huaichuan assumed she was scared, so he bent down and put his arm around her, saying, "Don't worry, I'm here."
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