Chapter 488
Prince Shun and Xiang Cheng stayed in the study and finished reading the second volume of The Yellow Beam Dream. After reading it, they felt refreshed and had an indescribable feeling.
Prince Shun heaved a sigh and said, "This Si Yao is definitely a talent. I have already seen through his intentions." In the end, Jiang Tianci will definitely end this chaotic era and become the final one to claim the throne, unifying the world and becoming king and emperor.
Xiang Cheng said: "It is not difficult to find this Si Yao. Xia Zhou owns the bookstore, so he must know about it. This author is indeed a talented person. He is knowledgeable about agriculture, mulberry, and water conservancy. If the subsequent scripts can still be written so brilliantly, he must be knowledgeable about military strategy and government affairs."
Prince Shun walked around the study room for a few times and said, "Don't alarm him yet. I don't know when I can return to my fiefdom. Only in my fiefdom can such a person play a big role. Maybe with him, my fiefdom can become a rich place."
Because of Prince Shun's words, Xiang Cheng was very careful when investigating who Si Yao was. Otherwise, he could just call Xia Zhou over and ask him clearly. However, because he did not want to alarm other people, he started with the people Xia Zhou had contact with. As a result, after investigating over and over again, Xiang Cheng became a little confused, because everyone Xia Zhou had contact with was innocent and simple, and none of them could be matched with Si Yao.
The more he couldn't find this person, the more Xiang Cheng wanted to find out who was behind the pen name Si Yao.
Xia Zhou was counting the silver happily, unaware that he was being targeted, and someone wanted to find out Si Yao's identity from him.
If he knew that it was Prince Shun's people who were investigating, he would definitely tell the other party and ask them to come and ask him. He promised to tell them everything he knew. Unfortunately, others just wanted to find out on their own.
Under such circumstances, the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet arrived, and several masters of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion had to show up. Yuan Jing was also told a few days in advance that he had to enter the palace with his second uncle that day.
In fact, Yuan Jing had been waiting for this day since he knew his appearance and the entanglement behind him. He also wanted to know whether there was any hidden story behind the death of his original father and brother in battle and his mother's illness.
He believed that even his original self would have hoped that his father and brother had died in battle, rather than being framed and killed by someone while being attacked from all sides.
Among the four good brothers, only Li Yan and he could enter the palace, so after entering the palace with the carriage, Li Yan ran over and pulled Yuan Jing away. Zeng Kang not only could not object, but also had to smile and give Yuan Jing a few words of advice.
Yuan Jing was no stranger to the palace, nor did he have much awe. Li Yan came in often and was very familiar with the palace. He grabbed Yuan Jing's arm and whispered, "Looking at your second uncle's smile, I feel a little creepy. Something is wrong."
Yuan Jing chuckled: "It doesn't matter, Second Uncle is Second Uncle, and I am me."
Li Yan quickly put this strange feeling behind him. Yuan Jing was right. He was him and Zeng Kang was Zeng Kang. He chuckled and told Yuan Jing, "You have attracted a lot of attention when you entered the palace today. I heard many people were asking who this good-looking young man is. Haha."
Yuan Jing laughed and whispered back, "Will these people be disappointed after knowing who I am?"
Li Yan almost laughed out loud, but he saw several people showing disbelief on their faces. It was really hard to describe what he saw. Li Yan said that his brother was the best. What those people thought had nothing to do with his brother. His brother was the same to him no matter if he was fat or thin.
Under past circumstances, they would not have been popular in such occasions, but this time, people kept coming to talk to them, and every few words they would ask when the third volume of The Yellow Beam Dream would be released, because they knew that Li Yan and his four playboys were very good friends, and there was no difference between asking Li Yan and Yuan Jing about Xia Zhou's affairs.
Li Yan was quite proud. He thought to himself, the author of your favorite novel is right in front of you, but none of you can recognize him, and you look down on them brothers. Now you are begging them, aren't you?
However, they didn't show it on their face, so as not to give anyone an advantage. They just said that Xia Zhou was in charge of the matter, and they had no idea when the author would write it.
After the others left, he winked at Yuan Jing and said, "See? The Yellow Bead Dream is so popular. Many people read it. I tell you, I found that even my father secretly read the Yellow Bead Dream I brought back."
Just as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head. Turning around, he saw Prince Shun holding a fan and preparing to continue hitting him. He quickly slipped behind Yuan Jing and said with a wronged look on his face: "Why does Prince always pick on me?"
Prince Shun laughed loudly: "I heard you say bad things about your father behind his back. I will tell the prince of Zhenguo later."
Li Yan gritted his teeth, and was helpless with Prince Shun: "Prince, what do you want to do?"
Prince Shun smiled and looked at Yuan Jing who was standing aside, and said, "You must be Zeng Heng's youngest son. You don't look like your father, but more like your mother. Especially the clothes you are wearing today, from a distance you look even more like him."
Seeing Zeng Yuanjing like this, you can tell that Zeng Kang has bad intentions and only focuses on this aspect. He is a far cry from his elder brother.
Yuan Jing was a little surprised that Prince Shun would be so kind as to remind him. He looked at the clothes he was wearing and said, "These were sent by my second uncle and second aunt. They said they were for me to wear when I enter the palace."
Prince Shun sighed inwardly, looking at Zeng Yuanjing, who was still a bit childish, but whose eyes were so clear that people couldn't bear to hurt him. It was amazing that such a child could survive in the Marquis Yongyi's mansion and live to this day.
Thinking of Zeng Heng, he couldn't help but remind her again: "There are many people in the palace, so don't walk around casually during the palace banquet. Leave the palace early after it's over."
Yuan Jing bowed and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Majesty."
Prince Shun nodded, glanced at Li Yan who looked alert, chuckled and turned away. It was a pity that the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion would never produce another general like Zeng Heng who was responsible and capable of leading troops. Now the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion was destined to decline.
Yuan Jing was talking to Li Yan in whispers. Not long after, a palace servant came to call Yuan Jing on behalf of Zeng Kang, asking him to go back to his seat so as not to disturb others. Yuan Jing had no choice but to wave goodbye to Li Yan and go back to his seat in the Marquis Yongyi's mansion.
Zeng Kang felt relieved when he saw Yuan Jing coming back. At the same time, hope arose in his heart as he saw his increasingly outstanding appearance. The royal family of Daning Dynasty had produced emperors who were fond of men, not to mention that his nephew was at an age where it was difficult to tell whether he was a man or a girl. His heart was burning with excitement.
At this time, he could not think of his missing son. He only thought that if his nephew caught the emperor's eye, the marquis's mansion would be honored and favored by the emperor, and maybe the marquis's mansion could take this opportunity to make further progress. At the same time, he felt a little regretful. It would be great if his nephew was born a girl. Then he could send his niece to the palace to serve the emperor in a legitimate way, and in the future the marquis's mansion might even become the prince's in-laws.
If Yuan Jing knew what Zeng Kang was thinking, he would probably blurt it out to his face, but even if he didn't hear it, he could tell he had a calculating expression on his face.
This time, in addition to him, Zeng Kang also brought out Zeng Yuanliu from the Marquis' Mansion. Zeng Yuanliu stood up straight, no longer as timid as before. He even looked at Yuan Jing with a bit of disdain. He tried to talk to other noble sons and ignored Yuan Jing.
Yuan Jing stayed obediently in his seat, supporting his chin with one hand, admiring the performances of various people at the palace banquet.
At the same time, he was also a sight to behold in the eyes of others. Many people who had seen his mother were surprised. She had been dead for more than ten years, but his appearance reminded people of her. What an outstanding woman she was. Even though her family background was not high, many people wanted to marry her. In the end, she married into the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, which was considered a high marriage. But unexpectedly, she did not enjoy many years of happiness. One son died on the battlefield, leaving behind a younger son, and she herself died of illness.
First the imperial concubine came, and then the emperor and empress walked in hand in hand. Yuan Jing knelt to welcome the emperor like everyone else. When the emperor passed by them, Yuan Jing noticed that when an eunuch saw Yuan Jing's appearance clearly, his eyes widened.
He thought that this eunuch must have been bribed by Zeng Kang, so he looked at him specially.
After the emperor and the empress took their seats, they also stood up and sat back in their original seats one by one. The eunuch whispered a few words to the emperor. Yuan Jing had very good eyesight and saw a flash of surprise in the emperor's eyes. Then he whispered an order to the eunuch, and the voice also reached Yuan Jing's ears.
At this time, Yuan Jing felt a familiar breath coming from behind him. He turned his head and looked back. He almost laughed. One of the guards who followed the emperor in was Jing Lie. He actually sneaked into the Royal Guards. Of course, in the eyes of others, he was still the same person and not Jing Lie, but that trick could not hide from Yuan Jing's eyes, and the soul breath was so familiar.
Yuan Jing was speechless. This guy hadn't told him before that he would sneak in. Was he worried about him or something?
Jing Lie didn't want to spoil Yuan Jing's mood, so he restrained himself from slapping Zeng Kang to death, but then he thought that it would be too easy for him to die directly.
After the palace banquet began, the emperor said some auspicious words to make the monarch and his ministers happy together. From time to time, ministers came forward to toast, and the emperor also called people up to say a few words. In such occasions, if a young person from a family could catch the emperor's eye, it would definitely be a great thing.
At this moment, the emperor above suddenly said, "I heard that Zeng Heng's youngest son is here too? Let me see him. I once drank with Zeng Heng, but unfortunately..."
Swish, swish, swish, many eyes were directed towards the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion. Even Song, one of the female relatives on the other side, clenched the handkerchief in her hand when she heard this. Zeng Jingshu had also come into the palace. She had always been disgusted with Yuan Jing who came with her, but now she heard the emperor calling her and almost suffocated.
How could that fat pig have the qualifications? If her brother was still alive, it would definitely be her brother who was called over by His Majesty.
When her brother comes back, this fat pig will get out of here as soon as possible.
A eunuch came over and asked Yuan Jing to come to the front and speak to the emperor.
Zeng Kang whispered, "Hurry up, don't be rude, understand?"
When Yuan Jing stood up, he lowered his eyes to look at Zeng Kang's excitement, which he could hardly conceal. A cold look flashed in his eyes. This was what Zeng Kang wanted, so he had to accept it.
Yuan Jing followed the eunuch to the front, bowed to the emperor and empress, and then stood there with his head bowed.
"You are Zeng Heng's youngest son. I didn't expect you have grown up so much. Raise your head and let me see what you look like now."
Yuan Jing raised his head and looked at him expressionlessly.
There was a flash of surprise in the queen's eyes, while there was a flash of surprise and nostalgia in the emperor's eyes, and he was a little dazed. He didn't expect that they were so similar.
"Come here, give me some wine."
A glass of wine was handed to Yuan Jing, who raised his head and drank it. When the emperor was about to say something, Yuan Jing suddenly fell down with a black face and foam at the mouth.
"Protect the emperor!"
Screams were heard in the hall, and guards quickly protected the emperor and called the imperial physician to check. Zeng Yuanjing clearly looked poisoned.
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