Chapter 128 The Extinct God of War General x The Delicate Little Doctor 28

Zhang Taishi's memorial had been submitted for a whole day but there was no response from the Emperor. Feeling helpless, he went to Yu's study alone after the morning court session.

The emperor leaned back in his chair, took a sip of tea slowly, raised his eyes and said, "My dear, you said General Xu had ulterior motives, just because he met with Prince Dongyu?"

Grand Tutor Zhang said with a righteous look, "Your Majesty, General Xu is the god of war of our Xiyan. He holds the military order and controls the lifeline of our Xiyan. He is closely connected with the Crown Prince of Dongyu. Your Majesty must be on guard."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows and said, "How to prevent it? My dear, give me some ideas."

"Your Majesty, you must find a way to take back the military command from General Xu. As for the rest, ignore it for now and wait until General Xu does something that is detrimental to Xiyan before taking any action." Grand Tutor Zhang answered quickly, as if he was afraid that the emperor would disagree.

The emperor nodded, pondered for a while and said, "Grandmaster Zhang is worthy of being our Xiyan's patron minister. I will consider your proposal carefully. Please leave."

The emperor looked at Master Zhang's back and smiled meaningfully, but his eyes were full of coldness.

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Li Yanhuais made no secret of his interest in Aunt Qiao, and even said to Xu Hanye, "Your wife is very pleasing to me, and I want to take her in as my sister. I wonder if General Xu has any suggestions?"

Xu Hanye couldn't stand the look in Li Yanhuai's eyes when he looked at Qiao Jinjin anymore, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Are you sure?"

Li Yanhuai rolled his eyes at him and said, "I didn't expect that a great war god general would be so petty. She's just my sister, I don't have any other thoughts."

Aunt Qiao withdrew her hand from the needle, looked at them speechlessly and said, "You are taking me for granted. Okay, another acupuncture treatment in ten days will detoxify you."

Xu Hanye glanced at Li Yanhuai, then turned to Qiao Jinjin and said, "Madam, I will take you back home first."

"Prince Dongyu, I will be back soon. There are some things I need to discuss with you."

Aunt Qiao lowered her eyes and nodded, not even looking at Li Yanhuai.

The way Li Yanhuai looked at her was very similar to the way Xu Hanye looked at her back then, so she should not provoke Li Yanhuai.

"Master, do you like General Xu's wife?" Xue Mo knew his master's temper very well and knew that taking in a sister was just an excuse.

Li Yanhuai moved his stiff hands and feet, sighed and said, "So what? I just know what to do and what not to do. Taking her as my stepsister would also ruin my dream."

"Look at Xu Hanye's attitude towards his wife. I want to eat me if I take one more look at her. If he knew what I was thinking, what do you think he would do?"

"So, it would be most appropriate for his wife to be my stepsister."

After Xu Hanye sent Jin Jin Qiao back to the general's mansion, he returned to Li Yanhuai.

Li Yanhuai of course knew that Xu Hanye had something important to discuss with him, so he specially ordered someone to serve Xu Hanye a cup of tea.

"General Xu, do you want to talk to me about King Xuan?"

Xu Hanye raised his eyebrows and said, "As expected of you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dongyu. Indeed, this general would like to ask the Crown Prince, what would you do with King Xuan if you caught him?"

Li Yanhuai took a sip of hot tea and said, "I have already told my father about what King Xuan did, but King Xuan is our Dongyu's prince after all, so we should bring him back to Dongyu for punishment."

Xu Hanye nodded, as expected. "Please ask the Crown Prince to send someone to look for the whereabouts of King Xuan, and try to find him before the Crown Prince leaves Xiyan."

Li Yanhuai narrowed his eyes and said, "This is natural."

"I wonder what General Xu thinks of my proposal to take Madam Ling as my adopted sister."

Xu Hanye glanced at Li Yanhuai and said, "I respect your wife's opinion. As for whether I will be your sister or not, it depends on whether my wife is willing or not."

Li Yan shrugged and said with a curled lip, "That's hopeless. I need to rest. Xuemo, send General Xu back."

Xu Hanye raised his hand to stop Xue Mo from sending him off and said, "No need. I still have to go to the palace. I will not disturb His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for now."

Xu Hanye sat in the carriage, frowning, and asked Xiao Shun, who was driving the carriage, "What happened that made the emperor so anxious to let me enter the palace?"

Xiao Shun thought for a moment and said, "The person who delivered the message didn't say anything, but Master Zhang went to Yu's study after the morning court session."

Xu Hanye narrowed his eyes and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

The emperor kept Xu Hanye in the study for two hours to discuss matters, and it was already dark when he left the palace.

Aunt Qiao was already sleeping soundly on the bed, unaware that a man in black was standing on her bed, staring at her for a long time.

The man in black took out a jade pendant from his body and gently placed it on Jin Jin Qiao's pillow.

As soon as Xu Hanye returned to Xinheyuan, he sensed something was wrong.

However, the confidants he ordered to guard outside Xinheyuan did not find anything unusual.

Hong'er had fallen asleep on the table, apparently someone had pressed her acupoints.

Xu Hanye was startled and hurried to check on Aunt Qiao's condition. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found nothing unusual.

"Madam, wake up"

Qiao Jinjin opened her eyes dazedly, hummed coquettishly, and whispered, "Husband, why did you come back so late?"

Xu Hanye frowned and asked, "Has no one been here?"

Aunt Qiao was puzzled and shook her head, "No, it's dark now, who would come at this time?"

Aunt Qiao leaned forward and placed her small hand on a hard jade pendant. She took it in her hand and looked at it, wondering, "Hmm? When did my husband get such a strange jade pendant? It looks so familiar."

Xu Hanye pursed his thin lips, took the jade pendant and looked at it. It was a square jade pendant with purple phoenix pattern. It was said that only the royal family of Beishang Kingdom had this kind of jade pendant.

"Madam, please don't go out for the next few days. I think someone might be targeting you."

Aunt Qiao tilted her head, lowered her eyes and nodded.

"Tongzi, did someone come when I was asleep? Do you know who it was?"

[Host, the one who came is Chu Tianxing, the Prince of Beishang. However, he will not harm you. You are related by blood.]

"What? This body actually has secrets. Oh, could it be a princess?"

[I am currently unable to tell you whether it is a princess or not, please explore it on your own.]

Xu Hanye did not sleep the whole night. He held the sleeping Jinjin Qiao in his arms and gently stroked her bulging belly with his big hands. He could even feel the occasional small lump on her belly.

"Madam, no matter who you are, you will always be my wife, Xu Hanye, and no one can take you away from me."