Chapter 721 Xie Xin is on the verge of madness
Xie Xin felt a sense of kinship upon seeing the Zhao family. "Cousin Hui, now your cousin should also call you Second Sister-in-law. What are you doing here, Sister-in-law?"
Zhao Yunhui was here because she had a purpose in this chance encounter. She smiled and said, "Cousin, you shouldn't be making fun of Hui'er. When it comes to family ties, I still prefer you to call me cousin. That way, we're closer."
Xie Xin smiled and said, "Then from now on, your cousin will still call you Cousin Hui'er in private."
Zhao Yunhui had actually seen Xie Qi and Xie Xin almost fight earlier, and she said, "His Highness Prince Qi is quite arrogant now! Many girls like him!"
Xie Xin's expression changed slightly. "What's so smug about him? He only got into the Court of Justice because of a woman. My cousin will definitely become a higher official than him in the future and crush him."
Zhao Yunhui chuckled softly, "Then Hui'er wishes my cousin all the best, that he may become a high-ranking official soon, preferably a general, so that he can beat the King of Qi until he begs for mercy."
Xie Xin laughed even harder, "Thank you for your kind words, cousin."
Zhao Yunhui walked out of the shop with a cold smile. Xie Xin, seeing that she seemed to be mocking him, suddenly became unhappy, "Cousin Hui also looks down on me."
Zhao Yunhui glanced again at the spoiled brats following Xie Xin. They weren't even spoiled brats; they were just trash who wanted to flaunt the Tenth Prince's name.
Xie Xin said to the crowd, "You all go back first. I want to catch up with my cousin."
The crowd said, "Farewell. If Your Highness has any further instructions, please send someone to let us know. We will be at your beck and call and serve you faithfully..."
"Alright, go back now!" Xie Xin said impatiently. Just now, when they asked them to beat Xie Qi, not a single person dared to step forward.
After they left, Zhao Yunhui said, "I didn't realize that you had your own men, cousin. If you ever encounter any difficulties in the future, you must help me."
"What difficulties could you, the dignified Princess Consort of Yu, possibly encounter?" Xie Xin assumed that her life would be easy after marrying into the Yu Prince's mansion. After all, the Yu Prince established his mansion early, had a large fortune, and had once held an official position.
"Sigh, it's a long story!" Zhao Yunhui sighed.
"My cousin is really in trouble!" Xie Xin said.
"Hui'er, let's treat our cousin to dinner. We can talk as we walk." Zhao Yunhui carefully led Xie Xin step by step along the path she had laid out.
She took Xie Xin to the restaurant.
She knew Xie Xin was a paper tiger, only fierce on the surface. If something really happened, he wouldn't dare to cause trouble. When his aunt Zhao Fei was still alive, she protected him. Now he was all alone, and he was getting more and more timid.
Zhao Yunhui continued, "Actually, my lord, like my cousin, is not favored by the Emperor. Alas, ever since the new Emperor ascended the throne and my father passed away, the Second Prince has been dismissed from his post and has been staying at home all day, doing nothing and being idle. The strangest thing is that the Emperor won't let him return to his fiefdom. If he were allowed to return to his fiefdom, he could be a mountain king. But he has to stay in Shengjing City and be pointed at and bullied. Even someone like Xie Qi, who was born into such a family, can be appreciated by the Emperor. We... alas! It's so hard!"
After Zhao Yunhui's words, Xie Xin also felt the same way. He was so angry that his face turned blue. "Even Xie Qi can be given an official position, so why can't I?"
Zhao Yunhui added, "Isn't it because our Zhao family has fallen from grace and has no one in the court that they're bullying us?"
Xie Xin grew angrier the more he thought about it. "What right does he have? I am also a prince of the Xie family."
Zhao Yunhui said in a sinister tone, "Because he's the emperor, the most powerful person in the world. If he wants someone to stand, that person would never dare to lie down."
Xie Xin immediately deflated and fell silent. After all, the emperor was the only one who could bring people into life and kill them at will. That's how his mother died.
Xie Xin really missed his mother. Before, only his mother loved him, but now there was no one to love him anymore.
Zhao Yunhui said again, "Alas, if only my aunt were still here, at least she could still be a concubine, with status and influence in the palace, and our lives wouldn't be so miserable."
Xie Xin was on the verge of tears. "Mother, I miss her so much."
"Hui'er also wanted to, but she would never come back. She was sent to be buried with the late emperor. Thinking about it, my aunt was the most pitiful person!"
Xie Xin's eyes were filled with hatred, and his fists were clenched tightly. It was Xie Shang who killed his mother; it was all his fault.
“Hui’er, I’ve heard my mother say before that it was the Emperor who wanted to investigate the Zhao family. Otherwise, my uncle wouldn’t have been demoted to a commoner, and the Zhao family wouldn’t have fallen. He’s really ruthless. He got the throne, but he secretly wanted to kill us. How can I compete with him for the throne?” Xie Xin stomped his feet in anger.
“Why not? You are also a prince, a descendant of the Xie family,” Zhao Yunhui said.
Xie Xin was shocked. He had never imagined that he could become emperor. He thought Zhao Yunhui was crazy. How could she say such a thing? She really was insane.
Just then, Zhao Rui emerged from the shadows, knelt respectfully on the ground, and bowed, saying, "This humble subject, Zhao Rui, greets Your Majesty."
Xie Xin was so shocked that his mouth dropped open, his finger trembling as he pointed at Zhao Rui. He stammered, "Zhao... Zhao Rui, what... what did you say? You... don't shout nonsense, it's a... a capital offense."
Zhao Rui grabbed Xie Xin's fingers, his eyes bloodshot, as if filled with deep hatred. "Your Highness, our Zhao family has always supported you. In the hearts of the Zhao family and my aunt, Your Highness is the only one who can inherit the throne. In the end, look at us, look at you, it was Xie Shang who tried to kill us!"
“But…but how can you call me Emperor…Your Majesty?” Xie Xin said.
“If the current emperor dies, the Zhao family will push you to become emperor. Tenth Prince, you believe in the strength of the Zhao family. If the Zhao family of the past were still around, would they still dare to bully us?” Zhao Rui knelt on the ground and cried.
Xie Xin was overwhelmed by the shout of "Your Majesty." Who doesn't yearn to be emperor? Everyone in the world wants to be emperor. If he could become emperor, would Xie Qi still have an official position? He wanted Xie Qi to suffer a fate worse than death, to continue being his dog and crawling between his legs.
Then there's Xie Shang, who killed his mother and wants to avenge her and the Zhao family.
But……
Zhao Rui seemed to see his concerns and said, "Your Highness, rest assured. This time, I have come to the capital to start a rebellion. The new emperor is ruthless, and those who are dissatisfied with him wish they could eat his flesh and drink his blood."
"An uprising? What uprising?" Xie Xin asked, puzzled.
Zhao Rui was lying to him. "I told Your Highness, but Your Highness must not tell anyone else, otherwise if the uprising fails, our heads will all be chopped off by the Emperor."
"I hate Xie Shang to death! It's all his fault that I've been ruined..."
Zhao Yunhui added, "And Empress Jiang, she's not a good person either."
Xie Xin gritted his teeth in hatred, "Yes, she's no good either. Back then, she helped Xie Qi against me, thinking I was too stupid to see through her. Now Xie Qi is having an affair with her palace maid, humph!"
Zhao Yunhui gossiped, "Is His Highness Prince Qi having an affair with a palace maid serving the Empress?"
"It's that woman surnamed Lu. She's the one who helped Xie Qi back in the palace. They were just leaving hand in hand," Xie Xin said.
Zhao Yunhui was once considered a noble lady in Shengjing City, and she had heard a lot of gossip. She had even heard Consort Zhao talk about Lu Xuefei. She never expected that Xie Xin would not know about it.
She said, "Lu Xuefei is not a palace maid. She is Lu Tingwei's daughter, and can be considered a young lady from a wealthy family. She was originally selected to enter the palace as a candidate for the imperial concubine, but for some reason she did not become a concubine. There seems to be some explanation for this. In any case, she eventually ended up serving the empress."
Upon hearing this, Xie Xin immediately understood. "I thought Xie Qi had truly earned the Emperor's favor through his own efforts, but now I understand. His move was truly brilliant—directly seducing the daughter of the Minister of Justice. No wonder!"
Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Rui exchanged a glance. They hadn't expected the Tenth Prince to take the bait so quickly. With him leading the charge, things would be much safer from now on.
They knew that although Xie Xin was their cousin, he was incompetent and no one supported him to become emperor, so it would be useless to push him to the throne.
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