After the New Year, the Seventh Prince's Mansion was filled with joy and happiness, with smiles on everyone's faces.
Why? Of course, it's because the two masters have reconciled. Siqin Sihua accepted the red envelope with a smile on her face and helped Xu Yixing with her morning makeup in the study. New Year, new beginnings. Finally, all the troubles have been left behind in the past year!
Ah Da and Ah Er also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the two His Majesties didn't have a conflict, then they wouldn't have to suffer any harm. As for those ideas that had come up for His Majesty that were just a step off the mark, Amitabha, if Madam held us accountable, His Majesty would probably exonerate us, right?
Lu Anyuan disappeared early in the morning. When Xu Yixing woke up, he found that there was no one by his bed.
"Xiaoshe, where is your prince?"
"My lady, I've gone to the palace."
"Today is New Year's Day, what business is there in the palace?" Could it be that the assassination attempt last night was discovered so quickly? That would be too bad.
"I don't know. The Empress Dowager sent him away. I think it was a family matter."
"Oh..." Assassination can also be considered a family matter... Xu Yixing was a little flustered. Although she knew that Lu Anyuan would definitely not make a plan that would leave a handle, the Second Prince pointed it out to her face last night, and she didn't know how to end this.
She thought about it and decided to go back home. This was when Dad would come in handy. If he couldn't help Lu Anyuan, then what was the point of having him?
I was still checking the gifts to take home when I saw Lu Anyuan hurried back, with an unstoppable smile on his face.
"What happened?"
The worry on Xu Yixing's face made Lu Anyuan dazed for a moment. When did he become the one that someone in the family cared about?
"It's nothing, don't worry." He pressed Xu Yixing's shoulders and asked her to sit on the chair. "The Queen Mother wasn't feeling well this morning. I was very worried when I heard about it, so I went to the palace to check on her. I'm sorry to have caused you so much worry."
"The Empress Dowager..." Xu Yixing was really afraid to hear the news of the Empress Dowager's death. The current situation was already turbulent, and another national mourning would simply add insult to injury.
"The old lady is fine. She was just angry with the mother in the palace and became confused. I have already served her medicine and left only after seeing that she was feeling better."
"Do you princes have to do the job of serving medicine?" Shouldn't this be the job of the emperor, concubines, or princesses?
"Because I'm filial." Lu Anyuan shamelessly approached and rubbed his chin against Xu Yixing's forehead. "Something happened with Concubine Ying. The Queen Mother was so angry that she became sick. She didn't want to see those people in the harem, so I went."
"Tell me in detail!" I knew that with his character of not doing anything without profit, he would definitely have an agenda. How could I not listen to such great gossip!
"You should know my third brother's mother, Concubine Gong. Her father, Old Master Cui, the Imperial Academy Priest, passed away four months ago."
"I know about this, but I remember that the Cui family was very low-key. They just followed the funeral rules and didn't make a big fuss, right?" At that time, it was just after the moon-viewing party in the outer palace. Xu Yixing was trapped in the fourth prince's scheme and stayed at home, and did not pay much attention to this matter.
"Yes, the Cui family has been a veteran for three dynasties. Now it's the current generation. After Mr. Cui passed away, although the younger generation has made some progress, it is ultimately due to the support of Concubine Gong and the Third Prince, so they are all very low-key."
"Then they are very smart." At least compared with the second prince and his disappointing mother's family, Cui is already very sensible.
"Yes. After Elder Cui's death, his portrait was supposed to be placed in the Great Xia Meritorious Officials Pavilion for veneration. However, there was considerable opposition from the court at the time, and as a result, it has not been completed to this day."
"Who objects?"
"Of course it's my second brother and his uncle who has no vision."
"Oh! Now that the Second Prince has established his own residence and his uncle has passed away, there shouldn't be any obstacles to this matter."
"But Concubine Ying refused to give up and pinned the blame on my third brother for what happened yesterday."
"Really?" Xu Yixing struggled out of Lu Anyuan's arms. This Concubine Ying was really simple-minded. Could the crime of assassination be framed at will?
Lu Anyuan nodded. He didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful reversal in this matter.
"But it definitely wasn't Second Brother's idea. I've already made inquiries. Second Brother went straight back home last night and didn't return to the palace. Concubine Ying must have heard about it and rushed to whisper in Father's ear before Second Prince did.
Concubine Gong has always disliked her, but she never made a fuss about it. Last night, after hearing about it, she went to the Empress Dowager and cried for half the night. She even made her headache worse, which is why she is so weak."
"Empress Dowager, you are really pitiful." But at the moment, the Second Prince is obviously more pitiful. Maybe he had thought of a countermeasure last night, but after Concubine Ying made such a mess, now even if he has ten methods, he can't use them.
But she couldn't understand why Concubine Ying always held the Second Prince back?
"But Concubine Ying didn't even inform the Second Prince. If this matter is traced back, it will definitely not be traced back to the Third Prince. Why did she offend Concubine Gong?"
"This is the downside of having an overly powerful mother. Concubine Ying has always considered herself a loving mother, taking care of everything for my second brother. After my second brother left the palace, his dependence and obedience to her must have been much less than before. She's unhappy about this, and she's probably thinking of showing off her influence."
"Overcorrection is as bad as deficiency. This time, the Second Prince has probably suffered a loss. If he wants to go to His Majesty to change his mind, I'm afraid there will be no way. You are really lucky."
Xu Yixing rubbed his aching shoulders and neck and gave up the idea of going home. Since Ying Fei had done such a stupid thing, this matter would not pose a threat to Lu Anyuan in the short term. It was better to stay still than to move.
I still feel lucky. It seems that God is fair. Since he gave the second prince such a favored mother, it would be fair if he could take something away from him.
Suddenly, a report was heard: "Your Highness, Madam, Mr. Yao is back!"
Xu Yixing's eyes lit up, and he quickly cheered up: "Go and ask him to come over, your prince is waiting, hurry up!"
Lu Anyuan saw the little maid hurriedly running to call for help and found it funny: "Haven't you already explained this matter to me clearly? Why do you still need him to come?"
"If you don't let him explain it to you in person, how can this matter be resolved?"
Mr. Yao had just returned when he was hurriedly summoned to the study. He thought that something must have happened to the Seventh Prince, so he didn't have time to ask in detail and hurried over with his medicine box on his back.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
After asking this question, he looked forward and found that his wife was also in the study. Mr. Yao glanced at Lu Anyuan's cold eyes, then looked at his wife's half-smile and gloating expression, and smiled bitterly. It seemed that this matter had been exposed so quickly.
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