Chapter 588 Do you think they will just sit there and wait for death?
As early as the day the Xu family set off from the northwest, Xu Minghui had been closely watching the arrival time.
Knowing that he would arrive in Lingnan soon, Xu Minghui arranged his tasks early and made time to wait sixty miles outside Lingnan.
But the wait was longer than he expected.
It was eight days late.
Xu Minghui didn't care to think about how happy Xu Yu had been during the past eight days, as he had ignored his own anxiety and taken his entire family on a tour of the mountains and rivers. But now that he had finally seen Xu Yu, he really wanted to tear this man apart and chew him, skin and bones included, to vent his hatred.
Xu Yu was not upright but also strong-willed, and he remained calm in the face of the anger that was almost bursting out of Xu Minghui's eyes.
Xu Minghui smiled and gritted his teeth, and it looked like he would bite Xu Yu in the next second.
This was Mrs. Xie's first time meeting Xu Minghui. She sensed, with her animal-like instinct, that something was amiss in the atmosphere, and felt unspeakably nervous. "Xia Xia, are they...are they going to get into trouble?"
Sang Zhixia was already used to this and said nonchalantly, "These two brothers have always been at loggerheads with each other. They never seem to like each other."
"Mom, don't worry about it, just let them go."
The worst that could happen is that they'd roll up their sleeves and start a fight.
But Xu Minghui is smart but not very good at fighting. If they really fight, he is no match for Xu Yu. Sang Zhixia is very relieved about this.
Mrs. Xie's face was full of disbelief, as if she couldn't believe that it could be like this.
But when I looked around, I found that everyone else looked like they were used to it, so I managed to calm down.
When Nuonuo and Yuanbao were around, Xu Minghui, out of respect for his second uncle, tried to maintain a friendly face. But when the two little guys were taken away by the old man, Xu Minghui immediately lost his patience.
Xu Minghui could no longer bear it.
"I already told you in my letter to arrive as soon as possible. There are so many things here waiting for you to sort out. But you've been so leisurely playing with cats and dogs, admiring flowers and watching the moon along the way. So, all the things I said to you were in vain?"
Xu Yu scratched his ears and said lazily, "It's just a few days late, so what?"
"How many days?"
The gentle expression on Xu Minghui's face completely broke, and he said in disbelief: "How do you call a delay of more than 20 days a day?"
"Xu Yu, you..."
"What are you calling a disrespectful idiot?"
Xu Yu, with the dignity of a big brother, looked down at Xu Minghui with a light glance, brushing his face lightly across his red face. In a voice only Xu Minghui could hear, he said, "Isn't it just that the King of Lingnan is dying? Why are you so anxious?"
"How dare you say that!"
Xu Minghui was so anxious that his heart was blazing with anger and his mouth was blistering. He put his hands on his hips and started to rant, "The old prince's health has been broken for a long time. He was summoned to Kyoto by the court a while ago. In order to avoid being seen, he took some strong drugs. Now..."
Xu Minghui's words suddenly stopped, as if he was avoiding saying anything. He took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice, "Xu Yu, I'm not joking with you."
"If the old prince passes away before the emperor, then we won't have time to discuss anything anymore. Everything must be done in advance."
As long as the old prince is alive, the royal power in Lingnan will be stable.
Jiang Yubai, who had long been dead according to the royal jade disc, was still a respected prince in Lingnan.
But once the old prince died, Jiang Yubai's inheritance of the throne under the imperial decree would be unjustified. The imperial court could use the excuse that the King of Lingnan had no descendants to regain power over Lingnan.
If he wanted to preserve the Lingnan royal power, the only remaining way out was to rebel directly without any moral justification.
But being directly condemned as a traitor by the public was a situation that was completely different from what any of them had imagined before!
In order to minimize the impact of war and gain the obedience of all the people, Jiang Yubai must consider the interests of his country and family!
There are countless mouths in the world. If we can't find a way to block these mouths, the saliva that comes out of them will cause turmoil in the government for years!
Such chaos is so terrible that they can't even imagine it!
Seeing Xu Minghui's forehead covered in sweat, Xu Yu said helplessly, "I only said one sentence, why do you act like someone stepped on your tail?"
"you……"
"I understand your concerns, but that's just speculation, isn't it?"
Xu Yu pressed down with his palm, forcibly stopping the roar that was about to hit Xu Minghui's lips, and whispered, "You also said that you were worried that the old prince would die before the emperor, but what if it was the other way around?"
Xu Minghui paused suddenly.
A deep coldness appeared in Xu Yu's eyes: "What you and I want, the old prince and Jiang Yubai also want."
"Don't worry, since they dared to set up such a plan, they can't be unprepared."
The emperor's fate may not have come to an end yet, but so what?
Once the old prince realizes that he may not be able to survive, he will remove the obstacles at all costs, even if it is to pave the way for Jiang Yubai.
after all……
Xu Yu made an ambiguous sound and said delicately, "How many years have we been involved? How many years have these father and son been planning this?"
"Do you think they will just sit there and wait for death?"
Jiang Yubai had indeed never thought of just sitting there and waiting to die.
In front of the old prince's bed, Jiang Yubai, dressed in plain clothes, raised the pitch-black medicine bowl and whispered, "Father, please drink a little more. The doctor said..."
"I know."
The old prince closed his eyes and shook his head: "This bitter juice is useless to me. It's useless to drink more."
"But……"
"I'm not going to die yet, why are you getting angry so early?"
The old prince looked at his only son with an almost doting expression and sighed, "I heard that the Xu family will be arriving in the next few days?"
Jiang Yubai hurriedly wiped away the subtle wetness from the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and said, "Yes."
"Xu Minghui went to the outer city eighty miles away to meet them ten days ago, but they only arrived today. When they arrive in the outer city the day after tomorrow, I will go out of the city to pick them up personally."
The old man of the Xu family was a teacher to the old prince. When the great changes happened suddenly, the old man and the then Marquis of Jiaxing also mediated for the old prince in Kyoto to give him some leeway.
In view of the great kindness shown, we now deserve more courtesy.
The old prince suppressed his cough and said in a hoarse voice, "My dear teacher, I have arrived. I should have gone to greet him in person, but unfortunately my body is no longer able to do so. It would be more appropriate for you to go."
"The old man and the late Marquis of Jiaxing were both old friends of my father's. Unfortunately, they are gone, and it is difficult to see each other again."
The old prince suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile, "How's the current situation of Xu Minghui's farm? Has he achieved any results in the past year or so?"
Xu Minghui arrived in Lingnan alone more than a year ago, with the courage to create a new world in this miasma-ridden and poisonous land that had been despised by the Central Plains since ancient times. However, most people were actually waiting for the follow-up with a mentality of watching the joke.
After all, even children know that Lingnan has been full of poisons, miasma, humidity, rain, and rampant snakes and insects since ancient times.
It is already very difficult to survive in such a place. How can human power resist the terrain and weather? How can a miracle happen?
But Xu Minghui pretended not to hear all these gossips. After arriving in Lingnan, he did not make friends with the powerful people in the capital, but led his men into the deep mountains and forests.
Even if Jiang Yubai wanted to see him occasionally, he had to cross mountains and rivers to meet him in the woods.
The old prince had never seen Xu Minghui again except for the two times when Xu Minghui just arrived in Lingnan and during the Chinese New Year.
Speaking of this, Jiang Yubai's face showed a little smile, and he said with undisguised pride: "Father, Xu Minghui's plan is feasible."
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