Chapter 186 Tell the Truth
Xiao Mo finally returned when everyone in Duke Chengguo's Mansion was about to leave.
After he told the old lady what had happened before, he called Shen Shuyao to his side and said, "We still have things to do, have you forgotten?"
After hearing this, Wang Shi hurriedly said with a smile: "Go, go! Bring your wife back soon."
Watching everyone in the mansion descend the mountain, and then looking back at the deserted Qingning Temple behind them, where someone had just died, Chen Shuyao couldn't help but follow the people around him closely. "That guy hiding on the roof and shooting arrows, doesn't he have any accomplices? Is he just alone?"
Xiao Mo picked up her hand and said gently, "Don't worry."
Seeing that he seemed reluctant to mention it, Chen Shuyao deliberately asked, "What Buddha are we going to worship?"
The people beside him immediately laughed, and the atmosphere eased a little. "Let's fulfill mother's wish first. As for the Happy Buddha, it's not in this temple. It's in my husband's heart."
Then the man glanced at the young woman beside him and said, "Your painting skills are good, but... too conservative."
Shen Shuyao's mouth opened wide for a moment.
Is this person talking about the pornographic booklet?
Her cheeks gradually turned red. “I…I wasn’t paying attention when I was drawing.”
Xiao Mo smiled again, "I know."
Do you know?
What do you know?
When Shen Shuyao felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say to evade the question, she heard the person next to her remind her, "Be careful on the steps."
She looked up and saw that the temple enshrining the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva was right in front of her.
The couple knelt down in front of the Bodhisattva and kowtowed several times.
When she came out, the man asked her, "What wish did you make?"
Chen Shuyao was a little confused for a moment. Could people who came here have any other wishes?
Don’t we all hope to have a safe and smooth pregnancy?
Xiao Mo looked at her embarrassed look, but smiled meaningfully, "I will try my best," he said.
It took Chen Shuyao a while to remember what he meant by trying hard, and she felt embarrassed and annoyed for a moment.
She is already tired enough, and if she has to work harder, won’t she be exhausted to death?
When the couple sat in the carriage on their way back, and the man hugged her and kissed her, Shen Shuyao watched the bony hands slide across her neck and finally shuddered, "Wait!"
She suddenly remembered that it was these hands that had just killed the Yunling Sect Leader.
Xiao Mo, who was forced to stop, didn't understand what was going on. He heard the little girl in his arms say, "This hand... go back and wash it before using it again."
The man couldn't help but chuckle twice, then bent down and kissed her cheek, "That's indeed the case."
Next, Xiao Mo told her about Sect Leader Yunling.
Chen Shuyao listened to the other party recounting the night when she did not return home. "Are you saying that after Yun Ling brought back the Chinese medicine from Chunfeng Tower that night, Liu Qingwan became Madam Lingyi?"
Seeing Xiao Mo nod, she continued, "Was she poisoned with the same drug I was poisoned with? Was she the one you held in your arms?"
Xiao Mo smiled at the young woman in front of him without replying. Seeing that she was still looking at him stubbornly, he said helplessly, "It's Wuying."
Chen Shuyao suddenly burst out laughing, thinking of the awkward guard, wondering what kind of predicament he was in at that time.
But Liu Qingwan actually went to Chunfeng Tower. Shen Shuyao felt a little complicated for a moment, "So before we got married, you asked me to stay with Dongqing and Zisu. Did you know then?"
Xiao Mo nodded and stroked her cheek again, "What a smart girl!"
But Shen Shuyao didn't let him go, "Are you not a scheming girl?"
Xiao Mo: "..."
"To me, they all mean the same thing," he said with a flash of a smile.
"snort……"
Xiao Mo looked at her, not knowing what he was thinking, and fell silent again.
The carriage finally returned to Duke Cheng's Mansion in the evening. Xiao Mo saw Chen Shuyao enter the second gate and then turned back to the palace. As he left, he said, "I might be back late tonight."
Chen Shuyao nodded, and finally said, "Be careful outside."
Xiao Mo hummed, his eyes sparkling.
But he soon rode away on horseback.
The maids listened to the story all the way from Qingning Temple to the Duke's Mansion.
Looking at Chen Shuyao at this moment, he was sincerely happy for her.
The prince seemed so cold before, but he smiled more after being with the girl.
Chen Shuyao couldn't help but warn, "Just listen to it, and don't spread it outside, especially about that Madam Lingyi. She's another person and has nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion. Do you understand?"
Several people nodded quickly.
Even though she was an abandoned woman, she was once the daughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion. If someone talked about this Madam Lingyi, it would not be a glorious thing because her former identity was linked to the Duke's Mansion.
Only then did Shen Shuyao understand why the old lady insisted on announcing the death to the public.
Since he ran away, just pretend that he never existed. Whatever he does in the future has nothing to do with the mansion.
On the other side, Xiao Mo went to the palace and saw Zhu Hongyuan looking a little listless. He asked the people around the emperor if they had called in the imperial physician, but the little emperor waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just need to rest."
After that, he turned to Xiao Mo and said, "I should have listened to you and not seen that woman. I was too conceited. Fortunately, you were with me and stopped me in time."
Xiao Mo hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please don't blame yourself for this. You are the emperor, and any decision you make is right. It was that woman who was cunning, and it is also my fault for putting Your Majesty in danger."
The young emperor sighed with a certain air of superiority, "You don't have to say that to me. I know in my heart that you all tried your best. It was I who was so eager to achieve success that I forgot how my father and mother endured for half their lives."
Even if what Zhu Hongyuan said was right, Xiao Mo could not follow his words and admit that it was the emperor's fault.
After they had blamed each other for a while, he left.
Zhu Hongyuan said to the eunuch in charge beside him, "Thank goodness that Prince Xiao is here today, otherwise I might have died from the poison."
The eunuch in charge asked: "Your Majesty wants to reward him?"
Zhu Hongyuan did not answer, and after a while he said, "It's just that I have no more rewards to offer."
Then he asked, "The young master of the Cui family has come to the capital. What is his relationship with Prince Xiao? Have you heard of it?"
"I haven't heard that the two of them are close. What is the emperor worried about?" asked the eunuch in charge, but then he felt that this was unnecessary.
Since the emperor asked about the young master of the Cui family and his situation, he must be a little worried.
As for what he was worried about, he felt that the emperor didn't need to worry too much.
Anyway, we rely on the Xiao family to fight the war outside, and the safety of the capital is in the hands of Prince Xiao. So what can we do even if we are worried?
Don't employ people you doubt, and don't doubt people you employ. This is a truth that everyone understands.
But the late emperor was so suspicious that he killed Prince Liang and Prince Chun, but gave the Xiao family such great power. Why was that?
The eunuch in charge thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
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