Chapter 358 He Can't Leave
Xiao Lanyuan looked at Fu Zhaoning.
Her worry about him now was genuine.
"Are you really that worried?"
"Will you tell me or not?" Fu Zhaoning couldn't stand him keeping people in suspense.
"It's actually very simple. I told you directly that I want to take you on a long journey. When the time comes, Old Master Fu and Fu Zhaofei will stay in the capital, so the emperor will know about any disturbances."
"It's that simple? He just let you go?"
Fu Zhaoning felt a little surprised.
"Well, you don't know the emperor very well yet." Xiao Lanyuan said, "He has a problem right now, which is what the emperor left for me. I have the Dragon Shadow Guards in my hands, so it's impossible for him to force me to take out the three tokens. If he really wants to rob me, he won't be able to do it."
"So when you said you were going on a long journey, he knew you were going to look for something the Emperor had left for you?"
"Yes. He can't stop me. Since I said I want to go with you, he can't keep you under house arrest anymore, because he will think that he will send someone to follow you secretly anyway, which is no different from keeping an eye on you."
Fu Zhaoning was speechless for a moment.
She originally thought that it would be really difficult for Xiao Lanyuan to extricate himself from the palace, and that he would not be able to succeed so easily given his stalemate with the emperor. She did not expect that the result would be so simple.
He understood the emperor's psychology thoroughly.
It’s such a simple thing!
"But couldn't this have been done quietly?"
"Sneak out?"
Xiao Lanyuan shook his head. "Do you know how many eyes are watching outside Prince Jun's Mansion day and night? As long as we take action, we can't hide it from him."
"If they really find something, the emperor's men won't rob it openly, right?"
"Who knows? We can only wait and see after we leave the capital. However, I have a suggestion for you," Xiao Lanyuan thought about it and told Fu Zhaoning about his plan, "If possible, your grandfather should leave the capital with Master Shen."
I hope that if anything unexpected happens, the emperor will take Old Master Fu as a hostage.
Fu Zhaoning may be powerful, but she can't let go of her grandfather.
"I'm afraid my uncle will have a lot of things to deal with when he returns to Dahe. The Shen family is in a mess right now. Grandfather's health can't stand the long journey, and most importantly, he may not agree."
Fu Zhaoning found an opportunity to talk about this matter with Old Master Fu.
As expected, Old Master Fu was very resistant.
He doesn't want to go.
"Zhao Ning, you know my health best. It's a long way from Zhaoguo's capital to Dahe, crossing mountains and ridges. Moreover, Shen Xuan's health is not good. How many people will we need to bring with us if two people who are also recovering from illnesses go on a long journey together?"
Old Master Fu began to feel tired when he thought about that situation.
"And I heard that something happened to the Shen family? Back then, your mother, when she was a child, went missing from the Shen family. That could have been man-made. Besides, didn't you say that your uncle's illness could have been caused by an internal thief?"
Old Master Fu was quite sympathetic towards Shen Xuan.
A very talented and capable person was almost killed.
For so many years, he had been busy looking for doctors, seeing doctors, taking medicine, and fighting for his life. It was so miserable.
"You said the Shen family is like this, your uncle will have to face so many things when he returns. If I follow him, won't I become a burden to him?"
Old Master Fu shook his head, his attitude firm.
"Besides, Xiaofei has to stay in the capital. I am worried. If you leave, I will leave too. How can I leave him alone as a child?"
Fu Zhaofei hesitated for a moment and said to him, "Grandfather, I can be alone, don't I have Aunt Xie and the others?"
"I'm worried too. When you're away, your heart will be back home every day. It's not good for your health to worry about you all the time, Zhaoning, don't you think?"
Fu Zhaoning was persuaded by Old Master Fu.
Yes, indeed.
It is not a good choice for him to leave the capital now.
"Don't worry. When you and Prince Jun leave Beijing, Xiaofei and I will stay at home every day. We won't go out, see anyone, cause trouble, or give others the opportunity to cause trouble. We will wait for you to come back peacefully. I believe the emperor will not do anything to me before you come back."
Old Master Fu patted Fu Zhaoning's shoulder gently.
"Don't worry about us too much. Think about it. For so many years, we have been living under the emperor's watch. What did he do? Don't worry."
Fu Zhaoning sighed.
"Then listen to Grandfather."
After the Lantern Festival, when everything was arranged, Xiao Lanyuan and Fu Zhaoning followed Shen Xuan and his party and left the capital.
They brought quite a few people with them, but they did not walk all the way. Instead, one group went ahead, one group sneaked into the dark, and the remaining ten or so guards followed.
Because Yuheng Mountain was quite far away, Fu Zhaoning and his companions brought a lot of things with them, and there were five or six carriages in the group.
However, Shen Xuan's number was smaller, with only two carriages, which seemed very low-key.
“But there were indeed a lot of followers.”
On the day of leaving the city, Shen Xuan sat in the same carriage with them.
"Let them follow first. If we get rid of them now, the emperor will be restless." Xiao Lanyuan asked everyone to pretend they didn't know.
Anyway, now the other party can only follow them, and they don’t know where they are going.
"You don't know what you will encounter at that time, so keep sending messages along the way. If you need any help, please feel free to ask."
"Uncle, have you found out who wants to harm you? The Shen family is in Dahe, and Dahe is in danger now. You have to be careful."
Fu Zhaoning was worried about Shen Xuan.
"I still have some people under my command who can be used." Shen Xuan was very calm, "It's just that before, these people's focus was on finding doctors and medicine for me. Now they don't need to do that anymore, so they can all be transferred back."
"You have to be careful about the Mu family and the Dan League."
"Well, I plan to take the initiative to find the Dan League after I go back and test their depth." Shen Xuan is not the kind of person who will sit and wait for death. "Mu Renli said that the poison King Jun once received was given by someone from the sect. I will go check it out for you first."
"Thank you, uncle." Xiao Lanyuan nodded to him.
This was the first time he knew who had poisoned him.
The time when I was a child, it was said to be the Shenyi Sect, and the later time, it was the Dan League.
But he didn't know why he had come into the way of these two factions, and why they wanted to poison him to death when he was so young.
Xiao Lanyuan always felt that it might be related to the things left to him by the retired emperor.
Maybe, when he finds those things, the mystery can be solved. So this trip to Yuheng Mountain is very important.
Along the way, Fu Zhaoning continued to give Shen Xuan acupuncture and treat the poison with all his heart, trying to make him healthier during the time they were on the same journey.
After seven days, they went their separate ways.
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