After several months, the Eighth Prince's mine case was still under trial. Xuantian Mingfeng Yuheng had met Xu Jingyuan once and learned that the case was not as easy to try as imagined. Although there were witnesses, the Eighth Prince counter-sued those witnesses for false accusations, and now there are countless concubines and relatives to clear his name, which created many obstacles, making the trial of the case more and more complicated.
Although the women sent into the palace by the relatives of the Eighth Prince were childless, and therefore no one from their mother's family held important positions of the first or second rank, Emperor Tianwu had given them many lucrative positions over the years to compensate them, so that they would shut up and not unite to repeatedly bring up Concubine Yun in the court.
Because of this, Xu Jingyuan always had troubles when handling cases, and he had to suffer from various troubles almost every day. However, although there was not much progress in the case, Xu Jingyuan also made the Eighth Prince report to the Ministry of Justice every day, distracting him from court affairs, which was also a merit.
However, Xuan Tianming said that the Eighth Prince had changed a lot since they came back. He changed his way, restrained his temper, and began to show concern for Emperor Tianwu. On weekdays, except for attending court, he would go to Emperor Tianwu every day to ask about his health. He didn't say anything else, just asked a few words about his health and said a few polite words like "be at ease in everything". This news was revealed by Zhang Yuan. Although Emperor Tianwu didn't say anything on the surface, Zhang Yuan said that the emperor was getting older every year. Maybe he was arrogant and demanded more from his sons in the past, but at this age, people always miss the past and care more about family affection. Therefore, the Eighth Prince's act was quite to the liking of Emperor Tianwu.
When Xuan Tianming said this, it was late at night and the two of them couldn't fall asleep even though they were curled up on the bed, so they just started chatting. Feng Yuheng said, "Why don't you go to the palace more often? We can't let Old Eight take all the advantage."
Xuan Tianming shook his head and said, "I have no interest in the throne, so why should I follow Old Eighth in all this trouble? If he can really use his mind on the right path, fight for the throne in an upright manner without harming the interests of the people, and can govern better, then what does it matter if he is the emperor? It's a pity that he has an evil mind. If I let him run around, I'm afraid that the people of the world will suffer in the future."
"Then why don't you go and curry favor with Father?" Feng Yuheng said, "You understand the truth, but you still say you won't mess with him?"
Xuan Tianming added: “It’s not that I don’t want to fight him, but I think it’s useless for him to fight like this. The old man seems to be getting more and more confused as Ji gets older, but in fact, he is very smart! Maybe the old man wanted us to compete with each other at the beginning, but the things that Old Eight did were exposed one by one. I’m afraid he has already blocked this path. There is no need for me to sabotage him.”
"That's true." Feng Yuheng pondered for a while, and then said, "I'm afraid that the mine incident won't bring him down, but we can't let him do that for nothing. I still have to find a way to make up for our losses from him. After all, the compensation I paid is a huge sum of money, and I have to get it reimbursed from him."
Xuan Tianming laughed, "The huge sum of money was stolen from someone else's house, so you didn't lose anything. But no matter who the owner of the stolen things is, once they are in our hands, they are ours, and we will always feel bad if we give them away. Your husband supports you to collect the debt, but this matter is not urgent, we can discuss it in the future. The most urgent task now is... Wife, look, it's late at night, the night is vast, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the moon is dark and the wind is strong..."
"What do you want to say?" Feng Yuheng was speechless. They came on a dark and windy night. Are they going to kill someone?
Of course it wasn't murder, but cannibalism was definitely it. Someone turned over and pressed on me, expressing his intentions with his actions...
The next day, Xuan Tianming went to court, but the little sheep, who had been eaten for half the night, slept until noon.
In the palace, after the court session was over, the Eighth Prince went directly to Concubine Yuan and reluctantly told her again about the recent situation in the Ministry of Justice.
Yuan Guiren was upset and couldn't help but complain again: "You too, you didn't do a few things well. I've told you so many times not to trust anyone easily. If you want to hire someone, you have to make sure that person won't bite back at any time. You have to have someone or something that they care about in your hands, only then can you hire someone like that."
The same words had been said more than once by Concubine Yuan since the incident, and the Eighth Prince's ears were almost callused. He was helpless, and he couldn't refute it. After all, Concubine Yuan was right, and she was his biological mother. He had always been close to her and never said a harsh word. So he could only nod his head and say over and over again: "Mother, you are right." In fact, he had already taken precautions in this regard, and he had someone in his hands, but unfortunately, the person who blew up the mountain lost his son, so he was willing to give it up.
Concubine Yuan sighed, "You can't call me mother anymore. Only concubines can be called mother by their own sons, and I..."
"Don't worry, mother." Xuan Tianmo gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Don't worry, mother, everything you lost, your son will get it back for you one by one! One day we won't have to look at other people's faces anymore. One day, your son will sit in the highest position and let you enjoy all the honor in the world!"
Concubine Yuan nodded with emotion, a little excited. She knew that her son would never be mediocre, and would never lose to the Ninth Prince who only relied on his mother's favor to ascend to the throne! However, after the excitement, she became worried about the mine case, and couldn't help but ask one more question: "When will the Ministry of Justice finish the trial? It's not a good idea to keep dragging it out like this. Concubine Hua came to me a few days ago to sound me out. I think those people outside are also unsure and anxious."
"Let them worry! If you only hope for smooth sailing to achieve great things, then you are too naive. This is just the beginning. We still have a long way to go with Lao Jiu and that girl!"
"Hey?" Yuan Guiren suddenly remembered something, "Some time ago, the concubine of the Feng family, the girl who was promised to the fifth prince, came to the palace. The fifth prince sent her directly to Jingsi Palace, where she stayed for a long time before coming out<=".. Later, the maid of Jingsi Palace left the palace, using the excuse that she was going to send wedding gifts to the ninth prince and the girl. The queen sold her face and let her go. I originally thought that your aunt was in cahoots with the concubine of the Feng family, and she was biased towards the fifth prince, but she took the initiative to send things to Feng Yuheng, which is a bit confusing. "When she talked about this, she was not very happy, "Humph! It is said that we are all family, she should be biased towards you, her son still holds 30,000 troops in his hands!"
Xuan Tianmo didn't really care about this, and just comforted her, "Aunt may have her own considerations. After all, she is also the one who gave birth to the prince, it is impossible for her not to think about Sixth Brother at all. As for the concubine of the Feng family, she is willing to risk everything. It's a pity that their Feng family lost Feng Jinyuan, the dignified Left Prime Minister of the First Rank, and fell out with Princess Ji'an, which is equivalent to losing all their backers. The concubine has no great ability, and even if she jumps up and down, she is still a useless child."
Concubine Yuan nodded, "That's right, it's obvious that the concubine's daughter won't amount to anything, not to mention that the Fifth Prince is not someone who can be helped. In this world, except for my Mo'er, no one is worthy of her! So what about the Ninth Prince? He just relied on his mother to get to the throne. If one day Concubine Yun falls out of favor, I don't think he can compete with you." Although she said so, Concubine Yuan sighed in her heart. Concubine Yun fell out of favor? She had waited for more than 20 years, but still hadn't waited for that day. "As a mother, I can't help you much. I heard that the emperor has been going to Yuehan Palace for three meals every day recently. Although he didn't stay overnight, it has made considerable progress compared to the previous 20 years. In my opinion, Concubine Yun also saw the signs and knew that your father's health was not as good as before, and she was also making plans for her son. This woman is willing to give up everything. She pretended to be so noble in the first 20 years, so what now? Isn't it for her son to make changes!"
Speaking of Concubine Yun, Xuan Tianmo was also quite troubled. It was not that he had not thought about attacking Concubine Yun, but Yuehan Palace was heavily guarded, especially after the last fire, so there was no chance for him to attack. In addition, he had a series of accidents. Last time, the old man almost took back the command of the Imperial Guards from him. Although it was still in his hands, he had to stay quiet for a while. Old Nine had just returned victorious, and he could not make any mistakes at this critical moment.
"I have to prepare a big gift and send it to Prince Yu's Mansion later. We are brothers after all. If I don't send it, I'm afraid the old man will find fault again." Xuan Tianmo said to himself, but in his heart he was thinking about how to make Emperor Tianwu more inclined to him.
Xuan Tianming got married in the Southern Realm. Except for the Fourth and Seventh Princes, the rest of the princes were unable to attend. Although they all went to the Yao family to express their congratulations and sent many gifts, now that the real master has returned, as brothers, they must express their congratulations again. This is also the reason why Concubine Li asked for a gift and the Queen nodded and allowed the maid to leave the palace.
In the matter of gift giving, all the princes were included, including the fifth prince Xuan Tianyan. He was very good at catering to the needs of the emperor, and prepared a set of ancient medical books that had been lost in the world and sent them to Prince Yu's mansion, and stated that he had obtained them by chance many years ago, and he didn't know if they would be pleasing to Feng Yuheng, so he just regarded it as a gift to congratulate Feng Yuheng on his wedding. After all, gold, silver, and jewelry were of no significance to Xuan Tianming and his wife, and if Xuan Tianming was to give them gifts, he couldn't come up with any better weapons than steel.
However, this set of peerless medical books is really a rare treasure. It is said that many years ago, Yao Xian also searched all over the world for it. Of course, it was the Yao Xian of the past, not the Yao Xian of the present. Unfortunately, the Yao Xian of the past did not find it, but unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of the fifth prince.
Feng Yuheng was very happy to receive such a gift, and knowing that these princes had already sent a gift to the Yao Mansion on the day of their wedding, he was too embarrassed to just ask for it. After thinking about it, he felt that the Fifth Prince seemed to pay a lot of attention to personal care, so he found a set of men's skin care cosmetics from the space as a return gift.
This back and forth was actually quite normal, but Feng Fendai became jealous. When she heard that a set of peerless ancient medical books was so easily delivered to Feng Yuheng, her anger was like a galloping horse, and she couldn't suppress it...
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