Chapter 124 I heard that you recovered from your illness?
"Oh, going to the palace to see the emperor?" Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes. "What a coincidence! He was holding on fine for so long, but he couldn't hold on as soon as I came back?"
He leaned over and stared at Ah Fu's chubby face: "You don't look too anxious, you seem to have grown a little better."
"I'm overworked and obese!" Ah Fu was in tears.
In fact, if Xiao Yu did not return to Beijing, the emperor would not really do anything to Ah Fu. At most, he would scold him harshly, but the palace would send people to the mansion to inquire about him every now and then.
Ah Fu felt that his young heart could not bear the heavy power of the throne, so he always had to eat a few more bowls of rice to comfort himself.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'll go to the palace after I shower and change." Xiao Yu tapped his shoulder with her fan. "You've worked hard during this period. After you're done, I'll find you a good wife as compensation."
What? Looking for a wife? Ah Fu thought his ears were broken.
Isn't it that the young master hates the marriage issue between men and women the most? He always frowns when he hears that someone is married, so Ah Fu doesn't even dare to mention the fact that he is still a bachelor at the age of twenty.
Now you're actually thinking about finding him a wife? Is the sun rising from the west?
Huh? Or maybe he and that fortune teller Xu have fallen in love recently, so his mind has changed?
Is it true that people who fall in love also want others to fall in love with them?
Ah Fu's mood was very complicated for a moment.
He didn't like Xu Chuchu showing off her closeness with the young master, but when he thought that he would be able to find a wife soon because of her... he felt that Xu Chuchu was, well, not a bad person.
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Xiao Yu went back to his room to take a shower. Since he had returned to Beijing, he could not avoid going to the palace to meet the emperor.
No one cares about him outside, and he still ignores the imperial edict when he comes back. There will definitely be many people who will take the opportunity to report him.
A few years ago, he investigated two cases in Beijing and offended many powerful people.
No one can disobey the imperial edict. The reason why Xiao Yu disobeyed the imperial edict and returned to the palace immediately was not because he was extremely bold, but because the relationship between him and the emperor was a little subtle, different from that of an ordinary monarch and minister, or an ordinary father and son.
He naturally resented the emperor's abandonment when he was a child, but as time went by, he became indifferent to it.
He accepted the rewards given to him by the emperor, and also studied and practiced martial arts with the teachers in the palace. He proved his excellence with his top scores on the exams, served the court as a loyal minister, caught corrupt officials, and punished evil villains.
But he could never completely forgive the person who had abandoned him and even erased his last name and forbade him to use it, and recognize him as his father again.
No hatred, but no feelings either.
Therefore, Xiao Yu would rather live in this half-baked state and be ridiculed than agree to change his surname back to Helian.
The emperor, perhaps because he felt guilty, never forced him to do anything he didn't want to do, so Xiao Yu lived a relatively comfortable life, and no one cared about him for a few years when he left the capital.
He finally splashed clean water on his face to pull himself out of his memories, wiped his body and changed into court clothes.
He searched through the dirty clothes he had taken off, and was about to put back the fan and other items he had carried with him. Suddenly, an arc-shaped jade pendant fell out from the inside pocket of the clothes and fell crisply to the ground.
Xiao Yu picked up the jade pendant and was a little dazed for a moment.
This jade pendant has a strange shape, concave on the top and convex on the bottom, but he always wore it in front of his body.
But later, because he wanted to wear the blood-stained bronze given by Xu Chuchu, he took off the jade pendant and never touched it again.
I don't remember when I put the jade pendant into the pocket of this dress and I have never taken it out. It's rare that it hasn't been lost after so many times of changing and washing.
Now when I think about the origin of this jade pendant and how I used to stroke it and pray day and night, I find it funny.
Xiao Yu chuckled to himself, threw the jade pendant back into the bottom drawer, and left the room.
Before leaving, he went to see Xu Chuchu again, said goodbye to her briefly, promised to come back for dinner together, and ordered the servants in the mansion to take good care of her before going out to the palace to meet the emperor.
After the palace maid informed him, he was quickly invited to the study where the emperor met with his ministers.
In addition to the emperor himself, there was also an old monk in a cassock sitting in the study, who happened to be the Grand Master of the dynasty.
The two of them were talking about something, their faces beaming with joy, and they seemed to be in good spirits.
"You little brat, you still think you can come back." The emperor pretended to be angry when he saw Xiao Yu. "You've been away for so many years, and you can't even get an imperial decree to come back, huh?"
Xiao Yu looked at the two of them calmly, then bowed and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to His Majesty."
Then he bowed in the direction of the Grand Master and said, "Grand Master."
The Grand Master smiled and stood up to return the greeting. The Emperor sighed, "After all this time, you still refuse to call yourself 'son' or 'father'."
Xiao Yu also remained calm: "My attitude has never changed. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
"Amitabha, Your Majesty, please don't be unhappy." The Grand Master also advised, "It must be a wonderful thing for relatives to see each other again after such a long separation."
"Never mind." The emperor didn't want to spoil the fun. "Tell me, kid, where have you been these past few years?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, after leaving the capital, I went to Fuzhou County and Cangcheng, and the farthest I went was Dongshi County. I then passed through Tailing County and Linchuan County before returning to the capital." Xiao Yu answered in detail.
"You've traveled quite far, more than any place I've ever been." The emperor sighed, and there seemed to be a hint of envy in his words.
Xiao Yu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is responsible for the country and the people, so naturally he is not as idle as I am, doing nothing."
"Don't tell me these empty words." The emperor suddenly rested his arm on the table in front of him and asked, "Boy, I heard that your illness has been cured, but is it true?"
Xiao Yu looked up and met the emperor's inquiring gaze.
In fact, he was not surprised that the emperor knew about this.
Although he had only been in Beijing for a short day, he had visited the temple with his female companion and had strolled around the streets and restaurants. It was inevitable that he would be recognized, and it was normal for the news to reach the palace.
In Beijing, the fastest thing is not BMW, but various rumors.
"Not completely recovered," Xiao Yu replied, "but the symptoms are much milder than before, and I can lead a normal life now."
"Really?!" The emperor slammed the table in surprise, "How did you get better? Where did you find this miracle doctor? Tell me quickly."
Of course, Xiao Yu would not betray Xu Chuchu, nor did he want to reveal his weakness to others. He said calmly, "I didn't seek any miracle doctor. I got better on my own."
"Because I suffer from this strange disease, I've been extra careful and haven't had any contact with women." He continued to explain, "Not long ago, I accidentally bumped into a woman. I didn't get sick, so I realized my condition had improved. But as to when and why it improved, I don't know."
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