Chapter 244 On the contrary
After leaving the imperial study, Xie Guimo walked towards the exit of the palace. Halfway through, the eldest prince came towards him.
The eldest prince held a folding fan in his hand and looked at Xie Guimo's face. "The palace servants said you were beaten, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it to be true."
Xie Guimo glanced at him and said, "Why are you happy when I get beaten?"
"I don't know, I just can't help it," said the eldest prince.
“…”
If this wasn't happening in the palace, Xie Guimo would have wanted to punch the eldest prince. How could anyone be so gloating?
The eldest prince laughed and said, "You are newlywed, why did the emperor ask you to come to the palace?"
Xie Guimo said, "The emperor already knows about our secret alliance."
The smile on the eldest prince's face froze, "How could father know?!"
He still had the nerve to ask. How could he imagine that the emperor had spies? How could the emperor not know when he was ostentatiously invited to dinner in a restaurant?
The eldest prince asked, "What did father say?"
Xie Guimo said, "I didn't say anything, just remember to buy me a drink."
After saying this, Xie Guimo walked away under the confused and puzzled gaze of the eldest prince.
He ran into the eldest prince in the palace, and after leaving the palace, he ran into the King of Qi, who stopped in front of him on his horse. "I almost didn't recognize you. How did you get beaten like this?"
Xie Guimo didn't say anything. Chen Qi briefly explained the reason for the beating. King Qi asked, "Are you coming out of the palace?"
Another one asked what the emperor wanted him to do.
Xie Guimo obviously did not hold any official position, but he was often summoned to the palace by the emperor. No one knew what the emperor wanted him to do. The King of Qi had tried to ask him many times, but failed to get a word out of Xie Guimo.
But Xie Guimo is the prince of Jingyang. Now he has married Chen Tang and become the son-in-law of Pingyuan Hou and the brother-in-law of the prince of Ning. The King of Qi is even more concerned about his every move.
Xie Guimo stroked the horse's fur and said, "It's not a big deal. I don't know who told the emperor about the eldest prince inviting me to dinner, and the emperor asked me if I supported the eldest prince."
King Qi: "..."
This is absolutely true.
Don't ask him why he knows.
The King of Qi said, "It's just a meal with the eldest prince. Why would father think so? You and I are cousins. If you want to doubt, you should doubt me for supporting me."
"I'll treat you someday. We haven't had a drink together in a while."
Xie Guimo said, "Didn't we just drink at the wedding banquet? Wait until the eldest prince treats me, then you can treat me."
The King of Qi’s face froze.
The eldest prince invited him to dinner, and his father even called him into the palace to question him about this matter. Yet he dared to have dinner with the eldest prince in private. He was so disobedient. Wasn't he afraid of the emperor's anger?
Xie Guimo said, "I still have to go back to apply medicine, so I'll take my leave now."
After kicking the horse's belly, Xie Guimo rode away.
Watching Xie Guimo walk away, the guard behind King Qi asked, "What does Prince Jingyang mean? Is he telling His Majesty that he has joined forces with the eldest prince?"
King Qi said, "I have never seen through him."
But even if he couldn't see through it, he knew that Xie Guimo had guessed that he was the one who let the emperor know about the eldest prince inviting him to dinner, so he might as well tell him directly that the eldest prince would invite him to dinner again, and he would go back, not afraid of letting him and the emperor know.
Even though I was a little cautious before, now it’s just open and aboveboard.
He knew that Xie Guimo was the type of person who would insist on doing something the more he was told not to do it, but since it was a fight for the crown prince, he didn't believe that Xie Guimo was acting on impulse, and that the emperor might have tacitly approved of this.
Thinking of the power behind Xie Guimo, if he really chose to support the eldest prince, he would be even further away from the position of crown prince.
A cold light flashed in the eyes of King Qi.
The guard said, "Your Majesty, please go to the Marquis of Changping Mansion first, so as not to keep you waiting for too long."
The King of Qi rode his horse to the Marquis of Changping's residence and went straight to the Marquis of Changping's study.
Just as I entered the room, a snow-white dove landed on the window frame.
Marquis Changping went to meet the King of Qi. A man nearby caught the pigeon, took the letter off the pigeon's ankle, and presented it to Marquis Changping for review.
Marquis Changping took the letter and unfolded it.
When he saw the contents of the letter, his expression froze.
When the King of Qi saw this, he asked, "What happened?"
Marquis Changping said, "Someone else went to Ganzhou to investigate the case of Envoy Lu colluding with mountain bandits to rob official ships."
In the past year, those sent to Ganzhou either never returned or were bribed by them. This case should have been over long ago, so why is it that someone is still investigating it? Envoy Lu Xuanfu was exiled to the border, and when he knew that someone was investigating this matter, he specially ordered people to take care of it. He might have died long ago.
Looking at the letter in his hand, Marquis Changping felt a little uneasy.
Who is pursuing this case? !
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Xie Guimo entered the palace with bruises on his face, and returned home with bruises on his face.
The emperor came just in time. Before Chen Tang could apply medicine to Xie Guimo, he entered the palace.
When he returned to Chenxiangxuan, he saw medicine on the table when he entered the room. When he came back, Chen Tang pulled him to sit down and said with a look of a young wife, "I'll apply the medicine for you."
Xie Guimo said, "You brothers and sisters are really cruel."
Chen Tang said, "I can't bear to leave my child. No, I can't bear to leave my husband so that I can't catch the wolf..."
"If my elder brother failed to protect Princess Roujia, I would let you beat him up too."
She is both my daughter-in-law and my sister.
Chen Tang asked, "Are you injured?"
Xie Guimo asked, "You were slapped in the face by your elder brother, how come you have injuries on your body?"
It is said that you should not hit people in the face, but in his case, only the face was hit.
The wounds on the face are clearly visible. Although they look serious, they are only superficial injuries and will be fine after a few days of rest.
Chen Tang carefully applied the medicine and asked, "Why did the emperor ask you to come to the palace?"
Chen Tang knew that Xie Guimo was helping the emperor, but even if he worked diligently and the emperor was able to use his skills well, Xie Guimo had just gotten married after all. Chen Tang wanted to know if there was anything that Xie Guimo had to do.
Xie Guimo didn't even hide it from the King of Qi, let alone Chen Tang. When Chen Tang heard that it was because Xie Guimo was close to the eldest prince, his heart skipped a beat, "Does the emperor not allow you to support the eldest prince?"
"On the contrary."
Chen Tang's eyes widened, "The emperor asked you to support the eldest prince?"
Xie Guimo said, "The emperor asked me to investigate the Marquis of Changping. It's obvious that he didn't want me to support the Prince of Qi. I admitted that I secretly supported the eldest prince, and the emperor didn't say anything. It was considered tacit approval."
Chen Tang knew that it was the emperor who asked Xie Guimo to investigate the Marquis of Changping, but she never thought that the emperor had never thought of letting the Prince of Qi succeed to the throne. She thought that the emperor was afraid of the power of the foreign relatives and let the second prince inherit the title, but he had to prevent the Marquis of Changping from covering up the world with one hand after the second prince ascended the throne.
Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, "The emperor dotes on Concubine Ye so much, how can you be sure that the emperor has never thought of making Prince Qi the crown prince?"
Xie Guimo pinched Chen Tang's nose, "If your husband doesn't understand the emperor, how can he not understand his own father?"
"The Emperor dotes on Concubine Ye so much, and Concubine Ye and my mother are cousins. My father did not participate in the selection of the crown prince, and would rather let my mother be caught in the middle. This shows how much he loves her."
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