Chapter 282 The Truth
Since the prince wants to send someone to Guzhou, Xie Guimo doesn't need to send someone else to deliver the letter.
As soon as the prince returned home from the military camp, Xie Guimo took the letter to the study, ready to try to find out something from his father.
The prince returned to his study and had just changed out of his brocade robe when he heard the servant's voice, "Prince, the prince is here."
Why is Moer here?
"Come in."
Xie Guimo walked in, and the prince came out from behind the screen and said, "Do you want to see father for something?"
Xie Guimo said, "I was afraid that General Huo would not let Young Master Huo return to the capital, so I wrote him a letter. Father's people are going to Guzhou, so I'll bring it to General Huo on the way."
The prince hasn't asked about this yet, but the emperor has guessed that it was Xie Guimo's idea for Prince Yu to recommend Young Master Huo, who was far away in Guzhou, to return to Beijing to serve as the city patrol chief. How could the prince not have guessed it?
But since the emperor had agreed, and there was something going on in the military camp, the prince went there first. Before he could ask Mo'er, Mo'er came to him on his own.
The prince asked, "Young Master Huo is helping General Huo train his troops in Guzhou, and the family is reunited. Why do you want to transfer Young Master Huo back to Beijing?"
Just as Xie Guimo was about to speak, the prince added, "I want to hear the truth."
Xie Guimo, "..."
How did everyone know that he was not going to tell the truth?
He didn't have a lie carved on his face.
Xie Guimo looked at the prince, "Father, do you want to know clearly?"
The prince asked, "What can't be said?"
Xie Guimo said, "There is nothing that I cannot tell my father, but I have a condition."
The prince frowned deeply.
As the father, he asks a question, and as his son, he has to negotiate terms with him.
He was really curious about what conditions Moer was going to put forward to him.
"explain."
Xie Guimo said, "I will tell my father the truth. He must tell me whether there is any hidden reason behind the death of my grandfather and two uncles on the battlefield, and whether they were murdered by someone."
The prince's brows were tied into a knot.
Haven’t you asked this question before? Why are you asking it again?
The prince was about to speak, but Xie Guimo said, "I want to hear the truth, too."
Prince, "..."
The prince asked, "Are you deliberately trying to stop my father from asking you a question?"
Xie Guimo said, "There is nothing I cannot let Father know. Don't worry, Father. I love Mother more than you do."
The prince frowned for a long time before relaxing his brows, "Go ahead."
This is agreed.
Xie Guimo said, "Guard the door and don't let anyone get close."
There was a servant outside the door, but these words were spoken to the secret guard. The secret guard went out to guard the door, and the servant left.
The prince had never seen Xie Guimo be so cautious.
Xie Guimo said, "Tang'er didn't even tell Pingyuan Hou and Xiao Huan about this. When the emperor asked about it today, I evaded the question."
How is it related to Tang'er?
The prince frowned.
Xie Guimo continued, "Tang'er asked me to carry the empty sedan chair back to the Jingyang Palace, and then she refused to marry me. She had married me once, but after my father and I died, she was hanged in the firewood room of the Jingyang Palace. After her death, she returned to the state before she married me..."
The prince's brows were already furrowed, and now they were furrowed even more.
Can you be reborn after death?
The prince asked, "You take such an outrageous thing seriously?"
Xie Guimo knew that this was hard to believe. After all, he didn't believe it at first. "Then how do you explain to me, father? You and mother didn't know that I pretended to be sick to get married. How did Tang'er know that I wouldn't need to get married and it would be fine?"
The prince was unable to respond to the question.
It is a confirmed fact that Xie Guimo was poisoned while trying to save Prince Qi that day. The prince did not doubt that Xie Guimo was pretending to be unconscious later.
Chen Tang had the bridal sedan carried back empty, and she vowed that Xie Guimo would wake up before dusk, so there was no need for a wedding to bring good luck. If anything went wrong, she would be buried with Xie Guimo.
Having said that, the prince had nothing to say, and the bridal sedan returned home empty, and soon Xie Guimo was gone.
The prince found this strange, and after asking, he found out that his son was pretending. He was so angry that he almost couldn't hold back and wanted to beat Xie Guimo. Xie Guimo told the prince the truth that he pretended to be sick in order to get married, and since Chen Tang didn't want to marry, then he would cancel the engagement.
He didn't even know that his son was pretending to be unconscious right under his father's nose. It was unlikely that Chen Tang knew about it. As for the dream about his deceased mother, the prince didn't believe it. Before Xie Guimo proposed to the prince, he had already admitted that it was fake.
Then how did Chen Tang know that Xie Guimo was faking illness became a problem.
Is it possible that there are people in this world who can really be reborn after death?
This matter was too bizarre, and the prince couldn't believe it.
Xie Guimo said, "I know my father doesn't believe it, but some things are better to believe than not. Tang'er told me that my cousin would be pregnant this month, and a few months later, Master Huo died in an accident. My cousin was so sad that she gave birth prematurely, and two lives were lost. My aunt couldn't bear the blow, so she left a letter and hanged herself. Then my mother died of illness, and my father died on the battlefield. I inherited the title and went to the border to kill the enemy, and finally died on the way back to the court."
"Besides, how can I believe such a bizarre thing without verifying it?"
The prince may not believe Chen Tang, but he cannot not believe his own son.
The prince frowned.
Xie Guimo said, "Otherwise, what reason do I have to call Young Master Huo back to Beijing? I am enough to support Prince Yu."
The prince asked, "How could your mother die of illness?"
Every month, the imperial physician would come to the palace to check the princess' pulse. If she was unwell, the physician would not dare to hide it from her.
Xie Guimo said, "It may not be a death from illness, it is possible that he was killed by someone. And my father, I don't believe that he died on the battlefield, so I need to ask about the death of my grandfather and two uncles in battle."
No wonder Mo'er brought up the past again, because he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of the Duke of Zhenguo.
The prince said, "This is just my guess, I have no evidence."
Xie Guimo said, "It's been so many years since this happened, and my father is still investigating it. There must be some doubts."
This was the second time Xie Guimo asked about this matter, and the condition he put forward was such a big secret, so it would not work if the prince did not tell him.
In fact, the prince did not believe that he would die on the battlefield, just as he did not believe that the Duke of Zhenguo would die on the battlefield.
The prince said, "Back then, your grandfather and two uncles died on the battlefield, and it was your father who went to collect their bodies. A bug crawled out of your second uncle's wound and was stepped on to death by your father. Your father always thought it was an ordinary bug until the year before last, when he accidentally learned that it was a poisonous insect—"
Xie Guimo's expression changed, "Why is there a Gu worm in my uncle's body?"
The prince said, "Father doesn't believe there would be any poisonous insects on the battlefield, and they happened to get into your uncle's wound, so he suspected that someone had poisoned your grandfather and two uncles, and they broke out on the battlefield and died at the hands of the enemy."
"But father has been investigating for two years and has found nothing."
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