Chapter 823: Joy and Sorrow Are Not Intimacy
"Prince, you are still young after all, and there are too many things you cannot see clearly." Emperor Beili said solemnly.
Who in the court doesn't pretend? All the grief and sorrow are just an act!
Sang Qi pondered.
"Your Majesty, it's time to execute the master."
"Let him in."
Not long after, Zhan Yi, with white hair and simple clothes, entered the imperial study.
"Zhan Yi pays homage to the Emperor."
Zhan Yi knelt down and saluted. There was silence above his head and he didn't dare to move.
After about a few minutes, a deep voice sounded in my ears.
"Zhan Yi, how is your granddaughter these days?"
Zhan Yi was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and said, "Your Majesty, Zhan Chi has yet to get married, so how could the Zhan family have a granddaughter?"
"Heh, Zhan Yi, it's only been ten years and you've completely forgotten about that kid?" Emperor Beili said again.
Zhan Chi finally understood who the Beili Emperor was talking about when he heard this. He looked up with shock in his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, that child has been gone for ten years."
"Ten years, a long ten years. Zhan Yi, don't tell me that you didn't know she was still alive." Emperor Beili stared at him with his sharp eyes.
Zhan Yi was stunned again, and then his eyes showed a mixture of shock and joy. The circles under his eyes turned red in an instant. His voice trembled, and he couldn't believe it: "Your Majesty, what did you say?"
Emperor Beili did not answer, but stared at Zhan Yi.
"Your Majesty, what did you just say?" Zhan Yi was anxious, kneeling forward, as if he wanted to hear it more clearly.
Emperor Beili took in his expression and raised his hand slightly: "Show him the letter."
Zhan Yi turned around and looked at everyone present. "What letter? Who wrote it?"
Sang Qi stood up and handed over the letter in his hand.
Zhan Yi grabbed the letter and read its contents. He couldn't hold back his tears of excitement, his voice choked with sobs: "She's still alive, she's still alive, Your Highness, she's still alive..."
At this moment, Zhan Yi cried with joy. After ten years of waiting, he finally got the confirmed news.
His granddaughter is back, in Dayu City.
Prime Minister Gao and his entourage stared at Zhan Yi crying while holding the letter, feeling suspicious. Did he really not know?
"Your Majesty, she is back. Look, she is back." Zhan Yi was so happy that he forgot that people's joys and sorrows are never the same.
Emperor Beili frowned and asked, "You really don't know?"
A deep voice brought Zhan Yi back to reality. He hugged the letter, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, she lay in the General's Mansion for two days. Your Majesty also sent people to examine her several times. On the day she left the city, her body was taken away by a Taoist priest in the street. My wife was heartbroken and fell ill. Old Gu has gone mad and can't recognize people. How did we know she was still alive?"
Emperor Beili thought of Gu Lao, and he thought that he had indeed gone mad since that year. He really didn't know? He still didn't believe it.
"If you didn't know in advance, how could Gu Shuo, Zhan Chi, Chen Rentian, Qian Fanji, and the eight princes gather in Dayu City?" Prime Minister Gao didn't believe it at all.
"Gu Shuo and Nan Yuan are doing business, and Old Chen has been living in seclusion in Dayu City all these years. They get together every year, so what's so strange about that? As for why the Eighth Prince is in Dayu City, you can just ask him when he comes back and you'll know." Zhan Yi sneered.
Prime Minister Gao was suddenly choked and snorted angrily.
"Father, I don't think the Zhan family knows about this. It's very likely that the fact that everyone is gathered in Dayu City is just a coincidence," said Sang Qi.
"How can there be so many coincidences in the world?" Prime Minister Gao muttered coldly.
(End of this chapter)
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