Chapter 913 Tip-off
Luo Qinghan: "I don't know, I'm just guessing."
Princess Hua'an was obviously disgusted by his unfounded speculation. Her brows were furrowed and her face showed displeasure.
She suppressed her dissatisfaction and said in a deep voice.
"I know that Your Majesty has some prejudice against the Grand Empress Dowager, but she has now been sent to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. She no longer has anything that can threaten you. Can't you treat her as a normal elder?"
Luo Qinghan remained silent.
Princess Huaan continued.
"From childhood to adulthood, the Empress Dowager has never treated you badly.
Did you know that when you were a child, you were thrown into the Imperial River by Shen Zhaoyi and almost drowned?
Afterwards you were rescued and started to have a fever and talk nonsense.
The imperial physician said that you are likely to die. Queen Qin doesn't want to take care of you, and the other concubines in the palace are unwilling to take on this hot potato of yours.
In the end, it was the Empress Dowager who took pity on you and took you to Changle Palace to take good care of you.
After you recovered from your illness, you forgot everything that happened before, even your biological mother, Shen Zhaoyi.
After Shen Zhaoyi died, you were sent to Queen Qin and raised by her.
The Empress Dowager has always been very caring towards you over the years.
The Empress Dowager also contributed to your ascension to the throne.
You don’t forget all of this, do you?」
Princess Hua'an has watched Luo Qinghan grow up, and she knows very well that this young emperor is soft-hearted and does not respond to tough tactics.
He seems to be colder than anyone else, but he actually cherishes the old times.
The fact was indeed as she expected. After a long silence, Luo Qinghan responded in a low voice.
"I haven't forgotten."
From the time he was born to the time he grew up, he received very little kindness.
That is why he cherishes every bit of kindness.
He was almost killed by his own biological mother, but luckily escaped death. The first person he saw after waking up was the Empress Dowager.
That was the first light he felt after experiencing a life-and-death ordeal.
Even after so many years, he still remembers it clearly.
Princess Hua'an: "Since you haven't forgotten, why don't you even trust her? The concubines were poisoned, and it's clear that there's something fishy about it. The Empress Dowager has no grudges against them, so there's no need to bother to harm them!"
Luo Qinghan: "I know, I will investigate this matter thoroughly."
Princess Hua'an: "When will you go to see the Empress Dowager?"
Luo Qinghan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe tomorrow."
Princess Hua An smiled again: "It's settled then. I'll wait for you at the Imperial Ancestral Temple tomorrow."
Luo Qinghan nodded slightly as a response.
After Princess Hua'an left, Luo Qinghan went to Yunxiu Palace.
He told Xiao Xixi that he was going to the Taimiao tomorrow.
Xiao Xixi: "Do you need me to go with you?"
Luo Qinghan: "Can you tell me first whether it will be auspicious or unlucky to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple tomorrow?"
Xiao Xixi made an OK gesture.
She took out her small bag with a blue background and small floral patterns, rummaged through it, and finally found a pair of divination cups made of rosewood.
She stuffed the pair of divination cups into Luo Qinghan's hands and asked him to throw them to the ground.
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes and looked at the divination cup in his hand. He had seen this thing in temples before. Monks often used them to tell fortunes.
However, the pair of divination cups that Xixi gave was more exquisite than those in the temple, and felt heavier in the hand.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Don't you need to burn incense?"
He remembered that the monks in the temple would use cups to tell fortunes, and they would usually burn incense and pray first.
This seems to be a fixed process.
Xiao Xixi was stunned for a moment: "We still need to burn incense?"
Luo Qinghan looked at her suspiciously: "Don't you know?"
Xiao Xixi immediately retorted loudly.
"Of course I know. It's just burning incense and praying. Who doesn't know that? But we in the Xuanmen sect don't like to play these empty tricks. As long as you are sincere, it will work."
This pair of cups was given to her by her master. At the beginning, her master told her a lot, roughly the process of using the cups.
But as a complete poor student, she basically let it go in one ear and out the other, and forgot about it completely as soon as she turned her head.
When Luo Qinghan looked over, she touched her nose guiltily.
She was afraid that he would ask more questions, so she hurriedly urged him.
"Hey, stop wasting time and throw it away."
Luo Qinghan imitated the monks in his memory, held the pair of cups in his palms, closed his eyes, prayed silently, and then gently threw the cups out.
The cup fell on the white marble floor, making a crisp sound.
Xiao Xixi looked down and saw that the two cups were facing flat.
"It's a laughing cup."
Luo Qinghan: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Xixi bent down to pick up the cup: "This means that the situation is unclear. Even God cannot give a definite instruction."
Luo Qinghan remained silent.
Xiao Xixi: "Do you want to throw it again?"
Luo Qinghan: "Can't this only be thrown once?"
Xiao Xixi: "No, we in Xuanmen can throw it many times."
Luo Qinghan looked at her doubtfully.
Xiao Xixi stuffed the cup into his hand: "Come on, throw it again and see."
So Luo Qinghan threw it again.
This time, there are still two flat surfaces facing upwards, and it is a laughing cup again.
Xiao Xixi squatted down, staring at the two cups on the ground, holding her chin with both hands, full of curiosity.
"What on earth could possibly make it so difficult for even God to make a decision?"
She raised her head and looked at Luo Qinghan, and said eagerly: "Why don't you not go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple tomorrow."
Luo Qinghan: "No, I have to go."
Xiao Xixi was puzzled: "Why?"
Luo Qinghan smiled coldly: "The other party has already set up a Hongmen Banquet for me. If I don't show up, won't all their efforts be wasted?"
Originally he was still doubting the Empress Dowager's intention of asking him to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and he hoped that he was overthinking it.
But the results of two consecutive dice throws confirmed his guess.
It seems that someone colluded with the Empress Dowager to set a trap for him in the Taimiao.
All the words Princess Hua An said before now became a joke.
Perhaps the Empress Dowager did have some affection for him in the past, but now, that little bit of affection has completely disappeared.
The relationship between them is only that of grandparents in name only.
Xiao Xixi: "Who is setting up a Hongmen Banquet for you?"
Luo Qinghan: "It must be Luo Yanzhi. He has been very close to Wang Gan recently. The two of them have also won over many noble families. I think they want to team up to get rid of me."
Xiao Xixi: "How do you know this?"
Luo Qinghan: "Someone secretly tipped me off."
The person who tipped him off was Hengyu.
That old guy is very cunning.
He saw that Luo Yanzhi would not be a match for the emperor, and Wang Gan seemed to have other intentions. He did not want to be dragged into it, so he secretly passed the message to the emperor, leaving a way out for himself and the Heng family in advance.
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(End of this chapter)
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