Chapter 290 Draw

"My uncle is really capable. How did he convince Queen Mother Yin to help him?"

Xie Zhuoning held his chin with his hands, puzzled.

After all, Xie Heng had clearly sided with the Crown Prince before, so Queen Mother Yin must have known this, so why would she help her own enemy?

Ling Xiao speculated, "Could it be that he saw that the Crown Prince could not be relied upon, so he temporarily switched sides to Prince Yong?"

Xie Zhuoning frowned slightly, and felt that something was not right. "Prince Yong was just flogged 100 times by the emperor's order. He was beaten to the point where he was only left with one breath. It's unclear whether he can survive. My uncle is not a fool. If he wants to defect, he shouldn't do it now!"

A man who is cold and indifferent even to his own wife, daughter and children would not help others and offer timely assistance at a time like this, right?

Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyelids slowly and calmly, "Could it be that we were wrong from the beginning? Xie Heng is not a member of the Prince's Party, but a member of the Prince of Yong's Party?"

"Hmm?" Xie Zhuoning looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Do you remember the case of selling official positions and titles before? The Crown Prince and Prince Yong put pressure on us to hand over Cui Wen and close the case quickly, almost misleading us into thinking that he was the mastermind behind it?"

"Why don't you remember?" Xie Zhuoning was furious when he mentioned that incident. "I don't know if he was out of his mind at the time, actually making things easier for Prince Yong."

The key point was that his involvement made them unsure of who the murderer was, and in the end it took them a long time to find out the person behind the scenes!

Xiao Jinxuan continued calmly, "After the case was closed, I felt something was fishy, ​​so I sent someone to the East Palace to inquire about it."

"They don't know much about this matter. They only said that the reason why the prince asked for the case to be closed early was that Xie Heng suggested it."

"Xie Heng said that as long as the case of selling official positions and titles is not resolved, the court will be unstable. Others will think that the crown prince has lost his moral integrity and will be more inclined to Prince Yong. Moreover, although many officials have obtained their positions through illegal means, they have already joined the crown prince. If we investigate the truth, it will shake the determination of those who joined the crown prince. It is better to sell favors to those officials so that they can be persuaded to switch sides with the crown prince in the future."

He was originally a member of the Imperial Secretariat and was best at handling words. After hearing this well-reasoned analysis of the benefits, the prince immediately decided to intervene in the matter.

This led to the strange situation where the Crown Prince and Prince Yong were forced to come to Yu Fusi at the same time.

When Xiao Jinxuan learned the news, he was puzzled for a long time.

Now that you have chosen a party, you should make plans and strategies for your master to seek the greatest benefit.

Especially for someone like Xie Heng who had climbed up from the bottom, it was impossible for him not to see that there was no benefit at all in letting the prince get involved in the case of selling official positions and titles.

The list of officials who bought and sold official positions was all in the hands of Prince Yong. Who would risk his life to turn against him?

But if we think about it from another perspective, what if Xie Heng has actually been serving King Yong?

His motives immediately became clearer.

"My uncle is really a very secretive person!"

Even though Xie Zhuoning had lived a new life and knew many unknown secrets, he was still shocked to hear the news.

You should know that the father-in-law Xie Heng chose for his son was the Prince's Secretary, and then he also sent Xie Mingyuan to the East Palace to serve as the Prince's envoy.

Although he had not openly stood on the prince's side before, he had already been classified as part of the prince's faction.

Who could have expected that he would be a member of Prince Yong's party?

Since he was originally a member of Prince Yong's party, it was understandable that Queen Mother Yin helped him.

If things go as expected, the people who are looking for someone to relieve the evil spirit for Queen Mother Yin will soon arrive at the Yufusi and ask Xiao Jinxuan to release the person.

"It looks like today's bet has ended in a draw." Xie Zhuoning said with regret, but a smile appeared on his face.

I didn't win, but I didn't lose either.

The terms of the bet are naturally not counted.

"Hmm?" Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyebrows and looked at her in confusion, "Didn't I win?"

Xie Zhuoning immediately retorted, "Didn't I choose Sima Youxiang and you choose Empress? I didn't guess them both correctly, did I?"

How could he win?

Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinxuan asked her seriously, "When did I ever say that I chose the queen?"

Xie Zhuoning looked up at the sky and thought carefully, "It seems that I have never said that..."

"Well, so my choice is everyone except the Sima Youxiang you chose."

This naturally includes Queen Mother Yin.

Xie Zhuoning was stunned: "..."

She had never seen such a shameless person in her life!

"So," Xiao Jinxuan nodded his cheek with a faint smile on his lips, "When will Miss Xie fulfill her promise?"

Xie Zhuoning gnashed his teeth, and seemed to have thought of something. He raised the corners of his lips charmingly and slowly approached.

The two people's eyes met, the distance between them shortened, and their breathing could be heard clearly.

But when he was only a millimeter away from the cheek, Xie Zhuoning suddenly stood up again.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I think when we made the bet, you didn't say when you would fulfill your promise, right? Then I'll fulfill it when I'm in a good mood."

Whether her mood is good or not is entirely up to her.

Who knows, maybe she will be in a better mood in her next life?

Xiao Jinxuan looked at her smug little look and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

Since Queen Mother Yin has already taken action, they naturally cannot just sit there and wait for death.

Xiao Jinxuan immediately changed his clothes and went into the palace to meet the emperor.

The palace maid sent by Queen Mother Yin to look for someone who could remove the evil spirit found the Xie family smoothly, and then found Yu Fusi from the Xie family.

After hearing their purpose, Wei Zhao nodded hurriedly, "Pray for the Queen Mother? Of course, of course. But our prince has issued a death order. Xie Mingyuan is a criminal and cannot be released without his warrant. How about I trouble you to go to our prince to ask for a warrant?"

A group of palace servants killed their way to Prince Xuan's mansion.

The steward of Prince Xuan's mansion received them politely. When he mentioned Prince Xuan, he immediately said, "Ah, our prince has gone to the palace to play chess with His Majesty. When will he come back? That's not certain. Sometimes His Majesty wants our prince to stay overnight in the palace."

Well, it was a wasted trip again.

They hurried back to the palace and reported the matter to Queen Mother Yin.

"At this moment, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is meeting His Majesty in the study. Your Majesty, please see..."

Queen Mother Yin thought for a moment and said, "Take the people with you and ask Prince Xuan for them in front of His Majesty."

Even a fool could see that Xiao Jinxuan was avoiding her. He said nice things but had no intention of letting her go.

But at this moment he was with Emperor Zhaowen, who ruled the country with filial piety. He would not sit idly by and watch his stepmother being struck by the dangerous star. He would definitely order Xiao Jinxuan to release Xie Mingyuan.

The palace maid received the order and immediately went to Yu's study.

In the study.

Emperor Zhaowen had just discussed the court affairs with Xiao Jinxuan for a while when he started coughing again.

Although he managed to save his life this time, he knew that he was at the end of his rope and could crash at any time.

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Seventeenth Brother, do you think I can clean this room for the prince before I die?"