Chapter 396 Yue Haoyun
That night, Emperor Minh Xi issued an edict to the Dai Viet delegation. According to the proposal of the Dai Viet emperor, their great prince was to stay and continue to "cooperate with the investigation."
As for the other members of the delegation, they were all released back to Dai Viet.
When the third prince finished reading the edict, Han Lie's face lit up with a brilliant smile.
"Thank you, Lord!" Han Lie kowtowed heavily to the ground.
The third prince helped Han Lie, and Han Lie quickly flattered him and said, "Your Highness, please stay for a cup of tea and have a rest before leaving."
The third prince waved his hand, "The mission is about to return, and Master Han probably has a lot to do, so I won't bother you."
After that, he looked at the prince who was standing aside with a cold face: "Your Majesty, don't worry, your majesty has already gone out of his way to A comfortable place has been prepared for His Highness, and everything is ready. I guarantee that Your Highness will live in it, be well clothed and well-fed, and will not bear the slightest grievance."
The prince grinned politely, but it was worse than crying, and said in a calm tone: "I thank your Majesty for your kindness."
After the third prince left, the members of the envoys patted the dirt on their robes and stood up.
What's interesting is that the followers were divided into two groups, one group was Han Lie and the followers arranged by the court, and the other group was the prince's dozen personal guards.
The dozen personal guards, with cold eyes, stared at Han Lie and his followers sinisterly.
The prince's confidant, Xifeng, frowned and glared at Han Lie, gritting his teeth and saying, "Despicable villain!"
Han Lie was humiliated in public, and his face, which was originally smiling brightly, immediately collapsed. He pointed at Xifeng and angrily scolded, "How dare you insult the court officials? You are committing treason!"
The prince grabbed Xifeng's sleeve and pulled him behind him, staring at Han Lie and said, "Master Han, you are so scheming!"
Han Lie smiled sinisterly and said, "What are you talking about, Prince? The reason why His Majesty and the Queen Mother did this is just helpless."
"Your Highness, as the prince of Dai Viet and the elder brother of His Majesty, should take the overall situation into consideration and understand His Majesty's good intentions."
The Great Prince gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" After
that, he turned away.
Early the next morning, Han Lie led the huge delegation, left the reception hall and headed for Dai Viet.
The Third Prince, Lord Yan and Wang Siqing came to see them off on behalf of the Great Xia court.
Han Lie exchanged greetings with the three reception envoys at the gate of the reception hall for a long time before getting on the carriage.
In the carriage, Yao Jinse and Jiang, who were dressed as servants, were hiding.
Xia Miaoyuan was on leave today, so he also clamored to follow and sat on the horse of the Third Prince.
She looked at Han Lie's luxurious carriage with a gossipy look on her face, [Hehe, I remember that the Prime Minister Han of Dai Viet has a wife at home. This time he brought his old lover and illegitimate daughter back home. Who knows what kind of trouble it will cause. ]
[A man in his fifties or sixties rekindled his old love and brought back his illegitimate daughter. It's absolutely exciting! ]
[What's even more exciting is that the old lover is the Queen Mother of Da Xia. Ha ha ha, laughing like a goose...]
[Oh, what a pity, I can't see it. Such a wonderful melon, I can't eat it, tut tut tut. ]
The third prince listened to his sister's voice, kept a polite smile on his face, waved to the Dai Viet delegation, and his heart was twisted into a doughnut.
My God, is the melon of Prime Minister Han so exciting? I really want to follow Prime Minister Han back to Dai Viet to eat this big melon.
What a pity, what a pity.
On the other hand, when the Dai Viet delegation left Beijing, the Grand Prince Yue Haoyun and his entourage had been taken to Fu'en Hall by the Second Prince.
Fu'en Hall is relatively close to Emperor Mingxi's Qianqing Palace and Yu's study, and it also belongs to the outer palace.
Fu'en Hall is equivalent to the hostage house.
Emperor Taizu had hostages at that time. At that time, the hostages were detained in Fu'en Hall.
The reason for being detained here is, first, under the emperor's nose, so that they can be managed. Second, it is convenient for the emperor to call them over for questioning (humiliation) at any time.
However, Emperor Mingxi made such an arrangement just for convenience.
The Grand Prince walked into Fu'en Hall with a cold face. The entourage followed him carrying things.
The second prince said softly, "Your Highness, I'm sorry. According to the rules, you can only choose one follower to live with you in Fu'en Palace. For the rest, I will arrange them properly."
Xifeng looked ugly, and he stepped forward and said, "Second Prince, the rules you are talking about are the rules of hostages, but our prince is not a hostage. He is just staying in Daxia temporarily to cooperate with your investigation."
"Aren't you going too far?"
The second prince was about to explain, but the first prince pulled Xifeng hard, motioning him to shut up.
"Xifeng, please don't be rude. We just need to follow the Second Prince's arrangements."
The Second Prince smiled gently, "Your Highness is still aware of the overall situation."
The First Prince said with a bitter face, "I will only keep Xifeng. As for the others, I don't ask for anything else. I just hope that your country can treat them well and properly settle them."
"The young prince will do what he says, please rest assured." The Second Prince said, and left with the rest of the First Prince's followers.
Only Xifeng was left in the Fu'en Palace, and the rest were only two little eunuchs.
The little eunuchs were used to serving different people according to their needs. They knew that although the First Prince did not have the title of a hostage, he was actually equivalent to a hostage, so they didn't take him seriously and all hid away.
Xifeng packed the First Prince's luggage alone.
As he cleaned up, he kept muttering: "The Queen Mother and His Majesty have really gone too far this time."
"They actually took the opportunity to keep you in Daxia."
"They want to kill you!"
The Grand Prince casually took a book from the bookshelf, leaned on the couch and flipped through it, turning a deaf ear to Xifeng's words.
Emperor Mingxi came in at this time.
"Where is the eunuch in Fu'en Hall? Why doesn't he even clean up the room?" Emperor Mingxi said as soon as he came in.
This deep voice immediately scared the Grand Prince and Xifeng.
The two immediately stood up straight and saluted Emperor Mingxi.
"Your Majesty!" The Grand Prince said respectfully.
"My luggage is not much, Xifeng alone can pack it."
Emperor Mingxi said in a deep voice: "Give each of the eunuchs on duty in the Fu'en Palace fifty strokes of the cane and send them to the palace. Replace them with two more responsible ones to serve here. "
Debao left.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The Grand Prince bowed respectfully to Emperor Mingxi, but his face was still indifferent.
Before long, two new eunuchs were brought over by Debao. After they saluted Emperor Mingxi and the Grand Prince, they started to work swiftly.
Emperor Mingxi said gently, "Your Highness, you are staying in Daxia to cooperate with the investigation. You are a guest of Daxia. How can Daxia treat you harshly?"
"Just stay here and tell me if you have any questions. If you can't see me, tell Debao."
The Great Prince lowered his head and whispered, "I obey your command."
At this time, Emperor Mingxi and the Great Prince were the only two people left in the room. Debao and Xifeng retreated to the door with a look.
Emperor Mingxi pulled the Great Prince to sit down and said sincerely, "Your Highness, I don't like to beat around the bush. I'll just say it straight today."