At the end of the banquet, the king looked a little tired.

The eldest prince was a man of good sense. Seeing this, he said:

"Father, my wife just woke up today and needs your care. I know that you are concerned about her safety, so why don't I be in charge of tonight's banquet?"

"There are reasons for this. I'm sure the envoys of the two countries will not think that our dynasty is being negligent."

When the eldest prince said this, Qiao Zhongguo and Che Hebi naturally agreed.

The king was greatly relieved upon hearing this, and nodded to the eldest prince with satisfaction, saying in a gentle voice:

"Master Qiao, Master Che, although my eldest son is already middle-aged, he is still a man who is not stingy. He knows Kyoto very well. Let him entertain you on my behalf tonight."

The king's words were full of affection for the eldest prince.

Qiao Zhongguo and Che Hebi hurriedly responded politely.

After the banquet, the king left the table, and the eldest prince smiled and said:

"Everyone, Kyoto is full of beautiful scenery, but if you want to list the best places, I would recommend the banks of the Jinghua River."

"Tonight, I will host a banquet for you all on the Qinglian Boat on the Jinghua River. How do you think?"

Qiao Zhongguo and his friends naturally followed the host's wishes, so the itinerary for tonight was set.

The lunch ended here, and Qiao Zhongguo and his companions left the palace under the guidance of the palace servants.

Baili Chengyou took Meng Guxue to Qiushi Palace, but unexpectedly, the second prince Baili Chengzhi also followed.

Baili Chengyou frowned, "Second brother, what do you mean?"

Baili Chengzhi looked calm and said as a matter of course: "Third brother, my second brother and his wife suffered the same misfortune. Now that his wife has woken up, as a son, my second brother will naturally go to visit her."

Meng Guxue already knew that Baili Chengzhi and the king's wife had a past relationship. At this moment, she really couldn't guess what kind of mood Baili Chengzhi was in when he said this.

Baili Chengyou's face darkened when he heard this.

"Second brother also knows that mother has suffered an unprovoked disaster. The world is really harsh on women. Second brother can escape unscathed, but mother is forced to die to prove her loyalty!"

"If you really care about our mother, you should avoid suspicion during this period. I will not bother you with the doctor's affairs today!"

Baili Chengyou was especially polite to his second brother.

The two brothers are eighteen years apart in age. In Baili Chengyou's memory, when they were young, his second brother was always very majestic in front of outsiders, but was particularly warm and gentle to him.

When he was a child, he was very attached to his second brother.

But later on, he didn't know what happened and his second brother suddenly became distant from him. He was secretly sad for a long time before he accepted this fact.

The old friendship still exists. If it was the eldest prince who caused the rumor with the king's wife this time, Baili Chengyou would have rushed to the eldest prince's mansion with a knife and killed him!

Baili Chengzhi saw Baili Chengyou's resistance and anger. He paused for a moment, then nodded slowly.

"Then I'll trouble you, Third Brother, to convey this to me. Second Brother is also deeply sorry for this matter. I will not let those who have bad intentions go. Madam, please take care of yourself."

"Once the storm has passed, my second brother will personally go and plead guilty."

After Baili Chengzhi finished speaking, he turned and left the palace.

Baili Chengyou stood there, looking at Baili Chengzhi's back with an extremely complicated expression.

Meng Guxue was worried. If she hadn't known about the evil fate that happened back then, she wouldn't have found anything wrong with the Second Prince's words.

But once I knew it, I always felt that this second prince was... weird.

Meng Guxue knew that the Second Prince had a family and that his wife was the legitimate daughter of the Lan family, a new noble family in the court. It was said that the marriage was arranged by the king himself.

However, the Lan family had not yet risen at that time. Everyone said that the second prince was a capable person and he personally helped the second prince's wife's family to rise!

However, the Second Prince's wife has not given birth to any children yet, and many officials in the court are trying their best to send their daughters to the Second Prince's palace!

Meng Guxue's thoughts were drawn away until Baili Chengyou turned around and walked towards Qiushi Palace, and then she came back to her senses.

Now, she and Baili Chengyou are the only ones on the palace road, so it's a good time for a private chat.

But... Meng Guxue didn't dare to imagine how Baili Chengyou would feel if he knew that his mother and second brother were old acquaintances.

However, Meng Guxue kept Qiao Tianjing's teachings firmly in mind.

Be honest!

"Hundred Miles."

Meng Guxue finally spoke.

"After you were called away by your father, I had a conversation with your mother. I think you should want to know."

Baili Chengyou paused, turned his head and looked at Meng Guxue with a serious expression, "You say."

Meng Guxue looked around cautiously, and Baili Chengyou said bluntly, "Don't worry, there's no one around."

Upon hearing this, Meng Guxue grabbed Baili Chengyou's sleeve and told him the whole story in a low voice.

Baili Chengyou's face turned pale when he heard this, and he looked extremely ugly!

"You said that it was the father who gave the queen mother the medicine?"

Meng Guxue was slightly startled when she heard this. She had thought that Baili Chengyou would care more about the old relationship between the King's Wife and the Second Prince, but she didn't expect that he was asking about the second half of the matter.

She nodded dumbly, "That's what my mother said."

Baili Chengyou's face gradually turned pale. He didn't know what he was thinking about, and suddenly he swung his sleeves.

"As expected! Father's thoughts are indeed——"

Before Meng Guxue could hear the whole thing, Baili Chengyou had already strode away, his hands clenched tightly and his hair fluttering.

Meng Guxue looked at Baili Chengyou's anxious back, and a guess suddenly emerged slowly.

Baili Chengyou had a dream. In the dream, he was the protagonist and the home country was Nanli Kingdom.

He was able to become the ruler of Nanli Kingdom after going through many hardships.

So is there a possibility that he actually knew about the unusual relationship between the Queen's wife and the Second Prince a long time ago?

Judging from his hesitation during this period, it does not seem to be fake. Does this mean that the incident of the king's wife falling into a coma did not happen in his dream?

What was the final outcome of the Queen’s wife and the Second Prince?

How much does Baili Chengyou know? What are all his subordinates busy with?

The more Meng Guxue thought about it, the more she thought about it, and finally she couldn't help but shudder!

It has been more than a year since she came to Nanli Kingdom, and Baili Chengyou can be said to be very obedient and indulgent to her.

After spending these days together, she gradually relaxed her guard and completely put herself into Baili Chengyou's camp, and even learned to plan and be cautious in order to survive.

But now thinking back, she was busy here, always remembering what Qiao Tianjing taught her: "honesty". So when had Baili Chengyou ever been "honest" with her?

Or in other words, in Baili Chengyou's eyes from the beginning to the end, her value was only the formulas and strange knowledge in her mind.

Once these things were taken away, she would become a worthless chess piece.

Thinking of this, Meng Guxue stood there in a daze, looking around blankly, with cold hands and feet.