Chapter 290 Mu Chengyan is missing
Yun Zhao spoke after a long while, "Prime Minister Yu, some things happen and that's it. It's not impossible to fight for life or death, but it's unnecessary. What do you think?"
Yun Zhao's voice was very faint.
In the room inside the palace behind him, Deputy General Gao pricked up his ears and listened.
He pulled Xie Jingmo. Xie Jingmo had lost too much blood and was very sleepy. He woke up after being pulled. He heard Yun Zhao talking to Yu Xiang outside and frowned.
Deputy General Gao lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid Yun Zhao is no match for that old fox."
Xie Jingmo was about to stand up, but was stopped by Deputy General Gao, "Listen."
Xie Jingmo remained standing.
The voice outside was very faint, as if it did not contain any emotion.
"If we insist on pursuing this, it won't be good for anyone. Prime Minister Yu, what do you think?"
Yu Xiang knelt on the ground and said, "I have been in power for over thirty years. If I cannot even investigate the cause of my son's tragic death, I am afraid my life has been lived in vain!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao curled his lips coldly. "Prime Minister Guo, a veteran of three dynasties, died just like that. So, tell me, is it because I, as the Queen Mother, am incompetent? So, some people think they can override me, or think I'm a fool who can't understand the plot behind it?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiang lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I do not understand what you mean."
"It doesn't matter whether you understand or not," Yun Zhao pulled his sleeves and sat up straight, "I don't like any trouble in the court, but if someone really wants to stir up trouble, I'm not someone who's afraid of trouble.
Then I'll have someone investigate thoroughly. Someone will eventually have to take the blame for this. Minister Guo has no children, so he hasn't made any plans for his descendants. I want to see what the real plot is behind all this."
When Yu Xiang heard this, his eyes flashed.
Yun Zhao sneered, "I heard earlier that someone from the Yu family wanted to take the position of commander of the Ministry of War, but Prime Minister Guo tried his best to stop him, and then he died tragically. I have to investigate the interests involved, so that no one will really think that I am blind!"
When Yu Xiang heard this, his body trembled.
Yun Zhao's voice was light. "Today in the court, many people petitioned for the execution of Xie Jingmo. I just realized that Xie Jingmo's popularity in the court was actually so bad. Of course, if he was unpopular with some people, he would be popular with others. Now that I see it this way, I'm terrified. It turns out that there is someone in the court who has connections with most of them. It seems that they really think I'm blind."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiang trembled even more violently.
Yun Zhao stood up and said, "Prime Minister Yu, sometimes people are confused, and sometimes I'm confused. But we can't let one person pretend to be confused forever, right?"
After Yun Zhao finished speaking, he glanced at Yu Xiang's trembling body, lowered his eyes and walked into the palace.
In the room.
Deputy General Gao looked at Xie Jingmo and slowly gave a thumbs-up. "Yun Zhao, you're amazing."
Xie Jingmo sat back.
Deputy General Gao said, "It seems Yun Zhao has already made up his mind. Jing Mo, don't worry. Yun Zhao will not let the death of the three-dynasty elders be in vain, nor will he ask you to pay with your life."
Yun Zhao entered the inner hall.
A moment later.
Fu Hai hurried over to report, "Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Yu has fainted!"
Yun Zhao's eyes were indifferent. "Since Yu Xiang has fainted, he must be sent back home. Then tell someone to take him out properly and don't let him get hurt."
Fu Hai shouted, "Yes!"
Yu Xiang was carried away.
The night was getting deeper.
Yun Zhao was reviewing memorials by lamplight when Xie Jingmo walked in with a pale face.
Sitting in the seat below the hall, "You are sitting very well in the position of the Queen Mother," using both kindness and force, and knowing when to stop was also very good. Even an old fox like Yu Xiang was afraid of her and pretended to be sick to leave.
Yun Zhao lowered his head and wrote.
Xie Jingmo leaned back in his chair and said, "I've always known that you're powerful and intelligent. I didn't even know that my uncle had Yu Xiang kill me in order to protect my position as commander."
Yun Zhao still lowered his head. "It's already happened. There's no need to blame yourself. If you had gone to the Xiongnu, someone else would have naturally taken the position. Prime Minister Guo loves you and doesn't want the position to change hands while you're still here. It shows how much he loves you."
Xie Jingmo looked at Yun Zhao's fair face under the candlelight. "Deputy General Gao said that you are protecting me now because you still have me in your heart. But that's not the case, is it?"
Yun Zhao picked up another memorial.
"You understand my uncle's hard work and are grateful for his dedicated companionship over the years. I know you're doing what you're doing because of him, right?"
Yun Zhao did not deny it.
She had experienced the pain of losing a loved one, and she knew clearly that Guo Xiang's last wish was for Xie Jingmo to be well.
She still remembered that year on the city wall, Prime Minister Guo resigned and then stayed.
She clearly remembered what Minister Guo had said: "It's too difficult for the Queen Mother to be alone at the peak of no one. I am old and frail. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to stay with you."
Although Guo Xiang did it for Xie Jingmo in the end, she was grateful for the favor.
Now, I have repaid this favor.
Yun Zhao said calmly, "Don't do stupid things again, otherwise, I won't protect you anymore."
Xie Jingmo smiled weakly and responded softly, "Yeah."
Yun Zhao raised his eyes and saw Xie Jingmo's beautiful smile under the candlelight.
His handsome eyes looked straight at her, and he looked very handsome.
He found a random excuse to cover up Guo Xiang's death, and also found a random excuse to cover up Yu Bai's death. In the end, the two things went smoothly.
Deputy General Gao praised Yun Zhao as being very capable.
Yun Zhao lowered his head and said calmly, "Just stop causing trouble for me, and that'll be fine."
Xie Jingmo stayed at Yun Zhao's place to recuperate from his injuries, and Deputy General Gao was also idle, so the two of them were joking around.
Yun Zhao occasionally asked Deputy General Gao, "You're a married man, and you stay with me all day long. Doesn't your wife get annoyed?"
Deputy General Gao chuckled, "I was injured, and she gave me tonics every day. I even had a nosebleed from eating so much. I came in to accompany Xie Jingmo."
Xie Jingmo was very leisurely, and the wound on his chest was gradually healing.
Xie Jingmo was lying in the pavilion, watching Yun Zhao returning from court in the distance, and he felt that there was nothing better in the world than this.
Until that day——
Deputy General Lin came hurriedly and whispered a few words to Yun Zhao.
Yun Zhao's originally calm expression gradually became solemn.
"Have you sent anyone to look for it?!"
Yun Zhao has been in a high position for a long time and rarely shows his emotions. Now that he looks like this, something big must have happened!
Xie Jingmo sat up from the recliner, and Deputy General Gao also looked over.
Lieutenant General Lin only heard another whisper, "We looked for him, but we couldn't find him anywhere. Later, we asked around and found someone saw Daqing go to Liziguai, and then—"
Lieutenant General Lin paused, his voice struggling, "Then... Mu Chengyan disappeared."
Yun Zhao had a bowl of hot tea next to her. Her hand accidentally touched it, and the cup fell to the ground with a dull sound.
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