After dinner, the little fish was tired from playing, so Jing Li took him back to the tent to sleep.
Qin Zhaoze went to Xiao Yue again.
"We're the only ones here now. Can you tell the truth?" Qin Zhao sat down in the main seat without hesitation and asked, "Did something happen in the capital?"
Xiao Yue didn't argue with him and went to sit on the camp bed nearby: "The little emperor hasn't attended court for two months."
Qin Zhao nodded: "I know, I heard that she was seriously ill and retired to the harem to recuperate."
"Do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it."
Xiao Yue sighed, his expression slightly serious: "This scene... doesn't it look familiar to you?"
At the beginning, the emperor was seriously ill, so he let trusted powerful ministers run the government on his behalf. As time went on, the officials became ambitious and began to collude with each other to expand their power.
During the reign of the previous emperor, the Queen's direct lineage gradually gained power in this way.
"It just so happens that this time it's the Queen Mother who's in power." Qin Zhao said slowly, "Are you using the same old tricks again?"
"That's my guess," Xiao Yue said. "Why else do you think I brought these hundreds of people here? Do I need so many people to help you with a small favor?"
Qin Zhao: "I don't mind too many people."
Xiao Yue: “…”
"If you bring any more, we won't be able to hide in this shabby place! And what do you need so many people for? It's not like you're really planning a rebellion." Xiao Yue spat. "Don't think I don't know what you're planning. Don't you just hope that if something really happens in the future, I can help you protect your husband and children?"
"If you really get involved in those chaos, the other party will first exploit your weaknesses. You have suffered this loss before, so you came to me in the first place."
Xiao Yue felt unhappy when he thought of this: "I am a great general who protects the country. I came back from the border in secret and I have to be ordered around by you as a bodyguard. How can I face people if people find out?"
"No, you're hired by me," Qin Zhao corrected him. "Didn't I already promise to give you the farm outside the city?"
Speaking of the manor, Xiao Yue's attitude improved a little: "I don't know if I can get it back..."
Xiao Yue asked again: "Now you can tell me, what are your plans next?"
Qin Zhao: "I want to find an opportunity to meet the little emperor."
"How do we meet him?" Xiao Yue asked, "He has retired to the harem now. Even if I go, I may not be able to meet him. How do you want to meet him?"
Qin Zhao seemed to have made plans in advance: "Has Your Majesty not visited the ancestral temple to worship ancestors for three years?"
According to old rules, the emperor had to go to the ancestral temple on the outskirts of the capital to worship his ancestors once every three years. It had been exactly three years since the last time he did so.
Xiao Yue slapped his forehead: "How could I forget about this!"
Ancestor worship was a major national event, and the emperor had to attend in person. However, it was not ruled out that the emperor was seriously ill and bedridden, postponing the ancestral worship time.
"I don't think so," Qin Zhao said. "The emperor hasn't appeared in public for two months, and there must be people in the court who are suspicious. Regardless of whether the illness is real or not, or what the hidden truth is, he should come out to reassure people. Even if it's just to make sure everyone is really seriously ill."
Xiao Yue understood.
Even those of him who had been stationed at the border for a long time knew that the emperor had been missing for two months, let alone the ministers in the capital. They didn't know what they were thinking during this period. Whether the emperor was truly in trouble or someone had done it deliberately, he should find an opportunity to show himself in front of everyone.
Ancestor worship is the best opportunity.
However, he still had doubts in his heart: "Do you really think that everything can be solved as long as you meet the little emperor?"
"What I mean is..." He paused, then said, "If it is confirmed that the incident back then was indeed orchestrated by the young emperor, what would you do? Kill the king?"
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