Chapter 222 Totem
"No, he now knows clearly what he wants more."
Xie Lixing answered.
After this incident, the prince understood better than anyone else the importance of the throne.
Afterwards, he will focus on cultivating his own reputation and doing good deeds, which is very different from before.
Let everyone gradually forget what kind of person he was in the past.
The prince moved back to the Eastern Palace, but his title was removed, and his other treatment remained unchanged. This gave the court officials a signal: the prince was back in favor!
The re-conferring of the title of Crown Prince is just around the corner!
This made the prince's old subordinates very happy. They were extremely grateful for their caution and for not defecting to someone else's army immediately after the prince was deposed.
Now, they are turning things around!
Many of those capable ones were poached, and those who stayed were mediocre but very loyal.
The Crown Prince, oh no, King Hui was very satisfied with this.
Yes, the prince’s title is King Hui.
"Prince Hui's main focus now is on how to compete with the Fourth Prince for the allegiance of the court officials. Women are not on his mind for the time being." Xie Lixing added.
Prince Hui should now be clear that as long as he ascends the throne, he can have any woman he wants.
In fact, it is true.
Prince Hui sat in the hall of the East Palace, looking at the scattered women in the backyard, and asked Princess Hui to take them away. "Princess, you must pay more attention to the affairs of the backyard from now on."
The former Crown Princess, now Princess Hui, was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Prince Hui would now put the management of the backyard in her hands.
You know, before, she couldn't ask a single question.
Princess Hui bowed slightly, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best to help you share your worries."
"Well, go down."
King Hui was very satisfied with his queen. Apart from being a little boring, she was good in every way.
She is the most qualified Crown Princess chosen by his father and the future Queen.
He felt a little regretful that he had ignored him.
Otherwise, his father-in-law wouldn't be so cold to him now and even provide limited help.
King Hui sat on the chair, thinking about how to win everyone back.
Thinking of the talented people who had been poached before, King Hui was furious, but——
It is not appropriate for him to act now.
So, Prince Hui began to live in seclusion, and occasionally he and Princess Hui would go outside the city in plain clothes to give porridge to some refugees.
So that the refugees will not starve to death.
In order to show his sincerity, Prince Hui and his wife agreed to distribute porridge once every two weeks.
When the emperor learned about this, he was very impressed. He praised it in the court and asked other princes to follow suit.
The other princes looked at Prince Hui coldly and secretly cursed him for being pretentious.
However, he pretended to really give porridge to the refugees, and they couldn't say anything but nodded and agreed.
"What does the Regent think King Hui can gain from this move?" General Cheng left with Xie Lixing when the court was over. He turned his head to look at Xie Lixing.
He was testing Xie Lixing's attitude.
He knew that Prince Hui was able to regain favor because the Fourth Prince and the other princes were too restless, so the Emperor deliberately supported one to check and balance the Fourth Prince.
However, they don't think King Hui will be the only candidate.
Among them, I'm afraid someone is giving advice to the emperor.
General Cheng thought about it and felt that the emperor might not listen to what others said, but it was different for Xie Lixing.
He is the regent, a knife in the emperor's hand.
The emperor would indeed believe whatever he said.
Xie Lixing looked at him and said, "I am so grateful to receive the praise from His Majesty." Xie Lixing pretended to answer innocently.
Upon hearing this, General Cheng was successfully choked by Xie Lixing's words.
Is this what he meant?
Wasn't he asking whether it was Xie Lixing who restored King Hui's favor?
"The Regent is still so fond of joking. I won't beat around the bush. I want to know, what is the Regent's purpose in going to such great lengths to restore the Crown Prince to the Emperor's favor?"
"From what I understand, the Regent is loyal only to the Emperor, right?"
Xie Lixing turned to look at General Cheng, "Are you talking nonsense? I restored his favor, naturally to help relieve the emperor's worries."
"Because there are always people causing trouble, the emperor will be so angry that he can't sleep all night."
He really cares about the emperor's subjects!
After hearing what Xie Lixing said, General Cheng was almost mad at Xie Lixing.
General Cheng's smile faded, and he looked at Xie Lixing with gloomy eyes, "I knew that when you went to the Cheng family, you had no intention of supporting the Fourth Prince."
"Haven't you gained quite a bit of benefits? Why are you so excited?"
Xie Lixing frowned, not understanding why they were unhappy.
Need I tell you how much convenience his presence in Chengjia has brought to them?
General Cheng was choked by Xie Lixing and wanted to refute, but Xie Lixing was telling the truth. When Xie Lixing appeared in the Cheng family, many people who were waiting and watching left and joined the Cheng family.
Serving the Fourth Prince.
Now that Xie Lixing had criticized him like this, no matter how unhappy General Cheng was, he had to endure it.
Thinking of this, he snorted coldly, "Regent, I hope you can always be so arrogant!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
It can be seen that he was really angry with Xie Lixing.
Xie Lixing snorted and laughed. He was not brought up to be scared, so why would he be afraid of his threats?
"Your Majesty, Princess Hui went to see the princess today."
When Xie Lixing stepped out of the palace gate, Lao Liu stepped forward and told Xie Lixing everything that happened in the mansion today.
Xie Lixing looked at Lao Liu, a dark light flashing in his eyes.
"What did she say?" Princess Hui's sudden visit did not indicate any good intentions.
Lao Liu shook his head, "The princess didn't let me get close."
Therefore, he was not clear about the inside story.
Xie Lixing nodded, "Okay, I understand." Xie Lixing got on the carriage and returned to the Regent's Palace.
Yueli was taking a nap in a rocking chair.
Seeing her taking a nap in the yard, Xie Lixing turned to look at her maids and was about to ask them why they didn't send the princess back to her room.
It was Yueli who opened her eyes and looked at Xie Lixing.
"I'm waiting for you here." She rubbed her eyes and sat up.
Xie Li walked over to Yueli, bent down, picked her up, and carried her back to the room. "Wait for me in the room. It's cold outside at night and you might catch a cold."
Yueli hugged his neck.
"Aren't you curious why Princess Hui came to see me today?"
Yueli thought that the first thing he would do after returning would be to ask her about Princess Hui.
However, Xie Lixing did not ask, he was just concerned about her health.
Xie Lixing shook his head. "You didn't let Lao Liu listen, which means that what you two said is not suitable for me to know, so I won't ask."
Yueli stared at Xie Lixing's face.
Finally, Xie Lixing gave in. "Okay, I really want to know, but don't you disagree?"
If she doesn't say anything, what can he do?
Yueli snorted and laughed, "I met with her alone because she had a totem on her hand that looked very familiar to me."
totem?
Xie Lixing frowned a little. He felt that it was not a good thing for Princess Hui to come to see Yueli.
"Is it the totem of Miaojiang?"
"No, it's a treasure map."
Xie Lixing thought that Princess Hui was an imposter from Miaojiang. However, Yueli told him that Princess Hui's totem was not from Miaojiang, but was related to the treasure map that she had destroyed.
He frowned, "What kind?"
Yueli motioned for him to put her down, then came to the table and asked Xie Lixing to grind it for her while she began to draw the totem.
Yueli drew very quickly, and soon, a complex and exquisite totem appeared on the paper.
Xie Lixing stared at it for a long time, and finally remembered, "There's a pattern like this on the back of the treasure map."
It's just an enlarged version, this is a smaller version.
Yueli nodded and said, "She said that she was from the family guarding the treasure map, so I wanted to test her strength." Otherwise, she really didn't want to deal with people from Prince Hui's mansion.
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