When Shang Xi arrived at the main hall that night, Eunuch De had been waiting there for a long time.
Just as Wuhen was about to push Shang Xiye inside, Eunuch De hurriedly stepped forward to remind him: "Ninth Prince, His Majesty guessed that the messengers below might not have conveyed the message clearly, so he specially ordered this old servant to wait here for Your Highness. His Majesty summoned the Ninth Prince today only to have a casual get-together with Your Highness, and will not enter the palace."
A casual family gathering?
Shang Xiye remained expressionless. He believed that the brotherly bond between him and Shang Xiche had almost completely disappeared on the day their father passed away.
From then on, there was only suspicion between the brothers, and no more family conversations.
"Your Highness, should we ask Wu Shang to send more men over?" Wu Hen was very worried when he heard that the emperor wanted to invite the Ninth Prince to another place, so he sent a telepathic message into the secret passage.
"It's not that bad," Shang Xiye said calmly.
"Ninth Prince, please," Eunuch De said with great respect and humility, and stepped forward to lead the way.
Wuhen then pushed Shang Xiye slowly behind, about three steps away from Eunuch De.
Shang Xiche was in his residence, dressed in ordinary clothes rather than a dragon robe. On the table in front of him were some tea snacks and a tea set.
There are two cups of tea.
He was drinking a glass of wine and flipping through a book, clearly waiting for someone, and seemed to be in a very good mood.
Despite his excellent outward appearance, Shang Xiye could still see the deliberate scheming in the way he couldn't help but secretly glance towards the door.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects," Shang Xiye said in a cold and distant voice.
"Ninth Brother, you've arrived. Sit down and have some tea," Shang Xiche greeted him warmly, as if he had just noticed Shang Xiye. He moved another cup of tea on the table to the opposite side, indicating that he should sit there.
Wuhen moved the chair aside and pushed Shang Xiye's wheelchair over to straighten it.
As if he had just remembered Shang Xiye's inability to walk, the Emperor said with sorrow and guilt, "I always forget that Ninth Brother, you are now injured in the leg and cannot walk properly. Back then, when we went hunting with Father in the north, Ninth Brother would always secretly put his prey among my game pile..."
"The past is the past, let's not dwell on it. Your Majesty, is there anything important that you have summoned me here today?" Shang Xiye interrupted Shang Xiche's feigned reminiscence.
"It's nothing serious, I just suddenly remembered some past events and felt a bit sentimental, so I called you over to help me." Shang Xiche still acted as if he were chatting casually, and asked as if he were just asking, "I heard from the Empress Dowager that the Ninth Princess was frightened and was also feeling unwell because of her pregnancy. Is she feeling better?"
Shang Xiye neither said it was good nor bad, leaving Shang Xiche unable to tell whether Ji Fengyao was actually alright or not.
A deep-seated anger flashed across Shang Xiche's eyes, but he continued to smile and say softly, "I think the Ninth Princess Consort is a blessed person, and I don't think anything serious will happen to her. In that case, Ninth Brother should take her out more often. The day after tomorrow, when you go boating on the lake, Ninth Brother should bring her along. The Ninth Princess Consort has lived in the mountains for a long time and rarely sees the world, so I'm sure she will enjoy it."
(Rabbit: The rivers, seas, and lakes I've seen could drown you just by listing their names!)
Inside Black Owl's house, the room was now filled with tiny pieces of medicinal herbs and large and small packets of poison that had already been prepared.
"This will cause sores, this will cause speechlessness, this will cause local paralysis, and using more will cause full-body paralysis. This will cause skin ulceration. I used it on the vicious dogs around the Dowager Consort once, and I haven't had time to check on it since, so I don't know how effective it was," Ji Fengyao muttered to herself as she introduced each item to Hei Xiao.
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