Chapter 64 Celebration
The emperor rested for two hours after his awakening, and finally woke up until he saw that it was getting dark.
Hearing the movement in the inner room, Eunuch Zhao hurriedly got up and went inside to serve him, "Your Majesty, you finally woke up. You slept for half a day."
He told me that the second prince's mansion lives in a quiet and comfortable place. It seems that there are not many people serving you, and it is simple and empty everywhere, but who knows that the inner world is exquisite and suitable for people to stay comfortably.
The emperor glanced at the sky and sighed a little, "I have been in a long time, and I haven't had such a good rest at noon."
In the past, when he woke up at noon, he often had headaches. The imperial physician said that he was overworking and adjusted the prescription to calm his mind to relax his heart. But as the emperor, he had a lot of trouble every day, how could he really relax?
Unexpectedly, he slept well today in Xiao Zheng's bedroom. When he woke up, he felt refreshed and his head didn't hurt.
This is the first time.
Eunuch Zhao didn't dare to say that the Second Prince was so convinced. Otherwise, we should stop leaving. We just asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Should we go back to the palace immediately, or should we have dinner at the Second Prince's Mansion before going back?"
The emperor laughed, "I took Xiao Zhen for lunch. If I had another dinner for him, it would be a free meal."
He waved his hand and said, "Let's go, there is still memorial that has not been processed. Let's go back to the palace?"
Eunuch Zhao was stunned and asked tentatively: "Are you going to talk to the second prince?"
The emperor shook his head, "Go back to the palace!"
He just wanted to see what Ling Hua had saved her life in the empress dowager's mouth, what Ling Hua said, and what Xiao Zhen was hiding in the mansion. Sure enough, the traces of Ling Hua were everywhere.
From Cui Yanshu who saw entering the door to the warm pavilion and red plum blossoms that he saw inside, plus the study, library, bedroom, and Ling Hua gave Xiao Zin. Even though he loved the prince for those years, he did not give the luxury of the East Palace.
Compared to the father, he has been too harsh on Xiao Zhen for so many years, and he seems to have never given him anything.
Now, he is already in a bad state, and he misses twenty years. It seems that the only one who can give and can give is no more luxurious than the second prince's mansion. It is the chair.
Seeing that the emperor was really not talking to the Second Prince, Eunuch Zhao sang to the outside world and said, "Get up and go back to the palace."
Xiao Zhen and Cui Yanshu, Liuli stayed in the study room, of course, not sitting dryly. Xiao Zhen learned from Ling Hua's lazy and casualness when he was no one. Cui Yanshu has been well educated and has good rules since he was young, but since she was detained in Caojun for three years by Ling Hua, she has also broken the rules by her privately abducted. She also became lazy. Not to mention, three of them sat around the fire, Xiao Zhen played chess with Cui Yanshu, Liuli crossed her legs and watched chess, occasionally eating a piece of osmanthus cake, and pouring a cup of tea for the two of them.
This osmanthus cake was picked from the Ling family's waterfront. It was dried and preserved. It was sent to the Second Prince's Mansion. Because Ling Hua likes the osmanthus cake, she has eaten it since she was a child, Xiao Zheng also likes it, and Liuli is also so. So the chefs of the Second Prince's Mansion make it every once in a while. Now during the Chinese New Year, Ling Hua has returned to Beijing, and the chefs of the Second Prince's Mansion are indispensable to make this snack.
Liuli was almost full when she ate the osmanthus cake. She drank a lot of tea and wondered, "Your Majesty won't be taking a nap all the time, right?"
Xiao Zhen paused his hand and left a son.
Cui Yanshu smiled and left a piece of money, and said with a smile: "I played another game of chess with the Second Prince."
Xiao Zheng raised his eyebrows, smiled, and told the outside world, "Go and ask Eunuch Zhao, is his father still taking a nap? Do you need to prepare dinner in the mansion?"
Someone should have gone immediately.
Soon, someone hurried over, "Second Your Highness, Your Majesty is awake and is about to get back to the palace."
Xiao Zhen was stunned.
Liuli blinked her eyes, looked at Cui Yanshu, woke up and left?
Cui Yanshu is also strange.
Xiao Zheng had already stood up and walked out.
Xiao Zhen went directly to the door of the mansion. Sure enough, the emperor had already been surrounded by people to the door of the mansion. He bowed, "Don't your father stay in my mansion for dinner?"
The emperor waved his hand, "No."
He looked at Xiao Zheng with his hands behind his back, "The court is working on people. From tomorrow on, you don't have to think behind closed doors, go to court!"
Xiao pillow lowered his head, "Abide by the father's oral order."
The emperor got on the jade chariot, and the Yulin Gucuo hugged the emperor's jade chariot back to the palace.
Xiao Zheng stood at the door of the mansion, watching the emperor's jade chariot walk away until he disappeared from sight, and he still didn't move.
The housekeeper almost cried with joy, "Second Your Highness, you have to guard the clouds and see the moon bright."
Xiao Zheng pulled the corner of his mouth, and his face was in the dim light of the sky, accompanied by the lantern at the door of the mansion, half bright and half ambiguous, and his voice could not be heard, "Yes, twenty years."
He spent ten years of hardships in survival and ten years of planning to endure, and guarded until today the emperor set foot in the Second Prince's Mansion. Even if he killed all the secret guards of the Eastern Palace except Xiao Ze, his father only let him think about it behind closed doors for seven days.
He brushed his sleeves and turned to Cui Yanshu and Liuli who were walking, "Set off immediately and go to Qiyun Mountain."
Liuli was happy, "Yes, let's go, Second Prince, you will go to court tomorrow, so you will naturally go to see the lady today. Let's go to Qiyun Mountain for dinner and drink and celebrate."
Cui Yanshu has no objection.
So, the three of them rode their horses and immediately left the Second Prince's Mansion, left the capital, and went to Qiyun Mountain.
The emperor did not specifically hide his trip today, so it was not a secret whether he went to the East Palace, Qiyun Mountain, or the Second Prince's Mansion. All the court officials who should know knew it.
The emperor entered the Eastern Palace and stayed for about a moment. The emperor went to Qiyun Mountain. After staying for half an hour, the emperor went to the Second Prince's Mansion. He stayed for most of the day. It was getting dark before he returned to the palace.
This is a signal.
As the emperor returned to the palace, the second prince was relieved of his closed-door thinking, which was another signal.
Compared with the Eastern Palace, the three thousand imperial guards did not withdraw, and the Crown Prince had no intention of being released by the emperor. It is obvious that the position of the Crown Prince is really in danger.
In particular, Xu Zizhou submitted a memorial to request the deposed prince. After reading the memorial, the emperor did not smash the deposed prince on Xu Zizhou's face, but took it away. On this day, the court officials privately speculated that the direction of the court in Houliang was about to change.
Some court officials who had been bribed by Ling Hua for a long time and secretly defected to the Second Prince's Mansion sighed one by one that Ling Hua had been coercive and tempted by him or had a good vision, but in short, he surrendered to the Second Prince. Now he saw that the light was not far away, and he was very excited.
Some of them did not surrender, felt regretful, panicked, and worried, thinking that they would be demoted in the future.
Some of the people who defected to the East Palace have helped the East Palace to suppress Ling Hua over the years. Even after the Second Prince was valued by His Majesty, those who followed the Eastern Prince to suppress people in the past few months were almost crazy, shocked and afraid, thinking that it was really over, so they had to arrange their funeral quickly. I was afraid that I could not escape the liquidation of the Second Prince and Ling Hua, but it was always good to find a way to let the family escape.
So, in just one day, everyone has their own plans and choices, and some are happy and some are sad.
Xiao Zhen and the other two rode fast horses and soon arrived at Qiyun Mountain. After entering the mountain gate, they went all the way to Ling Hua's yard.
Ling Hua was seriously injured and was already ineffective. Today, the emperor came to the door for some rebellious words and looked at her ruthlessness, but in fact every sentence was her own consideration and it was very exhausting. After closing her eyes, she slept for half a day and had just woken up.
When Yan Qing first took care of Ling Hua, she didn't dare to touch her easily. Now she has been injured for a few days. After she can sit up, he not only accompanied her to tilt her on the bed during the day to study, bring tea and water to her, feed her food and drink medicine. At night, for Ling Yunyang, she also stayed on Ling Hua's bed, lying outside, and sleeping with her.
In this way, I will never leave you.
Even Ling Yunyang said speechlessly that Yan Qing clingy, why didn’t he find out that once he got enlightened, he still had such a hidden attribute.
Yan Qingcai doesn’t care what he says, he likes to talk. Anyway, he just won’t leave, and he stays with him all day and doesn’t feel bored at all.
After hearing Ling Yunyang's dissatisfied muttering, Yunluo whispered to him in a low voice, "The little marquis has long fallen in love with his master. He just gritted his teeth and was afraid that his master would not cherish him easily. Now he was scared by his master, so he naturally couldn't bear it anymore. This was not because he realized it later. He had been holding it for a long time and could not hold it back."
Ling Yunyang: "..."
So that's it, is Yan Qing so good at playing?
He went to Dingmao tomorrow, so Ling Yunyang naturally would not leave today. So, after Xiao Zhen, Cui Yanshu and Liuli went to Qiyun Mountain together, he heard that His Majesty had gone to the Second Prince's Mansion and lifted Xiao Zhen's ban. He was also happy. He waved his hand and asked the kitchen to prepare a table. He must celebrate tonight.
Chapter completed!