Chapter 212 Ready to Go
Li Xiuhuai will not let them go. He will squeeze out the last of their value and then accuse them of their faults from the moral high ground.
At the same time, the city of Kyoto has become a mess.
Two days after Cui Xiu left, news came out in the palace that Concubine Jia was missing. The fifth prince went crazy and sent people to look for her, saying that they had to dig three feet into the ground to find Concubine Jia.
The palace is not an ordinary residence, especially these days when the emperor is seriously ill. The patrols can be said to be airtight. Not even a fly can fly in, let alone assassins and kidnappers.
Concubine Jia's disappearance caused an uproar in the city. The ministers in the court and central government privately said that the affair was over, and some people brought up the matter of Cui Xiu and Li Qun.
Over and over again, the originally frightening kidnapping case suddenly turned into a scandalous and gossipy elopement case.
Many people said that Concubine Jia took advantage of the emperor's serious illness to escape overnight and went to the northern border to find Duke Xu.
When the fifth prince heard these crimson rumors, he was so angry that he sent people to catch those who were talking nonsense. At the same time, he also sent people to General Cui's Mansion, but Cui Xiu was not seen.
The fifth prince secretly sent people to Saibei to inquire whether his mother-in-law, who had never looked down on him, was really looking for Duke Xu.
In the palace, the fifth prince sat beside the emperor's bed, looking at the pale and lifeless emperor, his father whose thoughts were elusive.
"Father, the mother and concubine are gone."
"Where will she go?"
The fifth prince said, the expression on his face looked worried. After so many years, , he longs for the approval of his mother and concubine, but recognition is often not that easy. In the eyes of his mother and concubine, he has never been a prince.
In the heart of his mother and concubine, it would be best for him to be a useless waste.
Ordinary things are like inconspicuous dust. Anyone can despise them. A drop of rain can be pressed into the soil, but he does not want such a fate.
The emperor did not answer. He was now in a semi-conscious state. The fifth prince looked at his unconscious father, with a faint smile on his face.
But this smile is not happiness, nor is it secret joy, but self-deprecation.
In this city of Kyoto, his background can be said to be a proud son of heaven. His father is the emperor, his mother is a noble concubine, and now he is also the prince.
He should be proud by birth, but everything is not what he thought. He has always experienced too many ups and downs. When he sits in this position, the people he used to be are no longer the same.
The fifth prince was kept in the dark.
But he is also a vested interest after Ning Bin made her choice. As the saying goes, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. When his biological mother chose this identity for him, he must bear her weight. Everything to bear.
At the same time, in the corridor near Concubine Yun Gui's residence, the sixth prince in brocade clothes walked in front, followed by his subordinates in black.
"How is that person today?" The sixth prince's expression was flat, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
“When I return to His Highness, there is still no sign of waking up.”
"The prince angrily scolded the imperial doctor. The doctor was so frightened that he crawled around and was finally kicked out by the prince."
The sixth prince listened to his subordinate's reply and raised his eyes, with a hint of trouble in his expression. His disgust was as if he was scolding this old immortal for why he was still alive.
However, due to his current status, he did not blurt out the words and showed them entirely on his face.
The subordinate noticed the change in the expression on the sixth prince's face, and he privately thought that His Highness was worried about "that person". Now that His Majesty the Emperor is seriously ill and the Crown Prince is supervising the country, the situation on their side can be said to be difficult to move forward. The Crown Prince's grip is really tight, not even allowing him to breathe.
If His Majesty the Emperor just sleeps like this, then the Crown Prince will surely ascend the throne one day, and there will be no chance for His Highness.
"Your Highness, the doctor you asked your subordinates to look for has got news, and will be able to arrange to enter the palace soon to treat His Majesty the Emperor."
"Wait until His Majesty wakes up"
Hearing this, the Sixth Prince immediately turned around, with a cold light in his eyes, and glanced coldly at his subordinate, who immediately shut up, at a loss and with a look of shock on his face.
The subordinate really doesn’t know how he offended his Royal Highness, who has always been as gentle as jade, as peaceful and amiable as his family. His Royal Highness greets His Majesty the Emperor every day, showing such concern and filial piety. This is a man of heaven. Visible.
However, when he met the black-hearted Crown Prince, he was afraid that all the good deeds had been done. After His Majesty the Emperor woke up, all the credit fell into the Crown Prince's pocket. Thinking of this, the subordinates felt less panic in their hearts and more worried about their own family. Your Highness's "compassion."
But the Sixth Prince didn't think so. He asked a doctor to arrange for him to enter the palace, not to make that person wake up, but to make that person never wake up.
Let him do the things that his father and mother couldn't bear to do.
Since his fifth brother likes to guard the Yangxin Hall so much, let him guard it well, guard that person, and then watch with his own eyes the flame of his hope extinguished little by little.
“Arrange this matter in secret and don’t let anyone know about it.”
"I have no intention of quarreling with Fifth Brother."
The Sixth Prince warned, his expression softened a lot, his face was uncontested, and he was "calm" in doing good deeds without leaving any name behind. He has been like this a lot. Years later, as long as he persists a little longer, he is about to usher in his dawn.
“Just remember this.”
“Some things are ours and others cannot take them away.”
“But some things are not ours, we want Not coming.”
"Do your duty well and don't ask about the future."
After the sixth prince said this, he turned and left, leaving only one subordinate who was shocked by him.
The Sixth Prince has thoroughly learned Cui Xiu's trick of hiding one's strength and biding one's time, but he is different from Cui Xiu. He has a few more things than Cui Xiu, and those things are what make him better than his master. prove.
In the undercurrent of Kyoto, everything and everyone is fermenting. All forces are waiting for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a comeback. The emperor is seriously ill, the prince is waiting for the opportunity, and the important ministers are waiting for the opportunity. Stationed at the border, the imperial concubine was nowhere to be found.
This is going to be chaotic.
And whoever can grasp this situation will be the successor of this world, the new generation of monarchs and emperors.
The beacon fire on the border is rising again, and the test belonging to Li Qun and Cui Xiu is coming as scheduled. The two of them fight side by side, and they are sure to be invincible.
Li Qun and thousands of soldiers in the previous life were buried on the battlefield, with no bones left.
In this life, Li Qun will not make the same mistakes again. What awaits him is a grand and unforgettable surprise.
He was able to win battles in the past, and he will be invincible and return victorious in the future.