The prince's death was not a big shock. After all, the prince had been ill for many years, and his energy consumption to this day is surprising enough.

"If I hadn't been protected by King Xuan, I would have died that year."

"Wait a minute, now the King of Wei has died in Yizhou, the prince has also died of illness, and King Xuan has also returned to the capital from his fiefdom..."

The ministers discussed privately, and then gradually felt that something might happen in Beijing.

And those smart and ambitious people are already discussing who will win the crown prince position in the future.

"Is there any choice left? Among the young and powerful princes, the only one is Prince Xuan!"

"Not necessarily, isn't there a seventh prince?"

"The Seventh Prince is still young..."

"Being young is sometimes a good thing."

For a moment, the thoughts of all the ministers became vivid.

Fortunately, He Songning accepted the imperial edict to go to Xuanzhou to deal with the snow disaster.

The death of the prince changed the fate of the family for others.

For He Songning, it was more than just a thorn, it was simply a knife that stabbed straight into his chest.

After the court meeting, he did not leave the palace immediately.

Now that the bone steaming disease was completely gone, Emperor Liang De allowed him to come and go freely again.

It's probably considered an honor.

He Songning stiffly twitched the corners of his mouth and walked straight towards Xue Qingyin's current residence.

Of course Xue Qingyin does not live with the fourth princess, the fourth princess is just a name.

She is in Penglai Hall.

Penglai Hall is next to Zichen Hall, which is the place where daily affairs are discussed, and next to it is the emperor's bedroom.

The auxiliary hall and the main hall formed a circle in this way, which could be regarded as firmly encircling Xue Qingyin here.

As He Songning walked inside, he couldn't help but think that the emperor's love for Xue Qingyin was really beyond people's expectations.

"Mr. Xue." The palace man stepped forward and stopped him.

He Songning asked: "Is it Qingyin who refuses to see me?"

The palace man hesitated and said, "Your Majesty is among them."

He Songning was stunned for a moment. If he hadn't seen the emperor clearly before and knew that he was truly passionate about King Xuan's biological mother, otherwise he wouldn't have troubled King Xuan by raising tigers to this day... He would have doubted whether the emperor had any other thoughts about Xue Qingyin.

.

"Then I'll wait outside." He Songning said.

And inside the gate of this wing.

Xue Qingyin just sat up. Emperor Liang Dedi stuffed a pillow behind her waist and said, "This will make her more comfortable."

Xue Qingyin leaned against the pillow, raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, do you even know this?"

Emperor Liang De was silent for a moment and said: "I have taken care of King Xuan's mother."

Xue Qingyin stopped answering for a moment.

Emperor Liang De also knew that this was not a good thing for her to say, so he turned to talk about the prince's death.

"Oh, are you dead now?" Xue Qingyin curled her lips.

"Listen, what's your tone? That's the prince after all. What will it look like if others listen to it?" Emperor Liang De scolded her.

Xue Qingyin said: "I don't like him. Does anyone in the palace like him? It's a good time for him to die now. Don't you think so, Your Majesty?"

Xue Qingyin sighed: "If everyone could be more straightforward, wouldn't it be easier to live in this world?"

Emperor Liang De did not scold her, but remained silent for a moment, and then said: "I have the power of life and death in my hands, and the power to dominate the country, so I no longer have the right to speak out."

"Others will not think you are sincere because you are frank, they will only think you are easy to control."

"It is even written in the book: In order to be a general, you must first heal your heart. Mount Tai will collapse in front but the color will not change, and the elk will rise to the left but the eyes will not blink."

"As for the way to be a king, the way is invisible, so use it when you don't know the king; be quiet and have nothing to do, and use darkness to see flaws."

Emperor Liang De changed his voice and asked: "Can King Xuan be frank with you?"

Xue Qingyin paused deliberately, as if thinking about it.

Then she said, "I don't know."

Emperor Liang De smiled and said: "When you are here, you can't control everything. But I can allow you to be so frank in front of me."

This is what makes her so endearing.

She does not hide her desires, likes and dislikes, and does not deliberately show off to get what she wants.

Besides, she doesn't want much.

Xue Qingyin did not follow Emperor Liang De's words and only asked: "Your Majesty came to visit me just to inform me about the death of the prince?"

Emperor Liang De slowly wiped away the smile on his face: "The night before the prince died, King Xuan went to see him."

"so what?"

"Don't defend King Xuan?"

"Can anything I say really change His Majesty's mind? If Your Majesty believes in him, that means you believe in him. If you don't believe in him, it's useless for me to say ten thousand words."

"you really……"

"Is it getting boring?"

Emperor Liang De shook his head and asked straight to the point: "How many soldiers did you bring from Yizhou this time when you returned to Beijing?"

Xue Qingyin was surprised and said: "The document reported to Beijing at that time was very clear, so according to the order, I only led 200 personal guards..."

"Qingyin, you know what I'm asking. If it's just a few words on paper, why should I ask you?"

"Then your Majesty shouldn't ask me. Didn't your Majesty just say it before? The way to be a king is to be invisible, and it is used for the unknowable king; to be quiet and unoccupied, to see flaws in the dark... If King Xuan has great ambitions,

How can I see through his thoughts and plans?"

Emperor Liang De smiled: "You are trying to block me with my words, right?"

Xue Qingyin sighed: "I just... don't know how much others love me, and whether what I see is true."

Emperor Liang De seemed to be sympathetic and did not ask this question again.

He said: "I don't know what King Xuan has prepared. Yizhou is too far away..." He sighed softly: "I really shouldn't have allowed you to go to Yizhou in the first place."

"But Yizhou has to defend itself against foreign enemies, and it costs a lot of money to raise an army. Qiao Teng has been operating in Yizhou for many years and will definitely not be willing to give up power. There are also many bandits here... Isn't it just with this in mind that your Majesty nodded?

"Xue Qingyin asked lazily.

"Sure enough, you can see everything clearly." There was no look of surprise on Emperor Liang De's face.

He paused and said, "It seems that King Xuan also understands in his heart."

"But it's hard to say what King Xuan thinks."

"Um?"

"It's one thing to understand, but another thing to think about. Just like a person falling in love with another person without hesitation, even if the other person refuses to look back at him, he will not change the love in his heart.

." Xue Qingyin made a metaphor that was very easy to understand for Emperor Liang De.

Emperor Liang De's eyes flashed: "You mean, even though King Xuan understands, he still loves me as a father in his heart?"

Xue Qingyin said to him: "I don't know, I just said it casually."

Emperor Liang De laughed: "Look, you said you didn't know how to speak for King Xuan, how come you still can't hold it in?"

Xue Qingyin pulled a face and said nothing.

She thought to herself, if I really want to be so ruthless to King Xuan without asking a single question, you might still think that I am too ruthless to keep him.

Emperor Liang De raised his hand to pour himself a cup of tea and said: "The prince has been vomiting blood for the past six months..."

Xue Qingyin thought for a moment, oh, yes, it seems that since she went to see the prince after her wedding, the prince began to vomit blood.

"It's not easy to survive until today." Emperor Liang De said.

This statement means that he will not make a fuss about it and have anything to do with King Xuan.

Xue Qingyin was sure now.

Her words did have an effect... Compared with King Xuan, Emperor Liang De now wanted to see clearly whether He Songning was a human or a ghost.

If He Songning controls everything, kills people with a borrowed knife, and finally ascends to the throne... For a controlling emperor like Emperor Liang De, it would be a great shame and humiliation!

"It's getting late, it's time to pass on the meal." Emperor Liang De said, paused, and said, "Come here, pass on Concubine Dong Xian, and the Seventh Prince will accompany you."

Xue Qingyin was a little surprised.

Send them here?

Emperor Liang De looked at Xue Qingyin and asked, "You have helped Concubine Dong Xian, haven't you? The Seventh Prince also has a very good impression of you."

Xue Qingyin was startled. Is this... testing me?

No, that's not right.

The emperor's attitude these days has already been to show off his cards with her. There is no need for him to test her again.

Xue Qingyin suddenly realized...

This won't be...

Are you trying to consolidate her relationship with Concubine Dong Xian and the Seventh Prince?
Chapter completed!