When Xiahou Chunyan was the only one left in the room, his guard Ying Wu came forward and knelt down opposite him and asked:
"Your Highness, would you like to send someone to follow the princess? I'm worried about Prince Hao...!"
"Why, are you still afraid that Dongling Yuanhao will eat the princess?"
Xiahou Chunyan smiled lightly. The "princess" he and Yingwu talked about was naturally Xiahou Yiyun.
When he asked to come to Dachengguo in person to repair the relationship between the two countries, he originally would not have brought Xia Hou Yiyun with him, but Xia Hou Yiyun pestered him and insisted on coming.
Xiahou Yiyun and he were not born from the same mother. Compared with Xiahou Yiyun's mother, his biological mother was just a palace maid.
Moreover, his mother died when he was very young. It happened that Xiahou Yiyun's biological mother, Concubine Liu, had no son. She was favored and asked Emperor Xiahou to adopt him to her.
Therefore, the brother-sister relationship between him and Xia Hou Yiyun is more involved than other brothers and sisters.
However, at first, his identity did not change much because he recognized Concubine Liu as his mother. Those brothers who had a high-status mother secretly laughed at him for being just a lowly prince who changed his waistcoat!
Fortunately, Concubine Liu had no other children except Xia Houyiyun for many years. Therefore, she also treated him as her biological son.
It has to be said that Concubine Liu Guifei played a big role in his being able to squeeze into the position of prince among many princes!
However, he knew in his heart that Concubine Liu Guifei and him were more like mother and son, but actually "companions".
Concubine Liu Guifei has no son. No matter how favored she is, the final glory of the harem will not belong to her.
But if he becomes her support in the future, her honor will be protected!
This is the main reason why Concubine Liu is willing to raise him and even spare no effort to support him in becoming the crown prince.
Although it is ironic, one part true love and one part lust for power is the imperial family!
Xiahou Chunyan never expected that Concubine Liu would really treat him like his own son. Just using each other like this is a way of survival!
If there was anyone who made him feel true love when he was growing up, it was Xia Hou Yiyun!
I don't know what Xia Hou Yiyun likes about him. She has loved following him and calling him "brother, brother, brother, emperor" since she was a child. He is eight or nine years older than her, so whenever she softly asks him to hug her,
He never had the heart to refuse.
The habit of being intolerant to Xia Hou Yiyun has been going on for more than ten years, which is why when Xia Hou Yiyun pestered him to come to Dachengguo with him, he finally agreed to her.
However, Xia Hou Yiyun's temperament was not as docile as that of ordinary girls, and Emperor Xia Hou and Concubine Liu doted on her, so she always did some unusual things out of her imagination.
This time, she disguised herself as a man during the trip, but she didn't expect that by doing so, she might offend Dongling Yuanhao.
However, he thought that even if there was a conflict between Xia Hou Yiyun and Dongling Yuanhao, it would not be serious enough to damage the relationship between the two parties.
Moreover, Dongling Yuanhao looks as immature as a teenager, but in fact he does things steadily and in a measured manner.
Otherwise, with Dongling Yuanyong's rigorous style, how could he let Dongling Yuanhao take the position of commander-in-chief of the imperial city?
If he read correctly, Dongling Yuanhao was not as careless as he appeared from the outside, as if he had no formal appearance.
The more Dongling Yuanhao is inconspicuous, the more it proves that his talent has been deliberately concealed!
Moreover, he could feel that Dongling Yuanhao was an upright person, so he was not worried at all about what bad things would happen if Xia Houyiyun went out with him.
But Yingwu was not so optimistic. The worried look on his face made Xiahou Chunyan chuckle and say:
"Don't worry, even if Dongling Yuanhao is dissatisfied with Yiyun, he still has his own sense of proportion. What's more, Yiyun doesn't have the temperament to be bullied by others!"
When Xiahou Chunyan said this, Ying Wu thought it wouldn't be a big problem, so he changed the topic and asked again:
"Your Highness, I have something unclear and would like to ask Your Highness for advice."
"What's the matter?"
"Why did His Highness order the courier to be recovered and not let His Majesty know the news?"
What Yingwu was talking about was about Xiahou Chunyan being injured by an assassin. It turned out that Yingwu had already decided to send a messenger to deliver the letter back to Xiahou Kingdom while Xiahou Chunyan was in coma.
But after Xiahou Chunyan regained consciousness, he ordered the messenger to be withdrawn because he did not intend to alarm Emperor Xiahou himself!
Although Yingwu could not confirm who was behind the assassination, he now knew that it was almost certain that the assassin came from the Xiahou Kingdom.
Therefore, this is the best time to attack those who want to secretly murder Xiahou Chunyan.
But Xiahou Chunyan didn't strike while the iron was hot, so Ying Wu didn't understand why Xiahou Chunyan didn't take this opportunity to let Emperor Xiahou know that someone almost killed him.
As long as Emperor Xiahou knew that Xiahou Chunyan almost died at the hands of assassins, Emperor Xiahou would definitely investigate thoroughly. In that case, even if the mastermind behind the scenes could not be found, it would still be able to shake the mountain and shake the tiger.
Xiahou Chunyan understood Yingwu's doubts and what Yingwu was thinking about, but he had his own plans. He sneered faintly and asked:
"In your opinion, how many ministers in the DPRK are really willing to recognize me?"
Yingwu paused for a moment and replied: "Half of them are always there!"
"How many of the princes are willing to withdraw from the fight for the crown prince?"
"I'm afraid no one is willing...!"
Xiahou Chunyan won the battle for the title of crown prince, which was an outrage to other princes who were more likely and qualified to win the title of crown prince.
"Ha!" Xiahou Chunyan sneered: "It seems that there are many people among the courtiers who are siding with me, but that is because of the power of my mother-in-law's natal family. Therefore, those people chose Liu instead of me.
family. Therefore, my foundation in the court is still too weak. If I want to truly control the future imperial power of Xiahou Kingdom, then I must conquer more people on my own for my use. I can only have people who truly surrender to me.
The so-called imperial power is really in my hands!"
Yingwu understood Xiahou Chunyan's meaning literally, but he still asked in confusion:
"Since His Highness is thinking about it this way, the assassin's incident can be a big deal this time, so that His Majesty can use His Majesty's hand to eradicate the mastermind behind His Majesty's death. This will not only save us trouble, but also make His Majesty aware of the threat to His Majesty."
"If there is no better choice, the method you mentioned is naturally the first choice." Xiahou Chunyan's eyes burst with far-reaching plans!
"What does Your Highness mean...?" Yingwu didn't quite understand, but he guessed that Xiahou Chunyan had a plan!
"Let's take this opportunity to stay in Dachengguo for a little longer!"
Xiahou Chunyan smiled profoundly, but he did not continue to explain more to Yingwu.
Although Yingwu wanted to find out Xiahou Chunyan's plan, he saw that Xiahou Chunyan had no intention of telling him more details, so he stopped asking any more questions at the right time!
Because he knew that once Xiahou Chunyan had any plans, he would not rush to tell them all. Even if he was facing the person he trusted the most, he would not immediately reveal what was on his mind.
Because he is calm enough, others cannot easily see through what he is thinking. This is one of the most important reasons why he was able to defeat a group of princes and become the prince.
Yingwu's questions originally ended there, but he remembered that Emperor Xiahou had sent a letter earlier to urge them to return home, so he had to ask again:
"If Your Highness continues to stay in Dacheng, we will inevitably go against His Majesty's will to urge us to go back. Moreover, His Majesty will not let His Majesty know that you were assassinated and seriously injured. I'm afraid His Majesty will be dissatisfied then."
"I don't want my father to know that I was assassinated, but I can tell him that I am seriously ill and need to recover in Dacheng before I can return to the Xiahou Kingdom."
"This... why?"
Yingwu still didn't understand what Xiahou Chunyan wanted. Since he was trying to find a reason to stay in Dacheng, wouldn't it be more direct and powerful to directly inform Xiahou Emperor that he had been assassinated and seriously injured?
"If you don't understand, then don't understand. Just do as I tell you."
Xiahou Chunyan did not explain much directly. The plan he planned to implement was actually not a pre-existing arrangement!
To be precise, if the assassin hadn't come to kill him, he would have never thought about staying in Dacheng.
However, no one knew that it was not that he could not escape the assassin's shooting that day, but that he allowed the assassin to succeed...!
He also knew who the person who shot him was, the eldest son of the emperor of Xiahou Kingdom and the secret guard Xiahou Chunheng kept by his side, Jiamo!
In other words, the mastermind behind his assassination was Xiahou Chunheng!
Outsiders generally only know that Kama is the secret guard of the eldest son of the emperor, but Kama actually has a hidden identity, that is, the poisonous maniac! He is good at using poison invisibly. This is why he was poisoned by the "Camel Bell"
reason!
He already knew the hidden identity of Jiamo who was good at using poison when he was fighting for the position of prince.
The reason why he decided to pretend that he didn't know that the man behind his assassination was the eldest son of the emperor of Xiahou State was because even if he could take this opportunity to severely damage the power of the eldest emperor's son. However, the eldest son of the emperor was missing, as well as the second and third emperor's sons...
...For his father, he can severely punish one prince or two princes...but he will not take the life of his own son, at least he cannot kill every son who is fighting for power!
Without killing, the imperial power struggle in Xiahou Kingdom would not be peaceful. If there is no peace, sooner or later his father may question whether he is qualified to bear the weight of the "Prince"!
Considering this, Xiahou Chunyan could only think in the opposite direction. Instead of putting out all kinds of evidence in front of Emperor Xiahou to prove that his sons were killing each other, he might as well keep silent and not be the impatient person!
If he unreservedly submitted the evidence that the other princes wanted to murder him, no matter whether he counterattacked the other princes intentionally or unintentionally, in the eyes of Emperor Xiahou, he was also a person who wanted the lives of his brothers.
On the surface, his father may not seem to attach much importance to family affection, but that is just an appearance. Even if he is an emperor, he is still a father after all. Which father in the world is willing to watch his own flesh and blood kill each other?
Therefore, on this point, Xiahou Chunyan also wanted to take a gamble! He wanted to let Emperor Xiahou see his kind and loving side to his brothers!
As long as his father knew that he could not return to Xiahou Kingdom in time due to physical reasons, with his father's strategy and insight, it would not take long for his father to know that he was not able to return home because of illness, but because he was seriously injured by an assassin.
!
When the time comes, there is no need for him to open his mouth to conduct a thorough investigation, and his father will definitely express his opinion!
In this way, he can not only gain more recognition from his father, but also accumulate more reputation for generosity and kindness. What he wants is to gather the hearts of everyone and hold the supreme imperial power!