After arriving at Yizhou and seeing the torture suffered by the people, Ximen Yourong could only think about saving people.
Therefore, she had no extra thoughts to focus on herself, so much so that she even forgot that her coming to Yizhou was a plan of "knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and prefer to travel to the tiger mountains".
Thinking of the malicious intention of those people to involve her in the situation from the beginning, Ximen Yourong frowned and she said coldly and angrily:
"Those people want to plot to frame me and come after me. But how could they think of taking people's lives to cause trouble!?"
As a doctor, Ximen Yourong could not bear to see the people suffering from poison. As the mother of the country, she could not tolerate evil people harming innocent people like this!
Seeing the usually calm and peaceful Ximen Yourong showing anger, Dongling Yuanyong held her hand and whispered:
"Actually, I thought that the Yizhou incident was someone targeting you at first, but now, I'm afraid it's targeting me. At least it should be aimed at me at first."
"Aimed at you? But...why?" Ximen Yourong felt vaguely complicated.
"Yes, why? Because of the emperor's sister-in-law's birth, it is very possible that some people do not want to admit that Ximen's daughter has become the mother of a country and want to harm the emperor's sister-in-law. But the emperor's brother is the legitimate successor to the throne, and he has succeeded to the throne.
He has won the hearts of the people and impressed all the officials, so how could anyone want to target the emperor's brother? Even if there were, those people should have been sleeping underground forever, and they wouldn't be able to hinder anything at all."
Dongling Yuanhao's doubts were probably what most people thought the same way, but Dongling Yuanyong had to think differently. He didn't answer anything directly, but just gave instructions:
"Yuan Hao, when the matter in Yizhou comes to an end, you can go back to the imperial city first and pay a visit to Yuan Xi!"
"Second Emperor Brother...?" Dongling Yuanhao was aroused subconsciously: "Brother Emperor, are you suspicious...?"
"I hope my decision to choose bloodline was worth it!"
"But the Second Emperor Brother is very peaceful..."
"I was very "peaceful" during the fifteen years I was exiled to the frontier."
There is actually no evidence for Dongling Yuanyong's suspicion, but with such disasters happening, he had to take all possibilities into consideration.
He didn't want anyone to have another chance to cause such a vicious disaster. He had to find the source and cut off the root of the disaster!
The reason why he thought of Dongling Yuanxi was because he also unconsciously thought that he had gritted his teeth and endured the humiliation for fifteen years.
At that time, his living conditions were a thousand times worse than Dongling Yuanxi's. At least compared to him, as long as Dongling Yuanxi was really peaceful, he would never kill him, and he didn't even send anyone to monitor him.
His every move.
Perhaps it was because his kindness in not monitoring him gave Dongling Yuanxi more freedom.
As long as Dongling Yuanxi is willing, he can use the freedom he gives him to plan unknown things.
After all, who would have thought that the useless prince could only spend the rest of his life guarding the ancestral mausoleum and what else he could do!
Dongling Yuanyong mentioned the fifteen years he spent in the frontier, and Dongling Yuanhao suddenly lost his intention to refute.
Indeed, Dongling Yuanyong was able to endure fifteen years of waiting for a chance to counterattack despite the murderous intent. So it is not impossible for Dongling Yuanxi to plot something even though his life was not in danger!
But this suspicion made Dongling Yuanhao feel heavy in his heart. He looked at Dongling Yuanyong and said:
"Assuming that the second emperor brother is the mastermind behind all this disaster, is he coming after you, the emperor brother, or the emperor's wife, or are you both his targets? But there are two groups of people among them.
They colluded together, if the two emperor brothers are one, then who is the other group of people?"
"Since there is a fox, its tail will eventually be exposed..."
Dongling Yuanyong's eyes were extremely cold for a moment. When he looked at Ximen Yourong again, he joked naturally:
"Rong'er, during this period of time, I have to force you to live a life of "never leaving the front door, never taking a second step" with me here. I hope you won't feel bored."
"As long as Your Majesty doesn't stick to me too much, I'm happy to be locked up in a room without seeing anyone." Ximen Yourong smiled softly back at him.
"You are the only one in this room. If I don't stick to you, who else can you stick to?"
Although she was dissatisfied with Ximen Yourong because he disliked him for being too clingy to her and had a dark face, Dongling Yuanyong was even more protective of her when he held her hand!
No matter whether Ximen Yourong really dislikes him for being too clingy to her, or it's just her joke, he will never change his intention to just keep his eyes on her!
Ximen Yourong looked into his domineering yet tender eyes, and she smiled lightly.
In fact, she didn't dislike his clinginess at all. If she could completely monopolize his body and mind like this, how could she not be happy?
The love between lovers was so intense that they forgot all about it. Everyone else and everything else seemed to have disappeared, and they could only see each other in their eyes.
Dongling Yuanhao, who was forgotten by them again, complained sadly:
"Here we go again, one day at a time, being ignored one after another. I never knew that my sense of existence was so light as a feather..." After he lamented, he felt even more "lonely", so he looked helplessly at the other person who was also being ignored.
The forgotten man asked:
"Eunuch Cao, are you feeling as sad as I am about being ignored at this moment?"
Eunuch Cao smiled calmly: "This old slave has long been accustomed to it. If Prince Hao suffers it twice more, he will be as normal as this old slave."
When he was in the palace, Eunuch Cao felt that the emperor and empress were so affectionate that they didn't know what to say.
Especially when he saw Dongling Yuanyong's unabashed clinginess towards Ximen Yourong, Eunuch Cao felt that his understanding of Dongling Yuanyong was being overturned three to five times a day!
However, often at such times, Eunuch Cao would automatically and consciously lead all the palace people to avoid it, leaving space for the emperor and empress to indulge in their love!
However, Eunuch Cao thought that Dongling Yuanyong's clinging to Ximen Yourong in the palace was as far as he could see.
Who would have thought that Dongling Yuanyong's current obsession with Ximen Yourong is at its peak.
The space of a room is only so big, and you can see everything at a glance. In addition, Dongling Yuanyong does not allow anyone to disturb, so except for the occasional meeting with people when necessary to discuss matters, at other times there are only the emperor and empress in the room.
There is a lot of time to be alone.
But Dongling Yuanyong didn't feel that this was enough. Therefore, even if Ximen Yourong only took one step, his eyes would follow her. If she took two more steps, he would definitely follow her. If she was sleepy,
Either lying on the bed or lying in his arms and sleeping peacefully... In short, Dongling Yuanyong has reached the point where it is difficult to leave his beloved wife. It is no wonder that Ximen Yourong is a little disgusted!
Although Dongling Yuanhao didn't really feel any grievance, he hadn't finished speaking yet, so he couldn't leave. He just stayed and looked at the lingering eyes of the two people, and he didn't respond.
So, risking his life, he leaned forward and moved his hand up and down between the two intertwined eyes, until he "cut off" the selfless connection between the emperor and the empress.
Naturally, Dongling Yuanhao also received a glare with a knife in his eyes. He was afraid of returning, but he also said quickly:
"Brother, please calm down. In order not to disturb the love between you and the emperor's sister-in-law too much, I have only one thing left to do. After that, I will leave automatically, okay?"
"Then say it quickly!" Dongling Yuanyong's tone was not very friendly, and the implication was: disappear as soon as you finish speaking!
How could Dongling Yuanhao, who had sharp eyesight, not understand the implication of that tone? In order to make his life easier, he said straightforwardly:
"I've thought about it, and among the people who are capable of causing trouble, but who are least likely to see the emperor's sister-in-law being kind to her, there is actually another person. That person may be the so-called other group of people."
"Who is it?" Dongling Yuanyong asked unhurriedly.
"Who else could it be? Of course it's Concubine You!"
If even Dongling Yuanxi is on their list of suspects, then isn't You Kouyi even more worthy of suspicion?
If there is anyone who most hopes that something will happen to Ximen Yourong or even die, You Kouyi is the one who has the most motivation. What’s more, it’s not like she hasn’t made trouble before!
When Dongling Yuanyong heard that You Kouyi was mentioned, he was not surprised at all. Instead, he explained logically:
"Send someone to investigate secretly to see if she knows her mistakes and can correct them as she appears!"
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now."
With Dongling Yuanyong's instructions, Dongling Yuanhao is not afraid of exceeding his authority and targeting You Kouyi.
"Also, is "Yimen" still active in the world?"
"Yimen?" Dongling Yuanhao paused in his thoughts, and then raised his eyebrows: "Since the last time Concubine You's plan to rent the shadow of "Yimen" failed, "Yimen" seemed to have no movement and seemed to disappear.
It's the same as being in the arena. I wonder if they are worried that we will kill them all, so they don't dare to act in a high-profile manner."
"Re-investigate thoroughly the relationship between "Yimen" and You Kouyi." The expression on Dongling Yuanyong's face became obviously cold.
"Does the Emperor think that Concubine You has a close relationship with "Yimen"?"
"Don't you think it's strange that a martial arts sect that collects money to do things would hide away and dare not move again because the transaction with You Kouyi failed?"
If so many things hadn't happened, Dongling Yuanyong would never have thought of "Yimen" again. However, since he suspected that he was in love with You Kouyi, "Yimen" would naturally come into his sight again.
"It's indeed a bit abnormal. With Yimen's ability to disguise and detect information, they should know that we don't bother to kill them. They don't have to worry if they want to continue doing business in the world, but they choose to remain silent. Why?
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Dongling Yuanhao only felt that things were not connected to each other, but when he thought about it, it was not only connected to each other, but there was also a possibility of another terrible storm behind it.
In fact, everything seemed still in the dark, but Dongling Yuanyong already had a well-thought-out direction in his mind. He said calmly:
"Silence is a better disguise."
When Dongling Yuanhao heard this, he had no doubts, but then he said:
"During the initial investigation, we didn't find out who the owner of the "Yi Clan" was. Now it's probably even harder to find out their details."
"The harder it is to check, the more worth checking it proves!"
Dongling Yuanyong's eyes were cold, and the word "difficult" might hide the answer he wanted.
Thinking about it carefully, compared with now, he wanted to check "Yi Gate" at the beginning just to give You Kouyi a clear warning. As for "Yi Gate" itself, he didn't catch his eyes at all, so he didn't care about it.
Who is the owner of "Yimen"!
However, "Yi Men" caught his attention again, and he realized that he had underestimated the existence of "Yi Men", or it should be said that he had underestimated the true relationship between "Yi Men" and You Kouyi.
If You Kouyi spent money to rent the shadow caster of "Yi Men" for her to use, that means that You Kouyi has met the owner of "Yi Men", they are even acquaintances, and this is exactly who he is.