In the world of martial arts, no matter whether it is ordinary people or princes and nobles, as long as they can afford the price, the "Yenmen" can find out the answer that the bidder wants. If they cannot find it, they will not take any money!
However, the asking price of the "Yuanmen" is high, but there is nothing wrong with the transaction. What makes people criticize is the strange behavior of the "Yuanmen".
The methods they use to get information are often unknown and unnoticed, and it is said that many people have died at the hands of the "Enemies" because of this, but so far no one has come forward to accuse the "Enemies" of killing people!
However, everyone in the world only knows the name "Enemy Sect", but they don't know who the master behind "Enemy Sect" is!
However, Dongling Yuanyong wanted to investigate the "Jiumen" not because of the mystery of the "Jiumen" in the world, but because there were traces of the "Jiumen" in the palace!
A Jianghu sect is so arrogant and appears in the palace. It can be seen that the mystery behind the "Enemy Sect" is not ordinary!
The presence of traces of the "Enemy Sect" in the palace is not worthy of making Dongling Yuanyong angry. If the "Enemy Sect" was just bold enough to come to the palace to dig up some news, he would probably be done with it soon after getting rid of it.
The reason why he was asked to stand still and allow the "enemies" to run rampant in the palace was because he suspected that there might be the involvement of courtiers or royal relatives behind the "enemies".
However, at present, he has no conclusive evidence to prove who is related to the "Yuanmen", so he asked Dongling Yuanhao to investigate the situation of the "Yuanmen".
Dongling Yuanhao received the instruction, and he took the opportunity to ask Dongling Yuanyong to let him go out and operate incognito.
Considering that "The Enemy Sect" is a Jianghu sect, Dongling Yuanyong allowed him to hide his identity and contact the "Enemy Sect".
The day suddenly turned dark again. Eunuch Cao looked at the sky and walked in. He asked Dongling Yuanyong, who was still concentrating on reviewing the memorial:
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. Your Majesty, are you still going to spend the night at Lengyue Palace tonight?"
Dongling Yuanyong raised his head and looked at Eunuch Cao, and then realized that the candlelight had already been lit in the room. He put down the memorial in his hand, rubbed his tired eyes, and then gave instructions:
"Let's go to Lengyue Palace."
While speaking, he had already stood up to leave, but Eunuch Cao shouted:
"His Majesty……."
Dongling Yuanyong stopped and looked at Eunuch Cao. Eunuch Cao remonstrated without hesitation:
"Would it be more appropriate for Your Majesty to rest in Longtai Hall tonight?"
Dongling Yuanyong only glanced at Eunuch Cao, and then still gave instructions:
"Go to Lengyue Palace."
In fact, it's not that he doesn't understand what Eunuch Cao means. Ximen Yourong has become the target of public criticism in the court today.
Regardless of the reason why the courtiers suddenly unanimously targeted Ximen Yourong, this whole incident was undoubtedly a setback for Ximen Yourong.
Therefore, it was not without reason that Eunuch Cao advised him not to go to Lengyue Palace for the time being.
Under such circumstances, he still wanted to go to Lengyue Palace, which was undoubtedly a disguised form of ignoring the courtiers' advice, which would also make everyone more hostile to Ximen Yourong.
Dongling Yuanyong came to Lengyue Palace without anyone announcing it. When he appeared silently, Ximen Yourong was sitting in front of the fire with his nephew in his arms, playing playfully.
Under the candlelight, her gentle smile and gentle figure were easily injected into Dongling Yuanyong's eyes. The strange brilliance of her holding the child also made him imagine that if she was holding their child,
What would that be like? Will they all be happy...?
Perhaps because his eyes were too focused, Ximen Yourong quickly noticed his presence.
However, she was not panicked by his silent appearance, let alone surprised.
Ximen Yourong slowly put his nephew, who had already sat firmly, on the soft cushion aside and let him play with "Xue'er". Then she faced Dongling Yuan Yong and bowed as usual.
Dongling Yuanyong came forward and stretched out his hand in front of her. Ximen Yourong was already used to what his outstretched hand meant. She put her hand into his warm palm.
The touch of ice and heat between them has become accustomed to it. He doesn't think she is cold, she absorbs his warmth!
Dongling Yuanyong held her cold hand and took her back to sit by the fire, then looked at her and asked:
"Have you had your meal?"
"Um."
"Why didn't you wait for me?"
"I thought His Majesty wouldn't come today."
Ximen Yourong didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. She pulled her hand away from his hand seemingly naturally, but Dongling Yuanyong could feel that she was avoiding intimacy with him.
Ever since there was a vague intimacy between them, as long as he was with her, he would naturally be next to her and hold her hand more often than not.
He didn't know whether he did this because he liked to be close to her, or because he didn't like the coldness of her body, so he wanted to drive away the coldness in her.
She also seemed to like letting him hold her hand, and occasionally, he could even see her enjoying it.
Usually she took the initiative to pull her hand away from his, but like just now, it was the first time that she took her hand away before it was warmed by him.
Looking at her calm face, Dongling Yuanyong seemed not to care about her alienation, but he asked:
"Why do you think I won't come?"
Ximen Yourong poured tea without looking at him and said:
"Because, I thought Your Majesty would take pity on my situation!"
After Dongling Yuanyong was slightly silent:
"If I don't come, your situation will not change!"
Dongling Yuanyong was not surprised that she already knew what happened in the court today. He looked at her and said:
"Your position determines that your life will be difficult to live in peace."
"As long as Your Majesty is willing to show mercy, even if it is not peaceful, at least it will not be so "busy"."
Ximen Yourong's words made Dongling Yuanyong's face darken. He pulled her to face him with slight gravity and looked at him. His eyes as thick as ink looked at her deeply and asked:
"How do you want me to show mercy?"
Ximen Yourong couldn't answer immediately. Before he came, her mind was full of thoughts.
She expected him to ignore the courtiers' advice and come to her side as usual.
However, when he came, her heart became confused again. If he appeared simply for her, she would not be afraid of how others would slander him.
But, is his arrival pure? What if he is still using her as bait? What should she do to protect herself?
Because of his seemingly absent affection, she couldn't judge what choice her heart should make.
Looking into his dark eyes, she almost blurted out and asked him if he could protect her, but in the end she asked:
"What should I do so that Ruozun can stay with me?"
There are recent rumors in the palace that the fox she raises can capture souls, so Dongling Yuanyong stayed in the Lengyue Palace all night long.
She knew in her heart that these slanders were maliciously targeted at her, and she didn't care who spread the rumors.
What she cares about is, what will his attitude be when these slanders actually attack her?
Dongling Yuanyong knew that what she was most concerned about now was whether Ximen Ruozun would stay or go. He glanced at the child who was having fun with "Xue'er" and asked her:
"What if Ximen Ruozun has to leave your side?"
"Is this your Majesty's decision?" Ximen Yourong's heart began to feel cold.
"You should know that this is the unanimous advice of the courtiers!"
"Is this the advice of the courtiers...or is this the result that His Majesty is waiting for?"
If there is anyone in this world who least wants to see her taking her nephew with her, it must be him!
"What do you really want to say?" Dongling Yuanyong heard her vague suspicion.
Knowing that he might be angry, Ximen Yourong still chose to speak frankly:
"Since your wedding, Your Majesty has made everyone think that I am favored by Your Majesty. Even if everyone in the court today objects to Your Majesty favoring me, Your Majesty still wants to enter the Cold Moon Palace. I will not think that this is Your Majesty's favor.
You fell in love with me and went your own way...!"
"What do you think it is?"
Dongling Yuanyong became indifferent. She thought she understood him, but she didn't know that her self-righteousness also chilled his heart!
"Your Majesty deliberately neglected Concubine You, provoked Concubine You's jealousy towards me, and then stimulated her to use her family's power to secretly hurt me. This will not only give His Majesty the opportunity to see whether Concubine You can keep her peace, but also grasp the ambitions of the You family...
…Finally, you can let Ruozun leave my side. This is all His Majesty’s careful planning, right?”
Regardless of his secret closeness to her, his intention to keep her aunt and nephew alive for a long time from the beginning was deeply rooted in her heart. This was precisely the reason why she did not dare to expect that he would treat her wholeheartedly!
Dongling Yuanyong's face was sullen, looking at her eyes full of doubt and rejection, and he clenched his hands into fists to suppress the anger in his heart.
He would not deny that it was indeed his plan to use her to stir up Yu Kouyi's restless behavior.
However, her cold eyes that completely rejected his devotion to her made him uncontrollably angry.
Could it be that after this period of getting along, she couldn't feel that he was sincere at all? Is it possible that he was not worthy of her trust at all?
He wanted to refute her doubts, but after thinking about it, he chose to accept her accusation, and then said seriously:
"Concubine You knows the rules and is courteous. I haven't spent much time with Concubine You since my wedding. She has no complaints. It's even more nonsense to use the power of your family to hurt you. I hope you will stick to your duty and don't do anything to me."
Concubine You is making wild speculations!"
Ximen Yourong felt aggrieved for no reason when she heard that he suddenly changed his attitude to accuse her and defended You Kouyi, and that he had not called himself the superior "little man" for a long time, but the pride in his heart also made her cold.
Said:
"Whether it is nonsense or His Majesty has a plan. On the day of the wedding, your Majesty already knew why I was given sleeping pills and who gave them to me. If I were to be used by Your Majesty, I would sit on the Queen's throne.
The value on the "throne", then I don't need anything else, I can only concentrate on being a chess piece for His Majesty!"
"you……."
Dongling Yuanyong showed up in anger! She was no longer just a "chess piece" that he wanted to use. Couldn't she see it?
Ximen Yourong was not angry. The attack directed at her today made her understand that instead of placing the slightest hope on him, she might as well just seal her heart.
In this way, she can devote herself to protecting herself.
After making up her mind, she was not afraid of his angry face. Just like him, she said distantly:
"I don't ask for anything else. I just ask your majesty not to let Ruozun leave me. If your majesty is worried, I can let Ruozun give up his surname of Ximen and let him take his mother's surname. Ximen's surname will no longer have anything to do with Ruozun!"
In her opinion, compared to saving his life, the surname Ximen is meaningless to Ruozun. What is more important is that Ruozun can live a stable and peaceful life.