Chapter 104 The Righteous Lord Luo Daohan Returns to Beijing
However, he was just thinking about it.
After all, he was a patient in her eyes, and he was still waiting for her pity.
Luo Jiuli felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him. He raised his head and deliberately ignored his burning gaze.
"Don't you, Your Majesty, have something to say to me?"
Xiao Mingxuan still had stern eyes and a soft tone.
"From now on, except when I call myself the king in front of others, I will change my title when you and I are alone."
"And some of the women you just mentioned?"
"Besides you, this king has no other women?"
"Including the maids in this palace, I never like them to serve me closely. They only stay here to clean and serve tea. Don't get me wrong."
His other identity is a secret.
He cannot allow any outsider to know the secret until it is revealed.
Otherwise, he would not have taken the risk and planned a scheme to get assassinated and poisoned this time.
Fortunately, he has rarely returned to Beijing in the past two years or so.
No matter how many spies in the mansion were discovered, none of them would be alive. In his understanding, only the dead could keep secrets.
Luo Jiuli didn't expect him to be honest, and he was speechless for a moment.
There was nothing wrong with her, but she was making trouble unreasonably.
But she couldn't say that she was jealous of the rumors that Hu Bingyu was spreading outside, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to ask or not?"
"You ask."
Xiao Mingxuan actually had doubts about whether some of the women she mentioned were Hu Bingyu from Da Sima Mansion.
After all, it was not that he had never heard of the rumors in the capital before, but he had always thought that rumors only existed among the wise. Naturally, he did not take them seriously, nor did he think of going out to clarify anything.
Besides, last time at Tianxiang Tower, he ordered Hu Bingyu to be slapped. With such an obvious humiliation, he thought Hu Bingyu would retreat.
However, he had mispredicted Hu Bingyu's shamelessness and the question Luo Jiuli wanted to ask.
"Who is the person who assassinated the prince? Does the prince have any clues in his heart?"
Xiao Mingxuan paused for a moment, then looked calmly and glanced out the window erratically.
"There are many people in this world who want me dead. For a while, I can't tell who sent the assassin this time. I will investigate slowly when I feel better."
Luo Jiuli was noncommittal.
"Then, those assassins were all executed?"
Xiao Mingxuan nodded and shook his head:
"All the assassins who participated in the assassination, except one who escaped, were all executed."
"As for whether the Royal Forest Army caught that person, that's unknown?"
Luo Jiuli was a little nervous.
"One of them actually escaped? Isn't the prince in danger? Will that person return to the capital and assassinate the prince?"
Xiao Mingxuan smiled and shook his head.
"No, don't worry."
In fact, wherever there are people fleeing, it is just an illusion to the outside world.
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At this time, in the Duke of Yi's mansion, the Duke's wife thought that she had heard wrongly, or that she was thinking about something day and night, and she heard a voice that sounded very much like the Duke of Guo.
"Mother Xu, did I hear wrongly? Why did I hear the Duke's voice outside the hospital?"
Aunt Xu was startled.
"Madam, this slave also sounds like the voice of a Duke."
The master and servant looked at each other nervously.
"Quick, help me out and take a look."
"yes."
Aunt Xu supported the Duke's wife and quickly walked out of the house.
As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I saw three tall figures passing through the Moon Gate at the entrance of the courtyard one after another.
"It's Master."
"And the eldest son, the eldest son is back too?"
Nanny Xu excitedly supported the Duke's wife and walked forward.
"lady."
A tall and straight man with black hair mixed with a few strands of white hair quickly came forward.
This man is none other than Lord Luo Daohan of Yiguo.
The couple reunited after a long absence, and each other's eyes were filled with concern for the other.
"Are I just dreaming? You and your son have returned to Beijing? Is this an imperial edict from the emperor?"
The Duke's wife held her husband's arm and looked at the tall eldest son in front of her.
"Child, please give your mother greetings."
Luo Yuanliang lifted his robe and knelt on one knee.
"Get up, get up, let mother take a good look at her. I haven't seen her for half a year. My child is dark but also strong."
Luo Yuanliang's facial features are clear and clear, his smooth wheat-colored face exudes sharp edges and coldness, his deep black eyes, thick eyebrows, and high nose exudes resoluteness and composure, much like his father.
Behind him, Luo Yuanjia crossed his arms.
"As soon as the eldest brother comes back, I, the youngest son, fall out of favor."
The Duke's wife held her husband's hand with one hand and her eldest son's hand with the other, and looked at her beloved son with a smile on her face:
"How old are you, and you still compete for favor?"
Luo Yuanliang has a deep relationship with his younger brother, so naturally he doesn't care about his younger brother's jealous words.
"Mom, how have you been in health these past six months?"
"Okay, how are you?"
The Duke's wife patted her eldest son's hand.
"Come in, let's all come in and talk."
"Mother Xu, go and tell the kitchen that all the meals tonight will be cooked to the liking of the master and the eldest son."
"yes."
Aunt Xu was also very happy and went to the kitchen with a smile on her face.
The family entered the house happily.
"Why did my husband come back to Beijing? But there was an imperial edict from the emperor? Why didn't the palace hear anything about it?"
The Duke's wife was a little puzzled.
The Duke was sitting on his seat, and a maid served him tea.
"I heard that it was a trick from the Ninth Prince, asking Yuanliang and I to go back to Beijing for the festival, and then return to Liyang after the festival."
"Ninth Prince?"
The Duke's wife was a little surprised.
On the side, Luo Yuanliang also nodded and said:
"Mom, it is indeed the fault of the Ninth Prince."
The Duke's wife had no choice but to believe it this time. She raised her head and looked at her little son.
Luo Yuanjia also looked confused.
"What's wrong?"
The Duke's wife knows that there are some things that cannot be hidden. If she doesn't talk about it tonight, if she opens the door tomorrow, there will always be rumors on the street.
So he thought about it and told them about the reconciliation between his youngest daughter Luo Jiuli and King Zhao.
She also automatically concealed what happened to her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony when King Zhao attacked her.
"What? Is what mother said true? How could King Zhao treat Jiu'er so harshly? He almost killed two of Jiu'er because of a cheap concubine?"
"At first, her father, mother, and the whole family were not happy about her marrying Prince Zhao, but that stinky girl had to marry Prince Zhao. She suffered such abuse, and she didn't even say a word to her family."
Luo Yuanliang had been tempered in the army for many years and had a calm temperament. But when he heard that King Zhao had abused his most beloved little sister and his little nephew who would not be born to see the world in the future, his eyes turned red and he felt angry.
And rise.
On the contrary, it was the Duke of Guo who was sitting on the chair with a calm and serious expression, his fists clenched tightly, and his eyes were slightly red.