"I know, but if I'm forced to do it willingly, I'd rather die. It's better for the Emperor to keep an eye on him." As his imperial guard, Xiao Feng knew some things that Xiurong hadn't completely kept from him, such as his wariness of Xiyang.
"You have this heart, it's naturally good, but as the only son of the Dingguo Marquis, even if you are a lonely king without any tricks, he will definitely find an opportunity to transfer you out of the Wangfu again." Xurong sat with an empty guarantee.
Xiao Feng silently blinked his eyes, "If you really have this intention, why not directly issue an imperial edict to prohibit Xuyang from making decisions on his own? Isn't that simple enough? Do you need to be so hypocritical and only say things that cater to the thoughts of others?" However, he had to add one more sentence, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xu Rong saw that Xiao Feng was a bit tired, so he didn't bother him again. However, in his heart, he was very happy. He hadn't mentioned it himself, but Xiao Feng had foolishly expressed his own wishes and willingly became his informant. It was all thanks to Xiao Feng's straightforward nature.
As for hiding the truth from Dingguo, he didn't plan to do so. He knew that this old minister must be informed, but it was another consideration as to who would say it out loud.
Xiao Feng hooked his lips coldly after Xū Róng left. In the past, he was indeed calculated by this prince once. If it weren't for Xū Yáng, he would still be foolishly following behind this person, and might have even lost his life.
"Not bad." A gentle breeze lifted his curtain, and immediately a figure fell in front of the table where Xiang Rong had just sat.
"Prince Wang, where have you been? You look like you've been through a storm!" Xiao Feng exclaimed, staring at Xuyang's disheveled clothes.
"What do you think?" He deliberately pulled his collar.
Xiao Feng closed his eyes, too lazy to look at such a sunny day.
Xu Yang Lang's voice was loud and clear as he smiled, "How was your conversation with him?"
"Hypocrisy and scheming are exhausting just to listen to." Xiao Feng replied lightly.
"I'm not asking you about your feelings, don't misinterpret my meaning." Xū Yáng gave him a slanted glance. When he left the palace, the timing was just right, and Xū Róng also lifted his jade fan, preparing to leave.
A faint smile spread across Xiao Feng's face, like a gentle breeze caressing his skin. The words that came out of his mouth were utterly at odds with the expression on his face. "Of course I agreed, after all these years of being by his side, my nature isn't something to be trifled with."
After a while, Xiao Feng spoke again, his eyes filled with seriousness, "This time, I'll be keeping a close eye on you. This subtle move isn't easy to do."
"Hmph, not easy to do. How did you manage to have such a smooth sailing back then?" A cold hum, Xuyang didn't speak up, and this voice was very deep, only Dingguo Hou could say something like that in the manor.
"Father." Xiao Feng helplessly called out, the matter from back then would probably become a permanent scar in his father's heart. "Even heroes don't bring up their past bravery, and I'm not even considered a hero, so please don't hold it against me for being young and ignorant."
"You're still so inexperienced, look at Wang Lian, he learned to endure humiliation back then. You were also known as one of the three young masters of the capital, how can you be so stupid?" Duke Dingguo spoke without leaving any room for tact.
Xiao Feng secretly rolled her eyes and said, "If it weren't for you forcing me back then, would I have been so foolish?"
"Hmm, you're still not convinced?" Duke Ding puffed out his chest and glared.
"Lord Hou, if it weren't for Xiao Feng's mistake, we wouldn't have had such a smooth ride all these years." The lady of the Dingguo Duke Manor was actually a close friend of his mother's back in the day, but no one knew about this. Before she passed away, his mother told him about the situation with the Dingguo Duke Manor and said that if things really came to a point where they couldn't be helped, the Dingguo Duke would be a good ally.
Xu Rong, as the crown prince, was not in a crisis at all, but rather on the tip of the storm. When Xiao Feng served as his guard, there was once a critical moment when he used him as a shield to deflect arrows and made a move to switch places with him.
He directly deceived Xiao Feng and went away. If it weren't for Xuyang's help back then, Xiao Feng would have died on the spot. Duke Dingguo would have flown into a rage and said that this was killing two birds with one stone, forcing those who persecuted him to kill Duke Dingguo's only son, provoking Duke Dingguo to anger and causing them to turn against each other, allowing him to reap the benefits of their conflict.
"Hmph, it seems you still have some use. " Duke Dingguo's words made Xi Yang slightly embarrassed, not to mention Xiao Feng. [Super good] Seeing the two of them looking embarrassed, Duke Dingguo was in a good mood, "When do you plan to take him to the Wangfu?" He raised his chin and pointed at Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng's heart skipped a beat, how did he feel like a pet, and was led away? Old man, I am your biological son.
"In two more days, you will re-enter the palace to bid farewell to the Emperor. I, the King, will take advantage of this opportunity to abduct you in front of him. At that time, your expression of unwillingness to yield must be convincing, so as to make that suspicious Emperor trust me even more." Xuyang had already made up his mind.
"That's great." Xiao Feng and Ding Guo nodded in agreement.
"You about Yūhi..." Jingoku had heard some things from Shōfū beforehand, so he was mentally prepared. Otherwise, if something big were to happen that day and he tried to explain it afterwards, it would be too late.
His eyes deepened as he stood up and said firmly, "She is my queen."
That feeling, he didn't want to escape from it, was just right.
Ding Guo Hou didn't expect that Xi Yang's aura would be so sharp at this moment, and he was stunned for a while before asking, "What about her?" It was just a simple question, but it made Xi Yang's aura dissipate. Chu Lian Ruo wasn't indifferent to him, he could feel it, but he always felt that this woman was suppressing herself too deeply.
His ambiguous attitude made him uncertain in his heart.
"The entanglement between men and women always leads to trouble, but I have met this woman, Xi Fei, once before. There must be something deeply hidden in her heart. Although she may be a perfect help, after the big thing is done, where will she go? The prince cannot decide." Ding Guo Hou had seen her at a palace banquet once, and it had to be said that his eyes were very discerning.
"It doesn't matter, there's still plenty of time, her heart will move for me, and her body will stay for me." Xū Yáng smiled very gently.
He had set his sights on Chu Lian Ruo, and no matter what happened, he would keep her by his side, as long as he could hold onto her heart.
"Since Master Wang has made up his mind, it's getting late, would you like to have dinner here or return to your Fengwang Fu?"
"It's fine if we eat here, anyway the master of the Wind House is ill and as long as the food is sent over, the people he left behind won't be suspicious." Xū Yáng raised his eyes slightly.
It is said that the emperor's suspicion was very heavy, and each of the senior ministers' mansions had people spying on them. However, it must be said that those who could become senior ministers, or those with some thoughts, would not really allow themselves to be monitored without restraint, otherwise there would not have been cases of prime ministers rebelling against the emperor.
Ding Guo Hou, after all, is also a person who has been born and raised, how can he possibly allow the emperor to control his mansion without making a sound? The people left behind are all those who have been carefully selected and intentionally left behind, after all, they want to make the emperor feel at ease.
This is also considered as their subjects doing their duty.
That night, Xū Róng returned to the palace with a good mood and fulfilled her promise. She went directly to Shù Fēi's palace. It is said that Yù Guì Fēi's palace was lit up all night, while Yè Yán Gōng slept when she should sleep and ate when she should eat, without any movement.
The next day, Xū Róng surprisingly didn't go to attend the morning court session.
Chu Lian sneered coldly upon hearing Qing's report, that Empress Shu was not a good person. On that day in the pavilion by the Bi Tang, she had actually used her charm on herself. Fortunately, Chu Lian had learned some things from following Madam You earlier and had also heard about the subtleties of this technique from Lady Lan. Moreover, since she had personally taken medicine before, she naturally knew all about the twists and turns involved.
When Shu Fei approached her, that unusual fragrance, coupled with the intentional and unintentional hints in their conversation later on, unfortunately, Chu Lian Ruo was not Qin Chao Xi from back then.
There are some things she is no longer afraid of now and will never be played with in the applause.
Unfortunately, there was no news about the Shu Fei from Xuyang's side for a long time, and it is not known whether her identity was too simple or too complicated.
The charm technique, paired with a specific medicine, probably needs to be applied in her room again.
Your kindness will be repaid, it's just a matter of time.
It's just a green gauze... I thought Shi Yu Yin and Shu Fei would use the green gauze to divide her favor, but because of one sentence from me, Xuyang really went to Shu Fei's palace, and Shu Fei even directly used her tricks, she still miscalculated.
"Let's go for a walk in Yu Guifei's palace." She took the orchid in her hand, broke off a bunch, and brought it close to her nose to smell.
A long skirt covered her body, a light gauze slightly fluttering, and in the three sways of her steps, Chu Lian seemed to have left the Xiyuan Palace.
But coincidentally, she had just walked out of the palace gate when Shi Yu Yin was surrounded and walked over. "Yu Guifei, what a coincidence, are you planning to come to my palace for a visit or just passing by?"
"Nature is here to chat with you, there are some things that need to be asked of you." Shi Yuyin also didn't beat around the bush with Chu Lian.
Chu Lian Ruo didn't know that originally, this palace only had her alone, almost exclusively favored, and Xu Rong occasionally stayed with others, but it was a minority. Later, there was Yuan Meng Die, and then Chu Lian Ruo, she was even more framed and sent to the Cold Palace. Finally, Yuan Meng Die was executed, and she successfully came out of the Cold Palace.
I thought that relying on the feelings of many years ago, it should be possible to make Xiurong feel some pity, but if I hadn't gone to let her hand over the evidence of the prime minister's crime to Xiurong, perhaps she could only slowly grow old in the palace, and also couldn't wait for Xiurong to remember her.
Later on, she regained favor, but at this time, a green Luo appeared.
Lv Luo wouldn't have thought much of it, and she even wanted to use Lv Luo as her own gun. But who would have thought that the Shu Fei, who was discussing with her yesterday about how to get Lv Luo out of the Shoukang Palace, let Xu Rong not attend the early court session for her sake today.
Even Yūhi didn't have this experience.
So she was anxious, and no one knew better than her that once someone in the harem was forgotten, they would fall into a place from which there was no return. At this moment, even if she hated Chu Lian to death, it wasn't as important as the current situation.
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