Walking out of the door of the imperial study, Prime Minister Zuo sighed, "I don't know that Xie Cheng's body will recover. I should tell him about such a big event."

   I just heard that Xie Xingyun had contracted a severe cold and closed the door to see no guests. Countless colleagues wanted to ask to see him, but they couldn't see him even if they went to the mansion every day. I'm afraid that if the majesty went down, they wouldn't be able to see him either.

   Prime Minister Zuo sighed deeply, "God bless Da Kui, let Xie Cheng recover soon."

  …

  Bai Jingyuan walked out of the imperial study room, and wanted to go straight back to the general's mansion, but met many former colleagues, many of whom were familiar faces.

  As my sister said, the list she gave him was full of high-ranking people, and in just a few years, he had already occupied a place in the capital.

   And they all looked at Bai Jingyuan with gratitude.

  Following the death of his father and his father's friends, the Bai family finally has new support in the court. If everything is peaceful, Jin Yan will not be as hard as he used to be when he wants to become an official in the future.

After a brief chat with a few people, Bai Jingyuan was about to leave but suddenly stopped. At this moment, a familiar face passed by on the Yuhua stone road. Wearing the jade pendant of the Dakui royal family, he was talking with the palace servants beside him.

  It is not uncommon to meet a prince in the palace. The real reason why Bai Jingyuan stopped was because of his appearance.

  He and Jin Yan look too much alike.

   No, rather than saying that he looks alike to Jin Yan, it is better to say that he looks a lot like their brothers. For a moment, he thought that Jin Yan had appeared here.

   "What is Master Bai looking at?" A colleague came up and looked at where Bai Jingyuan's gaze was with a smile.

  He fixed his eyes and said, "That's the Seventh Prince."

  Bai Jingyuan didn't know what he thought of, so he repeated, "Seventh Prince."

   Colleagues laughed and said: "Three years later, Mr. Bai may be a little unfamiliar to all the princes and princesses. No wonder, the seventh prince was still young when you left, and now that he has grown up, it is naturally different from before."

Another colleague came over, stroking his beard and chatting with a smile, "That's right, the seventh prince is the best-looking prince among all the princes, and he is also the one who looks the most like your majesty. Sometimes I look at the seventh prince and think that I have seen it." What about your Majesty when you were young?"

  More people came around, with a lot of papers piled up in their hands, all of them came to ask Emperor Wuxuan for instructions, but now Emperor Wuxuan and others are discussing matters in the imperial study, and they can only wait outside.

   "Old Xu, your mouth is still sloppy for decades. What do you mean when your majesty was young? Isn't your majesty young now? Your majesty is only in his thirties, and your sons are older than your majesty!"

  Something flashed in Bai Jingyuan's mind, but it was too fast, so fast that he couldn't catch it.

  Everyone laughed in unison.

  Amidst the loud laughter, what Bai Jingyuan thought of was that the Seventh Prince looks the most like Emperor Wu Xuan, does that mean...

  The young Emperor Wu Xuan looks a lot like their brothers?

  Only this seems to be nothing, but Bai Jingyuan has a vague feeling that there is something that they have been ignoring because of his intuition after years of being in the officialdom.

   Or, I never thought about that possibility at all!

  Bai Jingyuan gradually collected his thoughts, and murmured softly: "Impossible..."

  Although the mother's real identity is a mystery, when she met her father decades ago, she was indeed a lotus picking girl who had not left the court.

   Maybe it's just a coincidence?

   At the same time, Emperor Wu Xuan in the imperial study finally noticed the man kneeling all the time, he frowned, "What else do you want?"

   "Your Majesty..." He glanced at the guard next to him.

  Emperor Wu Xuan raised his head and said majesticly, "Back down."

"yes!"

  The guards and servants left one by one and closed the door.

"explain."

   "Yes!" The man took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, when I secretly inquired about her identity, I discovered that another force had intervened! It was a force other than Fengshadu and Shengmen!"

  Emperor Wu Xuan frowned immediately, when he heard Mo Linyuan's name just now, his face was not so ugly, "Which one?"

   "Although they were very cautious, I still found some clues...that is from the Bai family!" He said solemnly: "To be more precise, it is from the second son of the Bai family."

   "Bai Mohuai?" Emperor Wu Xuan said his name in one breath, his eyes flickering, "How could you have anything to do with him?"

   "I don't know. Although the second son of the Bai family has a lot of contacts, he may be asking for a friend. But this is a big matter, and I dare not hide anything, so I specifically asked to see your majesty!"

  Emperor Wu Xuan paced back and forth, his suppressed anger surged up again, and he kicked the man on the shoulder, "Waste thing! If you have to investigate for so long, you will find something ambiguous for me, get out!"

  The Bai family is also investigating?

   Could it be related to them?

  Thinking of this possibility, the hostility in Emperor Wu Xuan's eyes resurfaced.

  He checked every family in Kyoto, even the Xie family, except the Bai family.

  Three years ago, Bai Xianyu died, the Bai family fell apart, the general's mansion became empty, and all the slaves and servants were dismissed. Even if he wanted to investigate, he couldn't do anything. In addition, the Bai family was loyal to him, so he didn't doubt it.

  Could it be...they already knew at that time?

  Thinking of this, a murderous intent flashed across Emperor Wu Xuan's eyes. Anyone who knows this secret will die!

   Even the Bai family!

  It is best to misunderstand, if not for misunderstanding...

   "Your Majesty, forgive me! Give me a little more time, and I will definitely investigate clearly!"

  Emperor Wu Xuan was furious, "I don't want to say it a second time!"

   "..."

   When the empress dowager came, she heard the man's angry roar. She frowned and asked the little eunuch, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

   "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, the slave will not know."

   Not long after, a person covered in a black veil came out. He bowed to the Empress Dowager wearing a mask, and then left.

  Bai Jingyuan's gaze was attracted by him, and he finally said, "Who is that?"

  Hearing Bai Jingyuan speak, all court officials followed the prestige, and they reacted quickly and said, "Oh, that is Mr. Cai from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is now a celebrity in front of His Majesty."

  Bai Jingyuan frowned, "Why is the black veil covering your face?"

  Sneaky.

   "Master Bai doesn't know something. Mr. Cai has a special official position, so he needs to protect himself, otherwise..." The speaker smiled meaningfully, and the other adults also looked at each other and shook their heads.

"He was authorized by His Majesty, even in court, he still wears black robes and black clothes, even when meeting Xie Cheng face to face, Da Kui knows what Master Cai looks like, probably no more than his hand. "

  Listening to what they said, Bai Jingyuan analyzed in his heart that it must not be an upright thing to hide and hide like this, and then he contacted the Metropolitan Procuratorate they were talking about... Could it be that he is the one who is in charge of monitoring the officials?

  Surveillance rather than inspectors, there is an essential difference between the two.

   Xie Xingyun has great power in his hands, and Emperor Wu Xuan seems to have delegated power, but how can he be so at ease?

   "Lord Cai..." Bai Jingyuan looked at the sky, the sky in Kyoto is really gloomy and dark, although there is still some brilliance, but if you stir it up casually, it will turn into a quagmire that eats people.

  The Empress Dowager walked into the imperial study room, and when she saw the man rubbing her brows, she shook her gray hair and sat directly opposite him, "How do you think about it, grandson?"

  Emperor Wu Xuan heard a familiar voice, raised his eyelids, and covered his face in a haze, "The Empress Dowager."

"I've given His Majesty half a year, but Your Majesty hasn't made up his mind yet?" The Empress Dowager was surprised, "My mother clan has always stood by His Majesty's side, and now the Empress has no children, and the second prince, Li Dan, is the eldest. , according to the ancestral precepts, he should also be the crown prince, and once he comes to the throne in the future, the Dakui royal family will be more at ease."

   She seemed to have thought of something angry, and knocked the scepter on the ground in her hand, "However, Your Majesty, you want Xu Wanru's son to be the crown prince?"

   "I can bear the fifth prince, and I can be regarded as one of the best among many princes, but the eighth prince is so young, His Majesty is really not blinded by beauty!"

  Emperor Wu Xuan slowly raised his head from the dragon table, his thick eyebrows frowned, "Is the imperial grandmother persecuting me?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, she walked up to him, and said earnestly: "My grandson will hurt the old man's heart if he said this, if I want to force you, why tell you everything now, I'm just doing it for your own good , Among the princes and princesses under the emperor's knees, only you are the most like me, so I prefer you the most, if not, I would not do such things for you."

  Emperor Wu Xuan narrowed his eyes, "If the emperor's grandmother gives me the imperial father's will, then I will make him the crown prince."

The Empress Dowager thought about it for a moment, then shook her head under the dangerous gaze of Emperor Wuxuan, and sighed, "You can say that I brought you up with one hand, your mother doesn't like your temperament, and your father leads the army all the year round. In the entire royal family, I have the deepest relationship with you, do you even doubt me now?"

   "Do you think that I will publish the will and let everyone know..." She lowered her voice, and it was like a ghost whispering in the man's ear, "That incompetent girl in Jing'an is Da Kui's righteous princess?"

  Emperor Wu Xuan looked at her coldly, "Since the emperor's grandmother said it, didn't she really think about it?"

"Hahaha." The Empress Dowager seemed to be amused, "Your Majesty doesn't even think about it, the relationship between me and Jing'an has never been good, if she takes that position, I can still have the status I have today, and I can be as good as I am today." Are you comfortable?"

  Emperor Wu Xuan also knew that she would not do such a thing, but there is a handle in the hands of others, which is always unstable.

half year ago.

All the officials in the court once again put pressure on him to make a crown prince, so he went to discuss with the imperial grandmother, and the two broke up unhappy. He knew that the imperial grandmother had always disliked Wanru, and did not want to see her children, but the imperial grandmother was regarded as him in the palace. The only trustworthy person in the world, he still went to find her.

  I thought that she would slowly accept his decision, but she didn't expect that the imperial grandmother hated Wanru so much, and even mentioned the matter of her father's imperial edict in front of him for the first time.

  Who would have thought that the mother gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the father actually gave the throne to the daughter!

  When he saw the will, he looked at it word by word in disbelief, but the result left him stunned.

   What is written on it is Jing'an's name, the characters of the father emperor, and the seal of Yuxi.

  He knew that his mother didn't like him. If there was a unique treasure, then that treasure must belong to his younger sister.

  Even refreshments, bowls and chopsticks, my sister always keeps them in her palace, and when he goes, the queen mother has to ask someone to prepare them temporarily, just like a guest.

  But he never expected that she would disregard the mother-child relationship at all, and even seduce the emperor father to give the whole country to Jing'an!

  Emperor Wu Xuan sneered in his heart, and thanks to this edict, he was unwilling and angry, and began to investigate the authenticity of this edict, but let him know a secret that even the emperor's grandmother didn't know.

   Also let him know why the queen mother doesn't like him.

  Because he is not her son at all.

  He didn't even know the woman's real name.

But when he was very young, he knew that his father had another woman in his heart. He even secretly laughed at his mother. poetry.

   Ridiculous!

  Emperor Wu Xuan thought retaliatingly, when the father and the emperor brought back the woman's son, that is, him, and raised him under her lap, the mother's expression must have been wonderful, but it's a pity that I can't see it anymore!

  Father is also ridiculous, very ridiculous.

  He was still thinking, why did the emperor like that woman so much, but didn't accept her as a concubine?

It was later learned that the emperor's grandmother had not allowed it, and that it was her handwriting that the woman was exiled outside. When she met her father again, the woman was already several months pregnant, and on the day she was found, she gave birth to He and his father were also attacked, and he was the only one left on the boat, and the woman sank into the water without a trace.

  The biological father is unknown, and the biological mother is unknown.

  He almost laughed out loud.

The majestic emperor actually raised another man's son, just because that woman was the one he loved, and gave him the status of the queen's son, so that the imperial grandmother who should have hated his origin, loathed him, and even killed him loved her He, please him, protect him everywhere.

  And Jing'an, who was supposed to be the emperor who inherited the great line, still wants to kneel down and prostrate himself as a minister to a person of unknown origin!

   Not only that, but her descendants, Da Kui's purest royal blood, will also be his cattle and horses, slaves for generations!

  The royal family of Da Kui is full of ridiculous people!

"I think Your Majesty is a little tired today." The Empress Dowager showed loving eyes, "I won't continue, but what I said, Your Majesty must keep it in mind, even if everyone in the world will harm you, grandma will not Harm you, we are the closest people to each other in the world."

  Emperor Wu Xuan smiled on his face, but in reality he sneered in his heart. If she knew, he would not be his father's child at all.

   No matter how presumptuous Jing An is, she is also the child of the emperor.

  Then how would you choose?

   "The imperial grandmother also rested earlier, I will think about it carefully."

  All those who knew about it have been dealt with by him, except for the will in her hand.

  If she really wanted nothing for his own good, she should have destroyed that thing a few years ago, instead of threatening him with it when the stakes were at stake!

  Emperor Wu Xuan had already made a decision. He looked at the back of the Empress Dowager, and said that when the imperial edict was obtained, the imperial grandmother could rest in peace.

   "Boom..."

   "Who!" He looked out the window.