Chapter 635 - In a Coma due to Illness (2/2)

Even though he had expected to meet Mo Xuetong here at this time, Crown Prince Xieyue was still stunned. Then, he was delighted. In the end, he was filled with sadness. She was already married and became King Xuan’s legal wife. How could he bear it? Her cold eyes landed on him, but almost made him fall for her.

There was a hint of heat in his eyes as he said, “Consort Xuan, please stand up. Can we…talk in private?”

He pointed to a set of stone table and stools under a big tree on the side. There was a kind of cautiousness in his words that he didn’t even notice.

“What’s the matter, Your Highness?” Mo Xuetong did not want to have too much to do with Crown Prince Xieyue. It was just a piece of cake for her to save him, and she did not want him to repay it. Crown Prince Xieyue disappeared without a trace as soon as he left the thumb ring. Since she knew that he was Crown Prince Xieyue, Mo Xuetong had asked Feng Yuran to return it to him.

She had heard that Crown Prince Xieyue had given it back to Feng Yuran, but it had nothing to do with her. It was men’s business. As such, she did not think that there was something between Crown Prince Xieyue and her.

Moreover, she also knew that her husband was not a generous person.

The bright light in the eyes of Crown Prince Xieyue dimmed, and then he explained, “Consort Xuan, I just want to ask about Miss Hu’s illness. I didn’t mean anything else.”

As he had said that, it would be a little unreasonable for Mo Xuetong to refuse!

Mo Xuetong nodded and followed Crown Prince Xieyue over. Mo Ye was the only one left by Mo Xuetong’s side. Xieyue also brought a personal bodyguard with him. The others were all left at the entrance of the courtyard, from where they could see them but could not hear their conversation. Furthermore, those people all lowered their heads.

Mo Xuetong sat down and asked without preamble, “Your Highness, what do you want to know?”

Crown Prince Xieyue collected his thoughts and sat down. After thinking for a while, he asked, “Consort Xuan, is there anything wrong with Hu Qianyue’s illness?” He did not ask the illness, the cause, or how long it would take, but only asked if there was something wrong with Hu Qianyue’s illness. Was it suspicious? Or was there a problem with it?

His words contained all the meaning in it.

Crown Prince Xieyue was indeed not an ordinary person.

“Your Highness, rest a.s.sured. Miss Hu’s illness is not serious and she suddenly caught a cold so she fell ill. It will take at least 10 days for her to recover. The imperial physician said that she cannot take another cold, or else, in the future, she might…” Mo Xuetong thought about it and decided to say everything the imperial physician had said.

As for how Crown Prince Xieyue understood it, it was not her concern!

She suddenly caught a cold?

Crown Prince Xieyue frowned and confirmed his thoughts. There was a slight smile on his face.

The imperial physician had been invited by King Xuan’s Manor. Crown Prince Xieyue had asked Princess Caifeng to come and take a look at Hu Qianyue. However, Princess Caifeng bore a grudge against Hu Qianyue, and she refused to come and had only sent a palace maid to ask. As a result, the palace maid got no information about the patient’s condition.

Although Crown Prince Xieyue came from the Southern Barbarian Lands with Hu Qianyue, it was not appropriate for him to break into the boudoir of a girl. Therefore, he came here specially to wait for Mo Xuetong. On the one hand, he had some selfish motives. On the other hand, it was also because of Hu Qianyue’s illness. It was his original intention to leave Hu Qianyue here and marry into the Qin Kingdom.

How could he not see through what the Empress meant when she sent Hu Qianyue to come with the envoys?

There were two girls of the candidate for the Third Prince’s legal wife. One of them was Hu Qianyue, the daughter of a general, and the other was Xu Ming’er, the daughter of the right prime minister. The two girls’ fathers were of equal status in the Southern Barbarian Lands. One held the military power, and the other was in charge of government affairs. It could be said that they were supplementary to each other. Unfortunately, both of their daughters liked the Third Prince, and neither of them would be willing to be a concubine.

This put the Empress in an embarra.s.sing situation. She could not offend either of the two families. This was her helpless idea of it!

The Hu family controlled military power. In the Southern Barbarian Lands where people measured ability by their strength, sometimes military power was more threatening than political power. The Empress thought that she could make General Hu work for her just because she was from the Hu family. However, she had never thought that something would happen to Hu Qianyue and him. How could she, the aunt of Hu Qianyue, who sent Hu Qianyue to come with envoys, have nothing to do with it?

Crown Prince Xieyue totally believed that before they left this time, the Empress had promised Hu Qianyue something. Otherwise, Hu Qianyue would not have taken such a risk. It seemed that the Empress did not want Hu Qianyue to return to the Southern Barbarian Lands. Originally, Crown Prince Xieyue was worried that Hu Qianyue would not be able to find a way to delay and send the news to her family in the Southern Barbarian Lands.

Now it seemed that Hu Qianyue was really a smart person!

Luckily she was smart, so she must have understood the Empress’ intentions now. He could just wait and see General Hu’s response. The Empress and the Third Prince had plotted against him—try to a.s.sa.s.sinate him after he entered the Qin Kingdom. They had chosen to kill him when he was ill. Fortunately, he had a narrow escape. This time, he would see how the Empress would deal with the anger of the Hu family.

The Empress should even think her parents’ family as her intimates!

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