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”Rou Er, don't be in such a hurry!” Xiao Zhenhai quickly called his maidservant to support her and said, ”Rou Rou, you're right. The Fourth Prince is my future son-in-law. I will do everything I can to save her. Don't panic. Take good care of your health.”
”En!” Xiao Rou nodded her head vigorously. ”Fourth Prince is relying on Father.”
Xiao Zhenhai hurriedly left the Xiao family's residence with Xiao He. His expression was incredibly serious and his brows were tightly knitted together as he said, ”He Er, explain this matter to me in detail again.”
”Yes, Father.”
On the carriage that hastily rushed to the Imperial Palace, Xiao He narrated the matter once again.
Xiao Zhen Hai slapped his thigh and said, ”The Fourth Prince has been tricked by the Ninth Prince and Lian Meng Yue!” He'er, after you enter the palace, immediately go find someone to investigate the whereabouts of that palace maid called Hui Zhi. If you die, don't let the corpse go. ”
”Yes, Father.” Xiao He clenched his fist and said, ”Such a meticulous person like Fourth Prince is indeed rare. Not only that, but his strategy is also first class. However, he has repeatedly lost to Ninth Prince and Lian Meng Yue!”
”We can only blame them for being too crafty. They had been too good at acting in the past, and their foundation is much deeper than we imagined. To pull them out would be a difficult matter!” Xiao Zhen Hai said.
”Then what should we do?” ”Recently, I've been teaching the thirteenth princess swordsmanship at Yi Xiu Palace. I've been observing her from the shadows, and I've been probing her. Although the emperor has never mentioned this in the imperial court, the empress dowager means that the eighth and ninth princes have the greatest chance of victory. The fourth prince's successive defeats are no longer within the consideration of the emperor.”
Xiao Zhenhai's face revealed a cold smile. ”Until the very last moment, no one knows what will happen.”
The carriage continued to move forward along the path, the wheels of the carriage started to make sounds.
At this moment, in the Imperial Palace.
After drinking some medicine, Zhou Cheng Emperor laid down to rest, but the injury to his calf made him a little uncomfortable. He called for Feng De Gui, vented his temper, and said, ”Send my order immediately, flatten Bird Lake!” ”I, the Son of Heaven, have been wounded like this in my own palace.”
Feng De Gui's forehead was covered in sweat as he said, ”Your Majesty, the late emperor once said that the Sparrow Lake is the foundation of the palace. Only by keeping a corner can we ensure the safety of the four palaces.”
”Keep the four palaces safe? What I have experienced today is the greatest humiliation! Where is peace? ”
”Your Imperial Majesty, Adept Xuanwei has arrived!” At this moment, a voice called out from outside the hall. It was followed by a loud and clear voice.
”Immeasurable Buddha.”
He saw a Taoist in a white daoist robe and holding a horsetail whisk walk in.
When Zhou Chengdi saw Daoist Xuanwei, he hurriedly sat up. ”Adept, why have you come?”
A few years ago, the Emperor was obsessed with Taoism and invited the Taoists to the palace. He even invited the Taoists to the palace, trained in the Imperial Palace day and night, and also trained in medicine, among the Taoists who entered the palace was Daoist Master Xuanwei. The empress dowager bitterly advised him, and also joined with Xiao Zhenhai and others to advise him on how to destroy the Taoist.
The court ministers were afraid that the emperor would be controlled by Daoist priests, so they later proposed that the entire country's Daoist temple be dismantled, and that all the Daoist priests in the capital be chased away.
However, at that time, a portion of the people, led by Ninth Prince Feng Yunzheng, believed that exterminating all the Daoists would be against the will of the heavens, and would allow the Buddhism to grow on its own.