C283 (1/2)

Yan Xu had rushed back to the capital overnight, and by the time he returned back to the capital, it had already been two days.

Mu Haolin had always been dreaming these past few days, and everything he had dreamt about were those things from back then, and it had been getting clearer and clearer, so much so that things happened when he was young, and they had even started to appear little by little. Mu Haolin had always felt that this was not a good omen, that only after a person had truly aged would he begin to continuously reminisce about the past.

It could even be said that he seemed to have lost all interest in life. Although Xiao Shunzi was not very smart, he could tell that the emperor seemed to be waiting for something.

It had been raining for the past few days and the humidity in the house was rather high. Xiao Shunzi was also a meticulous person, so he helped the emperor to expel the humidity bit by bit. Originally, Mu Haolin was just sitting on a chair to take a nap, but it was unknown if Shunzi heard wrongly.

He heard a very clear bell sound, and it sounded like he had been hearing it all along, but the distance was not too close, and in that moment, Xiao Shunzi did not know if he was confused, but Mu Haolin had already woken up, and waved at Xiao Shunzi, ”Go and wait outside, if anyone comes, do not let him in, tell them we are resting.”

Xiao Shunzi nodded his head, ”Your majesty, your medicine is still cooking outside.”

”Wait at the door, I'll call for you later. I want to be by myself for a while.” Xiao Shunzi did not say much this time, but bowed towards Mu Haolin and left the room.

Xiao Shunzi originally wanted to stand at the door and wait, but he suddenly remembered that the emperor didn't like to drink medicine that was too hot, so he decided to bring the medicine over himself. It just so happened that the temperature outside was also very low, and the medicine would definitely become warm in a moment, that way the emperor might feel that it was better to drink it.

Xiao Shunzi thought about it, and decided to just do it. He felt that he would only be going for a while, there would definitely be no problems, so he decided to go now, but he didn't know that a person who shouldn't have appeared right after Xiao Shunzi left.

Sitting in the shadows, Mu Haolin's face was extremely ugly. The one who came in was Yan Xu, but this time, Yan Xu was not as arrogant as before, and even had a tired expression on his face. Mu Haolin laughed: ”With this expression, are you done with the mission?”

Yan Xu said, ”It's completed, does the emperor think that there will be a mission that I cannot complete?”

”But it looks like you've suffered a loss this time. Otherwise, aren't you bragging in front of me?”

”It is indeed a loss.” Yan Xu honestly explained, ”But now that the Ninth Prince is dead, it's not like I'm losing out to you, what do you say, your majesty?”

”Makes sense. Are you sure you're dead?”

”I'm sure, it's impossible for such a high cliff to exist. This time, I found a woman by Ninth Prince's side, that woman is very powerful, she has always been protecting Ninth Prince, it's precisely because of this woman that I'm in such a sorry state.”

”A woman? ”What's your identity?”

”I don't know who they are, but they are very powerful. Furthermore, they have used their hidden weapons well, so Ninth Prince cannot be underestimated. In short, more than half of my team have been killed this time.”

”Looks like I have indeed suffered quite a bit. This is to prepare to ask for benefits from me.”

”That's right, the Emperor has to reward his subordinate, right?”

Although Mu Haolin was still smiling, his expression had changed, ”There are definitely benefits, but you have to make sure that Ninth Prince is dead, otherwise, you will know …”

Yan Xu nodded, ”This subordinate is certain.”

Mu Beiche was originally prepared to help with Mu Haolin's body, but after hearing that Mu Haolin's health was very poor these few days, and that there was nothing he could do even if he invited a lot of imperial doctors, Mu Beiche wanted to ask about royal father's condition, and then ask Bai Yixuan if he had any other methods. She wanted to knock on the door, but just as she was about to do so, she heard voices from inside the house.

Other than Mu Haolin's voice, there was also another voice that was extremely unfamiliar. It was very obvious that it was not Xiao Shunzi's voice, but a healthy man's voice, and one could tell that this person was extremely familiar with the royal father, and that his words were a little unrestrained. However, the content of their words caught Mu Beiche's attention, especially that sentence about the death of the Ninth Prince.

There was no Ninth Prince in the Imperial Hall right now, so the only possibility was that the Ninth Prince could be Mu Yefan. So why did this person have to report to Mu Haolin about this matter?

looked towards the door, but didn't see anything. However, he had clearly heard the voice just now, and it seemed like he had also seen a black shadow. Could it be that he had truly been blinded?

The door was pushed open, and Mu Haolin looked at Xiao Shunzi who was standing at the entrance and said, ”Come in.”