C335 (1/2)
The first thing Song Xuan Wang did was pay respects to Mu Haolin, who was sitting in a meditative pose, and asked as if nothing had happened, ”Song Xuan Wang, how did you find the time to come to my place?”
Song Xuan Wang braced himself and said, ”This old subject heard that the empress dowager invited this old official's granddaughter to her empress dowager's palace. This old subject heard that the empress dowager invited this old subject's granddaughter to her palace, and this old subject's granddaughter was spoiled by this old subject.
Mu Haolin looked at Xiao Shunzi and asked, ”Is there such a thing? ”Since when did the empress dowager invite Ling Yi over? We don't even know about this, but she's been ill recently. She's probably lacking a few children who can talk with the empress dowager. This Ling Yi has a lively personality, so she can talk with the empress dowager, don't you think?”
Song Xuan Wang's face changed, but Mu Haolin obviously didn't want to say it out loud, so he had no choice but to continue playing dumb, ”This old official is worried that this old official's granddaughter might offend the empress dowager, that's why …”
”It won't be, the empress dowager is very lenient, King Xuan, you're old, and I really want to thank you for many things that happened back then. If it wasn't for you, I might not have been able to succeed in a lot of things, but now you're old, like I am old too, so you want to make a crown prince to help me share my worries. King Xuan, you should put down those useless things now, right?”
After sending off the Song Xuan Wang, Mu Haolin sat in place without moving. Xiao Shunzi asked worriedly, ”Your majesty, are we just going to leave it like this? Don't tell me the Song Xuan Wang won't continue pestering us?”
As for Song Lingyi, we will stay with the empress dowager for a while. We can see that the little girl, Bai Yixuan, has a vengeful personality, and she really loves Ye Fan, so I presume that Song Lingyi would definitely take revenge on her. ”Not happy.”
Xiao Shunzi smiled, it was true that Bai Yixuan's fighting strength could not be compared to ordinary people, especially when facing against Mu Yefan's situation. After Mu Haolin truly understood Bai Yixuan, he felt that this little girl would probably be a person who would have an important impact on him for the rest of her life, but he did not know if that was good or bad.
Before Xiao Shunzi could continue speaking, Imperial Consort Zhu suddenly transmitted his greetings to him. Mu Haolin frowned, even if he did not care about the matters in the harem, Zhu Xinci had indeed been skipping merrily recently, and did not know why his mother would be so hard to deal with a child like Mu Beiche.
Xiao Shunzi understood the look in Mu Haolin's eyes and obediently stood to the side. That Zhu Xinci did indeed have a bit of an intention to not care about anything, and directly knelt down to question the Emperor, ”Chenqie came here today to ask one thing of Your Majesty.”
”Look at how you're dressed, and how you dare to come to the hall. Even if you're not doing it for yourself, aren't you thinking about Che Er?”
”Chenqie came here specifically to ask the emperor for Che Er's sake. Do you still remember what you said to the Chenqie before?”
”What are you trying to say?”
”You promised Chenqie that you would make Che Er your crown prince in the future, but now, is the emperor preparing to go back on his word?”
”Can you, a woman, decide on my matters?”
”Shouldn't the emperor keep his words?”
”Zhu Xinci, pay attention when you speak to us. After so many years, is it bad for us to treat you well?”
”You are doing this for the Chenqie, but when He Ling's child came back, you immediately changed. You must take everything away from him.”
”Even if I want to take it away, it's still my business, it has nothing to do with you, hurry up and leave, don't let others see you as a joke, I really don't understand, why do you have to be so persistent despite how thorough Bei Che is? For the sake of Bei Che, we will forgive you this time, but you better think it over when you speak in the future. Otherwise, it is very likely that not only will you push yourself towards destruction, you will also implicate Mu Beiche. ”
Seeing Zhu Xinci leave disheartened, Mu Haolin let out a heavy sigh, ”If only she was as sensible as Bei Che. I have been too indulgent towards her, which led to her daring to speak to me like this today, truly hateful.”
”As long as His Royal Highness the Prince of Bravehearts can understand the Emperor, that is enough. Don't think too much about the rest of the matters, Your Majesty.”
”We also know that we have let down Bei Che, but we are even more sorry for that one wrong thought back then. This matter must be settled. This throne must belong to Ye Fan.”
After returning to the Duke Palaces, Mu Yefan felt that everything that had happened today was a little unexpected. He didn't know how deep his mother's and Mu Haolin's love for him had reached in the past, and why Mu Haolin had to do so many things for him, could it be that it was all because of his guilt towards his mother?
Everyone in the Duke Palaces had long received the news, and after they saw Mu Yefan, they all changed their words, ”His royal highness the prince.”
Mu Yefan looked up at Chu Lun and asked, ”Has anyone been here before?”
”No one has come, is the His royal highness the prince waiting for someone?”
Mu Yefan frowned, thinking back to when he was in the imperial court, when Song Xuan Wang looked at him meaningfully. What did he mean, what did he know, and why did people suddenly reveal his identity, then would Mu Haolin suspect him?
After sitting in the hut for a while, Chu Lun came in to inform them, ”His royal highness the prince, Song Xuan Wang is here.”
”He …” Mu Yefan frowned, ”Let him in.”
Mu Yefan sat on the seat and slowly rubbed his temples. Song Xuan Wang was dressed in a black cloak and his footsteps were hurried.
”Song Xuan Wang, what are you doing?”
”The current His royal highness the prince is different from the past. This old subject naturally needs to pay attention to my identity.”