Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 147 Xiao Tingxuan's Explanation (3)
Doubtful light flashed in his eyes.Suddenly thought of one thing.

"What's the grudge between you and Ouyang Chen?"

Xiao Tingxuan was slightly taken aback, "What did he tell you?"

Ling Xihan looked up at him, his watery eyes were sparkling, and they were silent for a moment.

"It's nothing." She looked indifferently into the distance, "I'm just wondering, with the emperor's means and the queen's wisdom, how can you allow Wuyou City to escape the court's jurisdiction?"

With a thought, Xiao Tingxuan took a deep look at Ling Xihan.She is really smart, and she has already seen the key to this in such a short time.Maybe he had already guessed in his heart, but he just confirmed it today.

Seeing his silence, Ling Xihan said again: "Prince Li to the Queen..."

Xiao Tingxuan's eyes flickered, and there was a slight smile in his phoenix eyes.

"You can see it." He should have thought of it a long time ago, she could even see the subtle relationship between Wuyou City and Daqing in such a short period of time, not to mention Prince Li's thoughts on his mother?
"It's no wonder, how many men in the world can't be tempted by a woman like the queen?" Ling Xihan's mouth curled up, "I just don't understand, given the emperor's feelings for the queen, knowing that Prince Li has impure thoughts about the queen, why? Tolerate him arbitrarily sitting on the throne? The emperor can unify the world, and the strategy wisdom is naturally first-class, plus the empress assists him. Even though Prince Li has the ability to reach the sky, plus Ouyang Chen who is not easy. But the emperor wants to completely It is not difficult to regain the city of worry-free, isn't it?"

Xiao Tingxuan remained silent, his eyes were condensed with a little coldness.

Ling Xihan didn't seem to realize it, "Even if the emperor is dissatisfied with the abolition of the harem because of the ministers in the court, it is still a matter of state affairs. Presumably those veteran ministers will not trip the emperor over this."

She gazed leisurely and silently, and said slowly: "What are you and Ouyang Chen arguing about all these years? What is the purpose of Qionghua Banquet? Isn't there any relationship between the two? However, the prince violated his original promise and wanted to be independent from the big dynasty. The emperor repeatedly attacked him. Later, because the prince and concubine Li entered the palace and had a deep talk with the emperor and queen for one night, the emperor changed his mind and restored the autonomy of Wuyou City, and he could still have his own The governing system. This is completely unreasonable for a king, especially a sage king."

She was just discussing the matter based on what she knew and saw, but this opinion made Xiao Tingxuan look sideways again.

"You are more transparent and intelligent than I imagined." Xiao Tingxuan sighed, "Forget it, anyway, you will know these things sooner or later."

"You also heard the conversation between the second uncle and the eighth uncle at Baohua Temple that day."

Ling Xihan nodded, "But I only heard the first half, what's the matter with the Gu on Prince Jing's body?"

Xiao Tingxuan did not answer Ling Xihan's question, but said: "The second uncle loved the queen mother deeply, but the queen mother married the emperor father." He paused, and continued: "You heard about the Qingzhou rebellion 18 years ago. Right. The leader of the rebellion was actually Xiao Huayu, the cousin of the first emperor." He pondered for a while, "That was all many years ago, if you want to know, you can go back and look up the history books. I was just born at that time , and the current situation was turbulent. My father, the emperor, was on his own, and my mother was sent to Tianshan for medical treatment because of dystocia, so I let my eighth uncle sit in the court. A few months later, the Qingzhou rebellion was completely wiped out, but I was taken away."

He pondered for a while when he said this, "The one who robbed me was Erbo's people."

Ling Xihan was surprised, no wonder Prince Jing would say that he was sorry for the queen back then, so there was such a relationship behind it.

"In order to save me, my mother took herself as a hostage and was detained by my second uncle. Later, my father found out where my second uncle was staying, but he didn't want to. Prince Li first found out the whereabouts of my mother, and took my mother away from my second uncle. However, he was brought back by his father in the middle of the journey." Xiao Tingxuan raised his head and took a deep breath, and continued: "My father loves his mother madly, so he hates Prince Li for this matter, so he frequently suppressed it. It's just that at that time the world The situation is initially set, but it is not yet stable. In addition, Wuyou City has a strong military force, and Prince Li is not stupid and unreasonable, so it is naturally difficult to get along with each other. After several years of open and secret fighting, the two sides have reached a stalemate. Later, Prince Li entered the palace."

He suddenly fell silent, Ling Xihan knew it, and finally said the most important thing, she didn't rush, and listened quietly.

After a while, Xiao Tingxuan said: "Princess Li said that the world is peaceful, the royal family has no second prince except me, and the harem has no second concubine except the mother. If I want to inherit the great line in the future, I must have some experience before I can succeed." Become a master. That's why Prince Li made a bet with his father, asking him to promise the independence of Wuyou City, and Prince Li surrendered the position of City Lord of Wuyou City to his son Ouyang Chen. Let me and Ouyang Chen each rely on our own abilities In the future, whether Wuyou City will surrender or become independent depends on whether I have the ability to make Ouyang Chen surrender."

Ling Xihan thought about it, and the entanglement in his mind seemed to have found a breakthrough point, unraveling layer by layer.

"So, these years, you and Ouyang Chen seem to be silent, but in fact you are fighting in secret?"

"En." Xiao Tingxuan nodded, "When Princess Li proposed this bet, the queen mother strongly opposed it. But the father, who has always obeyed the mother's words, was stubborn at that time and did not let go. The mother told the father about this. In a fit of anger, he took me out of the palace and returned to my grandfather's house. The emperor personally went out of the palace to bring the queen mother back... Later, the queen mother also acquiesced in this matter. The queen mother was afraid that the fight between us would implicate you, so I taught you martial arts from an early age, so that you have enough self-protection ability."

Ling Xihan clearly noticed that Xiao Tingxuan had concealed something when he said that the emperor took the queen back to the palace, and there seemed to be some story behind it.But she also knew that since Xiao Tingxuan didn't tell her, no matter how much she asked, it would be fruitless.

"Why do you get involved in the fight between you?" She was a little curious about this question.

Xiao Tingxuan was silent at the moment, looking at Ling Xihan with a complicated expression.After a long while, he sighed in a low voice: "In the future...you will know." He narrowed his eyes slightly, apparently unwilling to entangle himself in this issue.

Ling Xihan knew that it would be fruitless to ask again, so he said again: "That's why the emperor has ignored everything in Wuyou City these years, because that is your mission and task, right?" When everything became clear, Ling Xihan's heart is not only not relaxed, but also inexplicably heavy.She always felt that this incident was extraordinary, and that there was a big secret hidden in it.This secret is directly related to the Qionghua Banquet.

Of course, she would never believe the rumors about Fairy Qionghua's reincarnation.But since this is not the case, then what is the purpose of Qionghua Banquet?She was puzzled.The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the branches, projecting the figures of the two on the bluestone board, pulling out a long shadow, which is strangely harmonious and compatible.

(End of this chapter)