About the fact that the heir of Huajian School is a girl

"We will lead the way for the Marquis."

He should have gone in to report it, but thinking that the Crown Prince was inside, the Crown Prince's expression would be very interesting when he saw Li Qingcha, so he just took the initiative.

As an old man beside the emperor, he has the capital to be willful.

The chief eunuch led Li Qingcha into the warm room of the Qianqing Palace.

The layout of the warm room has not changed much. The furniture is quite luxurious. The potted plants in the corners are lush and green, and there are even some tropical plants.

Among them, there was a tree that was charred black, as if it had been burned, and looked a bit sick. It was the Malacca daylily that was ignited by lightning when Li Qingcha was discussing the Three Sects.

I think the emperor was worried about another accident, so he specially arranged for someone to transplant the plants indoors.

After all, it is a tribute from a small foreign country, and it would be a troublesome thing if it was damaged.

The warm room was as warm as spring, and filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.

But the emperor was not in good condition.

He lay on the couch, his face pale.

Beside the bed, the prince moved a small chair and sat there, rewarding several people with a back of their heads.

He said, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you guys to stay outside? You're still causing trouble at this time. Don't blame me for disregarding the friendship between brothers and sisters!"

It can be heard that the crown prince drove the other princes and princesses to the side hall and "monopolized" his father.

The chief eunuch said respectfully, "Your Highness, Marquis Wu Ding requests an audience."

The prince waved his hand.

"not see."

"..."

"..."

"..."

A strange silence fell, and the only sound in the air seemed to be the breathing of a few people.

Suddenly, the prince turned around.

"Who do you want to ask for... um..."

He widened his eyes and stared at Li Qingcha.

Li Qingcha bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have returned to the capital to report on my duties. I did not expect to hear that the Emperor is seriously ill, so I came to visit him."

The prince was obviously a little flustered.

"How did you..."

He suddenly stood up as if remembering something, and stood beside the bed, then continued: "Isn't Marquis Wu Ding running a school in the demon clan's territory? Why did he come back without saying a word?"

Li Qingcha's eyes were fixed on the prince.

Before leaving Beijing, she was invited by the prince to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival. The prince was fooled by her and they had a good relationship.

But when he returned to Beijing this time, the prince's attitude had obviously changed.

What is the reason?

Li Qingcha remained calm.

"The New Year is coming soon. If I don't come back, I will probably have to spend the New Year in the demon tribe's territory~"

The two people's eyes met.

The prince coughed awkwardly and looked away.

Chapter 617: Strange and Difficult to Understand

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Li Qingcha's gaze fell on the emperor.

She thought of the last time they met. At that time, the emperor had already shown obvious signs of fatigue.

I guess he was exhausted by the affairs between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

The emperor lay flat on the bed, covered with a quilt, motionless, his teeth occasionally making noises from rubbing against each other, and it was unknown whether he was dreaming.

Li Qingcha stepped forward.

"How is the emperor's condition?"

The prince looked at her cautiously and moved aside, but still stuck in his position.

He said: "The cause is unclear."

"What about the pathology? Any speculation?"

"The director didn't say. As for the Imperial Hospital, the imperial physician said that the cold attacked the body, blocking the meridians and blood. However, the palace has sufficient heat and imperial energy. It is a place of hyperthermia. The hyperyang energy is too strong, and the yin and yang conflict, forcing the cold evil energy into the spleen and kidneys, causing the spleen to be unable to transport and transform, and the kidneys to be unable to absorb qi."

"Isn't this the pathology of a cold?"

"That's right, because the people in the Imperial Hospital can't tell what the specific illness is, so they can only judge it based on common sense."

The prince seemed to have regained his composure and his speech was no longer stuttering.

But Li Qingcha would never forget his attitude just now.

She decided to test it.

"Your Highness, do you know what is happening outside the palace?"

The prince shook his head.

"Since my father fell ill, I have been living in the Qianqing Palace. I have not asked about matters outside the palace, let alone matters inside the palace. All I have seen and heard is this small piece of land in the warm room."

"So that's how it is. Your Highness has never heard of the officials kneeling to make a remonstrance."

"Oh?"

The prince sat up straighter.

He was very interested.

It seems that he really doesn't know what is happening in the outside world.

It can be asserted that the prince and the queen are working together. The scheme of this mother and son is very simple. One is responsible for the interior and the other is responsible for the exterior. The two seem to have no connection, but in fact they are tied together.

Li Qingcha's mouth curled up.

"A country cannot survive for a day..."

He stopped talking halfway through, as if he had just noticed that the emperor was nearby and it was not appropriate to say anything that would violate taboos.

The prince's breathing became heavier.

"The officials are forcing the emperor to abdicate?"

"No, I have sent them away. Your Highness, although I am only a newly promoted marquis, I still have some reputation in the outer court. Those officials have returned to their respective departments. Daxia cannot stop..."

"Is that so... then... that couldn't be better."

The prince had a strange expression on his face and what he said was not sincere.

Li Qingcha thought he had said everything he wanted to say, so he looked at the emperor again and paused for a moment.

You still have to ask the prison warden about the patient's condition.

Afterwards, she bowed to the prince.

"Your Highness, I will take my leave first."

The prince said "hmm" absentmindedly, with no intention of seeing him off.

Li Qingcha and Sirou looked at each other and left the warm room.

As soon as they left the house, an expected person came up to them and bowed to Li Qingcha, saying, "Marquis Wu Ding, it's been a long time since we last met."

The person who came was the second prince.

He grew a small mustache, which made him look more manly than his previous clean-shaven image.

Li Qingcha narrowed his eyes.

"Second Prince, long time no see."

"I heard that Marquis Wuding returned to the capital today to report on his duties, so I dispersed all the civil and military officials at the Meridian Gate Square. The Marquis has been away from the capital for nearly four months, but he still has such a high reputation in the outer court. A real man should be like this."

"Your Highness, thank you for the compliment."

Li Qingcha decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, no matter which direction the wind blows.

The second prince laughed.

"However, what the Marquis did was not right."

Li Qingcha raised his eyebrows.

"Why do you say that, Your Highness?"

"The civil and military officials blocking the palace gates may seem like they are deceiving the emperor, but in fact, they are doing it for the country and the people. My Lord, you might as well think about it. If Daxia never holds a morning court, the operation of all departments will rely on the coordination of the Grand Secretaries. It may be possible to cope with it in a short period of time, but what about a long period of time? The Grand Secretaries of the Palaces have the power to draft proposals, but they will eventually have to send them to the palace for red. They cannot make decisions on some major matters. If they are left unresolved for too long, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the country."

"Your Highness is right, but blocking the door is not a good idea, right?"

Li Qingcha couldn't help but become interested.

She decided not to express her opinion for the time being and wait and see what the Second Prince was up to.

The second prince also knew it very well.

He chuckled and said, "My Lord is right. Blocking the door is indeed unsightly. If the people see it, they will think we are going to rebel~"

After joking, he changed the subject.

"However, I believe that things must be resolved."

"But now the emperor is bedridden and there is no hope of recovery for the time being. It seems that there is no other way but to wait. The second prince just said that he wanted to solve the problem. How should we do it?"

"The crown prince is the regent."

tsk...

Unexpectedly, the first person to say these four words was not the officials, not the queen, not the queen mother, not even the prince himself, but the prince's direct rival, the second prince.

Li Qingcha pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness really dares to go against the will of the world."

The second prince shook his head.

"I dare not. We two discussed this in secret, and the content of our discussion will not be spread to others. As for the person who listened, there was only Sirou, and she kept her mouth shut, so she will not spread it out."

"Your Highness, do you mean that you just said it casually?"

"It's out of my mouth and into your ears. I can't control what the Marquis thinks."

The second prince acted very confidently.

Li Qingcha had a feeling that this guy must have something on the Crown Prince or the Queen, otherwise he would not have deliberately sent the Crown Prince to that position.

This kid is just waiting for the right time to pick peaches~

The situation was already puzzling and confusing, and now there are even more doubts.

Li Qingcha said: "A tiger father will have a dog son. Your Highness and the Emperor are really similar."

The second prince's pupils shrank, and he felt that the other party had something else in mind.

He took a half step back.

"What are you talking about, Lord? How can the glow of rotten grass compare to the bright moon in the sky? If I compare myself to my father, I will probably not be able to sleep for several nights if I agree to your suggestion~"

His tone was full of fear and trepidation.

If it were an ordinary person, he might have been deceived, but Li Qingcha was well aware of the entanglement between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, and he also understood the Imperial Observatory's qi-gazing technique, so he could naturally see through the acting.

Of course, it’s not all acting.

The second prince's admiration for the emperor was indeed great, and the phrase "the bright moon in the heart of heaven" was not an exaggeration.

As for whether he really thinks he is the "fluorescence of rotten grass"...