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Something strange flashed in Xia Ling's eyes. He looked up and looked around at the counselors in the hall, and finally looked at Li Yuan: "After listening to Li Qing's analysis, I suddenly feel that Xie Nanxing's leaving Luoan is simply a blessing from heaven for me."

"Of course." Li Yuan's eyes were filled with admiration, and he spoke with conviction: "The Crown Prince is the son of a true dragon. God will always stand by the Crown Prince's side."

Xun Lan watched the two of them communicating back and forth, and he knew that the two of them had now come up with an idea and were waiting for the approval of the counselors in the palace.

The counselors in the hall naturally did not disappoint Xia Ling's expectations. Everyone except Xun Lan expressed their agreement.

Xun Lan stepped forward and advised: "Your Highness, please think twice."

Xia Ling had long anticipated that Xun Lan would go against his own wishes, so his tone revealed his impatience: "What do you think, Xun Qing?"

Xun Lan didn't feel that the sky was on Xia Ling's side, but rather felt that the sky was on Shen Jinmo's side.

"Lord Shen's breakup may seem like a big loss, but in fact, he has completely broken away from Princess Pingnan's lineage."

"His future and who he will belong to in the future all depend on the will of the Holy Spirit."

"The prince destroyed Xie Nanxing today. If the emperor is willing, he can have another Xu Nanxing or Wang Nanxing."

Li Yuan was not afraid of Xun Lan's insightful comments, because Xia Ling would not listen at all.

In the past few months, all the strategies he proposed could help Xia Ling gain more favor from the emperor. Xia Ling had long since stopped listening to other people's advice. Compared with Xun Zhan, his only disadvantage was his family background.

But now, in Xia Ling's eyes, this disadvantage has already turned into an advantage, only because Xun Zhan, who was born in the Xun clan, has the country and the people in his heart more than absolute obedience to Xia Ling.

Watching Xun Lan's dying struggle, Li Yuan sneered: "Master Xun's words are also unreasonable. Is it possible that every Nanxing is worth Master Shen breaking up with his parents?"

Ignoring Li Yuan's words, Xun Lan looked at Xia Ling with eager eyes, intending to awaken his master's reason: "Your Highness, compared to personal love, Lord Shen will definitely choose the imperial order in the end."

"Sir Shen, you can only choose the emperor's order."

Xia Ling placed the teacup in his hand on the table, tapping the desk with his slender fingers. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Since Xie Nanxing is not important, what difference does it make whether I kill him or not?"

Xia Ling's rhetorical question made Xun Lan reveal a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Regardless of the success or failure of this move, just based on Shen Jinmo's scheming and protective nature, this move today may become the biggest stumbling block in the future.

Why did the prince, who used to be the most courteous and receptive to advice, now abandon all his conspiracies and resort to despicable methods that are thankless and ineffective?

There was a long pause in speech, and the smile on Xun Lan's lips looked helpless.

It's not that Xia Ling was possessed, it's just that Xia Ling changed from trusting him to trusting Li Yuan, and the way he followed was completely different from Li Yuan's.

His feelings today are exactly the same as Li Yuan’s feelings in the past.

Even though Xia Ling in front of him was becoming increasingly unpresentable, and even though Xun Lan's words would not be accepted, as the prince's eunuch, Xun Lan still had to hold his position and make his decisions.

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince acts in this way, it would be tantamount to touching the dragon's beard, and he may alienate the Emperor."

Xia Ling grabbed the teacup beside him and smashed it at Xun Lan. Broken porcelain flew everywhere and the tea soaked Xun Lan's robe. "Xun Qing said Xie Nanxing is not important, and he also said that Xie Nanxing would alienate this prince from my father."

"Such contradictory words really make me doubt whether Xun Qing's heart is really with me."

"Or has the entire Xun family already found a future king?"

"I am terrified." Xun Lan knelt on the ground, kowtowed and asked for forgiveness, not daring to say another word.

Walking out of the East Palace, Xun Lan stared at the setting sun in a daze.

He suddenly felt a punch on his shoulder, with a familiar force and direction. Xun Lan smiled softly, and without turning around, he asked with a smile: "Why did Ah Zhan leave the palace at this hour?"

"I'm waiting for my brother." Xun Zhan, who was hiding behind Xun Lan, stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Xun Lan: "I know my brother will not be happy today."

Standing with his hands behind his back, Xun Lan raised his head and walked forward. The displeasure on his face was not strong. "Then, A-Zhan wants to enlighten me?"

"Three years ago, my brother won the first place in the imperial examination and became the youngest No. 1 scholar in the Great Xia Dynasty. How glorious was he at that time?"

"Brother, you are a pure and honest person, but I think you are pedantic."

Xun Lan did not refute, and responded to Xun Zhan's question: "Then, Zhan, how do you think I should act so as not to be pedantic?"

"I saw the orchid on your desk a few days ago and it was dying. It's a bitterly cold winter, and no matter how hard you try, your orchid won't live long."

Xun Zhan is not here to enlighten people, he is here to lay the groundwork for winning people over.

Seeing Xun Lan pause, Xun Zhan ran to Xun Lan and walked backwards, with a frank and arrogant smile on his face: "I found a new one for you, brother, why don't you change one and grow it?"

Seeing that Xun Zhan was about to hit a passerby, Xun Lan quickly pulled Xun Zhan and pushed him to the inside of the road: "Be careful."

Xun Zhan waved his hands, not caring at all: "It's just a bump, I have thick skin and flesh, it's not a big deal."

The two looked at each other, Xun Lan still had a smile on his lips: "I give this sentence to Ah Zhan."

If the two sons of Xun chose the same monarch at this time, it would be tantamount to using a hundred years of reputation to blackmail a monarch. Even if the current monarch is indeed biased, who can guarantee that the monarch's heart today will be the same as the monarch's heart in the future?

If people from the Xun clan would become fence-sitters, which king would dare to employ people from the Xun clan again?

As the eldest son, Xunlan has to preserve this good reputation for the family.

Xun Zhan smiled and nodded, not caring much: "I will take care of the orchid for you first. If you want to change it in the future, I will give it to you."

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As soon as Xie Nanxing and Yang Huai left Luoan by carriage, they changed to a boat and went south along the canal, seeing all the scenery from south to north. Now they were stopped by the soft Wu dialect in Gusu city.

"Cough cough."

They came out in a hurry, and the cloak they bought in a hurry was not as warm as the one picked by Shen Jinmo. Xie Nanxing had been coughing so much these days that he couldn't sleep every night, and sometimes he even coughed up a few strands of blood.

When the coughing stopped, Xie Nanxing took several sips of hot tea to suppress the itchiness in his throat that was rising again.

Yang Huai frowned, took off his cloak, and draped it over Xie Nanxing, wrapping her up tightly.

"The prescriptions that the master is taking now are not effective at all. You are tired from traveling by boat and are busy every day. I don't know how to explain it to the prince when he comes to visit you."

"What do you want to do with my body?" Xie Nanxing raised his hand and pointed to the stage in the center of the pavilion: "The opera in this hall and the beauty singing the opera, why can't they attract your attention?"

"Could it be that since you followed me, you also like men like me?"