After crossing over, the demon king rolled in my arms and acted like a spoiled child

After listening to Bai Jiyue's words, Xiao Shangli stared at her for a while and smiled with satisfaction: "Jiyue seems to have grown up a lot."

Bai Jiyue smiled and replied: "People always have to grow up."

Xiao Shangli nodded heavily: "Yes, sometimes it is not necessarily a bad thing to suffer some setbacks."

They chatted for a while and drank a cup of tea, then Bai Jinri and Bai Jinyue followed Xiao Chongyun out.

Xiao Chongyun took the two of them to his own yard, and as soon as he entered the house, he sent the servants away and closed the door.

"Jiri, at your request, I have been investigating your father's past for the past two years, and I finally got some clues a while ago!"

Bai Yiri immediately shook his hand excitedly: "What's the news?"

"I found someone who knows the situation. He was a palace maid in the Holy Land. It is said that when the incident happened that night, he passed by the Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts on his way to the toilet in the middle of the night and saw your father."

"The Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts?" Bai Jiri asked in surprise, "Why did my father go to the Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts?"

Bai Shousheng is the general in charge of guarding the holy land. There is a temple in the holy land, where the tablets of successive emperors are enshrined. Behind the temple is the holy mountain, where the remains of successive emperors are buried.

Bai Shousheng was originally a great general who had made great military achievements. He had pacified the war on the border and helped the current emperor ascend the throne. Later, because his contributions were so great and he was afraid that the emperor would be suspicious of him, he volunteered to guard the holy land.

Unexpectedly, just two years ago, the emperor suddenly issued an edict, saying that Bai Shousheng had embezzled and had been beheaded on the spot, and sentenced Yan Niang and her two children to exile.

Bai Jiyue and his uncles were quick to adapt to the situation and cut ties with Bai Shousheng early on. They also secretly used their connections to negotiate, so they were only fined their salaries and were not implicated.

The whole thing happened too suddenly. Bai Jiyue and his sister were suddenly reduced from being the daughters of aristocratic families to prisoners, experiencing all the ups and downs of life.

Hearing his brother's question, Bai Jiyue couldn't help but voice out his doubts: "My father is a general guarding the temple. Logically, he should be in the Holy Temple and the Holy Mountain more often. Why would he go to the Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts? The terrain over there is steep and remote. What is he doing there in the middle of the night?"

Xiao Chongyun shook his head: "It seems that we have to ask the palace servant carefully before we can make some inferences. You came at the right time today. I have already made an appointment to meet with the palace servant tonight. You can come together and ask him carefully."

Bai Yiri and Bai Yiyue nodded together.

After agreeing on a time and place to meet in the evening, the three of them began to talk about the current situation.

"What's the current situation in the court?" Bai Jiri asked.

Xiao Chongyun shook his head: "The emperor rarely attends court now. I heard that he has been practicing in seclusion."

"The Emperor has probably cultivated all of his skills to the maximum level, what else does he need to cultivate?" Bai Jiyue asked curiously.

Xiao Chongyun showed a mysterious expression and lowered his voice and said, "Recently, there are rumors in the court that the emperor's innate spiritual roots are deficient. This is also the reason why he was not made the crown prince by the late emperor even though he was the eldest son."

"Is there such a thing?" Bai Jiri was also surprised. "If that's the case, why did my father help the emperor to ascend the throne?"

Bai Jiyue said: "I can understand father."

Bai Jiri and Xiao Chongyun looked at her together. Bai Jiyue said slowly, "Father was born in a poor family. He was able to become a general later on because of his own ability. Father once told me that we cannot judge a person by his family background. So I think father must think that even if the emperor has a lack of spiritual roots and cannot reach the peak of spiritual power, this will not affect him from becoming a good emperor."

The original owner did have the memory of Bai Shousheng saying these words to her, but she did not understand. However, Bai Jiyue understands it now.

Bai Jiri nodded: "This is indeed my father's character. When the emperor first ascended the throne, he was indeed a clear-headed emperor, but..."

He didn't say the rest, but Bai Jiyue knew what he wanted to say.

Is an emperor who kills loyal generals so ruthlessly really a good emperor?

Even if Bai Shousheng really committed embezzlement, his crime should not be punishable by death!

"Is there anything special happening in the court right now?" Bai Jiyue saw that Bai Jiri looked angry, and was afraid that he was in a bad mood, so she changed the subject and asked Xiao Chongyun.

"It's nothing special, it's just that Prince Qing returned to the capital recently."

"Prince Qing? Is he the one who was almost made the crown prince by the late emperor?" Bai Jiri asked.

Xiao Chongyun nodded: "That's right, Prince Qing is the current Queen Mother's biological son. He returned to the capital ahead of time on the occasion of the Queen Mother's birthday, but I think he came back too early."

"Too early?"

"Yes, he has been back for three months."

"The prince cannot leave his fiefdom for long. How could the emperor agree? What's more, Prince Qing was the strongest contender for the throne back then." Bai Jiyue asked in surprise.

Xiao Chongyun shook his head: "I don't know about that, but I think Prince Qing is going to stay in the capital for a long time. I don't know how he convinced the emperor."

Bai Jiri frowned and said, "Could it be that the emperor is ill? The emperor has only one son who is still very young. If the emperor really has something, it is not impossible for the queen mother to want Prince Qing to inherit the throne."

The Empress Dowager is the second wife of the late Emperor, and she may not be very sincere to the current Emperor.

"There are also ministers in the court who have such concerns. They once submitted a memorial pointing out that it is inappropriate for Prince Qing to leave his fiefdom for a long time. However, the emperor did not comment on this matter, and no one dared to say anything more later. After all, this is the emperor's family affair." Xiao Chongyun also looked worried.

The three of them fell silent and began to think deeply.

Bai Jiyue sorted out the old court affairs that the original owner knew in her memory, but unfortunately the original owner's personality was not very interested in such important court affairs outside, so there was not much information available. She thought about it for a while, but didn't think about it anymore because there was not much useful value.

Turning around and seeing Bai Jiri still lost in thought, she patted his shoulder and said, "Brother, let's go back first. We still have to go out with Brother Xiao tonight."

When this matter was mentioned, Bai Jiri nodded with a stern expression and said, "Yes, the important matters in the court are not something we can influence. Let's do what we should do first."

The two men stood up, said goodbye to Xiao Chongyun, and left the Xiao family.

After returning to the inn, they both had a long nap in the afternoon, had dinner early and went back to their rooms.

Bai Jiyue changed into a set of tight clothes and was just waiting for the time to go out, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

She didn't rush to open the door, but raised her voice and asked, "Who?"

"Me." A cold and low voice came from outside the door.

Bai Jiyue frowned, it was Mingyuan!

He hasn't been around her much these past few days. Why would he come so late today?

"I see that you and Brother Bai are out for the whole day. I'm afraid you don't have time to find insects for the baby bird?" Probably guessing what Bai Jiyue was thinking, Ming Yuan spoke first to explain his purpose.

After he said that, Bai Jiyue realized that she was so busy with work today that she really forgot to feed the birds.

She hurried to the table, opened the small bamboo cage, and saw the little bird huddled in the corner.

She opened the lid of the bamboo cage, and the baby bird looked up at her, its round eyes full of grievance.