My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

It was past noon when we left Qiuyulu.

The clouds are getting lower and lower.

The air seemed to be compressed and solidified.

Sitting in the carriage back to Baicao Garden, Bai Shaoqiu had a gloomy expression and didn't say a word.

Dongfang Meng and He Xiaofeng naturally felt the heaviness in Bai Shaoqiu's heart, but they didn't say a word.

Bai Shaoqiu looked out the car window.

Outside the car window, people were running faster.

He didn't have his eyes on those people. He was sorting out what Qin Jingtai had told him.

The emperor's decree has been issued, and the eunuch who is to deliver the decree will probably arrive within these twenty days.

I must leave Xiling City and go to Kyoto!

It is a long journey to Kyoto, and anything can happen along the way, especially now that Shangshan is in control of the Xuanjing Division.

He is a knife in the emperor's hand, and at the same time, he is also a knife in the third prince's hand!

Although this knife is not as sharp as Shang Shu's, it is far less rational than Shang Shu's.

In Qin Jingtai's view, he was much more dangerous.

The struggles in the temple are not too complicated if we carefully sort them out.

Ye Qionglou is the spokesperson for the Third Prince.

Qin Shiwen is the spokesperson for the eldest prince.

The person that Left Prime Minister Ye Qionglou wants to overthrow is Right Prime Minister Qin Shiwen!

Ye Qionglou has the upper hand in the current political situation, but he has many concerns about taking down Qin Shiwen.

For example, the Prince of Zhenxi's Mansion standing next to Qin Shiwen is the biggest hidden danger in Ye Qionglou's mind.

The Western Frontier Army is the most powerful army in Xingguo!

The difference between the Western Border Army and the other three border armies is that, after so many years of management by the King of Zhenxi, it has almost become the private army of the King of Zhenxi!

The late emperor had appointed Dongfang Ba as the King of Zhenxi to command the western border troops. In Qin Jingtai's opinion, this was originally intended to protect the crown prince at the time.

But no one expected that the late emperor would pass away so quickly and that the changes in Kyoto would be so sudden.

Or perhaps, no one expected that the Ye family would dare to do such a rebellious thing!

Qin Jingtai did not elaborate on what the Ye family had done, or perhaps he did not know. After all, he had left the court for a long time and had lived in seclusion in Xiling City for many years.

But Bai Shaoqiu could imagine how much effort the Ye family had put in to achieve this.

Now that Ye Qionglou wants to help the third prince ascend to the throne, he must solve the biggest problem, the King of Zhenxi.

Otherwise... even if the third prince ascends the throne, if the King of Zhenxi leads his troops to the north, it will be enough to make the emperor and the Ye family suffer.

In order to achieve this goal, Ye Qionglou would not hesitate to help the enemy to kill him, or at least weaken the power of the King of Zhenxi.

Perhaps it is because the current emperor came to power illegitimately that an irreconcilable contradiction has arisen between the Ye family and the King of Zhenxi.

The Ye family cannot use gentle means on the King of Zhenxi, so the best way is of course to completely eliminate the King of Zhenxi.

This is the reason why the 50,000 sets of equipment and weapons were given to Wanyan Bing.

They no longer need to worry about their face.

But he is the son-in-law of the Prince of Zhenxi's Mansion!

But the King of Zhenxi is unable to move because of Wanyan Bing's restraint!

Then he would first kill his son-in-law in front of the King of Zhenxi... If it was the waste from before, Ye Qionglou would not do this, because the palace would be happy for him to do so.

But now I have become a household name in Kyoto, so it is very likely that I will be taken from Xiling City to Kyoto and then die in Kyoto...

Of course, if his influence in the palace was important enough, Ye Qionglou might consider using himself to threaten the King of Zhenxi to reach some private agreement.

After all, when there is enough interest, all grudges can be put aside and discussed.

The initiative is completely in Ye Qionglou's hands!

And I am the lamb to be slaughtered!

As for Qin Xiang's advice to him after entering Kyoto...his advice was to be careful along the way!

We'll see what happens when we get to Kyoto!

This may fool others, but not Bai Shaoqiu.

So much so that Bai Shaoqiu thought that the level of this Right Prime Minister was a bit low?

It's totally unreliable!

As for Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess, there was no mention of her in the letter from Prime Minister Qin to Qin Jingtai. It was not known whether she had gone to see the eldest princess, nor what the eldest princess's attitude was towards her coming to the capital.

However, my second uncle Dongfang Lie is a big shot.

Don’t think about these troublesome things anymore, just wait for the imperial edict to arrive.

There are still about twenty days left, and I have to follow Zou Kongqing to get more familiar with poison.

Time is very tight!

In the silence, the carriage arrived at the gate of Baicao Garden.

Bai Shaoqiu had just opened the car door when Xiao Xi stood in front of him and said:

"Old Yu from the palace told you to go there when you get back."

Bai Shaoqiu pondered for a moment and told Zhao Xiaoshu to drive the carriage to the palace.

……

……

In the back garden of the palace.

Old Yu was sitting opposite the princess, with a serious look on his face:

"Why should he know these things?"

"The prince said that he is no longer the useless person he used to be, so he should know these things."

Old Yu pondered for three breaths: "Even if he knew, it wouldn't help."

The princess smiled slightly: "Not necessarily, because Prime Minister Qin also thinks he should know..."

"It's better than diving headfirst into the muddy waters of Kyoto."

"The next battle in the imperial court will probably be centered on him. Prime Minister Qin will have a way to help him get through this."

"Besides, since Changying has already gone to Kyoto, she won't stand idly by if Shaoqiu is really in danger."

Lao Yu took a deep breath: "But it's too dangerous after all. What if something goes wrong..."

The princess suddenly looked at Lao Yu and asked very seriously, "What other identity does he have?"

Old Yu was startled and shook his head: "No, it's Bai Changgeng's son."

The princess chuckled, "If he really was Bai Changgeng's son, would you be so nervous? Would the prince be so concerned?"

"The prince sent someone with news, saying... Shaoqiu is going to Kyoto, and asked Dongfang Xun to bring his shadow guards with him!"

"I haven't even enjoyed such treatment since I went to Kyoto!"

"I've been thinking about this these past few days. Two months ago, when the Emperor issued the decree granting the marriage, the Prince didn't seem angry..."

"The Bai Shaoqiu back then was not the Bai Shaoqiu of today!"

"Why isn't he angry?"

"There's only one reason, and that's because the prince knows Bai Shaoqiu's background... There's no way Bai Changgeng and his wife would just walk away because of Bai Shaoqiu's past..."

"Where did Bai Changgeng and his wife go?"

"When Shaoqiu was attacked, you asked He Yingou to kill the Twelve Bronze Mirrors, but the Twelve Bronze Mirrors did not die at the hands of He Yingou!"

"What's more important is that the swordsman also killed two key figures in Chang's Bookstore!"

"The Shadow Guards were unable to determine the identity of this swordsman, and the matter... remained unresolved."

"Lao Yu, was it you who did it?"

Old Yu quickly waved his hands: "I was drinking that night, and Yuan Boen can testify to that!"

"Oh... since it's not you, then it must be a former retainer of the Bai family or... someone who has been secretly protecting Bai Shaoqiu!"

"Now you can tell me Shaoqiu's true identity."

"You can't hide it from me, your mother-in-law, right?"

Lao Yu stood up and bowed:

"Sister-in-law, he is your son-in-law, that's enough!"

"In a few days I should go to Dasan Pass to accompany the prince hunting."

"Farewell!"

Old Yu turned around and limped away.

The princess looked at his back, picked up the teacup, looked at the increasingly dark sky, and murmured:

“It’s going to rain!”