HLnovel Chapter 238 Celebration
Chapter 238 Celebration
Che Xiang looked at Imperial Noble Consort Dehui cautiously, and seeing that she didn't seem angry, she finally felt less uneasy.
She was taking a risk when she said this today. Now that she had said so much and Imperial Noble Consort Dehui had not reprimanded her, it seemed that her bet was right.
"Even if we take a step back and the King of Qin didn't encounter any of these things, after he arrives safely in Ningchuan Prefecture, Your Majesty can still send someone directly to Ningchuan Prefecture to assassinate the King of Qin."
"Ningchuan Prefecture is more than 1000 kilometers away from the capital. It's such a long distance that even if the King of Qin was assassinated, by the time the news reaches the capital, I'm afraid that only a pile of bones will be left of him."
Che Xiang helped Consort Dehui analyze the current situation in detail and gave very useful suggestions.
This made Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, who had been in a bad mood just now, feel much better.
"What you said does make sense. I hold great power. Even if the King of Qin goes to his fiefdom, I can still take his life."
"That's right, Your Majesty, there is absolutely no need for you to be angry about this matter between the King of Qin and the Princess of Qin."
"The most important thing right now is to get the Emperor to appoint His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi as the Crown Prince as soon as possible."
Noble Consort Dehui nodded. She had indeed wasted a lot of time and attention on the Prince of Qin in recent times, and had neglected the position of the Crown Prince.
“In the next few days, I will ask a few ministers to remind the emperor that the position of crown prince cannot remain vacant forever, and it is better to make a decision as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui sent someone to call Xiao Yi to her palace. She wanted to tell Xiao Yi about some things.
Just one day after the palace banquet ended, rumors of the Qin Palace being haunted spread throughout the capital.
Some people even said that when they passed by the Prince of Qin's Mansion at night, they saw many people lying on the wall from a distance. The story was spread so vividly that it seemed to be true.
The fact that the imperial physician took Ye Jintang's pulse but failed to feel it was also said to be miraculous.
Emperor Jing received the news first.
"This is ridiculous. The King of Qin is my son. How could the house he lives in be haunted?"
"Zheng Hai, send some people now to arrest all those who spread rumors."
In the eyes of Emperor Jing, he was the true dragon emperor, and his son had the blood of the true dragon emperor. How could the palace be haunted? How dare those ghosts easily link to the King of Qin?
“Your Majesty, there are too many rumors about the Qin Palace in the capital. If we just suppress them blindly, I’m afraid it won’t have a good effect.
"Then what do you think we should do? These messed up rumors will become more and more outrageous. Who knows what will be spread in the future."
As long as it involves Emperor Jing himself, he will pay special attention to it.
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, many ministers wrote to you, hoping that the King of Qin could go to his fiefdom as soon as possible. Your Majesty, why don't you agree to this? If the King of Qin goes to his fiefdom, the recent rumors about the King of Qin's mansion in the capital will also disappear with his departure."
Thinking of what had happened in recent days, Emperor Jing nodded readily.
The Qin Palace always creates all kinds of troubles, and he is really tired of it. If these problems can be solved at one time, he would naturally be very willing to do so.
"Pass on my oral order. Three days from now will be an auspicious day. Let the King of Qin pack his luggage and go to his fiefdom as soon as possible."
"Yes, I will go to the Prince of Qin's mansion myself right now."
Zhenghai, with a happy look on his face, hurried out of the inner hall. He was a little old, and his legs and feet were not so agile, so he called his godson Jin Yuan over and asked him to tell the King of Qin the good news first to make him happy.
"Foster father, how many benefits did the Qin Palace give you? You took such a big risk to help him."
Jin Yuan asked Zheng Hai with a grin.
Although the two are not related by blood, Jin Yuan was raised by Zhenghai since childhood, and their father-son relationship is better than that of biological father and son.
Only Jin Yuan dared to ask this question directly. If anyone else dared to ask Zheng Hai so bluntly, they would probably be beaten to death by him.
"You little brat, you're taking advantage of me. I asked you to report to the King of Qin because I wanted you to become familiar with him."
"When the King of Qin returns to the capital, you will work under him. He will definitely use you for my sake."
Although Jin Yuan was young, he had some understanding of the complicated things going on in the palace, and he vaguely heard something else in Zheng Hai's words.
"Foster father, do you think the King of Qin can return to the capital?"
"Nonsense, if I felt he wouldn't come back, I would go to so much trouble to help him."
Having said that, Zhenghai gave Jin Yuan a slap in the face and told him to pass on the message quickly and stop talking nonsense here.
Everything is going according to Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo's plan.
According to their thinking, it would be good if Emperor Jing could give in by mid-August.
However, I didn’t expect the good news to come so quickly. Just one day after the palace banquet ended, Emperor Jing’s oral order came.
"Jintang, we finally succeeded."
In the study, Xiao Mo excitedly picked up Ye Jintang and spun around several times. If Xuetuan hadn't kept meowing at him, he would have been reluctant to put her down.
"Your Highness, stay calm. We are leaving the capital and heading to Ningchuan Prefecture. We will start from scratch. You should think more about how to deal with the assassination attempt by Imperial Noble Consort Dehui along the way."
"Also, how are we going to build shops in other cities on the way to Ningchuan Prefecture?"
"And after arriving in Ningchuan Province, how are you going to build that desolate border town?"
"We'll think about these issues later. Let's celebrate today. We've put in so much effort to leave the capital, and now that everything is finally settled, how can we not celebrate?"
"Jiang Heng, go get me some fine wine from my collection. I want to have a nice drink with the princess tonight."
Seeing Xiao Mo so excited, Ye Jintang didn't want to spoil the fun. Since she had taken the wine, she would take the meat.
In the afternoon, she specially asked the kitchen to kill a sheep, smeared the whole sheep with spices, and roasted it on charcoal fire.
From a distance, you can smell the rich aroma of roasted lamb coming from the back kitchen.
Zhou Wuwei, who had been recuperating in the palace, immediately ran to the kitchen after smelling the barbecue.
"Uncle Gu, why is today a good day? Why are you suddenly roasting a whole lamb?"
"Mr. Zhou, you may not know this yet. The Emperor has already issued an oral order, asking the prince to go to confinement in three days. The prince said that such good news must be celebrated properly, so the princess asked me to kill a sheep and make a roasted whole sheep."
"I see. I was wondering why we suddenly eat roasted whole lamb when it's not a festival."
Zhou Wuwei was thinking whether he could also go to Ningchuan Prefecture with Ye Jintang.
But Xiao Mo, that villain, may not agree.
"Wuwei is really quick. The whole lamb was just put on the fire not long ago, and you came running here following the smell."
Ye Jintang brought a few maids and old women to see the roasted whole lamb.
She was afraid that the chef in the kitchen wouldn't use his secret spices, so she came over to keep an eye on it.