Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

The next day.

Early in the morning, Huangfuxuan hurried into the palace.

Although the emperor has been ill in bed these days, the officials still went to the palace to attend the morning court as usual.

But today, it seems to be a little different.

The prime minister's mansion was still in chaos, Ling Yan and Ling Qinglian were busy looking for Ling Ruoyao's trace, they didn't close their eyes almost all night.One night passed, and there was still no whereabouts of Ling Ruoyao, and the two of them didn't have the slightest intention to go to the morning court.

The situation of the Fourth Prince's Mansion was the same as that of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was a mess.Everyone not only has to be busy looking for Ling Ruoyao, but even Huangfuyi.

Just because Huangfu Yi disappeared in the middle of the night yesterday, and almost everyone in the Fourth Prince's Mansion didn't know where he went. Everyone was like ants on a hot pot, and they were extremely anxious.

Among them, Yao Qingru was the most nervous and worried.

Suddenly there was no one in charge of the huge palace, and everything was on her shoulders alone. Yao Qingru immediately felt strong pressure.

But the more at this time, the more she needs to calm down.

If even she lost her mind and couldn't think calmly, then the entire Fourth Prince's Mansion would be completely in chaos.

Originally Ling Ruoyao's disappearance made her feel very lucky, but who knows, in the middle of the night last night, she was suddenly woken up and told that Huangfu Yi had disappeared.

Not only that, even Ye Yuan, who often followed Huangfu Yi, was missing.

This made Yao Qingru anxious, the drowsiness that was still drowsy disappeared suddenly, and the whole person immediately woke up.After being stunned for a moment, she ordered her servants to look for it quickly.

But after searching for most of the night, there is still no news.

Now she is almost helpless.

What the people in the panic didn't notice was that a thin figure sneaked out of the gate while everyone was busy, without attracting anyone's attention.

At this moment in the prime minister's mansion, Ling Yan was sitting in the hall, his slightly aged face was shrouded in a layer of frightening coldness, and his sharp eyes were staring at the outside of the hall without blinking.Because he didn't close his eyes all night, his eyes were bloodshot.

Ling Qinglian walked back and forth in the hall, looking extremely impatient.On Junyi's face, there was a look of impatience.While walking back and forth, he looked outside from time to time.

Suddenly, a thin figure broke into the line of sight of the two of them. They were stunned for a moment, with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Caizhu quickly walked into the hall, bowed to the two of them, and then said to Ling Yan who was at the top: "My servant has seen the prime minister. The fourth prince ordered this servant to deliver this letter to the prime minister."

As she spoke, she took out a letter and handed it to Ling Yan respectfully.

After receiving the letter from Caizhu, Ling Yan opened the envelope suspiciously, and took out the letter paper inside.

After reading the contents of the letter with a frown, his expression suddenly became more gloomy and cold, and his expression was extraordinarily solemn.After being silent for a while, he said aloud: "Go back and tell the prince, the old man will do what he says."

"The slaves don't know where the prince is. The prince said, as long as the prime minister does what he said in the letter, it will be fine."

After being stunned for a while, Ling Yan didn't say anything else, and waved the colored beads away.

After Caizhu left, Ling Qinglian came up and asked suspiciously: "Father, what did you say in the letter? What did the Fourth Prince ask you to do?"

Putting away the letter paper, Ling Yanchang sighed, and said in a low tone: "Don't look for Ruoyao for now."

Ling Qinglian was stunned for a moment, looked at him in surprise, and said subconsciously: "Father, why didn't you find Ruoyao? There is no news about Ruoyao until now, so what if she makes a mistake?" , so what should I do?"

After waving his hands, Ling Yan said in a low voice, with unconcealable worry in his tone: "I mean, don't go to Ruoyao, let the servants do the job of looking for Ruoyao, you and I have more things to do." Important things to do."

"What is more important than finding Ruoyao?" Ling Qinglian was still very dissatisfied, and her tone of voice was a bit cold.

Looking up at him, Ling Yan said with a serious tone, word by word: "This matter is related to the country and society of Cheyuan Kingdom, do you think it is important?"

There was a moment of daze, Ling Qinglian remained silent, pursed her lips and began to think, her face looked extraordinarily serious.After a while, he said aloud: "What does the prince want us to do?"

"You go with me, I will tell you on the way." Ling Yan stood up while talking, and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Following behind him, Ling Qinglian pursed her thin lips and fell into her own thoughts, wondering in her heart, what is the plan of the Fourth Prince?At this juncture, he didn't look for Ruoyao anymore.Is he so relieved?

***

Royal Palace.

Under the sunshine of the rising sun, the majestic palace exudes a breath of vitality, showing majesty and arrogance.

A tall and straight figure, with his hands behind his back, took graceful steps, and walked forward calmly, with a confident smile on his handsome face.

Walking straight forward, he didn't stop until he came to a magnificent palace.

Looking up at the palace in front of him, he walked in with a treacherous smile on his lips.

When I came outside the gate of the palace, the chief eunuch greeted me: "Slave greets the second prince. The second prince came to visit the emperor so early?"

Slightly nodding towards him, Huangfu Xuan said in a calm tone: "I was worried about father, so I went into the palace to have a look. How is father recently?" Lifu Gongxuan.

A slight look of embarrassment appeared on the face of the chief eunuch.He sighed softly and said: "The emperor is still the same, but compared to the previous few days, his complexion is much better."

Listening very carefully, Huangfuxuan nodded in a serious manner: "I will go in first to pay my respects to my father, you all go to work first."

"Yes." Bending slightly, the chief eunuch retreated.

After the chief eunuch retreated, Huangfuxuan looked away, pushed open the closed palace gate in front of him, and walked in.But at the moment when the palace door was closed, a cold smile appeared on his lips.

Walking into the dormitory, he tried not to make any noise from himself, while a pair of dark eyes began to look at the entire palace.Those eyes were as sharp as a falcon, not letting go of any corner.

After searching for a while, he didn't find the thing he was looking for, feeling dissatisfied and a little disappointed and irritable.

Frowning tightly, the hands hanging by his side also tightened into fists in an instant, Huangfu Xuan couldn't help cursing in his heart, his face was so cold that it was scary.

Turning his head to look at the sleeping emperor, he snorted softly, walked towards him, and murmured in his heart, Caizhu told him that the fourth child gave the jade pendant to his father, naturally Caizhu didn't dare to tell him If it's a lie, then Yupei must be by Father's side.If not, the fourth brother lied to him.

Focusing on the emperor, Huangfuxuan suddenly narrowed his dark eyes slightly, and walked up with a stride.

Standing by the bed, he stared at the sleeping emperor. After a while, he looked away and began to look at the whole bed, not letting go of any corners.

After searching for a while, he finally fixed his gaze on the emperor's pillow, because, under the pillow, there was a red tassel exposed.

If he guessed correctly, this red tassel is the tassel hanging on the jade pendant, right?

Overjoyed in his heart, he quickly stretched his hand towards the pillow, being extra careful, trying not to wake up the emperor.

But suddenly, as soon as his hand touched the pillow, a hand grabbed his wrist, which really shocked him.

Surprised in his heart, he looked subconsciously, and what he saw was the emperor staring at him with sharp eyes, which seemed to be able to see through him.

"What are you doing?" The emperor asked coldly, his voice still weak.

Seeing him wake up suddenly, Huangfuxuan was really startled, but immediately, he calmed down, and there was no abnormality on Jun's face, and he looked at the emperor with a bit of indifference and fierceness.

"Father, you know what I want to do, so why bother to ask?" Frowning, Huangfuxuan said nonchalantly, and raised his hand to push the emperor away to grab his hand.

But what he didn't expect was that no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't break free from the emperor's grip.

"I ask you, what exactly do you want to do?!"

Huangfuxuan suddenly became dissatisfied, with a sudden force, he shook off the emperor's hand, snorted coldly and said: "Father, this jade pendant is clearly in your hand, but you still let me look for it everywhere, you If you don't want to make me the crown prince, and don't want me to inherit the throne, why did you declare me as the best candidate for the crown prince in the court?!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, as if he was pondering what he said, and after a while, he said: "I just got the jade pendant, but I haven't had time to give it to you. But I didn't expect that you would steal my jade pendant." It's coming! How did you know that this jade pendant is in my hands? Could it be that you have arranged people by my side!?"

With a sarcasm, Huangfuxuan said nonchalantly: "Even if I don't arrange people by your side, I can still find out the whereabouts of the jade pendant. Now that the jade pendant is in my hands, I can ascend the throne logically. Father Your Majesty, don't you think so?"

"I'm not dead yet!" The emperor was gasping for breath at his words, "Since I have made you the crown prince, the throne will be yours sooner or later, but you are so impatient that you dare to make up your mind My head is coming!"

"So what if I make me the crown prince?" With a cold snort of disdain, Huangfu Xuan said nonchalantly, "The position of crown prince is not as important as a small jade pendant! It’s just a shortcut to the throne.”

"It turns out that you not only want to get the jade pendant, but you have been planning to be the crown prince!" The emperor looked at the man in front of him in shock, as if he didn't know him at all, just because the man in front of him seemed too strange.

"May I ask, among the brothers, who doesn't want to be a prince or an emperor?" With a disapproving smile, Huangfuxuan said slowly, "I just did what everyone is doing. Blame, I can only blame them for being useless, they can't compete with me!"

"you--"

The emperor immediately became angry, and looked at him with a bit of resentment.

Yesterday, when Huangfu Yi gave him the jade pendant, he also said some strange words to him, at that time he was a little suspicious.So, after Huangfu Yi left, he immediately ordered someone to investigate.

But in less than a day, he couldn't find any news at all, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But now facing Huangfuxuan who was so unfamiliar to him, he recalled what Huangfuyi said yesterday again, and he couldn't help feeling a little regretful in his heart.

"Father, since you have given me the crown prince position, you have told me to find the jade pendant." Huangfuxuan said, with a confident smile on his lips, "Then, give the jade pendant to me." , I will definitely take good care of the jade pendant, and there will never be such a thing as the jade pendant being lost!"

After hearing his words, the emperor's face became more and more ugly. His already weak face was so pale that there was no blood at all, his lips were trembling, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't know where to start.

"I have a few questions to ask you." Looking at Huangfu Xuan with cold eyes, the emperor said coldly.

Cursing his lips, Huangfuxuan said nonchalantly: "If I don't let you ask, will it appear that I am too unfilial?"

The word "unfilial piety" completely angered the emperor and deeply stimulated all his sensory systems.

He really hoped that the person in front of him was just Huangfuxuan in disguise, not his beloved second son.Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to accept such a stranger.

"Why are you so anxious to find the jade pendant and become the emperor? My throne will be yours sooner or later!"

"Even if I become the prince, if I don't find the jade pendant, I won't be able to become the throne. I have been waiting for more than 20 years, and I don't want to wait any longer!"

"I'm not dead yet, but you're thinking about enthroning, don't you wish I could die now?"

Shrugging his shoulders indifferently, Huangfuxuan said disapprovingly: "Your father said this yourself, not me."

"you--"

Trembling with anger at his words, the emperor pointed at his nose, wanting to scold him, but found that he was too angry to say a complete sentence.

Seeing that he was so angry, Huangfuxuan hurriedly said: "Father, don't get angry, otherwise, if you listen to what I'm going to tell you next, I'm afraid you will die of anger."

In his words, full of disapproval, and even a bit of cruelty, Huangfu Xuan looked at the emperor coldly, as if he was looking at a prey waiting to be slaughtered.

Meeting his cold gaze, the emperor couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and a feeling of uneasiness suddenly rose in his heart...