Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 184 Interest Exchange
"Double Loss of Qi and Blood"

As Xia Tian chanted these words frequently, his expression became solemn.This shows that there was something wrong with the body and bones of the Holy Emperor early on, but he didn't show it at all in front of everyone.

If an emperor has a health problem, he will have no more energy to govern the government, and the princes under him will be ready to move. Who knows when the situation will change suddenly. When all the dust settles, it has nothing to do with the position of the crown prince.

Ming Shengdi kept his health a secret all the time, probably because he was afraid that the princes under him would not be able to resist their own riots and cause chaos in the court.

This news is too important. If it is true, then Xia Qin will have enough time to prepare before the others. He is the prince. As long as he secures his position, he will be the No. 1 when Ming Shengdi dies.

Thinking of this, Xia Qin was already very excited. With a happy face on his face, he calmed down and hurriedly asked: "You are telling the truth? If Manager Xia deceives the prince, you will know the consequences."

"His Royal Highness, you can rest assured that every word of the servant is true. The emperor's health has been slightly ill, but he has been carefully nursed by the imperial physician and has not revealed any flaws in front of others."

"A few days ago, after being chased by thugs, the emperor often had trouble sleeping at night, or woke up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, and his body suffered a loss. The day before yesterday, when he met nobleman Qin, he covered up this matter by being bored and unwell. The emperor ordered the servant and Xiao Xiazi not to reveal a single word, but the servant is risking his head to speak to His Highness the Crown Prince."

He clasped his hands together and said, "I don't know if His Royal Highness thinks this gift from a servant is enough?"

Xia Shengqing has always spoken with evidence. Since he made such a promise and held the bargaining chip to save his brother-in-law, the matter may not be false.

Xia Qin couldn't restrain the ecstasy in his heart, he laughed three times, unexpectedly, God was helping him, if Emperor Ming Sheng continued like this, within a year or two, the Dalai Jiangshan could be replaced by someone else!
"Naturally enough, naturally very much!" He laughed loudly, stepped forward and patted Xia Shengqing on the shoulder and praised, "Director Xia is indeed the most respectable person in front of my father. The manager told me that this prince would be as unaware as the other princes! With the help of Manager Xia, this prince will be even more powerful. The great cause of promotion will surely be accomplished as soon as possible!"

Xia Shengqing slightly bent down to agree, and then changed the subject to ask: "Then His Royal Highness promised the servant?"

Xia Qin slowly stopped laughing, patted his shoulder and said, "Naturally, I will never forget that."

His eyes were slightly closed, and he showed a delicate expression. With a wave of his sleeves, he clapped his hands and summoned the palace servants to bring a pen and paper.

He dipped his pen into the ink, and in front of Xia Shengqing, he scribbled words on the rice paper with a light yellow flower background.

Xia Shengqing stared closely at the handwriting on the paper, from the time she wrote the pen until Xia Tian raised her wrist and closed her hand, she never missed a single word.

"Okay, the crown prince has already written the persuasion letter by himself, and I will go to the mansion of General Huwei tomorrow in person, and the life of the Liu family will be handed over to the prince. Since I promised Mr. Xia to protect the Liu family, I will not let Huwei The general wounded his life."

Xia Tian smiled frequently, put down the hair brush and let the palace servants send it out.

The matter has come to this point, there should be no mistakes, General Huwei is Xia Qin's minister after all, since Xia Qin has spoken, Liu Anqi must be fine.

Xia Shengqing calmed down, and she had an explanation to Xia Zijin.

Then Xia Qin invited him to have a meal together, and he hurried back to talk to Xia Zijin, then declined and left in a hurry. The night in early September was already a little bit cold, and the night wind swept Xia Shengqing's robe and slipped past him, Xia Shengqing Go out from the side door of the Prince's Mansion, cover your face with a coat, and disappear into the night with enough luck.

The dewdrops of the morning air revealed the crystal water, and a bird carried a spikelet in its mouth and spread its wings across the palace wall. It stopped at the tip of the branch protruding from the palace wall, and squeaked crisply with its head closed.Xia Zijin leaned against the window pane and watched the bird stop and fly again and again, stopping and stopping again and again, feeling a little sad in his heart, but he couldn't feel at ease all the time.

"Princess, Manager Xia is here!"

With the breakfast in her hand, Xiaokui yelled from a long distance away, Xia Zijin put on her cloak and stepped out of the house as soon as she heard it, and bumped into Xia Shengqing quietly.

"Is the princess alright?" Xia Shengqing helped her out from her chest, and raised her hand to rub her forehead, with a hint of pampering.

Xia Zijin shook his head, he didn't care too much about this matter, he only cared about whether Liu Anqi's affairs would turn around.

"Cousin him"

Before Xia Zijin finished asking, Xia Shengqing knew what she was going to say, held her tender hands and said slowly: "Princess, don't worry, I have already made arrangements, Young Master Liu will be fine, I promised You never break your word."

He had a gentle look on his face, looking at her fixedly, as if there were thousands of feelings intertwined in him, but he was careful not to show it.

Xia Zijin nodded lightly, feeling relieved, Xia Shengqing must have begged Xia Qin, and now that he is working for Xia Qin, General Huwei will definitely give Xia Qin face, this matter should be done.

She looked at Xia Shengqing's eyes suddenly with a little shame, he is still such a person who is dedicated to her, maybe he has some reasons for hiding some things?Thinking of this, Xia Zijin's eyes softened, and he leaned into Xia Shengqing's arms with a sore nose.

"You said, never lie to me after never breaking your promise."

Xia Shengqing's expression was unnatural for a moment, she wrapped her arms tightly around the person in her arms, and finally let out a shallow sigh.

"Being sincere does not deceive the princess." He said this, stroking her long hair, with infinite tenderness in his eyebrows and eyes.

The hour is counted by the sand clock, and the dust on the streets of the upper capital gallops past the fast horses, driving the sand into the air.

"Let's let one let, let one let!"

The people on the horse shouted loudly, and the passers-by along the road avoided the galloping horse one after another, only to see the horse rider running all the way, and stopped in front of a majestic mansion at the end of Beiweng Street. The stone lions are ferocious and ferocious, and a plaque with the words "Li's Mansion" is hung high on the eaves.

"Who is coming?"

There was a soldier in front of the gate who was about to cross the sword to block him. The man got off his horse and immediately took out a dark token from his sleeve.

"General! His Royal Highness has sent someone!"

General Huwei was squatting in front of the hall of the ancestral hall. He was holding a tablet in his hand, and picked up the yellow paper in the wooden basket with the other hand and threw it into the swaying brazier. The tablet of the third son was put back on the altar of the ancestral hall, he raised his hand to wipe away his tears a few times, then shook his sleeves and got up and went out of the ancestral hall to meet him.

"The villain see General Huwei."

General Huwei waved his hand.

"Is there something wrong with His Royal Highness asking you to come?"

The person who sent the message took out a tightly sealed secret letter from his arms, lowered his head and held it up.

"His Royal Highness tells the general that you should act according to the instructions in the secret letter, and you must not act rashly."

General Huwei didn't know what he meant, he took the secret letter and tore it apart, shook off the thin paper and looked at it intently.

His cloudy eyes fixed the contents of the letter, and his expression changed from indifference to shock, and then mixed with reluctance and strong forbearance.

"Heh" General Huwei sneered a few times from his throat, his hazy eyes were soaked with complex emotions, and then turned into sharp sharpness.

"General?" The messenger waited for General Huwei's reply.

After a long while, General Huwei put away the letter, and said in a deep voice with his hands behind his back: "This general knows, you can go back and report to His Royal Highness. This general will definitely follow His Royal Highness's wishes and never go beyond."

The last four words were almost forcefully squeezed out, and his murderous aura of galloping on the battlefield for many years was mixed in it, which made people tremble all over.

"Yes."

The messenger bowed his hands and bowed, then hurriedly left.

General Huwei still stood where he was, with countless complex expressions in his eyes, his hands clasped tightly behind his back, with bulging veins.

"General. We are now." The follower did not know what was written in the prince's secret letter, but judging by General Huwei's reaction, it must not be a good thing.

General Huwei restrained the gleam in his eyes, turned it into a helpless sigh, then turned around with a flick of his sleeves, and said: "Go to the water prison."

General Huwei's mansion was only two incense sticks away from the water prison. General Huwei straddled his bay red pony through three streets and rushed to the gate of the water prison. The solemn look on his face did not ease for a moment.

"General!"

The guard in front of the water prison stood at attention and bowed his head in salute, his waist straightened.

General Huwei responded lightly and strode in. The black robe was as long as his boots, and it swung vigorously as he walked.

Stepping into the water prison, a burst of cold water vapor blows towards the face, mixed with a strong rancid smell, which makes people sick.

This water dungeon was built during the Jinlai Dynasty, and it has always been a place to imprison the children of the nobles who did not belong to the royal family.

The water prisons were separated from each other, and there were iron chains protruding from the bottom of the prison, which were as thick as arms, firmly locked the prisoners' hands and feet, and no matter how strong they were, they couldn't break free.

General Huwei walked like a bell, and walked straight to the last partitioned cell. The cries of prisoners continued to be heard in the corridor, and the howling of ghosts and wolves breaking through the thick fog hit his ears directly.

"Hmph, Liu Anqi, how does it feel to be in a water prison?"

He stood there, squatted down and knocked on the black iron prison door on the surface, there was the rattling sound of iron chains fluctuating in the water prison, Liu Anqi who was locked in the prison looked up at General Huwei's cold eyes, Twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Don't let the general worry about it. This junior is very good. There is food and drink in this water prison. You don't have to practice military exercises every day. You are really lazy."

The cold water submerged all the way to Liu Anqi's chest, with the stench of rust and stagnant water.

(End of this chapter)