Chapter 247: False Consolation
When Xie Zihan learned that the prime minister had gone to look for the queen, he changed his clothes and entered the palace, but he was still a little late.
When he rushed to the palace, the queen and Lu Zhong had already been scolded, and the emperor had already left in anger.
As he listened to the Queen's reprimand and the Emperor's arrangements for the matter, his eyes instantly turned red.
Xie Zihan ignored the queen who kept scolding him and turned to walk towards the imperial study.
He couldn't let the emperor make such a decision. He had to dissuade the emperor from doing so as soon as possible, otherwise there would be no room for maneuver.
Xie Zihan hurried to the imperial study and was about to ask Eunuch Deng to pass on the message, but he saw Eunuch Deng speak first: "Your Highness, if you want to see the emperor, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer."
"Why? Is the Emperor handling government affairs?" Xie Zihan asked puzzledly.
The Queen Mother clearly said that the Emperor had just left not long ago. If the Emperor had continued at the speed he just went, it would have been impossible for him to be able to handle government affairs so quickly.
Eunuch Deng glanced at him and said, "The Emperor is playing chess with the Regent and won't let anyone disturb him."
Looking at Xie Zihan's appearance, Eunuch Deng knew the purpose of his coming here.
The emperor must have guessed that he would do this, so he didn't let anyone disturb him.
Xie Zihan's brows gradually furrowed, not understanding why Xie Lingxiao appeared in the palace at this time.
"I'll wait here."
After saying that, Xie Zi Han walked to the side and stood there looking at the palace in the distance, his thoughts drifting away for a moment.
What happened today was beyond his expectations and caught him off guard.
He had thought that he still had some time to slowly think of a reasonable way to convince the emperor and the queen, but everything that happened today disrupted all his plans.
Xie Zihan clenched his fists, looking unwilling.
He suddenly became angry with himself, angry that he had done nothing for so many years, angry that he had achieved nothing in so many years.
If he had made more plans for himself earlier, even if what happened now, he would have enough ways to easily achieve his wishes.
Time passed slowly, and Xie Zihan fell into deep thought, as if he was unaware of the passage of time.
It wasn't until Xie Lingxiao stood in front of him that he came back to his senses.
"What is the prince thinking about?" This time, Xie Lingxiao surprisingly did not show any displeasure to Xie Zihan.
Xie Zihan looked at the person in front of him, did not step forward to salute, and stood there motionless.
"Uncle, do you have anything to do today?" Xie Zihan said.
The fear that he had felt when he saw Xie Lingxiao in the past was gone today.
Xie Lingxiao looked at him and said, "I don't have anything to do, so I thought about going to the palace for a walk."
He didn't expect that in just one day, Xie Zihan seemed to have changed a lot and was no longer as timid as before.
Thinking of what he said yesterday, Xie Lingxiao narrowed his eyebrows slightly.
He didn't expect that the man who used to do whatever he wanted would be so determined this time for what he wanted.
If it was because of something else, Xie Lingxiao would definitely look at him more.
But when it comes to Shen Jingxuan, Xie Lingxiao just wants to interrupt his thoughts and make them disappear.
"The emperor's uncle is quite free, and he even has the energy to come to the palace to play chess with father."
Now that he has made the decision, he will not give up easily, no matter how difficult it is, even if it means he becomes an enemy of Xie Lingxiao, he will do it at all costs.
Xie Lingxiao raised the corner of his lips: "You came to look for your father, is it because of the matter in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"Your father is very angry right now, why don't you take it easy?"
Xie Zihan's eyes flickered slightly. He didn't understand why Xie Lingxiao was different today than before.
In the past, he would not only ignore me, but also would not have said so many words to comfort me.
Thinking of Shen Jingxuan, Xie Zihan's eyes were firm. He didn't believe that Xie Lingxiao was so kind and wasted so much time just to comfort himself.
"Uncle, I will definitely not marry Lu Jinxuan." Xie Zihan said.
Xie Lingxiao raised the corners of his lips: "Why are you so sure that the emperor will agree with what you do?"
"Prince, the royal family's reputation is not something you can ignore just because you want to."
"Do you know that as the emperor, the royal family's reputation is more important than anything else?"
Why did Emperor Xie Zihan agree to his marriage with Lu Jinxuan?
When Xie Zihan did such a thing in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, the emperor had to issue an edict to stop him from getting married just for the sake of the royal family's reputation.
How could the emperor be willing to easily give such support as the Prime Minister's Mansion to Xie Zihan?
Doing so would only bring more trouble to the Emperor.
The emperor knew that the Prime Minister's Mansion already had a queen and was closely related to the Prince's Mansion, and the consequences of this would be very unfavorable to him.
Once the Prime Minister's Office had ambitions, together with the Queen and the Crown Prince, it was only a matter of time before they wanted to pull him off the throne.
"I will make sure my father agrees."
Royal face? Could it be that those unfounded things were more important than him, the crown prince?
No matter what, he must get his father's consent, otherwise...
Xie Zihan thought about his wedding with Lu Jinxuan and Shen Jingxuan looking at him with disappointment. He took a deep breath and felt an unbearable pain in his heart.
He looked at Xie Lingxiao and said more firmly: "Uncle, this time, I will do it no matter what."
Xie Lingxiao laughed when he heard his words: "Do you know that it's not just you who doesn't want to marry Lu Jinxuan, your mother and the prime minister may be even more unwilling?"
Xie Zihan suddenly looked at Xie Lingxiao, and seeing him looking at him with a half-smile, he felt inexplicably nervous.
"How did the emperor's uncle know about this?" Xie Zihan asked.
When he went to his mother's palace, the prime minister had already left.
The queen had been scolding him since they met, so he didn't have time to ask in detail.
But he didn't understand, since the Prime Minister disagreed, why did he go to the Prince's Mansion today to ask for an explanation?
Since the Queen didn't agree, why did she only scold me when she saw me just now and nothing else?
If they don't agree, why don't they go find the emperor to cancel his engagement with Lu Jinxuan?
Xie Zihan had many questions in his mind, but no one could answer them for him.
"If you know, you know. If you don't believe it, you can go back and ask the Queen and the Prime Minister."
After Xie Lingxiao finished speaking, he ignored him and turned to walk towards the palace gate.
Instead of chatting with Xie Zihan here, it would be better to leave the palace early and look for his princess.
Thinking of the conversation he had just had with the emperor, Xie Lingxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.
Xie Zihan wanted to talk to the emperor about this matter in person and persuade him to cancel the engagement. He wondered how the emperor would react after he met him.
Although Xie Lingxiao knew that Xie Zihan's move was unnecessary, he did not dissuade him from meeting the emperor.
The emperor's anger would probably only be vented without restraint when he saw Xie Zihan.
At this moment, Xie Zihan didn't know what was going to happen next. He looked at Xie Lingxiao who was walking away with an extremely ugly expression.
When Xie Zihan saw Eunuch Deng coming to deliver a message that the emperor asked him to go to the imperial study, he no longer thought about Xie Lingxiao's words and went to the imperial study with Eunuch Deng.
Looking at the emperor glaring at him, Xie Zihan suddenly regretted coming to meet the emperor first.