Chapter 248 Careful Planning
The emperor stared at Xie Zihan, the prince whom he hadn't seen for many days, and his anger grew stronger and stronger.
"Your son greets His Majesty..." Xie Zihan stepped forward and bowed.
Seeing that the emperor just looked at him without saying anything and did not let him stand up, Xie Zihan's brows gradually frowned.
After a long silence, the emperor said, "The prince actually has time to enter the palace today?"
In the past, the emperor hadn’t even seen Xie Zihan for a long time.
Being able to enter the palace today, how could I not guess what he was doing? I was just... just waiting for Xie Zihan to speak.
Before the emperor could continue to think about it, Xie Zihan interrupted him: "Father, I want to cancel my engagement with Lu Jinxuan."
"Bang..." The teacup fell to the ground beside Xie Zihan's feet, and the tea splashed on his shoes.
"Your Highness, do you think this marriage is inappropriate?" the emperor said calmly.
He thought Xie Zihan cared about his status to some extent, so he would think carefully and would not bring it up.
The emperor didn't expect that Xie Zihan not only said it, but also said it so directly.
"Father, I do not want to marry Lu Jinxuan."
After saying this, Xie Zihan's eyes flickered slightly. He wanted the emperor to grant Shen Jingxuan to him in marriage once again, but after hesitating for a moment, he didn't say it out loud.
Now Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan are engaged first, and he and Lu Jinxuan are engaged later. If he brings it up at this time, it will only make his father more angry.
He had to wait until his engagement with Lu Jinxuan was cancelled before planning other things in detail.
The emperor said: "If you don't want to marry her, why did you do such a thing with her in the side hall?"
"Now that I have issued the decree, do you want me to take it back? Do you want the whole court to laugh at me?"
"Father, I dare not." Xie Zihan frowned.
Although I had expected the emperor to say this, I still felt uncomfortable when I heard his words.
The emperor did not continue to discuss the matter with Xie Zihan. He only told Xie Zihan to return home and prepare to marry Lu Jinxuan as soon as possible, and then drove him out.
Looking at the empty imperial study, the emperor pushed the memorial on the desk to the ground.
As the sun set, Shen Jingxuan said goodbye to Jiang Shaoying and took Chuntao back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Chuntao saw Shen Jingxuan lying on the couch in deep thought, so she pulled Ling Qiong and Ling Huan out of the room.
Shen Jingxuan was thinking about what happened during the day, and couldn't figure out the reason for a moment.
Until there was a knock on the window of her room, something seemed to flash through Shen Jingxuan's mind, but she had no time to capture it.
She walked to the window, opened it, and looked at the man outside with a raised corner of his lips.
Seeing his cheerful look, Shen Jingxuan was stunned for a moment.
Xie Lingxiao came to the room and saw Shen Jingxuan motionless, so he held her in his arms.
Shen Jingxuan suddenly turned her head and looked at him: "Did you arrange for someone to do what happened today?"
For some reason, although she felt that someone did it on purpose during the day, she didn't think much about it.
Just at the moment when I saw Xie Lingxiao, it seemed as if many unclear things were gradually becoming clear when connected with him.
"Yeah." Xie Lingxiao responded.
He came to find Shen Jingxuan just to tell her about this matter, but he didn't expect that Shen Jingxuan had guessed the answer before he could even open his mouth.
"Why are you doing this?" Shen Jingxuan asked puzzled.
"No reason, I just want him to get married as soon as possible." Xie Lingxiao's eyes flashed.
He could tell Shen Jingxuan everything else without reservation, but Xie Lingxiao was unwilling to talk to her about Xie Zihan.
Shen Jingxuan stared at Xie Lingxiao: "What good will his wedding do for you?"
Xie Lingxiao held her in his arms and sat on the chair: "There is no benefit, but seeing how confident he was yesterday, I just don't want him to succeed."
"Won't it have an impact on you if you spread the news about the palace casually?" Shen Jingxuan asked.
Xie Lingxiao lowered his eyes, "If the emperor knew about this, he would only think that it was done by the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Because he was dissatisfied with the emperor's decision and angry at the prince's actions, Lu Zhong had no scruples about spreading the palace's affairs."
By then, he would only blame the Prime Minister's Mansion and even continue to be suspicious of Lu Zhong.
Only in this way would the emperor send people to keep a close eye on Lu Zhong and the queen. Once this happens, it would be extremely difficult for them to continue to conceal their secrets.
Shen Jingxuan frowned slightly: "Do you want the emperor to take action against the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
She knew what the emperor had done, and she also knew that Xie Lingxiao lost his mother at a young age because of it.
When he learned the cause of his mother's death, his face remained calm. Shen Jingxuan saw that he remained indifferent even after learning the news and thought that he would not take any further action.
Now that Xie Lingxiao suddenly did this, Shen Jingxuan couldn't figure out the reason for a moment.
The emperor has been quiet for such a long time and has not behaved in any unusual way recently, so why did he choose this time?
"Well, it's time to make some plans." Xie Lingxiao said.
It’s not that he doesn’t care about the past, it’s just that he couldn’t think of a better way at the moment.
Xie Zihan's change made Xie Lingxiao wary.
He made such a big change in order to seduce Shen Jingxuan. Xie Lingxiao was worried that once he changed his mind, he would do anything to get what he wanted. If he kept silent, it would only leave hidden dangers for him.
When Xie Zihan inherits the throne in the future, Xie Lingxiao will never tolerate any decision he makes regardless of opposition from his ministers.
Rather than waiting for all the unknowns, Xie Lingxiao would rather take all the initiative in his own hands.
And today's action is just the beginning.
Shen Jingxuan looked at Xie Lingxiao: "Have you already made plans to avenge your mother?"
The emperor is the ruler of a country, and it is not easy to take revenge on him.
If everything were that simple, the Queen's plot to murder her own father wouldn't have made no progress until now.
"Well, some things have to come to an end, and we'll do it together then." Xie Lingxiao said.
Shen Jingxuan stared at him intently: "I think I won't be needed at that time, and the Queen won't have any good results either."
Xie Lingxiao made the emperor suspicious of the Prime Minister's Mansion today, and the queen will inevitably be implicated.
When the emperor sends someone to investigate, or when those secret matters reach the emperor's ears, the queen's days will be over.
Shen Jingxuan suddenly wanted the Queen to hold on a little longer so that she wouldn't be discovered by the Emperor too easily.
The longer they hide it, the more miserable her ending will be when the truth comes out.
"Xuan'er, no matter what the result is, the process is especially important."
Whatever the emperor and the queen did, their outcomes remained unchanged in Xie Lingxiao's mind.
But his thoughts were the same as Shen Jingxuan's. It would be better to let them live a hard life than to die.
Shen Jingxuan raised the corners of her lips: "Well, let's make the process more exciting and let them savor it carefully."
"Yeah." Xie Lingxiao responded.
He carried Shen Jingxuan to the bed, and Shen Jingxuan's eyes widened slightly: "Aren't you leaving?"
"No, I won't leave." Xie Lingxiao said.
Yesterday he was alone in the palace and couldn't sleep, and he would never leave tonight.
"you... ..."
Before Shen Jingxuan could finish her words, her cherry lips were sealed by Xie Lingxiao.