Chapter 1404: A small inn on the border
When Shi Li saw Fu Ti, her curiosity was satisfied. She did not stay in Lanyue Tower for too long and followed Xuanyuan Lin back to the Xuanyuan ancestral home.
After Xuanyuan Lin's parents passed away, he went to the desert alone, and left the place to the management of the collateral relatives who stayed in the imperial city. Xuanyuan Lin had previously sent a letter asking to come back, and the collateral relatives had already cleaned up the ancestral home in advance.
In addition to two distant uncles, there was also an aunt who came to greet Xuanyuan Lin.
But this is not the point. The point is that there was a well-dressed young girl standing next to this aunt. When she saw Xuanyuan Lin, she immediately lowered her head shyly.
"Brother, this time it might be my turn to be jealous." Before getting closer, Shi Li took the opportunity to whisper to Xuanyuan Lin.
Xuanyuan Lin did not expect that "retribution" would come so quickly. His lips twitched, and he looked at Shi Li helplessly and said only two words -
"rest assured."
Uncle, aunt and Xuanyuan Lin hadn't seen each other for a long time, so it was natural for them to exchange greetings after they met again.
I just don’t know whether these people intentionally or unintentionally ignored Shi Li, a living person standing next to them, and didn’t say a word about him.
"This is my wife. My husband and I will stay in the imperial city for a few days. We need uncle and aunt to take care of us." If they didn't mention it, would Xuanyuan Lin still cooperate and make the relationship clear?
The two uncles were fine, their expressions just froze and they didn't say anything.
"What? You got married?"
The aunt, who was thinking about something, turned pale. She looked at Shi Li in disbelief, frowned and showed a look of disdain, "Small family..."
"Aunt, be careful with your words!" Xuanyuan Lin would never let her say anything bad about Shi Li. His politely smiling face suddenly became gloomy, and his aura shocked his aunt so much that she couldn't utter a word.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two uncles quickly tried to smooth things over.
"My wife and I have been traveling so long that we will not entertain you today. Please go back." Xuanyuan Lin simply refused to let anyone in and did not even let them enter the ancestral home.
The reaction was so smooth that Shi Li didn't even need to say a word.
After the door was closed, he coughed and said, "Brother, it's not good to leave people outside like this, right?"
"It's okay." Xuanyuan Lin didn't care at all. He held Shi Li's hand and continued walking into the house.
When his parents died on the battlefield and the former crown prince passed away, he left the Eastern Palace. People from other branches of the family thought he was worthless, and although they did not add insult to injury, they just watched from the sidelines.
Now that he knew that he had always been valued by the emperor, he rushed to curry favor with him. If they had always been obedient, Xuanyuan Lin would not mind pretending to be nice to them.
But these people were calculating as soon as they met, and they wanted to exclude Shi Li, so he didn't even want to pretend. He had entrusted the ancestral house to them before, and he also gave them a lot of money, and now it was just the right time to settle the debt.
At the same time, Princess Min'an and others had entered the palace.
The eunuch beside Emperor Shan was ordered to invite Princess Min'an to rest in a side hall first, and then took Zhou Heng and Zhou Lingyu to meet Emperor Shan first.
Princess Min'an stood there, watching the eunuch's hurried back and shook her head silently.
Given the Emperor Shan's violent temper, he couldn't even wait for her to finish her business and wanted to scold his two stupid and shameful descendants.
My second brother and nephew can only wish you good luck!
As Princess Min'an had expected, after seeing Zhou Heng and Zhou Lingyu, Emperor Shan showed no mercy and scolded them from head to toe.
Finally, Zhou Heng knelt on the ground and couldn't raise his head, while Zhou Lingyu couldn't hold back her tears. Emperor Shan had always been kind to him for the sake of the former crown prince, but this was the first time he was so ruthless.
Seeing him crying, Shan Huang became even angrier.
"Sometimes I doubt whether you are the descendant of the late crown prince. How can you be so stupid!" Emperor Shan grabbed the jade seal next to him and wanted to smash it at Zhou Lingyu.
"Your Majesty, you can't do this!" The eunuch saw that the situation was not good and hurried to stop it.
Zhou Heng also quickly got up and stood in front of Zhou Lingyu.
It’s not that he felt sorry for his nephew, but if he didn’t stop it and Zhou Lingyu was really hit, he would definitely be scolded by Shan Huang afterwards, so he had to stop it!
"Get out of here and don't come to the palace to get in the way again." Emperor Shan took a deep breath and put down the jade seal.
Just as Zhou Lingyu and Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to leave, they heard Emperor Shan say meaningfully: "Don't let me find out that you are secretly tripping up Min An, otherwise..."
The words that were not finished were the most terrifying. Especially since Zhou Heng had already sensed the murderous intent in Shan Huang's words, his heart, which had been hanging in the air, was now completely dead.
It is almost a foregone conclusion that Min'an will succeed to the throne.
After scolding the two idiots away, Emperor Shan rested for a while before summoning Min'an to the palace to see him.
Although his expression was not particularly kind, it was much better than before. After all, this was the only heir that satisfied him.
"You've been busy running around these days and must have been tired. Go back and take out the ginseng I gave you and take some nourishment." Shan Huang said as if unintentionally.
Princess Min'an raised her head slightly, but immediately lowered it again.