Seeing that the time for my birthday is getting closer and closer.
The entire Kyoto also celebrated the birthday of Queen Mother Dou.
All were decorated with lanterns and festoons.
The whole of Kyoto is also much livelier.
There are many more merchants coming and going.
The people in the palace became increasingly busy.
Of course, Lu Qian was not included among these people.
Lu Qian went to train the palace ladies during the day and ate tofu from time to time.
In the evening, I spent time with Yu Li and talked to each other.
It's such a happy life.
Seeing the birthday banquet right in front of me.
Lu Qian knew that these carefree days were probably coming to an end.
Because, although he knew, Wan Qian and Zhou Linkai joined some assassins to assassinate Xia Jiuyuan.
However, he didn't want to interfere.
He wanted to keep the news in his stomach.
He didn't have a good impression of this scheming dog emperor.
And if so.
Xia Jiuyuan knew that he was a fake eunuch and would definitely kill himself.
If we borrow their help, it would not be bad to kill this dog emperor.
After all, he is now the most trusted person by the Queen Mother.
With the support of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother has the support of Cheng De and Huo Jiajun.
Even if Xia Jiuyuan dies.
There will be no chaos in Daxia! Moreover, the Queen Mother even asked him to marry Xia Nihuang.
Let's make him a high-ranking official.
At that time, keep all your women together.
That will definitely be a very harmonious picture.
Moreover, Lu Qian had already planned it.
They have secretly asked people to help investigate the origins of these assassins.
When the time comes, they will catch the person, and then arrest Zhou Linkai, Yun Qingquan, and even Yun Qingquan behind them.
It can be regarded as helping Zhou Shuran.
As for Xia Jiuyuan's death, even if Gao Weixin knew something about himself, it didn't matter.
Just when Lu Qian was thinking about it.
Zhang Bao came over and said to Lu Qian, "Brother Lu, the things called fireworks you asked for have arrived. I have sent people to strictly guard them. As you said, open flames are strictly prohibited from approaching!"
"Brother Zhang, you must keep a close eye on these things. If an accident occurs, these fireworks may blow up half of the palace!" Lu Qian said.
"So serious! Then...what's the use of such dangerous things!" Zhang Bao asked with a nervous look on his face after hearing this.
Lu Qian smiled lightly and said, "You will know in three days."
Zhang Bao did not continue to ask.
Instead, he said to Lu Qian, "By the way, Brother Lu, you don't know yet, right? His Second Highness has just come back!"
Seeing Zhang Bao say this, Lu Qian asked in surprise, "Are you talking about Xia Yan? You can't be mistaken..."
"There is no mistake. If outsiders want to enter the palace, how can they hide it from me, the commander of the imperial army? He came back alone and on a horse, very low-key! And just from the moment of contact, I can feel that he has overwhelming resentment. ...Xia Yan is the one among the princes who has inherited the wisdom and methods of the current saint. So, Brother Lu, look at him and walk around." Zhang Bao said to Lu Qian.
Lu Qian agreed with a faint smile.
He was somewhat curious about Xia Yan.
...
After Xia Yan entered the palace, he did not go to Xia Jiuyuan first.
Instead, he went directly to Yunxi Palace.
A road outside Yunxi Palace was overgrown with weeds and looked desolate.
The surrounding red walls are mottled and the palace gate is in dilapidated condition. Xia Yan gently pushed the palace door open.
The Yunxi Palace is very tidy, and someone is obviously cleaning it.
On a stone bench in the yard, an old eunuch was taking a nap.
"Uncle Fu..." Xia Yan called to the old eunuch.
The old eunuch followed the voice and looked over. When he saw Xia Yan, he didn't look surprised.
I glanced at him, thinking I was still dreaming and murmured to myself, "Your Highness, I wonder where you are? But it's okay!"
After speaking, he let out another long sigh.
Xia Yan looked at the old eunuch, walked up to him and said, "Uncle Fu, what's wrong? Have I changed so much? Don't you recognize me anymore?"
The old eunuch heard it clearly this time...
Looking at Xia Yan with disbelief, he stood up tremblingly.
He held Xia Yan's hands with trembling hands.
The eyes turned red immediately.
Then, he slapped himself hard twice.
"This is not a dream! Your Highness... Your Highness... how... why are you back?"
"Uncle Fu, my father called me back! I'm back!" Xia Yan said to the old eunuch with a firm look.
The old eunuch was crying with snot and tears, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back...Old slave, please take you to meet the empress. She will be very happy if she knows that you are back safe and sound."
When the old eunuch mentioned his mother, a deep murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
In the deepest part of the palace, there is a small room.
This house is obviously lived by the old eunuch.
"Due to what happened back then, the empress was not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, let alone set up a memorial tablet for worship. Therefore, the old servant made the empress feel aggrieved here."
The old eunuch walked to a cabinet on the side of the room.
The cabinet door was opened, and a tablet appeared.
It is the tablet of Xia Yan’s mother.
"Mother, my son is back!" Xia Yan knelt down with a plop as he looked at the memorial tablet, and kowtowed three times.
Afterwards, Xia Yan said to the tablet, "Queen Mother, this time I come back! I will definitely seek justice for you and make those who harmed us pay the price! Then let my father invite your tablet to the royal ancestral hall."
After some worship, Xia Yan said to the old eunuch, "Uncle Fu, you have suffered a lot in these years..."
The old eunuch smiled bitterly, shook his head, looked at Xia Yan and said, "Compared to Your Highness, the sufferings this old slave has endured are nothing at all!"
Xia Yan nodded and said, "I'm going to see my father first, and I'll have a detailed chat with you later!"
With that said, he walked out.
As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into Xia Jiuyuan.
"Father! You...why are you here?" After Xia Yan saw Xia Jiuyuan, he said to him with red eyes.
Xia Jiuyuan looked particularly excited when he looked at Xia Yan.
He grabbed Xia Yan's arm and said, "Yan'er, I heard Zhang Bao say that you are back... But seeing that you haven't come to see me for a long time, I knew that you must be back here! I didn't do a good job as a father. I knew clearly that you mother and son were being framed, but I could do nothing. I could only watch and let you suffer like this!"
Xia Yan turned to Xia Jiuyuan with red eyes and said, "Father, let him let go of the past. Now my son is back intact! I just want to do my best to assist my father and no longer be constrained by those powerful ministers!"
Xia Jiuyuan nodded and patted Xia Yan's shoulder heavily and said, "Okay, he is indeed my favorite son! Don't worry, I won't let you suffer all these hardships in vain! What happened back then will not be so easily settled." Yes! Now that I want you to come back, I just want to give you mother and son justice!"
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