lcionline Chapter 833 Letter from Beijing
Chapter 833 Letter from Beijing
Yan Ruyu took a closer look under the light and saw that the mountain-suppressing beast on the cloth was indeed exactly the same as what she had seen in the darkroom before.
Even because this one is a painting and the one I saw before was a stone sculpture, this one is even more delicate.
Yan Ruyu stroked it gently with her fingers. As the abbot said, it was not ink but embroidery. Over time, the color was not as bright as before, but it did not fall off.
Opening the cloth bag and taking a look, there are some small gadgets inside, which are similar to the toys given to the children before.
There was a round thing at the very corner. Yan Ruyu took it out and shined a flashlight on it.
It is a small stone ball, polished very smooth, the back is shiny, and the front... is carved into a small animal face.
This beast's face is exactly the same as the one painted on his cloth.
Yan Ruyu narrowed her eyes slightly and put the small stone ball back to its original place, and the cloth bag also returned to its original state.
The light looked around his house several times. The housekeepers of the Qian family helped to purchase this house. There must be no darkrooms, and some of them were only things on the surface, or things hidden under the small box bed.
But apart from this cloth blanket, there is nothing wrong with anything else.
Yan Ruyu calmly exited, the door returned to its original state, and she quickly left the hospital.
Someone was approaching, Yan Ruyu's footsteps paused, and Huo Changhe's voice sounded: "Yu'er?"
Yan Ruyu walked a few steps quickly and pulled him through the moon gate.
"what happened?"
Yan Ruyu recounted what she had just seen in the room, and Huo Changhe's face darkened: "I was really in a hurry at that time. I did a rough check on his origins and what happened in the city at that time. There was nothing wrong with him, so I kept him. Now that I think about it, it was a bit hasty. .”
"I asked people to keep an eye on him secretly, and don't tell anyone else. I also asked the children not to get close to him."
This is exactly what Yan Ruyu meant. If something was really wrong with him, it would not be appropriate to alert the enemy.
"Okay, just follow what the prince said."
Yan Ruyu nodded in agreement and asked Huo Changhe as he walked: "How is the prince's affairs going?"
"Everything is fine, everything goes well," Huo Changhe held her hand, "I received some news today."
"What?" Yan Ruyu tilted her head to look at him.
A lamp was turned on in the yard. Huo Changhe's face looked a little unsightly, his jaw was tense, and the warm light could not warm his coldness.
"This is a letter from the Sixth Prince, King Yong," Huo Changhe said in a cold voice, "Dacheng intends to make a marriage, and has sent the Ninth Princess on the way. According to the schedule, we will reach the border after the Lantern Festival."
Yan Ruyu had heard about the "marriage" thing a long time ago, but only because of Princess Mingzhao. The last time she heard about it, it was because of Princess Mingzhao.
But never seen it with my own eyes.
"Dacheng took the initiative to get married? Why?" Yan Ruyu was puzzled, "I haven't heard of any war with Dacheng."
"It's true that we haven't in the past few years, but Dacheng is the nearest big country to us. It is far from being comparable to those nomadic tribes. It has always been eyeing us. To be honest, when I left the border, what I was most worried about was that Dacheng would take the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes."
"However, I was surprised that they offered to get married."
Yan Ruyu intuitively felt that there was something else: "What else? If it was just a marriage, you wouldn't be so unhappy."
Huo Changhe was startled for a moment, then smiled slowly: "I'm sorry for bringing my emotions to you. Indeed, if it's just a marriage... the prince strongly supports the marriage."
Yan Ruyu chuckled: "He must support it. It saves a lot of trouble, no need to go to war, and no need to pay large amounts of military supplies, so why not do it."
"Who is the marriage partner?" Yan Ruyu asked.
Huo Changhe's eyes became colder: "The Crown Prince proposes Prince Yong."
Yan Ruyu suddenly realized why Huo Changhe was unhappy.
King Yong, the Sixth Prince, was Huo Changhe's rare good friend. When he was on the road, the news in the capital, apart from the secret guards, came from the Sixth Prince, and every word was full of concern.
He himself is in a difficult situation, and he often misses the people of Zhennan Palace.
A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Huo Changhe was also sincere towards him.
"Prince Yong is about the same age, and he is the only one among the princes of the right age who does not have a princess. The princess has a distinguished status, and she must be a noble girl to afford it. But before, he was weak. He had neither the title of king nor real power. Who would marry a noble girl? give him?"
"When he was crowned king and had real power, he already saw people's hearts and excused himself from talking about it because he was weak."
Huo Changhe chuckled softly: "Unexpectedly, to this day, this has become an excuse for the prince to force him. How can the ninth princess of Dacheng, the most beloved daughter of the king of Dacheng, be taken as a concubine? How can she take possession of her? The position of a princess."
Yan Ruyu wanted to say something, but couldn't.
The fact that the prince grasped his identity was impossible to refute.
Others are either not of the right age or already have a princess. You cannot let the princess become a child, let alone divorce your wife because of this.
Yan Ruyu was silent for a moment, then suddenly thought: "Don't the prince still have a princess?"
Huo Changhe sneered softly: "There is no crown princess, but there is a childhood sweetheart. It has been decided long ago. Everyone calls her, quasi-Crown Princess."
Since there is a candidate, she must not be an ordinary girl. She must have family background, status, and talent. After all, she will be the mother of a country in the future.
Yan Ruyu said it, feeling that what she had just said was a bit stupid.
How can the position of the mother of a country be left to a foreign daughter? There will be endless troubles in the future.
Yan Ruyu felt angry, as if she knew the other party had dug a hole and had to jump down.
The person who dug the hole will also laugh at you in the name of being nice to you.
"Is Jiu Gongyu sincerely planning to marry you?" Yan Ruyu wondered, "Is it too much of a coincidence?"
Huo Changhe took her back to the courtyard and gave her the letter from the sixth prince to read.
"I feel the same way. I always feel that Dacheng suddenly wants to get married for no reason, and to show his sincerity, the person he is getting married to is the Ninth Princess. There is sincerity in everything."
Yan Ruyu added: "It's superficial, for fear that others won't see the sincerity."
"Exactly, for fear that we might suspect his ulterior motives."
Yan Ruyu opened the letter and read it at a glance. The sixth prince talked about the court in the letter. Now the prince covers the sky with one hand. The emperor's health is not very good. The days of going to court have been half as long as before. The number of consultations by the imperial doctor is becoming more and more frequent. .
If this continues, things may change at any time.
If the prince ascends the throne... Yan Ruyu's eyes darken, their life in the northwest will not be easy.
Yan Ruyu closed the letter and thought for a moment: "We have to help the Sixth Prince."
Huo Changhe looked deeply into her eyes and asked, "What should I say?"
"The prince has no virtue. If nothing else, just because he is narrow-minded and has made trouble for the palace, and also robbed and killed us several times on the road, it will not allow him to succeed to the throne smoothly."
Yan Ruyu's eyes were bright: "If he succeeds to the throne, he will definitely attack us. Instead of attacking later, it is better to attack first."
"Let's start with the Ninth Princess."