sbdcsierra Chapter 488 Something Happened to His Highness
Chapter 488 Something Happened to His Highness
Xiang Huayue read the secret letter several times over, worried that she had read too quickly and missed something related to Chongyue.
Three times and three times, Xiang Huayue finally stared at the only part of the sentence related to Chongyue, and with a trembling voice, she looked at His Majesty with eyes like a pool of autumn water:
"Your Majesty, Chongyue is the commander-in-chief. Why is there so little mention of Chongyue in this secret letter?"
Xiang Huayue had seen secret letters before. When her father and elder brother led the troops to war, His Majesty would always send someone to deliver the secret letters brought back from the battlefield to her after reading them.
Let her see it too to relieve her worry.
But when she read the secret letter today, she always felt that something was wrong, and the bad premonition came back again.
"Your Majesty, Chongyue needs your personal instruction. With your Majesty's protection, she will be fine, right?"
The Queen's words made Liang Zhan's heart tremble. He had only read two lines of the first page of the secret letter. Chongyue was far away in the deserted capital, and he had no idea how she was doing now.
This secret letter was sent from Huangdu a month ago. A month has passed, and even Xiang Huayan probably doesn't know whether Chongyue is doing well or not.
Liang Zhan was no less worried than the Queen. After several inner struggles, he finally chose to compromise and acknowledge Chongyue's talent. If Chongyue died in Huangdu, it would be a great loss to Daxia.
With Chongyue as an example, he was uneasy about giving the throne to anyone.
Even so, Liang Zhan saw that the Queen couldn't sleep all night because of Chongyue's matter, so he patiently coaxed her softly:
"This is a secret letter sent back by my confidant, not a letter from Chongyue. Naturally, it is about state affairs. Queen, please don't get it confused."
Marquis Qi Deyuan was standing aside, watching the Queen's nervous and frightened expression about the Princess's affairs, and silently glanced at An Yi's chest.
I don’t know what’s written on the first secret letter. It can’t be seen by the Queen. It must be related to Her Royal Highness the Princess. I don’t know if Her Royal Highness the Princess is doing well now.
He was also very worried.
Liang Zhan coaxed the queen for a long time, and only after she drank the calming tea and went to sleep with him did he get up and return to the Yangxin Palace.
As soon as His Majesty left, the beauty who had been sleeping soundly just now suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes still clear. When Chunxiang saw this, she accompanied Chunchan to help the Queen get up.
The Empress has been drinking a lot of calming tea in the past month, and the original dosage is no longer effective for her.
Three days ago, Her Majesty had already reached the point where she had to drink two bowls before she could fall asleep, but she drank them behind Your Majesty's back, and Your Majesty didn't know. Today, Her Majesty only drank one bowl, and he thought that with Your Majesty's company, Her Majesty would be able to sleep better.
Unexpectedly, the Queen woke up as soon as His Majesty left.
Xiang Huayue looked in the direction His Majesty left and murmured:
"Your Majesty is gone, Your Majesty is gone..."
Chunxiang didn't understand why. The Queen didn't usually treat His Majesty so caringly. Could it be that His Highness was not at home? The Queen was worried and hoped that His Majesty would be with him.
"If the Empress needs His Majesty's company, I will go and invite His Majesty back. His Majesty has always loved the Empress and will definitely come back to accompany her."
Xiang Huayue closed her eyes tiredly and reached out to press Chunxiang's hand:
"No, Your Majesty has been accompanying me these days. With my father and Prime Minister Jiang here, things have been peaceful recently, and the women in the harem are all well behaved. Your Majesty promised to stay with me and won't leave suddenly. This is not right."
Xiang Huayue had a splitting headache, and it wasn't until Li Jin came back that she felt a little better.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty has returned to the Yangxin Palace and has not summoned anyone. Eunuch Qi is outside. Only His Majesty and the Chief of the Sifangtai are inside the palace."
After hearing Li Jin's report, Xiang Huayue frowned even deeper. After being with His Majesty for so many years, sometimes she understood him better than His Majesty himself.
His Majesty values Chongyue, and she can also see that His Majesty indulges Chongyue's ambition and secretly encourages it.
Your Majesty has changed his mind and transferred 200,000 cavalry from Liaoyuan to follow Chongyue in the Northern Expedition. This is the best proof of Your Majesty's recognition of Chongyue.
There was something wrong with that secret letter. Something must have happened to Chongyue, otherwise she wouldn't have said just a few words, and His Majesty wouldn't have left her palace so late at night.
The bad premonition in her heart became stronger and stronger. As soon as she closed her eyes, the image of Chongyue lying in the coffin kept appearing before her eyes.
"Li Jin sent someone out to look for my father. I want to know everything about Chongyue's whereabouts in Desolate City. Go quickly!"
Seeing the Queen's anxious and collapsed look, Li Jin did not dare to delay for a moment and stood up and walked outside.
Chunchan and Chunxiang looked at each other, and the latter went out to prepare new calming tea. However, no matter how strong the calming tea was, it could not relieve the sorrow in the Queen's heart. The Yiku Palace was destined to be sleepless tonight.
In the Yangxin Palace, An Yi had just handed over the secret letter that His Majesty had stuffed into his arms when His Majesty snatched it away. Seeing His Majesty's anxious look, An Yi couldn't help but start to worry about Her Royal Highness the Princess who seemed to be in control of everything but was actually winning every step of the way.
It is impossible for a person to win all the time, but he hopes that His Highness will always win.
Marquis Deyuan of Qi was spinning in circles outside the Yangxin Palace like a top. His mind was rarely not thinking about the cakes that would be delivered from the imperial kitchen soon, but was instead worried about Her Royal Highness the Princess who was far away in Huangdu, leading the army to the north.
Little Leo saw all of this. He had just seen the figure of Eunuch Li Jin flash by outside the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. He couldn't help but start to worry and couldn't help but pray to God to bless Her Royal Highness the Princess to return safely.
Liang Zhan finished reading the first page of the secret letter. The secret letter in his hand had been crumpled into pieces by him. If Xiang Huayan was here, he would definitely cut Xiang Huayan into pieces.
He actually let Chongyue assassinate the new king of the North. Has Xiang Huayan's brain been blown stupid by the wind in the North?
No wonder he saw nothing about Chongyue in the following secret letters. He also comforted the Queen that these were not family letters written by Chongyue after all. He didn't know if he would have the chance to see family letters written by Chongyue again in the future.
Liang Zhan was furious. He used his men to tear up the secret letter in his hand. He sat on the dragon throne with his head supported, his eyes full of anger as if they could spit fire.
Upon seeing this, An Yi stepped forward to pour tea for His Majesty, and at the same time picked up the secret letter that had been torn into several pieces and put it back together.
He was not qualified to peek at the Majesty's secret letter, but when he saw that the Majesty was so angry, he couldn't help but want to know what the arrogant Princess had experienced in the North that made the Majesty so angry.
An Yi had an extraordinary memory. In the time it took him to pick up the secret letter and piece it together, and before placing the torn pieces of the secret letter on the dragon's table, An Yi had already finished reading the contents of the secret letter.