As soon as Xue Yao heard that Princess Shio had an invitation, she was terrified that she hadn't put off the emperor's invitation to the parade.
On the way to the Green Vault Palace, he had already prepared for the worst.
If she couldn't help Shi Fei's mother and son avoid this calamity, how to stabilize the Seventh Prince's character and prevent him from becoming cold and brutal.
Xue Yao turned his head to look at the stepping carriage, the little chubby boy was sitting in a small circle chair and sleeping, his little bun face tilted towards the sky, especially arrogant.
Particularly carefree.
I wish His Highness could always grow up so purely.
Xue Yao took out a handkerchief and helped the fat cub wipe off the drool at the corner of his mouth, his eyes becoming more and more worried.
*
Concubine Shih was sitting in the side hall, and as soon as she heard the beaded curtains rattling, she immediately stood up to look.
Xue Yao's face was pale as he quickly walked into the hall and nodded his head to greet Consort Shi.
"Things have changed ...... I'm so flustered in my heart, I invited you over!" Shih Fei three or two steps forward, grabbed Xue Yao's hand, like a lifesaver, pulled him to sit in the chair, actually unconsciously this "little prodigy" as a small dependence.
"Your Highness, don't worry, there are always ways to deal with it, did the Emperor mention the parade to you?"
"It was mentioned a few days ago." Concubine Shih frowned and said, "He wanted to coax me to go sightseeing in Ba Shu, fortunately you reminded me earlier. I pretended to be afraid of heights and tried my best to push it away, but I annoyed His Majesty, and when lunch was not finished, His Majesty waved his face and left, and it's been four days now, and His Majesty hasn't come to see me again!"
Xue Yao's eyes lit up, thinking that this situation was much better than imagined, so she joyfully said, "His Majesty did not force you to accompany him, this is a good thing, the dragon's displeasure is only momentary, after dodging this calamity, Your Highness will be able to live in peace in the future, and the honor that is due to you will return sooner or later."
"I thought so too, but guess what? Yesterday, the old four's mother Yi nobleman came to the temple to see me, even the spring Fang former in Tong Fei side wait for the secret told me! Chunfang that girl at the beginning is Tong Fei arrangements to harm me, if not you before the reminder, I still do not believe Yi nobleman words, now really is the evidence is conclusive, the oldest four from childhood in Tong Fei Palace and the third prince of a study, has seen Chunfang in the side of Tong Fei."
Xue Yao wasn't surprised: ''I guessed this too, but I just wasn't sure which master Chunfang was the one who planted her earlier. I'm not even sure where the Reservoir Palace is located, so she must have been instructed by someone to frame me. Your Highness sought me out today to specifically inform me of Chunfang's details?"
"No!" Consort Shio said, "Noble Lady Yi did not reveal such a secret to me for nothing, she did it to accompany the driver on his parade!"
"What?" Xue Yao was a bit confused.
What does this have to do with the Fourth Prince's mother?
Concubine Shio immediately detailed Noble Lady Yi's request to herself.
Xue Yao froze after hearing this.
How did things get to this point?
How could His Majesty go and find a cold palace noble as a scapegoat?
This brain of his, mulling over the harem, still wasn't quite enough, and was momentarily stuck.
Concubine Shio then pointed to this long-sighted little prodigy to show her the way, not realizing that Xue Yao would have such a childishly bewildered demeanor.
"His Majesty may be demoralized anytime in the next two days, and may come to me again." Concubine Shio said, "Is it okay if I directly relay Noble Lady Yi's request for a chaperone to His Majesty?"
Xue Yao opened his mouth, not yet figuring out the situation.
Concubine Shih muttered her concerns, "This is really difficult for me, if I didn't know the hidden traps behind this parade, I would have never blocked the other concubines' requests to accompany them, but now that you've told me everything, Noble Lady Yi is rushing to jump into the fire pit, and I can't give her the words to make it clear that I'm in her heart, I always feel that I'm indebted to her ... ...Do you understand Xue Yao?"
"Ah--" Xue Yao came back to her senses and hurriedly replied, "It's understandable that Your Highness is a Bodhisattva, but I don't think Noble Lady Yi will be in trouble for accompanying the driver."
Princess Shio froze, "Why? Didn't you say ......"
"Because she is not in the same situation as the Empress." Xue Yao said, "It may be disrespectful to Yi Noble Lady to say this, but she really doesn't have the strength to carry the charge of beauty misleading the country. I guess the Emperor did not genuinely invite her to accompany him on his parade, either as a passing courtesy to her, or ......"
Xue Yao thought for a moment, "I haven't sorted out the exact reason yet, but the Empress Mother doesn't have to feel guilty because she didn't stop Noble Lady Yi from accompanying the Emperor, and it's highly unlikely that she'll be affected by this incident. In this harem, other than the Empress, only Consort Tong has the strength to take the blame for the Emperor, but the Emperor shouldn't move her easily."
"That is to say, His Majesty still wishes me to accompany him on his parade?" Princess Shio asked in disappointment.
Xue Yao frowned and whispered, "It's not just hope, I'm just afraid that when the time comes, His Majesty will directly decree to order someone to accompany the driver, which will inevitably include you, unless His Majesty personally agrees to keep you in the palace. Now that His Majesty is avoiding seeing you, this is difficult, I'm afraid that you are afraid to find excuses to shirk ......"
"So he is deliberately avoiding me!" Princess Shio slapped the coffee table and stood up, hatingly saying, "In front of me it's soft and tender, he's pressing this step by step, not giving me half a way back! Men are really no good!"
Xue Yao, a certain man who was swept by a map gun: "......"
Shi Fei turned her head to see Xue Yao's innocent face and hurriedly explained, "I'm not talking about you, you're not considered a man in my eyes!"
A certain man with bruised self-esteem, Xue Yao: "......"
"I mean ......," Shiofi had to explain!
"I understand!" Xue Yao hurriedly raised his hand to stop Long Ao Tian his mother from continuing to make up, and gently advised to, "Your Highness, don't get agitated, it won't help to blame anyone right now, we can only wait for His Majesty's next move, if he comes to see you again before he issues the decree, perhaps there is still a chance for a turnaround."
Concubine Shih became even more anxious: ''Then when will he issue the decree? The Shu Road will take a few years to repair, won't I have to live in fear for a few years? It would be better to die a quick death!"
Xue Yao was suddenly reminded by these words, an unformed thought flashed through his mind, but he failed to capture it immediately, and first busied himself with persuasion, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the Emperor will definitely designate a list of companions before announcing the offer of the road to Shu."
Those words irritated Princess Shio even more.
Such a shocking beauty, at this moment with tears in her eyes, the handkerchief in her hand is almost wrung out, if replaced by Xue Yao that era, how many big men would be willing to cover the wind and rain for such a beauty.
But now the only man who could shelter her from the wind and rain was the culprit who had deliberately summoned thunder and lightning to strike her.
The emperor is really hard-hearted.
Xue Yao's heart was soft, when the beauty cried, he didn't think about what he could carry on his eight year old shoulders nowadays, stood up and said boldly, "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, there is no need for you to be too worried, with me, when the sky collapses, I'll climb up on the table and hold the roof for your Highness and your Seventh Highness first."
As soon as Princess Shio heard this, she turned to look at him, and her eyes burst into tears.
I didn't realize that at such a critical moment, only such an eight year old child would sincerely try his best to protect her mother and son.
Although she had little expectation of Xue Yao, Princess Shio was touched to the core of her heart and took two steps over, bending over and wrapping her arms around this young child as she sobbed in a low voice.
*
After Xue Yao left the palace and returned to his residence, his mind kept recalling the thoughts that had flashed by earlier.
A certain statement from Princess Shio woke him up.
"The Shu Road will take a few years to repair, so won't I have to live in fear for a few years?"
How many years will it take to repair the Shu Road ......
Xue Yao's mind kept wandering to this sentence.
Offer Shu Road a few years to complete, he did not know, the original construction was stopped after two or three years, because the people's grievances, the first signs of rebellion.
Though the civil protests were far from climactic at that time, they alarmed the then Grand Prince.
The Great Prince ......
The light bulb went off steeply in Xue Yao's head.