I let you have children and you lead seven sinful girls to rebel?

Chapter 260 The King of Zhenxi is Back

There is no way. If the favorability does not increase, there is no way to improve the strength.

But now, time waits for no one.

Moreover, the favorability of the women around me has recently reached a bottleneck.

Except for Xu Ruolan, who can increase her favorability by five points every day without fail because of the use of the Imperial Whip, the favorability of other women, even if improved, increases very slowly.

Therefore, Chen Xuan felt that he had to go out and walk around, let some stories happen, and make the relationship warmer.

The reason why the eight women followed him to Jiangnan.

First of all, Chen Xuan felt that either he should take everyone out to play together, or it would be too stressful for them to stay in Barbarian City all the time.

Secondly, Chen Xuan would feel uneasy if he didn't bring them with him.

Moreover, Jiangnan is not just Lu Qiqi's parent.

Liu Yiyi and Su Qingcheng are both women from the water towns of Jiangnan.

However, their homes had been ransacked, and their clansmen were either exiled or imprisoned, and some had even been executed. They were much more miserable than Lu Qiqi.

As for Li Xuanxuan, she was from Beijing and originally came from a prominent family. Chen Xuan was not quite sure why she was imprisoned, and she always spoke very little.

Since she didn't say it herself, Chen Xuan naturally wouldn't ask too much. When she needed help from him, she would tell him naturally.

There were not many people setting out this time, only ten in total.

Apart from the eight women, there are Chen Xuan and Zheng Tong.

The rest of the people all stayed in Barbarian City.

The Jiangnan water town is two thousand miles away from the Man City.

Fortunately, the road from Mancheng to Jiangnan is much easier to travel. Even if you walk slowly, you can arrive in half a month.

If it’s fast, it might not even take ten days!

Time flies, three days have passed!

Beijing.

East Palace.

At this time, Crown Prince Shi Jian was drinking tea and watching a play. There had always been a troupe of actors in the East Palace that would perform different operas for him every day.

"Your Highness, there's something going on."

A eunuch came trotting in.

What Shi Jian hated most was being disturbed while he was watching a play, and the young eunuchs around him knew his habit very well.

Therefore, if it is not an important matter, basically no one would disturb him, but now he is rushing over, obviously there is something important.

"what's up?"

Shi Jian leaned back in his chair, clutching a handful of melon seeds, and said calmly, "Was it Chen Tian from Mr. Liao who brought the person back?"

It has been some time since he sent Mr. Liao and Chen Tian out.

However, according to his plan, it would take another three to five days for Mr. Liao to bring An Ruxue back.

Isn't it a bit too fast to bring the person back now?

"No, it's something else."

The eunuch quickly whispered, "The Prince of Zhenxi has arrived in the capital overnight and is now meeting with the emperor."

"King of Zhenxi? Why is he back?"

Shi Jian frowned and sat up straight.

Obviously, the three words "King of Zhenxi" forced him to treat them with caution.

In terms of blood relationship, the King of Zhenxi is his uncle. After all, the King of Zhenxi is the younger brother of the late emperor.

But blood relationship is blood relationship. In the turbulent court, Shi Jian and the King of Zhenxi did not have a close relationship. It could even be said that they were not on good terms with each other.

After all, the Prince of Zhenxi is not a member of the Prince's Party, he supports the Empress.

According to the normal succession process, the position of Emperor Daqian should have belonged to Shi Jian. However, the empress stole the throne from him, forcing him to serve as the crown prince for an extra twenty years.

Moreover, as long as the empress does not abdicate, he will have to continue to be the crown prince, and it is unknown how long it will take.

Logically speaking, the King of Zhenxi should be stationed at the border at this time.

After all, the border has not been very peaceful recently. Several countries that have grievances with Daqian have not been very honest in recent years. Unless there is something particularly important, the King of Zhenxi cannot return to Beijing.

Moreover, he returned to Beijing in a hurry, and there was no news at all before!

"Your Highness, I don't know why the Prince of Zhenxi returned to the capital, but it seems the situation is quite serious because he returned alone, and it is said that he even killed a Ferghana horse while running away!"

The eunuch said.

For the entire princeling party, they have spies everywhere, even in the palace. As long as it is not a particularly confidential matter, they will basically know it very quickly.

"All the Ferghana horses ran away to their deaths? It seems something big must have happened at the border."

Shi Jian paused in thought before continuing, "I don't know if it will affect Old Liao and the others. I don't think so. Compared to the major events at the border, arresting An Ruxue and Chen Xuan is simply a trivial matter. The King of Zhenxi probably won't focus his attention on them."

"As long as nothing happens to Mr. Liao, it has nothing to do with me."

As he spoke, Shi Jian shook his head, with an attitude of indifference.

Anyway, he was just the prince, not the emperor. Whatever happened at the border was none of his business, and he was too lazy to worry about it.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

However, just as Shi Jian finished speaking, the sharp voice of the old eunuch came from outside the door.

Shi Jian was suddenly shocked. How come the Prince of Zhenxi had just arrived in Beijing and the Eastern Palace immediately sent an imperial edict?

"The Prince of Zhenxi's visit to the capital should have nothing to do with me."

Shi Jian muttered to himself, waved his hand, told the troupe to leave quickly, and then walked out to greet the imperial edict.

Soon, the chief eunuch Hai was seen standing there holding the imperial edict.

The moment he saw Eunuch Hai, Shi Jian couldn't help but be shocked.

Eunuch Hai is the chief eunuch in the entire palace and the empress's most trusted confidant.

Generally, don’t leave the palace easily!

Even if the empress had any imperial edict to convey, she would basically just let other eunuchs convey it.

He came in person today?

"The Empress has ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter the palace immediately without delay!"

Eunuch Hai glanced at Shi Jian and directly read the imperial edict. Then he said in a lukewarm tone, "Your Highness, please accept the edict."

Shi Jian's heart sank. From Eunuch Hai's attitude, he could tell the Empress' attitude towards him.

If Eunuch Hai came to read the imperial edict happily.

Then, nothing happened.

But Eunuch Hai was obviously very unhappy, and even showed a cold face in front of the prince.

This means that the Empress has the same attitude!

What's going on? I haven't done anything wrong recently. Have I upset the Empress again?

"My son, I accept the order!"

Although he was confused, Shi Jian immediately accepted the order.

"Your Highness, since you have received the imperial edict, please come with me to the palace."

Eunuch Hai spoke lightly.

Looking at his posture, it seemed as if he was staring at me the whole time, as if he was afraid that I would run away.

"Eunuch Hai, what's going on? Why does the Empress suddenly want to see me?"

Shi Jian forced a smile and walked to Eunuch Hai, then calmly stuffed a small bottle into his sleeve.