Originally, after the crown prince’s ceremony, Pei Qianxue should have talked with Zong Luo to clarify the reason for the wooden plaque glowing. As a result, it was dragged to two days later, taking advantage of the end of the morning court, he hurried to Yuchun Palace in a hurry.
In response to the question, Zong Luo just smiled. “I’m not quite sure about this either.”
The wooden plaque showing golden light meant that he was undoubtedly of the Zong family bloodline. In addition to Yu Beizhou’s words, did he still need to explain to Pei Qianxue that it was because he and the real prince exchanged blood that the wooden plaque did not detect it?
Sure enough, Pei Qianxue did not doubt, but sighed, “Jin Yu said that day, this matter, the same as mine, is obtained in a dream. Perhaps this matter can also be a warning, the dream is the opposite of reality. That’s just an ordinary dream, not a prophetic dream, let alone a dream given by an immortal. In the end, we are too serious, seeing enemies in every bush.”
“I’m sorry, Jin Yu, the matter of bloodline is of great importance, I told you without testing, fortunately, it did not mess up the big event, otherwise I don’t know how to face you.”
The hand hidden under the sleeve suddenly tightened.
“No, it’s not Ah Xue’s fault. Whenever there is an emergency, Ah Xue thinks of me, I can’t thank you enough, how could I blame you.”
Of course it had nothing to do with Pei Qianxue.
Because the fact was that he was not a prince of the Great Yuan, but just deceiving the world and stealing glory he did not deserve.
Seeing the reluctance under Zong Luo’s smile, Pei Qianxue naturally would not continue.
He quickly changed the subject. “Just now at the morning court, a big event happened. The King of Beining suddenly volunteered to lead troops to the front line, and His Majesty immediately agreed, ordering him to lead troops immediately.”
So the commotion just now was the first shot against the Wei Country.
Yu Beizhou was the first to leave before the civil and military officials because he was leading troops immediately.
Zong Luo couldn’t help but frown.
The Yu Country had just been taken down not long ago, and there were still many Yuan soldiers stationed in the capital of the Yu Country. The spoils of war were being transported to Great Yuan by carriage, and the reorganization of the Yu soldiers was only half done.
The best time to fight against the Wei Country should be several months later.
As a general, Yu Beizhou could not possibly be unaware of this.
It was not right to ask for a battle at this time, let alone Emperor Yuan actually agreeing, which was simply absurd.
Zong Luo’s mind was full of news about the request for battle, and for a moment he almost didn’t hear the second half of Pei Qianxue’s words.
“I heard that His Majesty intends to marry Jin Yu today, and the other party is the granddaughter of the Ting Wei’s family, is this true?”
Pei Qianxue laid a lot of groundwork, deliberated for a long time, and then turned to the question he most wanted to ask, nervously opening his mouth.
Starting from yesterday, the marriage decree had been quietly lying in the most conspicuous place on the desk of the Zhang Palace. Not only Pei Qianxue, but almost all the ministers who met with Emperor Yuan saw it, and coupled with the fact that Emperor Yuan did not intend to hide it, it spread all over the city.
If it were in the past, Pei Qianxue might still have dared to take a gamble and tell the truth.
However, since the beloved friend became the crown prince, Pei Qianxue was both proud and happy for his friend, but also understood that those thoughts that could not be seen in the light would never have a day of truth.
He was the confidant of Emperor Yuan, a world-renowned clear official, and a hopeful minister, and he would assist Jin Yu to ascend the throne in the future. Whether in public or private, Pei Qianxue couldn’t say anything more.
But now he didn’t even have the qualification to let the person in front of him know. He even had to watch the person he admired get married. Even if Pei Qianxue could bury his thoughts, he’d ultimately be unable to restrain the loss of control.
Zong Luo finally came back to his senses. “There is such a thing, but I have already made it clear to Miss Shen, there may still be changes in this matter, and in the end, it depends on Father Emperor’s calculations.”
Pei Qianxue unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that such thoughts were too despicable, but he couldn’t control it. In the end, he just smiled bitterly. “In the next few days, I will speed up the selection of the list of officials for the Eastern Palace. After it is completely decided, I will send it to Jin Yu.”
“Okay, thank you, Ah Xue.”
Watching Pei Qianxue’s back, Zong Luo fell silent again.
At this point in time, Yu Beizhou should have finished his troop inspection and already left with his troops.
That’s good, the battle against the Wei Country, plus the journey in between, couldn’t be won in less than half a year. After half a year, everything in the Imperial City would have been settled down, and he didn’t need to think about right and wrong, love and hate, and took it as atonement.
What he didn’t expect was that around noon, another eunuch came to the study to report.
“Your Highness, the Great Witch seeks an audience.”
Zong Luo was a bit surprised and quickly put down his pen. “Please let them come in quickly.”
Because he had to sit in the city and operate the Quartet National Fate Big Array, the Great Witch almost spent his entire life in the capital, not taking a step out. Over time, he didn’t need to participate in the morning court, and he didn’t even go out of the Great Witch Temple, but now he ran to the palace in person.
For some reason, the bad premonition that emerged when he caught a glimpse of that corner of the robe during the conversation with Shen Xinyue yesterday, vaguely fell on Zong Luo’s heart again.
What could make the Great Witch run a trip himself was definitely not a small matter.
Could it be that the time reversal array has a problem again? What tricks did Yu Beizhou play? Zong Luo thought with uncertainty.
However, when the Great Witch with a ghost face mask and fangs, wearing a hood, threw something at him, Zong Luo realized that he had guessed wrong again.
Lying in his hand was a wooden plaque engraved with Zong Luo’s name.
Unlike the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony, the fresh blood on this wooden sign settled down without any reaction.
“This is the wooden plaque that the King of Beining threatened this minister to exchange.”
The Great Witch said hoarsely, “On the eve of the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony, he used a wooden plaque with his blood on it to replace the one in your hand.”
The crown prince in white widened his eyes, his chest rose and fell a few times, and then he spoke, “How is it possible? Yu Beizhou said it was because of the time reversal array that caused our blood to blend, which made my body also have the bloodline of Emperor Yuan, thus I will——”
“Did he say that to you? It’s simply nonsense!”
The Great Witch said coldly, “The time reversal array itself is a dedication type array. It can only give unilaterally, it cannot perform any exchange, let alone blood fusion.”
“Thinking that this old man doesn’t know? He is the son of fate, and he clearly gave you his fate and luck, otherwise how could it be–”
Seeing the other party’s shaky figure, the Great Witch finally didn’t say that sentence.
In the study of Yuchun Palace, this old man was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, “He has been deceiving you from beginning to end.”
The Great Witch is truly the greatest wingman