hotmtlnovel Chapter 238: Cao Que, the stubborn one, has only one advantage, Xie Chengze
Chapter 238: Cao Que, the stubborn one, has only one advantage, Xie Chengze
After a long silence, Cao Que finally spoke, "Your Highness, you are joking. Please go back."
Seeing that Cao Que didn't want to eat the greasy food, Xie Chengze decided to try something salty. He tried to persuade him with both reason and emotion, "Cao Sijun, the one who is ill in there is my father. As his son, I should go in and take care of him. Could it be that Cao Sijun's father is seriously ill, and a stranger stopped you from going in to take care of him, so you really won't go in?"
"Your Majesty will be taken care of by the Crown Prince." Cao Que shook his head. "Besides, Your Highness, your news is a little delayed. My father has already been sent to the Heavenly Prison by me personally."
Xie Chengze: ...
Seeing that Cao Que was unmoved, Xie Chengze couldn't help but break down his defense and snorted coldly, "General Cao! I have just been speaking gently and rationally, but you have repeatedly disobeyed and contradicted me. Do you really think that I have no one to use and can't break into this Yangxin Palace?"
Cao Que paused. He knew, of course, that Xie Chengze had two great masters by his side. If Xie Chengze wanted to break into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, these people under his command would not be his match without a trace.
But, we have to follow orders and stop it even if we can't.
Seeing that Cao Que was still stubborn, Xie Chengze finally got angry and shouted, "General Cao! You forced me to do this! No trace, no trace!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two slender figures "swish" and landed behind Xie Chengze. Even though they were not wearing swords on their waists, their presence was enough to alert all the imperial guards.
Cao Que straightened his body, drew out half of his sword and looked at Wuhen and Wuji warily, "Your Highness, I advise you not to act rashly, otherwise you will be charged with treason!"
"You, the Cao family, have imprisoned His Majesty in the Yangxin Palace. I think you are the ones who are plotting treason!" Xie Chengze said sternly, "Wuhen, Wuji, do it!"
The next moment, Wuhen and Wuji took a step forward, shocking the guards at the door to draw their swords. They saw Wuhen and Wuji raised their hands, half-closed them to their lips, and shouted, "Someone come and take a look! The prince's people don't let other sons fulfill their filial piety!"
"What could His Highness have done wrong? He just wanted to take a look at his father!"
"What a vicious Cao family army! They just want Your Highness not to see His Majesty for the last time! So that Your Highness will be labeled as unfilial! So that Your Highness will regret it for the rest of his life!"
Xie Chengze even sat down on the steps, patted his thigh, wiped his tears and said in a rude manner, "Father! I am an unfilial son! I can't see you for the last time! If you are still alive, please don't blame me! If you want to blame someone, blame Cao Que, the gatekeeper!"
Then he raised his eyebrows and whispered to Cao Que, "General Cao, you don't want me to keep making noise and disturb my father's rest, right?"
He has no good qualities except that he is good at putting the left skin on the right side. He is shameless on one side and thick-skinned on the other.
If he couldn't see Emperor Jian, he would shout from morning to night, and then call all the ministers to watch the fun. If anyone dared to stop him, he would let Wuhen and Wuji chop the person unconscious. He wanted to see who could shut him up today.
It turns out that going crazy is useful.
Cao Que would rather Xie Chengze let Wuhen Wuzhi kill people directly than have these three people standing at the door like crazy. He really didn't expect Xie Chengze to be so shameless as to disregard his noble status as a prince and regent and act madly in such a disgraceful manner.
Rubbing his brows, Cao Que sent someone to inform the queen.
When Cao Qingran arrived at the entrance of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he saw Xie Chengze sitting on the steps, twisting his butt from time to time, as if he disliked the cold ground. He was trying to persuade Cao Que with sweet words to take off his armor and use it as a butt pad for him.
Cao Que looked as if he had lost all hope in life.
"Prince Regent, please stop messing around." Cao Qingran walked over slowly, her eyes fell on Xie Chengze who was lying on the ground, her eagle-like eyes narrowed slowly, "How disgraceful."
Xie Chengze stood up and looked at her directly, "Mother, are you going to persuade me to go back too?"
"Your Majesty needs to rest. You might as well stay in the palace if you are making so much noise." Cao Qingran waved her hand to signal Cao Que to open the door. "Since you want to go in and see His Majesty, I will accompany you in."
"Your Majesty." Cao Que frowned slightly, obviously disagreeing with her decision.
Cao Qingran didn't say anything, but just glanced at Cao Que indifferently.
Cao Que was speechless for a moment and raised his hand to signal the guards at the gate to open the palace door.
Cao Qingran walked in first, and seeing this, Xie Chengze hurriedly followed.
The Yangxin Palace was quiet, and there were no palace servants waiting inside. Xie Chengze couldn't help but frown, "How come there is no one to take care of us? If my father asked for help, how could the guards outside hear the sound?"
Cao Qingran didn't say anything. She walked behind the screen, looked at Emperor Jian who was sleeping on the bed, and slowly sat down beside the bed.
Xie Chengze also hurried forward and looked at Emperor Jian's suddenly old face. He couldn't help but raise his hand, touched Emperor Jian's forehead, and flipped over his eyelids.
Cao Qingran watched quietly, "When did you learn medical skills?"
"..." Xie Chengze silently withdrew his hand. He just saw it was played like this on TV. "What disease did the emperor have?"
"Lung congestion, headache."
Xie Chengze didn't understand, but he could roughly understand that it was related to the lungs and brain.
Since ancient times, these two places have been the most difficult to govern.
Xie Chengze held Emperor Jian's hand somewhat dejectedly, "Then why did the condition suddenly worsen?"
Cao Qingran raised his eyes and looked at him without saying anything.
She was also investigating, but the results she found were beyond her expectations.
She never expected that person would do this.
When did it start?
He is obviously the one who can sit still the most, why did he suddenly resort to such unscrupulous means?
Retracting his thoughts, Cao Qingran stood up and said calmly, "Now that you have finished reading, let's go."
Xie Chengze shook his head and held Emperor Jian's hand tightly, "I want to wait for my father to wake up."
Cao Qingran frowned and wanted Cao Que to come in and take the person away, but when her eyes met Xie Chengze's sad and painful eyes, she was distracted and thought of Hua Ning unexpectedly.
Once, just because Emperor Jian praised Xie Chengze in public and said that he was better than the crown prince, she was slapped in the face by her father. The man's slap almost made her deaf. At that time, Hua Ning, who happened to come to see her, looked at her in the same way.
At that time, Hua Ning seemed to say something. Her expression was so serious, as if she had made some important promise to her.
But she didn't hear clearly.
Her mind was full of thoughts, and she didn't want Hua Ning to see her in such a miserable state.
Her worthless self-esteem made her want to drive Hua Ning away, but she also hoped that Hua Ning would always feel sorry for her and pity her, because since she was born, Hua Ning was the only one who cared about whether she was in pain or not, and would tell her that she should slap back, because people cannot bear the anger all the time, or they will get sick.
She was indeed sick. On the one hand, she wanted to destroy Hua Ning's open-mindedness and freedom, and on the other hand, she hid in the darkness and wanted to watch her forever.
Love the house and hate the dog in it. She loves Xie Chengze, this kind and gentle child. She cannot bring herself to kill him and see his bloody face, but she also hopes that he has never appeared, so as not to take away all the attention of Hua Ning and Jiandi, and not let all the hard work of her half life go to waste.
Cao Qingran gently raised his hand and wanted to touch the top of Xie Chengze's head, but Xie Chengze slightly turned his head to avoid it.
Her hand paused in mid-air, and finally she lowered her eyes and withdrew her hand in silence.
"Even if His Majesty favors you, the only one who can inherit the Jian'an throne is the Crown Prince." After a long while, Cao Qingran reminded him with the last bit of softness in his heart, "My son, now is the best time to leave the capital."
She was soft-hearted only this time.
This was the first time Cao Qingran called him the prince. As far as he could remember, Cao Qingran had never called him a nickname, and even rarely called him the Second Prince. Xie Chengze couldn't help but twitch his lips, "Queen, there's no need to call you so affectionately. The Crown Prince is your prince."
Thinking of something, he stood up for Xie Jinyu, "Children should not be educated with sticks. The prince has already grown up, and the queen is still treating him so harshly. It's not proper."
Cao Qingran was stunned for a moment.
Then she realized something and looked at Xie Chengze deeply, "You misunderstood me."
After Hua Ning's death, she came to her senses and stopped corporal punishment on Xie Jinyu.