webnovelfull Chapter 532 Savior
Chapter 532 Savior
When Ji Yuntang heard this, she felt that the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
The Imperial Master stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness's accident happened suddenly, and the capital is far away from the prince's fiefdom. It would take ten days or half a month to send a message back and forth."
"The Queen Mother may be worried that Your Highness is too busy to come, so she didn't send anyone to inform you. It's not her intention not to tell Your Highness. I hope Your Highness can understand."
The Imperial Master knew about this matter, and he had also heard of the Prince of Jizhou.
Logically speaking, for a major event like the death of the crown prince, someone should have been sent to inform him.
But Empress Dowager Yuan didn't want Yuan Jiuan to know.
Firstly, he had a very good relationship with the Chu royal family. The ancestors of both sides were sworn brothers and they had a friendship of sharing weal and woe.
The founding emperor granted Jizhou to the head of the Yuan family. He trusted him very much and never thought of taking back this treasure land in the northwest.
Empress Dowager Yuan was afraid that after Yuan Jiuan knew about this, he would stand up for the Chu family and go against her on their behalf.
Secondly, Yuan Jiuan had more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom were brave and good at fighting. The Empress Dowager Yuan was very wary of this and also coveted it.
She wanted to take back the military power from Yuan Jiuan many times, and therefore sent many capable officials to Jizhou to negotiate with Yuan Jiuan.
I originally thought that I could take as much as I could, and when Yuan Jiuan had few soldiers left, I would then cede the fiefdoms and take everything from the Yuan family for myself.
But unexpectedly, what was sent back in the end were only the officials' mutilated bodies.
Among them there was one official who left a deep impression on Empress Dowager Yuan, and that was her nephew Yuan Zeming.
She originally had high hopes for her nephew, but she didn't expect that what was sent back in the end was only a severed hand of her nephew.
Empress Dowager Yuan sent people to investigate the matter, but was opposed by officials in Jizhou. Yuan Jiuan wrote a letter saying that it was her nephew who was at fault first and that she was just doing her job.
The emperor of Jizhou is far away, and Empress Dowager Yuan is not sure that she can get justice from Yuan Jiuan.
Later, the matter was left unresolved!
Empress Dowager Yuan also hated Yuan Jiuan because of this.
It was also because of these two reasons that Empress Dowager Yuan did not send anyone to inform Yuan Jiuan about the burial of the fake prince and the appointment of a new prince.
She felt that it was better to have less trouble than more, and since Yuan Jiuan had no use for her, there was a high probability that he would not agree.
She just wanted to take back the imperial power as soon as possible. As long as Yuan Chao sat on the throne, everything would be settled!
Even if Yuan Jiuan disagrees, what can he do?
How could a vassal king like him interfere in the imperial court?
But things went against their wishes. What they didn't expect was that Yuan Jiuan really came to Western Shu.
Now they have blocked the prince's funeral hearse and prevented them from traveling.
The Imperial Master was overwhelmed. He had calculated everything except this one!
Moreover, it was obvious that Yuan Jiuan had entered Beijing secretly without alerting anyone.
Now that Queen Mother Yuan is not here, he is the only one who can come forward to negotiate!
Seeing that the people in the carriage had not responded, the Imperial Master said, "The time for the burial is almost here. I hope that the prince can make it easier for the crown prince to rest in peace as soon as possible."
As soon as the words fell, a mellow voice like wine sounded in the carriage, and the man said in a low voice: "At least when the prince was young, I held him in my arms."
"According to seniority, he should have called me uncle. Now that he has passed away at such a young age, how can I, as an elder, ignore him?"
At this point, he paused for a moment, then continued, "Go back and tell your Queen Mother that no matter what, she must let me see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the last time. Is this request not too much?"
The Imperial Master's face darkened instantly. If he hadn't figured out Yuan Jiuan's purpose of coming to the capital before, now he knew it!
Yuan Jiuan came to Beijing just to destroy them.
The thing that Empress Dowager Yuan was most worried about finally happened!
The Imperial Master took a few steps forward and said, "Your Highness, it's not that the Queen Mother doesn't want you to see the Crown Prince for the last time, but the Crown Prince was burned in the fire and his body has long been unrecognizable."
"I'm afraid that if I open the coffin rashly, it will scare the prince."
The man in the carriage lifted the curtain and slowly walked out.
He said in a gentle voice: "It's okay. I've seen all kinds of scenes. How could I be scared by a dead person?"
"Master, open the coffin!"
Only then did Ji Yuntang see the man's face clearly. She was shocked, but also very surprised.
Isn’t this the young man whom she helped to fit a prosthesis after his thigh was amputated in the medical skills competition?
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be the famous King Chengxuan?
Ji Yuntang was pleasantly surprised by this discovery. She still remembers it very clearly. When she first saw the man, he was sitting in a wheelchair and was pushed onto the stage by a servant. Not only was his face untidy, but he also looked sick and wanted to die.
Unexpectedly, after not seeing him for a year, he not only looked relaxed and energetic, but also had a dignified demeanor in every move, and his whole body exuded the aura of a king who dominated the world.
Ji Yuntang's eyes fell on the man's broken right leg. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that this leg was a prosthesis.
Perhaps noticing that someone was looking at him, the man turned and looked in the direction of Ji Yuntang.
At the first glance, he was stunned and his amber pupils shrank sharply.
Is it her?
The girl who saved him?
Perhaps sensing his confusion, Ji Yuntang winked at him and pointed to his right leg.
Yuan Jiuan was instantly certain in his heart that the girl in front of him was indeed the Princess Ye who had rescued him.
Although Ji Yuntang had makeup on his face and turmeric powder on his skin, he looked rustic.
But her clear, watery fox eyes were the most lively ones Yuan Jiuan had ever seen in his life.
Just one glance and you will never forget it.
Yuan Jiuan was a little excited. He didn't expect to meet his savior here.
Although he really wanted to sit down with Ji Yuntang and reminisce and chat, the current situation was obviously not appropriate.
Moreover, Ji Yuntang's dress and appearance showed that she did not want to reveal her identity, so he naturally could not recognize her in public.
Yuan Jiuan could only suppress the excitement in his heart and turned to look at the Imperial Master.
Seeing that the Imperial Master had not taken any action, he asked, "Why is the Taoist priest so reluctant to open the coffin? Did I travel all the way to the capital in a carriage to see His Royal Highness off, but I don't even have the right to see him for the last time?"
The Imperial Master knew what opening the coffin meant. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and soon his back was soaked!