He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

Since the burial of Concubine Chen, the Emperor has never seen Xie Jingyan again.

With so many people in Prince Ling's mansion contracting smallpox, the Emperor must be terribly worried.

Shen Wan said to Xie Jingyan, "Then go to the palace."

Xie Jingyan said, "It won't be too late to accompany you to visit the garden before entering the palace."

Shen Wan, "..."

Why can’t I change this habit of asking for a beating?

Isn’t he afraid that the emperor will be furious if he finds out?

It's just a stroll in the garden, you don't have to have him accompany you, is it that important?

Shen Wan pushed Jing Yan and said, "You go to the palace first, and I will go to the garden when you come back."

Xie Jingyan looked helpless.

It would be best if your father came to him for any important matters.

Xie Jingyan did not insist any longer and walked towards the gate of the palace.

Shen Wan watched him walk away, then walked towards the garden.

Yin Shuang was stunned. "Wasn't the princess waiting for the prince to return home before going to visit the garden?"

Shen Wan raised her hand and knocked on Yin Shuang's head, "Can't I go shopping by myself first, and then go shopping again when the prince comes back?"

Yinshuang, "..."

She must have been infected with Chen Feng's bad tongue.

Yin Shuang rubbed his head and followed Shen Wan to the garden happily.

Shen Wan hadn't visited the garden for almost two months. Visiting the garden was secondary. The important thing was that she wanted to walk more. She had been stuck in the house for forty-two days. She couldn't imagine what it felt like to be in jail.

While Shen Wan was walking around the garden, Xie Jingyan rode into the palace on horseback and went straight to the imperial study.

It was the emperor who summoned Xie Jingyan to the palace. He went in directly without any announcement.

The emperor was reviewing memorials when he heard Eunuch Yuan report that Prince Ling had arrived. The emperor glanced at Xie Jingyan and looked behind him, frowning, "Why are you here alone?"

Xie Jingyan asked, "Who else did the emperor summon?"

The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and said unhappily, "Don't you know to bring your princess and child into the palace for me to see?"

When the child was born, it was winter and it was inconvenient to bring him into the palace. But now it is spring and the weather is not so cold, so why not bring him in to see his father, the emperor?

He has been wanting to have a grandson for a year, but he still doesn't know what his grandson looks like.

As expected, there was nothing important in asking him to come to the palace. Xie Jingyan said with a sullen face, "Can't you just say if you want to see the child?"

The emperor looked at Xie Jingyan and changed the subject, "How come so many people in Prince Ling's mansion are infected with smallpox?"

Although the smallpox was over, the emperor still wanted to get to the bottom of it. He felt that this should not have happened.

Xie Jingyan glanced at the palace maids serving in the imperial study, and Eunuch Yuan waved his hand and asked them to leave.

After the palace servants left, Xie Jingyan said, "Someone sent more than a dozen pieces of silk to Prince Ling's mansion on the second day of the smallpox outbreak in the name of a reward from my father. Those pieces of silk were infected with smallpox, and the infection spread to the embroiderers in the mansion..."

The emperor was instantly filled with anger and became furious.

Eunuch Yuan took a breath of cold air.

No wonder Prince Ling asked whether the Emperor had rewarded Princess Ling with silk. It was indeed related to smallpox.

Who is such a vicious person that he could come up with such a way to harm people? He is not just going to kill Prince Ling, he is going to destroy the entire Prince Ling's Mansion.

The emperor said coldly, "Can you find out who sent it?"

"We just started investigating today," Xie Jingyan said.

He avoided the palace servants to avoid alerting the enemy.

The emperor said, "Find out who it is, and I will not let them off lightly no matter who they are."

Before the emperor finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the imperial study, and Xiao Xizi came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Minister of War wants to see you for something."

The emperor didn't have anything important to talk to Xie Jingyan about, so Xie Jingyan prepared to leave.

The emperor said, "You stay and listen too."

Xie Jingyan did not leave, Xiao Xizi retreated, and soon the Minister of War walked in.

The Minister of War, Lord Li, entered the Imperial Study, saluted the Emperor, and presented a memorial, saying, "A memorial was sent from the border saying that they discovered that Xiliang was secretly sending reinforcements and food to the border..."

This was expected, and neither the emperor nor Xie Jingyan was surprised.

The crown prince of Western Liang died in Great Chu. It is impossible for Western Liang not to ask Great Chu for an explanation. This is to prepare for a large-scale military attack. If the imperial court cannot give an explanation, they will directly attack Great Chu.

The Minister of War came to see the Emperor to discuss whether to send more troops to the border as well. Only by taking early precautions can we avoid being caught off guard by Western Liang. Cities have always been easy to defend but difficult to attack. Once captured, it would not be easy to take them back.

The emperor looked at Xie Jingyan and asked, "What do you think, Yan'er?"

Xie Jingyan said, "I'm afraid this battle is inevitable, but the prince of Xiliang died in our Great Chu, so we are in the wrong. We can't send more troops to Xiliang, but we can't do nothing either. We can first transport food and grass to the border, and then let Pingyang Hou lead the cavalry to Jianan Pass for training. Once the battle starts, the cavalry can arrive in two days with their speed."

Before the emperor could speak, the Minister of War said, "Prince Ling's arrangement is very appropriate. It not only takes precautions, but also does not give people a chance to talk about it."

The emperor nodded, "Let's do this for now."

After discussing the preparations for war, Xie Jingyan left the imperial study half an hour later.

After leaving the imperial study, Xie Jingyan walked towards the outside of the palace. When he arrived at the horse ranch, he just climbed onto his horse when he saw the eldest prince riding towards him.

Seeing Xie Jingyan, the eldest prince came over to greet him, "I didn't expect such a coincidence to run into my sixth brother in the palace. There has been an outbreak of smallpox in Prince Ling's mansion these days, which has frightened my father. My sixth brother knew that the plague would break out in Kyoto, so why did the mansion neglect it?"

Xie Jingyan looked at the eldest prince with an indifferent and distant expression, "I didn't expect that someone in the mansion would be infected with smallpox. There is always a loophole."

The eldest prince said, "Fortunately, Sixth Brother and his wife are fine. This is a blessing in disguise."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and then the eldest prince went to visit the empress dowager, so one left the palace and the other went to Shoukang Palace.

Xie Jingyan rode back home on horseback and stepped into Mo Yuxuan, where he saw the wet nurse holding the child in her arms in the sun and Shen Wan playing with the child with a rattle.

Seeing him come in, Shen Wan squeezed the child's hand and said with a smile, "Father is back."

Xie Jingyan felt relaxed all over after hearing these five simple words.

But he didn't have this idea when holding the child, as the shadow of the child peeing on him was still in his mind.

Xie Jingyan came over, and Shen Wan asked, "You've taken so long to come back. Is there something important that Father wants to talk to you about?"

Just as Xie Jingyan was about to speak, a maid came over and said, "My Lord, the Emperor sent someone to tell you to bring the princess and the young prince into the palace..."

No wonder his father didn't say anything when he refuted him. It turned out that he was waiting for him here.

In order to see the child, I put all my efforts into it.

Shen Wan looked up at the sky and said, "Lunch is about to start in half an hour. Father summoned us to the palace now. Does he intend to keep us here for dinner?"

Xie Jingyan was not so obedient, especially since he had just returned from the palace. He directly told the maid, "Go and report back. Come back to the palace tomorrow."

Shen Wan asked, "Is it okay not to go today?"

"My father only told me to bring you into the palace, but he didn't mention today. Obviously, he didn't expect me to bring you into the palace today," said Xie Jingyan.

"..."