what? !

The person eavesdropping outside the window opened his eyes wide and quickly covered his mouth with his hands to prevent himself from screaming out, but his irregular breathing could easily be caught by a martial artist.

Chen Xiao squatted on the beam with his arms folded, perfectly hidden in the darkness.

In the study room.

Helan Jue lowered his eyes, "According to the royal family's jade book, I am the son of the late emperor. How can I call you father? If this matter gets out, won't the whole world laugh at me?"

Emperor Nandi heard the hidden sarcasm in his words and smiled bitterly helplessly.

"If your grandfather had not wanted to consolidate the family's power, your mother would not have entered the palace to become the late emperor's concubine, and you would not be the late emperor's 'son'."

Helan Jue said, "My mother has been gone for many years. What's the point of your Majesty bringing this up again now?"

The Southern Emperor was silent for a while. "It is indeed meaningless. After she passed away, I compensated you for all my debts. I kept you in the palace to educate you, let you leave the palace to start your own residence at the age of sixteen, and made you the youngest prince and general. But these compensations are not enough. Now I still owe you."

Helan Jue raised the corner of his lip in an ambiguous way but said nothing.

"I will search for famous doctors all over the world—"

"No need."

Helan Jue interrupted him calmly, "Some things, if not done when they are most needed, no amount of compensation afterwards will be enough."

Nan Di didn't know what to say for a moment.

The emperor who ruled the world looked helpless for the second time in his life.

"Your Majesty, please do not feel guilty about this. I feel very good about my life now. I understand your concerns. Let the past be the past."

When Helan Jue said these words, his expression was calm and his aura was extremely peaceful, giving off a sense of calmness that came from experiencing many ups and downs.

The more he did this, the more guilty Nan Di felt. The guilt accumulated over the years made him even more unsure of how to make up for it.

"Now the world is at peace, the prince is virtuous and capable of great responsibility, I only hope that the rest of my life will be smooth."

"Although I have been summoned here today, I also have something to report to His Majesty."

The Southern Emperor listened to Helan Jue's words, was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "What's the matter?"

Helan Jue smiled lightly, "Jiang Xu has been trying to treat me at home these days, and I am actually getting better, and I have regained feeling in my legs and feet."

"Oh, is it so!"

The Southern Emperor stood up in surprise, walked around from behind the desk to Helan Jue, and looked at his complexion carefully. It was indeed much better than before when he was pale and thin.

"Okay, okay!" The Southern Emperor smiled. "I didn't expect that the master's words would come true. I was thinking of trying everything possible. Jiang Xu is indeed your lucky star, and mine as well! I will reward him!"

"It was he who noticed that the ginseng soup sent by Wei Shi was not right. If it weren't for him, I would not have been able to see through the scheme of that rebellious son!"

"He has no shortage of gold, silver and treasures. If Your Majesty really wants to reward my wife, why not ask him himself?" Helan Jue chuckled.

This smile was more like the way Ye Wanqing smiled at him while standing under the willow tree.

Emperor Nan was in mixed emotions, and the guilt and helplessness he had just felt was somewhat relieved. At this moment, when he heard him talk about Jiang Xu, he felt like a family.

Logically speaking, Jiang Xu should also be his son-in-law.

Neither the crown prince nor the fourth prince had ever married a wife, which meant that the fourth prince had a son. But the son was born to a concubine, so the fourth prince didn't like him very much. Whenever he brought the son to the palace, he always looked timid.

Not to mention the fourth brother, even the Southern Emperor himself doesn't like him.

Therefore, he rarely gets close to these children.

When he suddenly heard Helan Jue mention his family to him, he felt like he was just an ordinary family's father.

Besides, the Southern Emperor has liked Jiang Xu's flamboyant and straightforward personality since he entered the palace as a child. Compared with the timid boy from the fourth brother's family, his personality is even more outstanding.

Now that Jiang Xu is marrying the child born to him and his beloved, it is a closer relationship.

The Southern Emperor also felt that after Helan Jue married the lively Jiang Xu, Helan Jue became more lively and no longer looked lifeless and sickly, which made him feel more guilty every time he looked at him.

"Okay! Let him come to the palace tomorrow and we'll have a good meal!"

The Southern Emperor changed his heavy mood, as if the matter between the Crown Prince and the Queen had just passed.

Helan Jue hid the coldness in his eyes and smiled slightly: "It's late at night, I won't bother you today."

The Southern Emperor originally wanted to ask Helan Jue to stay in the palace, and it just so happened that the Jianning Palace where he once lived had been preserved.

On second thought, Helan Jue is now a married man, and it’s the first month of their marriage, so how can they separate?

"I'll ask Eunuch Gao to take you back."

"No need. There is Shen Xiao in the palace and carriages and horses outside the palace. Eunuch Gao is old, so let him rest early at night."

After he said that, the Southern Emperor couldn't force his kindness any further.

He watched Helan Jue being pushed out of the imperial study by Chen Xiao, with a smile still on his face. He didn't come back to his senses until Eunuch Gao came in and sighed.

"Xunzhi is a very good child."

Eunuch Gao echoed in a low voice: "Back then, the prince had all the capital covered with gorgeous crowns. If not..." He paused and smacked his lips.

"The slave made a slip of the tongue."

"It's not a slip of the tongue, the fact is..." The Southern Emperor's eyes dimmed a lot, how could he not feel guilty?

"This child may look cold-hearted, but he actually has his mother's gentleness and kindness in his heart. He understands my concerns and does not pursue the matter further. I owe them too much."

From now on, let alone asking for a marriage, even if Helan Jue wanted the stars in the sky, he would find skilled craftsmen all over the world to pick them down!

……

Stepping out of the palace gate, Chen Xiao felt the impatient breath of a lion swishing its tail again, and the prince's air pressure was lower today than every time he entered the palace in the past. He breathed lightly and dared not make a sound.

Helan Jue calmed down and asked expressionlessly, "Did the Queen's people get to her palace smoothly?"

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