Rebirth of the Imperial Uncle's Medical Concubine

Xiao Tianming looked at Duke Xu in surprise and said, "No, then how can uncle be so sure that he won't betray you!"

Duke Xu explained to Xiao Tianming, "Song Yunshu was promoted by me step by step, and he is also the one who is most grateful to me among all my students!"

Duke Xu still didn't tell Xiao Tianming about the person he killed.

Xiao Tianming didn’t understand why Duke Xu was so confident, but seeing that Duke Xu was so confident, he didn’t say anything else.

He just said to Duke Xu, "It's good that my uncle knows the answer!"

Duke Xu nodded, indicating that he understood. Xiao Tianming said to Duke Xu again, "How is the preparation for the repair money going?"

When Duke Xu heard Xiao Tianming ask this, he said to Xiao Tianming, "This...!"

Xiao Tianming noticed that Duke Xu was hesitant, and said to him, "Uncle, what happened?"

Duke Xu explained to Xiao Tianming, "If I am not mistaken, the Ministry of Revenue should not be able to come up with that much money..."

Xiao Tianming said anxiously when he heard this, "How is that possible? Isn't there so much money in the warehouse now?"

Duke Xu nodded and said, "The taxes haven't been collected yet, and although there is money for repairs, it's not that much after all! The emperor asked for 500,000 taels this time, and there may not be that much now!"

Xiao Tianming listened to Duke Xu's words in surprise, thinking that if he really couldn't come up with it this time, it might alarm his father. Maybe that's why his father summoned Song Yunshu.

Xiao Tianming thought about it and remembered the previous renovation money. He asked softly, "Then the previous renovation money, has it really not been delivered?"

Duke Xu said to Xiao Tianming, "Yes, but it's very little, maybe eight or nine out of ten!"

When Xiao Tianming heard what Duke Xu said, he was so excited that he almost couldn't hold back his voice and said, "Nine out of ten, you really dare. What about the rest? Where are they?"

Duke Xu looked at Xiao Tianming, who pointed at himself and said, "Me?"

Duke Xu nodded and said, "That's what I gave Your Highness in those years!"

Xiao Tianming said deflatedly, "Okay, okay, uncle really can do it! Just tie me to your boat like this! You are so nice!"

Duke Xu saw Xiao Tianming's expression and looked at Cao Su. Cao Su nodded calmly. Duke Xu then said to Xiao Tianming, "Your Highness, do you... want to...?"

Xiao Tianming looked at Duke Xu in confusion. Duke Xu seemed to have made a big decision and said to Xiao Tianming, "Do you want that position, Your Highness?"

Xiao Tianming looked at Duke Xu in surprise and asked, "What do you mean?"

Duke Xu explained, "Of course I want Your Highness to take that position in advance, and I want Your Majesty to become the Emperor Emeritus! Isn't that good?"

When Xiao Tianming first heard what Duke Xu said, he still had a trace of hesitation in his heart, but when he thought about his father's attitude towards him in recent times, that trace of hesitation disappeared and he got a positive answer!

Xiao Tianming said to Duke Xu, "Are you sure?"

Duke Xu knew that Xiao Tianming had agreed, so he said to Xiao Tianming, "Okay, then we will get ready."

Xiao Tianming nodded with a sneer. Just as the three of them were chatting about the details for a while, Xiao Tianming looked at Cao Su in surprise, because he didn't know many places in the imperial palace, but Cao Su knew them clearly.

Xiao Tianming looked at Cao Su again. Although Cao Su had a scar on his face, he felt that the area from his eyes to his nose looked a little familiar.

Duke Xu saw Xiao Tianming looking at Cao Su, and in order not to arouse Xiao Tianming's suspicion, he interrupted Xiao Tianming's thoughts with words.

Duke Xu smiled and said to Xiao Tianming, "Your Highness, is there anything you don't understand? If Your Highness is not here, can you go see Jiaojiao? This child talks about you all day long!"

Xiao Tianming withdrew his gaze from Cao Su and said to Duke Xu, "Okay, then Your Highness will leave first. If you have anything to do later, you can go directly to Ye Yi or go directly to the Third Prince's Mansion!"

Duke Xu said respectfully to Xiao Tianming, "Okay, Your Highness, I'll send you off!"

Xiao Tianming left. Duke Xu looked at Xiao Tianming's back and said to Cao Su, "Does he have any doubts?"

Cao Su sneered and said to Duke Xu, "He is just like his father, very conceited! Even if all the evidence is put together, he will not doubt it, let alone now there is such a great temptation!"

Duke Xu said to Cao Su, "That's right. Have you decided? Do you really want to do this?"

Cao Su nodded and said affirmatively, "As long as you can entangle Xiao Hanqi, then this country will change hands!"

Duke Xu nodded and said to Cao Su, "Okay, I'll go get someone to prepare it!"

Cao Su stopped Duke Xu and said, "No, we have someone to help us now. You don't have to do it. Sometimes it's convenient to kill someone with someone else's knife!"

Upon hearing this, Duke Xu smiled and said to Cao Su, "It seems you have thought it through!"

Cao Su nodded and said with a smile, "Of course, otherwise why would I come to you now!"

When Duke Xu heard Cao Su's words, he remembered the surprised look on his face when he first saw Cao Su.

Cao Su is actually a separate name from Xiao. Yes, his surname is Xiao, and to be precise, he is Xiao Tianming's other uncle.

At that time, Your Majesty was still a prince, but the late emperor was not optimistic about Your Majesty. The one he really favored was Cao Su. At that time, Cao Su was the eldest prince and was born to the Queen, so there was a great possibility that he would succeed to the throne.

But no one expected that the accident would come so quickly. During one royal hunting trip, Cao Su was injured by the emperor, who was still a prince at the time. However, since it happened in the hunting ground, no one thought it was intentional. After all, the emperor had a special relationship with the eldest prince at that time.

The emperor's mother died early, and he was raised by the queen. Therefore, Cao Su at that time did not take his so-called younger brother too seriously. Cao Su was on guard against everyone, including the newly born Xiao Hanqi, but not against the emperor at that time.

But just like this, Cao Su lost his chance of becoming emperor. After all, the royal family would not allow anyone with flaws to inherit the throne.

At that time, Cao Su did not doubt the emperor, thinking that he had just made a mistake for a moment. It was not until the emperor later rebelled and forced the late emperor to abdicate that Cao Su discovered the emperor's ambition.

Under the protection of his secret guards, Cao Su left Kyoto and lived a life in hiding, neither human nor ghost. Until the emperor ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to pay homage to the late emperor in a fake manner and placed his "remains" in the imperial mausoleum.

Cao Su then realized that the emperor's intentions were more than just this!