There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 270
"Emperor Daxia, you swore at the beginning that as long as our national teacher came, you would give us those cities. Now that our national teacher is here, you deliberately make things difficult for our national teacher. What do you mean?"

Several people behind the fake national teacher started to make noise.

"That's right, our national teacher is so honorable, it's already good to be here, how can there be any reason to embarrass you in every possible way, this is the way of hospitality in your Great Xia Dynasty?"

"Exactly, we came all the way here, and you don't keep your word!"

"It turns out that this is how the state of etiquette in the Great Xia Dynasty came about. It's really an eye-opener!"

The crowd directly put their hats on Da Xia Chao's head while clamoring, and they jumped over the wall in a hurry, really like clowns.

Xia Houjue was not annoyed, but just stared at the bewildered fake national teacher and smiled faintly.

"I said before, if you name a name, I will give you a city, and if you name five, I will give you five. There are all civil and military officials in the court, and I will never break my promise. Or should I say... the master of your country?" Don't you know the names of those cities at all?" His eyes were searching.

The civil servants and military generals below roared with laughter, and everyone talked about it, saying what kind of national teacher this is, they don't even know which city they want, and they talk about strategizing and winning thousands of miles, it's really ridiculous.

The more they laughed, the more anxious the group became, like a dog jumping over a wall or a rabbit biting someone.

"What did you say?"

"That is, our national teacher is wise and powerful, how can you arrange it?"

"You Daxia Dynasty are really deceiving people too much!"

As they talked, they quietly looked at the attendant who had been sitting cross-legged behind the fake national teacher with silent eyes.

The outside world was chaotic, but the attendant kept his head down, as if what others said had nothing to do with him.

Xia Houjue looked at the familiar figure and smiled without saying a word. He was waiting, but he wanted to see how long Xia Houyan could bear it.

……

In fact, Xia Houyan was more tolerant than he imagined.

Until the end of the banquet, he didn't reveal his identity, just sat there and let the ridicule lie flat, as if the ridicule from the outside world had nothing to do with him.

Nothing was discussed at the banquet that day, everyone broke up unhappy, and that night, Xia Houjue waited for the long-lost person, Xia Houyan.

Wearing night clothes, he came to the imperial study room quietly.

"Brother Huang, stay safe and sound!" His facial features have returned to their original appearance, and a pair of long and narrow eyes are full of gloomy light.

"Fourth brother is here." Xia Houjue said calmly without raising his head while reviewing the papers.

Xia Houyan's vicious eyes fell on the dragon chair behind him, the bright yellow emperor's attendant on his body, and the jade seal on his imperial case.

Those eyes are as cold as the snow on the top of the mountain in the twelfth lunar month of winter, and as thrilling as the lightning and thunder in the summer night, people dare not look directly, dare not take a second look.

"Brother Huang, this throne should belong to me. Are you comfortable sitting?"

"What should belong to you, why don't I understand!"

Xia Houjue slowly put down his pen and got up, stretched out his dragon robe, and looked at Xia Houyan with a faint smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Because your little life slipped through my hands. If my mother hadn't been so kind and merciful back then, you would be as tall as a grass on the grave now. You can save your life because of the benevolence of our mother and son."

"Hahaha..." Xia Houjue laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed in the empty imperial study room, and it lingered for a long time.

"Then I still have to thank you mother and son?" The storm in his eyes suddenly rose, and his tone was suddenly cold, which caught people off guard.

"That's natural." Xia Houyan didn't feel any delay, her eyes were still sinister and arrogant.

"My mother has treated you well for so many years. If you were sensible, you should have taken the initiative to give up your crown prince position, so we wouldn't have too much trouble."

"Oh!" Xia Houjue nodded, his fists hidden in his sleeves were already tightly clenched, and he just held back his expression.

"Should I thank you for the kindness of killing my mother, or should I thank you for the kindness that tried to kill me several times but failed? Fourth brother, why don't you tell me and help me clear up my doubts?"

Xia Houyan was a little speechless, and he cast his eyes away.

"After all, you are still standing on the throne of the emperor, which means that my mother did not kill you. Otherwise, do you think you can survive? It is all the favor of my mother."

Xia Houjue laughed again, this time very heartily.

"That's just right, your mother is still alive, this is my favor to her, and you are still alive, this is also my favor to you!"

"Since you like this kind of favor so much, why don't you give me more."

"Come here!" He ordered in a cold voice, "This person broke into the imperial study room at night, intending to assassinate him, plotting evil, tie him up and send him to the Department of Punishment for interrogation!"

"Yes!" Li Dequan strode in with the guards outside the door.

Xia Houyan dared to come alone, so he must have taken precautions. When the imperial forest army entered, several hidden guards with him came out to protect him.

People from both sides fought for a while outside the Jinhua Hall.

The moonlight shines brightly, swords shine like swords, and one after another black shadows rush up to the beams, only to be pulled down mercilessly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, those men in black were restrained one by one and knelt down in front of Xia Houjue.

He stood with his hands behind his back outside the Jinhua Hall, and waved his hands without even looking at them.

"Take it away!"

"Yes!"

"Xia Houjue, you will die badly, you will die badly, you..."

"It's really noisy!" He frowned, Li Dequan immediately asked someone to cover his mouth, and the Jinhua Hall was completely quiet.

……

After dealing with these things, the night gradually deepened.

Xia Houjue finally prepared everything. When she went to sleep in the bedroom on the other side, Tang Wanning was already fast asleep. Obviously, the movement in the imperial study room just now did not startle her.

But when he was about to undress and go to bed, she still woke up.

"Why did you come back, what happened?"

"It's nothing, the little things have been resolved, Wanwan don't have to worry, go to sleep!"

He put his arms around her shoulders and lay down on the bed. The room was fragrant and his arms were soft. He let out a long and comfortable breath.

The cold heart gradually warmed up.

"It's Xia Houyan who is back!"

Xia Houjue didn't speak for a long time as if he didn't hear it, and it took a long time before he nodded and replied with an 'hmm'.

"I have already been sent to the Punishment Department by me, and the matter with the Tubo Department is almost over, and nothing will happen in the future, Wanwan, you can finally rest assured."

"One thing I don't understand. Xia Houyan should know that the palace is very dangerous. Why would he venture in? He doesn't seem like a person who would risk his life."

It stands to reason that if such an insidious person does not have a perfect plan, he will definitely not act rashly. There may be something hidden in it.

Sure enough, Xia Houjue smiled faintly and put his arms around her shoulders.

"You are so smart, does General Tang know?"

(End of this chapter)