Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1494: Legend of the Hidden Sea 14

Xiang Antu couldn't believe his eyes!

Even though she knew before that Kuai Zhinu seemed to bend down and lower his head to everyone he met, he actually had a very violent temper and would turn against anyone if something went wrong.

But she really didn't expect that this guy loved Xiao Jinyue so deeply!

Zang Hai's heated mind calmed down a little, and he was not going to continue to give Xiang An Tu the muscle softening powder. "I want to tell the prince about your affairs. From now on, it depends on how the prince will deal with it..."

Xiang Antu was furious, but even if she wanted to pin down Zang Hai and beat him up, she couldn't do it. "You might as well just kill me instead of handing me over to that guy Xiao Jinyue!"

"Do you think that she is a good-tempered person just because she has a beautiful face?"

Zang Hai said the same thing: "I am the Prince of Dayong, so I should have a temper. Besides, you have never had a good temper since you were a child. I still have two whip marks on my back because of you."

Xiang Antu took a deep breath and explained, "You know the situation at that time. I had a chance to inherit the throne in Dongxia. After all, I would have a high chance of becoming a person second only to your emperor in the future. But because our country was defeated in the war, I had to come to Dayong as a hostage. How could a little brat like you who came from nowhere get into my carriage on the street? What else could I do?"

After that, Xiang Antu couldn't help but sarcastically said, "If it was Xiao Jinyue, she would definitely not tolerate your rude behavior that day. She would only take advantage of the opportunity to gain more benefits and convenience for herself."

"By then, even if you are just a child, your parents and family will be implicated by you and who knows what will happen to them!"

Zang Hai pretended not to hear, but before leaving, he still said, "But the prince is the prince of Dayong, not someone else."

Just because they had met once in Hanzhang Palace, Zang Hai submitted a visiting card directly to Qinghe Palace. It was the first time that the gatekeeper received a visiting card from Zang Hai, and originally wanted to find a time to throw it away according to the long-standing practice, but the name of Zang Hai, the director of the Imperial Observatory and the doctor of the Ministry of Works, was left on it. Zang Hai was a favorite of Emperor Zhenshun recently, and he was summoned almost every day.

So the doorman delivered Zang Hai's visiting card to Shen Mudan. Shen Mudan was only slightly surprised after seeing it, because this was the first time that Zang Hai delivered a visiting card to Qinghe Palace.

Originally, a minor official of the fifth rank like Cang Hai would definitely not be able to enter the gate of the Qinghe Palace, but Shen Mudan thought of the great favors Cang Hai had done for the people of Zhongzhou, so she went to Xiao Jinyue in person.

Of course, it is impossible for Shen Mudan to only talk about Zang Hai’s kindness to the people of Zhongzhou in front of Xiao Jinyue. The most crucial thing for Xiao Jinyue is probably the fact that he secretly kept the Dongxia hostage.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Xiao Jinyue remembered Cang Hai's secret lover Xiang Antu. She almost told him directly in the palace before, but this guy took the opportunity to climb up to her.

However, the matter of Zang Hai secretly holding Dongxia's hostage Xiang Antu is quite troublesome at the moment, because Dongxia Queen Mingyusuti submitted a letter saying that she had a very rare woodworking work to present to Emperor Zhenshun. Whether this move can allow Mingyusuti to take Xiang Antu back is not discussed for the time being. The only question is whether Princess Rouyi, who is currently in the hostage palace, can hide it from Mingyusuti.

Ten years ago, Zhuang Luyin returned with a great victory but failed to advance further because he was the one who first gave the handle to the civil officials, so he failed to become the representative of the military generals and rise to power.

Now is the time of obvious peace that the civil officials think. They are very reluctant to have another dispute and let another military general come to the fore. What's more, most of the profits from Xiao Jinyue's wool business go to the military generals.

Therefore, if something happened to Xiang Antu, it was hard to say whether Mingyusuti would deploy troops on the border, but Dayong would definitely not start a dispute. Therefore, it was the cheapest and wisest decision to directly drag out and kill Zanghai, the Dayong official who secretly hid Xiang Antu and happened to be not a member of the imperial examination system, in order to quell Mingyusuti's anger.

Maybe those civil servants were celebrating behind the scenes because they had prevented a "war" that was "critical to the country's destiny" "unscathed", right?

Xiao Jinyue raised her chin unhappily and said to Shen Mudan, "Send someone to tell Doctor Zang that Xiang Antu must return to the Zhi Palace intact tonight and resume her identity as Princess Rouyi."

When Shen Mudan heard that Xiao Jinyue didn't even need to make the trip in person, she thought that she might have an average impression of this Tibetan doctor. However, thinking about all the calculations and daring actions that Zang Hai had taken along the way, Shen Mudan always felt that this man might be an important figure.

Shen Mudan simply sent a doorman to visit the Zang Mansion. When Zang Hai heard that Xiao Jinyue asked him to send Xiang Antu to the Zhi Palace, he was not unhappy at all. Instead, he became more certain that Ming Yusuti might not really be the third murderer.

Zang Hai excitedly went to the dark room to tell Xiang Antu that he was about to send her to the Zhi Palace. Xiang Antu could of course guess that something might have happened in the court that was related to her.

Zang Hai was walking in front of the emperor, so he certainly knew that Queen Ming Yusu of Winter and Summer was about to come to the capital in person to present treasures to Emperor Zhenshun.

There was nothing to hide about this matter, and Zang Hai told Xiang An Tu directly, "The Queen of Winter and Summer, Ming Yu Suti, submitted a letter to the court, saying that there is a piece of woodwork that will please the emperor and will be presented in person."

Xiang Antu couldn't help but let out a beautiful smile on his pale face. "To be honest, I haven't seen my mother and sister for ten years. I never thought we would have the chance to meet again in this life..."

As she spoke, Xiang Antu's nose felt sore and she could hardly maintain the last bit of smile on her face.

Zang Hai pretended not to notice Xiang An Tu's complicated expression. After all, they were once sincere friends. He talked about Xiao Jinyue's matter to divert Xiang An Tu's attention: "The prince asked me to send you back to Zhi Palace tonight. I will go and make preparations. You have a special identity. The news that Queen Dongxia is coming to Dayong has spread. Maybe someone is keeping an eye on the movements of Zhi Palace."

The slight smile on Xiang Antu's face completely disappeared, and he said to Zang Hai with a sullen face, "Look at Xiao Jinyue! I guess the person she sent to pass on the message was not even her maid, but more likely a doorman."

Xiang Antu hadn't thought that what she said casually would actually hit the mark, but Zanghai had a shy and dreamy smile on his face, stretched his neck to look in the direction of the Qinghe Palace, and tried to flatter himself: "The prince must be worried about me, otherwise she would have just reported me in the court, and then it would be natural for you to go back to the palace to hostage, and my dismissal from office is already the best outcome."

Xiang Antu couldn't help but feel choked up in her heart. She simply couldn't believe her eyes.

At this moment, she was questioning her past self in her mind, what on earth did she see in this man? !