I rely on gossip to save the country

Chapter 107 Emperor Mingde's Plot

As Emperor Mingde's birthday was approaching, envoys from various countries began to arrive in Beijing one after another. There were also more envoys from other countries wearing strange costumes in the capital.

Xie Chuyue was originally strolling in the capital, but she found that her second brother would always appear not far from her from time to time. She was afraid of being exposed, so she left the capital.

In the nearly one year since she traveled back in time, her influence had spread to the four countries, especially the Beiqi country, which received special attention.

Here, when the three brothers heard that Xie Chuyue was under house arrest, they all ran to Emperor Mingde to plead for mercy.

They were all willing to be punished for their sister, but Emperor Mingde looked at them and said in a deep voice, "Do you think I am really so cruel to confine her to Changle Palace? Now that envoys from various countries have come to Beijing, what if they hear your sister's voice? By then, the scandals of our Nanyue Kingdom and the secrets of the court will be known to them, right? I am worried about confining her to Changle Palace!"

The three brothers suddenly woke up at this moment. They had indeed ignored this matter. It was okay for them to hear their own ugly deeds or some private matters, after all, they were just family jokes. But if others heard it, the meaning would be different.

Just as the three were worried, the crown prince asked a fatal question, "Father, the royal sister is the only princess of our Nanyue Kingdom. She can't possibly not attend your birthday banquet. We can control her for a while, but we can't control her forever. What should we do then? Then the ministers will impeach her for not fulfilling her filial duty."

Yes, the four father and sons felt even more troubled.

Xie Yunshen looked like a nervous person and gave them some bad advice, "Father, why don't you give your sister some errands to do so that she can stay away from the capital? Just wait until your birthday is over and then let her come back. Then she can hide away, right?"

Hearing this, Xie Yunqing and Xie Yunqi looked at Xie Yunshen with an expression as if to say, "Are you a fool?"

Xie Yunshen touched the tip of his nose and smiled awkwardly, "This is the only solution."

Xie Yunqing glared at someone and said, "It would be unfilial if Yue'er didn't show up on Father's birthday."

Xie Yunshen felt wronged, but he didn't dare to argue openly, so he muttered, "If you can do it, go ahead!"

Xie Yunqing glanced at someone beside him. If he was not in the imperial study, he would have taken action long ago.

He ignored Xie Yunshen and turned to look at the crown prince on the side. However, he secretly glanced at his father from the corner of his eye. Judging from his father's expression, it seemed that he was not very satisfied with the performance of the three of them.

Xie Yunshen, this kid is pretending too well, so it seems we have to start from the prince.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Xie Yunqing turned and asked the prince.

Xie Yunqi also made a great move with little effort, "I don't know, does Second Brother have any good ideas?"

Xie Yunqing's expression was cold, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have it, how could I possibly have it?"

Emperor Mingde's face darkened, and he thought to himself that the heat was still not high enough.

"Okay, all of you should leave. Let's confine her to Changle Palace first. When her birthday comes, we can take it one step at a time."

Emperor Mingde then instructed them, "There are more and more envoys from other countries in the capital, so you must be cautious, especially Beiqi. You must keep a close eye on the other two countries. Fourth brother, put away your playfulness. You will accompany the crown prince and the second brother this time."

"Yes!" The three brothers responded and retreated.

After everyone left, Emperor Mingde tapped the imperial desk lightly with his fingers from time to time. The older his sons got, the harder it was to understand their thoughts.

The fourth brother was completely useless, and he had no hope for the fifth brother at all. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the prince were all very smart. He set up a trap to get the three of them to join, but the prince was able to break it easily.

Moreover, the prince's power in the court is growing stronger and stronger, and seems to be a little out of his control.

It's time to suppress it. He is old, not dead.

I don't know how Yue Er will react to these three people's confrontation. Will she help the prince or stand neutral?

The person they were talking about had already strolled around the city and returned to the palace.

The system looked at Xie Chuyue, who was lying on the bed like a pile of mud, and said, "Host, the daughter of the eldest princess of Beiqi, Princess Jianing, is asking around for you?"

Xie Chuyue didn't care much, just asked lazily, "Why is she asking about me? We don't know each other. Not to mention any hatred or grudges, we don't even know each other."

The system said: [Host, I actually don't know why he is looking for you. But, I found that this Princess Jianing and the male and female protagonists don't get along very well. It's strange to say, originally this Princess Jianing and the male protagonist were a couple that everyone was optimistic about, and this Ningjingzhu seemed to have feelings for the male protagonist, but in the past two months, Princess Jianing has been against the male protagonist in every way. Host, do you think she is here to find our alliance? ]

Xie Chuyue: [System, if you don't use your brain anymore, it will really get rusty. She is a princess of Beiqi country, why is she looking for an alliance with me? She doesn't even know that I want to deal with the hero and heroine. You are talking without thinking. ]

System: […………, because you two are not familiar with each other, this is suspicious. Why is she asking about it if you are not familiar with each other? ]

Xie Chuyue didn't want to argue with him on this issue, so she changed the subject and said, "System, with your detection function, can you see me every time I take a shower? Is there any shielding function?"

System: Is he that kind of system? [Host, I'm not that perverted. I blocked your vision when you washed and changed clothes.]

Xie Chuyue: [So you only blocked my vision, but also my hearing. Damn it, system, you are a pervert. Anyway, I don’t care. Think of a way for me. Next time I take a shower, I must block you out, and block you completely. Otherwise, you will see me naked. If I get married in the future, you will see me naked on my wedding night. Damn it, this is illegal.]

System: [I am not that shameless! Nor am I that perverted.]

Xie Chuyue was firm and shameless, "Humph, I don't care, I don't believe it. If you really want to prove your innocence, then tell me how to block it."

So a certain system was really fooled by its own host. [The host concentrated and thought about blocking the system in his mind, and the system would be completely blocked. ]

As soon as the system finished speaking, it found that he had been blocked by his host.

system:【…………】

After blocking the system, Xie Chuyue sat on the bed and frowned in thought. Although it was integrated with the system, there were some things she still didn't want the system to know.

As long as she does it secretly enough, she can achieve a stronger effect in the later stage.

She is not someone who sits and waits for death. Sometimes she has to take action when it is time to do so.

Thinking of this, Xie Chuyue released the system and then fell asleep.