Marry a Duke

Chapter 295 Unpredictable

Although the emperor asked Wei Xuan to rest well at home and recover his health first.

But there were many people visiting the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion all day long.

Wei Xuan had been poisoned before and looked like a dying man. Most of the guests who came to the Duke's Mansion were politely turned away and not allowed to enter.

But now it’s different—

Wei Xuan only suffered some external injuries, and his reputation spread throughout the capital again.

He was the Duke of Weiguo and was highly valued by the Emperor. He even touched the eldest princess' finger, but he was able to remain safe and sound. The Emperor did not blame him.

It is for this reason that Wei Xuan is the number one person under Emperor Tianyuan of the Dayue Dynasty.

What is even more mysterious is that the eldest princess has joined forces with the Fire Hunting Clan of Xuandu Mountain and holds a huge amount of Red Stone Powder in her hands.

Chishisan is addictive and taking a small amount is like taking poison.

Taking large doses can directly change a person's temperament, or even take a person's life.

Some people in the capital speculated that the red stone powder in the eldest princess's hands could not be given only to the Fire Hunting Tribe.

Is it possible that the eldest princess has a group of people controlled by Akaishin?

People came in waves to test Wei Xuan's attitude.

The gate of the Princess's Mansion has been closed recently and no one has seen it.

This time, Wei Xuan met everyone who came to the Duke's Mansion.

After finding out part of the truth, Emperor Tianyuan directly summoned Wei Xuan into the palace.

"The princess refused to plead guilty no matter what, let alone admit that she had a large amount of red stone powder in her hands." Emperor Tianyuan wanted to raid the princess's mansion directly, but he had too many concerns and allowed things to develop to this point.

"Wei Qing, tell me, what should I do?" Emperor Tianyuan was restless day and night. Now, when he attended the morning court, facing the civil and military officials, he was suspicious in his heart, wondering how many of the civil and military officials were controlled by the eldest princess.

Wei Xuan's face was still a little pale.

He raised his eyes to look at Emperor Tianyuan, his tone was respectful but his eyes were not very respectful.

"If the emperor still wants to protect Dayue's empire, he has to make sacrifices. If he only cares about the blood relationship between him and the princess, he can just do it in secret. Of course, he can also directly order people to wipe out the Fire Hunters, so that they die without any evidence, and the world will forget about it after a while."

Wei Xuan said it lightly, and Emperor Tianyuan's eyes lit up.

"Could it be that Wei Qing is willing to go?"

Xuandu Mountain is a dangerous place, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and countless tribes have lost their lives there.

Otsuki also sent his generals to give it a try.

Thousands of men were killed and nothing was gained, and even the location of the gate of Xuandu Mountain was unknown.

The Fire Hunting Tribe was able to live on Xuandu Mountain for generations, and when they were at their peak, they even began to invade the surrounding cities. This shows that they had the strength to do so.

"Your Majesty, I am seriously injured and have not recovered yet. I am afraid I cannot go." Wei Xuan lowered his eyes calmly, "There are many talents available in the court. Your Majesty, please choose someone else to go."

The little bit of joy in Emperor Tianyuan's heart immediately dissipated.

There are indeed people who can be used in the court, but they are just ordinary people.

If you want to capture Xuandu and take down the Fire Hunting people, it would be completely impossible without Wei Xuan's combat power and command ability.

Sending other people would just be sending heads to the Fire Hunters.

Emperor Tianyuan sighed.

"Forget it, let's take a long-term view on this matter."

"If the emperor is alright, I will take my leave. I still have medicine waiting for me to take at home."

Emperor Tianyuan's expression changed again.

"Wei Qing, give me some time. I will take good care of the Princess's affairs and will never let her mess up the government."

Wei Xuan did not comment.

The imperial court belonged to the Gu clan, not the Wei clan.

As a subject, he only needs to do his job well.

Emperor Tianyuan still had a lucky mentality.

It is believed that the eldest princess got the Red Stone Powder, but kept it in her hand and did not use it.

But in fact, the eldest princess has already used it.

She controlled several ministers in the court.

The Princess's Mansion is now closed to visitors, and the people under control have become somewhat confused as their time is up and they have not received the Red Stone Powder.

"I'm afraid that the court will be in chaos for a while." Shen Yan made an appointment with Wei Xuan to meet at the restaurant.

With them was Chenyuan Hou Yuchi Sui.

"There is a person I am close to who was controlled by the princess. He doesn't even know when he was controlled. The princess arranged for people to plant in various mansions and feed them red stone powder. It was not until now that the red stone powder could not be taken out and they showed symptoms that they realized that they had been controlled."

Chen Yuanhou had lived in Xuzhou for a long time and had only heard of the complexity of the capital, but now he saw it for himself.

It's unbelievable.

Shen Yan put down the tea bowl in his hand heavily.

"How could this be possible? What on earth is the Emperor thinking? The eldest princess has already done this, and he still lets her get away with it."

Shen Yan looked deeply at Wei Xuan, his former brother-in-law.

Even without this marriage relationship, they can still get along well in the court.

"Fortunately, the princess sent Fu Ran to the Duke's Mansion and did not use the Red Stone Powder, otherwise, you would have been hit today."

Unexpectedly, Wei Xuan smiled coldly.

"The princess doesn't want to use him, but Fu Ran just doesn't listen to her."

Chen Yuanhou was quite happy to hear this.

"My Huanhuan has her own sense of right and wrong. How can she be ordered around by others? Even if she has no choice, she can make her own choices and has never made a big mistake."

"My father-in-law is absolutely right." Wei Xuan said.

Shen Yan was stunned.

These two are father-in-law and son-in-law, and now they get along very well.

Fu Ran had indeed never done anything to truly harm the Duke's Mansion, so Wei Xuan was now willing to accept her wholeheartedly.

Shen Yan felt overwhelmed when she thought about Yuchi Xinxin, who had done everything to marry her.

"Uncle, if Shen Yan wants to divorce Yuchi Xinxin, will you blame Shen Yan?"

Yuchi Xinxin is also the daughter of Yuchi Sui.

Yuchi Sui did not consider Shen Yan as his son-in-law.

He is his wife's nephew.

This relationship is actually closer than that of a so-called son-in-law.

"You should make your own decision. Although Xinxin was raised by the Yuchi family, she is now slowly severing ties with them. Her mother doesn't want to see her. If you really can't live with her, give her a place to settle down. A divorce is also possible."

Yuchi Sui is also a sensible and generous person.

I will not insist on letting Shen Yan die in this unwilling marriage.

At the beginning, Shen Yan was forced to marry Yuchi Xinxin.

He did it for the sake of his aunt and uncle. After all, Yuchi Xinxin was their adopted daughter, and he didn't want to make his aunt feel sad.

But he and Yuchi Xinxin had different personalities, and their success was all due to Yuchi Xinxin's tricks.

This filled his heart with obstacles, and he would never be able to get along with her peacefully again.

She was already showing signs of dissatisfaction and only wanted to move forward.

I heard that recently you have been interacting more with the ladies and young ladies of the major families in the capital.

Shen Yan didn't want to care about her at all and just scolded her not to do anything that would bring shame to the Shen family.

"Shen Yan has taken note of what Master said."

He glanced at Wei Xuan.

Wei Xuan's gaze fell elsewhere.

Shen Yan sighed.