Fallen Imperial Consort from Heaven - C1030 1029 was truly a test

He continued, “When royal father was still alive, he had already decided on the fiefdom of our brothers. Before the fiefdom was decided, royal father had already secretly investigated every single one of them thoroughly. On one hand, it was for the safety of our brothers, on the other hand, he naturally didn’t want anything to happen to the princes after they went to the fief.”

Liu Ruo Qing faintly understood the meaning behind Yan Yuan’s words, and said: “That is to say, before Second Brother came to the feudal fiefdom, there was nothing amiss in Yizhou, and even more so, there was no army.”

Since the Grand Emperor had considered this much, he would naturally dig out the roots of each feudal fiefdom to investigate. Back then, he could not find anything out of the ordinary, but the biggest reason was that there truly was nothing amiss with the Yizhou back then.

“That’s right.”

Yan Yuan nodded, confirming Liu Ruo Qing’s words, “In other words, everything happened after second brother came to Yizhou.”

“That doesn’t guarantee it’s definitely second brother.”

Liu Ruo Qing said.

“Naturally.”

Yan Yuan nodded his head and continued: “What you do not know is that second brother is a very smart and intelligent person. Although he does not enter the court nor ask about politics, it does not mean that he knows nothing of the mysterious power that is hidden in the Yizhou.”

“Perhaps, this mysterious power is too deep hidden. Since second brother hasn’t asked about politics all these years, he naturally won’t pay attention to it.”

Although Liu Ruo Qing agreed with Yan Yuan’s guess, she still didn’t want the mastermind to be the Second Brother.

Yan Yuan detected her thoughts, turned his eyes towards her and smiled. He reached out his hand, rubbed the top of her hair and said: “I really hope that it’s not Second Brother in my heart, but there’s something else that made me even more suspicious of him.”

“What is it?”

“Didn’t I tell you just now that I mentioned the water hazard in Yizhou to him?”

Liu Ruo Qing nodded, and heard Yan Yuan continue: “I just said, second brother is a very smart person, if he is in the palace, he has the ability to control the entire situation.”

Yan Yuan rarely praised others, being able to praise him for his ability to control the entire situation was not necessarily without exaggeration, but this showed that his words were kind and not ordinary.

“And then?”

“If you were Second Brother, as the King of Yizhou, even if you did not ask about the matters of the court, would the citizens of Yizhou be willing to ignore such a huge disaster?”

“Of course not.”

Liu Ruo Qing denied.

Yan Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, continuing to hold her hand as he walked forward, “That’s it, it’s like what I told you just now, Second Brother is a very intelligent person, adding that he has lived in the Yizhou for dozens of years, he should be more clear of the Yizhou’s terrain than us. Think about it, he wouldn’t be able to see through the situation of the Yizhou, it’s impossible for a flood to happen.”

At this point, Yan Yuan paused for a moment, and his face became slightly cloudy, “But when I mentioned this to Second Brother today, he seemed to only understand it after I showed him the map of the disaster area. Furthermore, he has always emphasized to me that he is not in the Yizhou and only does not understand the city. ”

Liu Ruo Qing understood what Yan Yuan meant, “You mean to say, when second brother knew that this water disaster was not a natural disaster, he purposely concealed it?”

“That’s right.”

Yan Yuan nodded his head, “Although I am not sure if the mastermind behind Yizhou is him or not, and if he has colluded with New Yi Country, from this, I can see that second brother is not as simple as he looks.”

The two of them chatted as they walked, and when they reached a dried fruit shop, they stopped in front of it.

Yan Yuan went in to buy some dried fruits for Liu Ruo Qing to snack on. After coming out, he continued: “So, the things that I told him today, one was to test him, and the other was to make him think that I unconditionally believed in him.”

Otherwise, if Yan Yuan didn’t believe him, why would he tell him about something as big as an army that was hiding in Yizhou?

After Yan Yuan left, Yan Xie was also thinking about why Yan Yuan had taken the initiative to come and talk to him about so many things.

“Is he really trusting me unconditionally, or is he just testing me?”

Subconsciously, he drummed his fingers on the table as he muttered to himself thoughtfully.

On the surface, the Yizhou was his territory. It was understandable that Ol ‘Nine would tell him so much about the Yizhou, but why did he feel like it wasn’t that simple?

Furthermore, on the other side, Yan Xiao had entered Yizhou City in the afternoon, because all the officials involved in the affairs of Yizhou were dealt with by Yan Yuan. When Yan Xiao came, he did not go to any of the official residences, but directly went to the King Carefree Palace.

Other than secretly informing Yan Yuan, he did not inform the King Carefree Palace of Yan Xiao’s arrival. Thus, when he appeared outside the King Carefree Palace, the group of people were completely worn out from the journey.

One of the guards came down and said something to the doorman. The doorman was shocked and immediately went inside to report.

The leader, who was in his fifties, spoke kindly. Following his loud and light laughter, he walked out from behind the door. Soon after, he saw him step out of the Duke Palace’s main entrance.

The Yan family’s brothers all looked similar, so even if the successor, Crown Princess, had never seen Yan Xiao before, he could still recognize him with a single glance.

Yan Xiao did not bring anyone with him, but only Qin Sang, Shen Qin, and a few shadow guards who were disguised as guards.

As for the people from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, they stayed in inns outside of the city, waiting for Yan Xiao’s secret arrangements.

“Sixth brother.”

“Second brother, second sister.”

Yan Xie led the two of them in, and ordered the Xie Clan to arrange Yan Xiao’s residence area, and then said to Yan Xiao: “Before you came, you also didn’t inform Second Brother, see if Second Brother is prepared here.”

Yan Xiao laughed softly and said: “I came here to disturb second brother, second brother, don’t be angry.”

“Of course. If you and Ol ‘Nine can come and find Second Brother, Second Brother will be happy.”

“Speaking of Ol ‘Nine, where is he?”

Yan Xiao calmly brought up Yan Yuan, smiling as he asked.

“He went out with his precious wangfei early in the morning. He should be back by now. I’ll send someone to look around.”

The two brothers greeted each other again, and when Yan Yuan and his wife returned, Yan Xiao had already returned to his courtyard.

Yan Yuan didn’t deliberately hide anything and said kindly: “Sixth Brother, you came here this time to help me with the food. I’ll go look for him first.”

“Go, if there’s anything you need second brother’s help with, just ask away.”

Yan Xie reached out and patted Yan Yuan’s arm and sighed.

“Ok, thank you second brother.”

“What are you thanking me for? Speaking of which, this is second brother’s territory. You guys came over to help, so second brother should be thanking you.”

Yan Yuan lightly bit on the corner of his mouth, did not continue to be polite with Xie Xie, and turned around to look for Yan Xiao.