Chapter 391: Chapter 387: Letter from Li Xingyuan

Mid-summer, Dragon Boat Festival.

Tang Xiaobai sneaked back to the Duke Yan Mansion to meet her mother and little brother, who had just completed the postpartum month.

After a month, Xiao Tang Ting’s looks had improved, but he was still very soft. Tang Xiaobai looked at him from various angles but didn’t dare to hold him.

“How come you became the Crown Princess Consort and still so timid?” Tang Jiaojiao mocked her while skillfully picking up the baby, giving her a proud look.

Tang Xiaobai poked Xiao Tang Ting’s face and asked, “Still haven’t found out?”

She was asking about Gu Ning’s premature birth.

Tang Jiaojiao’s expression grew serious, putting the child down, showing some agitation: “No!” She laughed coldly, “So clean, they’re quite talented!”

Tang Xiaobai’s gaze grew deep: “Maybe it’s because it’s not someone from the mansion at all.”

Tang Jiaojiao looked at her intently: “If it’s not someone from the mansion, then it’s only the marriage envoy and Eastern Palace people left.”

The most distant relationship was, of course, the marriage envoy.

But on the wedding day, Gu Ning was always in the inner court, and the main and vice envoys and the ritual officers did not interact with Gu Ning.

The range shrank again and again, and the final selection became quite clear.

“Check those Lady Officials and Palace Maids of that day carefully,” Tang Jiaojiao said displeased, “And this is the Crown Prince! So careless in choosing people!”

“It may not be him…”

“If it’s not his people causing the problem, could it be yours?” Tang Jiaojiao stared at her intently.

Tang Xiaobai lowered her gaze and whispered: “He and I are the same, the Eastern Palace… has already started a thorough investigation.”

In fact, on the second day of the premature birth of their mother, Li Mu had investigated the Palace Attendants who went to the Duke Yan Mansion on the wedding day.

But nothing came up.

Perhaps what has been overlooked isn’t the details, but the person.

Tang Jiaojiao also understood the significance of this “thorough investigation”, and after a moment of silence, she pulled Tang Xiaobai’s hand and walked out, muttering incomprehensibly: “Look at you protecting your husband…”

Tang Xiaobai blushed, squinting at her: “What did Brother Li say in his letter?”

It elicited a fierce yet charming glare from Miss Tang: “Who’s your brother!”

Tang Xiaobai giggled: “Isn’t it not time to call him brother-in-law yet?” Then, as if she’d realized something, she continued, “Only sisters can call him brother?”

Before she could finish, Tang Jiaojiao spat thrice.

Tang Xiaobai dodged a couple of times and clung to her again, asking: “Did he mention when he’s coming back to the Capital City?”

Tang Jiaojiao snorted and said: “Isn’t it your Crown Prince you should be asking when he’ll return to the Capital City?” As she spoke, she gave a signal with her eyes.

Only then did Tang Xiaobai notice the Crown Prince waiting outside the courtyard gate, for who knows how long.

In the blazing summer sun, the shade of the trees was already quite dim, and the Crown Prince’s dark clothes made him hard to see clearly.

At a glance, his gaze seemed a bit gloomy, but when she looked closely, he was still a quiet and handsome young man.

Tang Xiaobai unconsciously curved her eyes, leaving Tang Jiaojiao to walk towards her handsome young man.

With each step closer, the young man’s expression softened a bit more, and by the time she reached him, he already had a hint of a smile.

Tang Xiaobai smiled and hooked his little finger, asking: “What brings you here?”

“Waiting for you,” he replied.

Tang Xiaobai blinked: “Have you been here all along?”

When she arrived at the Duke Yan Mansion, she went straight to visit her mother and brother. The little ancestor was with her, but he didn’t go in with her, so Tang Xiaobai assumed he went to talk business with her father and brother.

“Waiting for you to meet your father and brother together,” the Crown Prince naturally corrected himself, “You’re familiar with the situation in Liangzhou.”

Hearing the word “Liangzhou”, Tang Jiaojiao’s eyelids twitched and she took a couple of steps forward: “I’ll go too!”

…

Today’s visit to the Duke Yan Mansion was partly to visit Gu Ning and Xiao Tang Ting, and partly to discuss matters regarding Liangzhou.

Li Xingyuan wrote a letter yesterday, mentioning movements from the Turkic side.

Murong Shun returned to the Turkic Capital with his new wife Princess Hengyang to inherit the throne. On one hand, he was busy constructing buildings, rarely attending politics; on the other hand, he doted solely on the Queen, indulging in nightlife, a true incapable ruler.

“…Li Xingyuan had his people secretly probe into the Turkic Capital five times, the first four times they came back, but the fifth time they didn’t, and by the sixth time, he went himself—”

“Hiss!” Tang Xiaobai frowned, looking at her painfully grasped hand, half-laughing, “Didn’t he come back safe and sound to write to us? Why so nervous?”

Tang Jiaojiao stiffly retracted her hand: “Who’s nervous? I’m furious! That Murong Shun, Brother should have just killed him back then to save us the trouble!”

Tang Xiaobai nodded, rubbing her hand and said calmly: “Next time you’re angry, please pinch your own hand.”

Li Mu frowned, raising a hand to call: “Ah Jiao, come here.”

When seated, naturally the Crown Prince took the higher position.

But the Crown Princess Consort Tang didn’t sit with the Crown Prince. Having rarely returned home, she chose to be close to Miss Tang instead.

Just now when seated, although the Crown Prince’s gaze showed some displeasure, he said nothing.

But now he called her over again.

Tang Xiaobai felt a bit embarrassed and hesitant, thinking it wasn’t appropriate to show affection publicly here.

However, since the little ancestor had spoken, ignoring him would make him lose face, wouldn’t it?

Tang Xiaobai hesitated for a while, before reluctantly getting up to go.

When she just moved a bit, Tang Jiaojiao suddenly pulled her back, grumbling: “What’s the rush? Are you playing with cats and dogs?”

Li Mu’s eyes darkened, about to speak.

Tang Shigong, who couldn’t stand watching these young lovers bicker, covered his mouth and coughed twice, pulling the topic back: “What did Marquis Luquan discover in the Turkic Capital?”

Li Mu glanced at the little girl making eyes with Miss Tang, withdrew his gaze, and said blandly: “Murong Shun is secretly training an army—”

Which was not just training an army in secret.

Since returning to the Turkic, Murong Shun seemed rather conscientious, bringing back the former officials and implementing policies to appease the people.

But that’s not the main point.

The point is, Li Xingyuan discovered a Tibetan envoy in the Turkic Capital.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room, except Li Mu and Tang Shigong, had a change of expression.

Tibet and they have not always been on good terms, and it is only because of the Turkic in between that they seldom directly engage in battles.

The previous King of Tukic was fond of the Tibetans, which led to frequent provocations against Longyou.

No one expected Murong Shun to appear so obedient in the Capital City, yet become so eager once back in the Turkic.

“If Murong Shun had such abilities, he wouldn’t have been chased around by me like a dog,” Tang Ziqian disparaged his defeated opponent with disdain.

Tang Shigong nodded in agreement: “Murong Shun has changed quite a bit.”

“Maybe it’s not Murong Shun who changed, but the people around him,” Tang Xiaobai suggested.

“A Tibetan envoy?” Tang Ziqian continued, snorting, “Perfect! Let Li Xingyuan capture the Tibetan envoy and take over the entire Turkic!”

It was evident that Tang Ziqian was enthusiastic about his old stomping ground, right down to his very hair.

Tang Xiaobai smiled slightly: “I meant Princess Hengyang!”

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