"Prince!" At the gate of Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, two guards bowed slightly and saluted.

"Yeah!" Li Xiaoyao nodded slightly: "Where are the people from the palace?"

"I'm waiting in the living room of the front yard!" a guard replied.

Li Xiaoyao looked back at Lin Xiao and said, "I ordered the kitchen to make a dish of stewed radish with green vegetables, and then make a dish of cabbage and tofu soup to deliver it to the living room. I will treat you to the guests today."

"Prince, these two dishes... are a bit too shabby, right?" Lin Xiao said awkwardly.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at him, waved his sleeves, and stepped into the gate of the palace.

Then, six words came to Lin Xiao's ears: "Do as I said."

Lin Xiao stood there in a daze, disturbed his head, and then ran towards the royal palace.

"Prince Xiaoyao." Seeing Li Xiaoyao enter the hall, a middle-aged man with a fair face and a plain blue Confucian robe greeted him and bowed.

"Are you?" Li Xiaoyao raised his sword eyebrows slightly.

"The prince, the servant is Li Dequan. It was sent by Empress Dowager Lu to pick him up the prince back to Beijing." The middle-aged man said in a sharp and slightly magnetic voice.

Li Xiaoyao frowned and came to pick me up back to Beijing?

Why are they wearing plain robes instead of palace clothes? Even the people at the entrance of the living room are wearing the clothes of ordinary people.

This seemed a bit unreasonable. He walked into the living room, sat in the main seat, and then invited the middle-aged man to sit in the guest seat and asked, "I wonder what the Queen Mother Lu is saying to take me back to Beijing?"

"Prince, this time the old slave came here, and was verbally ordered by Empress Dowager Lu to take you back to the capital to ascend the throne as emperor."

"Oral decree? That means there is no edict!" Li Xiaoyao asked curiously.

"Sir, please use tea."

"Prince, please use tea."

At this time, a servant put the teacup on the tea table in front of Li Xiaoyao and Li Dequan.

Li Dequan said a little embarrassedly: "Prince, this Empress Dowager's imperial edict is no different from the edict."

Li Xiaoyao picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said, "I am used to the life of Yiyun Yehe, and be an emperor? I know it is not that material, and I am not interested in being an emperor, so I would like to thank Empress Dowager Lu for my behalf. This capital city! I will not go."

Li Dequan stared at Li Xiaoyao with his eyes narrowed. Could it be that he is really not interested in the throne?

You know, those princes in the capital are now fighting for the emperor's throne. Could it be that he is retreating to advance?

He regained his expression and smiled and said, "Prince, Empress Dowager Lu said that as long as you can enter Beijing and ascend the throne as the emperor, she will help you."

Oh……

Help me?

Will Empress Dowager Lu do this for no reason?

This matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

"Drink tea!" Li Xiaoyao held the teacup and signaled.

Li Dequan picked up the teacup on the side in confusion, took a sip, and squirted out in one sip, and asked with a frown: "Prince, what is this? Why is it so bitter?"

"Oh! You are so wasteful. This is the best tea leaf in my palace. If you spit it out like this, my heart is bleeding." Li Xiaoyao said with heartache.

"Do you usually drink these?" Li Dequan looked at the tea leaves in the cup and asked incredible ways.

"I am already satisfied with these drinks. With the annual salary of the court, what good tea can I afford?" Li Xiaoyao glanced at him and said angrily.

"Analysis of these signs, this witch Lu is deliberately testing me. If I readily agree to return to Beijing to become emperor, it is very likely to cause death. If I don't return to Beijing and ascend the throne, she will try her best to let me return to Beijing."

"Because in her eyes, I am just a idle prince with no money and power. For her, my qualifications are particularly suitable for being a puppet emperor."

After listening to Li Xiaoyao's analysis, Lin Xiao asked: "What should we do now?"

"Since she has found this king, I will have fun with her." Li Xiaoyao said coldly: "I inform you and dispatch 20,000 black-armored cavalry to secretly approach the capital."
Chapter completed!