Chapter 116 Discussing the Emperor's Birthday Gifts

At that time, some senior officials objected, saying that they should continue to search for a miracle doctor for the crown prince and wait and see.

In addition, Prince Xiao also sided with the Crown Prince, which is why the matter of deposing the Crown Prince was dropped.

However, from then on, Xiao Ye's position as crown prince became virtually meaningless.

Many ministers secretly sided with the Prince of Chu, believing that Xiao Ye's deposition was only a matter of time, and Emperor Wenjian's heart also completely leaned towards the Prince of Chu.

"Mother, I know what to send to Father this time."

Su Liluo suddenly looked at the Empress with a serious expression.

The Empress smiled slightly. "Oh? Luo'er, do you have any good ideas?"

Actually, she called them over today because she didn't know what to give them.

Her palace servants learned that Consort Liu, because of what happened last time, had been thinking about how to win back the Emperor's heart, so she was preparing birthday gifts for the Emperor with great care.

Although she wasn't particularly enthusiastic about the Emperor, she felt she still had to take the matter seriously for the sake of the Crown Prince.

"Mother, Father is a great lover of calligraphy and painting, so we will give him the 'Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons' painting."

"The 'Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons' painting? Isn't this a famous painting from a previous dynasty that has been lost? Where can we find it?"

The Empress exclaimed in surprise, for such a famous painting was common knowledge.

Xiao Ye looked at Su Liluo in surprise and asked, "Does Luo'er know where this painting is?"

Su Liluo smiled faintly, "As long as we follow the King of Chu to find him, we will definitely find him."

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Has the "Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons Picture" been found?

Inside the Imperial Concubine's palace, Imperial Concubine Liu lay solemnly on the couch, asking Xiao Churen, who was sitting beside her, with a hint of annoyance.

Since she was punished and confined by Emperor Wenjian, he had not favored her, so she had been in a bad mood.

In particular, many newly entered women in the harem took advantage of their loss of favor to try and get into the emperor's bed.

Sure enough, within just one month, two low-ranking concubines were promoted, and another beauty became pregnant.

Consort Liu became even more haggard with anger, and her once smooth skin was now covered with a few pimples from the heat.

“Mother, my men are working hard to track him down. They obtained some clues some time ago, and I believe we should be able to get them before Father’s birthday banquet.”

Xiao Churen replied.

They had been preparing for Emperor Wenjian's birthday three months ago, and recently his men sent word that they had spotted the painting overseas.

So he has already sent his men overseas to search for them.

Consort Liu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. We must get our hands on it before the Emperor's birthday banquet. We've had such a rough time lately."

Now that the Crown Prince's leg has recovered and he has rendered meritorious service, if the Emperor weren't still healthy, we wouldn't have had any time. By the way, how's the matter of you trying to win over the Crown Princess?

"this......"

Upon hearing the mention of Su Liluo, Xiao Churen's smugness suddenly plummeted.

His face looked pale.

Consort Liu noticed his change and frowned slightly. "What, you can't even handle one woman?"

“Mother, this Crown Princess is really different from other women. She... ignores me. I sent people to sow discord between her and the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince rejected other women.”

Xiao Churen explained.

"Really? The Crown Prince likes her that much? He won't accept any other women?"

Consort Liu paid special attention to Xiao Churen's last sentence, because she never expected that a man would reject another woman because of a woman.

In her view, a man can like a woman, but that doesn't stop him from sleeping with other women.

"Yes, Mother, it seems that the Crown Prince is not interested in women other than the Crown Princess. As far as I know, there are no concubines or maids in his household."

After Qi Yinyin's failure, he sent someone to investigate the Crown Prince, and learned that Xiao Ye had only ever favored the Crown Princess.

"Ha, this Crown Princess is quite capable! She's managed to win the Crown Prince's exclusive favor!"

Consort Liu chuckled softly, a hint of jealousy in her voice.

Even though she was once favored by the emperor, she had never received such treatment.

Thinking back to when I was a concubine in the Crown Prince's residence, the Crown Prince already had several concubines in his harem.

"Since he doesn't want what you're offering, we can take the opportunity to mention sending a few beauties to the Crown Prince after we win the Emperor's favor at this birthday banquet."

Consort Liu chuckled softly, her eyes filled with calculation.

"Yes, Mother."

Xiao Churen's eyes lit up.

Xiao Ye could refuse the gift he gave to Qi Yinyin.

However, if his father were to send him beautiful concubines, he would probably not be able to refuse.

As long as we can please our father, aren't these all minor matters?

After Xiao Churen withdrew, he focused even more intently on finding the "Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons Picture".

After leaving the palace, Xiao Ye immediately ordered people to investigate the whereabouts of the "Prince and Grandson" painting.

Within a few days, he also learned that the map had appeared overseas and that Xiao Churen's people had been searching for it for two months.

"Ye Dong, take the people from Cangyun Pavilion overseas to find the 'Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons' painting. You must obtain this painting before the King of Chu!"

Inside the study, Xiao Ye solemnly gave instructions to Ye Dong.

The Hidden Cloud Pavilion is his hidden force in the martial arts world. Its power is so great that it allowed him to find the map before the King of Chu.

In his previous life, he had never even considered it.

"Slower!"

At this moment, Su Liluo, who was sitting to the side, spoke up to stop them.

"What's wrong, Luo'er?"

Xiao Ye looked at her in confusion. Wasn't it her who said she was going to give this picture to her father?

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