The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 387 The Young Singer's Journey 56

Emperor Mingde's actions indeed confirmed Xiao Yu's earlier prediction. He did not take any punitive measures against Xiao Chong, but instead calmly quelled the whole incident.

Even the incident where he was so angry that he vomited blood was ordered to be kept secret by Jin Xuan and the imperial physicians. He forced himself to attend court every day to handle state affairs.

At the same time, Emperor Mingde's attitude towards Xiao Chong became distant and cold.

Faced with Emperor Mingde's sudden change in attitude, Xiao Chong was filled with confusion and anxiety.

However, since he is currently under house arrest, he can only stay at home in frustration.

Xiao Jingxia, watching the anxious Xiao Chong, silently apologized in her heart.

The news that Xiao Chong ordered the Angry Sword Immortal to intercept and kill Xiao Se was naturally revealed to Xiao Yu by Xiao Jingxia.

Otherwise, given Xiao Chong's cautious nature and the fact that so much time has passed, both witnesses and physical evidence would have been thoroughly dealt with long ago. How could Xiao Yu possibly know about this?

However, Xiao Chong trusted Xiao Jingxia completely and never considered that Xiao Jingxia would betray him, let alone that Emperor Mingde would know about what happened four years ago.

He kept reflecting on himself, wondering if he had done something recently that made Emperor Mingde wary, which caused the other party's attitude to suddenly change.

Despite racking his brains, he still couldn't figure it out and could only blame it all on Xiao Se, who was about to return to Tianqi City.

He believed that Xiao Se's return had made Emperor Mingde wary, thus causing him to neglect him.

'Indeed, only Xiao Chuhe is my greatest rival on the road to seizing the throne.'

Xiao Chong sighed inwardly, then silently raised the level of threat Xiao Se posed to him, and began to plan how to prevent her from returning to the capital.

Unexpectedly, after Emperor Mingde learned that he had sent the Angry Sword Immortal to intercept and kill Xiao Se, he ordered Jin Xuan to send people to set up spies around the White Prince's Mansion to closely monitor its movements and conduct detailed tracking and investigation of everyone entering and leaving. The information collected each day was also reviewed immediately.

Under Emperor Mingde's close surveillance, Xiao Chong felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, and no matter how hard he struggled, he would only sink deeper and deeper.

The more you struggle, the faster you sink in.

But Xiao Chong was not one to give up easily. Even in the face of such a predicament, he never had the slightest thought of giving up.

Instead, they focused more on how to prevent Xiao Se from returning to the capital, attempting to find a way to break the deadlock.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he struggled, Xiao Jingxia was always an obstacle in his path.

Xiao Chong's meticulously prepared plans were delivered to the Red Prince's residence by Xiao Jingxia in less than half a day. After Xiao Yu reviewed them, he selected and passed them on to Jin Xuan.

Jin Xuan was shocked by the Red King's Mansion's intelligence-gathering capabilities, which made him begin to doubt whether his decision to support the Red King was correct.

What he wanted was a puppet emperor he could control, but now the Red King was clearly going against his original idea.

Could it be that the Red King was pretending to be weak to deceive him, and saw through his thoughts, so he had been putting on an act in front of him all along?

Jin Xuan shuddered, a chill rising from her heels.

Startled, she wanted to extricate herself in time and cut off all contact with Xiao Yu from then on.

However, faced with Emperor Mingde's constant inquiries about the situation at the White Prince's Mansion, he could only grit his teeth and continue to report this sensitive information.

Emperor Mingde was unaware that Jin Xuan had obtained this intelligence from Xiao Yu. He assumed that Xiao Chong was becoming increasingly reckless and that even the spies around the Prince's residence knew about it. He was furious and gritted his teeth.

I thought this rebellious son would behave himself during his confinement, but I never expected that he would dare to cause trouble again.

Emperor Mingde believed that he had done everything he could for his son.

After learning of Xiao Chong's heinous act of intercepting and killing Xiao Se, he not only did not punish him, but even preserved his throne and title, which can be said to have given his son a lot of face.

Why is he still not satisfied?

He remained obstinate and wanted to harm his own brother.

Anger and disappointment intertwined, causing Emperor Mingde to feel waves of heartache. His body, which had been improving, trembled with rage.

Emperor Mingde clutched his chest, enduring the pain, and roared:

"Summon that rebellious son to the palace."

When Xiao Chong heard that Emperor Mingde wanted to summon him, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed, thinking that Emperor Mingde intended to lift his ban.

However, when he entered the palace, he found that he not only failed to see Emperor Mingde, but he also failed to enter the gate of Pingqing Hall.

He was greeted by the Grand Eunuch Jin Xuan.

Jin Xuan conveyed Emperor Mingde's decree with a blank expression: "Your Highness, His Majesty has decreed that you kneel before Pingqing Hall for two hours."

These words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the joy in Xiao Chong's heart, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Her fair face flushed red and then purple, and an unprecedented sense of shame rose from the bottom of her heart.

Almost instantly, the shame overwhelmed him.

Unlike Xiao Yu, who had a long history of misdeeds, Xiao Chong was intelligent and studious from a young age and was always favored by Emperor Mingde.

Especially after he lost his sight, Emperor Mingde felt even more pity for him.

It was this pity that made Xiao Chong feel resentful.

He vowed to prove that he was no worse than normal people, and he strived to do everything perfectly, even better than those who could see it.

He wanted to climb step by step to that supreme position and tell the whole world that even a blind man could be an emperor.

It was precisely because of this indomitable stubbornness that he became one of the first princes to be granted the title of king.

The character '白' (white) in the title "Ban" (ban) is also very likely to arouse suspicion.

The characters "白" and "王" combined form the character "皇".

It can be said that he is now very close to that position, just one step away.

But at that very moment, his father ordered him to kneel as punishment in front of the bustling Pingqing Hall, where people came and went and court officials were constantly coming and going.

Being forced to kneel before the palace was a tremendous humiliation for any prince who had reached adulthood and been granted the title of king.

It would not only severely damage the prince's reputation, but would also be interpreted by court officials as the emperor's dissatisfaction and disappointment with him.

How will a prince like this win over the court officials? And how will he establish himself in the court?

Xiao Chong did not understand why his father would treat him this way, and even refuse to see him.

Even though he was filled with doubt and grievance, he could only kneel slowly on the cold stone bricks in front of the hall with Zang Ming's help.

"Your subject... obeys the decree."

Xiao Chong gritted his teeth and used all his strength to maintain his usual composure.

This is the Emperor's decree; disobeying it would be a grave disrespect.

So even if he didn't realize he had done anything wrong, since his father thought he was wrong, then he was wrong even if he wasn't.