Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 184 Surveillance
During the New Year's Day period, the people of Xuanji Hall and Blood Spirit Sect were unusually quiet.

They did not cause any trouble throughout the entire New Year's Day.

In February, the person in charge of monitoring the eldest prince returned to the palace to report to Bei Chenshu that the eldest prince had been cautious in his words and actions during his house arrest and had indeed shown remorse.

Upon hearing this, Bei Chenshu lifted the Crown Prince's house arrest as instructed.

The eldest prince regained his freedom, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He returned to the prince's residence with his principal wife, Xiang Yurong, and several children.

The mansion is now deserted.

Xiang Yurong glanced at Bei Chenhan, then used her magic to clean the dust and cobwebs from the mansion.

However, her spiritual power was limited, so she could only clean up roughly.

"Your Highness, please make do with this place!"

Bei Chenhan grunted in response and stepped into the mansion first, then sat in the main seat in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiang Yurong entered, her expression complex, and said, "Your Highness, many servants have come to the door, saying they are here on His Majesty's orders to serve you."

Bei Chenhan's expression changed slightly.

What do you mean?
On the surface, they're lifting his house arrest, but in reality, they're just moving him to a different location to continue monitoring him?
He was originally disheartened by the power struggles, but after reflecting on his past, he decided to let go of it and just want to live out the rest of his life in peace. Is his third brother still at ease?

Sure enough, those who become emperors all change.

"Let someone in!"

Leading the group was Eunuch Cao De, followed by dozens of palace servants.

"This old servant greets Your Highness."

"Ah."

Bei Chenhan responded calmly.

"Your Highness, since you have just returned to the palace, His Majesty was worried that there would be no one to serve you, so he brought back the palace servants who had been dismissed. His Majesty said that it is up to you to decide whether to keep those you like or not, and let this old servant take those you don't like."

what?
Bei Chenhan looked up and indeed recognized many of those people.

Did Bei Chenshu send someone to monitor him?
"Your Highness? Is it that none of these people suit your taste?"

"No."

Bei Chenhan looked at Xiang Yurong and saw her nod at him before he came back to his senses: "That's fine, let's keep them all."

Until Cao De left.

The couple felt a great sense of relief.

Xiang Yurong said, "It seems His Majesty is truly willing to let us go."

Bei Chenhan nodded. He had been narrow-minded. No one was as convenient as the old people from before.

However, Xuanjitang was unwilling to let go of this opportunity to disrupt the situation.

However, since someone was secretly monitoring the Crown Prince's residence, they were unable to get close for a while. It wasn't until half a month later that they found an opportunity to enter the residence.

Bei Chenhan entered the study and was startled to see a strange man sitting there: "Who are you?"

If anyone had seen him, they would recognize him as the man in the azure robe from the teahouse.

"Your Highness has always contacted Steward Du, so it's normal that you haven't seen me before."

Bei Chenhan's heart skipped a beat: "You're from Xuanji Hall?"

"Your Highness has a good memory." The man bowed to Bei Chenhan in a pretentious manner: "I am Yin Shuo, the new manager of Xuanji Hall."

Bei Chenhan: "What are you doing here? I have no connection with your Xuanji Hall anymore." Yin Shuo: "Why is the Crown Prince in such a hurry to sever ties with our Xuanji Hall? If it weren't for our Xuanji Hall, how would the Crown Prince have had the opportunity to show his face before the late Emperor?"

"How dare you say that? If it weren't for your Xuanji Hall stirring up trouble, how could I, this prince, have ended up in this state?"

"See, even you, Your Highness, are not willing to let Bei Chenshu sit in this position." Yin Shuo's voice was extremely seductive. "Bei Chenshu is only the Third Prince. It should never have been his turn. But the one sitting in this position now is the one who was unassuming back then."

Seeing that Bei Chenhan remained silent, Yin Shuo continued, "Your Highness, you are of noble birth and your abilities are second to none. When the late emperor was alive, you made many contributions to the court. You should have a share in this world. But now? You are under house arrest and have suffered endless humiliation. Don't you want to seek justice?"

Although Bei Chenhan was in turmoil, after experiencing so much, he could not tell on the surface: "It's all in the past now. I just want to live a peaceful life and don't want to get involved in these disputes anymore."

Yin Shuo sneered: "Live a peaceful life? Do you really think Bei Chenshu will let you go, Your Highness?"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know that although he sent all the old servants of his household to you, he secretly sent people to keep an eye on you? It took me a lot of effort to get in here to see you this time."

"Now that he has secured the throne, he might one day use fabricated charges to completely eliminate you and prevent future troubles."

Having experienced imprisonment once, it was no easy feat for him to make the same decision again in a day or two.

Yin Shuo didn't expect to convince Bei Chenhan in one go.

"Your Highness, think it over carefully!"

Yin Shuo left, but Bei Chenhan remained sitting in his study with a furrowed brow, not coming out for a long time.

Xiang Yurong was worried, so she went to the study to see him.

"Your Highness, why have you been sitting in your study for so long today? Is something troubling you?"

Bei Chenhan shook his head: "No, I was just lost in thought."

While Yin Shuo's words were somewhat provocative, they were not entirely without merit.

Although he had been released from house arrest, how could he truly escape the shadow of imperial power within the palace?
Bei Chenhan got up, intending to follow Xiang Yurong back to her dormitory, but stopped after taking only two steps. He suddenly asked, "Yurong, do you think he really let us go?"

Xiang Yurong was taken aback.

She had some idea that His Highness was still troubled by these things, but she was still somewhat surprised that he asked her directly.

"Speak your mind. Feel free to say anything!"

Xiang Yurong: "Alright, then I will speak."

“When His Majesty was still a prince, his relationship with His Highness was not bad. In addition, the late emperor entrusted his son to him, and the old ministers around him were actually on His Highness’s side. Otherwise, he would not have taken this opportunity to release us.”

"You mean he won't make things difficult for us anymore?"

Bei Chenhan frowned: "But, but he also secretly sent experts to monitor us."

Xiang Yurong: "How did Your Highness know that His Majesty had people watching us?"

Bei Chenhan hesitated for a moment, but finally told Xiang Yurong everything: "Just now, Yin Shuo, the new manager of Xuanji Hall, came to see me and told me this."

"What are Your Highness's thoughts at this moment?"

"Although I don't want to get involved in these things anymore, he's right. If the third brother really wanted to let us go, why would he still have someone monitor us? He's obviously still worried."

"Is it possible that His Majesty is worried that Xuanji Hall will come looking for you again, which is why he had someone watching over you?"

Many things depend on how people think.

Bei Chenhan found Yu Rong's words to be very reasonable.

"Then what do we do next?"

Xiang Yurong: "Tell His Majesty about this!"

"Tell Bei Chenshu? Will he believe us? What if he finds out we still have connections with Xuanji Hall and puts us under house arrest again?"