Chapter 36: Chips

Lin Suqing asked, "Who are the people at the banquet?"

"Back to Your Highness, there is a private banquet, so there are only three people on the banquet: Your Royal Highness, King Ying and King Ping. ”

Chen Shuhua told him carefully, probably understanding Lin Suqing's guess, and he said, "Although King Ping has not been in harmony with King Ying since he was a child, this is Your Highness's private banquet, and he only knew about it when he received the invitation. The minister thought that the poisoner would not be King Ping, firstly, he could not touch the meal, and secondly, the minister thought that King Ping should know that poisoning at His Highness's private banquet would involve something powerful. King Ping has always been close to His Highness, and he should not put His Highness in injustice at this time. ”

The old minister thought that Master Chen was right. Even if you sit and watch the dragon and tiger fight, wait for both sides to lose, and then profit from it. Then, it is time to join forces with Your Highness first and get rid of King Ying. ”

Liang Wenfu's comments were very spicy, very sharp, and very bold, and he had no intention of hiding it in front of the prince.

"After all, His Royal Highness is merciful, and King Ying is ruthless. If King Ping has the position of East Palace, he can only make an idea from you, and he can only have some hope. But if he makes His Royal Highness make a mistake, if he relies on himself in the future, he will definitely not be the opponent of King Ying, and King Ping himself must know it. ”

Perhaps because Lin Suqing is not the prince himself, Liang Wenfu's outspokenness, he doesn't feel unbiased when he listens to it, but thinks that Liang Wenfu is a loyal minister.

At this time, Chen Shuhua said: "The minister thinks that most of it is a bitter trick sung by King Ying, and he deliberately makes it difficult for His Royal Highness the Prince." The minister also thought that King Ying's move was probably to mislead the officials and guess your Royal Highness...... You are hostile to King Ying. ”

Lin Suqing was stunned, this Yingwang actually played so yin.

In this way, the implication is that the prince is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate the king of Ying, who has made great achievements.

Therefore, if everyone, including the emperor, believed that the crown prince was poisoned because of this misdirection, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Liang Wen replied: "Before the old minister came to the East Palace, I heard that the Yingwang Mansion had already spread the news to His Majesty. ”

He pondered and said, "But...... The old minister thought that His Majesty should not believe it easily, and would definitely send someone to find out. ”

As he spoke, his index finger pointed to the word "wait" on the table.

"Therefore, according to the old minister's opinion, during this period, Your Highness, you can only pretend to be drunk and sleep peacefully. And wait until tomorrow to find out what the truth is. ”

Lin Suqing understood it, and at the same time understood what he meant. It doesn't really matter what the truth is, what matters is the emperor's attitude towards this matter.

This "accident" full of loopholes is obviously unfavorable to the prince.

If the emperor punished the crown prince, it means that he listened to King Ying and thought that the prince was poisoned, then it also means that the emperor was partial to King Ying, thus proving that the position of this East Palace is extremely likely to be transposed to King Ying.

And if the emperor punished King Ying, then the conclusion is self-evident. No matter how prominent King Ying's military exploits are, the position of the East Palace is still firmly seated by him, the crown prince.

Under the dim candlelight, the three of them tacitly agreed and coincided.

......

After Liang Wenfu and Chen Shuhua left, Lin Suqing hurriedly moved his muscles and bones, wanting to try to see if this was an ordinary mortal world, or a blessed land immortal land like Qingqiu, which was unusual to anyone.

He spun his ankle and kicked the table in a good way, ahhhhhh

Apparently, he was possessed by an ordinary mortal.

Then he couldn't figure it out even more, why did His Royal Highness the Second Prince attach his soul to this mortal prince?

I said that I wanted him to experience it for himself, didn't I want him to experience what it was like to be in a high place?

No, no, no, the second prince is not so boring, and the second prince's move must mean something else...... What does that mean?

Although he couldn't figure it out, he knew one thing very well in his heart, that is, during the period of his possession, he had to experience this experience carefully and seriously, and he had to have some understanding, so that he could get the opportunity to practice.

At the same time, he must be cautious in his words and deeds, as if he were walking on thin ice. After all, he couldn't be sure if he was capable of helping the crown prince keep his position in the East Palace.

And in such a situation where you don't know anything, you can only save your life first!

Thinking so, he returned to the desk, intending to look through the prince's daily records overnight, as well as the style of handling government affairs, and even the handwriting he was meticulously and meticulously described, not daring to be the slightest sloppy.

Fortunately, he has systematically studied calligraphy, and it is not too difficult to trace the handwriting of others.

......

In the blink of an eye, it was already dawning, and at the beginning of the morning, the attendants brought four maids dressed in blue clothes. When they had blessed him, they came forward and waited for him to wash.

Two maids came up first, and on the wooden tray held by one maid, there were two thin-colored porcelain cups, and a plate of fine salt and a cup of strong tea.

Another empty-handed maid first scooped half a spoonful of fine salt with a willow spoon, padded her hands with an embroidered handkerchief, and handed it to Lin Suqing respectfully.

He looked at it before he opened his mouth.

The maid gently poured the fine salt on his tongue, then picked up one of the thin-colored porcelain cups, opened the lid and handed it over, the porcelain cup was filled with warm water, Lin Suqing opened his mouth and took a mouthful of slightly hot, gurgling the fine salt in his mouth into salt water, when he rinsed his mouth, the maid put down the cup in her hand, and brought another empty porcelain cup.

Lin Suqing then spit out the rinsed water.

Then she brought another cup of strong tea, Lin Suqing took two sips to rinse her mouth, and after spitting it out, she still felt bitter in her mouth, so she raised her hand to signal her to withdraw the strong tea.

Immediately, the maid with the mouthwash retreated.

Then another maid was added to her place.

She was holding a plain porcelain basin with a golden background and two five-clawed golden dragons. With her as a partner, the maid who specializes in serving soaked the square scarf in hot water to make it soft, wrung it out and folded it into a square before holding it to Lin Suqing with both hands.

He took it, wiped it so-so, and returned it to the maid.

Alas, he understood why His Royal Highness the Second Crown Prince was reluctant to use slaves when he was in Qingqiu, this toss was really tiring and panicked, but it was better to start smoothly and conveniently by himself.

When he had finally finished washing, he changed his clothes again under the service.

By this time, the sun outside the house had already climbed into the clear sky.

After breakfast, he waved his hand away from the attendants, and also dismissed all the servants, and wandered around the mansion alone, without anyone noticing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace had actually changed someone.

Compared with the simplicity and elegance of the Qingqiu Prince's Mansion, the Prince's Mansion in the mortal world is much more magnificent.

If it is said that Qingqiu is carved beams and painted buildings, it is free and wanton. That's where the splendor is and ingenuity. It's about the difference in their pursuits, after all, the gods like to be quiet.

After a cursory walk around the mansion and familiarity with the furnishings and layouts, he returned to his study and continued to copy the prince's handwriting.

About half an hour after touching the tea, Liang Wenfu and Chen Shuhua rushed back and forth.

"Greetings to Your Highness. ”

He hurriedly walked out of the desk and helped the two of them up: "Hurry up, two of you." ”

Liang Wenfu walked around and said, "The old minister has arranged it overnight, and they will arrive immediately." Lao asked His Highness to go to the inner room to take refuge first. ”

"Good. ”

Lin Suqing needs to correspond to everyone's identities one by one through their chat, so at this time, he is better behind the scenes than in front of the stage.

He trusted Liang Wenfu and them, so he simply turned around and went to the inner room, sitting casually on the bed and resting and waiting.

He had flipped through a large number of documents in the prince's study, and was quite familiar with the names of several of them, if he had not guessed wrong, there would definitely be a few of them among the people who came today.

......

"Hey, Lord Chen came early. ”

Not long after, a man with a strong and powerful voice came, and he bowed to Liang Wenfu: "Yo, the right prime minister is also here." "The words are very casual and coarse.

Lin Suqing's ears caught that Liang Wenfu was the right prime minister, and his official position was not small.

He got up and walked briskly to the entrance, peering through the gaps in the beaded curtains.

The person who came was also wearing a round-necked robe with a right side, but it was different from Liang Wenfu and Chen Shuhua's ankle-length robes. The man was wearing a short shirt, which was only knee-length.

But the red single clothes couldn't hide his mighty figure at all, and because of the light and thin of the single clothes, he was particularly burly and strong. It should be a military general.

Liang Wenfu said with a smile: "General Lao Zuo Yiwei came early in the morning. ”

It turned out that he was Wu Yi, the general of Zuo Yiwei.

When Lin Suqing was flipping through last night, he saw some accounts about him.

The most impressive thing is that King Ying once sent his cronies to the military camp of General Wu Yi to give gifts, wanting to be friendly with him. Unexpectedly, this general Wu Yi personally beat up King Ying's cronies, and later this matter reached the emperor's ears. If it weren't for the outstanding military exploits of this general Wu, he would have almost been condemned to a serious crime by the emperor of the current dynasty.

Well, it's a dominant, bloody figure. More importantly, he is loyal to the crown prince and is one of the prince's henchmen.

Lin Suqing was very worried that this prince was full of civil officials, because King Ying not only had many fierce generals in his hands, but also had many resourceful staff and doormen.

So fortunately, he has a loyal military general like Wu Yi in his hands. Although there are many generals in the hands of King Ying, it will not make the prince's armed strength relatively weak.

Immediately another person came, who seemed to be a civil official, and he was very polite. As soon as he entered the door, he saluted Liang Wenfu, Wu Yi and Chen Shuhua according to his official position, and it seemed that the official rank was not greater than the three of them.

Without waiting for Liang Wenfu and Chen Shuhua to deliberately point out the identity of the person, General Wu inadvertently broke it.

"Master Zhang is the left concubine of the Prince Zhan Shifu, how can he come later than me, who is far away from the mansion. ”

may be due to the open-minded temperament of the general, and the words are not very polite.

But it can be seen that the few of them are very familiar with each other, even if Wu Yi is so polite, that Zhang Zhanshi has never complained, let alone the slightest anger.

Instead, he apologized with a smile and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, this official drank a few more drinks last night, and he made a mistake when he ate wine, and he made a mistake when he ate wine." ”

Lin Suqing silently wrote down in his heart, that is Zhang Zhan's matter. Judging from the many records in the prince's account, that Zhang Zhanshi is a very smart and strategic person, and he is very good at finding clues in subtleties.

Therefore, now that Lin Suqing is the prince, he does not plan to use this Zhang Zhan matter more in the future, for fear that this careful Zhang Zhan matter will find out the clues and expose his identity as a pseudo-prince.

Liang Wenfu and Chen Shuhua cheered, smiled heartily, and eased the atmosphere. However, it seems that it is because they have long been accustomed to the bickering between General Wu and Zhang Zhanshi, but in fact, they don't care much, they just want to laugh and laugh.

Then three or two civil officials and one or two military generals came one after another.

Lin Suqing quietly corresponded to the information of the people behind the scenes, and secretly held the chips and weight in the prince's hand in his heart.

After some consideration, his heart that had been hanging high finally let go a little.

The chips in the prince's hand are very sufficient.