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Time flies like a white horse, in the blink of an eye, there are only seven days left before the wedding of Sun Zhiyan and Jiang Lu, the undercurrent in the capital has surged to the surface, and there is no longer any cover, the prince is like a stunned attack on the brother who has made a little achievement in the court, quietly strangled the life of the second prince and then drugged the fourth prince, a few days ago the fourth prince suddenly fell into a coma in the court, causing an uproar.
In addition, the crown prince's eyes were even set on Sun Mingze, the prince of Shun, completely ignoring the fact that Sun Mingze had already been excluded from the scope of inheriting the throne by default. As the quasi-concubine of Princess Ning'an and the brother-in-law of Prince Shun, Jiang Lu silently stood in Sun Mingze's camp and helped Sun Mingze fight back against the prince.
"What's wrong with the prince's brother?" Sun Zhiyan picked up a white piece and landed on the chessboard casually, knowing that she had been with Jiang Lu these days, which made her feel like she was still in the enlightened society in the previous life, and at the same time, it also made her know more about the people in front of her.
As before, he is a little dark and unyielding, but what is more remarkable is the thoughtfulness, gentleness and stability that he has grown up unconsciously.
Jiang Lu put on the moon-white brocade robe, a little more indifferent and fairy than usual, his eyebrows were picturesque and almost attracted all of Sun Zhiyan's attention, he sat opposite Sun Zhiyan, sometimes staring at the chessboard and pondering, sometimes intertwined with Sun Zhiyan's eyes, although he had no words, but he had his own warmth and flow, and suddenly heard Sun Zhiyan's words, he paused with his hand off the chess piece, and quickly reacted, and informed him of what he knew: "There is a god-like strategist beside the prince, and many of his views are very clever, However, he was very eager to help the prince ascend the throne, and I guess the prince was confused by him, so he has been acting unsafely recently. β
"Oh?" Sun Zhiyan knew about the existence of this strategist, but the book only said in general terms that there was a strategist beside the prince who gave advice and misled the prince, which was the beginning of the recent disaster. She intended to have a deeper understanding of this strategist, but without knowing her identity, she couldn't use her golden finger to get his information, and when she heard Jiang Lu mention it, she immediately became interested, and hurriedly asked: "It turns out that it is the prince's brother who was instigated, does my father know about the existence of this person?" β
If he knew, Sun Mingze would also know his identity, and at that time, even if this strategist had the wisdom of Kong Ming, he would not be afraid - to a certain extent, Sun Zhiyan believed in his golden finger very much.
"Xu knows, it's just ......" Jiang Lu replied nondeniably, hiding his intention between his lips, and not revealing half of itβbut the emperor may also have selfish intentions. The emperor's preference for Princess Ning'an and Prince Shun has never been half hidden, and it is not impossible to leave the throne to Prince Shun.
According to the ancestral system, if Prince Shun wants to ascend the throne justifiably, he can only let other princes also lose the qualifications to take the throne...... The prince next to him can easily be crowned king, but the crown prince is not something that the emperor can abolish with a word. This kind of thing has always been something that can only be thought about in the heart, and it is understandable that Jiang Lu did not say it explicitly.
Seeing that Jiang Lu didn't mean to say it explicitly, and Sun Zhiyan didn't mean to ask, she had never been very interested in the affairs of the previous dynasty, and she would ask at this time because she was concerned about her brother's safety, after thinking about it, she asked again: "Who is that strategist?" β
Speaking of this, Jiang Lu frowned, he knocked on the table with his fingers, and said, "...... This person seems to have appeared out of thin air, and he has not been able to know a thing or two after many investigations, and his costume is also quite strange, with short hair like a monk who has not been vulgar for a long time. "None of the recorded monk temples can find this person.
Such a peculiar description made Sun Zhiyan think of a traverser like her at first, but the next moment she vetoed it - compared to a traverser, if it is really a traverser, he must not be able to win the trust of the prince so quickly: "I'm afraid the prince used a means to hide his information." "People have weaknesses, and it is the most common practice for the prince to hide all information in order to prevent people from finding out about this person's weaknesses.
The hero doesn't ask where he comes from, who will still account for him after having the skill of the dragon, whether he was a common man or a thief at the beginning?
"I'm afraid so, but in my opinion, the counselor may not be very clever." The prince is only in his twenties, and his position is the most stable, but now such a toss is a little precarious. Jiang Lu shook his head, and was about to drop the chess pieces in his hand and decide the outcome of the chess game, but he didn't want Sun Zhiyan to suddenly reach out and mess up the chess pieces on the chessboard.
The situation, which had just become clear, suddenly became a mess, and it was impossible to restore people to the original state.
"Yike...... It looks like we're going to have to do it all over again. Sun Zhiyan's mouth was full of pity, but her expression didn't show any pity, but she had a feeling that her treacherous plan had succeeded.
Jiang Lu shook his head helplessly, helped Sun Zhiyan pack up the chessboard together, and proposed: "It is difficult for the princess to get out of the palace, and it is only limited to this side of the house, why don't you let me accompany her to walk around?" β
Sun Zhiyan blinked and agreed without hesitation. She still remembered the paper kite last time, and she thought that Jiang Lu could also take her to have fun this time. Jiang Lu was full of skill, and he knew Sun Zhiyan's expectations at a glance, so he dared to take her hand and said as he walked: "Today's scenery is just right, it must be very interesting to swim in the lake, and you can also try fishing." β
"Uh-huh!" Sun Zhiyan listened, only feeling that her eyes were about to shine. She grew up in the deep palace in this life, and she has to remember the rules every day, and the so-called fun is just to wander around the various banquets held in the garden, and the life of more than ten years has almost made her suffocated.
There is a lake connected with the canal in the capital, the famous Huannu Lake, the water is clear and can be seen at the bottom, although it is not as good as the heavy makeup of the West Lake in Hangzhou, but it also has a unique flavor, there are often literati and celebrities on the boat, and the official merchants are also common. The Duke of Qi has a boat parked on the lake, so there is no need to rent an additional boat, which is always more convenient.
Sun Zhiyan first walked around the boat, then stayed on the bow of the boat, looked at the surrounding scenery for a while, and blew until the hairpin was crooked a little before she stopped, she held the hairpin with her hand, and asked Jiang Lu, who had been protecting her by her side, "Fishing is at the bow of the boat?" The wind here is very strong, and it blows people with headaches. β
It's late autumn now, and it's fashionable and not chilly on the lake, but now it's a bit biting on the boat.
"You don't have to. There was a window in the cabin where we could fish and make some hot tea. Jiang Lu turned around, blocked more wind for Sun Zhiyan, and led her to the cabin.
The windows in the cabin are specially designed to block out most of the wind and give people a clear view of the river, Sun Zhiyan put the fishing line into the river with the help of Jiang Lu, and then she was not in the mood to make tea, and like all beginners, she stared at the float for a moment, so that she pulled the fishing rod as soon as the fish took the bait.
Jiang Lu didn't bother Sun Zhiyan's Yaxing after seeing it, and only mentioned one sentence: "It will take some time for the fish to be hooked." Then he made his own tea.
Sun Zhiyan stared at it for about half an hour before losing interest, retracting her gaze stuck to the float and instead picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so good." β
The tea art of the Yan Dynasty has boiling tea and brewing tea, among which the boiled tea is boiled freshly, unprocessed tea tips, very particular about the heat and the time to put in the tea leaves, even the chef of the imperial dining room may not be able to cook well, but he does not want Jiang Lu to be able to cook a good tea.
Jiang Lu added new tea for Sun Zhiyan and smiled lightly: "If the princess likes it, I will make tea for you every day in the future." β
Hearing this, Sun Zhiyan's eyelashes trembled slightly, a streamer flashed under her eyes, she pursed her lips and said, "You didn't call me a princess before, why did you get married but got out of the world?" β
It seems that on the eve of going to the battlefield, he began to call her Ning An or the princess.
"......" Jiang Lu pondered for a while, and then slowly opened his mouth after a while: "In the past, Meng Lang was too much, and it was inevitable that you would not like it, but now...... I just want to save some ......."
"Heh......" Sun Zhiyan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh softly, feeling that Jiang Lu's clumsy appearance was rare and cute, she reached out and nodded the back of Jiang Lu's hand affectionately, and said, "You have put the cart before the horse, and now you ...... Shouldn't you be more Meng Lang? β
After speaking, Sun Zhiyan couldn't help blushing, she ...... She is inevitably too reserved, in this ancient time, what woman is as bold as her?
Sun Zhiyan was still cautiously peeking at Jiang Lu with her afterglow, Jiang Lu had already softened his gaze, his eyebrows and eyes were full of pleasure, obviously, he had been planning in his heart for a long time, and he even thought about what to call it-
"Yan Niang......" Jiang Lu stretched out his hand to pull the hair on her cheeks behind her ears for Sun Zhiyan, and called out as much as she could, "I can't call you a lady now, so the princess will allow me to call you...... How is Yeonniang? β
The word Yanniang seemed to roll around his throat a few times before it came out, and when it came to Sun Zhiyan's ears, she only felt that the left ear that was closer was going to be soft.
"Float, float moves!" As if she couldn't stand the atmosphere that made people soften her body anymore, Sun Zhiyan turned her head in a panic and pointed to the float connected to the fishing line without looking at it and shouted.
Jiang Lu subconsciously followed Sun Zhiyan's finger to look at the lake, and sure enough, he found that the float was swinging, which was difficult for people to ignore, he didn't care about Sun Zhiyan's actions to destroy the atmosphere, got up and stood behind Sun Zhiyan, held her hand and pulled the fishing rod together, and soon caught a palm-sized perch.
Sun Zhiyan was so excited, she stared at the sea bass that was still struggling on the hook, and she had already thought of eighteen ways to cook this fish: "It must be delicious when steamed, ah...... I feel like it's good to make pine nut fish, so how about braising it......" 166 Reading Network