Chapter 54: Questioning
The crown prince frowned in the tent, pacing back and forth anxiously, he had already brought news back to Jiankang a few days ago, so that people could find out the movements of Sima Qi, the king of Langya, to see if he really had to sneak back to Jiankang quietly, and to find out why he came back and who he went to see and what he did. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but the news sent back said that he only knew that Sima Qi had returned to Jiankang in disguise a few days ago, but he had never returned to the palace, and now he did not know his whereabouts, and he could not find out where he was, let alone know who he saw and what he did.
This made the prince furious, Sima Qi came back, but he never returned to the palace, where did he go, could it be that he had a secret meeting with the ministers who supported him and the concubine in the court, plotting to usurp the crown prince's throne? Thinking of his father's previous importance to Sima Qi and his favor for the concubine, he felt more and more that this was the case, otherwise how could Sima Qi sneak back to Jiankang without being edicted! No, he can't just sit back like this, he wants to keep his position as the crown prince.
Lan Ji was fanning lightly on the side, she had been serving by the prince's side for some time, and she could naturally see that the prince at this time was upset, even she didn't dare to say anything easily, for fear of provoking the prince's anger, so she had to sit quietly aside.
"Your Highness, Aunt Yuan has arrived." The maid came in and replied.
It was he who asked Gu Yuan to call over, and the news that Sima Qi, the king of Langya, returned to Jiankang was still what Gu Yuan told him after knowing it, she must have a way! The prince's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”
The tent door opened, and Gu Yuan, who was dressed in a bamboo blue large-sleeved robe, and only used a stone blue silk silk to tie up his black hair high, strode in, and bowed down to the tent: "Yuan has seen His Highness." He bowed slightly to Lan Ji, with a graceful demeanor, which was clearly the words and actions of the family Langjun, which made people look at it and feel that it was not abrupt in Gu Yuan, who was obviously a woman.
Lan Ji smiled, full of charm: "Aunt Yuan's dress is no worse than those family gentlemen." She looked at Gu Yuan with more interest in her eyes.
The prince didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, he ordered someone to set up a couch for Gu Yuan, and asked hurriedly: "Jiankang has never received news from King Langya, he didn't know where to go when he entered the city, presumably there was another place, and I don't know what he was planning in private, but what should I do now?" ”
Gu Yuan didn't speak immediately, she looked at Lan Ji, who was sitting next to the prince, bowing her head and pouring wine for the prince, only to see her smiling face, her eyes only looked at the slurry in the ear cup in front of her, and she didn't care about what the prince said. Gu Yuan's heart moved, it seemed that the prince trusted Lan Ji very much, and he didn't even avoid her when discussing these things, so he let her sit beside him. Being able to serve by the side of a person like the prince for so long, and still being able to gain the trust of the prince like a fish in water, this Lan Ji should not be underestimated.
Gu Yuan thought carefully about the previous life, and never remembered anything related to this Lan Ji, just because she was promised to Feng Wenyi by the Gu family early in her previous life, and she had no contact with the prince, let alone knew about such a concubine by the prince's side, so this Lan Ji was extremely strange and mysterious to Gu Yuan.
Since the crown prince didn't shy away from Lan Ji's presence, Gu Yuan naturally wouldn't say anything. She pondered for a while, and her face hesitated: "Your Highness, Ah Yuan's ability to foresee can only be approximate, and he can't predict everything clearly. Regarding the matter of King Langya, Ah Yuan can only know that he quietly returned to Jiankang, but he can't figure out where he is staying, nor can he know who he has seen, and asks His Royal Highness for forgiveness. ”
The prince was disappointed, and glared at Gu Yuan with a frown: "You don't even know?" Don't you have unpredictable foreknowledge and yet you don't even know about this little thing? ”
Gu Yuan lowered his head and looked afraid: "Your Highness forgives your sins, Ah Yuan's ability to foreknowledge is not something that can be known in everything, but only by feeling it occasionally, you can know something about it, and it really doesn't mean to shirk!" "Cowardice and cowardice, so as not to be aggrieved and frightened.
Seeing that this sister-in-law shrunk did not seem to be fake, the prince was even more depressed, he sat down on the couch, his face was gray, and he muttered: "How is this good, can you let Sima Qi, a chaotic minister and thief, collude with the courtiers and seek the position of the lonely prince......
With a wooden face, he slowly turned to look at Gu Yuan again: "Do you have a way to find out where Sima Qi is?" It's just that his voice didn't fall, and he sneered self-deprecatingly, "It's a lonely fool, you just know a little bit of foreknowledge, what can you do, it's useless after all!" In the end, he was already gritting his teeth, and the killing intent was hideous, and it seemed that he was about to dispose of this sister-in-law who couldn't give him advice and predicted where King Langya was.
Lan Ji was beside him, and brought the slurry water in both hands to the prince, and said softly: "Your Highness is angry, I think that King Langya is no matter how cunning and hidden his whereabouts are, after all, he is still in Jiankang City, and when he returns to Jiankang, as long as he sends someone to investigate carefully, it will not be difficult to find out where he is." Previously, it was Aunt Yuan who foresaw the matter of King Langya and warned His Highness to be on guard, but she was still a meritorious person, and Her Highness should not blame her anymore. The voice was soft and charming, and he persuaded the prince with a grin, and even chuckled and threw a look at Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan comprehended, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Yuan Bucai, please ask Your Highness for forgiveness." But she made up her mind in her heart, and when she arrived in Jiankang, she still wanted to slowly fade out of the prince's attention, and someone with such a character could turn her face and take her life at any time.
The prince took a sip of the syrup water sent by Lan Ji, his anger slowly subsided, and he looked at Gu Yuan with a gloomy face, although this sister-in-law couldn't predict where Sima Qi would go, but it was still useful after all, and if she left her, she might be able to predict something else. He retracted his gaze and said coldly: "That's it, the thought is still useful to you, spare you today, you can retreat." ”
Gu Yuan got up and bowed to the prince and Lan Ji, turned around and walked outside the tent. The frightened and uneasy appearance before was long gone, and there was only a cold look on her face, she knew that the prince must have called her over today for the matter of Sima Qi, the king of Langya, and she also knew that the prince's people couldn't find Sima Qi in Jiankang, so they would hit her with their ideas. The previous prince only got the news during the banquet in Wu County, and knew that King Langya returned to Jiankang before hurrying back, and he had been ordered to track down but could not find out where King Langya went, and it was not until the Queen Mother's birthday banquet that King Langya appeared. Nothing seems to have changed much now.
Not long after she walked out of the camp tent, she met the little eunuch behind the prince, he was holding some food in his hand, probing his brain towards the prince's camp tent, and when he saw Gu Yuan coming out, he seemed to be stunned, and bowed with a smile: "Aunt Yuan, Your Highness has finished speaking?" The slave prepared food and sent it to the tent, and waited here. ”
Gu Yuan's eyes were slightly cold, she naturally knew that the little eunuch in front of her had already been bought by the Gu family, and when she was in Wu County before, she also helped Gu Tongzhi to send her to the prince. She said lightly: "You go in, Your Highness and Lan Ji are in the tent." "Maybe this person will be able to use it later.