Chapter 41 Leaving Beijing to avoid the limelight
Gonggong Liu didn't expect the emperor to be so incoherent, obviously there must have been some unpleasant conversation between the prince and the emperor just now, but as a minion, as long as he understood what the emperor meant, he naturally wouldn't ask more, and immediately responded: "Yes, the slave will do it." β
The news that the prince used the witch doctor to poison Ruan Daxue and wanted to poison Ruan Daxue quickly fermented inside and outside the palace after the prince followed Gonggong Liu to the imperial study, plus someone saw Ruan Qingyue enter the imperial study with a person, not to mention that the emperor's later will was really far-fetched, so that the image of the prince who had maintained among the courtiers for many years plummeted in an instant.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that it didn't take long for some news to come out of the capital, bluntly saying that the death of those who opposed the prince at the beginning must be related to the witch doctor instructed by the prince, including many upright officials, so that the prince's reputation among the people was also shaky.
"Go check it out for Hongu! Hongu wants to see who is going to deal with Hongu! β
In the East Palace, the prince was so angry that he smashed everything to pieces, and all the subordinates were silent, they had never seen such an angry prince, and no one dared to anger the prince at this time!
"Emperor!" At this moment, the queen walked in slowly with someone, and after sending everyone down, she said lightly: "This is the result of the struggle between you and your father and the emperor on that day?" β
"Mother, my father promised me that this matter would not be pursued again!" The crown prince has been smooth sailing since he was a child, and he has never been hit so hard, so he was a little hysterical at this moment, "But why did things turn out like this?" Now all the ministers are respectful of me, as if they will be tricked if they get close to me! β
"Emperor, the matter has come to this, what you have to do now is not to lose your temper here, but to find a way to solve it!" The queen's faint eyes shot over, making the prince feel as if he had been poured a basin of cold water from his head, and he instantly sobered up a lot.
"The queen mother, the son...... Erchen was wrong. After a long time, the prince, who was kneeling on the ground and holding his head as if crazy, slowly got up, lowered his head and said: "Erchen thinks that his father will consider his position as the prince no matter what, and he will not be so ruthless, it seems that his father really attaches importance to the Ruan family......"
"Hehe......" A trace of ridicule crossed the queen's eyes, attaching importance to the Ruan family? Didn't that person tell her in this way that he still remembered the events of the past, and he turned a blind eye to so many things he had done for him over the years, but he still remembered a dead man?
It's just that the queen didn't plan to say these words to the prince, so she just stroked her dancΓ΄me-covered nails and said: "I have discussed it with your uncle, and now that rumors are spreading in the capital, you should leave Beijing for the time being to avoid the limelight!" β
"Queen Mother!" The crown prince didn't expect the queen to let him leave Beijing, and suddenly said a little unhappily: "If I leave Beijing like this, wouldn't it be more sure that I poisoned Ruan Anjun?" β
"If it weren't for the maid who brought back Yunyuexi leisurely, the witch doctor wouldn't have died, this matter has more or less something to do with that woman, and this palace heard that since that woman came back, Yunfu has not stopped, according to this palace, find a chance to get out of the marriage." As soon as the queen remembered that Yun Yuexi was the daughter of the Ruan family, she felt very uncomfortable, so she mentioned this matter to the prince more than once.
"Her eyes are already good, and her personality is also very soft, and the affairs of the Yun family probably have nothing to do with her." When the prince heard the queen say this, he subconsciously refuted it.
In fact, the prince didn't know why, since he saw Yun Yuexi that day, she looked at herself timidly with her big watery eyes as if it was engraved in her heart, and even later, although he protected Yun Manrou, he hoped to make Yun Yuexi sad, but she didn't react at all, which really made him a little disappointed.
And the queen looked at the prince in surprise, you must know that when she mentioned this matter before, the prince also agreed, and he always liked that Yun Manrou in his heart, although the queen didn't have a good impression of Yun Manrou, but in the end it was her son who liked it, so she didn't interfere too much, but what is going on now?
"Could it be that you like that girl?" The queen has experienced so many things, so she saw through the prince's mind at a glance, and couldn't help but snort coldly and said: "Emperor, this palace told you that you can be emotional to anyone, but Yun Yuexi can't." β
"Why?" The prince didn't care about the queen's opposition to him and Yun Yuexi at first, but he didn't know why, Yun Yuexi's appearance became clearer and clearer in his heart day by day, and even made him forget.
"There is no reason, Yun Yuexi absolutely not." The queen got up abruptly and said coldly: "Tomorrow, the Japanese Palace will ask the emperor for you to take someone to Huayan Temple to pray for blessings for three months, you should prepare well!" β
"The Queen Mother! Queen mother! The prince wanted to object to this, but the queen left as if she had not heard him, leaving the prince to be sorrowful in the cool autumn breeze.
Just when the prince was quietly preparing to go to Huayan Temple, Ouyang Haoxuan and Tan Zhengyu had the opportunity to sit face-to-face in the study in the backyard of Xiaoyao Pavilion.
"You haven't seen me in a while, but what's wrong?" The man sitting opposite Ouyang Haoxuan was Tan San Tan Zhengyu, one of the three sons of Zhu Qiguo, I saw him dressed in green clothes, with a smile like a spring breeze on his fair and handsome face, looking like a weak scholar with no power to restrain the chicken, but the occasional sharpness in his clear eyes could not be ignored.
"Today, a girl told me, if I have any questions, I might as well ask you directly, why did that **** appear in Ruchang Inn?" Ouyang Haoxuan took the tea handed over by Tan Zhengyu and said lightly.
"I seem to be being suspected." As shrewd as Tan Zhengyu, he naturally knew what day Ouyang Haoxuan was talking about, and that day happened to be the day when Ouyang Haoxuan was poisoned, and said with a smile at the moment: "With your temper, you will probably find out and tell me the whole thing, it seems that that girl is very important to you." β
"Hmm." Ouyang Haoxuan did not deny it, Yun Yuexi said that Tan Zhengyu could be trusted, so he believed that there must be her reason, and this reason was something she was unwilling to tell herself for the time being, "She said, in this world, even if she betrays me, you won't, but I know very well that she won't, so I don't think you will." β
"Heh......" Tan Zhengyu listened to Ouyang Haoxuan's statement that was similar to a dumb riddle, chuckled, a trace of emotion crossed his eyes, and nodded: "I should be very grateful to this girl, at least she let you give me a chance to explain." β
"Zhengyu, I didn't doubt you from beginning to end." Ouyang Haoxuan said calmly: "But I am also very curious why she trusts you so much, so I came to you to find out if you are worthy of her trust so much." β
"That's nature." Tan Zhengyu put down the teacup, took away his smile, and said seriously: "The one in the palace seems to be suspicious of me, and the **** received a message that you were attacked at the Ruchang Inn, and I ......"
Tan Zhengyu sighed, shook his head and said: "I was careless, I knew that day was the day of your poison, so I rushed there immediately, and I did find blood stains there, I knew that something must have happened to you, but I also realized at that time that I had been tricked." β
Tan Zhengyu unbuttoned his shirt, and Ouyang Haoxuan, who was looking at the blood-soaked white underwear, had a tight eye, and immediately said in a deep voice: "I asked Xue Bing to treat your injuries, how long has it been, why is it still bleeding?" β
"That **** is wearing a night robe, the one in the palace probably suspects my second brother, and the second brother knows in his heart that something must have happened to me, so let those people tempt him," Tan Zhengyu waved his hand, signaling that Xue Bing was not needed to come over for the time being, and continued: "If you don't come to look for me again, maybe you will receive the news that I have been discovered." β
"You ......" Ouyang Haoxuan looked at Tan Zhengyu's light-looking face, only felt a little blocked in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "It's too dangerous, the Tan family is not allowed to get involved in those things in the future!" β
"Young master!" Tan Zhengyu was obviously also shocked by Ouyang Haoxuan, and even called out the long-lost title, and said urgently: "My father told us since I was a child that your father saved the lives of the Tan family at the beginning, and this great favor should not be forgotten at any time!" Now does the young master want Zhengyu to become a sinner of the Tan family? β
"Tan Zhengyu! I don't care about those great causes, I care about your lives! Ouyang Haoxuan suddenly grabbed him by the collar and said angrily: "Your Tan family has done enough, and now there is no more glory and wealth, you don't have to do this for me anymore!" β
"Young master!" Tan Zhengyu also lost his former calm, grabbed his wrist holding his collar, crossed his eyes with a trace of determination, and said word by word: "The three of us swore in front of our father that unless the young master kills us, we will never turn our backs on us in this life!" Therefore, if the young master insists, then kill me! β
Ouyang Haoxuan saw Tan Zhengyu's persistent gaze, and suddenly remembered what Yun Yuexi said to him: "Even if Xi'er betrays you, Tan Zhengyu won't!" β
In fact, he and Tan Zhengyu have known each other since childhood, they are both men, so they naturally don't understand too much between feelings, and he has always thought that the Tan family will follow him because of his father's kindness, he believes in Tan Zhengyu, but he doesn't believe in the rest of the Tan family, because he never thought that the Tan family would be so loyal.
The moment Yun Yuexi said it, he was still a little funny, Xi'er knew that she had absolute trust in her, but she used such a statement to make him trust Tan Zhengyu, and even trust the four fathers and sons of the Tan family.
Ouyang Haoxuan's hand gradually loosened Tan Zhengyu's collar, looking at him with a resolute face, he didn't know what to say for a while, in fact, what he didn't know was that in the previous life, Ouyang Haoxuan didn't regret it until the Tan family was destroyed, if he had trusted the Tan family earlier, maybe such a tragedy would not have happened.
And Yun Yuexi didn't expect that because of his unintentional words, Ouyang Haoxuan realized the Tan family's loyalty to him in advance, and also unexpectedly changed the tragedy of the Tan family's annihilation, of course, this is all later.
"Lin Xi!" Ouyang Haoxuan's gaze swept over the wound on Tan Zhengyu's shoulder, and suddenly raised his voice: "Let Xue Bing come to see me immediately, someone has been poisoned!" β
Tan Zhengyu listened to Lin Xi outside, and looked at Ouyang Haoxuan with some confusion, but Ouyang Haoxuan said with some disgust: "If you die, whoever gives this king silver, and if you make less money, your Tan family will go to Yunzhou to herd sheep!" β