Chapter Twenty-Eight: Too Much Deception
"Sister, what's going on?"
"Auntie, are you hurt?"
"Liu Mengyan, what are you doing again!"
Chu Jiangliu, Chu Mo, and Chu Shaoyuan had all been awakened by tonight's assassination and rushed over one after another.
Liu Mengyan helped Jin Wu to stand in place, watching the man in black walk cleanly, and breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as she let go of this breath, several wind-breaking sounds suddenly sounded, and countless bows and arrows flew from behind.
Liu Mengyan was startled, and hurriedly came to dodge, but she knew in her heart that there were so many bows and arrows that there was no way to dodge.
"Yoo Meng-yeon!" Chu Shaoyuan saw an arrow flying towards his daughter, and he didn't care about anything for a while, so he flew over and blocked the arrow.
When Liu Mengyan came back to her senses, she had already seen that the arrow was missing Chu Shaoyuan's left chest.
"Daddy!" Where could Liu Mengyan take care of Jin Wu, who had a high fever, and hurriedly squatted down to check Chu Shaoyuan's condition.
Where this arrow didn't go in, nine times out of ten it was the heart, Liu Mengyan panicked, and it was difficult to accept that Chu Shaoyuan blocked the arrow for him and died.
Jiang Xue ...... Take good care of Jiang Liu and Chu Mo, as well as your Aunt Li, Linglong......" Chu Shaoyuan used all his strength and said to Liu Mengyan.
"Dad, it's too early for you to confess your last words now, so it's better to shut up first and save your energy!" Liu Mengyan saw that the arrow was shot a little off, although Chu Shaoyuan was dying, he could still survive for a while, and his heart was finally a little fixed, and there was still salvation!
"Chu Jiangliu, you help Jin Wu go back to rest, find the doctor, and take care of him!"
Although the situation of Jin Disaster is very bad, but now she really can't take care of Jin Disaster, so she can only hand over Jin Disaster to Chu Jiangliu first.
After explaining the matter of Jin Shaoyuan, Liu Mengyan focused on Chu Shaoyuan's wound, carefully took out the arrow, and when she finished dealing with it, the sky was already bright again.
Liu Mengyan put away her things, her body was stained with blood, and her expression was cold.
What a Jin Yan, how dare he hurt her, even her father dared to kill her! Can he not take the Chu family in his eyes, how can the Chu family tolerate him acting so recklessly! β
"Jiang Xue, is your father still alive?" Chu Shaoyuan woke up and saw his daughter guarding his bedside, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face, although he was a daughter who was always messing around every day, he was actually proud of her.
"Well, alive." Liu Mengyan nodded, and when she saw Chu Shaoyuan wake up, the big stone in her heart finally fell.
"Looks like you're really good at medicine." Chu Shaoyuan knew that Liu Mengyan pulled out the arrow for himself, and at this moment, he had doubts about his daughter's medical skills, but his daughter didn't take the initiative to tell him, so he didn't ask.
"Does Father know who sent the killer?"
"It's probably the second prince." Chu Shaoyuan has been an official in the court for so many years, how can he be confused, he also knows what kind of person Jin Yan is.
"Father, the second prince must not succeed to the throne, if he is the emperor, how can the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion still have a foothold."
"Do whatever you want, for the Father can stop you when he wants. You are the eldest daughter of the Chu family, as long as it is what you want to do, the Chu family will help you. β
Chu Shaoyuan's words represent the position of the entire Chu family, because he is the eldest son of the Yan family, and he is also the person with the highest status in the Chu family today.
Liu Mengyan also felt that the Chu family would not be involved in the struggle for imperial power, and the new emperor would not be able to move the Chu family if he succeeded to the throne, and the Chu family could still maintain its original position.
But Jin Yan's people dared to step into the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion and hurt Chu Shaoyuan, not to mention what the rest of the Chu family would do if they heard about it, at least she couldn't swallow this breath!
"Although I am the eldest daughter of the Chu family, but in this Chu family, the only people who really regard me as relatives are you and the queen's aunt, and others only take care of their own interests. What I want to do, I won't force the Chu family to help me, and I don't want to implicate the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion. If I am not defeated by Jin Yan's scum, then my father will please abandon me, and the Zuo Xiangfu and the Chu family will still be fine. β
Listening to his daughter's overly sensible words, Chu Shaoyuan was a little distressed, what really angered Liu Mengyan was that the killer of the second prince sneaked into Zuo Xiang's mansion, but that arrow almost killed his father.
"Jiang Xue, the Chu family, is more united than you imagined. If you don't even have the consciousness of the outside world, how can the Chu family be so far. If you step into the Chu family, no one may take you seriously, but if you want to fight with the two princes, the Chu family will be all your family. Chu Shaoyuan held Liu Mengyan's hand and gave Liu Mengyan confidence.
What kind of existence is the Chu family, Liu Mengyan is the eldest daughter of this generation, but in fact, she doesn't understand. Chu Shaoyuan not only grew up in the struggle of the Chu family, but also grew up under the protection of the Chu family, so he understands better than Liu Mengyan.
"Family, my family is clearly only you from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion." Liu Mengyan didn't believe it, when she went to the Chu family's house, it was really not a pleasant memory.
"Your aunt is the queen of the day, your uncles have a place in the court or in the barracks, your aunts are all from good backgrounds, and your other aunts are all loved by their husbands whenever they marry. None of them were protected by other people from the Chu family, and it was they who made the Chu family deeply rooted. Jiang Xue, you are the same, you can not be the pride of the Chu family, but you must be a part of the Chu family. β
"But what I want to do may be a major matter of the Nine Clans, how could the Chu family pay such a big price for me, the disgraceful eldest daughter."
"One loss is one loss, one is glory, and the eldest daughter is qualified to represent the entire Chu family. You are my Chu Shaoyuan's daughter, your generation, with you as the elder, everything you do will become a reference for your younger brothers and sisters. What's more, if the second prince doesn't take the Chu family in his eyes first, what you do will definitely get the support of the entire Chu family. β
Liu Mengyan felt shocked, she never knew that she was such an existence for the Chu family, she had been disappointed in the Chu family, even if people mentioned her, they would not say that she was the eldest lady of the Zuo Xiangfu, but called her the eldest daughter of the Chu family.
Wherever she went, she was named the Chu family. In the past, she didn't have such deep feelings, but now after listening to Chu Shaoyuan's description, she suddenly felt that she was not the eldest lady of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, but really the daughter of the Chu family.
If the Chu family is really as good as Chu Shaoyuan said, she will be proud of her surname Chu.
"I see." Liu Mengyan got up, and after leaving Chu Shaoyuan's room, she went to Jin Shaoyuan's room.
Jin Qiu's situation is still not very good, after last night's assassination, he broke out in a cold sweat, and his mind was much clearer, but he never fell asleep in the second half of the night, and it was dawn with his eyes open.
Seeing Liu Mengyan coming in, Jin Wei's eyes kept falling on Liu Mengyan's body, watching Liu Mengyan walk towards him, getting closer and closer.
"Get up, you and I will enter the palace with you to see the emperor." Liu Mengyan stood still in front of Jin Wu's bed, with no mercy on her face, and her expression was serious and cold.
Jin was stunned, and his heart suddenly emptied. He was in a panic all night, because this time the killer was coming at him, it was he who caused Zuo Xiangfu, and even caused Liu Mengyan's father to be uncertain about his life and death.
Miss Chu must hate him...... He troubled Miss Chu a lot, and finally implicated Zuo Xiang, how useless he is, what kind of face does he have to see Miss Chu like this.
"Miss Chu, Lord Chu, he ...... How's it going? Jin Fu asked cautiously, he almost didn't dare to speak to Liu Mengyan, this sentence almost drained the strength of his whole body.
"Father is fine. Jin Yan, let's kill Jin Yan with me, he deserves to die! β
Jin Wu was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, a ruthless color flashed on Liu Mengyan's face. He was almost used to seeing Liu Mengyan not taking anything to heart, and it seemed that she couldn't care about anything.
But no, Jin Yan completely touched Liu Mengyan's bottom line this time.
Liu Mengyan is far more ruthless than she seems, and Jin Wo understands this, because Liu Mengyan can always not forgive the Jin King who is admired by everyone. The hatred between Jin Yan and Liu Mengyan has been going on for a long time, but the divorce is far less hateful than this one.
"Okay." Jin Yu smiled, the guilt in his heart was still there, but compared to the guilt, at this moment, he wanted to become the sword in Liu Mengyan's hand and kill the damned people for Liu Mengyan!
Jin Wei knew what he meant to Liu Mengyan, he was a prince, but no matter which of his royal brothers was far better than him. Compared with his imperial brother, his only virtue is obedience.
He will be obedient and become a pawn in Liu Mengyan's hands......
"Sister, the sixth prince is still burning, it's not good to go to the palace now......" Chu Jiangliu watched from the sidelines, completely unaware of what decision Liu Mengyan made.
"It's okay, it's nothing." Jin Ji shook his head at Chu Jiangliu, then got up from the bed by himself, and when he stepped on the ground, his feet were floating and he almost fell.
Liu Mengyan didn't help him, Chu Jiangliu wanted to help him, but was rejected by Jin Qiu. β
This night, the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion was not restless, and after dawn, it was not over.
When Jin Ruyu wanted to leave the palace, he was running into Liu Mengyan and Jin Wo who had entered the palace.
I haven't seen Liu Mengyan for a few days, Jin Ruyu is planning to go directly to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion to find someone today, but she didn't expect to meet Liu Mengyan and Jin Yu at the palace gate to enter the palace together.
Jin Ruyu glanced at Jin Wo vigilantly, wondering if he had not been by Liu Mengyan's side in the past few days, and whether Jin Wo had played some tricks to separate him and Liu Mengyan.
It was already very good that Jin Wu, who had a fever and had retreated, could walk on his own, and he didn't even feel anything about Jin Ruyu's appearance.
"Jiang Xue, are the people of the Murong family making trouble for you?" Jin Ruyu thought about it and picked a topic that she thought was okay.
Murong Luoluo has already thrown it directly to his subordinates to deal with, in the end, it is a young lady of the Murong family, and the Murong family should not swallow this breath like this.
"What are the people of the Murong family asking me to do if they are asking for trouble, but I haven't done anything to their family." Liu Mengyan gave Jin Ruyu a perfunctory sentence, and then continued to walk in with Jin Wu.
"This king wants to play a few games with you, if you can win me, you can ask this king to do anything for you at will, how about it?" Jin Ruyu said again.
Liu Mengyan originally wanted to ignore Jin Ruyu and take a detour, but after thinking about it, she looked at Jin Ruyu again and asked, "Can I really ask you at will?" β
"When is what this king said false?" Besides, even if Liu Mengyan loses, he is still willing to agree to all her requests, but Liu Mengyan has never been willing to rely on him.
"Okay, when I'm done with today's business, I'll go to His Royal Highness King Jin to play this game of chess." Liu Mengyan naturally couldn't let go of such an opportunity.
She wants to deal with Jin Yan and help Jin Yan to take the position, if Jin Ruyu helps, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings.
"What are you going to do with the Six Emperor Nephews? Royal Academy? Jin Ruyu was planning to go out of the palace to find Liu Mengyan, but since she met at this time, she naturally wanted to go with Liu Mengyan.
"Go to the emperor." Liu Mengyan replied truthfully.
"What are you doing when you see the imperial brother?" How could Jin Ruyu not see that Liu Mengyan and Jin Yu were a little weird, Liu Mengyan's appearance was obviously determined.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin doesn't need to know."
"This king just remembered that he had something to see the emperor's brother, so let's go together?"
Liu Mengyan frowned, Jin Ruyu clearly saw that the two of them were going, so she followed in the fun. But Jin Ruyu said that she wanted to see the old emperor, how could she stop it, she wanted to take Jin Yu in to see the old emperor, then she had to ask Queen Chu for help, Jin Ruyu wanted to go.
"His Royal Highness King Jin, please first, the six princes and I are going to go to the queen's aunt first." In this way, it is always time to stagger it.
This time, Jin Ruyu didn't gain an inch, but let Liu Mengyan and Jin Yu leave.
Since the old emperor fell ill, he has rarely seen people. However, it was still easy for Empress Chu to see the old emperor, and as soon as Liu Mengyan spoke, Empress Chu agreed without frowning.
"But, what do you want to see the emperor for?" Empress Chu led Liu Mengyan and Jin Wei and asked as she walked.
"Sue the second prince." Liu Mengyan's tone was light, but she was telling the truth.
"Do you still remember the second prince's withdrawal from your marriage?"
"I naturally remember that, and I remember last night. The murder is all killed in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion! It's so deceitful! Liu Mengyan didn't hide it, Queen Hengzhu Chu would know sooner or later.
"What! This Jin Yan is so arrogant? Can anyone be hurt? When Queen Chu heard this, she was furious, Concubine Shu's mother and son were originally her rivals, and now this mother and son even dare to move the Chu family, which is really hateful.
"Dad was hit by an arrow in his heart, and now he is still lying on the bed, and he shouldn't be able to go out for a while."
Hearing this, Queen Chu became even more angry, she was Chu Shaoyuan's own brother, Jin Yan almost took Chu Shaoyuan's life, how could she bear it.
"Jin Yan, who doesn't know how many dirty things he has done in private, wants to succeed to the throne and dream of it! Whoever is the emperor can't fulfill his Jin Yan's wish! No one heard it in the four rounds, Queen Chu opened her mouth and scolded, and only after scolding did she glance at Jin Wei.
"What are you doing here, little fiancΓ©?" Empress Chu spoke faintly again, she didn't have a good impression of Jin Qiu, a useless prince.
"Use it to deal with Jin Yan's scum." Liu Mengyan also said without scruples.
"Jiang Xue, should you ......" Empress Chu had already guessed it, and looked extremely surprised, dealing with Jin Yan and using Jin Disaster to deal with Jin Yan are two different things, and Liu Mengyan chose the latter.
"Can't my aunt agree?"
"What's the difference between this palace and disagreeing, I can't stop you after all. But are you going to marry the Six Princes? Empress Chu accepted it quickly, although there was still a little dissatisfaction in her tone, and she was dissatisfied with Liu Mengyan's choice of Jin Yu.
Talking about these things in front of Jin Wei is actually a little inappropriate, and Liu Mengyan is not good at answering Queen Chu directly.
"Auntie, it's here, it's up to you." Liu Mengyan stood still, there was already the old emperor's bedroom in front of her, she got out of the way, and waited for Empress Chu to take them in.
Empress Chu shook her head helplessly, so she had to not tell Liu Mengyan about Jin Fu first.
In the old emperor's bedroom, there was a smell of medicine at this time, which was not unpleasant to Liu Mengyan, but the man standing inside couldn't help but frown.
Jin Ruyu was really haunted, and she was willing to let her go and go separately from her, but she was waiting for her here.
"His Royal Highness King Jin." Liu Mengyan saluted in a proper manner, asking her to fool the old emperor in front of Jin Ruyu, she felt a little embarrassed.
When she came out of the old emperor's bedroom, Liu Mengyan was still in a strange mood, because Jin Ruyu had been helping her fool the old emperor. Jin Ruyu's words were much more useful than hers, and the old emperor immediately believed Jin Yan's words of killing his siblings.
Together with Empress Chu, she and Jin Ruyu also looked at her and Jin Ruyu strangely.
"Now, Jiang Xue has time to play against this king?" Jin Ruyu said at the door.
"I'm going to the Royal Academy next, so I'll go to His Highness again tonight." Liu Mengyan can also be regarded as having seen Jin Ruyu's influence, and since she has decided to help Jin Ruyu succeed to the throne, of course she can't let go of Jin Ruyu's chess piece.
"This king is waiting for you at the gate of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion." Jin Ruyu did not hide his joy, he was full of expectations for this agreement.
Liu Mengyan didn't really want Jin Ruyu to run to the door of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion and wait, Jin Ruyu was a big man who stayed at the door of her Zuo Xiangfu, and he could ward off evil spirits. However, he didn't bother to argue with Jin Ruyu about such a detail at this time, so he went.
After agreeing with Jin Ruyu, Jin Ruyu did not follow her anymore, and after saying goodbye to Empress Chu, she and Jin Yu went to the Royal Academy.
When I came back from the palace and arrived at the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, it was already afternoon.
After Liu Mengyan got out of the carriage, she stood at the empty door for a while.
"Sister, what are you doing standing there, don't you go in?" Chu Jiangliu saw Liu Mengyan standing at the door in a daze, so he urged.
Liu Mengyan sighed, and then entered the mansion with Chu Jiangliu. β
It was a strange day, and it was still sunny until the afternoon, and it snowed heavily in the evening.
Soon, heavy snow covered all the roofs and grounds, and Liu Mengyan sat in the house, looking at the situation outside, not wanting to step out of the threshold at all.
It's just that there will be guests coming to Zuo Xiang's Mansion tonight, and it will be a little difficult for her to realize her wish to stay in the house all the time.
Not long after it got dark, the subordinates came in to report, Liu Mengyan instructed the subordinates to invite Jin Ruyu to the living room, and struggled out of the house by herself.
Stepping on the heavy snow, I saw the man walking towards him, with an inky green hair, which was lined with snowflakes in the sky more and more distinct, especially his complexion, which corresponded to the sentence that white skin is better than snow. So in this snow, he is like an ink painting, so beautiful that it is not like words.
"Jiang Xue, today's day is worthy of you." Far away, Jin Ruyu said.
Liu Mengyan didn't respond, but in her heart she was the Tao, which was clearly more commensurate with you Jin Ruyu.
When she entered the living room, she immediately warmed up a lot, Liu Mengyan shrunk her hand in her sleeve, unwilling to take the chess piece, the chess piece in Zuo Xiangfu's house is not a high-grade material, and it is as cold as ice cubes in winter.
Liu Mengyan knew very well in her heart that Jin Ruyu's chess skills were first-class, and she was afraid that she was above her, if Jin Ruyu didn't let her, she would not be able to win Jin Ruyu.
Therefore, whether she can win this game of chess depends on whether Jin Ruyu wants her to win.