Chapter 541: Oscar-winning actor Xiaoliu
Seeing Chu Hongzhen nodding with satisfaction, the envoy of Wu changed his voice:
"But His Royal Highness King Xuan is curious, and Wei Chen can also say a thing or two if he thinks about it."
Chu Hongzhen, who was sitting on the throne, stiffened slightly, and Chu Hongyi, who was not far away, blurted out:
"Hehe, no, there's no need, wouldn't this be too troublesome for the envoy."
The envoys of the State of Wu didn't seem to be able to hear the deep meaning of Chu Hongyi's words, nor did they care about Chu Hongyi's deliberately aggravated tone.
He smiled and waved his hand, "It's not troublesome, it's an honor for Weichen to be able to solve your highness's doubts." ”
"In this case, I have to thank the envoy in advance."
Chu Hongyi saw that he couldn't excuse himself, so he had to curse in his heart, and on the surface, he responded casually.
After all, he didn't want Chu Hongzhen to always speak for him, it wasn't a matter if he continued like this, and it would seem that he was too useless and would lose face for Chu Hongzhen.
Chu Hongyi thought well in his heart, but he soon regretted his decision.
"Your Highness is polite, how can you worry about trivial matters."
The envoy of the State of Wu took his shameless temperament to the extreme, he bowed to Chu Hongyi with a shy face, and responded respectfully.
Seeing this scene, Chu Hongyi was so angry that his teeth itched, and he wanted to rush up now to tear off this person's hypocritical mask.
Sure enough, I still can't be polite to this person. There is only one end to being polite to him, and that is to disgust yourself.
Chu Hongyi looked at the hypocritical face of the envoy of Wu State, but after a few simple back and forth, he didn't want to be more polite.
He felt that if he continued to talk like this, the envoy would be able to accompany him for a few days and nights.
The silence in the palace did not last long, and soon the envoy of Wu really began to describe the story to everyone:
"The Huanyang Desert is located at the junction of Chu and Wu, and the Luyu Inn in the middle of the desert is a gathering of visitors from various forces, among which there are naturally many people from Chu and Wu."
The envoy glanced meaningfully at Chu Hongzhen in the hall, turned around and began to walk around the hall.
"Speaking of the fire this time, the place where the fire started is this Luyu Inn."
The envoy of the State of Wu paced, and suddenly turned around and looked at Chu Hongzhen again:
"Your Majesty, it is not a coincidence, at the time of the incident yesterday, there happened to be a lot of caravans from my Wu Kingdom in the inn."
His eyes became obscure, and his lips opened and closed without stopping:
"If there are only these caravans, it won't stand up to the table, and the daughter of the prime minister of my Wu State will also stay here."
The tone of the envoy of Wu suddenly became excited:
"Xiangguo's daughter is the pearl of Xiangguo and Mrs. Xiangguo, and he only has one daughter. And its girls are extremely beautiful, and they are all proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. ”
For some reason, Chu Hongyi saw a smug smile on the face of the envoy of the Wu State, but the smile quickly disappeared, so fast that Chu Hongyi didn't know if it was his hallucination or if this picture really existed.
When Chu Hongyi wanted to be sure again, the envoy of Wu State was looking at the hall with a tense face and asked:
"Then again, Your Majesty, if Weichen is not mistaken, the fourth prince of your Chu State has also stayed at the Luyu Inn during this time."
Although it was a question, Chu Hongyi felt that the envoy of the Wu State was in a positive tone.
Chu Yunshen went to the Luyu Inn to be true, this matter is now known to everyone in the court of the Chu State.
However, including Chu Hongyi, except for Chu Hongzhen himself, who made the order, no other outsiders knew. And how could this envoy of Wu, as the minister of Wu, understand it so clearly?
Chu Hongyi's expression also became solemn, he looked at Chu Hongzhen with the envoy's eyes, but found that Chu Hongzhen was just looking down at the jade wrench on his thumb as if unintentionally.
"What the envoy said is true, the fourth child has indeed been there recently."
The envoy of Wu State looked suddenly enlightened, and nodded clearly:
"Well, that's no wonder."
Before everyone could react, the envoy added: "No wonder His Royal Highness King Jing would burn down the inn because of love." ”
Chu Hongyi knew that this envoy had been laying the groundwork for so long, and he must not have held back any good words. Sure enough, this was not what he waited for.
Chu Hongyi's eyes widened, his eyebrows were raised, and he said sharply to the envoy of Wu State:
"You are presumptuous! How could my fourth brother do such a dirty thing! ”
The envoy of Wu State did not panic for a moment, he waved his hand at Chu Hongyi without hurry:
"His Royal Highness King Xuan, knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, Xiangguo's daughters are both talented and beautiful, and it is inevitable that His Royal Highness King Jing will be moved."
Chu Hongyi was about to defend himself, but the envoy of Wu State stopped Chu Hongyi's words one step ahead of him:
"What's more, what about the filthy things?"
I thought that the envoy would continue to speak, but I didn't expect him to just add a sentence so ambiguously, and there was nothing else to say.
Chu Hongyi stood among the ministers angrily, looking like he would rush up at any time to reason with the envoys of the Wu State.
Chu Hongzhen has been silently looking at the situation in the palace since the envoy of the Wu State revealed Chu Yunshen's crimes.
At this time, he finally stopped turning the jade wrench, and looked at the envoy of Wu with a dangerous look with a half-squinted eye:
Where did the envoy begin with this? If there is no evidence, please ask the envoy to be respectful. ”
Still with that expression of neither humility nor arrogance, the envoy of the State of Wu also gave Chu Hongzhen a look back: "How can Weichen be the kind of person who is bold and reckless, and it is even more impossible to frame His Royal Highness King Jing at will." ”
He saluted Chu Hongzhen, and then Shi Shiran said:
"Your Majesty, may you allow Wechen to summon the Witnesses up?"
Chu Hongyi had already secretly shook his head towards Chu Hongzhen, and he was desperately signaling Chu Hongzhen not to agree to the request of the envoy of the Wu State.
Although Chu Hongyi completely believed in Chu Yunshen's character, he also knew that it was the envoys of the Wu State who were secretly playing ghosts. Even the so-called witnesses in the envoy's mouth, Chu Hongyi believed that it could only be that Wu Guo was cheating.
But even so, Chu Hongyi didn't want to see these messy people, and he didn't want them to come to the Jinluan Hall again to say some nonsense, which would make this Jinluan Hall a miasma, and splash Chu Yunshen with dirty water.
Chu Hongyi thought so simply and directly, he also thought that he could figure things out, and Chu Hongzhen must be able to figure it out.
Who would have thought that Chu Hongzhen would only utter an extremely simple syllable from between his lips under Chu Hongyi's expectant eyes:
"Yes."
Chu Hongyi's eyes were instantly filled with loss, he wanted to open his mouth to ask Chu Hongzhen the reason, and when he saw Chu Hongzhen's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, he temporarily suppressed his upsurge of emotions.
The envoy of Wu was very happy, he saluted Chu Hongzhen in a hurry, and then ordered his entourage obliquely:
"Xuanlu Inn runs the hall, little six sons."
The entourage walked with the tray and didn't stay, but Yuan Qing walked to his side, first smiled at the envoy of Wu State, and then shouted in a sharp voice outside the hall:
"Xuanpao Hall!"
There was another sound of talking, and soon there was a sound of footsteps from far to near outside the hall, and then a man in a coarse cloth robe walked into the hall:
"The little six sons of the grass people see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"
His Highness's face was blurred, and he also had a plain and unremarkable face.
Chu Hongzhen, with the majesty of the Son of Heaven, raised his hand to Xiao Liuzi: "Excuse yourself from courtesy, you are the witness in the mouth of the envoy?" ”
Hearing this majestic question, Xiao Liuzi didn't dare to look up, but just got up on the ground, and replied very quickly:
"Your Majesty, it is the grass people."
Chu Hongzhen nodded imperceptibly, and did not rush to continue the question.
But he didn't speak, and naturally someone did it for him.
The envoy of Wu State stood not far from Xiao Liuzi, cleared his throat, and commanded in a voice:
"Little Liuzi, you tell Your Majesty and the ministers what you have seen and heard in the inn in the past few days."
In the face of the orders of the envoys of the Wu State, Xiao Liuzi's expression calmed down a little.
He pondered for a moment before recalling:
"In recent days, His Royal Highness King Jing has been having a close personal relationship with the daughter of Xiangguo, and several times the villain has seen His Royal Highness invite the daughter to the room as a guest."
Just hearing the beginning of Xiao Liuzi, Chu Hongyi couldn't help but want to open his mouth to refute. It's a pity that as soon as he opened his mouth, before he could make a sound, Chu Hongzhen swept a stern look.
Chu Hongzhen rarely treats Chu Hongyi like this, but when this is usually the case, it can basically show that Chu Hongzhen is really angry.
It seems that my father blames me for not being able to hold my breath and always acting impulsively?
Chu Hongyi was not too stupid, and he quickly understood Chu Hongzhen's intentions. However, he was still a little unconvinced in his heart, this matter was about the fourth brother, how could he calm down and let those people slander Chu Yunshen.
Xiao Liuzi lowered his head and naturally didn't notice the undercurrent fluctuations in the hall, he only continued to think about himself:
"On the night of the fire, the daughter was invited by His Royal Highness to his room, but soon there was an argument in the room, followed by the sound of crackling porcelain hitting the ground."
Chu Hongyi quickly found the loophole in Xiao Liuzi's words, he deliberately didn't look at Chu Hongzhen this time, and asked Xiao Liuzi directly:
"Then you can send someone in to check it out?"
"No, I didn't."
Xiao Liuzi shook his head without thinking, but soon he hurriedly answered:
"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I soon saw Xiang Guo's daughter running out of His Royal Highness King Jing's room in disheveled clothes."
Xiao Liuzi's expression was so rich and vivid that Chu Hongyi knew that the matter was fabricated, but he was also shocked by what Xiao Liuzi said.
Xiao Liuzi is still talking non-stop:
"I thought this was the end of this matter, who would have thought that the next day was my vigil, and when I passed by the daughter's room, I heard the voice of His Royal Highness King Jing again."
"Have you heard what His Royal Highness King Jing said?"
This time it was not Chu Hongyi who was questioned, but the envoy of Wu who had been watching coldly from the sidelines.
Xiao Liuzi didn't seem to hear the difference between the questioners, he just nodded kindly, and after thinking for a while, he replied very smoothly:
"After hearing this, His Royal Highness King Jing said, 'If you do not obey this king today, this king will make you ruined and ruined, and you will never be able to turn over.' ”
"Impossible! These words will never come out of the mouth of the fourth brother! The fourth brother would definitely not do such a thing! ”