Chapter Seventy-Four: The Change

Regarding the sudden deposition of the crown prince, Zhong Lishuo always showed a kind of regret and consternation in front of outsiders, but in his own palace, he seemed to be extremely calm, and even had a hint of joy.

However, Wentai's idea after the prince was deposed was that he wanted to quickly win over the ministers and recommend the eldest prince Zhong Lishuo as the crown prince, but he did not get Zhong Lishuo's consent, and even got angry with Zhong Lishuo because of this matter. But even so, Zhong Lishuo still expected that Wentai would not turn against him because of this. Zhong Lishuo just has his own ideas.

If you count the days, it has been nearly seven days since the crown prince was deposed, and I believe that the news has spread to all states and places, and Zhong Lishuo wants such an effect. He wanted to know that now Shangguan Hong was in prison, the queen was still grounded, and the crown prince was deposed and was not allowed to leave the palace for half a step. In this period, *** Yu must be nervous, and even turn against him, all of which is why his family has come to court in the past few days, and there must be a group of stubborn people who will take this opportunity to conspire, as for what they want to do, it is not very important.

What Zhong Lishuo has to wait for is that these people can come out earlier, so that he can catch them all.

If he has lived in seclusion for a long time, there will inevitably be gossip between people, saying that Zhong Lishuo is worried and sick, for such a statement, Zhong Lishuo is happy to take it, with such a pretense, he is also ready for what he has to do.

On the surface, there was silence in the Jingshi, but in fact it was already tense, but Zhong Lishuo was the one who wanted to make a profit.

Today, as long as Zhong Lishuo is free, he will go to the garden of his house to meditate, sometimes sitting all day. Wen Shumei really couldn't figure it out, it was already early winter now, and there were not many flowers in the garden to watch, I don't know what could attract Zhong Lishuo to linger so much.

On this day, when Zhong Lishuo sat in the garden until noon, Wen Shumei was a little anxious, thinking that Zhong Lishuo was not a little frightened because of too many changes in the palace recently. It's not that she doesn't understand what Zhong Lishuo is busy with, but she is just a woman, and she can't help anything after all, so she can only keep quietly. But she also knew that if Zhong Lishuo was held alone like this, sooner or later there would be problems, so she finally decided to take a look. But just as he was about to go out, he saw Chen Tong running in in a panic, and when he saw Wen Shumei, he walked straight over.

Wen Shumei knew that he was Zhong Lishuo's confidant, so she stood there waiting for him to come over, Chen Tong came to Wen Shumei and only asked:

"Princess, is Your Highness inside?" Wen Shumei knew that something important had happened when she saw Chen Tong's appearance, so she replied in a low voice:

"Your Highness is not in the house, you can go with me to the garden." As he spoke, he led Chen Tong in the direction of the garden.

Although this garden is not big, but a few exquisitely built, the current season is coming, there are many flowers and plants to make a lining, but it seems a little sparse. In the flower beds, there are also the rhizomes of the flowers that have failed, and the yellow ones are thin into thin ones. The leaves of the trees in the garden had also fallen, and only one bare branch stood alone in the colder air.

Behind a withered yellow vine there were two swings, on which Zhong Lishuo was sitting, looking like a stone statue from a distance, quietly there. Wen Shumei saw where Zhong Lishuo was, and hurriedly stepped up a few steps to Zhong Lishuo, and called Zhong Lishuo softly. Zhong Lishuo seemed to be contemplating in his own world, and was disturbed by Wen Shumei, and looked up a little abruptly to see Wen Shumei and Chen Tong:

"Huh?" At that moment, Zhong Lishuo's expression did not have the depth of foresight in the past, but it was like a daze when a child was awakened in a daze. However, just for a moment, after Zhong Lishuo came back to his senses and saw the person in front of him clearly, the expression on his face returned to his previous coldness.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Lishuo's voice was cold, and he said lightly. Wen Shumei knew that she was asking Chen Tong this question, so she consciously took a step back and asked Chen Tong to speak. Chen Tong glanced at Manjushri out of the corner of his eyes, came to Zhong Lishuo's side, and said in a low voice:

"The news just came from the palace that the queen is sick." Zhong Lishuo listened quietly, lowering his eyes, and there was not much expression on his face, but Wen Shumei suddenly noticed that the corners of his mouth raised an imperceptible smile, and his voice was also faint:

"My brother has just been sent to prison, and he will be Ling Chi in a few days, and now his son has been deposed as the crown prince, isn't it normal for her to be sick with such a blow. So, did the Father know? Zhong Lishuo subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Chen Tong.

"The people in the queen's palace went to report to Your Majesty early in the morning, and Your Majesty just sent the imperial doctor to see it, but they didn't say much."

"This is natural, my father is now disgusted with the Shangguan family, how can he go to see her. So how is my mother doing? Zhong Lishuo's voice was faint, as if these things from him had nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty has been very bored these days, Concubine Jing Niangniang has been accompanying her every day, and when the people in the queen's palace went to report to Your Majesty this morning, Concubine Jing Niangniang persuaded Her Majesty to take a look." Zhong Lishuo let out a muffled snort from his nose, but he didn't speak. But what he thought in his heart was that if the old emperor had been persuaded to see the empress this morning, it would not be so easy in the future. Concubine Jing's move is nothing more than to show her virtuous generosity to the old emperor, but it is almost self-defeating, which is really inappropriate.

"Is the queen still grounded now?" Zhong Lishuo's voice suddenly became harsh.

"I haven't heard of the queen being grounded because of illness." Zhong Lishuo nodded, got up, and prepared to walk out of the garden. Chen Tong suddenly hurriedly caught up a few steps and said in Zhong Lishuo's ear:

"Your Highness, someone has found the trace of Jinse." This sentence was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, making Zhong Lishuo's whole body tremble. He couldn't even control the joy in his heart. It turned out that Chu Chen was not dead. But after thinking about it, how could she appear in Jingshi now, her eyes couldn't help narrowing, and she asked:

"She's the only one?" Chen Tong nodded:

"Yes. But I heard that she was in a hurry and seemed to be looking for someone. Zhong Lishuo glanced sideways at Chen Tong and repeated Chen Tong's words:

"Looking for someone?" Chen Tong nodded, Zhong Lishuo's mind surged through thousands of thoughts, but he couldn't think of the purpose of Chu Chen, and finally said:

"Command someone to follow." Chen Tong responded and went out.

Zhong Lishuo stood in place, but he couldn't describe what he was thinking. But he knew that this time, he would never let Chu Chen leave him again. Perhaps, never.