"You...... Hmph, how about letting you pretend to be sick? Wen Ruyi pretended to be angry, although he asked him, but his tone was very certain, "The palace banquet is an important occasion, and generally people who are sick will not go, for fear of passing the illness to the emperor, anyway, we just came back this time, and you just said that you are sick, this pretending to be sick is the safest now." ”

"Hey, we're smart." Chu Hongze's tone was doting, and his eyes were as gentle as a pool of water.

Wen Ruyi didn't expect Chu Hongze to say this, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, and a cloud of powder flew on his fair cheeks.

She is wearing a honey pink silk satin dress today, with a double flying fish hanging on the tapestry in her waist, but it is woven with silk threads, combed with a single screw bun, and the earrings on her ears are dotted with emerald beads, swaying back and forth with the shaking of her body, obviously the jewelry is simple, but it makes her whole person beautiful, and his heart seems to beat at this moment.

"Then trouble Ruyi help me." Restraining the different emotions in his heart, Chu Hongze said with a smile.

"Then go and lie down on the bed, I'll go and prepare, maybe the chamberlain will come to deliver the decree in a while." Wen Ruyi didn't see Chu Hongze's banter, and called him quite seriously.

"Okay, it's all up to us." Chu Hongze's sudden sentence shattered Wen Ruyi's composure that he had managed to maintain again, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, this person is really, he has a non-disturbing expression on weekdays, why did he say so much for a while today...... Belch...... Love words.

Sure enough, Wen Ruyi just fed Chu Hongze the medicine to pretend to be sick, and the waiter who announced the decree came, fortunately Chu Hongze drank Wen Ruyi's medicine, and now he looks haggard, and coughs twice from time to time, just so that the waiter can read it and convey it to the emperor.

"It's hard work father-in-law, but this king just got a cold this time, it's really not suitable to go to the palace banquet, if the illness is passed on to the father and emperor at that time, then the sin will be great, and the father-in-law will be tired to say to the emperor." Chu Hongze pretended to cough a few times, and said weakly in a rough voice.

"Hey, since King Rui is sick, he should have a good rest in the mansion, taking care of his body is the most important thing, and the slave will go back to tell the emperor." The waiter's tone was respectful, with a worried and concerned expression, but he secretly did not forget to look at Chu Hongze carefully.

"Then thank you to this father-in-law!" Wen Ruyi said at the right time, and took out a bag of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the attendant who delivered the decree.

The waiter's face immediately smiled, and he continued to care for a few words before leaving.

After returning to the palace, the chamberlain immediately told the emperor about this matter, because he received Chu Hongze's silver, he naturally picked a good one when he spoke, and completely said that he was a good son who was sick and did not forget to care about his father.

After the emperor knew it, he just waved his hand, saying that he knew, he didn't care much about Chu Hongze's situation at all, and he kept thinking about what Qi Lao just said in his mind, the main purpose of his palace banquet today was Mu Zirong, the prince of the enemy country, and it didn't matter if the six princes came or not.

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Chu Hongchen came early, but then he found out that Chu Hongze didn't come, and couldn't help but wonder if Chu Hongze was making some calculations, in the eyes of others, Chu Hongze is a romantic prince, and he has no intention of the throne, but he knows that it was just Chu Hongze pretending, and he must be plotting something in his heart.

However, Mu Zirong didn't see it, and the disappointment in his heart became more and more intense.

Thinking of this, as soon as Chu Hongchen gestured, an attendant immediately came over with his ear, and Chu Hongchen ordered him to immediately inquire about why Chu Hongze did not come, and the news of Mu Zirong, the prince of the enemy country.

At this time, the emperor had not yet come, and many officials came up to talk to Chu Hongchen, but now Chu Hongchen's heart was irritable, but he didn't have so much heart to greet them, and he just coped with it in a few words.

He deliberately came early today, in order to talk to Mu Zirong and tell him that Wen Ruyi was there with Chu Hongze, and it would be best if he could instigate the two to become enemies.

Chu Hongchen knew that Mu Zirong was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals, if Chu Hongze was targeted, he would definitely take care of himself, and then he would have a chance to take advantage of it, and maybe he could add fuel and vinegar.

However, what made Chu Hongchen feel a little strange was that the emperor didn't let him greet Mu Zirong this time, and Mu Zirong didn't show up until now, where did he go?

As soon as he thought of this, there was a commotion at the door, and it turned out that the official of the ceremony respectfully took Mu Zirong to finally arrive, and arranged for him to sit opposite him.

Chu Hongchen didn't care too much at this time, he saw the opportunity, pretended to be a friendly exchange, and came to Mu Zirong with a wine glass: "Prince Mu came from afar, this glass of wine is respectful to you." ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Mu Zirong, and drank it directly in one go.

"The prince is too polite." After all, there were so many pairs of eyes present, and Mu Zirong naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to drink the wine.

After the two of them finished drinking, Chu Hongchen naturally sat next to Mu Zirong.

"Prince Mu is really arrogant!" Chu Hongchen spared no effort to praise Mu Zirong, what to say, "A hero like Mu Huangzi must be the object of many women's admiration, I think those other people compare with Mu Huangzi, it is simply not worth mentioning." ”

Chu Hongchen deliberately mentioned women, hoping that Mu Zirong would think of Wen Ruyi, so that he could continue the following topic.

Of course, Mu Zirong is not a fool, he naturally listened to Chu Hongchen's hints very clearly, originally his main purpose of coming to Longteng Country this time was to meet Wen Ruyi, and now that someone took the initiative to send news to the door, he naturally would not refuse, so he lowered his voice and asked with a smile, "That's ...... I wonder if the prince has any good news for me? ”

"I happen to know one thing here, but I don't know if it's good news for Prince Mu?" Hearing Mu Zirong's words, Chu Hongchen couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and deliberately stopped, wanting to hang Mu Zirong's appetite, and at the same time to see his reaction.

But Mu Zirong had already seen through Chu Hongchen's thoughts, and he didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly, looking like he was waiting for him to say it.

Chu Hongchen couldn't help it, after all, he was in a hurry to get rid of Chu Hongze with Mu Zirong's hand, so he took the lead in breaking the deadlock, "I know that Prince Mu has been looking for a woman, and the woman you like is now in King Rui's Mansion." ”

After Chu Hongchen finished speaking, he stared at Mu Zirong without blinking, wanting to see his reaction, but Mu Zirong's eyes flashed slightly, and he still looked light, "Oh? Really? How did the prince know? Although Mu Zirong already believed it in his heart, he still pretended to be suspicious on his face.

"Naturally, it's true, my subordinates saw Wen Ruyi coming in and out of King Rui's mansion with their own eyes, and besides, Wen Ruyi is also Princess Rui, where else can she go?" Chu Hongchen couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw Mu Zirong's suspicion, and he was afraid that he would miss this opportunity if he didn't believe it, "If the prince doesn't believe it, he can go to the Rui Wang's Mansion to check." ”

Mu Zirong didn't speak, but just took the wine and drank it again, and his expression became more and more profound.

Chu Hongchen saw his attitude, and suddenly he was a little unsure of what Mu Zirong meant, but he came to tell Mu Zirong the news today, if it was......

Chu Hongchen wanted to continue to lobby Mu Zirong, but he heard the eunuch's sharp voice ringing in his ears: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Everyone hurriedly knelt down and shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live", and only Mu Zirong was still sitting quietly in the seat in the entire hall.

The emperor saw him at a glance, although he didn't show it on his face, but he was very angry in his heart, thinking that Qi Lao was very right, this Mu Zirong was so arrogant, his country must have posed a threat to the Longteng Kingdom, and Mu Zirong's failure to kneel to himself today means that he did not surrender to the Longteng Kingdom at all in his heart, which is simply his heart.

"Prince Mu, did you hear what this palace just said?" At the beginning of the banquet, Chu Hongchen still wanted to instigate Mu Zirong to help him deal with Chu Hongze.

"But what does this have to do with me?" Mu Zirong looked indifferent, squinting his eyes and looking at Chu Hongchen with a smile.

This indifferent smile that made Chu Hongchen flatter directly froze on his face, and the atmosphere became awkward.

Chu Hongchen secretly gritted his teeth behind his back, thinking to himself why the words he said couldn't seem to arouse half of Mu Zirong's interest? Doesn't this Mu Zirong care about Wen Ruyi very much, why doesn't he care so much when he mentions it?

However, it is obvious that if it is not Chu Hongchen's style to have a dead face, then he will not always sit in this position, I am afraid that he will let the family play in this battle for the heir, and now Mu Zirong still has a great use value for him, he must say that he can move him.

So, he sorted out his facial expressions and mentality and opened his mouth again, "Hey, Wen Ruyi, this woman, I don't know if she has been treated well by Chu Hongze, after all, this time she actually married someone else, which is an unforgivable thing for any man......"

Although Chu Hongchen deliberately pretended to mention it inadvertently, because he talked about it again and again, the meaning can be said to be very obvious.

Mu Zirong couldn't help frowning when he heard his words, but as a result, Chu Hongchen still took the trouble to talk to himself there.

"To say that the relationship between Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze is really good, if it weren't for the turbulence now, I'm afraid they would have ...... long ago."

Listening to Chu Hongchen's words, Mu Zirong suddenly became blue, and his expression became more and more ugly, however, Chu Hongchen never realized that he had said something wrong, and he said these words to Mu Zirong, naturally because he knew that Mu Zirong cared about Wen Ruyi.