Chapter 013: Life-Saving Contract
At dawn, there was a knock on the door, which made Yan Liwei a little annoyed, she hadn't slept comfortably in a clean bed for a long time, did she want to interrupt her this night? Once you leave the warm bed, you don't know when you will be able to enjoy it a second time.
The subordinate brought new clothes and shoes to Yan Liwei, plus a bowl of clear soup without oil flowers as breakfast, and Yan Liwu drank it cleanly. Hungry, he followed his subordinates to the front hall, Wen Moshu was reading a book leisurely in the chair, and Chu Ci was not seen in the room.
"After the death of my father and the emperor, there was no early dynasty, and some idle ministers rushed to the mansion early, and Chu resigned to welcome them." Wen Moshu raised his head, smiled gently, and casually pushed a plate of dim sum on the table in front of Yan Liwu, "Didn't you eat enough in the morning?" Usually, Chu Ci and I only drink morning tea, and we don't have the habit of eating, so we forget that you are still there for a while. This is a crispy flower cake that people just bought, try it, and it can fill your stomach somewhat. ”
"You're usually so kind to everyone?" Yan Liwu unceremoniously took the dim sum, and looked at Wen Moshu curiously while eating.
"Kind? Have it? Wen Moshu didn't seem to notice the gentleness he showed unintentionally, he was slightly stunned, and then chuckled, "Does Miss Yan have a grudge against me, Pingshui is a guest when we meet, is it normal to have a cold reception?" Whether it is a prince or a commoner, they are all born in heaven and earth and raised by their parents, and they have the same blood and flesh, so there should be no distinction between high and low. ”
It stands to reason that a prince should be praised for being so open-minded, which is the noble character of good men and women who are moved by it, but she is not moved - it is a kind of problem for a person in a high position to have privileges or to think that he is superior, and he cannot be praised because of who has no fault, if so, it can only be said that the times and society are sick and terminally ill.
The quiet of the front hall was interrupted by steady footsteps, and the burly man with a simple face walked into the front hall and respectfully saluted Wen Moshu: "Second prince, my grandfather has already accompanied the two adults to the garden, do you want to go over and have a look together?" ”
Wen Mo groaned slightly, and asked, "Do you know who the two people are?" ”
"General Zhao Chengyi and the prince of Dingyuan."
"General Zhao is enough, I should always accompany King Dingyuan when he comes to the door, uncle and nephew, don't be short of courtesy." Wen Moshu looked at the medicinal tea on the table, shook his head as he did yesterday and didn't drink it, and turned sideways to say goodbye, "Miss Yan will go back to the room to rest for the time being, and I will send someone to call you at noon-Spring and Autumn, help Miss Yan bring this plate of crisp cakes over." ”
The strong man who was called Spring and Autumn looked at Yan Liwu strangely, reluctantly picked up the plate, and walked to the side room without greeting. Yan Liwu hurriedly followed, and unconsciously looked back before going out, Wen Moshu was still coughing, and his face seemed to be worse than yesterday.
Yan Liwu was a little distressed.
It is said that good people don't live long, is this also the case for peaceful people like Wen Moshu? Although they haven't known each other for a day, they don't know each other well, but she has an intuition that Wen Moshu is not a bad person, at least not bad for her. There is no dirt in those clean and gentle eyes, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard also show that he is a person who likes to be comfortable and peaceful, but it is a pity that the identity of the prince is destined for him not to be peaceful, not to mention that there are shrewd people like Chu Ci around, maybe he can't escape the power struggle.
After thinking about it, he stopped worryingly, and slapped his forehead fiercely under the blank gaze of the strong man Chunqiu.
"Your Highness asked you who you were just now, how did you answer?"
Chunqiu blinked his eyes and looked stunned: "General Zhao Chengyi and Prince Dingyuan." ”
"Dingyuan Wang ......" is extremely powerless, and he can't wait to give himself a slap.
No wonder this name sounds familiar, Wen Moqing is the son of King Dingyuan, so King Dingyuan is not Wen Moqing's father?! The son was threatening a woman with a sword in Qinglian Palace not long ago, and in the blink of an eye, this woman was going to pretend to be someone who was going to be a father, God blessed Wen Moqing and did not go with King Dingyuan, otherwise Yan Liwu really couldn't predict how delicious he would die.
Two hours later, it turned out that the worries were completely unnecessary.
"Girl, I've been wronged." After an insincere apology, several expressionless men dragged Yan Liwu out of the side room, tied her tightly with a finger-thick rope, and pushed and pulled all the way to the spacious inner hall in the front yard of the main house.
"Inviting a few adults to come is not only for trivial matters between the DPRK and China, but in fact, the younger generation wants to take this opportunity to let the adults testify, so that no one will find all kinds of excuses to question it in the future." Chu Ci waved his hand, and Yan Liwu was pushed in front of a group of people, stumbling and almost falling. Chu Ci looked at the embarrassed Yan Liwu and didn't stretch out his hand to help, and the smile he showed only to meet the scene was not warm: "The emperor is in charge of Bintian, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are looking forward to someone who can temporarily manage the government to calm the hearts of the people, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince is no exception." Two days ago, His Royal Highness heard that the Qinglian Palace was destroyed and looted by the gangsters, and specially sent me to investigate, although the juniors failed to prevent the gangsters from doing evil, they rescued the Qinglian King from danger, so they were in a hurry to call the adults to come to His Highness's mansion for a gathering. ”
In fact, no one cared about what Chu Ci said specifically, and all the eyes of everyone who was summoned were focused on Yan Liwu, and their expressions were different for a while, some were surprised, some were skeptical, some were resentful, and some were trembling.
Everyone's expressions and expressions are all in the bottom of their eyes, and nothing is missing. Quietly pulled Yan Liwu behind him, the tall and tall Chu Ci covered the sight of several people, and a roll of white silk cloth in his hand suddenly appeared in front of everyone: "Over the years, the emperor has been bewitched by the demon girl and ignored the government, and he has also been lazy militarily. Last year, after His Royal Highness's performance, the emperor finally allowed the two generals Qilian and Song Yun to lead troops to garrison the north, but the army's salary, grain and grass were never supplied, resulting in an increasing number of deserters, which is still a difficult problem to solve today. ”
"Young Master Chu, wouldn't you call us a few old men just to tell us this nonsense?" Before Chu Ci's words landed, one of the seven people spoke to interrupt. Yan Li stood on tiptoe and looked over Chu Ci's shoulder, only to see that the person looked arrogant, not too old but standing in front of several other people, as if his status was still above others. The man noticed that Yan Liwu was looking at him and immediately avoided his gaze, coughed unnaturally and said: "Although this king is a member of the royal family and has an important position, he has always been outspoken about the mistakes made by the emperor. If Prince Chu wants to discuss the issue of the border army in the north, this king is willing to accompany him, but it seems a little inappropriate to talk about this topic today, and the problem of the Qinglian prince should be solved first, isn't it? ”
"Don't worry, Lord Hulian, the younger generation is about to say something about King Qinglian." Chu Ci calmly unfolded the silk cloth and spread it on the table, and tapped the cloth with his fingertips, "This is a contract written by His Royal Highness himself, as long as the Qinglian King presses the handprint on it, then all the gold and silver property belonging to the Qinglian King will be attributed to my Dayuan treasury, four points will be used for the northern army's salary, and six will be scattered to the northern homeless people to tide over the difficulties, and all we have to do is to let her live and be imprisoned in the Qinglian Palace forever." ”
Imprisoned in that lonely palace for the rest of his life...... Compared with death, the endless loneliness is the most terrible, and such punishment will disintegrate a person's mental mind from within, even if there is no need to worry about food and clothing.
Yan Liwu looked at Chu Ci's back, clenched his fists and held his breath silently.
She didn't know if Chu Ci would send her out of the Yuan Kingdom as agreed, if he had promised to sign the contract just to trick her, then she would have to quickly pave a way back for herself.