Chapter 149: Conspiracy
The season is already full of spring in April, the warbler flies and the grass grows, and the green branches are new, which is warm and vibrant.
In the good weather, the brazier was still burning in the Tianque Palace, and the strong man was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to move when he stood next to the brazier, and he looked aggrieved and blamed himself, like a child who had done something wrong and was not forgiven.
"Chu Ci, what are you blaming Chunqiu for? I tricked him into sneaking out, and it wasn't his dereliction of duty. Wen Moshu couldn't bear to look at it, and opened his mouth low to defend Chunqiu.
Chu Ci sat in the chair and shook the fan slowly, and the refreshing cool fan made a more "refreshing" smile: "Yes, it turns out that His Royal Highness has learned badly, and he has also begun to deceive honest people. β
"Miss Yan has no relatives, and she has no other support in the palace, who else will take care of her if I don't come forward? Spring and Autumn don't know how to be flexible, I accept your orders, follow me every day and night, and don't allow me to go to other places other than the imperial book, if I don't lie to him, how can I have the opportunity to see Miss Yan? There are many things that happen when you are away, and you can't wait for you to come back to discuss them, and if you delay it for so long, maybe people's lives will be delayed. β
After returning from the Leadhua Palace, Wen Moshu's mood has been bad, Chu Ci didn't care about him complaining, and while listening, he picked up a golden silk date and put it between his teeth, and bit it hard: "Does Your Highness think Miss Yan will die?" β
"Someone drugged, naturally they wanted to disturb the situation and frame her, so that she couldn't defend herself in her sleep, and once the accounting department was convicted, it would be wishful thinking to overturn the case."
Chu Ci spit out the jujube core and shook his head gently: "Your Highness only thought of the superficial conspiracy, but you didn't see the trick behind it, if I go one step later today, Your Highness and the prince may both fall into someone's trap." Fortunately, I had already contacted everyone before I left, telling them that they must not agree to any of His Highness's requests, otherwise...... Hmm, this date is so sour. In the spring and autumn, go to Chen Niang and ask for a plate of dates, which must be sweet to the dead, not sour! β
The relieved Chunqiu took a deep breath, responded loudly, and left the sultry warm pavilion as if he was fleeing.
Looking at the figure that was seriously inconsistent with the light steps, Chu Ci put away the folding fan and knocked on the corner of his forehead: "Your Highness, Your Highness, when will you be able to listen to persuasion like His Highness in the Longxin Palace?" Chu's heart is about to break, but His Royal Highness still doesn't know it, do you think Chu is blocking your peach blossom luck? To be honest, it doesn't matter who His Highness wants to marry, even if a heart is tied to Miss Yan, but can you pay attention to the timing? Miss Yan was involved in a strange case and was drugged, does His Royal Highness really think that this is simply a frame-up for Miss Yan? β
"Do you have any other ideas?" Wen Moshu knew that Chu Ci was wise and close to demons, but all conspiracies, no matter how ingenious and profound the design was, would appear like a blank sheet of paper in front of Chu Ci. After taking a sip of tea, Wen Mo frowned tightly: "If you have any guesses, let's just say it, I've been really tired of calculating lately, and my brain is not very good." β
Circling around a troublesome woman every day, it's already a blessing that her brain is not a slurry. Chu Ci had a lot of whispers but didn't say it, and said lightly with a casual look: "Your Highness doesn't have to think about the inside story of the case first, and you don't have to rack your brains to speculate who secretly drugged and harmed the girl, Your Highness just needs to think about what has changed since the case happened, and what situations have you encountered?" β
Wen Mo groaned, and after a while, he replied in a confused tone: "The change can't be said, because General Yun and the others have not been used, there is no possibility of exposing the relationship; I did not directly intervene in Miss Yan's case, and after submitting it to the emperor, the emperor handed over the case to the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Medical Center for investigation, and it would not affect me. There were only two things that caught me off guard - one was that the emperor suddenly mentioned my family affairs a few days ago, and the other was the appearance of the prince of Dingyuan, I didn't expect him to argue with me for Miss Yan. β
"Because I'm really angry!" Chu Ci laughed, as if he was a satisfied viewer who had watched a good show, "Isn't Your Highness also angry, because he was stopped by the prince, so the two of them stood at the door like children and stared at each other, and they were so clumsy and cute to say." Wen Mo Shucai's cheeks blushed slightly and wanted to defend, but Chu Ci put away his smile and said: "Your Highness should also understand, whether it is Your Highness or the prince, your performance in the Leadhua Palace today is irrational and impulsive, if the Jin Guiren didn't call me to persuade the two of you to leave at that time, has Your Highness ever thought about what the result would be?" β
Wen Moshu smiled bitterly: "What else can it be?" It's nothing more than me being beaten by the son. β
"Yes, this is a deep trick that His Highness never thought of." Chu Ci pointed a folding fan on the table and made a regular sound, and his lips gradually rolled up with a shallow arc of interest, "His Royal Highness likes Miss Yan It is well known, and the prince's intentions for Miss Yan are also noticed by many sensitive people, and now that Miss Yan has an accident with only His Highness's protection, who will be the most angry and angry?" Your Highness may wish to think about your relationship with Miss Yan, the relationship between the prince and Miss Yan, and the relationship between His Royal Highness and the prince, and if you figure it out, the root and purpose of this series of calculations will be clear. β
Wen Mo calmed his mind and calmed down, followed Chu Ci's prompts to think deeply, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, until his lungs were cold, his blood was churning, and he coughed violently for a while.
Needless to say, he is willing to give up his glory and wealth for her, and she is also working hard for the future of the two of them wholeheartedly.
Words and worries are ambiguous and ambiguous relationships. Wen Moqing was willing to leave his worries but refused to express his attitude, or perhaps even he himself did not perceive and determine that intention; Yan Liwu also trusts Wen Moqing, after all, the two have been together for a long time, and they have experienced life and death together in the underground palace, no one can say whether it is dependence or other feelings, Wen Moshu's alienation from Wen Moqing mostly comes from this.
And then there are the two people who seem to be neither friend nor foe.
Wen Moshu is not a mediocre prince who waits for death, the reason why he was guarded by Wen Jingyuan is because he has the brains and strength to compete for the throne, and before Wen Mozheng showed his virtuous side, he did have the idea of taking the throne of the faint monarch and replacing him. Correspondingly, as the prince of Dingyuan and the young master of Junzilou, who have great influence on both sides of the imperial court, Wen Moqing is also an important existence that may affect the changes in the situation, and no matter which side he tends to compete for the throne, it will cause great turmoil.
I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, Wen Moqing hasn't been obviously biased towards either side at present, but when the variable of Yan Liwu appeared, Wen Moshu became more and more concerned about his relationship with Wen Moqing.
Competing with Wen Moqing for words and worries, will this lead to a bad relationship between the two, and then make Wen Moqing help Wen Jingyuan suppress him, or simply throw himself into the conspiratorial cause of Wen Mozheng, who also has a disobedient heart? If it is the latter, Wen Mo Shu also admits it, but if it is the former......
Thinking about the viciousness and ruthlessness of Wen Jingyuan's bloodbathed birthday banquet, and then thinking about Concubine Yun and Lian Song who gradually controlled the harem of the previous dynasty, Wen Mo shuddered, and finally understood that there was a deeper purpose hidden under the seemingly simple case.
Some people want to use words to provoke his relationship with Wen Moqing.
"Chu Ci ......" Wen Moshu's face turned pale, and he coughed under forced pressure and whispered, "Did I underestimate the emperor?" β
"It may not be the emperor's idea, with that man's knowledge, he shouldn't have thought so much, let alone thought so thoroughly." While speaking, Chunqiu happily entered the door with a large plate of dates, but Chu Ci failed to continue halfway through his words. After tasting a candied date, he stretched out his thumb and praised it, Chu Ci pushed a whole plate in front of Wen Moshu with his hand, and blinked: "Your Highness eats more dates, they are very sweet, and your heart will not be sour when you eat them." β
"Is the second prince uncomfortable? I've only heard that my stomach is sour, but I haven't heard of anyone who has a sour heart, do you want to go to the imperial doctor to see? Chunqiu was startled, and was about to run to the Imperial Medical Pavilion in a daze, but was embarrassed and dazed by the laughter of Chu Ci and Wen Moshu.
is also laughing, Chu Ci is laughing freely, but Wen Moshu is helpless and bitter.
"Let Miss Yan see my stingy appearance, probably she wants to complain secretly, but no matter how much I comfort myself, I can't be safe, after all, the son of the world is ......" Hiding the gloom in his eyes by coughing, Wen Moshu also learned Chu Ci to pick up a candied date and put it in his mouth, and his mouth was full of sweetness.
But no matter how sweet the dates are, they can't cover the wisps of sourness.
"I saw it, the eyes of the prince at that time." There is no need for Wen Moshu to explain, Chu Ci already knows what he wants to say, he picked up the teacup and sniffed it, and An Ning's eyes were reflected in the clear tea, "Even if he is stunning and full of civil and military affairs, after all, he is a reckless man who doesn't know much about love words, do you think that if you hide it in your heart and don't say it, others can't see it?" Or if it is true, as His Highness guessed, he himself was not aware of Miss Yan's intentions, and if this was the case, it would be worse, it is likely that he would inadvertently make an irrational move, and thus fall into the trap of the enemyβwell, His Highness is the same, they are all dizzy for the same woman. β
"Aren't you discussing the world, why are you scolding me again?" Wen Moshu became more and more helpless.
Chu Ci didn't continue the half-joking topic, got up and walked to Chunqiu's side, and patted Chun's strong and broad shoulders vigorously: "Chunqiu, before I left, I told you not to show any traces as much as possible, just protect Your Highness secretly, can you do it?" β
"Of course the master's command has been done in the spring and autumn! In the past few days when my lord was away, I was even eating and sleeping in a corner in the spring and autumn, and no one had seen me except His Royal Highness and Chen Niang! β
Chunqiu patted his chest proudly, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his answer, but Wen Moshu turned pale for a moment in his triumphant smile, and with a shake of his palm, he knocked over the glass plate full of golden silk dates.
"Second prince?" Seeing Wen Moshu's strange expression, Chu Ci didn't smile at all, Chunqiu's heart tightened, and he looked at Chu Ci timidly, "Master, did I say something wrong?" β
Chu Ci hooked the corners of his mouth as if smiling, but his eyes were indifferent, and his voice was cold: "You are right, it was our Royal Highness who suddenly found out that he was deceived by the person he trusted the most, and he felt uncomfortable." β
Chunqiu is straightforward and not good at scheming, and he can't understand these people who can infer a large set of situations without saying a few words, and he is afraid that he will say something that will make Chu Ci angry if he is reckless, so he simply closed his mouth and stopped talking, only looking blankly at Wen Moshu, who suddenly laughed hoarsely.
"Really? It turns out that Chunqiu has been trying to hide himself...... Chu Ci, you deliberately let Chunqiu stay, right? In order for me to open my eyes and see clearly...... And I'm finally, finally knowing what I'm stupid about......"
Wen Moqing laughed and coughed violently, intermittently and incoherently, but this did not prevent Chu Ci from understanding what he meant, bowing his head and caressing the flute on his waist lovingly, and whispering in a low voice as if he was muttering, as if talking to himself.
"People's hearts are separated from each other, and once interests are involved, no one can trust them - even if they are brothers and sisters who are related by blood."