Chapter 161: A Difficult Choice
On this day, the envoys of the five countries came to pay a pilgrimage, Yan Liwu was so bored that he was wandering around in the courtyard of the Lead Hua Palace, Zhong Yue and Chu Yang were ordered by Wen Moqing not to allow her to leave, and the two of them stood at the gate like a stake, one left and one right, and ignored how Yan Li's eyes changed.
It's not that I don't want to ignore it, it's that I really don't dare to ignore it, and even Yan Liwu knows that disobeying Wen Moqing's order will definitely not end well, let alone them?
Yan Liwu was worried about Wen Moshu and Wen Moqing, and it was always difficult to feel at ease about Helian Mingyan's appearance as a messenger, but no one in the Leadhua Palace could chat with her to relieve her boredom, and the only noble person who could talk to Jin was taking care of Concubine Juan in the main hall, and he didn't have the energy to pay attention to her.
Thinking of Concubine Juan, Yan Liwu is quite embarrassed and helpless - her relationship with Wen Moshu is clear to many people, when Concubine Silk didn't know that Wen Moshu was the person she had been thinking about for several years, she was still able to get along politely with Yan Liwu, and since the day she found out that the person who often came to the Leadhua Palace to visit Yan Liwu was her favorite person for more than four years, Concubine Silk was completely chaotic, as soon as Yan Liwu appeared, Zhun Bao's eyes turned red and began to cry and cry for death and life, and she was a complete concubine version of Sister Lin.
Concubine Juan is the master, no matter how much Yan Liwu has to be taken care of by Wen Moshu, it is just a small medical officer with no grade, the people in the Leadhua Palace are not blind and foolish, and it is self-evident who should be inclined when there is a conflict between the two parties, so in the past few days, Yan Liwu has become a "transparent person" in the Leadhua Palace, in addition to Zhong Yue and Chu Yang trying their best to protect, only the Jin nobles who occasionally appear can barely say a word of greeting, and the others only regard Yan Liwu as air and turn a blind eye.
"Miss Yan, the wind is blowing, let's go into the house." Seeing that the sky was gloomy and about to rain, Zhong Yue walked to Yan Li's side and said lightly.
"It's already noon, why hasn't there been any news yet?" As if he hadn't heard Zhong Yue's advice, he asked with his eyebrows and worries, and stopped and looked at the door worriedly.
This look, I really saw the visitors.
"Zhong Yue, Xiao Yang, Miss Yan will lend me to take care of it for a while, okay?" Jun Wunian, who appeared unexpectedly, smiled with his eyebrows, clapped his hands and patted Chu Yang's shoulder, Chu Yang, who had always looked like an ice cube, immediately turned pale, and cast his panicked gaze at Zhong Yue, vaguely with a little bit of distress.
Zhong Yue was slightly stunned, and then respectfully bowed his hand: "Zhong Yue has seen the young lord of the monarch." How can the young lord ......?"
The inner palace is a forbidden place for men, even if there are many amnesties, it is absolutely impossible to get in as Jun Wunian, not only Zhong Yue is confused, but he is also full of suspicion.
"Five hundred taels of silver, it won't be thrown to the ground and you won't even hear a sound, and it's much cheaper and easier to buy the identity of a 'concubine' than to buy the identity of a prince or the emperor's confidant." Jun Wunian walked into the courtyard with a smile, his broad palm was finally willing to move away from Chu Yang's stiff shoulder, and the young man dressed as a woman leaned against the door with a long sigh, almost paralyzed.
Yan Li didn't have time to care about Chu Yang's strange reaction, and hurriedly rushed to Jun Wunian: "Have they all gone back to the four princes?" What did you say? ”
"Who is Miss Yan worried about? The second prince, or Mo Qing? Jun Wunian asked rhetorically, his smile meaningful. Seeing that Yan Li's face was gloomy, he seemed to be in a hurry, and Jun Wunian waved his hand helplessly: "Okay, I'm not kidding you." His Royal Highness, they came back and went out again, saying that the emperor had summoned a few of them to the imperial study, and the envoys of the five countries were also there. The court mainly talked about the situation of various countries and the purpose of the visit, and also briefly mentioned the marriage, but it has not yet been finalized, and it should be to invite a few princes who have not yet made concubines to discuss in detail. After a long silence, Jun Wunian restrained his smile slightly: "Miss Yan, do you know who the envoy of the Hosdu Kingdom is?" ”
Yan Li hesitated, and then nodded lightly: "Zhong Yue, they told me, it was Helian Mingyan." ”
"Well, it's her." Jun Wunian smiled slightly bitterly, "Your Highness doesn't know the relationship between Moqing and Miss Helian, and when she came back, she only said that Moqing's face was not good, and she seemed to be in a bad mood." This kind of thing...... Anyway, I was late in the news, and I should have talked to Moqing earlier. ”
Listening to Jun Wunian's meaning, it seems that he just learned about Helian Mingyan's visit as an envoy of Hosdu, why did he learn about it later than Zhong Yue, who was well-informed? Yan Liwu was a little curious but didn't ask, and Dai Se's long eyebrows frowned tighter: "I went to see Wen Moqing last night, and he said that he was fine, but he talked to me about many other things, and now it seems that I was deceived by him again." ”
"His character is that he doesn't want others to worry about him."
The two were chatting, and a maid suddenly came out of the main hall and looked here, saying that she didn't want to regain right and wrong, and led Jun Wunian into the west side hall.
His Royal Highness said a few words, Nanqing and Huqiu Kingdom both had marriage requests, and Nanqing directly proposed to marry a county lord to His Royal Highness, but the second prince did not encounter the situation of being named and married. Mo Qing and Miss Helian didn't talk half a sentence from beginning to end, and I don't know if they will say a couple of words after going to the imperial study - I heard His Royal Highness say that Miss Yan and the second prince are having a temper? As he spoke, Jun Wunian suddenly asked, and he was caught off guard by the question.
"How can I lose my temper? It's just inconvenient to go out. Yan Liwu blurted out, but he avoided Jun Wunian's gaze with a weak heart.
"Isn't it convenient? Is it convenient to go to Moqing? Jun Wunian deliberately put on an ununderstanding appearance, shrugged his shoulders, and suddenly chuckled, "Sometimes I really don't know what the girl is thinking, on the one hand, she is in love with the second prince in front of people, and on the other hand, she is not involved with Mo Qing, no wonder Senior Brother Lou is annoyed, if it drags on like this, I am afraid that Mo Qing will be taught a bad lesson by Master and Senior Brother Lou." ”
Although Jun Wunian is laughing, it is like a needle prick in his ears, but it is irrefutable.
She and Wen Moshu fall in love with each other, this is a fact on the surface, but she can't give up or let go of Wen Moqing, and this is not an groundless rumor. It is difficult to characterize his feelings for Wen Moqing, whether it is friendship or kindness, no matter which one is close and different, that mood is equally complicated - I don't want to be a stranger with him, I hope to maintain such a relationship, I have him by my side when I encounter difficulties, and someone can sneer at her for the rest of the mess, and then clean it up neatly.
It's cunning to do that, isn't it? Maybe she was a cunning person, but she had to admit one thing-
Whenever she wants, she wants the warmth to be there.
The silence of Yan Liwu made Jun Wunian quiet for a moment, sighed lowly, and finally had a somewhat serious expression: "Aside from Bi Sheng, has Miss Yan thought about the impact of her current behavior on Mo Qing?" He is the young master of Junzilou, and he is also the person who is most likely to inherit the mantle of the master and lead Junzilou, and he is destined to go through ups and downs in the rivers and lakes; As far as the girl is concerned, you yearn for a life without fighting with the world, and you are not on the same road as Moqing at all. ”
"Of course I do, so I didn't say I'd let him help me for the rest of my life, did I?" Inexplicable emotions rushed into my mind, a little annoyed, and it was like an unbearable feeling of anger after being humiliated. Yan Liwu took a deep breath to keep his tone as calm as possible, but he still sounded a little disgusted and resistant: "I really don't understand why you always like to describe my relationship with Wen Moqing ambiguously, he is him, I am me, everyone has their favorite people, and there are also people who have already decided to take." Yes, that's right, since I met him, I have always been in touch with him, but these are not what I want, if anyone can make the emperor change his mind and let me and His Highness be free, I am willing to leave the imperial capital immediately and go away with His Highness, instead of being imprisoned in this kind of place where there is no light of day all day long! ”
Seeing that Yan was angry and worried, Jun Wunian was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't talk about it after opening his mouth a few times, and finally smiled bitterly, his smile was a little heavy: "If you can, I also hope that the emperor can be an adult!" For this matter, His Highness and I have been discussing it for several days, and we have not come up with a good solution until now, so we can only take one step at a time. However, in the matter of marriage, if the emperor really decides to drive the second prince to another country as a pawn for the marriage, His Royal Highness will never sit idly by, whether it is to tear his face with the emperor at that time, or to oppose it together with the courtiers, in short, His Royal Highness and I will do our best to protect the second prince, which is also the meaning I want to convey when I came to Miss Yan today. ”
Yan Liwu knows that Wen Moshu and Wen Mozheng have a very good relationship with each other, and Wen Moqing also said that Wen Moshu and Wen Mozheng are two balancing forces, and the absence of either side will lead to the current three-legged situation being biased, Wen Jingyuan does not want to see this situation appear, and Wen Mozheng is the same, once there is less threat from Wen Moshu, Wen Jingyuan is likely to quickly eradicate Wen Moshu after driving him away.
The prince's heavenly family always lacks human affection...... Thinking of this, he was stunned for a moment.
When did even she start calculating this? Power struggle, conflicts of interest, intrigues, isn't that what she hates the most?
The unprecedented panic spread in Yan Li's heart, she didn't know what was wrong with her, as if something dirty had blindfolded her, and as if her heart had been smeared with a thick pitch black, and even she felt strange.
With such a deep heart, she is no longer the original one who only pursued freedom.
Jun Wunian noticed the strangeness behind Yan Li's chaotic eyes, but he wasn't sure what caused the confusion in Yan Liwu, and after all the words were ignored by Yan Liwu, he had to give up the real purpose of coming here, shaking his head and silently exiting the room.
"Young Lord." At the door, Zhong Yue's face was heavy.
"Even if I don't let you tell Moqing, you'll still tell him, right? Really, you and Chu Yang have been loyal to him since the past, it's really enviable! Jun Wunian smiled and raised his feet to leave, but was stopped by Zhong Yue sideways.
"Please forgive the young lord, just now the young lord and Miss Yan were talking in the room, and Zhong Yue heard every word." Zhong Yue first bowed his head and apologized, then stood up straight, clenched his fists neither humbly nor arrogantly, and his voice was low and clear, "The intentions of the young lord of the monarch, the intentions of the second prince, he can see these young masters clearly." Zhong Yue is stupid and doesn't know if what he did is appropriate, but there is a sentence that I have to explain to the young lord today - if the young lord likes anyone, Zhong Yue will do his best to protect it to the end, and he will never allow outsiders to destroy it! ”
Jun Wunian's gaze moved to the gate of the Leadhua Palace, and his smile became cold: "Mo Qing himself has never said who he likes, can you be so sure?" ”
After a short silence, Zhong Yue seemed to have made up his mind, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, and the answer he gave was plausible, but it was unshakable firmness.
"There are some things that the young master doesn't say, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know, Chu Yang and I are tasked with doing these unspeakable things for the young master. For example, if Miss Yan doesn't get the protection and care she deserves in the palace, then Chu Yang and I should understand that whether it is the prince or the emperor, the young master will never entrust her to others again. ”