Chapter 239: The Prince of the Prison State
As the saying goes, the spring rain is delicate and moisturizing things silently, but compared to the eternal silent snow, the spring rain is undoubtedly noisy, but no matter how silent the snow is, it will not let people who are full of worries sleep peacefully in the cold night.
With a creak, the heavy door opened gently, and a woman in a thick skirt peered out, her figure slightly clumsy.
"Hasn't the princess slept yet? If you have too little rest, it will not be good for the princess and the children. A light smile in the snow is better than the moonlight, and the slightly melancholy expression disappears silently in an instant when he turns back.
Tang Jinyi shook his head, closed the door and walked into the courtyard, standing side by side with the long and gentle figure: "Boss Jun is also waiting for His Highness?" β
"I can't sleep well when I have something in my heart, so I simply get up and look at the snow and moonlight, drink one person, and wait for His Highness to come back." Pouring a glass of wine to warm up Tang Jinyi, Jun Wunian suddenly remembered that Tang Jinyi was now pregnant with a child in his womb, and couldn't help laughing bitterly, "Look at me, I'm confused again, I actually persuaded the princess to drink, it's really damned." β
Tang Jinyi didn't have much contact with Jun Wunian, but it could be seen from the little things he usually did that he was a very careful and cautious person, and the reason why he was so distracted was most likely because of Wen Mozheng's trouble.
The hot breath exhaled when sighing turned into a cloud of white mist and quickly dissipated, Tang Jinyi clenched his collar and shrunk his shoulders, lowered his eyebrows and looked at the reflection of the night in the wine, and his tone was quite gloomy: "Your Highness has been returning home later and later recently, and I don't know who I am with in the palace, I asked him a few times but he refused to say." β
"Your Highness also has his own ideas, who to meet, who to choose, what he likes, and what he dislikes...... Sometimes I even wonder if I used to watch His Highness so tightly that he felt out of breath and desperately wanted to escape from this life. Jun Wunian sighed lowly, his eyes were half disappointed and half lonely, "I only want to plan for His Highness, but I forget that he is also a young prince, and the days of seeking his heart step by step are too hard and boring for His Highness." β
"Boss Jun is blaming himself? But I feel that if there was no Boss Jun, there would be no His Royal Highness today, and it is precisely because of the protection of Boss Jun that His Highness can stay away from those filthy and become the most upright person. β
The unexpected praise made Jun Wunian slightly stunned, and he groaned for a while, but the smile became even more bitter: "I'm afraid it's overprotective, and it's counterproductive." I originally wanted His Highness to be tainted by the vices and filth of the harem, and to maintain His Highness's purity and goodness as much as possible, but now it seems that this extreme method has had little effect, but has created a natural concept for His Highness that evil is not suppressed, and even repeatedly provoked those conspirators, but I don't know that such a move is extremely dangerous. β
Whether it is Wen Moshu or Wen Mozheng, or several other princes who are still in the stage of ignorant youth, in the midst of power, which one of them did not grow up with a lot of calculations, tilting, and deceit? Wen Mozheng is known for his integrity and outspokenness, and he has always been able to stay safe and sound, relying not on his status as a prince or luck, but on the assistance and help of his strategist Jun Wunian.
Maybe it's because the road is too smooth, and none of the corrupt officials who were brought down by Wen Mozheng dare to retaliate, so Wen Mozheng regards Kuang Fu Justice as the end must be a victorious act, and he has never thought carefully about whether these come from heaven or manpower, so naturally he will not be flexible and avoid the enemy's edge, and often when he sees dirty and filthy, he bluntly points out that he must expand the light to every corner where he is.
Only those with clear and deep eyes can see that behind Wen Mozheng's dazzling image like tomorrow, there is still a busy and silent figure.
The low sigh contained too many complex emotions, so that Jun Wunian took a long time to determine that such a desolate lament actually came from the virtuous and gentle Tang Jinyi.
"I know that His Royal Highness has disappointed Boss Jun's expectations, and I am also unhappy for Boss Jun in my heart, but I can't bear to see His Highness lose the support of Boss Jun and face difficulties alone. In fact, I never thought that His Royal Highness had the talent of an emperor, and if you want to reign in the world, you need to be scheming, you need to be able to advance and retreat, and you need to be able to stretch and shrink, but these are what Your Highness hates. Tang Jinyi paused, and there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, "Everyone else can see the truth, there is no reason why Boss Jun can't see it clearly, what I'm curious about is why Boss Jun is willing to help His Highness, and not someone else who is more suitable to be in charge of the great cause?" β
Jun Wunian had heard Wen Mozheng mention Tang Jinyi's intelligence, but it was only at this time that he really understood the essence of his gaze, took a glass of wine, and drank it with his head raised and fell on the falling Su Xue.
"The reason why I am desperate to assist His Highness is because I want to see what kind of future such an upright and simple person who is not stained with the dust of the world can bring to Dayuan."
The memories of the past are still fresh as if it happened yesterday, Jun Wunian calmed down when he thought about it, and his eyebrows were faintly gentle and clear. In fact, Jun Wunian did not shy away from that period of the past, on the contrary, he was very happy to tell others about the young and upright hot-blooded prince in his impression, and Tang Jinyi stood in the snowflakes in the sky and listened carefully to the encounter between Wen Mozheng and Jun Wunian.
In the middle of winter, everything is frozen, but people's hearts are getting warmer and warmer.
"Therefore, when Boss Jun trafficked rare antiques and was asked for money by unscrupulous officials, this matter could have been easily solved with a small amount of money, but because His Highness happened to be passing by, he couldn't argue with him, but the official was angry and tried to kill him, right? From this point of view, His Royal Highness is not the benefactor of Boss Jun, and Boss Jun who defeated unscrupulous officials and their minions and left His Highness should be even more grateful. β
After listening to Jun Wunian's memories with a light smile on his face, Tang Jinyi couldn't help laughing - such a self-defeating move can indeed only be done by Wen Mozheng, who is too upright.
Jun Wunian was also laughing, but there was no hint of ridicule, and his expression was extremely serious: "Many of His Highness's ideas are naΓ―ve and ridiculous, I have long understood this, and I know that this road will be difficult, but I don't care." That year, when I dragged His Highness to hide in Tibet with a scar, His Highness told me that if he had more power, he would punish these corrupt officials and restore purity and justice to the people and the world. At that time, I thought, there are such upright and bright people, why do I think that the Yuan Kingdom should hide filth and dirt, and the officials deceive the people? Is there no righteousness in this world, or is the only righteousness dead in our hearts? β
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the fluttering snowflakes fell on Jun Wunian's eyebrows, blending with the heat that came out, making the young but wise face not very clear.
"Even if I know that there may not be any results, I still want to give it a go, and when it comes to stubbornness and clumsiness, I may be no different from His Highness."
Since Jun Wunian was left by Wen Mo Zheng angrily the last time, Tang Jinyi has been worried about the relationship between the two, and now he is much more relieved to hear Jun Wunian's words. She understands that what tied Jun Wunian's heart to Wen Mozheng was not an illusory reason such as power and interests or repaying gratitude, what really brought the two of them together was the same belief and persistence.
With a light salute, Tang Jinyi's tone was sincere: "Jinyi thanked Boss Jun on behalf of His Royal Highness, no matter what the outcome is, with Boss Jun's blessing, this is the proudest thing in His Highness's life." β
After Tang Jinyi married Wen Mozheng, it was the first time he talked with Jun Wunian, and the original uneasy mood quickly disappeared. Jun Wunian saw that Tang Jinyi was secretly tired in the corners of her eyes, and after a few words of greeting, she persuaded her to rest early, and then put away the wine glass and jade pot and planned to go back to the room, when there was a sound of calling the door outside the house.
"His Royal Highness is back." The face that was a little gloomy a moment ago suddenly turned into a warm smile, Tang Jinyi retracted his steps and turned around, looking behind the shadow wall with anticipation, who knew that the person who came was not Wen Mozheng, but the little eunuch in the palace dressed in regular clothes.
"The slave greets the princess." The little eunuch bowed down in a proper manner, and bowed his hand to the side Jun Wunian, "The emperor is seriously ill and cannot come to the court to manage the government, in order not to affect the political affairs of the previous dynasty, the four princes are specially appointed as the prince of the prison country to act as the national machine, and they will move into the East Palace from now on." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that the princess would be worried, so he specially asked the servants to come to report at night, and took the mother into the palace to raise the baby. β
Rao has experienced many ups and downs, and after hearing the little eunuch's report, Tang Jinyi was still gasping in shock, and looked at Jun Wunian in confusion.
After a long silence, Jun Wunian asked, "Did Your Highness only say that you will take the princess into the palace?" β
"Yes. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that everything in the palace is available, and the medical officer and nurse can be selected at the latest tomorrow, and the princess can just go over. β
The little eunuch replied fluently and naturally, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, but the more Tang Jinyi listened, the more shocked he became-Wen Mozheng only explained that the little eunuch would take her into the palace, so what about Jun Wunian? As Wen Mozheng's most trusted advisor all along, didn't Wen Mozheng plan to let Jun Wunian go with her? Does this mean that Wen Mozheng has begun to alienate Jun Wunian?
"I'm tired of my father-in-law, but it's just that the wind and snow are heavy in the middle of the night, and it is really inconvenient to let the princess enter the palace at this time. I also asked my father-in-law to make one more trip to reply to His Royal Highness, saying that after the snow stopped, he would personally send the princess into the palace in the next day. Jun Wunian's expression was flat, and he didn't look as worried as Tang Jinyi.
Xu is little eunuch also felt that it was a bit ridiculous to invite Tang Jinyi into the palace in the middle of the night, but he did not insist, and left after giving the token delivered by Wen Mozheng to Tang Jinyi.
Tang Jinyi was suspicious, and looked at Jun Wunian with some guilt: "Boss Jun, could this be a fake news from whom?" How can anyone come to the palace in the middle of the night? Your Highness has always relied on you, and suddenly became the prince of the prison country......"
"There is a token as proof, not like a fraud. Besides, His Highness has been behaving very abnormally lately, so it is not surprising that there are any unexpected actions; Only the matter of the prince of the prison country is unexpected. Jun Wunian looked at the empty wine jug in his hand, his overly calm expression was intimidating, "The emperor is doubly wary of the second prince and His Royal Highness, if there was an idea of appointing one of the two of them as the crown prince, there is no need to delay it until now, there are not many people who can force the emperor to compromise at this juncture." Oh, I was negligent, I didn't expect someone to pay attention to His Highness's head, and I didn't notice it......"
There was a crisp sound, Tang Jinyi was frightened, and then exclaimed in a low voice, and hurriedly took out a towel and pressed it on Jun Wunian's hand that was constantly gushing blood, and the fragments of the wine glass that were crushed fell to the ground, and a piece of blood red soaked in plain white.