"He begged me to take him out of the palace, but now he is under house arrest by Zhang Xiuhe in his former mansion." After Chu Yaocen finished speaking, he added: "You must not tell Qingdi about these things, she will be worried." ”

Wan Kill looked at Chu Yaocen sideways, probably clarified the meaning of Chu Yaocen's words, and asked: "What the second master means is that the third prince voluntarily went out with you, but he didn't want to stay outside for a long time, he was supposed to come back after the queen mother issued the edict that the second prince should be the emperor, but he was placed under house arrest by Zhang Xiuhe, so there was no way to come back, and Mrs. didn't know what was going on, and Mrs. still felt that the third prince was going to stay outside, isn't that so?" ”

Chu Yaocen nodded and said with a smile: "I just like you to be smart at this point." ”

"Then Xiaohu, can you go and see the third prince?" There was a hint of request in his eyes, and he said: "Xiaohu is very worried, she can't eat, if she can see the third prince, she will definitely be at ease." ”

Chu Yaocen looked at the killing for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "I praised you for being smart just now, why are you confused again?" If Xiaohu knew that the third prince was under house arrest by Zhang Xiuhe, the second prince and the queen mother would definitely cut Zhang Xiuhe. And I, the one who took the three princes out of the palace, will definitely be punished. ”

"But......" After finishing the killing, Chu Yaocen could see that he was really worried about Xiaohu.

This is the first time that the killing has been so worried about people other than him and Qingdi, Chu Yaocen also felt unbearable when he looked at it, thought for a while, patted the shoulder of the killing, and said: "That's it, I'll go out of the palace again tomorrow, and let the third prince write a letter and bring it back to Xiaohu and the Queen Mother, so that they can feel a little more at ease, is it okay?" ”

After killing and nodding again and again: "Thank you, Second Master." ”

Chu Yaocen is very cute after reading this picture, presumably this kid really likes Xiaohu, although he may turn against the royal family of Wu in the future...... But let's talk about it at that time. He never wanted to delay others for his own business.

Chu Yaocen rubbed his head after killing, and said, "Thank you, thank you, you should go back to accompany the princess, presumably Xiaohu can't see that you are in a hurry again, and I will send a lot of people to arrest you later." ”

When Wan Kill heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "I don't want to be with her, she's annoying." Especially after the disappearance of the third prince, she cried in front of me at every turn, so I didn't want to go over. ”

Chu Yaocen didn't force him, nodded and said, "You are free." ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, two palace maids beside the princess ran over and said, "After killing the son, the princess can't see you crying for a long time, and her voice is hoarse, go and take a look." ”

"Why is she crying again?" Although there was some impatience in the tone of the killing, he still said hello to Chu Yaocen and ran away.

Chu Yaocen looked at his figure and smiled, it was really dishonest, he obviously cared about people very much, and he kept saying that he hated people.

On the second day, after Qingdi went to the court, Chu Yaocen went out of the palace to see Zhang Xiuhe.

In fact, the three princes did not hide in a very hidden place, just in the small wooden building where Zhang Xiuhe was in Jianye before he could see the night view of the Qinhuai River, this wooden building also has a small courtyard, although the place is small, there are also a lot of strange-shaped Taihu Lake stones, planted with many verdant and beautiful bamboos, the four seasons are lush, this place is called "bamboo house".

This place is not far from the palace, and it stands to reason that Zhang Xiuhe is still in Shenjiang at this time and has not returned, so the door outside is locked as a matter of course, and others did not expect that the third prince was hiding here.

Chu Yaocen entered the courtyard from behind, and just saw the third prince sitting on the edge of the small well in the courtyard in a daze, Chu Yaocen was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why are you sitting here?" ”

The third prince came back to his senses, glanced back at Chu Yaocen, showed a helpless smile, and said, "Lu ...... No, cousin, you're here. I'm sitting here because it's cool, are you worried I'm going to throw myself into a well? ”

Chu Yaocen didn't hide his thoughts, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm really worried about you." ”

"Of course I won't, I will spare my life very much, otherwise I would not have given up the throne." The third prince sighed and said, "How is it outside now?" I disappeared suddenly, is there any turmoil in the DPRK? After the second brother became the emperor, was it okay in the past two days? Nothing happened, did it? ”

Chu Yaocen nodded: "With the Qingdi here, nothing will happen to your Wu country's court for the time being." ”

"yes...... She's so capable. The third prince said this quietly, and then asked Chu Yaocen: "You and Zhang Xiuhe, when are you going to let me go?" ”

Chu Yaocen didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "You really want to go back to the palace?" ”

The third prince shook his head: "I don't want to, but I don't want to stay here all the time." I think you and Zhang Xiuhe are in the same group, and you want to hold me hostage to do something. ”

Chu Yaocen smiled slightly: "Yes, since ancient times, those who seek power have a tradition of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, although you are not the Son of Heaven now, you are also the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, you are still very useful to us." ”

The third prince raised his eyelids slightly, his tone was a few degrees colder, and said, "Are you serious? Do you really want to seek power? ”

Chu Yaocen smiled, and was about to answer him, when Zhang Xiuhe came out, he heard a few words of conversation between the two of them just now, and not only said: "Brother Chu, don't scare him, the country of Wu is either his or his brother's, people are orthodox, you and I don't want to covet it." ”

Chu Yaocen is not in his heart, this person is really dishonest, he is obviously more anxious than anyone else in his heart, and he always hides. But when it comes to this concealment, he himself doesn't seem to be qualified to talk about others, he has been pretending to be crazy and stupid for more than ten years to hide his ambitions.

"Cousin, I'm not holding you hostage, it's just that if you go out now, it won't be good to the second prince. Think about it before, because there were people in your court who supported the second prince instead of supporting you, so there was such a big mess, forcing you to abdicate, if you return to the court now, wouldn't those who supported you at the beginning still make some trouble? You can only wait until your forces think that your second brother is feasible, and then it will be about the same. Zhang Xiuhe said earnestly: "Cousin, I am doing this for your own good, for the good of Wu Guo's country, you must be able to understand my hard work, right?" ”

Chu Yaocen turned his back and snickered, Zhang Xiuhe said that the wolf's ambition was as tender as water, and it was extremely appropriate to be a liar.

The third prince didn't say anything to him, but he had no other way to escape the control of these two people now.

Zhang Xiuhe turned around and asked Chu Yaocen again, now that they all know Chu Yaocen's true identity, Chu Yaocen had already told him not long ago, because now that the royal family of Wu Kingdom knows their true identity, it is not interesting to hide one or two people. He said, "Yao Cen, why did you come out of the palace today?" What's the matter? ”

"If my cousin leaves the palace for too long, the Queen Mother will definitely worry about the three princes, so I came here today and wanted to ask the three princes to write a letter to them and tell them that everything is fine." Chu Yaocen said.

Zhang Xiuhe nodded, and also felt that this was very necessary, so he went to get a pen and paper and asked the third prince to write.

The third prince thought about it for a while, and then wrote a letter, saying: "I have been thinking about leaving the palace for a long time, and I have been opposed by many people to make me feel that this emperor is not appropriate, there are too many taboos that make the throne lose its influence on me, Zhulan Meiju is now my partner, I am very relieved to live here, let the second brother do the responsibility of saving the people from fire and water, I am very good now." ”

Zhang Xiuhe took a look at it and felt that although it was written in the vernacular, it did not reveal the original literary brilliance of the third prince, but it was okay, and a few sentences made it clear why he left the palace and he didn't want to go back now, which was enough.

So he handed the letter to Chu Yaocen and asked Chu Yaocen to take it back.

Chu Yaocen didn't open it at first, but after returning to the palace, he unfolded it and read it twice, and he laughed when he read it, and the third prince really played tricks again.

At this time, he came over and asked Chu Yaocen, "Second master, have you brought back the letter?" If I take it back, I'll send it to Xiaohu. ”

Chu Yaocen casually put the letter behind the flower pot on the table, and then told Wan Kill: "Not yet, and even if there is, it can't be brought in by me, so I won't be exposed." I told him about it, and I'm sure he'll let someone else in a moment. ”

After killing, he felt right, so he nodded and left.

Chu Yaocen definitely couldn't hand over the letter from the third prince to the Queen Mother, if anything was seen, he would expose it in advance.

At this time, Qingdi had not yet gone down to court, so Chu Yaocen went to fiddle with the herbs again.

About half an hour later, Qingdi came to the backyard with the letter that Chu Yaocen brought from outside, her tone was not very good, she stood behind him and said to him: "Yaocen, I found this letter on the table just now, is this written by the third prince?" ”

When Chu Yaocen heard the voice, he was afraid of the ashes on his hands and stood up, "Yes." ”

Qingdi spread out the letter and said: "The words at the beginning of each sentence above are connected to 'I was banned from the bamboo house, save me', this bamboo house, if I remember correctly, is the small building built by Zhang Xiuhe on the bank of the Qinhuai River, right?" Didn't you tell me that the three princes were not coerced by you, but went out voluntarily? Why are you asking someone else to save him now? ”

Chu Yaocen sighed helplessly in the face of this question, you really have to be cautious with such a woman, otherwise don't lie, if you want to lie, you have to be extremely clever, otherwise it will soon be exposed.

"Okay, I didn't lie to you, it was true that he voluntarily went out with me, but after he went out, Zhang Xiuhe wanted to hold him hostage and make plans for the future...... It's not my fault either, is it? Chu Yaocen had no choice but to explain like this.

Qingdi glared at him for a while, Chu Yaocen was helpless, pinched her face and said, "Okay, it's my mistake, I hid it from you, but I didn't lie to you." ”

Qingdi sighed, carefully tore out all the other words on the letter, leaving only the last sentence, and said, "Show this to Xiaohu and them." ”

Now there are only the words "I'm fine now" left on the letter, and the Queen Mother will definitely not see what is going on.