As he spoke, he pulled the sleeve of the fifth prince and pulled him away.

The two walked around the corner, and the fifth prince exhaled angrily: "Third brother, what are you doing, I'm close to Wen Dutao." ”

The third prince said: "Just stop talking, didn't you hear that Wen Du was too lazy to follow your words?" I just told him that let's go to see the sixth brother, which is to imply to him that the sixth brother is still a member of our faction, and the sixth brother will always support our faction. ”

The fifth prince smiled: "Wen Du is smart. The death of the seventh brother was in an uproar, and the entire Shangrou City was about to come in a storm, and the sixth brother first took out the evidence that the eldest brother murdered the seventh brother, and then led the troops to surround Chaoyunguan. As long as you analyze it carefully, it will be clear that in this matter, it is us who benefit the most, it is the sixth brother, and the seventh brother either died in the hands of the eldest brother or died in the hands of the sixth brother. Wen Dui, that person, is very shrewd, married to Chaoyunguan, and can still be polite and courteous to us, which shows that he is a person who understands current affairs. Now that the third brother hinted that his sixth brother would go out of the mountain, then he must know who should help and who should not. ”

When the third prince heard this, he nodded his head.

Lord Xu and Wen Du were separated at the gate of the palace, and Lord Xu still had something to say, and whispered to Wen Dui: "Lord Wen's eyes and ears are all over Shangrou City, it is impossible not to know, the prince has come back from Xiangshang City with Xiao Jungong." Moreover, the little prince was welcomed back to the palace of Shangjo Castle as a gift from the lord of the city. ”

Wen Du shook his head: "I only know how to do my part, and I don't care about the rest." Thank you, Lord Xu, for telling me the news I didn't know. ”

When Lord Xu heard this, he knew that Wen Duan's oil and salt were not entering, so he couldn't help but let out a laugh: "Why does Lord Wen have to take such precautions, I think this Shangrou City is about to change the sky." Master Wen thinks that pretending to be deaf and dumb can prevent you from fighting for me? Even if the crown prince is suspected of murdering the Seventh Prince, he is His Majesty's eldest son, and the little prince is His Majesty's own grandson. Welcome back to the palace with the gift of the city lord, stay in the East Palace, and even take the eldest prince to restore the treatment of the prince, and stay overnight in the East Palace. It's just that Lord Wen, you are the head of the civil officials, whoever you choose, whoever you choose, who you choose, those of us who see the wind and steer, just follow whom, everything, depends on the adult's words. ”

Wen Duan had expected that Lord Xu would have such a confession, and he must know that sweet words must have a sword and snake heart, and Wen Duan calmly refused: "Lord Xu is thinking too far." We are subordinates, what do we want to do so far, the meaning of the master is the most important, we are nothing. I advise Master Xu to say a word, don't be in a hurry to confess, the more anxious you are, the more you will suffer. Wen Du and Master Xu's colleagues, to be honest, I don't know what the details of the border are now, the soldiers on the border, the soldiers in Shangrou City, a few of them follow the prince, and a few of them follow the three princes, how can we Wenchen know the attitude of their military ministers? Wenchen only has a tongue and a little resourcefulness, Wuchen is in a hurry, an arrow, a bow can kill our Wenchen. Why should our civil servants come forward and fight for fame and fortune, we have to take a look at the movements of their military ministers first. ”

Lord Xu finally felt that Wen Du had said something sincere, and after lowering his head and thinking about it carefully, he suddenly felt that his vision was too narrow, and he always put his eyes on the Wenchen in Shangrou City, and missed the Wuchen.

Lord Xu thought for a while, and said in amazement: "No, Lord Wen, your second uncle was a general who guarded the border back then, many generals were promoted by your second uncle, and many of them hugged you when you were a child, why are you still hiding behind these generals?" ”

Wen Du smiled: "Human favor is human favor, court affairs are court affairs, who cares about human favor in the face of life and death interests?" Lord Xu, think about it, I separated from Wen Xu, and Wen Xu was suspended in the Ministry of War, are those generals closer to Wen Xu and not close to me? ”

Lord Xu thought about it carefully, but it was indeed the case, and Wen Du said: "The hour is not early. I have to go back to Wenfu, Lord Xu, and we'll talk about it later. ”

Lord Xu nodded when he heard this, and let Wen Du go.

When I got out of the palace gate, it just happened to be snowing, and it was all fine snow beads, one by one, falling from the sky.

As soon as Wen Duan sat on the sedan chair, Wang Zhong and the others raised their umbrellas.

Wen Du leaned on the back of the sedan chair, put her hands in her sleeves, and whispered, "How are things going?" ”

Wang Zhong leaned on the sedan chair and whispered: "The letter was written, but the slave couldn't send it in." There is no way, the East Palace has come back smoothly, but there are people from the three princes and the five princes on the left and right sides of the palace, and the servants can't deliver the letter even if they want to. ”

Wen Du nodded, "Did the stalker find you?" ”

Wang Zhong said: "This is not true. Since the prince was demoted to Xiangshang City, the East Palace has been deserted, and even some eunuchs and palace maids went directly to the garden of the East Palace to relieve themselves. The slave pretended to be the size of the solution and went the wrong way, and when he went, he changed his clothes, and when he came back, he deliberately took a detour and picked the road of Ding'an Palace, and he also paid attention to his tracks, and those who were watching could not find the slave. ”

Wen Du nodded: "It's good if you don't find it, even if you find it, we're not afraid." If you find out, at most you will be pestered by the three princes, and you will be really bored. ”

Wang Zhong bowed his head: "However, the slave has done one more thing, which should let the prince know that you are interested in getting close to the prince." ”

Wen Du played with a string of Nanmu beads on his wrist, "Huh"? snorted.

Wang Zhong bowed his head and responded: "The slave remembers that when you were studying in Xitianzhuang on the outskirts of Shangrou City, you met the prince who patrolled the city, and you also wrote a poem with the title of patrolling the city and gave it to the prince, and the prince gave you a string of pine cards carved with snow lotus, saying that pine wood can avoid mosquito bites in summer, and the pine wood is cut down from a plant that grows near the snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, which is extremely rare. So when the slave approached the entrance of the East Palace, he dropped a pine sign on the ground. ”

Wen Du said: "You're not afraid of being picked up by irrelevant people?" ”

Wang Zhong shook his head: "The slave has thought about it, in the entire palace, except for Empress Qi, the rest of the palace has a wait-and-see attitude towards the prince's faction, and most of the palaces have been taken by the three princes' faction." Moreover, the prince returned to the palace in a low-key manner, a few days ago there was no leakage, and he suddenly returned to the palace last night, and then it was rumored that the little county prince returned to the palace in accordance with the gift of the city lord, taking the seven spices and eight treasures of the treasure car, with two personal teams and entourage to return to the palace, only His Majesty, the queen, and a few princes greeted, and it was too low-key, although the palaces intended to visit, but the three princes did not dare to go. Moreover, there was also news from the prince that he was tired all the way, tired, and did not receive guests, so at this hour, no one went back to the palace, and those who were watching did not dare to really approach the East Palace, but only dared to stare quietly on the side. After the slave pretended to be wrong, he went directly to Ding'an Palace, no one would suspect the slave, the pine card, it should be picked up by the prince's people and handed over to the prince. ”