Chapter 13: The Enemy of Family Affection
Ye Xingchen didn't rest very late this night, and Yi Yi walked in lightly with this decoction,
"Lord Wang, it's time to rest late at night, this soup medicine master has asked me to drink it."
Ye Xingchen raised his handsome face from the desk, apologized to Yiyi, and smiled softly, "I was negligent." ”
got up and sat on the low stool next to him, took the decoction elegantly, the tall and slender figure brocade and jade belt, and the elegant and calm and bewildering smile, all of which made Yiyi's heart very sweet.
"Yiyi, since you followed me down the mountain, the care of this way has made you suffer, if you have been following your master everywhere now, how comfortable and comfortable it should be."
"Lord Wang, what you said is to torture your subordinates, these are what your subordinates should do, when Brother Feng Ping sent me to the master to learn art, he just wanted me to learn more skills, so that I could serve my son, these are all things that Yiyi should do."
Ye Xingchen helped up Yiyi, who suddenly knelt on the ground, a little moved and apologetic,
"Yiyi, I am indeed employing people now, and your martial arts and medical skills are acceptable, if you have something to do in the future, Uncle Feng will arrange it for you, if you want to leave that day, you can leave at any time,"
In the end, Ye Xingchen waved away Yiyi, as if he was waiting for someone, and a black shadow flashed through the window at the third watch.
"It seems that I haven't seen you for half a year, and your martial arts have improved a lot."
Ye Xingchen chuckled and greeted the black shadow who entered from the window, it turned out that it was this person who was waiting, only to see this person take off the black mask, revealing a young and handsome face, but the tears in his eyes somewhat ruined the chic spirit he had just flown into the window.
"Senior brother, you don't know how worried I have been about you in the past six months, I can't eat, I can't sleep well, I came to you last time, and you ruthlessly refused me to come."
Ye Xingchen did not cooperate with this person, like this, on the occasion of life and death, and reunion, the two should have come to hug affectionately, but he calmly made a cup of fragrant tea for his junior brother.
"Oh, what kind of tea is this so fragrant, senior brother, I haven't drunk it yet."
As soon as Mao Xin smelled the fragrance, he couldn't help but taste it, completely forgetting that he was still affectionately telling the pain of lovesickness just now, and suddenly transformed into a pious taster.
Ye Xingchen was stunned for a moment, and a very similar scene appeared in his mind.
"Senior brother, you look at me blankly, haven't you seen me for half a year, and found that your junior brother is more handsome."
Ye Xingchen reacted and picked up the teacup himself, and slowly tasted it,
"Xinwei, go to Rongcheng and explore the affairs of the Ghost Palace, you will definitely be able to find some clues here, Uncle Feng will arrange some competent people for you, remember not to be reckless, don't startle the snake."
Mao Xinwei was still smiling just now, and when he heard Ye Xingchen's arrangement, he also knew that things were complicated.
"Senior brother, don't worry, senior brother didn't help you in this suffering, Xinwei blamed himself to death, I won't let you down this time."
The two chatted about their respective conditions again, and there were some rumors in the palace, and the next morning Mao Xinwei went to Rongcheng with a few secret guards who were all strong in martial arts, and they should be able to find out the information they wanted in a few days.
"Lord, the letter from the border city, do you want to reply?"
"Don't go back for the time being, remember that all the spy reports are recovered, and the correspondence must be in the Lingcheng Courtyard, don't bring it here."
"Don't worry, your subordinates must remember!"
On this day, the prince passed by King Ning's mansion, and was attracted by the birds and flowers in the mansion, and the pleasant scenery was attracted.
"The fifth brother is good here, it's really comfortable and elegant here, and the fifth brother is still in a high realm."
Ye Fenglin's hand pouring tea paused slightly, and the sincere smile on his face was light and clear.
"Brother Chen, he is a person who has no ability, and he can only do these things, which makes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laugh."
The prince took the hot tea offered by Ye Fenglin's hands, and examined the expressions of the person opposite several times, and the deep meaning on his face flashed.
"Fifth brother, there, the fifth brother is very agile and you are very humble when you arrive, I heard that you used to talk to King Rui with similar interests, I want to come and ask for advice or two."
Ye Fenglin knew that this person's purpose was not pure, and he also knew that he had never believed in himself.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just afraid that he heard it wrong, how could a person as elegant and pure-hearted as King Rui talk to a lowly and boring person like me, we are just occasionally at some banquets in the palace, and we exchange some poems and songs with each other, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also be there on those occasions."
"Then it seems that the palace did hear it wrong, but now that King Rui is dead, he said that he was killed by this palace, I don't know who is walking this rumor, and King Rui is dead, do you believe the fifth brother?"
Ye Fenglin faced the prince's burning inquiry with a calm and innocent face, and did not let go at all.
"Then Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you believe that King Rui is dead?" Ye Fenglin also had a mysterious question.
"Hahaha, the fifth brother asked well, I naturally don't believe it."
"What does the fifth brother think this palace should do now?"
Ye Fenglin showed a cautious and hesitant expression, he finally knew that the prince had come to another purpose.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, since you don't believe it, then verify it and find ways to elicit the truth you are looking for."
The prince was very satisfied after hearing Ye Fenglin's answer, and left King Ning's mansion after laughing a few times with relief.
Cheng Yu looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time, his master didn't react for a long time, and when he looked at it again, he was startled, Ye Fenglin's hand was bloody, it turned out that he pinched the hair cone on his hand into two sections, thinking that it was Duan Kou who stabbed his hand.
Cheng Yu hurriedly found wound medicine to bandage, but was stopped by Ye Fenglin.
"Don't wrap it, only this deep wound will always remind me to stay awake and vigilant!"
"But, my lord, didn't you just give the prince a plan?"
"There has never been a shortage of people around him who have a plan, he is testing me, he only wants to win over all the forces that can be won over now, if I refuse willingly, he will guard against me more strictly, I am afraid that I will be the next ninth brother."
Ye Fenglin glanced at Cheng Yu, who was a little puzzled, and didn't say anything, picking up the tea on the coffee table and tasting it leisurely.
Ye Xingchen received a letter from his junior brother Mao Xinwei within a few days, and it turned out that as he guessed, the prince's people frequently went to the Ghost Death Palace in Rongcheng, and the Ghost Death Palace had changed the palace master, and the previous palace master was also missing.
Ye Xingchen roughly understands the prince, and now he must have sent people to the southwest border pass non-stop, according to ordinary people's ideas, Ye Xingchen should now go to the young son of the Liang family, or contact the three fathers and sons of the Liang family who were demoted, the prince's people are indeed secretly monitoring these two places, and Ye Xingchen is also very cooperative to create such an illusion for the prince.
What made the prince depressed was the news reported by the spies, obviously feeling that he was about to find Ye Xingchen, but he was one step short at the most critical time, and all kinds of signs showed that Ye Xingchen had appeared, but he didn't find him. Some people also reminded the prince that maybe the Nine Emperor Princes were dead, and the Liang family took the opportunity to keep the foundation in order to blempty and pretend that the Nine Emperor Princes were still alive, so these were also a cover to confuse the prince and the world. Of course, the crown prince didn't believe it, and vowed to find the Nine Emperor Princes.
This night, the prince slept in the side concubine Li's bedroom, this side concubine heard that it was the beauty that the prince had just gotten, and her dancing skills and enchanting appearance were also glamorous and very pleasing to the prince, and she had been resting in her bedroom for more than half a month.
Late at night, the prince was woken up by the lovely person next to the pillow, it turned out that Li had a nightmare, His Royal Highness the prince kept comforting after heartache, Li has always been a gentle woman like water, and today he must have had a very terrible dream so frightened. The prince hugged her soft body, and coaxed her delicately and softly in his mouth.
"Your Highness, I just dreamed of a man covered in blood, and he was there."
Li pointed to the corner of the dormitory, of course His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that she was talking nonsense, and patiently persuaded her.
"He said that he was the Ninth Prince, and he came to us to ask for his life!"
The prince looked flustered and frightened, and immediately jumped up from the bed angrily, and slapped Li and shouted, "Bastard, what nonsense, don't think that this palace favors you, you will be dizzy and talk nonsense,"
After speaking, he hurriedly walked out in a coat, leaving a sad and crying beauty who was not desolate.
After the prince came out of the Li family, he did not go back to his bedroom, but went to his study, and the panic in his eyes was still there. He didn't dare to look into the shadows of the study, so he picked up the bottle and drank it in order to make himself less timid.
He suddenly remembered that when he was a child, there was always a small figure following him, and the sweet and glutinous voice made him very annoying;
"Brother Prince, Brother Prince, wait Jin'er, Jin'er likes to play with Brother Prince!"
The prince would always scold him upset, "But I don't want to play with you, my father likes you so much, you go to play with my father, I have to finish my schoolwork, and I will have to do big things in the future." ”
The other party blinked his black grape-like eyes, not understanding what the prince meant, and his white and tender little face was stubborn and unconvinced.
"But I like the prince's brother, I asked my father to hug you too, and kiss your face."
"I don't want to, I'm the prince, so I don't care about you, you can go."
The prince saw two tears on the villain's face, pouting his mouth and wanting to cry but not daring to cry, the prince changed his mind and agreed to accompany him to hide and seek.
The prince thought that if he drank a few more bottles of wine, his mind would not think of the person who made him hate and feel guilty, but the more he drank, the clearer his brain became. picked up the good jade flute that the Nine Princes gave him on the desk, and slammed it on the ground but it was not broken.
He suddenly remembered the scene when Ye Xingchen gave this flute on his birthday, his eyes were sincere and warm, and his tone was calm and generous.
"Brother Emperor, Brother Nine wishes you a happy birthday, Brother Nine hopes that Brother Huang will be all right, Brother Nine will definitely be loyal to his father and brother, and will never do anything that makes Brother Huang unhappy."
Maybe Ye Xingchen already felt that he was hostile to him at that time, and the prince smiled resolutely and stomped on the jade flute on the ground.
"Do you think I will believe you, do you think that in this royal family you can really do not fight or rob, I don't believe it, my father values you like that, and he has shed a way out for you everywhere, how can you be indifferent, although he has not moved until now, but this palace knows that the person in his heart is you, so I don't care if you die or not, you must disappear from this world."