Chapter 164: Gaining Power
After reading the letter, Song Ju'an said to her: "It's just that he stole some things, and it's okay if he doesn't hurt anyone." β
Du Ruo nodded, and he could only comfort himself like this so far.
After eating, Du Ruo began to seriously think about the draft. She had never seen anything about him with her own eyes, most of them were heard from others or told to her by Song Ju'an himself.
Some things can be written, some can't be written, but when it comes to things in the palace, even if she writes it and takes it to the study, I'm afraid they won't dare to print it. The royal family has its own royal face and scruples, she understands it.
Du Ruoluo flipped through a notebook, and took a pen to write down some things on the paper.
The room was quiet, she and Song Ju'an were sitting at the tables on the east and west sides, with a beaded curtain in between, and he seemed to be writing letters.
After a while, he called, "Ruo'er? β
Du Ruo replied casually, waited and waited, but he didn't speak again.
After a while, he suddenly said, "I'm afraid that you won't come back if you're gone, and I have nothing to worry about in this world except you." β
Du Ruo raised his head, stretched out his head to look at him, and saw that he was looking at himself. Although Song Ju'an's expression was calm and calm, it was no different from weekdays, but I didn't know what he was chewing repeatedly in his heart, and he was surprised that he said these two words plainly.
"I said I'd be with you."
She put down the book, walked up to him, reached out and hooked his neck, sat on his lap, and looked at him: "You don't believe me? β
"It's not that you don't believe it, you can't believe it all." He hugged her and said, "It doesn't matter if you're gone, I can still get you back, but if you are gone in this body, where should I find you?" β
Du Ruo was shocked, and his limbs instantly became a little stiff. She stared at him weakly, wanting to avoid his gaze and afraid that he would see that she was not confident enough.
"I think about this all the time." He said, "I have also looked through a lot of literature, and there is indeed a small amount of written records in the book, there have been people who have changed their temperament, who have become enlightened, or who have entered the soul of another person in their body, and when they wake up, they say who they are and where they live, so what about you?" β
"I'm who I am...... that's a long story...... I'm going to have to find a time to talk to him.
"Today, I am discussing in the Fifth Highness's mansion, and I came back early after thinking about this matter. I can't see you when I come back, and I'm anxious. I think of when I was in Fengling, you left me and lived a good life, but my daily life was boring. My parents, uncle, Huarong, and best friends have left me one after another, if I didn't refuse to let go, I'm afraid you wouldn't be by my side now. β
Du Ruo raised his head and kissed him, and hugged him tightly, "Don't worry, I won't leave unless you change your mind or treat me badly." β
"You're going to have to talk." He said in earnest.
Du Ruo nodded.
Thinking that he was so affectionate and had paid another woman, and they had also been with each other and loved each other, she felt a little sad in her heart.
At that time, he was a hundred times more dazzling than now, and he was looked up to, noble and untouchable.
It's too late to see, it's too late to love.
He got up with her in his arms and walked towards the bed tent, Du Ruo hurriedly shouted: "I haven't finished reading the book yet!" I need to hurry! It's still early! I've just eaten! It's not dark outside! β
However, the two of them still rolled on the bed for a while, and Du Ruo didn't know why she and Song Ju'an were so naΓ―ve!
"I'm starting to prepare for your name, if the fifth prince ascends to the throne, let the study engrave the "Biography of Da Chu Xiao Xu", if he loses, bah bah! I mean, if you lose, then you can still use the name Zheng Bin to engrave it and sell it, anyway, there are ways. You can also earn a sum of money by the way! β
Speaking of silver, her eyes lit up and she smiled a little smugly.
"When we return to Fengling, let's take care of Baohuashang and Xiaoxiu Workshop, life will definitely be better, and when we get back, let's buy a bigger house......"
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something, and asked him, "If the time comes...... Do you want to stay as an official and be your prime minister? β
"What do you say?"
"I ...... I don't really want you to be an official. β
"We'll talk about it then." He said.
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The next day in Kyoto became more and more chaotic.
Du Ruo heard that on the way back from the palace at dusk, the car was attacked by the beast, and five or six of the guards who followed him died, and even one of the arms of his close guard Xie Ying was bitten off by the beast, and he was covered in blood to protect the five highnesses from death.
A few days later, the fourth prince Yangzhi died of illness. He did not seek progress in the day, but only pursued immortality, and found many Taoist priests in the rivers and lakes to refine medicine in his house, and took the elixir of longevity every day.
Du Ruo had long heard that Yangzhi was not in good health, and his spirit was very poor, and he didn't even bother to enter the palace, and the emperor was furious, but he couldn't kill him, so he could only let it go, but he didn't want to see him again!
The news of Yangzhi's death came into the palace, and the emperor who was lying on the sickbed couldn't breathe for a while, quite sad, and saw that it was a waning day.
The battle between the Three Princes Yang Alliance and the Five Princes Yang Shao has shifted from the secret to the open, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have seized the time to fight and become two major factions. Some officials were assassinated, and even Xue Huaiyou, a cabinet minister, was assassinated on his way back from the palace.
There were also several explosions in the city during the day, and many people died, and by the time the forbidden army arrived at the site of the explosion, the buildings were already empty.
For a while, everyone was in danger and closed their doors.
Even the sun hanging in the sky in early winter seemed to have a hint of red blood, and a strong smell of killing blood seemed to be smelled in the foggy and gray sky.
Du Ruo knew that the ending was not far away.
She wrote and revised every day, saved the manuscript and sent it to the study. Sometimes he pulled Lou Xi and Han Liang to inquire about some things. She didn't ask Song Ju'an when what happened, probably because she didn't want to hear him tell him about the slander and suffering he received.
The eldest prince, Yang Lun, died two years before Xiao Yu was brought down. At that time, the third prince Yang Meng was still behind Yang Lun, and he was the only one who looked ahead. It is said that it was the royal autumn hunt, the eldest prince was left alone, was ambushed and assassinated in the forest, and the third prince led people to rush there It was too late, holding his corpse and crying.
Lou Xi told her that the person who killed Yang Lun might be the third prince Yang Meng. Didn't he shoot Yang Lun first, and then pretended to be in pain?
And the death of the second prince, Yang Bai, is a point that makes Song Juan and his pain, and it cannot be mentioned easily.
Yang Bai has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he is not as proficient in martial arts as other princes, so he is not liked by the emperor. But he is an upright person, with his family and country in mind, and he is benevolent and righteous. Later, with the support of Xiao Hui, he gradually decapitated his head and was reused.
He died three years ago in Fuzhong, the cause of death was weak and sick, and the imperial doctor said that it was not easy for him to survive until the age of the weak crown.
Song Ju'an lost his best friend, so he naturally didn't believe that Yang Bai died like that, and suspected that it was the envoy of the third prince Yang League who killed him, so he secretly kept investigating.
The second prince Yang Bai died, and Xiao Hao naturally became the object of competition among the rest of the princes, but unfortunately he was so sad that he didn't want to choose another master, and no one stood up.
If you can't get it, you will destroy it.
While Xiao Hao blamed himself for the death of the second prince, the fourth prince picked more than a dozen beauties and asked them to be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xiao Hao retreated the people. The four princes hyped up that those returned beauties were broken, and Xiao Yu was really shameful and hateful!
Then the foreign envoys came to the court, and the three princes first asked them to visit Xiao Yu of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and hinted that they should send heavy gifts. As soon as he turned his head, he told the emperor that Xiao Hui had fallen in love with the princess who was close to him and had the heart to marry, saying that Xiao Hui was really overstepping his power!
The fifth prince relayed resentfully in front of the emperor: The prime minister said that the second emperor brother is dead, just like the sun and the moon have no light, the sky and the earth are dim, and the Great Chu will decline.
Wei Guogong also instructed several ministers of the court and the central government to say that Xiao Yu had unjustly killed Concubine Hui's family, and he also took the trouble to find witnesses to cry out for injustice.
During the palace banquet, the three princes led the rest of the princes and ministers to deliberately show favor to Xiao Hao, toasting non-stop, and flattering words flew all over the sky, as if he was the one sitting on the dragon chair.
However, what really angered the emperor and the last straw that overwhelmed the emperor was Xiao Hao's disrespect for Concubine Rou!
Du Ruo listed them one by one, his chest hurt, and he dropped the pen in his hand and fell.
They took advantage of the death of the second prince to create the illusion of Xiao Yu's dictatorship, and wanted to kill him and destroy him, which was simply crazy, and the premeditated trouble was lively, full of wind and rain, and alarmed the palace and outside the palace.
When she put pen to paper, she couldn't stop writing about what the third prince was doing behind his back, as well as her malicious speculation about him, and then she thought that this would not work, and she kept writing it down and it became the biography of Yangmeng, so she had to pick the most important ones to write briefly.
However, Du Ruo thought about it in the future, and tried to write down and publicize the heinous things that Yangmeng, Yangzhi and Wei Guogong did behind their backs, and then add oil and vinegar to arrange and arrange, so that they would be stinky for thousands of years.
In the evening, Song Ju'an came back with Lou Xi and Han Liang, saying that Kyoto was divided into east and west, and the three princes Yang Meng and the fifth prince Yang Shao led the forbidden army to patrol and guard to prevent further incidents in the city.
"Qin Rui arrived in Kyoto today, and she was in the Fifth Highness's Mansion at the moment, she was going to come over to see you, but it was too late, I asked her to stay there to rest, and you will meet again tomorrow morning." Song Ju'an said to her while washing his hands.
When Du Ruo heard her coming, he immediately looked excited, and when he learned that he would only see him tomorrow, he threw the towel in his hand into Song Ju'an's hand, and reproached him: "It's just a wall away, even if you are tired on the road, these two steps are not bad!" Why didn't you call her to me? β
"I haven't seen you women for a long time, there must be a lot of things to say between you, and I can't wait to talk all night." He glanced at her, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Then maybe I'll have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight." β