Since the night in the bamboo forest, Yang Ruoning has been waiting.

The person she wanted to assassinate her must know something, and that person was probably the most crucial link in this clueless affair. If you find this link, things can be strung together.

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Of course, the cause of death has to be investigated, but it seems more important to find the girl, and she wants to make sure that she is safe.

Her high-profile relationship with Luo Yuan actually has this consideration. She's telling those people, I'm right here, I'm waiting for you.

But two months passed, and the man did not reappear.

Yang Ruo thought about it, stopped the pen in his hand, and looked at the small white flowers blooming in the sunlight outside the window.

Luo Yuan went to the front hall to meet the guests, and he assigned Yang Ruoning homework before leaving. Since that day in the bamboo forest, he has taught her even more diligently. She felt that Luo Yuan was very patient and could teach her such a person who had no talent for language.

She was a little desperate about learning Chinese. She gave up learning Chinese when she was in junior high school, and it was still Chinese Simplified. Now that it has been changed to traditional Chinese characters, Yang Ruoning feels that every day of study is a kind of inhumane torture.

That day, Luo Yuan explained to her why the husband and wife called each other "Qing". He said, "Originally, only the husband called his wife Qing, and later generations recorded in the "Confusion and Drowning Chapter": Wang Anfeng's wife often called Anfeng Qing, and Anfeng said to her: 'The woman is a son-in-law, and she is disrespectful to the courtesy, and then she will be reinstated. He personally retorted, "I love Qingqing, I am Qingqing, I am not Qingqing, who will be Qingqing?" 'Look here, the word Qing has different meanings......"

"Hi, are you speaking Chinese?" Yang Ruoning felt that her head hurt, "What kind of alien language is this?" Is it something that humans can learn? ”

She pointed to her own-crumpled head and said, "Sir, please teach me some human language, okay?" She pointed to the hair falling from the table again, "Honey, ho."

ey, my hair is also precious, I don't want to be bald after a week. ”

Luo Yuan looked at her for a while and asked seriously, "In your place, do you really belong to the good school?" ”

Forehead......

Thinking of this, Yang Ruoning sighed.

There are still four pages to be copied today. Luo Yuan said that if today's homework is not completed, he will be grounded for two days.

She felt like she needed to buy a snack to get through the long time copying.

So she slipped out the back door. She wanted to go to the corner pastry shop to buy some osmanthus cakes, but unfortunately they sold out early and closed the stall. She thought that the aunt in the kitchen of Fan Lou had mentioned to her that there was a small wine shop in the back alley of the West Market, which sold the best green plum brew in the capital. Yang Ruoning hasn't been there yet. It's all out anyway, and she's decided to go there. She wanted to put it off for a little while.

Asking all the way, Yang Ruoning finally found the wine shop. Xiao Er of the wine shop said that if she waited for a while, he would go to the back to help her drink.

Yang Ruoning waited for Xiao Er on the side.

Some people in the wine shop are books, and the accent is from the north. Today's topic, by chance, is Luo Yuan.

Yang Ruoning was very curious, so she simply sat down in the corner, drinking green plum brew while listening to Luo Yuan's interesting stories.

Most of the content is similar to what the gossipy girls in Fan Lou heard.

He was adopted at the age of eight and went out with the army at the age of eleven. At the age of twelve, because he got lost, he defeated the whole wolf pack with his bare hands. At the age of fourteen, after the two armies had fought, he returned to the battlefield alone, killing hundreds of enemies who remained in place and cutting off the head of an important enemy general. At the age of fifteen, he participated in the palace examination under the pseudonym of Luo Jianzi and became a leader. In the eyes of the people in amazement, they entered the imperial city to accept the emperor's commendation. He was stationed on the northern border for many years and maintained the stability of the northern rivers. But for many years, he refused to return to Beijing as a civil servant, until the beginning of this year.

He has a lot of military exploits, coupled with his intelligence and prudence, he has made a lot of friends in the officialdom of this capital after entering Beijing. And naturally, such a young talent with a huge official career, the person who came to talk about matchmaking also stepped on a high threshold. It is said that General Luo rejected all matchmakers, because he had already privately married his daughter to him.

Is there already a marriage contract? It should be the beauty in the wormhole image, right? Yang Ruoning thought.

At this time, a person with a northern accent sitting at the table next to him lowered his voice and said ostentatiously to the people at the table, "Do you know, there have long been legends in our north that General Luo is actually the concubine of the former emperor. ”

"Sister-in-law? You said the prince who died in an accident more than ten years ago? ”

"Exactly."

"What dead little prince?" Someone asked, I don't know why.

"Before the death of the first emperor, one day the queen took the little prince to the temple to pray for blessings, but halfway through, fell into the cliff due to falling rocks. However, they only found the body of the queen, but not the little prince. ”

"Ah, then, it's possible for the prince..."

A person next to him immediately interrupted him and said, "If you say this, you will be killed." ”

Hearing this, Yang Ruoning put down the wine bowl in her hand.

She remembers that General Mountbatten of Britain once said that there are five key factors in a successful coup: the first is control of the media. Obviously, Luo Yuan has accumulated a lot of popular support and won over a lot of powerful people; Second, control the economy. She didn't know if Luo Yuan had done it, but his money was far from being able to afford his room of treasures. He must have had other sources of income; Thirdly, the occupation of the administrative goal, the Imperial City, and the realization of this requires the fourth key element - the loyalty of the army. He commanded millions of elite troops in the north, and after years of training, they naturally fought bravely and skillfully, and it was possible to attack the city in a big way.

The fifth factor is legitimacy. To overthrow the current imperial power, a reasonable excuse is naturally needed. This is also what Yang Ruoning has always been most puzzled about. Luo Yuan, as the adopted son of General Luo, is an orphan, where does the legitimacy come from. And now, she finally knows that the missing prince is likely to be his legitimacy.

Is he really the missing prince? How did he prove his identity? If he was really the crown prince, did he really want to kill his brother for the throne?

Yang Ruoning felt that she had countless thoughts in her head, and she tried to classify them, but the more she thought about it, the more chaotic she became. She vaguely felt that the day when she would leave Luo Yuan was probably not far away, but she hadn't found the person she was looking for, and she needed to plan for the future.

It was impossible for her to follow Luo Yuan into the palace. She couldn't watch Luo Yuan lead his queen up to the main hall with her own eyes; She can't bear to share a husband with many women, even if he is the emperor, he needs women to balance the harem and even the court, but those women have never been free, so naturally they don't know the meaning of loss, but Yang Ruoning knows that she can't give up no matter what.

Yang Ruoning drank the last sip of wine in the jug and felt slightly drunk.

It was already dark outside, and in front of the restaurant, Xiao Er had already hung a large string of red lanterns.

Yang Ruoning stood up, she should go back.

Autumn evenings are already a little cold. The north wind blew through the alley, and Yang Ruoning was trembling. She clasped her arms and walked back briskly.

In the distance, she saw a tall figure hurrying towards her. It was Luo Yuan who came looking for her.

She smiled apologetically at him and said, "I'm sorry I forgot the time." I have to stay up late tonight to finish my homework. ”

Luo Yuan took off his robe and draped it on Yang Ruoning. said, "Next time you go out, you're going to talk to me, I'll be worried after a long time." ”

Yang Ruoning took his hand and said, "Well, let's go home."

The two chatted casually all the way. Luo Yuan told her that he had found a country miscellaneous book with many interesting stories that she would love.

Yang Ruoning told him that she heard the storyteller telling your story in the tavern, so she missed the time.

Luo Yuan said that those are all folk rumors, just listen to them as stories, don't take them seriously.

Yang Ruoning suddenly asked him, "Luo Yuan, can you promise me one thing?" ”

"Oh? What? ”

Yang Ruoning stopped, looked up into his eyes, and said seriously, "Can you promise me that no matter what happens in the future, don't hurt Qingye." ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Luo Yuan's eyes. He asked, "Why all of a sudden?" ”

Yang Ruoning shrugged her shoulders and said, "No, it's just ...... Aono was the first friend I met here, but it feels like you don't like him very much. Actually, aside from his identity as an emperor, if you can learn more about him, you will find that he is actually very cute. ”