Chapter 267: The Lamb to the Slaughter
"The second prince is trying so hard to win me over, do you want me to be your spear and smash this rock?"
Li Zhen clapped his hands and admired, "Zhong Guizi is smart, and the purpose of this prince is just as you said." ”
Zhong Guizi's expression suddenly solemnized, and her eyebrows drooped.
After being silent for a while, he said, "I'm just a civilian, and I don't want to participate in this whirlpool." ”
"But Zhong Gongzi, since you entered this Liyang City, you have already entered the whirlpool of seizing the heirs."
Ye Shuhua took a sip of tea, and said: "Childe's genius of settling accounts will definitely be fought over by all forces, we are kind words, give conditions, and your right to choose." But some people may not be as polite as us. ”
Ye Shuhua clicked until now, and needless to say, he could guess the rest.
Zhong Guizi really frowned, and his expression became more serious.
"Let me think about it, and I'll give you two more answers in two days."
With that, he got up and left.
"He'll agree, right?" Li Zhen said with some concern.
Ye Shuhua smiled confidently, "I have asked Zhuying to spread the rumors of his ability to settle accounts and the exaggerated words of the amazing genius to the ears of the eldest prince and the third prince, they know that there is such a person, and they will definitely try to make him submit to their side." And the means are certainly simple and crude. ”
"Compared with the two, he will definitely choose us in the end, and maybe he will directly agree to our request without a competition."
Li Zhen couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Your move to push him towards us with the enemy's hand is really high." However, the head of the household is the person of the eldest prince, and if the eldest prince gives an order, it would not be impossible for the head of the household to give the concubine to Zhong Guizi. ”
"If this is the case, our temptation is no greater than that of the Great Prince."
Ye Shuhua didn't panic at all, "Even if the eldest prince does this, he won't follow." Most of them will still take refuge in us. ”
"Just wait and see."
She's extraordinarily confident.
She didn't know what kind of person Zhong Guizi was, but she knew what kind of person he was and what this type of person wanted most.
Seeing that she was so confident, Li Zhen didn't worry about it, just waited and watched.
He began to drink tea leisurely on the side.
Ye Shuhua saw that his face was relaxed, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
A little annoyed: "Okay, come to the Li Kingdom, these wisdom and calculations are all your business, why do you end up worrying about me?" ”
Li Zhen hurriedly comforted, "Oh, it's not to blame the lady for your cleverness, if I can't think of such a plan." ”
Ye Shuhua snorted coldly and glared at him, "You don't want to think about it." ”
His wisdom and scheming are not inferior to his own.
Thinking about it like this, I realized that I was coaxed by this guy to help him again.
"I won't help you with the rest, you can solve it yourself."
"Understood."
Inside the Great Prince's Mansion.
The eldest prince called Li Wei.
The two were in the study, and the eldest prince sat on the top and looked at the second son standing in front of him.
He didn't like this son since he was a child, and when he looked at this son, he always felt that he exuded a treacherous aura, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, and even his father would bite him if he was in a hurry.
He had already reminded Li Zhan, but he never listened, but he was deceived by Li Wei's clumsy appearance, and finally ended up like this.
He always thought that the second son was secretly doing it, but he couldn't find any evidence to point it out.
So far, he has no other reliance on him, but to rely on this second son Li Wei.
The eldest prince had a cold face and said, "An informant came to report that Li Ji and Zhong Guizi met privately in Li Wanglou today!" Zhong Guizi's settling skills can be described as a genius, if he is included in the command of Liji, he will enter the government in the future, and he will get the emperor's blue eyes and enter the household department, even if he is a waiter, I am afraid that it will not take long to top the household book. ”
"There's a way for you to deal with it!"
The eldest prince asked coldly, and at the same time glanced at him.
Li Wei arched his hand and said: "Father, the child has already arranged for someone to invite that Zhong Guizi." And he has been investigated carefully, he came to Liyang City for a woman named Ning Suling, who is also the favorite concubine of Hubu Shangshu. ”
"As long as we let the head of the household department give him the favored concubine, he will definitely join us and obey your father's dispatch."
The eldest prince's expression softened a little, "All talents are naturally a little arrogant, are you sure, he is willing to bow his head for a woman?" ”
Li Wei was very sure, "Father, don't worry, he will." Even if he didn't, there was a way for the child to make him bow his head. ”
The eldest prince's expression changed slightly, and his eyes swept him sharply.
Although he didn't like him, he was far superior to his eldest son in terms of strategy and courage.
He waved his hand and withdrew his eyes, unwilling to look at him again.
"Now that you have an idea, you can do it. Step aside. ”
On the other side, Zhong Gyuzi returned to the temporarily rented yard worriedly.
As soon as I sat back in the house, before the charcoal fire was lit, I heard a knock at the door.
He went to open the door, but was carried directly into a carriage.
The carriage galloped, and the jolt made his stomach churn, and his head was shaking.
When he came to his senses, the others had already arrived in the mansion of the great prince.
Sitting in front of him is the second son of the Great Prince's Mansion, and the new son of the Great Prince's Mansion, Li Wei.
There was a faint smile on the corner of Li Wei's lips, he didn't say much nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Young Master Zhong, I don't think I need to introduce you to know who this son is, right?" ”
Zhong Guizi's stomach was still churning, very uncomfortable, his palm was squeezing his heart, and he took a few sharp breaths before he could be regarded as calming down and feeling better.
Then he bowed his hand, "The grass people knocked on the great prince's mansion Wei Shizi, I don't know what the prince invited me to come to?" ”
"Naturally, I invite Gongzi Zhong to join our prince's mansion, Gongzi's ability to settle accounts is shocking, if you can be used by us, you will enter the office in the future, and my father and I will ensure that you are on the rise,"
"Of course, there is also the woman you love the most, Ning Suling, she is still yours."
As he spoke, he slapped twice in the air, and someone stepped forward with Ning Suling.
Ning Suling was teary-eyed, weak and timid, and when she saw Zhong Guizi, she immediately lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him.
"I brought you all the people, Zhong Gongzi, how is it? Would you like to join our Grand Prince's Mansion? ”
Zhong Guizi looked at Ning Suling, who was like a chicken being carried, picked up and pushed to his side, and had mixed feelings in his heart.
Ning Suling's heart was even more apprehensive.
She shrunk her neck and lowered her head, and she was pushed to Zhong Gyuzi's side, and she just stood there, not daring to move.
Like a lamb to the slaughter.
Zhong Guizi wanted to ask how she became like this, but he couldn't ask when the words came to his lips.
The talented and beautiful, ice-souled person who once attracted him has become the person who is now slaughtered by others.
He didn't know what she had been through after her sudden disappearance.
Or is she what she is.
This silence, like a knife, made his heart ache and be disturbed.
Ning Suling, who was also twisted and shrunk his neck and stared down at his toes, was uncomfortable.
She didn't dare to say a word, let alone look up at the person in front of her.
At the beginning, her family was abandoned by her family, she wandered all the way, lived without a fixed place, was penniless, and finally starved to death, he saved herself, and then lived with him, they chatted freely and expressed their thoughts.
They resonate in their souls, and they also have each other's strengths in talent.
She did like him, but everything always changes.
When things change, they push people to different forks in the road, in different directions.
She thought that she would never see him again, but she didn't expect that now she was given to him like a piece of clothing, and she appeared in front of him in such an embarrassment.
She didn't feel happy at all, only endless shame and shame.
All the goodness of his self-esteem, which he had disguised before, was torn apart and trampled under his feet at this moment, until there was nothing left, and all of it was mixed with the mean and dirty soil.
"Zhong Gongzi doesn't speak, that means agree?" Li Wei waited for a long time, but didn't see him speak, and spoke slowly.
The tail of his eyebrows was raised, and he raised his eyes to look at him.
Zhong Guizi's face was extremely ugly, and she stood there, not knowing what she was thinking.
But when he heard Li Wei say this, he subconsciously said again: "No! ”
But after speaking, he added, "I haven't thought about it yet, how about I ask the prince to let me think about it for a day?" ”
Li Wei looked at him steadily, then hooked the corner of his lips and slanted with a smile, got up, walked to his side slowly, but stretched out his index finger and picked up Ning Suling's chin on the side.
playfully said: "Okay, I just don't know if this lady can hold up in my cell in one day." ”