I'm The Vicious Cannon Fodder In The Book

by Usui Takumii

not mine , inreader dot org. Beware bl. Total: 122 Chapters 10 Extras. After cp 45 is from : the night before the dawn. Waiting for the translator to update.

16. 76 to 80

Chapter 76

When it snowed, they couldn't go anywhere.

Li Mingjin just practiced boxing in the room for a while in the morning.

The snow outside was getting bigger and bigger, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. When the snow stopped falling, the snow had to be shoveled, but it was difficult to shovel it.

Being bored in the afternoon, Li Mingjin threw two sweet potatoes into the brazier, and then he sat while chatting with Luo Shuyu.

After peeling a handful of pumpkin seeds, Luo Shuyu suddenly sat up straight, and told Li Mingjin his doubts: "Your Highness, what is the identity of Mr. Chen? "

Li Mingjin turned the sweet potatoes in the brazier with a small iron rod. He suddenly wanted to give Luo Shuyu a taste of the roasted sweet potatoes he made: "Huh? Why did you ask this all of sudden?"

Luo Shuyu: "Because I think it's a little strange. First of all, he came to your door suddenly, and later he joined your group. When I think that his surname is Chen, I suspect that he may have something to do with my grandfather, and I don't know if I'm thinking too much. "

Li Mingjin was taken aback by his suspicion, and he thought that it was indeed a bit strange, but Chen Rong's identity had indeed been verified before, and there was no major problem.

What was wrong with Chen Rong? Did he really have something to do with the Chen family?

Li Mingjin: "There's nothing wrong with you thinking like this, but the Chen family where Chen Rong lived before doesn't seem to have much relationship with your mother's Chen family."

Luo Shuyu: "Why don't you call Chen Rong over to ask? Anyway, we are free now. "

Li Mingjin: "We must ask him, I don't want people around me to have ambiguous identities."

After all, the two of them always did what they had said, so they took action immediately and sent someone to invite Chen Rong who curled up on the kang while reading a book.

As soon as Chen Rong entered the door, he complained to them: "It's snowing so much, why don't you ask me to come over and eat roasted sweet potatoes?"

At this time, the sweet potatoes baked by Li Mingjin himself came out of the brazier, and he was peeling off the scorched skin for Luo Shuyu. His fingers were stained black, Luo Shuyu actually said that the burnt yellow ones were delicious, and didn't let him peel them off.

Chen Rong thought to himself, this royal couple was very lively.

Li Mingjin pointed to the small basket on the side: "If you want to eat, you can roast it yourself."

Chen Rong didn't really want to eat roasted sweet potatoes, so he sat down and drank tea. It would be a pity not to enjoy the high-quality tea from Li Mingjin's place, which was shipped from the capital.

Luo Shuyu asked him: "Mr. Chen, I heard from Dr. Lin that you were not feeling very well in the past two days. Are you feeling better now?"

Chen Rong said, "My senior brother made a fuss, nothing serious happened, just coughed."

After Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu finished sharing a sweet potato, they cleaned their hands and drank tea with Chen Rong.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious, and for a while, they really didn't know how to speak.

Li Mingjin said suddenly: "Mr. Chen, the fourth prince recently investigated an old case. This case may be related to the Yan family. I think you will be interested in this old case."

Chen Rong was very interested when he heard it was about the old case, and he asked sharply: "What kind of old case?"

In the eyes of others, he was knowledgeable and talented, and many people were willing to ask him to solve any difficult problems on weekdays.

Li Mingjin said while observing Chen Rong's reaction: "Fifteen years ago, when General Wei was still in Gucheng, there was a major case of military rations being embezzled. Back then this case was a sensation, so you must have heard of it. In this case there were many officials involved, even the assistant minister of the Ministry of revenue was involved."

Luo Shuyu didn't say anything, but he observed Chen Rong's expression carefully, and when Li Mingjin mentioned the case, the smile on Chen Rong's face froze for a moment.

Chen Rong also observed the expressions of the two of them, he took a deep breath and said: "The reason you called me here today is to discuss the details of this case with me?"

Li Mingjin shook his head and said: "What do you think?"

Chen Rong: "Your Highness, you may as well speak directly."

Li Mingjin: "Well, I know you are a straightforward person. I did investigate your identity the first time you entered my mansion. There is nothing wrong with your identity, your past is very simple, however this simple past is not enough for you to have the determination to help me, I want to know if you are hiding something from us. "

Chen Rong smiled relievedly: "It turns out that Your Highness has doubted my identity for a long time."

Yes, Li Mingjin doubted his identity before, but he never confirmed it. This time, an old case showed up suddenly, and he figured it out right away, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to call Chen Rong over when Luo Shuyu brought it up, and now he still wanted to get the correct answer from Chen Rong.

Li Mingjin: "I don't want to know the reason why you joined my group from other people."

Chen Rong was a smart person, he looked at Luo Shuyu, this time he didn't call him with honorific title: "What about you?"

Luo Shuyu said: "Your Highness and I have the same thoughts."

Chen Rong picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Yes, I have a very close relationship with the Chen family."

Luo Shuyu saw that Chen Rong's expression began to sink, and he had a premonition that what Chen Rong was going to say next might not be as easy as he imagined.

If the Chen family returned to their hometown safe and sound, So why did Chen Rong live in another family with the surname Chen? Was it another kind of concealing someone's identity with the same surname.

Luo Shuyu tried to calm himself down: "There are various types of relationship, who are you in the Chen family?"

Chen Rong said: "From the seniority in the family, I'm your older cousin."

Luo Shuyu didn't expect to recognize relatives so quickly.

Li Mingjin: "Are you sure? How can you prove that you are from the Chen family?"

Chen Rong said, "Wait for a while, I will send someone back to pick up something. I thought about confessing my identity to you, but I never found a chance. "

He asked his personal attendant to go back and get something.

Chapter 76 Part 2

While waiting, Chen Rong told them some details about "The Gucheng's grain Case".

Chen Rong: "The Gucheng's grain case is actually far from being as simple as we imagined. There are still many details in it. Before my father left, he left a note in which he described the details of the Gucheng's grain case. In fact, my father and the other sentenced officials were framed by others. Until now, the whereabouts of those grains are still unknown. But now, since someone uses those batch of silver, then it must be related to this case. I went to the capital to investigate this matter secretly. But all the evidence has long been covered up, but I have also found a few people and found some evidence, and everything led me to the Yan family. Four years ago, I was almost discovered during the investigation, so I went to your door."

Li Mingjin raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to hide in my mansion?"

Chen Rong said frankly: "I did have this intention at the beginning. At that time, from my point of view, the Third Prince's Mansion had less right and wrong and few people paid attention to it, so it was very suitable place for me to stay and inquire about some things secretly. However, I didn't expect His Majesty to give marriage for both of you, so I changed my mind later. "

"You already knew about my relationship with you, but you still didn't tell me." Luo Shuyu was a little angry, but he didn't know why he was angry.

A look of grief and indignation flashed across Chen Rong's eyes and he said, "I can't say that my grandfather was murdered when he returned to his hometown, and I could only drift and live without purpose. Only the dead will not leak the secrets, nor will they think about overturning the case."

[苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng: to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence]

Luo Shuyu's hands trembled slightly: "What did you say? Grandfather was killed on the way back to his hometown?"

Chen Rong recalled the past and said: "Yes, not only grandfather, my father and mother, everyone in the family was killed except me. I was hidden in the grass by my grandfather and father to escape the catastrophe. Later, by coincidence, I was rescued by a couple surnamed Chen who were passing by. Their son caught a cold on the way and passed away, later they raised me as their own son, so no one knows my true identity, and I'm actually happy that both of you doubt me because of my surname Chen today."

Luo Shuyu's eyes turned red: " I don't know, I thought my grandfather didn't contact me after my mother passed away because my father cut off the relationship between the two families."

Li Mingjin handed the handkerchief to Luo Shuyu: "Is this the truth?"

Chen Rong: "Yes, I want revenge, that's why I went the capital."

Li Mingjin frowned and said, "Why did no one know about the death of the Chen family?"

Chen Rongdao: "Someone has been falsifying the signs that our Chen family is still alive. Although it's not seamless heavenly clothes, it's enough to pass off as genuine. Moreover, our Chen family is guilty. No one will notice the abnormality of our family. Even if there are people who sense the abnormality, they will also feel that it's quite normal, just like the third imperial concubine, because of the long distance and the death of his mother, he is further away from us."

[天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng: seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless]

Luo Shuyu recalled the letter he found when he just came back: "Grandfather left a letter to mother before he left the capital. When he wrote this letter, did he predict his own future?"

Chen Rong: "Yes, I just didn't expect it to come so suddenly and so fast."

Speaking of this, the person who went back to the yard to get something came back, and the thing he brought was a sandalwood box.

After Chen Rong opened the box, he handed one of the jade pendants inside to Luo Shuyu: "This is our family's ancestral jade pendant. As long as you are the descendant of the Chen family you will have a piece, you have it too."

Luo Shuyu picked up the transparent jade pendant and nodded: "I have it too, it was left to me by my mother."

Chen Rong: "There is also a note and account book that grandfather stuffed me when he hid me. I think that note is the reason why our Chen family can't survive."

Luo Shuyu wiped away his tears and asked, "Is my mother's departure also related to this?"

Not long after an accident happened in the Chen family, his mother died all of a sudden because of poisoning.

Li Mingjin: "Isn't my mother-in-law poisoned by Liu Shi?"

Luo Shuyu: "To put it bluntly, in fact, I have always felt that my father knew about my mother's poisoning, and after I learned the truth that Liu Shi was the one who poisoned my mother, he always wanted to save her. Later, he suddenly supported me, he seemed to have figured out something, it was a bit like treating Liu Shi as a scapegoat. Can we go to the nunnery and ask Liu Shi? Is there anything else she hasn't said? "

Li Mingjin was a little guilty, Liu Shi had already passed away, and it was impossible to come back to life.

He thought it would be better to take advantage of today to tell the truth. After hesitating for a moment, Li Mingjin said: "Yu'er, there is something I haven't told you, and I won't keep it from you today."

Luo Shuyu looked at Li Mingjin incredulously: "Do you still have something to hide from me?"

Li Mingjin: "I'm sorry, before I thought it didn't matter if you didn't know, but today I don't want to hide it from you either. It's about Liu Shi, your father didn't want to send her to a nunnery, so he found a prisoner on death row to replace her, and sent Liu Shi back to Luo family's hometown. But on the way back, their group met a bandit and died."

Was Liu Shi dead?

From Li Mingjin's point of view, it was true that Luo Shuyu couldn't be told about Liu Shi's death, so as not to increase his troubles.

Luo Shuyu: "I'm not angry with you, but, the truth about my mother's poisoning..."

Chen Rong: "Actually, I found something related to your father. I don't know if it will be useful for the truth about my aunt's death."

Luo Shuyu: "What did you find out?"

76 Part 3

Chen Rong: "Luo Renshou actually has contacts with the Yan family. I also discovered it by accident, he is very slippery and cautious in doing things. It's difficult to catch him."

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu had already begun to accept Chen Rong's new identity.

In fact, Chen Rong had been staying with them in Gucheng for many years, and had already gotten along with them. Apart from concealing his identity as the Chen family's only son, he basically had dug his heart out for them in other aspects. Now that they had spoken, it was more natural for the three of them to get along.

Li Mingjin: "I really didn't realize this, if he has contacts with the Yan family, doesn't that mean that the matter of mother-in-law has something to do with him? "

Luo Shuyu's heart felt cold at the moment. In his previous life, he still had some expectations for this father. But now, the more he dug down, the more he discovered that his father was an unfathomable person, and there were many unknown and dirty things hidden in him. Luo Renshou was more terrifying than he imagined.

After proving his identity, Chen Rong felt relaxed, but now it was Luo Shuyu whose complexion was getting worse and worse.

The Luo family and the Chen family were a bunch of things.

It was not that Luo Shuyu didn't think about Liu Shi's murder of his mother, but he thought it must be Luo Renshou who instigated her and lent her a knife to kill his mother.

[借刀杀人jiè dāo shā rén: to lend sb a knife to kill sb (idiom); to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another]

Luo Shuyu guessed: "After the Chen family was wiped out, my mother was also murdered. Maybe Liu Shi's poison wouldn't have killed my mother, but if someone knew about her poisoning, and secretly wanted my mother's life, only Luo Renshou could know about this matter. "

Chen Rong: "But you have no evidence."

Luo Shuyu: "There will be no evidence at all. Now I suspect that Liu Shi's younger brother and that maid stayed there on purpose. They are the direct evidence pointing to Liu Shi, and the instigator behind the scenes could completely escape, and no one will think that the instigator is him. "

Luo Renshou was the only one who could do this. Everything could only be arranged by him, there would be no one else.

If he was indeed in the same group as the Yan family, then he and the Chen family were at odds!

If Luo Shuyu hadn't been reborn, all of this would have been covered up.

Since they came to Gucheng, they paid relatively less attention to the Luo family's affairs. But now, they must also focus on Luo Renshou!

Luo Shuyu didn't expect to be pushed to this point step by step. His mother's death was just the beginning, and he suffered such misfortune just because he blocked the way of others.

Li Mingjin tightly held Luo Shuyu's cold hand: "Don't worry, we will send someone to investigate this matter carefully. If the Luo family and the Yan family really collude, I will definitely not let them go."

The collusion between the Yan family and the officials in the court was deeper than what they imagined. Fortunately, they discovered Chen Rong's identity in time.

Chen Rong: "How about this, Your Highness, since the fourth prince has already found out about the matter of Gucheng's grain case, why don't I guide them to find out more."

Luo Shuyu hurriedly stopped him: "No, you can't be in danger!"

He just confirmed that he was his relative, or maybe the only relative left of the Chen family, so he couldn't watch him take the risks.

Chen Rong coughed and said: "Don't worry, I finally reunited with my cousin, so I won't make fun of my life. I will send another person to contact the fourth prince secretly. The other party is also a victim of this case like me. With this case, I want to find out how many people are related to the Yan family behind the scenes. This is a breakthrough to knock down the Yan family."

If the Lin family could fall quickly because of lack of background, but the Yan family was different, it was too difficult to bring it down without a fatal reason.

Nowadays, Emperor Tiansheng could still suppress the Yan family. But if Emperor Tiansheng left suddenly, the Yan family would definitely send the crown prince to the throne directly, and then it would be difficult for them to make a comeback.

Now that the matter was over, both Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were willing to listen to Chen Rong. Because on this matter, he had been planning longer than them, he was more clear about the details than them, and his heart for revenge was stronger.

Chen Rong took his jade pendant back to his yard.

The roasted sweet potatoes on the table were cold, Luo Shuyu broke off a small piece and put it into his mouth: "Your Highness, this sweet potato is no longer sweet."

Li Mingjin wiped away his tears: "Then I will roast another one."

Luo Shuyu nodded: "Yes."

Luo Shuyu had nightmares in the night due to his emotional ups and downs during the day.

For a while he dreamed of Li Mingjin who was covered in blood, for a while he dreamed of Luo Renshou who was slashing at him with a knife, and for a while it was his mother who was bleeding from all seven orifices.

Li Mingjin shook him to wake him up: "Yu'er, wake up, you are having a nightmare!"

Luo Shuyu looked at Li Mingjin in confusion: "Your Highness, don't die, what should I do if you die?"

Li Mingjin didn't know what he dreamed of, so he could only comfort him: "As long as you live, I will live, and I will not die."

Luo Shuyu calmed down, he leaned on his chest, unable to sleep, he said to Li Mingjin in a crying voice: "Your Highness, tell me something embarrassing about you. Please, make me happy."

Li Mingjin pursed his lips: "I have nothing embarrassing."

Luo Shuyu: "It's a lie."

Li Mingjin: "No."

Luo Shuyu: "It's a lie."

Li Mingjin: "Does it count if my concubine mother let me wear the girls clothes?"

Luo Shuyu: "Yes."

The two chatted nonchalantly, and fell asleep near dawn.

After crying for a while, when Luo Shuyu woke up the next day, his mood became much more stable.

It was snowing outside again, Li Mingjin went to the study, Luo Shuyu wanted to go to him after lunch.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he saw An San who was walking across the roof, and he stopped him: "An San, come down and ask you something."

Immediately, An San jumped in front of Luo Shuyu: "I don't know what orders the master has. "

Luo Shuyu: "You have been with His Highness for so many years, do you know what embarrassing things he has?"

An San asked him cautiously: "Master, can you increase the salary of the little one if I speak well?"

Luo Shuyu chuckled: "Tell me about it first."

An San recalled for a moment and said: "The last time His Highness injured his leg, it wasn't from jumping off a cliff."

Luo Shuyu: "Huh? Do you mean the injury before we got married?"

An San nodded sharply: "Yes, His Highness was injured because of jumping over the wall when he went to see you secretly at night."

Luo Shuyu's face was very calm, he turned around and walked towards the study. Li Mingjin happened to open the window and saw Luo Shuyu who was walking towards this side, so he jumped out of the window and went to Luo Shuyu.

Li Mingjin asked him: "Yu'er, do you still want to eat roasted sweet potatoes today?"

Luo Shuyu stared down at his legs without speaking, and Li Mingjin's sharp eyes saw the back of An San who was walking away on tiptoe like a thief, and his heart skipped a beat.

The author has something to say:

The Third Prince: Wife, let's be realistic today!

Luo Shuyu: Oh?

The Third Prince: I'm a doctor, and you are my patient. You ask me about andrology. During the consultation, you fall in love with me at first sight, and you really fall in love with me!

Luo Shuyu: All right, but in fact, you are my substitute for Bai Yueguang...

The Third Prince: How can you have Bai Yueguang?

Luo Shuyu: Can't I have Bai Yueguang?

The Third Prince: No, you can't have Bai Yueguang.

Luo Shuyu: Alright, let's start the game again.

Chapter 77 Unbelievable News

Luo Shuyu, who had just recalled Li Mingjin's injury, bit his lower lip.

After entering the study, Luo Shuyu narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Mingjin: "Your Highness."

When Li Mingjin looked at his expression, he knew there must be something wrong, and somehow he felt a little guilty when he responded: "Huh?" He tried hard to think about whether he had done anything wrong recently.

Luo Shuyu put his hands on the desk: "Be a sincere person?"

Li Mingjin raised his hand and swore: "I'm absolutely sincere in front of you, always frank."

Luo Shuyu pointed to his feet: "I heard that when we got married, His Highness's feet didn't get hurt because of running away from the bandits."

Li Mingjin: "..." It must be the little bastard An San, "Well, the situation at that time really made me hard to explain. I, just thought, since the misunderstanding had already reached to this point, then, just let it go."

Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness think he is sincere now."

Li Mingjin scratched the back of his head: "It's all been discovered, if I don't tell the truth, you won't be angry with me."

Luo Shuyu took the brush and stained it with ink: "Then do you think I'm not angry now?"

Li Mingjin: "Then, what should I do to make you stop being angry? I was wrong, and I shouldn't have kept this matter from you."

Luo Shuyu could understand why Li Mingjin didn't tell the truth at that time, and if it was him, he also wouldn't say the truth at that time. After all, they just got married, and they were still in the situation of not trusting someone, but when he thought about it now, he was still angry.

He hooked his fingers towards Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, come closer."

Li Mingjin approached him obediently, and Lu Shuyu ordered him: "Close your eyes."

Li Mingjin closed his eyes obediently.

Luo Shuyu quickly raised the brush in his hand and drew a few strokes on his face.

Li Mingjin: "...Did you draw something on my face?"

Luo Shuyu drew something on Li Mingjin's face for the first time, so he laughed and said: "It's kind of ugly, hahahahaha!"

Li Mingjin opened his eyes, snatched the brush from his hand, and he also wanted to draw on his face. But it was impossible for Luo Shuyu to obediently let him draw, so he ran away.

Li Mingjin: "Don't run, let me draw!"

Luo Shuyu: "In your dreams!"

Li Mingjin: "I'll catch you soon."

Luo Shuyu: "How dare you?"

Li Mingjin: "Dare!"

Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness will sleep on the couch tonight."

Li Mingjin: "I still want to draw even though I will sleep on the small couch tonight."

Luo Shuyu: "No, it's too ugly, hahaha, I don't want to be as ugly as you."

There was no overnight feud between husband and wife. In the end, both of them could only fetch water to wash their faces, which was enough.

Unknowingly, the Spring Festival came, and the farmers began to pray for favorable weather. Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu also went to sprinkle a few drops of water.

[风调雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn : favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops]

Nowadays Gucheng not only could be self-sufficient, but also could enrich their granary. Li Mingjin had made this place become rich place.

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin returned to their original positions on the city wall.

Today's city walls had already been strengthened, as far as the eyes could see, Gucheng had become the place they imagined before.

In addition, Gucheng had expanded several times. In the past three years, because Gucheng had become more stable, the population had increased by tens of thousands compared with the beginning. Many refugees who couldn't survive in the north were willing to go to this place.

Not only the common people of Daxia who couldn't survive came to Gucheng to seek a way, even some small tribes in Guiyan Kingdom were willing to serve Li Mingjin.

Gucheng offered different policies for different people and different races.

Li Mingjin was no longer the inexperienced leader he was three years ago. Maybe he would make some small mistakes, but he was absolutely clear about major issues. What was more, if he made mistakes, he must correct them.

For the small tribes from Guiyan Kingdom, he made many different policies. Of course, the common people of Daxia were definitely given more preferential treatment.

Although there was still some small disturbances here in Gucheng, but the development was going smoothly.

Over there in the capital, there were also people who were working. The crown prince and the Yan family were completely integrated. They were still waiting wholeheartedly for the death of Emperor Tiansheng, and preparing for the crown prince's enthronement in the future.

However, Emperor Tiansheng had been quite energetic recently. Although he still had depression in his heart, he already had his own way to resolve it after fighting the Yan family for so many years. What was more, he seemed to be rejuvenated now. He thought that getting along with Concubine Mei was not bad, the two of them experienced the joy of farming everyday. Their bodies had become more healthy, and they ate more rigorously everyday. The crown prince and the Yan family also couldn't find a chance to poison him.

The empress had separated from Emperor Tiansheng since a long time ago, of course she couldn't get closer to him.

What the crown prince and the Yan family didn't expect was that there was another group of people in the palace protecting Emperor Tiansheng, and that was Concubine Wei who had always been calm.

Emperor Tiansheng and the old General Wei often played chess together, Emperor Tiansheng and him had a heart-to-heart relationship. He told General Wei that calling him back to the court was not to take away his military power, but he himself hoped that he could comply the Mandate of heaven. Where there was a start, there was a finish, instead of worrying about those unfilial sons everyday.

[善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng: where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish]

The old General Wei understood in an instant, and cooperated with Emperor Tiansheng. Before he knew it, the guards around him were gradually replaced by soldiers led by Emperor Tiansheng and the Old General Wei, and anyone could tell at a glance whether they had been on the battlefield or not.

Of course, the Old General Wei wouldn't completely believe what Emperor Tiansheng said, he only brought up this matter after he returned to the capital for more than three years. But Emperor Tiansheng replaced his fear of death with the feelings of an emperor and his ministers. It sounded good, but Old General Wei just felt that he was not strong enough. Emperor Tiansheng was too calculating. If he really believed in him, all these dealings would be for nothing, and his son (Concubine Wei) had been in the palace for so many years for nothing.

They were all a group of people with their own plans.

The fourth prince's secret investigation of the Gucheng's grain case didn't go very smoothly, but fortunately, Shen Mingyun and Chen Rong secretly helped him and he could get a lot of useful evidence.

The Yan family was not a piece of iron. Some people could gain fame and fortune because they participated in the battle, while the others had no money or power. There were still a lot of bad things at home, the more people in the backyard, the easier it was to catch fire, and the more beneficial information would be available.

The fourth prince was good at sociability. He drank with this group of officials today, and then went to brothels with those officials tomorrow. He also secretly gave away all the beauties that could be sent out. He also had a brothel of his own, all of people inside were stunning, smart and talented. But they could stir up trouble only when they entered the backyard of the Yan family.

The evidence of the Gucheng's grain case gradually became abundant, and more and more truths came to surface.

Of course, the current evidence for Gucheng's grain case was not enough to overthrow the Yan family, and a piece of evidence was still needed to finally sentence them to death.

What should he do?

Shen Mingyun had been living in the fourth prince's mansion since he gave birth. His child was naturally very popular. Emperor Tiansheng often invited him into the palace just to get a better look at his son. It seemed that the emperor's grandson still could play a very important role.

It was indeed a good choice to win over Emperor Tiansheng with a child. Because today's Emperor Tiansheng just wanted to enjoy the happiness of family, and he really had it in his arms.

The fourth prince could get a lot of benefits from Emperor Tiansheng through his own son.

However, because of the child, Shen Mingyun often quarreled with the fourth prince. The fourth prince felt that since Shen Mingyun had already become the fourth prince's imperial concubine and the biological father of the child, he should take good care of the child. However, Shen Mingyun also felt that the fourth prince, as the father of the child, should also take care of the child. He shouldn't stay outside all day long, and every time when he came back he always had the smell of alcohol, Shen Mingyun drove him to the study several times to sleep.

The fourth prince went to sleep in the study when he was angry, and would come back the next day to seek peace with Shen Mingyun. This kind of life was often repeated. Shen Mingyun felt that it was only natural for the fourth prince to do this, but in fact, the fourth prince felt a little annoyed.

The Fourth Prince felt that in terms of feelings, Shen Mingyun only accepted, didn't know how to give at all, and asked too much. He didn't allow him to do this, and didn't allow him to do that.

The relationship between the two of them had long since become dull, the more he let Shen Mingyun climb over him, the more Shen Mingyun didn't know how to improve. The fourth prince felt that he had nothing to say to him anymore, many reasons were easy to understand, but he was like a fool.

Another thing that the fourth prince couldn't accept was that Shen Mingyun was full of foul language, he was really vulgar, and he also, didn't like to read books. Sometimes the fourth prince wanted to discuss some ancient people with him, but he always looked confused and then disdainful.

The fourth prince really regretted it, and he wanted to break up with Shen Mingyun countless times.

However for the sake of the great cause, he could only continue to endure it, but he spent more and more time outside on weekdays, and sometimes he didn't go home to sleep.

Shen Mingyun realized later that the fourth prince was a little cold towards him, and began to panic.

After all, he came from modern times. He had seen too many tricks of coaxing girlfriend before. So in order to save his relationship with the fourth prince, Shen Mingyun made a huge surprise on his birthday and gave him a gift.

After that the fourth prince treated him better again. In short, the relationship between the two was stable on the surface, but the cracks had already appeared.

Although Shen Mingyun could save his marriage with the fourth prince, his desire for the outside world still hadn't stopped.

His son was gradually growing up, and he didn't need to stare at him everyday. Moreover, there were several wet nurses in the mansion, who could play with him and take care of him. After all, he was the real eldest grandson of Emperor Tiansheng, and no one would offend Shen Mingyun if they had eyes.

Shen Mingyun, who got a lot of compliments, also began to swell.

Spring in the capital was just the time when the scenery was recovering. When Shen Mingyun heard that there was offering sacrifices to the god outside that was worth seeing, he took advantage of the child's nap, changed his clothes and led people out of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

Shen Mingyun just wanted to go out for a walk, it was indeed made him bored to stay in the mansion everyday, and the Fourth Prince was too busy, so he couldn't accompany him most of the time.

Although the relationship between the two had recovered now, both of them were focusing on their careers, and there was less time to come out together, so Shen Mingyun simply slipped out by himself for a walk.

He didn't have a big goal, he just wanted to go out to eat and drink, watch the sacrificial performance and so on, and then went back to the mansion to take care of the baby.

Shen Mingyun bought a bag of melon seeds, he kept peeling the shells of melon seeds while watching the sacrificial performance from the sidelines.

In the middle of the sacrificial performance, the system that hadn't issued a task to him for a long time suddenly made a movement.

[System task: Please rescue the man who is lying on the sacrificial altar. After completing the task, you can get 300 points. 】

300 points!

It had been a long time since he received such a high-point task, he must complete it!

Shen Mingyun had indeed done many tasks in the mansion, but they didn't hurt, didn't tickle. However it was a pity to discard them even though they were tasteless.

[不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng: doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not getting to any matter of substance; scratching the surface; superficial; perfunctory]

There was indeed a half-naked man on the sacrificial altar. The system didn't say why it wanted him to save that man. Shen Mingyun believed that the system was doing it for his own good, so he immediately chose to save the man.

He was surrounded by the experts left to him by the Fourth Prince. Although he came out to play, after the previous kidnapping incident, he was quite afraid of death.

Shen Mingyunquan was also a little clever, he asked people to shout that there was a thief in the crowd, and the sacrificial scene became chaotic. Shen Mingyun took advantage of the chaos and asked people to steal the man on the sacrificial altar.

The man should lose consciousness, so he had no reaction at all.

Shen Mingyun asked the experts to send the man to an inconspicuous small inn. The man looked really good, because his upper half body was naked, he could see that the muscles on his body were very even. It was a physique that Shen Mingyun was very envious of. Unfortunately, now he was a ger, and he couldn't practice to get that kind of muscle.

While Shen Mingyun was drooling, the man on the bed woke up.

As soon as the man opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful young man staring straight at him. The man was very vigilant, and he stretched out his hand to grab Shen Mingyun's neck!

Shen Mingyun was almost fainted because of him, but luckily the expert he brought quickly separated them, after that Shen Mingyun took a while to catch his breath.

After being able to catch his breath, Shen Mingyun who was a vengeful man, kicked the man's chest immediately: "I saved you, but you actually bite the hand that feeds you!"

[恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu bàoto: bite the hand that feeds one (idiom), to requite kindness with enmity]

The man fell back on the bed again, clutching his chest and coughing heavily.

After back and forth, the atmosphere between the two eased.

It was only then that Shen Mingyun realized that this man was not from Daxia Kingdom, and his accent didn't sound like someone from the capital.

Shen Mingyun asked him: "You are not from Daxia, where are you from?"

The man hesitated and said, "I..."

Shen Mingyun: "Be honest, since I saved you, I will definitely not harm you."

The man clutched his chest and felt that he was about to vomit blood, his mind spinned fast, his face softened and then he introduced himself: "I'm from Guiyan Kingdom, my name is Ha Chi, I'm a businessman, and I want to do business with people in the capital of Daxia Kingdom. But who would have thought that I was deceived halfway. I was tied up by human traffickers and sent to those mobs. They said that they would sacrifice me, if not for the benefactor, I would have been sunk in the river by now."

"So you're just a businessman." Shen Mingyun thought to himself that the men recommended to him by the system should all have status. This person must be more than just a businessman. "Isn't your Guiyan Kingdom in the north? What kind of business do you want to do? Do you want to sell sheep?"

Ha Chi: "Then this young master doesn't know, in addition to selling sheep, our grassland also has mines. I'm here to do jade business."

Shen Mingyun: "So that's how it is." He thought that the fourth prince now needed a legitimate way to become an emperor. If he had jade mine, it would be easy. It seemed that the system was right, it was useful for him to save this man. "Jade, it should be able to make a lot of money."

People in Daxia's capital were either wealthy or respectable people, and jade was also a good way to make money. The fourth prince was short of money now, but he still didn't know if the identity of the other party was true or not.

Shen Mingyun was smart for a while, he ordered someone to stare at Ha Chi here, and then returned to the fourth prince's mansion.

As soon as he returned, he found that his son was crying. The fourth prince came back early today and wanted to have dinner with Shen Mingyun, but who knew where he went, his son was still crying, and when Shen Mingyun came back, he was still coaxing his son.

The fourth prince turned a blind eye to the fact that Shen Mingyun liked to run outside: "Mingyun, why did you run out, our son was crying so hard that he was almost dumb."

Shen Mingyun: "Didn't I just come back, I went out to buy some snacks, don't be so serious. By the way, I saved someone today."

The Fourth Prince had some shadows about Shen Mingyun saving someone: "You saved someone again? Is it a man?"

Shen Mingyun didn't care at all that the fourth prince's face darkened slightly: "Yes, a man."

The fourth prince handed the child over to the nanny, and then he asked Shen Mingyun: "Why do you save anyone indiscriminately?"

Shen Mingyun: "This man is very useful." He asked the servants to go out first, and then said in a low voice, "This man said he came from the Guiyan Kingdom, he is a jade seller. I also thought of a way to make money."

Hearing that he could make money, the fourth prince's face softened a bit: "How do you say it?"

Shen Mingyun whispered his plan to him. He had a lot of ideas, so he came up with a secure successful sales plan.

For example, the very classic marketing case of "Diamond is forever, one diamond will last forever"

Originally, people in Daxia admired jade. If he could come up with some styles, the rare things were more expensive, engaged in hunger marketing, and then raised the price, how could no one buy them?

The fourth prince was very interested in this matter, and he said that he wanted to meet that man first.

The next day, the Fourth Prince and Shen Mingyun went to see Ha Chi.

After communicating with the other party, the fourth prince knew that this person was not just a simple businessman, only Shen Mingyun would believe his one-sided words.

However, it didn't matter as long as they could cooperate.

The fourth prince began to test the real identity of this person.

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu who were far away in Gucheng just received a news.

The little prince of the Guiyan Kingdom sneaked into the businessman team and went to the capital.

Luo Shuyu's first reaction was: Keep an eye on Shen Mingyun!

These princes liked to go to Shen Mingyun's side, so as long as they could find Shen Mingyun's whereabouts, they could catch this little prince.

Li Mingjin didn't doubt what he said, so he rushed to send a letter to the capital immediately. If they could capture the little prince of the Guiyan Kingdom, they could foil them again.

At night, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were lying on the bed. They had just finished a round of exercise. Both of them felt a little hot. Before they could fall asleep, they talked about the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom and Shen Mingyun.

"Yu'er, why are you so sure that the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom will meet that cousin of yours?"

"Because he is different, that is, some people have aura that can always attract some weird people. Isn't this little prince also a weird person?"

"He is the cruelest prince in the Guiyan Kingdom. I heard that being his prisoner will not end well. If you don't die, then you will be stripped of your skin."

"Someone like him should be arrested." Moreover, he shouldn't be allowed to cooperate with Shen Mingyun.

In the book, there was a character of Prince from Guiyan Kingdom, who also fell in love with Shen Mingyun at first sight. If the fourth prince hadn't watched him closely, Shen Mingyun would have been kidnapped by the little prince Hachi to the Guiyan Kingdom as his concubine.

It was also because of the relationship between Shen Mingyun and Prince Ha Chi that during the period when the fourth prince was still vying for the throne, the Guiyan Kingdom never invaded Daxia.

Now, the prince of Guiyan Kingdom had arrived in the capital later than expected, and he didn't know what would happen.

Half a month later, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu got a piece of news that they couldn't believe.

Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi eloped!

The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, let's not follow the realistic style, let's follow the future interstellar campus style!

Luo Shuyu: As long as you are happy.

The Third Prince: I'm a strong ALPHA, you are a weak OMEGA, you love me to death, but I don't like you, you plan to seduce me when you are in estrus for the first time...

Luo Shuyu: On the day when the estrus should happen, I receive the medical examination report from the hospital. It turns out I have glandular cancer, and I have an operation to remove the glands that day.

The Third Prince: ...

Chapter 78

The prince's imperial concubine of a country eloped with someone? It sounded like a joke, so ridiculous.

This matter could be big or small, but it would still greatly affect the reputation of the royal family of the Daxia Kingdom.

Luo Shuyu wasn't worried, and it took half a month for the news to spread to them. Presumably the matter was really urgent, but it was suppressed by the Fourth Prince.

Now was the critical period for the fourth prince, how could he allow himself to have a scandal.

The fourth prince reacted quickly, and he immediately told others that the fourth prince's imperial concubine was kidnapped when he went outside. But the real situation was Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi left the capital. As for where they went, the fourth prince really didn't know.

Shen Mingyun not only failed to see the larger issue, but he also didn't even have the most basic principles of being a fulang.

[不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ: to fail to see the larger issue (idiom); unaware of the general interest]

The fourth prince really wanted to chop him to death. After three years of marriage, did he not love their family at all? Their baby had just been born!

But even though he was so angry, he still had to send someone to bring Shen Mingyun back.

He could say that Shen Mingyun was really stupid to leave with stranger, but even though he was stupid, he still left a letter for the fourth prince. In the letter he said that he didn't like the kind of life of being detained in the backyard, the world was so big, he wanted to go out and have a look, he wanted to start a jade business with Ha Chi, accumulated more wealth for the fourth prince, so they could conquer the world for their son.

Shen Mingyun felt that everyone who read it could feel the deep feeling inside and couldn't help feeling moved.

Shen Mingyun really regarded the Fourth Prince as a brainless NPC in the game.

If the fourth prince was really a love brain, he would be very moved at this time, but unfortunately the fourth prince was not, he always thought clearly. He had seen clearly what kind of person Shen Mingyun was, he was just a selfish person, someone who only cared about his own mood, regardless of the life and death of others.

It was okay if he wanted to see the world, but it must be after he ascended the throne. After Shen Mingyun was no longer useful, he could go anywhere, but not now!

The fourth prince's eyeliner was everywhere in the capital, so it was not that difficult for him to check someone.

As a foreigner, Ha Chi had a range of activities. As a foreigner who looked different from Daxia people, he was easy to be remembered.

The fourth prince had been fighting for so many years, and he also had investigated many cases. Shen Mingyun was a sloppy person, so he must have left a lot of clues. Following these clues, Shen Mingyun could be found naturally.

As for the abnormality of Shen Mingyun, after all these years of getting along, the fourth prince found out that Shen Mingyun had never used anything against him, so he could rest assured. After all, there was still a son between them, and the current relationship between the two was not bad.

The current relationship between the two was not bad, but the fourth prince was still afraid of the unknown thing, but he also knew that the unknown thing wouldn't hurt him, and if it really wanted to harm him, his bones had already been gone.

The only thing that disgusted the fourth prince was that Shen Mingyun really liked saving wild men, and these men had the same build and appearance. He always liked to get mixed up with these wild men, and what was even more puzzling was that he liked to call them elder brother, he simply had lost his mind.

If he brought Shen Mingyun back this time, he wouldn't touch him again. Who knew what they had done outside, it was really annoying.

Fortunately, he still had a son!

When the fourth prince was holding his son, he felt for a moment that he was like a poor wife who had been abandoned at home, and Shen Mingyun was the flamboyant man who abandoned his wife and son. It was quite ridiculous when he thought about it.

One day, Shen Mingyun would regret the decision he made today.

The world was so big, who didn't want to see it? But they had to have the ability to do it.

If he didn't care about the consequences like this, the responsibility he would bear would be heavier, and the consequences would be more serious.

However, the fourth prince still underestimated Shen Mingyun's wildness and the power of the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom in the capital.

The fourth prince turned the capital upside down but still couldn't find Shen Mingyun. His movement looking for someone was not small. Within three days, everyone in the capital knew that the fourth prince's imperial concubine had been kidnapped.

But it was different from before, back then Luo Shuyu was held hostage by an assassin in broad daylight, everyone saw it with their own eyes. Later the third prince even led the troops to rescue the third imperial concubine. Their experience had become a good story. Until today there were still many storytellers in the restaurants telling the fantasy love story between the two of them with twists and turns that tortured the heart, body and lungs.

But the fourth prince and his imperial concubine were different. Did the fourth prince say that the fourth imperial concubine was kidnapped? But they didn't see it, and there were no witnesses to see it. On the contrary, some people jumped out and said that they had seen the fourth imperial concubine entered the inn with a strange man, and this matter spread quickly.

They were afraid that it wasn't the fourth imperial concubine was kidnapped, but the truth was he eloped with someone.

What else the fourth prince could do, he could only bear it, gritted his teeth and swallowed blood. Every time he heard these almost truthful comments, he couldn't wait to kill Shen Mingyun, how could he marry this shameful thing!

hen everyone didn't know where Shen Mingyun had gone, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin had ordered their people to keep an eye on the people who entered the city recently.

Today, Li Mingjin's power development was not only in Gucheng, he already had mutual exchange of assistance with several neighboring cities, everyone could earn money and grow food together. He was also willing to do anything that was beneficial to the common people, therefore Gucheng became more and more united with the three surrounding cities.

[互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú: mutual exchange of assistance (idiom); to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls]

If Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi really wanted to cross the border, they really had to go through their Gucheng side.

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin didn't know what kind of dress Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi would wear this time, so they could only let their people pay more attention.

Only Luo Shuyu knew that it was really not difficult for Shen Mingyun to cross the border. He could exchange some points for a face-changing mask from the system, and it would be no problem to fool the guards. He felt that their efforts wouldn't be able to stop Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi, and their plan would fail.

But sometimes people really didn't have the final say on the development of things. There was a saying that 'man proposes but God disposes', and the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

Neither Luo Shuyu nor Li Mingjin thought of being able to stop Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi.

It was not raining today, it was sunny and windy, so it was suitable to go out.

Li Mingjin took Luo Shuyu to a mutton vermicelli restaurant in the city to dine. He always wanted to come to this place with Luo Shuyu for a long time, but they never had the chance.

"The haggis soup here is not bad, do you want to try it?"

Luo Shuyu nodded and said: "Your Highness, you can order a bowl, and I'll take a couple of sips."

He seldom ate haggis, but mutton at most. Li Mingjin was not particular about food, he could eat whatever he had, he was very easy to feed. But if every meal was meat, he would be very happy.

But in order to ensure a balanced diet, Luo Shuyu wouldn't let him eat and drink indiscriminately.

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu talked while eating.

Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness said last time that a storyteller told a story about the sea, how about we go and listen to it later?"

Li Mingjin: "Okay, I don't have any business today, so I'll just accompany you. That storyteller can not only tell story about the sea, but also about the desert."

While talking, someone at the door teased Li Mingjin: "Your Highness is definitely the representative of a good husband."

Lin Haiming, who was on duty, walked in with big strides. He sat down beside Li Mingjin,

and poured tea for himself skillfully.

Li Mingjin chased him away in disgust: "Go aside, don't disturb us to eat noodles."

Lin Haiming smiled at Luo Shuyu and said: "Your Highness, please, I finally met my sister-in-law so I should say hello, isn't it easy?"

Li Mingjin: "It must be nothing good to see you here, and this time you must want to ask about someone else's family's ger, right?"

Luo Shuyu smiled and said: "General Lin is not married yet, so it's understandable to be anxious."

During these years in Gucheng, Lin Haiming often received letters from his father urging him to get married, and now this matter was enough to make him headache.

With Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu as a model of loving couple, he also wanted to find a smart ger like Luo Shuyu to be his wife. A few days ago, he heard that there was a ger from a family in the north of the city who was handsome and gentle, proficient in the four arts, and the people who came to ask for marriage were lined up until reached Langcheng next door, so he asked Luo Shuyu to help him inquire about this ger.

[琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà: the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting); the accomplishments of a well-educated person]

As a matter of fact, it was fine if they didn't inquire, but once they inquired, there would be problems.

It turned out that because the parents loved the get dearly, the ger of this family had fat physique, and he was happy to partake but not prepared to do any work, so his figure was really undescribable. As for the so-called proficient in the four arts, his father made up nonsense in order to let people want to marry him.

[好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò: happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give]

After Lin Haiming heard Luo Shuyu's feedback, he was so scared that he didn't want to get married anymore!

Lin Haiming said: "I didn't come here to talk about marriage. I was interrupted by you, and I almost forgot to tell you something serious."

Li Mingjin felt vexed because he disturbed him and Luo Shuyu who were eating mutton noddles sweetly: "Can't we talk about it after we finish eating?"

Lin Haiming: "My sister-in-law doesn't mind, what do you mind?"

Over the years in Gucheng, the friendship between the two had grown to a higher level. People who were familiar with Li Mingjin were not afraid of him. Anyway, they would have a better relationship with him, because they could understand Li Mingjin's character better. He was upright and responsible, and the easiest time to see a person's character clearly was on the battlefield.

This was probably the charm of Li Mingjin's personality. Without saying too much, there would be a group of people willing to work hard for him, because he would also return the same sincerity to those who supported and loved him.

Li Mingjin: "What the hell are you trying to say?"

Lin Haiming pretended to be mysterious and said: "I caught two people in the inn just now because they wanted to leave without paying the bill. Guess what these two people said."

Luo Shuyu was very cooperative and asked, "What did they say?"

Lin Haiming: "They said they are jade merchants. Their purse was stolen and they had no money to pay the bill. They were almost taken away by the government."

Li Mingjin: "It's natural to pay off the debts, why didn't the government take them away?"

Lin Haiming: "Because I found the two of them a bit strange, so I took them away. The short man is actually a ger, with fair skin and tender flesh, which can be seen at a glance, but he still pretended to be a man. The other man is not like us Daxia people, he speaks with Guiyan accent, which is somewhat similar to the person you asked us to look for a few days ago."

Luo Shuyu became really interested, he said: "Where are the two of them now? Did you ask them about their identities?"

Lin Haiming: "I haven't asked in detail yet."

Luo Shuyu looked at Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, why don't we go and have a look." Maybe one of them was Shen Mingyun.

Of course, he just thought about it casually, how could Shen Mingyun fall into their hands so easily? it was impossible.

In fact, there was really such a coincidence.

When Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin came to Lin Haiming's place, they really saw Shen Mingyun.

They hadn't seen Shen Mingyun for many years, but Shen Mingyun's temperament really hadn't changed much. Before Luo Shuyu stepped into the room, he heard Shen Mingyun scolding the heaven and scolding his ancestors. He didn't know where he learned these swear words. Unlike a pampered prince's imperial concubine, he looked like a street shrew, which really opened Luo Shuyu's eyes. After all, Shen Mingyun had also stayed in the royal family for several years, so why hadn't he changed at all.

When he thought about it, the fourth prince who could gnaw Shen Mingyun's Bone really had quite a strong taste.

When he saw Luo Shuyu, Shen Mingyun's cursing stopped abruptly, and he said after a while, "Cousin Shuyu?"

Li Mingjin stood beside Luo Shuyu, he ignored Shen Mingyun who was making a fuss, but looked at the very calm man sitting beside him.

Li Mingjin took the initiative to speak: "Prince Ha Chi, I didn't expect to see you here."

They had fought at close range, so Li Mingjin recognized him, but Lin Haiming had never seen Ha Chi's true face.

Ha Chi gave Li Mingjin a thumbs up: "The Third Prince, it's good to see you."

Li Mingjin motioned to Lin Haiming: "Untie Prince Ha Chi, he is our important guest now."

Ha Chi: "It doesn't matter."

Shen Mingyun suddenly interjected: "What kind of prince are you talking about?"

Luo Shuyu told Shen Mingyun: "He is the little prince of the Guiyan Kingdom. Didn't you know since you came to Gucheng with him?"

Luo Shuyu really didn't know whether Shen Mingyun was confused or simply stupid. Luo Shuyu didn't even bother to tell him the truth, he had reached to this point and still didn't know that he was being held hostage.

Ha Chi didn't get any benefits in Daxia, so he naturally took away the stupid Shen Mingyun as a hostage, and the hostage was sent to his door on his own initiative.

Although he was defeated by Li Mingjin, Luo Shuyu didn't think that Ha Chi had no brains. He just lacked battlefield experience, which didn't mean he was mentally retarded. He was an expert in Gongdou. If he didn't have some brains, how could he have gone to Daxia to seek an alliance when there was turbulent juncture in Guiyan Kingdom.

[宫斗 gōng dòu: struggle in harem]

In fact, his luck was really good, because he could attract Shen Mingyun, an outlier. If Shen Mingyun went to Guiyan Kingdom, he would definitely be able to help him. Maybe Shen Mingyun could send him to the throne of Guiyan Kingdom in advance. Later he could join forces with the Fourth Prince, helping him win the throne, this was the development process in the book.

It was a pity that Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi were now in the hands of Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin, and they couldn't leave the country. His dream of seeing the world was also shattered at this moment.

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to the capital, directly telling the Fourth Prince that they had found his imperial concubine, and right now Shen Mingyun was in their hands and he was safe.

Shen Mingyun was in a daze, how dared he save an enemy prince?

But wasn't he a jade merchant?

Shen Mingyun, who was placed in Luo Shuyu's courtyard, was alone in the room and immediately asked what was going on to the system.

How could the enemy prince do jade business with him?

The system wanted to explain, but there was too much to explain, fearing that it would crash, so the system remained silent.

Its host was really stupid, it had been more than a month and he still hadn't figured out the key point.

Letting him have contact with the prince of Guiyan Kingdom was naturally to pave the way for the fourth prince. The jade business was only on the surface, but in fact it was to help his man.

After groping for a long time, Shen Mingyun was still confused by himself, so he could only go to Luo Shuyu.

Ever since Luo Shuyu entered the Third Prince's Mansion, they hardly could meet each other. Of course, Shen Mingyun wouldn't deliberately inquire about Luo Shuyu.

When Shen Mingyun came to see Luo Shuyu, he was also very rude, and even called Luo Shuyu cousin intimately.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Luo Shuyu felt uncomfortable: "Cousin Shuyu, why do you stay in such small place like Gucheng?"

"Please call me the third imperial concubine." We are just stranger.

Luo Shuyu tried his best to keep a distance from him.

Shen Mingyun felt that he had to lower his head since he stood under eaves, so he said very reluctantly: "Alright."

[人在屋檐下，不得不低頭 rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu: When a man stands under eaves, he has to lower his head (idiom), one often has to concede when he or she is in a disadvantaged position]

Luo Shuyu rolled his eyes in her heart and said: "What do you want me to do? If you need anything, you can ask the housekeeper."

Shen Mingyun said: "It doesn't matter, I just want to know something. Is this Ha Chi really the Prince of Guiyan Kingdom?"

Luo Shuyu looked at him with a half-smile: "Do you want get married with Ha Chi?"

Shen Mingyun's expression froze: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Luo Shuyu knew that he didn't like doctrine, but he just wanted to tell Shen Mingyun that this was the ancient times and not the modern times where he could do anything arbitrarily.

"Since you are married to the fourth brother, you must abide by the etiquette. A married person secretly goes to the enemy's country with a strange man. Who would know what happened to you on the way? Your reputation can't be guaranteed. In the future, I'm afraid that your children will have no face to see people."

Shen Mingyun's face turned green and pale because of Luo Shuyu's words, because he knew that Luo Shuyu was not aimless, and every sentence he said was to remind Shen Mingyun of the accusations and reality he would face after leaving the capital.

The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, we still use an interstellar campus story!

Luo Shuyu: All right.

The The third prince: I'm A, you are O, and you are my fiancé. We went to the same high school, and you still love me to the death. This time, you are in good health and have no terminal illness!

Luo Shuyu: Well, then?

The Third Prince: Then, in order to get my attention, you forcibly lived with me and slept on my bed.

Luo Shuyu: You always avoided me and not let me get close. I tried every means to get into your house, so I went over through the balcony. I didn't pay attention, and my feet slipped. I fell from the twenty-third floor and broke into a piece of cake.

The Third Prince: ...

Chapter 79 A fat man!

It was undeniable that Shen Mingyun really went in and out with Ha Chi for more than a month.

Of course, Shen Mingyun had a good face, so how could he admit his problem at this time, but he also thought that ancient people like Luo Shuyu were ignorant.

Shen Mingyun said forcefully: "I know that I'm innocent, so I have nothing to be afraid of."

Luo Shuyu turned the cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Of course it has nothing to do with me whether you are afraid or not, but since you asked me about Ha Chi, I must tell you about it."

Shen Mingyun didn't want to hear about Ha Chi anymore!

He felt that in Luo Shuyu's eyes, he was like a man who had cheated and never repented!

"I didn't do anything anyway."

Luo Shuyu suddenly teased him: "Ha Chi is the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom, and he will have the opportunity to inherit his father's throne in the future. It will be good if you can marry him, and maybe you can even fight for the position of Empress."

No matter how dull Shen Mingyun was, he still knew that Luo Shuyu's words were not good: "..." His sarcasm unexpectedly makes sense!

After Luo Shuyu kindly told Shen Mingyun the consequences word by word, Shen Mingyun was so angry that he returned to his room. After dinner, he was so out of breath that he passed out.

Luo Shuyu immediately sent someone to invite the doctor, and after the consultation, the doctor told Luo Shuyu some terrible news.

For Shen Mingyun, this was undoubtedly a thunder from a clear sky.

[晴天霹雳 qíng tiān pī lì: thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue]

Shen Mingyun was pregnant again!

Regarding the matter of Shen Mingyun's pregnancy, Luo Shuyu could only sigh with emotion, he deserved to be the one with the luck of the protagonist.

As a ger, it was really rare to be able to hug two children for three years. The world really took good care of the protagonist.

But there was still a gap with the book. Luo Shuyu had read more than 800,000 characters of the book. In the book, before the fourth prince ascended the throne, Shen Mingyun was not pregnant. But now, not only he could conceive the child, but also gave birth one after another. This was the third child, right?

The first one was miscarriage, the second one was born smoothly, and now the third one was still in the womb.

The child in Shen Mingyun's womb was less than two months old, so it was a bit awkward.

Shen Mingyun stayed outside with Ha Chi for more than a month, so this child matter was a bit unclear.

Luo Shuyu looked at Shen Mingyun suspiciously. With the way he hooked up with men, maybe he might have something with Ha Chi.

He was a bit envious of Shen Mingyun's body, he ran around so much and the child in his stomach could still be preserved. It could be seen that the child in his stomach was very strong, but it was really not easy to be Shen Mingyun's child, because the child had to experience more tempering than others before he was born.

This child of Shen Mingyun came at the right time for Luo Shuyu. It was beneficial to them to keep this child. Although it was extremely unfair to this unborn child, it was indeed a very good opportunity for Luo Shuyu.

He didn't need to provoke the Fourth Prince and Shen Mingyun. Shen Mingyun himself could make a mess of this matter. As long as the child was saved, anyone wouldn't be able to tell who the child's father was, and the fourth prince would also doubt whether the child belonged to him or the little prince Ha Chi.

Actually, it had nothing to do with Luo Shuyu whether the child would be born or not, but what he had to do now was to help the fourth prince protect the child.

Luo Shuyu specially ordered Lin Yuan to prepare anti-fetal medicine for Shen Mingyun three times a day. Shen Mingyun was not allowed to go anywhere except the third prince's mansion, and he must let Shen Mingyun keep the child before the fourth prince sent someone.

Why didn't they send someone to escort Shen Mingyun back to the capital?

Of course he couldn't do that, because he couldn't afford to worry about what would happen on the way.

The letter was sent to the fourth prince quickly. Luo Shuyu also specifically mentioned about Shen Mingyun's pregnancy in the letter. Presumably, when the fourth prince read the letter, his face would turn green and then pale. However, if anyone's fulang secretly ran away with someone, and got pregnant in the process, everyone would think too much.

As for Shen Mingyun, he still insisted on the view that "the wise man knows he knows nothing".

[清者自清,浊者自浊 qīng zhě zì qīng, zhuó zhě zì zhuó: The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.]

At this time, Shen Mingyun, who was imprisoned in the Third Prince's Mansion, started messing around again. He wanted to go out, but the Momo that Luo Shuyu arranged to stare at him for twelve hours a day wouldn't let him go. There were also very serious guards who were full of evil spirits. This was the double protection arranged by Luo Shuyu, just to prevent Shen Mingyun from going out.

[嬷嬷 mó mo:(dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse]

Shen Mingyun could only yell in the yard: "I want to talk to the third imperial concubine, what does he mean by locking me up, I'm not a prisoner!"

Liu momo, who gained Luo Shuyu's trust the most, said with a straight face: "The fourth prince's imperial concubine, the master arranged you here for your own sake. The doctor also said that you have experienced a rough journey, and the fetus in your stomach may be unstable. You need to rest for a month before you can move around. When the child in your stomach stabilizes, it's not too late for you to go out to take a breath. The master is doing this for your own good. Since he took you in, he needs to give explanation to the fourth prince, you can't be heartless and injustice. "

If the Fourth Prince was by Shen Mingyun's side, Luo Shuyu certainly didn't care whether Shen Mingyun wanted to protect the child in his stomach or not. However now that the Fourth Prince was away. He must keep Shen Mingyun's child until the Fourth Prince saw him, at least for the first three months, to stabilize this child.

Shen Mingyun said angrily: "Does it mean that I have to stay in this small courtyard for a month?"

Feng momo said without changing her face: "The fourth prince's imperial concubine, our master can't go out in winter when it snows, and can only stay indoors for two or three months in a row. However you will only stay for one month, which is not too long. "

Shen Mingyun was blocked by Feng momo and had nothing to say.

He was also someone who didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back. On the first day, he was blocked by Feng momo, and the next day he was idle and started clamoring to go out.

[不撞南墙不回头 bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu: Don't hit the south wall don't look back (idiom), to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas]

Not only that, he also wanted to see Hachi.

At this time, if Luo Shuyu let him to meet Ha Chi, he would be a fool.

Ha Chi was the prince of the enemy country, so it was natural for Li Mingjin to deal with him.

Shen Mingyun's identity was concealed by Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu. Naturally, at this time, Shen Mingyun couldn't be allowed to run around, but he had no clue. He didn't think it would be ridiculous if he went outside and told people that he was the fourth prince's imperial concubine. What if someone asked 'how could he come to Gucheng?', 'where is the fourth prince?', or 'What is he doing in Gucheng?'

A royal daughter-in-law ran to the border station alone, the first was he came without entourage, and the second was he didn't have court missions.

Originally Gucheng already had the third prince and the third imperial concubine, so what was the fourth imperial concubine doing here?

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin managed to establish their prestige in Gucheng. So how could they let Shen Mingyun come to stir up trouble? Luo Shuyu was very clear about the role of system props, he was afraid that many years of hard work would go to waste.

Shen Mingyun wanted to run away, but he had experienced a miscarriage once. Although the system had props to restore his body back to the original state, it would still require a lot of points. Now he was pregnant again, and he wouldn't be able to accumulate points for a long time. He knew how the fourth prince could get him pregnant again, wasn't this called the protagonist's luck?

Shen Mingyun didn't feel that being pregnant would make him happy.

He couldn't run or jump, started a new round to take care of the fetus, and the pregnancy process was not short, it was more than nine months!

He felt that he really wanted to die.

He had to continue to be bored in the yard, unable to go anywhere, and he felt that he was going crazy.

He really used the wrong method. He shouldn't have run out by himself. It was better to let the fourth prince cooperate directly with Ha Chi.

It was all good now, this place where even birds wouldn't poop, there was no entertainment, and he was also locked by Luo Shuyu in the yard and couldn't go anywhere.

[鸟不拉屎的地方 鳥不拉屎的地方 niǎo bù lā shǐ de dì fang: lit. place where even birds won't poop; fig. place in the middle of nowhere]

Because of the people arranged by Luo Shuyu to watch him, the possibility of Shen Mingyun being a ghost was lower, but they couldn't let down their vigilance, because Shen Mingyun was too evil.

Half a month later, Shen Mingyun's protests still continued, but Luo Shuyu blocked his ears and not listen to it, and there was no shortage of a bowl of anti abortion medicine that should be sent.

[充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén: to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear]

Li Mingjin's capture of the little prince Ha Chi in Gucheng was also kept secret by him.

The little prince Ha Chi was the most beloved son of the Emperor of Guiyan. Since he was asked to seek help in Daxia Kingdom, the Emperor must have given him a lot of power. It was equivalent to having a lot of information on him, and Li Mingjin wanted to learn about the jade mine from him.

Shen Mingyun wanted to make money but he was afraid of death, so he told Luo Shuyu that he and Ha Chi went to Guiyan Kingdom to do jade business, and Ha Chi told him that he found a jade mine.

Now that they knew there was a jade mine, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin definitely wouldn't let it go.

They didn't want to let Ha Chi go, and they also didn't want to let go of the jade mine.

Ha Chi wanted to negotiate terms with them, but he was a prisoner now, and only by telling Li Mingjin the whereabouts of the jade mine he could be qualified to talk about the rest of the matter.

Li Mingjin was quite polite to Ha Chi, he didn't torture him, and he even could eat and drink well for half a month.

During this period, several waves of people wanted to rescue Ha Chi, but they were all tied up. This was also a trap set by Li Mingjin. He wanted to know how many people from the Guiyan Kingdom were hidden in Gucheng.

The day when Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi were arrested was the second day after they quietly entered Gucheng. If Shen Mingyun's wallet hadn't been stolen and later made trouble in the inn, Ha Chi would have contacted his subordinates hidden in Gucheng.

Ha Chi didn't know how could he meet someone like Shen Mingyun with such a hot temper. He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but it turned out to be too high-profile. Similar things happened several times on their way to Gucheng, but they could dealt with them quickly before. But this time, it was Ha Chi who didn't realize it for a while and came to Li Mingjin's territory.

Something bad happened to Shen Mingyun, and used his martial art skills, so he was caught just like that.

He not only thought about the meaning of hiding during this period of time, but also his fate later.

Within half a month of being locked up, Ha Chi's mentality had changed. He now only had one choice, to cooperate with Li Mingjin, otherwise, when Li Mingjin lost his patience, it would be his death.

For now, Ha Chi didn't want to die yet, he hadn't ascended to the throne of Guiyan Kingdom yet.

He should have gone directly to the Crown Prince of the Daxia Kingdom, but now, he already fell into the hands of Li Mingjin, and he would be skinned even if he was not dead.

Without foreign aid, Ha Chi was like an eagle without wings, unable to do whatever he wanted.

So he agreed with Li Mingjin.

In order to prevent Ha Chi from giving false information, Li Mingjin also took some measures. First he would send someone to check if there was any problem with the location he gave.

If there was a problem, he would tell the news that Ha Chi was in his hands to the first prince of the Guiyan Kingdom. This first prince didn't like to see Ha Chi who was loved by his father, if he could directly kill Ha Chi, of course he would be very happy.

The royal family of Guiyan Kingdom was as complicated as the royal family of Daxia Kingdom. Behind every prince there was a tribe that supported them, and each tribe had its own leader.

Now that the King of Guiyan Kingdom was already old, whoever had the ability would go. The first prince of Guiyan Kingdom and Ha Chi were the most popular candidates. The tribe behind them was also the most powerful among the many tribes, and there were many small tribes attached to them.

If Li Mingjin wanted to make a deal with Ha Chi and send Ha Chi to the hands of the first prince of Guiyan Kingdom, the future king of Guiyan must be the first prince.

Ha Chi absolutely didn't want this kind of situation to happen, what he carried on his back not only his own life, but also the hope of the future survival of several tribes, therefore he couldn't die.

After figuring out the tangled and complicated relationship, Li Mingjin also reminded him many times, therefore Ha Chi had to honestly hand over the real location of the jade mine, and dared not act like a demon again.

[错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá: tangled and complicated (idiom), the situation is complicated and chaotic.]

If Li Mingjin took a laissez-faire attitude, he wouldn't be able to protect Gucheng so well, and it was even more impossible to beat the Guiyan's army back to their own land for two consecutive years. Ha Chi didn't dare to ask more, because he had no conditions for negotiation.

If he wanted to survive, he had to hand over the jade mine.

In Daxia's words, it was said that 'if you stay in the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. Sooner or later, he would come back and take Daxia into his pocket.

[留得青山在, 不怕没柴烧 liú dé qīng shān zài, bù pà méi chái shāo: if you stay in the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood (idiom), Where there is life, there is hope]

Li Mingjin sent someone to check the location of the jade mine, and it was indeed the right place, so the next step was to dig it.

Moved everything back to Gucheng little by little.

As for whether to let Hachi go or not, they still needed to discuss it later.

Ha Chi scolded Li Mingjin angrily: "You already got the jade mine, why don't you let me go back?"

Li Mingjin asked him back: "When did I say to let you go, what I said was to save your life."

Daxia language was so broad and profound.

Ha Chi: "I didn't expect the third prince of Daxia Kingdom to be a rascal who broke his promise."

Li Mingjin looked at Ha Chi blankly. Letting him go back now was undoubtedly letting the tiger return to the mountains. Therefore they must find a suitable opportunity to send him back to the Guiyan Kingdom, and this opportunity needed to wait.

[放虎归山 fàng hǔ guī shān: let the tiger return to the mountains (idiom), to set free an enemy or a bad person which leads to future disasters]

Now the first prince and the other princes were still fighting. They needed to wait until the first prince of Guiyan Kingdom was almost done fighting, at that time, they would send Ha Chi back, and let them continue to fight, whoever won would be the King of Guiyan.

And what Li Mingjin wanted to do now was to make Ha Chi his puppet. He has his own plans and calculations.

Under the couch, how could he tolerate other to sleep soundly.

The hidden danger of Guiyan Kingdom must be eliminated. If they couldn't eliminate it now, at least let their internal strength be consumed, and civil strife was the most suitable.

Ha Chi was still detained in Gucheng by Li Mingjin.

The same was true for Shen Mingyun.

While waiting for the fourth prince to pick him up, Shen Mingyun almost ran out of the third prince's mansion.

After all, Shen Mingyun could use the props from the system.

Fortunately, Feng momo found out that he was not in his room in time, and sent all the people in the mansion to catch Shen Mingyun who almost went over the wall.

Shen Mingyun still wanted to call for help, but someone covered his mouth and sent him to Luo Shuyu.

Shen Mingyun drank tea and then complained of an injustice for himself: "Cousin, you can do me a favor and let me go out for a walk."

Luo Shuyu completely didn't want to discuss this matter with him at all: "What are you going out for? Do you want to go to Guiyan Kingdom with Ha Chi to do jade business?"

Shen Mingyun: "I'll just go out to take a breather, I have been staying at your mansion for almost a month, and I don't have any serious health problems!"

Luo Shuyu: "Not now, when the fourth prince arrives, you can go anywhere you want, but you are in my mansion now, and I have to be responsible for you, so I can't let you go out."

Shen Mingyun: "You are simply unreasonable."

Luo Shuyu: "You can say whatever you want." Seeing Shen Mingyun restrained himself, Luo Shuyu was in a great mood, "Come here, send him back to his courtyard, and whoever lets the fourth prince's imperial concubine run out, I will forfeit their salaries."

Everyone obeyed the order, however forfeiting salary was indeed terrible. They heard that a certain guard's salary was forfeited, and he hadn't received his salary for almost a year, his life was very miserable.

After Shen Mingyun was forcibly sent back to his courtyard, Luo Shuyu sent someone to invite Lin Yuan, he wanted to ask him about Shen Mingyun's pregnancy.

Lin Yuan didn't hide the real condition of Shen Mingyun's body from him: "The fourth imperial concubine is in good health, and the fetus is basically fine."

Luo Shuyu asked him: "Is it possible to be able to withstand travel worn?"

Lin Yuan: "The little one doesn't recommend that the fourth imperial concubine to set off at this time, because the fetus is still too young, if there is no doctor to accompany him on the way, it may be difficult to keep it."

Luo Shuyu: "So, the only way for him to keep the child is to give birth before leaving?"

Lin Yuan: "Yes."

Luo Shuyu: "Okay, you go down, keep an eye on the child in his belly for me, and don't make any mistakes."

After Shen Mingyun stayed in Gucheng for a month, the people sent by the fourth prince to pick him up arrived. All the guards had strong body and wearing imperial guard uniform, there were also ten momos and ten maids. The ten maids were mostly new faces that Shen Mingyun had never seen before. Of course, the leader was the housekeeper of the fourth prince's mansion, and he was one of the most trusted people of the fourth prince.

Shen Mingyun was in a very good mood when he heard that the housekeeper came to pick him up, and he didn't care about how Luo Shuyu forced him and locked him up here for a month. Because he could return to the capital immediately. The business in Guiyan Kingdom was impossible, so it was better to return to the capital as soon as possible to take care of his other businesses.

As for Prince Ha Chi, it was really a pity that he couldn't see him again.

They were all descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor, why bother to make trouble like this?

[炎黄子孙 Yán huáng zǐ sūn: Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people]

Shen Mingyun waited in the yard for a long time before he was called by Luo Shuyu to meet the housekeeper of the fourth prince's mansion in the lobby.

The housekeeper was polite in front of Luo Shuyu.

Shen Mingyun still acted frivolously, he said: "Housekeeper Yang, can I go back to the capital right away, you guys hurry up and get ready."

Housekeeper Yang was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with beard and an awkward smile on his face. Just a moment ago he mentioned to the third prince's imperial concubine when they would leave to the capital.

Seeing his hesitation, Shen Mingyun urged, "Hurry up and make arrangements, why are you so dazed?"

Only then did housekeeper Yang say: "Answering to the fourth prince's imperial concubine, what His Highness means is that, he hopes you will wait until your delivery in Gucheng, and then return to the capital after the confinement." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Shen Mingyun, " This is a letter from His Highness to you."

Luo Shuyu watched Shen Mingyun's changing expression, suppressed his stomachache from holding back his laugh, and quickly covered up the smile on his face by drinking tea.

It was definitely a good thing for the husband and wife to separate. If they couldn't see each other for a year, who knew what would happen to the fourth prince. Ha Chi was still in Gucheng, and from time to time they would leak some informations to the fourth prince that Shen Mingyun and Ha Chi had ambiguous relationship, and the two would definitely be separated.

The fourth prince's original idea was to let Shen Mingyun stay in Gucheng, so as not to go back to the capital and make a fool of himself.

As for whether the child in his stomach could stay or not, Luo Shuyu felt a little uncertain. Just now, housekeeper Yang had mentioned the arrangement of the fourth prince to Luo Shuyu, and they would find a courtyard for Shen Mingyun to live in alone. If this was the case, if someone among these people tampered and aborted Shen Mingyun's child, wouldn't it disrupt his plan?

Luo Shuyu didn't agree to let Shen Mingyun move out to give birth the child. He still hoped that Shen Mingyun could give birth to the baby.

At this time, Shen Mingyun also finished reading the letter written to him by the fourth prince. He was also half baked, he had been in this world for so many years, but he still couldn't recognize all the words.

[半桶水 bàn tǒng shuǐ: (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth); dabbler]

Shen Mingyun asked housekeeper Yang: "Is this letter really written by His Highness?"

Housekeeper Yang lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The handwriting was good, and Shen Mingyun knew it was the truth, but he still couldn't believe that the Fourth Prince would leave him in Gucheng to give birth to a baby!

Was he a childbirth machine? Why! Why should he stay in Gucheng obediently!

Housekeeper Yang told Shen Mingyun the result of the discussion with Luo Shuyu just now.

Shen Mingyun looked at the calm Luo Shuyu and said: "What, Do you still want me to live here?"

Luo Shuyu: "Otherwise? The doctor in this mansion is the best, and the kang is the warmest. You are my cousin, if you don't live here. Where do you want to live?"

Shen Mingyun wanted to say that his mansion was too small to live in, and Luo Shuyu added, "There is no place in Gucheng that is safer or bigger than my place."

After all, housekeeper Yang was a smart man. He knew that Gucheng was the territory of the third prince's imperial concubine, so he didn't dare to say more.

Shen Mingyun almost went mad when he heard this decision!

He didn't want to give birth to a baby here!

It was rare for Shen Mingyun to stick to his point of view: "Even if I have to stay in Gucheng, I still want to move out."

Luo Shuyu pretended not to hear what he said, and said to housekeeper Yang: "You can find a courtyard to settle down, and the fourth prince's imperial concubine can live in my mansion for now."

If Shen Mingyun had miscarriage, the fourth prince wouldn't blame him, but would breathe a sigh of relief. However Luo Shuyu just wanted to keep an eye on Shen Mingyun and let him give birth to the child!

Although they lived together in the mansion, Luo Shuyu originally arranged him in the side courtyard farthest from the main courtyard, so he couldn't disturb them.

No matter how Shen Mingyun protested, he still had to stay in Gucheng to wait for delivery. He felt that his life would be worse than death.

Luo Shuyu felt quite comfortable listening to the report about him being a demon every day.

Unexpectedly, the protagonist would also be trapped by him one day.

Chapter 80

The moment Shen Mingyun entered the door, the fourth prince saw Shen Mingyun who was as round as a ball and almost kicked him out!

The phrase "Who are you?" almost came out, but luckily the fourth prince controlled his emotions well, otherwise he could really drive Shen Mingyun out of the mansion.

Those who knew could think that he was waiting to give birth in Gucheng, but those who didn't know might think that he was raised as a pig in Gucheng.

The fourth prince was so frightened by Shen Mingyun's big change that he didn't even have time to take a look at his newborn daughter.

He didn't have a good impression of this newly born daughter. It wasn't that he was narrow-minded, but because he was still wondering whether this child was of his own or not. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this child might have nothing to do with him, and his mood became more complicated.

Shen Mingyun didn't become so fat when he gave birth to his son, why did he change so much when he gave birth to this daughter? what was the reason? Could it be because his third brother and third sister-in-law separated him from that person (Ha Chi), his mood became bad and caused his overeating?

Shen Mingyun also knew that he didn't have the beauty that he was proud of. This was not the prosperous Tang Dynasty when fat figure was considered beautiful. Although the fourth prince had a smile on his face, the moment he saw him, his expression still froze for a few seconds, and his eyes flashed a touch of disbelief.

He was also very worried about the discord between the two of them because of his weight, he said with a little guilty conscience: "Well, I will urge myself to lose weight, I also don't want to be so fat. In the winter in Gucheng, I couldn't even shed a drop of sweat, and my cousin was afraid that he wouldn't take good care of me, so he often asked people to make some delicious food for me."

The fourth prince could only say that he understood: "I understand, a little meat is also good, but you really have to reduce it now."

Shen Mingyun felt humbled because of his own obesity, and he said seriously: "I will lose weight, I will definitely lose weight, if I don't lose weight in summer, I will definitely be full of sorrow in winter!"

Before Shen Mingyun came back, the fourth prince was full of resentment, but now when he saw his fat body with three layered chin, his anger had subsided.

Perhaps this was the price for Shen Mingyun's sneaking out of the capital, it was really strange if he wasn't unhappy at all.

After Shen Mingyun came back, he inevitably had to enter the palace to pay his respects to the emperor, empress and empress dowager. Overnight, everyone knew that Gucheng was very good at raising people, Shen Mingyun could change so much just after staying there for a year, so everyone asked him whether Luo Shuyu was very fat now or not.

Shen Mingyun, who was poked into his sore spot, had no choice but to truthfully say: "No, Cousin Shuyu's figure is still the same as before."

The empress with thick powder on her face was rarely interested: "Then how did you become like this?"

Shen Mingyun had no choice but to say nonsense: "I may not be quite used to the environment over there, so I ate a lot in the cold winter, and I got fat when I ate too much."

When Emperor Tiansheng saw Shen Mingyun's appearance, he laughed for a long time, and then he went to Concubine Mei to complain about Shen Mingyun's appearance. While talking, he said that he hadn't seen Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu for several years, and he didn't know if they had lost weight or gained weight.

Concubine Mei still responded indifferently: "Your Majesty can ask them to draw portraits, so Your Majesty will know if they are fat or thin."

Emperor Tiansheng was enlightened in an instant: "My concubine has a great idea, I will send someone to deliver a letter immediately, asking the painter to paint the two children's current appearance."

Gucheng.

When Shen Mingyun left, it was the time when the snow melted, and after two months, it was already spring time and the time when they could wear the lighter clothes.

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu received a letter from Emperor Tiansheng, and now they called a painter to paint them.

Luo Shuyu compared the spring clothes made recently, and asked Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, what do you think if I wear this one? It makes me look thinner."

Li Mingjin was dressed in a black outfit, he had just returned from martial arts training: "You are not that person, so you don't need to make yourself look thinner."

When Luo Shuyu saw that he hadn't changed his clothes yet, he urged him: "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet? The painter has been here for a long time."

Li Mingjin was dissatisfied and said: "Father is really! Without rhyme or reason he suddenly ask for our portraits.

Luo Shuyu said: "I guess he is afraid that we will be like Shen Mingyun, fattened up into an unimaginable appearance. So as not to scare him when we go back, he needs to prepare himself in advance."

Li Mingjin: "Then he thinks really long-term."

Luo Shuyu: "I can only guess, but it's not necessarily his real thoughts."

Li Mingjin affirmed his wife's guess: "But you always guess right, I believe that's what Father thinks."

The situation in the capital was turbulent, and no one knew what would happen in the future. The relationship between Li Mingjin and Emperor Tiansheng, a son who tried his best to be a qualified son and a father who tried his best to be the good father he wanted to be, unexpectedly could pass smoothly after all these years.

Li Mingjin had to say that he could make the decision in Gucheng because Emperor Tiansheng was behind him, and he accepted Emperor Tiansheng's "fatherly love" very calmly.

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin invited a well-known local painter. The dyes they used were excellent and the painter could paint people lifelike.

Luo Shuyu wanted to paint the two of them on one piece of paper, and the artist fulfilled their request.

The painting of two people was sent to Emperor Tiansheng. Since they were going to paint portrait today, Luo Shuyu thought it would be better to paint the single person portrait as well. It seemed that the two of them never had a portrait, and it was a different experience for them.

This portrait was the result of Shen Mingyun's obesity, but fortunately the aftermath didn't last too long.

After Prime Minister Yan, who was far away in the capital, was dismissed. The crown prince and the fourth prince were at odds with each other, and the two were determined wouldn't give up to put to death their enemy.

Nowadays, there were more and more people standing behind the fourth prince. Of course, although Prime Minister Yan himself was not working in the front, he could still move behind the scenes. There were still a lot of people behind him, and they wouldn't shake his foundation.

Although the letters that were placed on Emperor Tiansheng's table proved that he committed treason, but it was also possible that someone else might forge the letters to harm him. Although this matter had a conclusion on the surface, it didn't cause much damage to Prime Minister Yan.

He was the prime minister of a country, how could if someone say that he committed treason then he really committed treason. Even Emperor Tiansheng would also think it twice, so as not to chill the hearts of other veterans who had followed him for many years.

Prime Minister Yan was really cunning, and he also knew that the fourth prince was too anxious. Did he think it was so easy to bring him down?

This plan was too clumsy, if it was other princes, Emperor Tiansheng might believe it, but he was a veteran of the two dynasties. Before, he followed the former emperor, and then followed Emperor Tiansheng. He was an honest and loyal minister in Daxia Kingdom, just a few letters were not enough to bring him down.

However, because of this incident, Prime Minister Yan could see Emperor Tiansheng clearly. He knew that Emperor Tiansheng didn't want to see the crown prince ascend the throne, so he had been allowing other princes to attack the crown prince and get his position. The opponent of the crown prince would never be the other princes, but Emperor Tiansheng himself.

Emperor Tiansheng already knew that the crown prince was not his own son.

It was time to start working on their next steps.

In June of the twentieth year of Tiansheng, summer.

This year's summer was hotter than ever before. In the hot days, everyone just wanted to enjoy the cool air, and didn't want to be exposed to the scorching sun outside.

Concubine Mei was drinking mung bean soup with some ice in the bedroom where Emperor Tian Sheng took a rest.

Of course this mung bean soup was not prepared by her. Concubine Mei was different from other concubines. She always disdained to win over Emperor Tiansheng with delicious food. So if Emperor Tiansheng asked her to prepare delicious food, she would boil a few sweet potatoes or a few corns and send them to Emperor Tiansheng.

One was for safety, and the other because it wasn't complicated.

Over time, Emperor Tiansheng also got used to the fact that she didn't like to go into the small kitchen.

Concubine Mei didn't drink mung bean soup in small sips. Unlike other concubines who took a small sip and then wiped their mouths with a handkerchief, she was very heroic and she could finish a bowl of mung bean soup in a moment. It was a long walk from her Changle Palace to Emperor Tiansheng's bedroom, and the weather was so hot.

After drinking one bowl of mung bean soup, she asked for a second bowl, and she also drank Emperor Tiansheng's portion as well. It was really comfortable to have ice in summer: "Did His majesty ask me to come here just to drink mung bean soup?"

Emperor Tiansheng asked the old eunuch to fetch a painting, and said, "I told you to come and see the painting."

Concubine Mei's eyes brightened slightly: "Did Jin'er and Yu'er send the portrait?"

Emperor Tiansheng: "Yes, they look pretty good, come and have a look."

The two eunuchs erected the painting, just right to display the painting perfectly.

In the painting, Luo Shuyu was sitting, and Li Mingjin was standing behind him on the left. The appearance of the couple looked better than the last time when they went to Gucheng.

Concubine Mei looked at the person in the painting, and said to the point: "Jin'er seems to have matured a lot, and Yu'er has become more reserved."

In fact, what she thought in her heart was that her son was starting to show his sharpness, and the intelligence in her daughter-in-law's eyes was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Emperor Tiansheng sighed: "Looking at the two of them really makes me feel comfortable, do you have this kind of feeling?"

When he looked from left to right, he found that the two of them were particularly pleasing to the eyes, "It's just a little strange, how come Mingyun has become so fat after staying there for a year, but the two of them still haven't grown any flesh, is it because the north is too cold and bitter, therefore they can't get fat?"

Concubine Mei said: "If Your Majesty loves them, why don't ask them to come back to serve you, so we can still see them everyday."

Emperor Tiansheng smiled and said, "I'd like to, but the situation is pressing now, if they come back, who will take care of the north?"

Concubine Mei never said much about the affairs of the future, and she stopped talking when it came to this.

Concubine Mei continued to stare at the painting, she sighed and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me bring this painting back to my palace?"

At that time, Emperor Tiansheng asked Li Mingjin for painting on a whim, and he wouldn't look at Li Mingjin's painting everyday. So it would be best to let Concubine Mei keep the painting.

Emperor Tiansheng said, "Alright."

The eunuch immediately knew that he should put the painting in a box and send it to Changle Palace.

Just when Concubine Mei was about to thank Emperor Tiansheng, she suddenly felt a burst of abdominal pain, she curled up and fell to the ground, and passed out!

She fell to the ground too fast, the smile on the face of Emperor Tiansheng who was the closest to her was still on his face, and he couldn't react at all!

Emperor Tiansheng panicked and immediately helped Concubine Mei who fell to the ground.

"Concubine Mei, Concubine Mei, what's wrong with you?"

"Concubine Mei!"

"Come here! Imperial doctor Xuan! Imperial doctor Xuan!"

In the scorching summer, there was a panic scene in Emperor Tiansheng's bedroom, which was unprecedentedly tense.

The imperial doctor made a diagnosis and treatment inside and came to an unsurprising conclusion.

Concubine Mei was poisoned, and the source of the poison came from the two bowls of mung bean soup she drank, one bowl was her own, and the other bowl was Emperor Tiansheng's.

Both bowls were taken by the imperial doctor for drug testing.

Concubine Mei vomited all the mung bean soup she had just drank after being fed the emetic soup, which made Emperor Tiansheng feel uncomfortable after hearing it.

Anyone who had touched these two bowls of mung bean soup today must not let it go!

The palace where Emperor Tiansheng slept was called Weiyang Palace.

Today's Weiyang Palace rod killed a group of people.

It was very difficult just to drink a soup and still got poisoned. These people around him, all without an exception were dangerous.

Emperor Tiansheng couldn't even believe the old eunuch who had been with him for decades.

Who wanted his life the most desperately now?

It was the crown prince, and it was also the Yan family!

On this day, the inside and outside of the palace began to intensify the defenses, as long as some people were suspicious, they would all be put in prison first.

The imperial doctor found out that the poison was white arsenic, and an overdose would be fatal. He also wondered if the person who put the poison didn't want Emperor Tiansheng's life, so he didn't put too much poison inside.

Three days later, Concubine Mei's life was saved, and she could eat some liquid food, so her life was considered to be saved.

No one dared to tell the third prince who was far away in Gucheng, Emperor Tiansheng was even more guilty now, Concubine Mei had suffered for him, he also felt sorry for Li Mingjin.

Emperor Tiansheng didn't dare to tell Li Mingjin, but it didn't mean that Li Mingjin didn't know about it.

The letter that was sent to Gucheng spurred the horse to full speed. The day after Concubine Mei woke up, Li Mingjin received the news that she had been poisoned.

[快马加鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān: to spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible]

Luo Shuyu was also taken aback. When Li Mingjin was about to pack their luggages and return to the capital, another letter from capital was delivered to Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu. It was a handwritten letter from Concubine Mei. The letter came in a timely manner. After reading it, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were dumbfounded.

Li Mingjin was so angry that he locked himself in the study room for one night. Luo Shuyu didn't bother him, Concubine Mei explained everything in the letter.

Although the truth was beyond their expectations, they still couldn't calm down for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Mingjin climbed back into bed and hugged Luo Shuyu, who was half asleep and half awake.

Li Mingjin blamed himself very much: "Yu'er, I'm still too weak, what should I do? Concubine mother shouldn't have to bear these things, but she almost risked her life for me. I'm sorry for her."

Luo Shuyu used great effort to make himself awa: "Your Highness, you don't have to blame yourself. As the saying goes that being a mother is tough, and the concubine mother also said in the letter that she did it voluntarily. In the past twenty years, she couldn't do what a mother should do. And now, she is willing to do all this for you, because she has you as a son in her heart."

"Of course, I don't agree with her radical approach, killing one thousand enemy soldiers and losing eight hundred soldiers, which simply shortens the lifespan and damages the body. "

[殺敵一千，自損八百 shādí yīqiān, zì sǔn bābǎi: To kill one thousand enemy soldiers while one loses eight hundred soldiers]

Li Mingjin sighed: "What should I do?"

Luo Shuyu patted his hand: "Let's do what the concubine mother said, so that she can feel at ease."

In the letter written by Concubine Mei, it was mentioned that the poisoning incident was done by herself, and the purpose was to intensify the conflict between the Yan family and Emperor Tiansheng. Emperor Tiansheng might also suspect that it was the fourth prince's handwriting, but he wouldn't doubt her at all. This was killing three birds with one stone.

The ultimate goal of this letter was, she hoped that Li Mingjin would arrange the next things well, and didn't waste any moment.

Luo Shuyu admired concubine Mei's determination and action. She was a woman worthy of respect. She was worthy of being a princess of a country.

As she said in her letter, no one knew that her poisoning was self-directed and acted.

At this time, the court struggle in Daxia intensified. Emperor Tiansheng believed that it was the Yan family's fault, and the Yan family believed that it was the fourth prince's fault.

At this time, the Yan family was suppressed, and the Empress and the crown prince were struggling in the harem.

Emperor Tiansheng was always on guard against the Yan family, afraid that they would the imperial city from inside and outside like the Lin family last time, so he had to coordinate outside and inside offensives.

[里应外合 lǐ yìng wài hé: to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together]

However, it was difficult for the Yan family to rebel. The power of the Yan family was gradually withdrawn, and the military power had returned to Emperor Tiansheng.

The Yan family had been keeping private soldiers for a long time, and Emperor Tiansheng needed to find an opportunity to wipe them all out.

Who should he send?

He finally chose the fourth prince. He knew the best where the Yan family's private soldiers were kept.

In the name of suppressing bandits, the fourth prince quietly led his troops and set off.

An inevitable war was imminent.

Concubine Mei, who had just drank ginseng soup in Changle Palace, opened Li Mingjin's letter, he reported their safety as always.

That's good, you just need to pretend that you don't know anything.

You are just a prince who guards the border far in the north.

That's all.

The author has something to say: The Third prince: I don't want to lose again.

Luo Shuyu: Then I will let you win today.

The Third Prince: Good~

Luo Shuyu: Count to three.

The Third Prince: One, two, three...

Luo Shuyu: You won.

The Third Prince: ...