Chapter 71
When Li Mingjin had a normal state of mind about why Luo Shuyu still hadn't pregnant. The crown princess and Shen Mingyun, who had received so much attention in the capital, gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor at the same time of the same year, the same month, and the same day, so this time it was very lively, two grandsons at the same time!
Everyone readily praised Emperor Tiansheng for his good fortune.
Emperor Tiansheng was really happy this time. He had been looking forward to it for so many years. This time, two grandsons came, and he was so happy that his minor illness and small pains flew away. He immediately rewarded the Crown Princess and Shen Mingyun with many treasures, and even sent a word that he would personally name the two little grandsons.
Both of them were imperial concubines. Although the crown princess was s a level higher than Shen Mingyun, Emperor Tiansheng was happy, and the rewards for the two were similar.
However, unlike the elation of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, the Crown Prince's Mansion was not as happy as everyone imagined.
The eldest grandson of the emperor had just been born. Although the child was of the same age as the child from the fourth prince's family, their status were more noble, and they should be happier. However, there was no excitement on the faces of the crown prince and crown princess. They became silent, couldn't even laugh. The most confusing thing was that the crown prince didn't even hug his own son.
Now, everyone was waiting for the full moon wine a month later, and it would be even more lively.
Should they go to the East Palace to have the full moon wine or go to the Fourth Prince's mansion to have the full moon wine?
If it was an ordinary family, it was just a gathering of the family, but if it was a royal family, it became a gathering of different factions. Later it would become clear at a glance who supported the crown prince and who supported the fourth prince.
Today situation was very clear.
When the power of the first prince was still there, no one knew who would win the world in the end.
Now, the crown prince was definitely in the limelight, and the fourth prince was just a rising power, so there was nothing to worry about among the princelings. However, it still couldn't make people relax their vigilance. After all, there was still Emperor Tiansheng's support behind the fourth prince, it meant that Emperor Tiansheng and the Yan family were clearly opposite to each other.
The crown prince was just a pawn held by the Yan family, while the fourth prince was a knife that Emperor Tiansheng just used.
Whether it was the Yan family or Emperor Tiansheng, it depended on the full moon wine this time.
As for the third prince, who was thought by everyone to go to the north to eat soil, he was completely forgotten by those who were caught up in the power struggles.
The only people who still could think of him was Emperor Tiansheng who had a "father-son relationship" in his heart, and the Old General Wei who grew flowers and raised birds at home everyday.
They weren't in the north, so they didn't know the current development of Gucheng. They only knew that more and more new gadgets had flowed into the capital in recent years, and the money had been swindled.
If someone went to Gucheng to take a look, they would probably find that Li Mingjin had built Gucheng became secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water. The soldiers were elite soldiers, and even the common people were also soldiers. , If there was an enemy coming, the things in their hands were also weapon, and the folk customs were very valiant.
[固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng: secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); well fortified; invulnerable to attack]
The local people had received the favor of the third prince and the third imperial concubine, and they loved them more than when the old General Wei was still there.
The Old General Wei protected Gucheng so that the common people could live in peace, but the third prince did more than that. In addition to keep the common people safe, he also made their quality of life steadily improved. In the past two years, he not only solved their food and clothing problem, but also reduced the taxes, so their families had surplus food every year.
That Guiyan Kingdom was beaten back and couldn't even get past the border mirror, and suffered a huge loss.
Li Mingjin not only built Gucheng became secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water, but also tricked the Guiyan Kingdom to make the internal fighting between their royal brothers became more severe. Last winter, they didn't send troops to attack Daxia. On the contrary, their tribes fought among themselves, causing a lot of internal friction and cutting off most of their strength.
Now was the stage for Gucheng to recover. Li Mingjin could take this gasping for breath period and use this free time to develop and strengthen his own power.
Only he and his dark guards knew about the matter of raising private soldiers, not even Chen Rong.
The fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. It was also a kind of protection for them. Even the elite soldiers trained by them in secret didn't know who their master was. Of course, this was all self-protection in the early stage, and when they had confidence in the future, they could naturally show their identity.
A month was a short time.
The two newborn children of the crown prince and the fourth prince were completely reduced to be the pawns in the struggle between the two factions, and of course it was possible for them to be the sacrificial victims.
Today is the full moon wine for the two children, and Shen Mingyun was complacent about it. He hugged the child who looked seven points like the fourth prince to show off to the people who came to see him who was still in confinement, the old lady of the Luo family also came.
Luo Renshou's newly-married wife, Tian Fang also came together with Old lady Luo. The background of this Tian Fang was not simple, but her whole family was on the side of the Fourth Prince, and now Luo Renshou was definitely on the side of the Fourth Prince. So their marriage could be regarded as a political marriage. Of course, this new wife looked beautiful and fresh, which fit Luo Renshou's aesthetics. Now she was very spoiled, and she was a treasure in the palm of his hand.
Suddenly, a lady asked Shen Mingyun: "Fourth imperial concubine, you have given birth to grandson for the emperor. The third imperial concubine got married earlier than you, does he have a child now?"
When Shen Mingyun heard someone mentioning Luo Shuyu who he had almost forgotten, Shen Mingyun lost a little smile on his face: "You mean my cousin? It seems that there is no child yet."
The other lady asked again: "After all, it can't be that the northern land is too cold, which affects the fertility, right? The third imperial concubine has been married to the third prince for three years, and there is still no good news in the past three years. Could it be that there is something wrong with his health? "
Someone said: "How can you talk about the third prince and his imperial concubine like this, it's not good for you to do so."
Shen Mingyun said very generously: "It's okay, let's chat casually."
The new wife of the Luo family who was sitting next to the old lady Luo couldn't help curling her lips. Did the fourth imperial concubine have something dirty in his head? The first young master of the first wife of the Luo family, still his own brother, was it really alright to let anyone mock him in front of himself like this. The good reputation that the fourth prince had accumulated outside would be ruined by the four imperial concubine.
What was so special about him?
What Shen Mingyun said in the banquet quickly reached Emperor Tiansheng's ears. Fortunately, he gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor, and he was still in confinement. So the next day Shen Mingyun received an order from Emperor Tiansheng, he ordered Shen Mingyun to reflect on his mistakes behind the closed door in the residence of the fourth prince, and to copy the scriptures for the soldiers and common people in the north. The ladies who broke their mouths that day were also punished.
Emperor Tiansheng's feelings for Li Mingjin and his wife were different!
Because of this matter, the fourth prince had been laughed at for a long time. If it wasn't for the fact that Shen Mingyun gave birth to a fat boy for him, Li Mingchun really wanted to lock him up and beat him up. The good reputation he had accumulated for so many years was almost ruined by him.
Of course, Shen Mingyun didn't feel that he had done something wrong, but instead he said to the fourth prince: "Expressing opinion should be free, let those women speak if they want to, it's nothing serious, and they didn't insult him, they were just discussing something on its own merits."
When the fourth prince heard what he said, he was almost dizzy with anger: "You are the imperial concubine of the prince of a country. No matter whether our relationship with the third brother is good or not, we have to protect the face of the royal family and not make people laugh at our royal family."
Shen Mingyun said again: "Can't we be more realistic? Our relationship with them is so-so, and they are in the north, and they don't know the situation here. It's just some gossip. How important is face?"
The fourth prince said angrily: "Even if it's only idle gossip, you shouldn't let this kind of gossip spread out from our prince's mansion!"
Shen Mingyun yelled back: "Li Mingchun, I worked so hard to give birth to a son for you, and now you are arguing with me over such a trivial matter?"
The fourth prince: "You should know what we're planning. I'm just reasoning with you. The royal family's face is a big matter, not a trivial matter."
Shen Mingyun: "Then you shouldn't yell at me and scold me!"
The fourth prince decided not to reason with Shen Mingyun anymore. He had been with Shen Mingyun for a long time now, and he knew he was a typical person who failed to grasp the big picture and ignorant commoner. Compared with Luo Shuyu from the third brother's family, there was really a big difference, there was no pattern at all.
[不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ: to fail to grasp the big picture, to fail to see the larger issue]
They had lived together for several years, and he almost died of anger several times in the past.
Forget it, he could only bear with it, now he still needed the uniqueness of Shen Mingyun, at least he could come up with something different to maintain his father-son relationship with his father, at least he still had a face in front of his father now, and his father also supported him.
The fourth prince was not stupid, he also sent people to inquire about the newborn children of the crown prince, and he also had some spies in the crown prince's east palace.
After the Crown Princess gave birth to a child, the outsiders hardly saw this newborn child. The outsiders only knew that the Crown Princess valued this child because she had lost a child before, so now she loved this child very much. No one doubted this matter.
The Fourth Prince didn't have a strong foundation but he still could survive in peace and stability. His most powerful point was his stronger insight than others.
He checked this matter, and he believed that there must be something shady about that child, otherwise the East Palace wouldn't conceal this matter like this.
What exactly was going on?
There must be a hidden meaning in it, and he must investigate it carefully.
Gucheng.
During the spring plowing time, Li Mingjin took Luo Shuyu to watch the people planting the land, and behind them were rows of soldiers.
The soldiers and generals were waiting for the third prince's order.
Li Mingjin looked at it for a while and said, "Yu'er, I'm going down to learn how to farm, you wait for me at the side."
It was really inconvenient for Luo Shuyu to go down, so he listened to Li Mingjin's arrangement and Chen Rong also waited at the side with him.
When the common people saw the third prince and the third imperial concubine with the appearance of a fairy, they were all stunned and almost delayed doing farm work.
Li Mingjin asked the general at the side: "What are you still doing in a daze, work hard, this year's harvest depends on how hard you work."
The seeds that Luo Shuyu sent people to retrieve last year were tested and found to be able to produce high yields. They started planting these seeds this year, and they must be able to increase the yields again this year.
Li Mingjin was the first to go to the field. In fact, it was still a bit cold in the field, but he didn't feel it because he was used to stay in the north these years. But Luo Shuyu, who was standing above, was a little worried.
Chen Rong saw his worry, and said with a smile: "The third imperial concubine doesn't have to be like this. His Highness has led the soldiers and generals to work together for the past two years. Everyone is already familiar with him, and the common people also like him very much."
Luo Shuyu: "I understand."
Chen Rong: "Have you heard about the capital?"
Luo Shuyu: "What's the matter?" He also had his own business in Gucheng. Gucheng had opened two Huimin Schools, which were managed by him. He absorbed the informations in the book, summed them up, and let the deans of the two schools compete with each other, who was better to treat and recruit the students, who would give the students the best education in the shortest time, and whose students would have the most value.
The effect was perfect, Luo Shuyu felt that he hadn't wasted his thoughts in vain.
At the same time, he also opened a "Yushantang" to offer shelter for the orphans.
[育 yù: to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate - 善 shàn: good (virtuous); benevolent - 堂 táng: large room for a specific purpose]
There were so many things to do, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the things in the capital, and he thought it wasn't a big deal, otherwise, Chen Rong wouldn't have mentioned it to him when they were chatting.
Chen Rong said in a low voice: "I just got the news that there may be something wrong with one of the two imperial grandchildrens, the one in the East Palace."
Luo Shuyu raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong? What could go wrong, wasn't it born smoothly? Father even had given the name for the child. "
The book didn't describe too much about Shen Mingyun and the crown prince's children. Most of the writing was boring content about the fourth prince who was jealous of his own child. So what was going on now? However, what he knew was that the crown prince didn't have a son in the previous life.
His initial guess was, it was possible because of his rebirth that everything changed, but now since Chen Rong said so, could there be a fake emperor's grandson in the East Palace?
Chen Rong smiled and said: "Why can't there be fakes? Have you ever heard of exchanging civet cat for crown prince?"
[狸猫换太子 : exchange civet cat for crown prince; to substitute someone's valuable item with another item]
Luo Shuyu: "Impossible, how could the child born to the crown princess be replaced, the crown prince will be the first to not spare her. "
Chen Rong: "I mean that there are similarities in the same way, but I don't mean that someone deliberately replaced the child."
Luo Shuyu had some guesses: "Then what do you mean?"
Chen Rong: "Maybe what I said next is not right."
Luo Shuyu: "It's just you and me here, so it's better for you to talk straight." The servants were all a certain distance away from them, and the two of them spoke lightly, so others couldn't hear them.
Chen Rong: "That day, the Crown Princess actually gave birth to the grandson of the emperor, and immediately sent someone to the palace to spread the news. However, the child died less than a quarter of an hour after birth, and the East Palace had no choice but to send someone immediately to find a newborn child and bring it into the east palace, so their child was born at the same time as the fourth imperial concubine. "
Luo Shuyu was very surprised now, he did know something, but he didn't expect that there was a secret behind it, so the crown prince really didn't have the luck to have a son? And now because of the Fourth Prince, he was forced to do this?
Luo Shuyu: "Isn't this confusing the royal lineage?"
Chen Rong: "Yes, our people in the Crown Prince's palace heard someone say that the reason why the Crown Princess doesn't let outsiders see the child is because the child is already one and a half months old, and it will show flaws when people see him."
Luo Shuyu: "It's so hidden, no one else found out?"
Chen Rong: "Our people deliberately revealed the news to the fourth prince, and something will be happening soon."
Luo Shuyu immediately thought of something: "Probably there will be no more peace and security in the capital again."
"Why is there no peace and security?"
Li Mingjin's voice broke in suddenly, and Luo Shuyu asked him to wash his feet with water before putting on his shoes and socks.
On the way back to the mansion, Luo Shuyu relayed the news Chen Rong told him to Li Mingjin.
Li Mingjin hung his feet in the carriage: "I know, if this matter is really exposed, then the crown prince's life experience will definitely be brought to the table."
Luo Shuyu handed him a dry handkerchief to wipe off the water on his feet: "Do you think father knows about this?"
Li Mingjin: "The fourth brother knows about it, so it's impossible for father not to know about it."
After thinking about it, Luo Shuyu realized that the current fourth prince relied on the forces behind Shen Mingyun and Emperor Tiansheng, and he would definitely communicate with Emperor Tiansheng.
Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin: "Aren't you surprised?"
Li Mingjin smiled: "I'm not surprised. I have long suspected that the crown prince was not father's son. He will not let the fourth brother have the eldest grandson of the emperor. The only way is that he must have a son before the fourth brother. If you have done something like this before, you will only be more proficient and premeditated if you do it again, otherwise you won't do it so direct and efficient. "
Luo Shuyu: "Indeed." The reaction was too quick.
The two chatted and arrived at the destination. Luo Shuyu got out of the carriage and found that this was not the gate of their mansion, but a place he had never been to.
Luo Shuyu looked at the private house in front of him: "Where is this?"
Li Mingjin smiled mysteriously: "I'll take you to see a freshly baked treasure."
After a while, Luo Shuyu saw the treasure that Li Mingjin said, the newly produced hand cannon.
They were one step closer to that position.
Two days later.
Sure enough, something big happened in the capital.
The crown princess confused the royal family's blood and was confined in the East Palace. All those involved in this matter would be punished and killed. Emperor Tiansheng even lost his temper at The Right Prime Minister, and ordered him to reflect on himself at the mansion, and he wouldn't have to go to court in the next few days!
After losing his temper, Emperor Tiansheng went to Concubine Mei's Changle Palace. He squatted aside to watch her grow vegetables, and murmured: "I'm now hoping that Mingjin and Shuyu will give me a grandson."
Concubine Mei sneered, and chopped off the roots of the weeds with a hoe.
Emperor Tiansheng changed his words: "It doesn't matter if it's a daughter or a ger."
The author has something to say: The Third prince: wife, today you are the weak and small emperor of a country, and I'm the prime minister with all the power. You can only continue to enjoy the glory and wealth if you please me. Today, you invite me, the prime minister to enter the palace to "serve the bed", and you are wearing tulle... …
Luo Shuyu: The weak emperor fell ill from the cold because of wearing too little clothes that night. Since then, he has been ill and passed away not long after.
The Third Prince: ...
Chapter 72
The incident of the fake emperor's grandson caused a lot of uproar. The common people in the capital didn't know about it, but the upper class knew what they should know.
The crown prince lost the trust of Emperor Tiansheng, and he couldn't see Emperor Tiansheng for more than half a month. The Empress also begged Emperor Tiansheng, but Emperor Tiansheng had accumulated dissatisfaction with her for many years, so he ignored her. Hearing this news, the other concubines began to try to climb the dragon bed, hoping to gain the favor of Emperor Tiansheng.
It was a pity that Emperor Tiansheng had already seen all the beauties in the world, and he didn't have much interest in these concubines. It was better to watch Concubine Mei plant the vegetables in Changle Palace, on the contrary, it could make him relaxed. He also helped Concubine Mei sow the seeds for a few days, picked vegetables a few times, and unexpectedly his spirit improved a little, even the imperial doctor praised him for his healthier body.
For this reason, Emperor Tiansheng was even more diligent to go to the Changle Palace where Concubine Mei lived. He personally set up fences, started carpentry, and helped Concubine Mei water the vegetables. In less than a month, he got sunburnt. However, the number of visits to the imperial doctor had been reduced several times compared to the previous month. According to the imperial doctor's examination, his body was healthier.
It turned out that there were other benefits of farming, so Emperor Tiansheng fell in love with rural life for a while.
When the concubines in the harem heard this news, they pulled out the precious flowers in their yards one by one, and they all learned the skill of farming from the concubine Mei of Changle Palace. The only ones who knew how to farm in the palace were the people in Changle Palace. They couldn't learn the essence, but they could still make superficial appearances. As long as they could attract Emperor Tiansheng's attention, everyone was lover's heart was not in the cup.
[醉翁之意不在酒 zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔwine: lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol; having an ulterior motive; to have other things in mind; with an ax to grind; accomplishing something besides what one set out to do]
The east palace deceived Emperor Tiansheng with the fake emperor's grandson. No one would believe that it had nothing to do with the Yan family.
During this period of time, everyone also knew the decline of the crown prince, the crown prince lost his power and the East Palace had become low-key, while the power of the fourth prince had sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and the scenery was infinite for a while.
It was true that the crown prince had done something stupid. The eldest grandson of the emperor could only add icing on the cake on his way to the throne. He was already a crown prince, and it would be fine even without the emperor's grandson for the time being. The Yan family would definitely protect him until he ascended the throne. If nothing happened, he was basically still stable, but unfortunately, there were more and more speculations about him from the outside world. Not only that, the matter of whether he was really the biological child of Emperor Tiansheng was also quietly brought up.
All these years, everyone had kept silent about this matter, but now it was used to make a fuss. The crown prince is really roasted on the fire, what was more, Emperor Tiansheng seemed to be ignorant of the rumors. No matter what or how the crown prince or the Empress requested to see him, he didn't pay any attention to them. He acted as if he didn't know this matter and continue to enjoy the life of returning to the field.
The turmoil and undercurrents in the capital were still there, and the peaceful life in the north was also continuing.
This was Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu's third year in the north, and it was also the eighteenth year of Tiansheng.
This was the third summer they had spent here.
Luo Shuyu stood in the yard and stared at the fish swimming in the pond, wondering how long it would be before they died in their last life. The year they died was the Lantern Festival in the twentieth year of Tiansheng, and it was still about a year and a half away. In other words, there was not much time left for them.
In the previous life, he never thought that he would stay in the north for nearly three years. Li Mingjin and him had accumulated something over the years. Now the crown prince was pressed by the fourth prince step by step, and the fourth prince had Shen Mingyun's help. According to the evil nature of the system, the fourth prince would still defeat the crown prince. In the end, they would confront Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince. The most important thing was the system behind Shen Mingyun. That thing had some magical powers, so it should be watching them all the time.
Fortunately, there were still a few years to gasp for breath, Luo Shuyu felt that even if he was reborn again, he wouldn't regret choosing Li Mingjin.
In the following a year and half, there would be more important matters for them to do.
As he was thinking about it, he heard someone calling him.
"Why are you here? I have been looking for you for a long time."
It was Li Mingjin.
Luo Shuyu smiled and said: "What's the matter? I came to feed the fish. Qingwang, let someone catch some fishes, we are going to eat fish at night."
Qingwang retreated.
Li Mingjin: "The weather is so hot, what should I do if you get heat stroke later?"
Luo Shuyu said indifferently, "Am I so delicate? If it's too hot I can sit in the gazebo for a while, what are you so nervous about?"
Li Mingjin put his arms around his shoulders: "Yu'er, don't underestimate your position in my heart, I can't wait to carry you in my arms everyday."
Luo Shuyu was amused by him: "You still want to carry me in your arms everyday, what are you thinking?" Actually he knew that Li Mingjin was right, he really treated him differently.
It was indeed a bit hot in the summer afternoon, Luo Shuyu followed Li Mingjin back to their room, and drank a bowl of mung bean soup with ice. It was cold, and the irritability in his heart disappeared.
Li Mingjin also drank a bowl. He wanted to drink two bowls, but Luo Shuyu didn't allow it. Drinking too much ice would hurt his stomach.
After calming down, Luo Shuyu turned around and discussed with Li Mingjin about when they should return to capital.
Now the crown prince's status had plummeted. Although he was supported by the Yan family, there was the fourth prince watching behind him. Shen Mingyun was the protagonist in the book, so they should be able to defeat the crown prince, but they didn't know when or how.
Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin while peeling the grapes: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about when we will return to the capital?"
Li Mingjin nodded: "Of course, but according to the current situation, it's unlikely to return to the capital in the near future."
Luo Shuyu: " You also know that the crown prince's position is unstable, and father's health is also not easy to say, if something happens..."
Li Mingjin: "My mother concubine sent a letter yesterday, saying that my father has been farming with her recently, and his health is getting better and better."
The longer Emperor Tiansheng could live, the longer their return to the capital would be delayed.
In the book, Emperor Tiansheng would indeed live until the fourth prince defeated the crown prince. Before he died, he wrote a new edict and passed the throne to the fourth prince Li Mingchun.
Luo Shuyu: "His health is good, but there are so many people in the harem, and it's hard to defend against. I don't mean to curse father, but I think we have to make preparation in advance. Now that the fourth prince is in the limelight, he may continue to maintain it. After all, there are the left prime minister's support and father behind him. "
Li Mingjin: "I know what you are worried about. You are afraid that if the crown prince loses, father will directly hand over the throne to the fourth brother."
Luo Shuyu nodded, and stuffed the peeled grape into Li Mingjin's mouth: "Yes."
In the matter of the crown prince's reputation being ruined, their people also secretly intervened. The fourth prince was in the light, and they were in the dark, but no one would have thought that Li Mingjin would also get involved.
Li Mingjin had done far more than raising soldiers. Long before he left the capital, he had already secretly developed a group of people to stay in the capital. His power had already penetrated into the court.
He did these things without having mother clan in Daxia Kingdom, so he wouldn't be suspected by others for doing these things. After he and Luo Shuyu left the capital, the center of political power, they were even more abandoned.
The Wei family jumped in on their own initiative. Since they dared to jump in, Li Mingjin dared to use them.
The Old General Wei and Concubine Wei in the palace were their right-hand assistants. As for Concubine Mei, who was the only one noticed by others, she was still weeding in her various fields. Who would believe that he had a thought of that position?
It was really not easy to fight for the throne.
As for Luo Shuyu's worry, Li Mingjin also thought about it, but he felt that it wouldn't be easy for the fourth brother to get the throne.
Li Mingjin also peeled a grape for Luo Shuyu: "The fourth brother is starting to show his talent now, and father should have noticed it, but you forget one thing, he has no military power."
After Luo Shuyu spat out the grape seeds, he said: "He doesn't have military power. The Yan family behind the crown prince has soldiers, and father also has soldiers."
Li Mingjin: "Father has been in power for nearly twenty years. Until the last moment, he will not hand over the military power to the fourth brother. Instead, he may hand it over to the Old General Wei."
And The Old General Wei supported them.
So, they really had nothing to worry about in terms of military power.
If there was anything to worry about, then it was Shen Mingyun. His system had the ability to predict the future, and it could guide Shen Mingyun to find their flaws.
This was the existence that made people hard to guard against. Moreover, Luo Shuyu believed that the fourth prince had already discovered that Shen Mingyun was different, and he had been using Shen Mingyun. Otherwise, with Shen Mingyun's aptitude and background, and the ambition of the fourth prince, it was absolutely impossible to let him become an imperial concubine.
When the first prince forced the palace, the fourth prince used his "deep affection" to move Emperor Tiansheng, successfully tied Shen Mingyun and him to death, and used the position of imperial concubine to win over Shen Mingyun, giving him a face.
After Shen Mingyun entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion, although he always did and said things that he shouldn't do in some aspects, he often said yes but his heart said no.
[口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi: mouth says yes, heart says no (idiom); duplicity; empty words]
He said that it was inappropriate for him to get that position, but the fourth prince still often heard him complain about why he didn't marry him as his main wife since they fell in love with each other. He also emphasized many times that if the fourth prince dared to marry someone else, he would immediately leave the capital far away.
In order to solve the hidden danger of Shen Mingyun's departure, he still gave Shen Mingyun the position of the fourth prince's imperial concubine, gave him a reassurance. Of course, it was also the guarantee that the fourth prince fought for himself, because Shen Mingyun was really easy to use.
As long as you supported what he wanted to do, you could always get unexpected benefits. How could the fourth prince who had figured out the rules gave up the opportunity to take shortcuts? The position of imperial concubine and fake affection could be exchanged for the throne, so how could he not do it.
Luo Shuyu said: "Your Highness, we have never had contact with the Old General Wei. What if he suddenly betrays us and supports the fourth prince?"
Li Mingjin's eyes flashed coldly: "That will never happen, his two sons and their family are now in Gucheng, so there is no need to be afraid of this. Until the end we will not use threatening moves, because we still have the last card in our hands. "
[底牌dǐ pái: cards in one's hand; (fig.) undisclosed strength or information; hidden trump]
Furthermore they still had an unborn army. It would be best if they didn't use these weapons until they won the throne. It could save some damage. If they didn't need to use this secret weapon for the struggle inside the country, then they wouldn't use it. There were more foreign enemies outside that needed to be solved by it.
Li Mingjin's eyes were not on the three acres of land in Daxia Kingdom, he wanted more. The things that needed for the growth of a country, the first was people, the second was weapons, and the third was the ambition of the emperor. Narrow-minded people always saw only the immediate interests in front of them and ignored the more long-term interests.
Luo Shuyu thought about it carefully again, and they were indeed more secure than the Fourth Prince. He relied on such external forces like Emperor Tiansheng and Shen Mingyun. As for them, everything was in their own hands.
After making a detailed comparison, Luo Shuyu felt much more at ease.
The matter of Chunwei and the fake Emperor's grandson were still the topics for talking of people in the capital in their leisure time. However, after all, the Yan family was a big tree standing in the Daxia for more than a hundred years. After the incident of the fake Emperor's grandson of the East Palace, everyone turned their eyesights in less than three months. Perhaps it could be said that they never turned their eyesights, but they kept a low profile. The Right Prime Minister was still the Right Prime Minister, and once he stood there, he had his aura, and no one dared to ridicule the Yan family in front of him.
It was impossible for flies to stare at seamless eggs.
[ 苍蝇不会盯无缝的蛋: if there's no misbehavior, then other will not find it]
They couldn't say anything about the Yan family, but it didn't mean that they couldn't say anything about the crown prince. At this time, the crown prince's life experience was almost brought to the table for discussion. Gradually, more and more suspicious eyes fell on the crown prince, and the Yan family had to come forward to quell these rumors for the crown prince.
The eighteenth year of Tiansheng, the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The fourth prince and Shen Mingyun brought their child into the palace to attend the family banquet.
It was reasonable to say that it was impossible for the crown prince and his wife who lived in the East Palace to meet the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun, however that day was very unfortunate. The crown prince and crown princess ran into the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun because they took a detour to look at the new lychee trees in the imperial garden from the south for a while.
The two parties were now almost incompatible with each other, and the situation was irreconcilable.
The Crown Princess had a straightforward personality, and Shen Mingyun couldn't hold his breath. When the two met, they taunted each other. Shen Mingyun thought he was awesome, and even cursed her in his native dialect. The crown princess became violent and tore Shen Mingyun's hair with her hand.
The crown prince wanted to stop the hot-tempered crown princess, but the fourth prince thought that the crown prince was going to bully Shen Mingyun, so he naturally defended his imperial concubine, and immediately, he also started fighting with the crown prince!
Shen Mingyun, who always talked about the principle of "the equality between men and women", didn't show any mercy to the crown princess. He kicked when he needed to kick, and kicked when he wanted to kick. The crown princess was not the opponent of Shen Mingyun, a man who knew how to fight, and she shouted ah ah after a while. The scene was very chaotic for a while, until Concubine Wei who passed by saw them, but he watched them fought for a long time, and when he felt that he had enjoyed enough, he ordered people to pull them away!
This matter spread throughout the palace within a quarter of an hour, and it was like a joke when it was said!
What was it all about.
The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet started in such atmosphere that was neither awkward nor embarrassing. Emperor Tiansheng didn't want to see the two of them that night, and he didn't look good at all. After the banquet, the crown prince and the fourth prince were called to the imperial study, and Emperor Tiansheng scolded both of them.
It was alright if he didn't scold them, because once the anger came up, Emperor Tiansheng was so angry that he fell ill. Fortunately, he lived in the pastoral life everyday in the past few months, his body became healthier. The illness was not too serious, the imperial doctor prescribed some meditation pills, and it was cured. The crown prince and the fourth prince were very anxious, and they didn't know if it was true or not.
After this incident, the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince's family completely tore their skins apart, and the Crown Princess and Shen Mingyun almost had to tear each other up when they met each other.
Of course, the Crown Princess also thought about attacking their child, but the Fourth Prince and Shen Mingyun protected their child so well that they failed to do so several times.
Shen Mingyun still loved his child very much, and bought a lot of self-defense props for him. It was very difficult for the crown prince to bring them down.
At the beginning of October, when everyone thought that the status quo would continue, an important person who could bring down the Yan family came to the capital.
The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, today you are a vixen who has practiced for thousands of years, and I'm the great celestial master who specializes in defeating you. You fell in love with my appearance, turn into a beautiful man to seduce me, and plan to spend a good night with me~~
Luo Shuyu: That's right, the vixen successfully hooks up with the handsome celestial master. He digs out the celestial master's heart while he is drunk, and he eats it in one bite. Later he says : It's really unpalatable.
The Third Prince: Σ( ° △ °|||)︴! ! !
hapter 73
The important person who came to Beijing was the Empress' childhood sweetheart. This person was of medium build and not very tall. Although he was old, he still looked handsome like when he was young. Presumably his appearance was quite attractive to the opposite sex when he was young. If peope observed his appearance carefully, they would find that this person was somewhat similar to the current crown prince, or both of them had many similarities.
The answer was ready to come out.
But, who found this person? And why did this person agree to go to the capital after leaving the capital dor more than twenty years? What did this person want to do?
Nobody knew.
If the Yan family found out, he would definitely die.
After this person quietly entered the capital, someone quickly placed him in a seemingly ordinary house. Obviously, he was entrusted to enter the capital.
Jiang Qizhi hadn't been out of the house since he entered the capital. There were many people watching him everyday in the house where he lived. He didn't know if it was for the purpose of protection or keeping an eye on him so that he wouldn't run away.
Human beings need to communicate and have social contact. It would be very boring to stay in the house everyday without anyone talking and not knowing the situation outside.
Jiang Qizhi then asked the two guards: "You two little brothers, you see I have been here for a long time, and I want to go out to get some air, can you please accommodate me?"
The guard replied: "No."
Jiang Qizhi : "I will go out to the street and then turn back home, you can come with me, I will buy some small things and bring them back for my grandson to play with."
The guard still replied: "No, you can't go anywhere without the master's order. Stay here honestly, we can help you buy what you need."
Jiang Qizhi: "But I don't know what to buy until I have seen it. I also want to see antique calligraphy and paintings."
The guards still wouldn't let him go, so Jiang Qizhi could only wander around the house while sighing.
He didn't know why the people who were looking for him asked him to come to the capital, but the price they gave was indeed enough for his family to have leisure life for the rest of their lives.
Jiang Qizhi didn't want to come to the capital. This was the beginning of his tragedy, the place where he lost his chance to become a master, and it was also the place he didn't want to look back.
There was no right or wrong in love, what was wrong was his family and the other party's family, what was wrong was that he shouldn't be tempted, he shouldn't miss people who couldn't belong to him, what was wrong was he shouldn't overestimate his own capabilities, what was wrong was he was too naive. If he could choose to start over in his life, he would never be attracted by the young lady of the Yan family again.
The young lady of the Yan family back then was now the current Empress, and the status of the two was quite different.
After sighing, Jiang Qizhi asked the guard again: "Is there any wine? Since I can't go out, it shouldn't be a problem if you bring me a pot of wine."
He kept staring at them, but they still ignored hin, they continued to carry out their master's orders, and they didn't mention the wine until the food was delivered.
Jiang Qizhi was not a prisoner after all, so they could satisfy his little request.
Two days later, Jiang Qizhi asked them: "I want to meet your master, why did your master ask me to come to the capital? I'm about to grow mushrooms everyday in this house, you have to give me an answer."
He once promised the Yan family that he wouldn't return to the capital, and he would keep it secret the matter between him and his cousin (the Empress) and let it rot in his stomach. Now that it had been more than twenty years, who would remember the past, he was a scholar with no fame, and the money he earned was not enough to subsidize his family, so if someone gave him money, naturally he would accept it, and just like that, he came to the capital.
The guard said: "Whether the master will see you or not is not up to us to decide, but we will pass on your request to the higher-ups, so you can continue to wait."
Jiang Qizhi said distressedly: "How long will I have to stay in the capital?"
Jiang Qizhi stayed in the house for another three days, but he still didn't get the right person to come to see him.
Until one night, when he almost planned to climb the wall and run away, Jiang Qizhi was pushed into the carriage by the guards and blindfolded with a black cloth.
Jiang Qizhi, who was blindfolded, had his hands tied behind his back and his legs were also tied, he couldn't move at all: "Where are you going to take me?"
The coachman didn't answer Jiang Qizhi, and the carriage stopped after an hour.
The two guards helped Jiang Qizhi out of the carriage.
It was obvious that they were far away from the bustling and lively center of the capital. Jiang Qizhi hadn't been to the capital for more than 20 years, and he didn't know where he was sent.
The surrounding was very quiet, and he didn't know where he was. Where did he go, but it was certain that the person who looked for him must be either rich or noble.
He could exclude the Yan family.
He was an ordinary old scholar, who would remember that he came to the capital more than 20 years ago. If there was a relationship, then it was only related to the Yan family. But he had nothing to do with the Yan family, he was only a distant relative, and he never participated in any affairs of the Yan family.
What was this person trying to do?, he tried every means to lure him into the capital. This question had been lingering in his mind for more than a month.
Jiang Qizhi wanted to get this money, to seek an easy money, but he never thought of putting his life on the line.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
He wanted to go back, would he really back home dead in the end?
Jiang Qizhi, with his face covered, was supported by the two guards and walked in an unfamiliar corridor. He became more and more flustered, even losing his steps.
The surrounding area was so quiet that only the footsteps of the three of them remained.
Jiang Qizhi was so flustered that he didn't even count how long he walked.
Suddenly, they asked Jiang Qizhi to step over the steps, and after a few more steps, they stopped.
One of the guard who was dragging him kicked the hollow behind his knee, and the black cloth tied around his eyes was taken off, and Jiang Qizhi knelt down on the ground.
"Kneel down."
"Hey, take it easy, I'm getting old, and my waist and legs are uncomfortable."
After getting used to the light in the room, Jiang Qizhi raised his head to see who was sitting in front of him.
The first thing that caught his eye was a pair of satin boots, and then he looked up to see the clothes that he might not be able to afford a single corner of in his life.
Who was the man in front of him?
Jiang Qizhi didn't dare to say more after he took the money from others. This person must have respected status, and he didn't dare to guess further. He was so nervous that his palms were sweating, and the clothes on his back were soaked wet. He was both nervous and scared.
Why did this person look for him, and what exactly did he want to do?
Jiang Qizhi was thinking about what he had done to be brought here. At this moment, the person who was sitting on the master chair said, "You are Jiang Qizhi?"
Jiang Qizhi stood up and said, "The humble servant is Jiang Qizhi." He found that the person in front of him was relatively fair-looking, and he looked only in his early forties. He lived like a prince, and his words were full of dignity, which should be the aura of a person who had been in a high position all year round.
[养尊处优 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu: to live like a prince (idiom) to live in a rich and well-off life .]
The other party was looking at his face, and Jiang Qizhi felt very uncomfortable. Who was this person? What did he want to do?
Although it was just a sentence, Jiang Qizhi was really confused and really afraid that he would die here today.
"Okay, do you know why I called you here?"
"I don't know, I don't know how to call this gentleman."
"My surname is Huang, I just to have a look at your appearance, to verify something."
"My appearance?" Jiang Qizhi touched his face, he was still a little confident in himself. He hadn't gained weight all these years, so he was sure that his appearance was still passable.
However after these few days, what kind of appearance did he talk about when he was nearly fifty? It was not just a joke, he still had to rely on his appearance to please the guests.
Master Huang asked him: "Yeah, aren't you curious about the reason why you came to the capital for?"
Jiang Qizhi: "I don't have any old friends in the capital, so I don't know what this master is referring to." He also had no enemies with anyone.
Mr. Huang: "You don't have to pretend to be confused with me. You are the distant relative of the Yan family. Twenty six years ago, you came to the capital to take the exam and stayed in the Yan family's mansion. You will not forget all of this, right?"
Jiang Qizhi: " I did live in the Yan family's mansion for a while. Later I fell ill because I couldn't get used to the winter in the capital. I failed to take the imperial examination and left the capital in despair. Later, I had nothing to do with the Yan family anymore and lived my own life. "
Mr. Huang: "Then why don't you take the imperial examination anymore? After suffering cold window and studying hard for decades, you were also the local Jieyuan back then, and you said you didn't want to take the imperial examination anymore, isn't it too sloppy? Even if you missed it once, why didn't you continue to take the imperial examination after three years? "
[解元 jiè yuán: first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations]
Jiang Qizhi couldn't answer.
It was not that he didn't want to take the imperial examination, but because he promised to the Yan family, he couldn't take the imperial examination anymore.
Jiang Qizhi changed the subject and said, "I don't know why Mr. Huang suddenly asked me about this matter. It's all an ordinary past, and I don't even remember it myself."
But Mr. Huang said, "You secretly had relationship with Prime Minister Yan's daughter back then. Both of you also spent the night together."
Jiang Qizhi's legs softened, and he knelt back on the ground again. Even if he still couldn't guess who the person in front of him was, he was blind if he still didn't know his purpose. This was the reason why he spent his life to live incognito all these years!
What he was worried about the most for many years was finally dug out!
iang Qizhi couldn't even speak clearly: "Back then, back then, nothing happened back then. It was all my wishful thinking. I had nothing to do with the young lady of the Yan family. It was my fault, I didn't dare to have unreasonable thoughts about the young lady of the Yan family, in the end I was eventually driven out of the Yan family's mansion by Master Yan, and returned to my hometown without face to see anyone, and I no longer participated in the imperial examination. "
Master Huang said: "I don't believe a word you said, I only believe in what I know, I can see that the Yan family is extremely daring. Take this person into custody."
The guards: "Yes."
Jiang Qizhi's legs were trembling badly.
This Mr. Huang could open and close his mouth, saying something about the Yan family easily, he, who he was, it was self-evident!
He was the current Emperor!
It took Tiansheng Emperor several years to find Jiang Qizhi. The Yan family didn't do anything wrong that left no room for maneuver back then, only Jiang Qizhi who left the Yan family's mansion, didn't even care about his life. But they didn't expect Emperor Tiansheng to look for him.
This was a royal scandal, Jiang Qizhi had only two options, one was to die, and the other was becoming evidence to bring down the Yan family.
Emperor Tiansheng was indeed very angry when he saw Jiang Qizhi at first sight. The Yan family was not only extremely daring, they also insulted him directly!
If he didn't find out the truth about this matter until his death, wouldn't it be a big joke after his death.
He came to see Jiang Qizhi in person today because he still had a little hope for the Empress He hoped that this woman who had been with him for many years hadn't deceived himself. The crown prince's appearance only looked like the Yan family and not the Li family. But now when he saw Jiang Qizhi, he knew that his persistence for more than 20 years had turned into broken pieces.
After returning to the palace, Emperor Tiansheng vomited blood at night. There was something wrong with his qi and he was also suffering from emotional issue in his heart, which was difficult to get rid of.
The crown prince and the fourth prince rushed over overnight to wait on him. Emperor Tiansheng used his remaining energy to tell the eunuch not to let the Empress and crown prince enter his palace.
The prince didn't know why, and couldn't afford to kneel outside the hall. The Empress sighed, it's really time for His Majesty to be sick.
The fourth prince felt that Emperor Tiansheng was ill at the wrong time. He hadn't really grasped the hidden power of his father. How could he fall ill? No matter what, he couldn't let him get sick, Therefore he ordered the Imperial hospital to wake up Emperor Tiansheng, and cure him? That was not necessary.
Everyone heard that Emperor Tiansheng was ill.
The four concubines lined up to see him, but no one could see him.
Emperor Tiansheng woke up sometimes, but he didn't want to see anyone, he just ordered Concubine Mei to come over to serve him, now he really didn't want to see anyone.
When he saw those bad people, it reminded him of those bad things. Only Concubine Mei and the third child could make his heart clear.
Concubine Mei still had that cold temperament. Even though Emperor Tiansheng had become so ill, she still hadn't changed her sarcastic personality. She didn't know what was called softness at all. On the contrary, Emperor Tiansheng was quite fond of her temper now, soft words coule make him feel deeply hurt now. It was better if she was frank and straightforward which made him more comfortable.
With Concubine Mei serving him, Emperor Tiansheng's condition stabilized and he became more energetic.
Concubine Mei began to urge Emperor Tiansheng to take medicine again: "Your Majesty, take medicine."
Emperor Tiansheng frowned and didn't want to drink it: "It's so bitter, I don't want to drink it."
Concubine Mei put the medicine bowl on the table heavily: "Whether you like to drink it or not, the body is not mine anyway."
The old eunuch wanted to open his mouth to persuade Concubine Mei to speak kindly to Emperor Tiansheng, but as soon as the words reached his lips, Emperor Tiansheng compromised.
"Yes, yes, yes, I will drink the medicine. The body is my own, and I still cherish myself."
The old eunuch: "..." Your Majesty, I have stayed with you for most of my life, and I have never known that you still have the nature of being afraid of your wife.
Concubine Mei said in a flat tone: "Naturally, if you don't cherish yourself, who will cherish you."
After Emperor Tiansheng drank the medicine, he said with emotion: "What Concubine Mei said is that the main road is the most simple."
[大道至简: lit. the main road is the most simple; complicated things are usually unbelievably simple, which means that the major principles (fundamental principles, methods and rules) are extremely simple, it's simple that one or two sentences can explain it.]
Concubine Mei said: " There is no major problem with your majesty's health, so the concubine will go back to take care of the vegetable garden."
It was not easy for Emperor Tiansheng to find a confidant to talk to now, but after getting along with Concubine Mei for a long time, he found that she was unusually simple. Although her temper was cold, however she could distinguish right from wrong, not pretentious. After thinking like this, he suddenly began to enjoy it. After looking at Concubine Mei, he could eat two more mouthfuls of rice.
Emperor Tiansheng racked his brains to keep her: "Wait, the eunuch just said that the third child sent a letter, don't you want to read it together?"
Concubine Mei hesitated and said: "What's so interesting, he wrote the letter for you, and it's not written to give it to me."
Emperor Tiansheng: "It's the same, it's the same."
Concubine Mei: "Then let me tackle a difficult job for a while."
[勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán: to tackle a difficult job (idiom); to do sth reluctantly]
The old eunuch beside him: "..." Why are you two so awkward?
But he felt that when with Concubine Mei was around, His Majesty was much happier.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the people in Gucheng had already worn thick cotton-padded clothes.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu also stayed in the room, reading the letters from Emperor Tiansheng and Concubine Mei, the two letters arrived together.
Luo Shuyu felt strange: "Why did their letters come together?"
Li Mingjin hugged Luo Shuyu, feeling a little uncomfortable and said: "In the end, mother concubine still gets involved."
Although it was a letter from family, it could be seen that Concubine Mei had made a decision at this time.
There was no one who knew a son better than a mother. So how could a son didn't know what his mother had done?
hapter 74 The Assassin
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu seemed to be calm in the north, but every time they got the news from the capital, they couldn't calm down. After all, they were still in the state of planning. If something happened suddenly in the capital, could they return to the capital immediately?
Everything was unknown.
Although it was too cold to go out in winter, when it was not snowing, people here felt bored and would still go out to have fun.
In the first year after being reborn, Luo Shuyu saw Li Mingjin in a Cuju competition. In the three years in Gucheng, they were afraid of the invasion of the Guiyan Kingdom every year, so they could never relax, and never thought about going out to have fun.
In the past few years, the opponent's strength was not very clear, but now, they were studying their attack patterns all the time. Another group of spies was sent to sabotage the Guiyan Kingdom, and all the thirty-six stratagems were used on the Guiyan royal clan.
[三十六计 sān shí liù jì: The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction; all the possible schemes and stratagems]
A year had passed, and they were still too busy to take care of themselves, let alone Li Mingjin. The Guiyan Kingdom was unaware of the further development of Gucheng. By the time they realized it, they had already lost the best time to capture Gucheng.
At this time, Li Mingjin already had a team of elite soldiers belonging to him in Gucheng, which far surpassed other teams in terms of equipment and ability. They had been trained for three years. The scattered group of people back then were all full of energy now. Compared with the soldiers led by the old general Wei at his peak, it was not to be inferior in any aspects.
[有过之而无不及 yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí: not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom); to surpass; to outdo; (derog.) to be even worse]
Last year, the Guiyan Kingdom invaded their territory. This year, several tribes in the Guiyan Kingdom were fighting every day. The internal friction was still high, and there was no time to approach Gucheng, and Gucheng had time to recuperate.
Since the safety of Gucheng could be guaranteed for the time being, Li Mingjin gave benefits to the people in winter and held a winter Cuju competition in Gucheng.
The ice cuju competition was arranged in advance before the winter, and all teams were free to form teams. Now it had reached the final stage, and four strong teams stood out. The third place was determined yesterday, and the champion and runner-up would be determined today.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu went to the competition venue to watch the final.
The people who went out to watch the game had already sat down in the spectator area. Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were sitting in the windshield shed with two pots of charcoal burning inside, and it was not cold at all. Compared with the people who were standing against the wind, they were obviously much more comfortable.
Today's Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were well-received by the people in Gucheng, and they were loved by these common people. Seeing them appeared, the people spontaneously cheered.
Luo Shuyu stood up and waved at them. He was actually a little moved. He didn't expect that he would get such feedback for what he did within his ability. The feeling of being remembered seemed to be quite good.
"What's wrong?" Li Mingjin saw that Luo Shuyu's eyes were slightly red, and wondered what touched him.
Luo Shuyu shook his head: "No, I just feel that my efforts are really rewarded, and I'm just a little moved."
Li Mingjin looked towards the public audience area, and put his arm around Luo Shuyu's shoulder: "Naturally there must be rewards, if you raise white eyed wolf, I will be the first to not let them go."
[白眼狼 bái yǎn láng: white eyed wolf; thankless wretch, an ingrate]
Luo Shuyu agreed: "Indeed."
The game would start immediately, and Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were no longer entangled in the rewards matter.
They listened to the referee shouted to start of the game, and began to watch the Cuju final seriously.
Although it was a folk team, there were always many folk masters. Today's game was very exciting. Although it was not as good as Li Mingjin's superb performance back then, but it was still very worth to watch. As long as a goal was scored, there would be cheers, and the smiles on the faces of the common people were very simple. If this kind of game could make everyone happy, why not made it as a regular event, which not only exercised people's ability to unite, but also mobilized the participation of the common people.
Luo Shuyu told Li Mingjin his thoughts, and the latter thought it was very good idea. In the past, there were Cuju competitions in the capital, but they were held at irregular times. It would be a feat if the competitions were held in Gucheng at a fixed time every year.
The champion team was finally decided, and Li Mingjin stepped forward to present the awards to them. This was an unprecedented awards ceremony. To receive the prizes presented by Li Mingjin himself, the members of the champion team were so excited that they couldn't even speak clearly.
However, Li Mingjin noticed that one of them was relatively calm, and when he took the prize that Li Mingjin handed over, the smile on his face was very stiff.
The next moment, the prize that was just handed out suddenly fell to the ground, and the man drew a dagger from his arms and stabbed Li Mingjin!
Li Mingjin cleverly avoided this dagger. He was already vigilant when presenting the award. It was too late for common people to be happy when the prince himself presented the award in person, but this man still had a calm face, as if he knew this beforehand, and it would be difficult for Li Mingjin not to notice.
As expected, this person was already prepared!
The incident happened suddenly, and everyone else was dumbfounded.
An assassin appeared!
Li Mingjin reacted quickly and dodged the first stab, and there would be the second and third attack. But he was already prepared, the martial arts he practiced in the past was not in vain. Every move was fatal, every move was thrilling, but in the end there was no danger. The dark guards behind had already flew over to separate the assassin for Li Mingjin.
Li Mingjin still felt a little regretful that he didn't have time to use his whip, but what he was more worried about right now was Luo Shuyu.
Yes, Luo Shuyu was in the situation more dangerous than him now, everyone's attention was on him, and they would ignore Luo Shuyu's safety!
As if to fulfill Li Mingjin's guess, Luo Shuyu was really in danger now!
What stabbed Li Mingjin was a dagger, and what attacked him was a knife!
Just now, Li Mingjin thought that his whip was useless, but he could really use it now. He swang the long whip to block the knife attacking Luo Shuyu, it was more thrilling than before, just a little bit, just a little bit, he was about to lose the love of his life.
Li Mingjin pulled Luo Shuyu behind him: "Yu'er, are you okay?"
Luo Shuyu shook his head. He leaned on the chair handle, using his strength to hide behind Li Mingjin, he said, "Your Highness, be careful!"
Facing assassins, he was not afraid of them. However it happened so suddenly that he was a little startled, and when Li Mingjin shouted, he came back to his senses.
All the dark guards came out because of this matter. There were quite a few assassins, and they all hid in the crowd, including the place where the officials were sitting. Many officials were assassinated, and now there was chaos, and the common people were also in a mess.
However, after all, they had been threatened by the Guiyan Kingdom for a long time, and the common people quickly started to fight back. Of course, the ones without weapons didn't step forward, and only started to attack when they found weapons. For a while, it was unknown whether it was the assassins who were were taking action, or the common people who were fighting the invaders.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were supported by General Lin Haiming, and quickly captured most of the assassins alive. Some assassins killed themselves on the spot after being captured, and some tried to kill themselves but failed, but they found that all the assassins had their tongues cut out, so they probably couldn't ask any questions, because they were all dead soldier.
Now, who could raise the dead soldiers? Who could have and support the dead soldiers?
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu still hadn't announced that they would continue to hold the Cuju competition next year, but since they encountered this incident, they rode straight back to their residence.
Chen Rong was not fit to go outside to have a blast because of his health, but he also heard from his servants that the third prince and his imperial concubine were assassinated in the Cuju competition.
As soon as Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu came back, he greeted them with a nervous expression: "Your Highness, are you all right?"
Lin Haiming and Wei Linmu escorted them back, and Wei Linyuan personally interrogated the captured assassins.
Li Mingjin said: "It's alright, send someone to the city to find some doctors to see if any of the common people are injured. Treat them for free, and reward them for their meritorious service in catching the assassin today."
Chen Rong thought to himself that the third prince was quite calm.
In fact, Li Mingjin was not calm at all, these ideas were all from his wife, when it came to calmness, Luo Shuyu was better than him.
After receiving the order, Chen Rong immediately proceeded to deal with it. He contributed several times in the battle and won big victories. Now he was the number one military advisor in Li Mingjin's army. No one dared not to listen to him. Everyone respected him very much.
This matter must be investigated carefully, who did it?
Were they sent by the Guiyan Kingdom or someone from the capital?
There was absolutely no need for the Guiyan Kingdom to raise dead soldiers. Since they were not from the Guiyan Kingdom, it meant that these people were from the capital.
He still remembered that there should be quite a lot people who had dead soldiers in the capital, and still regarded them as a thorn in the side. Both the crown prince and the fourth prince could be the suspect.
So, were they the crown prince's dead soldiers or the fourth prince?
No matter who it was, that person must be very anxious now.
Who would be in a hurry to get rid of the third prince when Emperor Tiansheng was ill?
The crown rince? The Yan family? The Fourth prince?
Doubts also flashed between Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu, but no matter who it was, that person must be their enemy.
Luo Shuyu began to recall the events in the previous life. Did anything happen to Li Mingjin in the eighteen years of Tiansheng?
It seemed that since then, Li Mingjin's visits to the palace had decreased a lot. He didn't bother with Li Mingjin's affairs. Now when he thought about it carefully, according to the current situation, it meant that the crown prince or fourth prince at that time had already started to attack Li Mingjin.
Both the crown prince and the fourth prince wanted to get rid of Li Mingjin because of their ascension to the throne. Their goals were the same.
If only they could find out who raised the dead soldiers, it would be easy to say.
Luo Shuyu was unharmed this time, but it really scared Li Mingjin enough. After returning to the mansion, he was not as calm as he appeared in the outside. When he hugged Luo Shuyu, his whole body was shaking.
Li Mingjin: "I almost lost you today."
Luo Shuyu followed and hugged him back, he comforted him: "Why do you think so, I also almost lost you, fortunately we were lucky. "
Li Mingjin: "How could it be luck? It's our strength, it seems that we are still not safe in Gucheng, and people still can take advantage of it."
Luo Shuyu: "We are not an immortal, so it's impossible for us to take care of everything, but we can counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir. Your Highness, in the future, this kind of life may continue, and we can't be frightened just because of this attack, Your Highness, you are not such a person."
[来将挡, 水来土掩 bīng lái jiāng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn: counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Li Mingjin blamed himself: "But if something happens to you, I'll be scared out of my wits. Am I quite useless? If I can't protect you well, I will follow you."
Luo Shuyu had no choice but to become a confidant and continue to enlighten Li Mingjin: "In fact it's not as bad as you imagined, and nothing happened to me. You said it was your first time protected someone behind your back, so is it useless for you to protect me? In my heart, now you are a great hero."
Li Mingjin kissed Luo Shuyu's forehead: "A great hero deserves a beauty."
Luo Shuyu nodded : "I'm a beauty." After speaking, he felt that he was a little shameless.
Regarding today's events, no matter how calm Luo Shuyu was, he still had lingering fears.
In order to prevent Li Mingjin from continuing to think about today's affairs, Luo Shuyu simply changed the subject: "Your Highness, why don't you ask General Wei how the interrogation of those assassins going? "
Li Mingjin's attention was indeed distracted, and his eyes became sharp: "I'll go and ask , no, I will do to the interrogation myself."
Luo Shuyu said: "Your Highness, no matter whether you want to ask or not, don't disturb our own rhythm. The assassination this time may still have the possibility of testing. The mother concubine mentioned in the letter that father is in a good state of mind after he recovered from his illness. According to her, if there are no accidents, at least he can live for a few more years. We need to stabilize the current situation. "
Li Mingjin did what he said, and immediately got up and went out: "I know, these assassins really deserve to die."
Before leaving the door, Li Mingjin also sent more people to protect Luo Shuyu.
At least when the assassination happened, no one around them betrayed them. This was a good thing. Otherwise, the assassin wouldn't rush towards Luo Shuyu after Ansan left the stands. Even if Li Mingjin didn't block the knife, other dark guards would block it. Luo Shuyu felt that Li Mingjin was still too nervous about him.
Did the crown prince really mind about Li Mingjin?
As expected, nothing could be found from the dead soldiers. However, from the beginning Luo Shuyu didn't have any hope for this, instead he was more willing to point the finger at the Fourth Prince.
Shen Mingyun had a system, and only when the system gave the tasks would the Fourth Prince take action against them through Shen Mingyun's "suggestion".
There were two benefits of getting rid of Li Mingjin at this time. One was to shift the blame to the crown prince who hadn't been going well recently, and the other was to put Li Mingjin in front of the stage to attract firepower and let others see his current ability. The emperor's adult princes were not only the crown prince and the fourth prince, but also Li Mingjin. The Yan family should also deal with the third prince, not just the fourth prince.
Besides, Emperor Tiansheng had been fond of Concubine Mei recently, if the third prince was not favored, how could Concubine Mei be favored again.
As Luo Shuyu guessed, they couldn't get any useful informations from the dead soldiers, and all these people were dealt with in the end, leaving no one behind.
Li Mingjin and the others understood that since the dead soldiers appeared, it meant that the power in the capital had begun to pay attention to them.
What he did in Gucheng would soon be reported back to the capital.
Li Mingjin, who had been silent for many years, gradually appeared in front of everyone, and what he did in the north was quickly reported back to the capital.
Now, the crown prince and Prime Minister Yan no longer kept distance, their relationship was closer than ever, and the two were already tied to the same boat.
Today was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow would be the 30th of the New Year.
Prime Minister Yan sent a letter to the crown prince, inviting him to come to the Yan's mansion.
When the crown prince received the letter from Prime Minister Yan, his heart thumped.
He came to the Prime Minister's mansion quite low-key. He entered the Prime Minister's mansion and went straight to the Prime Minister Yan's study. They always talked about important matters here, and this time was no exception.
Prime Minister Yan was indeed waiting for him in the study, but this time Prime Minister Yan didn't tell him directly, but closed the door, turned an ancient porcelain bottle on the Bogu shelf, and an invisible door suddenly opened.
"The crown prince, the matter we are going to talk about today is very important, so go inside and we will talk,"
The crown prince didn't doubt him, he thought that the matter they were going to talk about was really important: "Well."
The secret room was indeed very quiet, but in addition to the two of them, there was another person who the crown prince was too familiar with that he couldn't be more familiar anymore.
That person turned her head, and the crown prince exclaimed, "Mother!Why are you here?"
Yes, it was the current Empress. She arrived at the Prime minister's Mansion one step earlier than the crown prince, and she quietly left the palace.
The current Empress of Emperor Tiansheng was five years younger than him, just after her forty-fifth birthday, and she still had a charm. She had been in the high position for many years, even if she put on the clothes of an ordinary woman, she still had the dignity accumulated over the years. Finally, she was going to say what she had been worried about for many years, but this matter was really hard to say.
Prime Minister Yan shook his head helplessly, and said to the Empress, "The Empress, you should just tell the crown prince."
The crown prince's heart beat extremely fast since he entered the door. He seemed to guess what his grandfather and mother wanted to say. He suddenly wanted to escape from this secret room, he didn't want to hear anything!
The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, listen up, you are a spy who steals my company's business secrets, and you are caught by me, the smart CEO. Later I decide to punish you in a loving way and make you beg for mercy ~
Luo Shuyu: You put medicine in the wine to punish me, but later I change the glass when you are not paying attention, so you drink the glass of wine with medicine. Who knows, you are allergic to a certain medicine and die suddenly on the bed.
The Third Prince: ... I want to do it all over again, I can live!
Luo Shuyu: Oh.
hapter 75
The crown prince Li Mingze never thought that the identity he was always proud of was actually a sharp sword hanging over his head.
He couldn't believe that his mother would say such a thing!
The crown prince's legs trembled slightly, he supported himself and leaned on the table, he said with trembling lips: "Mother, what are you talking about? Did you say such things because you are threatened? Do you know that these words can drag me to hell? "
The Empress covered her face and said: "Son, originally I don't want to tell you, but the situation have reached this stage, paper can't wrap fire." She had been under tremendous pressure recently, and there were rumors on the one hand and the real situation on the other hand.
[纸包不住火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ: lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out]
The crown prince swept all the tea sets on the table to the ground in a frenzy, and shouted: "What paper can't wrap fire, since you keep hiding this matter for so many years, why don't you continue to hide it? If you don't tell my grandfather, who will know?"
The Empress was startled by such a big movement: "The crown prince, what are you doing?"
Prime Minister Yan patted the Empress' shoulder: "Let him vent, it should be, who knows that this kind of thing will happen..."
The Empress felt sorry for the crown prince , although she had concealed his life experience for many years, but he was her own son after all, and she still loved him.
The crown prince sneered, he looked at the Empress and Prime Minister Yan: "Why are you telling me now? Can't you wait until I get that position?"
The Empress began to wipe away her tears and turned away her face, and Prime Minister Yan said for her: "The crown prince, because if I don't tell you about this matter now, I'm afraid something will happen. "
"Why? What can happen! "He was already a crown prince, so he felt that his father might have never cared about this matter and believed in his identity. But it was not like he hadn't doubted his own life experience. The other brothers more or less inherited a little bit of his father's appearance, height, physique, and personality. And what about him, in terms of appearance, height, physique, and personality, everything was different from his father.
The more he thought like this, the more flustered he was, and he finally started to imitate Emperor Tiansheng's way of speaking and the way he handled things. But now he was told that he was not a crown prince, and he had nothing to do with the royal family, and that he was not of royal blood.
This thing was like a joke!
He was a majestic crown prince of the Daxia Kingdom, but he was not of royal blood!
It was really a big joke, he was actually the child of his mother who had an affair with someone else, no, it should be a secret relationship with someone else before marriage. For the sake of power, the Yan family actually confused the royal blood like this.
Why did they tell him this unbearable secret today?
Prime Minister Yan said bluntly: "Because your biological father disappeared a month ago."
The crown prince: "My biological father? Why is he still alive in this world!"
Prime Minister Yan was very surprised by his answer: "When your mother married His Majesty back then, we didn't know that she was pregnant with you. We only found out about it shortly after you became the crown prince and entered the east palace."
The crown prince shouted: "Then why don't you kill me? Can't you afford the money for an abortion pill? "
Prime Minister Yan: "The crown prince, because it was too late. We thought that since His Majesty didn't find out about this matter, it was better to leave it like this. We are the ones who harmed you. I'm sorry, the crown prince."
The crown prince pointed to himself and asked them: "Me? The crown prince? When you tell me the truth, can I still be the crown prince safely? Continue to covet something that doesn't belong to me?"
Prime Minister Yan said earnestly: "No, the crown prince, this is why we want to tell you the truth, now you have nowhere to turn back, you can only choose to move forward or die. If your biological father is seen by His Majesty, he must know that you are not his own flesh and blood. Your position as the crown prince will not be guaranteed, and the Yan family will also be implicated, execute all of the relatives. Your mother will only get a white silk (to hang herself) or a cup of poisoned wine. The crown prince, we really have no choice. "
The crown prince: "Is it because you don't have a choice or I don't have a choice?"
Prime Minister Yan: "It's us, and now we have no chance of going back."
The crown prince sat slumped on the chair and beat the table vigorously: "Do you think I should continue to be the crown prince?"
Prime Minister Yan told him: "The crown prince, it's still the same sentence, we have no choice. Our Yan family has no choice, if we lose the position of the crown prince, whether it's the third prince or the fourth prince, in the future we will not have the status like our Yan family right now. What's more, your life experience may have been exposed."
The crown prince suddenly said harshly: "Then why don't you solve that person, otherwise there will be no such things!"
Hearing this, Prime Minister Yan felt a little cold. This child even wanted to kill his own father? What about the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom taught all these years?
Prime Minister Yan asked him, "Do you really want to kill your biological father?"
The crown prince sneered and said: "Grandfather, you wanted me to ascend the throne even though I don't have royal blood in my body, but you also left my father behind. Isn't this just leaving a handle for others to use? Or don't tell me that grandfather has the idea and wants to change the country surname becomes Yan?"
The crown prince thought that his grandfather didn't kill his biological father not because of kindness, but because he had the confidence that even if his biological father was exposed, Emperor Tiansheng wouldn't be able to do anything to him.
The background of the Yan family was even more terrifying than he imagined. The Yan family was more low-key than the previous Lin family, but also more arrogant, and what they wanted was far more than what they saw.
The crown prince was disheartened. The Yan family really regarded him as a pawn to seize power. How could they ever think about his thoughts, telling him the truth now was just because they didn't want him to do things that would harm the Yan family. hey were not afraid at all if his identity was discovered by Emperor Tiansheng!
It was crazy!
He thought that the behavior style of the Lin family was rampant and rebellious, but the Yan family was the most horrible. Not only did they want to rebel, but they also took action early. Perhaps from the moment he was born, maybe it was from the moment his grandfather learned the truth about his life experience, maybe it was from his mother was pregnant with him, or maybe it was earlier.
Probably, it was not that the Yan family had no choice, but he, the fake crown prince, had no choice but also did something stupid that was similar with the Yan family had done before. Now when he thought about it, it was really funny. It turned out that the trick of "changing the civet cat for the crown prince" could also be passed down from generation to generation.
Seeing the crown prince's erratic expression, Prime Minister Yan also knew that he was struggling and was making a decision that would only benefit his future but not harm it.
This time it was the Empress who spoke, not Prime Minister Yan: "The crown prince, no matter who you are, this country will belong to you in the future."
The crown prince sneered: "Mother, are you so sure that father know nothing about my life experience?"
The Empress changed her sad expression before, and said calmly like before, "This is an established fact. It doesn't matter whether he knows about it or not." Maybe he already knew about it. Back then, because of the Empress dowager, and also because of the Yan family, His Majesty who his feathers were not full yet, could only bear humiliation to save his skin and pretend to be ignorant. He also had to hand over the position of the crown prince, did His Majesty really not care these years?
[羽翼未丰 yǔ yi wèi fēng: Feathers are not full yet, which means young, inexperienced, immature or not strong enough.]
[忍辱偷生 rěn rǔ tōu shēng: to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom); to endure humiliation, to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence]
Maybe not.
The reason they brought up this matter today was because their Yan family needed to be united with the crown prince wholeheartedly. If the crown prince was also wary of the Yan family and still thought of the Li family in his heart, then it was far from their original intention, so it was better to say it directly.
Whether the crown prince could accept it or not, he couldn't do anything.
If he couldn't accept it, would he tell this matter to Emperor Tiansheng? Not too possible.
If he could accept it, then the Yan family would work together with him to take this country from Emperor Tiansheng.
Now, they were betting that Emperor Tiansheng still didn't know about the truth yet. Of course, they had many plans, and it was only a matter of time to solve them one by one.
The Lin family was gone, and now the fourth prince who was jumping around was also the target they were about to get rid of. In their eyes, the fourth prince was just a clown, a grasshopper after autumn, who could only jump around for a while.
[秋后的蚂蚱: a grasshopper after autumn, which means can't live for several days, the weather will turn cold after autumn, and the grasshopper will be frozen to death]
The Yan family had already figured out how much father-son affection the crown prince had for Emperor Tiansheng. Because of his relationship with the Yan family, Emperor Tiansheng had never been close to the crown prince.
In less than half an hour after knowing his own life experience, the crown prince was persuaded by Prime Minister Yan and the Empress. Perhaps, he just saw the situation of the authorities clearly.
No matter whether the Yan family was in power or not, he couldn't escape the fate of being a puppet. The worst thing was to die. There was really no other way to choose.
The Empress and the crown prince left the Yan family's mansion one after the other.
After returning to their respective palaces, they all closed their doors and thought deeply.
Tomorrow night was the family banquet for the New Year's Eve.
The crown prince watched Emperor Tiansheng and his concubines drinking and watching the play. The fourth prince said some compliments from time to time. A group of people were talking happily in this New Year's Eve. When he looked at the father he had been calling for more than 20 years, he suddenly found that he himself was quite pitiful.
This time, there was no need to worry about whether to have an Emperor's grandson or not. This crown prince must sit in the throne, and only him could sit in that position in the future.
He was glad that he was from the Yan family, and he was also glad that the Yan family had the power to support him. It didn't matter whose child he was, was it possible that Emperor Tiansheng would announce to the world that his status as the crown prince was false?
The more the crown prince thought, the more he thought clearly. Since he couldn't do anything, it was better to wait for the Yan family to pave the way for him without thinking too much.
What about the Fourth prince who fought with him? Maybe he thought that they would soon lose Emperor Tiansheng's favor. They were in the light and the Yan family was in the dark. It would be a matter of time before they were out.
On the night of New Year's Eve, the crown prince changed his usual tense expression and proposed a toast to Emperor Tiansheng. He was also friendly with the fourth prince, and he even took care of the other little princes. Even Emperor Tiansheng noticed his uncharacteristic behavior, but the Empress said a few words for him, saying that he was very happy to celebrate the New Year today.
The crown prince was happy, but Emperor Tiansheng couldn't be happy that day.
The crown prince and the Yan family were formally integrated into one, and his relationship with the Yan family became closer. Everything was arranged by Prime Minister Yan.
Of course, the crown prince who already knew his identity also began to slack off in various aspects. When he thought that he was a descendant of the Li family, he had an impulse in his heart to break the shackle of the Yan family, but now, the shackle of the Yan family had already grown into his flesh and bones, and pulling them out would kill him.
It was better to obey the destiny. If the Yan family could defeat the Li family and control the world, he could become a puppet emperor. If the Yan family was defeated, he was still a descendant of the Li family. Emperor Tiansheng wouldn't kill him, but would lock him up only.
The crown prince thought of these two possibilities, but he didn't expect that the fourth prince, who was ignored by him and the Yan family, would come up with a strange trick to swallow up the power of the Yan family little by little.
With the experience of dealing with the Lin family, the fourth prince sent people to investigate the Yan family's affairs early on, starting from the Yan family's hometown. The process was very difficult, and the Yan family's reputation was too good and it was hard to find evidence of their crimes. But there were always be one or two children and grandchildren who were unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything.
[成事不足败事有余 chéng shì bù zú, bài shì yǒu yú: unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom), unable to do anything right]
Compared with the corruption case of the Lin family, the matter of the Yan family was even bigger.
This also involved a case more than ten years ago, which was also related to Chen Sheng, the former assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was forced to resign and return to his hometown.
This Chen Sheng was Luo Shuyu's grandfather.
The case was not simple.
At that time, Chen Sheng was responsible for distributing grain to the north, but for some reason, only 30% of the grain sent to the north was new grain, of the other 70%, 20% was old grain, and 50% was sand and stone; half of the cotton wadding sent was straw; half of the silver was also missing.
Without food or clothing, Gucheng fell, and Beizhen Wang almost died in the snow. Later, the army in Lincheng rescued him in time and escaped, but Gucheng lost 10,000 elite soldiers, and the common people were also killed by the Guiyan Kingdom. Cutting and chopping, Gucheng became river of blood!
[王 wáng: to rule; to reign over]
[血流成河 xuè liú chéng hé: river of blood (idiom); bloodbath]
How miserable.
This matter shocked the whole court. Back then Emperor Tiansheng was still young and vigorous, and immediately ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation, and this investigation led to the assistant minister of the Ministry of revenue, Chen Sheng.
Although Chen Sheng had always been an honest official, but all the records had his handwriting and seal. All the people related to this matter were ordered to be beheaded or exiled.
In the end Chen Sheng was not exiled, but he was ordered to resign from his post and return to his hometown because The left prime minister pleaded for leniency for him. It was normal for the people below to hide it from him, but the most important thing was that they couldn't find any evidence that Chen Sheng was greedy for those food and money.
But the whole Daxia knew about this matter, the Chen family became sinners, and they couldn't hold their heads up anywhere. This was also the reason why Luo Renshou, after an accident happened in the Chen family, he didn't have the slightest respect for the Chen family, and he ignored Luo Shuyu for many years.
In this case back then, there were many doubts, but Emperor Tiansheng was very angry at that time, as long as he found out, that person would be executed!
But now, if someone wanted to find out whether the Yan family was really related to this matter, the case of more than ten years ago must be overturned.
All the people related to this case back then were closely related to The Left Prime Minister, and Prime Minister Yan seemed to have nothing to do with this matter.
But now someone found out that one of the Yan family's children had used the batch of silver from that year, and this really poked a bee's nest.
Every batch of silver issued by the state treasury to the army was numbered and stamped, and there were relevant records in the state treasury of the Daxia Kingdom. It was very clear which silver was lost at that time, because each silver had its own number.
This child from the Yan family carelessly took the silver to the brothel to drink flower wine, and was accidentally spotted by the fourth prince's people. After investigation, it was found that this child from the Yan family was the
older male patrilineal cousin of the crown princess.
The case hadn't been revealed yet, but the Fourth Prince had secretly investigated and found a lot of useful things.
When the Yan family was still ignorant of this matter, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu had already received the news.
Luo Shuyu never expected that there would be tricks in the case involving his grandfather.
For some reason, someone flashed in Luo Shuyu's mind - Chen Rong who was unwilling to join under the banner of the Fourth Prince in the previous life.
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, accept the move!
Luo Shuyu: All right.
The Third Prince: I'm still the CEO, and I buy a villa by the sea. During my vacation, I meet you, a mermaid. You fall in love with me at first sight and want to have a little mermaid with me, so we are in the seaside...
Luo Shuyu: Suddenly, I turn back into the real mermaid.
The Third Prince: I'm so happy, you finally want to cooperate with me, wife, go on.
Luo Shuyu: My real body is human body with a fish head, you are so frightened by me on the spot, and after that you can't be a man anymore.
The Third Prince: Let me die!
Luo Shuyu: Didn't you say don't want to die?
The Third Prince: This time I take the initiative to ask for death! ! !
Luo Shuyu: No.
