Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Gu Xu and Shi San did the same.

Qin Zhaole's reaction was unexpected. He jumped up and touched his arms: "Boss Gu! Don't yell like that. I'm really scared."

He said in pain: "I just don't want to be the second prince... Sigh, you should just call me Hele from now on. Isn't it good to have rice in your mouth and eat it every day?"

Gu Yue almost laughed out loud.

Feeling relieved, Gu Yue asked, "Why...why don't you want to be a prince? And why did you come to Liuli Town? This mansion is too shabby for a prince."

He Le didn't hide anything. Looking closely, except for the twisted expression when he was first exposed and when he was addressed as His Highness, his demeanor was generally normal and calm.

"My mother... my mother is a princess who was married to a foreign country. She has never liked the atmosphere of the palace. She has an unruly personality. My father likes women who follow the rules. My mother... my mother has never been favored..."

"There's no need to force yourself to change your words." Gu Yue felt very uncomfortable listening to him constantly correcting himself.

"Yeah, my mother. My mother is a princess of Xihu. So I was born without the possibility of ascending the throne." He Le touched his belly and leaned back in his chair tiredly: "I originally thought that I could be a leisurely prince in this life, but in the end..."

"The result?" Gu Yue was very curious. From what he had just heard about the conversation between the eunuch and He Le, it seemed that they were trying to win him over?

Aren't eunuchs supposed to serve the emperor and the crown prince? Why would the emperor and Qin Zhaoyue need to win over a powerless and unpopular second prince of foreign blood?

Hele was silent for a while.

After thinking hard for a long time, He Le said, "Hey! It's okay to tell you. You are just an ordinary citizen. This is no secret. Although I can't ascend the throne, you are also a very good ally. You don't have to worry about me biting back and seizing the throne yourself."

He Le said, "My mother is the Princess of Xihu! The favorite daughter of the King of Xihu. Therefore, winning me over is equivalent to winning over Xihu, which makes it very convenient to rebel and seize the throne. I really can't stand it, and my father is also annoyed with me, so I asked for grace to come to Liuli Town."

"Contacting Xi Hu to interfere in the struggle for the crown prince? Isn't this inappropriate?" Gu Yue frowned. Whether it was real history or fiction, doing so would increase instability. Foreign countries intervening in the struggle for power in their own country... uh...

"Oh, my grandfather is not very smart, he can really do such a thing." He Le first thought of this, "He can't think of the reason for killing the dog after the rabbit is dead, but I can think of it. Let me participate in the fight between those idiots? Don't even think about it!"

He Le didn't even consider the possibility that Xihu would take this opportunity to attack Beiqin. He thought that his grandfather didn't have that brains.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent his favorite daughter to marry...

Bei Qin was rich, and the royal family had the best food and supplies, but there were many restrictions, and they had to be mistresses. He Le didn't think this was a good fate for his mother, who had ridden horses and fought and teased men since she was a child. But his grandfather was very inconsiderate and only saw the money.

"So...whose man is the person who came to visit just now?" Gu Yue asked tentatively.

He Le hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's not a good idea to tell you this."

You know now that this is bad! Didn't you say it very smoothly just now?

He Le seemed to know what he was thinking, and explained with a smile: "What I just told you are all about the current situation. You can find out if you pay a little attention. But my meeting with that person is real evidence, so I can't tell you."

"I didn't form an alliance with him! I drove him away." He Le muttered.

This wasn't the first time that Gu Yue had been kept in the dark, so he wasn't upset. He asked about the main business: "I came here this time to discuss the braised food."

"What's wrong with the braised food? You can continue to run it after I leave, don't worry. I'll give you the settlement money when we meet again." He Le waved his hand casually.

"Does that braised food come from the Golden Duck House in Beijing?" Gu Yue asked.

"That's right. Have you been to Jin Ya Fang? That's my friend's shop. I like duck intestines and duck gizzards the most. They are really delicious... It's a pity that there are not many ducks raised here, so we can only use chicken and pork instead, and the taste has changed." He Le looked melancholy.

"...Didn't you say at the beginning that it was your friend's secret recipe, and that he gave it to you because he had quit and had no successors?" Gu Yue asked.

This liar!

"My friend told me to say this." He Le smiled, not realizing the seriousness of the matter at all. "He wants to develop the market of Golden Duck House outside, but he doesn't want to directly use the name of Golden Duck House."

"Who is your friend?" Gu Yue asked.

"…I don't need to tell you this, right?" He Le was embarrassed.

"Hurry up and tell me! This is a serious matter!" Gu Yue said.

"Oh..." He Le hesitated, "I promised him."

Gu Yue took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, Second Prince, I am not joking with you. This matter is really important. It concerns our family and your life."

He Le was shocked: "Is it that serious?"

Seeing Gu Yue's serious expression, he hesitated for a moment and said, "You know this person, he's your friend."

Gu Yue was stunned.

"He heard that you wanted to start a catering business, and he thought you had a talent for business, so he wanted to give you this secret recipe for stewed food." He Le's face was serious, but his words made Gu Yue shudder. "He was afraid that you knew this was your friend's business and didn't want to take it over, so he found me who lives in Liuli Town to be the middleman."

"Who is he?" Gu Yue asked.

In fact, he already had the answer in his mind.

"It's Qin Shu, my uncle." He Le said, "What do you usually call him? King Yin?"

Gu Xu, who had been listening, frowned immediately.

...So that’s it!

Gu Yue's hands were shaking. King Yin, King Yin had planned this! It turned out that this person had already started investigating them from the moment they met in the forest. He not only found out where Gu Dashi was staying, but also found out that he wanted to start a catering business.

This matter was not a secret. Everyone in Hongcheng Restaurant and Lu Junmei's family were targets for gossip and questioning. They also made a lot of noise in Yuning Mansion. King Yin took the opportunity to set up this game.

Hele is probably also in the game.

The fact that he was in Liuli Town was no secret to King Yin. King Yin took advantage of this and handed the recipe to Hele, and then asked Hele to pass on the secret recipe under the pretext of "secretly helping a friend". In this way, Gu Dashi sold the "secret recipe" of Jinyafang for a while without being noticed, and it would be very easy for King Yin to win him over with the profit in the future. If he did not cooperate, he would probably be charged with stealing the secret recipe for profit.

Hele... can also be used to bind himself to the King of Yin. How can the King of Yin not make good use of the relationship he has established if he wants to rebel?

Even if Hele hadn't been there, there would surely have been various coincidences that allowed him to get this pot of marinade.

If He Gui hadn't reminded him, and he had been extra vigilant because of the Su family's affairs, he might have let King Yin do this. By then, He Le had returned to Luoyang, and even if he noticed something was wrong, he would have nowhere to look for him, after all, He Le had hidden his identity.

Vicious!

...and the idiot Second Prince!