They all say I'm a puppet

All the turmoil dissipated after the full moon banquet, as if neither the crown prince nor the king of Chu really cared about He Hongyi's appointment of Concubine Lin as the queen, and everything was calm as if nothing had happened at the full moon banquet that day.

Calm is like the last peace before the storm.

But no matter whether it is really calm outside or some bigger conspiracy is brewing, the Jin Palace is still peaceful and peaceful.As the weather gradually turned cold, Fuyu began to hate going out more and more. He stayed in the room every day, reading and writing, and his new hobby, painting.

The painting "Boating on the Lake" that he made last time was really framed by the steward and hung in Canglin's study. But Cang Lin remained as still as a mountain, as if the painting was really made by someone, making those visitors who were originally puzzled couldn't help but wonder if they were really ignorant.

Fu Yu was very satisfied with Cang Lin's behavior, and his enthusiasm for painting was greatly improved. He even allocated more than half of his time to painting every day, and soon Cang Lin's desk was full of Fu Yu's paintings.

Snow began to fall outside the window, the door was pushed open, bringing in the cold wind from the outside, Fu Yu raised his head from the desk, glanced at the door casually, with a smile on his lips: "You are back?"

Cang Lin put the bamboo hat on his head at the door, closed the door with his hand back, glanced at Fu Yu, caught a glimpse of the paintbrush in his hand, subconsciously raised his eyebrows, and then showed a little smile: "I'm drawing again. ?”

"En." Fu Yu nodded, lowered his head to fill in a few more strokes on the paper, looked down at the painting in his hand, then turned to look at Cang Lin, "The painting is finished, do you want to take a look?"

Under Fu Yu's paintings one after another, Cang Lin has gradually adapted to his style. Standing behind Fu Yu and looking down, his brows were slightly frowned, and he thought: "Well... this time the painting is On the day of the beginning of autumn, shall we enjoy osmanthus and eat crabs in the garden with Mr. Su and Xun Cheng?"

Fu Yu turned her head to look at him, with a clear smile on her lips: "Well, it is indeed. I will ask the steward to frame it later, and when I go to the teahouse in a few days, I will send it to Mr. Su by the way, how about it?"

Cang Lin couldn't imagine Su He's expression after receiving this painting, especially Su He's face in the painting was extremely difficult to distinguish.However, Cang Lin lowered his head to meet Fu Yu's smiling face, and nodded, "Okay, I'll have someone send the painting directly to Su's residence after it's mounted, and let Mr. Su receive it earlier."

Fu Yu looked down at the painting on the paper, then looked up at Cang Lin's expression, and suddenly laughed: "Forget it, let me tell you. Do you think I don't know what level I am? You are probably the only one who doesn’t dislike this little painting, sent it to Mr. Su’s house, and still hasn’t been thrown out by Mr. Su.”

Cang Lin looked down at him, with smile lines on his lips: "It's okay, if Mr. Su doesn't want it, I'll take the painting back and hang it by myself."

Fu Yu raised his hand and rubbed it on the drawing paper: "Okay, I will leave all the future paintings to you until your study room is full." Having said that, he couldn't help laughing for a while before stretching out his hand. Touching Cang Lin's face, "Is it snowing outside? Today's morning is over very quickly."

"The fourth prince has contracted some illnesses recently, and the father is very worried, so he hastily dealt with some affairs early in the morning and then ended." Cang Lin then took off his cloak and warmed his hands in front of the charcoal basin, "The palace is now Almost everyone is busy with the Empress Dowager Ceremony and the fourth prince's illness, and the morning court is just a routine."

"Did the prince claim that he is still sick today?" Fu Yu hung up Cang Lin's cloak with his hands back, then turned his head and asked.

Ever since the fourth prince's full moon banquet, the prince has been claiming that he is ill and will not go to court. Anyone with a discerning eye thinks this is the prince's silent protest, but He Hongyi seems to take it seriously. In the mansion, the little gap between father and son because of standing behind seems to disappear.

But Fuyu always felt in his heart that all this was just superficial tranquility, and the prince was originally dissatisfied with the latter matter. That day in the court, He Hongyi could be said to have almost humiliated the prince for the sake of Concubine Lin Gui, especially when When he mentioned the prince's mother who died young, he didn't believe that the prince could really remain indifferent.

Cang Lin's cold hands that were frozen outdoors finally regained some consciousness: "The crown prince should not appear again until the empress ceremony." He glanced at the closed window, "This year seems to be better than previous years. It's much colder, and the end of the year doesn't look like it will be easy."

Fu Yu sat down next to him in front of the charcoal basin, pulled Cang Lin's hand over to warm his palm, and took a few breaths of hot air: "The king of Chu didn't do anything?"

"Going back to the mansion after going to court every day, not even taking a step out of the mansion gate, with a posture of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, this is something that hasn't happened since the opening of the court." Cang Lin looked up at Fu Yu, "I don't know what's going on in the dark. What are your thoughts?"

Fu Yu smiled: "No matter what the plan is, it's time to see the outcome when the Empress Dowager Ceremony is made. Instead of talking about them, it's better to see what kind of plan your father has. Although he is arrogant and cold-blooded , but his thoughts are very deep, even we can see that the prince will make some moves, will he not notice?" Speaking of this, he raised his head and looked at Cang Lin, "This person He Hongyi... At the beginning, he knew that the two sons For the sake of the throne, he pretended to be ignorant and indifferent, and now disregarded their objections to make Concubine Lin the queen, step by step, as if he deliberately forced the prince and the king of Chu to a dead end. Perhaps in his heart he never He has never trusted these two sons who have a hatred for killing his mother. It's just that he is the king of a country after all, and it's hard to make it too obvious to force the murder of his parents, but if these two sons ignore the relationship between father and son first, That's what he should do."

The expression on Cang Lin's face was particularly gloomy: "He will never leave the slightest threat in his life, even if it is his own son. If I hadn't witnessed him strangling my mother to death with my own eyes back then, he wouldn't have I don’t know, maybe it’s impossible for me to walk out of that fishing village alive. He can keep me until today because he thinks I’m just a son who is useless and certainly not a threat.”

"His Royal Highness King Jin's words are a bit self-deprecating. Even before he still felt that way, after experiencing the Southwest battle, he should have changed his view of you." Fu Yu tilted his head and leaned on Cang Lin's shoulder, "He doesn't It's just that you don't think you will threaten him. It's like why he spoils the fourth prince so much now, because the new queen came from a humble background and has no worries about relatives. The fourth prince has been in front of him since birth, and the relationship between father and son can be slowly cultivated , he can completely bring him up with his own hands. Such a son is far more at ease than a few grown-up sons who are deeply thoughtful and obsessed with the throne."

"It's just that this time, he might have misjudged the person. This new queen is far less simple and weak than he thought." Cang Lin said this, and took out a note from his arms, "After today's court, Su My lord quietly handed this note to me. That person in the palace really has a lot of thoughts, but fortunately, there is no conflict of interest between us for the time being. Although she has a lot of thoughts, what she wants most is self-protection. "

Fu Yu glanced at the note, took the note and threw it into the charcoal basin, turned sideways and lay directly on Cang Lin's lap, and yawned: "Speaking of which, I'm a little bit Looking forward to the arrival of the Empress Ceremony. I feel that on that day, all these undercurrents will erupt, whether it is in the court or in the harem, there will be a bloody storm. At that time, all these messy things , and there should be a conclusion."

Cang Lin stroked his hair smoothly: "Yeah, all this should be over."

Fu Yu blinked and smiled a little: "However, that's when the time comes. I've been drawing all morning, and I'm very tired. Go to sleep first, and remember to wake me up later to eat." lunch."

Cang Lin lowered his head and pressed a kiss on Fu Yu's forehead: "Okay."

Snowflakes were still flying all over the sky outside the window, and the room was extraordinarily warm because of the burning charcoal basin, Fu Yu was pillowed on Cang Lin's lap, and Cang Linwai was leaning on the bed, unconsciously falling into a deep sleep.