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In the end, Chen Yunyu fought a battle without gunpowder, went back with bloodstains and news of victory, and looked at Li Mizhi quietly amidst a crowd of cheers. Huailai marched, the city had been recaptured, the towers were still heavily guarded, but now they had been replaced by their own people.

It has been raining in the capital for several days, washing all the ginkgo trees into a light and convex appearance. The news of Chen Jun's great victory arrived at the palace in this gust of autumn wind. A Zhongci mansion, jade and silver are countless, but Chen Yunyu refuses everything, as long as the princess of the Northern Wu, Emperor Jing readily agrees after laughing, only saying that he is a hero and sad beauty, but the mansion is still forced to him.

The Northern Wu Princess was sent to the General's Mansion that night, but her identity changed. From the future concubine to a new prisoner, Chen Yunyu was drawing in the study when the guards brought her here. Turning his eyes on the table, he saw that the face of the person had been painted, and the clothes were being drawn, and there was a touch of black.

Before Shi Muxue could speak, Chen Yunyu said calmly, "As long as you are honest, I can keep you alive."

"What do you mean?" Shi Muxue looked at him defensively.

He raised his pen and frowned, this pen has not been settled for a long time, he couldn't figure out if this person lost weight again in the past month.

"Am I still afraid of death?" she said again.

"Do you know why Bei Wu sent troops suddenly?"

After thinking about it, he decided to make this person fatter, at least to comfort himself.

These words hit her heart like a thunderbolt, and she said in astonishment, "What do you mean? Could it be... Could it be that you are behind all this?" She stared at him fiercely, and seized the case. Throw the inkstone on it.

Chen Yunyu dodged sideways, and suddenly frowned, "Dirty..."

"What?" She was a little taken aback.

"The painting is dirty..."

She followed the sound and saw a man with tilted head and a smile drawn on the snow-white rice paper, holding a folding fan half-opened in his hand, but now a smear of ink landed on the corner of his slightly raised mouth.

For a moment, Shi Muxue seemed to feel a little tenderness, and said awkwardly: "What did you just say... What do you mean?"

"Does the princess want revenge?"

Didn't this person once joked that he was the god of flowers?It's better to draw a plum blossom on his mouth. Speaking of which, I have never admired plum blossoms with him, and I only hope to have this opportunity in the coming year.

The Princess of Northern Wu's exquisite heart suddenly opened up, and she frowned and said, "Did you do something? My father was still full of anxiety when he sent me to marry me, lamenting the poor livelihood of the people, why would you rush to send troops... You must have done it secretly, you ...Son of Prince Liao, I have been dissatisfied with the court for a long time, whether it is your mother's death or this marriage... After all, the main combatant in this court...is only you!" She said in the end with firm words, almost believing herself.

Chen Yunyu was unmoved, the calmness on his face seemed to be painted on, without any cracks, and he said calmly, "How does it compare to Guotai Min'an?"

"...The enmity is the enmity of the common people, it is the enmity that insults my dignity. Naturally, I have to avenge it. But if the common people are really safe and peaceful, what's the point of losing my dignity! Chen Yunyu, don't talk about him with me, just say that it's troublesome Is it you?" She had lost her mind and asked.

Until then, a corner of a plum tree suddenly appeared on a corner of the rice paper, and a few sporadic plum blossoms quietly bloomed on the thin branches, and that one fell on the man's mouth.

"It's me, but I won't tell you what I'm going to do, just one sentence, if you want to go back to Beiwu alive, just stay in the mansion honestly and live yourself like a dead person, otherwise I don't mind letting you be my The first ray of dead soul under his hands."

So far the painting was completed, he finally looked up at her, his eyes were flat and indifferent, completely different from the tenderness he had just finished the painting, and Shi Muxue finally understood the meaning behind his words - as long as she kept her peace, not only could she go back, Northern Wu can still restore peace.

"How can I trust you?"

Chen Yunyu chuckled, and said, "You two really have the same temper."

"You have met my brother emperor." Her tone was astonished, and since then, what she had thought in her heart was finally confirmed.

Chen Yunyu didn't respond to her, and went straight out the door with the painting, a slight scent of ink brushed the tip of her nose, and she accidentally caught a glimpse of the end of the painting.

"If you don't see you, I'm afraid that you will lose your face."

So far, he is also a gentle person, so can she trust him?Suddenly she laughed at herself. Speaking of which, she had no choice...

Early in the morning of the second day, an unexpected person arrived at the General's Mansion. Chen Yunyu lowered his head and smiled, and asked people to go to the backyard to invite Shi Muxue out.

This was the first time that two cousins ​​with very different identities met alone. In his mind, the second prince had always been reticent. He never thought that this time he would come to his house for a woman. "A hero is saddened by a beauty." In a word, he gave it to the second prince intact.

"I didn't expect my younger brother to be so interesting. Before I even opened my mouth, you invited me out of my mind." Chen Xuancong said lightly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Chen Yunyu was slightly astonished, then patted her head and said: "This brother is not thinking carefully, the emperor is the first guest in the general's mansion, and there is no female family member in the mansion, I am really afraid of neglecting the emperor, so I have no choice but to invite the princess out to entertain you I never thought that I would make the emperor think about it, and the younger brother is here to plead guilty."

Chen Xuancong's complexion suddenly changed, looking at the princess who was pouring tea with an angry expression.

"What is the meaning of this, son, how can the majestic Princess Wu of the North allow you to be ordered by others?"

Chen Yunyu was surprised and said: "The entire Northern Wu is defeated by my Da Chen, a mere princess, what's the matter with serving tea, I am worried that she is not qualified enough to serve the second prince."

"Mu Xue, as long as you say a word, I will take you away!" He fixedly looked at Shi Muxue with firm eyes.

But the princess kept her head down from beginning to end, turning a deaf ear, and finally the second prince had to return in a hurry.

Shi Muxue didn't raise her head until she could no longer hear footsteps, and said disapprovingly, "What do you mean, it won't do you any good to provoke him."

Chen Yunyu took a sip of tea, and said nonchalantly, "It's not good, I just feel happy seeing him suffer."

"..." Never expecting him to react like this, Shi Muxue walked away angrily.

In the next few days, the number of carrier pigeons in the mansion increased obviously, and they were all letters sent to him by the prince's party. The second prince broke up with him because of Mu Xue's matter, and now he can only watch the prince's people approach him, and his mouth is full of anger. He was crooked, so he urged Li Mizhi to start with Mu Xue, but no matter how many words he tried to send her, nothing came to him.

"What does he want to do? Maybe he still wants the throne!" Chen Xuancong looked impatiently at Concubine Duan, who was leaning on the bed and squinting for a nap.

"Huanger, how many times have I said it, don't be impatient, the more anxious you are, the more you will follow the enemy's way, and the less you can see the truth clearly."

"Mother and concubine, I have to be anxious, Mu Xue, why did she change?" He was faintly anxious.

"It's just a woman. Didn't your father say that he would choose a few more daughters from aristocratic families for you..."

"Kerchen can't swallow this breath!"

"Ah... When will you really grow up? Sometimes my mother and concubine want to leave you for a few days, so that you can think like an adult without relying on it. If you want to take what you want, you must give it first. This principle, you Don’t you understand? The crown prince is already a waste, and the position will definitely fall into your hands in the end. At this time, having one more ally will increase your chances of winning. What you need to do now is not to suppress and take revenge on him, but to win him over ...I heard that this Liaodong prince is not a womanizer, so you can send a few men to his house...Those who achieve great things are naturally broad-minded, so they can hold this vast mountain and river."

He was enlightened by what he said, and he immediately bowed to Concubine Duan, and said respectfully: "What the concubine mother taught me is that I will remember it, so I will leave first."

"Well...it's cold at night, don't mess around, let's rest earlier."

So the next day, ten youths with youthful appearance and indistinguishable complexion were brought to Chen Yunyu's residence. He looked at these timid children amusedly, and he even saw the shadow of Ling Yanchi in some of them... ... He really put in a lot of effort, but he was thinking too much about the master, but he never thought that someone would actually send him counterfeit goods, so he was so angry that he shut everyone up in the backyard.

However, Ling Yanchi, who is far away in Liaodong, only did one thing this month. He kept the tiger charm and did not say anything. How did it work? The result of the matter was that five neat letters were stacked on the desk of the old prince.

"Yanchi... You, you, you didn't kill and set fire, did you?" The old prince looked at him worriedly.

"Don't worry, my lord. Earlier, they were worried that the prince would marry Northern Wu, and they were still afraid of us. Now the marriage no longer exists, and the news that the prince is critically ill is known to everyone, and the emperor has not gone to the court for many days. In the dynasty, most of the forces in the palace fell into the hands of the second prince. Li Mizhi was holding a heavy army and was ready to move. They were also panicking, lest someone in the palace would take back their military power under the pretext of trouble, and they had long wanted to seek cooperation..."

"But in the final analysis, this is seeking skins from tigers. I'm still worried that they will shoot arrows behind their backs..." The old prince was still anxious, with deep furrows between his brows.

This time Ling Yanchi was silent for a long time before he said: "My lord, even you don't know Yunyu's thoughts, do you?"

"Thoughts, what thoughts?" At first, the old prince was still a little dazed, but gradually, his eyes became clearer, "You mean, he..."

"I'm not sure...it's just a feeling, I always feel that he can't help it..."

At this time, Chen Yunyu's words before leaving appeared in his mind: "Father, don't you understand? I not only want to live, I also want to live happily. If my mother is still alive, you will be willing to let her Are you wronged?"

So he had already made up his mind at that time?

Son...you are playing with your life...

"Then...Yanchi, did you decide to go with him?"

Ling Yanchi shook his head, and said anxiously: "I have no idea about what he is going to do, and I don't care whether he is a prince or a commoner. I am only worried about his safety, but I have no other choice but to lead soldiers."

"You... you... oh..." One of these two people skillfully set up an formation in the court hall, and the other gathered troops in the rear, but they formed a situation of watching each other by accident, and I don't know if it is good or not. , but in addition to worrying, the old prince felt even more disappointed, because his sons did all the things he dared not think about and do for him, but for hundreds of years, who is the king and loser? Can I say it clearly...

The old prince took two steps forward, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have a clear mind and are extremely intelligent. You must understand something even if I don't say it. Yunyu knows you better than anyone else. I don't know if How long will he endure without this marriage, just want you to trust him no matter what happens."

Ling Yanchi choked up: "... Don't worry, my lord, I... know."

This is a road full of thorns and blood. Whether it succeeds or not, this road is extremely lonely. If you don't stand behind him, how can he face himself?