It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he knocked on the case in front of him with one hand.

"continue."

The old Taoist swallowed his saliva, and his expression was timid, "Master Ruan asked Pindao to meet in the private room on the second floor of the teahouse. After Pindao rushed over, he withdrew his subordinates and explained in detail. First, he secretly taught Pindao some The secret affairs in the eldest prince's mansion, as well as the recent situation in the court, and then teach the poor how to gain the trust of the eldest prince to enter the mansion. After successfully hiding the voodoo puppet in the eldest prince's bedroom, Tie a strip of red cloth on the tree outside the mansion. After finishing the matter, he insisted that he was instructed by the eldest prince, and he would find a way to keep the poor and safe, and after that, he would enjoy endless... glory and wealth."

"How did Ruan Lingfang know about the affairs of the First Prince's mansion when he was transferred back to Beijing from Yancheng?"

"This...maybe someone in the capital told Mr. Ruan."

His voice became smaller and smaller, his eyes flickered, and his body tightly pressed against the ground shivered uncontrollably.

Shen Jinghe tightly pressed his lips together, looking at Shen Zhuoxuan whose face was gradually turning pale, feeling worried in his heart.This Yaodao said both inside and out that someone in the capital was secretly sending news to Ruan Ling. Although he didn't specify his name, no one could tell that he was alluding to Ruan Ling's only friend, the fifth prince. Shen Zhuoxuan?

The emperor snorted coldly, his eyes were uncertain, "Then what happened to the maid who reported it?"

"Maiden? This poor Taoist really doesn't know." The old Taoist raised his head, his face was obviously blank, "After the poor Taoist tied the red cloth strips, he returned to the mansion and waited anxiously for a few days, but there was no movement. Just when Pindao felt regretful and wanted to pack up his things and escape as soon as possible, for some reason at night, the First Prince's Mansion was surrounded by crowds. Pindao had never seen such a battle before, so he was so panicked that he just wanted to climb over the wall and escape, but was caught outside the wall. The soldiers caught him right... His Majesty will know everything after that."

The emperor sighed, looked down at the fifth prince who was staring at the old man, with an unpredictable expression, "Zhuo Xuan, don't you have anything to say?"

There was grief and indignation in Shen Zhuoxuan's eyes, he was about to take a step forward to prove his innocence, but Shen Jinghe stopped him with a gesture.

"You say Ruan Ling is the mastermind behind this scene? It's really ridiculous!" Shen Jinghe Shi Shiran took a step forward, his sharp arrow-like eyes shot straight at the old Taoist who was kneeling on the ground.

Everyone was stunned, and all their eyes were on the sixth prince who walked from the corner to the courtiers.The sixth prince has been very low-key since he came back from Jiangnan, and rarely discusses political affairs on weekdays. Why is he now intervening in this sensitive mystery?

Shen Zhuomin glanced lightly at Shen Jinghe, who was expressionless, and turned his eyes back, with a trace of sarcasm in the corner of his eyes.He never thought of pulling Shen Jinghe into the water at this moment, but unexpectedly, Shen Jinghe jumped out by himself, insisting on getting involved in the scourge of witchcraft.That being the case, when the time comes when he is implicated by the fifth prince, then no one else can blame him.

The sorcerer looked at the sixth prince who suddenly came to the front of the hall, and was slightly taken aback. He was about to speak to continue his defense, but he was stopped by Shen Jinghe's cold gaze.

"You monster, wouldn't you ask more questions in private before you make up the story?" Shen Jinghe looked at him and sneered, his face full of sarcasm, "Ruan Ling had already done it the second day after he returned to Beijing. You accidentally fell off your horse and broke your leg, and you are still resting on the bed until now, how could you go to the Qingfeng Tea House in the south of the city to conspire with you in this trick?"

Ruan Ling broke his leg?

Shen Zhuomin shrank his pupils and frowned, feeling faintly that something was wrong.If something really happened to Ruan Ling, relying on his eyeliners all over the capital, it is impossible not to receive some news.But why did Shen Jinghe want to say——

He was startled suddenly, and his sharp eyes quickly shot at the warlock, only anxiously hoping that he would react sooner.

"Broken leg?" It's a pity that the warlock didn't have time to pay attention to the third prince behind him. After he was stunned for a moment, his mind turned quickly, and he suppressed the surprise that emerged in his heart, "Here, although Mr. Ruan's legs and feet are inconvenient, but he came here Tell Pindao that this matter is of great importance, and the master behind it is not at ease, so he must go to hand it over in person."

Does this mean that even the fig leaf is not needed, and the "master behind it" is thrown out straightforwardly?

Shen Jinghe sneered from the bottom of his heart, but still pretended to be skeptical, "Oh? But I heard that the stairs of Qingfeng Tea House are very steep and narrow. Be careful when others go upstairs. How can someone who can't even walk go to the private room on the second floor to discuss this matter with you?"

Warlock's brow was gradually sweating, he quickly settled his expression, and said cautiously, "Lord Ruan can't walk by himself, so I waited with the boy from the teahouse, and after picking him up from the carriage at the back door of the teahouse, we worked together to drive him away. It took a lot of effort to lift half back and half up."

"So that's the case." Shen Jinghe nodded, turned his head to look at the emperor who had been silently watching the two, and bowed his hands respectfully, "I don't have any other doubts. I also invite my father, Xuan Ruan Ling, to go to the palace. Let him explain clearly what is going on."

As early as the old man revealed that Ruan Ling was the mastermind behind the scenes, the emperor had already sent someone to pass Ruan Lingtong to the front of the palace to wait.Hearing Shen Jinghe's words, the emperor gave him a complicated look, and said in a deep voice, "Xuan Ruanling entered the palace."

"—Xuan Ruan Ling sees you!"

The door of the temple slowly opened from both sides, and the dazzling sunlight came in, making it almost impossible to keep your eyes open.After adapting to the light, everyone held their breaths and looked outside the hall, waiting to see whether Ruan Ling would enter the hall in a wooden wheelchair or with the help of the servants in the palace.

A figure gradually loomed in the light, and before the old man could look back, his face was as pale as a wall.

In the silent hall, the sound of approaching footsteps was so clear.

Unhurried, powerful.

Only one person.

"Ruan Ling has met His Majesty!" The handsome young man calmly walked to the center of the hall, and saluted without being humble or overbearing.

Everyone subconsciously set their eyes on his intact leg, with different expressions. At the end, their probing eyes quickly turned back to the old Taoist who had collapsed to the ground like a puddle of muddy water.

"This, this..." The old Taoist's face was ashen, his lips were trembling, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

——Shen Jinghe!

Shen Zhuomin's eyes had a trace of resentment, he tried his best to restrain himself, clenched his fists and closed his eyes deeply, hiding the full of unwillingness that was surging in his heart.

The emperor saw Ruan Ling standing upright in the center of the hall, and then turned his gaze to the speechless old Taoist with a gray face. There was nothing he didn't understand.He immediately slapped Yu An severely, and roared angrily: "Yao Dao! How long are you going to talk nonsense!"

The eldest prince sitting under his seat saw the situation reversed several times, and he didn't know what expression to put on his face due to surprise and doubt.He slowly twisted his neck, and glanced at the other younger brothers in a daze. Suddenly, as if he had realized something, he looked at Shen Zhuomin with extremely angry eyes.

He stared at Shen Zhuomin, but roared angrily at the old Taoist, "First you framed me, then you framed the fifth emperor brother, who is the master behind you!"

The officials of the first prince's faction were all filled with resentment, but the subordinates of the third prince were also very angry. When Shen Zhuohao said this, he looked at Shen Zhuomin with resentment as if he wanted to swallow him alive. What he kept saying was What do you mean, isn't it clear enough?

Seeing that the tense atmosphere in the hall was becoming more and more tense, and the emperor's face was also very gloomy, he rebuked severely: "Enough! Demon Dao, you are not honest!"

The old Daoist gasped for a few breaths, knocked his head on the ground with a thud, and looked horrified, "It's all the idea that Pindao came up with himself, and it's all the fault of Pindao alone! Pindao...Pindao is because Dayong's laws against Taoist priests and sorcerers were too strict, so he felt angry and wanted to retaliate by messing up the court of the Tian family! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"You—" the eldest prince took a step forward, pointed at him angrily, trembling with anger, "well, you now take all the blame on yourself. Why didn't you see me when you were spitting blood in the dungeon and people framed me?" You're pushing everything on yourself! I think you just want to cover—"

"Zhuohao!" The emperor interrupted him suddenly, and the eyes he looked over were calm and unwavering, but the slight coldness contained in it made Shen Zhuohao's heart feel cold.

"Since you, a demon, have confessed to all the crimes, then I will sentence you to be burned according to the law, and even your pickles will be burned."

The emperor turned his gaze back, remained silent for a long time, and finally chose to calm down.

After he finished speaking, there was no reaction from Shen Zhuomin's side, but Shen Zhuohao turned his head in disbelief, tearing up, screaming in grief and indignation, "Royal father! How can it be just him alone that this evil way hurts my son like this?" Idea. You believed it so easily...how could you deal with him like this!"

The emperor heard that the eldest prince questioned his decision in front of all the officials, and his face was a little hesitant. There was only sporadic guilt in his heart, and it disappeared, "Zhuo Hao, this is your attitude when talking to your father. ?”

His tone was extremely severe, and there was even a hint of threat in his tone.Shen Zhuohao was stunned on the spot when he heard it, and felt his heart go cold for a moment.

He took an unsteady step back with his mouth open, a strange smirk mixed with self-mocking.Seeing this, Shen Zhuomin's eyes became darker, and he deliberately looked straight at Shen Zhuohao, and the corners of his lips curled up in a mocking manner.

Shen Zhuohao burst out with blue veins on his forehead in an instant, and he was almost about to roar and curse, but after seeing the emperor silently sitting on the dragon chair from the corner of his eye, he suddenly lost all his strength, and lowered his head dejectedly.

Shen Jinghe and Shen Zhuoxuan glanced at each other quietly, and they both had a subtle sympathy for the eldest prince.

The guard at the gate of the hall walked towards the old Tao without looking sideways, and was about to catch him and drag him down the hall.Unexpectedly, just as their hands were stretched down, the old Taoist suddenly trembled all over his body, slapped their hands away left and right like crazy, lowered his head and wailed, and bumped his head towards the eldest prince.The speed at which he exploded was so fast that the guards were stunned for a moment, but it was too late to reach out and stop him.

The eldest prince's eyes widened in astonishment, and the figure of the old Taoist who lowered his head and charged closer and closer was reflected in his pupils, as if he had been nailed in place and could not move.

The old man turned into a swift shadow and rushed in front of him, but instead of attacking him, he rubbed his arm and slammed heavily into the Panlongzhu beside him. With a heavy "bang", he slammed into the hardwood carved dragon, the dark red blood scrambled out, and a few steamy drops sprayed on the First Prince's face and clothes.

The First Prince twitched following the muffled sound, his pupils trembling violently.He numbly raised his hand to wipe away the blood dripping from his face. Looking at the warm blood on his fingertips, he was shocked and took a breath.

All the ministers in the hall were shocked by this sudden change, and for a moment everyone froze in place, unable to move.

"Quick! Drag this demon way down—" The emperor was the first to react. He pointed at the body of the old man under the Panlong pillar in shock and yelled at the guards.

The guards who were stunned on the spot like a wooden stake realized this, and quickly ran to the side of the Panlong pillar, and quickly dragged the bloody old Taoist to His Highness.A bloodstain spread across the hall. Looking at the sticky blood, the eldest prince almost lost his footing and took a few steps back.He was panting quickly and with difficulty, his face was pale, as if he was about to faint in the next second.

The emperor took a deep breath, and his complexion was not very good-looking. He waved his hand a little irritably, "Okay... let's come here this morning. Don't mention this matter in the future, and leave the court!"

"—Scattered court!"

After a long call, all the courtiers bowed and retreated, with different expressions on their faces and lingering fear.

Seeing that this farce ended in such an absurd scene, Shen Jinghe felt a lot of emotion in his heart.Before he could turn around and leave, a hand was already lightly on his shoulder.

"Shocked Crane." Shen Zhuoxuan looked at him seriously, with a moved expression, "Thanks to you today... If you weren't there, Fifth Brother and Ruan Ling might really be framed by that monster."

Shen Jinghe chuckled, and waved his hands indifferently, "It's okay, the one who cleans himself will be cleared. That monster is full of lies and has done a lot of evil, and he has also gotten what he deserves."

The two looked at each other, but they both kept silent about the person behind the demon path, and just sighed lightly.

"Why are you so sad?" A lazy voice came, and when he turned his head, he saw a handsome and unrestrained figure slowly approaching, "It's also thanks to this demon, after I came back from Yancheng, I didn't have a chance for a long time We have set foot on this golden palace!"

Shen Zhuoxuan looked at him and shook his head and laughed, "You just came back from the gate of hell, that is to say, only you can laugh now."

After saying that, he turned his head back and introduced to Shen Jinghe, "Jinghe, this is my friend Ruan Ling. I have mentioned it to you several times before, you should remember him."

Shen Jinghe bowed his hands to Ruan Ling with a smile, "Brother Ruan, I was in a hurry just now, so I had to make nonsense that you fell off a horse and broke your leg. I hope you don't blame me."

"Where is it?" Ruan Ling raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's all thanks to His Highness the Sixth Highness, otherwise I'm afraid I'll have to spend time with Zhuo Xuan in Huangquan in the underworld."

"You can stop talking nonsense!" Shen Zhuoxuan glanced at him and sighed helplessly, "It's still early, why don't the three of us find a place to have a chat?"

Ruan Ling clapped his hands, "That's a good idea! I think it's better to go to the Qingfeng Tea House, but remember that it must be the private seat on the second floor!"

Shen Jinghe and Shen Zhuoxuan both looked at each other, and they both smiled.The three of them mingled among the officials who dispersed like a tide, and walked towards the palace gate while talking.

When he finally sat in the elegant seat on the second floor of Qingfeng Tea House, Ruan Ling leaned against the window sill in a relaxed manner, but both Shen Jinghe and Shen Zhuoxuan couldn't help but feel a little weird for him.After calling the waiter in the shop to serve a pot of chrysanthemum tea, the three of them filled the teacup in front of them, clinking glasses crisply, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Ruan Ling had a rare stern expression, and offered a cup of tea to Shen Jinghe, thanking him, "Your Highness, no matter what, Ruan still wants to thank you solemnly. If it wasn't for you, Zhuo Xuan and I would probably be together now." I really got into a whole lot of trouble, and I don’t know if there will be a day when I can get out.”

"You are Fifth Brother's friend, so naturally you are also my friend. These are nothing, they are all what I should do." Shen Jinghe clinked glasses with him with a gentle expression.

"Okay!" Ruan Ling smiled brightly, and slapped the table, "Since His Highness the Sixth Prince will not give up, then Ruan will also recognize you as a friend!"

"Jinghe, you still have time to reconsider." Shen Zhuoxuan glanced at Ruan Ling, leaned closer to Shen Jinghe and whispered deliberately, "It's not a good thing to be his friend, it's not like being pestered by him all day long to drink Poetry means sitting in a chair without moving for a long time, just waiting for him to practice his pen and finish painting."

Ruan Ling looked at Shen Zhuoxuan pretending to be telling the secret with a serious face, and felt happy, "Why don't you talk about yourself, Fifth Highness, every time I brew a new batch of good wine at home, you are the first to follow the taste How many jars did you come to ask for?"

After being exposed by him, Shen Zhuoxuan also smiled slightly, "Jinghe, among other things, his wine making skills are first-class. I will take you to his house when I have time, and the two of us brothers who have stock in his wine store Drink it all up!"

After another round of laughing, Shen Jinghe suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Ruan Ling and asked, "By the way, Brother Ruan, do you still remember Xu Jin who transferred to Bailu Academy four years ago? I haven't seen him for many years." , I don’t know what’s going on with him.”

Ruan Ling put down the teacup in his hand, "Xu Jin, he is willing to work hard to study knowledge, but at the beginning his foundation was not solid, so he fell behind. Later, I heard that he finally got the fame as he wished, and now he is about to be an outsider. A petty officer."

"Is that so? That's good, it's the way out he's been thinking about." Shen Jinghe exhaled, thinking of those years that had been blurred in his memory with the wind, he smiled emotionally.

When mentioning Xu Jin, Shen Zhuoxuan thought of the open and secret struggle between the eldest prince and the third prince in the academy at that time, and then changed into the current treacherous court situation.His eyebrows were stained with a trace of dignity, and he looked out of the window speechlessly, frowning slightly.

Ruan Ling was sensitive to the change in his mood, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was also restrained, and he leaned back on the chair, "'I am Qingdu Shanshuilang, Tianjiao Fufu and Shukuang'...It's a pity, now I want to It is easier said than done to be as careless as when I was young."

Shen Zhuoxuan tightened his hand holding the teacup, he frowned and thought for a moment, as if he had finally made a decision, he raised his head and looked at Shen Jinghe, "Jinghe, fifth brother knows that you have always had ambitions for Qingyun. At first, I always thought that as long as I only talked about Fengyue every day, I could stay out of it. However, until today, I realized that all of us, no matter whether we accept it or resist it with all our strength, have already been involved in this muddy water and whirlpool ..."

He paused, then continued, "Neither Ruan Ling nor I want to deceive ourselves any more like before. We are willing to help you with your ambition."

Ruan Ling straightened his face and nodded seriously at him.

Shen Jinghe's expression was moved for a moment, his fingertips moved, and finally he raised the teacup and stopped in the air.

"Then wish us... all our wishes come true."

There were two more soft clinking sounds, and the green and clear tea liquid was slightly rippling in the jade cup, emitting a light and slightly bitter aroma.

"Get what you want."

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