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

Capital City, Luo Street.

The wine flag with blue background and white stripes fluttered high in the wind. In the restaurant on the street, the shopkeeper leaned on the wine cabinet and quickly moved the abacus, calculating the income of this month, with a sad face.

However, this melancholy look is not commensurate with the crowded and lively hall on the first floor. The waiter in the shop is sweating profusely as he walks through the dining tables with the dishes in his hand. guests.

After feasting, a short man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks wiped his mouth, picked up the wine bowl on the table and poured it into his mouth.He was dressed in normal attire, but he didn't hesitate to light Luo Fuchun, which was several taels of silver, several jars were empty at his feet.

Seeing that the man put down the wine bowl and hiccupped, he was about to walk out in a drunken way, the shopkeeper who had been stalking here hurriedly stopped him in two or three steps, with a perplexed smile:

"Second boy of the Li family, you have already credited us dozens of taels of silver this month. It is almost the end of the year, and you are considerate of our small business, so let's go first..."

"Go away! Old thing with no winks." The man kicked over, spitting dirt in his mouth, "Damn...forgot who my father is, huh? Forget about me Let me tell you once again! My father is the second-in-command in purchasing in the Third Prince's Mansion, and the money he handles in a day is hundreds of taels, can you be missing this point?"

The shopkeeper couldn't dodge in time, he was kicked in the kneecap and fell to the ground.Regardless of the pain in his body, he quickly got up and smiled flatteringly.

"Of course I know this, I know..."

The shopkeeper smiled wryly in his heart, and thought to himself that your father is just a servant who can speak in the back kitchen. If it weren't for the fact that the master is the hottest third prince in the capital, why would he be so low-key, losing a lot of money every month and still being cautious to others? When the master confessed, he didn't dare to offend at all.

"Knowing that you still dare to stop me!" The man reeked of alcohol and staggered two steps forward, his small greasy eyes suddenly narrowed maliciously, "——Do you want money?"

The shopkeeper murmured: "It's really hard to turn around recently, or, or you look at the previous account first—"

"The previous account? The previous account, ha! If you have the ability, you can go directly to the Third Prince's Mansion and ask my father for it! Hahaha..."

The man laughed arrogantly, deliberately pushed his shoulder away from the distraught shopkeeper, walked out swaggeringly, turned a corner and disappeared.

The people in the store who didn't dare to say anything and hid all the way to watch the show, now appeared one by one from nowhere, and while returning to the table to eat the rest of the food and drink, they let go of their voices and talked loudly.

"This Li Er is too much. I didn't come here a few times in a month. Every time I came back, I saw him eating and drinking here for nothing."

Someone sneered: "Bah! You're just a rascal, if your father and I hadn't gotten lucky and entered the Third Prince's Mansion, I don't know which street I would be beating farts on right now!"

"...Hey, you said they are also human beings, so why are there so many differences between them?" A diner took a sip of his drink, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I'll see if I can build a relationship tomorrow." .If I'm lucky enough to catch up with that man in Jingli, I'll be able to walk sideways for the rest of my life!"

……

Picking his teeth, Li Er staggered back to the street of his home, saw an ordinary-faced figure in front of him, squinted his small eyes to recognize it for a while, and rushed forward to pat his shoulder to say hello:

"Hey, is that you? I haven't seen you for several days."

The man in front of him was ordinary-looking, and he couldn't be found after being thrown into the crowd for three seconds. Hearing Li Er's words, he smiled lightly.

"How are you?"

"That's great!" Li Er frowned, "It's not thanks to you. Since I listened to you last month and put the third prince's signboard there, no one dares to find fault. By the way, you want When you are free, I will take you to a restaurant to have a good meal. Don't worry, no money is required!"

"Okay, I will definitely come to you when I have time." The man's voice was ethereal, he smiled again, waved his hands and turned his head away step by step.

Li Erjiu slowly raised his head, his vision became more and more blurred.He smacked his lips, didn't think much, and stumbled back towards the door.

"How about it?"

In the quiet tea room, white smoke seems to be floating on the incense burner.Ruan Ling held the purple sand pot with his knuckle fingers, and poured tea into the two teacups in front of him one by one, without raising his eyelids, he asked lazily.

Sitting opposite him was a young man in white clothes who was as humble as a jade, with an outstanding bearing, like a banished immortal, who else could it be if it wasn't the Fifth Prince Shen Zhuoxuan?

"Returning to my son, the new target acted as expected and was very successful. In addition to the previous harvest from other hidden sources, we have contacted more than thirty servants and their relatives in the third prince's mansion. Now there are rumors in the city, all saying that The third prince dominates the family in the capital, and even the status of the servants in the mansion has risen accordingly, acting arrogantly and domineeringly. There are many complaints from the people secretly."

The person who answered said so, raised his head slightly to reveal his facial features, he was the ordinary-faced person whom Li Er had met just now.

"Well done, let's go down and receive the reward." Ruan Ling replied briskly.

After the man thanked him, he disappeared without anyone noticing, just like when he came.

Shen Zhuoxuan opened and closed his eyes in contemplation, and took the steaming tea from Ruan Ling's hand, but didn't drink it, but put it on the table in front of him.

"Don't be too happy too early." Shen Zhuoxuan looked at Ruan Ling's good-humored eyes and sighed, "Shen Zhuomin is not a waste, once he realizes that the wind in Beijing is not in the right direction, he will fight back. Even the dozen or so you sent Any dark line may be dangerous."

"What are you afraid of?" Ruan Ling raised his eyebrows indifferently, "The one sitting in the forbidden palace hasn't thought of retreating yet. When he gets to that point, he must have heard about it. As long as it reaches his ears, six The task His Highness left us is now complete, isn't it?"

Mentioning Shen Jinghe, thinking of his younger brother who was thousands of miles away who didn't know how he was doing, Shen Zhuoxuan couldn't help but let out another long sigh, propping his head with one hand, his handsome features were tinged with worry.Ruan Ling couldn't bear his listless look the most, and suddenly reached out and snapped his fingers next to his ear, and mouthed the pen and ink behind him.

"Here, if you miss him, write another letter."

Shen Zhuoxuan thought about it too, put away his worry, turned around and checked his pen and ink.When he turned around with his things in his arms, his eyes accidentally passed out of the window, and he was facing the door of Imperial Doctor Zhang's mansion along the street. The doctor Zhang, who was wearing an official uniform and sweating profusely, had just stepped over the threshold and was rushing to the end of the long street. .

Shen Zhuoxuan's expression froze.

That is... the direction of the Forbidden Palace.

……

Shen Jinghe pushed open the bamboo door, shook his sweaty forehead and stepped into the other courtyard.The bamboo door squeaked and shook for a few times, then closed gently behind him, causing the newly planted Lingxiao petals on the bamboo fence to sway along.

The sketch of the South Vietnam Passage has basically been completed, only the last dangerous bend remains, and the craftsmen have not yet discussed the safest construction method.Shen Jinghe went to the scene with them every day for the past two days, repeatedly measuring and comparing, but it was a hot day in November, and he was sweating profusely.

Liang Yan was sitting at the table thinking about the two letters, when he heard the sound, he immediately raised his head following the sound.

"Are you back? Take off your outer robe and give it to me. You're covered in mud...why are you sweating again?"

Shen Jinghe said helplessly: "Liang Yan, how did I find that you are like Brother Fifth, and seem to be getting more and more verbose?"

Liang Yan pinched his still fair and tender face unceremoniously: "Come on, do you know that Fifth Brother sent you a letter again? Just listening to my two sentences is too long-winded. Let's see what you can do later."

Shen Jinghe smiled wryly.His fifth brother is good at everything, but every time it comes to matters about himself, he seems to be a different person, and he can babble a lot.But having said that, when I see that every time I send a thick letter, half of it is concerned about myself, the feeling of being remembered is very heartwarming.

He opened the letter, sat at the table, and read it carefully.

Ever since Shen Jinghe left the capital and went to South Vietnam, Shen Zhuomin, who had no constraints in the capital, immediately seized the opportunity and quickly took control of most of the court situation. Even the part of Shen Jinghe's apparent power was exhausted by him. Bit by bit.

Although Shen Jinghe held back his hands before leaving, he also knew that Shen Zhuomin was a deep man with many schemes.Once he leaves the court, his subordinates will definitely encounter some wooing and cleaning. It is inevitable for a strong man to cut his wrists, so he is not too surprised.Instead, he fished in troubled waters, and took the opportunity to quietly plant a few eyeliners on the third prince's side.

The fifth prince sent a letter to Shen Jinghe this time, focusing on introducing the current situation in Beijing.The third prince's family dominates, and the Xu family also took advantage of this opportunity to join forces with many powerful and powerful families to secretly eliminate and suppress dissidents.However, since the third prince stands on the cusp of this storm, he must also bear the risks behind the glory——

The Three Princes faction is large in size and has a large number of people.No matter how strict Taishi Xu and Shen Zhuomin restrained their subordinates, the farther away they were from the inner circle headed by them, the more there would be many small fish who didn't understand the undercurrents of the government, and only wanted to lean against the big tree to enjoy the shade. Grab it hard.Although they may not have even met the third prince, but if they have a little relationship with relatives and friends, in the eyes of others, they all belong to the third prince.

Shen Jinghe and the others didn't want to scare the snake, and they knew that it would be difficult to shake the courtiers around the third prince, so they found another way to attack these little fish, luring them to do all kinds of arrogant things.Although their status is low, they are superior in that they have a large number of people, and they often hang out among the common people in the city.When the rumor spread and the third prince reacted, the emperor sitting on the throne would naturally hear about it.

Although the emperor has not expressed anything so far, and his attitude towards the Xu family is the same as before, Shen Jinghe has already planted the seeds of suspicion and dissatisfaction in his heart, just waiting for time to take root and germinate.

Shen Jinghe put the heavily written letter paper back on the table, feeling thoughtful, felt Liang Yan's caring gaze, and gave him a comforting smile.

"It's okay, everything is within the plan. It can even be said that Fifth Brother and Ruan Ling have done better than I expected."

"I believe you."

Liang Yan dropped this sentence without hesitation, turned around and picked up another unopened letter at hand.Seeing the signature on the envelope, although he tried his best to restrain himself, he could still see that his face was obviously darkened.

"What's wrong?" Shen Jinghe was puzzled, "Hey, why is there still a letter here? Who sent it?"

"I don't know, but she and you have such a good personal relationship that a swan goose can pass on a letter." Liang Yan's face was stiff, and his voice was stiff.

Shen Jinghe became more and more puzzled, until he stretched out his hand to take the letter, turned it over, and revealed three small letters with hairpin flowers——

Jade butterfly.

"puff."

Shen Jinghe couldn't help laughing, seeing Liang Yan's complexion darkened for a moment, he hurriedly resisted the overwhelming vinegar smell on his body, and leaned closer to please him.

"You're so jealous...I'm tired of being with you every day, and you still don't know how my relationship with her is?" Shen Jinghe saw Liang Yan's expression of finally loosening up, and struck while the iron was hot. , "Besides, I'm still wondering why Miss Yu suddenly sent me a letter?"

Liang Yan is not an unreasonable person, but when he fell in love with Shen Jinghe, he couldn't help being jealous with half-truths.After being hugged and coaxed by someone, Liang Yan scratched his chin lightly like a cat, before speaking.

"Could it be related to the conversation we had with her before we left Beijing?"

Hearing Shen Jinghe's words, he immediately remembered the scene when he and Liang Yan went to Tianxianglou to look for the jade butterfly the day before they came to South Vietnam.After avoiding Yingying and Yanyan, and stepping into Xuanji Pavilion, they finally saw Jade Butterfly who was still against them at the time.

Shensi couldn't help but fell into the distant memories, what did he say that day in Tianxiang Tower?

- After I came back from the southwest this time, I can barely be considered a meritorious person... I have already handed over the case of the Yu family to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for retrial.

- As I said earlier, one day I will have to rehabilitate the Wei family.Your family was implicated in the case of the Wei family back then, and today you can see the slightest hope of redressing your injustice. The road I am going to take can be regarded as a little bit more glimmering.

Wei's house.

These two words are the untouchable scales in Shen Jinghe's heart, and even the brush of his mind will cause fatal throbbing pain.

How many nights, when the moonlight brushed his face softly, he always saw in a trance in a dream the snow-like plum blossoms decorated with jade and flying qiong, and saw the Qing who once sternly asked him to hold his own destiny under the lonely plum branch. Proud woman, she saw the empty Changle Palace, the painting of flowers and birds that could not wait for her master any longer.

It's just that when I woke up, I only saw the crescent moon in the lonely night, and I didn't see the warm figure of Duanfang. He was so sick that his face was pale, but he didn't forget to ask him to take a green paper umbrella with him when he went to Sujun to control the water.

That's the last side.

"Little Crane..."

Seeing that his face was in a daze, Liang Yan's heart tightened, and he held his wrist worriedly.

Shen Jinghe closed his eyes, and then opened them again suddenly, a sharp light flashed across his eyes.

In the Changle Palace, there were once Crane Jiugao and Qingxiao Yunguang as evidence——

This hatred must be paid, this hatred must be avenged, he never forgot one day.

Slowly pulling out his wrist, Shen Jinghe's expression finally calmed down gradually, but his eyes looking towards the direction of the capital outside the horizon were a little colder than before.

Liang Yan recalled the incident of Tianxianglou, and he also vaguely guessed the reason for Shen Jinghe's rare abnormality.He has been by Shen Jinghe's side since he was young, so he is very clear about the weight of Queen Wei Yuyun in Shen Jinghe's heart.

The moment Shen Jinghe received the news of the empress' "passing away from illness", Shen Jinghe's pupils were like dimly falling stars, so dark and empty that it was frightening.He had never seen Shen Jinghe who was so distracted and whose smile was uglier than crying. That was the treasure that Liang Yan held in his hands. Just one glance made his heart ache.

Liang Yan sighed in a low voice, thoughtfully without pointing it out, reached out to touch Shen Jinghe's hair, and changed the subject.

"Let's see what the letter says first."

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感谢在2020-01-2120:58:02~2020-01-2220:58:19期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!