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Tao Jiusi was startled, and said, "What's going on?"

Su Qingquan said: "I'm not very clear about the details, but a director of the Ministry of Rites surnamed Yao occasionally mentioned it to me."

Tao Jiusi thought to himself that the person in charge should be Yao Wangze, and when he occasionally revealed the news to his elder brother, he probably wanted to let himself know.

Tao Jiusi was a little flustered, he didn't know what was wrong with Wei Chengxue's behavior, and he would be grounded by the emperor, and he didn't pay attention to Wei Chengxue at the beginning of his previous life, and he couldn't remember if there was such a thing.

Tao Jiusi finally settled down and thought for a while, thinking that for the present plan, the only way to find out the cause of the matter is to see Hua Yuntai and Nanny Gui first. Moths to the flames, not only could not save Wei Lingxue, but also put himself in it.

After much deliberation, Tao Jiusi still decided to get up and enter the palace, but it was to pay a visit to Wang Zhaoyi.

When they arrived at Wang Zhaoyi's place, the fifth prince was making clay figurines in the yard. When he saw Tao Jiusi coming, he didn't care that his hands were dirty with mud, so he hugged Tao Jiusi immediately. Two small handprints appeared on Tao Jiusi's blue gown immediately.

Tao Jiusi liked this five-year-old child quite a lot, but he didn't care too much. He squatted down with a smile and said, "What are you doing, Your Highness?"

Wei Xintang raised the clay figurine in his hand and said, "This is Big Brother."

Tao Jiusi looked at the little clay figurine with crooked nose and squinting eyes, and couldn't laugh or cry.

At this time, Wang Zhaoyi was reported and went out of the house to meet him.Now the child in her womb is getting bigger every month, and it is quite inconvenient to move around.

Tao Jiusi led Wei Xintang over and greeted Wang Zhaoyi.

Wang Zhaoyi said: "I heard that Mr. Tao returned to his hometown not long ago, is this just now?"

Tao Jiusi nodded: "To tell you the truth, I just returned from Anning today." He clasped his fists again and said, "Although this visit is abrupt, it's urgent, and I don't care too much. I wonder if my lady can help me next time. ?”

Wang Zhaoyi understood it, and asked, "But what about His Highness being grounded?"

Tao Jiusi nodded, and said again: "However, this matter is indeed sensitive. If the empress does not want to, Jiusi will definitely not talk too much."

Wang Zhaoyi said seriously: "Master Tao, what are you talking about? Tang'er had to help her husband to escape the catastrophe. There is no way to repay such a great favor, and I will wait for you and His Highness to order. His Highness was grounded a few days ago. , I have already gone to ask the emperor, but I was so soft-spoken in the harem, and I didn't even see the emperor's face. I am a woman, and I really can't think of a way, so I want to wait for Master Tao to return to his hometown, and ask him for advice In the past few days, I have sent people to the Ministry of Officials to inquire every day, but I never thought that Mr. Tao would come to the door first today."

Tao Jiusi knew that Wang Zhaoyi was a kind person, and when she heard that she went to the imperial court to beg for mercy, she thanked her repeatedly: "Your Majesty is so kind, Jiusi wrote it down."

Wang Zhaoyi: "Don't talk about it yet, Mr. Tao tell me quickly, what should I do?"

Tao Jiusi: "Your Majesty, do you know why His Highness was grounded?"

Wang Zhaoyi frowned and thought about it, and said: "The weather has been calm recently, nothing happened, and the King of Chu has already left for Beijing to report on his duties. Logically speaking, His Royal Highness should not be grounded."

Tao Jiusi knew that the King of Chu was a supporter of the eldest prince and had a large army in his hands. Wei Wuyue also showed kindness to Wei Lingxue for his younger brother's sake, so she acted to reassure the King of Chu.

Tao Jiusi thought for a while, and said, "The king of Chu has not returned to Beijing for six years, so what is the so-called empress who came back this time?"

Wang Zhaoyi shook her head, she usually didn't leave the door, so the news was really blocked.

Tao Jiusi said again: "Your Majesty, can you send someone to the First Prince's bedroom to find a servant named Hua Yuntai, and just say that I am waiting for him at your Majesty's place."

Wang Zhaoyi immediately found a safe confidant and arranged for him to visit the eldest prince.

Not long after, Tao Jiusi arrived at Huayuntai.

As soon as Huayuntai entered the door, he saw Tao Jiusi who had left his young master for more than a month, and said angrily, "Master Tao is finally back."

Tao Jiusi was used to Huayuntai's strange ambiguity, so he just cut to the chase and asked, "What happened?"

Hua Yuntai said: "You might as well go see Your Highness yourself."

Tao Jiusi asked in surprise, "How did you see it?"

Hua Yuntai: "After His Majesty was grounded, Nanny Gui no longer cooked three meals. They were all prepared outside and brought in. After a while, you will disguise yourself as a servant serving meals and follow me in, and you will be able to see me." Your Highness."

Tao Jiusi also felt that this method was worth a try, so at dinner time, he dressed up according to Hua Yuntai's instructions, and followed Hua Yuntai with a food box and bowed his head.

In fact, the reason why Hua Yuntai said this method was entirely because the guards guarding the snow had been bribed by Jiarui County King, let alone Tao Jiusi dressed as a servant, even if it was a cat or a dog, he could get in. .

Huayuntai asked Tao Jiusi to meet Wei Lingxue by himself, and asked him to dress up like this. First, he knew that Wei Lingxue wanted to see Tao Jiusi, and second, he also wanted to scare Tao Jiusi, so that Wei Lingxue could vent his anger.

Sure enough, the guards at the entrance of the bedroom seemed to have eyes on the top of their heads, unable to see clearly what was happening in front of them, so Tao Jiusi slipped in smoothly.

Wei Lingxue was sitting in the room practicing calligraphy when he heard Hua Yuntai enter the door.At the beginning, he was concentrating on it, and didn't raise his head, until Nanny Gui exclaimed: "Mr. Tao!" Then he threw the pen in disbelief, and walked outside.

Tao Jiusi greeted Nanny Gui with a smile, and saw Wei Chengxue with a surprised face. He found that Wei Chengxue had lost a lot of weight, and he hadn't left the room for many days, and his face became paler and paler. Thin and tall, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, but he no longer looks as aggressive as before. There is actually a kind of poignant and elegant illusion in the rain, which makes people feel a little affectionate.

Tao Jiusi couldn't help feeling sad, and said, "How did you make it like this?"

From the moment Wei Chengxue saw Tao Jiusi, Tao Jiusi seemed to live in his eyes, his eyes were filled with only one person, and he didn't speak or answer, but Nanny Gui said beside him: "Mr. Tao, Your Highness Thinking about homework every day, getting up early and studying late every day, that's why I'm hungry and thin."

Hua Yuntai secretly laughed a few times in his heart, thinking that Nanny Gui had never liked anyone before, and she couldn't tell that it was lovesickness at all.

Seeing Wei Lingxue's silence, Tao Jiusi thought it was because he was in a bad mood because of the grounding, so he hurriedly said, "Why is your highness being grounded?"

Wei Lingxue's eyes flashed, he was silent for a moment, and said calmly: "The old man probably suspects that I am not his son, so he deliberately tried to test the second uncle."

Tao Jiusi looked at him puzzled.

What Wei Lingxue said was a thorn in Wei Wuyue's heart.

Before Duan Yanhan married Wei Wuyue back then, he was actually on good terms with the king of Chu, Wei Wuqing.However, the first emperor took a fancy to the Duan family's influence, and broke up the pair of Bi people, married Duan Yanhan to Wei Wuyue, and pointed out a marriage to Wei Wuqing.

Not long after Wei Lingxue was born, Wei Wuqing also had a son, but he still couldn't seem to forget the past, so he invited himself to go to the border for training, and rarely returned to the court.

The state of Wei emphasizes civility over military affairs, and even generals must have both civil and military skills in order to gain the attention of the world.Wei Wuqing is such a famous general with both civil and military skills, but when he was trying to consolidate the border defense, Dong Qi took advantage of him to patrol the westernmost side and attacked Jingluo City in one fell swoop.

Then, under the pressure of the strong army, Wei Wuyue gave up her love, and even gave up her first wife.

Wei Wuqing was furious when she heard about it, but she didn't ignore the confidante after all, she just chose to continue guarding the border.

After that, Duan Yanhan died unbearably humiliated, Wei Wuqing finally couldn't bear it anymore, threatened Wei Wuyue with rebellion to take back the First Prince, and instead adopted a clan child and sent him to Dong Qi as a hostage.

But it was also this incident that made Wei Wuqing suspect that Wei Lingxue was not her own son, but Wei Wuqing's seed, otherwise why did she mobilize so many people to coerce him?

Ever since she had this idea, she became more suspicious of Wei Lingxue in her dislike and dislike.

After Tao Jiusi heard such a tortuous royal secret, he couldn't help but be speechless: "The King of Chu is very affectionate and righteous to Queen Duan, but he pities his wife, who probably hasn't even seen her husband a few times."

Wei Lingxue suddenly said: "I won't, if it were me, I would never repeat the mistakes of my second uncle!"

Tao Jiusi didn't know what to do, and boasted casually: "Then Your Highness is awesome."

Having said that, Tao Jiusi tried hard to think back. In his previous life, he had never heard of any scandals about Wei Lingxue. He had no wife or concubine and was alone. human nature.

After recovering from Wei Lingxue's gossip, Tao Jiusi continued to ask: "The king of Chu has not come back for many years, why did he return to Beijing this time?"

Wei Lingxue showed an abnormal look of hesitation. There was something he hadn't told Tao Jiusi, even he himself didn't understand why he kept it hidden.

Now it's time to say something, and after struggling for a while, I said, "I...I might go to Jiufan."

When the prince of the Wei Kingdom reached his age, if he could not become the crown prince, he had to go to the fiefdom to become a vassal. This is a national law and family rule. In his previous life, Wei Chengxue also came to the fiefdom first, and gradually gained the momentum to dominate the world.

Therefore, Tao Jiusi took it for granted, and didn't understand why Wei Chengxue's attitude was so concealed.

Tao Jiusi thought again that in his previous life, when he and the second prince were drinking tea in the warm room, Wei Chengxue was scrambling around in the penniless fiefdom.No wonder Wei Rongyu has become a delicate flower, while Wei Chengxue has grown into a soaring eagle.

Wei Lingxue didn't know what Tao Jiusi was thinking, and continued: "Mr. may not know, my fief is in the northeast of Wei State, which is connected to Dongqi. Although it is barren, the climate is not good, and it is on the border, but... there It has a freedom that Jingluo doesn't have."

Tao Jiusi didn't understand Wei Lingxue's implication, so he said clearly: "So the King of Chu is here to beat the Holy One, and let you go to fief early."

Wei Lingxue nodded with a complicated expression.

Tao Jiusi said, "That should be the case. However, in view of His Majesty's thoughts, the news of your grounding will soon be known to all courts. After the king of Chu knows, he must not rush on his way. If you don't hurry, follow the original plan. Just move forward at speed."

Wei Lingxue looked away: "I have already asked Nianqing to pass the message to my second uncle."