wise man

Chen Shoushi let go of his hand unconsciously, fell down, and took a step back.He just felt his mind go blank, staring blankly at the familiar face in front of him.

Brother for 18 years, how much do you really know about your brother?

It was still that handsome face, with a docile expression showing stubbornness, even paranoia, and a vortex that he couldn't see was hidden in the calm eyes.

Yang Zhen quietly stood up and took his hand.He stared at Chen Qifeng, as if he was afraid of breaking something, and said softly: "Then, I was arrested by Uncle Liu Guo, and you came here to save me, didn't you?"

"Yes." Chen Qifeng said, "I was afraid that they would be unfavorable to my sister-in-law, so I went to make false claims with the crown prince."

"You are close to the prince because of the young master?"

"Yes," Chen Qifeng looked at his elder brother, Chen Shoushi had come to his senses, and was looking at him with calm and deep eyes, as if his eyes could penetrate his internal organs, Chen Qifeng couldn't help lowering his head slightly, "The tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. The elder brother is a gentleman, so he is inevitably hated by the villain. But he acts upright, and he doesn't bother to play tricks. The empress empress and the prince regard him as the elder brother because of the respect the emperor uncle has for the elder brother." A thorn in my side, a thorn in my flesh. I want to protect my brother..."

Chen Shoushi clenched his hands, and he felt a dull pain in his heart.

"If I can fulfill my eldest brother's arrogance, what's the problem with my younger brother's low eyebrows?" Chen Qifeng raised the corners of his lips, his eyes sparkled.

Yang Zhen felt his nose a little sore: "Second Young Master, it turns out that you have good intentions..." He squeezed Chen Shoushi's hand: "Husband, you and Second Young Master... no, Second Brother sat down and said Bar."

Chen Shoushi waved his hand: "Second brother, sit down."

Chen Qifeng answered "Yes" and sat down beside Chen Shoushi. Yang Zhen poured tea for him and said, "Second brother, please have some tea." Chen Qifeng smiled at him: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Chen Shoushi said: "Why didn't you say these words before?"

Chen Qifeng said: "If the elder brother doesn't know, the play will be realistic, and the prince will believe me, listen to me, and not trouble the elder brother."

Chen Shoushi remembered what his younger brother said to himself last time: "My little brother advised him to endure the calm for a while. When he ascends the throne in the future, he will be the king and you will be the minister. Aren't you in his hands?" It seems that he is helping the prince, but he is actually fighting for his own peace at the moment.

He suddenly remembered another sentence his younger brother said: "So, elder brother, don't you think of a way out for yourself?" At that time, he only thought of his younger brother as persuading him to surrender to the prince to show weakness, but at this time he actually recognized a strange feeling.

What is his brother planning for him?This thought stimulated his heart like a thin electric current, causing a shudder.

"Second brother, you are really far-sighted." He sighed, "I never knew that you have such deep thoughts."

Chen Qifeng raised his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were almost worshipful: "Big brother is my pride, the pride of parents, big brother should always shine brightly, if there are any ugly and dark things, I have my younger brother to do it."

Again!Chen Shoushi suddenly felt angry, clenched the teacup in his hand until his knuckles turned white, and said in a deep voice, "I don't need you to wrong me!"

"Little brother doesn't." Chen Qifeng said as if swearing, "Little brother is willing."

"If the crown prince survives, will you keep hiding it from me?"

"Yes."

"Then what about you to Feng Yu? Are you sincere?" Chen Shoushi stared at him with burning eyes.

Chen Qifeng felt a strong pressure, forcing him to stand up, bowed his head and said: "Little brother is sincere to Feng Yu, and I didn't lie to her. The queen doesn't want to see our family. If I don't really like Feng Yu, I will never It will delay her."

Yang Zhen couldn't bear it, he was already completely moved by Chen Qifeng, but seeing his man was still angry, he felt that he was too harsh.

"Husband..." He called him in a low voice, indicating that he should treat Chen Qifeng better.

Chen Shoushi secretly sighed.It would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel distressed or touched, but his younger brother is so scheming, after all, it makes him uncomfortable.

He calmed down, and said softly: "That's good." He motioned him to sit down.

Chen Qifeng broke into a big smile: "It's good that the elder brother doesn't blame the younger brother."

Chen Shoushi's heart softened again: "You said you asked me for help, what is it?"

Chen Qifeng put away his smile, and his complexion became serious: "The crown prince died of a heart attack in Dingxiang Villa. The empress angered the maids and eunuchs who accompanied her, and wanted to kill them all with sticks. If she hadn't fainted after hearing the news, I'm afraid that these people will die on the day of returning to the palace." At this point, a strange pain flashed across his face, which was barely noticeable, and he paused, "The little brother persuaded her tactfully, the prince's heroic spirit is not far away, don't let me Blood stained his path of reincarnation, it would be better to just bury these people, she agreed. But I can only do this, and they still have to die."

Yang Zhen said in amazement: "The empress is so insane, why are these court ladies and eunuchs willing to accompany their master's life!"

Chen Shoushi felt his teeth turn cold: "So vicious and cruel, how can he be worthy of his mother!" A thought came to his mind, how did the emperor get along with her all these years?

Unworthy wife, unworthy son, as husband and father, the emperor failed.However, perhaps, as he said, he puts "Jiangshan above everything else", which led to today's results.

"Does the second brother want me to intercede in front of His Majesty?"

"Yes, the emperor will definitely listen to your words. He doesn't know, four people have already died, and no one should die because of this..." The last sentence was almost muttering, but both Chen Shoushi and Yang Zhen heard it.

"Four people died? Who were they?" Chen Shoushi asked.

Chen Qifeng lowered his eyes: "It's the four famous courtesans in Beijing. The prince went to Dingxiang Villa to escape the summer heat, and he actually summoned them... I heard from Feng Yu that the queen gave them poisoned wine yesterday."

Shocked, Yang Zhen blurted out, "Could it be that the crown prince died of a heart attack? What is the empress covering up?"

Chen Qifeng didn't answer, but the expression on his face already agreed.

Chen Shoushi felt extremely sad and heartbroken.At any rate, Ji Fengming was his cousin and his brother in name, no matter how unworthy he was, he did not want him to die in such a ridiculous way.No wonder, he always felt that there was a strange atmosphere floating in the palace, and the maids and servants seemed to be hiding some secrets, evasive.

And his heartache is all for Ji Tae.Not counting the loss of a child in old age, and carrying such a stigma on his back, it must have dealt a blow to the emperor.

The queen can vent and pass on the pain to others, but the emperor can't, he has to bear it after all.

So, he collapsed silently.

At this time, he saw shadows in his younger brother's eyes, dark, deep, and elusive.

Inexplicably, doubts arose in his heart, and he asked, "Second Brother, what did you do?"

Chen Qifeng was startled suddenly, and then showed confusion, and looked at him blankly: "What is the big brother asking? The little brother doesn't understand."

Chen Shoushi took a deep breath and let it out silently: "Why do you know this matter so clearly?"

"My little brother heard from Miao Yunhua and Qin Xiangyu that they went to Dingxiang Villa with the prince. The prince didn't bring any guards because he didn't dare to make a big show. He only brought two maids and two eunuchs who were close to him. Yu each brought two guards, as well as the four oirans. Afterwards, they came to look for my younger brother, fearing that they might be involved, so I comforted them."

Chen Shoushi looked at him quietly and said, "Second brother, you know what I'm asking. If you still think I'm your brother, tell me the truth and don't hide anything."

He was just stating, his tone didn't fluctuate, but Chen Qifeng couldn't sit still any longer, he slid down and knelt on the ground: "Brother, I dare not lie to you."

"Very well, then you can tell."

Yang Zhen's heart was suddenly pulled, and he had an extremely ominous premonition.He opened his eyes wide and looked at Chen Qifeng.Then, he noticed that Chen Qifeng was trembling slightly, but he lowered his head, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

Chen Shoushi's eyes darkened: "Second brother, raise your head, look at me and say."

"Brother." Chen Qifeng's voice was a little hoarse, but he still raised his head, even though he didn't dare to look at Chen Shoushi, "Brother, I admit that my younger brother used the dim sum machine, which played a role in fueling the flames, but my younger brother didn't... ... murdered him."

The word "murder" was extremely low, but it still gave Yang Zhen a big jump. He jumped up reflexively, rushed to the door, and looked outside.No one, the maids and eunuchs are all in the outhouse.

He closed the door, came back and sat down.

Chen Qifeng glanced at him gratefully, and continued: "Ever since the elder brother became the prince, the prince has hated you more and more, and later he resorted to such low-handed means to harm the elder sister-in-law. The elder brother took care of the overall situation and endured it all his life, but the younger brother I couldn't bear it anymore. The younger brother knew that he couldn't fight him openly, so he resorted to tricks and encouraged the old bustard of 'Daiyuefang' to give the crown prince a test of aphrodisiacs."

Chen Shoushi's fingers clenched tightly.

Chen Qifeng's eyelashes trembled twice, Chen Shoushi let go of his fingers, and said in a deep voice, "Continue."

"Yes." Chen Qifeng said, "Who knows that the prince eats the marrow and knows the taste, and he got out of control. Later, he bought it a few times, and became more and more dissolute. Before going to Lilac Villa, I met him once, and he looked like that at that time. It's not very good, it looks like Qi and Yang are exhausted, but he doesn't admit it, but feels very excited. I gave him a few altars of white clouds and said it would cheer him up. I also told Miss Biluo in Waiting Moon Square to let the prince enjoy himself , need good wine, and that medicine..."

Yang Zhen understood that the prince was already over-indulgent, and his body was empty. Coupled with the effects of wine and aphrodisiacs, he was too excited, and died of the upper hand. This is not an inevitable event, but Chen Qifeng buried him. incentive.

As soon as he changed his mind, Chen Shoushi slapped him down, knocking Chen Qifeng to the ground firmly.Chen Qifeng's ears were ringing, and he was still dizzy, but Chen Shoushi grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and held that slap high again.

Yang Zhen rushed forward and grabbed his hand: "Husband, don't..."

"Zhen'er, get out of the way!" Chen Shoushi shouted angrily.

"No, husband." Yang Zhen stubbornly stopped him, "Second brother, he is all for us. Don't hit him, if you want to hit me, hit me."

Chen Qifeng looked up at his elder brother, with clear palm prints on his white face, but he was relieved, and even smiled a little: "Brother, I've said it, you will forgive me or not, I feel at ease—you can hit me !"

Chen Shoushi was stunned.Ever since he was a child, he had never beaten his younger brother, not even scolded him, until that day when he brought Yang Zhen back from the Liu Mansion, his younger brother knelt down in front of him.But the two of them were not congenial, and he felt cold.

But at this moment, he hit him unexpectedly, this anger even forced him to want to beat him hard.

Obviously, he is for himself.But how could this be?How could such a handsome and gentle boy play such a dirty trick?How did you come into contact with these nasty things?

He found that he did not understand him at all.As an older brother, I am not responsible at all.

He put down his hand dejectedly, no, he should hit himself, not his brother.

Yang Zhen supported Chen Qifeng and said: "Second brother, get up. Only the three of us know about today's matter, so don't reveal anything to your parents."

Chen Qifeng shook his head at him, still kneeling.

"Husband." Yang Zhen looked at Chen Shoushi pleadingly.

Chen Shoushi stretched out his hand to touch Chen Qifeng's face, and said shyly, "Does it hurt?"

"No, brother taught me that."

Chen Shoushi pulled him up and hugged him, as if the boy in front of him was still a child.He whispered in his ear: "Second brother, am I worthy of you?"

Chen Qifeng hugged him back, turned his face to the side, and smiled, a tear fell from the corner of his eye.