royal husband

"Yes, you can rest for a while." Li Jin held Ying Yuan's hand instead.

"must……"

Yesterday was hangover, Ying Yuan went to court without much rest, and after what happened just now, Ying Yuan's nerves were already tense, now Li Jin comforted him, Ying Yuan couldn't stand the attack of sleepiness , slowly fell asleep.

of course.

Even though Ying Yuan fell asleep, he still did not forget to hold Li Jin's hand tightly.

What the hell is going on with her?

Thinking of what happened just now, Li Jin couldn't help frowning.

Li Jin can say with certainty that he is not familiar with the fifth princess at all, but what she said just now and the expression she showed/revealed told Li Jin that Ying Xichen not only has feelings for him, but also misunderstood that he also has feelings for her. .

Then the problem is coming.

Why did Ying Xishen have such an idea?Ang or...someone told her?Wait, Yingxi Shen is Shen Qianxue's daughter and Shen Chaoyan's niece. Could it be Shen Chaoyan?

"Princess, why are you hurt?"

Seeing Ying Xichen's appearance, the maid who came after Ying Xichen was dumbfounded, and quickly helped him up.

"I kissed King Dingbei just now."

Ying Xichen was still immersed in the kiss just now, unable to extricate himself for a long time.

at the same time.

Yingxi Shen is even more concerned about the plan that Shen Chaoyan told her not long ago.

Uncle said it right, since King Dingbei likes me, I just need to get rid of Yingyuan, then King Dingbei and I can be together without any restraint.

……

A few days later.

Li Jin and Ying Yuan arrived at Duke Zhong's Mansion.

They were invited and visited privately by Weifu, except for the two of them, no one else followed.

However, compared with Li Jin's calmness, Ying Yuan's expression was a little uncomfortable, as if he was still upset about what happened a few days ago.

"Please, two gentlemen." The steward of Duke Zhongguo's mansion seemed to know that the two of them were coming back today, and seeing them now, he immediately welcomed them in.

Li Jin and Ying Yuan glanced at each other, then followed.

Gu Cunmo seemed to love bamboo very much. He planted a lot of bamboo on both sides of the road. When he entered and was surrounded by so many bamboos, Li Jin immediately felt refreshed, and Ying Yuan's heart was not as impatient as before.

Mo Yue walked for quite a while, and finally the steward stopped, cupped his hands and said, "My lords, your lord is inside."

Li Jin nodded, and opened the door first.

crunch.

As the door opened, Li Jin and Ying Yuan saw Gu Cunmo.

Different from the Gu Cunmo Li Jin saw when he was a child, the Gu Cunmo in front of him was very old, like an old man who was dying.

Gu Cunmo said calmly, "Come in when you come."

With Gu Cunmo's words, Li Jin and Ying Yuan walked in immediately.

"Your Majesty, my old bones are useless, please forgive me."

"Duke Zhong doesn't need to be too polite." Ying Yuan replied with a smile, "Besides, I came here this time not as the emperor, but as the adopted son of the former empress to trust Duke Zhong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding." Gu Cunmo said with a meaningful smile towards Ying Yuan, "Since your Majesty is so magnanimous, how about dissolving this ridiculous relationship with King Dingbei?"

Hearing Gu Cunmo's words, Ying Yuan's pupils shrank immediately.

"Impossible." If Ying Xishen's words earlier made Ying Yuan lose control, then Gu Cunmo's words now deeply made Ying Yuan feel fear.

Ying Yuan was very afraid that Li Jin would listen to Gu Cunmo and make peace with him.

Unlike Ying Xichen, Yingyuan can try to ignore Ying Xichen's words after that, but Gu Cunmo can't, because Gu Cunmo is Li Jin's grandfather.

If Li Jin really listened to him, what should he do?reject?Or agree?

Gu Cunmo narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Ying Yuan calmly and said, "Old Minister Gu knows that there is nothing between the emperor and King Dingbei, why does the emperor insist?"

Don't look at Gu Cunmo's constant complaints about illness, and even closing his door to thank guests for many years, in fact, he knows everything that happened in the court like the palm of his hand.

As for knowing what Li Jin and Ying Yuan didn't do that night, it was also guessed by the servants in the palace.

Li Jin interrupted at the right time, "I think it's pretty good now, it's not something to force, Duke Zhong is too worried, but there is one thing that I'm curious about, why is Duke Zhong so clear about the matter between me and the emperor?"

"Guessed it."

After Gu Cunmo finished speaking, he poured three cups of tea unhurriedly, gave the other two cups to Li Jin and Ying Yuanhou respectively, and took a sip of the tea in front of him.

"is it?"

Li Jin raised his eyebrows meaningfully, not believing Gu Cunmo's words.

"of course."

Gu Cunmo smiled.

It seems that my grandson is not ruthless to the new emperor.

Although Gu Cunmo had never had contact with Li Jin, or even met him before, Gu Cunmo had heard everything about Li Jin, so after hearing Li Jin's words, Gu Cunmo I'm sure with Li Jin's intelligence, if he really doesn't want to get married, there must be many ways to escape.

"Let's get down to business, I don't know why Duke Zhong asked us to come here on purpose?" Li Jin saw the uneasiness in Ying Yuan's eyes, and immediately asked Gu Cunmo why he asked them to come here.

Li Jin didn't believe that Gu Cunmo had gone to such lengths to ask Tao Yichu to tell them to come here just to say this.

Gu Cunmo raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile, "Shen Chaoyan is the prince of Dongheng Kingdom."

Dongheng?prince?

Li Jin and Ying Yuan were dumbfounded.

From Gu Cunmo's words, Li Jin also recalled Shen Chaoyan's inexplicable disappearance in her previous life, and the news of Daxia's successive defeats.Shen Chaoyan is really Dongheng's prince, then everything makes sense.

Ying Yuan frowned and said, "Mr. Zhong, Shen Chaoyan was born in the Shen family and grew up in the capital. How could he be the prince of Dongheng?"

Gu Cunmo asked without answering, "What if the existence of the Shen family was Dongheng's plot for many years to deal with Da Xia from the very beginning?"

Yingyuan's pupils shrank.

"How do you know so much?"

Gu Cunmo said, "It's very simple, because Shen Chaoyan, and the Shen family behind Shen Chaoyan, were actually investigated by me and the late emperor."

The first emperor?

Yingyuan was dumbfounded.

Ying Zhengjing is either the one who is afraid of sin or the Gu family. He doesn't interact with each other on weekdays/days/inner days. How could he join forces with the Gu family?

Gu Cunmo seemed to have guessed what Ying Yuan was thinking, and explained unhurriedly, "Your Majesty, don't get it wrong. It was only me, Gu Cunmo, who cooperated with the late Emperor, not the Gu family."

Correctly speaking.

It wasn't just the Gu family that Ying Zhengjing was on guard against, other aristocratic families were also on guard against Ying Zhengjing, but in order not to cause the aristocratic family to backlash, Ying Zhengjing hid this defense.

Ying Yuan was puzzled and said, "Duke Zhong is also from a family."

The meaning of Ying Yuan's words is obvious. Since Ying Zhengjing doesn't believe in the family, it is even more impossible to trust Gu Cunmo, who is also from the family.

"The old minister was once the late emperor's benefactor..."

Gu Cunmo calmly revealed the secret he had been hiding all along.

The reason why Ying Zhengjing chose Gu Cunmo, who was also from an aristocratic family, as his partner was precisely because Gu Cunmo was his mentor, and Gu Cunmo was behind the scenes for him to sit on the throne.

but.

The only person who knew that Gu Cunmo was Ying Zhengjing's mentor was Gu Rushuang before that.

Even at the end, after Gu Cunmo knew the ambitions of the Gu family, in order to help win the situation and stabilize the court, he deliberately claimed to be sick, and then closed the door to thank the guests.Then he asked Ying Zhengjing to punish the Gu family with thunderous means, so that the Gu family members put away those ambitions that they shouldn't have.

After hearing this, Li Jin and Ying Yuan fell silent.

have to say.

What I heard now was shocking to both Ying Yuan and Li Jin.Because they never thought about it, it turns out that the relationship between Ying Zhengjing and Gu Cunmo is not hostile.

Li Jin asked first, "Duke Zhong chose to tell us now, is there something wrong with Shen Chaoyan?"

"Yes." Gu Cunmo nodded and said, "The old minister discovered that Shen Chaoyan not only had a close relationship with Fifth Princess Yingxi Shen during this period, but also often met with a man in black."

The man in black met Shen Chaoyan in secret.

It is not difficult to guess from all of this that the identity of the man in black must be related to Dong Heng, but he does not know what Shen Chaoyan is planning.

Win and sink.

Ying Yuan's expression sank when he heard the name.

"Mr. Zhong, thank you very much."

Ying Yuan nodded towards Gu Cunmo.

Although Ying Yuan was on guard against Shen Chaoyan, once Shen Chaoyan and Dong Heng launched an attack together, Ying Yuan's little defense would not be enough.

Gu Cunmo shook his head, "Your Majesty, there is no need to thank you. This is an agreement between the old minister and the former emperor. Some aristocratic families have existed for too long, and it is time to clear them up."

Royal Palace.

"A Yuan, why are you unhappy when you come back from Duke Zhong's mansion?" After returning to the palace from Duke Zhong's mansion, Li Jin couldn't help asking, "Could it be that you are still worried?"

"Ah."

Ying Yuan subconsciously leaned on Li Jin's back.

Actually.

What worried Ying Yuan was not only this, but also Ying Xishen's actions and Gu Cunmo's words.

Li Jin let Ying Yuan lean on her back, and said softly, "Ah Yuan is not afraid, I will always be by your side."

"Ah."

Ying Yuan responded, but subconsciously grabbed Li Jin's sleeve with his hand.

Jin, I really want to be with you, but I don't want to lose you even more.

early morning.

Shen Chaoyan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Dongheng's envoys will return to the capital soon. I heard that their purpose this time is to marry Princess Daxia."

"Seeking?" Ying Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I remember that among the princesses, only the fifth princess survived."

"Yes."

Shen Chaoyan nodded.

Li Jin asked coldly, "Shen Youxiang thinks, should we agree to Dong Heng's request?"

Shen Chaoyan clapped his hands and replied, "If you go back to the emperor's husband, I feel that Dongheng's move should be to talk about peace with us Daxia, so it doesn't matter if you agree to them."

"Chen (Weichen) also thinks that Shen Youxiang's proposal is very good."

The officials of Shen Chaoyan's faction quickly echoed.

Ying Yuan raised the corners of his lips with a half-smile, "Is that so..."