The next day, Shen Haiyao went out early in the morning.

It's just that before leaving the mansion, he ran into Lord Yin Hou head-on.

"A Jin, go out so early?"

Shen Haiyao nodded.

Lord Yinhou didn't intend to let his son go, he didn't know what he was thinking, and his brows frowned slightly.

The atmosphere between the two suddenly became delicate.

The corners of Lord Yinhou's mouth tightened slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you...are you looking for the Twelfth Prince?"

Shen Haiyao didn't want to lie to him, nor did he want to be perfunctory, so he told the truth: "Yes."

Lord Yinhou is getting older, and his shoulders are no longer as straight as when he was young, but every word he said is resounding.

He said: "A Jin, I have hinted to you before that the Twelfth Prince is a wicked man, so you should not have too many contacts with him. This...do you understand?"

Yin Xiujin is pure in mind, how could he understand what his father meant?Besides, it seemed at that time that the Twelfth Prince would rather reconcile than be a shameful partner with him. If he hadn't done something irreparable later, who would doubt his affection for Ah Jin?

Shen Haiyao thought about what happened to Lord Yinhou and his wife in his previous life. He didn't want the couple to be sad for Ah Jin anymore. After thinking for a while, he put away the silly and sweet expression on his face and said, "I understand. I'll be careful with him."

Lord Yin Hou breathed a sigh of relief, and his face became more relaxed, "Our family has not been involved in government affairs for a long time. Logically speaking, I shouldn't tell you this. But you must know the situation of the previous court now. The eighth prince has not participated in it for a long time. In government affairs, the sixteen princes are only good at using soldiers, maybe none of them are suitable candidates for the crown prince. But—”

He lowered his voice and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear: "At least, they are all aboveboard. If one of them can sit on the throne, it will be better than the others anyway."

I see.Shen Haiyao finally understood why Lord Yin Hou was willing to say those words in the Eighth Prince's Mansion that day, and why he was willing to trust Chu He, a stranger.

"I don't know what you are planning and who you are planning for." Lord Yin Hou said again, "But remember, you are my son. Whatever you want to do, I will definitely help you."

Shen Haiyao's eyes were hot.At this moment, he envied Yin Xiujin from the bottom of his heart. If he had never met the twelve princes, how happy and complete his life would be.

Before leaving Yinhou's mansion, Lord Yinhou said one last sentence: "I don't care whether you want to participate in the party struggle or not, but you have to remember, Ah Jin, no matter what, you must not use despicable methods."

Shen Haiyao saluted respectfully, and said in a warm voice, "Got it."

After leaving the mansion, Shen Haiyao thought, I hope I am not mean.

Yinhou's Mansion and Twelve Prince's Mansion are not far away, so Shen Haiyao chose to walk there instead of taking a carriage.

Just turning into the street where the mansion is located, Shen Haiyao smelled the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

The Twelve Princes love sweet-scented osmanthus very much.

The twelfth prince was probably waiting for his lover's arrival intently. Shen Haiyao had just knocked on the door when he opened it.

"Long time no see, Ajin." The Twelfth Prince said with a smile.

That smile was like a spring breeze, gentle and lingering, and there was infinite warmth in his eyes.

The petals of osmanthus are small, and they fall down when the wind blows, but it is not easy to see when they fall on the clothes. Following Shen Haiyao's movements, they fall all the way from his shoulders, and finally land on the ground. After a few bounces, they disappear .

The Twelfth Prince led him into the yard with a happy smile, and said to the servants, "There's no need to clean up, let's all go back."

After dismissing these people, he looked at Shen Haiyao and smiled at Yanyan.

"Ajin, long time no see, I miss you so much."

Based on the principle of task first, Shen Haiyao wanted to squeeze out a smile, but he was really not interested in the taste of osmanthus, so he sneezed.

The Twelfth Prince smiled and rolled his eyes, and said, "Did I plant too many sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in my yard, choking you? Let's find time to clean it up later."

He pulled Shen Haiyao into the bedroom, "A Jin, come in and sit down."

Although it was broad daylight, the ambiguity in the words of the twelve princes did not diminish at all.Shen Haiyao withdrew his hand without a trace, and said in a clear and cold voice, "I came here today to tell you good news."

"What good news?"

Shen Haiyao stared into his eyes until the man looked puzzled.After a while, Shen Haiyao smiled and said cheerfully: "My friend told me that the eighth prince's health has improved a lot. It seems that this time not only the danger can be saved, but it is very likely that he will recover completely!"

The smile of the twelve princes froze on his face.

But he quickly adjusted, nodded and said, "What is the origin of this friend, Ah Jin? The imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are not as good as him."

"To be honest, I don't know his background, I only know that he is very powerful." Shen Haiyao boasted wildly, "He is warm-hearted and good at kung fu. He used to be a quack."

In short, blow Chu He up a bit first, lest the twelve princes rush to attack him.

In all fairness, the Twelfth Prince has a very weak face, and he looks gentle, but he never imagined that he is so cruel and scheming in his bones.

"I don't even know when Ah Jin made such a powerful friend," said the Twelfth Prince softly, "I used to think that Ah Jin was still like a child, but now he has grown up."

Shen Haiyao didn't want to hear him remember these things, so he responded vaguely.

The twelve princes said again: "Since the health of the emperor is improving, I can rest assured. This is really a good thing. The father has been worried about the health of the emperor for so many years, and now he can finally feel at ease."

Shen Haiyao said: "Well, yes, when His Highness Eighth Highness fully recovers, the court will probably change."

The pupils of the Twelve Princes shrank slightly, and their expression was greatly shocked.His expression was complicated, his lower lip twitched uncontrollably a few times, and his voice trembled when he spoke again. He tried his best to maintain calm and asked, "...Ah Jin, when did you start caring about court affairs?"

Shen Haiyao smiled, "Yu Chen, I dare not say this to others, but I have nothing to say to you. Earlier, His Highness the Eighth Prince was seriously ill, so this matter was put on hold. Now that he has improved ,I--"

He approached Yu Chen, covered his lips with a teacup, and said in a low voice: "If His Highness Eighth Palace means the East Palace, then I am willing to help him."

After that, he showed a distressed look, "It's just...you know, my father doesn't care about these things, and he can't help His Highness the Eighth Prince. Although I have the heart, I am really powerless. Yuchen, you know this, I want to ask You, are these ministers reliable, are you familiar with them?"

Shen Haiyao took out a few sheets of paper from his arms, and placed them on the small table between the two of them, unfolding them one by one.

A Jin's words just now were enough to shock Yu Chen, but now the few pieces of paper in front of him even made him break out in a thin layer of cold sweat.

He is more than familiar with these names on the paper...

These are his own people at all!

It's all the hidden threads he planted around Lao Ba and Shiliu!

Yu Chen clenched his fists secretly, reminding himself to be calm and calm again and again.He raised his head and stared at the person in front of him. Ah Jin still looked innocent and ignorant of the world, with a pure temperament and clean eyes.How could such a person get involved in the muddy water of Zheng Chu?

For a moment, Yuchen suspected that this was a temptation from his two brothers.But after thinking about it again, my father issued an order that no one is allowed to disturb Lao Ba's rest these few days. As for Shiliu, A Jin alienated him after the few times he had had troubles, both true and false. Not a lot.

Could it be that this is really Ah Jin's own idea?

Yuchen suppressed the doubts and anxiety in his heart, and said slowly: "Ajin, to be honest, I haven't dealt with ministers for a long time since Mr. Song's accident in the Ministry of Officials."

He casually pointed to the names on the paper and said, "In my impression, they are relatively good, but I don't know who they are working for. I'm afraid I can't help you answer your question."

Shen Haiyao pretended to be disappointed, "Alright then."

Soon he smiled slyly again, "Yuchen, you can tell me the truth, are you really not interested in this Eastern Palace position at all?"

His dark eyes stared at Yu Chen for a moment, and the other's stiffness and discomfort were reflected in his bright pupils.

Yuchen twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea in a concealed manner, and said, "Ajin, what you said... Don't say now, it was in the past, when will I covet the position of the East Palace?" ?”

He saw Ah Jin nodded heavily, "Yes! Yuchen, you have to remember what you said!"

After that, the two looked at each other silently.Not long after, Ah Jin got up and said goodbye.

Yuchen was full of depression, and after a few words of persuasion, he still couldn't keep him, so he let him go.

After Ah Jin left, Yu Chen sat there with a sullen expression on his face.

The maid knocked lightly on the bedroom door and said softly, "Your Highness, the sweet-scented osmanthus cake is ready, you need to—"

A simple question completely ignited the anger in Yuchen's heart. He picked up the lid of the cup and slammed it on the door——

"Why do you serve sweet-scented osmanthus cakes when everyone is gone?!" The broken pieces of porcelain exploded in all directions, scattered all over the place, "Get lost!"

After leaving the Twelfth Prince's Mansion, Shen Haiyao hurried home and called out Chu He.

"I just came back from Yuchen's place." Shen Haiyao said, "Just now I have revealed all the people he secretly controlled. Judging from his performance, the list is almost inseparable. I guess, He is going crazy now, wanting to know how he was exposed. I am worried that he will find someone to watch me right now, so please help me pass on a message to Yu Yu."

Chu He: "Oh, he's coming to the Eighth Prince's place tomorrow. Tell him, I'll tell him."

The next day, when Yu Jie went to visit the Eighth Prince, he saw the doctor next to him who was said to be very powerful winking at him.

After the man left, Yu Yu was still in a daze.

Seeing how funny he was, Yuhong stretched out his hand to poke his face, "What are you thinking?"

Yu Yu: "It's nothing. Starling, I heard that your health is much better?"

Yu Hong paused, and said, "It's much better. Presumably the imperial physicians are too conservative and dare not use medicine."

He unbuttoned his clothes and showed him, "That little doctor came up and got the knife."

The knife marks were shocking, and even a person like Yuju who was used to seeing blood would frown upon seeing it.

"Is he so bold?!"

Yuhong smiled and said, "Boldness also has its advantages. Isn't this cured?"

Yuhong did not tell the truth about his chronic illness to his biological brother who was a compatriot of the same mother.Although he didn't want to doubt Yuyu, he really had to be on guard.

Born in an emperor's family, power and affection are always incompatible.

Although his condition has improved a lot, Yuhong's body is still very weak. Before he could say a few words, his voice became panting.

Yu Jie didn't want to disturb too much, so she got up to leave.

After leaving myna's bedroom, he saw the little doctor waiting at the door, looking at him with a smile.

"His Sixteenth Highness, Ajin asked me to bring you a message."

"What?"

The little doctor named Chu He took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a few words written on it.

- Confiscate everything recently sent to the house.

Yu Yu frowned and asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Chu He: "It is inconvenient for Ah Jin to find you these two days, and he will explain the situation to you later. Remember, it is 'everything', food, drink, clothing, and use, all of which must be provided by you yourself Take over, don't hand it over to others, and don't let others know, remember?"

Yu Jie left with doubts.

Ah Jin is so wrong.On the way back home, he kept thinking about what Ah Jin had done recently, from the friends he made somewhere, the occasional look of deep thought that didn't match his age, to the inexplicably overcome fear of horses...

Yu Yu had an extremely absurd idea in his mind.

Father is very superstitious, and he is almost obsessed with cultivating immortals and alchemy.I don't quite believe it, but...

Could it be said that Duoshe really exists?

Yu Jie pretended to be something in his heart, and walked back to the mansion unconsciously.

Coincidentally, he happened to run into the woman who came to deliver the food.

This woman has delivered food to his family for many years, and she is quite familiar with the servants in the family.

Yu Jie glanced at it casually, and heard the mother-in-law say: "There has been a lot of rain recently, and the oranges are sour. His Highness the Twelfth heard about it, and specially asked me to send some more to His Highness Sixteenth..."

Yu Jie stopped, turned around, and asked, "You said, was it the Twelve Emperor Brother who asked you to send it?"

The mother-in-law said: "Yes, Your Highness, don't you like to have a sour mouth?"

It's true that I like sour mouth, but...

He and the Twelve Emperor Brothers have always been in harmony with each other.When I was young, I still had some brotherhood, but firstly, I was not in the capital all the year round, and I didn't have much friendship with him; secondly...

With Ah Jin's relationship, he didn't want to have too much contact with the Twelve Emperor Brothers.

How could it be today...

Yu Jue suddenly remembered what Chu He had said to him just now.

All the things sent to the mansion must be taken over by myself...

He didn't care about any more doubts or doubts, and said to the chef who was receiving the dishes: "Let me help you."

Shen Haiyao has been very honest these past few days, and only wanders around casually when he goes out.

As he expected, there were indeed several people following him secretly.

This world is not as modern as it is. Without communication means like mobile phones, many things are inconvenient to do.

The only thing that is useful is that you can communicate with Chu He at any time.Thinking about it this way, there really is a sense of mutual understanding.

That night, Chu He brought him a big news.

"Haiyao, the queen found out something about Xihua."

Two days ago, the eighth prince and several imperial physicians moved into the palace to live with the empress.It was said to the outside world that the queen was eager to read, and in order to confuse the view, the imperial physician released news that the eighth prince was seriously ill again.

At the same time, according to Shen Haiyao's instructions, they told the queen about the poisoning of the eighth prince and the fact that the person who poisoned him was most likely to wash Hua.

What Shen Haiyao meant was that although he was equally eager to love his son, the queen was far less domineering than the emperor, and it was more suitable for the queen to help in secret investigations.

"Haiyao, do you still remember that the biological mother of the twelve princes is a medical girl?"

"I remember, the same is true for Xihua. I noticed it when you first mentioned it." Shen Haiyao shook his head, "But this cannot be used as evidence. Men and women were quite equal in their dynasty, and it is normal for women to be officials. It is more common for female medical officers.”

Chu He said: "Female medical officers are common, but are female medical officers of the same ethnic minority common? There are only such ethnic minorities with less than 100 people in the whole country."

It may not be accurate to say that they are ethnic minorities.They have their own language and characters, and they are more like small independent countries, but they do not have their own territory and have to depend on the Yu Dynasty.

The ancestry of this family is no longer traceable, and the language and writing have long since been fragmented. They can only be vaguely called Yan people based on the pronunciation.

It is probably because the ancestors lived in a land suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs, and the Yan people were good at medicine. The plague swept the capital for decades, and there were dead bodies everywhere. Thanks to the help of their people.

Their appearance is no different from that of ordinary people of the Yu Dynasty, and now they are scattered all over the place, making it difficult to find them.

This time, Xihua was identified because of an embroidery pattern.

"The eighth prince once saw the bookmark Xihua made for medical books. He said that the pattern was very strange, so he wrote it down. The queen said that she had seen this pattern on the handkerchief of Concubine Xiang, and it was definitely the same. Now, the queen sent I have secretly read about the history of the Yan people, although I can't be sure, but it is estimated that there is at least 80% possibility."

"This is a big progress." Shen Haiyao said, "Since this is the case, we can almost do it. By the way, last time I asked you to tell Yu Yu, did he reply?"

"Not yet." Chu He scratched his head, "The eighth prince moved into the palace the next day, and they never met again."

"Then I'll ask myself." Shen Haiyao smiled, "The crime of murdering the prince can almost be pinned on Yuchen, so I'm not afraid to startle the snake!"

On the second day, Shen Haiyao went out early in the morning to look for Yujie.

The few people who had followed him before hadn't withdrawn yet, Shen Haiyao was in a good mood, and led them around several places - all of which were the mansions of ministers who had good friends with Yu Chen - and finally came to the Sixteenth Prince government.

Before knocking on the door, he looked back at the direction of those people and smiled triumphantly.

After knocking on the door, it was actually the sixteenth prince who came to open the door in person.

Shen Haiyao raised his chin at him and asked, "Hey, did you hear what I told you earlier? Do you know what is delivered to your house?"

The sixteenth prince looked away, "Come in and say."

Looking at his expression, Shen Haiyao knew that he definitely blocked something, so he first named a few people and asked him: "How, did you find that these people are not reliable? They have two hearts for you ?”

Yu Yu's expression was worried: "They are all brothers who have been with me through life and death, and I will not allow you to doubt them like this without authorization."

"..." Shen Haiyao curled his lips. No wonder Ah Jin was deceived by the rhetoric of the Twelfth Prince. This Yuji really can't speak, "So what if you have been through life and death with you? They are going to find another master now! "

While talking, Yu Jie took Shen Haiyao to his study.

Do martial arts practitioners have some hobbies of their own? Shen Haiyao thought, other people's study rooms are full of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Why is the sixteenth prince's study room full of swords, bows and arrows?

He was complaining about the weirdness of the study, when he heard the sound of sharp knives coming from behind him!

Shen Haiyao hurriedly turned around, only to see Yujue swinging his sword, about to chop off his left arm!

Shen Haiyao staggered, barely avoiding it.He grabbed Yu Yu's wrist with his right hand to slow down the speed of the sword.

"What are you doing?! You are crazy!"

Yujie's eyes were red, she swung his hand away, and slashed at him again.

"Are you still pretending to be him?!"

"..." Shen Haiyao was speechless.

But, quite, amazing...?

He thought in his head, "It's over, it's over, I'm going to die here today", but his body deftly dodged all the attacks, and finally even grabbed Yujie's wrist, and pressed it lightly somewhere inside——

The long sword in Yujie's hand fell to the ground with a thud, and he himself was staring at him in astonishment.

Ah Jin doesn't know kung fu, so Yu Jie is not ruthless in her attacks.But even with the moves he used easily, few people could catch him with so many moves.

Not to mention knocking out his sword.

From the bottom of his heart, Yu Yuhuo became even more convinced that the person in front of him must have harmed Ah Jin and even took his body by force!

He was even more merciless, "Who the hell are you? Where did you get Ah Jin?!"

The body's instinctive reaction was much faster than that of the brain, Shen Haiyao jumped forward, and jumped to the door of the study in two steps.He grabbed a sword casually and threw it at Yuji.

The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing, the scabbard fell off and lay on the ground, the tip of the sword was inserted straight at Yuju's feet, wedged into the floor nearly two inches deep.

"Calm down!" Shen Haiyao yelled, "If you kill me now, Ah Jin will never come back in this life!"

Yu Ju lowered her eyes and looked down at the sword stuck into the floor.He clenched his fists, his eyes turned red unknowingly.

He bent down, held the sword, pulled it out with a little force, and then threw it aside.

The tense atmosphere suddenly calmed down, but Yujie still couldn't calm down.The terrible guess before has come true, and the person in front of him is really not Ah Jin.

Where did Ah Jin go? Is he alright?There are too many problems in his heart, Yu Jie only feels that every beat of the heart makes him panic.

He couldn't speak, he could only tighten his lips and stare at the person in front of him.

Shen Haiyao was also miserable.

Damn it, two worlds in a row have been dismantled, so can't you save him some face!

"Put down the sword first, and calm down." Shen Haiyao made a gesture of love and peace, regardless of whether Yujue could understand it, "I have no malice towards you, and I have no ill will towards Ajin—your mother and compatriot's relatives." My brother was rescued by my friend, if I want to harm you, why bother?"

Yu Jie was still asking those two questions: "Who are you? Where is Ah Jin?!"

Shen Haiyao: "...Well, since you can see it, I won't hide it anymore. Ah Jin is fine, and he will come back later, but not now."

He tried his best to show that he didn't have any malicious intentions, "Let me tell you what I've been doing during this time, and you can judge for yourself whether I have any malicious intentions towards you. I rescued Yuhong because he is Ajin's friend; one of your subordinates I was bought by the Twelfth Prince, and I found it out for you, because you are also A Jin's friend."

He saw that the corners of Yuyu's tense mouth were relaxing a little bit, "I'll tell you one more thing, your Twelfth Emperor Brother, he is eyeing the crown prince. If you make him the crown prince, whether it's you, eight The prince, or Ah Jin himself, have no good fruit to eat."

"Yuji," Shen Haiyao called him in a deep voice, "If the Twelfth Prince is allowed to be the crown prince, Ah Jin will never come back in this lifetime!"

Yu Jie was still skeptical, "You have to prove that Ah Jin is safe now."

Shen Haiyao just couldn't prove this, he could only say: "Yuyu, Ajin is the safest to kill Yuchen."

Rao Yuyu didn't have much affection for his Twelve Emperor Brothers, and he was horrified when he heard this, "Do you know what you're talking about?!"

Shen Haiyao: "As long as Yuchen is still there, the situation between you and Ajin will be like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. If you want Ajin to be safe, you have to help me get rid of Yuchen."

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