Clan House

In the middle of the night, the entire capital fell asleep.

Song Jingxin was lying on the big bed in the bedroom, clutching a handkerchief embroidered with bamboo leaves, tossing and turning.

The veil is not big, just covering the face of a grown man.What comes out is the smell of peach blossom wine, but the smell is not pleasant after opening the lid and leaving the wine overnight.Song Jingxin took a deep breath, trying to suck out some of the scent Song Yi brought, but to no avail.The taste of wine is full, but it is still the wine that he overturned, not the wine that the person drank.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was upset, he thought he was not drunk, but he couldn't think clearly.

Song Yi must have noticed the disrespect that day in Biezhuang.He knew exactly what I was thinking, why did he stay so close, why did he touch my face, and then threw the veil into my arms?

What does he mean?Song Jingxin only felt that his body was on fire, and he was tossing and turning on the bed like fried fish.

No, that's the patriarchal decree, it's the emperor's uncle, how could it be... Impossible, impossible, I probably have hysteria, it's all a fantasy.

Song Jingxin suddenly felt hopeless, as if being poured with cold water, extinguishing the fire in his body.

After suffering so repeatedly, I opened my eyes until dawn.

But Song Yi, king of Chu, fell asleep early because he drank some wine at night.

Outside the palace courtyard, a few scattered guards yawned, their heads bit by bit following the sound of clapping.The wild cat screamed, and a black figure ran to the wall and flipped in deftly.

Ye Xingren is small in stature and lands silently. She jumped up to the roof nimbly and jumped between the roof ridges of the palace.She was very familiar with the layout of the palace, and soon came to Song Yi's bedroom.She knelt on one knee on the ridge of the roof, leaning on the side of the owl to listen, but felt that the room was quiet, so she turned over and fell.

The sound of pushing the door of the palace was not low. Nightwalker pulled down his scarf and walked in loudly, avoiding the stabbing sword behind the door.

"Honor, it's me."

Holding his sword up, Wang Yu used the moonlight to see Gu Lingmiao's face clearly. "Didn't you just come back tomorrow? Why did you sneak into the mansion in the middle of the night?"

"Things have changed," Gu Lingmiao lowered her eyes, "Gu Minghui didn't believe me and asked me to take His Highness away. They wanted to confirm for themselves whether His Highness was poisoned."

"Good idea!" Wang Yu let out a "Pooh" and stared at Gu Lingmiao.

"Isn't it a good idea?" Gu Lingmiao didn't take it seriously, her eyes drifted to the inner room, "I thought His Highness would just arrest me and just talk to Gu Ruhui about the terms."

"What do you mean?" Wang Yu stared at Gu Lingmiao suspiciously.

"Hey, you idiot," Gu Lingmiao rolled her eyes, "Quickly wake up Your Highness, I'll tell him myself."

Wang Yu was still waiting to stop him, but Song Yi's voice came from inside.

"Wang Yu put away the sword, you come in."

Gu Lingmiao entered the bedroom, took off her face scarf, put her braids on her side and knelt down.

"Slaves are not good at doing things."

Song Yi sat on the bed, lifted the curtain a crack and poked it out, stepping on the pedals with bare feet.Wang Yu hurried over to hang up the tent, and the door god stood by Song Yi's side like a door god.

"It's okay. I've been moving a lot lately. It's normal for Gu Minghui to notice the problem." Song Yi made a gesture and told Gu Lingmiao to stand up and reply, "What did he say?"

"Gu Ruhui suspected that His Highness was plotting everything. He didn't believe that His Highness was poisoned, so he ordered his servants to tie you up to him. He wanted to threaten you in person before negotiating terms." Gu Lingmiao said.

"Bah!" Wang Yudai was about to scold someone, but was stopped by Song Yi, and he shut his mouth unwillingly.

"Is it cold outside?" Song Yi asked Gu Lingmiao.

Gu Lingmiao raised her head in surprise: "It's going to be hot soon, it's not cold, but there's still wind at night."

Song Yi looked at his bare feet, sighed, and told Wang Yu, "Go find me a thick middle coat."

At this point, Wang Yu still doesn't know what Song Yi is going to do, but he is obedient.

"Your Highness is really going?" Gu Lingmiao said worriedly, "Gu Minghui called the doctor, wouldn't you be found out if you went?"

"The king asked someone to test the medicine powder, and it is not poisonous at all. You have been deceived." Song Yi said, "The medicine should be given to the king just to test you. If you are really tied up today and go to Gu's house for questioning, then you are an undercover agent. It's all for nothing."

"Ah!" Gu Lingmiao was shocked, "Wouldn't it be more dangerous for His Highness to go this way!"

"It's not dangerous to talk about it if you have the conditions." Song Yi sighed, "But I never thought that Gu Minghui would kidnap people in the middle of the night, and I'm afraid that he will be barefoot and be carried out of the courtyard wall by you later."

Gu Lingmiao blinked in silence, and asked softly for a while, "Why don't you knock His Highness unconscious first?"

Gu Lingmiao didn't attack hard, and Song Yi woke up leisurely as soon as he arrived in Gu's residence.Gu Minghui was quite polite to him, and didn't pour cold water on him, and even untied his hands and feet and laid him flat on the bed.Song Yi slowly got up and rubbed the back of his neck that was still sore. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gu Minghui sitting by the desk reading.

"His Highness is awake?"

"Gu Shangshu?" Song Yi turned his head and glanced at Gu Minghui, his expression not flustered.Seeing that the sleeves were rolled up during the transport, he reached out to put the sleeves down and straightened out the folds. "This king was taken captive by you?"

Gu Ming stroked his beard vaguely: "His Royal Highness is extremely calm, quite in the style of the Yingzong."

"Abducting people in the middle of the night, I don't think they want to do something bright." Song Yi sat by the bed, and saw that there were no shoes on the floor, but a blanket.He sat cross-legged and didn't get out of bed, "You didn't hurt me, so I guess there is still something I can use. Gu Shangshu should make it clear."

Seeing Song Yi's calm demeanor, Gu Minghui put down the book.He picked up a scroll from the desk case, walked in front of Song Yi, and knelt down: "It is really helpless to offend Your Highness tonight. This trick is just to deceive people. Please see something with your own eyes."

"Gu Shangshu is the chief assistant of the cabinet and the head of the state. You can't bear to kneel in this book." Song Yi said flatly, without reaching out to help, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Gu Minghui knelt straight, and lifted Minghuang's scroll to the top of his head with both hands, which happened to be a position Song Yi could reach.

Song Yi didn't answer, and looked into the void.

After a long time, Gu Ming couldn't beat Song Yi, and stood up tremblingly.He was already quite old, and he rubbed his waist for a long time after getting up.

"Gu Shangshu is old, don't just kneel." While Gu Ming was rubbing his waist, Song Yi stretched out his hand and pulled out the scroll.

"Follow the sky, the emperor's edict said..."

The familiar edict format came into view, and the content was exactly the same as Song Yi remembered.Gu Minghui stared at Song Yi's expression, seeing that he was calm at the beginning, but he couldn't hide his shock after reading a few words. After that, he read the edict several times, and then fixed his eyes on one position.Song Yi's eyes gradually turned red, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Gu Minghui twitched the corners of his mouth, and took two steps back to give Song Yi enough time to relax.

"Why is there such an edict?" Song Yi's voice was hoarse, his gaze was still on the edict, and he did not want to raise his eyes. "There was no edict when the father died. Where did this come from?"

"His Majesty Yingzong gave it to my father," Gu Minghui said in a deep voice, "Do you still remember that the day before Yingzong passed away, he called my father to the imperial study?"

"Remember, the crown prince and grand master looked at me critically for a long time, but he didn't like it, so he left." Song Yi said.

Gu Minghui knelt down again: "Your Highness, forgive me. Yingzong handed over the edict to my father at that time, and he told my father to decide for himself. At that time, Yingzong said that he could choose one person to assist the king of Chu and King Qingjiang. If he chose the king of Qingjiang, he would Burn this edict."

Song Yi put the edict on his lap, and imitated Gu Li's eyes, looking up and down at Gu Minghui. "Since the prince and grand master chose King Qingjiang, why didn't he burn the imperial edict?"

"Because my father still has a little concern, worried that King Qingjiang will not be a good man after he ascends the throne."

Song Yi was noncommittal.

Gu Minghui didn't care about Song Yi's cold reaction, and insisted on finishing what he had prepared: "His Royal Highness has also seen the current court. The emperor is addicted to fairy art and doesn't think about government affairs. The prince is a dandy and has no demeanor of a prince. Originally, the king of Jin Your Highness has made some achievements, but she is a daughter and cannot inherit the throne."

Song Yi didn't answer his words: "Is today's matter the intention of the prince and grand master, or Gu Shangshu's intention?"

"The Gu family has one heart and one mind, only for the country." Gu Ming said darkly.

"Well, that's what you father and son have discussed." Song Yi dragged his voice, "Back then I disliked this king as a child and looked down on me, but I didn't abandon this king, but kept it as a backup. Now I found out My grandson couldn't do it, so he settled for the next best thing, thinking of my king."

"Father and son were blind back then, please forgive me, Your Highness." Gu Minghui kowtowed.

Song Yi folded the edict, jumped off the bed, and stood in front of Gu Minghui wearing an ivory coat.He unfolded the edict again and walked slowly to the table.

In order to put on a show, Gu Minghui still knelt on the ground, only paying attention to Song Yi's movements from the corner of his eye.Then I saw Song Yi reversed the edict, approached the candlestick, and placed it on the fire.

"what are you doing!"

I saw Gu Minghui, who was kneeling on the ground just now, sprang up, with a big movement, and the joints of his waist twisted and creaked.He rushed to the desk, snatched the edict and threw it on the ground, and beat the fire with his sleeve.

During the tearing, the candlestick on the table was knocked to the ground.Song Yi saw that the candle had been flung onto the carpet, before it could be ignited.He didn't want to be burned to death either, so he pulled a quilt from the bed to cover the flames, and picked up a seemingly expensive jade ruyi and slapped it hard a few times.

On the other side, although Gu Minghui extinguished the fire of the edict, he saw a hole burned in the center of the edict.On the scroll, Yingzong's notes were burnt black, but the contents could still be discerned.Only the place that was burnt was missing the words "Prince Chu, Huang Qizi Yi".Song Yi's method of burning can be described as ingenious, and the edict is still a complete edict, but it is not clear who passed it on.

Gu Minghui knelt on the ground, holding the edict in both hands, wanting to cry but without tears.He glared at King Chu, and at that moment he even wanted to kill someone.

Song Yi could naturally see the hostility in his eyes, and took two steps back knowingly, finding a safe place to prevent the old man from jumping up and biting.

"Gu Shangshu, calm down first," Song Yi said, "This king is the first-rank prince and patriarch of Daluo. If he dies in your house, no matter how clever your methods of destroying corpses and traces are, it will be very troublesome."

Gu Minghui closed his eyes, his shoulders rose and fell slightly, and it took him a long time to calm down. "Why are you?"

"The Crown Prince and Taifu didn't like me back then, just like you now, because I'm not the kind of obedient puppet you want." Song Yi said, "We don't agree with each other if we have different ways, so let's not consume each other."

"Your Highness is extreme," Gu Minghui stared at the gap in the edict, "Your Highness was really impulsive just now, but this edict is not impossible to repair, as long as you find a skilled craftsman..."

"Gu Shangshu should want a child, such as the child in Yu Zhaoyi's womb, or the son born to the crown prince." Song Yi interrupted Gu Minghui, and said leisurely: "It's a pity, our Song family is so disappointing. , It’s so difficult to have a child. So you want to hold this king in your hands, tempt me with the throne, and ask this king to help you get rid of the prince.”

Speaking of this, the king of Chu and the Gu family have lost their conversation.Gu Minghui took a deep look at Song Yi and stood up struggling.Song Yi saw him struggling to get up, but ignored him, and stood in the corner of the room with his hands behind his back.

"The matter has come to this point, it doesn't make sense for the king to stay in the Gu residence." Song Yi said, "How Gu Shangshu wants to deal with the king, we should draw up a regulation before dawn."

Seeing that Gu Ruhui was still silent, Song Yi said again: "However, I still want to thank Gu Shangshu for allowing me to relive my father's love for me seven years after my father passed away. For this reason, I don't care about it." Gu Shangshu's offense tonight and what happened today will not be told to outsiders..."