There is a dragon in the backyard of the palace

In the letter that Mr. Gu handed over to the young prince, although the words and expressions are ambiguous, the content in it is quite sensitive, and all the things discussed point to one direction.Although the little prince was tired and lazy in reading, he also saw that there was something wrong with the content of this letter.Unknowingly, his eyes widened, and he asked in surprise:

"Mr. Gu, is this?"

Mr. Gu sighed and said:

"The old prince thought of you being young, and was afraid that you would not be strict with your words, and he was also afraid that you would be affected if things failed, so he never told you. In fact, the old prince has made these arrangements for more than ten years. Beng, maybe something happened now and it’s unknown.”

Mr. Gu was quite cautious and did not say the word "rebellion" directly.However, after hearing his words, the little prince felt as if he had been struck by lightning, unable to move, but his whole body was trembling constantly, his teeth chattered loudly.

Mr. Gu glanced at him with some concern, and continued:

"The blue dragon was found by the old prince personally more than ten years ago. The old prince lost to the late emperor, and he was always dissatisfied. At that time, a sorcerer came to the palace and said that the old prince had the luck of the emperor. With the protection of the dragon, he will definitely be able to defeat the late emperor and ascend to the throne. After hearing what the sorcerer said, the old prince invited more than a dozen Feng Shui magicians to calculate the location of the green dragon, and personally went into the mountain to lure the green dragon to the palace. Bind him, and only wait for the green dragon to prove to the world that he is the real Dragon Emperor. Unfortunately, after the late emperor left, the old prince was also discouraged, and he didn't pay much attention to major matters, so that the success was on the verge of failure."

The little prince heard the words "successful failure", only felt that there was something strange in it, and unconsciously fear grew in his heart, he managed to stop trembling, and asked aloud:

"C-Could it be... the death of the prince is also related to this?"

He kept a close eye on Mr. Gu, and only hoped that Mr. Gu could rest assured if he said no.However, the sky did not follow people's wishes, and Mr. Gu nodded very slowly:

"Actually, I'm just guessing randomly... But I've always been smart and enlightened, and I have capable vassals under my command. I'm afraid I may have noticed something about the old prince when I was the prince. The old prince fell ill after going to the palace banquet. Maybe it's today's handwriting, and I don't know."

Mr. Gu said that he was just guessing, but the little prince believed it [-]% to [-]% after hearing it.Mr. Gu already knew everything about this matter, so his guess may not be unfounded.In addition, when I was the prince, I once studied with the little prince.The two are cousins, and they are usually familiar with each other.The little prince knows Jinshang's disposition very clearly.If it is said today that the old prince has the intention of treason, and took advantage of the opportunity of the palace banquet to kill him secretly, then it is not a strange thing.

The current Holy Majesty has always been deeply thoughtful. Now that he has just ascended the throne, the throne has not yet been firmly established. If he attacks his own uncle, the old King Jin with great fanfare, it may not be conducive to the current situation.Now that he chooses to poison in secret, it can be said that he does not know it, and this matter is much easier to handle - even a dude like the little prince who doesn't care much about politics understands this truth.

The Holy Majesty's choice of handling this way may not be considered a bad thing for the young prince, but it also pushed him into an extremely embarrassing position.

If this matter is fully exposed, the little prince will definitely go to the Holy Master and cry, saying that he has no knowledge.This is the truth, plus there is always a little bit of affection between their cousins.The little prince felt that the worst outcome of this matter would be that he would be stripped of his position as a prince and demoted to a commoner. No matter what he did, he would be able to be rich and idle, and live a happy life.

But now that the old prince died like this, leaving this mess behind, no one would know what to do.Although the little prince has known the whole story now, he can only pretend to be ignorant and must not contact those sensitive people.If you make a slight mistake and make the present suspicious, you will never recover.

The little prince unconsciously resented in his heart: this old man, he is causing trouble even after he is dead.

However, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to do.The little prince bid farewell to Mr. Gu, turned back to the mansion in a daze, and walked towards the courtyard where he lived.But he saw the little Yao'er Yunxiu who was waiting for him waiting on the side of the road with a food box. As soon as he saw him coming, he immediately came forward to meet him.Only then did the little prince remember that he promised that Qinglong earlier that he would send him another meal.

The little prince had just heard about the old prince, but he actually didn't want to think about anything else.But he thought that Qinglong had been imprisoned here innocently for more than ten years, and he had been starving for several days recently, it was really pitiful.In the end, he couldn't bear it, so he sent Yunxiu away, carried the food box, walked to the backyard, and opened the copper lock with the key.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw that Qinglong was still lazily lying on the mat as before, when he saw him coming, he raised his eyes and complained:

"Why are you here so late, I'm starving to death."

Although Qinglong's voice was a complaint, there was a hint of laughter in the rhyme, obviously not angry, but just pretending to be angry on purpose.If the little prince hadn't heard about the catastrophe that day, maybe he would still be in the mood to joke with him, but at this moment, he was out of his mind and had no time to think about it, so he just walked over and handed the food box to Qinglong.

Qinglong saw that he was unhappy, but he didn't care, stretched out his hand to pull the food box, opened the lid, and took out all the food and wine inside.

The little prince's servant, Yunxiu, has always been clever, and the food box prepared a lot of dishes, mainly meat, supplemented by delicate vegetarian dishes, in addition to a small jug of wine, and two wine glasses.

With that bowl of wontons at the bottom, Qinglong ate at his leisure this time.After drinking a few glasses of wine, he looked at the young prince and said with a smile:

"Just now I saw that you were quite clever, but after going out for a while, why did you become so stupid when you came back. Could it be...you have already heard about what that old ghost did?"

The little prince's heart moved, thinking about the old prince's intention to rebel, Qinglong really knew about it.

Although Mr. Gu has explained the matter to the young prince, he also gave the old prince's correspondence to the young prince to read.But this matter is very important after all, the young prince doesn't want to judge by Mr. Gu alone.So he looked at Qinglong and asked:

"What do you know?"

That Qinglong laughed again:

"I've been locked up in this dark place all day long, so what can I know? I think that the old ghost was killed suddenly, and his plan must have failed. It's a pity that he exhausted all his tricks and thought in his heart." What happened was unsuccessful.”

The little prince asked in surprise:

"You are locked here, how do you know that my father was murdered?"

Qinglong raised his cup, drank half of the remaining wine, calmly:

"I saw him half a month ago. At that time, I saw the anger on his face and knew that he should have six or seven years to live. Now that he died suddenly, he was not killed by others, maybe he died by himself of?"

The little prince knew that some Taoist priests were good at observing qi, and this green dragon was probably considered a demigod, so it was not surprising that he knew how to observe qi.Hearing what Qinglong said, he knew that Mr. Gu's deduction might be very accurate.

He had never experienced such a major event in his life, and the sadness on his face was even worse.Qinglong drank a few glasses of wine, he seemed to be overwhelmed, he was a little tipsy, his face showed a peach blossom color, he slightly curled his lips, turned his body, and stretched out his hand to the little prince, as if he wanted to touch his head, the little prince Subconsciously dodging, Qinglong only touched the little crown on the head of the little prince.

The little prince is not yet twenty, so it is said that it is not time to be crowned yet, but last year, the old prince said that he was not in good health and intended to let the young prince take over, so he was crowned in advance.Seeing the little prince dodging, Qinglong didn't deliberately pat him on the head again, but just squeezed his little crown and laughed:

"What are you worrying about, there is wine today - drunk today."

The little prince's hair was combed tightly, and it hurt a little when Qinglong pressed it.He yelped in pain and dodged from under Qinglong's hand.Qinglong's fingertips slid across his face, his nails were quite long, scratching a faint red mark on the little prince's face.

The little prince got a little angry, covered his face and glared at the green dragon.That Qinglong didn't care, just smiled:

"I'm really sorry... Shall I show you off?"

Before the little prince could refuse, Qinglong's breath had already blown over.The little prince withdrew his hands, and the slightly cold breath brushed his cheeks.

Not to mention...it's really comfortable.

The little prince subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his face, and found that the slightly protruding mark had disappeared.He looked at Qinglong in surprise, Qinglong smiled:

"It's just a small skill, and now I can only do this."

Qinglong smiled very gently, but there was a sense of sadness in his tone.When the little prince heard this, his heart trembled.

"I'm really sorry." He lowered his head, "The old man did something like this, and it hurts you."

He apologized like this, and he felt that it was boring, no matter how sorry he felt, he couldn't just let him go.Such an empty apology will only appear hypocritical and shameless, and it will be of no use at all.However, Qinglong seemed very magnanimous, but he shook his head lightly:

"It's not your fault, it's between me and your father. When we met, there was no you."

Qinglong was right, this matter had nothing to do with him.But the more magnanimous Qinglong behaved, the more uncomfortable the little prince felt, wishing he could be released from here sooner.

But he can't, he still has reason.

No matter how gentle and harmless the Qinglong is in front of him, Qinglong is not human after all.The unbelievably beautiful and strange face reminded him of this at all times, what he saw in front of his eyes was a foreign object that was different from human beings.If he is set free, he can call the wind and the rain and do things that humans cannot do.Letting him go is really too dangerous, the little prince dare not do it rashly.

So he could only bow his head full of shame.

He heard Qinglong sigh, that voice seemed to be full of endless sadness.Qinglong stood up, the chains on his body jingling.

"Let's go." Qinglong said, "I'm a little tired."