Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 390 We are very familiar with each other, so familiar that I know all your sizes

All was quiet in the morning.

By the afternoon, an explosive piece of news spread throughout the streets of Kyoto.

The man that His Majesty had arranged for him to marry, Princess Chen's fiancé, the visiting scholar from Xihu, Chu Pingsheng, had slept with Si Lili, the former top performer at Zuixianlou.

This is different from the dandy boys who indulge in prostitution before getting married. His Majesty has just officially issued the marriage decree, and everyone in the capital knows that he is going to marry Princess Chen. Suddenly, this boy is furious for his beloved and kills the Black Cavalry.

More importantly, Si Lili is a secret agent of Northern Qi.

What does he want to do by marrying Princess Chen while sleeping with the female spy from Northern Qi?

This……

Where should His Majesty put his face? Where should Princess Chen put her face?
……

Two days later.

Prince Duan's Mansion.

dong dong dong...

The second prince Li Chengze ran barefoot on the mahogany floor under the corridor. The wind brought by his robe blew the bright pink albizzia flowers outside the railings, causing the branches and leaves to tremble and the bees and butterflies to become frightened.

The floors of corridors in other palaces are made of bricks and stones, but the floors of Prince Duan's palace are all made of mahogany, because it is more comfortable to run barefoot.

Xie Bian was practicing sword dancing in a pavilion beside a pond where red lotus flowers were in full bloom. When he saw his master running away like a fool, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Xie Bian, what are you laughing at?"

"No, I didn't laugh."

"Besides, you didn't smile. I clearly saw you smile."

"Oh, I was thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was implicated. I heard that he passed out kneeling in front of the Imperial Study, and His Majesty ordered people to carry him back to the East Palace. He couldn't control himself, and then lost his composure."

"Is that so?"

Li Chengze looked at him suspiciously.

"Your Highness, why are you running so fast? What happened?" Xie Bian quickly changed the subject.

"Chu Pingsheng has entered the palace."

"Your Majesty knows about his relationship with Si Lili?"

"It's the eldest princess who wants to see him."

Li Chengze found his shoes and put them on while sitting on the steps, saying, "My father urgently summoned me and the crown prince to the palace. I heard that Fan Xian and Prime Minister Lin were also there."

"Oh."

Xie Bian knew why he ran so fast.

"Your Highness, do you know what this is about?"

Li Chengze put on his shoes and stood up. He jumped on the wooden floor with his feet together, put his hands in his sleeves, turned around and walked towards the gate of the palace. His behavior was dignified and his gait was steady. He was completely different from before.

"It should be Prime Minister Lin who went to the emperor to seek justice for Lin Gong's death."

"Reason? What reason? Wasn't his son killed by Ku He disguised as Si Gu Jian?"

Calculating the time, Lin Gong's death was only a few days away from the death of the Empress Dowager. Now the most logical speculation is that Ku He met Lin Gong outside the city and killed him.

"If Ku He's target was my father, why would he kill Lin Gong in advance and expose his whereabouts? If the palace was prepared, wouldn't that bring trouble to myself?"

"This……"

"So Prime Minister Lin suspected that Lin Gong was killed by Chu Pingsheng's master, because if you calculate the time, the Western Hu Grandmaster Bai Feng was also in the territory of Qing Kingdom at that time."

When the astonishing sword burst out in Hanguang Palace, Li Chengze suspected that it was a drama directed and acted by Li Yunqian himself. Later, when he heard that the Empress Dowager had died, he was sure that it was not the case.

Xie Bian said, "I know. He was already unhappy about Lin Wan'er and Chu Pingsheng's marriage. The day before yesterday, Chu Pingsheng dismissed his retainer and good friend Yuan Hongdao in front of everyone, not giving his future father-in-law any face. Then there were rumors that he had a one-night stand with Si Lili. So he brought Fan Xian, the victim, to go and argue with His Majesty?"

"Yes."

"Then why did you summon His Highness to the palace?"

"To smooth things over."

"To smooth things over?"

Li Chengze looked at the petals falling in the night wind at the corner of the corridor and said, "It seems that I have to fight with the prince. Xie Bian, are you sure the two moves you taught me a few days ago will work? I don't want to be beaten black and blue by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince...how can he defeat you?"

"I can't beat him."

Li Chengze suddenly stopped, glanced at him, turned around and continued walking forward.

Xie Bian felt like his brain wasn't enough.

……

When Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Second Prince Li Chengze were summoned to the palace by Li Yunqian to discuss Princess Chen's marriage, Chu Pingsheng also met the eldest princess Li Yunrui.

When I revisited the place, Guangxin Palace was still the same. Various delicate flowers were inserted in the corners of the room. Although there were many, they were not messy. The light green and deep red colors progressed layer by layer, which was pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, a slender and shiny finger gently scratched the pink petals hanging in front of the crescent couch.

"Wanqiu, please go down."

The female official put her hands on her waist, bowed, turned and walked out of the hall.

Chu Pingsheng looked at the eldest princess who was lazily lying on the couch, holding a pure white cat in her arms. He did not greet her, nor did he speak, but strolled around the hall, knocking on the exquisite porcelain from time to time, touching the beautiful ornaments, and finally picked up the yellow glaze plate on the wooden table facing the hall door, and put the mango cubes into his mouth with a toothpick.

"Wow...very sweet, tastier than the lychees that Xinqiwu sent."

Li Yunrui and the white cat in her arms looked over together, with some curiosity and some confusion in their eyes.

"Then I'll have the people from the Vegetable Inspection Department send some to the Protocol Courtyard later?"

"Thank you."

Chu Pingsheng's thanks were insincere at all. His attention was not on the mango, but his burning gaze moved back and forth on Li Yunrui's body lying on the couch, deep and shallow. It was more presumptuous than bold.

"I just don't know who will eat the fruit I sent my servants to deliver."

"Your Highness, you did a great job on intelligence work."

Before leaving, the palace maid placed a small round stool under the couch. He did not sit on the stool, but walked to the second step in front of the crescent-shaped couch, slumped his waist, and sat down with his back to Li Yunrui.

"Aren't you going to marry Wan'er? As soon as His Majesty issued the decree, you had sex with the singer of Zuixianlou, a female spy from Northern Qi. Where does this put Wan'er?"

"Hey, let me make it clear first. It was you and His Majesty Emperor Qing who asked me to marry Lin Wan'er. My original target was you."

"So this is why you don't take Wan'er seriously? Are you using this to protest to me and His Majesty?"

"What about you? As a mother, you were willing to sacrifice your daughter's interests in order to prevent the inner treasury from changing hands. Now you turn around and question me for not cherishing her, Li Yunrui, don't you think this is shameful?"

"You...are bold!"

Chu Pingsheng turned around and looked at her with a half-smile: "How dare you? You almost married me, and you still want to act like a princess in front of me. Li Yunrui, Li Yunrui, you are shameful and ridiculous."

hiss……

The white cat bared its teeth at him and stretched out its long claws in a threatening manner.

"Hey, there happens to be a black male cat in the Concierge House. What do you think...if they are paired together, what kind of kittens will be born? I have wanted to raise a Snow Plum Blossom since I was a child. I wonder if it will be possible."

hiss……

The white cat seemed to understand what he said and felt humiliated, so it arched its back and raised its waist, looking ferocious.

"Do you think I'm kidding?"

Li Yunrui only felt a flash before his eyes, and before he could see clearly what he did, the white cat changed hands.

hiss……

When the white cat realized the danger, it turned over and stretched out its claws to grab Chu Pingsheng's wrist. Then it let out four consecutive screams, and the white cat's four legs drooped down, unable to move.

Li Yunrui was anxious, his eyes flashing with coldness: "What did you do to it?"

Wanqiu heard the sound in the hall and rushed in hurriedly, standing beside his master in a defensive posture.

"Mimi, you are too careless."

Chu Pingsheng gently stroked the head of the white cat, whose eyes were filled with fear and no longer arrogant. "That's great. I have the skill of setting bones. I will treat your injury when we return to the Protocol Courtyard. How about that?"

The female official with the peak combat power of the eighth rank was at a loss, not knowing whether she should fight with Chu Pingsheng for a cat.

Li Yunrui looked at him coldly for a while, then his expression slowly changed. He waved his hand to let his confidant go away, and soon returned to his original smiling face.

"Since you like it, I'll give it to you."

Chu Pingsheng said, "What is it called?"

"It? No name."

"Then I'll call you Bai Wuchang from now on."

"Bai Wuchang?"

Chu Pingsheng smiled and did not explain the definition of "Bai Wuchang" to her.

"Okay, let's get back to the point. Do you know why I summoned you to Guangxin Palace?"

"If it were you, you would have warned me after knowing what happened to Si Lili, so as not to go too far and harm your interests. If it were Your Majesty, you could have reminded me that tomorrow is my first time to attend a court meeting. If Prime Minister Lin fails to achieve his goal today, he might attack me in the court. Am I right, Princess?"

"..."

You are absolutely right. He was right about everything.

Looking at the white cat that was trembling with fear in his arms and no longer had any ferocious look, Li Yunrui suddenly had a very strange feeling. He didn't know why, but he always felt that his behavior was a little familiar.

Like who?
"As long as nothing unexpected happens, I promise to let Lin Wan'er be my principal wife. Are you satisfied with this?"

"Remember what you said."

Even though the mother and daughter seldom see each other and their relationship is not as close as that of mother and daughter in ordinary families, she still has the idea of ​​trying her best to let her daughter marry better while ensuring her own interests.

"It's getting late. I should leave." Chu Pingsheng stood up and walked out holding the white cat. When he approached the palace gate, he suddenly stopped.

"There is an old saying in our tribe, 'A gentleman does not take away what others like.' Although I have never considered myself a gentleman, I will not take this white cat for nothing. I will tell you a secret, Princess. Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son."

Fan Xian is... Ye Qingmei's son?
This piece of news was like a heavy hammer, hitting Li Yunrui's heart hard. The idea of ​​getting up to see him off was crushed by the anger like a landslide.

That bitch's son is still alive?!
No wonder Li Yunqian wanted to marry Lin Wan'er to Fan Xian. He loved their son and wanted to return the items in the inner treasury to their original owners.

If Chu Pingsheng hadn't driven in like a wedge, she would have been the biggest loser in her daughter's marriage.

It seems that the emperor brother no longer trusts her enough.

Her hands pressed on the couch clenched tighter and tighter, the hatred in the corners of her eyes grew stronger and stronger, and the eyeliner drawn with the brush became sharper than a knife.

(End of this chapter)