Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

Not only was Cai Zhu not severely punished by Huangfu Yi, but it was as if nothing had happened, and she was still allowed to stay in the Fourth Prince's Mansion and serve by her side.

But only they themselves know what is going on.

Huangfuyi said that if Caizhu wanted to stay in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, she would have to make amends.If things are done well, you can stay on. If things are not done well, then don't blame him for not showing respect.

Since there is such an opportunity, how can it be easily let go?So Caizhu nodded and agreed without thinking too much.

As for what Huangfu Yi asked her to do, it was not a big deal, let her work as usual, don't show any abnormalities, but for Huangfu Xuan's order, let Caizhu, the first time tell him.

Moreover, she was asked to tell Huangfuxuan the real whereabouts of the jade pendant: the jade pendant was not on his body, but on the emperor's.

Although she didn't understand why he said that, Caizhu didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, she quickly nodded and agreed, and solemnly raised her hand to swear that if she didn't do what Huangfuyi said, then she would be beaten five times a day Lei Hong, I will not die in this life.

Originally, Huangfu Yi didn't feel anything about her poisonous oath, and just gave her a sideways glance.

Compared with her poisonous oath, he hopes to see her specific actions.

However, it was Ling Ruoyao who felt bored and panicked, with an indescribable feeling.

After solving the matter of Caizhu, Huangfuyi began to think about the next thing, but compared to some people, it was not so easy.

Ling Ruoyao still sat silently on the chair in the corridor, and didn't care whether Huangfu Yi had got up and walked into the study, and didn't bother to ask what he was doing, she just sat on the chair without saying a word, with a serious expression on her face .

All along, maybe she was too self-deceiving, thinking that although she was in ancient times, she might not necessarily see the scene of fighting for power and position, and fighting for life and death.

But after Huangfuyan and Huangfuxi were imprisoned in Luoyan Island, she knew that since she married Huangfuyi, she was destined to see such a scene, and she was involved in it.

Isn't that jade pendant the one she gave to Huangfu Yi?

She thought that as long as she lived a simple and happy life every day and didn't think about those overly complicated expressions, the things she was worried about would never happen.

But later she realized how stupid and naive her thoughts were.

Caizhu's betrayal can be said to have dealt her a heavy blow, making it difficult for her to accept it for a while.Although Caizhu was not severely punished, there was always a lump in her heart.

This pimple, perhaps, will take a long time to get rid of.

"What are you thinking about?"

A deep and magnetic voice interrupted her contemplation, Ling Ruoyao raised her head, and what she saw was Huangfu Yi's handsome and familiar face with a smile.The rare sunlight came obliquely and sprinkled on his body, as if coating him with a layer of golden light.

After being dazed for a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses, quickly shook her head and said, "I didn't think about anything."

Sitting on the chair next to her, before he could remove it in time, Huangfu Yi stretched out his hand to hold her hands, and said in a low tone: "Sorry, I got you involved."

For a moment, she didn't understand the meaning of what he said, and after thinking for a while, she finally realized, and a warm feeling flowed through her heart.

Although she was very reluctant to be involved in this power struggle, at least, there was such a man by her side, who tried his best to protect her and prevent her from being hurt.

Shaking her head towards him, Ling Ruoyao raised the corners of her mouth, smiled brightly, and said easily: "Have you forgotten? Who gave you the jade pendant? It wasn't you who got me involved, but me. Come in voluntarily."

The deep and narrow phoenix eyes were stained with a firm expression, Huangfu Yi held her hands tightly, put them on his lips and kissed them, and said with a soft sigh: "You still don't want to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Stay in the mansion."

"Eh?" Apparently he didn't expect him to say such words suddenly, Ling Ruoyao froze for a moment, and said in surprise, "Why don't you let me go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Frowning his brows slightly, Huangfu Yi's sharp and perfect face had a worried and dignified expression, and he said in a low and deep voice: "When I think about it, the second child and Concubine Zhen actually want to If I attack you, my heart will not be at peace. I will never let what happened today happen again. I will never allow others to take you away from me!"

Listening to his firm and decisive words, and meeting his cold and serious eyes, Ling Ruoyao immediately felt a warm feeling rising from the bottom of her heart, and flooded all over her limbs in an instant.

It would be a lie to say that she is not moved or warm in her heart, but she can't just stay in the Four Princes' Mansion just because of this.

"I understand your worries, but you don't have to worry so much." Ling Ruoyao also looked at him seriously while holding his hands behind her back, and said softly, "I live here with you. If it gets out, it will only affect you. Besides, when I go back to the prime minister's mansion, the second prince and concubine Zhen dare not do anything to me casually. Now that I know their purpose, of course I won't give in easily. Besides Now, there are daddy and elder brother at home, they will protect me."

Even though she said such a long list of words, Huangfu Yi still couldn't let go, and still persuaded: "Stay in the mansion, and I can protect you too! You don't have to let the Prime Minister and your elder brother protect you!"

She understands his worries, but Ling Ruoyao doesn't want herself to be his burden and burden, she knows that he still has a lot to do, if she stays by his side, she will only become his burden.

Who told me that I couldn't do anything to help?

"Go ahead and do what you should do." Staring at his deep and narrow phoenix eyes, Ling Ruoyao said firmly, "I will take care of myself, and I won't be your burden, nor will I Let you worry. I will be in the prime minister's mansion, waiting for your good news, waiting for you, come and pick me up in person!"

There was an instant silence, Huangfu Yi squinted his eyes slightly, pursed his thin lips tightly, but didn't know what to say.He understood her thoughts, but he just couldn't trust her. As long as she wasn't by his side, he didn't feel at ease.

"Okay, don't say any more." Seeing him lightly opening his thin lips, as if he was about to speak, Ling Ruoyao hurriedly took a step ahead and said aloud, "That's it, I'll go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion and wait for your good news! You must be careful." Don't let me down!"

As she said that, she stood up, reached out and patted his shoulder, and raised a bright smile at him.

Taking a step, she strode out of the yard.

Watching her pretty figure gradually go away, Huangfu Yi really wanted to go up and grab her, but found that he couldn't stand up at all, and his legs seemed to be rooted.

Frowning tightly, his hands resting on the chair were clenched into fists, and he swore to himself that he would not let her down!We must defeat the evil and embrace the country of Cheyuan!

Walking out of the courtyard of the study all the way to the front yard, Ling Ruoyao slowed down, her straight back relaxed at this moment, and a touch of worry appeared on her fair face.This emperor punishes Fu.

"Why didn't Miss agree to the prince and stay in the palace?" Caizhi, who was always by her side, turned to look at her and asked suspiciously.

She twitched the corner of her mouth, and she gave a soft smile, which seemed a little complicated and deep: "What kind of status do I live here? Princess? I have already reconciled with him, haven't I? Now that I have reconciled, how can I live here?" Can I live here again?"

Choked by her words, Caizhi opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only look at her with worried eyes.

After a while, she said again: "Miss, you don't seem to be such a petty person! Are you afraid that the master will not agree? Or are you afraid of the world's eyes?"

Ling Ruoyao suddenly discovered that the person who understands her best and understands her thoughts best is actually this little maid by her side.

Turning her head to look at Caizhi, Ling Ruoyao smiled, sighed softly and said, "Caizhi, I'm just a very ordinary layman, not a casual person, I also care about what others think of me and my lord. Besides, the current situation is too turbulent. The prince still has many more important things to do. I am by his side. Not only will I not be able to help him, but it may even hinder him. Instead of helping, I should It’s better not to get in his way and let him do it himself.”

Opening her mouth again, but not knowing what to say, Caizhi sighed softly, and stretched out her hand to support Ling Ruoyao.

She is just a little maid who doesn't understand the master's affairs, nor the current situation.But she is very clear that the young lady is worried about the prince, and the prince is also worried about the young lady.

She also only hoped that these two people would soon become lovers and finally get married.

***

After Ling Ruoyao left, Huangfu Yi sat blankly for a while, then got up, walked into the study, and called Ye Yuan at the same time.

Ye Yuan stepped into the study, came to Huangfu Yi, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does the lord have?"

Sitting behind the desk, Huangfu Yi was holding a brush in his hand, writing vigorously, with his head lowered, without looking up at him, he just said in a low voice: "In a moment, you will send this letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion for this king. , to the prime minister."

Somewhat puzzled, Ye Yuan frowned, and turned his gaze to the letter paper on the desk, but saw that there was simply written on the letter paper: "Master Prime Minister, there is a letter here, and I hope you can take the time to read it. "

"What's the prince doing?" Even more unaware of his plan, Ye Yuan raised his head, shifted his eyes to the serious-faced Huangfu Yi, and asked suspiciously, "You just let the prime minister read such a letter?"

Looking up at him lightly, Huangfu Yi said angrily: "Of course not? Do you think this king would be so boring?"

Choked by his words, Ye Yuan laughed a few times and stopped talking.

Huangfu Yi didn't bother to talk to him, but stood up and walked to the scroll behind him.He picked up the scroll, opened the hidden compartment on the wall, and took out the hidden box.

Today, Caizhu took out the box and was about to take the jade pendant away, but after being caught by Ye Yuan, Ye Yuan put the jade pendant back into the box and hid it in the dark compartment on the wall again, waiting for Huangfu Yi to come back Finally, it is up to him to decide where the box should be placed.

Ye Yuan also remained silent, looking at him with a serious and suspicious face, not understanding what he was going to do?

I saw Huangfu Yi opened the box, took out the jade pendant for a look, then put it on the desk, but stretched out his hand again, and took out the letter in the box, together with the one he wrote just now The letter was put together in a brand new envelope.

After packing the letter, he picked up a pen and wrote the four characters of "Prime Minister's Invitation".After finishing writing, he handed the envelope to Ye Yuan.

"What is the prince going to do?" Without taking the envelope he handed over, Ye Yuan frowned and said doubtfully, "There is very important information in this letter, which is related to the prince's life experience. How about showing it to others?"

"This king just wants to let others know the life experiences of this king and the second child!" With a firm gaze, Huangfu Yi curled up his beautiful thin lips, and said slowly, "This is the autographed book left by Ruoyao's mother. Presumably Ling Yan will definitely recognize the handwriting. Since it is a letter written by his wife, he will definitely not doubt it. If he does not doubt it, then he will know the truth of the matter. Now that he knows the truth, he will naturally know , how to do it."

"The lord wants the prime minister to stand by the lord?" Knowing what he meant, Ye Yuan said subconsciously, with a bit of excitement in his tone.

Nodding his head slightly, Huangfu Yi still said in a low voice: "Since we want to fight against the second child, allies are naturally indispensable. And Ling Yan, in the court, can be regarded as a high-ranking minister, and he is highly regarded by the emperor. With his help, it would surely save a lot of trouble. Moreover, Ling Qinglian was named General Ever Victorious by his father, although he did not continue to lead the army to fight, but he has a lot of military power in his hands."

"With the help of the Ling family and his son, the prince will not only have military power, but also rely on Ling Yan's prestige in the court to convince more people to trust the prince!"

"Then, do you know what to do?" Huangfu Yi said casually with an elegant smile on his face, and shook the letter in his hand at him.

Naturally understanding what he meant, Ling Qinglian quickly took the letter, put it in her arms carefully, and cupped her hands towards him: "If the prince has no other orders, this subordinate will leave first."

"Send it to Ling Yan as soon as possible."

Watching Ye Yuan walk out of the study, Huangfu Yi looked away, but his eyes fell on the jade pendant on the desk, squinting his deep eyes slightly, he picked up the jade pendant, and sized it up carefully.

He still whispered in his mouth: "Although you are not very eye-catching, you have such a great ability to make so many people fight for you!"

But now, this very humble jade pendant fell into his hands, so let him end the bloody battle brought about by this jade pendant!

***

Let's say that after Ye Yuan received the task, he rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a hurry, almost without any pause along the way.

Hurry up slowly, and finally came to the prime minister's mansion.He just walked to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion when he saw a tall and slender figure walking out of the mansion.

When the two met, they were stunned for each other.

Ling Qinglian was the first to come back to her senses, nodded slightly towards him, and said politely: "Isn't this Mr. Yeyuan Ye? Why did you come to the prime minister's residence suddenly?"

Ye Yuan also hurriedly regained his composure, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if the Prime Minister is in the mansion?"

There was a moment of daze, Ling Qinglian was a little puzzled, she didn't understand why Ye Yuan suddenly looked for Ling Yan, but she didn't hesitate, she said, "Father is indeed in the mansion, I don't know why Young Master Ye is looking for my father?"

"My lord ordered me to give one thing to the prime minister."

"Something?" Ling Qinglian was even more puzzled, "What is it?"

"This... the lord has confessed, I want to hand it over to the prime minister personally." Ye Yuan looked a little embarrassed.

Immediately understanding what he meant, Ling Qinglian quickly smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then I won't ask any more questions. I'm sorry that I still have something to do, so I can't entertain Young Master Ye. Please do what you want, Young Master Ye."

After speaking, he made a gesture of please.

After the two greeted each other and said goodbye, they passed by each other.

However, just after walking a few steps, Ling Qinglian suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Ye Yuan who had just stepped into the gate, and called out: "Young Master Ye, please stay."

Startled by his sudden voice, Ye Yuan subconsciously stopped, turned around to look at him, and asked puzzledly, "What else can Master Ling say?"

"Today, the prince suddenly came to the mansion to look for Ruoyao, but at that time Ruoyao had already entered the palace." Ling Qinglian said, with unconcealed worry in her tone, "I don't know if the prince found Ruoyao later, but now Ruoyao has gone to the palace again." where?"

"Miss Ling Er hasn't come back yet?" Ye Yuan looked a little surprised, subconsciously said, "Miss Ling Er left the palace before me, and according to the time, she should be back."

Hearing his words, Ling Qinglian frowned instantly, her handsome face was covered with a layer of gloom, she pursed her lips slightly, and he didn't speak out.

Seeing his serious and dignified appearance, and the frightening coldness surrounding him, Ye Yuan hurriedly comforted him: "Young Master Ling, don't worry so much, maybe the second lady came back late because of shopping. ? Later, Second Miss will come back naturally."

Although Ling Ruoyao left the palace before him, it doesn't mean that she must return to the prime minister's palace before him. .

Maybe, she really delayed the time because of shopping?

After hearing his words, Ling Qinglian gradually regained her composure, and murmured: "I hope she came back late because of shopping."

However, in the depths of his eyes, there is still tension and worry that cannot be ignored.

Seeing him like this, Ye Yuan understood that if he continued Ling Ruoyao's topic with him, he might become emotional again, so Ye Yuan quickly changed the subject and said, "If Young Master Ling has something to do, then I will take care of you next time." I will go to see the prime minister first."

Only then did Ling Qinglian suddenly come back to her senses, she cupped her hands towards him and said, "Young Master Ye, please do what you want."

Stepping into the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Yuan met Ling Yan under the instruction of his servants.

Ling Yan was also a little surprised by Ye Yuan's arrival, but he didn't make it too obvious, and always looked calm and composed.

In the lobby of the front yard, Ling Yan sat at the top seat, waved his hand to Ye Yuan, who was seated at the bottom right, and said, "Master Ye, please have some tea."

Ye Yuan nodded slightly, then picked up the teacup on the tea table next to him, fiddled with the lid of the teacup, blew on the tea leaves floating on the water, put it to his mouth, and took a sip.

"I don't know why Young Master Ye came here?"

Putting down the teacup, Ye Yuan took out the envelope in his arms, stood up and walked in front of Ye Yuan: "This letter was written by the prince to the prime minister, and I have ordered you to hand it in to the prime minister's hands. .”

Somewhat puzzled, Ling Yan took the envelope he handed over, flipped it up and down, and the puzzled expression on his face deepened: "Why did the prince write to this old man?"

Smiling at him, Ye Yuan pretended not to understand and said: "I am only responsible for delivering the letter for the prince, as for the rest, I don't know about it. If the prime minister wants to know why the prince wrote to you, you can read the letter Isn't the above content clear?"

After being dazed for a while, Ling Yan smiled a little awkwardly: "Look at me being confused. All right. After I read the letter, I will reply to the prince."

"The prime minister doesn't need to reply to the letter, as long as the prime minister knows what to do after reading the letter, the prince will be very satisfied."

Startled again, Ling Yan frowned subconsciously, telling him intuitively that this letter was not simple, otherwise, Huangfu Yi would not have written to him in person, and even sent Ye Yuan, whom he trusted the most, to deliver the letter.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to open the envelope, but Ye Yuan stopped him all of a sudden: "Your Excellency, please read the letter quietly by yourself. The next task is completed, and it's time to go back and report to the prince."

After saying that, he stood up, cupped his hands towards Ling Yan, turned around and strode towards the outside of the hall.

However, he had just gone two steps before he suddenly stopped, turned around, and said aloud: "By the way, the second miss may come back later, if the second miss comes back late, please don't punish the prime minister." She, Second Miss, is in a bad mood."

After Yeyuan said this, Ling Yan remembered, and immediately said: "Didn't Ruoyao enter the palace?"

"It's a long story. The second lady has been taken out of the palace by the prince, but she has already left the palace. I guess she should be shopping." Ye Yuan said with a light smile, "However, as for why the prince would put The second young lady took her out of the palace, and after the Prime Minister reads the letter, she will naturally know the reason."

What Ye Yuan said was very mysterious and whetted his appetite. After he finished speaking, he didn't give Ling Yan another chance to speak. He said goodbye to him, then turned and strode away.

Only Ling Yan was left alone, still sitting in the hall, looking at the letter in his hand with a solemn expression.

After a while, he sighed softly, then reached out and took out the letter paper inside, shook it, and opened the letter paper...