Besides lying down, I also know a little about power struggles

Chapter 28 She guessed it right
"Your Highness, the prince has sent you an invitation to come to his house for a chat."

Wei Baichuan walked through the corridor and came to the backyard.

Feng Twelve was practicing swordplay in the open space. Upon hearing this, he retracted his sword, sheathed it, and threw it to Xiaonian beside him.

He took the cloth handed to him by Xiaonian and wiped the sweat off his face, then walked to the stone table under the tree, picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

He drank the tea in one gulp before saying, "No."

Wei Baichuan was about to hand over the invitation, but when he heard his firm refusal, he smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, the prince is injured, are you really not going to visit him?"

Fang Tong, who was lying on the stone bench, looked up. She was also puzzled. Feng Twelve was on good terms with the prince, so why did he refuse to go even though he asked.

Feng Twelve put down his teacup and asked, "How was the morning court today?"

When he asked this question, Wei Baichuan immediately became alert.

"Everything is just as Your Highness expected," he said with a smile, "Liang Han revealed the truth about the fire at Baixifang in front of everyone. Your Majesty has ordered the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation. The two beast trainers were previously under Lin Tiande's command. Even if Prince Ping can clear himself, Lin Tiande can't escape."

"So our plan has worked?" Xiaonian slapped his thigh. "Your Majesty, it won't work this time. We must seek justice."

"Go away," Wei Baichuan scolded, "You think you can criticize His Majesty? Hurry up and put your things away. Go and do your duty."

Xiao Nian shrugged: "They brought the tiger out of the mountain to plot against Your Highness, and also injured several of our brothers. We must settle the account."

Wei Baichuan kicked him on the butt: "You are getting more and more excited the more you talk, get off quickly."

Xiaonian turned away and ran away holding the sword.

Fang Tong looked at Feng Twelve thoughtfully. She had made a guess when she heard Feng Twelve mention Baixifang that day, but she didn't expect that she guessed it right.

There were many jugglers in Baixifang, and the people of Beijing loved to watch the animal shows there the most. The so-called animal shows were just like modern circuses, and there were many ferocious beasts kept in the animal park.

Most of these beasts are caught from the wild and domesticated by trainers since childhood. The trainers are well versed in the habits of wild beasts and can keep themselves safe even in the wilderness.

She was surprised when she was in the hunting ground that day. The emperor was personally going on a spring hunt, so how could the imperial guards not be extremely careful? They would make arrangements in advance about where the wild animals' nests were and what the hunting routes would be.

However, it was quite strange that Feng Twelve and his party encountered two tigers at the same time on their way down the mountain.

It was for this reason that Fang Tong thought of the purpose of Baixifang and suspected that the murderer who attacked Feng Twelve was related to Baixifang.

Although Wei Baichuan had not explained it in detail, Fang Tong had read many stories and heard many conspiracy theories before. After the two of them put it together, they quickly came up with the cause and effect -

Lin Tiande, a subordinate of Prince Ping, found two animal trainers from the Baixi Theater, disguised themselves as guards of Prince Ping's mansion and sneaked into the enclosure. The two men lured a tiger in the mountains to attack Feng Twelve, but Feng Twelve was very skilled and managed to escape. Seeing that the tiger could not hurt anyone, the two men attacked with arrows, but they exposed their whereabouts and were killed by Feng Twelve instead.

After Feng Twelve came back, he got some clues and asked someone to investigate Baixifang. After finding out the identities of the two people, he passed the news to the Censorate and asked them to expose it at the court meeting.

As to whether the fire in Baixifang was related to this, it is unknown.

Fang Tong looked at Feng Twelve and saw that he had an indifferent expression. She couldn't help but complain in her heart that such a big thing happened, but he kept silent these days. She had been with him every day, but she didn't see his plan at all.

After thinking about it, Fang Tong became worried again.

Back in the enclosure, the emperor reacted coldly to the two assassination cases, especially his attitude towards Feng Twelve, which clearly showed no affection at all. Since he wanted to downplay the matter, and Feng Twelve had someone expose it in public, wasn't that tantamount to going against the emperor?
Even if he could get justice for himself this time, wasn't he afraid of incurring the emperor's disgust?

Feng Twelve doesn't seem like a reckless person. Why does he insist on doing this?
Wei Baichuan placed the invitation from the Prince's Mansion on the table: "Your Highness, although today is a happy day, His Majesty will definitely not be happy. I believe the Prince is also worried about this, so he called you over."

"He is recovering in the mansion, and my injury is not healed yet, so it is inconvenient for us to meet." Feng Twelve answered straightforwardly. Wei Baichuan choked: "The prince had expected that you would refuse, so he asked the people he sent to say that if you don't visit him, he will come to visit you personally."

Feng Twelve frowned and glanced at the invitation.

Wei Baichuan chuckled: "I know you want to take all the blame on yourself, but don't forget that the other party is the crown prince. If he really comes to visit, in the eyes of others, your investigation into Prince Ping's affairs will really be instigated by him."

Fang Tong listened to Wei Baichuan's persuasion and wagged his tail. Wei Baichuan was right. In the eyes of others, Feng Twelve and the prince were in cahoots anyway. So why should they avoid suspicion? They could just talk about it face to face.

She jumped onto the stone table and tilted her head to look at the invitation.

Ancient invitations were not much different from modern ones. The outside was like an envelope covered with a cover made of gold-sprinkled hard paper with a picture painted in light ink on it.

Fang Tong pressed the cover with his claws and moved it half a circle towards himself, only to see that the picture on it was a small landscape painting.

"Little fairy, this is the prince's invitation, you can't damage it." Wei Baichuan tried to hold the kitten away.

Fang Tong glanced at him, changed his claws, and pushed in the direction of Feng Twelve.

Just as the invitation was about to float down from the stone table, Feng Twelve reached out to catch it.

Fang Tong meowed softly and lay down lazily.

Wei Baichuan laughed: "Your Highness, look, even the little immortal wants you to go."

Feng Twelve looked at Fang Tong, and Fang Tong turned to look at the flowers and plants in the yard.

He sneered, opened the cover and took out the invitation.

He glanced over, his eyes darkened, and then looked at Fang Tong again.

Fang Tong wondered what this look meant.
Wei Baichuan stood beside Feng Twelve. He had already seen what was written on the paper and laughed, "Look, the Crown Prince has even found a reason for you. Go visit him and bring the little fairy with you so that the Crown Princess can have a go at it."

Fang Tong was surprised. What? She was going too?

She raised her head and looked at Feng Twelve.

Feng Twelve was thinking of something when he placed the invitation on the table, facing Fang Tong's face.

"are you going?"

"Ah?" Wei Baichuan responded, and then realized that the prince was not asking him.

Feng Twelve looked at the kitten and slowly asked, "Do you want to go out and have a look?"

Fang Tong's eyes lit up.

It didn't matter whether she went to the Prince's Mansion or not, but the temptation to go out was too great. Watching Feng Twelve running out every day these past two days, it was like her roommate suddenly found something fun, while she could only stay in a corner. It was really boring.

She also thought about sneaking out to the street to take a look alone, but the gate of the prince's mansion was usually closed, and the high wall outside was smooth, so she couldn't even find a place to climb over the wall.

After Feng Twelve asked this, Fang Tong couldn't help himself.

"Meow?"

Can she really go?
(End of this chapter)