"To answer your question, Princess, no." Qian Fan replied, "The prince only took the princess to bask in the sun in the yard for a while in the morning."

Wan Chun added: "The Shangshu Ling came here earlier."

"Come to the Pepper Room again?"

"Yes, the prince still hasn't seen him."

The Regent used to discuss state affairs with the Princess, then he showed up every now and then, and now he simply claims to be sick and avoids going out.

There was a lot of discussion in the government and the country.

Some said that a pool of wine and a forest of meat were built in the Pepper Palace, and that the prince was addicted to wine and women; some said that the princess poisoned the prince, and that he was now under control and could not move freely.

What's more, some people said that the prince had actually died in Kishu, and the person who returned was not him at all.

Three people make a tiger. Shangshu Ling Cai Chong was really worried and had asked for a meeting several times.

The previous few times he requested in person from Shen Yangui, but failed to see her as he wished, so he simply went to wait outside the Pepper Room.

Unfortunately, his regent never went out, so he was unable to achieve his wish.

As soon as Shen Yangui stepped onto the stairs, he heard two cute laughters from inside.

"elder sister!"

When the door opened, Shen Yuanyuan immediately turned around and saw that it was her sister. She ran over and hugged her, "Sister, I'm here to pay my respects to you."

"Hey, my Yuanyuan is here to greet me."

Shen Yangui picked her up and walked inside.

"Yes, I also greeted my brother-in-law and the little princess."

Xiao Yuer also crawled over, tapping her little hands and feet on the floor, not being polite at all. From the "dong dong dong" sound, it was clear that the milk she drank every day was not in vain.

She babbled a lot.

Shen Yangui sat down on the spot, holding his sister in one hand and his daughter in the other. He saw Mo Chengying lying on his side under the window, supporting his head with one hand, holding a book in the other, his eyes closed.

Looks like he's worried.

She played with the two children for a while, then called the maid and the wet nurse to take the two children to the west room, and went under the window herself.

"Where did Miss Mo learn to lie in such a ecstatic position?"

Mo Chengying curled the corners of his lips slightly but said nothing.

"She is dressed so tightly, it doesn't look like she is sincerely trying to seduce the king."

Shen Yangui pulled his collar, easily exposing half of his chest.

The clear muscle lines are very tempting.

Mo Chengying loosened his grip, the book slammed shut, he turned over, and his hand fell on his chest.

He was clearly on top, with all the advantages, but he still said coyly:

"Miss, please respect yourself. I am from a good family."

"A good boy? Where does a good boy put his hands?"

His hands were not covering his chest.

Mo Chengying said openly, "She's just a gigolo."

Shen Yangui put his hands behind his head, stroked his skin with his thumbs, raised his chin and kissed him, and asked softly:

"But what new rumors are there?"

He may not care what others say, but she cannot ignore his feelings.

Mo Chengying really enjoyed the feeling of her thinking about him. He rolled over with her in his arms, acting like the king's little husband. "I'm not an ordinary person. Why would I bother myself?"

"If you don't worry about rumors, then you will worry about beauty."

Shen Yangui pointed his finger at the tip of his nose, "Tell me the truth, are you thinking about other girls behind your wife's back?"

The young lady she was referring to was none other than Shen Qingyue.

The Shen family has a clan, Shen Ting has a salary, and there is a concubine in the mansion, so the three children of the Shen family will not be left without anyone to take care of them.

The reason why Shen Ting entrusted Shen Qingyue to Jiang Peirong was that he had a selfish motive, hoping that Jiang Peirong could find a good marriage for Shen Qingyue.

This is something that the Shen family and the concubine in the mansion cannot do.

But Jiang Peirong was kindhearted and would not do anything stupid. She and Lin Huiru had a long-standing grudge against each other. Lin Huiru died the same night she saw her daughter. Even if they had nothing to do with each other, there was no guarantee that Shen Qingyue would not vent her anger on her.

This is human nature. Jiang Peirong will not blame others, but she will not cause trouble for herself.

She didn't intend to be kind enough to take in Shen Qingyue.

It was Shen Yangui who sent someone to tell her in advance that if Shen Qingyue wanted to come to the Princess's Mansion, she should stay.

So as soon as Shen Qingyue entered the mansion, she went to the palace under the pretext of taking Shen Qingyue's pulse to tell him.

Mo Chengying was very cooperative and frowned, "Madam is so wise, how can I do evil in the future?"

Shen Yangui lowered his head, gently touched his forehead with his, and said:

"Shen Qingyue is not stupid, but she is not good at playing with people's hearts. How can she deserve your husband to worry about her?"

"Isn't she stupid?"

Mo Chengying was worried about her stupidity. "She is neither good at literature nor martial arts. With her abilities, how can she deal with us? It's nothing more than a walk in the garden and meeting me on a narrow road."

"Seeing you coming over, you deliberately sprained your ankle, tried to shake my hand, and said some ambiguous words, thinking that you could use these little tricks to drive us apart, and then try to make you and me have some misunderstandings, and then take advantage of my distress to force me to drink, so that we can be a couple in name only."

"What does it mean to be a couple in name only?" Shen Yangui asked.

Mo Chengying tilted his head and smiled, "Do you have a misunderstanding about men? What can you do if you really drink too much?"

If one is a little sober, it is impossible for him to make a mistake, but if one is completely drunk, he will lose that ability.

He snorted and laughed, "At most, it's like what happened to Jiang Qiuying and Poshan in Jizhou. They took off their clothes and lay together, turned around to attract some people to look at them, and used rumors to force me to take her as my concubine."

"That's it. I have to play dumb and cooperate with her so that she can get what she wants."

Isn't it worrying that the opponent is too weak?

Shen Yangui asked again: "If getting drunk doesn't work, can't you give him drugs?"

"Isn't that the problem?" Mo Chengying pecked her lips lightly. "You and I have someone to take care of everything we eat and drink. She doesn't have the ability to do it, unless she hands it to me personally."

"But how could I drink what she handed me?"

When dealing with others, he was afraid of being plotted against; when dealing with Shen Qingyue, he was afraid that she would fail to plot against him.

"If there is no chance, we have to create one for her. Otherwise, how can her military advisor feel at ease? If the military advisor cannot feel at ease, how can the old fox behind him be so careless as to reveal his tail?"

What Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying had to guard against was not the bandit used by Shen Qingyue and Lu An, but the court officials they were in contact with.

The temptation of power to people will ensure that the trend of court struggles will never stop.

If you don't fight openly, you will fight in secret.

Dealing with those old nobles does not mean that all those who sang against them were dealt with; they just hid themselves.

Previously, the captain of the guards reported on Jiang Congrong's contact with Lu Anyong, so they made a list and intentionally leaked it to Jiang Congrong. Jiang Congrong acted quickly and told Lu Anyong immediately.

These people have their own ways to take advantage of court officials.

In the past few days, Lu Anyong and his men have been running around outside, screening Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying.

But the court officials were not bandits. They were all very smart and could not take sides immediately.

They are waiting and watching.

Whether or not to board Lu Anyong's pirate ship does not depend on Lu Anyong, but on whether Shen Qingyue can break through the Regent.

Therefore, Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying must take the bait, and they must do it in a way that is unnoticeable, in order to make those people surface.

The hunters were useless, so they had to put some effort into hunting these two prey.

The day before Lu'e's wedding, the princess's mansion held a wedding banquet.

The house was bustling with the sounds of firecrackers, gongs, and drums, and the noise of people.

Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying also came back. They drank a few glasses of wine, left the table early to avoid constraining their relatives and friends, and walked hand in hand to the back garden.

It was supposed to be a wedding day, but when they talked about the wedding ceremony, the two of them had an unpleasant argument.

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