Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chu Shifeng slowly walked to Chu Shitong and sat down. Every move he made seemed very slow and careful.

Chu Shitong ordered Bishui.

"Bring me the best tea."

Then his gaze fell back on Chu Shifeng.

"Brother, how come you have time to come here today?"

The words came out lightly, with a calm and indifferent tone.

If Chu Shifeng could not clearly see her current expression and the scabbed scars on her fair neck, it would be really hard to imagine that Chu Shitong could treat him so calmly after going through the door of life and death.

If it were anyone else, they would have wanted to strangle him and question him.

Chu Shifeng was silent for a while, then he asked, "Have you read the letter I wrote to you?"

"Well, I saw it."

Chu Shitong answered very frankly.

But she just responded without any explanation or thoughts, just like if you asked a question, she would only give you an answer but would not be willing to talk about the process or comments at all.

Chu Shifeng just felt that he had never experienced such a depressing moment in his life.

He has always been free and unrestrained, and at most he is polite to everyone, because in his opinion, no one is more moody than him.

Now the room was empty and quiet, and Chu Shitong did not show any blame at all, but his heart seemed to be weighed down by something heavy, and he had to hesitate and revise every word he said in his mind.

"Is Xiao Qi angry about that incident?"

Chu Shitong seemed not to understand what Chu Shifeng wanted to express, and looked at him with confused eyes.

"What's the matter?"

Chu Shifeng felt his face burning. Chu Shitong's question was like forcing him to admit his incompetence and publicly punish him.

Except for what happened three years ago, he had never felt so depressed.

However, thinking of that incident, Chu Shifeng's expression unconsciously softened a little.

"It was my men who attacked you without permission." Chu Shifeng said in a deep voice: "I didn't directly order him to be killed. I used all kinds of torture on him as punishment. If Xiaoqi still has resentment in his heart, I can give him to you directly, and you can do whatever you want with him."

Bishui brought the brewed hot tea and was about to pour it for the two of them, but Chu Shitong waved her away and then poured it for Chu Shifeng herself and pushed the cup over.

"This is the fault of my brother's men. My brother wrote a letter to explain and punished them. I didn't suffer any serious consequences because of this. I was just hit by an arrow. Why do you keep pursuing them?"

Although Chu Shitong said this, Chu Shifeng still felt that Chu Shitong still had some resentment towards him because of this incident.

"Then you... still blame your brother?"

Chu Shifeng said awkwardly: "You didn't reply to my letter, and you didn't tell me when you returned to the capital. I thought Xiao Qi was angry about this matter."

Chu Shitong said: "If it's because of me, I don't blame my brother."

As if he felt that this sentence was a bit thin, Chu Shitong added.

"If my brother really wanted to kill me, I would have died countless times in the past few years."

Chu Shitong has been very close to Chu Shifeng in recent years. He would go to Prince Yu's mansion to find him almost every few days. The two of them would do nothing but drink and have fun. If Chu Shifeng really wanted to take action against Chu Shitong, there would be countless opportunities for him to do so, whether it was by giving him wine or food, or even by locking the door and killing Chu Shitong.

However, this was just the best reason Chu Shitong came up with for Chu Shifeng to be forgiven.

After all, Chu Shifeng couldn't do such a thing in the capital. If Chu Shitong really died in Prince Yu's Mansion, Chu Shifeng would probably have to go to the clan house to rest the next day.

Skip the fight for succession and go straight to retirement.

Chu Shifeng finally felt a little relieved, and his tone seemed less restrained.

"It's best that you know. If I really wanted to kill you, you would have died countless times."

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "I don't blame my brother for my affairs, because it was the decision made by his subordinates, and it has nothing to do with my brother. But... I don't understand why my brother wanted to attack His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Having said that, no matter how slow Chu Shifeng is, he should understand.

Chu Shitong was like this now not because she was angry because she was stabbed, but because Chu Shifeng attacked Si Jingli behind Chu Shitong's back.

"That's because he deserves to die."

Speaking of Si Jingli, Chu Shifeng lost all his caution and asked, "Could it be that Xiaoqi has forgotten what happened three years ago?"

Chu Shitong recalled what happened three years ago.

This was also the only time that Si Jingli had the possibility of provoking Chu Shifeng.

That was at the second princess' birthday party. Chu Shifeng set a trap to trap Si Jingli, but Chu Shitong intervened and made his plan even worse.

That was also the only time Chu Shifeng was humiliated in public.

"Is it because of the Second Princess' birthday?" Chu Shitong pretended not to know, "But what does this have to do with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Chu Shifeng said coldly: "I know you have a good relationship with Si Jingli, but I must have my reasons for taking action, otherwise I would not have let go of my desire to kill him for three years."

The reason why Si Jingli was sent away was because Chu Shifeng used Princess Chaoyang to set a trap for him.

After going to Quanzhou, Si Jingli never encountered any assassination attempts again, but when he returned to the capital, he was targeted again.

Doesn't this mean that the people who wanted to kill him have always been in the capital?

That person's arms were not long enough to reach Quanzhou, so Si Jingli was completely safe in Quanzhou, the territory of the Duke of Zhenguo, but after he came back, he started all over again.

Chu Shitong already knew that the person who secretly attacked Si Jingli was Chu Shifeng.

Si Jing left Quanzhou and was almost absolutely safe, so Chu Shitong never supervised or asked about the matter again.

But Chu Shitong did not expect that Chu Shifeng would not forget to send a group of people to assassinate Si Jingli in such an important operation.

And knowing that he had a good relationship with Si Jingli, in order to avoid disrupting the assassination attempt on Si Jingli, he never mentioned this matter to Chu Shitong from beginning to end.

Now that Chu Shitong asked, Chu Shifeng was unwilling to say it clearly. There was a vague layer of window paper right in front of them, but neither of them was willing to break it first.

"If you are angry with me because of Si Jingli, I don't think it's necessary."

Chu Shifeng picked up the hot tea and took a sip, then said, "Do you remember Lu Jiushang?"

Chu Shitong paused, "Prince Rong's adopted son?"

Chu Shifeng nodded, "This is some gossip that I just learned a while ago. He is not an adopted son, but a concubine's son."

Chu Shitong never expected that Prince Rong would be so cowardly and vicious to the point of bowing his head and pretending to be a cuckold just to keep Si Jingli, his cash cow.

The Duke of Zhenguo did not forcibly take Si Jingli away because Prince Rong had only one son, Si Jingli. For Si Jingli's sake, he sent one million taels of silver to Prince Rong's mansion every year.

Prince Rong did not allow Lu Jiushang to formally return to his ancestral home because he was afraid that the Duke of Zhenguo would take Si Jingli away in a fit of rage. If that happened, the days of Prince Rong's mansion's extravagant spending would be over.

But he did not want Lu Jiushang's future to be damaged, so he raised Lu Jiushang in a separate courtyard in the name of an old friend's son, and asked someone to bring him to the court to serve as an official.

Perhaps, this is why Chu Shitong always found Prince Rong strange.

He seemed to treat Si Jingli as his most precious son, wishing to hold him in his hands and give him the best food and things to do. However, Chu Shitong noticed in many ways that he did not seem to care that much about Si Jingli, as if a large part of his attention to Si Jingli was pretended.

If you think about it from the perspective that Lu Jiushang is the son of Prince Rong's concubine, everything makes sense.

Chu Shitong asked: "But what does this have to do with His Royal Highness?"

"What do you mean it doesn't matter?" Chu Shifeng smiled mischievously, "You haven't been in the capital these days, so you don't know that Prince Rong goes to the palace every day, and he persuaded the emperor to give Lu Jiushang an official position. Although the position is not high, it is still a little status in the court. Do you know what this means?"

Chu Shitong was silent.

What else could this mean?

This means that Lu Jiushang's successful entry into the court is the beginning of abandoning Si Jingli.

Once Lu Jiushang's power in the court is consolidated, Prince Rong will no longer have to rely on the Duke of Zhenguo as an excuse to support him.

By then, Si Jingli would become an insignificant existence, and it would not matter to Prince Rong whether he stayed in the capital or not.

Although the Duke of Zhenguo had troops under his command, he was far away in Quanzhou, and the fight for the throne had nothing to do with him.

When Princess Rong died, Queen Rong married many concubines. The Duke of Zhenguo was very dissatisfied with Prince Rong at that time, but he did not say anything because he remembered that Si Jingli was young.

If there was no Si Jingli, the relationship between Prince Rong and the Duke of Zhenguo would be just that of a father-in-law whose daughter had died, and a son-in-law whose wife had passed away, the two of them being connected only by a grandson.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that if something really happens to Prince Rong, as long as it has nothing to do with Si Jingli, the Duke of Zhenguo will definitely not help him.

Lu Jiushang is different. He is right before our eyes and is still in the court. If he gains power one day, Prince Rong’s status will truly rise.

"It's only a matter of time before Si Jingli is abandoned by Prince Rong's Mansion, and it's also a matter of time before Lu Jiushang returns to his roots. Maybe in a few years, His Royal Highness will have to change his prince."

Si Jingli has not been involved in court affairs over the years, and the Rong Palace has no real power. Lu Jiushang will return to his ancestral home in the future. If he tries to do something bad to Si Jingli, won't the position of the crown prince be replaced directly?

This kind of thing didn’t happen in the previous life because something happened to Prince Rong not long after.

Lu Jiushang did not enter the court so smoothly.

With the fall of Prince Rong's Mansion, Lu Jiushang, an illegitimate child with no name or status, had no way out and no place to go.

Chu Shitong lowered his eyes slightly, and the coldness in his eyes was deliberately hidden.

"How did my brother know about such a cryptic matter? If it was heard from someone, it may not be true."

"Lu Jiushang came to my house a few days ago and told me this herself."

"He came to me to show his loyalty and told me about this, and even told me not to mention it to anyone else."

Chu Shifeng sneered disdainfully, "What kind of person are you, and are you qualified to negotiate terms with this king?"

Chu Shitong was ashamed. He didn't expect that Prince Rong thought that Chu Shifeng had a greater chance of becoming the successor than Chu Shixuan.

Chu Shixuan was the eldest son and was raised under the queen's name, so he was considered the legitimate son. In any case, he would be the first choice to be the crown prince.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand why.

That’s because of Lu Jiushang’s original identity.

There is a difference in status between legitimate sons and illegitimate sons. Under normal circumstances, legitimate sons do not like to gather with illegitimate sons even for daily play, because their circles are different.

Lu Jiushang, an illegitimate child who was not presentable, went to seek refuge with Chu Shixuan, but he probably wouldn't even be able to see him.

"But my brother finally accepted him."

Chu Shifeng said nonchalantly: "Let's keep it first and see. If he can't do anything, there's no need to keep it."

Chu Shifeng had mentioned Lu Jiushang before. Chu Shitong estimated that Lu Jiushang had shown goodwill to Chu Shifeng at that time, but Chu Shifeng might have ignored him.

Now that it has been mentioned, even if Chu Shifeng's opinion of Lu Jiushang is bad, he should have accepted it.

"I'm just saying this to tell you not to play with Si Jingli anymore. It's useless."

Chu Shifeng leaned back in his chair, staring at Chu Shitong, and said, "Your birthday is coming soon. After your birthday, your position in the court will be completely different from what it is now. Si Jingli has no other role except for being good-looking. I don't believe that you are good friends with him. He is willing to ask the Duke of Zhenguo for help when you are in trouble. Xiaoqi, people are very snobbish."

Seeing that Chu Shitong did not respond, Chu Shifeng pondered for a moment and said something inexplicably.

"If you want to play with him because you think he's good-looking, then that's fine."

When Chu Shitong heard this, he instantly felt uncomfortable.

"Brother, what do you mean by this?" She looked at Chu Shifeng with an indescribable look, "Do you think Xiao Qi plays with His Royal Highness because he is attracted to his face?"

At this moment, Chu Shitong almost began to doubt the people around him.

What did Chu Shifeng mean by that? Did he think that Si Jingli and I were gay? Could it be that someone close to him leaked the news?

Or is Chu Shifeng testing me?

In front of others, Chu Shitong and Si Jingli kept a very distant distance from each other, and even at banquets they rarely interacted with each other.

Behind closed doors, the two of them kept their interactions secret, and would basically only meet after being checked by the secret guards.

Chu Shifeng suddenly blurted out this sentence, and Chu Shitong really felt that no man could stand being treated as a gay by others.

Chu Shifeng lowered his eyes, laughed dryly and said, "I was just joking. I thought Xiao Qi thought he was good-looking. Only children like to play with good-looking people. It is well known that His Royal Highness is spoiled. If Xiao Qi is close to him because of his character and moral character, I think this reason is a bit far-fetched."

Said it as if it were the truth.

Chu Shitong also found it difficult to deny it, so he could only say, "My royal brother, you are overthinking. I have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only because His Royal Highness treats me well. I don't care how the world sees him or what his status is. As long as he treats me well, I have to acknowledge his kindness."

Chu Shifeng seemed to be touched by this sentence, and couldn't help but say: "What about me? I treat Xiaoqi well, does Xiaoqi recognize my kindness?"