Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chu Shitong: “Ah?”

Master Wuji's words shocked her so much that she couldn't recover.

So the person the eldest princess might want is a woman.

For no reason, Chu Shitong recalled what Liu Zeshan said in the dungeon.

He once found a portrait of Xuan Wu Yue in the Princess's mansion.

Once this thought came together, coupled with the fact that the eldest princess had been in and out of the Qun Yu Tower before, it was hard for Chu Shitong not to believe that the person the eldest princess wanted from him was not Xuan Wu Yue.

As a princess, the eldest princess privately kept a portrait of a princess of the previous dynasty, which was a heinous act. In addition, she was a woman, not a man, so it was very strange for her to privately keep a portrait of a woman.

In this way, Master Wuji's explanation makes sense.

The eldest princess might have some unusual feelings for Xuan Wu Yue.

But Chu Shitong couldn't understand. The relationship between the eldest princess and her husband was clearly a legend in the capital, and her feelings for Chu Shifan were also real.

Is it because the eldest princess is amorous, or is there some other reason?

Master Wuji saw that Chu Shitong was lost in thought and started gossiping hurriedly.

"Where did you see it?"

Chu Shitong glanced at him and said, "What does it have to do with you?"

"......" Master Wuji coughed twice awkwardly, "I've explained it to you, but you still don't want to tell me?"

Chu Shitong, however, was not in the mood to spread gossip. "There is nothing to say about this kind of thing."

"alright."

Master Wuji didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, a little nun from the temple came in.

"Master, His Royal Highness King Yuan asked me to ask His Royal Highness King Qi when he will go to dinner."

Master Wuji waved his hand and said, "Let him wait a little longer. I have a few scriptures here."

The nun agreed and went out.

Chu Shitong was afraid of arousing Chu Shixuan's suspicion, so he got up from the swing and prepared to leave.

Master Wuji was not in a hurry at all and even had the leisure time to have fun.

"You said you have a bad relationship with His Royal Highness the Kite King, but His Royal Highness the Kite King is really attached to you. Why did he start looking for you so late? I guess he must have asked Jing'er at least two or three times before he sent someone to look for you."

Chu Shitong was ashamed, "Stinky old man, can you stop talking nonsense?"

Chu Shixuan doesn't trust her at all, okay?

How did it become clingy?

After he finished speaking, Master Wuji fell surprisingly silent.

He was still mumbling something.

"That's not right. I remember that when you first came to Kaiyuan Temple, you were very close to His Royal Highness Prince Yuan."

Chu Shitong also found it strange why Master Wuji kept saying that he and Chu Shixuan were close.

Master Wuji muttered a few words and started counting on his fingers again.

Chu Shitong lost his patience and turned to go to the front hall.

The meals in the temple are all vegetarian, and it is normal not to see meat.

The three lonely vegetarian dishes on the table made Chu Shitong feel as if he was back in the time when he was eating rabbit rice at the East Fifth Institute.

Chu Shijing's long hair was neatly tied up with a wooden hairpin. Her plain grey robe did not look worn out at all, but the cuffs had turned white from washing.

She held the bowl of rice and looked at Chu Shitong.

"The food here is all vegetarian. I don't know if Xiaoqi is used to eating it. If she is not used to it, I will go and cook a few dishes of meat for her."

"You're welcome, sister."

Chu Shitong casually picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. "I don't have to eat meat, so don't bother."

Although people in the temple are not allowed to eat meat, they still have special kitchen utensils for cooking meat dishes, but they are separate from the ones that everyone usually uses.

There are a lot of people coming to the temple, all kinds of people. In the past, there were a few wealthy families who came here to burn incense, but after staying for a few days, they started making trouble because there was no meat.

So in order to avoid this situation, Kaiyuan Temple added a set of kitchen utensils specifically for making meat dishes.

But the dishes were not meat or fish, but eggs and pigeon eggs, which could barely be considered meat.

Chu Shijing said, "I'm sorry, Xiaoqi."

Chu Shitong took a few bites and found that the dish had no taste at all. Very little salt and oil were used, and it tasted like the original flavor of the vegetables.

Chu Shixuan said, "My dear sister, don't worry about Xiaoqi. I asked someone to bring some food to Xiaoqi. It may be a little cold, but I'm heating it up now."

A piece of green vegetable got stuck in Chu Shitong's mouth and lost its taste instantly.

She looked at Chu Shixuan in surprise, "Brother, are you telling the truth?"

Chu Shixuan ate the vegetables without raising his head, and said in a calm tone, "Do I have to lie to you?"

Sure enough, not long after, the servants around Chu Shixuan brought up three meat dishes.

Chu Shitong originally felt embarrassed and didn't want to eat it, but not eating it would be even more embarrassing, so he just picked up a few pieces with his chopsticks.

It's quite delicious.

The stir-fried pork with peppers is sweet and spicy and goes well with rice.

The sweet and sour pork tenderloin was sweet and sour, the meat was fried crispy, and the egg custard deeply touched Chu Shitong's taste buds.

She rarely eats eggs, let alone egg custard.

When I ate it today, it was absolutely delicious, tender and fragrant.

Chu Shitong finished the bowl of egg custard before finishing his meal.

Chu Shijing looked at Chu Shitong and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know how the emperor's egg custard is made. Xiaoqi likes it so much every time."

Chu Shixuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "It's just the same approach."

Chu Shitong was stunned.

"What do you mean, sister? I've eaten the egg custard from brother before."

Chu Shijing was also stunned. He hesitated for a moment and seemed to have something to say, but was interrupted by Chu Shixuan the moment he opened his mouth.

"Eat your meal quickly, sister."

Chu Shijing was interrupted and didn't know how to continue speaking. Under Chu Shitong's expectant gaze, he inexplicably shut up and started eating.

Chu Shitong felt puzzled.

What happened today.

First it was the cooked pear cake, then Master Wuji’s words, and now Master Chu Jing is saying these things again.

Chu Shitong felt as if someone was hiding something from him, or as if he was the only one who didn't know, but everyone else knew it.

But in the current situation, Chu Shitong couldn't ask any further questions. After all, Chu Shijing was now a member of Kaiyuan Temple. Although she mainly did good deeds and accumulated virtue, if she couldn't say it for some reason, forcing her to speak would be no different from forcing a mute to speak.

After dinner, Chu Shitong and Chu Shixuan offered a few prayer lamps before leaving.

When he was about to leave, Master Wuji suddenly appeared and took Chu Shitong away.

And it happened in front of Chu Shixuan.

Chu Shitong was very angry and shook off his hand as soon as he walked to the side.

"What are you doing, old man?"

The expression on Master Wuji's face was the most serious that Chu Shitong had ever seen.

"Your Highness, the Seventh Prince, I want to ask you something. This matter is very important, extremely important!"

Chu Shitong's anger was temporarily relieved by his insane words.

"what?"

"Has anything happened to you?" Master Wuji asked, "Something that might have made you forget your past memories?"

Chu Shitong thought about it.

If there is one thing that can cause memory loss, it seems to be falling into the water.

But since the previous life, Chu Shitong regarded this matter as unimportant and not worth remembering.

Because she probably knew a little bit, that is, she had played together with several other imperial brothers when they were in the East Fifth Institute. Later, because of the incident of being pushed into the water, Chu Shitong also realized the murderous intentions of the other princes, so it was not important to see this incident.

"Yes." Chu Shitong said half-doubtfully, "I was pushed into water before. I had a high fever for three days and lost some of my memories. But these were all things that happened when I was a child. They are not important."

Master Wuji got the answer he wanted and let out a long sigh.

"Your Highness, the Seventh Prince, perhaps the thing that you pay the least attention to is the most important thing."

"What do you want to say?"

"I..." Master Wuji hesitated, "I can't tell you anything, but this is the last thing I can tell you. Weren't you only eight years old when you fell into the water? I was traveling at that time, so I never expected that this would happen to you."

"So what do you want to say?"

Master Wuji looked at Chu Shitong, complex emotions wavering in his eyes, but in the end he said nothing.

"nothing."

Chu Shitong heard Chu Shixuan calling him a few times from a distance, so he prepared to leave.

Before leaving, she said, "Stinky old man, I don't know what you mean by this, but I will send someone to check it out. After all, although you are crazy, it seems that what you said makes some sense."

The worry on Master Wuji's face immediately disappeared, and he slapped his thigh and said, "That's right! That's right!"

Chu Shitong smiled, turned and left.

In the snowy scene, her figure got on the carriage and went farther and farther away.

Master Wuji stood alone in the snow, looking in the direction she left.

Chu Shijing walked closer and said, "You shouldn't have said those things to Xiao Qi. Father spent a lot of effort to cover up this matter. If he knew that you reminded Xiao Qi of what happened in the past, you probably wouldn't be able to leave Beiqing alive."

"But you can't lie to her forever, right?" Master Wuji said with a smile, "It's a blessing she deserves that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince can remember it."

Chu Shijing lowered his eyes and said, "But if she remembers that there is a murderer who wants to kill her among her former best brothers, with Xiaoqi's current temper, I'm afraid..."

Master Wuji patted Chu Shijing's head and said, "That is the fate of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, and it is what she deserves. Fate in the world has long been determined. How can you and I change it?"

......

On the carriage.

Chu Shitong couldn't calm down as he thought about Master Wuji's words.

Seeing that she looked troubled, Chu Shixuan asked, "Xiao Qi, what's on your mind?"

"There are some."

Chu Shitong raised his eyes, his brown eyes, as light as glass, were crystal clear, so pure that one could see through them at a glance.

"Brother, when I fell into the water, was it you who pushed me?"

Chu Shitong never expected that her tentative question would cause a steady man like Chu Shixuan to suddenly change his expression.

It was as if something taboo that could not be discussed was mentioned.

"Why... do you ask?"

Hearing that he neither admitted nor denied it, Chu Shitong had to make up a lie: "I seemed to have had a dream before. I dreamed that you pushed me into the lake."

Chu Shixuan's eyes darkened, and her tone became more serious. She said, "I have never pushed you. Maybe Xiaoqi was just wandering around in his dream and is imagining things."

Chu Shitong did not respond and continued to ask: "Then my royal brother asked me, when did I eat the cooked pear cake at my royal brother's place?"

Chu Shixuan fell into silence.

This made Chu Shitong feel strange.

She rarely managed to silence Chu Shixuan, except when urging him to get married.

Chu Shitong couldn't help but continue to ask: "Why doesn't my brother speak?"

Chu Shixuan said, "I was confused. Xiaoqi has never eaten cooked pear cake at my place."

Chu Shixuan's sudden words caught Chu Shitong off guard.

"But you clearly said before..."

"I was confused." Chu Shixuan interrupted her, "Don't think too much, Xiaoqi, maybe I remembered it wrong."

"But......"

Chu Shitong wanted to ask more, but Chu Shixuan simply closed his eyes and rested, looking as if he had no intention of answering even if Chu Shitong asked.

Chu Shitong had no choice but to shut up reluctantly.

The journey back to the capital is long.

The two were silent for nearly a quarter of an hour.

Chu Shitong looked at Chu Shixuan who still had no intention of opening his eyes, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"If my brother is unwilling to say it, that's fine."

Sure enough, after saying this, Chu Shixuan finally opened his eyes.

Chu Shitong continued: "If my brother doesn't tell me, I will go find my sixth brother, and he will definitely tell me."

After hearing Chu Shitong's last words, Chu Shixuan's expression became truly out of control.

"Xiao Qi, do you really have to know what happened back then?"

"I want to know." Chu Shitong insisted: "If you don't tell me, Sixth Brother will definitely tell me."

Chu Shixuan sneered twice and said, "Then Chu Shifeng should also tell you the truth."

"Brother Huang, what do you mean by this?"

Chu Shitong asked, "Could it be that Sixth Brother would lie to me about this? It was just a matter of falling into the water, and I didn't care about it. Or is it that you are unwilling to tell me and don't want me to ask you because you have something to hide?"

Chu Shitong's gaze was sharp and deadly.

Chu Shixuan raised his eyes and looked at her.

The two looked at each other, equally matched.

The silent contest was not interrupted until Chu Shixuan finally sighed.

"It's not that I won't tell you, it's just that the murderer hasn't been found yet. If you ask Lao Liu, he will definitely say it was me."

Chu Shitong made a rough guess in his mind and said, "Since my royal brother doesn't want me to misunderstand, then just tell me the whole truth."

Chu Shixuan then talked about the incident of falling into the water that year.

It turned out that when this incident happened, the four princes were all by Chu Shitong's side, and they were all suspects.

The situation at that time was that the four princes wanted to prepare fishing and grilling fish next to the garden.

After finally catching a fish.

Chu Shihan went to look for firewood. After a while, Chu Shihuan also said that he was afraid that one fish would not be enough to eat, so he took a net to go to the side to catch some small fish.

Chu Shixuan and Chu Shifeng were next to Chu Shitong at the time.

After a short while, Chu Shifeng ordered someone to get some wine, and then he disappeared without a trace.

Chu Shixuan was called away by his subordinates, and before leaving he told Chu Shitong to be careful.

As a result, the four people around the lake heard Chu Shitong's cry for help as he fell into the water.

When they arrived, it seemed as if they had just arrived.

After finally rescuing Chu Shitong, the four began to quarrel over who pushed Chu Shitong into the water.

Everyone is suspect.

Because everyone had left Chu Shitong and were not at the crime scene, they all rushed over after the incident.

During the time when the four people did not see each other, any one of them could become the murderer who harmed Chu Shitong.

In Chu Shifeng's eyes, Chu Shixuan was the murderer, because when he left, Chu Shixuan was next to Chu Shitong.

Among the four people, Chu Shixuan was the last to arrive.

Chu Shifeng always believed that it was Chu Shixuan who pushed her into the water and hurried away, and then pretended to go out and come back after a while.

The lake water was icy cold in winter, and the surface of the lake was covered with thick ice. If Chu Shihan had not returned and entered the water in time, Chu Shitong would probably have drowned in the icy water.