When Du Rulin came back from the Fifth Prince's Mansion, he saw Liu Tai, who was sloppy, silently huddled in a corner of the living room, with his head lowered, and the toe of his shoe scraped the ground. Qiu You stepped forward and told Du Rulin what they had encountered today. Du Rulin was also dumbfounded.

"You can touch this! You, too, hit it off with a child! Are you still a child!" Du Rulin couldn't help but blame.

Liu Tai lowered his head, and said nah: "I didn't expect that either! I didn't know that it was so easy to meet His Majesty? It is said that the old man is not staying in the palace, so it's fine if he ran out, and he bumped into me. I just thought it was a father and son from an ordinary wealthy family, so I said a few words out of kindness, I didn't expect this to happen!"

His biggest guess was that this old man was some kind of patriarch of the family, or some kind of old lord. Who would have thought that he was the emperor!If he had known that it was the emperor, and the little doll he was holding was the Eighth Prince, even if the Eighth Prince was a hundred times cuter, he would never dare to take a look, and would definitely run far away, wouldn't he know that? .

"Okay, it's useless to scold him." Du Qingchen prevented Du Rulin from continuing to grab Liu Tai and growled, and asked instead: "How are you?"

Du Qingchen also learned about the Guozijian library these days from Qiu friend Liu Tai.

In an instant, there was Du Rulin who was just like him, obediently being scolded with his head down, beside Liu Tai. Du Rulin lowered his head and said with some guilt: "I... probably have... for some reason, I have taken refuge in the Fifth Prince..."

Du Qingchen knew this would happen and sighed.

Du Rulin added: "The Fifth Prince asked me to study in the Fifth Prince's Mansion with a few other students, and said that the master over there is good...so...maybe I will stay in the Fifth Prince's Mansion temporarily..."

Du Qingchen said: "That is to say, you won't be able to go home for the time being."

"Yes." Du Rulin lowered his head.

Du Qingchen was silent for a long time, "That's fine, actually, it's a good thing to change the angle." The fifth prince is the final winner. No matter what, Du Rulin follows him now, which is also good for Du Rulin's future. Think about it this way. If you're upset, it's nothing.

The problem still lies in Liu Tai, he is so inexplicably favored by the emperor, and he wants to be dragged into the camp of the weakest Eighth Prince, this is simply to give away the head!Du Qingchen turned to Liu Tai and said, "Where is Liu Tai?"

"I...I have nothing to do, I can only...resign myself to fate!" Liu Tai spread his hands cowardly, with an innocent look on his face.

Du Qingchen looked serious, and said: "My master entrusted you to me, so I can't let you resign yourself to fate! Rulin, since you are going to the fifth prince's residence, you should find a way to mention Liu Tai to the fifth prince, saying that he was forced to enter the palace. Going to accompany the eighth prince, Liu Tai, you have to act like you are taking refuge in the fifth prince in private, so that you can protect yourself in the future."

Liu Tai lowered his head, "I...I don't want to..."

"Why?"

"A gentleman has something to do and something to not do. Brother Du, I can't do what you said..."

Liu Tai's voice was very low. He knew that Du Qingchen was doing it for his own good, but he was Master Liu's son, and his nature was very similar to Master Liu's. In his bones, he was still aloof and upright.

Du Qingchen was speechless for a while, and said helplessly, "I won't let you really do anything."

"I'm afraid that at that time, I will be in such a position that I will not be able to help myself."

"Do you know what you're talking about!" Du Qingchen was a little angry.

"I know. In fact, Brother Du... Father is right. I'm just like him. I'm afraid... I'm not suitable for officialdom."

"Then you pretend to be sick, and I'll send you home!" Du Qingchen said immediately.At this time, there is no need to stay in the capital, wait until the general situation is settled, and take the exam slowly. Anyway, Liu Tai is young, and the last thing he fears is delay.

"Although Dad is right and worried about me, I still want to give it a try. I don't believe it. People who are not ashamed and follow the righteous way really have nowhere to go in this world! They can only retreat to the countryside! "

Liu Tai raised his head, his eyes were burning, and he looked at Du Qingchen with firm eyes. Deep in his eyes, there seemed to be a clear spring hidden, clear and clean.

Du Qingchen was dumbfounded, he seemed to suddenly understand why Liu Tai liked the Eighth Prince so much, because they were both pure-minded people, a little milk cat who seemed to have just been weaned, looked at you with wide-eyed eyes, pure and flawless , So spotless, you can't wait to hold all the good things in front of him.One is the adult version, the dark water flows deep, clear and moving, knowing that the world is dark but not stained, and has nothing to fear.

Du Rulin clenched his fists slightly, struggle flashed in his eyes, after a long time, he seemed to have finally made a decision, raised his head, and said to Du Qingchen, "Brother, let Liu Tai do what he wants! I will protect him .”

"How do you protect..." Du Qingchen was helpless.

"Just do your best to protect him! Liu Tai is the one with the purest mind among the three of us. He doesn't need to be like me, and he can't do what I want to do."

"You..." Du Qingchen sighed.

"Okay, okay, I am the most useless, I can only take the entrance examination of the Imperial College steadily, study and study, but I am willing to risk my life to accompany the gentleman, if there is something I can do, I will do my best Why." Qiu You stepped forward, walked between the two, raised his hand to hold the shoulders of the two, and shook them slightly.

"It seems that the three of you have decided?" Du Qingchen said.

"Yes."

"One person stands with one prince, and the other stands in the middle. People who stand on two boats are more secure than you!"

The three bowed their heads.

"Young and frivolous, I don't know what to say!" Du Qingchen said angrily.

"If you're not frivolous when you're young, what are you doing when you're young? Are you experienced and steady from birth?" Liu Tai muttered.

Du Qingchen choked, got up and left.

The three watched Du Qingchen leave, and Qiu You murmured, "Brother Du seems to be angry."

"If I met our three disobedient bastards, I would be angry too." Du Rulin answered silently.

Liu Tai and Qiu You looked at him at the same time, and Du Rulin scratched his head, "But am I not one of the three of us, there is no other way, I can only stand by our side, and I am angry with my brother."

"Good brother!" Liu Tai patted Du Rulin's back emotionally, for the sake of being angry with his own brother, what kind of spirit is this?

……

In the Fifth Prince's Mansion, the Fifth Prince received a letter from Jiang Chuan, saying that he wanted to meet him in the Taihe Hall of Du's BBQ restaurant in Xushi.

The fifth prince put down the letter sent by the carrier pigeon, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Tell me, does Jiang Chuan know about the relationship between Du Qingchen and Qi Cheng? Why does he seem to trust Boss Du?"

The commander of the dark guard hesitated for a moment, "I'm afraid I don't know. Although these things are not considered confidential, if you don't check them, you probably won't know them. Besides, even if Jiang Chuan knows, it won't matter if you think about it. I just feel that meeting my master at the Du's restaurant is also an expression of my sincerity."

The fifth prince said: "Although this Du Qingchen seems to belong to me, in fact, he has never expressed this meaning! Even Qi Cheng is so tepid that it is difficult to control."

If you usually meet such a person, no matter what he thinks, the fifth prince will not care, but Du Qingchen's husband is the son of the Hou's mansion. If the case of the Hou's mansion is overturned, Qi Cheng might be implicated. And Jiang Chuan, he always felt that Jiang Chuan and the third prince had come to such a point and had an inseparable relationship with Du Qingchen, but he couldn't find anything out.

A very important but uncontrolled existence, the fifth prince is actually a little concerned, whether it is the case of the Hou's mansion or Jiang Chuan's surrender, it is a big event for him and the third child, but Du Qingchen is implicitly involved , It can be said that a single hair can move the whole body.

Because of this, he asked his counselors to discuss how to win over this person, and then found out that he had a younger brother who was taking the imperial examination. This is why the fifth prince went to the library to copy the filial piety scriptures, dragged Du Rulin onto the boat, and Du Qingchen cared about his relatives. The younger brothers are all subordinates of the fifth prince, so how can Du Qingchen switch to others, or harm the interests of the fifth prince?

In fact, some things are as simple as that, so the fifth prince appeared in the Imperial College, and by the way, he recruited a group of students he could still see through for future use.

In the evening, at Xushi, Du Qingchen was about to pack up and go home when he saw Jiang Chuan coming towards him. He was stunned and greeted him, "General, it's so late today, do you still want to drink? Drinking at night will hurt your health!"

"It's okay, I'm meeting a friend and I won't drink so much," Jiang Chuan said.

Du Qingchen was taken aback. This was the first time Jiang Chuan met friends with him. Who did he date?Du Qingchen pressed his mind to go home and sleep, and said: "Since he is the general's friend, he must be treated well. I'll let someone prepare it."

Jiang Chuan nodded, and went to the private room that he had booked for half a year. During the six months, this room could only be used by him, and he could not receive guests even if it was empty.

Du Qingchen asked the waiter to prepare things, while he waited at the counter to see who would come over later.

Not long after, an elegant young man in a dark brocade robe came over, with a smile on his face, which made people feel kind. The clothes and accessories on his body were not too brilliant, like an ordinary young man from a wealthy family, wearing dark clothes , inconspicuous in the night, with no entourage by his side, he looked around curiously as soon as he entered the door, then turned to the counter, and asked politely, "Shopkeeper, where is the Taihe Hall?"

"On the second floor, I'll lead you up." Du Qingchen walked out from the counter and said with a smile.

"Thank you." The other party nodded.

"Is the son dating a friend?"

"Yes!"

"That's right, the general is waiting for someone!" Du Qingchen said.

"Is your boss there?" The fifth prince looked around, his eyes fell on Du Qingchen, and asked softly.

"I am."

"Oh, I thought it was Mr. Counter, I'm so rude."

"The clothes are simple. It's not surprising to admit your mistakes. You made me laugh." Du Qingchen said, seeming to mean something, but the fifth prince just laughed and didn't intend to start a conversation.

"My lord, please." Du Qingchen stood at the door of the private room and said, "Is there anything you like to eat, my lord, or something you don't like? Can I ask someone to prepare it?"

"I'm fine, let's see what the general likes to eat!" The fifth prince never revealed his favorite taste.

Du Qingchen was a little disappointed, he thought he could use this to guess the other party's identity!He just nodded, "Then I'll get ready."

"Thank you."

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