morning thoughts

Ji Yu thought to himself that the prince and his second younger brother were working together, so it's not obvious why they came to him?

The prince is a man with a very deep city, and he will definitely depend on his own reaction. The two looked at each other, and they both saw a bit of hypocrisy and hypocrisy in each other's eyes.

Ji Yu raised his hand to pick up the small order on the table, looked at it for a while, then curled up two fingers and pushed it back to the prince.

Before he could speak, the crown prince pushed Xiaoling two points closer, and said bluntly: "Is there anything you want to say to Gu?"

Ji Yu raised his eyebrows. What can he say? This order is a private order from the Eastern Palace. The crown prince put this thing in front of him. He naturally knows what it means, but hasn't he already given the answer?

Seeing the prince like this, Ji Yu could only bite the bullet and tell him bluntly: "Thank you for your love, but I think the prince, as the heir, should know that it is a taboo to make friends with ministers in private."

"Ji Yu!"

The prince was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Ji Yu to dare to say that to himself, and immediately, the veins on his forehead tensed up and his face turned serious.

The atmosphere froze, but Ji Yu leaned back unhurriedly, showing a bit of laziness, and when his eyes fell on the prince, there was a bit of such an expression in his eyes.

He snorted lightly and said: "I can't speak, and I often offend others. The crown prince is an important official, but I can't afford to offend him. I have nothing else to ask, I just want to live in peace, and I hope the prince can complete my minister."

The prince's eyes froze, and seeing Ji Yu's reticent appearance, he knew that he was very clear in his heart, and he had nothing to do with him right now, so he used these high-sounding words to prevaricate himself.

Even if the roots of the teeth are itchy right now, there is really nothing he can do about it, but the prince is used to being pampered. In this world, he is the only one who thinks and doesn't want to. Can he do it without him? I can't stand being underestimated like this, but it will arouse the desire to win in my heart come out.

The prince looked at Ji Yu slantingly. Why did the third child and the fifth child fall into his eyes? Could it be because of the kinship with Concubine Shu?

"Ji Yu, I don't want to go around in circles with you. Is it King Annan's intention that you get involved with Ling Chao and Ling Jun? You know it well, or that King Annan acquiesced in your relationship with the princes, but this person is Who should be clear, Gu is already the crown prince, if you are willing to unite with Gu, when Gu Gan ascends to a high position in the future, it will naturally benefit from your Prince Annan's residence."

"Your Majesty's body is getting weaker and weaker, but his resistance to King Annan is getting stronger." The prince lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on the order on the table. He slowly let go of his slightly hard hand and said with a sneer: "The third You know better than Gu whether He Laowu has the ability to protect King Annan.

Ji Yu's eyelids moved slightly, and his heart beat a little faster.

He was afraid that it was not the prince's threat, but that he could hear something unusual from his words. The letter from Li Chuan had not been sent for a few days, and it was absolutely impossible for him to leak it, but how could the prince be sure of his father's intentions? mean?

Could it be that Li Chuan also has someone for the prince?

Ji Yu's expression was ugly, his lips moved, and he said: "The prince is always so enthusiastic and pulls the cage, it is unbearable. The prince knows that I am not on good terms with the second highness, I am afraid that I can't..."

"Oh," the crown prince interrupted Ji Yu with a soft snort, got up and took back the order, walked a few steps towards the door, stepped out of the door, stopped, and sarcastically said: "I'm afraid the peace I think is different from the real peace." difference."

The prince turned his back to Ji Yu, shook the small order in his hand and said firmly: "I keep this small order for my son alone, and I believe that my son will have the day he wants."

After the people left, Ji Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and took a sip of the cold tea in front of him.

The herbal tea entered his lungs, extinguishing the restlessness in his heart.

Walking from the front hall to the study room, the cold wind blew all the way around his head and face, which also woke him up. He lay down on the spot tired, regardless of the cold on the ground. He looked extremely tired with his eyes closed, his lips closed The corners are slightly pressed down, revealing a little paleness.

Thinking about the purpose of the prince's visit today, he sat up after a while and exhaled a foul breath.

The crown prince's concern is that Ling Yu has two minds, so the crown prince only stopped Ling Yu's matter but did not suppress the Qian family's matter. Instead, he allowed the matter to escalate with the purpose of attacking the general, and it would be easier to drag himself out, Your Majesty If the relationship with Li Chuan had become rigid at the time of Beng's death, the prince would naturally be worried that King Annan would launch a mutiny when he ascended the throne for the new lord.

However, the prince's reaction was not his fault alone. Thinking of this, Ji Yu felt that there was something wrong with Li Chuan...

He walked up to the case and wanted to write a letter to remind King Annan. He licked the ink on the nib of the pen three or four times but failed to write. In the end, he only wrote a few lines of words metaphorically.

Ji Yu put down his pen and asked someone to send it out overnight. He didn't say anything clearly on the paper, but if there was really something wrong with Li Chuan, his father would definitely notice it after reading the letter.

After he was busy with business, he caught a glimpse of the hour glass standing on the corner of the table, and he suddenly remembered that he was going to prepare a gift for Ling Chao when he came back today. He had a gift he wanted to give, but he couldn't remember where to put it for a while.

When Fuhai came to deliver supper to Ji Yu, he saw Ji Yu rummaging through boxes and cabinets, not knowing what he was looking for.

"What are you looking for, sir?"

Ji Yu stopped moving, put his hands on the mouth of the ebony box, and asked like a cat: "I remember that when we came from Lichuan, we brought a piece of high-quality jade, which was unpolished."

Fu Hai blinked his eyes, and replied: "Isn't that piece of Jade Prince locked up in a small storeroom? Last time, I said that I would hit it when I found a suitable object, and the slave will go and get it."

Ji Yu took advantage of the gap to look through the objects beside him, but none of them were satisfied. He took the jade stone Fuhai handed him, weighed it in his hand, nodded and said, "Look for the best shop in Huajing to buy a piece of jade." When the jade pendant comes out, it looks like..."

Ji Yu looked around, his eyes fell on his waist, he tore off the jade pendant and handed it to Fu Hai: "Just make a piece like this."

Fu Hai carefully took the jade pendant over, and asked, "Your Majesty really wants to fight exactly the same?"

"What?" Ji Yu asked, rubbing his neck and half turning around.

Ji Yu's jade pendants were originally a pair. The one he is wearing now is engraved with wishful cloud patterns on one side and staghorn beast on the other, but this one was not worn by Ji Yu since he was a child.

The only difference between the jade pendant he wore when he was young and this one is the fish playing lotus carved on the side of the staghorn beast. The original pair of jade pendants was lost by Ji Yu when he was a child, and in order not to annoy him, So I gave him the other one, and I have been wearing it for so many years.

It's just that Ji Yu himself doesn't remember this matter, and Fu Hai didn't mention it after thinking about it, he just said: "It's nothing, it's just that this was passed down from the princess to the prince after all, so this old servant just asked me a lot."

Ji Yu didn't think it was wrong, and insisted on this, Fu Hai didn't persuade him any more, and returned the jade pendant to Ji Yu, only saying that he remembered the pattern on it, and he couldn't make a mistake.

Ji Yu was used to wearing this jade pendant a long time ago, and only vaguely remembered that he had lost it in the middle, and somehow found it again later. After receiving the jade pendant, he didn't put it on again, and went to the desk to observe the pattern on it by the candlelight.

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"Your Highness, the slave has something to report."

When Yun An came in from the outside, he saw Ling Chao lying in front of the window and looking at it with the jade pendant in his hand.

Ling Chao held the jade in his hand, and his eyes fell on the window lattice again, a little lost in thought, before he said after a long while, "What's the matter?"

Yun An nodded: "Our people came back with news that the Crown Prince went to the Shizi Mansion in the afternoon and came out almost an hour later. His Highness told us not to inquire about the news in the Shizi Mansion, so we don't know what the Crown Prince and Ji Shizi said."

Ling Chao turned his head to look at Yun An, frowned and said: "The prince has not had any quarrel with Ling Yu these days, but the matter of Qian Yue is also the result of the prince letting go, and now he is taking advantage of Ji Yu's departure from the palace. You don't need to think about it to know what An's heart is."

Yun An and Ling Chao had the same thoughts, but they were slightly worried: "Your Highness, are you really not afraid that the crown prince will get mixed up with the crown prince? After all, the crown prince..."

"After all what?" Ling Chao frowned and said, "He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, is he occupying the position of Crown Prince?"

Seeing Ling Chao's expression changed, Yun An didn't dare to say anything more, bowed his head and said, "I don't dare."

"Ji Yu won't mess with the prince."

Ling Chao's voice was low, his face didn't show any emotion, but his tone was a bit sad. After a while, he raised his hand and opened the window to face the darkness of the Upper West Hall.

Ling Chao said in a displeased tone, "Light up the lights in the West Hall."

Yun An raised his eyelids, and his eyes flicked from the window to the lantern in the West Hall, and his eyes sank: "I wonder what rumors your Highness has heard recently?"

"The servant recently heard rumors that the Second Highness and Ji Shizi..."

Before Yun An could finish speaking, Ling Chao's face turned cold, and the hostility emerged in his eyes.

"go on!"

"The Second Highness has always been a fan of meat and vegetables, and that day he fell in love with Prince Ji. His Highness Fifth also knew about it, and the person who sent things to the residence every day during Prince Ji's illness was also His Highness."

Thinking of that book, Ling Chao's whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. He knew what kind of person Ling Yu was, but Ling Yu couldn't figure it out for himself. Dare to defile?

"But, what Ling Jun knows, why is he the only one who doesn't know?"

Full of anger rose from the bottom of his heart, Ling Chao himself didn't understand why he was so angry when he heard such a thing, he clenched his fists and made a creaking sound with force.

I don't know how long it took, Ling Chao calmed down, but when he turned around again, his eyes were red, but his expression was calm, and he said to Yun An: "The prince is so wary of the second brother, it's really chilling."

Yun An immediately understood, nodded and said: "The servant understands", and stepped back.

After a while, the candles in the West Hall lit up.

The bright yellow light spots reflected in Ling Chao's flushed eyes, Ling Chao breathed slowly, and subconsciously tightened his grip on the jade pendant by two points.

At this moment, Ling Chao only felt that the Zhaohui Palace had never been so quiet...