cold hearted son-in-law

In the 12th year of Jianwen, at the beginning of February, Renzong and Baiguan continued to travel south after being besieged by Mrs. Hua's army and a plague in Huizhou.

The prince stood on a hillside looking at the budding peach trees, and listened to the chatting of several soldiers who camped together not far away.

At first, I was just rejoicing that I escaped from Huizhou safely this time, and then I naturally talked about Chu Yunxi who made a surprise plan this time. One of the soldiers said excitedly: "Hey, everyone, tell me, is this long son-in-law male or female?"

"Excuse me, of course the son-in-law is a man!" A soldier next to him answered casually while not busy with the matter at hand.

"That's not necessarily the case. You didn't see the appearance of the eldest son-in-law. He is half a head shorter than most men, and his body is skinny, tsk tsk." Another soldier answered, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. , I can't stop smashing my tongue.

"That's right, otherwise why is it so good to pretend to be Mrs. Hua?" This topic attracted the busy soldiers beside him, and interjected.

"Haven't you heard about the scandal between the son-in-law and Mrs. Hua?" The soldier next to him didn't think so, and seemed to be laughing at the ignorance of these people.

"Actually, I heard that this son-in-law..." Another soldier wanted to say something excitedly, when he suddenly saw the prince wearing a dragon robe and four guards coming in this direction, but it was too late to stop.

The soldier knelt down, the prince glanced at these people, and walked away with a gloomy expression. Behind him, the soldier commander shouted: "Listen, if you dare to bite your tongue again, you will be dealt with by military law."

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Why is your face so ugly!" In the military tent, the eldest princess asked lightly when she saw the prince coming in.The eldest princess was wearing an embroidered makeup dress, covered with a plum-pattern gauze robe, combed high fan-shaped temples, and no longer wore a veil on her face, but there were small balls of tea-colored medicinal mud on her face, and the acne scars faded a lot. Less, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it.

"Sister Huang, since the last time I left the city, I have heard rumors that Chu Yunxi is a woman, and I have heard it several times. It is too irritating." The prince said while observing the expression of the eldest princess secretly.

The eldest princess showed no expression at all, closed the marching map she was looking at, and said to the prince: "Rumors only stop at the wise, why bother to get angry and hurt yourself over such a trivial matter? How can I not know whether Chu Yunxi is a man or a woman? You are the prince , as the crown prince, shouldering great responsibilities, and having time to listen to gossip, it is better to be filial in front of the father, or to care for and appease the soldiers under his command, Chengqian, you are not a child anymore, now that the country is in crisis, it is not like before , you learn to see and think more about everything. As a king, you should distinguish right from wrong, know people and do things well, you have learned these things, why don't you really understand these truths?" The eldest princess tried to be as gentle as possible in her tone, but her expression was full of emotion. It is the helplessness of hating iron but not steel.

The prince touched his nose, and said in a low voice, "Sister Huang, I know."

"It's always so perfunctory, what do you know? Tell me!" The eldest princess shouted in a sullen tone with a serious expression.

The prince sat quietly, bowed his head and said nothing, and the eldest princess sighed and stopped talking.

"Sister Huang, I'm going to see my father alone." After a long silence, the prince stood up uncomfortably and prepared to leave.

The eldest princess nodded and waved him away.After the prince went out, the eldest princess supported the table with her elbows and rubbed her forehead, her face was full of depression and worry.

"Why this expression? Something happened again?" Chu Yunxi took two plates of snacks, walked leisurely into the tent, and asked casually when he saw the eldest princess's appearance, and put the snacks on the eldest princess's table while talking, He moved a chair and sat next to him.

The eldest princess shook her head, reached out and took a small plum blossom-shaped snack, tasted it first, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then began to eat slowly.

Because Chu Yunxi has a sweet tooth, and her taste is bland, every time Chu Yunxi brings over a few dishes of dim sum, she has to choose one that suits the taste. In fact, she can't eat a few pieces, as long as it is not too sweet, she will It doesn't matter, but Chu Yunxi likes to let her choose. I thought it was what Chu Yunxi wanted to imply, but it was like this every time. It seemed more like a boring game. The eldest princess was used to it, so she just cooperated. I didn't get any surprises, but I practiced the accuracy of the selection higher and higher. At the same time, I also tasted the taste of fragrant herbs in this dessert, and the chef knows that she doesn't like to eat medicinal food, so this dessert is [-]% Chu Yunxi made it himself, and the taste is not bad! .

Since the last high-five in Huizhou city, the eldest princess could feel that Chu Yunxi was trying to please her in every possible way, but the method she used was really clumsy, and it could even be said that she was being kind to her jerky and at a loss. Thinking of this, the elder princess The princess was a little disappointed and a little funny in her heart. Chu Yunxi didn't know how to talk glibly, let alone say sweet words in this ambiguous time, but this stupid way also made her feel at ease, thinking that as long as the two of them could be together Together, everything can be done slowly, and among them, one is reserved and the other is indifferent, and the relationship is destined not to be as vigorous as in the drama script.But the eldest princess thought that the only thing she wanted was a companion. Chu Yunxi said she was willing to accompany her until death, so she believed it. Sometimes it was such a simple promise to the other party for a lifetime, but it didn't feel bad.

"Actually, after knowing your identity, I asked you to leave Beijing to see if I could forget you. If I couldn't forget you, I might really try to trap you for a lifetime, or let you remember me forever. Fortunately, you are smart, then I forgive you." The eldest princess looked at Chu Yunxi and said in a low voice as if talking to herself.

"Huh? What?" Chu Yunxi was pouring tea, but he didn't hear clearly, so he asked casually.

The eldest princess didn't speak any more, and said to Chu Yunxi after eating a piece: "What do you think of the prince?

"This question... Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Chu Yunxi asked with a narrow smile.

The eldest princess hesitated for a while, looked at Chu Yunxi and said slowly: "The truth!"

Chu Yunxi leaned on the back of the chair, with an unfathomable smile on his face, looked at the eldest princess and said: "Tiger father and dog son! Although the emperor is not like a tiger, but if the crown prince sits on the current throne, then once he encounters In this catastrophe, he must be indecisive about moving to the south first, and the country will be destroyed if he fights. Even if the country is not destroyed before moving south, a plague in Huizhou will become his grave above the ground, with countless people buried with him, and no one can recover. Well, my personal evaluation is: if you can’t write well, you can’t do martial arts, you don’t have broad wisdom, you don’t have far-reaching knowledge, you don’t have enough energy, you don’t have courage, you’ll be useless forever!”

"You're welcome!" The eldest princess glared at Chu Yunxi, then sighed helplessly and said, "You have prejudice against him."

Chu Yunxi didn't deny it either, she stood aside, thinking of this 'brother-in-law', she also felt a bit of a headache, if he wasn't the crown prince, the eldest princess would still be able to keep him a stable prince, a rich and idle person, but unfortunately he is the crown prince, once He is no longer a prince, unless the eldest princess ascends the throne, maybe he can still live in peace, otherwise, the prince who cannot be the emperor usually has only one end-death!

"The prince asked me about my identity?" Chu Yunxi asked with a smile.

The eldest princess looked at her and nodded, Chu Yunxi seemed to have guessed it, and continued to say without any surprise: "What about the emperor?"

The eldest princess shook her head, did not speak, but looked at Chu Yunxi carefully with her eyes, as if she wanted to see through this person.Chu Yunxi disguised himself as Mrs. Hua, and turned King Qi and Li Tai around. Although they were discovered by the other party in the end, they were able to retreat unscathed. General Hong, who came to support, met up.

But Chu Yunxi never told anyone the details of the whole incident, not even her.And the world's attention is all focused on her pretending to be Mrs. Hua. In the eyes of outsiders, the disguise technique may be mysterious, but a 'man' wearing women's clothes is exactly the same as a real woman. Dressing up as a woman is different from dressing up as a man. If Chu Yunxi can imitate his body, voice and even movements so similarly, then it can be speculated that Chu Yunxi may also be an imitation.A person can change between men and women so vividly, her identity will inevitably make people speculate and think deeply.

The eldest princess, who is used to Chu Yunxi's men's clothing, is not amazed by her appearance when she sees Chu Yunxi in women's clothing. It was because of fear, and there was only one thought in my heart, maybe the person in front of me was really a ghost wearing a skin, like a shadow that couldn't be grasped, and a strong sense of uneasiness was rooted in my heart.

The breeze was blowing outside, and it was just when the sun was setting. Chu Yunxi said to the eldest princess, "Let's go ride a horse. I know there is a peach forest not far away."

"I don't want to move." The eldest princess shook her head gently while eating a snack.

Sitting next to her, Chu Yunxi looked at the worried eldest princess and said, "Still worrying about the prince? In fact, your highness can ask the prince a teacher to teach you how to be a king. Of course, I didn't say that your highness taught it personally. , but the prince always has to learn to grow up alone, otherwise he will always have a kind of dependence. His highness helps him solve all difficulties, but the prince is not aggressive and will never learn to stand alone. These highnesses You don’t understand, so why don’t you try to let go?”

"Because I can't afford to gamble!" The eldest princess smiled bitterly, she had to ensure that the prince would not have any accidents.

The eldest princess looked at Chu Yunxi, and then said: "I tried to let Prime Minister Qin serve as the grand tutor before, but the prince's ears were soft. At that time, the queen mother reminded me that the candidate for the grand tutor should be cautious, otherwise you may die." There was an incident, and later the two great Confucians were replaced as Taifu, but the prince taught to stick to the previous rules and act more rigidly." Speaking of this, the eldest princess rubbed her temples, and the expression on her face sank.

Chu Yunxi looked at the expression of the eldest princess, helped her forehead, went to pull her and said: "Let's go, go out for a walk, it's not good for your health to stay still, and go to Li Mo when it gets dark. Let's discuss about arresting the traitor."

"Why don't you suspect that Li Mo is the traitor? After all, it seems that the traitor will stay with us for a long time." Seeing that Chu Yunxi insisted on going out, the eldest princess had no choice but to stand up and asked.

"He won't, and he still wants Li Mo to catch the traitor." Chu Yunxi spoke with an affirmative expression while asking someone to lead the horse.

The eldest princess didn't ask any more questions after hearing the words, and walked with Chu Yunxi on the horse. Both of them were good at equestrianism, but the eldest princess was a little absent-minded. After dinner, he went to Li Mo's military tent.

There are only the eldest princess, Chu Yunxi, and Li Mo in the tent, and no one else.

"Since the traitor is by our side, and his status is not low, let's make a list of the people we know first, and then analyze and eliminate them." Li Mo got straight to the point after seeing the ceremony, and handed over a list that had already been made. On the list, Qin Jue, Shi Ze, Lin Qi, Zhang Han, Lin Ye, Qing Zhu, Qing He and other followers, even the second prince and Xiao Wei are all on the list.

Chu Yunxi took it with a glance and put it aside, and said directly: "Don't be silly, just tell me who you guess is the most likely and what is the plan."

The eldest princess held the list and looked at it silently. Li Mo looked at the two of them and said, "This...the one with the greatest possibility is of course the person closest to me. It's really hard to say who, but since this person was sent by Mrs. Hua If you are a spy, then we only need to announce a piece of false information, saying that there is not enough food and grass, and we will send troops to surprise King Qi’s army to rob the army of food and grass, and then secretly monitor the movements of each of them."

"Your plan is too simple, who would believe it?" Chu Yunxi was a little speechless by this so-called plan, and asked questioningly.

"Simple but practical, as long as the acting is true, you can't be fooled if you don't believe it, and I learned it from you." Li Mo looked at Chu Yunxi and said.

Chu Yunxi choked, but now she didn't think of any good solution, and she didn't want to think about who would be the traitor on the list, so she nodded and said, "That's all right, I will do as you say, and I will leave it to you Implement it, try it first.”

"I think this method is a little inappropriate. If it fails, I will scare the snake away. In the future..." the eldest princess frowned, feeling that Chu Yunxi was too arbitrary.

"There's no time!" Chu Yunxi said this inexplicably, just as the eldest princess was about to ask, there was a loud noise outside, and the attendants reported from outside the tent that the emperor sent several eunuchs to find the eldest princess and the son-in-law.Chu Yunxi held down Li Mo who wanted to go out with them, secretly gave him the military talisman of Huzhou, and then went out with the eldest princess.

"Report to the eldest princess, the emperor hastily announced that the eldest princess and the son-in-law have an audience." It was just early spring, but the father-in-law was sweating profusely, and said hastily when he saw the two.

"Do you know what's going on?" the eldest princess asked.

"This... I only know that the crown prince, King Wu, and Miss Xiaowei are all there." The father-in-law seemed to be a new face, and said cautiously and respectfully.

Chu Yunxi frowned upon hearing this, and then directly stuffed the money bag over with a friendly smile and said, "Please tell me a little more, father-in-law."

The father-in-law tried his best to cover up the smile on his face and said: "My son-in-law is too polite. I heard that Miss Xiaowei hurt the crown prince, and the matter was brought up to the emperor, so I summoned the two nobles to have a look."

The eldest princess and Chu Yunxi frowned at the same time, and looked at each other, without any hesitation, they quickly walked towards the emperor's main tent.