In the study, Yinji had already sat up, his face still a little pale.
Seeing Zhao Muyun come in, he reluctantly stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Master, for saving me."
Zhao Muyun helped him sit down and said, "Your Highness, there's no need to be so polite. How is your injury?"
Yinji was slightly stunned when he heard Zhao Muyun call him "Prince" instead of "Disciple", and his words were more polite and less friendly.
Yinji didn't know when Zhao Muyun's attitude towards him suddenly changed, and the distance between them gradually widened.
Could it be that when he discussed with his father to take advantage of the fact that Emperor Yongchang was thinking of using Prince Jin as a whetstone for the crown prince and tying Zhao Muyun to Prince Jin's Mansion through marriage, Zhao Muyun had already noticed it?
I heard that Zhao Muyun's best friend Wang Tiezhu has an intelligence organization called Yebushou, which gathers intelligence for Zhao Muyun and carries out secret missions such as assassinations and kidnappings.
Even Fan Bingbing, the daughter of Fan Nan, the former assistant minister of the Ministry of War, became a lieutenant of Yebushou.
This time when the princess ran away, Fan Bingbing appeared by Yin Yao's side at the first moment. Whether it was for protection or surveillance, it only shows that this Ye Bu Shou intelligence organization has played a huge role.
Could it be that Zhao Muyun also knew about the conspiracy between him and his father?
Yinji looked at Zhao Muyun in shock and confusion, and for a moment he forgot what he wanted to say to him.
"Didn't the prince want to talk to me? I think you've lost too much blood and may not be able to remember it for the time being!" Zhao Muyun patted Yinji, "It's okay to tell me when you remember it."
"I... I remember now. I do have something I want to ask Master!" Yin Ji asked, "Why did the Crown Prince's men attack my sister so many times after she ran away from home? Why did the rebels also target my sister?"
Zhao Muyun gave Yinji a meaningful look and asked, "Sir, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?"
Yin Ji felt as if Zhao Muyun's deep eyes had penetrated his heart. He did not dare to look at Zhao Muyun, but glanced to the upper left.
This kid is guilty!
For Zhao Muyun, who was a special forces soldier in his previous life, Yinji's micro-expressions made it clear that there was something wrong.
Zhao Muyun remained calm and looked at Yinji with a half-smile, watching how he would talk nonsense.
"Master, the prince must be trying to ruin my sister's marriage to you. He doesn't want to see my father's power grow because of you."
"As for Li Jingang, I can only think that after we killed Hou Zongmin and recaptured Xiazhou, he also learned that His Majesty was about to issue an order to marry my sister to you, so he set his sights on my sister to avenge Master's loss of Xiazhou."
Yinji was worthy of being the prince of the royal palace, and his answer was very direct.
This answer is impeccable.
Zhao Muyun couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart.
But no matter how concealed his answer was, it could not conceal the ambition of the Prince of Jin's Mansion.
Why did Zhao Muyun see that the Prince of Jin's Mansion had ambitions? It was when Zhao Muyun and Fan Bingbing were talking about some things in the capital that Zhao Muyun unexpectedly learned that the prince had only a daughter and no sons.
Over the past thirty years, he had married countless concubines, tried countless folk remedies, and prayed to gods, but nothing worked.
From the time when Zhao Muyun was assigned by Yinji to serve as the Guoyi Commandant, to the time when the Emperor tacitly allowed the Prince of Jin's Mansion to invest in Zhao Muyun's private salt business, to the time when he now proposes to marry Princess Qinghe Yin Yao to Zhao Muyun.
Of course, Prince Jin also knew that the emperor did it on purpose.
But he did not refuse strongly. Before the imperial edict came down, he learned that his daughter had run away from home, but he did not block the news. He even dispatched the guards of the palace with great fanfare, fearing that the world would know.
Considering that the prince has no son, it is not surprising that Prince Jin has no other thoughts.
"Haha, it seems that the prince is also a sensible person!"
"However, there is something surprising about the prince!"
Zhao Muyun smiled faintly. "Then let me ask you, the Crown Prince has followers throughout the government and the country. He knows that Your Majesty is deliberately testing him, so he should keep a low profile. Why does he dare to speak so loudly?"
"Uncle... he is a very capable and smart man. He should have thought of it!" Yin Ji also didn't understand this problem.
"He has to cooperate with His Majesty! If he doesn't move, won't His Majesty be left in the cold?"
Zhao Muyun laughed and said, "I'm just a border general with only 10,000 soldiers under my command. I'm not even a military governor. Even if I marry into your family, what influence can it have on the crown prince?"
Yin Ji suddenly realized: Yes, even if the Prince of Jin's Mansion won over Zhao Muyun, it would be easy for the Prince's Party, Minister Cui's group of scholars and officials, and the power groups they represent to make Zhao Muyun lose his military power.
But now, Zhao Muyun is protected and favored by the emperor, and he has won every battle and is in the limelight.
Once this trend passes, or if Yang Dingguo defeats the rebels in Guannei Road, he will immediately surpass Zhao Muyun.
I heard that Zhang Zhongfang, the governor of Xijing, used his wisdom to rescue the King of Han and drove back the rebels. Your Majesty is very pleased!
So, was what my father and I planning just a pipe dream?
Yinji's heart sank.
"The prince seems to be worried!" Zhao Muyun smiled when he saw Yinji's gloomy face.
Yinji sighed in his heart. They were still too naive to think they had a chance of becoming the crown prince.
Now it seems that there is nothing wrong!
Not a single hair.
Yin Ji hurriedly tried to salute Zhao Muyun, pleading, "Master, please enlighten us and point out a clear path for our Prince Jin's Mansion!"
"I can't point out the way to Prince Jin's Mansion!"
Zhao Muyun smiled and said, "But if we want to overcome this difficult time, we must take your sister back to Prince Jin's Mansion and stop her from running around!"
"If we hadn't stopped them in time, and if your sister had been kidnapped by the Crown Prince's assassins or the rebels, I, Zhao Muyun, wouldn't have been able to explain myself."
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