Chapter 134: Falling into their trap

How could Cheng Jin answer this question incorrectly? She shook her head quickly.

"How could that be? I can't sleep if I don't see the emperor for a day."

Chu Chengye snorted and ignored it.

Cheng Jin didn't know why Chu Chengye suddenly said this. After thinking for a while, she said, "Why did you suddenly want to stop me from coming?"

Before, Chu Chengye had found every opportunity to keep her by his side so that he could torture her.

What happened? Was she

really taken away?

Chu Chengye thought about what happened today and told Cheng Jin everything.

"The Wu Ren we went to meet today is not the person Chu Huaian said, he is just a swindler."

"The 'Wu Ren' that Chu Huaian really needs has long been renamed by Chu Huaian and received into his own camp."

Cheng Jin was surprised: "How could it be? I heard with my own ears that Noble Hui asked the Fifth Prince to recruit Wu Ren to his camp as soon as possible."

"There is no reason for Noble Hui to even lie to the Fifth Prince."

Cheng Jin knew some of the things that Noble Hui knew. When she mentioned Wu Ren, Cheng Jin was also suspicious, but she just thought she remembered it wrong. She didn't expect that she would fall into the trap set by Noble Hui.

Cheng Jin finally understood, and she said to Chu Chengye, "I guess Hui Guiren and the Fifth Prince were not completely ignorant of my hiding in the dark that day. They knew where I was hiding, so they deliberately said these words to deceive me."

Chu Chengye nodded, "I guess Chu Huaian also knew that I was following not far away, and he knew that you would tell me what you heard when you saw me."

"He was determined that I would find Wu Ren before him, so he deliberately revealed the news to you."

Cheng Jin was hiding in the dark at that time, and her heart was almost scared to death. All she heard was the conversation between Chu Huaian and Qu Wanxin. How could she see the two of them exchanging glances and joining forces to deceive her.

Chu Chengye continued, "When I asked you to come here this morning, I guess Chu Huaian had already calculated that I would take you out of the palace, so the Queen Mother came to test me again and again."

Cheng Jin said, "I was wondering why the Queen Mother suddenly gave me some fruit."

Cheng Jin picked up a fruit, put it in front of her eyes, and looked around.

Chu Chengye also followed Cheng Jin's gaze.

This fruit is indeed fresh, he has never seen it before.

But why does it look familiar, as if he has seen it somewhere?

Cheng Jin shook her head and put the fruit back.

Although she loves to eat these things, she would not dare to eat them if Xu Jilin gave them to her.

Xu Jilin is such a resourceful and scheming person, and she has a genius doctor like Su Shen behind her. Even if she is given the drug, it will be done perfectly. It is estimated that she will die of the poison.

Chu Chengye glanced at Cheng Jin in surprise, "Why? Don't you like it?"

Cheng Jin shook her head.

[So you don't know who the Queen Mother is? ]

[Where do you dislike it? You just don't dare. ]

Chu Chengye lowered his eyes to look at her and fell into thought. Chu

Chengye only knew that Xu Jilin was more partial to Chu Huaian and liked Chu Huaian more.

But he is also Xu Jilin's child, and he doesn't believe that Xu Jilin would do such a thing to him.

It was Xu Jilin who saved his life several times. When he returned to Beijing, if Xu Jilin hadn't recognized him, he would not have had a chance to speak in front of the late emperor.

Xu Jilin said that she owed him and had high hopes for him. If she had not been helpless, why would she not want to keep him by her side?

On the day he ascended the throne, Xu Jilin told him clearly, "Whether you or An'er ascend the throne, the Queen Mother will be happy. I just hope that you can be friendly and respectful to each other and not end up killing each other."

Chu Chengye came down without thinking.

At that time, foreign enemies took advantage of the internal chaos in Southern Qi to invade. If Chu Chengye confronted Chu Huaian again, most of the people in the court at that time were members of the Five Princes' Party. He would not get any benefits, and the foreign enemies would take the opportunity to attack Southern Qi.

In fact, it was not only because of these, but also because Chu Chengye felt that he owed Xu Jilin a lot. He forced the emperor to commit suicide and abdicate, and even so, he had never heard Xu Jilin say a word against him.

Xu Jilin was his biological mother. Even though Xu Jilin came less often when he was young, she was the only memory of Chu Chengye.

I heard from the nanny in the palace that Xu Jilin had saved him from the hands of the late emperor many times. When the late emperor wanted Chu Chengye to replace Chu Huaian as a hostage in the vassal state, she tried her best to stop him. Although she failed, it was the only thing Xu Jilin could do for herself.

Chu Chengye didn't believe that Xu Jilin could have poisoned this plate of fruit.

Chu Chengye didn't say anything. He pinched a fruit and put it in his mouth, almost swallowing it directly.

The sharp edges of the fruit scratched his throat, and he swallowed it without tasting the sweetness. Chu Chengye frowned, eager to know something.

The crumbs of the fruit entered Chu Chengye's trachea along with his uneven breathing, causing him to cough violently while holding the table.

Cheng Jin didn't know why Chu Chengye suddenly did this. Seeing that Chu Chengye's face turned red from coughing, she immediately handed him tea to relieve his breath.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Chu Chengye just shook his head and said lightly: "I like this fruit, so leave it with me."

Cheng Jin was stunned for a moment, and quickly nodded.

"Okay."

But Cheng Jin still wondered, the way Chu Chengye ate it just now, did he taste what it tasted like?

Delicious?

Cheng Jin took another look at the plate of delicate fruits and wanted to reach out to touch one to taste, but Chu Chengye slapped her hand away.

"It's already been given to me, you are not allowed to eat it."

"Stingy."

Cheng Jin touched her hurt hand and said resentfully, "I know, I only want to eat one, right? There are so many on the plate."

"Not even one." Chu Chengye said.

Cheng Jin pouted.

Chu Chengye said: "Tomorrow you will recuperate in Chunhe Palace. You are not allowed to leave Chunhe Palace. Just sleep and eat. I will replace your kitchen with a group of trustworthy people."

"Ah?" Cheng Jin was a little sad after being surprised.

"It's a bit boring to stay in Chunhe Palace every day and not be able to go out. Besides, I just said a few days ago that I would unite the front for you. It's not good to retreat at home today."

Although Cheng Jin was happy to lock herself in Chunhe Palace and not participate in the open and secret struggles of those people, she had already seen clearly that she could not hide in the harem.

"Chu Huaian has now returned to the capital, and the Queen Mother is in the harem. She must have summoned him often, and she will inevitably give him advice. He deliberately let you hear it that day, and he also knew that I was not far away and did not dare to take action. If you accidentally run into him again in the future, Chu Huaian will inevitably do something extraordinary."

"Now that Chu Huaian is trying to win the hearts of the people in the former dynasty, he will inevitably cause trouble for me. I guess I am too busy to take care of you here."

"Why don't you stay in Chunhe Palace? I will send more secret guards to guard there. If I want to discuss something with you, I will go to Chunhe Palace to find you at three o'clock in the morning."