Chapter 97: The melon was shaken off
The emperor realized that the Grand Master of Chu was the biggest obstacle to their peace of mind today.
His deep gaze fell on the prince.
The prince was startled for a moment, then understood immediately, and suddenly felt aggrieved: Normally you let me take the blame, but now you won't even let me eat the whole melon? !
But the prince still stood up responsibly and walked calmly towards the Grand Master of Chu to discuss an auspicious time with him.
The court officials applauded: "Your Highness, you have worked hard! The person who interrupted the melon-eating has finally been led away! Great, we can now eat the melon in peace."
At this moment, Yuan Ruan's doubtful thoughts just happened to ring out.
Yuan Ruan was confused: [Wait, wait, system, stop talking for a moment. How come you suddenly jumped from the king sleeping with the minister's wife to the breakup with the fourth prince? Please help me sort out the relationship in between and explain the situation in detail again! ]
The onlookers were about to cry: Yes, yes, yes, tell it again, it’s just that we didn’t listen to it before, so we won’t miss it.
They took out the bamboo slips hidden in their waists.
System: [Okay. Let me first tell you the background. It was like this. After the old emperor of Chu sobered up, he was afraid that sleeping with the female official would affect his relationship with the Grand Master of Chu, so he ordered someone to secretly kill the female official and even pretended to hunt down the murderer.]
Yuan Ruan had a puzzled look on his face: [Ah, this... Is the old emperor okay? Isn't this a mistake on top of a mistake?! This... No wonder people say that drinking leads to mistakes, his brain must have been soaked by alcohol...]
The officials of the Great Xia Dynasty were also stunned by this operation:!!!
Prime Minister Li wrote down: The old emperor of Chu was extreme.
System: [Yes, I also think it's stupid. And the Grand Master of Chu is very smart and can see the problem at a glance, so he resents the old emperor. But the Grand Master of Chu is smart, loyal, and soft-hearted. He can't let go of his hatred for the old emperor, nor can he take revenge on the old emperor of Chu, so he took the initiative to propose to retire to the mountains. ]
Yuan Ruan frowned: [What the hell, it's really a shame that his wife is reunited with him. ]
System: [Yes. The old emperor of Chu probably guessed something. Because he felt guilty, he sent several of his sons to curry favor with the Grand Master of Chu, saying that whoever could worship the Grand Master of Chu as his teacher would have the right to inherit the throne.]
Yuan Ruan: [Oh, is the old emperor of Chu okay? He killed his wife and forced him to stay in Chu? What kind of operation is this? Do you think he is popular and the great master of Chu will not hate him and will not hurt him? ]
The spectators were also shocked by these operations.
They wrote on the bamboo slips: The old emperor of Chu is arrogant and conceited.
System: [I don't know. He was just mysteriously confident. The Grand Master of Chu could not stop the pursuit of the princes and the forces behind him, so he accepted all the princes as his disciples. But in his heart, he only valued the fourth prince, because the fourth prince's mother once saved the life of a female official. Okay, this is the background.]
Yuan Ruan: [Hmm. So what caused the Grand Master and the Fourth Prince to break up? ]
Everyone is concentrating their attention:
Come on, the blank bamboo slips are ready.
System: [She is the granddaughter of the Grand Master of Chu. Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. After the Grand Master of Chu’s wife died, he had a strong control desire. In order to protect his daughter, he disciplined her very strictly. Then his daughter couldn’t stand it and eloped with a man. A few years later, his daughter secretly entrusted someone to send a letter saying that she gave birth to twin daughters. After more than ten years, there was no news. It was not until a year ago that the Grand Master of Chu learned that his daughter had died long ago and the twin granddaughters had completely disappeared. He then began to work hard to find them. ]
Yuan Ruan: [Hiss. One of them went to the Great Xia Palace. Could it be that the other granddaughter went to the palace of the fourth prince of Chu? ]
The spectators nodded one after another.
People in small countries think quickly, and they think this is the most likely possibility.
System: [No. That granddaughter was raised as a spy. Her first mission was to ambush the Fourth Prince.]
Yuan Ruan: [Hmm... Let me think a little. Since it led to a breakup, the granddaughter must have been hurt by the Fourth Prince. Could it be that the Fourth Prince is the hero of a romance novel? Is the granddaughter the heroine of a sadomasochistic romance? Or is she a concubine who had a tragic end?]
System: [No, no, the Fourth Prince is a male protagonist of the Dian family, and there is no emotional connection with the granddaughter. The cunning granddaughter successfully discovered one of the bases where the Fourth Prince hid his weapons, but she was arrested by the Fourth Prince's men before she could spread the news. The Grand Master of the Chu State was also present, so he devised a "turning the tables" plan... Anyway, in the end, the granddaughter died under the plan.]
Eat melons: !!!
Oh shit, that's so outrageous, it's like planning the death of one's own granddaughter.
Yuan Ruan: [Ah, this... the granddaughter that the Grand Master had been looking for so hard was killed by him in order to save the Fourth Prince. If this were known, we might indeed go our separate ways.]
System: [Yes, to be superstitious, both the father and son of the royal family of Chu are somewhat unlucky for him.]
The eyes of the people in Daxia lit up: ...
Write it down, write down these golden sentences quickly.
It is particularly suitable for shaking the great imperial master of the Chu State.
Yuanruan: [Is this melon over? ]
System: [Yes, but there is another secret about the Grand Master of Chu. It says that the Grand Master of Chu found that the intelligence system of Xia seemed to be very powerful, so he used pigeons to test the ability of Daxia to intercept intelligence transmission.]
The emperor and Prime Minister Li and Prime Minister Wang looked at each other knowingly.
It turned out that the other party was testing them. Fortunately, they also disguised themselves and released the pigeons.
The system continued: [Then he discovered on the first day that Xia Guo’s ability to intercept and pretend to fish was not very good.]
"Puff!" The emperor spat out a mouthful of tea.
Prime Minister Wang and Prime Minister Li quickly lowered their heads and tried hard to hold their breath to suppress the sound of their coughs.
Yuan Ruan looked over worriedly: [Brother, are you okay? ]
System: [I guess it was. You know what? The Grand Master of Chu was really smart. He made two preparations to encrypt the message. First, the message in the letter was protected by a codebook. Second, he also engraved the message on the copper tube used to hold the letter. It was the rice grain micro-carving technology. In this way, even if Daxia captured the pigeon and imitated the handwriting to tamper with the content of the letter, the content on the copper tube remained unchanged and still could not intercept the message that the Grand Master of Chu wanted to send out.]
The emperor and his entourage were so angry that their faces turned red.
It was secretly engraved on the copper tube.
What a shame!
Yuan Ruan: [Hiss, let me think about how to remind them, or should I electrocute all the birds? ]
System: [That won’t work. They release pigeons in the middle of the night. This will affect your sleep.]
The court officials were very calm. They had already made up their minds and would find a good excuse to cover up the secret.
Let the fate of small countries no longer be entangled.
The system said: [Also, this Chu State Grand Master is particularly evil-minded. He guessed that Daxia would discover and threaten the identity of Chen State Grand Master as an illegitimate child, so he deliberately misled Chen State Grand Master and told him that he didn't need to worry about the rumors being exposed, thus releasing Chen State Grand Master's strong malice towards Daxia. But in reality, Master Zhao had no other choice.]
Eat melons: !!!
What?!
What a treacherous Grand Master of Chu State.
Prime Minister Li and Prime Minister Wang's expressions suddenly became solemn. They simultaneously put down the bamboo slips and frowned in thought.
Yuan Ruan: [What! Is Chen Guo's Imperial Master planning to take revenge? At the Spring Festival? Tell me quickly so I can deal with it.]
System: [Yes. It is particularly vicious. It is said on the melon that Chen Guo’s national teacher is planning to arrange for someone to do something to the statue of the God of Agriculture during the Spring Festival, so that Da Xia and you will be hated by the people of the four countries.]
Yuan Ruan: [I'm so angry! I need to think carefully about how to make him suffer a backlash.]
The emperor's face darkened completely.
The veins of the courtiers of Daxia popped out, their faces became solemn, and deep anger kept welling up in their eyes.
Even the Minister of Rites, who was the most particular about etiquette, had a cold look in his eyes as if he wanted to kill Chen Guoshi immediately.
At the same time, the Grand Master of Chu, who had just agreed on the date for the Spring Festival with the Crown Prince, suddenly noticed a series of strange gazes.
He raised his head suddenly and looked around, but saw no one looking at him.
What's going on?
The Chu State's Grand Master was feeling uneasy.
…
When he and the crown prince decided on a good date, the two imperial masters said goodbye.
The Grand Master of Chu could not help but walk towards the Grand Master of Chen and whispered, "Do you feel that the officials of the Great Xia court are a little strange today?"
Master Chen looked bewildered: "Is there?"
The Grand Master of Chu State asked in confusion: "Well, it feels a bit dangerous?"
Chen Guo's Imperial Preceptor looked Chu Guo's Imperial Preceptor up and down, and said with some disdain: "No. I think they have always been a little absent-minded. They don't take us seriously at all?! But it would be better if they don't take us seriously... There are still two days."
Chen Guo's face flashed with a hint of excitement and malice: "I want them to be nailed to the pillar of shame."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hairs on the arms of the Chu State Grand Master suddenly stood up as if they had encountered something. He shuddered all over and seemed to see countless malicious eyes staring at them in the dark.
But soon, this feeling disappeared, which made the Chu State's Grand Master feel inexplicably uneasy.