Sixty-one
"That maid came here determined to die. The cakes were originally poisoned."
"Your Highness must have been taken advantage of."
"I don't know." Ling Junyan's tone was a little confused.
Yun Qi raised an eyebrow, "You still doubt this? You know what kind of person your brother is."
Ling Junyan sighed and said, "Sometimes I can't even tell what kind of person I want him to be."
Yunqi understood what he meant. He didn't want Eleven to be too naive and easy to be deceived, nor did he want him to become full of conspiracy and calculations.
"I've already asked them to investigate this matter secretly. No matter what the result is, I will not let go of the person who tried to hurt you."
Yun Qi pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then suddenly an idea struck him. He said, "How about this? Let's use their tricks against each other to find out the prince's true thoughts and use this opportunity to lure out the person behind it."
Ling Junyan looked at him and said slowly, "What if there is no one behind this?"
Yun Qi was instantly choked by his words.
He had been with Ling Junyan since he entered the palace at the age of six, and had been with him through the murders of the late queen and Concubine Ning. He was ostracized by a group of princes and princesses led by the then Fourth Prince, and was framed and poisoned. Even though he was avenged later, the Fourth Prince ultimately died in the fight for the throne, and those people's evil schemes failed, but it ultimately shaped his suspicious nature.
Even though they both know now that they do not belong to this world, Ling Junyan does not remember anything in reality, so the influence of his childhood memories here undoubtedly occupies his entire life.
Yun Qi held his hand gently with some heartache, but Ling Junyan just thought it was just the usual ambiguity between the two of them and didn't think much about it.
Yun Qi then said, "If there's no one behind this, then we'll go and try to persuade him. If that doesn't work, then when you remember, we'll run away and never bother with the palace again. We'll just leave all the mess that Da Gan has left behind to him as punishment, okay?"
Ling Junyan looked at his sincere eyes and couldn't help laughing. "Give it to Jiangshan as punishment?"
"What's wrong? Don't say you can't bear to leave." Yun Qi stared at him.
Ling Junyan, his mood brightening, immediately pretended to think this was a good idea and nodded, saying, "Okay, then I'll have to make things worse so he doesn't get away with it. Hmm... how about draining the national treasury and building an Afang Palace for Qiqi?"
Yun Qi's expression froze on his face for a moment. When he realized that he was being teased again, he pulled his hand back immediately without Ling Junyan having a chance to try to stop him.
"I guess you learned it, didn't you?" Yun Qi said resentfully.
Ling Junyan got the advantage and acted naive, "I can't help it, dear, you are a good history teacher."
fart!
I am a history idiot, and when I got stuck, I just recited a few classical Chinese texts.
How dare this person laugh at him! ?
What unnecessary comfort!
"Go find your teacher!" Yun Qi said angrily, stood up and was about to leave, but then he found that this was his bedroom, so he sat back down indignantly.
Ling Junyan suppressed his laughter as he watched the other person pretending nothing had happened, and asked knowingly, "Where were you going just now?"
Yun Qi turned to look at him calmly, but he spoke through gritted teeth: "I'm tired of sitting, stand for a while."
"Oh, then do you want to sit in my arms for a while?"
"gun."
…
A month later, on Prince Eleven's birthday, Ling Junyan granted special permission to the palace to entertain all the ministers.
Layers of guards were posted outside the palace, and martial law was implemented a few miles away from the palace.
Many people came that day, including Eleven's good friends, but they were juniors after all. Except for those who already held official positions, the others were all arranged to be entertained in other courtyards.
Ling Junyan and Yun Qi were naturally also present.
During this period, Ling Junyan had not allowed Old Eleven to enter the harem, so he and Yun Qi had not seen each other for a month since the last incident. When they first met, Old Eleven was very excited, but since there were so many people around, he did not show it too obviously.
After completing a series of procedures, Eleven, dressed in a silver-red brocade robe, toasted from table to table with a bright smile. The singing and dancing performances over there were in full swing, and Ling Junyan and Yun Qi both noticed that he was a little drunk.
"Is he okay?" Yun Qi asked worriedly.
Before Ling Junyan could answer, Old Eleven suddenly looked over here, "Empress Sister-in-law."
When he said this, all the ministers fell silent in an instant, and even the singing and dancing stopped abruptly.
Yunqi's heart skipped a beat.
No, is that right?
Upon hearing this, Ling Junyan's face darkened slightly.
As everyone was listening intently, the Eleventh Elder raised his glass and said, "I wish you and my brother a long and happy marriage."
Yun Qi: “…”
This suddenly reminded him of a saying: "There is no silver here, but there are three hundred taels of silver." I wonder if it is appropriate...
Yun Qi's mouth twitched twice, and he couldn't smile at all. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he could only politely reply, "Prince Cheng is thoughtful."
And then nothing happened. Old Eleven continued to toast as usual, as if nothing had happened.
But the atmosphere of the entire banquet became very subtle after the conversation between the two ended.
Ling Junyan seemed unable to bear it and took Yun Qi back to the palace.
After the two returned to the palace, Yun Qi analyzed in the imperial study: "This is correct. That person is indeed targeting me. This requires me to think carefully."
Ling Junyan recalled Eleven's words at the banquet and the expressions of those ministers, and he was furious. "I think these people are looking for death."
After saying this, he slammed his clenched fist on the imperial desk, making a dull sound.
"Hey, hey, hey, didn't we agree to hold it in?" Yun Qi said.
"I know..." Ling Junyan looked at him, trying to calm himself down, "But are we just going to let them ruin your reputation?"
Yun Qi smiled indifferently, "Oh, we have to leave sooner or later, who cares about that."
Then he thought back, "But I really didn't expect the prince to do this. Does he know that he's putting himself in this situation? If so, what makes him so reckless?"
Ling Junyan didn't say anything. It's not that he hadn't hinted at it before, but what Lao Shiyi said was flawless and there was nothing wrong with it. But after what happened today, Ling Junyan would never believe that he was fine.
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