Birds on the edge of the abyss 18
Chu Xin's face darkened completely at this point. He closed his eyes and stopped thinking about the miserable times he had when he was studying at Taiyun Mountain.
When he was young, he was sent to Taiyun Mountain by the Imperial Concubine to study. He cried and shouted that he did not want to go up the mountain. Jian Can, who came down the mountain to pick him up, grabbed his collar and dragged him up the mountain. On the way, he wet his pants because he was too scared and missed his mother. Jian Can laughed at him for many years.
Now that he called himself senior brother, it reminded him of the past that he couldn't bear to look back on, so he naturally lost his temper.
"Huh, is that little beauty really so obsessed with you? Now even I'm a little curious." Jian Can licked the corner of his mouth and said with an inexplicable look.
Chu Xin calmed down and said, "It's none of your business. I want you to set off for Meizhou tomorrow and find out who Prince Jing Chu Xiao is connected to as quickly as possible. This is the most important thing."
"Oh, there's no need to investigate. Why not ask the two Shens who are still recuperating in the East Palace? The Duke of Zhenguo has always supported Prince Jing and has treated you like a piece of trash. Just ask who they are connected with and you'll know!" Jian Can turned around, lying on the couch with his eyes narrowed.
"...Don't talk nonsense, just go if I tell you to." Chu Xin naturally knew what he meant, but still ordered
"It really is killing me. The journey to Meizhou is long and the terrain is rugged, mostly mountainous. It will take me a month to go back and forth. Your Highness, what do you think..." Jian Can pretended to hold his waist and babbled strangely, then quietly opened one eye and looked at Chu Xin.
"One hundred-year-old snow ginseng and three jars of ten-year-old fireworks wine," Chu Xin said coldly.
"Deal!" Jian Can cheered and smiled happily.
The matter was over, but the atmosphere in the bedroom of the East Palace was now cold.
Shen Luli slapped Shen Changle in the face. With a crisp sound of "pa", five distinct palm prints suddenly appeared on the boy's face. Shen Changle said nothing and lowered his head to let Shen Luli punish him.
Seeing his attitude, Shen Luli was so angry that he trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he raised his weak hand and said in a low voice:
"roll"
"Brother..."
"Didn't you hear me telling you to get out? Get out!" Shen Luli raised his red eyes and glared at the young man. Shen Changle's hand, which wanted to support him, hung in the air and fell down powerlessly. Shen Changle pursed his dry lips and said in a low voice.
"I understand. I will come to visit you again whenever you want to see me..."
[Ding, Chen Changle's favorability +5, current favorability 75]
After Shen Changle walked out with heavy steps, Shen Luli covered his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood. He lowered his head to look at the bright yellow handkerchief in Su Bai's palm. There was a dark bloodstain on it. The bloodstain spread and gradually spread in all directions.
Shen Luli knew that his body could not hold out for long, and it was too late for him to know everything.
After waking up, he heard two shocking truths from Shen Changle.
First, his mother was killed by his stepmother, and Shen Yunlan knew everything but allowed that woman to continue to poison him when he was young, indulging all that woman's greed. However, Shen Yunlan did not know that Shen Changle, born to his stepmother, was not Shen Yunlan's biological son, but the child of his stepmother and a gangster.
While enjoying Shen Yunlan's favor, the stepmother poisoned the original wife and children, and on the other hand deceived three generations of people. She lived in fear all day long, fearing that Shen Changle would not get everything, so she became more and more eager to attack Shen Luli, and Shen Changle was the beneficiary who accepted it all.
Secondly, Shen Changle likes him and loves him deeply. It is the love between lovers, not the love between brothers. He is willing to give up the title to Shen Luli, just asking Shen Luli to agree to his courtship.
Oh, what is this son of his mother's murderer saying? Is this even reasonable? This is simply a crime worthy of death!
"It's so ironic that I don't know how to express it," Shen Luli said softly.
[…Focus on your mission and don’t think about anything else] Li Guang reminded
"I have to take revenge, I can't die yet." Shen Luli threw the handkerchief aside, forced himself to sit up, tremblingly took the new clothes beside him and put them on with difficulty, then he gasped and went to open the door
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Shen Changle kneeling in front of the door. When he saw him come out, he immediately raised his misty eyes and looked at him eagerly.
It's a pity that the trick that always made Shen Luli soft-hearted didn't work at all. Seeing him like this, Shen Luli felt even more nauseous.
With a cold face, Shen Changle passed by him, grabbed his collar and said in a trembling voice
"Brother, don't you want to shine again?"
"Let go! You should run away as fast as you can while I don't have the strength to stab you anymore. Why are you still pretending to beg me? Do you think I wouldn't dare to kill you?"
Shen Luli was pulled back by him and almost fell down. He took a few steps back before lowering his head to look at the panicked young man and said coldly
"Chen Changle, the hatred of killing your mother is irreconcilable. Do you think I will forgive you easily? If I kill your mother, will you come to kill me?"
Shen Changle's face gradually turned pale and gray. He lowered his head dejectedly, his heart filled with regret. He had thought that after this disaster, the two brothers would put aside their past grudges and work together to rebuild the Zhenguo Mansion. He had never expected that Shen Luli's face would change immediately. Not only did he raise his hand to slap him, but now he even threatened to kill him...
What should I do? I love the way my brother is so furious and desperate to kill me...
A hint of obscure love appeared in Shen Changle's eyes, and desire surged in his eyes. He didn't even realize that his fingers had dug into the cracks in the bricks below and were bleeding. His face was still pale and he didn't dare to say anything to refute.
[Ding, Chen Changle's favorability +5, current favorability 80]
Seeing that he couldn't refute anything, Shen Luli looked at him indifferently and said coldly
"The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is not your home. I will report the truth to His Majesty tomorrow. Chen Changle, if we meet again after many years, we will be enemies. When that happens, I will strike you with the sword in my hand without hesitation!"
He walked down the steps, clutching his chest, and headed outside. Only after he walked out of the side hall guarded by the imperial guards did he see the palace people hurrying back and forth. Shen Luli clenched the handkerchief in his hand, ready to quickly cover his mouth when his chest felt stuffy, so that the blood would not splash on his body.
"Master Shen? Why are you out?" When he was about to call a palace maid to take him out of the palace, a pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind him, the tone was as clear and penetrating as jade beads falling on a plate.
Shen Luli turned around with her long hair loose, and a female official in black palace dress appeared in front of her.
Le Luo's eyes lit up, and she immediately stepped forward to support Shen Luli and said, "My name is Le Luo, and I am the supervisor of the East Palace. Two hours ago, Young Master Shen brought you, who was unconscious, to the East Palace to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for treatment..."
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