Chapter 290: Accomplice (Part 2)
Sima Jun's room was exceptionally quiet, with a faint scent of medicine, which was very conducive to thinking.
Sun Wei fiddled with the medicine, waiting for it to cool down, while thinking about Li Mo.
First he took Guangzhou, then he took Jingzhou, what a feat. This man was also a disciple of the Chief Secretary, but he was just an ordinary staff member in the Shangshu Mansion?
Sun Wei couldn't help but feel that he was deliberately avoiding being seen.
Just as he was thinking, Sima Jun suddenly muttered twice, which scared Sun Wei.
"Prince?" She hurried to Sima Jun's bed.
"Is the prince awake?" A'ru couldn't help but come forward and ask.
But the two of them held their breath and waited for a moment, but there was no movement.
Sima Jun still had his eyes closed, sleeping peacefully.
It was a false alarm.
"The prince is truly terrifying. Whoever marries him in the future will be in great trouble."
Who says it isn't.
Sun Wei stared at Sima Jun's face, and his thoughts suddenly calmed down, replaced by calmness.
She called Deng Lian and asked him to prepare the carriage.
"Is the princess going to the palace?"
She handed the note left by Wu Shan to Deng Lian and said, "Go meet Li Mo."
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Li Mo did not expect Sun Wei's visit.
He was quite surprised to see Sun Wei appear in front of him.
"Mr. Li, long time no see." Sun Wei said.
Li Mo bowed, then regained his gentle demeanor and said, "I am Li Mo, and I pay my respects to the princess."
After saying that, he invited Sun Wei in.
There were several boxes in the room, and Aqing was packing his luggage.
"Mr. Li is going on a long trip?" Sun Wei asked.
Li Mo remained silent and said with a smile, "The princess came to visit unexpectedly, and my humble abode is in such a mess that I don't even have a place to stay."
"It's okay. I just heard that Mr. Li came to Jiankang, so I came here to chat with him. Mr. Li, are you going on a long journey?" she asked again.
"That's right." Li Mo replied.
"Going to Jingzhou?"
At this point in the conversation, Li Mo knew that the visitor had ill intentions.
"I wonder what brings the princess to my humble home?" Li Mo asked straight to the point.
Sun Wei said slowly, "Someone mentioned Mr. Li to me today, and I remembered that the last time I met him was by the West River. At that time, he used me to negotiate a deal with the Crown Prince. How about I come and negotiate a deal with him today?"
"Oh?" Li Mo said, "I'd like to hear more about it."
"Sir, you don't like the eldest son, right?"
"Why do you say that, Princess?" Li Mo asked, "Since I am an aide to the Shangshu Mansion, I will do my utmost to assist the Wang family. I have no preference for any young master."
Sun smiled and said, "Even a sage wouldn't say that. Is Mr. Li a sage?"
"I dare not."
"Since you don't dare, why bother with all this polite talk?" Sun Wei said, "I don't like beating around the bush. If you decide not to negotiate with the Yuzhang Palace anymore, I'll leave now."
Li Mo paused and asked Sun Wei to wait.
He called A Qing over, and the two of them worked together to clear the couch in the hall and invited Sun Wei to sit down.
"I don't like the eldest son," Li Mo said, "and I roughly know what the princess wants. Frankly speaking, what the princess wants is of no benefit to me, so there is no way to talk about this deal."
"Oh?" Sun Wei asked curiously, "In your opinion, sir, what do I want?"
"We need evidence," Li Mo said. "Yu Zuojian arrested the eldest son, but he said nothing. Yu Zuojian couldn't do anything to him, so there's no evidence to prove he attacked the prince, right?"
"You are right, sir," Sun Wei said, "but if I insist on having this evidence, it will embarrass Mr. Li. I won't do that."
"Oh?" Li Mo was quite surprised. "Then I really can't guess what the princess wants."
"Sir, do you know that the Second Young Master has been arrested by the Imperial Court?"
Li Mo was stunned, obviously not knowing.
"It seems that you have packed your bags in vain, sir. You won't be able to go to Jingzhou for a while."
"I wonder why the second young master was arrested?" Li Mo asked.
Sun Wei said bluntly, "Today, someone wrote an anonymous letter to Yu Zuojian, implying that the Second Young Master of the Shangshu Mansion was the culprit who injured the Crown Prince. Furthermore, the letter also stated that the Second Young Master would be traveling to Jingzhou tomorrow with his staff, including Mr. Li."
Li Mo didn't hide his surprise: "Is this really true?"
"In your opinion, sir, who is the person who wrote this anonymous letter?"
Li Mo pondered for a long time.
"Whether it's the eldest or the second young master going to Jingzhou, most people in the mansion don't care. If anyone really feels resentment because the second young master is going, it's only the eldest princess."
"Is it really that simple?"
"It's indeed simple, but I can't think of a second person for now."
"In that case," Sun Wei said, "I would like to ask you for a favor."
"What's the favor?"
"Tomorrow morning, please find a way to reveal this news to the second young master's biological mother, Mrs. Dong."
Li Mo smiled and said, "Princess, I'm afraid it's difficult for me to help you with this. Madam Dong is in the inner house, and I'm a man from outside. How can I tell her the news?"
"Sir, you are too modest. It is just a trivial matter. I believe you can find a way to deal with it."
Li Mo shook his head: "Princess, you are just trying to prevent the world from being in chaos."
"Sir, please understand. It wasn't me who started it. It wasn't me who stopped you from traveling," Sun Wei said slowly. "On the contrary, if you had helped me to rectify the situation and free the Second Young Master, you could have gone to Jingzhou, wouldn't you?"
"That may not be the case." Li Mo said, "When the princess is free, will she still give Jingzhou to Wang Pushe?"
"How could I possibly have the ability to just say no? At this point, it all comes down to individual ability, isn't it? Since you can't move now, why don't you and I move the mountain together? It won't take you any trouble."
Li Mo smiled and said, "That's what the princess said."
After finishing his talk, Sun Wei stood up and said goodbye.
"By the way," she asked as she reached the door, "in the past, there was a chief officer under the Duke of Nanjun in Jingzhou named Lü Qiuyan. Does Mr. Li know him?"
Li Mo said, "I've heard of him, but I don't know him personally. I wonder why the princess is asking this?"
"I have met Lüqiu Changshi several times. I don't know why, but lately whenever I think of you, I always think of you."
"Oh? Why?"
Sun Wei said nothing more, but just smiled and said, "I'll take my leave, sir, please stay."
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The next day was the first court meeting after the Lantern Festival.
Several censors jointly submitted a memorial, preparing to impeach the Left Supervisor of the Imperial Court. However, before the court session began, news suddenly arrived from the Shangshu Mansion, announcing a disturbance. The Chief Secretary was not at home, and Wang Pushe was requested to return home immediately.
Upon hearing this, the crown prince, who was ruling on behalf of the emperor, was quite understanding and asked Wang Han to go back and take care of his family affairs first.
As soon as Wang Han left, the impeachment of several censors lost its momentum. The Crown Prince and the Chief Justice echoed each other and dragged the impeachment aside.
When the news reached Prince Yuzhang's Mansion, Sun Wei was living by the pond, watching Cao Song feed Sima Jun medicine.
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