"Tell me...what will happen if I kill you now?"
Fu Xiaoguan paused, and a flash of inspiration came into his mind, and he grasped a wonderful feeling.
After thinking carefully for a few breaths, he walked slowly towards the tea table. The woman raised her head, and Fu Xiaoguan realized that she was also quite stunning. He thought to himself, "The prince is so comfortable. How can this be like being in prison? This is clearly a pure cultivation!"
"I have this." Fu Xiaoguan spread out his hand, which contained a green poison pill, exactly Frost Moonlight!
"But..." Fu Xiaoguan put the poison pill away and said, "Even if I didn't have this thing, Your Highness wouldn't kill me."
Yu Wentian's eyes didn't leave the book in his hand. He turned a page and asked, "You are so sure. Who gave you that confidence?"
Fu Xiaoguan did not answer, but looked around the courtyard. It was quite exquisite, with rockery, pavilions, terraces and buildings. It was certainly not comparable to Yu Wentian's mansion, but it was better than the residences of most people in Shangjing City.
"Your Majesty said that inside the Imperial Mausoleum, it was a cage. It meant imprisonment, but that cage saved our lives and also caused Your Highness to fail. Now, Your Highness, this place is also a cage, but it's different from the one inside the Imperial Mausoleum. This cage has two meanings. The first is naturally imprisonment, and the second... this is Your Majesty protecting you. I want to ask Your Highness, this pot is so heavy, aren't you tired carrying it?"
Yu Wentian frowned immediately. He put down the book in his hand and looked at Fu Xiaoguan seriously for the first time.
Their eyes met in silence. The woman looked up and felt a little nervous.
Fu Xiaoguan also looked at Yu Wentian seriously.
This guy has thick eyebrows like swords, eyes like stars, and a smooth face. He really looks like an emperor!
"You are the first person to come here to see me." Yu Wentian spoke with a heavy brow.
Fu Xiaoguan touched his nose and smiled, "It's not that I want to see you, but I have received the order from His Majesty, so I have no choice but to come and see you."
"You've seen it. Tell him that I'm doing well here. Also, thank him for letting Rouyi come in. I can live a peaceful life here for the rest of my life and even give him some grandchildren."
The woman's face was slightly red. I guess her name was Rouyi, but I didn't know her last name.
Fu Xiaoguan raised his eyebrows and smacked his lips. "In a place like this, I can actually live a peaceful life. Your Highness, you can't do that."
Facing Yu Wentian's sharp gaze, these words made Fu Xiaoguan realize that Yu Wentian was not taking the blame. He had guessed wrong. This guy really was rebelling.
But the problem now is... he can't rebel!
Isn’t this a bit contradictory?
If Yu Wentian was charged with treason, even if he didn't die, he would never be able to leave this house again in his lifetime.
But His Majesty did not convict him!
On the contrary, His Majesty wants to activate him!
Then the eldest prince could not be guilty of treason, but could only take the blame. His Majesty chose Fu Xiaoguan to do this because His Majesty believed that Fu Xiaoguan understood his meaning and believed that Fu Xiaoguan could handle the matter properly.
The only thing that Fu Xiaoguan doesn’t understand now is why His Majesty does this!
"I'm a scholar, as you probably know. So I actually don't like the fighting outside... For example, I was inexplicably attacked twice. Or, I originally just wanted to be a wealthy small landlord in Linjiang, but I did a few good things, and now I have to come to the capital to survive. Or, I just punished a bully, but I didn't expect to provoke Prince Hui."
He paused, stretching his neck forward a little: "Like now, you did that shit, and you still have to let me clean up your mess!"
Yu Wentian's eyes became stern, and Fu Xiaoguan narrowed his eyes. The teacup that the girl Rouyi next to him had just picked up fell to the ground with a clang, shattering it and shattering the two sharp gazes.
Yu Wentian withdrew his gaze and looked up at the plum tree.
They were all smart people, and he roughly understood why Fu Xiaoguan came here.
He pursed his lips and thought, could it be possible that his father really had the courage to do that?
Fu Xiaoguan also withdrew his gaze and pursed his lips. "I don't know where His Majesty gets the courage. He is not worried about letting the tiger go back to the mountain."
Yu Wentian suddenly looked at Rouyi, his expression softening. He said, "Go get two bottles of wine. I want to have a drink with the great scholar Fu Xiaoguan—yes, that's Fu Xiaoguan. Later, I'll also take out your copy of A Dream of Red Mansions and let him write a name for it. That would be considered fulfilling your wish."
"Um!"
The woman named Rouyi looked at Fu Xiaoguan again, a look of joy appeared on her face, and she ran towards the small building with her skirt lifted.
"Whose girl is this?"
"They were just an ordinary family in Shangjing. They used to sell wine in front of the Misty Rain Tower. Her father made his own wine and opened a small wine shop there."
As if thinking of his encounter with Rouyi, Yu Wendao's face showed a few traces of tenderness:
"That year was the winter of the sixth year of the Xuanli reign. It was also snowing heavily and freezing cold. I happened to be out on some business and passed by the Misty Rain Tower. I saw her holding a pot of wine, so I went over to drink a pot."
"It tasted bland and not very tasty, but I still finished it because it looked so good."
"Of course I have no shortage of women, but I never knew what love was, and I never believed in love at first sight until I saw her."
"I didn't use any force or authority. That winter, I went to her place to drink almost every day. She didn't know my true identity, so I told her I was just a...yamen runner at the Jinling government office. She didn't despise me and was very nice to me. I could sense that she had some interest in me."
"Until the autumn of the eighth year of the Xuanli reign, I couldn't wait any longer and wanted to marry her, but my father didn't agree."
At this point, Yu Wentian suddenly lowered his head and smiled. "What's so good about this imperial family? The princes fighting for the throne is something my father enjoys. In his words, the throne should be a place of competition, and only those with the ability can claim it. Actually, I was against it at first. I wanted to be like my fifth brother, Yu Wendao, who lived a simple life in the martial arts world without striving or seeking anything."
"But I can't. Fifth brother has Concubine Shang to protect him, and I've been motherless since childhood. And Fourth brother is not a kind person. I can guarantee that if I lose, my fate will be even worse than it is now. Also, you have to remind Concubine Shang that she can't protect Fifth brother forever."
"I'm getting off topic. Because my father didn't agree, I couldn't marry Rouyi. I couldn't even take her as a concubine because she was from a commoner family."
"But I really like Rouyi."
Fu Xiaoguan smiled: "Is it because of this?"
"No, it's also because I want to win. My original plan was to hunt in Nanshan on February 2nd, but I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to pass away. According to the schedule, my father would cancel the hunt in Nanshan, so I had no choice but to start it early."
"Eunuch Wei is an elder close to my mother. He is in charge of the imperial mausoleum. I persuaded the old Grand Tutor Fei and obtained a document from the Minister of War, Fei Bang. Therefore, I hid the soldiers from the Nanshan Hunting Ground in the imperial mausoleum and also made this plan with the Shi and Fei clans."
Yu Wentian shrugged and chuckled to himself, "Thinking back now, you fought a bloody battle with Prince Hui on the long street, and then Prince Hui was destroyed overnight. As a result, everyone in Shangjing City's eyes fell on you, including me, the fourth brother, and naturally all the ministers. None of us noticed the move made by my father and Concubine Shang during that incident."
"So I originally thought this plan was flawless. I even thought that drawing everyone's attention would be more beneficial to my actions. Even when the Empress Dowager was critically ill, my father transferred Eunuch Wei to the palace, but I didn't pay attention. I just thought the Empress Dowager wanted to see an old friend. But I didn't expect that during the days when Eunuch Wei left the Imperial Mausoleum and entered the palace, my father actually used a covert method to allow Fei An and Huo Huaijin to enter the Imperial Mausoleum with the Imperial Guards."
"Father knew everything from the beginning to the end. He didn't stop me. He was waiting for me to rebel against him."
Rouyi brought the wine and wine utensils, sat aside and carefully brewed the wine.
Yu Wentian didn't say anything else, but Fu Xiaoguan spoke up:
"Now that Eunuch Wei's identity has been revealed, I believe you also know that Concubine Shang is innocent. I hope you can rationally realize this."
Eunuch Wei is actually the guardian of the Moon Worshiping Cult!
Yu Wentian knew the result yesterday. The Moon Worship Sect was an evil cult founded by the remnants of the previous dynasty. Its purpose was to overthrow the Yu Dynasty and restore the orthodoxy of the previous dynasty.
When Yu Wentian heard the news, cold sweat broke out on his back. If the imperial mausoleum incident succeeded... would he become the culprit of the Yu Dynasty?
"So the current situation is this: Your Majesty is planting you as a pawn in order to rectify the administration, purge the court of corrupt officials, and wipe out the Fei and Shi clans."
"His Majesty used you as bait and staged this drama in front of the entire world. This move not only brought down all the corrupt officials in the court, but also uncovered a protector of the Moon Worship Cult."
"And you, the eldest prince, have silently carried this infamy until the court is stabilized and His Majesty clears you of this guilt."
"Then, Crown Prince, you must submit a letter to His Majesty, expressing your desire to lead the eastern frontier army and fight against the Yi Kingdom to defend the Great Yu."
Rouyi finally understood that the eldest prince had been wronged. She felt even happier. She filled a glass of wine and respectfully handed it to Fu Xiaoguan, whispering, "Thank you, sir."
Fu Xiaoguan smiled and raised his glass. "The Yi Kingdom has already attacked. The Eastern Border Army will definitely not be able to withstand it. You will need a strong deputy when you go to the Eastern Border Army."
"Who?" Yu Wentian also raised his glass, and the two of them drank from it.
"Feian!"
"Him?" Yu Wentian frowned.
Fu Xiaoguan took the wine jug and poured a glass for Yu Wentian. "The fighting on the front lines is intense. Your Highness won't have time to familiarize yourself with the army from scratch. I think that although Fei An has only been holding a hoe for a few years, his military experience is what you, the Crown Prince, need most right now."
There was silence after that. The two drank. Rouyi silently handed the book and pen to Fu Xiaoguan. Fu Xiaoguan silently signed his name. Rouyi was quite confused after seeing the signature. The eyes looking at Fu Xiaoguan clearly showed that he was just being perfunctory.
"Your Highness, do you have any other questions?"
"Please tell my father and the noble concubine that I will die on the battlefield and never return to the capital!"
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