As long as His Royal Highness Prince Yan is willing to put in the effort, he can make this mute confused.
At first, Shen was a little confused about what His Highness said, so after blushing, his doubts suddenly emerged. What does "come down to accompany you" mean? Is His Highness determined to give up? But even if he gives up power, he may not be able to buy peace.
Xie Shiguan was 27 years old, which was already the age for him to leave the capital and be granted a fiefdom. However, because the late emperor was seriously ill and the prince was still young, the late emperor entrusted the prince to Prince Yan on his deathbed, asking him to act as regent and assist the emperor.
The late emperor did this not because he valued his younger brother, but because Prince Yan was indeed a man of talent in governing the country, was decisive in killing and ruthless, and had a grudge against the Mu Party. In order to prevent the new emperor's mother's family from dominating and the foreign relatives from interfering in politics, he chose Xie Shiguan.
He was just using this royal brother as a chess piece, tying him to Xie Yizi as a royal dog that only bit the Mu party. Unfortunately, Xie Yizi was too incompetent and could not hold the rope around Xie Shiguan's neck.
But if Xie Shiguan really gave up his power, those who he had offended in the past would definitely come to blame him first and would not let him go so easily.
Inexplicably, Shen Que suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart.
So one day, the mute took advantage of the prince's deep sleep and went into the secret room again, only to find that the letter he had seen that day had disappeared.
There were only a few opened letters under the fish token. On the one hand, curiosity kept driving him, but on the other hand, the feeling of guilt for doing something bad behind His Highness's back slowly rose up.
What if His Highness and his mother's family were just ordinary private friends, and the letter contained only some words of concern, and he was just overthinking...
But that really doesn't seem like something a prince would do.
Shen stood in front of this dark layer and hesitated for a whole moment before finally reaching out his hand. If he had wronged His Highness, he would immediately go back and apologize to His Highness.
But as he read one letter after another, he felt increasingly depressed. There were symbols he couldn't understand, as well as many Chinese documents. However, through these letters, Shen gradually pieced together the truth.
His Highness seemed to have discussed a plan with the Northern Barbarians. He wrote a letter inviting the Northern Barbarian Chanyu to come to Beijing on the seventh day of February to celebrate his birthday. The Chanyu replied in Chinese and gladly accepted the invitation.
Next, Xie Shiguan should transfer a large part of the troops he can dispatch to the south in the near future to suppress the rebellion of the southern barbarians. He has even drafted a letter, but the problem is that Shen has not heard of any war in the south.
His Highness couldn't possibly predict the future, so there was only one possibility left, that this rebellion was planned by the prince...
As he put the letter back into the dark layer, the clues became clearer bit by bit, and Shen suddenly understood what His Highness meant that day.
"Since you don't want to go up, I'll come down to accompany you."
Not only did he want to destroy the Xie family's empire, he also wanted everyone to die.
Perhaps there are other gentler ways to solve the problem, but Xie Shiguan chose the most extreme one. His Highness has been so good to him recently that Shen has forgotten that he is a cold-blooded person.
On the day when the Grand Tutor was imprisoned, no one spoke up for him. He was tortured so badly in the imperial prison that it was impossible for the important officials in the court not to hear any news. However, no one was willing or dared to intervene.
Later, when they saw that Xie Shiguan had returned to the capital safely, they were afraid that he would come to question them, so they followed him and broke into the palace to rescue the Grand Tutor.
Although they were willing to go together, they only dared to send Prince Yan out of the palace. No one dared to gamble their life and honor. Once Prince Yan fell, there was no guarantee that Queen Mother Miao and the royal family would not bring up the old matter again and punish these "unruly ministers" together.
So in Xie Shiguan's eyes, probably every one of them deserved to die.
When the late emperor issued an imperial decree to force a group of innocent women to death, no one said anything; that day in the Funing Palace, Xie Yizhi summoned all the ministers to exonerate Miao Zongping, and no one dared to object except Man Changshan; and when a loyal minister was unjustly killed in the imperial prison that day, naturally no one was willing to get involved in this mess.
However, Shen believed that His Highness had the means to bring down the dynasty and then take him and Si Lai away.
But if the northern barbarians really invade, how will the millions of people of Dawn cope with it?
The northern barbarians are greedy and will easily seize the Xie family's world. How can they stop there? They have always regarded foreigners as mustard, and they will either enslave or kill them. It is not impossible that corpses will be scattered all over the land and blood will flow for thousands of miles.
Although Shen Que only wanted to be loyal to His Highness, he could not bear to see so many innocent people suffer and die.
what to do?
If he spoke up to persuade him, would His Highness change his mind for him? However, Shen did not think that he was so important to His Highness. If he went back to persuade him at this time, the biggest possibility would be that he would be put under custody, and the plan would still proceed as planned.
at night.
Shen was warming the wine on the stove, and placed a circle of tangerines and cut chestnuts around the wine cup, and placed a few cold dishes on the table.
Xie Shiguan came back from changing his clothes, and without even saying hello, he pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing the room filled with candlelight and shadows, he smiled and walked up to him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Without waiting for Shen Que to answer, he went forward and opened the lid of the cup, taking a sniff: "'Orchids are shy on the table, bamboo wine is clear and fragrant', didn't we drink Tusu wine last year? Why did we change the taste this year?"
Chen Que's movement of moving the chestnut fruit paused slightly, and he subconsciously held his breath, then turned around and raised his hand: "Your Highness, don't you like to drink bamboo wine?"
"So," Xie Shiguan asked, "this table of yours is all prepared for me?"
Seeing the mute nod, His Highness smiled slyly and stared at him intently: "You are being so attentive to me for no reason. You must have done something bad behind my back, right?"
Shen's heart skipped a beat, but he managed to hide his emotions with great difficulty, saying calmly, "It has been warm and cold these past few days. Last night, I heard Your Highness cough a few times, so I thought of heating some wine to warm the body and roasting some sweet oranges to moisten the throat, just to prevent the cold from coming..."
As he gestured, his heart beat faster and faster, fearing that His Highness would notice that something was wrong with him.
But Xie Shiguan not only did not suspect anything, he seemed very happy. He went forward to hug him, kissed him on the neck, and then said, "Do you love me so much?"
He has always been in good health and seldom caught a cold. The two coughs last night were due to the charcoal fire burning too much and not enough tea being drunk, so his throat was inevitably dry, which led to the few light coughs. He thought the mute had fallen asleep early, but he actually kept worrying about him.
Shen, however, doesn’t like to drink and his alcohol tolerance is not good, but he still accompanied His Highness to drink half a cup tonight.
The strong liquor burned his throat. After taking two sips, the mute's face turned red. He turned his face away and covered his mouth with his sleeves, coughing violently.
Xie Shiguan chuckled, and then pressed down the wine cup in his hand: "If you can't drink, then don't drink. Just sit and eat some food with me. I won't blame you."
The more considerate and thoughtful he was to himself, the more guilty Shen felt. However, he still had things to do later, and it was not good to get drunk before His Highness, so he put down the wine cup without hesitation.
However, Shen had no intention of eating. He put the tangerines roasted on the stove into the plate and then started to peel them.
Xie Shi looked at him, then glanced at the steaming tangerines on the plate: "Isn't it hot?"
When he mentioned this, Shen Que suddenly felt a burning pain on his fingertips, so he quickly retracted his hand.
When His Highness saw him like this, he chased after him, grabbed his wrist and pulled it in front of him. He was relieved to see that the tip of his finger was just a little red from the burn and there was nothing serious.
"Why are you so absent-minded?" Xie Shiguan said in a reproachful tone, "If I hadn't mentioned it, would you not feel the heat at all?"
But Shen lowered his eyes and said defensively: "Maybe, I am a little tired."
"Really?" Xie Shiguan asked quietly, "Are you tired?"
Shen nodded somewhat bewilderedly.
"It's getting late," Xie Shiguan pushed him onto the couch and leaned against him, saying, "We haven't even finished drinking yet, and you're already saying you're tired. How are you going to compensate me?"
Shen Que did not intend to ask the prince to go to sleep right now, but he was held down by Xie Shiguan and it was difficult for him to turn around, so naturally he could not answer.
Without waiting for his answer, Xie Shiguan continued to talk to himself: "I am not tired now. If you coax me, you may get tired."
His Highness is not like Si Lai, so you can hold him and pat him to coax him to sleep, but he is silent and you can’t hum a song to coax him to sleep. The only way to “coax” him is to use up his excessive energy, make him feel tired, and naturally fall asleep.
As expected, the next moment, Xie Shiguan took out a box of ointment from the small cabinet beside the couch, and then whispered: "Make it yourself and show me."
Being stared at like that from behind, Shen felt his scalp tingling. If it were under normal circumstances, he was such a shy person that he might not respond even if His Highness coaxed him softly.
But today...
"Hurry up," His Highness urged him, "Behind or in front, it's your choice."
…
He was so inexperienced and had no idea what to do, and he couldn't find the right spot after searching for a long time. Xie Shiguan had no choice but to hold his wrist and help him find it.
"That's it," Xie Shiguan deliberately smiled in his ear, "Do I need to teach you again?"
But Shen blushed and shook his head.
Knowing that he was embarrassed, His Highness did not stop talking: "It's been so many times, how come you still don't know how I did it every time? You must be a bad mute who only cares about enjoying yourself and having fun, and can't think about anything else."
"Yes or no?"
But Shen lowered his eyes and refused to respond.
He watched the mute for a long time, and then he turned his head slightly and looked at him cautiously, as if asking him something.
His Highness pretended not to see clearly, and insisted on moving closer to see, and even stretched out his hand to rub it: "It's not enough, do you think it's enough? Didn't you touch it several times? Do you want me to show you again?"
The mute timidly said, "Enough, enough."
"Come in..."
Xie Shi looked at his appearance and suddenly felt pain in his body: "You are really..."
It was really hard to say what to do. His Highness did not finish his words. He just rubbed some ointment on his hands, then pressed his hand and squeezed it in. Then, he supported himself with his other hand and moved forward, and licked away the tears from the corners of his eyes with ease.
"That's enough now."
But it was very unusual that His Highness did not take off his clothes and cover him as usual. Instead, he sat on the couch. Seeing that the mute seemed to be in a daze, he said, "What are you staring at? Didn't we agree that you should pay compensation? Do you want me to serve you again?"
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