Chapter 739 Gathering - Master Sends a Message
"This little girl is not bad, apprentice, what do you think...?"
Before Wu Liming could finish speaking, Yun Yichen immediately interrupted, "Pearl is Shushu's dowry maid, and she is already married with a family. Don't even think about taking advantage of her."
"Hey, what do you mean by 'making a move on her'? How can you talk to your master like that? I'm so old, and I haven't dated anyone all these years. Do you think I'd date a young girl?"
Wu Liming felt a pang of pain in his liver. This disciple was slandering his master like this; he was more like a debt collector.
"You can't take her into the valley even if you want to."
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Seeing that Yun Yichen had guessed his thoughts, Wu Liming pointed at him, wanting to say something, but in the end he found that he didn't know what to say.
"Fine, fine, I won't bring it up anymore, okay?"
Helpless, Wu Liming abandoned his idea of ​​collecting pearls and bringing them into the valley. He picked up the fragrant wine in front of him and took a small sip.
Actually, he was just bored in the valley, so he wanted to find someone fun to go back and keep him company.
"By the way, didn't you hate the capital city? Why did you decide to come here this time?"
Yun Yichen served Gu Shuyan the dishes before picking up a large chicken leg for Wu Liming.
Speaking of this, Wu Liming sighed and then took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
"This is a message that came back from the State of Jin. Take a look for yourself!"
Taking the note, Yun Yichen quickly glanced at it and then asked, "Why haven't I received any news from you?"
"Of course you won't get the news, because those bastards sent it all to the valley. But if it weren't for that, I'm afraid I would still be kept in the dark by the two of you."
Wu Liming gets furious when he talks about this. They used to be such lovely apprentices, but after only a few years of letting go, they're all starting to plan such big things.
Not only that, Yun Yichen even turned his clinic and pharmacy into places for passing messages and training spies. He didn't even know how he would face his father and ancestors after he died.
"We're just feeling sorry for you because you're taking advantage of such a good opportunity and not using it."
Even with his thick skin, Yun Yichen couldn't help but offer an explanation for his presumptuous actions.
"It's a pity, I want you to feel sorry for me. The clinic is supposed to be a place to save lives, but you've made it a mess and a chaotic place."
Taking the opportunity, Wu Liming naturally wanted to give Yun Yichen a good talking-to.
He thought he was in the right and that Yun Yichen wouldn't dare to say anything more, but he never expected that Yun Yichen would not submit to "discipline" at all.
"What do you mean by 'a chaotic mess'? It's clearly because you don't know how to manage things. With such good resources, you only do one thing. No wonder my mother didn't approve of you back then."
One sentence instantly caused countless points of damage; Wu Liming almost spat out the meat he hadn't even gotten into his mouth.
"You brat, your wife is still here, and you're already digging up my secrets."
Wu Liming glanced awkwardly at Gu Shuyan as he spoke. He had clearly wanted to establish a mentor-like image in front of this little girl, but how did it all fall apart so suddenly?
"What's wrong with my wife! Is Shushu the kind of person who looks down on you just because she knows you like my mother and you couldn't win her over?"
"You, you still dare to talk back."
Wu Liming was so angry that he was fuming. If Gu Shuyan hadn't been there, he would have wanted to beat the kid up.
Of course, Wu Liming was confident that he could win because he was certain that Yun Yichen wouldn't dare to fight back.
Seeing Yun Yichen's mischievous side, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but grin.
She was completely taken aback; Yun Yichen had such an adorable side. Indeed, not everyone is born with a cold demeanor. If it weren't for his environment, Yun Yichen would have had a wonderful childhood.
With Wu Liming's arrival, this Mid-Autumn Festival was quite lively.
Just as midnight arrived, Wu Liming had already passed out drunk on the stone table. Gu Shuyan had someone tidy up the guest courtyard and then sent Wu Liming back home.
After returning to her room and washing up, Gu Shuyan and Yun Yichen began discussing serious matters.
"Is Yunzhi in the same situation as Moqin?"
Gu Shuyan hadn't forgotten that Yun Yichen frowned slightly when he saw the note.
Furthermore, if it were good news, Wu Liming wouldn't have come all the way to Beijing, and Yun Yichen wouldn't have remained completely silent.
Knowing he couldn't hide it from Gu Shuyan, Yun Yichen could only nod: "Yunzhi was imprisoned by the emperor on charges of treason and is now locked up in the imperial prison, unable to contact the outside world."
Both were imprisoned almost simultaneously, and the reasons given were almost identical to those given to Chu Yizhe.
"It seems this was orchestrated by your old man. Brother Yun, who exactly is that old man, and how does he have such power to instigate a civil war among the three kingdoms? And what is his true purpose?"
A chill ran through Gu Shuyan's heart. In an instant, she thought of her past life. In her past life, the Third Prince of the Great Zhou became the Crown Prince, the Fifth Prince died after failing to seize the throne, the Fourth Prince was always overlooked, and Yun Yichen was also killed as a traitor.
All of this seems reasonable, but if it was all orchestrated by that person, then that person is truly terrifying.
In her previous life, Gu Shuyan did not live to the end and did not know what happened later. However, in terms of the Fourth Prince's purpose, without the Ji family's eldest branch and the old general guarding the border, anyone who launched a large-scale attack would definitely be unable to stop it.
"His purpose!"
Yun Yichen wasn't entirely clear either. All they knew was that the old man was determined to bring down the Great Zhou Dynasty, and had even spent countless resources researching various weapons.
"Perhaps only he knows! After all these years, apart from the fact that he is a man, we know almost nothing about him. Isn't that a huge failure?"
Yun Yichen, standing firmly in the imperial court, could influence the emperor's will and even understand his personality thoroughly. Yet, there was one person whom Yun Yichen was extremely familiar with, yet also utterly unfamiliar with.
"It seems this person intentionally concealed his identity from you from the beginning. But why go to such lengths to hide himself? Is it because he's afraid that if you knew his true identity, you would be out of his control?"
According to Gu Shuyan's analysis, this possibility exists but is not very high. Since they have such great abilities, their status cannot be too low.
Then there must be another possibility.
"Perhaps the other party is someone you know, which is why they need to pretend in front of you."
Yun Yichen also felt that this was very likely, but who exactly was it that could so easily shake the Crown Prince?
"Judging from this, this person's social status is at least higher than that of the Crown Prince. For example, my father-in-law has both a civil official background and military support, and he is not a newly emerging small family."
In Yun Yichen's memory, the old man was very generous with money.
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