"I'm not a 'wounded person'."

She emphasized the word "injured", and Chu Yunyi felt like a pig that had been stabbed with a needle, all the energy was gone.

He touched his nose and said awkwardly, "I was wrong."

These three words are sincere.

He thought about it over and over for nearly half a month, and he really knew that he was wrong, very wrong.

Now thinking back to what happened at Yuanqing Temple that day, he just wished he could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it. Alas, he was just a little kid like Chu Qianchen said, and he had eaten so many more years of rice than Chu Yunmu for nothing.

“Just think it through. Don’t be stupid next time!” Chu Qianchen raised his hand, stretched out his finger and flicked Chu Yunyi’s forehead lightly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Looking at Chu Yunyi whose eyes were level with his, a faint smile appeared in Chu Qianchen's eyes.

It's been half a month. If this kid still can't figure it out after so long, then he's really stupid and he grew up in vain!

Chu Qianchen's hand was not heavy, but Chu Yunyi was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. His cheeks flushed red and he couldn't help but said, "Sister, I'm twelve years old, don't you know..."

"You can't touch a man's head?" Chu Qianchen continued for him, then tilted his little face and asked with a smile, "Do you want to ask Mu Ge'er whether you should hit him?"

Chu Yunyi immediately became intimidated and choked on his saliva, "Ahem... no need for that."

Sister, he is only twelve years old, she doesn’t need to be so cruel!

Chu Qianchen was too lazy to pay attention to this awkward kid. He waved to Humber and said happily, "Humber, the prince will be back soon. Go to Duobaozhai and ask if the hair crown I ordered for the prince is ready."

"Oh, by the way, have someone clean up the courtyard outside the study, and trim the flowers and trees. I see the flowers and trees outside the window are blocking the sun, and the room is a bit cold."

"Come to the cloth shop and send some winter fabrics for His Majesty to choose from..."

“…”

Chu Qianchen spoke as he walked inside, and it seemed that he had completely forgotten about Chu Yunyi in just a short while.

Chu Yunyi touched his nose, and a sour taste flowed out from his heart.

His sister has two faces!

Chu Yunyi kicked the pebbles on the ground twice, stood there for a while, and then slowly followed.

His eyes fell on the spirited profile of Chu Qianchen in front of him.

The girl's rosy lips curved up high as she smiled.

Chu Yunyi naturally noticed the huge contrast between Chu Qianchen's status in the Marquis' Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up.

In the past half month, he lived in Prince Chen's Mansion and saw with his own eyes that everyone in the mansion was nice to Chu Qianchen, much better than when Chu Qianchen was in the Chu family.

They may even treat me with some love for my family.

Thinking about what he had seen and heard in Prince Chen's Mansion during this period, Chu Yunyi was also happy for Chu Qianchen.

but……

He suddenly stopped, touched the fifty taels of silver hidden in his belt, his smile faded, and he snorted in his heart: Humph, don't think that a mere fifty taels of silver can buy him off! He still can't relax, he has to support the Chu family in the future! Chu Yunyi made up his mind and shouted to Chu Qianchen, who was ten feet away in front of him: "Second sister, I should go back."

His injuries have healed and it's time for him to return to the Chu family. He also has to go to the Imperial College for classes and can't slack off any longer.

Don't want to, Chu Qianchen said with a smile: "No hurry."

Chu Qianchen turned around and walked towards Chu Yunyi again.

This time, she raised her hand and rubbed his head, smiling brightly.

But inexplicably, Chu Yunyi saw a hint of cunning and bullying in his sister's smile.

"I'll teach you a lesson when the prince comes back." Chu Qianchen said with a smile.

Chu Yunyi: “…”

Chu Yunyi felt that life was becoming unbearable. Hadn’t he already admitted his mistake?

Amber and Jiang Yuan rarely looked at Chu Yunyi in unison with sympathetic eyes.

People can make mistakes, but who made him make such a big mistake that almost cost him his life? Their princess has always had a good memory, so he can only wish him good luck!

After Chu Qianchen finished speaking, he ignored Chu Yunyi and turned around to continue walking forward. At the same time, he instructed Amber, "I brought back some live fish and crabs from the farm. Let's make three dishes with one fish today: fish fillet porridge, fish head tofu soup, and braised fish jerky with scallions!"

"As for crabs, steam a few and make some crab roe dumplings and fried crab cakes."

Chu Qianchen said whatever he thought of, and Amber responded repeatedly. Another maid hurried to take the fish and crabs from the carriage.

The entire palace became more lively with Chu Qianchen's return, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Chu Yunyi stood alone in the back, motionless for a long time.

After a while, his servant cleared his throat and asked cautiously: "Master, shall we go..."?

Before the last word came out of his mouth, Chu Yunyi rolled his eyes at the servant and he fell silent.

"Why are you leaving?" Chu Yunyi walked forward with his hands behind his back, "Can you leave?"

"..." The servant thought about it and it made sense. The princess had already said that she would not let the eldest young master leave, so the people in Prince Chen's mansion would probably not let him go.

The servant quickly caught up with Chu Yunyi and whispered, "Young Master, Second Auntie still cares about you very much. You like crab roe dumplings and fried crab cakes."

Chu Yunyi rolled his eyes at him again, meaning, do you need to tell me that?

Servants: “…”

Chu Yunyi packed his bag and went back to the guest house where he was staying temporarily. Chu Qianchen, who had just returned home, did not rush back to the inner courtyard. He first went to Shaohua Hall and asked someone to call Cheng Linhua over.

"How are the emperor and the prince now?" Chu Qianchen asked.

Cheng Linhua heard Chu Qianchen's words and obviously knew that the emperor was "sick" by the prince, so he directly replied: "The emperor is still 'sick' now, and he even refused to see the queen and Cheng Engong."

"Yesterday, Censor Wang submitted a memorial impeaching the Crown Prince for being unfilial and wanted to depose him. The Emperor suppressed the memorial due to his illness. Everyone in the court knew about this. Some people have already met with Prince Li and Prime Minister Zhang in private. Most people are still waiting to see the situation."

"The prince is still kneeling in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. He has been kneeling for a whole day and night."

"Sure enough." Chu Qianchen said in an inaudible voice.

Since the emperor rejected the memorial to depose the crown prince, it meant that Wang Yushi's memorial was indeed the emperor's intention.

To put it bluntly, Censor Wang was just a knife in the emperor's hand, and it was a blunt knife that could be thrown away at any time.

Cheng Linhua couldn't tell whether he felt sympathy or sighed: "The emperor is really cruel to the prince."

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The emperor simply pressed the memorial but did not say anything, implying that he agreed with the accusation that the prince was "unfilial."

Even if the emperor did not really intend to depose the crown prince this time, and only intended to give him a warning, the crown prince would have the stigma of being "unfilial", which would make things even more difficult in the future. It was as if the emperor had caught him doing something wrong, and in the future, the emperor could depose him whenever he wanted.

However, from the perspective of the Prince Chen's Mansion, Cheng Linhua hoped that the emperor and the prince, father and son, would be at odds with each other and that the royal family would be in chaos, which would be a good thing for the Prince Chen's Mansion.

Chu Qianchen was also the same, and said with a smile: "The emperor wants to raise a Gu."

Ancient books record: To make a Gu, put hundreds of insects in a dish and let them eat each other. If one insect eats all the others, it is called a Gu.

Cheng Linhua didn't understand for a moment.

After thinking about it carefully, he finally reacted.

The Crown Prince is the son of the Queen and the eldest son. As the eldest son, he was the undisputed successor to the throne and his position was very stable.

Moreover, the Crown Prince had been with the late emperor since he was young and was raised by him personally. At the age of fifteen, he was named the Crown Prince by the late emperor. The other princes could not compete with him at all. After the current emperor ascended the throne, it was natural for him to be promoted from the Crown Prince to the Crown Prince.

The crown prince is the heir to the throne. If he has no faults, even the emperor cannot lightly depose him.

But now that the crown prince has a stain on him, it's as if the gods and Buddhas in heaven were suddenly pulled down from the altar and turned into a mortal, and the gap between him and the other princes is not so obvious.

The emperor put the crown prince and the other princes into a "breeding poison" vessel, hoping to arouse the princes' fighting spirit and make them fight and compete for the throne.

Cheng Linhua also sighed and said, "I'm afraid that this court will be filled with blood and gore again."

The throne is so tempting that the fight for succession in every dynasty would always lead to bloodshed and fratricide, and the consequences were often extremely tragic.

"Whoever ascends the throne has nothing to do with our Prince Chen's Mansion." Chu Qianchen was calm and composed, not even moving his eyebrows, and sipped his hot tea elegantly. "By the way, has the emperor issued an order to order someone to welcome the prince?"

Cheng Linhua shook his head, frowned in dissatisfaction, and then said: "The prince made the emperor sick because of this matter."

Gu Jue escorted Wuhejialou back to Hao in compliance with the emperor's order, just like Kang Hongda had been ordered to go to various places to review the troops on behalf of the emperor. Normally, when the emperor returned to Beijing, the Ministry of Rites or the prince would come to welcome him.

However, since the emperor had such a big argument with the crown prince over this matter, others would naturally observe their words and expressions and would not offend the emperor again. After all, even the crown prince had suffered the same fate.

It is conceivable that if other people mentioned this matter to the emperor, they would not get any benefits, and the emperor would also suspect that they were colluding with the Prince of Chen, or that they only had the prince in their hearts, not the emperor.

Chu Qianchen said happily: "Then we will welcome them ourselves."

Chu Qianchen didn't care about those irrelevant people going to welcome the prince. She thought it was just for show. It was boring. It would be better for her to go and welcome him herself! Cheng Linhua was stunned. He was a little surprised at first, but then he thought from the perspective of the prince, and felt that it was natural for the princess to react like this.

The prince would definitely prefer them to welcome him, and so would the princess.

It couldn't be simpler.

Cheng Linhua bowed and accepted the order: "Yes, Princess."

Both Chu Qianchen and Cheng Linhua knew that the emperor wanted to deliberately give Gu Jue the cold shoulder, but they didn't take it to heart.

Over the next two days, Chu Qianchen was in a very good mood, and his attitude towards Chu Yunyi became much gentler and more approachable.

Chu Yunyi was almost flattered by his sister's "favor", but at the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

He knew that his second brother-in-law was about to come back.

During the time he was in the palace, he heard a lot about his second brother-in-law's deeds in the north. There were many troublemakers in the northern army, but they were all tamed and obedient.

In this tense mood, the first day of October arrived and Gu Jue returned to Beijing.

On that day, Yun Zhan led the Xuanjia Army to go out. The soldiers of the Xuanjia Army cleared the road along the South City Gate with a post every ten steps, extending all the way to the gate of Prince Chen's Mansion.

These black-armored soldiers wore the same black armor, with scabbards of the same color on their waists. The red tassels on their helmets were so bright and eye-catching against the black armor.

Their attire was different from that of the imperial guards in the capital, which attracted the attention of the common people, who began to speculate on the identities of these soldiers.

Until that resounding voice resounded through the heavens and the earth: "Welcome His Royal Highness Prince Chen back to the capital! Live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"

When these thousands of voices overlap, like thunder and waves, they naturally exude a blood-boiling shocking force and the shouts shake the sky.

Naturally, the common people all knew who the King of Chen was. Upon hearing the voice, they were also infected by the atmosphere. Many of them also followed the Black Armor Army soldiers in shouting with great enthusiasm.

The uniform shouting seemed to have spread throughout most of the capital, and everyone knew that Prince Gu Jue had returned to the capital.

Chu Qianchen went out of the city in person to greet them, and amid deafening shouts from all around, he welcomed Gu Jue back to Prince Chen's Mansion. No one noticed that there was an extra carriage in the convoy.

(End of this chapter)