"Call Lingyue over later and ask her to play two games of chess with me."
Changsun Li nodded and asked someone to call Changsun Lingyue over.
When Changsun Lingyue entered the study, she felt the atmosphere was somewhat solemn. She glanced at the two men and whispered, "Grandfather, Dad."
"Lingyue, your father is really terrible. Please play two games with me." Changsun Wuji waved at Changsun Lingyue, his face still with the same kind smile as before.
Changsun Lingyue's anxious heart finally settled down, "Okay."
The two started a new game of chess, with Changsun Lingyue playing white first.
The huge study was unusually quiet; the only sound that could be heard was the sound of chess pieces falling.
Changsun Wuji's chess moves were bold and decisive. He looked three steps ahead before taking one move, and soon forced Changsun Lingyue to retreat step by step.
Staring at the chessboard, Changsun Lingyue's mind was completely confused.
Zhang Sun Wuji looked at her deeply and said, "Ling Yue, your chess skills have declined a lot."
"Grandfather's chess skills are so superb! My father and I are no match for you." Changsun Lingyue pursed her lips that were bitten white and placed another white piece.
"You lost." After Changsun Wuji placed a black piece, the white piece, which was already struggling to survive, was completely defeated.
Changsun Lingyue curled the corners of her mouth awkwardly.
"Lingyue, have you been worried about something recently?"
Changsun Lingyue clenched her fingers, looked into Changsun Wuji's deep eyes, and her breathing became disordered.
"Grandfather, what could possibly worry me?"
"Ling Yue, today, the court officials, under the instructions of the high priest, forced the emperor to appoint a queen. What do you think of this?"
In the past, Changsun Wuji had also asked Changsun Lingyue about court affairs, and Changsun Lingyue could talk about it freely.
However, today, perhaps because it concerned the little emperor's marriage, she clenched her fingers, lowered her head, and was reluctant to speak.
"Is this difficult to say?"
"Grandfather, why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"
She likes the little emperor, and this is something that everyone in the family knows. Why would her grandfather suddenly ask her this?
"I know that you and the Emperor have a mutual understanding, but entering the palace as empress is doomed to bring you unhappiness! In fact, you will eventually become a victim of the struggle between the royal family and the high priest."
Changsun Lingyue opened her mouth, but it took a long time before she found her voice. "Grandfather, you have always supported the Emperor. If the Emperor were to marry a woman he didn't love, or to put it bluntly, a woman arranged by the High Priest, wouldn't the situation in the court be even more chaotic?"
"Ling Yue, do you want to enter the palace and become the empress? Even if your life will be difficult and painful, you are still determined to do so?"
After all, Changsun Lingyue has received a good education since childhood, so it is naturally impossible for her to express her thoughts without any shame.
"grandfather……"
This low sound was enough to express what she was thinking.
Changsun Wuji signaled her to go back first.
Changsun Lingyue looked at Changsun Li again, and left the study accompanied by Caiyue.
"Caiyue, Grandfather certainly wouldn't say that for no reason. Go and ask around while you're buying me rouge."
The maids in these court officials' mansions also interact with each other on a regular basis and can find out a lot of things.
Caiyue nodded heavily.
Not long after Caiyue left, another figure followed.
Caiyue always felt like someone was following her. If she moved slowly, the other person would move slowly too. If she moved quickly, the other person would move quickly too.
She pretended to pick something and looked back, but found nothing.
She frowned and ran forward quickly.
Changsun Lingrui stood on the roof, looking at Caiyue running away, his mood becoming increasingly heavy.
At this point, he was certain that Caiyue had indeed been bribed and was often whispering in Changsun Lingyue's ear to sow discord.
In the short term, there may not be any obvious effect.
After a long time, Changsun Lingyue will inevitably be shaken by this.
He did not follow Caiyue anymore, but went directly to wait outside the high priest's mansion.
Soon, Qu Li, who heard the song they had agreed upon, entered the space and quickly left the High Priest's Mansion.
"Cousin."
"What did you find out?" Qu Li asked with a smile.
"There's something wrong with Caiyue."
"Um."
Zhang Sun Lingrui stared at her face carefully, "Auntie, aren't you curious at all?"
"Lingyue usually doesn't leave the Prime Minister's Mansion. Caiyue must be the only one who can go out."
"Cousin, Caiyue has been with Lingyue since she was a child. Although she is a maid, Lingyue treats her as a younger sister. How could she do such a thing?"
"People's hearts are hard to predict!" Qu Li looked at the sky in the distance. "No one would choose someone else when their life is in danger."
"So what are we going to do now?"
If we deal with Caiyue now, it will definitely alert the enemy.
"Ling Yue must have known that the Emperor wanted to establish a queen."
"After Second Uncle came back, he went straight to the study. Afterwards, Grandfather asked someone to invite Ling Yue over."
"Um."
"Could it be that my cousin already knew all this?"
Qu Li withdrew his gaze and looked sideways at the young man with a distressed face.
"Lingyue loves the emperor. The reason she followed Caiyue's advice and poisoned the snacks was because she was afraid that I would threaten her position."
"Ling Yue actually poisoned the snacks?!"
Changsun Lingrui felt that he must have heard it wrong, and in order to confirm, he couldn't help but raise his voice.
"You heard right, she did poison the snacks!"
"Ling Yue is confused!" Changsun Lingrui clenched his fists. "I'm going back now to have a proper talk with Ling Yue."
My cousin is my cousin, and Lingyue is Lingyue.
They are all daughters of the Changsun family. No matter what happens to them, the Changsun family will protect them at all costs.
He totally couldn't understand why Changsun Lingyue would do such a foolish thing.
"Some things, once they've taken root in your heart, are impossible to pull out easily! Besides, Ling Yue is such a proud person. If you rashly go to her and say these things, not only will it not have any effect, but it will make her even more resistant. She'll think that all of you are on my side, which is not good."
"So what do you think I should do?"
"Since my uncle asked her to play chess in the study, he must have a plan for dealing with this situation! At worst, we can just follow her wishes and let her enter the palace as empress!"
"But there's absolutely no way the High Priest would allow her to be his queen!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the person behind Caiyue should be arranged by the high priest! Here is a pill, you can ask her." Qu Li handed a pill to Changsun Lingrui.
"What will happen after asking?"
Ling Yue is destined to never become the Ling Yue she used to be.
"Don't be so discouraged, just take it one step at a time! If they can use Caiyue, we can too."
Meeting her cunning eyes, Changsun Lingrui's wrinkled brows slowly relaxed.
He took the pills from Qu Li and said with shame, "Cousin, sometimes I feel ashamed."
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