Chapter 198: Wandering the South of the Yangtze River
In fact, Bei Mingchen couldn't understand why he believed in an outsider and was unwilling to believe in his own brother. Only today did Bei Mingchen finally see clearly that their friendship was the strongest.
"Jin, you came to me today not just to cheer me up, right? Just tell me what your plans are next."
Bei Mingchen had actually seen Shuo Jin's intention early on, but he had been relatively passive recently and wanted to break the pot. Now that those things were clear, they should work together.
"That's right." Shuo Jin smiled heartily. "Your Majesty, can you tell me what happened in the past few days when I left Beijing?"
Now that everything has been said, it's better to go back to the original relationship.
When doing things in daily life, they are not brothers, but close friends who hit it off instantly. Shuojin is still the same Jianghu Caoman, the young master of Huanqing Pavilion, Bei Mingchen is still the noble Prince Xiao, and Su Ningqing is the ghost who is good at medicine and poisoning.
Doctor. The etiquette that everyone should have when meeting is still indispensable, and the honorific titles that should be given should still be given.
Afterwards, Bei Mingchen told Shuojin everything that happened in the past few days. He recalled the conversation with the Queen Mother that day in as much detail as possible. There was a big difference in what they said.
"It seems that the Queen Mother may have begun to doubt our identity."
"In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Just wait and see." Shuojin thought for a moment and said, "If anything happens, tell me in time."
"Do not worry."
"Cough, cough."
As he spoke, Shuojin's body suddenly felt a little overwhelmed. He couldn't help coughing twice, and Bei Mingchen's heart suddenly tightened.
"Are you okay? It's been hard on you these days."
As Bei Mingchen spoke, he lightly patted Shuojin's back, trying to make him feel more comfortable. Bei Mingchen didn't know that he had been injured by an arrow on the battlefield, so he just patted his wound.
, Shuojin's expression instantly became ferocious, and he was so painful that he almost burst into tears.
When it comes to cheating people, it is most deadly when brothers cheat on each other.
"What happened to you? But you were seriously injured on the battlefield?" Bei Mingchen immediately took his hand away and asked anxiously.
"It doesn't matter, injuries are common in military affairs." Shuo Jin closed his eyes, panted heavily, waved his hand to him, and said, "By the way, has the prince summoned the princess to sleep with him these days?"
"No."
"That's good. Your Majesty can declare to the outside world that he was seriously injured on the battlefield and will not find anyone to sleep with him in the near future."
"Don't worry, I understand."
Just as the two brothers were almost conversing, and Shuo Jin was about to leave, an imperial edict came to the palace. The content was very simple. The Queen Mother missed Prince Xiao and wanted to invite him to the palace for a chat.
"You go back, I'll just clean up and go."
With that said, Bei Mingchen was ready to send Shuojin away. But Shuojin had no intention of leaving at all.
"No, do you really think she wants to see you because she misses you? She must want to find something out of you. I'd better go ahead. You can't fake this scar."
What Shuo Jin said was very reasonable, but Bei Mingchen had no choice but to let Shuo Jin go. Before leaving, Bei Mingchen was worried and kept explaining to him.
"Remember, no matter what the Queen Mother says, no matter how innocent she pretends to be, don't believe it."
"Don't worry, I won't believe her." Shuo Jin agreed decisively.
"If you really didn't believe her, you wouldn't have forced me to give the gardenia bone to my father. In the end, I lost my wife and lost my army."
Shuo Jin didn't say anything. He waved his hand to Bei Mingchen, smiled faintly, and left. It turned out that Bei Mingchen understood. It turned out that he was also a ruthless person. He said he wanted him to die, but in fact
But my heart was broken for him.
It was indeed Shuojin's fault in this matter, which gave Gu Yinmeng a huge advantage, and ended up biting them back.
To this day, Shuojin still doesn't want to believe the news of his father's death, at least until he sees it with his own eyes.
In fact, even if the Queen Mother does not summon him to the palace today, he will definitely find an opportunity to sneak into the palace in the future. He must investigate the cause of his father's death and get to the bottom of it.
When they arrived at the palace, as expected by Shuo Jin, the Queen Mother greeted the fifth prince with a flurry of greetings. After a few words of conversation, she became concerned about the injury he had sustained on the battlefield and insisted on seeing the extent of the injury in person before she gave up.
Helpless, Shuojin obediently let the imperial doctor take a look.
Shuojin couldn't see how deeply he was hurt. He only knew that those people who had never seen any big scenes screamed out in fright. In the end, they were scolded by the Queen Mother, saying that they didn't understand.
He followed the rules and was pulled down and given a slap in the face.
The Queen Mother was also so frightened that she didn't even know how to say what she had originally planned.
Later, the Queen Mother had no choice but to let Shuo Jin leave. Shuo Jin also seized this opportunity and walked around the Queen Mother's palace for a long time, observing it carefully. After all, the opportunity to go to the Queen Mother's palace was rare.
After leaving the Queen Mother's place, Shuo Jin quietly went to the place where the late emperor once lived, but did not find Bei Mingshuo. He went to other hidden places in the palace, but still did not find Bei Mingshuo. Shuojin tried everything he could think of.
I have searched all over the place, but I can't even find the shadow.
I don’t know why, maybe it’s because of the little connection between their father and son. Shuojin’s intuition told him that his father must still be in the palace, but Shuojin was really at his wits’ end and had gone to all the places he could think of.
.I have no choice but to go back first and look for opportunities later.
After all, there is still someone in Huanqing Pavilion waiting for Shuo Jin to return.
"Ajin, why are you back so late today? The prince's side..."
When Su Ningqing saw Shuojin coming back, she ran over happily and asked about today's situation. She still addressed Bei Mingchen as "Prince". However, when talking about him, Su Ningqing began to feel a little unnatural.
"Don't worry, everything is going well with the prince. He was just dragged into the palace by the Queen Mother to reminisce about old times."
"Then what did you find?"
"What?"
"Don't you think the death of the late emperor was deliberately done by someone?" Su Ningqing knew that Shuojin always thought carefully about issues, and he would definitely notice other things.
"The one who knows me is Ah Qing."
"Stop talking nonsense, how was your investigation?"
Shuojin remained silent and spread his hands helplessly.
"Then what are you going to do next?"
"Wander around the world and be as happy as you want."
Shuo Jin waved his hand and took off the gorgeous clothes he had put on to impersonate Bei Mingchen. He was so exhausted!
This thing is really too heavy, and the layers are really troublesome. It is like layers of shackles on him, affecting Shuojin's performance.
Although it was just a joke, Su Ningqing obviously took it seriously. She walked directly in front of Shuojin, pinned him down on the chair, and questioned him.
"No, what time is it now? This one is not over yet, there is another one coming, and you actually want to be as happy as you want!"
Su Ningqing had the words "no conscience" written in big letters on her face.
"Auntie, don't worry, I'll take you with me." Shuojin's desire to live suddenly burst out.
"This trick is useless, what on earth are you thinking about?" Su Ningqing almost pointed at her nose and scolded Shuo Jin.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Shuo Jin put away his playful smile, gently held her hand, and explained to Su Ningqing seriously: "Blood Wolf Sect, do you still remember?"
"Of course I remember. They have made many mistakes in recent years. Last time Yang Tiankuo even came to the palace in person to snatch the gardenia bone." Su Ningqing recalled a recent contact.
Su Ningqing remembered that once, a man in black attacked the palace at night and wanted to harvest gardenia bones. Later she found out that the man was Yang Tiankuo, the leader of the Blood Wolf Sect. This shows how concerned the Blood Wolf Sect is about this matter.
"What are you talking about? Their sect leader actually took action personally. It seems that this matter is a bit interesting."
Shuojin didn't know about this until now. He burst out laughing as he said it. It was ridiculous that such a big fight could not achieve the goal in the end.
Shuojin thought, why not add some more firewood to the side to make the fire burn brighter, and give Yang Tiankuo a good try.
"Besides that, we went to Jiangnan last time. However, last time we only sneaked into one of their hidden piles and were discovered without driving inside." Su Ningqing continued to talk to herself.
"Aqing, how about I take you to Jiangnan in two days?" As he said that, Shuojin winked at him.
"Be serious, I've heard for a long time that the Blood Wolf Sect is not simple. We had a narrow escape last time we went there."
Su Ningqing knocked on the table gently with her hand and stared at Shuojin, asking him to take it seriously.
"Don't worry, this time is different. You didn't bring me with you last time." Shuo Jin leaned forward in a cowardly manner.
"Stop putting gold on your face." Su Ningqing rolled her eyes at him and said in disgust.
"Just treat it as a trip and leave the rest to me."
"Then just do it."
Su Ningqing knew that as long as it was something Shuojin was serious about, no matter how hard she tried to persuade him, it would be useless. Therefore, she had no intention of persuading him anymore. At least she could go along and feel more at ease.
"Okay, let's go on our honeymoon." Regardless of his injuries, Shuojin picked up Suningqing high and spun her around several times.
Life, sometimes requires a quick trip. Su Ningqing and Shuojin quickly packed their bags, thinking of leaving the next day. They left all matters in the capital to Bei Mingchen.
Shuojin arranged for many people from Huanqing Pavilion to help Bei Mingchen.
On the second day, Shuojin packed up her things early and waited expectantly for Su Ningqing at the door.
When Suning Qing appeared on the stage, she thought she would be a surprise, but she was so surprised that Shuojin almost choked.
"Hey, why are you dressed like this? Are you going to embarrass me?"
Shuojin didn't shy away from his disdain, but was punched in the head.
(If you dare to dislike your girlfriend, you should be beaten.)
