Shi Jingyang was so negligent that the prince had the emperor on his head.
What if the emperor invites the prince to have a meal with him?
The emperor and the prince are father and son, as well as monarch and minister.
First the monarch and his ministers, then the father and son. The emperor's kindness is a gift. The prince can only be grateful and cannot refuse.
Seeing Shi Jingyang's sad face, the prince comforted him and said, "Don't worry about Qing'an, we will act according to the opportunity when the time comes. At the moment, they don't dare to attack you openly."
Shi Jingyang nodded, leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, even if this is the case, we have to make some preparations.
You can't think of something at the end of the day, otherwise it won't be necessary.
Prepare for a rainy day in advance, and be prepared for danger in times of peace and plan for the long term.”
Shi Jingyang was afraid that the prince would not take it seriously and let the other party take advantage of the loophole, so he tried his best to lobby.
The prince nodded, "That's the truth. I understand your mood, Qing'an tell me what you think, Gu listens."
Shi Jingyang said: "The best result of Qiu Ni this time is that we can break out of the other party's trap, treat them in their own way, and give back to them everything the other party has given.
The second thing is to protect ourselves. We will go there again in the future if we look for opportunities.
The worst outcome is that we fall into the trap and let the other party succeed."
At this point, Shi Jingyang's face became heavy. The worst result would be to follow the same path of his whole life. People related to the prince, every family, and every clan, would die and be exiled...
He doesn't want to make the same mistake again...
Seeing Shi Jingyang's frown, the prince took over the words, "Yes, let's make complete preparations, face all changes with a positive attitude, and remain unchanged in the face of all changes."
Shi Jingyang came back to his senses, nodded and said, "That's what I meant. Even if we are tricked, if we face the worst result, don't panic and get into trouble."
The prince nodded and said: "During the Autumn Festival, the safety of my father is the top priority.
Now that there are unidentified people in the paddock, my father's safety is at risk, and it is our duty to protect him.
Therefore, during this period, even if there is a small accident, you cannot mess up, let alone leave the paddock. You must perform your duties and protect the emperor."
Shi Jingyang seemed to understand the other party's purpose.
Lu Qichuan came over with a plate of barbecue, "Your Highness, try it, it's the best mutton."
The prince nodded and pointed to the brocade stool beside him, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."
Lu Qichuan put down the plate and sat down, looked at the prince and asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
The prince said: "No matter what happens during the Autumn Festival, we cannot mess up our position.
You must remember that my father's safety is the first priority. If anything happens to me, I will leave Fu'an and Qichuan with me, and the others will follow my father into the paddock to protect him."
Lu Qichuan looked at the prince nervously and asked, "Your Highness, have you received any news?"
The prince nodded and asked Shi Jingyang and Lu Qichuan to elaborate.
In the Chengqian Palace of the Royal Palace, the imperial concubine was holding the note above her head, taking the note from the hand of the steward, Eunuch Deng, looking down at it, and then handed the note to Eunuch Deng.
Eunuch Deng threw the note into the charcoal basin and stood aside.
The imperial concubine picked up the tea cup and sipped the tea, smiled at King Chen and King Yan on the left and right, and said: "The prince has gone to Weiyuan Hou Mansion, and will have a barbecue at Weiyuan Hou Mansion tonight."
King Yan sneered and said: "He is happy and has no worries. Let him be happy."
The imperial concubine put down the cup in her hand and said slowly: "Yes, let him have fun first, and we will act as planned."
King Yan took the words and said: "Mother and concubine, I think there is no need to go to such trouble. Let's take this opportunity to get rid of the prince directly. Wouldn't it be easier?"
The imperial concubine glanced over with sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "Confused! How can the prince be so easy to get rid of? Are all the people around King Yan the prince vegetarian?"
King Yan disagreed, "How many useful people are there around the prince? Lu Qichuan? Pei Dongliu? Just lure the two of them away."
King Chen shook his head in disapproval and said: "No, the royal bloodline is noble, and the prince is the eldest son of his father, so he holds a very important position in his father's heart.
If something happens to the prince, my father will definitely investigate it strictly, which will be detrimental to us."
"As the emperor's brother said, the prince cannot be touched or touched, so why should we bother?" King Yan said dissatisfied.
King Chen smiled and said, "Brother, you need to be more patient.
We cannot touch the prince, but we can touch the people around him.
Let's remove the people around the prince one by one. The prince has become a tiger without claws. A tiger without claws is no different from a cat."
The imperial concubine looked at King Chen with relief. They were all her sons. King Chen was much more scheming than King Yan.
"What King Chen said is true, this is a good method, but one method alone is not enough. We need to adopt a two-pronged approach."
King Yan looked at the imperial concubine, "Two-pronged approach, is there any good way for the imperial concubine?"
The imperial concubine said: "We need to find a way to make the emperor suspicious of the prince. Once the emperor becomes suspicious of the prince, our opportunity will come."
King Chen nodded in agreement, his mother-in-law's thoughts coincided with his.
King Chen said: "On my father's side, I want my mother and concubine to worry more.
As for the external affairs, there are children, ministers, brother, and grandfather.
We should be harmonious internally and externally and work together, and this matter can be achieved soon."
King Yan didn't understand it, but when King Chen said that the matter was just around the corner, he had been unhappy with the prince for a long time, and he felt very comfortable thinking that he could pull the prince off his horse.
King Yan played with the folding fan in his hand and said, "My mother and my concubine are good at strategy. My sons and ministers listen to my mother and concubine. Whatever you say, my sons and ministers will do what I want."
The imperial concubine nodded happily, "If we work together, we can move mountains. Only when we work together can we accomplish anything. You two are brothers from the same mother, so you must support each other."
King Yan and King Chen leaned forward to answer, "Thank you very much, my mother and concubine, for your teachings. I will keep them in my heart."
The imperial concubine said: "I originally wanted to take action tomorrow, but I didn't expect that the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion would have a barbecue in the other courtyard today, so let's take action in advance."
King Chen nodded and said: "Okay!"
King Yan asked: "What does the mother-concubine need from her sons and ministers?"
The imperial concubine shook her head and said, "You don't need to do anything.
I have asked the imperial kitchen to prepare wine and food. In a moment, you two will have a drink with the emperor.
You two should remember that the emperor is very strong in his life and never admits defeat. When he is tired, he likes to drink some wine to relieve his fatigue.
Besides, I also like to hear nice words, do you two understand what to do?"
King Chen bowed and said, "Thank you, concubine, for your advice. I understand."
The imperial concubine looked at Eunuch Deng and said, "Go and see if the prime ministers have left?"
Eunuch Deng bowed and said, "Yes, I will go to my house right away."
Wu Mingyi came to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion dressed up. After entering, he saw the whole courtyard full of people, standing there in a daze.
Lu Luo saw Wu Mingyi in a daze and asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Wu Mingyi came back to his senses and said calmly: "Nothing, let's go in."
When the servants of the Weiyuan Hou Mansion saw Wu Mingyi, they came up to him with a smile and said, "Miss Cousin, please come this way. This is the female family, and the male guests are over there."
When Wu Mingyi heard this, she immediately became angry: "Are there separate seats for men and women? Do we also need to have separate seats when our brothers and sisters get together?"
She bathed, changed clothes, and used incense to get close to Brother Le. She sat at separate tables for men and women. Wasn't her work in vain?
The servant replied: "I don't know, I don't know. It was our prince who asked men and women to sit separately."
Luluo had already seen several young ladies from the Yang family, "Miss, several young ladies from the Yang family are here too."
Wu Mingyi looked up and saw Yang Qinghan, Yang Qingzhao and Shi Jingxing sitting together and talking.
"Miss, the Fourth Miss and the Fifth Miss from Prime Minister Liu's Mansion are also here." Lu Luo saw the Liu sisters sitting together with Yang Xinye talking, and reported to Wu Mingyi in a low voice.
Wu Mingyi followed Luluo's gaze and happened to see Miss Liu Wu who was smiling coquettishly.
I don't know what Miss Yang San said, but Miss Liu Wu smiled like a flower and looked down the verandah.
Wu Danyi turned to look at the verandah and saw Shi Jingyang looking towards Miss Liu Wu.
This scene fell into Wu Mingyi's eyes, and there was no doubt that the two of them were flirting with each other and making secret glances.
Wu Mingyi thought about Jiang Xingyu's previous words again, and felt aggrieved and angry, so he walked much faster.
Lu Luo was confused by Wu Mingyi's sudden quick pace, and quickly reminded: "Miss, slow down and be careful where you step."
After Wu Mingyi took a bath, she changed into a long peony dress with a thin hookah that swept the floor. Wearing this dress, it is most taboo to walk quickly. If you step on the dress even slightly, you may trip yourself.
Wu Mingyi was so angry that he forgot that he needed to dress calmly and gracefully today in order to look elegant.
Obviously, Luluo's reminder was already too late. Wu Mingyi took two quick steps, stepped on the hem of her skirt with her right foot first, paused, and stumbled forward. The dress tripped her again as she stumbled forward.
As a result, Wu Mingyi fell magnificently in front of everyone.
Shi Jingxing heard Luluo's cry and was the first to look over.
Seeing that Wu Mingyi was about to fall, Shi Jingxing was the first to jump up from the chair, quickly ran to Wu Mingyi, and asked with concern: "Sister Yi, are you okay?"
At this time, Wu Mingyi was in pain and embarrassed, and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl under.
Others looked over one after another. Yang Qinghan, Yang Qingzhao and others got up and came to Wu Mingyi.
Yang Xinye, Miss Liu Si, and Miss Liu Wu also stood up one after another, and walked over with some curiosity, some gloating, and some suppressed laughter in their hearts.
The movement here was so loud that the prince and Shi Jingyang stood up in shock.
The prince looked at the crowd and said to Shi Jingyang: "Sister Yi seems to have fallen. Would you like to go over and have a look?"
Shi Jingyang happened to be facing the female guest. He happened to see Wu Mingyi fall and said, "No, Sister Xing is here."
After saying that, Shi Jingyang sat down again.
The prince looked back at Shi Jingyang, "I can't tell that Qing'an is still a stone-hearted person."
Shi Jingyang raised his hand to give the prince some tea and said calmly: "If you keep cutting off things, you will be disturbed. If you don't listen and don't care, that's the best for her and your ministers."
The prince looked deeply at Shi Jingyang, "You are telling me that you are so young, but why do you speak so old-fashioned?
Gu Ke can tell you that a few days ago, my grandmother and aunt came to the palace to see my mother, and they focused on the matter between you and Sister Yi. My grandmother attaches great importance to this marriage."
Shi Jingyang pushed the tea cup to the prince and replied: "I know."
The prince asked: "You know? Then what are your plans?"
Shi Jingyang said: "Maybe it's because they grew up together. Chen and Sister Yi are so familiar. In Chen's heart, Sister Yi, Sister Xing and Sister Chen are both younger sisters. I feel very fond of Sister Yi."
There is no love between men and women."
The queen mother once asked her to persuade Shi Jingyang. After listening to his words, the prince finally understood Shi Jingyang, "But Sister Yi..."
Shi Jingyang said calmly: "I am not a good man for Sister Yi, and I can't give her what she wants. She deserves someone better to treat her."
The prince was speechless. He saw Shi Jingyang's determination and picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
"Let me go back and talk to my mother about this matter, and let my mother advise my grandmother. We are close relatives, so we must not cause any trouble because of this matter."
Shi Jingyang leaned towards the prince and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration."
Shi Jingyang understood that by winning the prince's support, he could gain the empress's understanding. If the empress nodded, his grandmother would be able to persuade him.
As for Wu Mingyi's infatuation, he could only say sorry.
On the other side, Shi Jingxing helped Wu Mingyi go to the backyard, while Lu Luo followed behind with a worried face, "Miss..."
Wu Mingyi became angry with embarrassment, turned around and shouted at Luluo: "Don't follow me."
Luluo trembled with fright and looked at Wu Mingyi in panic, "Miss..."
Shi Jingxing looked at Wu Mingyi, then turned to Lu Luo and said, "Just wait here, and don't follow me."
Luluo looked at Shi Jingxing gratefully, bent her knees and replied, "Yes, I understand."
Shi Jingxing supported Wu Mingyi and just passed the Moon Gate, Wu Mingyi turned around and hugged Shi Jingxing, tears falling down.
Shi Jingxing hugged Wu Mingyi and gently advised: "It's okay, it's all over."
Wu Mingyi cried: "Sister Xing, I am so embarrassed today! I have no face to see anyone!"
Shi Jingxing advised: "They are all acquaintances. They will only worry about you and not laugh at you."
"Where are the Liu sisters? The Liu sisters and I have never dealt with each other.
This time, the laughing stock falls into their hands, and they will definitely laugh at me severely.
Sister Xing, I can’t see anyone anymore, what should I do?”
Wu Mingyi cried and said, her tears and snot rubbing all over Shi Jingxing.
Shi Jingxing suppressed the discomfort in his heart and continued to comfort him: "Sister Yi, don't think so much. Whoever likes to laugh, let her laugh.
They are just insignificant outsiders, what should they care about?
As long as your loved ones care about you, that's enough."
Shi Jingxing's words caused Wu Mingyi's thoughts to instantly shift from worrying about shame to caring about his loved ones.
Wu Mingyi let go of Shi Jingxing's hand and stared at Shi Jingxing expectantly.
"Sister Xing, was Brother Le there when I just fell? Did Brother Le see it?
I just thought about how embarrassing I was and didn't dare to look at Brother Le. Is Brother Le worried about me?"
Facing a series of questions from Wu Mingyi, Shi Jingxing felt that he had just made a mistake and made trouble for himself.
Shi Jingxing raised his hand to smooth Wu Mingyi's hair and said warmly: "Just now, my whole heart was focused on you. I was worried whether you fell? Are you injured? How could you care about anything else?"
