After Ran Yunpo and Ran Yunhao returned to the palace, they parted ways. When they came in front of Shu Rumei, Ran Yunpo smelled of alcohol, which made Shu Rumei frown involuntarily.
Ran Yunpo looked at Shu Rumei's frown and asked in a low voice: "You called me over so late. What happened?"
Shu Rumei glanced at Ran Yunpo, lowered her head and played with the Buddhist beads in her hand. "I heard that Mu Yunmeng left the palace with red tears?"
"Yeah." Ran Yunpo nodded, a little annoyed that Shu Rumei mentioned this matter again.
"Po'er, go and investigate Mu Yunmeng tomorrow. Mother suspects that he is that Leng Xiao." After a slight pause, Shu Rumei continued before Ran Yunpo could ask a question: "Lin Wanru is gone.
The entire Xi Mansion is looking for her now. You also send people to help look for her, and notify me immediately if you find her."
"Mu Yunmeng...is Leng Xiao?" Ran Yunpo repeated Shu Rumei's guess, his eyebrows filled with shock and disbelief. He calmly recalled the episode of the fight between himself and Leng Xiao, Ran Yunpo
Gritting his teeth, he looked at Shu Rumei and asked, "Does Lin Wanru's disappearance have anything to do with him?"
"It's still uncertain, but if it can't be found and there is no news of whereabouts, it is very likely that he did it." Shu Rumei sighed quietly and said with a lonely expression: "Wuan Ru knows a lot about mother.
Mother doesn’t want to touch her unless it is absolutely necessary. But if she is really taken away by Mu Yunmeng, then we will have to kill Po’er and Lin Wanru.”
Shu Rumei's words made Ran Yunpo suddenly startled, and then he nodded quickly and replied: "I understand."
After leaving Shu Rumei's residence, Ran Yunpo felt that his mind was blank and his mood was extremely complicated.
Could that loser Mu Yunmeng be Leng Xiao? Does the fact that he took Xi Honglei away from the capital have anything to do with Lin Wanru's disappearance? If this is really the case, will he and Xi Honglei... come back?
This thought made Ran Yunpo so irritated that he almost went crazy. Instead of returning directly to Prince Chu's Mansion, Ran Yunpo walked to Ran Yunhao's palace and pulled Ran Yunhao up from the bed who was ready to go to bed.
"Third brother, what's wrong?" Ran Yunhao sat up with a confused look on his face, looked at Ran Yunpo who had a gloomy look on his face, and asked, "Has the Queen taught you a lesson?"
Ran Yunpo gave Ran Yunhao a dull look, snorted coldly, and asked, "Do you think it's possible that Mu Yunmeng is Leng Xiao?"
"How could..." Ran Yunhao shook his head reflexively, but before he finished speaking, he automatically stopped. Looking at Ran Yunpo's extremely serious expression, Ran Yunhao stood up from the bed warily, looking sharply at Ran Yunpo.
They looked at each other and asked, "Why are you so suspicious?"
"It's not impossible, isn't it?" Ran Yunpo lowered his eyes and said coldly: "I have never thought about this before, because Mu Yunmeng's performance over the years has been too mediocre, like a lost dog. But
Now there are some things that make me have to doubt this."
As soon as Ran Yunpo finished speaking, Ran Yunhao's mind instantly recalled the scene in his childhood when Mu Yunmeng was praised by everyone, and even his father treated him too much, unlike other princes.
Mu Yunmeng has been surrounded by words such as smart and highly savvy since he was a child. So when Ran Yunhao saw Mu Yunmeng's extremely desolate look, he had a feeling in an instant, that is, Mu Yunmeng was not good enough.
It would be like this. But as time went by, year by year, Mu Yunmeng disappeared from their sight little by little. Occasionally seeing Mu Yunmeng, it was just because of his father.
Xuan came to the palace to rebuke and insult him.
Over time, Ran Yunhao has almost forgotten what the Mu Yunmeng he first met was like. But after Ran Yunpo said this, Ran Yunhao also felt that it was not impossible that Mu Yunmeng was Leng Xiao.
of……
If Mu Yunmeng is really Leng Xiao, could it be that his taking away Xi Honglei was a plan that he had already planned?
"If Leng Xiao is really him, what are you going to do?" Ran Yunhao spoke slowly and asked in a low voice.
"Whatever we decided to do before, we will do now." Ran Yunpo sat on the chair, staring at the tea cup on the table, and said: "Leng Xiao has interfered in my affairs again and again, even if he is not Mu Yunmeng,
I have also decided to deal with him."
"Then why don't we start from Xi Mansion? Wouldn't it be an easy task?" Ran Yunhao raised his eyebrows and made suggestions for Ran Yunpo: "Whether we want to deal with Leng Xiao or Mu Yunmeng, the first person we have to attack will be Xi Honglei.
, there is no doubt about it. Although Xi Honglei has no clues in our hands, the people in Xi Mansion have always been very important to her, especially her mother. Third brother, why don't we do something to deal with it?
Xifu, what do you think?"
Ran Yunhao's words made Ran Yunpo sigh heavily, and he also somewhat understood the reason why Lin Wanru disappeared.
"Xi Honglei's mother has disappeared, and now the entire Xi Mansion is looking for her. As for Xi Mansion, we can't move casually now. As Mu Yunmeng said, after all, this time he left with Xi Honglei,
It was approved by the father himself. So if they don't take action until the deadline given by the father, we can't do anything. As for Xifu, I don't need to say more, you understand what's going on. Dragon Marrow Jade
It can be said that it is the dragon vein of our royal family. Unless it is absolutely necessary, we cannot touch Xifu."
The matter involved dragon marrow jade, and it was not just a simple matter. So as soon as Ran Yunpo finished speaking, Ran Yunhao immediately rejected his previous proposal.
"In that case, let's send some more people to track down the whereabouts of Mu Yunmeng and Xi Honglei." Ran Yunhao sighed secretly, feeling a little helpless about the current situation. Because he never thought that things would turn out like this before.
The current situation. "If your subordinates are unreliable, just find a reason with your father and say that I want to leave the palace. Leave this matter to me."
After Ran Yunpo had a discussion with Ran Yunhao, his mood improved slightly. Back at Prince Chu's Mansion, Ran Yunpo lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. After finally falling asleep, he dreamed of Xi Honglei and Leng Xiao.
Together, he was defeated. This made Ran Yunpo wake up involuntarily.
Opening his eyes suddenly, Ran Yunpo stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He frowned in annoyance, and Ran Yunpo couldn't figure out why he would dream of such a scene.
After a sleepless night, Ran Yunpo immediately sent people at dawn the next day. First, they sealed the gates of the capital. Everyone entering and leaving the capital had to be interrogated. Then he divided the remaining people into two groups, and one group went to track them.
The whereabouts of Mu Yunmeng and Xi Honglei, a group went to Xi Mansion to help find the whereabouts of Lin Wanru.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, four days had passed. During these four days, although there was some news about Mu Yunmeng and Xi Honglei, there was no movement at all from Lin Wanru's side.
Busy and busy, Ran Yunpo has been troubled by the incident of Xi Honglei. Until he was summoned into the palace by Shu Rumei again, and heard Shu Rumei say that the whereabouts of Mu Yunmeng and Xi Honglei had been found, Ran Yunpo
The heart that had been hanging all this time fell to the ground.
"Later, I will ask the people who are investigating them to go to the Chu Palace to find you. They are all my mother's confidants. If there is anything, just ask them to do it." Shu Rumei drank the tea in the cup elegantly,
Talking to Ran Yunpo with a smile. Looking at Ran Yunpo's tired face without any trace, Shu Rumei continued: "Po'er, you don't have to worry too much about the matter of breathing red tears. Mom will help you. You should do it now.
What I am worried about is when will your father make you the crown prince and when will he pass the throne to you."
"Mother, my father has been reluctant to give me the position of crown prince, so how could he pass the throne to me?" Ran Yunpo could only sneer at Shu Rumei's words, because he didn't believe that he would be here at all.
My father sat on the dragon throne during his lifetime.
"Don't worry about this matter. I will find an opportunity to talk to your father. As for Po'er, what you need to do now is to get all the ministers in the court to stand on your side and support you. And there are many more.
That is, defeat other opponents who may threaten you to become the prince."
After saying that, Shu Rumei glanced at Ran Yunpo meaningfully and said softly: "Po'er, mother knows that you have always had a good relationship with Ran Yunhao and those people. But mother has to tell you that in front of the throne, everyone has
They may become your enemies. So even if they have a good relationship with you, once they become your enemies, you must eradicate them without hesitation. As long as the enemy is still alive and against you, you must
Attack at all costs until he turns into a waste with no ability to resist, do you understand?"
Shu Rumei's words made Ran Yunpo feel heavy in his heart. He wanted to refute, but when he saw Shu Rumei's cold eyes flashing, he consciously swallowed all the words back. He could only speak in a dull voice, saying
One sentence: "Got it."
Shu Rumei looked at Ran Yunpo's appearance and nodded with satisfaction. After explaining some things to Ran Yunpo, she let Ran Yunpo leave.
"Mother, can I ask you a question?"
Ran Yunpo turned around and walked towards the door, but stopped before taking a few steps. Then he turned around to look at Shu Rumei and asked such a question.
"You ask." Shu Rumei nodded with a smile on his face, but after Ran Yunpo asked the question, the smile on his face gradually changed.
"The mother who breathed red tears is Lin Wanru. As a maid in the palace, according to the regulations, it is impossible for her to marry Xi Yuanshan. Why did the queen mother do this for her? According to the queen mother's behavior, if Lin Wanru
If she really knew something, shouldn't the Queen Mother have killed her long ago?"