Xiao Shilian was about to say something more, but Li Xingchen shook his head slightly. When Pei Yun and Xu Deyan looked over, Li Xingchen took a step forward to block Xiao Shilian's face, smiled and said, "Then I'll take care of you two dear friends."
Pei Yun and Xu Deyan looked at each other and nodded.
Xiao Shilian muttered behind him with some dissatisfaction: "These two guys are here to grab the crown. Why do you have to go with them?"
Li Xingchen rolled his eyes. Xu Deyan just had a weak temper, and he knew exactly what Pei Yun was in history. It would be better not to have such a teammate. But as Xu Deyan said, the title set for this poetry meeting is obviously a bit wrong.
Unexpectedly, the final examiner was Xu Deyan's grandfather, Xu Ling, so by following Xu Deyan, I finally became familiar with his opponent's routines.
Pei Yun seemed to understand the relationship between the two parties. He glanced warily at Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie who were standing in front, flicked his sleeves and said, "Without further delay, let's go."
Pei Zilie nodded, his fingers fell on the hilt of the sword intentionally or unintentionally, and tapped it lightly. Pei Yun and Xu Deyan both noticed his action. Although the expressions on their faces did not change, their hearts were filled with excitement.
Understand, this is also Pei Zilie warning them not to play any tricks.
It is better for everyone to treat each other sincerely than to have their own secrets.
"Brother Da Shi, please don't..." Xu Deyan wanted to say something else, but Pei Yun patted him, so Xu Deyan had no choice but to shut up.
After taking a deep look at this brother, Pei Yun walked up the mountain first.
Xu Deyan seemed to understand his companion's thoughts and realized that he could not really explain everything to these three people who were wary of them, so he could only sigh and follow them.
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Stone Mountain is not big to begin with, so Shen Jungao could clearly see what happened on the way up the mountain just sitting there, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Ming Gong, it seems that your gambling with His Highness is getting more and more interesting today.
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Xu Ling chuckled: "I asked you to participate just now, but you refused. Why, now you regret it?"
Shen Jungao looked at the topic that Xu Ling had written, shook his head and said: "No matter how interesting the gamble is, there will always be winners and losers, and it's not like Ming Gong doesn't know that, what I hate most in my life is to distinguish between
Win or lose.”
Xu Ling smiled slightly: "On the contrary, what I hate most in my life is not distinguishing between winning and losing?"
"Speaking of which," Shen Jungao was obviously too lazy to argue with Xu Ling on this issue. His previous experience told him that this eloquent old fox would always come up with all kinds of magical truths, so he still didn't
It was a good idea to argue with him, "I saw His Highness Lechang today. He seems a little haggard."
"Your Majesty has been in a bad mood these past few days. Who in this palace is not feeling haggard?" Xu Ling said lightly, pouting at the foot of the mountain, "Even these princes who have not yet been crowned look far worse than before today.
So arrogant."
Jun Shen let out a loud sigh: "Your Majesty is angry. I can figure out a few reasons why. Since Mr. Ming is in the temple, he should know more information. Has the Yangzhou incident been concluded now?"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Xu Ling looked at Shen Jungao in surprise: "Ji Gao, when did you really start caring about these things?"
Playing with the brush in his hand, Shen Jungao smiled bitterly and said: "Things have reached this point. Even the princess and the prince in the palace are involved in it. Naturally, there is no room for a certain person to roam freely and stay out of the matter."
Xu Ling nodded. No matter how passively Shen Jungao shuns the world, in the final analysis, he is still Shen Junli's younger brother and the uncle of the current crown prince. Especially after Shen Junli's death, no matter how Shen Jungao escapes, he is an out-and-out member of the Jiankang Shen family. The owner and spokesperson of the family.
It can be said that Chen Shubao's fate, in fact, and Shen Jungao's fate have long been closely linked because of Shen Wuhua's existence.
Sikong Wu Mingche and Zuowei General Xiao Mohe were attacked in Yangzhou. No matter which dynasty it was placed in, it was not a trivial matter. The fact that the court deliberately suppressed it before did not mean that this matter could really disappear with the wind, even if His Majesty did not want to investigate. , Wu Mingche and Xiao Mohe will not give up, and the Nanchen army is now in their hands. In order to stabilize them, Chen Xu will definitely give a reasonable explanation.
As a person who was labeled as a princeling no matter how unwilling he was, Shen Jungao was of course very concerned about the Yangzhou incident.
Xu Ling shook his head: "I don't know how Your Majesty will handle this matter. Even if I know, I will definitely know it together with my dear brother."
Shen Jungao glanced at him, this old fox really said everything perfectly.
However, it is obvious that Shen Jungao did not really intend to find out anything from Xu Ling. The words he just said somewhat meant to express his attitude. Princess Ningyuan, who is not very sensible, can ignore it for the time being, but Princess Lechang cannot. Neglected, so Shen Jungao could only hide some words in front of Lechang, and only said them now.
Looking at Shen Jungao sitting upright again, Xu Ling, although there was no difference on the surface, was full of thoughts in his heart. Shen Jungao's sudden statement just now can be said to have made Xu Ling somewhat confused. Shen Jungao, a well-known outsider, this time They didn't even intend to stay out of the matter. The whirlpool in Jiankang Mansion was getting bigger and bigger. It seemed that not only the governor of Yangzhou was eager to try, but even the prince, who had always been silent, couldn't hold it in anymore.
Xu Ling subconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky. Under the bright sunshine, who could have imagined that there was already an undercurrent in this huge Jiankang city?
Although it is still unclear who will win, Xu Ling is very clear that this whirlpool is enough for him to stay out of it. As an out-and-out veteran, Xu Ling actually does not really prefer anyone. He was on Chen Xu's side.
After all, when he is in his position, being a complete centrist is the best choice, because no matter who finally ascends to the throne, he will not treat this veteran badly. Putting Xu Ling's reputation and achievements here, he is a A real role model, everyone wants such a role model. But even so, Xu Ling still has to do some reminders of what should be said and what should be done.
Otherwise, this bigger gamble would be too boring.
"Your Majesty has not yet reached the stage of 'knowing destiny', and you are starting to lose control?" Xu Ling suddenly said in a confused manner.
Shen Jungao, who was sitting next to him and didn't know what he was thinking, was startled and frowned slightly: "What do you mean by Ming Gong's words?"