"What, go and intercede for the two princes?" Shen Jungao's eyes shifted from the bright moon outside the window to Li Xinchen and the other two people standing upright in the hall, "Are you kidding me?"
Li Xingchen nodded: "These two princes can be used as nails to bury the Yangzhou governor in the future. Even if they may not be useful at critical moments, they can still pass on news to us in peacetime."
"Having said that, how should I ask for mercy?" Shen Jungao said with a wry smile, "Should we let someone, rather Sikong and General Zuowei go? This does not mean telling the governor of Yangzhou that these two princes have betrayed.
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"This..." Li Xingchen paused, with a look of helplessness on his face. Although he agreed to the Chen brothers in a hurry, he did not think of a good solution to this problem. After all, the governor of Yangzhou built the building here.
Chen Shujian and Chen Shucheng were definitely not the only two in the Kang family. Once someone asked for mercy, he would hear about it.
After being rescued by the prince's people, the Yangzhou governor would not continue to use it no matter how stupid he was.
"And that Lu Qiong..." Thinking of something, Shen Jungao followed up and said, "Even if we plead with His Majesty in the form of a memorial, it will definitely have to go through the hands of Lu Qiong. And who of you can be sure now?
Not the governor of Yangzhou?!"
Li Xingchen suddenly frowned and said nothing, while Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Chen Shujian and Chen Shucheng did not have time to say what they had talked about with Lu Qiong, nor Lu Qiong's attitude, so what exactly is Lu Qiong doing now?
With such a stance, no one dares to vouch for it.
But Lu Qiong was the one who transferred the memorial to the imperial study, or rather the one who helped His Majesty preview the memorial. If this person had already been on the side of the Yangzhou governor, he saw that the prince wanted to give Chen Shujian and Chen Shucheng
It takes so much effort to plead for mercy, so I will definitely not sit idly by.
"Let's go find Lu Qiong now!" Xiao Shilian immediately turned around to leave, but was grabbed by Pei Zilie.
"It is impossible to find Lu Qiong. This Master Lu is definitely not a wavering person. If he has made up his mind, he will not change so easily." Li Xingchen said in a low voice.
Shen Jungao sighed: "Actually, even if we are lucky enough to pass Mr. Lu's place, there is still Your Majesty. What will Your Majesty think when he sees us going to such great lengths to plead for mercy with the two Highnesses? Do you think that these two
What your Highness did before was all at our instigation?"
Xiao Shilian couldn't help but stamp his feet: "Then what should we do? This won't work, that won't work either, what can work?!"
"Boqing, calm down first, we haven't reached the dead end yet!" Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Right now, we and the Yangzhou governor are still between brothers, and neither side has tried their best. We can't mess up the situation first. The top priority is to find a way out.
a way······"
Seeing Li Xingchen's eyes falling on him, Shen Jungao was silent for a moment and nodded: "Actually, if we want to intercede for your two highnesses, we can't just ask several ministers in the court to submit memorials."
"Do we need General Sikong and Zuowei to enter the palace specifically for this?" Pei Zilie frowned, "This... seems a little inappropriate."
Li Xingchen solemnly raised his hand and said: "Mr. Shen, we are stupid, please make it clear to Mr. Shen."
Shen Jun said in a deep voice: "It is actually very simple to get around Lu Qiong. Your Majesty's favorite is not any prince, but the two princesses Lechang and Ningyuan. Ningyuan has not yet grown hair, but she has always been cute and favored by your Majesty. , this goes without saying; and His Highness Lechang is extremely talented and beautiful, and has a gentle personality, which is very different from other princes and princesses. His Majesty has great trust in him. If His Highness Lechang can ask for mercy, it will even be better than asking for mercy. It’s a good idea for Sikong to beg for mercy.”
"His Royal Highness Lechang?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows, and immediately thought of the beautiful figure in Xu Ling's study.
Both Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian frowned, and Xiao Shilian said helplessly: "We have never had any dealings with His Highness Lechang, how can we make His Highness plead for mercy?"
"His Royal Highness Lechang is a kind man, and he will definitely not watch his two highnesses being punished and grounded." Shen Jungao paced back and forth, "Perhaps even if we don't take the initiative, His Highness will ask for mercy."
"We can't afford to bet on this." Li Xingchen said with a frown.
Nodding, Shen Jungao turned to look at Li Xingchen: "Yes, we can't afford the gamble, so we have to see His Highness and mention this matter to His Highness in a subtle way."
"This..." Pei Zilie asked doubtfully, "But the key is how to attract His Highness Lechang's attention?"
Before he finished speaking, Pei Zilie had actually understood something, because from the moment he said this suggestion, Shen Jungao's eyes had been falling on Li Xingchen. Xiao Shilian also came to his senses at this time, gave a high-five and said:
"Yes, as we all know, Her Royal Highness Lechang is the most talented woman in the clan, and she loves poetry and poetry the most. And we happen to have someone here who just won the first prize in the poetry competition, who can definitely attract His Highness's attention!"
Shen Jungao nodded slightly: "Shizhong, your highness's love in life is mostly poetry. So as long as you can come up with amazing poems, you will definitely be able to attract your highness. As long as your highness is willing to talk to you, our request may be accepted. You can tell it naturally."
After a pause, Shen Jungao didn't wait for Li Xingchen to speak, and said directly: "Although the collection of books in the East Palace is not as good as that of Duke Xiaomu, there are still many unique copies. Especially recently, Master Fu Yi got a copy of the "Collection of Mengde Yuefu Poems", which is rare in the world. The collection of Cao Mengde's poems is quite precious, and we can use this as an excuse to invite His Highness Lechang to come and have a look."
Li Xingchen opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just looked at Shen Jungao helplessly. He always had the feeling that Master Shen had already dug a trap for him.
"It seems inappropriate to go directly to the East Palace." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, "Junior thinks that we should choose a quiet place. After all, it is better to hide this matter from others. People in the East Palace have many eyes. If the news leaks, it will be in vain. It’s been a busy day.”
Xiao Shilian also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, His Highness Lechang is not on the side of the East Palace yet. If he is invited to the East Palace, it will inevitably make His Highness wary, and it will be difficult to say something by then."
The corner of Li Xingchen's mouth twitched. I'm afraid only Mr. Shen and Master Shen could describe the "beautiful man trap" so freshly and refinedly. What's more important is that Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie pushed him into the fire pit without hesitation. .
Taking a step forward suddenly, Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "This is not appropriate either."