The person who came to Lingxiao Academy was naturally the highly praised young prince in the royal city. After the sixth prince sent the imperial edict to Qin Feng, he did not stay in Lingxiao Academy. He came and left very quickly, as if
He seemed a little rushed. But the strange thing was that it was difficult for anyone to feel his rush.
His coming and going is like a breeze blowing across the lake, silent, casual and peaceful.
At this time, the sixth prince had returned to the royal city, with a faint smile on his face, but the old man in palace clothes next to him was frowning tightly.
Compared with seven days ago, the Royal City seemed to have not changed at all, at least on the surface. The only surprising thing was that there was a very weird snowfall seven days ago.
The snow gradually melted within seven days, and people gradually forgot about this strange event. After all, who would always care about an insignificant snow?
But just because people don't care about something doesn't mean it's not important enough.
It's like an eagle passing over the earth and setting off a gust of wind. The ants on the ground just thought this gust of wind was weird, but they didn't know that an eagle was passing by. As for ants, they are not afraid of the eagle, and they don't even know that the eagle is passing by.
What is an eagle? Because they have never been the prey of the eagle.
However, a group of cunning hares in front of the tree stump have begun to tremble. However, among this group of cunning rabbits, there is always one special existence. Faced with this sudden danger, he did not avoid it, but instead acted
I made decisions I shouldn’t have made and went to places I shouldn’t have gone to...
"His Majesty the King is not feeling well. Although he has temporarily left all matters to you, Your Highness, I think what you did today is really wrong..." The old man in palace clothes thought.
After a long while, I finally couldn't help but say what I wanted to say.
The Sixth Prince shook his head and said: "This is not my decision, but it is how things should be done."
"I don't understand," the old man in palace clothes said with a frown.
"Qin Feng won the first place in the four-house examination, so he should get the imperial decree to marry him. This is a matter of course. And...the royal family owed something to the Qin family thirteen years ago." The sixth prince said
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Hearing the sixth prince mention what happened thirteen years ago, the old man's mood immediately became excited, "Owed? I don't feel any debt at all. If the royal family can be as cruel as General Zhenyuan, then
Shi Ding is already very powerful, how can there be any anti-king faction in the royal city?!"
The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyes gradually turned red. His expression was like that of a regretful gambler who had made a huge mistake and lost everything. "Now is another rare opportunity! But you, prince, are stupid.
Give this opportunity away again! Prince, don’t you know the importance of Lin Xue? Especially after a snowstorm, her importance has increased several times! This is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the royal family.
Opportunities! As long as the prince marries Lin Xue, the benefits this will bring to the royal family will be unimaginable! Even the threat of the anti-royal faction can be easily resolved!"
The old man is a veteran of the kingdom. When he was young, he even fought on the battlefield with the ancestors of the royal family. The power of the royal family was so powerful at that time. But in the past thirteen years, he has watched the power of the royal family being gradually eroded by the anti-royal faction.
It made him feel angry and frustrated.
The Sixth Prince was silent. He frowned slightly, as if he was carefully considering what the old man said. Maybe what the old man said was right. Those were indeed the best choices for the royal family, and they were also choices that were in line with the tactics of the king. Unfortunately, But it wasn't the choice he wanted.
He doesn't like Lin Xue. He can't say he likes someone who has only met him a few times. But he knows that Qin Feng and Lin Xue have known each other for a long time, and they suddenly have feelings for each other. Is it possible for lovers to finally get married? What's wrong?
What's more, Qin Feng defeated Prince Chu of Motie Kingdom in the arena competition and won the bet that seemed like a child's play, but it implied that many big forces were secretly wrestling with each other. This, to a certain extent, had curbed the anti-king faction. develop.
Looking at it from another perspective, it is not an exaggeration to say that Qin Feng is a meritorious official. Does it mean that the Daqian royal family must betray their trust for the so-called interests, which is chilling?
The sixth prince shook his head and said: "The king once said when the kingdom was founded that the Daqian Kingdom was founded on trust. If it loses trust, even if it can be strong for a while, it will decline sooner or later."
The old man in palace clothes stared at the young prince, and a hint of irritation gradually emerged in his heart. He was tired of hearing these clichés, and he couldn't even think about it. A smart prince who had read Taoism thoroughly at the age of seven and memorized tactics and tactics at the age of ten. , why do you always make mistakes at critical moments because of a trace of so-called morality?
Yes, this is indeed stupid, and this is not the first time that the prince has been stupid. He remembers that six years ago, the prince was just the size of a child, and was seriously injured by an assassin while trying to protect an ordinary maid...two years ago. The prince once helped an ordinary old farmer in the royal city to redress his grievance, and accidentally turned a trivial matter into a big one. In the end, he offended the person he shouldn't have offended, and he was imprisoned for half a year...
He is always so kind, and so just and enthusiastic. If he were born in other aristocratic families, or if he were an ordinary person, the old man would definitely admire him very much. However, the prince was born in an imperial family! Could it be that he was born in an imperial family? Doesn't he understand that the so-called kindness and enthusiasm are simply a stumbling block to Machiavellian tactics?
"Prince, please take care of yourself!" The old man sighed, turned and left.
But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly heard the calm and indifferent voice of the Sixth Prince coming along with the breeze: "If you want to get help from others, there are obviously many ways, why do you always force me to use the stupidest method? ?”
"The stupidest method?" The old man looked suffocated. He didn't understand what the sixth prince said, but suddenly thought of many past events.
Six years ago, the prince was injured while protecting a maid, but his injury caused the royal family to pay full attention to the assassin. After peeling off the cocoon, the murderer was finally found out, so the concubine Hua who wanted to assassinate the sixth prince was beaten. Into the cold palace.
Two years ago, in order to help an old farmer redress his grievance, the sixth prince accidentally brought up a big case, so he was imprisoned for half a year. But during the six months of his imprisonment, the big case was constantly fermenting. In the end, it was discovered that the prince and many ministers had embezzled grain money. Therefore, the king was furious and the eldest prince's position as prince was also abolished!
Yes, the Sixth Prince seemed to be making fools all the time, but while he was making fools, he made more and more friends, and even gained recognition from the people! And his seemingly smart and cruel enemies were here. Over the past ten years, one by one disappeared...
The old man suddenly woke up. Looking at the leaving figure of the Sixth Prince, a chill suddenly rose in his heart. "Is he kind-hearted, a little stupid, and too lucky? Or he has already used his tactics to the extreme," he said.
So that no matter what means are used, no traces are left? If it is the latter, that would be terrible..."
The sixth prince didn't know the shock in the old man's heart. He just walked forward step by step with his hands behind his hands. His walking pace was neither fast nor slow, but extremely steady and sure, as if every step he took had been accurately measured.
He didn't think he was very good at maneuvering, but he knew that from beginning to end, he was just doing some things that should be done. He should protect the maids close to him, and he should avenge the old farmers who were deprived of disaster relief food funds.
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But now, he and the royal family need help, which may require the help of a certain force behind Lin Xue. Then he should help others first, so as to get help from others. Instead of using the ridiculous power he currently controls to force him.
This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.
It's really stupid to force others, but there are always too many people in this world who don't understand...
The Sixth Prince returned to the Royal City from Lingxiao College, and Qin Feng also came to the Royal City from Lingxiao College. However, they took different routes and went to different places.
Qin Feng was going to the Lin family, of course, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to bring Lin Xue out. He had talked with the Sixth Prince at Lingxiao Academy before, and he had more or less understood some very complicated situations.
. He didn’t know whether picking up Lin Xue this time would go as smoothly as imagined. He only knew that it was imperative to pick up Lin Xue.
The royal city was about to be in chaos, and he couldn't possibly put his woman in danger.
The three closed beast-headed doors are already in front of you. The doors are tightly closed. Not only the door, but also the corner doors on both sides are tightly closed. There is no guard in front of the door. Even the beast-headed door.
The animal ring on the door and the joint between the two doors were also damp due to the heavy snowfall seven days ago, giving rise to a layer of green patina.
This situation seems a bit strange and depressing. It even makes people feel that what they see at this time is not the front door of the Lin family, but a declining family.
But Qin Feng knew that the Lin family could not suddenly decline within seven days, and it was impossible for the armored guards guarding the door to delay showing up because of laziness.
They never showed up, just because someone didn't want them to show up. The door was tightly closed. It had never been opened since it was closed on that snowy night seven days ago. The rust between the cracks in the door was already very thick.
Well explained this.
The Lin family seemed to want to keep some huge secret inside the house forever. But Qin Feng walked to the door, pulled up the rusty animal ring on the animal-headed door, and slowly but firmly rang the door.
Boom, boom, boom...
Qin Feng only knocked three times and then stopped because he already felt that someone was coming, so he stood with his hands behind his hands and waited calmly.