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After an incense stick of time, Yuan Cihan looked down at the person in front of her who was eating hard, and couldn't help thinking with disdain that Xu Sanniang was right. She used the wrong method from the beginning. To deal with someone like Lu Shiqing who looked serious on the outside but was so "shameless" on the inside, it would be faster to just seduce him with sex.
He tormented her so much that she collapsed on the corner of the bed. When he looked up after slumping over, her limbs were limp and her face was flushed. She glared at him and said, "Are you done?" Then she went to close her clothes.
Her period had not yet ended, and Lu Shiqing only had this little bit of sweetness to taste. Fearing that it would get out of control if she continued, he took the initiative to help her tidy up her clothes, saying, "If you feel it's not enough, continue."
He said it as if the saliva in his mouth was a golden tonic. Yuan Cixian glared at him: "Be careful not to burn yourself."
Yuan Cixian was happy to see him being humiliated, so she climbed up and rubbed her shoulder against his chest.
He thought about it and chose a less empty answer: "I'll go with you to the West Market tomorrow and buy all the things you didn't buy last year."
I don’t know who it was last time, but he gave her a sour look while he was shopping on the orders of the emperor.
Yuan Cixian raised her chin, pointed at him and said, "You said that you are not afraid that I will spend all your salary this month?"
Lu Shiqing struggled on his own and said "hmm" through gritted teeth.
He used a different "tonic soup" to heal her injury once again. Even though she was originally a generous person, she was embarrassed and angry. After that, she refused to look at him directly, buried her head in his arms, and was carried sideways by him to the bathroom to take a bath.
Every time Lu Shiqing got hot-headed and did something shameless, he would start to doubt himself. At this moment, he was actually a little shy. His steps and the hands holding her were shaking. He finally made it to the bathroom steadily, but when he got to the bathtub, he "lost his chastity" and accidentally slipped with a tremor, and threw her out.
With a clear "bang" sound, water splashed everywhere, and Yuan Cixian was thrown right into the bathtub.
Both of them were stunned. After staring at each other in shock, the one who was thrown down reacted first. He frowned and slapped the water surface angrily, shouting: "With this little arm strength, are you still a man? You... you get out of here!"
This embarrassment made Lu Shiqing really want to run away, but he just turned around, walked a few steps quickly, and finally stopped, turned back and carried her out of the bathtub: "You are still menstruating, you can't wash like this, come out and I will wipe it for you."
She pursed her lips and looked at him suspiciously: "Are you going to throw me down for the third time?"
"No more falling."
She sniffed and signaled him to let him atone for his crime.
The young couple stayed in the room until dusk. After dinner, they finally had something serious to talk about the assassination of Zheng Zhuo in the afternoon.
Yuan Cixian roughly understood what had happened. It turned out that this was all a self-torture trick played by the Second Prince.
The Second Prince had been holding a grudge against Zheng Zhuo since he was stripped of his authority over the Jinwu Guards last year. In addition, he had suffered another defeat at Ziyu Pavilion in late April, which made him even more resentful in private. Seeing that the Saint had released him from the palace but increasingly ignored him and favored Zheng Zhuo, he could no longer sit still.
However, judging from the situation in the court, the power of the sage is still there, and the game of the struggle for the throne cannot be resolved by one prince killing another. The second prince could not be so stupid as to assassinate Zheng Zhuo, bear the crime of killing his brother, and both of them would suffer losses, so that King Ping would reap the benefits. Therefore, he came up with this insidious trick, assassinating himself, intending to pretend to be good with the court officials and win sympathy.
As for whether or not they could successfully frame Zheng Zhuo, it actually didn't matter. As long as he was traveling with the two of them, he was already a suspect. This kind of thing didn't require any evidence, nor did it require a serious conviction. If they could change the Saint's mind a little, they would have achieved their goal.
Originally, this method was not a bad strategy. After all, the Second Prince had been too competitive before, and Zheng Zhuo had always put himself in a weak position, so as to retreat in order to advance.
But the second prince did not expect that his sixth brother was even more ruthless than him. Seeing the fatal move approaching him, he "risked his life" to block the knife for him.
Now he was stunned, and the killer was also shocked, and quickly stabbed him again, but the careful and cunning calculation of the first attack failed in the end, and failed to cause him the perfect result of seemingly serious injuries but actually no harm. Instead, Zheng Zhuo got the great merit of "almost dying at the hands of the enemy to protect his brother".
Yuan Cixian now understood why he risked his life to go to Hu Ji Tavern. This was a perfect opportunity to win over the senior officials in the court. As the saying goes, hearing is not believing, seeing is believing. The shock of spreading this matter to the court through other people's mouths was completely different from letting them witness the scene of his bloody and serious injuries with their own eyes.
And he did not have to worry about the saint doubting his intention of going to Hu Ji's tavern, because he could openly admit that he went there because he knew that there were many officials in the tavern - he was being chased and had no place to go, so he had to ask Lu Shiqing and other court officials for help.
Thinking of this, Yuan Cihan secretly admired Zheng Zhuo's ability to respond, but at the same time she couldn't help but sigh. She wondered how much he had endured that ordinary people could not endure, from being a child who was pushed off the rockery without making a sound to what he is now.
But she didn't think his current intentions were evil. As Lu Shiqing had said before, everyone has selfish desires. In a desperate situation where it's either you or me, resistance is not wrong. If it were her, she would also fight.
She asked Lu Shiqing: "Did you ask him to meet the court officials later?"
He nodded: "It's not difficult, just a matter of time. The court will be in an uproar tomorrow."
But let them blow it up themselves. He was still on his wedding leave and was going to go shopping in the West Market with Yuan Cixian.
Yuan Cixian said "hmm" and asked again: "How is your highness' injury?"
When Lu Shiqing heard this, his face darkened. He hadn't yet grabbed her and asked how she met Zheng Zhuo.
He asked, "Did you bandage his wound today?" Bandaged it with your own hands? With the same hands that had just served him
Yuan Cixian choked and said the truth: "I can't just stand by and watch him die, right? It's because you are so close to him."
This made Lu Shiqing feel a little better, but when he thought of what she said about her fiancé in the dream, he was still a little wary and wanted to extinguish her sympathy. He replied, "It just looks dangerous, but not as bad as the last time I was injured."
Oh, Lu Shiqing is really, really petty.
Yuan Cixian made a "tsk" sound, but didn't change the subject. She asked seriously, "What do you think of him now?"
Lu Shiqing knew that she was asking about the dream, so he said calmly, "I've thought about it carefully, and it's not surprising that you became her fiancée in the dream. If you hadn't taken the initiative to show your affection to me, I'm afraid I would have supported his decision and persuaded your brother to arrange your marriage with him as Xu Shan. This is probably how the dream developed."
"As for the cancellation of the engagement, it's not surprising. Zheng Zhuo will eventually turn from darkness to light, but if he does it too early and is exposed before the Saint's fate ends, he will be wary. He will definitely find ways to cut off your connection and ruin this marriage."
Yuan Cixian nodded. This idea was consistent with what she had deduced.
At this point, Lu Shiqing changed the subject: "These things are all reasonable, but the contradiction lies behind. You should be able to see that your father-in-law appreciates Zheng Zhuo and supports him. In fact, it has nothing to do with whether you are engaged or not."
What he said hit the nail on the head, and Yuan Cixian couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Yes, no wonder she and Zheng Zhuo have no engagement in this life, and her father still loves him.
Lu Shiqing continued, "Since their cooperation is not based on an engagement, how could it be easily separated by others?"
Yuan Cixian frowned and listened to him ask: "Do you know what I would do if the saint tried to ruin your marriage in that situation?"
Lu Shiqing was actually very reluctant to make such an assumption, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to immerse himself in that dream and put himself in the other person's shoes.
He then said, "I will choose to play the game against you and ask both of you to pretend to fall out. On the one hand, I will force Zheng Zhuo to hold back his edge to protect myself, and on the other hand, I will also protect the Yuan family."
Yuan Cixian suddenly raised her head. This was indeed very similar to Lu Shiqing's usual style of doing things.
If he really created such an illusion, many of the statements in the dream might have to be overturned.
He continued to explain: "So, I have doubts about whether Zheng Zhuo really killed your father and brother, and I also reserve my attitude towards the so-called rebellion of the Yuan family. As for the rumor that I killed Zheng Zhuo..." He smiled and said, "I can't imagine what kind of sin would make me take action against him. Most of them are rumors spread by the people."
Otherwise, he would have really killed the entire Yuan family and Yuan Cixian.
Lu Shiqing glanced at her and suddenly said with emotion: "Do you know why I was sent by the saint to Xunyang for disaster relief two years ago when you went to the capital with your father-in-law to receive the title, and I didn't meet you in the palace?"
Yuan Cixian was puzzled: "Just passing by each other, doesn't that mean we are not destined to be together?"
"No." He said, "The time I went south, it was the Queen who suggested that the Saint send me."
"Empress, what..." Yuan Cixian asked halfway when she suddenly realized, "You mean, it was Shao He who asked the Queen for help and asked the Saint to send you out on an official mission, thus preventing our first meeting?"
"It was just what Shaohe thought was our first encounter." Lu Shiqing said, "In fact, long before you rescued Shuangyu, I went out on business as Xu Shan and saw you from afar. That's why I recognized you at first sight at Luting last year."
Yuan Cixian thought this whole process was quite interesting, and she rubbed against his chest with a bit of pride, whispering, "You've only seen me once from a distance, and you remember my face?"
Lu Shiqing didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit it and nodded.
She was happy in her heart, but pretended to be indifferent and said, "Why are you reminiscing about the past for no reason?"
"Because I was just thinking that since Shao He tried every means to stop what she thought, my first meeting with you means that in her previous life..." He paused here and didn't continue.
Yuan Cixian put her arms around his neck and continued for him: "That means that in her previous life, you also liked me very much."
Lu Shiqing lowered his eyes to look at her, smiled and sighed.
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