"Still talking!" King Linjiang was so angry that he slapped Shen Chen on the head. "You are such an adult, I shouldn't control you in everything, but you are too irrational for a woman. Look at what you have done in the past six months! One by one, I feel ashamed for you! Although your father and mother are deeply in love, your father has never delayed his own work because of your mother..."
"I didn't go there for Wei An." Shen Chen naturally had to clear the relationship with King Linjiang. He glanced at King Linjiang and told him about Emperor Longqing urging him to find Master Zhang. "Your Majesty is urging me too much. After thinking about it, this is the only way to avoid it temporarily, so that I can take some time to think of other countermeasures."
"Can you fool me?!" King Linjiang just sneered: "After all, why would His Majesty urge you to get some magic medicine? Isn't it because you wanted to get married early, so you avoided me and presented that magic medicine, so that His Majesty rekindled hope and changed his mind?"
Not only has Shen Chen had a hard time recently, but Prince Linjiang's life is even more difficult. Emperor Longqing has hope. Before, he wanted Prince Linjiang to take care of all the things, but now he feels that he cannot be involved in anything.
During this time, when Shen Chen was experiencing the bloody storm in Fangshan, Prince Linjiang was not having an easy time in the capital either.
Therefore, he was still angry about Shen Chen's behavior.
Shen Chen knew it in his heart. He paused for a moment without saying anything, then he sighed sincerely and said to King Linjiang: "I didn't think it through. I didn't expect people to always want more. I had already clearly told His Majesty that this medicine could not be prepared for a second bottle, but I didn't expect His Majesty to be so greedy..."
Perhaps it was because Emperor Longqing had been too cooperative before and had delegated many tasks to Prince Linjiang. Also, his health was so poor that people felt that he would never be able to do anything again.
King Linjiang would never be really angry with Shen Chen. He snorted and told Shen Chen to stand up. He said coldly, "Why is this so strange? Everyone is like this. Once things reach the worst point, of course they will choose the most favorable option from the worst situation. Once things go smoothly and their wishes are fulfilled, they will abandon the promises they made before. This is human nature. I expected it a long time ago."
Shen Chen was silent for a moment, and then he said, "But if this happens, I'm afraid His Majesty won't let you and our family off so easily."
The King of Linjiang had already anticipated all of this. He snorted coldly, "It's not up to him."
Shen Chen was shocked. It was so hard to get to this point without bloodshed. Was there going to be a war in the end? He couldn't help but whispered, "Father, things may not have to come to this point..."
"You don't have to say anything." Prince Linjiang waved his hand, as if he had a headache. "You have been away from the capital for half a month. I don't know what happened. The emperor has done things to this extent. He has almost forced people into a desperate situation. At this point, we have no choice but to fight."
He has always been ambitious for this position, and has never concealed this ambition. Shen Chen was speechless, and after a long time he said: "Father, I will try my best to make His Majesty give up this idea..."
Prince Linjiang did not comment, but instead talked about something else: "I have also heard about what happened in Prince Zheng's Mansion this time. What do you think?"
Shen Chen didn't know what the Linjiang prince meant. With this incident, the Xu family's ill will towards the Wei family was obvious. It was a tense situation. It was a life-and-death struggle. There was no other choice. He snorted and did not hide his anger towards the Xu family. "Didn't the emperor say that the case would be handed over to Young Master Lin for trial? If the mastermind of this matter is found out, then the crime of murdering the royal family will naturally be on him. Uncle Zheng has only this one son. No matter what their purpose is, they are unbearable to have set their sights on such a young child. They deserve to die."
This already showed his attitude. Prince Linjiang looked at him deeply, and after a while he finally said nothing. He just said, "You haven't been back for so long. Now that you are back safely, and something like this happened in Prince Zheng's mansion, it's a good opportunity for me to go there on your behalf and see how the child is. By the way, I'll tell your uncle Prince Zheng to forgive me. I've been really overwhelmed recently and can't leave."
Shen Chen nodded, feeling that something was wrong. King Linjiang's attitude seemed too vague, and after asking him, he didn't say anything else...
But he also knew that the matter of the magic medicine had set a big trap for King Linjiang. King Linjiang was already struggling to deal with it, so he didn't think about it anymore. But he didn't leave immediately. He stood still and looked at King Linjiang and said, "Father, I want to go see the princess."
The estrangement and difference between father and princess are obvious.
Prince Linjiang had no objection before, but this time he frowned and sighed: "You should also go and pay your respects to the princess. No matter what she did wrong in the past, that's in the past. I have put a lot of effort into arranging your marriage recently. You should go quickly and don't say those unpleasant words. From now on, the family will be well together, which is more important than anything else. We are a family after all."
These were not the words Shen Chen wanted to hear. He finally realized what was wrong. His brows furrowed tightly, and he stood in place, looking at King Linjiang, and shouted "Father" in a raised voice.
King Linjiang looked at him, as if he knew where his anger came from, and reached out to pat his shoulder: "Achen, I know you are a good boy, you should also think about Awu, if something happens to her, how will Awu deal with it? Besides, how will the relationship between you and Awu be settled from now on? I know that you may have been wronged in some things, but Achen, things in this world are not black and white."
Shen Chen did not continue to argue. Sometimes some words are meaningless if they are not said at the right time. Similarly, some things can only be used as evidence when brought out at the right time. However, when others have already made up their minds, no matter how much evidence you bring out, they will not look at it.
He stood there quietly for a long time, thinking about many things, but in the end he just laughed. After a while, he broke the silence and answered softly, then turned and walked out. (To be continued)