After hearing what Xiao Changqing said, Xiao Changying felt even worse. He used to think that the Crown Prince was just like him, and that he had not won Shen Xihe's heart, but that he had won because of the word "legitimate". Now...
Seeing that his brother still hadn't let go and looked so sad, Xiao Changqing couldn't bear it, so he changed the subject and said, "In four days, the date agreed with the fourth brother will come. Now I have been targeted by the prince, so I have to find another way out."
He looked down at the seal hanging on his wrist. The seal was wrapped with thin red ropes in circles, like a cocoon.
Now that you have taken this thing, you must fulfill your promise.
"Brother, do you have any instructions?" Xiao Changying knew that his brother really wanted to get the seal back, and hoped that he could help Xiao Changqing share his worries.
Xiao Changqing reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling with relief: "If you act according to the original plan, you will be helping me."
"Brother, how are you going to hide this from the world?" Xiao Changying had already experienced Xiao Huayong's methods, and Xiao Huayong was not so easy to fool.
He raised his hand, with the back of his hand level with his forehead, seemingly blocking the sunlight, but in fact he was looking at the light reflected from the white jade seal in the sunlight, and said something that Xiao Changying didn't understand: "It will show me the way."
Xiao Changqing went to Prince Zhao's Mansion and there was no further movement after that. Shen Xihe was also paying attention to this matter. Because he had put a lot of effort into Ye Wantang, even if he couldn't kill Xiao Changtai this time, Shen Xihe would not force it. With Xiao Huayong's intervention, Shen Xihe did not interfere too much.
For several days, Xiao Huayong only came to the Princess's Mansion once after the court meeting. He had a quick breakfast and left without chatting with Shen Xihe, and Shen Xihe did not ask any further questions.
The heat in Kyoto has caused some children of noble families to fight over the purchase of ice. Many people have long been unable to bear it any longer. Bu Shulin does not like to go back to the Bu Mansion, but she has been in the Princess' Mansion for less than a moment and Cui Jinbai always has a reason to force her to leave. She has a deep resentment towards Cui Jinbai for this.
"They are all the masterminds of the Ye Jia case. If it weren't for this incident, I would have followed him to the palace long ago. The sun is almost melting me!" Bu Shulin wrapped the cloth tightly around her chest in order to cover up her female body. With Shen Xihe, she could not only enjoy the ice, but also relax for a while.
She had endured it in previous years, but this year it was unusually hot for some reason. Although it was hot, there was still rain as it should have been, otherwise it would not be the ministers who would be anxious, but the entire court.
"Alin, be careful." Shen Xihe watched her tilt her head back to gulp down her plum juice, revealing her fake Adam's apple. Her Adam's apple was actually a thin layer of very delicate clay sculpture stuck on her throat.
No one would be impolite to stare at someone else's Adam's apple, and she covered it well, so it has not been exposed until now.
Bu Shulin wiped it off his neck and said, "Let me tell you, Cui Shitou has been trying to find my Adam's apple lately!"
She hated Cui Jinbai to death. After her unremitting efforts, her courtyard in Bu Mansion was now at least a safe place. In the past few years, she often used illness as an excuse to not be on duty, one to reassure the emperor, and the other to facilitate cover. For example, in midsummer, she basically stayed in her own mansion and wore whatever she wanted. No one would notice her even if she was naked.
Ever since Cui Jinbai moved into Bu Mansion, he sometimes broke into her room without even knocking. It's not like she had sharp ears and eyes and couldn't clean up quickly, so he would have discovered the clues long ago!