In the spring of the 40th year of Wanshun, Mr. Meng, who had disappeared for a whole winter, finally arrived with the fresh water vapor of Jiangnan, and also brought some special snacks from Jiangnan to the two of them, and they were tossed enough this winter, but it was also related to this. The more intimate Gu Hongjian and Lin Size were very happy to see Mr. Meng.
But Mr. Meng didn't teach the two of them anything this time, but instead asked them: "It's been a year now, one of you is seventeen and the other is sixteen. You are both adults, right or not?"
Gu Hongjian stood up, made a gesture of his own height, and said, "Yes!"
Lin Size stood up: "...Yes."
Gu Hongjian was surprised to find that it had only been a year, so why did Lin Size stalk so much? !
But before she could think about it, Mr. Meng said, "There must be a time limit for keeping a low profile. Now... it's time."
Gu Hongjian: "Ah..."
Lin Size nodded calmly, "Yes."
"The emperor's health is not very good. There must be a minister who proposes to let him establish a prince. The emperor himself has to consider this matter whether he wants to or not... Hongjian, who do you think is the most likely candidate?"
Gu Hongjian was stunned when she didn't expect to be asked, and said, "It's a pity that the first prince has the support of Taishi Yao, but he doesn't like it, and his body is not good. , and the fourth prince and the second prince are one faction..."
Although Gu Hongjian and Lin Size live in the Baifu Palace and seem isolated from the world, in fact, they have always been concerned about the outside world. Gu Hongjian is responsible for inquiring about news in the lower world. After all, she has also been in the palace for many years. , and a little bit of martial arts and a good personality, most of the little palace maids like her are happy to talk to her, so when they talk about the master's affairs carefully, they don't mind telling her.
And the other is the news that Lin Size got himself, and the news that Mr. Meng occasionally gave them.
So after inference, Gu Hongjian made a general analysis.
Mr. Meng smiled with neither approval nor disapproval, and said, "Then if we want to get rid of as many people as possible from now on, what should we do?"
Gu Hongjian was stunned for a while and said, "Should..."
Mr. Meng smiled again: "Tell you a gossip, the second prince and the third prince quarreled over a singer a few days ago. Many people saw it in a large audience."
Gu Hong saw a move in her heart and looked at Mr. Meng.
Mr. Meng touched her head: "think about it slowly, I'll ask you again tomorrow."
After saying that, he walked away as gracefully as he came.
Gu Hongjian was still standing there in a daze, and she has been restless since then. Lin Size was probably also very worried and didn't say anything to her.
At night, Gu Hongjian finally came up with a solution.
Killed the second prince.
Lin Si Ze frowned slightly and said, "Huh?"
"The second prince and the third prince had a quarrel a few days ago because of the singer, and everyone knew that they were not on good terms. Once the second prince died, the third prince would be suspected—but it was only a suspicion. In order to get rid of the crime, the third prince would definitely search everywhere. The real murderer. And the fourth prince was from the second prince before, so he would naturally go to all kinds of crusade against the third prince... When the second prince is dead, and the third prince and the fourth prince are in trouble, who would have thought of you as a shadowy prince? ."
Lin Si Ze was silent for a moment, then said, "Hong Jian, do you think such a plan is cruel?"
Gu Hongjian said: "Isn't this inevitable on your road to success? If you think this plan is cruel, what will you be able to accomplish in the future? Lin Size, I, like you, have never killed anyone or even watched it. Dead people, but me, from the day I was brought by Mr. Meng, the day I was taught martial arts by Mr. Meng, I was ready... Don't tell me, you are not ready! "
In the face of Gu Hongjian's aggressive questioning, Lin Size only chuckled and said helplessly, "I'll say something, you say so much. I'm just asking you, do you think this plan is cruel, not that I feel this The plan is cruel."
Gu Hongjian: "Ah..."
"I don't have any psychological burden for killing my brother. Besides, they can't be called 'brother' to me at all. I'm just a little worried about you." Lin Size said.
He was worried about her.
After knowing this, Gu Hong saw that the anger that had just been extinguished at that moment, her voice softened a lot, and said: "Since I can propose such a plan, it means that I have no hesitation. I said, I Get ready! Don't look at me as if I usually follow you and laugh, but I follow you. Of course I won't be soft on your enemy!"
"Thank you." Lin Size said.
This is the first time Lin Size has thanked Gu Hongjian. Gu Hongjian waved his hand and said indifferently, "It's alright, let's continue talking... How is my plan?"
Lin Size said, "Why do you want to kill the second prince instead of the third prince?"
"Because Concubine Shu is favored, if the second prince dies, Concubine Shu will definitely not let it go, and will pester the emperor to ask him to find out the truth, and will definitely doubt the third prince... And if the third prince dies, Concubine Shu will only find a way to protect the With the second prince, the third prince's biological mother passed away early, and the adoptive mother, Concubine Hui, was not very favored by the emperor, so there must be no Concubine Shu Gui who would cause trouble..." Gu Hong said.
Although what he said is reasonable, in fact, there is another reason why Gu Hongjian did not say it.
Because she remembered that the second prince was the one who took the lead in bullying Lin Size and pushed Lin Size into the lake.
She thought that she wouldn't feel too guilty when the second prince died.
Lin Size didn't know these thoughts of hers, so she just smiled lightly: "Hong Jian's brain is really much more useful than before."
Gu Hong was so angry that she said, "I have always used my brain very well, okay?"
Lin Size said again: "Although this plan is good, there is still a place for improvement..."
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The next day, Mr. Meng arrived as scheduled. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the plan mentioned by Gu Hongjian and Lin Size, and seemed helpless and relieved: "This plan is good, but sometimes, you still need to concentrate and be careful. Not...too much."
Gu Hongjian and Lin Size were half-aware of what Mr. Meng said, but they nodded repeatedly to show that they understood, and Mr. Meng didn't say anything more.
As if God wanted to help Lin Size and Gu Hongjian, Lin Size actually received an invitation to the Spring Banquet. You must know that he had never been there before. The emperor probably thought that Lin Size was not too young to leave the palace to build a mansion in a few years, or because he was in poor health and hoped that all his children would be present, so he called Lin Size over.
On the way, they happened to meet a familiar but strange person.
Zuo Ningyan.
She was wearing a white spring shirt, the fabric of the clothes was soft against her body, her waist was slender and soft, and her black hair reached her waist, only a small bunch of braids were braided on the left and right and pinned with a hairpin behind her. The hairpin is in the shape of a white lotus, with agate below it, and her whole person seems to have come out of a self-painting.
I haven't seen her for ten years, and she is still dressed in white, still so good-looking. The little girl who was carved in pink and jade has become more and more slim.
Seeing her, Gu Hong saw that her first reaction was to think of the box of soup she couldn't eat. She couldn't help but paused, but because she was afraid that Lin Size would scold her, she quickly regained her senses. It was found that Lin Size had stopped just like her.
He was also looking at Zuo Ningyan.
At that moment, the expression on Lin Size's face was something Gu Hongjian had never seen before.
She has seen that kind of expression, as if a person who has been hungry for a long time sees hot steamed buns, or like a person who has been thirsty for a long time sees a clear lake.
He likes Zuo Ningyan.
Gu Hongjian was only sixteen years old at the time. She didn't know what it meant to like, but everything in her heart was ignorant, even if he liked to follow Lin Size's side, like to deliberately make him angry, like to see him get angry because of himself, like to see him treat herself Slightly smiled—she didn't even know what she was thinking about Lin Size.
However, the moment she saw Lin Size's eyes, she knew very clearly that Lin Size likes Zuo Ningyan.
She didn't even know that she liked Lin Size, but she already knew that Lin Size likes Zuo Ningyan.
This is a very helpless thing.
"It's about love, it's about courtesy", Gu Hongjian learned this sentence a long time ago.
Among them, the word "love" was something that Lin Size and Mr. Meng could not describe very well before. Gu Hongjian didn't even understand it herself, but she finally understood it, but she actually understood it from others.
Or from Lin Size.
But how could Lin Size... like Zuo Ningyan
However, not knowing what happened to Gu Hongjian, Lin Size had already looked away and left as if nothing had happened. Gu Hongjian could only follow him forward.
And in order to be polite and afraid of others hearing it, she didn't even dare to say a word to ask.
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