It turned out that when Gu Shufei discovered something was wrong, he immediately turned the wine glass around. So he drank the glass of wine that Lu Shizhan had drugged.
The medicine given by Lu Shizhan is called "Three Days of Drunkness". No matter how good a drinker you are, as long as you have a little pain, you will be drunk for three days as the name suggests. Everything that happens during this period will be blurry and unclear.
After knocking Lu Shizhan unconscious, Gu Shufei put down another boat and rowed to the shore while the maid was away.
It happened that there was a big pig farmer on the shore.
Gu Shufei dragged the heavy bag, and Lu Shizhan couldn't run far. After thinking about it, he simply threw Lu Shizhan into the pig pen.
Then he wandered around a few jewelry shops, then returned to his house and fell asleep.
By the time I got up the next day, this rumor had become known to everyone. Lu Shizhan is now disgraced. It is said that even the current emperor was ashamed of this. In anger, he directly silenced Lu Shizhan regardless of the dissuasion of his courtiers.
At this time in the palace.
"It's just nonsense."
Emperor Renzong couldn't help but throw the ink pen in his hand at Lu Shizhan's face.
Lu Shizhan knelt on the ground dejectedly and did not dare to dodge, letting the dots of vermilion from the pen fall on his robe.
How could he have thought that things would spread so outrageously?
I just wanted to sleep with a woman, but my boat capsized in the gutter. That bitch really deserves to die.
But when he thought of the woman smiling at him, he felt itchy.
"You dare to be in a daze, what on earth are you thinking, you treacherous son?"
Emperor Renzong became even more angry when he saw Lu Shizhan kneeling on the ground motionless.
"Call the Prime Minister and the Supervisors of Ceremonies."
The eunuchs beside Emperor Renzong left in response, and soon they all came to the imperial study. When they saw Lu Shizhan kneeling below, they thought about the rumors in the capital, and couldn't help but get excited.
Could it be that he wanted to depose King Heng?
Emperor Renzong didn't care when he saw their different expressions. He just wrote something on his own. After a while, he spoke. "I called you here to announce something." Emperor Renzong raised his head and looked at the people in front of him one by one. "Who do you think among my sons has both ability and political integrity and is worthy of being the crown prince?" Bit?"
Upon hearing this, several people were frightened and immediately knelt on the ground. As soon as someone took the lead, several others also knelt on the ground.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Emperor Renzong sighed, "That's it. We will discuss this matter later. It's just the selection of the prince. You can go back and draw up a charter on how to select."
Lu Shizhan, who was kneeling aside, felt ecstatic when he heard that the Holy Emperor was going to choose the heir to the crown prince's position from among their brothers, but he quickly came to his senses.
I am afraid that I am not destined to be the crown prince, otherwise why would my father still let me kneel here in front of these courtiers.
As expected, Emperor Renzong's next words sent Lu Shizhan into hell.
"Old Bade is not worthy of the position. In recent days, he has been thinking about his troubles in the house and cannot go out."
The implication is that Lu Shizhan, who is a embarrassment to the royal family, should not go out recently and stay at home.
"...Yes, Father."
Suburban teahouse.
Gu Shufei, disguised as a pretty flower girl, was resting in a teahouse.
Most of her sources of information come from places with various religious beliefs, but it is from these places that the true and false information is widely spread. With careful screening, you can figure out which information is useful and which is useless.
She made an appointment with Lu Shiyan to meet here today, and after drinking a cup of tea, Lu Shiyan showed up as expected. He was dressed casually, but the coldness in his bones still made people look at him.
"You came."
Gu Shufei poured a cup of tea for Lu Shiyan.
"Well, you are dressed like this..."
Lu Shiyan looked her up and down, a little surprised.
"How's it going? Does it look different compared to me on weekdays?"
Gu Shufei smiled and touched the flowers on her hairpin, and spoke with a hint of teasing.
"You have more flavor than usual."
Lu Shiyan laughed when he saw Gu Shufei was so lively.
"Okay, I don't want to joke with you anymore. I called you here today to ask about something important."
Gu Shufei rolled her eyes at Lu Shiyan, then sat upright and spoke to him.
"Please say."
Lu Shiyan made a gesture of invitation.
Gu Shufei didn't speak for a long time, and seemed to have considered it for a long time before she asked cautiously: "I wonder what the third master thinks of the master's words?"
Lu Shiyan understood her meaning instantly.
He touched the jade pendant on his waist, then raised his head and said, "What do you think? The head of the family's decision is not something I can influence."
There is a lot of information revealed in this sentence.
The family's decision is not something he can control. This sentence alone can be interpreted in many ways. The first one is that he has some ideas but is currently powerless.
The second is that he is a die-hard loyalist, so naturally he will not interfere with the family leader's actions and ideas.
But Gu Shufei was more willing to believe that Lu Shiyan had the first idea than the second one.
People in wealthy businessmen's mansions would fight to the death for their property. Not to mention the position of the Lord of the World. I'm just afraid that the knife will bleed when the time comes, and life or death will be unpredictable.
And from the first glance, he could feel that Lu Shiyan was definitely not an ordinary person.
After hearing what Lu Shiyan said, she raised the corners of her lips and picked out a peony from the basket and placed it on the tea table.
"This peony is the king of flowers, who wouldn't want it?"
"It's just a pity that these beautiful flowers have thorns. How many people tried to pick them but accidentally pricked their hands by the thorns. Some people's heads were bruised and bleeding, and some people were covered in cuts and bruises."
"You see, this is what happens when you pick flowers alone."
Gu Shufei stretched out her hands and showed them to Lu Shiyan. The originally white hands were covered with scars from flower thorns.
The simple answerer looked unmoved, and Gu Shufei spoke again: "If you want to pick peonies, if you have a pair of sharp scissors, you can get twice the result with half the effort."
"I wonder where these sharp scissors come from?"
Lu Shiyan looked at Gu Shufei's aggressive salesmanship, smiled and asked cooperatively.
Seeing his appearance, Gu Shufei thought he was being moved and said, "Don't worry about where it comes from. What you should care about is whose hand the scissors are holding."
Lu Shiyan nodded as if he had been taught something.
Seeing this, Gu Shufei spoke again: "It's easy to get these scissors. I just need you to help me get back some of my mother's things first."
"Then how do I know if the scissors are sharp?"
Lu Shiyan asked like a provocateur.
"The sharpness of the scissors depends on how the person holding the scissors uses it."
Gu Shufei also patiently answered Lu Shiyan's questions.
She finally found some things related to her mother, but she just wanted to get them back. She couldn't do it on her own, so she had to ask the people in front of her for help.
It's just that Lu Shiyan's attitude of neither agreeing nor rejecting made him look like a scumbag.
