It was strange that when facing Situ Ce, she could never say the words she could say so openly to Situ Jian. Probably she knew that Situ Jian couldn't help her, and she didn't have to be as cautious as she was with Situ Ce.
"If I tell the prince what I said today, His Highness will be in danger. Your Highness has never said what I said today, and I have never heard of it." Fu Qingchu said, turned around and left.
Only now did she understand the meaning of what Liu Lin said to her, "No matter what someone said, just pretend that you didn't hear it and didn't know, so that you can protect yourself."
It turns out they all knew.
Situ Jian knew, but he wanted to use her, so he let her hear and let her know.
Liu Lin knew, but he didn't want her to take risks, so he pretended that she didn't hear and didn't know.
But if you heard it, how could you pretend you didn't hear it?
She was walking with her head buried when a cat suddenly jumped out and startled her.
"Bang——"
The sound of fireworks bursting covered her exclamation. She turned to look at the gorgeous fireworks in the sky and listened to people's exclamations. She looked at the crowd not far away and saw Cheng Hehe clinging to Situ Ce. Under the dim light, she could only see her own shadow.
"Bang——"
After the last firework went out, the sky returned to pitch black, and the crowd began to disperse.
Situ Ce turned around, seemingly looking for someone, looked around, and saw her under the corridor. He smiled and raised his hand to let her pass. His hand was still tied with the thread of longevity she had knitted.
Fu Qingchu felt like needles pricking his heart, and tears fell again.
She thought she didn't care, but when she saw Cheng Hehe standing by his side openly, she realized that she was jealous of Cheng Hehe.
No matter how beautiful the fireworks are, they are short-lived.
No matter how well-crafted the lie is, it is still a lie.
For a moment, she felt ridiculous, for herself, for Situ Ce, and for Situ Jian.
"The Duke of Lu fell, Cheng An became the Secretary of the Central Committee, and Cheng Hehe was about to marry the prince. Their master and apprentice stepped on the bones of the eldest brother and the Fu family to the top. The relationship between the prince and the Cheng family is unbreakable." Situ Jian hid in the darkness, looked at Situ Ce and Cheng Hehe, and smiled disdainfully.
"No." Fu Qingchu looked at Situ Ce with tears on his face and smiled, "The lies will eventually be exposed one day."
Hearing this, Situ Jian was surprised, but he felt that it was reasonable. Who could accept that the person next to him was the enemy of the family? And he has to marry someone else.
"Miss Fu, if you should be beheaded, I also told you. You might as well listen to me and say one more thing. The one you should be loyal to is the prince, not the current man named Situ Ce." Situ Jian said solemnly.
Fu Qingchu turned his eyes and said with determination: "If you can be the prince, I will be loyal to you."
Situ Jian was shocked. He didn't mean it in the first place.
"The prince exempts me from joining the Jiaofangsi, and I am loyal to him. The prince allows me to reunite with my family, and I am loyal to him." Fu Qingchu looked at him resolutely, and said word by word, "His Royal Highness, how should I be loyal to the prince? Please give me your instructions."
Situ Jian couldn't hide the excitement in his heart. He took a deep breath and said, "This has something to do with why your family was involved in rebellion." He saw Situ Ce coming here in a blink of an eye, and said hurriedly, "You go back today, and I will do it myself in the future." I’ll tell you.”
"Okay, I'm waiting for His Highness in the East Palace." Fu Qingchu said firmly.
Situ Jian curled his lips and said hello, then turned and walked away from the woods.
Fu Qingchu watched him go away, and in a blink of an eye he saw Situ Ce walking up the steps. When he saw her, he smiled and said, "Why are you here to see it? It's all blocked by the roof."
"I wanted to get you a cloak, but I was frightened by a cat jumping out. Xu was probably in heat. I was so scared of the cry that I didn't dare to step forward." She said it matter-of-factly.
Hearing this, Situ Ce vaguely heard a cat meowing, shook her hand, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, we are going home."
Fu Qingchu smiled and held his hand back, "Okay."
…
After the Dragon Boat Festival, it was only one month before the prince's wedding, and the palace and harem began to get busy, especially the East Palace, who were all preparing to welcome the prince.
Although there is the Ministry of Rites outside and the Zhan Shi Mansion inside, after all, the Crown Princess lives in the East Palace and the Inner Palace, and many matters in the inner palace have to be reported back and forth to Fu Qingchu.
Situ Ce took her hand and said thank you for your hard work. Fu Qingchu held his hand back and said with a smile, "This is a happy event, not hard work."
He smiled faintly, thought for a while and then said: "He He is upright and kind-hearted. You two should become good friends."
"Aren't they good sisters?" Fu Qingchu teased with a smile.
"Oh, you want to be a sister?" Situ Ce said amusedly.
"Don't dare." Fu Qingchu smiled and shook his head.
How dare she? Cheng Shuhe is his wife, but she is not even a concubine, so how dare she call her a sister?
Seeing her sad expression, Situ Ce was afraid that she would worry too much, so he hurriedly stretched out his hands to hold her in his arms and comforted her: "Don't think too much. When the Crown Princess enters the palace, she only has an extra set of bowls and chopsticks. Everything in the East Palace remains the same."
Fu Qingchu hummed and didn't answer any more. She didn't know what to say, it seemed like nothing was right, everything seemed like jealousy, everything seemed like treating the Crown Princess as an enemy, putting him in a dilemma.
…
The closer the wedding day got, the busier the East Palace became, with so many people and many hands, she didn't even know when there was a letter on Fu Qingchu's desk.
She looked at the letter on the table and couldn't help but laugh. There were people from Situ Jian in the East Palace, and she didn't know if there were people from Situ Ce in Prince Jin's palace.
Fu Qingchu took the letter and after a lot of tangles in his mind, he finally opened it and read it.
Familiar handwriting suddenly came into view, and Fu Qingchu felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
"Fu Huaiyuan, the guilty minister, conspired against the Fu family. Last year, he went to the west and ordered the prince to supervise the country and King Zhao to assist him. The prince was ill, and King Zhao visited him in Qianming Palace. The prince fell asleep due to illness, and King Zhao came to visit, but he I was shocked when I didn't see the red mark on the back of the prince's neck.
"The record of the red dragon on the neck of the prince was said to be auspicious, but it is missing now. It concerns the prince, so it is a serious matter. King Zhao secretly visited the Qingyun Temple and got the words of Yun Shen and Huang Si..."
The memorial came to an abrupt end.
Fu Qingchu took the letter, his body trembling uncontrollably, and he hurriedly looked at the next one. It was written in an unfamiliar handwriting, and he saw the letter written on it: "King Zhao informed his grandfather about the matter, and his grandfather informed his father about the matter, and ordered him to return to the capital. We were discussing important matters together, but unexpectedly something happened, and the girl already knows what happened next.”
Fu Qingchu held the letter tightly in his hand, not even noticing that his nails dug into his flesh.
In the last years of Emperor Taizong's life, he believed deeply in the prophecies of celestial phenomena. The King of Qin bribed the Taishi Bureau and forced the prince to become a monk on the grounds that the prince's star was in opposition to the five emperors' stars, causing Emperor Taizong's illness.
At this time, Crown Princess Cui was holding the newly born prince and kneeling outside the palace gate. She said that because of the prince's birth, the prince's star was opposite to the five emperors' stars in the sky. In order to protect the safety of Emperor Taizong and the prince, she was willing to take the prince to become a monk. .
The prince was born before full term and was pitifully small. After being taken out of the palace by the princess, I heard that he went through many hardships and almost died. Later, the prince succeeded to the throne and took the prince concubine and the prince back to the palace. However, the prince also suffered from the root cause of the disease and his health was not good.
The former crown prince is today's Emperor Yuanhe, Situ Ye, and the ill-fated crown prince is today's crown prince Situ Ce.
Fu Qingchu crumpled the letter into a ball and held it in his hand. He couldn't believe everything Situ Jian said. But if she didn't believe it, she really couldn't figure out why Situ Li would rebel when Situ Ce was seriously ill. After Situ Ce died, he could naturally become the prince, so why would he take such desperate risks?
In that situation, it would have been faster to cover Situ Ce with a pillow than to plot rebellion. However, Situ Li chose the stupidest method and decided to plot again and lead a group of people to kill him in the East Palace.
Fu Qingchu didn't understand why he did this before, but she understood after reading this letter.
Situ Li discovered Situ Ce's secret, and Situ Ce had to take advantage first. As for what Situ Li did, it didn't matter.
After all, once the charge of murdering the prince was confirmed, Situ Li could not defend himself. As for the red birthmark, why couldn't he find someone to paint it on?
Fu Qingchu had seen the birthmark, which was shallow and hidden in the hair on the back of Situ Ce's neck.
Tattoos will fade, not to mention paintings?
Thinking of this, Fu Qingchu suddenly remembered what Su Junruo said to Situ Ce before his death:
"You were born among the people and have experienced the sufferings of the people. You should be used to this kind of devoting yourself to others to survive."
Although Situ Ce never mentioned it, Fu Qingchu understood that the relationship between Su Junruo and him was not that of a simple monarch and minister. After all, what kind of romantic affair wouldn't happen if you were alone for a long night, with a man and a woman alone?
If Su Jun knew about the birthmark on the back of his neck, it would not be a strange thing.
The so-called "people's origin" means doubting Situ Ce's life experience; while committing oneself to others means doubting the former queen's chastity.
Situ Ce wants to expand the corruption in the East Palace, disgrace several major families, and shake the political status of several major families. This is something Su Junruo didn't want to see until she died, so before she died, she threatened Situ Ce. She knew his secret and tried to use this to seek a chance of survival. She warned him that if she died, his secret would no longer be hidden.
Unexpectedly, those words became her reminder.
Sure enough, as soon as Su Junruo died, Situ Jian came to the door, and she knew the truth. This made it difficult for Fu Qingchu not to suspect that behind Situ Jian, there was no support from the Su family or even other major families.
Thinking of this, Fu Qingchu couldn't help laughing.
Things in this world are like grass and gray snakes, and their veins run thousands of miles.
The Su family and other major families wanted revenge, so they approached Situ Jian. Situ Jian came to the position and approached her. And if she wants to take revenge, she must cooperate with Situ Jian.
Fu Qingchu stood on the high platform and looked at the palace walls, which were like ropes, making people unable to breathe. The moment she knew the truth, she was so excited that she wanted to kill her enemy immediately.
But when she calmed down and thought about her way out, she found that she had no better way to escape unscathed and save the living members of the Fu family.
From a distance, she saw Situ Ce's guard of honor slowly coming towards the East Palace. It was him who came back today, but who would it be tomorrow? Nowadays, there are too many people who want him dead, and even more people want to use her hand to let him die.
She had many opportunities to kill him, but then the Fu family would not survive. What she wanted to do was to finish what Situ Li and Su Junruo had not finished and tell the people who should hear it.
