Yancheng Villa
The eldest young master carefully used a tea knife to pry off a small piece of tea cake and threw it into the teapot that had boiled water.
He glanced at Young Master Chu Ran who was reading the letter, chuckled, and asked, "How are you doing? Is there any interesting news?"
"They are all very interesting." Young Master Chu Ran stood up and handed the letter he had read to the eldest young master, "I have to say that stupid people are blessed."
"I won't read it. Tell me. Who is stupid and lucky?"
"Who else could it be? Those two brothers!" Young Master Chu Ran chuckled and continued to read the news sent back by the spies. "The people from Prince Jing's Mansion have joined in, and the suspicion between the two of them has been greatly reduced. Not much, at least Prince Jing’s Mansion helped attract some of the attention.”
"The resentment and obsession of Prince Jing's Mansion will kill them sooner or later." The eldest young master shook his head, observed the color of the tea soup in the teapot, and put in the other ingredients he had prepared accordingly. "Aren't you living a good life now? Do you have to sit on that chair to be at ease and to achieve his goal?"
"What's so good about that chair?" Master Chu Ran said after reading all the news, "Xiao Jue sat on that seat. Now our life is not as leisurely as ours. If one trouble is not solved, a lot of troubles follow one after another. By now, he and his friends should be dying of headaches." He shook his head gently, "In order to obtain information from the capital, the people in Prince Jing's Mansion sent two spies to the little girl from the Bao family. As a dowry. The Bao family is also very close to each other. Without thinking, they let him take her to the capital. The two families themselves are very intrigued, and it is not easy to be distracted from completing their own errands. "
"The relationship here is unclear. How many people originally advised the Yan family not to have this marriage, but the old man of the Yan family refused to listen. Now it is time for them to taste the bitter pill." The eldest young master poured the cooked tea soup into the Put it in the tea bowl in front of Young Master Chu Ran, "If Xiao Jue wants to save trouble, after finding out the problem, he will completely suppress the three families to death so that they have no chance to breathe."
"Brother, there are more than three families." Master Chu Ran picked up the tea bowl and blew on it, "There is also another family involved."
"And?" The eldest young master frowned, "Who?"
"Prince Tong's Mansion." Young Master Chu Ran sighed and rubbed his forehead, "We have talked before about the people and things we least want to encounter, but we have met them all. Our luck is so good. .”
"Why did Prince Tong's Mansion get involved?" The eldest young master was puzzled, "His family doesn't even have descendants."
"The Yan family's Tangquan Village on the outskirts of Xijing, didn't it belong to Prince Tong's Mansion before? That village was very mysterious when it was first built. Coupled with the messy rumors in the market, if those children are not curious and don't investigate, It’s absolutely impossible.”
"What's there to explore in that house?" The eldest young master raised his eyebrows, "Other than having more organs, it doesn't have any special value."
"No." Young Master Chu Ran waved his hand, "The rumor I heard the most is that there is a huge treasure that Prince Tong hid for Emperor Chongde. But later, because the two people turned against each other, Emperor Chongde did not find it until his death. Get this treasure.”
"Where did you hear this?" The eldest young master couldn't laugh or cry, "That's not the case at all. Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong..."
"How is it?" Master Chu Ran's eyes immediately shone, "Is their relationship particularly bad?"
"Why is the relationship bad?" The eldest young master sighed, "The relationship is very good, extremely good."
"The two of them...are they considered brothers?"
"It should be considered." The eldest young master nodded lightly, "The two of them just have bad luck. If they were not born in an imperial family but in an ordinary family, the ending would be completely different. Or maybe they were not born at the end of the previous dynasty. Even if he had been born a hundred years earlier, he would not have ended up with such a tragic end." He sighed again, "The two of them have always been on the same page and faced all problems together, but they took into account the needs of the courtiers. Thoughts, that’s why he behaves as if water and fire are incompatible.”
"What does this mean?"
"Think about it, if you were an important minister in the court, would you be happy to see that the man on the dragon throne and the prince who holds a heavy army are of the same mind?"
"Why not?" Young Master Chu Ran looked puzzled, "Isn't this great? The court must stir up a pot of porridge and make it a mess, will these courtiers be willing to do it?"
"We can't understand the thoughts of the courtiers...especially the civil servants. Not to mention Emperor Chongde and Prince Tong, even Xiaojue, Haolin, Xiaocha and the others, it's not like no one speaks. But, Xiaojue Jue will not tolerate them. He will beat one or two, forcing these people who are looking for trouble to shut up." The eldest young master raised his eyebrows, "But Emperor Chongde, relatively speaking, his personal temperament He is a bit soft, has many thoughts, and likes to think wildly, so he easily takes the words of the ministers to heart, and becomes depressed when he can't understand. And King Tong is a person who will accommodate him and doesn't want him to be so sad. Therefore, he fully cooperates with whatever Emperor Chongde says."
"Listen to these two people..." Master Chu Ran touched his chin, "It's very ambiguous!"
"Hey, you're right. The real relationship between them is that they can't get what they want, but they also know that it's not the other party's problem, but because of their identities and the situation they are in, they are not allowed to go further. "." The eldest young master looked at Young Master Chu Ran, "The Tangquan Courtyard of the Yan family you mentioned belongs to Prince Tong in name, but actually belongs to Emperor Chongde. The two of them met in private, and they were basically in here."
"These two are in terrible misery!" Young Master Chu Ran shook his head helplessly, "But how did you know?"
"Do you still remember when you were a child, about five or six years old, we rescued a Taoist with a white beard on the street?"
"Hmm..." Young Master Chu Ran recalled carefully, "Is he the old man who fainted from hunger on the street?" Seeing his brother nodding, he trembled, "He couldn't... couldn't be... …”
"Yes, Prince Tong, Prince Tong who survived in place of Emperor Chongde."
"No, my age doesn't match up. He..." Young Master Chu Ran pointed at himself and then at the eldest young master, "Is he just like us?"
"Yes!" The eldest young master showed a wry smile, "Just like us, we don't know how long we can live, and we don't know when we will die. The Yan family's Tangquan Villa has indeed hidden something. In addition to being taken by the little prince, In addition to the large amount of gold and silver, there is also a very precious pill."
"There is only one, but Emperor Chongde actually left it to Prince Tong? Should we say he is selfless or too cruel?" Master Chu Ran sighed heavily and drank up some of the cold tea in the cup, " Let the person you love the most live alone in this world, suffering from lovesickness." He shook his head as he said, "It's so cruel!"
