Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Looking up, I saw thick clouds covering the sky and snowflakes falling.

Wen Jiu stood outside the house for a long time. After a long time, he adjusted his expression and pushed open the bedroom door.

There was a familiar smell in the house, the scent of gardenia that Qiao Shinian liked.

This should not be said to be what Qiao Shinian likes, this is what Mu Qingchen likes.

Qiao Shinian usually didn't use the gardenia soap, but he knew that whenever Qiao Shinian was unhappy or missed Mu Qingchen too much, she would smell like gardenia, so strong that it was suffocating.

Pushing open the door, there was only one light on in the room, with a faint candlelight by the bed. Qiao Shinian was lying on a pile of pillows, her hair covering her face, making it difficult for Wen Jiu to see whether her eyes were still open.

The room was warm, in contrast to the biting chill he was feeling.

"Sister?" Wen Jiu walked over quietly and lifted the hair on Qiao Shinian's face with one hand.

Qiao Shinian seemed to be asleep, but she struggled to open her eyes when she heard Wen Jiu's voice. Her voice was hoarse and lazy: "I'm back."

"Yeah." Wen Jiu responded in a low voice. He squatted down and looked at Qiao Shinian quietly.

Qiao Shinian waited for a long time but couldn't hear any more words from Wen Jiu, so he reached out and patted his cheek to sober himself up.

"Not happy?"

"A little bit." The strong scent of gardenia was so suffocating that Wen Jiu could hardly breathe.

Qiao Shinian sat cross-legged wrapped in a blanket. She looked at Wen Jiu squatting on the ground and couldn't help but feel soft-hearted: "Do you want me to hug you?"

"Yeah." After Wen Jiu responded, he quickly took off his shoes and socks and threw himself into Qiao Shinian's arms.

Qiao Shinian patted Wen Jiu's back gently, as if he hadn't shown such an expression for a long time.

"Is there something wrong with that fiefdom?"

Wen Jiu hugged Qiao Shinian's waist and nodded, "Yes, there were floods there last year and this year, and banditry is rampant there, the people are fierce, and most of them are undisciplined.

There are two local tyrants lurking there. They used to be princes and ministers, but now they have left the officialdom and are lurking there with some of their connections."

Qiao Shinian said nothing, but just touched Wen Jiu's head.

Sure enough, the emperor was not so kind. She had not forgotten what she heard in the imperial garden before sending Wen Jiu to Zhou State.

After a long silence, Qiao Shinian spoke again: "Then why did your father ask you to come over?" After saying that, he pushed Wen Jiu, indicating that it was time for him to get up, that he had finished acting coquettishly, and that it was time to get down to business.

Wen Jiu stood up immediately, got off the bed and lit a few more lamps, then vividly recreated for Qiao Shinian what had happened in the imperial study.

Qiao Shinian was so amused that he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Does your father believe you?"

"Of course I don't believe it now." Wen Jiu quickly sat cross-legged on the bed with Qiao Shinian again, "Besides, let me tell you, sister, do you know? There are two people hiding in my father's study. He thought I didn't find them! But in fact, I found them as soon as I went in!"

Qiao Shinian hugged the pillow and asked, "Is it okay for us to say this?"

"It's okay. The people here tonight are all our own. He gave me all the people he has managed for many years."

There is no need to explain who he is.

"What about the conditions?"

"When he dies, bury him with my mother." Wen Jiu shrugged and said calmly, "I guess my mother would also like to be buried with her lover."

"Who are the other two people in the Imperial Study?"

"I don't know, but I guess one of them must be the prince." Wen Jiu looked at Qiao Shinian: "Sister, let's sleep here tonight. It's snowing outside and it's very cold."

"Oh." Qiao Shinian pulled the quilt and lay down, kicking Wen Jiu: "Go wash up."

"Yue Yu!" Wen Jiu shouted to the outside.

Qiao Shinian's sleepiness completely disappeared. She could feel that Wen Jiu's negative emotions were still there, but Wen Jiu didn't say anything.

When he finished washing up and slept on the floor, Qiao Shinian asked, "So, what about your father?"

"It's okay. He doesn't believe it now, but when I go to the fiefdom, he will believe it after some time. I'm much younger than him and I have plenty of time to be good to him." Wen Jiu rested his hands on the pillow. As time went by, he gradually got used to the rich scent of gardenia.

Qiao Shinian nodded.

"Sister, please bring me some rat poison from your place." Wen Jiu said.

Qiao Shinian did not answer.

"If you leave the capital, then your..."

Qiao Shinian didn't finish her words, she only said half of them, but Wen Jiu knew what she wanted to express.

"When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. The winner will naturally be more than half injured. We just need to come back at this time." Wen Jiu said lightly: "Sister, I have read the books you brought me recently, and I have found the contents quite useful."

“In the capital, our situation will be very difficult. As I told my father, I don’t have the support of my mother’s family or the support of officials, so it will be very difficult for me to fight.

Not only do I have to be extremely cautious, but I also need to be on guard at all times. Even if I keep quiet, I still have to guard against being used as a gun or getting dragged into the vortex of a brother's fight.

It's different if we leave. We just need to be cautious and develop in secret. When the people in the capital have fought each other to the point where they are almost done, we can come back and fight against those with low health with full health. That will be much easier."

"Will your father believe that you will stay in the fiefdom honestly?"

"So what I said today is very important. At least it left an impression on him. What I said was so sincere and so reasonable. I almost felt that the life I talked about was the life I wanted to live! After all, being a member of the royal family, being a good actor is our basic skill. There is no reason why I can't do it well.

We should keep our hands off for the first year or so, and wait until he relaxes his guard, and then we can do something secretly."

Wen Jiu said this with murderous intent in his eyes.

It’s better to use rat poison and add it to the old man’s food every day. He is old, and it will be poisoned to death slowly!

"Wen Jiu, what are you thinking about? I feel that you are unhappy." Qiao Shinian finally asked.

Wen Jiu turned her head and saw Qiao Shinian looking at her sideways. In the dim candlelight, Qiao Shinian's eyes were full of worry.

Wen Jiu sighed: "Sister, do you think I'm useless?"

"Is this...about my dancing tonight?" Qiao Shinian seemed to know why Wen Jiu was unhappy. She thought that Wen Jiu had moved on from this matter.

Wen Jiu nodded: "You are not a cheap dancer, how could he treat you like that."

More importantly, Qiao Shinian has stopped dancing because of Mu Qingchen's matter.

He didn't want her to force it.

But he couldn't protect her at all.

What would happen if Mu Qingchen was here tonight?

If it was Mu Qingchen tonight, Qiao Shinian would never be treated as a dancer and asked to perform in public.

Wen Jiu was very sure of this. If Mu Qingchen were around, Qiao Shinian would not be treated like this.

He understood Mu Qingchen's strength, so he also knew his cowardice. He was very happy that Mu Qingchen did not make any progress until the end and still chose to escape cowardly.

"Sister, when we come back next time, it won't be like this again. I won't let this happen again!" Wen Jiu stood up and looked at Qiao Shinian seriously.

After hearing this, Qiao Shinian smiled softly: "Well, I believe you."

What Wen Jiu didn't know was that after the Crown Prince and Prince Gu left, the last four people hiding in the Imperial Study also came out to discuss with Emperor Gao Wen.

The Imperial Study did not hide just one group of people, but two groups of people.