The peerless and dark princess

"Forehead……"

Mu Wange didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Ge'er is no longer the same as before. Wanru should be relieved if he knew about this. However, it's my fault and that of Lian Yue. Otherwise, Ge'er wouldn't have protected Lin'er and me..."

"Uncle!! I'm upset when you say that. It was because Wange was not thinking straight at that time that she was instigated by the Shen mother and son to alienate her grandparents and uncles. How can I blame you? Besides, the uncles still take such good care of us siblings. Don't blame me for dragging you into Prince Heng's mansion and the royal family..."

Although the stupidity in the beginning was the fault of the original owner, Luo Xi had to bear the consequences since she had taken someone else's body. It was also her fault in the latter part that the entire Prince Yan's Mansion got on Zuo Ci's pirate ship, and Chu Lianyao and others agreed entirely for the sake of her and Mu Haolin, brother and sister.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Ayao, Ge'er, let's discuss business together."

Although Mr. Chu felt very sad, he still interrupted the two of them.

"This time in Southern Xinjiang, Emperor Chen Yan has dealt with or perfunctorily dealt with all those who accompanied him under various pretexts. They might show up at the celebration banquet in two days... However, I've already instructed Qin Bin that if the general who returns to lead the troops isn't someone he knows well, he should secretly find a reason to get the people from Longyuan out..."

Chu Lianyao laid out the recent preparations he had made in southern Xinjiang.

“Father, why did you give it to Uncle Li before you left?”

"Do you think all those generals in Southern Xinjiang are your own people? Your Uncle Li may appear simple and honest, but he's actually quite resourceful. If you tell him this, he'll know how to best protect those good generals... Li Xiu, you may seem smart, but you still don't see enough. You're not as good as Ge'er."

"Father, you are right. Ge'er is smart and clever. I, as her brother, am not as good as her."

"Brother Li Xiu, my uncles are encouraging me because they see my progress. However, since my eldest uncle has made arrangements in southern Xinjiang, I will not consider it for now. I will just wait for the person at the celebration banquet to make a move. However, my eldest uncle and second uncle grew up with that person, so they can guess what is going on. But I am afraid that the person in the Empress Dowager is involved... Let alone anything else, I am afraid of a conspiracy, or, ahem, the involvement of unnecessary 'people...'" Mu Wange emphasized the word 'people' very much, for fear that these grown men would not understand.

"Who is this? Is there anyone at this celebration banquet whose martial arts skills are better than those of my uncle and my elder brother?"

"Li Xiao, you really are... If you've been tricked, ahem..." Old Master Chu didn't know what to say for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed. "Wange, tell your uncle and brothers about those dirty things..."

"Yes, Grandfather. Ahem, we'll definitely have some dancers or noble ladies from the capital, or even concubines, at the celebration banquet. If someone behaves immorally while drunk, then..."

Mu Wange rolled his eyes in his heart and decided to speak as plainly as possible, otherwise these people would not quite understand. Oh, no, no one wants to take advantage of Chu Lianyao, but Chu Lixiu is a very popular person.

"How do you know this? Or what happened to you?"

"Back at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, I heard from my sister-in-law and Qin Ya that Ge'er had fallen prey to a scheme by Mu Heng's concubine, Mu Ruohan, using exactly this method. However, Ge'er was clever enough to prevent them from succeeding, and instead, Mu Ruohan suffered the consequences herself. Now, after Mu Heng remarried, Mu Ruohan has been brought to Chen Yunfeng's mansion as a concubine... If someone in the palace plotted against Li Xiu, and you weren't prepared, and your innocence was tarnished, would you marry her or not?"

Chu Lixiu and Chu Lixiao thought about it and realized that they would naturally marry the girl into the family under such circumstances, but it would also be irritating. Especially Chu Lixiao, he wondered how he would be worthy of Dong Mingxue, the younger sister of the Dong family, if he did that. Although Chu Lixiao had planned to wait until his eldest brother Chu Lixiu got married before marrying the girl into the family, he immediately felt a little embarrassed at the thought of it.

"Ge'er, my brother and I understand. We must be cautious. It's us who weren't cautious enough. Back then, Mo Xuan's incident wasn't enough to alert us. Instead, you had to remind us brothers..."

"Thank you, Ge'er."

Chu Lixiu was smart, but as a man he didn't think too much. After hearing what Mu Wange said, he understood the twists and turns. In short, these insidious methods were for the support of the Chu family of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, or for the military token, or for their prestige among the soldiers.

"By the way, Ayue, you recommended Zuo Ci to go to Yuecheng. Are you planning to push him forward?"

"Brother, you really understand me. That's the plan. Originally, there wasn't such a rush. Now, this is the opportunity. Since Zuo Ci is going after the royal family, sooner or later... he has to show up in public, no matter if it's sooner or later. This time in Yuecheng, everyone is trying to pass the buck, so this job is going to be difficult. And it just so happens that Du Yuanhuai has returned to the capital to take up his post..."

Chu Lianyue also explained why he asked Zuo Ci to go to Yuecheng.

"That's right. It seems that I, an old man, can rest assured."

"grandfather!"

"Grandpa!"

"Father, we have the confidence to have you here in Prince Yan's Mansion. If..."

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Zuo Ci and his group had been walking for quite some time. In fact, according to the original itinerary, they could have returned to Beijing on the same day as Chu Lianyao and others. However, Zuo Ci showed his "dandy" nature and ate, drank and had fun along the way, so he was a little late.

Du Yuanhuai was not as anxious as he was to go to Yuecheng to rescue the people, so he just let Zuo Ci make trouble. He also ordered his guards not to conflict with Zuo Ci, which made those people dare not speak out.

Du Yuanhuai understood Zuo Ci's reasoning, but seeing how he'd come up with all those ideas, he simply turned a blind eye and let him do what he wanted. In reality, this trip to Yuecheng was Zuo Ci's gift for returning to the capital. After all, it was a good thing to have achieved such a feat just after returning to the capital, and this achievement was almost certainly attributed to Du Yuanhuai.

"Sir, this guy was supposed to be returning to the capital on the same day as the Crown Prince of Chu. He and his men were so impressive! I heard that the Crown Prince's son, the eldest son of Chu, was also quite impressive. Look at our Prince Heng. What else has he done besides eating, drinking, and having fun?"

"A Ming! You can't speak of the prince like that."

"My lord, isn't it?"

Du Yuanhuai couldn't say that Prince Heng Zuo Ci was pretending, so he could only say, "Then why are you, as a guard, saying this about him???"

"Ah? Ming is wrong."

The man named A Ming didn't care.

"If you know you're wrong, then leave. We'll go to Beijing tomorrow."

Du Yuanhuai didn't want to say anything. After all, Zuo Ci acted as if he didn't care about these things at all. He was doing it for the people anyway. Since he didn't want others to know, he would just cover up for him.

"Yes."

After Ah Ming left, Du Yuanhuai looked around to see if there was anyone around before approaching Zuo Ci. "Is this the effect you wanted? Why are you trying to hide your abilities?"

"What effect? ​​I'm the leader of the four great dandies in the capital. Is there anything wrong with doing this?"

Zuo Ci's words made Du Yuanhuai twitch his lips. He didn't know about the other three 'dandies', but the one in front of him was obviously a man of great talent and lived up to the title of 'Master Zuo', but he wanted to use the name of 'dandy' to disguise himself. He didn't understand.

Seeing that he was still serious, Du Yuanhuai simply stopped talking to him.

Zuo Ci left without saying a word, and then said:

"You will understand later."