The Crybaby Prince is Reborn, Where is the Prince Going?

"As the prince said, do I need to arrest Ge Pu Mu?"

"No need. Catching them would only alert the enemy. They are already in the palace. Even if they have a conspiracy, they can't escape our control."

Xiao Que'er nodded in agreement, "Then what are your plans, my lord?"

【Hold still! 】

"Stand still."

Jinyou and Xiao Yunzhen said in unison.

Jinyou turned his head to look at Xiao Yunzhen who was blinking, curled his lips, and pinched his fat chin.

"We still don't know what their intentions are in entering the palace, so we can only hold our ground. But the fox will reveal its tail sooner or later!"

"So we're just going to leave it alone?"

Xiao Que'er was still a little worried. Although these two people's martial arts skills were not superb, she could easily deal with them alone.

But these two men, one is good at poison and the other is good at poisoning, and their skills are superb. She is worried that these two people will poison everyone in the palace without anyone knowing.

"But if it's poison..."

Jinyou became addicted to pinching Xiao Yunzhen's soft flesh, pinching it again and again, but was met with resistance from Xiao Yunzhen.

[Stop pinching! It hurts!]

The baby's skin was white and tender, and Jinyou pinched it a few times, neither too hard nor too light, and left two fingerprints.

He loosened his grip, allowing Xiao Yunzhen to escape from his clutches.

"They won't," Jinyou said firmly. "They definitely aren't targeting the palace. Pei Qingfan is convinced that the current emperor is responsible for the Pei family's deaths, and he won't be easily swayed."

What's more, if Qing Fei is in their hands, it will only make Pei Qingfan more cautious.

But Ge Pu Mu... Jin You couldn't say. This man was full of secrets, and it was impossible to guess his purpose.

"Prince, even if Pei Qingfan is restrained by Qing Fei, but Ge Pu Mu, we don't have anything that can..."

Jinyou curled his lips and smiled: "Who said we don't have anything?"

Xiao Que'er was startled. "What?"

"My peony!"

Ge Pu Mu did not love peonies alone, but he needed peonies to raise Gu, so he only stole peonies from the garden.

As Jinyou finished speaking, Xiao Que'er clapped her hands suddenly, her eyes shining frighteningly, "Yes! When I first met Ge Pu Mu, he was running around in a panic carrying the peony on his back, and many petals fell off. Although the flower was replanted, it seems that it will not survive... I see that he has become more... wilted these days... Prince?"

With every word Xiao Que'er said, Jinyou's face darkened, until it became as gloomy as water.

Xiao Que'er shuddered, "My Lord, how about I take my leave first?"

Jinyou didn't say anything, and Xiaoqueer quietly retreated.

Before he could even retreat to the door, he heard Jinyou's voice: "After you throw the person to Ji Zhonghuan, you can disguise yourself and enter the palace."

Xiao Que'er didn't react for a moment, "What are you doing in the palace?"

"Stay with Princess Wanqi and obey her orders for the time being."

"You're staring at her too, right?" Xiao Que'er pointed at her eyes and said sinisterly, "I'll stare at her, forever!"

“…”That’s not necessary.

"You go first. Come back if you need anything."

Xiao Que'er's expression straightened up, "Yes! I'll go right away!"

After Xiao Que'er left, Xiao Yunzhen asked his doubts.

Wanqi really entered the palace. What exactly happened at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? Jinyou, I hope you won't hide it from me.

Xiao Yunzhen didn't know why he was panicking. He always felt that Jinyou had done many things behind his back that he didn't know about.

Jinyou picked up the rattle again and shook it gently. "I said I wouldn't lie to you, but everything I do is for your future and the greater good. You just need to remember that I won't harm you."

Xiao Yunzhen understood the hidden meaning in his words.

So you are hiding something from me.

This time Jinyou did not deny it. He just said "hmm" softly and nothing else.

Xiao Yunzhen fell into a brief silence. Jin You didn't hear his mumbling for a long time and was actually a little worried.

"Just speak up if you have any thoughts. Holding them in will only make you sick."

"No, I just don't know what to say. I know you have your reasons, maybe not for me, and I understand that. But Jinyou, I thought we were so familiar with each other, and maybe there shouldn't be any secrets between us..."

"Xiao Yunzhen." Jinyou called Xiao Yunzhen's name again, with unquestionable seriousness.

Xiao Yunzhen's heart tightened [What happened? ]

"You said we were familiar with each other, but that was in our last life. It was Xiao Yunzhen and He Jinyou in our last life, not you and me in this life. You don't understand me, at least not in this life, the me of now. So, don't project too much emotion from your last life into your current situation."

Jinyou spoke bluntly, and successfully caused Xiao Yunzhen's brain to crash.

"This life has changed so much since your last. If you continue to dwell on the world of your past failures, you will only deceive yourself. In your previous life, you were not taken from the palace, survived the struggle for the throne, and were eventually crowned king and established your own residence outside the palace, where you died from a cup of poisoned wine.

But this life is different, isn't it? You're already dead. Xiao Yunzhen died on the Mid-Autumn Festival night of the fifth year of Xuanwu. Now you've successfully faded from everyone's sight. Even He Zhiyi was deceived. Don't you understand? This life isn't a repeat of the last. Your rebirth has already made everything different.

Why are you still so stubborn and unwilling to believe it?"

Jin You's words woke Xiao Yunzhen up from his dream and gave him a wake-up call, which lifted his spirits.

In fact, Xiao Yunzhen knew that he was not following the old path of his previous life, but he was unwilling and dared not believe it.

Jinyou is not the Jinyou of the previous life, but he is indeed the same him of the previous life.

Xiao Yunzhen didn't understand He Jinyou, even in his previous life he didn't understand him.

The sixth prince Xiao Yunzhen, who was always out of favor and had a hard time in the palace, could not save the persecuted eunuch Jinyou, nor could he truly enter the heart of Jinyou, who became the governor of the East Factory.

For two lifetimes, it was all his wishful thinking...

"What are you thinking about now? What did I say? How come your mind is empty except for love?"

Xiao Yunzhen felt uncomfortable. When he was excited, he thought too much and forgot that Jinyou could hear his thoughts.

[It doesn't matter. You can distrust me now. As long as you remember, I won't hurt you.]

Jinyou smiled softly but said nothing.

"Why don't you believe it? I can use all my memories of past lives to help you clear the obstacles and help you seize the throne! What do you think? Do you believe it now?"

Jinyou's eyes trembled slightly and he looked at Xiao Yunzhen in disbelief.

"When did you guess that?"

Xiao Yunzhen smiled secretly in his heart.

"I've been telling you, Jinyou, I understand you, all your ambitions. You said your mother wanted to be the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the scenes, but what about you? Can you say you don't have any thoughts? You're seven years my senior. If you inherit the title of Regent and become the next Regent, even if you push me onto the throne, I'll give way to you."

Jin You did not refute. Ever since He Qianzhao left, he had been thinking about waiting until the old emperor passed away. Then, using Xiao Yunzhen's status as the legitimate prince, he would let everyone support Xiao Yunzhen to become the new emperor... and then plan to seize power.

However, the plan was exposed by the person involved before it even started, which made him feel hot.

[I'm not lying, Jinyou. I'm not cut out to be an emperor, and I don't want to be one either.]

Xiao Yunzhen looked at Jinyou seriously, and at that moment Jinyou actually saw seriousness in the little baby's eyes.

"Even if I can't sit on this throne, I'll take it from you and me. Third Brother may have strategy, but he lacks the broad mindset of a nation and family. His talent is too small to be of great use. Compared to Third Brother, you are more suitable for that position."

Jinyou took a deep breath and did not comment on Xiao Yunzhen's words.

"You're right, but it's too early to discuss this matter right now. Although we have plans, we need to proceed slowly. Don't dwell on this matter anymore. I will never lie to you about what I promised you."

[Hmph!] Xiao Yunzhen snorted coldly, [That's it! You still say you didn't hide it from me?]

"It's all for the overall situation." Jin Youcai refused to admit that he was lying to Xiao Yunzhen, but instead found excuses to continue deceiving him.

"Before, when you were in the palace, if I told you too much, I was afraid that your inner thoughts would be read by others, which would only make us more disadvantaged. That's why I concealed some of it. But now it's different. You won't be entering the palace again, and you don't have to worry about others hearing your inner thoughts. So why should I hide it from you?"

Xiao Yunzhen didn't believe it. "You talk better than you sing. You say it every time, always treating me like a child. You know I can help you, but you're so wary of me, as if you're afraid I'll hurt you!"

Hearing Xiao Yunzhen's tearful tone, Jinyou hurriedly coaxed the child, "Okay, okay, I won't lie to you. I will discuss anything with you first, okay?"

[Okay! But...]

"but what?"

[I'm hungry. Without Nanny, I haven't eaten in ages...]

“…” I’ve never raised a child, so I forgot.

"Wenyan!"

"Prince?" Wen Yan ran in excitedly. "What's wrong?"

"Quietly find a wet nurse and have her examine Qing Fei first before bringing her to Liuyunzhai."

【Liuyunzhai?】

Jin You glanced at Xiao Yunzhen and continued, "Make sure the wet nurse has a clean background, then go ahead."

"I understand!" Wen Yan took the order and left the house with Bai Mo.

"What's wrong with Liuyunzhai?" Jinyou was puzzled. What was there to be confused about the name of his own courtyard?

[Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it?]

Neither of them dwelled too much on the question of a name.

Suddenly Xiao Yunzhen thought of something.

【Jinyou! 】

Jinyou was frightened.

"what happened?"

[The peace locket you gave me is still in the palace! I'm dead now, and the peace locket is my legacy, so it definitely won't be left behind... But I want it back. It's very important to me because it was given by you! It's the only thing you gave me in my previous life!]

Jinyou's heart trembled and slowly became sour.

"Okay, I'll definitely help you get it back."

The two talked for a while longer, and Xiao Yunzhen felt exhausted.

Just as Xiao Yunzhen was about to fall asleep, he heard a servant trotting over to report to Jinyou:

"Sir, a distinguished guest has arrived at the mansion and is waiting in the front hall."

"Okay, I understand. You go down first."

"I'm afraid only those few people can enter the palace directly. I don't think they look like honored guests, but rather uninvited guests!"