Chapter 386

Chu Nanchen didn't make a move on Chu Lingxiu's position as the crown prince, but Xiao Henian's investigation didn't stop.

This matter concerns the country of Chu, so Chu Nanchen must get to the bottom of it.

After inheriting the throne, Lu Tingyu began to attend the morning court every day, and Mo Wansheng had basically adapted to the life in Shengjing and managed the Jing'an Palace in an orderly manner.

The weather was getting warmer day by day. Lu Tingyu was not in the palace when he was in court. Mo Wansheng had nothing to do, so she asked people to remove the plants that were growing in the courtyard and plant a large area of ​​roses instead.

Mo Wansheng liked roses. When she was in Hualing, she planted a large area on Chenyu Mountain. They bloomed at the same time in April every year, and the colorful flowers were very beautiful.

When Lu Tingyu came back from the morning court, he saw that the originally monotonous courtyard was surrounded by roses, and he couldn't help but curl his lips.

It seems that she has adapted well.

His eyes swept over the small bamboo forest in the courtyard. Lu Tingyu already had an idea in his mind, and turned around and told his subordinates to go out and prepare.

So the next morning, when Mo Wansheng woke up, she saw that the small bamboo forest in the courtyard had disappeared at some point, and was replaced by a green albizzia tree.

Mo Wansheng's favorite flower is the rose, and her favorite flower and tree is the albizzia tree. Lu Tingyu always remembered this.

Roses bloom and fade, and the albizzia tree takes on the task of decorating the courtyard with colors, blooming in clusters.

In a blink of an eye, it is already the middle of the year, and in another month, it will be the annual reunion festival.

On July 16, Lu Tingyu came back from the morning court and saw Mo Wansheng sitting on a bamboo chair under the albizzia tree in a daze, and her eyes were looking at the south of Da Chu.

Lu Tingyu knew what she was thinking, and quietly stepped forward and hugged her from behind.

Mo Wansheng was startled at first, and then she smelled the familiar pine scent, and she leaned towards Lu Tingyu.

"Shengsheng, I have good news to tell you?"

Mo Wansheng turned around in confusion, "What?"

"Your Majesty has agreed to my one-month leave. We will set off for Hualing in early August. How about that?"

After the words fell, Mo Wansheng's eyes, which had just been calm, suddenly glowed with dazzling light, "Really?"

Lu Tingyu smiled and nodded, "Of course."

He never broke his promise to her.

...

Since learning that he could go to Hualing next month, Mo Wansheng began to carefully prepare the things he would bring back: a long gown and long boots for Lord Mo, four treasures of the study and a gold and jade abacus for his two brothers, and specialty cakes for his two sisters-in-law... Even the three treasures of the mansion had two boxes of dried fish as gifts.

On the second day of August, Mo Wansheng got on the carriage to Hualing as he wished, and the smile on his face had never faded since he left Shengjing.

Lu Tingyu raised his lips slightly and tidied up her hair. "Do you want to go back to Hualing so much?"

Mo Wansheng nodded happily, her bright eyes like stars in the sky, brilliant and gorgeous.

"I do, I really do."

"Then when we are older and the children have married and had children, we will go back to Hualing to live permanently, okay?"

"My husband didn't lie to me?"

"Of course not, I like what Shengsheng likes."

"If we go back to Hualing, I will buy a small house next to Ting Lake, go to Chenyu Mountain to enjoy the flowers in spring, go to Ting Lake to go boating and drink tea in summer, and in winter, we will sit in the warm house, boil a pot of hot tea, and listen to the children talk about some exciting things."

Listening to the happy future described by Mo Wansheng, Lu Tingyu couldn't help but raise some expectations in his eyes, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

At this moment, Lu Tingyu has forgotten all the pain in the past.

He thought: If Chu Nanchen can really guarantee that he will not embarrass the Jing'an Palace in the future, forgetting the past and starting over is also a good choice...

However, just as Lu Tingyu finished his thought, he heard the panicked voice of his subordinates outside: "There is an assassin! Protect the prince and the princess!"

As soon as the voice fell, the fierce sound of swords clashing followed.

The strong smell of blood penetrated through the gaps in the carriage, making Mo Wansheng frown subconsciously.

Placing Mo Wansheng in a corner of the carriage, Lu Tingyu stood up and pushed open the door of the carriage, and the situation outside instantly came into view.

Nearly half of the guards he brought were killed or injured, and the remaining ones seemed unable to hold on for too long.

Lu Tingyu jumped out of the carriage without any hesitation, snatched a long sword from the enemy, and fought with the group of men in black.

Lu Tingyu was personally taught by Lu Heng. He was excellent in both literary talent and martial arts. With his participation, the Jing'an Palace quickly stabilized the situation, but it was still not optimistic.

The battle lasted for half an hour before it ended. Lu Tingyu was hit by a sword in the shoulder, and the remaining dozen assassins took the opportunity to escape.

Looking at the direction where the leading assassin left, Lu Tingyu's expression became colder. That figure was 50% similar to Xiao Henian, so... could it be him?

Mo Wansheng didn't jump down from the carriage until the assassination was over. Seeing the bleeding wound on Lu Tingyu's shoulder, her face turned pale, "Husband!"

Lu Tingyu shook his head at her, "I'm fine, Shengsheng, don't worry."

Then he looked at the embarrassed guard leader, "Set off immediately and rest in a nearby city first."

In the carriage, Mo Wansheng bandaged Lu Tingyu's wound while blaming herself: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on returning to Hualing City, I wouldn't have given the enemy a chance to take advantage of it."

In Shengjing, the law and order were strict, so those people naturally had no chance to attack.

Seeing the guilty look on her face, Lu Tingyu's eyes were full of heartache, "Don't think too much, this has nothing to do with you. The enemy is hiding and will always find an opportunity to strike. It was my lack of thinking this time that scared you."

Mo Wansheng shook his head with a stern face, thought for a while, then pursed his lips and said to Lu Tingyu, "Husband, are we not going back to Hualing?"

Hualing is thousands of miles away from Shengjing, and there are many dangerous places in the area. If something like this happens again, many people will be killed or injured.

She really wanted to go home, but she couldn't do it at the cost of so many lives.

Although Mo Wansheng didn't say anything, Lu Tingyu knew what Mo Wansheng was thinking. He used his good arm to hold Mo Wansheng in his arms and comforted him softly, "I still have to go back, but it will probably take a while. Let’s go to a nearby city to rest for a few days, and then I’ll send a message to Shengjing to ask Prince Jing’an to send more people so that we can be safer.”

Seeing that Lu Tingyu insisted on this, Mo Wansheng said nothing more.

However, the guilt in my heart may take some time to dissipate.

…

That night, Xiao Henian entered the Qianqing Hall with a porcelain bottle containing Lu Tingyu's blood.

As Lu Tingyu thought, Chu Nanchen sent Xiao Henian to carry out today's assassination.

But the target was not Lu Tingyu's life, but his blood.

After learning that Chu Lingxiu was not his biological bloodline, Chu Nanchen asked Xiao Henian to go out and investigate for two full months, but no concrete evidence was found. In the end, he could only pin his hopes on the secret chess scheme of Prince Jing'an.

However, Prince Jingan's palace was heavily defended, and the two hidden chess pieces never found a chance to strike.

It wasn't until Lu Tingyu asked him for leave last month, saying that he wanted to accompany Mo Wansheng back to Hualing for the Reunion Festival, that Chu Nanchen immediately thought of an idea to take advantage of the assassination opportunity to slightly injure Lu Tingyu and obtain his blood, so This is what happened today.

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But Prince Jingan is not an ordinary person, and Lu Tingyu's martial arts is not low, so in the end this task fell on Xiao Henian.

Wang Huai delivered the porcelain vase in Xiao Henian's hand to Chu Nanchen, and then went down to prepare something for the blood test.

"Have you been exposed?"

Chu Nanchen's original intention was just to take a drop of Lu Tingyu's blood to verify whether Chu Lingxiu was related to him, and did not want to destroy the already precarious brotherhood.

Xiao Henian lowered his eyes slightly, "Probably not. The subordinates used people we trained outside the palace, and all the things on their bodies that can prove their identity were removed."

Chu Nanchen felt a little relieved, and then thought of something, and continued to ask: "Are the guards around King Jing'an an ordinary guard?"

What Chu Nanchen asked was whether Lu Tingyu had secretly cultivated power.

"Although the guards around King Jing'an have higher martial arts than ordinary guards, they are not killers. I can confirm this."

"I understand, please go down."

Xiao Henian stood up and stepped back. He turned around and saw Wang Huai walking towards him. The two looked at each other politely and then moved away from each other.

After dripping the blood from the porcelain bottle and the toe blood that Qingdai finally got from Chu Lingxiu again, the master and servant began to wait nervously for the results.

If Chu Lingxiu really has nothing to do with Lu Tingyu, then Chu Nanchen can still believe that he has no evil intentions...

However, before the thought came to an end, he saw that the two drops of blood in the bowl had completely merged together.

Lu Tingyu is really Chu Lingxiu's father...

Chu Nanchen's face instantly turned ugly, and his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

How ridiculous is it that someone he always regarded as a brother had a child with the woman he loved the most, and she still kept it on his head!

Wang Huai also took a breath of cold air involuntarily. What on earth did Lu Tingyu and Jiang Lingyi want to do? Wait for Chu Nanchen to let the descendants of the Lu family inherit the country of Chu a hundred years later?

These two are absolutely crazy!

Just as Wang Huai thought, Chu Nanchen also felt that these two people were crazy, and he was also crazy.

Because even at this moment, Chu Nanchen still didn't want to expose all this.

Because he knew very well that once the matter was exposed, it would be completely over between him, Jiang Lingyi and Lu Tingyu.

One is the woman he loves most, and the other is the brother he grew up with. These two people are the people he is closest to and cares about most in this world.

After a long silence, Chu Nanchen finally made a decision.

Pour all the blood in the bowl into the flower pot, and the blood seeps into the soil and disappears.

Wang Huai knew that Chu Nanchen would continue to hide this matter.

Although they cannot publicize this matter, if they can find out Chu Lingxiu's real father, they can take precautions in advance.

At the same time, Wang Huai also knew that the dispute between Prince Jing'an and the royal family would never end.

Confusing the emperor's heir with his own blood, such ambition, no matter how much Chu Nanchen valued Lu Tingyu, he would not be able to tolerate him.

Because in addition to his roles as husband and brother, Chu Nanchen is also the emperor, the emperor in charge of the great Chu country.

…

On the other side, Lu Tingyu and Mo Wansheng set off on their way to Hualing again after being delayed on the road for a few days.

What made Mo Wansheng relieved was that they encountered no other variables along the way.

As for Lu Tingyu, his injury was not serious, the wound was only half a finger deep, and he would be completely healed after a short rest.

On the evening of August 14, Mo Wansheng and his party arrived at Hualing City on time, and the Mo family welcomed them at the upper and lower city gates.

After a year of separation, the moment Mo Wansheng saw the city lord Mo, he ran over and threw himself into his arms, "Dad, Shengsheng misses you so much."

The city lord Mo's eyes were instantly red, "Dad misses Shengsheng too, very much."

The father and daughter hugged and cried for a long time, and Mo Wansheng came out of the city lord Mo's arms. Looking at Mo Wansheng's round little face, the city lord Mo couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "It seems that the prince has raised you very well."

Mo Wansheng nodded shyly, with a happy smile in her eyes that could not be concealed.

Although marrying Lu Tingyu made her far away from her hometown where she had lived for many years, Mo Wansheng never regretted it.

After exchanging greetings, the group began to take a carriage towards the city lord's mansion.

Lord Mo had already prepared wine and food, so that Mo Wansheng and Lu Tingyu could have a hot meal when they came back.

Although he was already the King of Jing'an of the Great Chu, Lu Tingyu's respect for Lord Mo had not changed at all, which made Lord Mo more satisfied with this son-in-law.

After returning to Hualing, Mo Wansheng seemed to have transformed into the innocent little girl she once was. Every day, in addition to being with Lord Mo and her two brothers, she would take Lu Tingyu around until she had seen everything she wanted to see. It was time for the two to set off again.

Before leaving, Lu Tingyu promised again that he would bring Mo Wansheng back on the Reunion Festival next year.

This time, everyone believed it without a doubt.

It was already the end of August when they left Hualing City, but Lu Tingyu was not in a hurry to return to Beijing. He walked slowly along the way with Mo Wansheng as if they were traveling around the mountains and rivers.

Because Lu Tingyu knew very well that the farther he was away from the affairs of the court, the safer he and Mo Wansheng would be.

At the same time, Lu Tingyu also secretly sent a message to the people of the Blood Shadow Pavilion, asking them to secretly investigate the assassination of himself and Mo Wansheng that day.

If it was really Chu Nanchen who did it... then some things should be put on the agenda.

Lu Tingyu had made up his mind when Lu Heng passed away, and he must protect the people around him.

He could do nothing about the fact that Zhuang was depressed and died, but he would not allow anyone to hurt Mo Wansheng.

When the two returned to Shengjing, it was just when the chrysanthemums were all over the mountains. Lu Tingyu was not in a hurry to go to court, but accompanied Mo Wansheng to appreciate the chrysanthemums for two days before returning to normal life.

He was almost the last one to arrive at the court on time, stood aside and listened to the ministers' blushing reports indifferently, and finally walked out of the council hall first.

He looked like a powerless vase, but he was extremely noble.

This leisurely and carefree life made many ministers in the hall envious.

After returning to the mansion from the court, Lu Tingyu began to accompany Mo Wansheng to plant flowers and water them. From time to time, he would cook in person to show his tender side, but every time Mo Wansheng finished eating with a bitter face.

In mid-October, Shengjing had the first snow of the year.

Mo Wansheng excitedly pulled Lu Tingyu out to build a snowman. After being married for a year, Mo Wansheng still had a girlish heart, which showed how much Lu Tingyu loved her.

However, after the two of them had been blowing the cold wind in the yard for more than half an hour, Mo Wansheng suddenly fainted.

There was no sign.

Lu Tingyu's eyes immediately turned red, and the whole mansion followed suit, and it was a mess for a while.

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