Don't be clouded

Chapter 86

The third prince passed away at an early age, so Guan Chen didn't have to leave, but had to stay to save the prince at the funeral.

He was taken out of Ningxi Hall by several palace people, walked through the intricate palace passages, and was finally taken outside a secluded palace.

The palace people wanted to follow him into the palace to serve and entertain guests, but Guan Chen tactfully left everyone outside the palace and walked in by himself.

When he closed the door, as expected, there was a light landing behind him.Turning his head, he saw the young man lighting a candle with a torch, and after lighting it, he walked in front of him holding the candlestick.

"Long time no see, Master Guanchen." Ji Bieyun said intentionally, "What's the point of just having a cold war for a few days, I thought the master would ignore me for a long time."

The monk didn't answer, and suddenly reached out and gently tore off the black cloth covering the young man's face.

"It's been a long time." Guan Chen said.

Ji Bieyun's body froze, his original aura dissipated in an instant, he hesitated and said: "What are you doing... Could it be that you can't confirm my identity because you can't see my face?"

The monk took the candlestick from him and walked inside, leaving only one sentence: "I just want to see you."

These words made Ji Bieyun's face burn, and he almost believed that the monk was deliberately molesting him.

Fortunately, the light was dim, and even if there was a blush on his face, he couldn't see clearly.He followed and asked, "So what did you call me to the palace for?"

Guan Chen was using candlesticks to light other candles, when he heard this, he turned his head and glanced at him, "When did I call you here? Do you have proof?"

"You!" Ji Bieyun didn't expect Guan Chen to play dirty with him, and his tone was a little anxious, "If you don't mean to let me sneak into the palace, then don't pretend to be kind, I came here eagerly You still don't admit it!"

The hall gradually brightened, Guan Chen put down the candlestick in his hand, and couldn't help smiling.

"Keep your voice down, there are palace people outside." The monk said, "I wanted to tease you, but Ji Shizhu is a firecracker that explodes at one o'clock."

Ji Bieyun was defeated twice in a short period of time, and said angrily, "You're the only one who can shoot firecrackers, you're a cannonball, a sky monkey! Sometimes I really want to throw you into the sky..."

"If you throw me into the sky, no one will bother you anymore?" the monk asked with a smile.

Ji Bieyun poked his neck and nodded, "Of course."

"What about Prince De Jinghou?" Although Guan Chen smiled, his eyes were not stained with a smile, and he was even a little cold, "Will he continue to bother you?"

He froze in place for an instant.

Guan Chen knows.

"I didn't..." He opened his mouth, wanted to explain but couldn't continue, because he didn't know what position he was explaining to Guan Chen, and he couldn't express his true heart.

That's why he has been hiding this from Guan Chen.

"Nothing?" The monk approached a little closer, "I heard that although the son visits Ji's house every day, you are not at the mansion every day, so you have never seen him, have you?"

Seeing that Guanchen had already paved the steps for him, Ji Bieyun nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't seen him yet."

It's just that he felt guilty and forced himself to look into Guanchen's eyes, and he absolutely couldn't look away at this moment.Guanchen knew him so well, if he flinched a little, this monk would definitely find out.

It just so happened that Guan Chen basically stayed in the palace today, even if he listened to all directions, he probably didn't know that he had met the son.

"That guy is really wrong, he came up with such a way to disgust me. I find it troublesome, so I have been avoiding that prince." He pretended to be indifferent, "I plan to find a day to tell Emperor Yuan Hui Talk about it, let him take back the holy will."

Guan Chen kept looking at him, and after he finished speaking, he was silent for a moment, then nodded, "If you can't handle it, you can leave this matter to me."

Ji Bieyun quickly waved his hands, "No need, no need, I'm not a three-year-old child, this matter can still be handled."

There was nothing unusual on the monk's face, "That's good."

"I asked you to come here today to tell you something." Finally, Guan Chen stopped teasing him and admitted that he was the one who asked him to come here.

"what? What?"

"I know you want to go back to Lingzhou to investigate clues. I have already arranged the carriage and horses, and they won't attract attention. After three days, you can quietly go to the alley behind Ji's house, and don't worry about the rest." Chen slowly said, "I also arranged a false identity for you, just to make it hard for you to hide your face from time to time."

Until the end of this passage, Ji Bieyun almost didn't react.

"Wait," he keenly noticed something was wrong, "Are you driving me out of Chenjing? Is something going to happen in the capital?"

Guan Chen looked at him, "No, the emperor and the Duke of Xiangguo have a lot of scruples, and there will be no major incidents. Besides, you came to Chenjing just to clear the Liu family's innocence. You don't have to worry about what will happen to Chenjing."

In fact, Ji Bieyun thought the same way before.Although the situation in Chenjing is tense, it will not overturn the whole chess game.

As Fang Muzhi said, Emperor Yuan Hui and Wan Liang are as powerful as fire and water, and will eventually tear their faces apart.But in the final analysis, this can only be regarded as a dispute between the monarch and his ministers. Naturally, it will not be like when the world was still in chaos more than 20 years ago.

That's why he was relieved to leave Guanchen in Beijing, and planned to go to Lingzhou by himself.

"What about you?" Ji Bieyun lowered his voice, "You have seen Wan Liangao so many times in private these days, do you want to stand by his side? That's why you want me to leave Chenjing as soon as possible, lest I be caught by Wan Liangao Let Liang Ao settle the case. But you know what kind of person he is better than me, do you want to help the evildoers?"

Guan Chen finally spoke, but did not answer: "Now this is the best time for you to return to Lingzhou. The emperor and the Duke of Xiangguo are fighting each other, and they will not think of you. You just need to take the opportunity to complain."

Ji Bieyun looked at the monk's expression, and glimpsed a trace of uneasiness on his face that had never been too ups and downs.

He felt a little frustrated, he had clearly reached this position, but he still had to be protected by Guan Chen.When will he be able to protect Guanchen?

"I think you seem to be hiding something from me, you are lying to me." After he said it, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Forget it, you must say it is for my own good again, so be it, it is not good to see you today. It’s worth the trip.”

He turned around, and heard the monk calling himself, as if to persuade him to stay.

"Yunjing," Guanchen said, "Don't forget the first hour of Haishi in three days' time."

The sound of "cloud scene" made Ji Bieyun tremble suddenly, he turned his back to the monk, and pulled up the black cloth to cover the lower half of his face again.

He left without answering.

**

The news of the third prince's early death came out a day late, and before that came out an imperial decree - the eldest son of Prince Xian was adopted by Emperor Yuan Hui.

The interval between the two news was so short, people couldn't help thinking about it, many people suspected that the third prince died early, and the emperor hurriedly asked for a son from Prince Xian.But this kind of thing is considered a royal secret, and others will never know the truth.

The third prince's funeral was held with great vigor and vigor. Emperor Yuan Hui had experienced the pain of bereavement for countless times, and this time the pain was so severe that he ordered to stop the court for three days.

Ministers don't have to go to court early, but they have to get up early every day to go to the palace to express their condolences.

Ji Bieyun had already been there for two consecutive days, and on the third morning he got up in a daze to get ready. Xu Yang had already packed up and brought him a bowl of noodle soup from the kitchen.

"Drink this in hot weather?" Although he complained, he sat down obediently and ate up the noodle soup.

"That's right, your appetite has improved, it's much better than when you first entered Beijing." Xu Yang leaned against the door, his tone of relief turned into pity, "But your body is still so thin, and you don't see any growth."

Ji Bieyun was in a hurry and didn't have time to answer, so he quickly took clothes from the hanger and changed.He had been wearing plain clothes for the past two days, all in white, at first he wasn't used to it, he felt like a moving flat bun, but fortunately he was numb by now.

He went out with Xu Yang, and he breathed a sigh of relief after getting into the carriage.

"It's really too early, earlier than going to court," Ji Bieyun leaned against the wall of the car, "Fortunately, he only stopped for three days."

When it comes to matters in the palace, Xu Yang is not very interested.

Ji Bieyun also roughly knew the reason.Prince Xian handed over his son to others, Xu Yang had been in the palace for many years, so he was naturally worried for the prince.

After thinking about it, he still planned to tell what happened yesterday, "Yesterday I met the princess in the palace."

Xu Yang turned his head suddenly, "Did the princess go alone?"

"Yes, the prince is still ill." He said, "The princess looks very haggard and has trouble moving, but when she saw me, she took the initiative to stop me and said a few words."

When Ji Bieyun first entered Beijing, he worked as a bodyguard in the palace for a few days, so he met the princess.The prince does not take concubines, the couple are very loving and harmonious, and the princess is also very friendly to others.But when we met again yesterday, the princess was so haggard that she seemed to have changed her appearance, and she needed two people to support her tightly when she walked.

Prince Xian is not the only one who bears the pain of giving up his son. As the biological mother of the son, the princess cannot understand the pain.

"I asked the prince how he was, but the princess didn't answer directly, but..." Ji Bieyun paused, and recalled, "I just said a word of 'heart disease' with some hatred."

"Hate?" Xu Yang sighed heavily, "It was extremely difficult for the concubine to conceive a son, and the delivery was dangerous, almost killing two people. Now I have to adopt the child to someone else, and it is the kind of darkness that is sent to the palace. How can you not hate the place?"

Ji Bieyun was in a low mood and didn't answer.

He thought that in addition to hating Emperor Yuan Hui and the Queen Mother, the princess might also hate Prince Xian for being weak and incompetent.Or do you hate the entire Ming family?Every Ming family, including Prince Xian, can sacrifice their family members for the stability of the Ming family.

Once it gets involved with power, family affection and love seem to become impure.

He couldn't help but think of Guanchen again, he was a little glad that the relationship between the two of them hadn't become hypocritical and indifferent.Even if there is unhappiness and quarrels, it is out of differences.

It didn't take long to arrive outside the palace. Today is the day for the funeral, and everyone has to work hard all day.

Before the funeral, an altar had to be set up. Emperor Yuan Hui led the princes and ministers to offer wine on the altar, followed by a series of red tapes, and the funeral started at noon.The mighty team accompanied them in mourning, and it took half a day to send the third prince's coffin to the outskirts of the city.

However, this was just the beginning, Ji Bieyun was tortured with the team for a whole day, from morning till night.After returning to Beijing, it had been night for a long time, and he was so tired that his mind went blank, he was more tired than fighting with others.

Xu Yang picked him up at the gate of the city at the right time, and Ji Bieyun almost fell asleep when he got into the carriage.

However, he still remembered that today was the day when Guan Chen asked someone to pick him up, so he was a little nervous, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother Xu, what time is it now?"

"It's Haishi, it's late at night." Xu Yang brought out the food box from the side, "Haven't you eaten much all day? Use some."

Ji Bieyun was almost so moved that he yelled brother, took the food box and said with emotion: "Brother Xu, what will Ji's house do without you."

Xu Yang let out a muffled laugh and didn't bother him.

He almost ate all the way, and when he reached the entrance of Qingshui Yi Lane, he poured another small pot of tea before stopping, looking like he was alive.I used to be hungry every day in Shugu City, but I didn't think it was a problem. After entering Beijing, my body became delicate, and I felt dizzy and my stomach hurt after I didn't eat for a day.

Still in pain at this moment, he clutched his abdomen and said in a daze, "Don't go through the main entrance, let's take a detour to the back road."

Xu Yang found it strange, so he followed the instructions of the servant in front.

Ji Bieyun opened the curtain, and yelled to stop when he passed the intersection.

"I'll go down to digest food, you go back to the mansion and wait for me."

Xu Yang looked at him strangely, "What's wrong with that?"

"No, I'm too tired to do anything now," he smiled as innocently as possible, "Really."

In the end Xu Yang nodded suspiciously, Ji Bieyun got out of the carriage alone, and waited for Xu Yang and the others to walk away before turning his head to look to the right.

There should be a carriage parked deep in the alley at this time, waiting for him to go.If he really went, he would be able to escape from all the turmoil in Chenjing for a while, and devote himself to the road ahead paved for him by Guanchen, just like before.It's just that this time he is not moving forward, but is avoiding disaster, he still feels that Guan Chen's move is because something big is about to happen.

Ji Bieyun looked into the darkness without moving.After watching for an unknown amount of time, he was finally brought back to his senses by the stomach pain, and walked towards Ji Zhai with his gaze back.

However, from a distance, he saw a few people standing by the side door, they were still in a familiar formation, a young man from an aristocratic family and two servants seemed to have been waiting for him for a while.

He stepped forward, "I haven't seen the prince come to Ji Zhai at this time, is there something urgent?"

"It's nothing urgent, I came here to talk to General Ji."

He couldn't help frowning, "Your Majesty's words are disgusting, why are you looking for me?"

"Of course it's for the sake of marriage." The young man's words today were too disgusting to bear, "I visited Ji's house many times, but General Ji didn't see any visitors. I thought that the general would not run away from me after the last meeting, but he still avoided me."

Ji Bieyun probably understood why the other party wanted to disgust him.A few days have passed, and he still hasn't gone to the emperor to break up this unwarranted marriage, so the prince should be getting impatient.

This person was simply making trouble for no reason, and he wanted to get a good result, but he didn't work hard, so he came to pester him to offend Emperor Yuan Hui.Although it wasn't that he didn't want to find the emperor, after the death of the third prince, Emperor Yuan Hui had been busy with organizing the funeral himself, so he really couldn't find a chance.

"My son, please go back. I will fulfill my promise in a few days." He didn't have the energy to negotiate with the other party, so he issued an order to evict the guest.

However, the son was a bit of a stalker today, so he stepped forward and leaned closer to his ear, "If General Ji doesn't act, I will soon guess who the general's heart is secretly promised to. It is said that people's eyes can't lie, In the palace for the past two days, the general's eyes seem to always be on one person, right?"

Ji Bieyun forgot to dodge in an instant, and remained in place until the other party left.

He never realized that his gaze would... This person must have said something nonsense to scare him, right?No matter how much I like watching the dust, it is impossible to show it so clearly...

A person came from the side from the corner of the eye, and the moment he noticed it, his body shivered involuntarily.

He vaguely remembered the appearance of Guanchen standing in the red plums and white snow with a lantern. Now this person is also holding a lantern, but all around him is the darkness of the deep alley and the restlessness of the summer night.

The monk slowly walked up to him and looked down at him, "Yunjing, you seem to have lied to me before, you have clearly seen it."

Ji Bieyun had never seen such an oppressive Guan Chen, and was speechless for a while.And anyway, he was lying.

"I have been waiting for you in the carriage for a long time, why did I leave in the end?" A faint voice reached his ears, with a gentle tone, "Are you here to see that person just now?"

A strong intuition swept over Ji Bieyun's body, reminding him of the imminent danger.However, the person in front of him was Guan Chen, he couldn't be as decisive as before, just because he found out with some sadness that he would never be on guard against Guan Chen.

The next moment, he saw Guan Chen's hand caressing the back of his neck, and it felt dry and cool to the touch.

"Guan Chen..." His tone was full of anxiety, and he lost all aggressiveness.

However, he seemed to understand some secret in his mind, which was related to the person in front of him and to himself.Guan Chen's gaze has never been so lingering and cold, as if weaving a net to trap him firmly.

When that hand squeezed hard, the back of his neck ached, and Ji Bieyun fell into darkness.

The author says:

I asked for leave yesterday, so I will compensate you a little more today.In addition, a certain master finally couldn't hold back, and the next chapter was imprisoned.