Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chapter 111 If This Is Really the Person I Want

Xue Qing was caught by Chu Shifeng before she returned to the backyard.

Chu Shifeng was not polite at all and stepped forward and grabbed his neck.

"You want to die?"

At this moment, Xue Qing saw it clearly.

The indifference in his brow.

The love in his eyes disappeared like smoke, leaving only the sharp and cold murderous intent.

His hands were too strong, and he pinched Xueqing's white and tender neck, causing it to turn red and making it difficult for her to breathe.

Xueqing's eyes had turned red, and tears were welling up in those extremely beautiful eyes.

How he wished that at this moment, when Chu Shifeng saw his eyes red from crying, he would be soft-hearted and let go of his hand as usual, and hold him in his arms to comfort him.

But Chu Shifeng didn't.

In the end, the coldness in his brows became even stronger.

"I told you to hide in the backyard and not come out, but you ignored my words? Or are you already eager to die?"

He used more force in his hands, Xueqing had difficulty breathing, and shook her head frantically to indicate that she didn't mean that.

Tears flowed as he shook his head. He now seemed like a fragile doll that could break at any time.

Chu Shifeng looked at him, was silent for a few seconds, and then let go of his hand.

Xueqing fell to the ground, her legs too weak to stand up, gasping for breath, tears in her eyes never stopping.

Chu Shifeng said coldly: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Get out of here when you see King Qi in the future. If King Qi finds out about your existence, I will kill you immediately. Not only you, but your entire family will be killed as well."

Xueqing knelt on the ground, feeling almost suffocated by the pain, perhaps from his heart or the bruises on his neck.

"I...I know..."

Chu Shifeng seemed to be unsure of Xue Qing's words, and summoned a few secret guards, saying, "Send him back to the backyard. Without my order, he cannot come out even if he dies."

"Yes."

Xueqing left heartbroken.

He knew that placing secret guards to monitor him was already a sign that Chu Shifeng did not trust him at all.

On the way back to the front hall, a secret guard suddenly appeared.

"Your Highness, I have found the person behind Liu Yi."

Liu Yi was the assassin leader sent to Jingzhou by Chu Shifeng two months ago.

He was also the one who shot Chu Shitong through with an arrow.

"who is it?"

Chu Shifeng didn't believe that Liu Yi would dare to order his men to attack Chu Shitong, so he ordered people to investigate the matter.

The incident in Jingzhou not only failed to kill Chu Shixuan, but also caused most of Chu Shifeng's secret guards and death squads to be injured. How could Chu Shifeng let this matter go so easily?

After two months of investigation, he finally found clues that Liu Yi had betrayed him.

The secret guard said, "It was King Yuan. Liu Yi has long been King Yuan's man. The people we planted under King Yuan investigated for a long time before we found out about this."

Chu Shifeng's face was almost cold to the extreme at this moment.

Liu Yi served under him for nearly five years.

"Was Liu Yi a person planted by Chu Shixuan from the beginning, or did he switch sides to Chu Shixuan halfway through?"

The secret guard's voice weakened a little. "It is said that... they were planted early in the morning..."

Chu Shifeng wished he could bite his teeth to pieces. His handsome and elegant face became even more ferocious and sinister because of the hatred.

No wonder.

No wonder the assassination failed.

No wonder Chu Shitong was slandered for no reason.

It turned out that the person he sent was actually planted by Chu Shixuan!

Chu Shixuan knew all the assassination plans that he had prepared long ago, and he might even know the deployment of the assassins clearly.

Chu Shifeng had not expected that Chu Shixuan's influence was so widespread that he had not discovered it for five years.

If it weren't for the incident with Chu Shitong, I might not have doubted Liu Yi until now.

"Immediately! Clear out the origins of all the secret guards! If there are any unknown ones, kill them immediately! Don't spare any!"

"Yes."

The secret guard disappeared on the spot.

The anger in Chu Shifeng's heart grew stronger and stronger.

Chu Shixuan has been aware of his movements over the past five years, but he has never let Liu Yi do anything that would expose his identity.

Now he rashly let Liu Yi hurt Chu Shitong in order to alienate the friendship between himself and Chu Shitong.

Liu Yi, as Chu Shifeng's subordinate, killed Chu Shitong while assassinating Chu Shixuan.

Chu Shitong would certainly not have thought that all this was instigated by Chu Shixuan. If there was any grudge between Chu Shifeng and Chu Shitong, the two would have directly severed their relationship and become enemies.

As the victim of the assassination, Chu Shixuan could not only distance himself from the incident, but also use this opportunity to get closer to Chu Shitong.

Chu Shixuan was really ruthless.

That arrow almost took Chu Shitong's life.

If Chu Shitong died because of this, the emperor would be furious and investigate the matter. Chu Shifeng would surely be put to death for the crime of killing his two brothers.

"What a good plan..."

Chu Shifeng sneered and muttered to himself: "Do you think I will let you be proud for too long?"

He called a few secret guards and told them to do some things before he suppressed his anger and continued walking towards the front hall.

I'm afraid even if I tell Chu Shitong about this, he would find it hard to believe.

Maybe he would even think that it was a reason he deliberately made up to slander Chu Shixuan.

After all, in the past five years, Chu Shixuan has never openly targeted Chu Shifeng.

Thinking that it was difficult to explain the truth to Chu Shitong, and that he could only grit his teeth and take the blame, Chu Shifeng's heart was twisted with hatred.

He couldn't figure it out.

Why did Chu Shixuan want to alienate him and Chu Shitong?

Chu Shitong had no power in the court, and Chu Shiyu seemed to have intended to make Chu Shitong king. Logically speaking, Chu Shitong had never been a player in the fight for the throne.

Chu Shitong has no power or influence and can't help me at all.

why?

Thinking of Chu Shixuan's attitude towards Chu Shitong, Chu Shifeng couldn't help but think more.

He tried to win over Chu Shitong purely for personal reasons.

And Chu Shixuan would rather expose the chess piece he had planted for five years in order to alienate him and Chu Shitong. There must be a deeper reason behind it.

When I returned to the front hall, Chu Shitong had already woken up and was eating the peeled oranges on the plate.

Because she had just slept for a while, her hair had become crooked and scattered, with only a black ribbon barely holding it together.

When Chu Shitong heard the voice, his eyes brightened up a little on that stunning face. He was eating an orange in his mouth, and his cheeks puffed up, making him look as cute as a squirrel.

"Brother, where have you been?"

Hearing Chu Shitong's voice, the anger in Chu Shifeng's heart seemed to magically dissipate at this moment.

"I dealt with some things. When did you wake up?"

"I just woke up." Chu Shitong said, "I couldn't find you when I woke up, but this chair is so comfortable that I don't want to leave it, so I have to wait for my brother here."

Chu Shifeng smiled solemnly.

"If you like it so much, you might as well marry this rocking chair."

"Really? If so, I will come and propose marriage tomorrow."

"Just shut up, you're talking more and more nonsense."

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "Isn't this the idea proposed by my brother?"

Chu Shifeng sat on the chair, silent and without answering.

Chu Shitong finished eating the rest of the orange and looked up.

"Brother, what's wrong? Is there anything bothering you?"

"Ah."

Chu Shifeng fumbled for the jade wine glass.

Chu Shitong said: "Tell me about it."

"Nothing much, I was just thinking about what kind of princess to choose for King Yuan."

Chu Shitong almost doubted his own ears.

"what?"

Chu Shifeng looked at her silly look and couldn't help laughing.

"King Yuan is already twenty-two years old. It's time for him to marry a princess, isn't it?"

"That being said..." Chu Shitong was a little confused, "but my eldest brother doesn't seem to have any plans to get married. I heard that the Empress has shown him many girls, but he refused. Father doesn't seem to be in a hurry either."

"Xiao Qi, are you going to Kaiyuan Temple with King Yuan tomorrow?"

"Yes."

Chu Shifeng said, "That's great. You can take this opportunity to find out what kind of woman he likes. The reason why King Yuan is unmarried is probably because he hasn't met a woman he likes. I don't mind helping him."

Chu Shitong: “…”

This task is somewhat daunting.

"I have discussed this matter with my eldest brother before."

Chu Shitong reached for the glass on the table, and Chu Shifeng poured her a glass of wine and handed it to her.

Chu Shitong took a sip and continued with a refreshed look, "At that time, I also said a few words about the Queen Mother's finding a princess for my eldest brother, but my eldest brother seemed to have someone he liked. I told him that he wanted three wives and four concubines, but he told me that he would be together for life. When I asked him which girl he liked, he refused to tell me."

"A couple for life?"

Chu Shifeng was amused by this sentence.

"Is there something wrong with Chu Shixuan's brain? How could a man be willing to be with one person for the rest of his life?"

Chu Shitong paused, and thought of Si Jingli for no reason.

She asked: "My brother already had two concubines. Although there is only one left now, I feel that my brother doesn't seem to like them very much."

Chu Shifeng drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's hard for you to figure it out after so long."

Chu Shitong laughed. Everyone knew about this, but Chu Shitong just mentioned it now.

"If one day, my brother meets someone he really likes, but that person only wants to be with him/her for the rest of his/her life, will my brother choose to divorce his concubine for that person and never marry again?"

Chu Shitong just wanted to understand what a real man thinks.

Get to know Si Jingli from the side, although Chu Shifeng and Si Jingli have no similarities at all.

She didn't expect that Chu Shifeng actually thought about this problem seriously.

"If this is really the person I want..."

Chu Shitong waited quietly for Chu Shifeng's answer.

Hesitation means wavering.

But Chu Shitong felt that a man as cruel and capricious as Chu Shifeng would definitely not hesitate over such a thing.

In Chu Shifeng's eyes, power is the most important thing.

Chu Shihan is not moved by women, let alone Chu Shifeng?

But Chu Shifeng's hesitation at this moment was too clear, and Chu Shitong seemed to be able to tell how hesitant he was through his furrowed brows.

She was actually a little curious about Chu Shifeng's answer.

Chu Shifeng was thinking seriously, while Chu Shitong took the opportunity to drink some wine.

After a long while, Chu Shifeng slowly spoke.

"If she is the one I want, then it's fine, but I will have to put her in a difficult position. If I am forced to remarry due to power in the future, I hope she can accept it. But I can promise that I will not let her down because of the arrival of a new person."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Chu Shitong was choked by the wine.

The expression on her face was one of shock and confusion she had never seen before.

"Royal brother, you have spent so much time thinking about this thoroughly?"

Chu Shitong was just asking casually.

Who would have thought that Chu Shifeng was not only willing to agree, but even had a solution in mind.

Chu Shifeng said: "Of course you have to answer seriously. Do you think that I am a completely heartless and ungrateful person?"

Chu Shitong's expression now became so subtle that it could no longer be concealed.

"It seems that whoever is lucky enough to get the emperor's true heart in the future will be blessed."

"Why? Are you afraid that after I marry the person I like, I won't give you delicious food and fun things?"

"Not entirely." Chu Shitong said: "If my brother gave my share to his wife, I would have no objection. I just hope that his wife would treat me better, so that I can enjoy the kindness of both my brother and his wife at the same time."

Chu Shifeng laughed helplessly and cursed, "You are quite greedy."

Chu Shitong finished his drink and stood up to leave.

Before leaving, Chu Shifeng took the initiative to help her tie her hair, and asked someone to bring her some strawberries, telling her not to worry, as the rocking chair would be ready in ten days.

"By the way, try to find out who Chu Shixuan likes. If you can't get him to tell you, find out what kind of woman he likes."

"Okay, I will definitely try my best to do what my brother ordered."

.........

The next day, Chu Shitong went to Prince Yuan's Palace as soon as he woke up.

This was her first time coming to Prince Yuan's Palace.

There was no need to go to court today, so Chu Shiyu asked the two of them to go to Kaiyuan Temple to worship the gods and pray for auspicious snow to indicate a good harvest, hoping that the crops would be better next year.

As Chu Shitong was the younger one, he was not very familiar with Chu Shixuan, so he could only go to Prince Yuan's Mansion in person to find him.

The servants of Prince Yuan's Mansion were very polite when they saw Chu Shitong.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Qi, please follow me."

Chu Shitong asked: "Don't you need to go in and report it?"

The servant said, "Our Highness has instructed that there is no need to inform His Highness the Seventh Prince when he comes."

Chu Shitong: “…”

What the hell is Chu Shixuan doing again?

The structure of Prince Yuan's Palace is not as luxurious as Prince Yu's Palace. It is simple yet grand, low-key and steady, and extremely clean and tidy everywhere.

When Chu Shitong was brought into the yard, Chu Shixuan was having breakfast under a tree.

The snow-white gold-thread robe, coupled with that handsome face and gentle temperament, is indeed a beautiful sight.

"Your Highness, the Seventh Prince is here."

Chu Shixuan raised his eyes, took a look, and waved his hand to let the servant go away.

Chu Shitong put on his usual smiling face and said, "Why are you having breakfast outside, my brother? Even though the snow has melted for several days, it's still cold."

Chu Shixuan put down his chopsticks and said, "Although the house is warm with the heating on, it still feels a bit stuffy. Although the weather is a bit cool after the snow melts, it is very breathable. I didn't expect Xiaoqi to come so early."

"Why didn't you think of that?"

Chu Shitong didn't arrive too early. Normally, he should have gone to court at this time.

Chu Shixuan said, "I thought you would sleep in if I didn't go to court today."

His tone was very calm, as if he had said something very ordinary.

But Chu Shitong felt that he was being despised to some extent.

When has she ever slept in?

Even when she was in school, she went to bed late and got up early, and was as tired as a dog every day.

Does Chu Shixuan think that she has nothing to do every day?

"I don't sleep in, don't misunderstand me, brother."

"Yes, you are the most diligent."

A perfunctory attitude with no sincerity.

Chu Shitong felt that he couldn't continue the conversation and casually glanced around the yard.

It seemed that there was nothing else in the yard except this bare big tree.

"Why does this tree look familiar?"