Chapter 288 Past events (14)
Chapter 288 Past events (14)
Xi Jingzhi seems to be very busy recently, and Shi Yunan hasn't seen him for several days.
He sighed and tightened his grip on the book involuntarily.
When he felt the touch in his hand, he quickly let go.
The beautiful book cover was a little wrinkled because of his movements.
Shi Yunan reached out his hand and slowly smoothed it out with a pained look on his face. After seeing the book cover return to its original state, he pursed his lips happily.
Shi Yunan, who was watching from the sidelines, also sat down on a stool nearby, looking at his past self with boredom.
Was I so gentle before? I had such a good personality, which seems to be nothing like who I am now...
As expected, people will change as time goes by.
At this moment, Wei Changsheng's panicked voice suddenly came from outside.
"Oh no, oh no, xiaoshi! Oh no!"
Shi Yunan stood up suddenly, walked over and opened the door. Wei Changsheng came over jogging, and it seemed that he was having difficulty breathing.
He quickly reached out and gently patted Wei Changsheng on the back to help him calm down.
Wei Changsheng took a deep breath, his face flushed, and it took him a long time to recover.
"What happened? Why are you so anxious? Don't run next time. Walk slowly. It's okay. Your health is the most important."
Shi Yunan's tone was slightly blaming, but his words were full of concern.
Wei Changsheng didn't hear Shi Yunan's words of concern at all, and his whole face was filled with panic and fear.
"Little! The ministers in the court are now writing a petition to depose the crown prince! They say that the crown prince is unworthy of the position and want the emperor to appoint a new crown prince!"
"What did you say?" Shi Yunan's expression froze, and the hand that was patting his back stopped.
"It's true! My brother and father just came back from court. As soon as I heard it, I came to tell you."
Wei Changsheng grabbed Shi Yunan's sleeve tightly.
Although he was afraid of Xi Jingzhi's cruelty in his heart, he could distinguish between good and evil. The prince was definitely not someone who would kill others for no reason.
Besides, they have been together for such a long time, and he has seen how the prince treats Xiaoxiao.
Such a person would never kill innocent people indiscriminately.
"Is it because of what happened in Xiangzhi County before?" Shi Yunan asked hurriedly, with a panicked look on his face.
"For specific matters, you still have to ask my brother and father. Let's go over there quickly now."
After Wei Changsheng finished speaking, he pulled his sleeve and walked over.
This time, Shi Yunan held him tightly and did not let him run away.
Soon, the two arrived at Wei Changyi's study, and Wei Changqing saw them just as he was about to open the door.
"Changsheng, An'an, why are you here?"
"Brother! Tell me quickly, are those old corrupt people planning to depose the crown prince?"
Wei Changqing's face changed, knowing that Wei Changsheng had overheard his conversation with his father.
He turned to look at Shi Yunan, and Shi Yunan understood the unspoken words in his eyes.
"So it really is because of the incident in Xiangzhi County..." Shi Yunan murmured with his head down.
"Forget it, you come in first," Wei Changqing sighed and let them in.
As soon as I came in, I saw Wei Changyi frowning with a letter in his hand.
"Father, what's wrong?" Wei Changsheng asked anxiously.
"Nothing, they just want me to get on this boat."
Wei Changyi put the letter on the fireworks, and soon the letter was burned up.
"The other two great families don't hold high positions in the court, but because they are aristocratic families, they have contacted many other ministers to participate in this matter."
Wei Changqing explained it to Shi Yunan.
"So they were the ones who sent this letter, and wanted the Wei family to get involved?"
Shi Yunan looked at Wei Changyi and asked.
"Yes," Wei Changyi nodded.
"Father, we cannot agree to this. The current situation in Xiangzhi County is just their one-sided statement. The prince has not given any response yet."
Wei Changqing spoke.
"The Crown Prince simply disdains to respond. No matter how much we participate, it will be useless. We still have to obey His Majesty's orders in everything."
Wei Changyi shook his head, although he didn't think the prince would do such a thing for no reason.
But the prince has never responded and even allowed the matter to ferment to such an extent. No matter how you look at it, this is harmful rather than beneficial to the prince.
"Has the prince attended court this morning? Can I go to the prince's mansion to find him?"
After listening to what the two said, Shi Yunan decided to find Xi Jingzhi.
Unexpectedly, after this sentence came out, Wei Changyi's expression became even uglier.
"There was news before that the Queen ordered the Crown Prince to enter the palace to accompany her. He has been in the palace for three days now. The Crown Prince has not attended court during these days, and the Emperor has not mentioned this matter.
On the contrary, the other princes attended court as usual, and many of the ministers secretly supported the third prince."
Hearing this, Shi Yunan narrowed his eyes.
"Are they planning to put the prince under house arrest?"
Since Xi Jingzhi was trapped in the deep palace and not allowed to attend the morning court, it was naturally impossible to give a corresponding explanation for this matter.
So it’s not that the prince doesn’t want to respond, but that he can’t.
"I don't quite understand why the queen did this. Isn't the prince her only child?"
After listening for so long, Wei Changsheng was also confused.
Logically speaking, the queen was framed by people around her when she gave birth, which resulted in her and her child being exiled for more than ten years. She finally came back and they are so promising.
Shouldn’t it be held in the palm of your hand and pampered?
Why did they join in bullying their own children? Wei Changsheng was a little confused.
As soon as Wei Changsheng finished speaking, Wei Changyi's indescribable look fell on Shi Yunan.
But because the person involved was here, he couldn't be too blunt, so he skipped the topic and talked about something else.
After that, they discussed it in the study for a whole morning, and Wei Changyi decided not to get involved in this incident.
After Shi Yunan returned to the house, he sat quietly for a long time, staring out the window in a daze.
I didn’t even have dinner tonight. I turned off the lights early and said I wanted to rest.
After the servants responded, they kept watch outside the door.
Although they were surprised that Master Shi went to bed so early tonight, they would not talk too much about the master's family's affairs.
After nightfall, Shi Yunan took out a nightgown from the closet.
Except Xi Jingzhi, no one knew that he was very skilled in martial arts.
In fact, it's not just him, Xi Jingzhi is also very powerful.
Their adoptive father is the gold medal killer in the killer organization, but the organization has a clear rule that killers cannot fall in love, otherwise they will die.
So the two of them teamed up to escape for many years, until they met Xi Jingzhi twenty-two years ago, and then they settled down there.
Two years later, he was found again by a river.
Because both adoptive fathers were men, and the killer was originally taciturn, their tongues were cut off when they later escaped.
So Xi Jingzhi had no one to talk to since he was a child, and his adoptive fathers picked him up just to keep Xi Jingzhi company.
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