Chapter 366 The Beautiful Courtesan Attracts the King's Heart 11
Chapter 366 The Beautiful Courtesan Attracts the King's Heart 11
In fact, there is a simple and crude solution to this matter. The only person left alive at that time was the prince, so if you want to know the truth, you can only start with the prince.
But because he was the crown prince, Chu Yuan couldn't do anything to him.
What if he is no longer the prince?
Therefore, the other way is to remove him from the position of crown prince, so that Chu Yuan can attack him without any scruples.
This is also one of the reasons why she imitated Zhou Xianjin's handwriting to write the letter.
In the original story line, Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu had no children, so they chose to support the crown prince. The two concubines joined forces and provided considerable help to the crown prince in the harem.
Although Chu Yuan's behavior cannot completely sever the relationship between them, the seeds of suspicion have been planted in the prince's heart, and he will probably be reserved towards these two in the future.
First, the two concubines in the harem, and then the officials who supported the prince. As long as all the forces supporting the prince are disintegrated step by step, and with the help of the ninth prince who is eyeing him covetously, the position of the prince will probably be replaced soon.
On the second day after the letter was submitted, Chu Yuan met Xuan Ming again in his room.
"Greetings, Lord Chief, but what do you want from me, Master?"
"Well, I have a task for you to do. I believe you can complete it excellently."
Chu Yuan took the envelope with the task content from Xuan Ming, read it three times, and after confirming that no information was missed, he placed it on the candlestick and burned it.
"I will definitely fulfill my mission."
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I would end up back at where the mission started - Fengyue Tower.
At this time, more than two months had passed since Lu Zhengning was murdered. The "murderer" who killed Lu Zhengning had been arrested and sentenced to execution.
The suspicion of the courtesan Qingdai has been cleared, and now is a good time for her to receive customers again. The target of her mission this time is the newly promoted Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion, an important figure who has great power in the court and can directly influence the emperor's decision-making on state affairs.
Chu Yuan’s purpose this time was not assassination, but lurking.
Lurk beside him, being a gentle and beautiful flower that can talk to him, so as to play an unexpected role at the critical moment.
It was like someone handed her a pillow just when she felt sleepy. Chu Yuan was just worrying about what identity she could use to get close to officials in the court, but she didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would personally give her this opportunity.
The next morning, Chu Yuan appeared in Fengyue Tower. He lived in the same room and was served by the same two maids.
In the entire Fengyue Tower, from the housekeeper to the maids, everyone acted as if nothing had happened. If Chu Yuan didn't know clearly what she had done in the past two months, she would even think that she had always stayed in Fengyue Tower and never left.
The reason for this happening, of course, is that in the eyes of these people, she has never really left.
It turned out that after Chu Yuan left Fengyue Tower, another 'Qingdai' immediately appeared in the room and took her place for the past two months.
"Miss Qingdai, my mother said that Fengyue Tower will hold a flower viewing banquet in three days and ask you to perform a piece of music you are good at."
"understood."
The flower-viewing banquet at Fengyue Tower three days later will also be an opportunity for Chu Yuan to get acquainted with the target of her mission. Whether she can catch the eye of this university scholar depends on her performance that day.
The song was not difficult for Chu Yuan, and she even wrote lyrics specifically for it.
Of course, the original owner’s literary attainments were not very profound, so this poem focused on attacking the heart.
Chu Yuan learned that Zhang An, the Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion, suffered a drought in his hometown when he was young. He followed his parents to escape the famine to the capital city in the north, but encountered a riot in a village only three days away from the capital city. His parents died one after another while trying to protect him.
He came to the capital with his tenacity, lived to adulthood with the help of the orphanage, and later worked hard to become the top scorer in the imperial examination, which led to his current success.
In the small world that Chu Yuan traveled through, he had experiences very similar to his. Although it cannot be said that he could empathize with him, it could still evoke certain memories deep in his heart.
Time quickly arrived at the day of the flower-viewing banquet. After some singing and dancing performances ended, Chu Yuan came to the high platform specially built for her, holding her zither.
Just as the prelude sounded, someone suddenly showed up and disrupted her plan.
"This prince wants this person. Do you have any objections?"
This is an affirmative sentence. No one present would offend the prince of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion for the sake of a woman. Of course, this also includes Chu Yuan's mission target.
Chu Yuan's plan to attack Zhou Xianjin's heart had never started. In Zhang An's eyes, she was just a courtesan in a brothel and there was no way she would conflict with Zhou Xianjin because of this.
In public, Chu Yuan could not show anything wrong and could only smile while secretly trying to take Zhou Xianjin's arm away from her waist.
Unexpectedly, after Zhou Xianjin noticed her resistance, he tightened his strength, stuffed a stack of banknotes into the mother's hand who was trying to stop him, and wanted to take her away.
After looking at the denomination of the banknote, my mother smiled and made way for me: "Qingdai's room is on the far right of the third floor. Farewell, my lord."
With so many eyes staring at him, although Chu Yuan felt annoyed, he could only follow his force and move forward.
It was not until the two of them entered the room and no longer felt any attention that Chu Yuan could not wait to break free from his arms and slammed the door.
"Why, Miss Qingdai, are you so impatient?"
Let's be frank. Chu Yuan didn't have time to chat with him. This was not the first time Zhou Xianjin had sabotaged her mission. The last time they failed to sneak into Li's house, it was because of him. She didn't expect that she would run into this person in Fengyue Tower this time.
"Zhou Xianjin, what do you want?"
"You're not pretending anymore? Chu Yuan, I didn't expect you to be so unscrupulous in order to achieve your goal, even dressing up as a woman? Who is your target this time? Zhang An?"
Chu Yuan was so angry at this man that he laughed: "What does it have to do with you whether I wear men's clothes or women's clothes?"
"It has nothing to do with me. I just happened to see you doing something bad again, so I stopped you out of chivalry."
Bad thing? How could it be considered a bad thing for her to play a piece of music? Moreover, what she was going to do now was not a bad thing for the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion.
Moreover, she is so unlucky. Why does she always run into this person every time she wants to do something? Is this the legendary bad fate?
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