I rely on the collapse of people to set my life in the hands of the male protagonist

Chapter 223

There is still half a month before the Wanshou Festival. In the original text, the Wanshou Festival is also the time when the plot breaks out.

Therefore, Chu Lishu has to make a lot of preparations. The first and foremost task is to help the fourth prince improve his reputation, so that the fourth prince's external reputation can overwhelm Yuan Ye, so that the direct conflict between Empress Cheng and Concubine Mei can be established.

Because the imperial concubine and concubine Pei are gone, Concubine Mei has officially taken over the management position of the harem, and the Phoenix seal has also been handed over to her.

Compared with the imperial concubine who has a bad relationship with the emperor, the arrogant and stupid concubine Pei, and the empress Cheng who is only related to her uncle and sister-in-law, Concubine Mei is not only loved by the emperor, but also very reasonable in her conduct, she is a person who cannot be challenged in all aspects. The concubine who had a problem, coupled with the prestige of her father Prime Minister Li in the court, had no one to match her momentum.

As confidantes, both Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang knew how powerful this woman was, and she was someone who could cruelly hurt her own son to achieve her goal.

This time the Four Princes Party followed Chu Lishu's proposal, and to show off the demeanor of the Four Princes during the Longevity Festival, it was natural to start by educating the Four Princes.In fact, with the accompanying reading of Chu Li's book, the fourth prince really grew up very fast, but if he wants to show the intelligence beyond his age, he must work harder.

So in the last half month, the four princes have entered a crazy study period. At first, the curriculum arrangement made by Chu Lishu was reasonable, and there was room for rest even after hard work. He felt that Chu Lishu treated the fourth prince as his younger brother and taught him sincerely, rather than trying to use him.

But Concubine Mei thought that they would not dare to be cruel to the fourth prince, even if the fourth prince had studied for a day and went back to rest, Concubine Mei still forced him to learn.He was only given two hours of sleep a day.The four princes were made to cry every day, which made Concubine Mei ignore the emperor.

The emperor didn't say much about Concubine Mei's emphasis on the fourth prince's studies, anyway, now he is accompanied by Xu Guiren, who he likes more.Probably because he was often unwell during this period of time, and he had experienced so many sad and angry things, so the emperor urgently needed this kind of gentle and quiet company.The more we get along, the more the emperor feels that she looks like Concubine Liu, the more he likes her.It's just that Xu Guiren has a gentle and low-key personality, and obeys Concubine Mei in everything, so it is difficult to attract others' attention.

On this day, when Xu Wenze came, he looked very happy, with a smile on his face. Compared with his preoccupied and sad eyes, they were two extremes.

Lin Qingyang asked curiously, "Did anything good happen?"

Xu Wenze smiled and said, "You will know in a few days."

Seeing Xu Wenze's mysterious appearance as if there was some surprise, Lin Qingyang became even more curious.

While the two were talking, the fourth prince in front began to cry.

Chu Lishu was looking at the fourth prince with a frown, but didn't say anything to comfort him, while Master Wu beside him was full of anxiety.

They are taking the fourth prince to the palace guard to let the fourth prince know about the basic guarding situation in the palace.

"I don't want it, I'm so tired, why do I need to know this, I'm a prince, not a bodyguard, woo woo woo..."

Master Wu hurriedly coaxed: "Your Highness, the purpose of going to understand the defense in the palace is to let you better understand the concept of defense in the art of war. After all, you can't leave the palace, and we can't take you to the barracks to learn. This is the easiest way. Just take a look, no trouble."

"I don't want it, I don't want it..." The fourth prince didn't listen at all, just kept crying.

Master Wu could only look at Chu Lishu in embarrassment. Now everyone knew that Chu Lishu was the real person in power next to the Fourth Prince.

Lin Qingyang knew that if the fourth prince was obedient, Chu Lishu could teach him patiently, but if he became crying, Chu Lishu would lose patience.

What's more, Chu Lishu went to the guardhouse for a purpose, so naturally he would not waste time for the fourth prince.

Xu Wenze had already stepped forward to persuade him, Lin Qingyang thought for a while and whispered in the fourth prince's ear: "Your Highness, do you want to eat candied haws?"

The fourth prince immediately stopped crying and looked at Lin Qingyang.

Lin Qingyang laughed, once brought candied haws to the fourth prince from outside the palace, and the little guy missed it. In order to coax the children, the small kitchen in Concubine Mei's Palace learned how to make them.

"As long as Your Highness is obedient, I'll eat it for you when I get back." Lin Qingyang coaxed.

The fourth prince immediately felt aggrieved, "I want to eat right now."

It seems that the power of food is needed.

Lin Qingyang nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, Your Highness will go with everyone first, and I will go back and get it for you right away. Let the guards see it, okay?"

Now the fourth prince nodded in agreement.

Originally, eunuchs and maids could be allowed to do this kind of thing, but now that the fourth prince is the key protection object, one must be careful about the things that enter.

Lin Qingyang greeted Chu Lishu and Xu Wenze and left.

When I came to Chuuxue Palace to pick up candied haws, I occasionally saw Concubine Mei's personal maid passing by. I wanted to say hello, but she looked serious and hurried, and disappeared from the corner without paying attention to him.

Lin Qingyang was wondering, what's the rush?There was a sudden ding in my mind.

[Second task set, task 17: Help the hero split the Li-Xu alliance. 】

Lin Qingyang paused, almost missed the candied haws in his hand, and his face instantly became ugly.Immediately, he turned around and rushed towards the direction where the maid disappeared.

The Li-Xu alliance...isn't it the alliance between Prime Minister Li and Duke Wei?

The system is not prepared to be a human being again, sending out this kind of task.

In the original text, the triggering event for dissolving the alliance was... the death of Xu Wenze's sister, Xu Guiren, and one dead body and two dead.

Suddenly Lin Qingyang thought of Xu Wenze's smiling face today, so it turned out that this is the plot.Xu Guiren should be pregnant, and Concubine Mei, who heard the news, was going to act first. After all, she finally got to this point, how could she allow accidents to happen.

In the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Ye is not the emperor's son, so everyone has always felt that he is not stable in the position. Now the fourth prince is the favorite to win the position.

Usually the emperor favors Xu Guiren, but Xu Guiren cannot conceive, at least not until the future of the fourth prince is stable.If she is pregnant, the originally unstable alliance between the two countries will inevitably fall apart, causing many people to have other thoughts. In addition, the assassination of the fourth prince in Wei Guogong's mansion a long time ago is still a thorn in Mei Fei's heart, so she does not allow Xu The nobleman is out of control.

Concubine Mei was originally a cautious and ruthless person, so naturally she would not hesitate in this kind of matter, after all, they usually have a strong sisterly relationship, and no one would suspect her.

However, in the original text, the male protagonist still found out the clues. The male protagonist felt that everything was in line with his wishes, so he watched Concubine Mei’s design and Xu Guiren’s dead body. At that time, Wei Guogong was fooled by Prime Minister Li and thought it was The Cheng family sent someone to do it. When the Cheng family was weakened, the hero told Xu Wenze the truth and gave evidence, and then watched the two sides fight.

And now...he wasn't sure if Concubine Mei's people planned to do something today, but he couldn't let go of any possibility. If it wasn't for today, it would be better to discuss with Chu Lishu how to remind Xu Wenze later.

Xu Wenze is their friend, and Xu Guiren is an innocent woman. She absolutely cannot stand by and watch.

Perhaps in the future, Chu Lishu will definitely split this alliance. After all, since the assassination of the fourth prince in Wei Guogong's mansion, he has already planted the seeds of suspicion for both parties and made arrangements early.

But Chu Lishu had never used Xu Wenze to send poison to the emperor before, and this time Chu Lishu would definitely not use Xu Guiren's death to make a fuss.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingyang had already started running.If it's really today, just pretend to run into them by accident. Anyway, Concubine Mei didn't tell them in advance, it's not considered a betrayal, and at most it will cause dissatisfaction and will not arouse suspicion.

Although Lin Qingyang immediately chased her to a remote garden, she still lost sight of the maid after all. Lin Qingyang was anxiously thinking whether to find an excuse to visit Xu Guiren and confirm Xu Guiren's location.

As a result, I passed a pond near the garden.

The nerves in Lin Qingyang's mind suddenly tightened.

In the original text, didn't Xu Guiren just fall into the water in an empty garden?

Lin Qingyang felt uneasy, and couldn't help but look sideways at the quiet lake covered with ice, and suddenly his pupils shrank.

Near the shore, a large piece of the ice surface cracked, and bubbles were slowly spitting out.

Lin Qingyang's heart beat faster, and he rushed over to see that a beautiful figure was slowly sinking inside.

Lin Qingyang was shocked, and immediately shouted for help a few times, hoping to attract the attention of the people around him, and then immediately jumped into the lake to save people.

When Xu Guiren was caught, Xu Guiren didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so Lin Qingyang hurriedly led the people upstream, and really used all his breastfeeding strength in order to speed up.

After finally carrying the man onto the ice, he found that the surrounding ice had been shattered, there was no point of support, the shore was too high, and the clothes of both of them were stained with water and became too heavy.Lin Qingyang could only support Xu Guiren, barely clinging to the slippery stones beside him, and soaking in the icy water.

Lin Qingyang didn't have time to take care of himself, so he hurriedly looked at Xu Guiren, but Xu Guiren coughed up water himself, and opened his eyes as if he wanted to see something. He thought she was a weak woman, but she seemed to be very tenacious in the face of life and death.

"Forest……"

"Xu Guiren, hold on, someone will come to rescue us soon, I have medicine here, you take it first!"

If this continues, Xu Guiren's body and bones will still be unable to avoid freezing problems, and the children may not be able to save them. If they are not careful, they may die, so they can only quickly use all the medicines that can be used in the system.I also have to take some heating medicine, otherwise I will definitely get something wrong with the freeze.

Xu Guiren took a few glances at Lin Qingyang, probably believing that he was really here to save people, so he took the medicine.

Unsurprisingly, his mission failed, causing his points to plummet to 1200.

The system's mental retardation judgment is like this. Even if Chu Lishu follows the revenge plan later, they will still be split, but if they destroy the key plot points, they will directly fail the judgment.Sometimes the success or failure of a task is really dancing back and forth on the moral line.

But this time Lin Qingyang was also willing to fail, seeing Xu Guiren's face no longer ashen, and gradually stabilized, at least Xu Guiren's life was saved, and the child could only resign himself to fate.

Lin Qingyang kept calling for help, but no one came here.

Xu Guiren soon fell into a coma, and Lin Qingyang also felt that his strength was gradually disappearing, and he could no longer cling to the slippery stone.If this continues, the two of them must sink, so they can only continue to shout desperately.

"Heh..." Suddenly a chuckle sounded, and a figure landed on the shore.

Lin Qingyang was about to be pleasantly surprised, but when he looked up, he was shocked. "Ning... the manager"

Ning Ziheng had a contemptuous smile on his face, "I thought someone was calling for help, so it was you, this is..."

Lin Qingyang can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, "Director Ning, save someone quickly, this is Xu Guiren, who has been favored recently, and is pregnant, if you save someone, the emperor may reuse you again. "

Ning Ziheng raised his eyebrows, and said with a sneer: "Really? But how can I remember that my downfall seems to be related to you."

"No, I didn't do anything, don't get me wrong." Although Lin Qingyang was soaking in cold water, he was already sweating profusely.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the emperor doesn't believe me anymore. It's very interesting that you are like this. If both of you die here, maybe you have an affair and encounter an accidental scandal. At that time, your cousin will also be implicated. This will be beneficial to me, which is very good." Yes. But you can continue to call for help, but there seems to be no one around here, and they should all be transferred away on purpose." Ning Ziheng directly showed a sinister smile, as if he was quite interested in standing by and watching them die.

Lin Qingyang shouted for a long time in disbelief, but still did not respond.Finally had to face reality, the person who controls their life and death now turned out to be Ning Ziheng.

At this time, Lin Qingyang could no longer keep the two of them above the water, so he could only forcefully push the water so that their noses were still outside.

"Since you can persist for so long, your physique is really quite cold-resistant." Ning Ziheng was a little surprised. "Remind you, in your situation, unless one person steps on the other to borrow strength, no one can go up. I'm afraid Xu Guiren won't wake up, why don't you step on her to go up."

Lin Qingyang scolded pervertedly, "Director Ning, as long as you save us, you can put forward any conditions!"

"But I don't want anything. You should be glad that I'm kind enough not to send you off." Ning Ziheng said with a smile.

Depend on!Is there no possibility that such a pervert can trade threats?

Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, what Ning Ziheng wanted to know most was the matter of Yuan Ran, but this must not be said.Or else...maybe...

"Director Ning, I know some secrets about Qi Ci, but you don't. If you want to hear it, please save us."

As soon as these words came out, Ning Ziheng's expression changed, and he involuntarily took a step closer.

But soon stopped, and said with a faint smile: "Why should I believe you, you may have never seen him."

At this moment, Lin Qingyang couldn't hold it anymore, "Don't you gamble once? If you miss this opportunity, you will never..."

Lin Qingyang suddenly lost his strength and sank. Just as he was struggling to swim again, suddenly a hand reached into the water and grabbed his collar.

Lin Qingyang was overjoyed, and quickly borrowed his strength to go up.

With a sullen face, Ning Ziheng pulled the two of them one after another.Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice coming from afar.

Ning Ziheng said coldly: "You go first, I will look for you, if you dare to lie to me, I will definitely kill you."

Lin Qingyang understood what Ning Ziheng meant. It was really hard to tell why a man and a concubine fell into the water here. It was very likely that he would be used by Concubine Mei and the others, so he had better avoid it.

Lin Qingyang got up quickly and fled in embarrassment. Before leaving, he heard Ning Ziheng shouting that the nobleman had fallen into the water.

After finally returning to the Cultural Museum, just after changing his clothes, he heard the sound of the door opening and hurried footsteps. The next second, Chu Lishu appeared in front of Lin Qingyang with a cold face.

"Lishu, you..." Lin Qingyang was hugged by Chu Lishu the moment he opened his mouth.

"Lin Qingyang, you... do you always want to scare me like this? Can't I let you leave me?" Chu Lishu used great force, as if he wanted to hug Lin Qingyang to death.

Lin Qingyang said in surprise: "How did you know it so quickly? Everyone knows it. Will it affect the reputation of me and Xu Guiren!"

"You idiot, you know your reputation! Who would have allowed you to risk your life for someone else!" Chu Lishu said bitterly, but he had no choice but to know that Lin Qingyang would do it even if he told him a hundred times However, he had nothing to do with Lin Qingyang, so he could only get anxious and angry.

Hearing Lin Qingyang's familiar apology method of 'forget it after you say it', Chu Lishu could only frowned, pinched Lin Qingyang fiercely, and hurriedly asked: "How is your body? There is a frozen lake, you ...Why haven't you soaked in hot water yet?"

"I've taken medicine, and the water under the frozen lake is actually not that cold. It's just the process of running back. Tell me about the situation outside."

"It's fine outside. It is said that Ning Ziheng met Xu Guiren who fell into the water by chance and saved him. Now the imperial physicians are consulting."

"then you……"

"I saw the candied haws by the lake, and Ning Ziheng hinted that he would come to you later, so I know what good deeds you have done!" After Chu Lishu finished speaking, he hurriedly prepared a medicinal bath, forcing Lin Qingyang to soak it .

After Lin Qingyang soaked in the hot water and vomited bubbles, Chu Lishu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What's going on?"

Lin Qingyang hurriedly explained what happened and how he lied to Ning Ziheng. "What should I do? I fooled him. If he knew he was cheated, he would definitely want to kill me even more." Qi Ci didn't mention it much in the original text, and Lin Qingyang definitely didn't know any secrets.

Just as he was talking, suddenly his door was kicked open.

"Lin Qingyang! Come out and fulfill your promise!"

Ning Ziheng is here.