Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 366: Conspiracy and Conspiracy

Luo Yu didn't care how he felt.

But he didn't look well, so she still had to pretend to care about him.

She cupped his face with her hands, tilted her head and smiled sweetly: "Zhu Jinyou, don't be so stern! You're so young, but you act like an old man. The atmosphere is really weird!"

Zhu Jinyou was almost laughed out of anger by her.

"You looked at me indifferently that night."

He is really narrow-minded and remembers everything clearly.

"If I hadn't kept my distance from you, how could I have convinced the others? Besides, Chief Yao, Eunuch Gao, and the Empress were all on the Emperor's side, so I had no choice but to keep my distance from you..."

"So what Miss Luo Yu means is that you are still on my side, right?"

Luo Yu rubbed his face with an innocent look.

"What if I say I'm on the Emperor's side? Are you just like the Queen Mother, wanting me dead?"

The softest tone, speaking the coldest words.

Zhu Jinyou took her hand, held it in his palm, and stroked it carefully.

"I won't let you die. No matter what choice you make, I will protect you for the rest of your life."

Luo Yu lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Zhu Jinyou, if the succession to the throne can be resolved peacefully, I certainly hope that you can sit on this position. I know that you will definitely be a good emperor. You are intelligent and talented, understand the suffering of the people, know how to appoint people, and are decisive in killing and punishing. If you become emperor, it will definitely be a blessing for the people."

"So, the girl did this because she didn't want civil unrest to happen?"

"Given the current economic situation of the Rong Dynasty, the country cannot be in turmoil. In the end, only the common people will suffer."

"Have you thought of a good solution?"

Luo Yu shook his head and gave a bitter smile. "We can only save the emperor's life for the time being. Qin Bingrui is temporarily in charge of the tiger talismans of the major military camps. As for the rest, I think time will slowly resolve it."

Zhu Jinyou fell into deep thought.

He really didn't think about these things. He just wanted to solve everything with force after the emperor's death. If he could control absolute power, why would he be afraid of anything?

However, after meeting Miss Luo Yu and going through this experience with her, he began to doubt himself and began to seriously consider the meaning of sitting in this position. He went from wanting to protect himself and hold absolute power to wanting to be a good leader.

He thought he could do it, but Miss Luo Yu denied him.

She still chose to stand on the side of her dying brother without hesitation. She didn't believe he could save her, and she didn't believe he could be a good emperor.

"Luo Yu, what should I do to make you believe me?"

Luo Yu himself was also confused. For now, as long as there was no civil unrest, he could hold on for a day. With ample time, he estimated that the major forces inside and outside the court had also taken sides, so perhaps there would be no need for force to resolve the problem.

"Time will tell me."

Zhu Jinyou smiled bitterly.

"If I say that I will support the Seventh Prince to take this position, will you believe me?"

Luo Yu's eyes widened: "What do you mean?"

"The Seventh Prince is the Queen's son, and he is the most legitimate heir to the throne. If anything happens to my brother, I will support him in his succession. As his uncle, I will help him grow into a truly qualified king."

"Oh, so that's the so-called Regent, right?"

Zhu Jinyou smiled and pinched her cheek: "You know everything."

"Will the Queen Mother allow you to do this?"

"No matter what I do, she won't be satisfied."

Luo Yu smiled faintly. The Queen Mother wanted to kill her, perhaps hoping her youngest son would marry a woman of equal status upon his succession? Or was she more afraid that Zhu Jinyou would disobey her orders for the sake of his beloved?

Did she actually want to take power herself?

I can’t think about it anymore, my head hurts!

Zhu Jinyou accompanied her all the way back to Funing Palace before reluctantly saying goodbye to her.

Luo Yu stood outside the hall and waved to him. As soon as he turned around, she immediately ran towards the hall.

In the hall, Qin Bingrui and Xia Liang were leisurely eating peeled frozen watermelon.

"Bingrui, you weren't hurt last night, were you?"

Bingrui shook his head, put a silver skewer on a slice of watermelon and handed it to Luo Yu.

"Sister, eat some fruit to quench your thirst. This watermelon has a thick rind and hasn't been refined yet. It's not particularly sweet, but it's quite juicy."

Luo Yu tasted a piece and found it was not only not sweet but also extremely unpalatable.

"Tomorrow when you have some free time, get some seeds and plant them. I think there's plenty of land in this palace."

Xia Liang was the most enthusiastic: "Really? That's great, I've been so bored lately."

The three of them chatted about the seeds, saying that they were found in the southwestern mountainous area, which could be used to fool the ignorant people. At least watermelon really existed and was not a new variety.

After the discussion, Qin Bingrui remembered the important matter.

"Sister Luo Yu, guess what I found out today?"

"Stop beating around the bush and just speak."

"I've found out that Concubine Wan was once a maid in Zhu Jinyou's mansion. I heard that his housekeeper took a fancy to this girl while working in a brothel. Concubine Wan was only about fifteen years old at the time. Because she was beautiful, he bought her back to the mansion and raised her. Later, she was sent to the palace and placed beside the Empress Dowager."

Xia Liang opened his mouth wide and shouted "Oh my god" to the sky.

Luo Yu is not surprised. This sounds very much like Zhu Jinyou's style of doing things!

There is much more gossip about Qin Bingrui than this.

"Sister, guess what else I found out?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Hehe, I heard that after arriving in Beijing, Zhu Jinyou met Concubine Wan privately several times, and it seems that this little beauty is very fond of him."

On the night when the emperor had the accident, I really didn't realize that both of them were good actors.

Xia Liang looked enlightened: "So this is his usual method. He takes advantage of the beauty's deep affection for him and schemes to get rid of his brother step by step."

Luo Yu chuckled: "He actually likes to give people to the Queen Mother, and then the Queen Mother will give them to the Emperor."

Qin Bingrui glanced at Luo Yu secretly and asked softly: "Sister Luo Yu, are you not angry?"

Luo Yu then told them what he had learned from the Empress. It turned out that the Taoist priest who made the elixir was also presented to the Empress Dowager by Zhu Jinyou. At that time, the Empress Dowager actually took the elixir for half a year without any problems. Later, when the Empress Dowager saw that the Emperor had a cold and fever, she recommended the Taoist priest to the Emperor.

As to whether the Taoist priest had contacted Zhu Jinyou privately again, no one knew for sure.

As to whether the Queen Mother knew about it, there is no way to verify it.

Xia Liang smiled slyly: "I think it's a collaboration between mother and son. However, I'm not sure who the mastermind is."

Qin Bingrui seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, he asked, "Sister Luo Yu, do you believe what Zhu Jinyou said to you last? Will he really help the little prince succeed to the throne?"

Xia Liang sneered: "It is definitely not legitimate for him to succeed to the throne now, so he is using the guise of regent. Then he can find a way to slowly kill the little prince and smoothly succeed to the throne himself!"

Hit the nail on the head! Impeccable!

Luo Yu sighed deeply. Once she entered the palace, it was like entering a deep sea. She almost couldn't breathe after just a few days, but Zhu Jinyou was having a lot of fun. He was amazing, really amazing!

"No, we have to hurry up and find a way to escape from here!"

Xia Liang blinked her innocent eyes: "How to escape?"

Qin Bingrui crossed his legs casually, stood up and stretched.

"Sister, don't forget, the tiger talisman that mobilizes all the major military forces is in our hands! We have the military power, the power, and the initiative in our hands!"

Luo Yu and Xia Liang looked at each other and felt that Qin Bingrui was the craziest one at the moment.