Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2273 The Little Leaf Seeking Death

"It is indeed a question that he has no palace tutors around him, but it cannot be used as conclusive evidence of his identity." Merlin thought for a moment, "What if Wanyan Zongcheng wanted to disgust Wanyan and Prince Wen and deliberately didn't arrange anything for Wanyan Qingmu?"

"impossible!"

Shen Haolin and Xiao Fengqi denied Merlin's guess at the same time. The two looked at each other, and Shen Haolin made a gesture, asking Xiao Fengqi to speak first.

"Why not?" Merlin was puzzled, looking at this and that, "Wanyan Zongcheng is a petty guy. He doesn't like Wanyan and Prince Wen, so it's very likely that he won't arrange a tutor. And he's the King of Gold, so if he doesn't arrange it, no one else can say anything, right?"

"How is that possible!" Xiao Fengqi sighed, "General Xiaomei, you are too naive. Do you think that Wanyan Zongcheng can make the decision on arranging the teaching alone?"

"Isn't it?" Merlin didn't quite understand. "Isn't this his area of ​​responsibility?"

"For important matters like teaching the children of the clan, the clan leader and the elders will naturally make the decision together. Although Wanyan Zongcheng is the King of Gold, he is just an elder in the Wanyan family and cannot make such a decision. If the clan leader and the elders decide to arrange a teacher for the Wanyan Palace, but Wanyan Zongcheng refuses, he will be punished by the clan. Even if he is the King of Gold, he cannot escape it."

"So that's how it is!" Merlin suddenly realized, "Who was the Wanyan clan leader at that time?"

"Wanyan and Prince Wen." Seeing Merlin's eyes widened, Xiao Fengqi smiled, "Do you feel that there is a little bit of subtlety now? Do you think Wanyan Qingmu's life experience is indeed worthy of suspicion?"

"That's very suspicious!" Merlin touched his chin. "As the patriarch, it's very abnormal for him not to arrange a palace tutor for his only son, not to teach him etiquette, and not to regulate his behavior. But if he does this, won't the other members of the Wanyan family object?"

"They should know Wanyan Qingmu's background to some extent, so they don't object." Shen Haolin sighed, "This time when Wanyan Qingmu besieged the city, no one from the Wanyan family stood by him. This is very telling."

"That's true. If that's the case, there must be something wrong with his background. But." Merlin still didn't quite understand, "Since they knew Wanyan Qingmu was most likely not the biological son of Wanyan and Prince Wen, why didn't they reveal his identity when he was besieging the city, instead of letting him cause such a big fuss?"

"Not saying it is to prevent the dog from jumping off the wall at the edge of his wits!" Xiao Fengqi sighed, "We all know what kind of temper Wanyan Qingmu has. Once he knows that he is not a member of the Wanyan family and that there is a huge gap between him and the throne, it is very likely that he will not just besiege the city, but directly start a rebellion. If he really seeks power and usurps the throne and starts a massacre in the Jin Kingdom, it is not only not what the Wanyan family and the nobles of the Jin Kingdom want to see, but it is also not what we want to see, right?"

"That's right." Shen Haolin agreed with Xiao Fengqi's statement, "A small chaos is fine, but a big one is not. It will ruin our plan."

Merlin looked at the two of them and sighed softly. He felt like his brain was about to explode and he had no idea what to say.

"Wanyan Qingmu wants to know his life story. Unless someone else tells him, such as his half-brother or his wet nurse's son, no one else will tell him."

"Even if I tell him, Wanyan Qingmu won't believe it." Meilin said with disgust, "He has been the prince of Wanyan for his whole life, and suddenly he knows that his biological father is unknown. Will he go crazy?" Xiao Fengqi didn't say anything. He and Shen Haolin looked in the direction of the small bamboo forest, and saw Shen Cha, Jin Miaomiao and Qi Zhifeng accompanying the third master back.

"What took you so long?" Merlin quickly moved stools for the others. "Is Xiaoye not doing well?"

"I'm fine!" Jin Miaomiao rolled her eyes and snorted twice, "Take this guy for example, if he doesn't do anything, he won't die. Why can't he just take care of his health instead of making trouble?"

"What's going on?" Meilin looked at Jin Miaomiao's angry expression, blinked his eyes, and moved closer to Shen Cha, "Little Leaf is disobedient?"

"It's not that I was disobedient. I just used cold water when I took a shower this morning, so I started to have a fever again."

"Why use cold water?" Merlin frowned. "She's already sick, why doesn't she take good care of herself?"

"I didn't mean to use it. The water was cold, and I didn't want to trouble the two little girls, so I..." Shen Cha shook her head helplessly, and saw that the Third Master and Qi Zhifeng's faces were not very good, so she sighed softly, "Don't be angry, she also knows that she is wrong. Didn't she promise that she would be obedient and would not do it again?"

"It would be great if she could really do it!" Qi Zhifeng snorted twice, "I never thought that she, such an old woman, would actually..."

"Your Excellency can be humane sometimes, right?" Shen Cha picked up the teacup and took two sips. "But the price of this willfulness is that her illness will heal more slowly, and it will cause more trouble to Miaomiao and Shibo."

"It's not a big deal, just a stronger dose." The Third Master took two sips of tea, looked at the snacks on the table, took a piece of osmanthus cake, took a bite, and ate it with tea. "This kid needs to be taught a lesson."

"In this case, we should just talk to the Third Master. If we do, Sister Xiaoye will definitely beat us up. But..." Qi Zhifeng rolled his eyes, "We must tell her about this when we go back. We can't hide it for her. Being sick is worrying, and she is not taking good care of herself. Although it's not intentional, it makes us anxious, right? But if she can get better before we leave, I might not say anything more."

"That's no problem." The Third Master ate two pieces of dessert and smiled when he heard Qi Zhifeng's words. "With me here, she will indeed get better soon."

"Grandpa, what happened to Xiao Ye?" Merlin replaced the cup of tea for the Third Master. "She has been ill for several days, sometimes getting better and sometimes not. Although it is said that illness heals like a thread, isn't she healed too slowly?"

"You usually suppress it too much with medicine, so it broke out all of a sudden." The Third Master looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and then at Jin Miaomiao. "It's just right for me to take this opportunity to remind you. When you are busy, if you feel unwell, you can suppress it with medicine. This will not affect your busy work. But when you are free, let the disease break out completely. Otherwise, after a long time, you will be like Xiao Ye. Especially Xiaocha, try not to suppress it if you can. You know your body yourself. It is different from others. Do you understand?"

"I know. My brother and Miaomiao are watching over me. They won't let me be as willful as Xiaoye."