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Chapter 230 The Concubine and the Emperor 17

When Wei Ling saw his own sister, he didn't dare to show any inappropriate behavior on his face. He saluted respectfully: "Empress Dowager."

"Master Wei, long time no see." Wei Lin's tone towards the visitor was not very friendly, more like that of a guest.

"I wonder if the Empress Dowager would be kind enough to come in." Wei Ling heard Wei Lin's coldness and tried to say something to bring them closer.

Wei Lin took a sip of tea and replied leisurely, "Since the late emperor passed away, everything has been fine."

Faced with Wei Lin's words that could be considered extremely treasonous, Wei Ling did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

When Wei Lin was spotted by the late emperor and forced into the palace, it was indeed he and his father who turned a blind eye to Wei Lin's request for help. After that, Wei Lin never asked the Wei family for anything for more than 20 years.

Thinking of the purpose of his entry into the palace, Wei Ling became even more nervous and swallowed.

After pondering for a moment, he tentatively said, "Your Majesty is about to come of age, and there is only Lord Mo in the harem. It is really lonely. Why not wait until the beginning of next spring to add some popularity to Your Majesty's harem."

He had intended to kill Chu Jun so that Wei Lin could hold power tighter, but unfortunately he failed.

The Lin family has not yet caught the Wei family's weakness, which means that his sister is helping him cover up behind the scenes.

No matter why Wei Lin helped him, Wei Ling imagined that his sister still had their Wei family in her heart, so when he entered the palace this time, he was also betting on whether Wei Lin would help the Wei family again.

Wei Lin didn't care about the twists and turns in his brother's mind. Back then, the Wei family let her sit on the throne of queen against her will, and now they wanted to use his son to consolidate the family power. How could such a good thing happen?

Besides, she hadn't yet planned with Wei Ling about arranging an assassin to kill her son.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to create more obstacles for Mo Heng, Wei Lin would have long ago taken action to kill his own relatives for the sake of justice.

"The emperor has the final say on matters concerning the harem. I have retired to the harem for a long time. How can I have the right to interfere in the emperor's family affairs?" Wei Lin looked at the head of the Wei family in front of him calmly and said politely.

"While Your Majesty has no intention of choosing a concubine, you should also consider the royal heir. No matter how favored Mo Guijun is, he is still a man. How can he continue the Chu Kingdom for a hundred years?"

Mentioning the heir to the throne was a minefield for Wei Lin. Thinking of the late emperor's "good sons" who only harmed Chu Yun, Wei Lin's back teeth were almost broken. "Don't worry about the affairs of the harem, Master Wei. As for the heir to the throne, the emperor is not yet twenty years old, so why rush it?"

Wei Ling didn't give up and wanted to speak again, but was rejected by Wei Lin: "Yao Shu, please show him up."

After being driven out of Shoukang Palace, Wei Ling realized that what he had done before was still disliked by Wei Lin.

It seems that we can only start from the emperor.

"Empress Dowager, will this cause trouble for Mo Guijun? After all, no matter how incompetent Wei Ling is, he is still the head of the Wei family and can cause a lot of trouble." Yao Shu couldn't help but worry when she thought of Wei Ling's personality.

All Wei Lin wanted was for Wei Ling to cause more trouble for Mo Heng. He said nonchalantly, "If Mo Heng can't even handle this little trouble, how can I trust him with the throne?"

"The Queen Mother is right." Yao Shu's heart was completely oriented towards her master. If Mo Heng was capable of handling the affairs of the Wei family and Prince Qi, he would indeed be someone who could be trusted.

Yao Shu poured Wei Lin a cup of tea and continued, "Cui Zhu recently reported that the house in Jiangnan that the Queen Mother had previously ordered is now ready and can be visited at any time."

"Jiangnan~" Wei Lin couldn't help but smile, his face showing anticipation. "After everything settles down in the capital, we'll go to Jiangnan and open a teahouse. Then we can listen to local gossip and taste Jiangnan's fine tea every day. How carefree."

Wei Lin looked up at the crimson palace wall in the distance, feeling melancholy as he thought about the twenty years or so he had been trapped in this palace.

"When the Queen Mother was at the Wei family, she had always dreamed of opening her own teahouse and experiencing the joy of being a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. Now that so many years have passed and the Emperor can stand on his own, the Queen Mother's wish can finally be realized." Seeing Wei Lin happy, Yao Shu was also happy for her and laughed along.

His time in the palace was finally coming to an end, and Wei Lin felt that some things could be accelerated: "Has Chu Qi been making any moves recently?"

"No, Prince Qi has been quiet lately. I guess he's waiting for someone to step forward so he can take advantage of the situation."

"Among the emperor's brothers, he's the only one with ulterior motives. We'll find an opportunity to bring him out into the open soon, so Chu Qi won't have to hide behind the scenes like a coward."

"Yes."

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With the arrival of the Spring Festival, the capital is filled with a festive atmosphere, and there is a festive atmosphere both inside and outside the city.

The royal celebration was solemn and grand, with the palace walls brightly lit as if it were daytime.

Compared with the lively atmosphere of the palace banquet, the corners of the palace seemed particularly deserted.

Even patrolling servants are rarely seen here, let alone other figures.

"Your Majesty, are we really going to escape?" At Chu Jun's instigation, Mo Heng changed into the same black clothes as him, making him completely invisible in the dark night.

Chu Jun was very satisfied with his outfit, nodded and said excitedly: "Yeah, this will make the atmosphere more lively."

Mo Heng was a little puzzled: "But... Eunuch Li already knows about this matter and even prepared small change for His Majesty. We can just go out the side door..." There is no need to climb over the wall...

"Don't worry about it! I'm going to climb over the wall." How could the willful little emperor be so obedient? He finally got the chance to experience the elopement scene in the storybook, so naturally he wanted to experience the whole thing.

"Yes." What else could Mo Heng do? He could only let Chu Jun come.

He pretended to be sick on the Spring Festival, skipped the palace banquet in the evening, left all the civil and military officials in the court alone, and sneaked out of the palace.

In the past hundred years of the Chu State, Chu Yun was probably the only emperor who was so willful.

In order to cover up for Chu Yun, Mo Heng even asked Xiao Jiu to pretend to be himself and walk around Yong'an Palace, pretending to be serving the sick Chu Yun.

It is really a blessing for Xiaojiu to have such a master.

"Here, here!" Chu Jun lowered his voice and called out to Mo Heng from the front.

He found a slightly lower palace wall with several unrepaired gaps, which was just right as a place to stay.

Chu Jun stepped on the gap in the wall with one foot, grabbed the wall with his hands, and pretended to climb up.

Mo Heng was worried that the little emperor might hurt himself, so he quickly stepped forward to help hold his waist and support him.

Chu Jun's physical fitness was impeccable, so a low wall was no problem for him, and he climbed up in no time.

Sitting on the wall, after confirming that there was a place to stand on the other side of the palace wall, Chu Jun leaned forward slightly and stretched out his hand in the direction of Mo Heng: "Come up quickly, I'll pull you up!"

Mo Heng looked at Chu Jun sitting on the wall with a bright smile on his face. It seemed that he was having a lot of fun.

He smiled helplessly and stretched out his hand, but was grabbed by Chu Jun.

The palace wall was indeed not high, even only slightly lower than the remote wall of Mohism.

Mo Heng was pulled by Chu Yun and climbed over the palace wall, just like he had climbed over the Mo family that he could not escape from when he was young and weak.