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When the news of Lu Lingzhi's serious injury reached the capital, all the people in the Lu family felt like there were dark clouds over their heads. Ye Zhen's mood was equally heavy. She was worried that the person who was arrested was Tian Jiu. She didn't want anything to happen to him.
In order to get more information, Ye Zhen planned to stay in the palace for a few days.
When Old Madam Lu heard that Ye Zhen wanted to go to the palace to inquire about the news, she was very moved. "You care so much about your brother, he will be very happy when he comes back."
Ye Zhen whispered, "I have nothing to do for the family. I can only go and inquire about some news to reassure you, grandmother."
"Good child, you have a good heart." Old Madam Lu touched Ye Zhen's head, feeling gratified.
"Grandmother, don't worry too much, my brother will return safely." She knew that Lu Lingzhi would return safely and would take a long time to recuperate. She hoped that Lu Lingzhi would grow into a cripple.
Old Madam Lu nodded, "I know, your brother will be fine."
Ye Zhen went to the palace the next day. The empress dowager knew that she went there because she was worried about Lu Lingzhi's illness, so she sent someone to inquire about it from the emperor.
"… I heard that he was shot in the shoulder and stabbed in the calf. The injury was not serious, but the other party fed poison to the wound. Doctor Qi personally went to treat the Marquis of Anyang. You can rest assured that Doctor Qi is very good at detoxification." The empress dowager whispered to Ye Zhen.
When Ye Zhen's soul wandered in the palace, she heard that Lu Lingzhi was injured, but she didn't know much about it. She wondered what kind of injury took so long to recuperate. It seemed that it was not the wound, but the poison in his body.
"Mother, I heard that it was a trusted aide of the western vassal state who hurt my brother?" Ye Zhen asked tentatively.
The empress dowager raised her eyebrows, "That's what they said. However, I heard that two of the three people who were caught are dead, and the other one is in custody. He should be sent to the Ministry of Justice's prison in a few days."
Ye Zhen lowered her head and said nothing, feeling a little uneasy. She wanted to know what happened.
When the empress dowager saw her like this, she thought that she was worried about Lu Lingzhi. She smiled and said, "Yi talked about you for a long time yesterday. He seemed to have something to talk to you about."
"He lost in the game, and I promised to win it back for him." Ye Zhen said with a smile, "Mother, I am him, lest he gets angry with me."
"He should have returned from the Upper Study. You, right?" The Empress Dowager said, "It's useless for you to worry about your big brother. He'll be back in a few days, and you'll know the details then."
Ye Rou wanted to say that she wasn't worried about Lu Lingzhi's life at all. She just wanted to know who was the one who was captured.
When he arrived at the prince's residence, Mo Rongyi just came back from the study. When he saw Ye Zhen waiting for him, he almost jumped up. "Yao Yao, how many helpers did you find for me?"
"Not yet. Let me see how many people you have first." Ye Zhen said. Since it was a competition with the royal family, she couldn't ask the guards around her, lest the other party had an excuse to ridicule Mo Rongyi.
Mo Rongyi took Ye Zhen to see his friends. The children were his study companions. They were all half-grown children who only cared about reading before. Few of them had ever played Cuju.
"They don't want to compete with us anymore. They want to play polo!" Mo Rongyi said to Ye Zhen angrily, "I wanted to tell you about this yesterday, but my brother did not let me leave the palace."
"Polo?" Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows. That's a test of horse skills. Isn't it clear that he wants to bully Mo Rongyi?
Mo Rongyi said with a sad face, "I didn't want to agree. They said I was timid and didn't dare to compete with them."
"Oh, who are these people who want to compete with you in Polo?" Ye Zhen asked.
"Second uncle's two cousins, the son of Marquis Pingyang, the second son of Marquis Xinping …" Mo Rongyi said a few people. "They are all with the eighth brother."
Ye Zhen's face sank. "They are all older than you. How can you be bullied by them like this? If the eighth prince can find someone older than you to bully you, can't you find someone else? What can these little study companions do to help you? "
Mo Rongyi looked aggrieved. "Haven't all the people who can help me been bribed?"
"Idiot!" Ye Zhen wanted to knock the little guy to death. "There are many people in the capital who can help you!"
Immediately, Ye Zhen remembered that Mo Rongyi had almost no contact with the aristocratic families in the capital before. When the former emperor was alive, he and the empress dowager could only live humbly in the harem. How could he understand the situation of the aristocratic families in the capital as well as she did?
"Why don't you ask the emperor?" Ye Zhen looked at Mo Rongyi's aggrieved face and asked.
Mo Rongyi whispered, "I don't want others to say that I can only rely on my brother."
"Yi, you don't need to rely on anyone now. You are a little prince. As long as you go out, there are many people who want to follow you." Ye Zhen softened her tone. "You don't need to be afraid of anyone at all."
Mo Rongyi was looked down upon since childhood. Although he was a prince, because the empress dowager's background was not high, the children of the royal family looked down on him. Even the children of the aristocratic families had no impression of him. Otherwise, Xie Longyuan would not have dared to fight with him at the last Lantern Festival.
"Then what should I do?" Mo Rongyi asked, instinctively believing in Ye Zhen.
"Let the children of the aristocratic families know you first. You live in the palace. If you don't take the initiative to make friends with them, how can they associate with you?" Ye Zhen said.
Mo Rongyi's eyes lit up as he looked at Ye Zhen. "Hmm."
Ye Zhen knocked him in amusement. "When are you going to play polo with the Sixth Prince?"
"The appointment is on the fifth day of next month." Mo Rongyi said.
"There is still a month to go. Tomorrow, I will give you the list of those aristocratic families. Where do you want to hold a banquet? Find a reason to invite them. In this way, everyone will know what kind of person the young prince is." Ye Zhen said to him. "You will know more people in the future." Ye Zhen said to him.
Mo Rongyi nodded. "You're right. It just so happens that in a few days it's this prince's birthday. I'll go ask my royal brother if it's possible to hold a banquet in the palace. If possible, I'll invite them into the palace."
"I will give you the list tomorrow." Ye Zhen said with a smile. "Yi, you have to face the children of the aristocratic families by yourself. You have to convince them by yourself."
"Can I?" Mo Rongyi was a little timid.
"Why not?" Ye Zhen encouraged him. "Trust me!"
Mo Rongyi looked at Ye Zhen's eyes full of trust and certainty and nodded vigorously. "Then I will go to my brother."
Ye Zhen wanted to say that there was no need to be so anxious, but Mo Rongyi had already run away.
"What a child!" Ye Zhen smiled and shook her head. How could such a hateful person like Mo Rongzhan have such a lovely brother?
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