Wen Chi could not have known his appearance.

Not much difference.

How can this be?

Wen Chi was shocked beyond measure, his brain was filled with blanks, and there was only the familiar face of the young man in the painting.

Is there really someone in this world who looks exactly like the original owner? But if it really exists, how could that person never appear in the original text?

Unless the person Shi Ye painted was Wen Chi.

However, this conjecture is even more outrageous. Shi Ye has never seen him before they got married, how could he know what he looks like? What's more, looking at the appearance and clothes of this person in the painting, it is more like Wen Chi today.

Wen Chi was in a mess, countless conjectures floated in his mind, and he denied them all.

He felt that he was caught in a huge fog, with no way out and no direction.

It wasn't until Ah Gu's humming and chirping sounded in his ears that Wen Chi suddenly returned to his senses, and then he heard the slight footsteps coming from not far away - someone is coming!

Wen Chi quickly restored the scroll to its original state, and hurriedly put the scroll under the pile of bamboo slips. With A Gu back to the couch.

Turning his head, he saw Xiao Shuo approaching cautiously.

Xiao Shuanzi kept his head down, so he didn't notice Wen Chi's strange expression, he said respectfully, "Young Master Wen, this servant just got the news, His Royal Highness will be out of the palace for two or three days. , son, don't wait, dinner is ready."

Wen Chi was still thinking about the picture scroll, and didn't listen to Xiao Shuanzi carefully. When Xiao Shuanzi finished speaking, he picked up A Gu and walked out with Xiao Shuanzi. study.

Wen Chi was alone in bed at night.

The bedroom was completely lit with candles. There were many golden embellishments in the gorgeous bedroom. The warm yellow light shimmered faintly with golden light. It looked enough to be described as "gorgeous".

It's just that without Shi Ye, no matter how gorgeous the bedroom looks empty, it always feels like something is missing.

Wen Chi regretted not letting Ah Gu sleep with him. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. A dead end, no way out.

At this moment, Xiaoshuozi's voice came from outside the arch: "Master Wen? If you are hungry, the servant will ask the kitchen to make some cakes."

Wen Chi said: "I'm not hungry."

Little Shuanzi was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Where is Wen Gongzi uncomfortable?"

Only then did Wen Chi realize that the sound of his tumbling on the bed had reached Xiao Shuozi, so he stopped moving and lay on his back on the bed in a daze.

Three days later, Shi Ye returned to the palace.

The day when Shi Ye returned to the palace happened to be the day when Concubine Rong held a family banquet.

Wen Chi held back for three days, dreaming about the identity of Xiang Shiye.

But when he went to the study to find Shi Ye, he found not only Shi Ye but another familiar face in Wen Chi? - General Lin.

When General Lin saw Wen Chi intruding in, he quickly stopped the topic, got up and bowed to Wen Chi: "Young Master Wen."

"General Lin?" Wen Chi suppressed his surprise and twitched the corners of his mouth, "So General Lin is here too."

Isn't Lin Zhe from Shi Jin? Why did he appear in Shi Ye's study?

Wen Chi was stunned for a moment, then heard Shi Ye ask, "Are you looking for me?"

Wen Chi returned to his senses and nodded, he subconsciously glanced at the pile of bamboo slips where the picture scroll was hidden, and saw that the bamboo slips had been tidy up and stacked in an equilateral triangle on the left side of the desk. What the palace maid and **** cleaned up was done by Shi Ye himself.

As long as he thinks of that painting, Wen Chi's mind begins to get confused, he said to Shi Ye, "I have something to ask you."

Shi Ye didn't seem to notice Wen Chi's strangeness, he smiled gently and said, "But I have some important things to talk about with General Lin at the moment, why don't you go back and rest first, I'm busy I'll find you when I'm done."

At this moment, Wen Chi couldn't calm down, he walked towards the couch where he often sat, and then sat on it, he calmly looked at Shi Ye: "Can I sit here and wait for you?"

Shi Ye didn't say anything, only asked Eunuch Zhu to prepare some snacks.

General Lin, who was sitting opposite Shi Ye, was stunned.

General Lin and the prince grew up together, although he and the prince were not as close as he and the fourth prince, but he knew the prince very well.

Prince has always been grumpy, when did he become so tolerant of a person? Moreover, he saw that Wen Chi's behavior just now was really unreasonable.

General Lin looked at Shi Ye with strange and unfamiliar eyes, as if seeing Shi Ye clearly for the first time.

Shi Ye didn't pay attention to General Lin's reaction, and threw a piece of kraft paper at hand: "This is all you want to know, then you will know what to do Do."

General Lin quickly threw away those messy thoughts. He took the kraft paper, glanced at it roughly, and then nodded solemnly: "I know what I have in mind, please rest assured, His Royal Highness."

Wen Chi, who was sitting on the couch in the back, had nothing to do. Hearing the mysterious conversation between Shi Ye and General Lin, he suddenly became curious and stuck his head to look at General Lin's hand. The contents of that kraft paper.

He vaguely saw a crooked pattern on it, which seemed to be a map.

Just when Wen Chi was about to stand up and take a closer look, General Lin who noticed his gaze frowned, as if he was afraid that Wen Chi would take another look, he quickly wrapped the kraft paper.

Wen Chi: “…”

After such a long time, General Lin still regarded him as a thief.

The person who should be guarded should be Lin Zhe!

Get close to Shi Jin for a while, and Shi Ye for a while, the ghost knows if he is a spy!

Wen Chi was speechless and couldn't say anything at this time, so he looked away gloomily.

Wen Chi was about to question Shi Ye when General Lin left, but when General Lin left, Liu De and Liu Shan came in behind him. There are also several other henchmen of Shi Ye.

Seeing this, Wen Chi had to sit back on the couch.

Wen Chi is not the first time to hear Shi Ye talk to these confidants, but it is the first time that he feels that these confidants seem to be hiding something. Many words could not be heard by him.

Their conversation continued for a long time, and Wen Chi was so sleepy that he wanted to rest for a while, but he fell asleep unknowingly.

After a long time, Wen Chi was woken up by Xiao Shuan.

Wen Chi opened his eyes in a daze, and after seeing Xiao Shuan's face clearly in front of him, he suddenly woke up and immediately bounced off the couch to sit up, the blanket covering him followed his movements The action slides down.

Little Shuanzi said: "Master Wen, it's getting late, it's cold here, you'll catch a cold if you sleep for a long time."

Wen Chi didn't seem to hear what Xiao Shuan was saying, so he asked, "Where's Shi Ye?"

Xiao Shuanzi has long been accustomed to Wen Chi calling His Highness the Crown Prince's name so recklessly, he said in a soft voice, "Young Master Wen forgot? It's late, His Royal Highness saw that you haven't woken up, so I had to go first."

Oh yes!

And a family dinner…

Wen Chi almost forgot about it.

But when he thought of waiting until Shi Ye came back to get the answer, Wen Chi felt that his throat was blocked in one breath, and he couldn't go down or come up, making his chest tight.

And he was a little uncomfortable, the bad feeling was like a cold rattlesnake circling in his heart, and as time passed, the bad feeling became stronger and stronger, although He didn't even know where that feeling came from.

Wen Chi returned to the dormitory under Xiao Shuanzi's persuasion. Facing a table of meals, he had no appetite.

Not only the painting, but also the unusual attitude of Liu De, Liu Shan and others this afternoon made him feel deeply disturbed.

Why did General Lin suddenly come to see Shi Ye?

And Liu De, Liu Shan and others, they obviously have something to hide from Wen Chi...

Now he doesn't remember the details of the later plots, but he still clearly remembers some major events that are about to happen - such as the emperor's death within half a month after the family banquet.

On the day the emperor died, there was chaos in the palace.

In fact, Ye's road to the throne was not smooth. His disability and cruelty had buried too many hidden dangers for him.

However, Shi Ye is not the male protagonist of the original novel, so the author did not describe the process of Shi Ye's succession in detail, and only told the reader in a few words that Shi Ye was besieged by many people and almost lost his life, or Shi Jin At the time of crisis, he pulled Shi Ye and stood firmly on Shi Ye's side.

It was precisely because Shi Jin had helped Shi Ye when he succeeded him, and when Shi Yeen attempted to kill Shi Jin and Wen Liangfu, Shi Ye's revenge was scolded by countless readers. Being overthrown and tragically killed in a foreign country, the readers in the comment area were also very addicted, and many people complained that the author made Shi Ye die too easily.

The family banquet is tonight, which means...the emperor will die within half a month, and Ye may have life worries at that time.

Although Shi Jin can save Shi Ye, Wen Chi is not sure whether the current Shi Jin is still the Shi Jin in the original novel, and with Concubine Rong being bombed/bombed from time to time, Wen Chi really dare not Pin your hopes on Shi Jin.

Wen Chi was in a state of turmoil, and he had long forgotten about the painting. He must save Shi Ye's life, even if he didn't want to be the emperor, at least live first.

Fortunately, he still has time, about half a month, he needs to recall the plot of the original novel more carefully.

After Wen Chi comforted himself, he gradually loosened his clenched fists, only to find that the palms of both his hands were full of sweat.

.

"Young Master Wen!" Xiao Shuanzi turned pale and shouted in a shrill voice, "Young Master Wen!"

Wen Chi was taken aback by Xiao Shuanzi's panicked appearance, and hurriedly greeted him: "What happened?"

"The emperor, the emperor..." Xiao Shuanzi said in a trembling voice, "The emperor died..."

Wen Chi heard the words.

His mind exploded with a bang.

Not long ago, in the imperial garden.

Groups of palace maids and eunuchs shivered on their knees on the ground, tables and chairs were kicked over, and dishes prepared for the family banquet were scattered everywhere.

Concubine Rong sat in the highest position, with fully armed guards on the front, back, left and right, her expression was cold, and her calm eyes looked straight ahead.

In front of her was Shi Ye, who was guarded by Zhu Gonggong and others.

"Good you Shiye, you also have the blood of the Hua family in your body, but you do such a cruel thing, are you worthy of the Hua family?! Are you worthy of your dead mother? !" The eldest princess in front of Concubine Rong roared in collapse, her beautiful face was full of collapse and hideousness, and the long sword pointed at Shi Ye could not wait to stab at Shi Ye, "If I had known that you were such a wolf-like ambitious person, I I wouldn't have left you alive more than ten years ago!"

What qualifications do the Chenghua family have to come to tonight's family banquet?"

"You..." The eldest princess was choked by Shi Ye's words, her face was blue and white, and finally covered by grief and anger, "Even if I get married, I am also a royal, I am not you Such a ruthless person, with the blood of the same clan flowing in his body, has committed acts of slaughtering his own clan!"

Shi Ye said, "Princess, you must pay attention to evidence."

"The eyes of our flower family are the evidence, and the corpses of our dead family members are the evidence. They all died in your hands. So many of our flower family saw it with our own eyes. Is it possible that there are fakes?!" Speaking of this, the eldest princess couldn't help but red-eyed.

She didn't dare to recall what she saw when she went back the next day, so many corpses were placed side by side in the open space, and the blood on the ground had long been dried by the cold wind and covered with snow.

The scene hurt her eyes like a needle.

She couldn't imagine why Shi Ye had such a ruthless heart to kill those people, those people were all from their flower family!