As Shen Chenyu guessed, there was indeed a reason for the prince's sudden attack on him. The prince didn't simply dislike him, but wanted to test the emperor's attitude.
Everyone in this world thinks that the current emperor favors the prince very much, even the prince has always thought so. But thinking like this, until the last few years, the prince always felt that he was different from before.
Because the emperor still favored him on the surface, but he gradually became fond of other princes in private. Especially after Prince Qi Jin came back, the feeling of indistinctness before became even stronger. For the sake of a brother from the countryside, the emperor did not hesitate to scold him in public and punish him with grounding.
The little doubt in the prince's heart, as if it was suddenly confirmed, all came out at once. In addition, now that the emperor appointed Shen Chenyu as the number one scholar, it further proved that the emperor began to dislike him.
Because if the emperor really favors him, shouldn't his first reaction when he finds Shen Chenyu at this time is to help him get rid of this trouble?
But in fact, the emperor personally selected Shen Chenyu as the champion. The prince didn't believe that the emperor didn't know who Shen Chenyu was, and he didn't believe that the emperor didn't know what the eighth prince was doing.
The prince's farce today, apart from that he really wanted to get rid of Shen Chenyu, actually wanted to test the emperor more. He wanted to see what the emperor's attitude was, was he really planning to abandon him as the crown prince and set up another crown prince, or was he doing something for other reasons?
Regardless of whether it is the former or the latter, this time he wants to take the opportunity to get rid of Shen Chenyu, because only in this way can Mu Linting be driven crazy. If Mu Linting can be forced to attack him, then even if Mu Linting has a stomach full of grievances, people in the world will not believe him as a sinner.
These prince's plans are actually very good, whether it is taking the opportunity to get rid of Shen Chenyu's scourge, or using Shen Chenyu to drive Mu Linting crazy. But what he didn't know was that it was so easy for Mu Linting to kill him now. Even with the layers of guards around him now, it would be easy for Mu Linting to kill him.
All the prince's plans are based on the fact that he is still alive. But if he is successfully assassinated, even if Mu Linting will continue to bear the infamy, but he himself will die to see him.
Just when the prince was about to make a move, a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist. The prince turned his eyes angrily, and saw the eighth prince looking at him with a smile on his face.
The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "What is Seventh Brother doing? Today is a happy day, don't go to war just because of a trivial matter."
trifle? This is true for other princes, but it is not trivial for the prince.
It's a pity that no matter what the prince thinks, the eighth prince has already stepped forward to stop the sword. If he insists on messing around here, it is estimated that the eleventh prince and fifth prince will also attack, and then he will be in a situation where he is surrounded by enemies.
These few people usually coerce each other, but once there is a chance to bring him down, they will unite without hesitation.
Thinking of this, the prince paused for a moment, then let go of the eighth prince's strength, then he stared at Shen Chenyu and said: "Shen Zhuangyuan is really brave, and he can keep his face under such circumstances. The pillar of the country that the father and emperor fancy."
Shen Chenyu chuckled lightly when he heard the words. In fact, for a moment he wanted the prince to take action, because he also wanted to see if the emperor's attitude was partial to the prince as rumored.
After all, he will be an official in the court in the future, and the emperor is now in his prime. Shen Chenyu doesn't want to have a eccentric monarch, because that would be bad for him and Mu Linting.
If the emperor is really partial to the prince, today's Qionglin banquet is a good excuse, an excuse that can help the eighth prince win the throne. Even if the eighth prince fails to seize the heirloom in the future, Shen Chenyu can use this incident as a shield.
After all, the prince is not benevolent, and the emperor is eccentric. In order to survive, he can only choose the eighth prince as his backer.
It's a pity... In the end, the prince still didn't dare to do anything. Although it appeared that the eighth prince stopped him, in fact the prince still had concerns, otherwise he could have killed someone without saying a word.
"The same is true for the younger brother of the prince. He is always so surprised. Just now, the fifth brother was frightened by you and thought you were really going to kill the number one scholar. The number one scholar was chosen by the emperor himself. If the younger brother of the prince Wanting the other party's life at the Qionglin Banquet, isn't this sincerely wanting to embarrass the father?"
While the fifth prince was saying this, he walked slowly towards this side. Although he said that he was frightened by the prince, but there was no expression on his face, and he still had the gloomy look before.
The prince sneered when he heard his words, but he didn't mean to tangle with the other party at all. He has fought with the fifth prince for so many years, and the fifth prince can still stand still, which shows that the fifth prince still has some skills. Otherwise, the prince's temper would have killed him long ago, how could the other party have the opportunity to be angry with the prince here.
This farce didn't last long, and it ended when the prince and the eleventh prince left. After that, the fifth prince also left, and there was only the eighth prince in the Qionglin Banquet.
The eighth prince helped Shen Chenyu in public, so he didn't hide the relationship between the two at the moment, so he sat with Shen Chenyu in a big way.
Because the prince revealed Mu Linting's identity in public, Mu Linting would inevitably suffer some grievances for a while. Originally, the Eighth Prince wanted to speak to appease Shen Chenyu, but unexpectedly, Shen Chenyu was calmer than he imagined.
Regardless of whether the emperor favors the prince or not, the prince's position must be moved. Shen Chenyu has been hanging the eighth prince with gunpowder, and today the prince is a little anxious to jump the wall, but he doesn't mind adding a little bit of bad luck to the prince.
So before the eighth prince left, Shen Chenyu gave the other party the prescription of gunpowder. When the Eighth Prince saw the prescription in his hand, he was so frightened that he almost couldn't help standing up.
The eighth prince really didn't expect that Shen Chenyu would just give him things like this. Isn't Shen Chenyu afraid that he would cross the river and tear down the bridge?
No, looking at Shen Chenyu's indifferent appearance, I'm afraid the opponent still has more bargaining chips, otherwise Shen Chenyu wouldn't dare to give it to him so quickly.
The eighth prince, who was thinking like this, was so excited for the first time since he grew up. His premonition has always been very accurate, Shen Chenyu is far more powerful than he imagined.
After the eighth prince left excitedly, Shen Chenyu planned to leave with him. This time the prince made such a big commotion, everyone should not try to be clean for a while, he has to go back and find a way to make a bigger incident.
Because only when something bigger happens, those who want to trouble Mu Linting will have no time to show up to trouble him. In the same way, as long as the whole capital is completely lively, no one will be free to point fingers at Mu Linting.
Although most people were deceived and did not know the truth of what happened back then. But Shen Chenyu couldn't accept it, they blindly abused Mu Linting for things like this.
He is very defensive.
Just when Shen Chenyu was about to leave, the No. 2 over there suddenly ran over and stopped him, as if he still wanted to argue with him.
Without waiting for him to speak, Shen Chenyu said in a cold tone: "I know you are jealous of me, because you think I have robbed you of your champion. But no matter how jealous you are, this champion is hand-picked by His Majesty today. If you If you think His Majesty is unfair, you can go to His Majesty to complain about your grievances, and maybe His Majesty will give you back the number one scholar."
Hearing the words, the second place almost rolled his eyes in anger. Of course he didn't have the guts to question the emperor's meaning. Is he going to tell the other party about the champion now? He wanted to tell Shen Chenyu about the former General Mu.
But before he opened his mouth to speak, Shen Chenyu waved his sleeves and walked away gracefully, completely ignoring him.
Originally, everyone wanted to ask Shen Chenyu what, but after hearing Shen Chenyu's words, they suddenly came back to their senses.
That's right, Shen Chenyu's champion was chosen by the emperor, no matter whether they were envious or jealous, they didn't dare to do anything to Shen Chenyu in the end. After all, questioning Shen Chenyu, the number one scholar, is equivalent to questioning the meaning of His Majesty today. They don't have the guts to question the emperor.
Although Shen Chenyu has a former general's husband, but the other party is no longer a member of the court, so what if they are dissatisfied?
Don't you care about rushing to someone's house, and then beat up his husband? Or just vent your anger on Shen Chenyu?
What's more, Shen Chenyu's identity is so sensitive that the princes are clearly aware of it, but the emperor still wants him to be the number one scholar?
These things can't stand up to scrutiny. With a little more brains, you can understand what this means? Either there was something wrong with Mu Linting back then, or the present prince has fallen out of favor.
No matter which one of the two it is, it is not for them, low-level officials, to get involved. They should still be petty officials honestly, because only in this way will they not accidentally get caught up in the fire.
When Shen Chenyu left Qionglin Banquet, Zhang Cui followed him and left. Before Shen Chenyu left on horseback, Zhang Chu chased after him anxiously.
"Yulang, Yulang, wait a moment."
Shen Chenyu sat on the tall horse, looked at Zhang Tong calmly and said: "I know what you want to say now, it's just about my husband. But I'm afraid I will disappoint you, no matter who he is I will not give up on him. The main reason why I want to take the imperial examination is also for him."
Zhang Thui couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the words, as if he didn't expect the other party to say such a thing. But thinking about Shen Chenyu's character, it doesn't seem surprising that he would say such a thing.
"But... Aren't you afraid at all? What if you can't fight, you can't fight... What are you going to do?"
When Shen Chenyu heard his words, a trace of surprise flashed across her impatient face. He didn't expect Zhang Chu to say that. According to the current situation, the other party should persuade him to quit Mu Linting. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chu would ask him if he was afraid, what if he couldn't fight the prince?
Shen Chenyu looked down at him, and it took a long time before she said a word. "If fear had solved the problem, I wouldn't be standing here today."
Fear of danger, fear of trouble, fear of what might happen... fear is the most useless emotion.
After Shen Chenyu and Zhang Chu separated, they rode a horse all the way home slowly. Because of what happened at the Qionglin Banquet, he was very cautious along the way, for fear that the prince would suddenly come back with his carbine.
Seeing that he was about to reach the door of the house, Shen Chenyu didn't wait for the prince, but the fifth prince. The reason why Shen Chenyu knew it was the fifth prince's person was because the person who came to block the way directly reported his family name.
Seeing this, Shen Chenyu didn't refuse, and followed them very cooperatively. It took two hours to leave, and when he came back, it was already midnight. Mu Linting had been waiting for him at home, and he didn't feel relieved until he came back from the outside safely.
In fact, when Shen Chenyu was taken away, Mu Linting was not far from the alley. However, because the other party had no malicious intentions and sincerely wanted to cooperate together, Mu Linting didn't take action to save people at that time.
With the identity and status of the fifth prince, if he wanted to kill someone, he would have done it long ago. There is no need to go all the way to ask someone to come over after showing up.
Shen Chenyu came back and took a simple bath, and then he put his arms around Mu Linting to explain the recent affairs to him. When Mu Linting heard the prince's action, his eyes were as cold as ice. If it wasn't for avoiding ruining the big event, he really wanted to put on the invisibility cloak and kill the other party right now.
Seeing the anger in Mu Linting's heart, Shen Chenyu quickly changed the subject. "By the way, what about the egg you had before, it was an egg-born monster, and it seems to be a very high-level egg-born monster."
Today's prince is the target of public criticism, even the fifth prince wants to get involved, and it is only a matter of time before he trips the prince. So at this moment, Mu Linting was quite relaxed. Hearing Shen Chenyu's words, he took out the egg, and then the young couple started to study it together.
The egg was not as big as an egg, it looked as clean as jade, and there were no fancy patterns, the two of them really couldn't see anything.
However, since it is produced by the system, Shen Chenyu still believes in quality. According to the product description in the plane mall, he let Mu Linting drip a drop of blood on the egg, and then the egg, which had been quiet all the time, suddenly shook.
Ever since Mu Linting became pregnant, her mood has been very unstable. A person who used to be as immobile as a mountain can easily get angry and be easily frightened by the outside world.
At this time, he saw an egg move suddenly, and he was so scared that he almost threw the egg away. Fortunately, Shen Chenyu's reaction was timely, and he grabbed Mu Linting's hand and the egg, which prevented Mu Linting from throwing the egg away.
Shen Chenyu hugged Mu Linting from behind, looked at the egg in his hand and said to him: "This is a big baby, even more precious than the things I gave you before, you have to raise it well in the future, It can protect you and your children at all times."
Mu Linting was a little speechless when he heard the words. He didn't feel that he needed protection at all, and he could protect his children as well. In fact, compared with him, Shen Chenyu, the number one scholar, needs more protection.
But when he thought that it was Shen Chenyu who cared about him, the unhappiness in Mu Linting's heart disappeared soon. He is actually really easy to coax, as long as others treat him a little better, he will be easily satisfied and happy.
Shen Chenyu wrapped the two of them up with a quilt, and then silently waited for the monster to come into the world together. About half an hour later, a small jiojio with scales suddenly penetrated the hard eggshell.
Mu Linting looked on in surprise when he saw this, obviously he felt very novel about everything in front of him. In fact, it's not just Mu Linting who finds it novel, but Shen Chenyu, who has been baptized with more information, also finds it amazing after seeing such a magical scene.
The little thing swayed in the eggshell with difficulty, then stretched out a little jiojio and stepped on it tentatively. Its cold little jiojio stepped on Shen Chenyu's palm, as if frightened by the softness of the jiojio, the little jiojio of the little thing shrank back suddenly.
Shen Chenyu's eyes lit up slightly, and just as he was about to stretch out his hand to flick the eggshell, Mu Linting grabbed the stretched out hand.
Mu Linting looked at Shen Chenyu and said, "Don't make trouble, I can feel that it is very scared."
Shen Chenyu stopped touching the eggshell after hearing the words, but looked at Mu Linting with a funny face and said: "Can you feel it? This is interesting."