Chapter 714: Change of Principle with the Wind (Part )

"Brother Qin!"

When Qin Wei was taught by Lord Jia and Zhao Yuan and returned to his residence with a heavy heart, Liu Xunyi had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time.

Qin Wei seemed to be awakened from his reverie by Liu Xunyi's voice. He stared blankly at Liu Xunyi who was walking towards him and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

At this time, Liu Xunyi was holding a jar of wine in his hand. The seal had been opened and the rich aroma of wine filled the entire courtyard.

"Brother Liu, what are you doing..."

"I'll treat you to a drink!" Liu Xunyi smiled slightly, and at the same time raised the jar of wine in front of Qin Wei and shook it a few times, jokingly saying, "One is to repay you for saving my life, and the other is to say goodbye to you."

"Say goodbye?" Qin Wei was stunned for a moment, then he figured out the reason and nodded, "Yes! You are leaving Lin'an soon, so you should say goodbye properly."

"After I leave, the people who are chasing me will also leave one after another. By then, the chaos in Lin'an will be cured, and the Marquis and the Prime Minister will be able to explain themselves to the emperor." Liu Xunyi said, "It can be considered that I have made up for my sins."

"I don't think those bandits would dare to act rashly against the Mongolian bride-receiving team." Qin Wei could not deny it, "This way, you can escape the disaster temporarily."

"Brother Qin, Brother Su has told me everything. It was you who ignored the Prime Minister's ban and the Marquis's obstruction and risked going to Banjing Pavilion to ask him to save me..." Liu Xunyi changed the subject, his expression became a little awkward, and his voice sounded a little unnatural, "If it weren't for your perseverance, I would have died... I'm afraid. Brother Qin, thank you!"

"As brothers, how can we talk about each other? Besides, the matter between you and Princess Xinde... is ultimately my fault." Qin Wei's eyes turned red and he choked up, "If I hadn't alienated your relationship, Princess Xinde might not have agreed to the marriage, and today..."

"Forget it!" Liu Xunyi seemed not to want to bring up the sad things again, and waved his hand in a casual manner, "There is no need to talk about the past, everything is destined. Just as the Marquis and the little prince said, even if you didn't add fuel to the fire, there would be others who would interfere. In short, the emperor and Prince Rong's determination will never be shaken by Xin'er's wishes. In other words, Xin'er and I... are destined to have this day."

"Do you really think so?" Qin Wei's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly, "You really don't blame me anymore?"

Facing Qin Wei's nervous and expectant gaze, Liu Xunyi had mixed feelings in his heart, but he finally nodded with a smile to show his sincerity.

Although Qin Wei was wrong, he was acting on orders. As a subject, Liu Xunyi could naturally understand the difficulties involved.

More importantly, Qin Wei risked his life to save Liu Xunyi time and time again, and he stood up at the critical moment when Liu Xunyi was unpopular and deserted by his friends and relatives. This was particularly commendable and moved Liu Xunyi deeply.

Besides, the two of them have been friends since childhood, so how could their deep friendship be severed?

Qin Wei brought the wine cups, and the two sat down in the courtyard. Without saying anything else, they decided to drink three cups to untie their knots tonight.

"Brother Qin, the Marquis and Lord Jia just came to you, is it because of me?" Liu Xunyi picked up the wine jar and filled it for Qin Wei, while asking worriedly, "Did they know about your visit to Brother Su?"

Faced with Liu Xunyi's concern, Qin Wei's expression froze, he hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Hiss!" Liu Xunyi was secretly shocked and asked hurriedly, "How? Did they cause you any trouble? It was the emperor's order to throw me into the prison. Now that Brother Su has come forward to save me, the emperor is bound to lose face. This matter... I don't think the emperor will let it go."

"That's right!" Qin Wei did not hide it and said frankly, "The emperor has ordered the marquis to investigate the matter thoroughly. Lord Jia said that the emperor may not reveal his true feelings in the next two days, but once Princess Xinde and the Mongols leave, he will definitely settle accounts with us. And the emperor also said..." Qin Wei hesitated to speak, his expression becoming more and more lonely.

Liu Xunyi felt guilty for causing Qin Wei to get into trouble in order to save him. He asked impatiently, "What else did the emperor say?"

"The Emperor also said... it is better to be wronged than to let him go."

"This……"

Liu Xunyi knew very well the meaning of "better to be wronged than to be let off easy". The fact that he could make the emperor make such a request showed how angry he was inside.
"Brother Qin, I'm the one who implicated you..." Liu Xunyi was confused and hesitant, "How about... I go find Brother Su or Xin'er and ask them to plead for you in front of the emperor?"

"No! The more we do this, the angrier the emperor will be. How can a ruler of a country be willing to be controlled by others again and again?"

"But……"

"Brother Liu, this matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to interfere. Everyone has their own consequences. Since I intend to save you, I am ready to face all the consequences." Qin Wei's righteous words made Liu Xunyi a little at a loss.

"Then...what did Lord Jia and the Marquis say?" Liu Xunyi cautiously probed, "Did they find a way for you? After all, if the emperor really finds out about you, the Marquis and even the Prime Minister will be implicated..."

"Liu Xunyi is indeed Liu Xunyi, he is really smart and hits the nail on the head." Qin Wei said with a smile, "They came to me tonight to help me shirk the blame..." At this point, Qin Wei suddenly frowned and hurriedly changed his words, "No! To be precise, they are helping the prime minister and the East Palace to shirk the blame. As for me... I am just an insignificant chess piece."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Liu, you and I are brothers who depend on each other for life and death. There are some things I can hide from everyone in the world, but I can't hide them from you." Qin Wei lowered his voice a few degrees and said seriously, "Do you know what Lord Jia told me?" Liu Xunyi seemed to be deeply affected by Qin Wei's emotions. His heart couldn't help but tightened. He shook his head slowly with a serious expression.

"Lord Jia told me that if the emperor investigates this matter, I must not admit that I am the mastermind, but must put all the blame... on the young prince..."

"What?" Before Qin Wei finished speaking, Liu Xunyi suddenly exclaimed, his eyes wide open, full of horror, "Lord Jia actually taught you..." As if realizing that his reaction was too intense, Liu Xunyi's voice stopped abruptly, and after a moment of silence, he lowered his voice and sighed, "He actually taught you to drag the little prince into the water?"

"What's the matter?" Qin Wei stared at the flustered Liu Xunyi and asked with a hint of meaning, "Do you also find this matter a bit suspicious?"

"I..." Qin Wei asked her so cunningly that Liu Xunyi's answer, which was about to come out, stopped at the corner of his mouth. After thinking for a while, he suddenly changed the subject and asked tentatively, "Do you think this is suspicious?"

Facing Liu Xunyi's question, Qin Wei laughed at himself and said, "Lord Jia told me that as long as I put all the blame on the young prince and insist that I was acting on orders and was forced to do so, I can escape safely. At most... I will be beaten again. Lord Jia swore to me that the emperor knew that you had a close relationship with the young prince, so he would definitely believe that the mastermind of this matter was the young prince. In this way, not only can I escape the crime, but the prime minister and the East Palace can also get rid of suspicion."

"This……"

At this moment, a terrible thought emerged in Liu Xunyi's mind, but due to the identities of Lord Jia and Zhao Yuan and Qin Wei's situation, he didn't know how to explain it for a while.

"Brother Liu, do you think Lord Jia's 'method of escaping from the crime' is feasible?" Qin Wei asked in a veiled manner, "If I push the crime onto the young prince, can I escape from danger successfully?"

"This..." Liu Xunyi was timid and uneasy, "I can't say for sure..."

"You can't say for sure? Or you don't dare to say it?" Qin Wei said bluntly, "You must have noticed something strange, but you can't say it because of everyone's face, right?"

Just these words made Liu Xunyi horrified and stunned. He stared blankly at Qin Wei's puzzled expression, and was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time.

"If you don't tell me, I will." Qin Wei said nonchalantly, "The method that Lord Jia taught me will not only fail to save me, but will make the emperor more determined to kill me. He... is not helping me, but pushing me to death!"

"Crack!"

Qin Wei's words revealed what was in his mind, and Liu Xunyi subconsciously tightened his fingers around the wine glass. With a crisp sound, the wine glass was instantly crushed into pieces.

Qin Wei looked at the fragments between Liu Xunyi's fingers meaningfully, and said slowly: "Lord Jia asked me to push the blame to the young prince for only one purpose, to get rid of the suspicion of the prime minister and the East Palace. In other words, they asked me to do this for the same reason as they whipped you after you were imprisoned in the sky prison, both to draw a clear line between us. Although I am not smart, I am not a fool. If I put all the blame on the young prince, how can the emperor believe it? Even if he believes it in his heart, he will definitely not admit it. The young prince is the emperor. A relative of the emperor, the nephew of the current emperor. Once this matter is publicized, how many fictitious royal secret histories will be made up in the world? How many ridiculous and absurd infamy will the Zhao Dynasty bear? How could the emperor allow such a scandal with so many implications and consequences to happen? Even if it happened, how could he admit it in public? Moreover, if I drag the young prince into this, Prince Rong and the West Mansion will not let me go. At that time, I will not only be convicted of the crime of "resisting the order to save people", but also bear the death penalty of "framing loyal officials". "

"Brother Qin..."

"Lord Jia is cruel and vicious. He clearly wants to kill me and turn me into a pawn to fight back against the West Palace. But just now he pretended to be righteous and compassionate, saying that he would help me and save me. How hypocritical and ridiculous!" Qin Wei laughed angrily, gritting his teeth in hatred. "I misjudged them before. I thought that the East Palace was our solid backing. In fact, not only are they unreliable, but they will flee in the face of danger and even add insult to injury. Fortunately, they also misjudged me. I am not the young and ignorant child I was in the past, nor am I a foolish and reckless man. Their devilish tricks have long been unable to deceive my eyes. They want to kill someone with a borrowed knife and make me willingly become a scapegoat for the prime minister and the East Palace, which is even more impossible!"

Qin Wei's words tonight made Liu Xunyi feel cold in his heart and panic. He didn't know why. He felt that the Qin Wei in front of him was very unfamiliar. He was completely different from the Qin Wei who used to follow him around and joke around and was impulsive and willful.

Three years of separation is enough to change a person's impression of another person, even if... that person was once a close friend who he or she thought knew everything about.

"Brother Qin, what are you going to do?"

"If they are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!" Qin Wei's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said viciously, "I won't be like a fool and let them use me and manipulate me. I will use my own methods to resist and struggle, and survive in the cracks."

"any solution?"

Hearing this, Qin Wei's eyes suddenly changed, and the cruelty on his face quickly subsided, replaced by a harmless and honest look, and said with a smile: "When the car reaches the mountain, there will always be a way, and when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight. I can only... take it one step at a time!"

"Brother Qin, you..."

"Oh, right!" Qin Wei interrupted, changing the subject, "Brother Liu, if you have the chance during your trip to escort the bride...will you run away with the princess?"

"This..." Liu Xunyi was stunned, and then felt sad, and slowly shook his head, "No."

"Well!" Qin Wei did not insist, but kindly reminded, "Whether you take the princess with you or not, remember not to return to Lin'an. The emperor has already resented you, and if you return, there is no guarantee that the court will not turn against you and be ruthless. By then... you will probably be in great danger."

"This……"

"Of course, if I can survive this catastrophe and emerge as a butterfly, I will definitely find a way to help you settle everything. Wouldn't it be great if you and I could create a great cause together?" Qin Wei smiled slyly and said meaningfully, "I just hope that by then you can understand my helplessness, my helplessness, my good intentions, and my...dream, just as I understand you!"

……

　My inability to control myself, my helplessness, my good intentions, my dream.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)