Chapter Nine Hundred Seventy-Nine: A Letter

That day, Xu Chanyi, under the guidance of Zhu Yi, received a piece of vegetable land and a handful of seeds.
In the following days, she lingered in the vegetable garden every day; if it weren't for Jiang Yunsi knowing her struggles, she would have worried that Xu Chanyi was not growing vegetables but rather planting herself.
"Your Highness, a letter from the Prince." Xianrong walked in and said.
Since Jiang Yunsi arrived at Mingyue Monastery, Shen Linzhou had sent her a letter almost every day.
Sometimes the letters contained only trivial matters, but other times...
“The emperor is half-buried in the ground yet still has the leisure to send concubines to Shen Linzhou?” Jiang Yunji didn't know whether to be angry or to admire the emperor's perseverance.
It was only after she arrived at Mingyue Monastery that she learned from Shen Linzhou's letter that on the day she left, the emperor had sent eunuchs with many women to the Regent Prince's residence, under the pretense of finding Shen Linzhou some considerate companions.
In the letter from Shen Linzhou, he also mentioned that although he killed that eunuch, the emperor, with his golden words, granted those women to him. In name, those women belong to the Regent's residence.
So...
Shen Linzhou dismissed them all again, using the excuse that he didn't want to delay them.
However, the emperor seemed even more energized; every time Shen Linzhou dismissed them, he rewarded them once again, not knowing what kind of contest they were engaged in.
纤容也知道这些事，当即笑道：“王爷是不会收的，估摸着皇上也就是为了隔应王爷而已。”
姜云姒颔首道：“明知道是为了隔应自己，却不得不向皇帝谢恩，这才是最恶心的。”
She kept Shen Linzhou's letter in a box, where four or five letters had already been placed.
“What else has happened in the capital?” Jiang Yunshi and Shen Linzhou were both cautious. Some important messages were not delivered via letters but were instead exchanged secretly between the dark guards, like Wei Jia and the others.
Hearing this, the delicate voice lowered, "There is indeed something..."
“It seems the Emperor is already aware that Prince Gong has entered the capital, but he likely doesn't know that it was the Wangye who sent someone to assist him. Right now, the Emperor is closely monitoring Prince Gong's movements; once Prince Gong appears in the capital, the Emperor will have a legitimate reason to capture him.”
After all, when the Prince Gong left the capital back then, he said that he would never return.
Now, if he were to appear in the capital, the crime of deceiving the emperor would be unavoidable.
Moreover, even if the emperor, out of brotherly affection, wouldn't do anything to the Prince Gong, the secretive manner of his return to the capital would surely raise suspicions about his intentions.
Even more concerning, it is very likely to involve the Crown Prince's residence.
“It seems that the situation in the capital is truly a mess,” Jiang Yunshi couldn't help but exclaim, during such turbulent times, who could escape unscathed?
“There is one more thing,” Xianrong pursed her lips and said, “The prince sent a secret letter stating that... the Duke of Rong had previously sent a message to the princess, suggesting that she should befriend you, but it seems that now...”
Jiang Yunsi waved her hand and sneered, "Ning Xuan is currently sitting back and watching the fight between me and Ning Fangrong, just waiting to see our drama unfold. I don't expect her to get along with me; instead, she might stab me in the back."
It should be noted that during the hunting grounds, it was myself and Xu Zijun who brought up the collusion between the Prince Gong's Mansion and the Crown Prince's Mansion, which led to Ning Xuan being sent to Mingyue Monastery, leaving her with no chance of escaping alive.
Moreover, having arrived at the Mingyue Monastery, Jiang Yunshi has prepared herself for a world of deceit and treachery.
Ning Fangrong is backed by the Crown Prince's Mansion and the Consort Xian, making her the biggest enemy on Shen Linzhou's route, while Ning Xuan's support from the Prince Gong's Mansion is also not to be underestimated.
“I have long heard that the Duke of Gong has treacherous intentions; it seems the rumors were not false. I suppose my accusations against Ning Xuan during the hunting ground were not unfounded,” Jiang Yunsi laughed self-deprecatingly, “However, the prince did not inform me about his relationship with the Duke of Gong. Do you know anything about it?”
“This servant…” the slender figure said, lowering her head, “knows a little.”