Falling Off the Horse Chapter 018: Cooperation
And after Xiaocha left, Mrs. Sui gave the jasper in her hand to Sui Yuesheng:
"She's lying to us."
"Mother is wise." Sui Yuesheng carefully put away the jade handed over by Mrs. Sui, and said to Mrs. Sui.
"This little tea, I don't look like an ordinary woman." Mrs. Sui frowned and said.
"These things are not in our hands." Sui Yuesheng comforted Mrs. Sui, because of Concubine Jiang's affairs, Mrs. Sui was heartbroken these days.
"Either way, no matter what." Mrs. Sui waved her hand.
When Lili came back in the evening, she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw that Xiaocha was already sitting in the courtyard where she was resting:
"Xiaocha, you and your wife are back so soon?"
"Madame was a little tired, so she didn't go to the Buddhist temple after that, she stayed in the house, and now she just fell asleep." After Xiaocha said this, she rubbed her eyebrows, and when she just returned to the courtyard today, Chengji was already waiting for her.
"Master, you're back." Cheng Ji saw Xiao Cha and hurriedly greeted him.
"Hmm." Xiaocha nodded and didn't say anything.
After this fight, Cheng Ji finally saw Xiaocha, but Xiaocha seemed to be a little tired.
"You asked me to check it before, and I have found it." Chengji was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xiaocha.
"I already know this, but there are some things, you say it slowly."
"What's the news in Pulau this month?" Xiaocha asked.
"There's no big news yet, it's just that An Lao seems to be eyeing us." Cheng Ji said with a frown.
"We and An Lao have always been well water and not river water, I don't know why he came out."
"In the past month, have you seen the process?" Xiaocha's question made Cheng Ji a little confused:
"I only came here at the beginning of this month, and for the affairs in the house, I only found out about the injury of the master from around Fucheng, and I have been investigating it for the past few days, but the matter of the master, it seems that someone has wiped it clean."
What Cheng Ji said made Xiaocha immediately think of a person - Cheng Rang.
"An Lao knew that the blood jade was on me, so he came to snatch it." Xiao Cha's words surprised Cheng Ji, even though Cheng Ji knew that Xiao Cha's martial arts were profound, but for Shang An Lao, Xiao Cha still wouldn't be half pleased.
"Then you, too, were injured by him?" Cheng Ji asked tentatively.
"Yes, Cheng Rang took me in for a month." Xiaocha nodded, not denying it.
"Then you..." Cheng Ji's eyes turned, and he looked at Xiaocha without saying anything.
"Nothing, shut up." Xiao Cha glanced at Cheng Ji lightly, and Cheng Ji immediately stopped the words that he was about to speak.
"Okay, okay." Cheng Ji nodded busily, and Xiao Cha asked Cheng Ji and said:
"Tell me about the old man carefully."
Listening to Chengji's narration, Xiaocha finally understood that it was An Lao who found the clues of Xiaocha and Langluo City somewhere, but there is no evidence yet.
"If this continues, Elder An will find out your identity sooner or later." Chengji reminded.
An Lao is a difficult opponent, Xiao Cha didn't expect to provoke him because of the blood jade, and now it seems that maybe the suggestion made by Mrs. Sui is the only way for her.
"I know, from now on, you go back to Pulau City, come back to me after the year, don't contact me for any news in the next month, and leave the affairs of Pulau City to Mr. Ling for the time being."
If there is anyone Xiaocha can still trust in this world, maybe only Mr. Ling.
"Master, you..."
"Remember, I am your master, the lord of Pulau." Xiaocha only explained this to Chengji, and then visited Mrs. Sui's boudoir at night.
"Girl, figured it out?" Mrs. Sui looked at the small tea in front of her and said.
"You must promise me three conditions." Xiaocha said seriously to Mrs. Sui.
"You can mention it, we'll do our best." Mrs. Sui didn't say anything absolutely, but just let Xiaocha speak first.
"First, you must not harm anyone in Pulau; Second, I want to personally connect with Cheng Rang throughout the whole process, and third, I haven't thought about it yet, so I will keep it first. ”
"You may have to tell the Eighth Prince about these things in person." Different from Sui Yuesheng's casualness, Mrs. Sui is obviously full of caution about Cheng Rang, and now that Mrs. Sui has taken refuge in Cheng Rang's side, it is tantamount to betraying her own sister Jiang Guifei's faction, naturally, I am afraid that after Jiang Guifei knows the truth, she will not be able to tolerate her, so this gamble of Mrs. Sui must be won.
And Xiao Cha's side, although in terms of the strength of Pulau City, An Lao is not enough to match, but Xiao Cha doesn't want to reveal her identity, now is the beginning of things, the identity of the city lord of Pulau City can certainly help her solve An Lao, but after that, she will undoubtedly be in a passive situation.
Maybe it's really as Cheng Rang expected, only the two of them working together to bring down Ren Tingyou is the best choice.
But everything Cheng Rang did before was a trap, and he forced Xiaocha step by step to the big net of cooperating with him, so this is also the root of Xiaocha's mustard for her.
"I don't care about Cheng Rang's identity, I want it, since he has decided to come to this point, I will only admit this request to you." After Xiaocha said this, she secretly left again, without giving Mrs. Sui a chance to speak.
Mrs. Sui looked at Cheng Rang behind the screen and said to him:
"Eighth Prince, you say, can you win?"
"Now that the Sui family has made a stand, I will naturally not let you down." Cheng Rang smiled slightly and said to Mrs. Sui:
"And what Xiaocha wants, just give it to her."
Cheng Rang's approach made Mrs. Sui's mother and son unable to guess whether this was for Xiaocha or harmed Xiaocha, but they were ministers, and it was always difficult to interfere in some things.
"This is the maid Xiaocha in the lady's mansion?" About a few days later, the fifth prince came to Suifu again, saying that he was visiting Suiyuesheng, but he showed interest in Xiaocha.
This made everyone's eyes focus on Xiao Cha who was standing on the side again.
The matter of the five princes relieving Xiaocha before, it had spread throughout Suifu, but it was because Xiaocha was not in the mansion for a month that the matter gradually subsided, but now, the five princes' interest in Xiaocha has resurged.
"Not bad." Mrs. Sui nodded, and said to Xiao Cha behind her:
"I haven't seen the Five Princes yet."
"Slave and maid Xiaocha, see the five princes." Xiao Cha saluted Ren Tingyou.
"You're welcome." Ren Tingyou smiled and touched the heartstrings of the many maids next to him, but Xiaocha seemed unmoved.
"Why don't you let the little tea girl take me to find Yuesheng." These days, because the relationship between Mrs. Sui and Jiang Guifei seems to be closer on the surface, Ren Tingyou does not call Sui Yuesheng by his name as before, the two are still related by blood, Ren Tingyou is a few days longer than Sui Yuesheng, and it is appropriate to say "Yuesheng".
"Xiaocha, go ahead." Mrs. Sui took a sip of tea.
"Yes." Xiao Cha bowed and said to Ren Tingyou:
"The Fifth Prince, please."
"Thank you." At this moment, Ren Tingyou looks really humble.
The two of them walked until they reached a place where no one was.
Xiaocha stopped, turned to Ren Tingyou and said:
"In front is the courtyard of the eldest prince, and the five princes can go there."
"The dignified people of Pulau are willing to be a servant girl in this little Suifu?" Ren Tingyou looked at Xiaocha with a smile at this time.
"I don't know what the five princes are talking about." Xiaocha observed, there was no one in the four fields, it was noon at the moment, but the weather was very cold, and there were fewer people walking around the house.
"What am I talking about, Little Tea Girl doesn't know, Sixteen Luyue, it's not worth guarding this blood jade that you desperately guard." The fifth prince approached Xiao Cha until Xiao Cha's back was pasted with a cold pillar, and there was no way to avoid it.
"The fifth prince knows that I am such a person, so he should be careful." At some point, a sharp dagger had already aimed the tip of the knife at Ren Tingyou's chest.
"If I die in this Suifu, not only the sixteenth month, but also the city of Pulau will be buried." Ren Tingyou's face was not half panicked, and he said to Xiaocha.
"Although the news of the fifth prince may be a little wrong and missing, it is a big breath." Xiao Cha withdrew the dagger, she knew that she naturally couldn't kill Ren Tingyou right now.
"The sixteenth moon is still Langluo City, do the five princes trust that person wholeheartedly, they have never been close to the court, and now this time, the five princes don't think naïve." Xiaocha's words are undoubtedly provoking the relationship between An Lao and the five princes.
"What did you say?" The fifth prince grabbed Xiao Cha's throat, and the strength in his hand was so great that Xiao Cha's neck seemed to be broken in the next second.
"What I say, the fifth prince knows it in his heart." Xiao Cha's face turned the color of pig liver, and his subordinates sneaked up on the abdomen of the five princes, and after a while, the five princes let go.
"Even if you kill all the princes, and someone kills you, in this world, he will also sit on the profit." Xiaocha didn't mention whose name it was, but both of them knew it in their hearts.
The fifth prince didn't know what was turning in his mind at the moment, his face quickly returned to normal, and he said to Xiao Cha:
"In any case, you won't have a chance to witness this ending."
The five princes attacked Xiao Cha again, seemingly ruthless, and wanted to put Xiao Cha to death on the spot.
Xiaocha dodged and did not choose to fight back, but was forced to retreat.
"Stop!" At the last moment, it was Sui Yuesheng who scolded everything.
In the end, this is in Suifu, and Jiang Guifei has been improving relations with Suifu recently, since Suiyue was born, Xiaocha can't be killed.
"Moonborn." Ren Tingyou simply stopped his hand neatly, and turned to Sui Yuesheng who was standing at the gate of the courtyard with a clean smile.
"Let's go in and talk." Sui Yuesheng didn't ask much, glanced at the two of them, and said to Ren Tingyou.
"It's fine." Ren Tingyou strode forward, leaving Xiao Cha behind him still gasping for breath, this time, it was better than her going to see Fucheng, she was not strong enough, not strong enough......