Chapter 15: Utilitarianism (2nd Update)
Xiao Zhen was robbed to Lingshan, because he did not resist, so he did not suffer anything, but his freedom of movement was restricted, and he was forcibly detained in Lingshan as a guest.
During this period, he had never met the King of Lingshan, nor had he seen Ye Rui, the son of the king.
He had heard of Lingshan's factions and internal strife, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.
He wasn't worried that he would lose his life, but he was just worried about getting Ling Hua into trouble all along.
Although he didn't want Ling Hua to marry Yan Qing, he didn't want to deliberately sabotage her marriage, he knew Ling Hua's temperament, if he deliberately sabotaged her marriage and was known by her, she would definitely not spare him, then their ten-year mutual support would be over.
Ling Hua was so smart, so he didn't dare to stick a stick sideways, this time, he himself was really surprised, he didn't expect that the internal struggle in Lingshan would involve Ling Hua and him.
Probably because Ling Hua used Cang Yunwei, so that Ling Shan got the news and kidnapped him.
Last night, he didn't see Ling Hua, but he saw Ye Rui, the son of the king of Lingshan, Ye Rui saw him, and the first thing he said to him was, "The second highness's life-saving grace back then, it was really God's love, my cousin because of the second highness, left Beijing and went to Hengchuan County and came to Lingshan, delayed the marriage, not to mention, just arrived in Lingshan, he poisoned me, and negotiated with me about the location of Lingshan after the second highness ascended the throne in the future, she is really ......"
Ye Rui paused, "In the future, after she repays the favor, if His Royal Highness doesn't live with her, people and gods will be angry." ”
Xiao Zhen pursed his lips and only said two words, "No." ”
He is not only a life-saving benefactor to Ling Hua, but also his feelings, and after ten years, he has long been a friend of life and death, at least, he thinks so.
In his life, he will probably be glad that he saved a grizzled little girl back then, and he will probably regret his casual choice back then.
But time can't go back to ten years ago, and now he can't make choices for himself back then.
Ling Hua walked into the newspaper hall, and saw Xiao Zhen sitting on a chair staring at the tea cup in a daze, the tea cup in front of him was not hot, obviously he was in a daze for a long time.
She coughed lightly, "What are you doing?" ”
Xiao Zhen turned her head suddenly, and when she saw Ling Hua, a strong emotion welled up in her eyes, and the first thing she said to her was, "Even if you leave Lingshan now, you won't be able to catch up with the wedding date, right?" ”
When she mentioned this Ling Hua, she was angry, she stomped her foot angrily, stomped the ground twice, her usual tone was also rough, and she glared at Xiao Zhen, "It's not, it's all you, so I can't get married as scheduled." ”
Xiao Zhen touched his nose, "I'm sorry, it's me who is useless." ”
The first time he went out of Beijing to train, she sent him so many people, but he was still calculated.
Ling Hua knew that this matter was fundamentally not to blame Xiao Zhen, if she wanted to blame Lingshan, blame Ye Rui, the people from Lingshan took action, and those people who were only brought out of Beijing with Xiao Zhen in the drizzle were only enough to deal with the people sent by Xiao Ze in the East Palace, and they definitely couldn't deal with the people sent by Lingshan, so when she poisoned Ye Rui, she was silent and unrelenting, and when she put forward conditions with Ye Rui, she was also arrogant, and the lion's mouth was wide open.
Although she knew it, she was still angry, sat down, and said to Xiao Ze, "It's you who are too stupid." ”
"It's because I'm stupid." Xiao Zhen nodded, acknowledging neatly.
Although he has always been very jealous of the banquet in a short period of time, Ling Hua fell in love with it, and took away what he had always dreamed of, but he didn't expect that Ling Hua's hard-calculated marriage, in the end, she would give up and delay the marriage for him, obviously, she should be very eager to marry into Duanjing Houfu as soon as possible.
On this point, it is impossible to overstate how much she loses her temper at him.
Ling Hua saw Xiao Zhen's attitude of admitting mistakes and guilt, but she couldn't get up, she was not an unreasonable person, so she had to dissipate her anger by herself, snorted, and said to him, "Since you know, be smart in the future, don't be so easy to be robbed." ”
Xiao Zhen did learn a long lesson, and nodded, "I will definitely protect myself in the future." ”
He protected himself, so as not to let the people who cared about him work hard and run around, he asked Liuli yesterday, Ling Hua left the capital a month and a half ago for him, and he has been running around looking for him, when he guessed that he was robbed by the people of Lingshan, her lungs almost exploded, and after coming to Lingshan, the strange poison fell on the body of Ye Rui, the prince of the king.
It's hard for Ye Rui, even if she was poisoned, the first thing she said to him when she saw him was like that.
Ling Hua looked at Xiao Zhen and suddenly felt that being hijacked by Lingshan was not a loss for him.
This guy, you say that his life is not good, it is a bad life, he has suffered a lot since he was a child, as a prince, but he does not live like a prince, he has no love for his relatives, he is alone, you say that his life is good, in fact, think about it the other way, it is also very good, if there are no bad ones, he may not grow into this character, and he may not save her by mistake, let her fight for him for ten years to fight for that position, and now he is robbed to Lingshan, although it is a bad thing, but for him, it may not be a good thing.
Of course, this is all on the terms of her negotiation with Ye Rui.
If Ye Rui really agrees, he will ascend to the throne one day in the future, then he will sit on Lingshan under the king of a country, which is really much more worry-free than the previous emperor and His Majesty today, at least, he can sleep peacefully, and there is no need to doubt which day Lingshan rebels.
When Ling Hua thought about it like this, the little anger left in his heart was gone, and his face was better, "Did they abuse you?" ”
"Nope." Xiao Zhen saw that her face was better, and her heart was also steady, "They didn't dare to do anything to me, obviously they were afraid of you and Ye Rui's warning." ”
Although Ye Rui didn't see him, he obviously warned those people not to touch him, and those people really didn't dare to do it.
"Yesterday, seven people died in Lingshan, two of my cousin's uncles died, and five of my brothers died." Ling Hua smiled, "You were robbed to Lingshan, although my cousin knew, but he didn't stop it, it was also to do yesterday's game, take the opportunity to clean the inside, he was using you, but he didn't think that something really happened to you, just to attract me." ”
Xiao Zhen had already guessed, "What kind of poison did you give to Ye Rui?" ”
"Away from hating the sky. It is a colorless and odorless poison powder newly developed by Dr. Zeng, and without an antidote, he will be tortured by strange poisons every day. Ling Hua pointed to the fan in his hand, "I took the antidote in advance and fanned the wind with the fan myself, so he naturally couldn't notice it, so he was poisoned unconsciously." ”
Xiao Zhen looked at the fan in her hand, admired, and wanted to laugh, if it was before, he would have laughed unceremoniously, but now he was robbed and trapped in Lingshan for a month and a half, and Lao Linghua postponed the marriage to save him, he really couldn't laugh, he only said, "It's poisonous." ”
Ling Hua squinted at him, "You won't be stunned by Lingshan Pass, right?" ”
Xiao Zhen shook his head, "No." ”
Ling Hua looked at him carefully, she was very smart, and soon found the crux of Xiao Zhen's problem, I am afraid that Xiao Zhen's mood has been greatly affected this time, she feels that she should have the responsibility to comfort her, after all, he is the person who will sit in that seat in the future, and his mood can be tempered and tempered, but it must not be affected, and it is not okay to go astray.
So, she shook the fan and said slowly, "This trip, you were robbed to Lingshan, don't blame you, just now I was angry with you, I didn't expect the people of Lingshan to hit you with the idea, although I said you two sentences, but I didn't really blame you, even if it was me that day, I couldn't avoid the fate of being robbed to Lingshan, so you don't need to feel depressed and feel useless, you are not useless, but now the place where you are staying is Lingshan, it is an existence that even the emperor and His Majesty are afraid of, the people of Lingshan do it, even if you are smart, If you don't have enough manpower to protect you, you can't dodge. ”
Xiao Zhen raised his eyes to look at her.
Ling Hua said again, "It is precisely because you were robbed to Lingshan that I can sit here and wait to negotiate with my cousin, I want him to agree, in the future, he will sit as the king of Lingshan, you will sit in that position, and he Lingshan will not be chaotic in your lifetime." ”
Xiao Zhen's eyes widened.
Ling Hua smiled proudly and said, "How is it?" I mean, do you feel better? This is a major event for you to contribute to the present and benefit for a hundred years. ”
Xiao Zhen was silent for a moment, "You really don't blame me?" ”
Ling Hua rolled his eyes and unceremoniously smashed him with a fan, "What do I blame you?" I can't rush back to the wedding for you, blame you for being useful? ”
To blame, it is also to blame Ye Rui.
Seeing that Ling Hua really didn't blame him, Xiao Zhen's heart was completely relaxed, and his body, which had been stiff for a long time, was also relaxed, and he said a sincere word, "Although I don't like to let you marry Yan Qing, I didn't really deliberately make you postpone the marriage, I'm afraid you think I did it on purpose." ”
Ling Hua rolled his eyes, "With your little ability, do you have the ability to do it?" ”
It's not that she looks down on Xiao Zhen, it's that he has been enduring in the capital all these years, lacking experience, and in terms of means, it's still very bad, is it deliberate, she can't see it?