Chapter 157: The Thing That Lives
The conversation between Su Yu and Xiao Zun did not seem pleasant.
Su Yu said: "Doesn't Your Highness think that this assassination is too much of a coincidence?" As soon as you became suspicious of Wen Rong'an, you sent an assassin over there, and he happened to be wearing heart guards, and he didn't hurt the vital point. It all seems to have been arranged, deliberately made for you to see! ”
Xiao Zun looked at Su Yu with a smile, and his smile had a deep meaning: "Yunzhi, you seem to be very hostile to Wen Rong'an. ”
Su Yu choked and looked away slightly unnaturally.
Xiao Zun said again: "I know what you are for. ”
Su Yu was startled, and his whole heart was raised, but he looked sluggish because he was too shocked, which did not make Xiao Zun see anything unusual.
But he heard Xiao Zun say: "This palace knows that you have a very personal relationship with Wen Chengyan, so you naturally hate what you hate." ”
Su Yu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Xiao Zun did not see through the secret thoughts hidden deep in his heart.
Xiao Zun continued: "But this palace has said that don't affect the cause for the sake of personal feelings, this time the matter is ......."
"Miss Yan!"
Xiao Zun's voice stopped abruptly because of this shout, his face changed from surprise to solemnity, he glanced at Su Yu, and walked forward faster.
The two turned a corner and saw Yan Ran coming towards them.
She was in a hurry, and she was turning her head to say to the people around her: "Don't alarm the eldest princess first, and then look around, especially pay attention to the dangerous places such as the water's edge and the well......"
"Girl, be careful!"
Yan Ran only cared about walking and talking, and didn't notice that there was someone in front of her, and almost bumped into Xiao Zun's body, but fortunately, Qingxuan quickly dragged her.
She hurriedly stopped, took a few steps back, tried to calm the frightened look on her face, and said, "Second Highness, Master Su." ”
Xiao Zun looked at Yan Ran with a smile: "Miss Yan, I didn't expect to meet you here, what a coincidence!" ”
Yan Ran lowered her eyes and whispered, "Yes." ”
Xiao Zun asked again, "Miss Yan, where are you going?" ”
Yan Ran was silent and did not answer.
Although Xiao Zun was smiling, a cold glint burst out in his eyes: "Let Bengong guess, you are here to visit someone, because I heard that he was injured, I couldn't wait to come!" ”
"Hurt?"
Yan Ran raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said eagerly: "He's injured, where is he?" ”
Yan Ran said, looking behind Xiao Zun with a worried look, and raised his feet to leave.
Xiao Zun grabbed Yan Ran's arm, easily lifted her in front of her, looked at her fiercely, gritted his teeth and grinded out a few words viciously: "Yan Ran, you ......"
"Big girl!"
Xiao Zun wanted to reprimand Yan Ran for being bold, bold enough to dare to have personal affairs with others, and bold enough to dare to calculate him, but the unfinished words were interrupted.
Chun'er rushed all the way over, and said breathlessly: "The second girl has found it, and Sister Xianluo has taken her back to the yard!" ”
Yan Ran suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked worriedly, "Is she injured?" ”
Chun'er was stunned for a moment, and then said, "No! ”
Yan Ran turned her head to look at Xiao Zun, and said suspiciously: "Second Highness, but you just said ......."
Xiao Zun was stunned for a moment, and immediately let go of Yan Ran.
Yan Ran was in a hurry for a while, and didn't notice Xiao Zun's overstepping behavior, so she reacted at this moment and hurriedly retreated.
Xiao Zun also suddenly realized, what they said didn't seem to be the same person?
Only then did he realize that Yan Ran's sister Yan Yao was married to Wen Chengyan, and of course it was Yan Yao who visited her in the Dingguo Mansion.
Moreover, judging from her performance, she should not know about Wen Rongan's assassination.
Thinking about it, this matter is extremely secretive, and the people sent by Xiao Zun to keep an eye on it have never found out what Yan Ran and Wen Rong'an have anything to do with her, how could she know that Wen Rong'an was assassinated and came to visit her so openly?
When Xiao Zun thought about it like this, he couldn't help but faintly feel a trace of guilt for misunderstanding Yan Ran, and was even more embarrassed by Fang Cai's rude behavior, so he forced his face to change his face and said: "This palace just saw an injured rabbit and thought you were looking for it." ”
Yan Ran glanced at Xiao Zun with a strange expression, and seemed to have a lot of criticism for him, and it was not easy to say anything, so she only said: "Second Highness, the courtiers will retreat first." ”
Xiao Zun nodded in agreement.
After Yan Ran left, Xiao Zun still felt a little strange: "It turns out that she came to find the Duchess of Dingguo, but she is such a big person, why is she so nervous?" ”
Su Yu knew the inside story, and seeing that Yan Ran's performance did not seem to be fake, he said truthfully: "Since the second girl of the Yan family entered the Dingguo Mansion, the training court found that she was crazy and couldn't take care of herself. I think it is because of this that Miss Yan is afraid that she will get lost and have an accident, so she is so nervous. ”
When Xiao Zun heard this, his expression was slightly different, and he said casually: "Oh? Hongu had never heard of this. ”
Su Yu's heart sank, and he explained stubbornly: "The eldest princess was afraid that this matter would affect the face of the Dingguo Mansion, so she kept it a secret. I thought it was just an inner house, nothing important, so I didn't tell you. ”
Su Yu didn't tell Xiao Zun about this, firstly, he really didn't think this matter was important, and secondly, he was also thinking about Wen Chengyan, after all, this was a family ugly, not enough for outsiders.
But for Xiao Zun, the importance of the news should be judged by him, but Su Yu concealed it and did not report it, which was his fault.
Xiao Zunyin failed to take Wen Chengyan under his command, and he had clearly told Su Yu that he should not affect the cause because of his personal feelings.
But now it seems that Su Yu is more inclined to Wen Chengyan, which inevitably makes Xiao Zun feel a little estranged from him.
In this way, even his dissenting actions to admonish Wen Rong'an seemed selfish and unbelievable.
Although Xiao Zun was suspicious in his heart, he didn't show it on his face and didn't say anything.
The two had different thoughts and left the Dingguo Mansion together.
Yan Ran came to the gate of the courtyard where Yan Yao lived, and her mind tensed all the way before she slowly relaxed.
She let go of the clenched fist in her sleeve, and a thin layer of sweat was already forming in her palm.
She originally wanted to hide in the shadows, and after Xiao Zun and Su Yu passed, she would go out to find Wen Rong'an.
Unexpectedly, the leading maid who was thrown off by her chased after her, and her voice exposed her existence, and she could only face it head-on.
Fortunately, there is Yan Yao as a shield, hoping that the scene she did just now can fool Xiao Zun over.
Qingxuan whispered to Yan Ran: "Girl, that maid just now chased after her, and she doesn't know where we are going." The slave maid said to her, we met the second prince and delayed for a while, and she had nowhere to explore, so she went back to resume her life. ”
Yan Ran nodded, very satisfied with Qingxuan's more and more thoughtful and proper handling ability.
At this point, Yan Ran didn't have a chance to find Wen Rong'an again.
However, she learned from Su Yu's words that Wen Rong'an's injury was not serious, and she was also a lot relieved.
Qingxuan asked, "Girl, shall we go in to see the second girl?" ”
Yan Ran looked at the closed courtyard door and said, "I've come here, I can't run in vain and do nothing." ”
Yan Yao was locked up in the courtyard, although there was no shortage of food and clothing, no one cared about her.
The subordinates are used to praising the high and stepping on the low, and they all know that Yan Yao is crazy and not taken seriously, and there is no future for her, so no one wants to stay here and serve her.
Therefore, Yan Yao's side, in addition to the dust frost who came to marry, there are only two rough mothers-in-law, and two little maids to take care of her diet and daily life, and they usually treat her harshly.
Yan Yao is pretending to be crazy, so naturally she will not be bullied.
As soon as Yan Ran entered the courtyard, she saw that Yan Yao was holding a small snake to scare the two little maids into fleeing all over the courtyard, and the rough mother-in-law stood at the door and scolded, but she didn't dare to step forward.
Yan Yao wore her hair scattered, stepped on the gravel road barefoot, and the soles of her feet were bleeding, but she still smiled stupidly as if she was unconscious.
Yan Ran looked at such a scene, and sighed in her heart, Yan Yao really gave up in order to survive.
She raised her voice and called, "Yao'er." ”
Yan Yao stopped, turned to look at Yan Ran, tilted her head, and walked over to her with a smirk.
The little snake was young and non-venomous, and Yan Ran was naturally not afraid.
Yan Ran stretched out her hand to take the little snake away, wiped Yan Yao's hands with a handkerchief, stuffed a small porcelain bottle into her sleeve, pinched her palm lightly, and said softly: "Good sister, I've hurt you." ”
Yan Yao's expression was slightly sluggish, and she looked at Yan Ran in a daze.
Yan Ran didn't really want to take Yan Yao home, so she quickly left the Dingguo Mansion, but met Wen Chengyan when she left the mansion.
Wen Chengyan heard that Yan Ran came to visit, so he hurried back, just to see her.
But now that he really saw it, he could only abide by the etiquette, stay away from her, and call out a sentence in as calm a tone as possible: "Cousin Ran." ”
Yan Ran returned the salute and said, "Little grandfather." ”
Yan Ran's salutation was polite and detached, which made Wen Chengyan's heart like a thorn, extremely sour.
There are a thousand words, but there are no words.
Instead, Yan Ran opened her mouth first, and asked in a gentle and sincere tone: "Little grandfather, I have just been to see Yao'er, and her residence is really a little dilapidated. Although she is now sick with a strange disease, for the sake of her relationship with you as cousins, please treat her kindly! ”
Wen Chengyan looked at Yan Ran with good eyes, imprinted every word she said in her heart, and naturally did not shirk her request, and hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, I will." ”
After saying this, Yan Ran said goodbye and left.
It wasn't until she walked far away that Qingxuan glanced out of the car window and still saw Wen Chengyan standing at the door, looking in the direction of the carriage from afar.
The appearance of such infatuation is unbearable.
Qingxuan sighed slightly, lowered the curtain, and asked instead, "Girl, what did you just give to the second girl?" ”
Yan Ran raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes were cold, and she said quietly: "What keeps her alive." ”
In order to save her life, Yan Yao did not hesitate to pretend to be crazy and stupid, but it was not a way to go on in the long run.
Her life was saved, but in addition, she did not keep the love of husband and wife, the position of the housewife, and the glory and wealth.
Wen Chengyan is happy, and Minyang has completely left her behind, what is she trying to do?
Therefore, of course, Yan Ran had to push Yan Yao.