Chapter 25: The Heart
Xiao Zhen pinched the bag and rushed to the Hou Mansion with great anger, because of his identity, even if he broke into the backyard all the way, no one stepped forward to stop him, and the house slaves and subordinates of the Hou Mansion either chased after him, or hurriedly went to report to Huan Ling.
At that time, Xie Zheng had taken off his red makeup, and was taking off his deep clothes to rest, and the maid was walking in the courtyard with a copper basin, and saw Xiao Zheng coming over angrily from a distance, and hurriedly turned back to the house, exclaiming: "Xie Niangzi!" Oh no, the prince is coming here! Hurry up and get dressed, he's going to break in!" ”
Xie Zheng frowned, thinking that something was wrong, Yuzhi stood in front of her, and was serving her to take off her deep clothes, and hurriedly put them on for her at this time, and it happened that Xiao Zhen also broke in at this time, Yuzhi rushed forward and stopped him at the door, and said, "Your Highness is self-respecting!" This is my lady's boudoir, and you break in like this, which damages the reputation of the lady. ”
"Yuzhi," Xie Zheng called her to stop, signaling her not to say more, but Yuzhi didn't say anything more, and Xiao Zhen didn't come closer.
"You all stand down," Xie Zheng ordered, Yuzhi led a few maids in the house to retreat to the courtyard together, Xiao Zhen immediately opened his hand and asked coldly, "This bag is yours?" ”
"I instructed Yuzhi to put the bag under the saddle of the barehoof horse, and it has been several days before His Highness found out?" Xie Zheng walked up to him unhurriedly, his words were full of banter, as if he didn't take him seriously at all. Xiao Zhen was a little disappointed, but he was not surprised, and just asked, "Who sent you?" What is the purpose of doing everything possible to get close to Lone? ”
Xie Zheng also lowered his face, and his tone was obviously a little angry, "In the eyes of His Highness, I was just sent to get close to His Highness's eyes and ears?" ”
"Isn't it?"
"What does Your Highness think?"
Xiao Zhen was not very rational and reprimanded: "Do you think that you are who you are?" That lonely thought you were Yanghou, are you really Yanghou! ”
Xie Zheng was too indifferent, almost expressionless, and said, "Could it be that when I approach His Highness, I can't just stand in the same boat as His Highness?" Can I only oppose His Highness? ”
When Xiao Zhen heard this, he was stunned for a moment at first, he didn't expect Xie Zheng to say this, but he still had a grudge against her, and then asked, "Why should I believe you?" ”
"Just because I have the handle of His Highness in my hand," Xie Zheng stared at Xiao Zhen closely, Xiao Zhen had no bottom in his heart, only felt a chill attack, and asked vigilantly: "What handle?" ”
Xie Zheng said bluntly: "A few days ago, I wanted to remind His Highness to pass a letter to Liu Shilong, the assassin of Yuzhou, and ordered him to lead the troops into Beijing, and two days ago, I realized that I was worried about nothing, because His Royal Highness has already brought a lot of soldiers and horses to ambush inside and outside the city, if there is really anything wrong with the birthday banquet of the eldest princess, His Royal Highness will immediately rebel, am I right?" ”
"Deyin!" At this time, Huan Ling had also arrived, and when he heard Xie Zheng's words, he immediately interrupted, and then walked quickly to Xiao Zhen and saluted, "Deyin was offended for a while, please forgive Your Highness." ”
Xiao Zhen only glanced at Huan Ling, but he didn't pay attention to him, but turned to Xie Zheng instead, "If you tell Lone's secret, aren't you afraid that Lone will kill you?" ”
Xie Zheng sneered, "Your Highness has always thought that I am the eyes and ears sent by King Wuling and King Linchuan, if you really want to kill me, you will do it last night, why wait until now?" ”
Xiao Zhen didn't say anything, because his thoughts were seen through by Xie Zheng, and he really didn't know how to answer.
Xie Zheng laughed again, "Your Highness, do you know that Ying is confused and guarded?" ”
"Glow?" Xiao Zhen was slightly stunned, "That's a murderous star." ”
Xie Zheng walked outside the door, stood in the courtyard, looked at the stars hanging in the sky, pointed to one of them, and said: "That one is the Luminous Star, and the slightly fainter one on its right is the Prince Star, the Glowing Star was originally located at the lower right of the Prince Star, but now it has moved to the left of the Prince Star, and it is still approaching it little by little, for fear of invasion." ”
"What do you mean?"
When the world respects the left and the right is humble, Xie Zheng's intention is obvious, so he spoke bluntly, turned to look at Xiao Zhen, "Someone wants to replace His Highness, but His Highness doesn't know it?" ”
Xiao Zhen naturally knew that it was just that as the eldest son, he also had military power in his hands, and his position as the crown prince could not be shaken overnight, his expression was still calm, "Xie Niangzi, do you know what you are talking about?" ”
"Although His Royal Highness is the crown prince, who will be the prince in the future, I don't know, the ambition of the wolf son of the king of Wuling, the king of Linchuan is eyeing the enemy, His Royal Highness is suffering from the enemy on his back, and he will return to Beijing for a few days, it must be difficult to sleep and eat, right?"
Xiao Zhen did not refute, and Xie Zheng continued: "Although Deyin does not have the talent of Zhuge , he can still see the situation in the DPRK and China clearly. ”
"Then in your opinion, in the current situation, how can Lone Dang deal with himself?"
"King Wuling and King Linchuan have a lot of support from scholars in the court, but His Royal Highness only has the Pei family in Hedong to rely on, and the Pei family only has one Shangshu to order Pei Fengzhi, but Shangshu Province has always been controlled by Yang Mingzhi from the left servant, Pei Fengzhi is no different from a puppet, so the top priority is to get rid of Yang Mingzhi and take back the real power of Shangshu Province."
Xiao Zhen listened to it and thought about it for a while, "Since Xie Niangzi has such a high opinion, she must have a countermeasure in her heart. ”
"The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits, it depends on whether His Royal Highness is willing to be a fisherman or a snipe clam or a snipe mussel."
"How?" Xiao Zhen was puzzled, but Xie Zheng smiled lightly, "Your Highness is so wary of me, why should I tell you?" ”
Xiao Zhen had expected that she would not easily reveal the countermeasures, all because he had already offended people by breaking in here today.
"You once said that Yanghou has the ambition of a bird, and she is unwilling to be a bird, so what about Xie Niangzi, are you willing to be a bird?"
He still remembered that Xie Zheng once asked him if there was a place for a woman in the world court, and at that time he knew that this woman was by no means an idle person, but when he mentioned that he could recommend her to the office, she avoided talking about it, he didn't have the ability to see through other people's minds, and he didn't know what Xie Zheng's intentions were.
After listening to Xiao Zhen's words, Xie Zheng was still unmoved, she calmly turned her face away, and said lightly: "Although Honghu has the wish to be disappointed, but the bird also has the joy of leisure, Deyin is just a woman, and she can't carry the world's plans on her shoulders, Your Highness should ask for another master." ”
"Is that true?" Xiao Zhen didn't believe it at all, and simply said bluntly: "Xie Niangzi, you have what you want, and Lone has what Lone wants, what you want can be given to Lone, and you can give Lone what you want, why don't you and I take what we need?" ”
The sentence "each takes what he needs" is equivalent to "using each other", Xiao Zhen has said it very bluntly, and Xie Zhengzi also understands, but she still doesn't follow, but turns around and says to him coldly: "It's late at night, Your Highness, please go back, forgive me not far away." ”
Xiao Zhen was stunned, and was quite stunned for a while, as Xie Zheng said, he is now suffering from the enemy on his back, and he is fighting alone, which is really miserable.
"Today is Lonely's offense, I'm sorry, farewell."
Xiao Zhen said, and really left without looking back, Huan Ling looked at his lonely back as he walked away, and turned around and asked Xie Zheng: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"I haven't figured out a foolproof solution yet."