Chapter 17: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
The fifth aunt glanced at the eldest lady sarcastically, and slowly poured the tea in her hand, only to see that the hot tea had corroded as soon as it touched the wooden floor, and the floor was black and full of smoke.
"Murong Xun"'s face turned pale instantly.
The smile on the fifth aunt's lips was still cold, and she looked at the eldest lady's forced calm face with fixed eyes, and said with a smile: "What does the eldest lady mean by this?" Why did you do this to Miss Five? β
The eldest lady glanced at the fifth aunt lightly, puffed up her chest slightly, and said, "I don't know what you're talking about!" β
The fifth aunt smiled: "If I hadn't found out earlier, I'm afraid that the fifth lady would have drowned at this moment, right?" The name of this poison is changed to the Water Dragon King, and people who are poisoned by this poison will have serious hallucinations, and when they see a place with water, they will jump down desperately. If Miss Five takes this poison, Mrs. will find an excuse to leave, Miss Five will drown for no reason, and I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the relationship at that time. β
The coldness on her lips deepened, and the fifth aunt said again: "Although this poison is colorless and tasteless, the courage of the lady's maid is a little smaller, and the hands are not very sharp, and the sleeves are stained with powder!" β
The little maid's face turned pale suddenly, and she subconsciously checked the cuffs, what powder was there, and when she was putting down her hanging heart, she looked up and met the hateful gaze of the eldest lady, and suddenly her heart was cold, and then she was on the way of the fifth aunt!
The fifth aunt smiled, "If Madame doesn't have any other instructions, I'll leave first!" As she spoke, she glanced at the snow-white "Murong Xun", "Aren't you leaving?" β
"Murong Xun" seemed to be reacting, and said hurriedly: "You wait for me, I'll go with you!" β
The eldest lady still had an iron face, her back was arrogant as if she had never been bent, and the murderous aura in her eyes was extremely strong.
"You, who are you?" "Murong Xun" looked at the woman's pretty back and asked anxiously.
"Me?" The woman turned around, her eyebrows raised, she looked at "Murong Xun" and smiled, "You shouldn't really be naΓ―ve to think that the eldest lady will let you live!" And your brother ......."
"What's wrong with my brother?" "Murong Xun" said sharply, and after realizing what he had said, his pale face became more and more ugly.
"Nothing for now!" The fifth aunt smiled, "Don't be so nervous, you are not a fool, you should also know who you can trust now, who is worthy of your reliance, and who can protect you?" β
The fifth aunt took two steps back and nodded her head with her index finger, "Don't doubt me, don't look at me, I'm just a concubine, I can't help you much, I can't help the eldest lady!" Think for yourself! After speaking, the demon Ye left, leaving a string of coquettish smiles.
In the past few days, Shangguan Zixuan usually goes out early and returns late, although in the past, he would also find time to refine medicine with the Queen Mother, but it has not been like in recent days, it can also be seen that Shangguan Zixuan also deliberately avoided Shangguan Zisang.
Every night, Guan Zisang had to wait for Shangguan Zixuan to come back before he could sleep with confidence, and he could see the worry and distress in his eyes, as well as the sadness of being ignored by Shangguan Zixuan. The soft moonlight of the night sprinkled on the boy's body, and the boy's eyebrows and eyes became more and more unreal in the haze.
In the daytime, the two of them just met each other, and Shangguan Zisang was also laughing in the past, all of them asked about Zixuan's life, one was apologetically flattering, and the other was intentionally or unintentionally avoiding, as if there was a gap between the two that could not be crossed, and there was a forbidden place, and no one dared to set foot on it.
Murong Xun thought to himself that they were really a strange pair of brothers.
Although the way the two get along is strange, their respective concerns are sincere. Thinking of this, Murong Xun frowned unconsciously, the relationship between brothers and sisters, in this life in the Murong family, for these brothers, although there is a little memory in this body, it is always faint and pitiful. And for her, these people who have the same blood as her can only take advantage of it, and what is the thin family affection with them.
Looking at the handsome man in front of him, the sunlight peeked in through the window and hit his white brocade robe, which was shining with silver thread embroidered lines. The fingers holding the white porcelain and blue glazed teacup are evenly repaired, and the smiling face is refreshing and clear.
"They want to sue the emperor and seek justice, but there are also people who desperately want to press down, this is like water and fire, how can they coexist?" Murong Yao's tone was light and said with a smile.
"You want things to get as big as possible?" Murong Xun retracted his thoughts, picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea.
"Water can extinguish the fire, if the water turns into oil, it will only make the fire burn more and more, what we have to do is how to turn this water into oil and let them burn themselves!" Murong Yao said lightly, as he spoke, his eyes glanced out of the window, the bright sunlight of early summer was particularly dazzling, and as far as the eye could see, it seemed to be closed in a faint aura.
Turning her gaze to the woman in front of her, she had thick eyebrows and eyes, and her eyes were very dark, just like the thick ink when she painted, Murong Yao was stunned for a moment, since she came back, she felt that this woman was different from what she had known before, although her memory of her before was also faint and pitiful, most of them were jealousy when she was spoiled by her father. But now she is indifferent, cold, and often has feelings in her eyes that she can't even understand herself, which is really different from the delicate girl in her memory.
Does eight years have such a big impact on a person? This is also what he knew from the first time he saw her that this woman, if used properly, would be his powerful helper.
"But all those who are Venerable, are taboo subordinates to deceive and conceal their subordinates, forming a party for personal gain, and now Your Majesty hates this even more, if the victims want to sue the emperor, and along the way there are officials at all levels in order to tie up with the magnates of the Shangguan family, it is to dance the power to make personal gains, block it, and press it, if this news is heard by His Majesty's ears, it must have touched his reverse scales, if the Shangguan family loses the sacred heart, making His Majesty suspicious, the Shangguan family will inevitably decline!" Murong Xun said lightly.
Murong Yao nodded approvingly, looking at a pair of delicate little hands on the table by Murong Xun, her hands were very white and delicate, like beautiful porcelain, but if you observe carefully, there is a faint layer of thin calluses between the index finger and middle finger of her right hand, which seems to be a hidden weapon often used.
"Just the above officials and guards are self-stealing, and it is absolutely impossible to move them by mixing fake medicines into the medicinal materials, so they can only use other methods, and this disaster relief, my father is the minister of the Qincha, and he is also responsible for negligence, and he is to blame!" After a pause, Murong Yao said again: "In the past few days, the fifth sister and the eldest lady in the mansion seem to be a little unpleasant!" β
Murong Xun raised his eyebrows and glanced at Murong Yao lightly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looked at the street below from the half-open window, which was still full of people. But no matter how hurried their steps are, they always know where they are going, and they know that there is always someone looking forward to them and waiting for them.
When I woke up again, I was already like a world away, alone, where did I belong?
At the time of separation, Murong Xun asked Murong Yao, "Isn't it suspicious that you, a prince of the Xiangfu, often meet me, a person who used to pretend to be a Miss of the Xiangfu?" β
Murong Yao straightened his back, looked up slightly at the changing flowing clouds above the blue sky, and a chuckle appeared on his lips, "Since it is a farce of the clown jumping off the beam, and everyone knows it, why should you care so much, not to mention, the eldest lady may not take me in her eyes!" His smile paused, turned his head, and looked at Murong Xun with a heavy gaze, "Sometimes, I really hope that you are not my sister!" As soon as the words fell, Murong Yao had already left. He was tall, with a straight back, and an indescribable loneliness all over his body, which could be discerned at a glance even in the vast crowd.
Until he returned to Shangguan Zixuan, Murong Xun's mind still echoed Murong Yao's last sentence, what did he mean?
"Girl!" Shangguan Zisang landed behind Murong Xun like a ghost, and yelled behind her ear.
Murong Xun was already accustomed to Shangguan Zisang's elusiveness, glanced at her lightly, and didn't intend to pay attention to him, walked a few steps inside and paused, his eyes quickly glanced around this courtyard, "Who is in the house?" β
The word "home" broke into Shangguan Zisang's ears, and he was stunned for a moment, taking a sense of belonging that belonged to a wandering soul, that kind of warm feeling, like nesting in his mother's arms when he was a child. After losing his mind for a moment, a heartless smile appeared on Shangguan Zisang's face again, and he raised his eyebrows and looked at Murong Xun, "A great god!" β
Murong Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled lightly: "Could it be King Qi?" β
Shangguan Zisang smiled, "How do you know?" β
Murong Xun was joking, but she didn't expect that it was really King Qi coming, she looked at Shangguan Zisang, and asked with doubts, "Don't you have to go out and hide?" β
Shangguan Zisang looked at the room and gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for that King Qi who was so despicable and put an aphrodisiac on top of the snow lotus, would I be so embarrassed?" But I'm pretty confident in my light skills, and they definitely haven't even seen a single corner of my clothes, so I don't have to worry about it at all! At the end, he raised a delicate little face slightly, revealing a proud look.
However, this proud look did not last long before it was broken, he looked at King Qi who stepped out of Shangguan Zixuan's house with a bright smile, and he was still holding the Tianshan Snow Lotus wrapped in red silk in his hand, he announced his farewell to Shangguan Zi, that is, he left, and when he passed by Shangguan Zisang's side, his eyes looked at him coldly. The gloomy gaze was like a poisonous snake stained with poison.
Shangguan Zisang looked at Shangguan Zixuan aggrievedly, he didn't understand why his brother had worked so hard to steal things was so easily exchanged to others, and he didn't care about his own mind at all? Or is there no way to get his forgiveness no matter what you do?
Murong Xun felt the gloom on Shangguan Zisang's body, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "He is all for you, you are not the only one who has been wronged, the King of Qi will repay him, no one knows how he persuaded the King of Qi not to pursue you, the grievances in this, maybe he is deeper than you!" β
Shangguan Zisang's eyes flickered slightly, and his long eyelashes trembled, "Really?" β
Murong Xun walked towards Shangguan Zixuan, and when he was about to reach the door, he found that there was another person behind him. This person was dressed in a dark brocade robe, his face was a little pale, but he couldn't hide his rich appearance, the slanted sword went straight into his sideburns, and his thin and sexy lips hung a lazy smile.