135 The contest with the Five Princes
Fee Chapter (24 points)
This is the second time Xia Yuhua has stepped into the Five Princes' Mansion, to be honest, if it weren't for Ouyang Ning, she really wouldn't want to take another half step here to face that Zheng Moran who was obviously very yin and yang. Now the affairs at home are enough for her to deal with, but she has no extra thoughts and energy to deal with this person anymore.
And Xia Yuhua always had a strange feeling, this Zheng Moran was not sick sooner or later, why was he so coincidentally uncomfortable at this juncture? Didn't he say that his condition had been very stable recently, and that his condition had changed so quickly?
However, based on the responsibility of the doctor, she had to come, otherwise if something really happened, not only would she not be able to explain to Ouyang Ning, but she would also not be able to pass the conscience gate.
entered the mansion, but the maidservant who led the way in front did not take her to the study where Zheng Moran was treated last time, nor did she go to the sleeping place where he rested, but directly took her to a water pavilion in the mansion and stopped walking.
Xia Yuhua wondered, didn't she say that she was asked to come for treatment, it didn't look like a place for patients to see patients, and it wasn't a ghost in the end.
However, she didn't ask out loud, just stared at the servant girl who led the way, and when the servant girl saw this, she hurriedly explained that Xia, the fifth prince ordered, please wait here for a while, he will do it in a while. ”
"Wait here? Why? Isn't your master sick and doesn't skip words? Xia Yuhua felt more and more that his previous guess might be right, this place where Zheng Moran was not particularly uncomfortable at all was pretending to be sick. As soon as she thought of this, she was very angry in her heart, but she didn't have a good impression of this person.
The maid saw that Xia Yuhua seemed to be a little unhappy, so she had to answer Xia again with a smile, you just wait here for a while, the fifth prince only ordered this sentence, and the others did not say much, so the specific slave and maid did not know. The refreshments on the table have been prepared, and there are a lot of fish in the pond on the edge of the pavilion that can be watched for one or two. ”
After that, the maid didn't wait for Xia Yuhua to speak again, so she hurriedly retreated, as if she was afraid that she would be stopped by Xia Yuhua if she was a little late, and she couldn't get out, and she looked in a hurry.
Seeing this, Xia Yuhua didn't call back the maid again, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so he had to wait here for the time being. If you don't come, you will come, although it is estimated that Zheng Moran's body should be fine, but after all, it is not easy to leave without seeing anyone. Besides, the family is also a prince, and now that my father and the Xia family are at a critical time, there is no need to cause more trouble.
Feng'er was left behind and waited in place soon after entering the mansion, and the people in the Five Princes' Mansion were nothing more than saying that their master was happy and quiet, and there were too many people for fear of affecting it, so Xia Yuhua was the only one left here.
After waiting for a while, seeing that no one was quiet around, it was estimated that Zheng Moran was not so fast. Xia Yuhua had to sit down patiently, half-sideways to watch the pool of koi swimming around.
The attentive maid also left some fish food on the edge of the pavilion fence, and Xia Yuhua took a little and threw it into the pool when she was bored. The fish here are taken care of on weekdays, and they will definitely not go hungry, so I don't see the fish there competing fiercely. After feeding for a while, Xia Yuhua really felt bored, so he directly threw the big bag of fish food into it.
"If you feed the fish like this, it probably won't be long before all the fish in my house will die." Zheng Moran didn't know when he appeared behind Xia Yuhua, and when he saw Xia Yuhua throwing so much fish food into it as if he was venting his hatred, he couldn't help laughing.
Hearing the voice, Xia Yuhua quickly turned around, and when he saw that such a god had finally appeared, he clapped his hands and stood up.
"The Fifth Prince is finally here, I thought I was too late." She was a little blessed as she spoke, it was a salute, she was a prince after all, but there was no need to tell the truth.
"You say that, I sound like you're cursing me?" Zheng Moran didn't mind Xia Yuhua's attitude, and explained that I originally planned to wait for you here, but it was a bit urgent for the time being, so I made you wait for a long time. ”
This kind of explanation is dispensable for Xia Yuhua, and now she just thinks that this person who doesn't seem to be in the slightest bit inappropriate, and even has a good spirit, why should he pretend to be sick and send someone to find her at this time.
"The fifth prince doesn't seem to be uncomfortable, right, the person who went to my mansion to report the news actually said that you have been unwell since last night, and it is even more serious this morning?" She didn't bother to wait for Zheng Moran to say, and asked directly, the fifth prince is like this, there is no need to diagnose, it should be fine at a glance, why don't you joke with your body? ”
Seeing Xia Yuhua's unhappy face, Zheng Moran was not in a hurry, sat down on his own, and took one of the cups of tea and drank it first, as if he hadn't heard the previous questioning.
Seeing this, Xia Yuhua was even more angry, looking at the man's leisurely appearance, he really had the urge to step forward and grab the teacup and smash it on him.
"Sit down and have a cup of tea first, this will be drunk, the temperature is just right." Although Zheng Moran didn't look at Xia Yuhua, he obviously felt a wave of anger rushing towards him, so he hurriedly raised his eyes, smiled, and invited her to sit down for tea with an innocent face.
Seeing this, Xia Yuhua suddenly felt an indescribable sense of frustration, which replaced the previous annoyance. She couldn't help but sigh to herself, she wouldn't meet such a person.
Zheng Moran is different from everyone she knows, obviously a person who has been sick for many years, she looks soft all day long, and she doesn't seem to be aggressive at all, but she always gives her an invisible pressure, which can always easily break her calmness and make her emotions a little uncontrollable.
Such a person really makes her feel disliked, and there is a subconscious rejection and desire to stay away in her heart, which really makes her feel a little uncontrollable.
Taking a deep breath, she readjusted her emotions, and the emotions she didn't want to be controlled by the person in front of her and led away. After a while, she also sat down, but instead of drinking tea, she said in a calmer tone, Fifth Prince, if you are not uncomfortable, I don't think I need to stay long. Unless you have an uncomfortable part of your body, you can do acupuncture and change the prescription in advance, otherwise, you must wait for routine diagnosis and treatment to be better for your body. ”
After thinking about it, she didn't think that Zheng Moran would really be so boring, pretending to be sick to trick her into making such an uninteresting joke. It's just that, looking at this person's slow and methodical appearance, he is not in a hurry, and it is estimated that if he does not take the initiative to leave, even if there is really something, he will not hurry up to say it.
That's why she simply calmed down and dealt with it, so that she wouldn't seem too passive.
Seeing that Xia Yuhua calmed down so quickly, and was no longer disturbed by his deliberate actions, Zheng Moran secretly praised in his heart, and after putting down the teacup, he said I heard that your father was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department a few days ago? ”
The matter of his father has been rumored for a long time in the past few days, so Zheng Moran is also a normal thing, Xia Yuhua is not too surprised, but he doesn't understand why his father took the initiative to mention it at this time with his identity.
"Since the fifth prince knows that my Xia family is in an eventful time, why did they still bring me for no reason, could it be that it was to discuss with me about my father's imprisonment in the Criminal Department?" Xia Yuhua felt that he was really tired and panicked with this person, so he directly said that the fifth prince had something to do, let's just say it, I have to go to the criminal department to visit in a while, if it passes, I'm afraid it's not good. ”
"You're only half right, to be precise, I called you today to save your father." Zheng Moran didn't go around again, and suddenly threw out such a shocking and concise sentence, but for him, his expression at the moment was still the same, as if what he just said was just gossip like asking for tea.
Xia Yuhua was stunned in her heart, and instantly looked at the fifth prince who had always been incomprehensible and incomprehensible to her, and various thoughts and speculations quickly flashed in her mind, and at the same time, she was also judging the truth and purpose of this sentence.
"You don't?" Seeing that Xia Yuhua didn't say anything for a long time, just looked at it with a questioning face, Zheng Moran smiled and said Is it not that I have this ability or that I will have such a good heart? ”
He is not taboo, and directly said what Xia Yuhua thinks in his heart at the moment, and he doesn't seem to care about what others think in their hearts, and he will pierce your heart anytime and anywhere.
Hearing this, Xia Yuhua quickly came back to her senses, she did not follow Zheng Moran's words to answer, but said to herself Although her father is now in prison, he invited himself to prison in order to prove his innocence. ”
Speaking of this, she paused, looked at Zheng Moran's slightly pale but not mentally minded face and continued to say that he was an innocent person, how could he save or not, and after the emperor corrected his father's name, his father would naturally walk out of the prison of the Criminal Department in a dignified manner. The five princes have a heart, but this matter really doesn't need to trouble you. ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw Zheng Moran nodding and applauding, but the expression on his face was obviously a little disapproving smile. Seeing this, Xia Yuhua didn't bother to ask him what he meant, dealing with such a person, he really had a feeling that he would lose if he said too much.
After a few dry pats, seeing that Xia Yuhua just looked at it but didn't react otherwise, Zheng Moran raised his hand slightly and said loudly, I don't doubt General Xia's personality, but things in officialdom are often not things that can be avoided by sitting upright. You also took the initiative of your father to enter the prison of the Criminal Department, but now that I have checked for a few days, even your family has been checked, does my father have any intention of letting your father go? ”
"What does the fifth prince mean is that the emperor has already believed Lu Xiang's words, even if he has not found evidence against my father in the past few days, he does not plan to return my father's name immediately?" Xia Yuhua couldn't help but be a little more concerned this time, she naturally Zheng Moran's words were not unreasonable, and it was self-evident that the emperor had an idea in his heart.
But as the emperor, what about Zheng Moran to save her father?
"I don't dare to speculate on what my father thinks, but Lu Xiang and the others will definitely not let go of such a great opportunity." Zheng Moran looked at Xia Yuhua and said bluntly, In fact, there is some truth, you also know it, the so-called change over time, aren't you worried that your father is smart but is mistaken by being smart? ”
A clever sentence was mistaken by cleverness, which made Xia Yuhua suddenly shudder, she stared at Zheng Moran incredulously, no, this person is the end. She could see that Zheng Moran was not talking nonsense, this person's scheming was too powerful, and she really had to guard against it.
"The fifth prince means this, if you have something to say, just say it, your health is not good, and it is a waste of energy to talk too much." She steadied herself and took the tea on the table and drank it instead, so as to hide her inner turmoil.
Seeing this, Zheng Moran did as Xia Yuhua wished, no longer around, nodded and said straight as if you had heard it In my opinion, although your father is a military general, with an upright personality and no room for sand in his eyes, he is a straight but not coarse, bloody but not reckless person, so just based on some unsubstantiated and unsubstantiated slanderous words of Lu Xiang, he is so rash and impulsively invites himself to prison in order to seek innocence, which is not very reasonable when you think about it. “
"So, your father's self-admission to prison should have other purposes, not simply to clear his name, don't skip words. He asked rhetorically, but he didn't expect Xia Yuhua's answer to continue, but there are two sides to everything, even if you plan well before, some risks are difficult to predict, just like ......"
"Like?" Seeing that Zheng Moran stopped, looked at her casually, but did not continue, Xia Yuhua was a little breathless.
As soon as the words came out, she suddenly regretted it a little, in this way, wouldn't it be tantamount to acquiescing in Zheng Moran's words? First, she had a feeling of being deceived, but she couldn't say it, so she had to endure it for the time being and not think about anything else.
Seeing that the expression on Xia Yuhua's face changed extremely quickly, Zheng Moran couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a smile There is nothing to be annoyed about, I told you a long time ago that there are only things in this world that I don't want to, and there are no things I can't do. You don't have to deny it, of course you don't need to admit it, you just need to listen to it as last time, I said mine, you choose to believe it or not, isn't this tacit understanding already formed?
"Like?" Seeing this, Xia Yuhua simply ignored it, and asked again, now she just wants to figure out what is most closely related to her father, which is more important than all.
Zheng Moran was obviously very satisfied with the urgency shown by Xia Yuhua, and he doubted it in a hurry, he had completely understood what the weakness in front of him was, of course, from another aspect, this was indeed an extremely precious character of Xia Yuhua.
Therefore, he stopped teasing her, and said loudly, such as tonight, tonight, your father is afraid that he will be annoyed. ”
"Trouble?" Xia Yuhua's hand couldn't help but let go, and even the cup on the table almost collapsed, Zheng Moran's words obviously made her anxious.
Today is the day when her father was killed in her previous life, but now she has heard that her father will be in trouble tonight, so she may not be afraid.
Seeing Xia Yuhua lose his temper for the first time, and even his face changed, Zheng Moran was a little surprised, of course, if he meant something to Xia Yuhua today, it wouldn't be so strange.
"Someone wants your father's life tonight, and they're going to have people poison the food they bring him." Seeing this, Zheng Moran didn't deliberately sell Guanzi or anything like that, and directly revealed the mystery happily.
"Poisoned?" Xia Yuhua muttered and repeated, his eyes instantly became extremely gloomy, and sure enough, it seems that the tricks of these people are still the same, but the situation is slightly different. In the previous life, they succeeded, and in this life, she will never let these people succeed again
Seeing the haze and hatred in Xia Yuhua's eyes, Zheng Moran was silent, and the woman in front of him made him feel more and more unsimple, and the temperament and emotions that were completely inconsistent with his age and experience made him feel even more confused.
Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard Xia Yuhua say again If I don't guess, this person should be Lu Xiang, right? The emperor is not in a hurry, he is so anxious that he wants to come out, so he is not afraid of losing money and breaking his army."
She knew in her heart that it was impossible for the emperor to choose such a time and place to let her father die in front of the world so inexplicably, if the emperor instructed her, she would definitely choose the most appropriate time and the most perfect reason, and it would be the most regrettable accident in the eyes of the world to let her father's death be like the previous life.
Therefore, she dared to conclude that the poisoning plan this time must not be done by the emperor, but by Lu Xiang. Thinking that Lu Xiang couldn't find any evidence of his father's guilt after the investigation these days, he was a little anxious for a while, that is, he was worried that he would have to pay the price for what he had done before, and he was also worried that his father would not have a chance to deal with his father again after he went out, and it was very likely that he would be retaliated.
Therefore, Lu Xiang will make this decision, anyway, he knows in his heart that the emperor is also extremely suspicious of his father, and he wishes to get rid of his father earlier, so even if the emperor is committed by him, he will not be too observant, on the contrary, he may be extremely protective of him. That's why he dared to be so unscrupulous.
Xia Yuhua's accurate speculation made Zheng Moran nod her head, she originally thought that her first reaction would be that the emperor was going to take the opportunity to get rid of her father, but she didn't expect that she could see it better than anyone else.
"No, it's him. It seems that you already know in your heart, but I don't have to worry about General Xia's safety anymore. He smiled a little lightly, but Zheng Moran quickly regained his usual expression. Xia Dongqing is really blessed to have such a daughter, it seems that this time the trouble should not be afraid.
After calming down for a while, Xia Yuhua did not rush to thank Zheng Moran, but asked the Fifth Prince with a straight face, everything you just said, Yuhua will not doubt it, it's just that there is no free lunch in this world, I think you specially told me the purpose of this"
Zheng Moran is not the kind of nosy and unhappy person, no matter how he learned about these news, he must have a plan to tell you such an important secret for no reason. So Xia Yuhua simply asked clearly, saving him from guessing.
Hearing Xia Yuhua's inquiry, Zheng Moran sighed, and then made a look of consideration, and after a while, he said seriously If I say that I will reveal your father's affairs to you because I like you, will you believe it Don't skip words.
"No" Xia Yuhua vetoed without hesitation, and there was no trace of abnormality on his face, which did not let Zheng Moran's teasing succeed. Although Zheng Moran looked extremely serious, she knew very well that it was impossible.
Seeing this, Zheng Moran laughed briskly, with a look that he didn't deceive you, and he still looked a little pity, forget it, I won't tease you. Actually, I'm not as utilitarian as you think, it's just that I don't want to see a general like General Xia die in vain at the hands of a traitor. Of course it's still the same name, believe it or not. ”
That's why? Xia Yuhua is not completely no, Zheng Moran may really have this reason, but this is definitely not the only one, let alone the most important. A person of his status is gracious to the Xia family for no reason, and if he has selfish intentions, he is nothing more than rushing at the hundreds of thousands of troops in his father's hands.
Any prince, if he has the support of his father, is equivalent to sitting on half of the country, and it is extremely easy to succeed in seizing the throne. That's why the emperor is so taboo that the princes get too close to their fathers in private, and at the same time, they don't feel at ease with their fathers for a moment. And princes like the second prince, the fourth prince and so on, although they are forced by the pressure of the emperor and do not dare to secretly win over their fathers, it is estimated that everyone has this selfishness, but they don't have the courage for the time being.
Could it be that Zheng Moran also has this intention? Want to win over your father and use your father's power to compete for the throne? Once this thought flashed, Xia Yuhua's eyes when he looked at Zheng Moran became completely different. In fact, this possibility is not surprising, although Zheng Moran is not in good health, but his mind is excellent, and there is probably no one among the princes who can compare to him.
Moreover, don't look at him all day long as he lives in the house and doesn't ask about the world, but he is well-informed and knows everything, if he doesn't have the power and ability beyond ordinary people in secret, how can he do it?
"You want my father to be on your side in the future, don't you skip words. She looked at the man in front of her steadily, and instantly understood a lot.
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