Chapter 139: A Dog as a Metaphor for a Man
Liu Qingxin's words were quite skillful.
She just said that Ling Jun valued and expected Li Lanqi, but did not say what this expectation was.
However, everyone will stand in their own position and understand what others are saying.
Therefore, for Li Lanqi, Liu Qingxin's words are clear and do not need to be repeated.
After all, there are some things that are good for each other to understand in their hearts, but it is not beautiful to say them.
"Lan Qi is reckless and makes a big mistake."
"Thank you, Princess, for mentioning."
De Pingbo Li Ming's suspicion has never been a secret.
Although this temperament has helped him make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, just as it is difficult to offset the merits and demerits, since he "inherited the lord", some rumors about him killing good generals by mistake because of suspicion have never stopped.
Once, several civil servants, even the matter to the Longqing Emperor, the death of the Emperor, forced the Longqing Emperor, had to issue a thorough investigation, in the end, depending on the special situation, fined Deping Bofu 200,000 taels of silver, a few vain death of the general to bury the thick, and settle their families.
But even so, Depingbo Li Ming's suspicious nature has not been restrained in the slightest, and when examining and dealing with some suspected children of the family to fight for the power of the heir, it is even much heavier than before.
In other words, in fact, every concubine in Depingbo's Mansion coveted the matter of Chengjue, but they all took care of their father's thoughts and did not dare to make this matter clear, so as not to be punished and suppressed, and they missed Chengjue.
Therefore, after listening to Liu Qingxin's suggestion, Li Lanqi "woke up" and was moved by her consideration for herself.
"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and good is great."
"I have my own way to deal with your sister-in-law's affairs, and when the time comes, you just need to sit back and collect the profits."
Even Li Lanqi had already gotten into his open pocket, and the rest was just to tie the mouth of the bag tightly, and force him to spit out a little bit with sticks, Liu Qingxin couldn't help but smile, stood up, and walked slowly, rejecting him only three steps away, before stopping, lowered his voice, and asked him, "Young Master Lanqi thinks that he can't afford to say that he can't afford to be early, but it is only suitable for the concubine in the house?" ”
"If you are a human being, you will inevitably have greed, nothing more than how many you have, and what you want."
Li Lanqi felt that Liu Qingxin's words were pointed, but he didn't dare, or rather, he didn't know where to speculate, so in order to be safe, he could only "objectively" express his opinion and listen quietly to what she was going to say next.
This woman is a person who refuses to investigate both the Heavenly Gate and the Broken Mind Building, if she says that she has no outstanding points, he will never believe it.
Moreover, when he first saw her today, he felt that her many words and thoughts, wise and far-reaching, were not inferior to many famous ladies living in Yanjing, and there were many times, even compared to the princesses in the palace.
How could such a woman grow up in the wilderness as rumored outside?
Where is it like some people are talking nonsense, messing around, and she is a shrew who can't get on the stage?!
"Then Young Master Lan Qi, do you think that in this world, there will be people who will help another person wholeheartedly just because they are afraid?"
Liu Qingxin had expected that Li Lanqi, who was born in the Deping Bo Mansion, was accustomed to caution and suspicion, would not make random remarks under unknown circumstances, but would only say some ambiguous words to continue to test him, so he was not annoyed, only smiled slightly, and continued to be kind to him.
There are two tigers in the mountain, so they can fight hard to fight for territory, because, only to defeat each other, this whole mountain, is their own territory, no more danger, it is worth fighting to the death.
And if there are three, four, or even five tigers in the mountain, the scene will be very different.
Every tiger is afraid of jealousy, afraid that after fighting hard, other tigers will take advantage of it and take advantage of the fisherman.
As a result, they all become people who dare to constantly test and provoke each other, but they don't really attack the cat, just hoping that other tigers will be impatient and take the lead in waving their fangs and claws, so that they can have a memory, or share the benefits with other tigers who have not participated in the war.
For example, the current De Ping Bo House.
Therefore, what Liu Qingxin has to do now is to break this pattern and let Li Huyue, a tiger, become the target of public criticism because he is too powerful and is feared by other tigers.
At that time, she just had to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, quietly watch the excitement, and see that it was Li Huyue, the tiger who had Li Su's help, and defeated the other tigers one by one, and then was bitten by Li Su.
"When you are coerced by others, you will have resentment in your heart, how can you say it wholeheartedly."
Having said this, how could Li Lanqi not understand what Liu Qingxin was mentioning to him?
As soon as his heart sank, he was immediately jealous of Li Su.
Although Li Su is just a concubine, in Depingbo's Mansion, he lives like a dog, but now, because of the blue eyes of the third prince, and in the eyes of their father, his status is slightly rising.
If Li Hu is allowed to help him, his road to inheritance will be much more rugged!
It's just that Her Royal Highness the princess just said that she had been helped by Li Su to avoid being poisoned by a certain little steward in the Jiangnan camp, why did she have to "add sticks" to her again after such a while?
Could it be that there is something hidden, or that I misunderstood her mind before?
"It's really the same as the hero, and the third master of my family also thinks the same way."
Liu turned around with a smile and looked at Ling Jun lying on the bed, and then slowly walked to the side of the bed.
"Xu is a person who was not born in a Yanjing family, and I don't understand the means used to doing things in Yanjing."
"However, I always feel that people have loyalty and filial piety, and they can put the revenge of killing their mothers behind, either they are ruthless, or, they have other plans, what does Young Master Lan Qi think?"
While he was talking, Liu Qingxin had already walked to the side of the bed and sat down sideways again.
It's as if she didn't say anything or do anything just now, everything was born of Li Lan's imagination.
"The princess taught me a lesson, Lan Qi wrote it down."
Li Lanqi nodded lightly, his face did not change, but in his heart, it was like the tide of Qiantang, surging as if he was about to overturn him to the ground.
How could he forget that Li Su's aunt was beaten to death because of his biological mother's instructions, how could he forget that before he "forgot" the past and ignored Aunt Xue's body being divided by wolves, Li Su once made a wooden hairpin and killed the maid who framed Aunt Xue?
Liu Qingxin was right.
A person like Li Su, who is good at forbearance, is either ruthless or has other plans.
Before, it was he who underestimated the enemy too much!
Li Su needs to be eradicated as soon as possible, at least, and he must lose his dependence!
"There is a sentence, Lan Qi doesn't know whether to ask or not."
Li Lanqi was born in Depingbofu after all.
This kind of character of prudence has long been ingrained in the bone marrow.
Although he also knew in his heart that what he was about to ask might not get a sincere answer from Liu Qingxin, even if it was just a direction to figure out, he didn't intend to let it go.
After all, many times, once he makes a mistake, it is easy to become a thousand years of hatred, he can't afford to gamble, and if he turns back, he will be a hundred years old.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
Liu Qingxin seemed to be unimpressed, and seemed to be used to casually agreeing to things.
Her eyes kept falling on Ling Jun's face hiding in the quilt, trying her best to curb her emotional impulses, and the bad guy was smiling at him with a successful face at this time.
That's enough.
When Zhu Shize came, he was so nonsense, she felt that he was just a child's heart, and she didn't care about him, and now, Li Lanqi is still there, he doesn't want to repent, but at this time, he has even intensified, it's really underwhelming!
"Li Su."
Li Lanqi did not look up.
He took a deep breath, his lips opened slightly, and he didn't mention Li Su's name without asking questions or interjections.
Smart people don't like to listen to people's nagging.
In Li Lan's mind, a woman like Liu Qingxin who is so kind and lan-hearted should be the same.
He didn't want to dislike her because of his noise.
"Young Master Lan Qi, have you ever raised a dog?"
Hearing Li Lanqi mention Li Su to herself, Liu Qingxin suddenly laughed.
Of course, only she and Ling Jun, who was lying in the quilt and making it bad, knew that her smile had nothing to do with Li Lanqi's question.
"Back to the princess's words, raised."
"Big and small hounds, there are more than ten of them in the house today."
Liu's light answer seemed to be a little wrong with the question.
But Li Lanqi, who had the heart to verify the reason with her, did not dare to slack off at all.
"Then, does Young Master Lan Qi like to be docile and well-behaved, obey the master's instructions when hunting, and regard culling the prey as a matter of responsibility, or does he like to be too smart, and feel that he is wiser than the master, and only bites a few hares, so he is full of calculations, how to ask the master for merit and reward?"
Liu Qingxin used the dog as a metaphor for people, and in the whole sentence, Li Su's name was not mentioned once, but the meaning was already expressed, which was enough for Li Lan to understand the "reason".
"I like the former."
People from the Wuxun family will have a preference for horses and dogs that exceed ordinary people.
Therefore, listening to Liu Qingxin borrowing a dog as a metaphor and trapping him and Li Su in it, Li Lanqi was not annoyed at all.
Dogs and horses.
Dogs and horses.
Dogs, after all, are still ahead of the horses, aren't they?
Even if these two just treat him as a dog, he will definitely be able to live more freely than Zhu Shize's horse that can only pull a plow!
"I like the former too."
"As for the latter—"
"Speaking of which, this winter's is really cold!"
"On such a cold day, eating a dog meat stew should be quite a comfortable thing!"
"Fifteen!"
"Fifteen!"
Liu's words were like a crack, and they stopped abruptly.
But after that, she added two more sentences, but Li Lanqi couldn't help but think about it, especially when she looked at it together with the previous two sentences.
Li Su, because of his meritorious service, has already been rejected by Liu Qingxin, and is about to be abandoned.
This is good.
No, it's excellent!