Chapter 400: Showdown and tacit understanding
At this time, although it is already autumn, but during the day, under the high autumn sun, the heat is still scorching.
I don't know if it's because of this, after Song Yixiao sat in the gazebo, not only did she not feel cool, but she felt indescribable anxiety.
She forced herself to calm down, watched Yuan Xuepei lift the teapot in front of her, and poured a cup of tea for each of them - after he put down the pot, Fang spoke: "You asked me to come, what do you want to say?" β
"Two things." Yuan Xuepei picked up his cup of tea, blew it, took a sip, didn't go around in circles, and said warmly, "The first thing is the truth about the death of Princess Lingtangwei......"
He paused, then said, "I'm one of the masterminds. β
"What about the second one?" Before Song Yixiao came, she imagined that Yuan Xuepei had murdered Wei Mengying, and at that time she thought that she would be angry, angry, questioning, and ...... But at this moment, she found that her mood was surprisingly calm.
It's not a forced calm, but a relief akin to "it did," or "it's finally here."
Vaguely, it seemed to be relieved.
So much so that she didn't even ask why, but asked the second thing Yuan Xuepei wanted to say without thinking about it.
This reaction was obviously unexpected by Yuan Xuepei, he was clearly stunned for a moment, and then said, "Let's finish the first thing first, right?" β
"You say." Song Yixiao also realized his gaffe, and the hand in his wide sleeve shook it vigorously, and said.
"Princess Wei is also my aunt, when I went out with the army, I entrusted my sister to the Hengshan Palace, and I was not less taken care of by her in the past six years." Yuan Xuepei pondered for a while and said, "Coupled with my relationship with Ah Xu, and my jealousy of Mrs. You, I will not touch her unless it is a last resort." These words are from my heart, I don't know if Mrs. can agree? β
Song Yixiao absentmindedly flicked the jade bracelet on his wrist and said, "Go on!" β
"I originally had murderous intent towards Princess Wei because of my brother-in-law's step-......" Yuan Xuepei said this, and Song Yi, who was still a little cold, suddenly raised his head with a smile and looked at him directly.
He was slightly stunned, but saw Song Yi staring at him for a moment, and said word for word: "Lu Sangongzi's succession is my idea!" β
"But Madame must have meant well." When Yuan Xuepei heard this, he exhaled, but said, "If my expectations are correct, Madame should be afraid that if he continues to stay in the Hengshan Palace, he will follow in the footsteps of my grandmother, yes or no?" β
This time, Song Yi was stunned: "Do you know ...... princess of Hengshan?" β
"Madame, don't you think that Princess Wei's original plan was so seamless that no one really saw it?" Yuan Xuepei sneered, "Speaking of which, this matter has not been announced until now, all because Ah Xuan realized that something was wrong and asked me to be kind-otherwise, I'm afraid someone would have reminded me of my uncle Wang long ago!" β
Speaking of this, seeing Song Yixiao's expression change, he shook his head, "I have nothing to do with my grandmother against Princess Wei!" After all, you also know, madam: when my sister lived in Hengshan Wangfu like you, my grandmother was just such a granddaughter, but she only thought about fighting with Uncle Wei for her precious grandson Lu Guanlun. For six years, I didn't care much about my sister. So although I knew the truth about the death of this elder and asked me to avenge her, I didn't have that much to spare. β
Although he said this, Wei Mengying calculated that his grandmother was killed, even if it was the princess of Hengshan who wanted to harm Wei Mengying at first, Song Yixiao still felt panicked, and she pursed her lips. After a while, he said: "In fact, if the third prince of Lu continues to stay in the Hengshan Palace, he may not be able to be the prince." I'm not talking to my biological mother, but even if I don't have her, just with the second young grandmother Jin from earlier, Lu Sangongzi may not have a chance. The third prince is a good person, but he is really not good at intrigue, and Xuecao is the same, and they don't have any city government. It's just that the water in Hengshan Wangfu is so mixed, so I always feel that if I pass them out, I can live a good life. β
After a pause, he continued, "Of course, I made the decision for them in this matter without consulting them at all, and I overstepped the blame. Consequences ......"
"I killed Princess Wei here, but because I was afraid of you, Madame, and because Princess Wei was not so easy to start, I held back for the time being." Yuan Xuepei shook his head and interrupted her, saying, "Later, after a few days, the Xuecao couple had a good life, and to be honest, my killing intent gradually faded...... After all, as Madame said, since Lu Guanlun went out, Princess Wei has not troubled them again. The young couple lives behind closed doors, but they are also free. β
"I think this is not bad, after all, I also think that Lu Guanlun is not suitable to inherit the Hengshan Palace-he wants to continue to stay in the palace, but I am afraid that he will not be able to stabilize until now, let alone study quietly and gain fame. The most important thing is my sister Xuecao, if she is in the palace and Princess Wei is here, she has to serve her mother-in-law, I will say something unpleasant: Aunt Wei's mother-in-law is not easy to serve! β
"Even if Princess Wei is no longer here, whether Uncle Hengshan will remarry or not mention it, just getting along with the concubines is enough for me to worry about!"
"So seeing that they are doing well, my resentment towards Princess Wei is not so deep, at least I will no longer think about how to eradicate her, and vent my anger to my sister and brother-in-law!"
Yuan Xuepei said this, paused for a moment before continuing, "Just when I was about to stop quietly, Ling Zun found me!" β
"How does he know that you have murderous intent against my mother?" Song Yi smiled and frowned.
Ever since Su Shaoge explained the Secret Guard Token to her, she suspected that Song Yuan had the idea of dying with Wei Mengying a long time ago.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have handed over the token to her, the eldest daughter, for safekeepingβbut how could he have thought of finding Yuan Xuepei as an alliance?
"Because since I had murderous intent against Princess Wei, I naturally sent people to make preparations, and in this preparation process, I was detected by Ling Zun." Yuan Xuepei said calmly, "Although I am not familiar with Ling Zun at all, it is not a secret that I love Xuecao and Xuecalyx's husband who was passed out. It is not surprising that Ling Zun deduced my malice towards Princess Wei from this. β
"But it's also possible that you didn't actually have a killing intent because of the passage of time, so you took the initiative to find my father." Song Yixiao was silent and said, "Anyway, my father is dead now, who is looking for whom, isn't this the only one you say?" β
Yuan Xuepei retorted gently: "Even if I took the initiative to find Ling Zun, it was still Ling Zun who insisted on killing Princess Ling Tangwei with my own hands. This point, presumably, Mrs. has already confirmed it from the old people left by Princess Wei, otherwise Grandma Cao Shao is already getting better, how can she still be ill? β
"......" Song Yixiao had nothing to say.
"All in all, the calculation in the valley of Cuihua Mountain failed, originally Ling Zun wanted to kill Ling Tang, but in the end, Ling Tang counter-killed Ling Zun - but Madam probably didn't know, this whole process, Grandma Lu saw it!" Yuan Xuepei's tone was flat, "So after I received the news, in order to keep her secret, I promised to help her murder Ling Tang and avenge her husband!" β
Seeing Song Yi laughing and hearing this, his eyes were cold, and he smiled, "Actually, of course this is a lie to her!" β
"Madame must know that in addition to my sister Xuecao and Ah Xu, I don't care much about other people, including my foreign family Hengshan Wangfu."
"So although the Lu clan witnessed the scene of Ling Zun being killed by Ling Tang, he was heartbroken and looked very pitiful......"
Yuan Xuepei smiled sarcastically, "What does that have to do with me?" Who told Ling Zun to change my plan without authorization? Speaking of which, if it weren't for the fear that I wouldn't be able to clean it up after the truth was exposed, I really wanted to kill that idiot of the Lu family - in fact, after using revenge as bait to stabilize her, my first thought was to kill her and her children, so as to never suffer in the future! After all, this is much less risky than murdering Princess Wei, and with Lu's brain, it is much easier for me to coax her to kill herself willingly than to calculate Princess Wei. β
When he said this, he was so calm that he was indifferent, obviously he really didn't have any good feelings for Lu's mother and son.
"Then why did you change your mind?" Song Yixiao took a deep breath and asked.
Yuan Xuepei smiled and said meaningfully: "This has something to do with the second thing I want to say!" β
β¦β¦ After seeing Song Yixiao being hugged and leaving, an obvious lack of color appeared above Yuan Xuepei's face.
"Master Hou!" Yuan Zhan worriedly handed over the ginseng tea, puzzled, "Why do you have to tell so many truths to Mrs. Yan Guo?" β
Yuan Xuepei just told Song Yixiao, although he can't say that everything is true, but ninety percent is true-the remaining one, Song Yixiao can understand it with a little speculation, Yuan Zhan doesn't understand what his Hou Ye thinks?
Obviously, for the sake of that maid Zhiqin, he was jealous of Song Yixiao before, and finally took a lot of effort to settle the account.
Now it is Song Yixiao's biological mother involved - not to mention the showdown with Song Yixiao, but also to admit that he is the mastermind, isn't this a deliberate mishap?
"The smallpox incident was too sudden, Mrs. Song was suspicious of me, and Lu Xu exposed Lu's family, I just didn't ask this Mrs. Song to come out today, and it was only a matter of time before she found out the truth." Yuan Xuepei took a sip of ginseng tea, eased her spirits, pinched her eyebrows lightly, and said tiredly, "Instead of waiting for her to figure out everything and come to the door with hatred, it is better for me to take the initiative to ask her out to explain - at least she is willing to sit down and listen to me finish speaking, if she knows everything, what do you say she will do with me?" β
"But Mrs. Song ......" Yuan Zhan looked worried: That Mrs. Yanguo is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
"Let's wait and see!" Yuan Xuepei's grasp of today's meeting is actually not very large, but this is already the best choice at the moment - he was silent for a moment, sighed silently, and said, "Go home!" β