In the study of the Han Palace, Zhao Yao was reading the secret letter handed to him by He Lianfang. This secret letter came from the capital, and the content was about the truth about the murder of the deposed prince's family.

After reading the secret letter, Zhao Yao was both surprised and not surprised.

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao was silent after reading the secret letter, raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?" ”

Zhao Yao put down the secret letter in his hand, and his tone was very calm: "Second uncle, what do you want me to say?" ”

He Lianfang carefully looked at Zhao Yao's expression, and saw that he didn't seem to be surprised by the contents of the secret letter, and was slightly surprised in his heart.

"It seems that you are not surprised by the murderers of the deposed prince's family."

Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang, then sighed softly and said, "It's not surprising, it's the best time for the starling to choose this time to make a move on the abolished prince." He had already guessed that Starling would kill the Waste Prince, so he was not surprised at all. Also, killing the eldest brother at this time is just the right time to frame the acting king or King Jing.

"You have long guessed that it was King Wei's hand?" He Lianfang was a little surprised, "Didn't you guess that it was the acting king or the king of Jing who did it?" ”

"King Dai and King Jing also have motives for killing their eldest brother, and it would not be surprising if it was found out that any of them were behind the scenes." To be honest, except for him who has no motive to kill his eldest brother, everyone else has it. "However, compared to King Dai and King Jing, Starling has more reasons." He guessed that maybe it was a starling, but he didn't want to be a starling.

Seeing the complexity on Zhao Yao's face, He Lianfang quipped: "Why, was scared by your starling's cruelty?" ”

Zhao Yao shook his head: "I'm a little worried about Starling. ”

"Worried about King Wei?" He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao, and immediately mocked, "The family of the abolished prince was killed by the king of Wei, weren't you sad and angry about it before, how did you know that the murderer was the queen of Wei, but you were worried about the king of Wei, and you didn't cry out for the murder of the abolished prince's family?" ”

Zhao Yao pretended not to hear He Lianfang's yin and yang weirdness, frowned slightly and said: "Starling will kill the abolished prince, but he will never be cold-blooded and ruthless enough to kill the abolished prince's family." I think that even the eldest brother's wife and childish son were not spared, not the meaning of the starling, but the Southern Wei people advocated to get rid of them. ”

"Are you so sure that cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots is not an order from the King of Wei?"

Zhao Yao nodded, and said in a firm tone: "Starling will never kill children. ”

He Lianfang's face showed a look of interest: "I didn't expect King Wei to be a soft-hearted person for children. ”

"Second uncle, the child is innocent. Besides, Starling is not a cold-blooded person. "The most important thing is that the eldest brother's children have been hugged by the starling. Those children like starlings very much, and they are very close to starlings. "It must be the Southern Wei people who cut the grass and eradicate the roots on their own initiative, and it is definitely not the idea of the starling."

"King Wei has been married for a few years." He Lianfang said with a deep expression, "King Wei has no heirs so far. ”

"Second uncle, you can't think that starlings don't have children, just think that starlings will be cruel to children." Zhao Yao defended King Wei and said, "The starling has no children because the starling's body has not been very good since he was a child. Over the years, although the starling has been recuperating his body, he has not completely adjusted it, and there is still a gap between it and our normal body. "When it comes to the matter of the heir, he has been worried about the starling. After he came to the swamp mansion, he saw that all the tonic was sent to the starling, and he didn't know if the starling was delicious.

"You really believe in King Wei." He Lianfang said, took out a secret letter from her arms, handed it to Zhao Yao, and said, "I'll talk about it after you finish reading this letter." ”

"And the secret letter?" Zhao Yao took the second secret letter handed by He Lianfang with a puzzled face, "What kind of secret letter is this?" ”

He Lianfang emphasized: "Look good. ”

Zhao Yao opened the secret letter and looked at it seriously. After looking at it for a while, his face changed. However, it soon returned to normal.

"Is this secret letter real?"

"What do you say?" He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao's face was a little unsightly, and said jokingly, "Your good starling almost made you guilty, do you still want to defend him?" ”

"It's not starling, starling will never blame me for my eldest brother's death." Zhao Yao said categorically, "It was the Southern Wei people who wanted to frame me." ”

"You are so convinced that King Wei will not harm you?"

"Yes, starlings will never harm me!"

He Lianfang didn't understand where Zhao Yao got the confidence to think that the King of Wei would not harm him, "Why did the Southern Wei people frame you?" ”

Zhao Yao, who asked this question, was stunned. He frowned, pondered for a while, and said, "I was noticed by the Southern Wei people. ”

"You are a good brother of the King of Wei, and it is not surprising that the people of Southern Wei have noticed you." He Lianfang said, "King Wei cares about your younger brother very much, and the people of Southern Wei shouldn't know about it." They know that King Wei values you, why do they still slander you? ”

"It's very simple, the business I did made the Southern Wei people red." Zhao Yao said with a calm face, "The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty are very good at doing business, and in the past twenty or thirty years, their business has become bigger and bigger, and they have done more and more extensively, but they can't do glass business. The glass business is making money day by day, and there is no market, and the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty want to do the glass business, but I did not cooperate with the starling in the glass business. ”

"You didn't cooperate with King Wei in the glass business?" He Lianfang was very surprised, he thought that Zhao Yao had cooperated with the King of Chu and the King of Wei in the glass business, but he didn't expect Zhao Yao to cooperate with the King of Wei. "Why didn't you cooperate with King Wei in the glass business?"

"Starling refused." In Zhao Yao's heart, the king of Chu and the king of Wei are equally important. He cooperated with the King of Chu in the glass business, and it was impossible not to cooperate with the King of Wei.

"King Wei refused?" He Lianfang looked puzzled, "The glass business is making money every day, why does King Wei refuse to cooperate with you?" ”

"What else can it be, of course, because of the Southern Wei people." Of course, the reason for King Wei's rejection of Zhao Yao could not be said to be from Southern Wei, but Zhao Yao's own guess. "Although the starling is tied up with the Southern Wei people, the starling has always been wary of the Southern Wei people, and the starling refuses to cooperate with me in the glass business, which is to guard against the Southern Wei people." The second uncle once told him that the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty had once found him troubled in business, but then it was gone. Over the years, the second uncle has made the business bigger and bigger, and now with the business of glass and glasses, it is impossible for the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty not to be blushing.

He added: "The Southern Wei people want to take advantage of the death of my eldest brother's family to frame me, and then take the opportunity to swallow up all my business, especially the glass business. ”

He Lianfang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure that the Southern Wei people are eyeing you just to steal your business?" ”

"Of course, it's not just to steal my business, but also because of starling." Zhao Yao's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and he said thoughtfully, "The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty saw that the starling valued me, and I was close to the fourth brother. In their eyes, I will be a stumbling block for starlings in the future. ”

He Lianfang didn't expect Zhao Yao to see it so thoroughly, and said meaningfully: "You can see it clearly." ”

"Alas......" Zhao Yao sighed with a heavy face, "Although I have not had direct contact with the Southern Wei people, judging from what they have done over the years, they are not good at stubble. Starling's cooperation with them is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and I am worried that Starling will be harmed by the Southern Wei people in the future. "The starling probably also knows that the Southern Wei people are insidious and dangerous, so he has been secretly on guard.

"Without the support of the Southern Wei people, the King of Wei would be nothing." He Lianfang felt that Zhao Yao was not worried about King Wei as much as he was worried about himself. "Before the success of King Wei, the people of Southern Wei will never harm him, but will support him as always. He doesn't need you to worry, you still have to worry about yourself. The Southern Wei people are eyeing you, which means that they all know about the things you do, and the King of Wei must also know. ”

"Starling will know when he knows." Zhao Yao wasn't worried that the things he did would be known to the King of Chu and the King of Wei, "The fourth brother also knew, but they never asked me anything, which means that they didn't care about the things I did." ”

"You just said that the Southern Wei people think that you are hindering the King of Wei, even if the King of Wei defends you, they will secretly find a way to get rid of you, what are you going to do?"

"They want to deal with me, of course I can't sit still, naturally I have to fight back, and I'm not a soft persimmon." Zhao Yao said with a cold face, "If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, if people offend me, I will fight back." "Although the Southern Wei people are starlings, it doesn't mean that he will tolerate them. Before, they were looking for trouble with the second uncle, because they didn't hurt the second uncle, and they didn't look for trouble later, he didn't bother with them for the sake of the starling's face.

This time, the Southern Wei people actually wanted to frame him and become the murderer of the eldest brother's family, they couldn't bear it! If he didn't retaliate and go back, the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty would really think he was a bully.

"It depends on the situation, the King of Wei rejected the proposal of the Southern Wei people and did not make you a scapegoat." He Lianfang was not very surprised by this, but he was surprised that King Wei did not take the opportunity to frame the acting king or King Jing, and directly let the Southern Wei people who killed the abolished prince's family be arrested.

"I'll just say it, starlings won't harm me." Zhao Yao raised his chin slightly and said with a smug expression. "Having said that, even if the starling really asked me to take the blame, the first person who disagreed was the fourth brother. Moreover, my father did not believe it. ”

As soon as he spoke, Zhao Yao didn't know what he thought of, and let out a sneer.

He Lianfang saw Zhao Yao smirk, and said with disgust: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I laugh at the stupidity of the Southern Wei people."

"The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty are stupid, where are they stupid?"

"They framed me for killing my eldest brother's family, and they didn't see if anyone believed it." Zhao Yao pointed to himself and said, "In the eyes of the ministers of the court, I am a straw bale prince, how can I have such a great ability to kill the eldest brother." Besides, what's the benefit of me killing my eldest brother's family. The most important thing is that I am far away in Lingnan. ”

"Since they want to frame you, they have naturally prepared sufficient evidence, as for whether anyone believes that you are innocent, does it matter?" He Lianfang sneered, "The acting king or the king of Jing just used you to get rid of suspicion, and they added fuel to the trouble, aren't you too." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhao Yao meaningfully, "You, the Han King who is far away in Lingnan, are the best scapegoat." ”

Zhao Yao: "......"