Dujie Patriarch is cannon fodder

Xiao Jingning's eyelids drooped slightly, and all the emotions in his eyes calmed down. Although Rong Qi hadn't said anything yet, he could guess that he was close.

Sure enough, the next moment Xiao Jingning heard Rong Qi say in a very slow voice: "This Marquis doesn't trust Mr. Xiao, and Mr. Xiao knows it if you think about it."

Xiao Jingning just felt his heart twitched. It was one thing to know in his heart, but another thing to be told clearly by the person concerned.If the slight pain in his heart before could be suppressed, he now only feels that the bitterness in his heart is about to overflow, the soft heart seems to be cut repeatedly by a rusty blade, the dripping flesh and blood contains the rust of the blade, the pain It was almost unbearable for him.

Xiao Jingning's always straight back seemed to be overwhelmed, and it became a little curved. He raised his hand and put it on his heart, as if he wanted to suppress his soreness. Said: "Jingning...knows."

Rong Qi's hands were covered by his sleeves, and he rubbed the index finger and thumb of his right hand habitually. He looked directly at Xiao Jingning, his eyes seemed bright and dark: "Two years ago, this Marquis said something to Young Master Xiao. The matter, thinking about it, Young Master Xiao should still have an impression, Ben Hou said, what Rong An can give you, this Hou will never be able to give, at that time Ben Hou forgot to ask, what does Young Master Xiao think about this?"

Xiao Jingning was silent for a moment, and slowly said the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "What the world seeks is for power, for money, for name, for love, for righteousness, for loyalty, for filial piety, or for kindness. Jingning has lived in Tianshan since childhood. , what I eat is farming food by myself, wear coarse linen clothes, chase after white clouds and blue sky, look at mountains, rivers and vegetation, and seek freedom. Wealth and fame are beneficial to Jingning. There is not much temptation. This time I went down the mountain , because Master Guanxing saw that there was great chaos in the world, and he couldn't bear the people to be displaced and their souls had nowhere to go, so he sent Jingning to Beijing to choose a prince with the attitude of a wise king to assist him. Jingning did not deny that the person chosen back then was the third emperor Zi Rongan, but as time passed, Jing Ning got along with the third son of the emperor more and more, and he also got to know the third son of the emperor more and more. He has talent, strategy, money and ambition, but he lacks alone A heart of benevolence and virtue that belongs to a sage monarch. Jing Ning knows that Lord Hou does not have the heart of superiority, but those who can get Lord Hou's help will definitely not do nothing."

Xiao Jingning pursed his lips. In fact, he hadn't finished speaking. What he said above were just excuses. There was only one reason for him to give up on Rong An, and that was him!

Only one Rong Qi can make Xiao Jingning give up all persistence.

Rong Qi quietly listened to Xiao Jingning's words, his expression didn't change much, and he didn't know whether Xiao Jingning's words touched his heart.

After Xiao Jingning finished speaking, seeing that Rong Qi was silent, he raised his right hand and gently pinched his sore and swollen throat, and continued: "Jing Ning knows that Lord Hou doesn't trust Jing Ning, but Jing Ning still wants to say, Jing Ning regards Lord Hou as a confidant, Jing Ning is with Lord Hou, and has no intention of turning his back on him."

Although Xiao Jingning lives in Ronghou's Mansion, his current identity is only the teacher of Rong Yang and Rong Yue, and the word betrayal can't be said, the best thing to use is betrayal.

Finally, Rong Qi said: "Young Master Xiao is kind, I respect you."

Xiao Jingning's words were more than sincere, but too polite, and so was Rong Qi.

Xiao Jingning's expression was obviously gloomy. He bowed his head and straightened his not-so-messy clothes. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "What Jingning said comes from the bottom of my heart."

In this open and honest conversation, nothing was discussed in the end, because Rong Qi had already realized his mistake during the conversation, and this time he was impulsive.

So, this conversation is anticlimactic.Xiao Jingning didn't deliberately explain anything, because he firmly believed that words speak louder than words.

Back at Ronghou Mansion, Rong Qi still spent a lot of time in the mansion reading books and playing chess, but the hidden guards in the mansion became more and more frequent. With his orders one by one, the turmoil between the former court and the harem was once again set off. .

Two months later, the matter of Rong Xing's remnant forces' incorporation was settled, and Rong Qi didn't take much advantage of it.The Gyeonggi Defense Army was held in the hands of Emperor Xuan, but the inconspicuous but important loophole was taken up by Rong Qi's people.

At the beginning of May in the 29th year of Emperor Xuan, something happened in the palace that made Emperor Xuan furious. The youngest son of Emperor Xuan drowned, and all the evidence pointed to Concubine Shu.Emperor Xuan ordered the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to jointly investigate the case of the prince falling into the water and drowning, and the truth is bound to be obtained.

Before the truth came out, Concubine Shu was temporarily detained in the palace, and no one was allowed to see her except the maidservant, including the seventh prince born by Concubine Shu.

A few days later, the truth about the case of the little prince falling into the water surfaced. The Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Dali Temple found out the truth that Concubine Shu was the culprit for causing the little prince to fall into the water.As for the seventh son of the emperor, his mother was guilty, and Emperor Xuan took the seat together, and casually sealed him as a county king with no real power.

Rong Qi frowned while listening to Yin Wei's report, he always felt that everything went so smoothly, as if there was a hand pushing the development, and the direction of development was along the direction that the hand behind the scenes wanted of.

Behind Concubine Dong Shu is Dong Taishi's lineage, and Dong Taishi is Qingliu, but the courtiers from Dong's family are not only Taishi alone, except for a few courtiers who are as Qingliu as Dong Taishi, there are also many who stand by. All the family members have been uprooted, who will benefit the most?

Concubine Dong Shu still has a son, even if he does not have the ability to fight for imperial power, but with Dong Taishi's family protecting him, it is no problem to be a happy prince.

Therefore, Concubine Shu's murder of the little prince was completely unnecessary and the loss outweighed the gain.

The Seventh Prince and the Fifth Prince have always been close. Now that the Seventh Prince's game has been abolished, it means that the Dong family's forces have completely withdrawn from the capital. The third son of the emperor, Rong An.

But is this really the case?

Thinking of the Dong family who had been dealt with in just a few days, Rong Qi suddenly thought of a possibility, there was only one person who could unify the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple and produce results in such a short period of time.

But why?

Rong Qi repelled Yinwei, sat alone beside the chessboard, slowly analyzing all the involvements with the little prince's drowning.

The little prince is born of the Zhao family's daughter, and the Zhao family has supported Rong Lie so far, so the purpose of the little prince's drowning is a little clearer. It is to let Rong Lie's power be divided from the inside, weaken Rong Lie's power, and confuse his ambitions. The ever-inflated volume lists a warning.

However, this will completely collapse the already shaky checks and balances!

Moreover, even if the good result of killing two birds with one stone is not enough to sacrifice a child who is only two or three years old, there must be some reason.

When Rong Qi was thinking, he liked to sit alone by the chessboard and arrange the chess pieces, which would make it easier for him to sort out his thoughts. When he was placing the sixth chess piece, Rong Qi suddenly remembered what he had heard from the queen when he entered the palace some time ago. gossip.

There was a word in the palace that the little prince was healthy and strong, and he did not look like a child born two months prematurely at all, and the older the prince was, the less he looked like Emperor Xuan, and he was not even like Concubine Zhao.

There were a lot of gossip and gossips in the palace, Rong Qi had heard about it at the time and didn't take it to heart at all.

Rong Qi called Xiao Pingzi over and asked, "How much do you know about the rumors about the little prince's life experience?"

Xiaopingzi looked left and right like a thief, and then said with a choked voice: "About this matter, I have heard a lot from the eunuchs in the palace. As we all know, the little prince was born more than two months earlier. It is said that it should be thin and not enough, but the little prince has grown fat and strong in a few days, and he does not look like a premature birth. Then some people suspect that the little prince was born at full term, and even suspected that it was not born by the emperor. It didn't take a few days for it to be broken, because the emperor knew about the rumors and summoned the imperial physician to do a blood test, and the results confirmed that the two were biological father and son."

Blood test?This method of verifying whether two people are biological father and son is actually unreliable, because doctors can prepare more than ten kinds of colorless and odorless medicines to make the blood of two people blend together, regardless of whether the other party is related by blood or not.

Rong Qi twisted the chess pieces in his hands, and signaled Xiao Pingzi: "Go on."

Xiao Pingzi hurriedly said: "At first I thought this matter was over like this, but for some reason, it was brought up again a while ago, saying that the younger the little prince, the less he looked like the emperor, at first the palace people didn't care, little The blood of the prince and the emperor is fused, so it must be the emperor's parent and child. However, within a few days, another eunuch in the imperial dining room said that his blood and pig's blood were fused together, and after that, there were a few good eunuchs The maid went to the imperial dining room to find out, and found that the blood between them could also fuse with each other, but they were clearly strangers to each other before entering the palace. Then, the matter that the little prince was not the emperor's own was brought up again. Come out, that's all the servant knows."

Rong Qi nodded slightly, telling Xiao Pingzi to back down.

Although the imperial palace is a place where filth and filth are hidden, there is always no storm without waves, and the murder of the little prince must be related to the controversy over his life experience.Emperor Xuan could watch his sons intrigue and intrigue with cold eyes, how could he maintain his love for a child who has been spoiled for several years but has become a stain?

So, to obscure the truth?

The question now is, who is the person who repeatedly brought up the little prince's life experience?Also, what does he want to do?Why did the intervening two years subside? Is it to develop or search for a medicine that allows blood to blend?As far as what that person did, it was either for the favor of the harem, or to attack the Zhao family. It depends on his next move.

In the evening, the housekeeper came to report that Mrs. Li, who had been away from the mansion for more than two years, had returned to the mansion and wanted to come to see Lord Hou.

Rong Qi thought for a while, but he still asked someone to bring Mrs. Li here. The Mrs. Li who appeared in front of Rong Qi now had a sallow complexion, cloudy pupils, a slightly arched back, and was humble. He was no longer as arrogant as he was two years ago. Although she has gorgeous clothes, she can't hide her thin figure. Although she is emerald with jewels, her expression is full of fatigue.

Rong Qi didn't have a deep impression of Li Shi, so after not seeing her for two years, he managed to forget her, and now that he saw her, he just sighed hypocritically.She doesn't sympathize with Li's current situation, after all, she is the one who caused all this.

As a wife, do not fulfill the duties of a wife; as a mother, do not fulfill the duties of a mother.