Seeing that she was not really angry, Xie Wenhua smiled and poured a cup of tea with his own hands and handed it over, "Don't I know you are worried about your family? So I didn't dare to tell you at all!"
Xie Songhua squinted his eyes and looked at him, "It's rare for a big brother to think about his family."
This statement was full of irony. Xie Wenhua scratched his head in embarrassment, and then asked with some confusion: "How did you find out?"
Xie Songhua looked at him and felt sulky for a while.
"There is something wrong with the people the third prince brought. Later I asked the butler of the palace and he said that something suddenly happened in the suburbs of Beijing and some of the manpower was redeployed."
At this point, Xie Wenhua understood and did not ask any more questions, but fell silent.
"But I don't understand, why did you just rely on him without saying anything? He has nothing."
Xie Wenhua was rarely serious, his eyes fell on the darkened courtyard outside, "It can't be said that I relied on him! I just can't understand those two people.
Back in Dengzhou, there were many things that you didn't understand. In the eyes of these two people, the lives of so many innocent people and soldiers were just tools to fight for power and gain.
I am a martial artist and have wanted to be a military general since I was a child. No one knows better than me the hardships of being a military general. This dynasty values civility over martial arts. Even for a child of an aristocratic family like me, pursuing military merit is more difficult than taking the imperial examination.
What's more, even if you are lucky and have a smooth journey, there are only a few positions at the top. Don't worry about the title. Except for generals like the prince, who else will have to look at the faces of those scholars on the battlefield."
Speaking of the treatment of military generals, Xie Wenhua's face was full of resentment, "In the eyes of many people, martial arts is synonymous with vulgarity, like a group of puppets who don't use their brains, but in the eyes of those in power at the top, almost
It’s just a number that can be increased or decreased at any time.”
Xie Songhua was silent for a while. She could understand Xie Wenhua's mood, but she still couldn't understand that he turned to support the fourth prince. "Do you think the fourth prince is different?"
"Yeah!" Xie Wenhua said frankly, "When he was in Dengzhou, I could see that he felt sorry for the soldiers and people who lost their lives. And... when he was in Dengzhou at that time, it seemed from many details that he didn't care at all.
Like a prince.
After I chatted with him carefully, I found out that this prince was often hungry when he was young. When he was studying in the Imperial College, he also took leave of absence and went to Beijing to study for three years. However, no one really paid attention to him, so he continued to study there.
No one knew he was away from Kyoto.
He talked to me about what happened at that time, and I heard his profound insights into the lives of people around the world, as well as his love and worries for this country."
Xie Songhua didn't know the fourth prince well, but he only remembered that he looked like a weak scholar, and he did not have the delicate air of other princes.
"But this is not the reason for you to go to him behind your whole family's back," Xie Songhua's tone finally weakened, "If my father knew about this..."
"Who said I was going to take refuge in him?" Xie Wenhua rolled his eyes, "I just stretched out my hand to help him. What if he is really someone who can help me? To the people of the world, I am not
Did you also make some achievements?
Even if you can't help him up, I won't be in the way. Besides you, who else knows that I've done anything here?"
Xie Songhua rolled her eyes at him but didn't say anything.
If she hadn't seen the familiar person at the palace gate and thought about it for a long time before remembering that she had seen him next to Xie Wenhua, she would not have thought about it.
What he said just now was just more of a lie to him, but this brother couldn't hide it in his heart, so he fished it out in a few words.
The reason why we guessed it was the fourth prince was that at the queen's banquet, the fourth princess Fang Jieyou's performance was a little too silent.
It's not like I haven't seen Fang Jieyou in the palace before. Although she came from a small place, she was the granddaughter of a great scholar from Jiangnan, and she was always very rude in her dealings with others.
But Fang Jieyou was too silent today. This silence was not like being cautious because he was afraid of the queen, but more like a kind of patient waiting.
Further back is the Qianyuan Palace.
Although she didn't get close, she clearly saw the fourth prince.
There must be more than just Xie Wenhua's power here. It goes deeper and Xie Songhua cannot understand more.
The main purpose of her appearance today was for Zhuo Yuan Envoy. As long as the master could leave safely, she didn't want to interfere with anything else.
But right now, I'm afraid I still need to talk to Xiao Yu about this matter first.
Seeing that she was silent, Xie Wenhua just thought she was worried, so he assured her again that there would be absolutely no problem.
"So, what are you going to do in the future?" Xie Songhua came back to his senses, but there was still no smile on his face. "I advise you to be more careful. It is better to say it to your uncle and my father."
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
After seeing off Xie Wenhua, Xie Songhua originally wanted to practice two words and then go to sleep, but he still felt uneasy in his heart.
When he entered the Dongkua Courtyard, his expression suddenly changed.
"Aunt Lan!" After shouting, I remembered that Aunt Lan was worried about the situation at home and had gone back tonight.
Ding Xiang heard something was wrong in her voice and walked in quickly, "Girl, what's wrong?"
"Who has touched anything on my table?"
Ding Xiang was confused when she heard this, turned to look at Xie Songhua's table, and said in surprise: "No one has come in!"
Seeing Xie Songhua's expression, she also became nervous, "The girl has always said that this place is important, and no one below is allowed to come in. On weekdays, only Aunt Lan, I, and Cuiliu come in.
Cuiliu was helping to inquire about news in the outer courtyard today. Aunt Lan and I were the only ones who came in once. No one else came in. The things on this table..."
She looked at it carefully for a while, then shook her head slightly and said, "It's always been like this, and I didn't see anything wrong!"
Xie Songhua looked at the glass bottle on the table and kept frowning.
It was normal for Dingxiang and Aunt Lan not to see it, because the lost things were so small that they couldn't be seen without looking carefully, but she knew it clearly.
The glass bottle that was just condensed last night is missing two grains.
After so many days of hard work, she looked at these things every day, and she could roughly see them at a glance.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ding Xiang became anxious, "Otherwise, I'll ask Aunt Zhu to call everyone over and let's all ask."
"Need not!"
Xie Songhua waved his hand.
Ding Xiang had already walked out a few steps and immediately stopped, and asked doubtfully: "Why? As long as they are from our yard, they can always be found if they want to check."
"Don't scare the snake," Xie Songhua waved his hand, "Since he can take it away like this, he is not a simple person, let alone in a simple way. He can't find out. Forget it, don't tell anyone about this. I know it well.
That’s fine.”
Ding Xiang wanted to say something else, but seeing Xie Songhua's resolute attitude, she didn't insist anymore. She just kept frowning and hid the matter in her heart.
When the room became quiet, Xie Songhua looked at the contents of the glass bottle in the light, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
