mtlumby2d Chapter 725 Slowly Becoming Clear
Chapter 725 Slowly Becoming Clear
Xie Shang thought: Jiang Fenghua doesn't know the love-hate relationship between his mother and father, and she doesn't understand how uncomfortable he is being caught in the middle. The emperor cannot have love affairs, and the emperor's harem cannot have only one woman. This is what his father has repeatedly told him. Jiang Fenghua is his queen, the mistress of the harem. He is the emperor of the world, and she is also the queen of the world.
Jiang Fenghua said, "Then Your Majesty, please tell me how the daughter of the Jiang family caught the Empress's eye. She obviously hates me so much. There are so many noble ladies in the capital. The one you liked before, Su Tingwan, the Su family has a large army and is powerful. The Empress should take the initiative to marry your beloved to you as your legal wife! Why did she fall for the daughter of a powerless and weak scholar?"
Xie Shang herself felt embarrassed. The fact that she had lost her previous memories did not mean that she had lost her previous brains. As long as she understood the court and knew how to weigh the pros and cons, she would slowly know everything.
Xie Shang said, "Ruan Ruan, the intrigues in the court sometimes hurt some innocent people, but I am glad that the daughter of the Jiang family was married to me as a chess piece, but I am also sad that Ruan Ruan was treated as a chess piece by her. I am very conflicted, and I feel very sorry for you."
He spoke in a low voice, trying to gain Jiang Fenghua's understanding.
Jiang Fenghua said, "The daughter of the Jiang family is a chess piece if used correctly, and a discarded piece if used incorrectly. When I marry the emperor, whether I am a useful chess piece or a discarded piece is entirely up to the royal family. But I just don't believe it. I don't want to stretch my neck out and let others chop it off, so I have the Jiang Fenghua I am today."
"In my heart, Jiang Fenghua is not a chess piece, but my wife." Xie Shang's eyes were full of affection. She had forgotten everything, including the suffering she had endured. She had also used him as a chess piece, and finally they were where they are today. He was very happy that she had forgotten everything. For the rest of his life, he just needed to love her well and she would be happy.
Jiang Fenghua was stared at by him affectionately. She said calmly: "I have seen through the intrigues and deceptions in your royal family. In a word, it is selfishness. You are very selfish. Other people's happiness is not worth mentioning among you people. You even trample on it at will. Fortunately, I, Jiang Fenghua, did not become a discarded pawn, otherwise, there might be nothing left of me today."
Xie Shang liked her insight and intelligence. He felt that with Jiang Fenghua's sharpness, she must have discovered something.
He said, "Why does Ruan Ruan suspect that the Fourth Princess wants to harm the Jiang family?"
"Your Majesty is so smart, he should be able to guess it!" Jiang Fenghua didn't want to sow discord between the brothers. She was not stupid, and even if she wanted to, she shouldn't be the one to do it.
Although Xie Shang and Xie Yang are not born of the same mother, they are brothers. One is the emperor and the other is a prince. Let Xie Shang ask questions and find answers himself. No matter how capable she is or how much he likes her, to put it bluntly, she is just a woman in the harem.
Xie Shang said directly: "You want to say that Xie Yang is behind Zhang Yurou and that he wants to harm the Jiang family, but why would he harm the Jiang family? It's too inexplicable."
"Didn't the emperor say that the royal family is full of intrigues and deceptions? The Jiang family may just be a pawn of others. The people they really want to deal with may be the Jiang family." Jiang Fenghua said: "It is no secret that the emperor likes the queen in the palace and outside the palace! The emperor has always valued the Jiang family, and it is not necessarily the Jiang family that others are jealous of! On the surface, the Jiang family does block the way of many people, but think about it more deeply?"
Xie Shang was startled and shook his head, "Impossible, he can't possibly..."
Soon, Xie Shang denied his own idea. Nothing is impossible in this world. Anyone and anything can change.
He tried hard to recall what Xie Yang was like since he was a child. Not to mention Xie Xuan, who was born with a disabled foot. But he suspected that Xie Yu would never suspect Xie Yang. Xie Yu and he had never gotten along, and his father even allowed Xie Yu to bully him.
Xie Yang wouldn't do that. He and his mother lived in the West Palace and never caused any trouble. Among all the princes, Xie Yang was the weakest and most likely to be bullied because his mother was also weak and never fought for anything.
Jiang Fenghua saw him in a daze, "Your Majesty."
"Ruan Ruan, how do you know that something is wrong with him?" He then asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
"If I had evidence, would I still worry about Jin Ji?" Jiang Fenghua said, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, the Fourth Prince pretended to be drunk to help the Fourth Princess out of trouble. Later, I asked Qianmian Langjun to pretend to be Concubine Su to scare Zhang Yurou. She was about to be tricked out, but the Fourth Prince, who was unconscious, suddenly ran out to stop her. I felt strange at the time. How did the Fourth Prince know that Zhang Yurou would be afraid of Concubine Su?
There is only one explanation. Not only has Zhang Yurou seen Concubine Su, but Xie Yang has also seen her. Xie Yang hid it very well, and even Zhang Yurou didn't know about it. So the couple didn't discuss it in advance, otherwise Zhang Yurou wouldn't be so scared. "
"If it is really as you speculated, you mean that the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess are not in harmony with each other."
Jiang Fenghua said: "A man clearly likes a woman and even uses all means to marry her, but in the end he still doesn't agree with her. Why do you think that is?"
"Why?" Xie Shang was not good at guessing the thoughts of women and men in love. He believed that if they liked someone, they liked him, if they loved someone, they loved him, and if they didn't like someone, they didn't like him. He didn't like to guess.
Jiang Fenghua was thoughtful. "Either this man doesn't really like this woman, and everything is superficial, or the woman he loves doesn't love him, and in her heart she loves another man. Of course, women will be like this too."
She looked at Xie Shang, "I think both the former and the latter are possible, so they are not in agreement with each other."
Xie Shang felt like he was being shot even when he was lying down. Why did her eyes make him suspect that he and Zhang Yurou had an affair, and she had discovered it? He quickly said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Their discord has nothing to do with me."
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly, "That's why I want to know clearly how the emperor rejected Zhang Yurou back then!" She changed her tone to prevent Xie Shang from getting mad.
"I just told her to stop bothering me. I don't like her. Later, I met Xie Yang. He should have seen it!" Xie Shang said briefly, "These are all your inferences. Don't speak without evidence."
"Of course I know. I won't alert the enemy. You have to hit the snake at its most vulnerable part. Only with one move can you have a greater chance of success. Besides, at the moment, he hasn't made any moves, and it may not be him. What if it's someone else?" She didn't believe that if Jin Ji's case went well, he would still be able to remain calm.
Now that Shu Xue's body and the Li family have been taken to the Jingzhao Prefecture government office, can he still remain calm?
Jiang Fenghua also had no evidence. For some reason, her mind was focused on Xie Yang. Even if she had to piece things together, she wanted to piece together the whole picture in her mind and imagine the identity and purpose of the person who set up the scheme.
Xie Shang also decided to send someone to investigate Xie Yang. He hoped that Jiang Fenghua's inference was wrong, that Xie Yang had no second thoughts about him, and that the descendants of the Xie family could work together to make the Great Zhou Kingdom better and better.
Jiang Fenghua said: "I want to meet the Grand Empress Dowager. She may know something."
Jiang Fenghua knew why the Empress Dowager was so patient. She was trying to find a chance for her granddaughter and grandson and wanted to save Xie Yun and Xie Minmin.
He said, "I'll go with you."
Jiang Fenghua said: "Okay!"