Taoist Qingyuan raised his eyebrows, stroked his beard happily and looked at his apprentice with a smile. Just as he was about to speak, Song Xiangyu's voice came from outside: "Are you also talking about the Tian family?"
Chen Dong stood up quickly.
Song Xiangyu waved his hand and sat down next to Taoist Qingyuan without saying anything. He glanced at the chessboard and frowned: "Tsk, why is it like this?"
Then he looked at Song Heng: "This is a step backwards."
Song Heng expressionlessly put the flag that Taoist Qingyuan had moved back to its original position. Taoist Qingyuan did not feel embarrassed and said with a smile: "I accidentally messed it up just now. Let's do it again, let's do it again!"
Song Xiangyu couldn't help laughing. Taoist Qingyuan was not very good at chess, but he loved playing chess very much. No matter who he met, he would want to drag that person to play a few games. When he met his apprentice Song Heng, he not only had to drag that person to play, but also had to change chess pieces from time to time. Otherwise, according to Song Heng's temper, he would not give in, and would not continue to play with you if he won.
He knew why at a glance, so he naturally pulled Song Heng up and sat opposite Taoist Qingyuan: "Come on, I'll play a few games with you."
"That's great!" Taoist Qingyuan was overjoyed and mercilessly pushed Song Heng aside. He and Song Xiangyu put away the chess pieces and asked Song Xiangyu, "How come you also know about the Tian family?"
Song Xiangyu asked him to start the game first, then he shook his head and laughed: "How could I not know? I just came out of the palace, and coincidentally, Old Tian also went into the palace."
Old Tian naturally refers to Cheng'en Gong Tian Chengzhong.
Song Heng's eyebrows moved, motioning Chen Dong to sit down, and he also sat down next to Song Xiangyu. He heard Song Xiangyu talking about his experiences in the palace with a mocking tone: "He was quick to react. He went to the palace to apologize first, and cried in the imperial study... He said that he did not teach his daughter well, which led to misunderstandings, and gossip spread. Miss Zhang heard it, and then Miss Zhang ran home to make a scene."
For the Tian family, this matter is far more than just a ruined reputation.
In a small way, it was Tian Rui who was shameless and secretly coveted Prince Zhuang, disregarding propriety and integrity. But if it was a big deal, it was not impossible to accuse her, and it could be said that the Tian family had thoughts that they shouldn't have, as a Duke's Mansion, they were still greedy and even wanted to plot for Prince Zhuang's concubine.
In the eyes of Emperor Yuanfeng, that would mean he had chosen sides in advance.
The relationship between them is very powerful, how could Tian Chengzhong not know about it
In addition, the status of the Cheng'en Mansion was already very embarrassing, and the Empress Dowager was not the biological mother of Emperor Yuanfeng, let alone any relationship between the Cheng'en Mansion and Emperor Yuanfeng.
If things go wrong, the Cheng'en Mansion will be implicated in this matter.
"They just said it was a jealous fight between little girls." Song Xiangyu made a move and snorted, not sure if it was a mockery or a bit of disdain: "The girl from the old Tian family is quite arrogant. Even I have heard that she is competitive. I am afraid that the backyard of Prince Zhuang's mansion is not so stable this time."
King Zhuang is a very unlikable person.
At least Song Xiangyu was disgusted and resentful towards King Zhuang because of what happened to the Xu family this time.
In other words, the Tian family's move was truly a stroke of genius.
Not only was the Tian family put in a very passive position, they had to go before the emperor and put the blame on Tian Rui because she was jealous of her youngest daughter and admired Prince Zhuang.
Take Emperor Yuanfeng for example, would he really believe this
The main wife was from a noble family, and now the concubine is actually a girl from the Duke's Mansion.
Or he took the initiative to create a scandal, which became known to everyone and caused a huge uproar.
In the eyes of Emperor Yuanfeng, would he suspect that this was a play performed by Prince Zhuang and Duke Cheng'en's Mansion in order to remove Zhang Jingchan and replace Tian Rui with him
Everyone present thought of this. Taoist Qingyuan couldn't help but let out a click of his tongue and looked at Song Heng thoughtfully.
Song Xiangyu felt that the way the Taoist priest looked at his son was not right, so he also looked at the expressionless Song Heng, and then asked Taoist priest Qingyuan: "What's wrong, Taoist priest, does this have anything to do with Ah Heng? Why are you looking at him?"
Taoist Qingyuan glanced at Song Heng and said with a half-smile, "Nothing. I was just wondering what kind of girl this guy could give me a gift. Now that I've heard you talk about the Tian family, I've figured it out."
What figured out
Song Xiangyu reacted, holding two chess pieces in his hand, frowned and looked at Song Heng, then looked at Chen Dong, then realized something, and asked Song Heng: "Who is the gift for?"
Without waiting for Song Heng to answer, he looked at Taoist Qingyuan again, exclaimed, and said with enlightenment: "The matter of the Tian family was done by the girl of the Su family?"
Taoist Qingyuan said without even raising his head: "Oh, you actually know the fourth young lady of the Su family."
Chen Dong couldn't help but repeat the process again.
Song Xiangyu clapped his hands and couldn't help laughing.
"Great! I've finally gotten rid of my anger!" He laughed a few times. "This move is really amazing. It makes the Zhang family and their daughter offend the Tian family. From now on, they will probably be suppressed by the Tian family and will never be able to survive in the capital again. It also makes Tian Rui suffer for her own actions and get the lesson she deserves. The best thing is that it also involves Prince Zhuang's Mansion. I'm afraid everyone will suspect that Prince Zhuang had hinted something to Tian Rui a long time ago. Otherwise, Tian Rui is a girl. No matter how bold she is, she wouldn't do such a thing to target the concubine who is set in stone, right?"
Song Xiangyu was in a good mood.
This time he went to the palace, actually to bid farewell to Emperor Yuanfeng - he still had to go back to his hometown. No matter what, he had to take this step. Only in this way could the current situation become clearer.
However, this retreat could only bring a moment of peace. After he finished laughing, he sighed with a serious expression: "Last time you broke into the Su family late at night, I followed and took you out. This matter must have been noticed by Lai Weiqi and others. They didn't care about it because of the chaos before, but when they came to their senses, they would become suspicious."
He raised his eyebrows: "When you sent something to the Su family, did you also think of a way to cover up what happened that day? You have to think of a good reason, otherwise those crazy people will not be able to do anything to us for the time being, and they may have to turn their guns against the Su family."
When Song Heng saw that Taoist Qingyuan was also looking at him, he said bluntly, "I killed Xu Ying, which is enough to make them more suspicious. Now no matter what I do or what excuses I make, in their eyes, their suspicion of me will only increase day by day."
After all, the reason why King Zhuang asked Xu Rui and others to do so much was just to test whether there was any problem with his background.
Speaking of this, Song Xiangyu's face didn't look good.