"Did you do it?" In just a few days, the King of Gaomi on the hospital bed was already in shape. Although the prince was not fat, he was not thin either, but now his cheeks and cheekbones were bulging. However, his cheeks were sunken deeply. Looking under the not-so-bright candlelight, they seemed to be two dark holes, which contrasted with his almost devouring eyes, which were indescribably weird and cruel.
But this ruthlessness revealed helpless weakness and fear when he touched the figure sitting quietly in the shadow not far away. He said in a hoarse voice, "When did you bribe Yuan Liuguang? He is Qingfang's husband. Marquis Zhuang of Huaiyuan left early. Over the years, I consider myself to have treated the Yuan family well... What conditions did you give him to betray me?"
"We have reached this point now, what's the point of asking this?" In the darkness, Rong Suihe said calmly with a gloomy face, "Let's talk about something practical. Hand over everything the late emperor gave you. You can Rest assured and enjoy your old age, and I will be able to quickly settle the overall situation!"
King Gaomi said in amusement: "You will let me live a long life?!"
"When I'm alive, you're stuck in my throat; but when you're alive, it's nothing to me." Rong Suihe said in a sarcastic tone, "So why can't I let you live out your life?"
"..." King Gaomi was silent for a while and then said, "What about the Crown Prince?"
Rong Suihe said nonchalantly: "If he was sensible, your title would still be his... Should I care about a mere prince?"
"But I don't believe you!" King Gaomi said coldly, "You are so cruel to me, your biological father, let alone your brother?!"
Rong Suihe seemed to smile when he heard this. He did not argue with him about who owed whom between father and son. He just called him by his name slowly and said: "Rong Jing, are you qualified to negotiate terms now?"
King Gaomi breathed out and said: "I am old now. After this disastrous defeat, I have no chance of making a comeback! Especially now that I am still in your hands, I believe you will not give me any comeback. Hope! At this moment, I don’t care about my life at all. My only concern is the prince!"
"If you don't give me any substantive guarantee, why should you take away my coffin book?"
"When the three Meng brothers, Zheng Hou, Wu Anbo, and Cheng Yangbo, died, they must have never thought of leaving their legacy to Meng Guiyu." Rong Suihe chuckled, "But now that Meng is so big Mr. Chongxin, the one who will benefit the most is Marquis Chongxin! Rong Jing, do you want me to drag the prince’s family in and do something in front of you so that they can understand what’s interesting?”
King Gaomi was silent for a long time. After a while, he said: "I regret that I didn't listen to your grandmother's words and threw you to death when you landed on the ground!"
He said these words very softly, but the resentment and hatred in his tone were as strong as the substance.
But Rong Suihe, who was sitting upright, didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, he laughed: "It's useless. You are destined to have insufficient blessings. No matter how you try to find loopholes, it will be in vain!"
He added, "When I was your boy, I would have had the favor of the late emperor, let alone a teacher to protect Xuan Jing, and all the civil and military officials in the dynasty were determined to support him in succeeding the throne. What's the use? You couldn't even get it at that time. As the emperor, you should know that your blessings are declining and your abilities are shallow, and you are not the material to ascend to the great treasure! Your struggles over the years are just a joke!"
King Gaomi gritted his teeth and said: "Ignorant child! What do you know?! Didn't you think that I had not thought of murdering Xuan Jing at the beginning? Not only me, Concubine Rou wanted to torture Meng's mother and son to death, but nothing could be done in the end. Succeeded?! Is this because Concubine Rou is soft-hearted? Isn't it because... because besides Xuan Jing, the late emperor also has two princes?! If I kill Xuan Jing, the courtiers will definitely impeach me, and then I will just gain the advantage of Concubine Rou and her son. ! Concubine Rou was also afraid of Huan Guanlan, worried that I would take advantage of the snipe and the clam fight! In the end, Xuan Jing was asked to sit in that seat for so many years!!!"
"Aren't you useless?" Rong Suihe said slowly, "There are only two brothers in total. You can kill Xuan Jing, why can't you kill Guang Ling as well? By then, even if everyone is excited, you will be the only one in the late emperor's lap. You are a prince, can he still grant you death and let your nephews and cousins succeed you? Not to mention whether the late emperor is willing to bear it, how dare the officials make such a suggestion, asking the late emperor to prevent his own flesh and blood and replace his brother's children?! "
"Furthermore, although the teacher supported the establishment of an elder, the main reason was because he didn't think there was anything special about you, the second son of the emperor, so he had to abandon the ancestral motto of 'no direct heir to establish an elder'! If you impress him with your amazing talent and beauty, How could he not support a wise son and insist on supporting a mediocre eldest son?!"
"In the final analysis, it is you who are incompetent and greedy!"
"I want a good reputation, and I also want the throne...but I am a second son who is not outstanding, so why should I have the best of both worlds?!"
"So he has been pretending to be buried at sea all these years, and is he really cultivating you secretly?" King Gaomi said in a hoarse voice, "He really wants you to sit in that seat? The situation in Chang'an, including how easily Tao Tao was I convinced... that he was behind the scenes?"
He suddenly sneered and said, "But don't be too proud! This so-called teacher of yours is a veteran of two dynasties. He made your grandfather unable to breathe! You grew up under his watch. The kid with a yellow mouth who was trained by him is probably going to have to help count the money if he sells it!"
"Looking like you are so high-spirited now, if one day you find out that you are making wedding clothes for someone else... Hehe! Hehe!"
Rong Suihe said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. After all, the teacher has died a long time ago. No matter how powerful his hands and eyes were when he was alive, how can he do anything to me now that he is gone? ?”
"Is Huan Guanlan really dead?" King Gaomi's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a moment, he snorted coldly, "He was missing for more than ten years without any news, which made people think that he was no longer alive, but in fact he was silently cultivating the sea and laying out The overall situation of the dragnet... How could I know that today I am not repeating my old tricks?!"
"I am an example of this kind of thing. After all, over the years, everyone in the Gaomi Palace thought that I was dead long ago?" Rong Suihe said with a smile, "Even my name was crossed out on the jade plate... However, Who would have thought that one day my wife would return home peacefully? Therefore, I not only watched the death of the teacher personally, but also carried it out personally. When he was buried, I also personally inspected it. He was really dead and faked. I How could you not know?"
He added, "After all, I have lived and died at sea for many years, and I have always been very suspicious."
"..." King Gaomi was silent for a while and asked tentatively, "His death... was also your fault?"
Rong Suihe smiled and said noncommittally: "Have you thought about it? I will leave here tomorrow, but I don't have much time to waste time with you!"
King Gaomi opened his mouth, and after a moment, he whispered: "I want to see the Crown Prince... After meeting the Crown Prince, you and I can talk!"
"Okay." Rong Suihe thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
After he agreed, Rong Qingzui, who was also in the house, received the news a moment later.
The prince, who was in a heavy mood, straightened his clothes and was about to go out when Princess Gaomi who was standing in front of him suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"
The princess glanced at the soldier who came to deliver the message, and said in a good voice, "I have a few words to say to the prince... Could you please wait a moment?"
This soldier was a subordinate of Tao Chen, and because Tao Meng was standing with his flag brightly, he naturally followed Rong Shuihe in everything, and was not impressed by the Gaomi King and his son. However, he respected the princess who seemed to have friendship with Rong Suihe. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "The prince has never said that he needs the prince to come over immediately, please do as you please!"
After he bowed and retreated, the princess looked at Qi and the others next to her.
Mrs. Qi understood and hurriedly took her children and Tonglian to leave.
Mother and son were the only ones left in the room. Princess Gaomi calmed herself down and whispered to Rong Qingzui: "Although I don't know what he wants you to do now, you must remember it later: Never talk about your in-laws' family. What happened!"
Rong Qingzuo meekly agreed at first, and finally asked in confusion: "Mother, concubine, why can't you mention the Yue family?"
"... Do you know why many of us have successfully evacuated Chang'an, but no one from your in-law family can come out?" Hearing this, Princess Gaomi bit her lower lip subconsciously, and then said bitterly, "This is He'er did it on purpose!"
Seeing Rong Qingzhu's face turning pale for a while, and looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't bear to say it, she let out a breath and said, "I guess he did this because he didn't want to touch you, Lingzhan and the others!"
"You kid is good at everything, but you lack the talent to take charge of the overall situation!"
"Fortunately, you have a peaceful mind and have always wanted to care about He'er... It's not impossible for you brothers to get along peacefully."
"But... Qi Jianxun, your father-in-law may not be willing to let you just be an ordinary prince..."
"From the standpoint of the Qi family, this is human nature."
"But for our family... Qi Jianxun, or the Qi family, He'er, I'm afraid I won't be able to trust you!"
"Even if he himself is willing to believe you, his subordinates will probably have the idea of killing him first and showing off later!"
"By then, how dangerous will your family be?"
"He'er deliberately left the Qi family to Meng Guiyu's disposal, just to use Meng Guiyu's hand to eradicate it. In this way, you don't have such a powerful wife, and you have a peaceful temperament and don't like to argue, so he can There is a reason for you and your family to live a good life from now on!"
Princess Gaomi looked at her eldest son who was bowing his head in silence with a complicated expression, "Mother, I know that the Qi family has always treated you very well, especially Yuan'er, who is really a rare and good wife! You and your wife must be a little bit unable to accept He'er's move. ! But you also know the situation at this moment. Just now He'er came over to see your father in person... It's probably a showdown with him! Now I want you to go over, basically to explain your family background."
"He'er doesn't expect to care about those gold, pearls and jade."
"But he will definitely take away some people and things that involve the overall situation."
"Your father comes from a noble family and is used to being flattered and coaxed. He has never been in such an embarrassing situation today."
"He already hates He'er. How can he be in a good mood when he sees He'er in his eyes?"
"He alone is in dire straits, and he is not afraid of any threats from He'er."
"The only one he cares about is probably you... If he knows what happened to the Qi family, he must have guessed that He'er has no intention of killing you, and even has plans for you."
"Then if he commits a crime, he won't give anything to He'er..."
"After all, He'er has been out here all these years and has no friendship with us day and night. You have also seen the group of people under him. They are all very capable and they don't look like soft-hearted people..."
"By the time… "
The princess smiled bitterly and said with some disappointment, "As of now, my mother-in-law only hopes that you and He'er will be fine."
"... Concubine, don't worry, I will take care of you." Rong Qingzui was silent for a while, then whispered, "I will help my third brother to persuade my father."
He followed the soldiers to the place where King Gaomi was temporarily placed. Under the "kou"-shaped Chaoshou veranda behind the Moon Cave Gate, only a few scattered lights were lit.
When Rong Qingzu came closer, he saw Rong Suihe standing on the corridor with his arms and hands. Dong Liang stood behind him. The master and servants were all dressed in black robes, and they seemed not to exist at all in the dimly lit place.
Regarding Rong Qingzui who stopped in front of him, Rong Suihe only raised his eyes and glanced at him lightly, raised his chin toward the inner room: "Go in!"