"Ah." When Shangguan Ya saw Su Ronghua, she recovered from her momentary shock. "Why is Eldest Young Master Su here?"
As she spoke, Shangguan Ya elegantly straightened her skirt and crossed her left leg over her right leg. She propped up her chin and smiled. "Eldest Young Master Su, did you escape?"
"You schemed against me."
Su Ronghua spoke directly. Shangguan Ya chuckled. "Why would Eldest Young Master Su say that? This is called Zhou Yu hitting Huang Gai. One is willing to hit, the other is willing to suffer. "
When Su Ronghua heard this, he was so angry that he laughed. "You aren't afraid of offending me."
"You say it as if I didn't do this to avoid offending you. Everyone knows why you came to the Inspection Department. "Although Shangguan Ya was smiling, there was a hint of coldness in her eyes." You and I have different standpoints, so why do you have to pretend to be a good person? I asked you out, so you came out. I schemed against you, but aren't you also schemed against me? "
"What did I scheme against you?" Su Ronghua clenched his fists. Shangguan Ya poured herself a cup of tea and leisurely said, "You have to ask yourself. Why did you approach me so eagerly?"
These words stunned Su Ronghua. He couldn't help but ask, "I was eagerly attentive?"
"You followed me in the casino, pestered me in the Inspector's Office, wrote letters, fought, and teased me." Shangguan Ya listed all the things that Su Ronghua had done, then turned to look at him with a faint smile. "If I were an ordinary girl, I'm afraid that I would really wonder if you liked me. Unfortunately, my mind is very clear. You are Prince Su's teacher, and His Majesty placed you in the Inspector's Office as the Deputy Director. Whether it was the assassination of the princess or the resistance in the daily investigation, you were always behind it. If you liked me, "Shangguan Ya sighed," then that would be really funny. "
Su Ronghua didn't speak. He stared at Shangguan Ya.
This was the first time he realized that he had spent so much effort on this person without realizing it.
He looked at Shangguan Ya's emotionless eyes and felt an indescribable bitterness spread in his heart. He couldn't help but ask, "You don't believe in feelings?"
Shangguan Ya was stunned. Then, he said in surprise, "Now that you've said that, do you still think I'm that gullible?"
Su Ronghua stared at Shangguan Ya. He looked at her. After a long time, he suddenly said slowly, "How pitiful."
"What?"
Shangguan Ya didn't understand. Su Ronghua repeated, "I'm saying that you're just like everyone else in Huajing. You're a pitiful worm."
"You have brains, but no heart."
"Aren't you?" Shangguan Ya felt as if he had been scolded by him. He laughed coldly and said, "We're not even close to each other. Why are you still pretending?"
"Who's not close to you?!"
Su Ronghua raised his voice and said, "I'm just like you. I've already sued you when I met you at the casino! Do you still want your reputation as a girl going in and out of a place like this? "
"Then tell me," Shangguan Ya laughed and said, "If you tell me, you won't be able to get in touch with the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family. I'll just lose my reputation. Wouldn't it be better for me to stay at home without a reputation? Do you think I want to get married? But you're different. You'll miss a good opportunity to get in touch with me and use me. "
Su Ronghua nodded and laughed. "You're amazing. Very amazing. I misjudged you. I thought you were different from the people in Huajing."
"We're all people who grew up eating rice. How can we be different?"
Shangguan Ya said mockingly, "Don't flatter yourself, and don't flatter me. If we were kind-hearted young masters and young ladies, Pei Wenxuan wouldn't be the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and you wouldn't be in the Inspection Department. However, an eye for an eye. Your people hit my people, and I slapped you in return. Why are you crying injustice? "
"You're right."
Su Ronghua nodded and said, "I'm not being wronged. I'd like to see what you can do to me with your tricks. "
After saying that, Su Ronghua jumped down from the carriage. Shangguan Ya didn't look up and said loudly, "Take care. I won't see you out."
Hearing this, Su Ronghua paused in front of the carriage and suddenly said, "I just don't want to break your wings."
Shangguan Ya stopped pouring tea. Su Ronghua's voice was very soft outside the carriage. "I think you're alive when you're gambling, scolding people, and splashing tea."
After Su Ronghua said that, he got on his horse and left.
Shangguan Ya's teapot hung in the air for a while. After a long time, it finally fell down.
"Let's go back."
She said calmly.
When Shangguan Ya rushed to the Shangguan Residence, Li Rong's people had already made arrangements.
She couldn't interfere too much in this matter. It would be best if Li Ming's people handled everything. Their purpose wasn't to do anything to Su Ronghua. It wasn't a big crime for an official to openly solicit prostitutes in Da Xia. They could be imprisoned for two days and fined their salary. With Su Ronghua's family background, no matter how angry Li Ming was, he couldn't do anything to them.
What they wanted was for Li Ming to know that Su Ronghua and Xia Wensi were in contact.
Su Ronghua and Xia Wensi could definitely accuse them of being framed, but they couldn't produce any evidence. The dancers were Su Ronghua's favorite female confidantes. The teahouse was also booked under Su Ronghua's name. Su Ronghua's invitation was still there. In addition, Li Ming was suspicious. There was no need to say anything. Li Ming would make his own decision.
Li Rong calculated Li Ming's thoughts and inquired about Su Ronghua along the way.
Not long after, the news of Su Ronghua's arrest came. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan were playing chess. She said slowly, "What did Su Ronghua say?"
Su Ronghua would definitely argue, but how he would argue was the key.
Jing Lan hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "Eldest Young Master Su didn't say anything."
"What do you mean?" Li Rong frowned. She raised her head, "What do you mean he didn't say anything?"
"After Eldest Young Master Su rode his horse back to the residence, he directly knelt down and begged for forgiveness. He said that he hired a few dancers outside. Prime Minister Su punished him with ten lashes on the spot and sent him straight to prison."
Li Rong heard this and hesitated for a long time. Finally, she said, "You may leave."
Jing Lan respectfully saluted and left. After Jing Lan left, Pei Wenxuan looked up at Li Rong, "Your Highness, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking," Li Rong said slowly, "Why did Su Ronghua directly admit it?"
"Because he knows that it's useless to deny it now." Pei Wenxuan put down a chess piece, "He can't explain the note. If he admits that the note was written to Shangguan Ya, His Majesty will not think that he colluded with the Ministry of Personnel to frame His Highness, but the relationship between him and the Shangguan Family. "
"It's better to know clearly," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "The relationship between Consort Rou and the Su Family was built by His Majesty. Consort Rou allowed him to contact the Ministry of Personnel to make trouble for us, but it didn't break the balance that His Majesty wanted. At most, His Majesty will be a bit angry, but he won't really do anything. "
"After all, in His Majesty's heart, the Su Family is Consort Rou's support, and they are fighting against the Shangguan Family behind the Crown Prince. Consort Rou's brother's military power in the northwest is fighting against the Crown Prince's military power. Three years later, Prince Su … "
Pei Wenxuan stopped talking. Li Rong saw that he stopped talking, so she looked up at him and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"I just feel that you already know all of this." Pei Wenxuan smiled. After hesitating for a moment, he said slowly, "I'm afraid that you'll be sad if I repeat it again."
Li Rong twirled a chess piece in her hand. She thought for a moment, then said softly, "I'm not sad. It's been so many years."
"Back then, I might have complained and hated Consort Rou, Prince Su, and Hua Le. I felt that they were disgusting." Li Rong said as she put a chess piece on the chessboard and said slowly, "But later, I felt that they were also pitiful."
"Imperial Father paved the way for them, but it was never because he loved them. Imperial Father suppressed me and Chuan'er, but it was also never because he hated us. He didn't love anyone, and he didn't hate anyone. It was just that he didn't want the aristocratic families to be the only powerful family. "
As Pei Wenxuan listened, Li Rong changed the topic, "Then according to what you said, Su Ronghua was also retreating in order to advance. The faster he admitted, the less Imperial Father's suspicion of him?"
"Yes."
"However, there's actually another point." Li Rong thought for a moment, "Why was Su Ronghua so reckless? I remember that he was also a smart person. "
Pei Wenxuan rubbed a chess piece, seemingly hesitating.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Rong couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about?"
"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan said hesitantly, "When Eldest Young Master Su came today, he specially dressed up."
"So?" Li Rong didn't understand. Pei Wenxuan laughed and reminded him, "Eldest Young Master Su probably didn't think that Miss Shangguan would scheme against him."
"Isn't this a joke?" Li Rong was amused by Pei Wenxuan's words, "Who in the Su Family isn't smart? Even if he has some feelings for Aya, how could he be so stupid to think that Aya wouldn't scheme against him?"
Pei Wenxuan put a chess piece on the chessboard and said with a gentle expression, "Your Highness, do you think I'm a smart person?"
"Of course you are."
Li Rong said with certainty and put a chess piece next to Pei Wenxuan's. Pei Wenxuan smiled and looked up, "But at that time, until the last moment, I believed that Your Highness wouldn't make a move against me."
Li Rong fell silent. Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong placed their chess pieces one after another. Pei Wenxuan said in a gentle voice, "You and Miss Aya think too badly of people. But most of the time, people are not as completely rational as His Highness and Miss Shangguan think. Deep in a person's heart, there will always be some inexplicable dependence and trust on others. Although Eldest Young Master Su's position is different from ours, he is a sincere person. He values feelings very much and will not hesitate to go through water and tread on fire for the person he likes. He admires Miss Shangguan and doesn't guard against her. Isn't that normal? "
"You seem to know him very well."
Li Rong raised her eyebrows. In her memory, Pei Wenxuan and Su Ronghua didn't have a good relationship. Pei Wenxuan put her sleeve aside and put a chess piece on the far side of the chessboard, "Although I have never been close to him, I was involved in the Su Family's case."
When Li Rong heard this, her movements stiffened. Pei Wenxuan noticed her abnormality and pretended not to notice. He picked up the tea and said, "Your Highness, do you know why His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to kill Su Ronghua?"
Li Rong didn't expect Pei Wenxuan to suddenly talk about the past. She hesitated for a moment. She didn't dare to ask, but she knew that this might be a hurdle she would have to cross one day.
She lowered her eyes, "Why?"
"Because His Highness the Crown Prince suspected that Qin Zhenzhen died at the hands of Su Ronghua."
When Li Rong heard this, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan in shock, "How is that possible? Why did Su Ronghua want to kill her?! "
Countless people wanted to kill Qin Zhenzhen back then. There were many reasons, but it had nothing to do with the Su Family.
The Su Family didn't have any women in the harem. What was the reason for Su Ronghua to poison Qin Zhenzhen?
"I didn't understand it before, so I thought that His Highness the Crown Prince had made a mistake."
Pei Wenxuan took a sip of tea and looked at Li Rong, "It wasn't until today that I finally confirmed that Su Ronghua might have a reason."
Li Rong didn't dare to speak, so Pei Wenxuan directly announced the answer, "In this life, Su Ronghua and Shangguan Ya were in the same casino. This happened before Your Highness got involved in their relationship. Didn't they meet in the previous life? "
"Qin Zhenzhen died from poison. Both mother and child should have died, but the child survived. Your Highness, who do you think will benefit the most from this?"
Without Pei Wenxuan saying anything, Li Rong already understood.
"Ah Ya … isn't that kind of person." Li Rong said with difficulty.
"If not Shangguan Ya, then what about Su Ronghua?" Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "Based on how much Qin Zhenzhen was favored at that time, and His Majesty's attitude towards the aristocratic families, the chances of Miss Shangguan's child becoming the Crown Prince were too small."
"Su Ronghua didn't marry until his death in the previous life. When I investigated him, all the dancers who came into contact with him said that he only enjoyed singing and dancing and didn't talk about love. If he didn't have someone in his heart, why would he stay alone until his death? "
Li Rong didn't speak for a long time. She held the chess piece and looked at the crisscrossing chessboard, as if she was in a daze.
Pei Wenxuan looked at her, "Your Highness, why aren't you speaking?"
"Pei Wenxuan." Li Rong smiled bitterly, "I suddenly feel that I lived like a joke in the previous life."
"I helped the aristocratic families. In this life, you told me that the aristocratic families had done all kinds of evil. I felt that Chuan'er was ruthless and immoral in the previous life. You said that he had no choice but to do so. I felt that the Su Clan was innocent. Now you tell me that Qin Zhenzhen died at the hands of Su Ronghua." Reborn? "Li Rong felt a little sarcastic." Do you think I'm here to apologize? "
"What about me?" Pei Wenxuan looked at her with a sense of helplessness, as if he felt that life was absurd. "I thought that you were arrogant, unruly, and narrow-minded, but you were willing to give Qin Zhenzhen a place to live. I thought that you only had power in your heart, but you also asked for the people's orders and thoroughly investigated the military pay case. I thought that the aristocratic families were hopeless and rotten to the core, but you brought Shangguan Ya and told me that there were also good people in the aristocratic families. I thought that you would never lower your head in your life, but you were willing to tell me and let me wait." Pei Wenxuan laughed, "Speaking of apologizing, I'm the one who really came back to apologize."
"You see, how long have you been back?" Pei Wenxuan sighed, "How many times have I said sorry to you?"
"Your Highness, if a person doesn't live well for a period of time, you can say that it's someone else's fault, or even God's fault. If you don't live a good life, it's more or less related to you. "
"So," Li Rong picked up her teacup, as if she had accepted her fate, "we're all here to apologize."
"Your Highness, this isn't an apology." Pei Wenxuan reached out and held Li Rong's hand, "This is an opportunity for us to start over."
Li Rong paused. She held her teacup, and Pei Wenxuan's words rang in her ears. She hesitated for a long time before she looked up, "Then, about Ah Ya's matter, shouldn't we take care of it?"
"Take care of what?"
Pei Wenxuan felt a little strange. Li Rong spoke with some difficulty, and her words were incoherent, "That is, Su Ronghua and her, if … if they missed each other in the previous life and didn't end up together in this life," Li Rong looked up at Pei Wenxuan, "wouldn't it be a pity?"
Pei Wenxuan was stunned. He didn't seem to expect Li Rong to think this way. Li Rong asked for his opinion, "If Su Ronghua likes Ah Ya, and Ah Ya uses him, won't he be sad?"
"Your Highness, do you think that Miss Shangguan shouldn't hurt Eldest Young Master Su's heart?"
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong seriously. Li Rong frowned and said matter-of-factly, "If he's not sincere, then it's mutual exploitation. But if he's sincere, he should be treated with the respect he deserves. "
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan looking at her with burning eyes. She felt a little embarrassed, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No," Pei Wenxuan smiled and lowered his head a little embarrassedly, "I just realized how many years I've missed you."
"Now you know how good I am?" Li Rong was a little happy to hear him praise her. She stood up, "Okay, I'll send a message to Shangguan Ya. It's not too late to make up for it while Su Ronghua is still in prison."
As Li Rong spoke, she sent a message to Shangguan Ya, asking her to visit Su Ronghua.
Shangguan Ya was about to go to bed when she received Li Rong's message. She sat on the bed for a long time before she finally stood up, changed her clothes, and went to the Ministry of Justice.
Su Ronghua had already fallen asleep in the Ministry of Justice's prison. He was halfway through his sleep when he heard footsteps outside. He pretended not to hear and turned his back to Shangguan Ya.
Shangguan Ya stood at the door of the prison for a while. After a long time, she finally said, "Su Ronghua, I'm here to see you on His Highness's orders."
"Why are you looking at me?" Su Ronghua closed his eyes and turned his back to Shangguan Ya, "Do I need you to come here in the middle of the night to see if I have three eyes or five hands?"
Shangguan Ya pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
After hesitating for a long time, she said, "Actually, I went back tonight and thought about what you said carefully."
"I think what you said might be true."
"You're dressed so gorgeously today because you really care about this meal. It's my fault for using you like this. How about this? I'll let it go this time, but it won't happen again. "
Su Ronghua didn't say anything. This was the first time Shangguan Ya had seen such a cold attitude from him. She felt indescribably uncomfortable. She said in a muffled voice, "Don't ignore me. How about this? Let's have a bet? "
As she spoke, Shangguan Ya took out a deck of cards from her pocket, "If I win, don't be angry."
"What if you lose?"
Su Ronghua finally spoke. Shangguan Ya rubbed her nose, "Then … then you can continue to be angry for a while."
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