Chapter 1192 Xia Tingyu thought of what to do

The Pear Garden is well-known in the huge capital city for its winding corridors, but what is truly famous are the flowers and trees inside.

There are pear blossoms, osmanthus flowers, osmanthus flowers, and neem flowers.

All the flowers and trees grow naturally. They are not managed after being transported from outside and planted. They are not like sick trees. They are planted naturally in density and straightness. All the flowers and trees have closely blooming seasons, so there is fragrance of flowers all year round, and each season is different.

This garden was built by the second prince Xia Ruoyun for his mother, Madam Chen, several years ago.

It was rumored that the Second Prince Xia Ruoyun sold all his valuables for the sake of this garden, just to make his mother happy. His filial piety spread throughout Shu, and even other provinces in Daxia had heard of it.

The best place to enjoy the scenery in this pear garden is the pavilion with a plaque hanging on it that reads "Don't Compete for the Scenery".

The most beautiful place is that it does not compete with other places in the world for scenery.

Madam Chen, the second wife of the Prince of Shu, sat on a mat made of tender bamboo from the Bamboo Mountain, with her hands folded on her knees, looking charming and smiling.

In the past, the second daughter of the Chen family in Shu was a concubine's daughter who was adopted, but the Chen family was so glorious in the past that it was natural that the daughter she educated would be good.

Madam Chen looked up at her son who brought her sour plum soup and said with a smile, "Why do you keep coming to me if you don't want to learn from Master Shen?"

Xia Ruoyun took the sour plum soup with ice cubes and placed it in front of her mother: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, so I picked some high-quality black plums and brought them to you to make sour plum soup."

Madam Chen asked, "Have you given it to your father and elder sister?"

Xia Ruoyun was silent for a moment and then said, "I sent it to my father and to my elder sister."

Seeing Xia Ruoyun pause, Madam Chen frowned immediately: "Even if I don't want to see you, I still have to send it off. If the courtesy is there, outsiders won't be able to find fault with it."

Xia Ruoyun frowned: "Mom, you went to Lao Wu's place, right?"

Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect her son to ask this, so she said, "He went, but he didn't see me. He said he was not feeling well and closed the door to visitors."

Xia Ruoyun said: "I went there too, but they didn't see me either."

Mrs. Chen looked at her son.

Xia Ruoyun looked down at the sour plum soup: "But he met Xia Tingyu."

Madam Chen shook her head and said, "That's their business. Don't think too much about it."

But just as she finished speaking, Mrs. Chen saw Xia Ruoyun clench her fist after taking a sip of sour plum soup: "Father asked Xia Tingyu to go to Wang Mang to propose marriage for me."

Upon hearing this, Madam Chen frowned, "I know, but Xia Tingyu disobeyed the prince's order."

Xia Ruoyun raised her eyes and looked at her mother: "Mom, I want to marry Wang Fuwei."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she immediately looked around and scolded, "Shut up!"

After saying that, he looked at Xia Ruoyun and realized why the child spoke so strangely today. He immediately said, "No matter how chaotic it is outside! Remember this, don't do anything. What you did before is in the past! Didn't you see what the fifth child looked like? Even if the fifth child didn't see it, what about the third child? Or, you should still remember what your grandfather's house looked like back then! So shut up! Don't even think about it!"

Xia Ruoyun stared at Madam Chen and clenched the glass cup of sour plum soup in her hand: "Son, I can't think of nothing!"

Madam Chen sat up and was about to speak, but when she saw Xia Ruoyun's expression, her face changed. After a moment's hesitation, she asked, "Today, when you went to the palace, were you treated coldly again?"

Xia Ruoyun didn't answer immediately, but she held the glass cup tighter in her hand: "He never treated me as his child! Except for Xia Tingyu, he doesn't care about any of us! The same goes for you and the other aunts! In his eyes, we are not family, he only recognizes the dead princess and Xia Tingyu!"

Mrs. Chen looked a little timid and looked at Xia Ruoyun: "Ruoyun!"

Xia Ruoyun raised her eyes and looked at her mother: "Mom, I asked everyone to leave before I came in, so it doesn't matter!"

Madam Chen's face changed and she stood up immediately: "How could you let them leave? If they hadn't sent the news to the palace, your father..."

Xia Ruoyun stood up and grabbed her mother's shoulders with both hands: "He is old! It doesn't matter! Even if he knows that I sent people away, it doesn't matter! He has been old since the day he was sent to fight in Mobei! I knelt there for seven days, but he didn't see me. When Xia Tingyu came, he saw me immediately, and he listened to whatever Xia Tingyu said. Whatever I said was wrong! Even if it was right, it was wrong!"

Madam Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun and realized that something must have happened in the palace today, otherwise her son would have been able to endure it. She couldn't help but pursed her lips and looked at her son: "Don't talk nonsense, he treats you very well and asked Chen Yue to teach you."

Xia Ruoyun immediately said, "Mother! He wanted me to be a scapegoat, a bait, to find Lushan for him and make me the target of public criticism. But this position originally belonged to Xia Tingyu, and he didn't want Xia Tingyu to get hurt."

Mrs. Chen was stunned.

Xia Ruoyun took out a letter from her bosom and looked at Madam Chen: "Before, he asked Yao Zhien, Yan Yan and others to kill those Western Regions people, and asked Chen Yue and me to assist them. Those people knew the news in advance and hid, but I received this letter last night. It was written in Western Regions characters, but I learned Western Regions characters since I was a child so I can understand it a little. It said that more than half of the Shu officials contacted the Western Regions people and have all surrendered to Lushan."

Mrs. Chen did not read the letter, but looked at her son: "You haven't cut off contact with Guo Fu and the others yet!"

Xia Ruoyun did not hide it and nodded directly: "My son lied to you before, and I have been in contact with them privately."

Madam Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun, swallowing her saliva as she hesitated to speak. Her eyes wandered and finally looked at Xia Ruoyun: "Do you know the consequences?"

Xia Ruoyun supported her mother and said, "Today, Pei Dongqing, the captain of Guoyi, disobeyed the order of our father."

Mrs. Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun with horror.

Someone resisted the prince?

In this Shu land, someone actually disobeyed the prince's orders?

Xia Ruoyun continued, "After the news of the war in Mobei was sent back, my father's every move disappointed many people and made many people tremble with fear. For so many years, everyone said that they were officials of Daxia, but they were all loyal to my father. As a result, my father is old and I don't know what he is thinking, but he has not made that decision. Everyone is panicking. Not to mention Guo Fu and others, even those small officials have begun to discuss solutions with Guo Fu and others. The emperor has exterminated those aristocratic families and confiscated their property. The heads of people can be piled up into a small mountain! Everyone can see it!"

Xia Ruoyun continued, "But father, you only listen to Xia Tingyu! You only listen to Xia Tingyu on everything! I originally wanted to give this letter to father, but after seeing him today, I took it back. He is old, and he is no longer the high and mighty King of Shu. Even his subordinates Wang Mang and Dian Junming have begun to not care about him."

Madam Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun with an uncertain expression, but she finally asked, "Wang Mang, have you been contacted?"

Xia Ruoyun shook her head. "But I heard from the people arranged by Wang Mang's mansion that Wang Fuwei refused to eat or drink at home just to see me. Wang Mang loves his daughter the most. If I go to propose marriage, he will definitely agree! It doesn't matter even if Xia Tingyu disagrees. As long as Wang Mang agrees, no one can say anything."

Madam Chen's breathing became heavy as she looked at Xia Ruoyun. "The reason why the fifth son's mother didn't see me was because she didn't want to be involved in these things outside. This includes the mother and son of the fourth son. They must not be involved. Mother moved out of the palace and lived in this garden because she thought you would be like me and not be involved."

Xia Ruoyun clenched her fists, "But I want you to be the princess! The legal wife! You are also from the Chen family. When the former princess died, you could have been the princess, but he said in public that he had never said such a thing, and that there was only the former princess! My son was ten years old at the time, but I still remember how many people laughed at you! Bastard. Bastard! I am also a bastard! Why!"

"For so many years, he has never regarded you and other aunts as his wives. He just treated you as tools! I am the same, as is the third brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother! The third brother just wanted to worship Chen Yue as his master, but he just robbed her horse, Xia Tingyu, and his two legs were broken. She is still lying in bed. She is a girl! And the fourth brother was so scared that he dared not ask for anything. He only dared to take what Xia Tingyu gave him. The fifth brother broke an arm. What did he do? He took some farmers' fields, destroyed a disobedient sect, cultivated some strength, and beat a stubborn old thing. Xia Tingyu chopped off one of his arms in front of my father!"

"After so many things, father never said anything to her, not even scolded her. Why? We have to be severely punished when we do something wrong. I was slapped eighty times by Kun Ling that day just because I asked people to arrest Yao Yuanzai. It was father who wanted to arrest him! At that time, so many servants in the palace came and went, all looking at me, mother. I won't talk about other aunts, but you are also a member of the Chen family, and I am also a descendant of the Chen family. Why is Xia Tingyu more noble than us? Moreover, my grandfather, uncle, aunt, eldest uncle, and third uncle all died at the hands of Xia Tingyu! She killed so many people, but she is still alive and well."

Mrs. Chen looked at her hysterical son and said, "What if... What if Xia Tingyu had thought of all this?"

Xia Ruoyun looked at her mother.

Madam Chen reached out and stroked her son's cheek: "Listen to me, don't think about it. It's okay if you don't want to give this letter to your father. You can give it to Xia Tingyu instead."

When talking, Mrs. Chen saw the determination on Xia Ruoyun's face, who was always the most obedient, and immediately said, "You have always listened to mother, so listen to mother this time, okay? Or think about why Xia Tingyu can get so much support from officials in Shu! Why is Xia Tingyu so perfect in everything she does? Why can she..."

Xia Ruoyun interrupted Madam Chen: "Because she is the eldest daughter! Everyone sees her as the crown prince, the next King of Shu! So everyone supports her, and everyone will agree with whatever she does!"

Mrs. Chen immediately scolded: "Because of her ability!"

"Do you think that he killed the Chen family, your mother's parents, your grandparents, your uncles and aunts, and her own grandparents just to avenge her mother? That's because she knew that the Chen family was going to kill her, and she found out that mother was going to kill her! Do you think mother has never thought about becoming a princess? My sister has the best of everything, and mother can only watch her. Even men, we both married the same person, but she became a princess, and I can only be a concubine! Her daughter was born as the prince by default, and my son is a concubine!? Do you think mother has never struggled?"

"Mother wanted to kill her. She wanted to kill her from the moment she came back, because if she didn't die, you would never be able to become the crown prince, and the Chen family also wanted her dead. Only if she died, the Chen family would force the prince to make me his princess and make you the crown prince. But she knew."

"How did she know? She just went to the Chen family. She had no one to rely on in this Shu land. She just went to the Chen family and looked at your grandfather and asked, 'Do you want to kill her?' Mother was there at the time, and many members of the Chen family were there. She was a thirteen-year-old child, but she just asked."

"After that, she started planning. We all knew that she was starting to be wary of the Chen family, and we all knew what she was going to do, but we just watched her do it all. Then one day, she came to me and said, 'Green, Xinghan Road, Four Cars, Hai Hour, Auntie, don't be scared.' I still can't forget what she said."

"But I only found out later that what she meant was that mother would dress you in green clothes, and then we would take the Xinghan Road, riding in a four-horse carriage, and arrive at the Duke's Mansion at midnight to see her standing among the corpses, covered in blood. Don't be scared, it's not that seeing her like that was scary, but after I figured this out..."

"At that time, that night, son, that night, mother told you that she wanted to kill you because we were all her people. She had planned our itinerary. She was only thirteen at that time and came to Shu alone. Unknowingly, everyone around me was hers. And over the years, mother has seen everything she did. You..."

But just when Mrs. Chen said this.

A white figure appeared in the pavilion and chuckled, "Madam, you are exaggerating."

Mrs. Chen looked over and immediately said, "Mr. Zhang Zhang."

Zhang Zi bowed to Madam Chen, and then said, "Back then, even if the eldest princess didn't take action, the prince would have taken action. If the prince didn't take action, the late emperor would have taken action. It's too ostentatious. How can they survive? So the eldest princess is definitely not alone, and those things you said must have someone helping, maybe the prince is also possible. You should have thought about it."

Mrs. Chen looked at Zhang Zi and seemed to realize something. She immediately asked, "Did you instigate my son to do this?"

Xia Ruoyun immediately said, "Mom, I asked Mr. Zhang to help me."

Zhang Zi bowed to Madam Chen again.

Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment, then looked at her son and then at Zhang Zi, but immediately shook her head: "No! No matter how chaotic it is, it has nothing to do with us, mother doesn't..."

Xia Ruoyun reached out and grabbed Madam Chen's shoulders: "Mother! If it were in the past, after seeing Old Five like that, I might have given up the idea, but father is really old! I really have a lot of people supporting me! 'Ting Yu is too good, you should encourage him' When I heard this, I thought it was nonsense from father and didn't listen at all, but Old Five listened to it, and as a result, Old Five was used as a knife. I am not that fool as Old Five! Moreover, Shu is no longer the Shu of that time. Zhu Huang's army is just outside Jiange. If we don't do anything, we will all be finished!"

Madam Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun and still shook her head: "No, no! You can't!"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Zi: "Get out! Get out of here! I know the conflict between you and Fang Wenhe! She is on Xia Tingyu's side. I can see that he is on Xia Tingyu's side. You have nowhere to go, so you come here to instigate my son to do stupid things. Get out of here! Leave my son and get out of here!"

At the end of her speech, Mrs. Chen picked up the glass cup on the table and was about to throw it at Zhang Zi.

But Xia Ruoyun stopped him: "Mom!"

Bang!

Xia Ruoyun knelt directly in front of Madam Chen.

Madam Chen looked down at Xia Ruoyun.

Xia Ruoyun said: "If I don't do it, what will happen to those who laugh at you? If I don't do it, I will be suppressed by Xia Tingyu for the rest of my life. I must do it! It's very chaotic outside now, and Shu is more chaotic than you think. Now is the best time to do this!"

Mrs. Chen looked at her son who was pleading with her, and took two steps back: "What if..."

Madam Chen looked at Xia Ruoyun, "Xia Tingyu, your father, Fang Wen and the others all thought that you would take this step."

Zhang Zi said, "Madam, don't worry. As long as you go to General Wang Mang to propose marriage, the marriage will be settled. Even if Xia Tingyu knows about it, it doesn't matter."

Xia Ruoyun continued, "Guo Fu and the others have all planned to nominate me, so mother, it's really time to do this. If I don't do it now, I will really regret it for the rest of my life!"

Mrs. Chen sat on the cushion and stared at her son blankly, "Where is Zhu Huang?"

Zhang Zi said, "Catch the King of Shu and those former rebels and go directly to where Zhu Huang is, and your Highness and you will be safe."

Madam Chen swallowed her saliva when she heard this: "They all have to die, so that you can be the King of Shu. The third, fourth, and fifth brothers must all die."

Xia Ruoyun remained silent, but she already knew that her mother agreed.

Zhang Zi glanced at Madam Chen, and said nothing more, but just smiled softly: "I will do it myself."

Madam Chen reluctantly stood up and said, "Take me to change my clothes. I will go to Wang Mang's mansion to propose marriage."

(End of this chapter)