Chapter 419 Killed by His Own Hands
When Fu Zhaoning went to the main courtyard to eat, he still felt that Xiao Lanyuan was being very picky.
When I arrived at the dining room and saw that he was already sitting at the table, I couldn't help but quicken my pace and walked over to him with a thumping sound.
Xiao Lanyuan had already heard her footsteps, and when she sat down, he served her some soup and placed it in front of her.
Fu Zhaoning originally wanted to say something to him, but he forgot about it when he saw the table full of delicious food.
"Squirrel fish? What kind of fungus is this? It smells like a strange fragrance."
While she was talking about these two dishes, Xiao Lanyuan was almost simultaneously picking up fish meat and mushrooms for her.
"The fish was sent from the farm. It was caught from a pond deep in the mountains. The meat is delicious. You can try it."
"This mushroom was also picked from the mountains. Do you remember Mr. Gu who collected and gambled on stones?"
Fu Zhaoning was stunned for a moment, "I remember."
As for Mr. Gu who lived in the Fang family’s farm, she had gone there to gamble on jadeite stones at that time, and he still had some raw jadeite stones at home.
"The fish and mushrooms were all sent by him, which is considered a good move. He is planning to open a shop in the city, and he said that these are all sent to you." Xiao Lanyuan said.
"Does this mean you need to find a backer first?"
"Um."
"That should be for you, why is it for me?"
Fu Zhaoning just responded casually and then buried his head in eating.
As soon as the fish entered her mouth, her eyes lit up.
It really tasted better than any fish she had eaten before. The mushrooms were also very fragrant and tasted great.
Xiao Lanyuan really wanted to say that Princess Jun could also be a backer, but when he thought about the meaning of her words, it seemed that she really did not take the identity of Princess Jun seriously.
Where is the love you promised?
Did she regret it?
"Eat it, but don't eat too much of these bacteria for now. I don't know if it will conflict with your medicine. I'll have to study it later."
Fu Zhaoning gave another instruction.
"good."
"If there is any news from Hucheng, please let me know."
Xiao Lanyuan put down his chopsticks, paused for a moment and didn't respond.
Fu Zhaoning felt something was wrong when she saw his reaction. She also put down her chopsticks and looked at him. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"The emperor sent troops to Hucheng, and the generals have already spoken to the people in the city. Our people saw and heard it with their own eyes, and they directly told the story of Xiaofei."
"What does the Emperor mean?"
"It should be. The message to the city was that Helian Fei had been detained in the capital, and that King Helian should immediately open the city gates and leave Hucheng, otherwise Helian Fei would be killed."
Fu Zhaoning frowned.
But she didn't say anything. She was not surprised that the emperor would do this. How could he not play a card like Helian Fei? If Helian Fei could solve the problem smoothly, no one could refuse.
Xiao Lanyuan said, "But the response of King Helian was to ask the emperor to assign Hucheng and the surrounding area of 1,000 miles to the Helian tribe. He also said that Zhaoguo's prosperity in recent years was due to robbing others and taking advantage of others, and that Hucheng did not originally belong to Zhaoguo."
hiss.
Fu Zhaoning immediately thought of Dong Qing.
She looked at Xiao Lanyuan, "Are you talking about Dong Qing?"
Through the trip to Yuheng Mountain, they did learn something. So perhaps Dongqing’s territory was not that small before.
"It should be."
"That's groundless. It was said before that someone in the Helian tribe had been infiltrated by the Shenyi Sect. At that time, it was said that King Helian had been purged, but it may have had an impact." Fu Zhaoning guessed.
It is possible that the people of the Helian tribe did hear some secrets from the people of the Shenyi Sect. Although they did not want to join the Shenyi Sect, they were tempted by the secret.
Even, took action.
"The Helian tribe threatens Zhao State, and the emperor will definitely not tolerate it."
"So the negotiation failed?"
"The general continued to talk about Helian Fei, and the people in the city responded that they had already found out that Helian Fei was not of King Helian's bloodline. The second wife had been executed by King Helian himself because she had disturbed the royal bloodline, had an affair with others, and betrayed King Helian."
"Hiss! What did you say?"
Fu Zhaoning's face changed when he heard this.
"The Second Madam is Xiaofei's mother. Not long after Xiaofei left, she was demoted to the Second Madam of Helian, and someone else took her place." Xiao Lanyuan said.
He was not ready to tell Helian Fei about these things because he had not yet figured out how to say it.
No matter what, they are still people who call him brother-in-law.
Moreover, he is indeed Fu Zhaoning's younger brother.
"I just received the letter two days ago, and was actually just about to tell you about it."
"So, Xiaofei's mother is really dead?"
"yes."
"I'll go talk to him about this." Fu Zhaoning said.
Xiao Lanyuan shook his head, "Why don't I go and tell them?"
"you go?"
"Xiao Fei is a man. Maybe he wouldn't dare to show too much vulnerability in front of you. Besides, he just recognized you guys. He may not feel safe enough at this moment. If he is worried that he will be too sad because of his mother's death, what if he makes you feel that he has too deep feelings for his mother?"
Maybe at that time, he would have some concerns, afraid that Fu Zhaoning would think that he was closer to his mother than they were. What if Fu Zhaoning felt that he was indeed raised by someone else and felt a little distant from him?
Fu Zhaoning shook his head, "Maybe I'm thinking too much."
She had never thought about it this way. After all, Fu Zhaofei grew up in the Helian tribe and was raised by others. It was normal for him to have deep feelings for his adoptive mother.
"When I was young, I always thought I was the Queen Mother's biological son. Later, the Queen Mother once told me not to get too close to her, otherwise it would be unfair to my mother."
Xiao Lanyuan said this lightly.
At this moment, his expression was a little indifferent, as if he was talking about a very ordinary little thing and didn't take it to heart at all.
But looking at his expression, Fu Zhaoning was stunned.
She could suddenly imagine that little Xiao Lanyuan wanted to seek intimacy and comfort from the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother told him, "Don't come over and don't get too close to me, or your mother will be unhappy."
Maybe he won’t know how to balance his relationship with and distance from the Queen Mother in the future?
After all, he was not raised by his biological mother.
But people around him cannot be too close.
All the attention and kindness shown to him by the retired emperor would bring him jealousy and harm from other concubines and princes.
It's too difficult.
So he is somewhat sensitive to this kind of thing?
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xiao Lanyuan looked up and saw a hint of pity in her eyes.
"You're not pitying me, are you? I'm fine."
"You're overthinking." Fu Zhaoning picked up a large piece of fish for him and said, "Eat it quickly and then go talk to Xiaofei."
She continued to eat.
Xiao Lanyuan smiled.
After dinner, he went to find Fu Zhaofei.
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