Chapter 178 What do you think
Upon hearing this, Xie Rongying picked up the piece of cake again and put it in her mouth. After chewing and swallowing it, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just too sweet and cloying, and I can't swallow it."
Zhao Yu listened to Xie Rongying's hidden meaning, and her fingers grasped the teacup, lowering her eyes slightly: "But the young lady still swallowed it."
Xie Rongying smiled faintly: "It's just too sweet, not so sweet that I can't swallow it."
"Like the Shi family?" Zhao Yu frowned, staring at the woman opposite him without blinking. "Even though we know who's behind the Shi family, as long as we sense something's detrimental to the Xie family, even if we're afraid of the power behind the Shi family, we'll have to raise our claws, or even bar our fangs, and bite them down."
The smile on Xie Rongying's lips deepened a little: "It seems that the prince has guessed something."
"Aren't you afraid that my mother will find out you touched her people and that you'll end up in trouble?" Zhao Yu wasn't at all surprised by Xie Rongying's counterattack. His gaze lingered on Gu Xun beside Xie Rongying for a moment, and he added, "A court official disappeared inexplicably, and you think no one will investigate?"
"Your Highness." Xie Rongying began to wipe her fingers, which had just picked up the cake, with the handkerchief in her hand. She stared at Zhao Yu with a deep smile, "I admit that what you said did scare me. I also know that the disappearance of a court official is no small matter."
"But I, Xie Rongying, am not someone who will just sit back and take things as they come. Since someone wants to take action against the Xie family, then we'll have to see how capable they are. If you say that the Empress Dowager is acting because the Emperor has this intention to take action against the Xie family, and even resorted to such despicable means, then I will have no choice but to go to the palace and meet the Emperor."
Xie Rongying had a beautiful smile, with curved eyebrows and a dimple at the corner of her lips. Plus, she was really revealing her true feelings to the man opposite her at this moment, and there was a sense of harmlessness in her.
She added, "The situation in Bianjing right now is between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Since the Empress Dowager has automatically categorized the Xie family as the Emperor's confidants, I think if she tells the Emperor about this, Shi Yang will not end up well."
"After all, the border is currently ravaged by war, and the Xie family is still quite important to the government at this time."
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Zhao Yu looked at Xie Rongying's harmless smile and raised his eyebrows: "I remember that I asked the young lady for help because I wanted to make friends with her."
Xie Rongying frowned slightly, and thought of what Luo Jin said, that the Queen Mother wanted the King of Wei to be obedient to her son.
Perhaps the King of Wei's situation was even more difficult than Xie Rongying had imagined.
There is the power of the emperor in front, the hatred of the empress behind, and the attacks of the prince and the plots of the reclusive concubine Chen all around.
We are really surrounded by enemies on all sides.
"I know that the prince wants to make friends with me, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here talking with him peacefully." Xie Rongying smiled faintly.
Zhao Yu picked up the teacup and drank it all. After he put it down, he said with a smile: "Since the young lady knows my attitude, I will give her another attitude."
As he spoke, Zhao Yu poured tea into the cup next to Xie Rongying, and then filled his own cup.
"The Shi family will be given to the young lady to vent her anger." After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he raised the teacup towards Xie Rongying.
Xie Rongying stared at Zhao Yu deeply, and did not move to pick up the teacup: "Can you help me vent my anger?"
"Shi Yang and his son are at the Young Madam's disposal."
Xie Rongying chuckled: "How did the prince know that Shi Yang and his son were in my hands?"
Zhao Yu clinked the teacup next to Xie Rongying's hand and said politely, "It's not hard to guess."
After a while, Xie Rongying picked up the teacup. The smile on her face disappeared, and her voice became much deeper: "It seems that the prince has given up the Shi family and wants the Xie family."
Zhao Yu chuckled softly, "You also said that the person behind the Shi family is my mother. Rather than giving it up, it's better to say that I'm holding my mother's pawn and letting the young lady deal with it in exchange for the Xie family's position."
Xie Rongying did not respond. She stared deeply at the man opposite her, wondering what she was thinking.
After a while, he picked up the teacup and drank it all.
The moment she put down the teacup, she whispered, "Is this also the reason why the prince and Xie Ting got closer?"
When Xie Ting was mentioned, something strange flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes.
"The Empress Dowager and the Prince disagreed, and it was more because the Empress Dowager wanted to control the Prince. So the Prince used the excuse of being seriously ill to temporarily escape from the Empress Dowager's supervision and befriend Xie Ting, thus gaining the support of the Princess."
Zhao Yu was still a little surprised: "You know?"
Very few people in this world knew that Xie Ting's biological mother was the eldest princess, and even Zhao Yu found out about it by accident.
How did Xie Rongying know?
"Did Xie Ting tell you, or did Xie Yi tell you?" Zhao Yu was a little surprised.
No one should reveal Xie Ting's identity.
Xie Rongying's eyes fell on the empty teacup. She gently turned the cup with her fingers and whispered, "I found out by accident."
Hearing this, Zhao Yu just stared at the woman opposite him indifferently.
It's like the distance is closer.
She actually knew the eldest princess's secret.
"It's getting late. I should leave now." Xie Rongying stood up and bowed, "Thank you for your hospitality, Your Highness."
Zhao Yu stood up and said, "Then I won't see you off."
Xie Rongying nodded and walked out of the cottage.
Zhao Yu looked at Xie Rongying's receding back, stood with his hands behind his back, and his expression became more and more solemn.
This Xie Rongying was more cunning than he had imagined. He had thought that by holding Shangguan Jing in his hands he could break his current situation, but he had not expected it to become even more stable.
If he doesn't find a way to break the current situation, he will never be able to do what he wants to do.
However, an opportunity soon arose. Emperor Ren De wanted to secretly send a secret letter to Shangguan Yan who was far away in Longxi. Emperor Ren De did not trust other people, and he was afraid that sending secret guards would bring bad luck.
It happened that the Xie family caravan was about to deliver food and medicinal materials to the border, so Qin Junyi was sent with the Xie family caravan to deliver the secret letter to Shangguan Yan.
It was also a good opportunity for Qin Junyi to send Shangguan Yan's daughter back to Longxi safely.
This opportunity also came to Zhao Yu, and he came into contact with Xie Rongying.
At this time, footsteps were heard again.
"Shao Lian, you're not really going to give that old man Shi Yang to Qin Junyi's woman, are you?" The man who appeared behind him said with a deep smile, "If it were you, I'd go talk to Xie Jing directly. Is this Xie Rongying really capable of being the head of the Xie family?"
Zhao Yu glanced at the man and said softly, "Yes."
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