Resourceful beauty

Chapter 55 Bold Conjecture

In the dark shabby room, only a small window the size of a palm can be seen. She tried her best to absorb the warmth of the sunlight. Fang Ruxuan stood on tiptoe, wanting to see the outside world, but just when she raised her head, she met the pair of dark and prey outside the window. s eyes.

In those eyes, there was a frightening viciousness, like a wild wolf eager to prey in the dark, fierce, tyrannical, with a palpitating bite.

"what……"

With a loud cry, Fang Ruxuan woke up from her sleep.

The middle coat on her body was already soaked with sweat, and it was sticking to her back at this moment, making Fang Ruxuan very uncomfortable. There was already a glimmer of light in the outer room, and then Lilac carried a candlestick into the inner room.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Putting the candlestick on the table, Ding Xiang raised the bed curtain and asked Fang Ruxuan.

Panting heavily, Fang Ruxuan glanced at the teapot on the table.

Ding Xiang made tea, fed Fang Ruxuan a few sips, and helped her change into a clean undershirt.

"Go to sleep, just keep the candlestick, I can't sleep, I want to be alone for a while."

Taking a pillow and leaning behind her back, Fang Ruxuan said softly.

Ding Xiang responded, turned around and left.

In the darkness, Fang Ruxuan stared blankly at the silent night outside the window, a little lost in thought.

The scene in her dream was the cell where she had been imprisoned for nearly a month in the Funan City Prison.

And those eyes, like Zhu Yaozu after drinking too much, like Hu Jing who had suffered a lot and secretly held grudges, and like Qiu Zongde who laughed wildly in Wutong Garden in his previous life.

The faces of those people overlapped in front of her, and Fang Ruxuan's originally lazy eyes suddenly burst into infinite hostility. At this moment, she swept away her lively and cheerful past, exuding a sharp breath all over her body. It seems that in those scripts, there are killers hiding in the dark waiting for the opportunity.

From the day when Zhu Yaozu was executed with a stick, Fang Ruxuan and Hu Jing had forged a feud, and with the addition of the golden abacus, Fang Ruxuan knew that Hu Jing couldn't be kept.

But now, Hu Jing is the governor of Funan, a high-ranking official in the imperial court, trying to touch Fang Ruxuan as the princess of Xuanyi is like shaking a tree with a mayfly.

But what Jin Suan said during the day made Fang Ruxuan feel that she had finally caught the tail of the opportunity.

Who instigated and for whom the dragon robe that was hurriedly made four years ago is unknown now, but Jin Suanan was imprisoned in the prison of Funan City. Jing can't escape being involved in this matter.

"In the end, who could it be?"

Whispering, Fang Ruxuan sorted through her father's brothers.

The first emperor Shengkang was a prince when he was born. Among the other brothers, the most talented one is King Qi, and the other princes have died of old age or illness for so many years. The only ones left are King Ning, King Heng and King Lu. king.

King Ning's fief is in Yunjiang, the northernmost part of Dayuan. Although Fang Ruxuan has never been there, she has read it in books. Yunjiang is a vast and endless prairie.

It has been several decades since he became king. King Ning only followed the old rules and returned to Beijing every three years. In the past few years, he heard that he was in poor health, so he didn’t return to Beijing very often. The year Emperor Rui’an came to the throne, he was also King Ning. The prince came to congratulate him.

Fang Ruxuan has no impression of King Ning, but when he heard from his father, King Ning is now a gray-haired old man, and he has no ambitions since he was a child. His greatest wish is to be a wealthy prince. King Ning should be able to rule it out.

Heng Wang is another outlier.

It is unusual to confer the title of prince, but leave the fief to the disciples to take care of, travel around by oneself, and stay in a place with good scenery for a few months, and make friends with local literati through poetry and painting.

When Jiangbei was at its peak, King Heng still stayed there for three months, but instead of living in Prince Qi's mansion, he built a wooden house in the bamboo forest and invited some refined scholars to play the piano and drink tea every day.

Fang Ruxuan has seen Wang Heng's calligraphy and painting, a picture of Jiang Weng fishing with a few strokes, but Fang Ruxuan can see the loneliness and spaciousness in it, which shows the breadth of mind of the painter.

Heng Wang once said that in a few decades of life, there is no limit to learning, and there are very few things that can be grasped in his chest. If he can, he really wants to borrow hundreds of years of life from God to let him see everything This vast world.

Fang Ruxuan didn't think that such a constant king would conspire against him and bind himself on the golden throne of the ninety-five lord.

King Lu...

Wine bag rice bag, greedy, selfish.

Thinking of King Lu, there are a lot of derogatory words to describe him, Fang Ruxuan can't imagine, how can such a person have such virtue and how can someone help him to become emperor.

After ruling out all possibilities, Fang Ruxuan frowned in confusion.

She always felt that something was wrong.

Thinking back again, King Ning and King Heng each have their own strengths and weaknesses, the only thing they have in common is that they both want to avoid the capital city, a place of right and wrong, and just want to keep their family safe.

King Lu, on the other hand, was just the opposite.

Almost every year before the end of the year, the King of Lu would give a memorial, hoping to bring his family back to Beijing for the New Year, and every time the New Year was over and the day of the return journey, the King of Lu would find various excuses to push back again and again, so that People get bored.

King Lu's fief was in Ningbei, northwest of Dayuan, a place of bitter cold. When the late emperor was still there, King Lu tried to change his fief, but nothing happened.

For so many years, King Lu often went back to the capital to play the autumn wind. Every time he went back, there were big carts and small carts, all of which were rewards from the former emperor and the current Emperor Rui'an. Few people knew what was going on in Ningbei. Ningbei's understanding lies in the perception that the bitter cold place was very difficult to govern many years ago.

Jiangbei is rich and vast, and for so many years, the imperial court will send imperial envoys to the fiefs of various princes every few years. In name, it is to investigate the people's sentiments, but in fact it is to visit the strength of each prince.

But I have never heard of an imperial envoy being sent to Ningbei, so it can be seen that King Lu's crying for poverty is very effective.

Fang Ruxuan couldn't help guessing, if this greedy and extravagant king of Lu is a fake, just pretending to be mysterious, then the previous speculation about the collusion between King Lu and Qiu Zongde can be established?

However, no matter how capable the King of Lu is, it is impossible for Hu Jing, a first-rank official who was promoted by the late emperor, to be used by the King of Lu, right?
Boldly guessing, overthrowing her guess at the same time, when Fang Ruxuan came back to her senses, the sky was already bright.

"Miss, look, your eyes are a little blue from the heat. Go to sleep a little longer. When the time comes, the servant will call you."

He took out the candlestick that had already been extinguished, and threw a handful of calming incense into the incense burner in the corner, and Lilac lowered the bed curtain.

The whole night's toil made Fang Ruxuan a little tired, and the light gradually dimmed. After a while, Fang Ruxuan let out the sound of even breathing, and fell asleep until nearly six o'clock.

When she got up again, the room was quiet, only heard Su Ye teaching the little maid in the yard, Ding Xiang didn't know where to go, Fang Ruxuan climbed to the side of the soft couch and opened the window, taking a deep breath of fresh air outside.

Su Ye saw it, turned around and ran back to the inner room.

"Don't you need to go say hello today?"

Fang Ruxuan asked curiously.

Su Ye nodded, "When I got up early, the princess had a headache, so I passed the message that I don't need to go to pay my respects today. Ding Xiang said that you stayed up midnight yesterday and asked you to sleep a little longer, but the servants didn't wake you up. "

Without having to look at Su Yuan's lifeless face, Fang Ruxuan was naturally happy, and couldn't help stretching herself very contentedly.

After lunch, Fang Ruxuan took Ding Xiang to Shanshui Pavilion.

Climbing up and down, she searched through many books and notes, but couldn't find the information she needed. Fang Ruxuan muttered with some headaches: "The news is so blocked, it really makes people feel helpless."

"Hey, what are you looking for?"

A familiar voice sounded above her head, still causing Fang Ruxuan to sit on the ground in shock.

Looking up, it's not who Fang Zhengjun is.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Fang Ruxuan sat up in surprise. Fang Zhengjun opened the door and walked in. He said with a helpless smile, "I've been here for a long time. Unfortunately, you two didn't notice it at all."

Fang Ruxuan felt a little embarrassed when she thought that her stupid appearance just now fell into her elder brother's eyes, and asked him why he came here as if changing the subject.

"I finished reading the book of war that I brought with me last time, but I still can't figure it out. My father is busy training soldiers again. He said that he has the handbook from the past, so I took it back and learned it by myself, so I came back during my lunch break. .”

As Fang Zhengjun said, he rubbed his stomach and told Ding Xiang, "Go to the small kitchen to see if there is anything else to eat, and bring me some."

Ding Xiang complied, and trotted out. Fang Zhengjun looked back at Fang Ruxuan, and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you not angry these days?"

Fang Ruxuan raised her head like a proud little rooster, "I don't even look at who I am, the famous Princess Xuanyi, who dares to bully me?"

Fang Zhengjun laughed out loud.

The two brothers and sisters are just like when they were young, talking and laughing, very affectionate.

Lilac brought food, Fang Zhengjun ate, and told Fang Ruxuan interesting stories about the military camp. Fang Zhengjun said it happily, but there were only a lot of hardships. Fang Ruxuan listened, feeling sad and relieved.

Having experienced in the military camp, my elder brother can grow into a man who is as upright as his father. The hard work before him is nothing.

Looking at her brother's dark skin and callused hands, Fang Ruxuan comforted herself in her heart.

Thinking of the short time that Fang Zhengjun could stay, Fang Ruxuan seized the time and asked, "Brother, King Lu, Qiu Zongde, and Hu Jing, do you know what special relationship they have?"

Fang Zhengjun stopped drinking the soup, and looked up at Fang Ruxuan in confusion.

Although he didn't understand the purpose of his sister's question, Fang Zhengjun still answered honestly: "Hu Jing is Qiu Zongde's favorite student. When he went to Funan, he was recommended by Qiu Zongde. What's wrong?"

Lu Wang, Qiu Zongde, Hu Jing.

At this moment, Fang Ruxuan finally connected the three of them together.

(End of this chapter)