Another day passed. Luo Ruxue still couldn't see Luo Ran, but she didn't hear any other news. Presumably she didn't find out anything from Chuntao.
Thinking of this, Luo Ruxue felt relieved a lot.
When it was time for dinner, Youqing came in and asked, "Madam, are you setting the table for dinner?"
Luo Ran looked at the hourglass and asked, "Where is your Excellency?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the voice of greetings in the yard, and Fu Jinan came in with a cold wind.
He handed the cloak he took off to You Qing, and stood by the charcoal fire, warming his hands while looking at Luo Ran and said: "I may be very busy at the moment. If you miss the time, you and the two children can eat first without waiting for me. "
Luo Ran's eyes moved slightly, he stood up and took the cloak from Youqing's hand, hung it on the shelf next to him, and asked casually: "Why are you so busy recently?"
Fu Jin'an rubbed his hands and said, "Isn't the emperor going to reorganize the cabinet after the new year? Moreover, this year is a triennial visit to the capital for congratulations by the vassal king. Things have been backlogged and become somewhat inseparable."
After Emperor Taizu conquered the country, in order to favor his brothers who lived together through life and death, he established vassal kings in various places and inherited them hereditary forever.
Now, nearly a hundred years have passed, and the brotherhood between the royal family and the vassal kings has long been gone as it was when Taizu was still alive. Instead, they are wary of each other and contain each other.
Especially after the current emperor succeeded to the throne, he was even more intolerant of the vassal kings on one side of the separatist regime. Several weak vassal kings had already been eliminated by the court under various excuses, and now only a few relatively powerful ones remained.
Among these vassal kings, the most powerful King Munan, who was stationed in Nanzhao, was headed, followed by King Gui in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, then King Xisu in the northwest border and King Ning in the north.
Regarding matters in the court, although Fu Jinan always told her intentionally or unintentionally, Luo Ran never took the initiative to inquire and always remembered his duty.
I don’t know what happened today, but after hearing what Fu Jinan said, Luo Ran actually said, "Why is it all you, the prince?"
Fu Jinan moved his fingertips, looked at the burning charcoal fire and said, "The prince is responsible for welcoming guests, and I am responsible for the security of the capital."
"oh."
Luo Ran seemed to just ask casually, turned around and asked Youqing to set the meal.
After the food was put on the table, the two nuns came over with the Qingning siblings. After their first birthday, the two little guys were no longer satisfied with their mother always feeding them alone, and preferred to sit with them like their father and mother. At the table.
The small chairs for the two children were specially placed by Fu Jinan's order. There were armrests all around. Even if no one was holding them, there was no need to worry about the two children falling. What's more, there were still mothers standing behind and watching.
Fu Jinan put a bowl of soup in front of Luo Ran, and then asked: "What did you want to say just now, why didn't you say it?"
Luo Ran took the soup and tasted it first. Fortunately, it was quite light. He asked Aunt Qiu to serve some to the two children, and then said: "It's nothing. I just heard that the second son of the Liu family is also in the northwest. I heard that the second son of the Liu family is also in the northwest." This time I will also come back with King Xisu."
Fu Jinan smiled: "You know?"
Luo Ran looked up at him and said, "I don't know, I'm just guessing."
Fu Jin'an nodded: "Well, let's eat first and then we'll talk after eating."
After the family of four had dinner, Luo Ran played with the two children for a while until little Qingning couldn't open his eyes, and then he let his grandma take him back to sleep.
Just as Luo Ran was about to move his stiff body, a pair of big hands covered his back and whispered: "Don't move, I'll rub it for you."
The man's hands were big and strong. At first, he was afraid of hurting her, so he would ask her a question every time he touched her. Only when Luo Ran could bear the strength, he started kneading her again and again.
I have to say that one pinch from him was as good as what Youqing and Chunyu had done for a long time.
Fu Jinan looked at her squinting her eyes and looking like she was enjoying herself. He felt very at ease and said, "The two children are getting older and stronger day by day. From now on, let Zizhu and Zifu hold them. Don't tire yourself." It’s burning.”
"Um."
Luo Ran responded casually, obviously not taking it seriously. My own children are willing to suffer no matter how hard they are.
Fu Jin'an knew that she would not be obedient, but he didn't say anything more, thinking that he would explain it to his servants later, so he picked up the topic at dinner: "You should have guessed who did the poisoning and killing. "
Luo Ran nodded, but still asked uncertainly: "Liu Zimo?"
Fu Jin smiled calmly.
Because before the two got married, Luo Ran made a three-part agreement, the last of which was not to interfere with her affairs. So except after Changying caught Chuntao two days ago, he didn't even ask.
"How did you guess that?"
Fu Jinan straightened her body and continued to rub her back.
Luo Ran said: "It's not what you said before."
But what she didn't say was that after Qiqin left that day, she thought about it and didn't expect who the person Fu Shiheng was talking about was. Later, she suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she went to pay respects to Mr. Fang, and vaguely heard Ms. Fang say something in anger: "Why didn't Liu Zimo kill that bastard!"
Although that all happened after Fu Yi's death, considering the relationship between the Fu family and the Liu family, there should be no one else except Liu Zimo.
What's more, she also found out today that the second young master of the Liu family had left home since he was a child and was also a ruthless master.
If he got the poison, firstly, he was in the northwest and the medicine came from the south. Not only would he be able to clear himself of suspicion, but it would also make the Luo family hate King Mu Nan. This would only be good for the Liu family and not bad, and it would be similar to the previous one. Things matched up.
"King Xisu has a grudge against King Munan?"
Luo Ran asked suddenly.
Fu Jinan was surprised that she could think of this and couldn't help but smile: "You guessed it too?"
"Um."
Luo Ran responded.
She won't lie, but she can't say that she came to the conclusion based on her previous life. She can only say that she guessed.
Fu Jin'an didn't think too much and praised without hesitation: "I didn't realize that my wife is so smart."
Then he briefly talked about the conflict between King Xisu and King Munan. It was nothing more than accumulated by our ancestors. Originally, our ancestors planned to grant Nanzhao to the old King Xisu, but unexpectedly, King Munan used a trick to seize it. past.
Nanzhao has a hot and humid climate all year round and is rich in products, which is incomparable to the northwest where the sky is full of yellow sand.
Therefore, King Xisu has been the enemy of King Munan for generations.
He also told her that Liu Zimo wanted to poison her and make the Luo family hate King Munan. This was probably because Luo Deyun had military power.
The Liu family couldn't win over Luo Deyun, so they had to find ways to take advantage of him, because King Munan had a good relationship with Duke Rongguo, and Duke Rongguo's palace was the prince's ancestral home.
The relationship is complex.
After Luo Ran heard this, he didn't know what to say.
Fu Jinan touched Qing Ning's head as if coaxing her and said, "Don't be afraid, there is a husband for everything."
Luo Ran didn't say anything. She used to just hide, but now she found that as the emperor got older and the princes grew up, the fight for the heir would only become more and more intense.
In her last life, she hid in the house and didn't know anything, but in the end she inevitably became a victim. In this life, she suddenly didn't want to be like this.
The next day, after having breakfast and seeing Fu Jinan off, she went to the woodshed.
