The setting sun melts gold, and the western sky glows like fire.
It's a pity that the palace wall is too high, so you can only see the sunset but not the sunset.
As the sun sets, the summer heat has also dissipated by seven points. The palace servants who tended the flowers and trees always took advantage of this time to irrigate the flowers and plants, so the sound of gurgling water was often heard throughout the palace.
Xue Hengzhao entered Tong'an Palace and rarely left the house. Today, I came out from the east corner gate and headed northwest.
This walk takes a big detour, and this road is rarely traveled by people.
Liang Jing was waiting in a waterside pavilion at a corner. Water chestnuts were scattered all over the water, and a few lotus flowers had bloomed earlier, but they closed again in the evening.
But the light fragrance of lotus lingers in the air, mixing with the water vapor, making people feel refreshed.
Xue Hengzhao was frail and wore softer and lighter shoes than others, so when he walked he felt like lotus petals falling to the ground, making no sound.
But Liang Jing turned around when she was about ten feet behind him and looked at her with ice-like eyes.
"Mr. Liang didn't know what happened when he saw this slave?" Xue Hengzhao took a few more steps forward and asked.
The look on her face was calm and quiet, as if she hadn't seen Liang Jing's cold eyes.
"Xue Hengzhao, are you deliberately trying to sow discord between me and the Queen? Do you want to force me to take action against you?" Liang Jing asked.
"General Manager Liang really believes that I have such great abilities? I have never even met the Queen. How can I sow discord between you? If General Manager Liang wants to attack me, there is no need to find any reason." Xue Hengzhao smiled and said, No fear at all.
"Do you think you can deceive me? Besides, how could you be stupid enough to come forward in person? You have already handed the handle to Concubine Xian, asking her to instigate the princess and her daughter to speak ill of me in front of the Queen." Liang Jing was convinced that all this was Xue Hengzhao's plan, "You have been planning it since you gave me that rabbit."
"Why, does General Manager Liang feel very aggrieved?" Xue Hengzhao covered his mouth slightly, but couldn't hide his smile, "That's why you came to confront me specifically."
Seeing her being so casual, Liang Jing's brows furrowed even more: "Don't think that everything will be safe in Tong'an Palace. When you handed the handle to Concubine Xian, you also sold yourself out."
"If I was so naive, how could I survive until now? Mr. Liang, didn't you take action a long time ago?" Xue Hengzhao stopped smiling and returned to his usual distant and cold expression, "The Queen may be a little suspicious of you because of this matter. , but why would you sit still and wait for death?
Most likely, he would use Concubine Xian as a swordsman and let her deal with me. If you achieve multiple things with one stone, the Queen will not refuse to agree. "
Xue Hengzhao thought everything right, and Liang Jing was not surprised. Because of Xue Hengzhao's intelligence, he had already learned the lesson.
"You are smart," Liang Jingye said calmly, "Just take care of yourself!"
"So why does Mr. Liang question me? It's already obvious that you and I are our own masters.
Nowadays, the overt and covert fighting in the palace depends on who has the best means and can have the last laugh. "Xue Hengzhao turned his eyes away to look at the swallows returning to their nests in the sky, "I used myself as bait to lure the snake out of its hole. If my skills are not as good as others and I am swallowed by a snake, I am asking for it myself and I cannot blame others.
The same goes for Manager Liang. It's normal for you to be scheming around the Queen. Since it's a matter of tactics, we should only focus on winning or losing. How can we ask our opponent why he wants to harm us? "
Xue Hengzhao and Liang Jing are both first-class smart people. Smart people never talk about right or wrong, only about the results.
"I didn't call you here to question you, but to make a deal with you." Liang Jing said, "You help me get rid of Concubine Xian."
"What about you?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
Xue Hengzhao has never objected to making transactions, even if the other party is an enemy, as long as the transaction chips are enough, there is nothing wrong with it.
"What do you want?" Liang Jing asked.
"Let the queen not attack the emperor's eldest grandson." Xue Hengzhao said, "Children are innocent."
"Okay," Liang Jing said without hesitation, "but only for half a year. If you can't get rid of Concubine Xian within half a year, I won't be able to help you protect the emperor's eldest grandson."
"That's enough." Xue Hengzhao nodded slightly and said to Liang Jing, "Manager Liang, I would like to give you a word of advice."
"You persuade me?" Liang Jing smiled, "Do you think I will listen?"
"It's up to you to listen or not, and it's up to me to tell or not." Xue Hengzhao said to himself, "Why don't you take refuge with Concubine Fu? With your talents, you will be able to achieve even greater achievements."
"You know it's impossible. Although I, Liang Jing, am not a gentleman, I am only loyal to the Queen. I will never mention this again in the future." Liang Jing said coldly, "I still want to advise you, why not come to the Queen? I can I hope nothing happens to you. With your intelligence and wisdom, you will definitely be rewarded by the Queen. Your exiled family will definitely be able to return to the capital and live in peace soon."
"Mr. Liang, you know in your heart that the Queen is narrow-minded, and even if she achieves success, her achievements will be limited.
Besides, she already has suspicions about you, which will only increase, not eliminate. "Xue Hengzhao raised his eyebrows, pointed at the bees returning to their hive not far away and said, "After collecting the honey from flowers, for whom does it work hard and for whom is it sweet?
Even if the queen is still the queen in the end, or even becomes the queen mother, you will not have a happy death.
You have done so many shady things for her, how can she still keep you? "
"Xue Hengzhao, you are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to sow discord in front of me." Liang Jing couldn't help but laugh twice, "How stupid do I have to be to betray my master and seek refuge with others? Is it Fu? Will the concubine value a person who is not even loyal?
If you advise me, you might as well use it to advise yourself. You have done a lot for Concubine Fu. Don’t forget the old saying that the best things are hidden in the air. "
Xue Hengdi was about to say something more, but someone hurried over behind him. Turning around, he saw it was Yu Guming.
"Heng Zhao, don't... don't talk to him." Yu Guming came over and took care of Xue Heng behind him, looking at Liang Jing coldly, "What do you want to do?"
Liang Jing changed his cold attitude towards Xue Hengzhao, and respectfully and gently replied to Yu Guming: "Master, don't be anxious, don't misunderstand me. In fact, I just met Miss Hengzhao here by chance, and it's her Came here on my own."
"My slave is fine. Don't worry, Your Majesty. It was indeed me who came over to talk to Manager Liang." Xue Hengzhao said, "I was about to go back. The Concubine also said that she would have a cup of Liuyun tea after reciting the sutra. Don’t delay.”
When Yu Guming heard what Xue Hengzhao said, although he stopped questioning Liang Jing, he still looked at him fiercely, then turned around and walked out to protect Xue Hengzhao.
Although no one mentioned it to Yu Guming as to why Xue Hengzhao went to Tong'an Palace, he guessed about it.
When he thought of the Queen's plan to attack Xue Hengzhao, his heart couldn't help but rise to his throat.
I go to the palace every day to keep watch, for fear of any accidents.
