Chapter 31: Encountering Taoyuan (3)
"Aren't you... embarrassed?" After telling your thoughts, I was so embarrassed that I was extremely embarrassed when facing you. But why, can you still be so calm?
Feng Xiaoya was silent for a while, turned around and walked to the "Qiwu Lun" at the head of the bed, and said slowly: "In a person's life, he will encounter many, many people, many things. There are many embarrassing people, angry people, disgusting people, and shameless people. It is not enough to avoid it. Especially-" He glanced back with a vicissitudes of expression, "Queen."
Xie Changyan's eyelashes trembled.
"You sit high on the phoenix chair and watch everyone kneel down to you. Among those people, there are those who love but cannot be close to you, those who are full of evil deeds but cannot be moved without action, those who are hiding a knife in their smile are deliberately scrupulous and cowardly, and those who are too lazy to take a look at it... Your life is surrounded by these complicated characters and cannot escape, nor can you escape."
Xie Changyan couldn't help biting his lower lip.
"You have to get used to it, restrain yourself, and defeat it." At this point, Feng Xiaoya walked over and gently grabbed her hand.
Xie Changyan shook, but understood what he meant, so he did not break free.
"Only after you are injured, you will know how to treat it; only after you have suffered, you will know how to avoid it; only after you have lost things will cherish your possession; only after you have loved someone will know what true love is... You have to go through many things, becoming more and more abundant, until it is smooth and round, invincible."
Feng Xiaoya's hand slowly moved upwards, and finally touched her head, saying word by word: "You will only know how to heal your wounds; you will only know how to avoid it when you experience it; you will only know how to understand it when you lose it; you will only know how to be loved. Since you have inherited the life of the phoenix, you will suffer this disaster."
Xie Changyan suddenly realized.
Feng Xiaoya's movements, expressions, and tone seemed intimate, but they were not the charming she felt. Because this was the posture of an elder.
Like a master to a disciple.
Like a brother to a sister.
Like a flower planter, she is facing flowers.
Like a sculptor on jade.
With expectations, pity, and careful care - it is not the way for lovers.
This sudden enlightenment made Xie Changyan feel relieved and he was inexplicably relieved.
Xie Changyan stared at Feng Xiaoya calmly, his eyes gradually changed from embarrassment to clear and clear. Just as he was about to say something, Feng Xiaoya gestured to her, reached into her arms, and took out something.
When Xie Changyan saw the familiar box, he couldn't help but exclaim: "During the water butterfly?"
"Yes." Feng Xiaoya walked a few times and opened the box. It turned out that the water-dance butterfly inside.
"Isn't this there in Princess Huiwei?"
"It was her place. She ran away in time when she was bedding, so the box was not damaged." Feng Xiaoya said, taking out a small clip and turned the butterfly over, "Come here."
Xie Changyan immediately walked over obediently. When he got closer, he saw the butterfly's chest and abdomen, and was shocked: "Is this?"
I saw that Wu Shuidie's chest and abdomen had been cut open, and the juice in the blood cavity had dried up, leaving only the dry body wall.
"All the internal organs of the butterfly are immersed in the blood cavity, which is its heart." Feng Xiaoya pointed at a long object on its back with a small clip, pointing out various parts while explaining, "The tone is responsible for sucking nectar, and the body wall shrinks and enters here. This valve is used to prevent food from flowing back."
Xie Changyan immediately pointed out keenly: "Is this color abnormal?"
In the sunlight, the valve spreads all the way to the tail, and the entire body wall that was cut out showed a strange blue-purple color.
Feng Xiaoya nodded in praise and said, "Smart. So I sucked out its body fluids and fed them to the other three butterflies."
Xie Changyan's eyes lit up: "What's the result?"
"Each one was excited and flew non-stop. Then, after six, twelve, and nineteen hours, they died separately." Feng Xiaoya said this and wiped her hands with a silk squid. "That is why I dragged it until now."
"This, does this mean?"
"This butterfly was fed poison during his lifetime. The poison can keep it excited and hand it over to Fang Wan's hands alive. But when time comes, it will die."
Xie Changyan was overjoyed, "I knew it wasn't me! Its wings were so complete that the powder didn't fall off. How could it be killed by hitting it?"
Feng Xiaoya looked at her with a smile: "Congratulations, don't bother Cheng Guo to catch butterflies."
After Xie Changyan was happy, he was surprised: "Senior brother, why are you so proficient in butterflies?"
Feng Xiaoya froze for a moment, then replied: "The King of Chu is so thin, so my ministers can only follow him... But the poison is not my boss. I didn't find out what poison it is. You know, Gongshu Frog is very busy now."
"Are you busy with your Majesty asking for money?"
"Yes. So His Majesty forwarded all the memorials that impeached him by his ministers. He is now busy coming to the door and scolding him one by one."
Xie Changyan couldn't help but be amused. The embarrassment that had previously oppressed the whole body was gone at this moment. She thought that she really liked to get along with this person. "No matter what, if the problem of digging a mountain is solved, the canal will probably be completed soon, right?"
When talking about this, Feng Xiaoya's smile decreased a lot: "It's still a bit slow. If it's still so dry in the spring next year and the crops are short of water, the harvest will drop sharply by then, which may lead to famine."
"Then... is it too late to store grain now?"
"The country has no three years of savings." Feng Xiaoya said this and laughed mockingly, "But the scholars have a rich life."
Xie Changyan was shocked and found out more and more why King Baiyan had to suppress the aristocratic family.
"A century-old gentry, the nobles and nobles have been prosperous for generations, and the tribes are prosperous; the tribes still exist when the country dies. For them, no matter how the court changes, it doesn't matter who will be the king. Therefore, a country is a king's country, a country of the people, not a country of scholars. Disasters are a disaster for the king, a disaster for the people, not a disaster for the scholars." Feng Xiaoya sneered, "How can such a man be a minister? What is the purpose of such a man?"
Xie Changyan showed anger when he saw Feng Xiaoya for the first time, and he couldn't help but take a small step back.
Seeing that her face turned pale, Feng Xiaoya immediately put away her emotions and said, "But you don't have to worry. Since you already know the root cause, just solve it slowly. You must have confidence in Your Majesty."
Xie Changyan whispered "Yes", but there was a seed of suspicion in his heart, which secretly sprouted.
Feng Xiaoya glanced at the slope of the sunlight: "It's not too late, I'm leaving."
Xie Changyan was about to send him off, but he saw him walking to the window and opening it, and then he got out.
Wait, why don’t you leave the door well and have to jump out of the window?
Feng Xiaoya waved at her, and then the window fell again. Another knock on the door sounded very regularly.
"Please come in." Xie Changyan replied. But the man didn't come in and was still knocking on the door.
Xie Changyan frowned and walked over to open the door. He saw Meng Buli kneeling straight outside the door with his thorns on his back. The yellow croaker, who was indefinitely circling around the thorns, pounced on him from time to time and bit him.
Such movement and stillness complement each other.
"Meng Jun, what are you doing?"
Meng Buli's eyes fell to the ground, and there was a piece of paper on the ground.
Xie Changyan picked it up and found it was a letter of apology. This man cherished words like gold, and his writing style was also very concise. He wrote: "Check, Futu was the act of Ding Da, the kitchen chef. He apology was not investigated early, so he apology."
Xie Changyan raised his eyebrows: "Where is Ding Da?"
The eldest princess's house—
Fang Wan followed Princess Huiwei, and the two walked towards the flower hall with a chat and laughter.
Princess Huiwei said: "My butterfly was handed over the day before yesterday. I sent someone in the palace today. It must be His Majesty's cousin who wants to give you an explanation. Go quickly!"
The two of them came to the flower hall and saw Ruyi kneeling on the couch and drinking tea.
A trace of disgust flashed in Princess Huiwei's eyes, and she muttered in a low voice: "Why send him here?" After walking into the door, Dadayan went to the eldest princess, "Mom!"
Fang Wan was a little envious, but she hid it very well and walked in with her eyes down.
Ruyi stared at her, put down her teacup, stood up and said, "Tell Your Majesty the Oral Order."
Everyone in the hall looked upright and bowed to their knees.
"It has been verified that Wushui butterfly died of poisonous attack."
As soon as these words were spoken, Fang Wan's face turned pale. The eldest princess was shocked, and Princess Huiwei shouted: "What? Poison?"
"That's it." Ruyi said, throwing a small bottle at Fang Wan. Fang Wan didn't dare to move, and the bottle hit her forehead.
"What are you doing!" Princess Huiwei became anxious.
Ruyi glanced at her coldly: "Your Majesty ordered this."
Fang Wan shook heavily.
"This matter has nothing to do with Xie Changyan, so don't ask for trouble again. After that, that's it." Ruyi turned around and left. The eldest princess saw him off in person.
Princess Huiwei curled her lips and said, "Who is this? Just a mere eunuch slave, who actually gives us a look!"
Turning his head, he saw Fang Wan still kneeling on the spot, his face as white as paper, and then reached out to help her up: "Wanwan, don't be afraid. Who is the person who sells butterflies to you? I asked someone to arrest him, but he dared to fool us like this. He dared to play tricks on his birthday gifts to His Majesty and seek death!"
As he was talking, the eldest princess was back, and his eyes flashed a few times when he heard this.
Fang Wan cried lightly and said, "Yes, it's a businessman from Yiguo. After the birthday party, I want to buy another one, but I can't find it..."
"Damn it, it turns out that there are many unscrupulous merchants in Yiguo!" Princess Huiwei thought for a while and sighed, "It's a good deal for Xie Changyan. His Majesty's cousin is really protecting her!"
The eldest princess suddenly said lightly: "Hui Wei, I've sent Mianmian's iron palm, go and have a look." Mianmian is Hui Wei's love horse. When Hui Wei heard this, she jumped up happily: "So fast? OK, I'll go and see it now!"
Princess Huiwei left with great enthusiasm. Fang Wan saw that the eldest princess was intentionally keeping her talking, and her expression became more and more uneasy.
The eldest princess walked aside and began to arrange flowers. For a moment, only the silver cutters could be heard in the flower hall.
Fang Wan heard the sound of "cracks", a thin cold sweat appeared on her forehead. In the end, she couldn't bear it and kowtowed: "Your Highness! I was wrong! Your Highness! I really didn't expect that the butterfly was poisoned to death..."
The eldest princess chuckled.
Chapter completed!