Chapter 52: The World is Hard to Accommodate

  His tone was unpleasant, and his face seemed to be shrouded in a thousand years of icy coldness.

  Jing Fei slightly curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing a hint of sarcastic bitter smile, "Does your 'not allowed' also include me, your wife?"

  Her eyebrows moved slightly, Xia Yang calmed down and picked up the box, expressionless: "You can come if you want, but don't touch my things randomly."

  "Is it yours?" A surge of shame and anger rushed to her head, and the grievances, unwillingness, and anger that had been suppressed could no longer be contained. She completely collapsed. "Are these things yours or Fourth Sister's? What is it that you care about so much, these things or Fourth Sister?"

  "What nonsense are you talking about!"

  Tears fell, contrasting with the smile on his lips, which was even more bitter and astringent. "Am I talking nonsense? I really wish I were talking nonsense! But you deceived me, deceived everyone, and deceived yourself, didn't you? Do you dare say that your feelings for Fourth Sister are just pure sibling affection, without any improper thoughts?"

  "You!" was like a thunderbolt striking his forehead, and Xia Yang's face turned white in an instant. Many of the feelings he had previously been unwilling to think about, which had been vague and unclear, suddenly became clear.

  Clutching her fists tightly, with tears blurring her eyes, she almost bit through a silver tooth. A vengeful mentality replaced all rationality. With a faint cold smile, she said mercilessly: "But what can be done? The person you fell in love with is your own sister, brother and sister, abandoned by both heaven and man! Xiaoyang, you're not even worthy of being called a beast!"

  "Bang!" The box in his hand fell to the ground, and the sound was like a heavy hammer that heavily smashed into the hearts of the two people. Jing Fan suddenly woke up with a start, and the surging regret made her painfully cover her chest. What was she doing? She must be crazy!

  The artificial hill was piled up, and the leaves fell in profusion. Xia Xue stared at the artificial hill with a look of infatuation, as if it were a beautiful scene that could never be looked at enough. Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and a suspicious flush suddenly rose to her delicate little face.

  He silently watched her, she didn't speak and he also didn't make a sound.

  After an unknown amount of time had passed, Xia Xue finally discovered his presence. "Why are you still here?"

  "I'll stay here and keep Miss Wu company."

  "Dun'er," Xia Xue gazed into the distance, her small face suddenly flushing again. "The Seventh Prince is right, it's not good for us to meet in secret like this. From now on, let's not meet here again."

  His eyes suddenly dimmed, and he lowered his head and muttered: "Yes."

  "I don't want him to think I'm a casual woman." She was completely absorbed in her own thoughts, muttering to herself.

  Lost backwards took two steps back, Dun'er made a neat and tidy bow, "Your humble servant obeys."

  The Marquis's residence.

  Situ Bi paced back and forth in front of Zheng Yunhao with a furious expression, while Zheng Yunhao remained calm and composed.

  "What's going on? Why have large quantities of copper and sulfur gone missing in Jizhou and other places? Didn't Master say to wait until the Fifth Prince and Min Hui get married before taking action? How could you act behind Master's back?"

  "Teacher, don't get angry. The student doesn't know the inside story either. I suppose it's just that the Fourth Prince and we happened to think of the same thing. This matter will definitely be thoroughly investigated as soon as possible."

  "You really don't know?" The small eyes as big as beans narrowed dangerously, and Situ Bi clearly didn't believe his words.

  "The students really don't know. Without the teacher's permission, how dare they act arbitrarily? Moreover, Ji Zhou and Gan Zhou are both near the Fourth Prince's fiefdom, while Ling Zhou is close to the Second Prince's fiefdom. Without the teacher's help, even if the student has a good heart, he would be powerless! I hope the teacher will understand." Zheng Yunhao bowed with an unchanged expression, as if to say that if the other party didn't believe him, he wouldn't dare stand up.

  "The Fourth Prince's mother has a noble status, if one day he becomes the Emperor..."

  Zheng Yunhao immediately knelt down, "The student would never dare to betray the teacher. If it weren't for the teacher's support, how could there be today's student? No matter who will be the emperor in the future, it has nothing to do with the student. The student only looks up to the teacher."

  He had been observing his expression without leaving any trace, and Situ Bi finally nodded in satisfaction, his face also eased a lot, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid this matter is not done by the Fourth Prince."

  "Why is the teacher talking like this? Does the teacher suspect that there's something fishy about this matter?"

  "Although the Fourth Prince is reckless and arrogant, he's not foolish to this extent. Causing such a commotion around his own fiefdom wouldn't make him a target for everyone? The way he was raging in the imperial court today didn't seem like an act either."

  "So, teacher thinks who is secretly manipulating this matter?"

  After a moment of contemplation, Situ Bi said coldly: "The ambition of the Grand Duke is no less than that of the Fourth Duke. If this matter was orchestrated by him alone, perhaps he doesn't have such a mind yet, unless there's someone behind him giving directions. And as for the Third Duke, who wants to eliminate dissent and smoothly ascend to the throne, it's extremely possible that he's the mastermind behind the scenes."

  He slightly curled up the corner of his mouth, and Zheng Yunhao exaggeratedly bowed his head: "Teacher is wise, student admires. Student also thinks that the Third Highness's suspicion is the greatest."

  "But today, in the imperial court, he recommended that the Investigating Censor Li, who is a close attendant of the Emperor, handle this case. What kind of reasoning is this?" Si Tu Bi stroked his chin with his fingers, furrowing his brow in puzzlement.

  Zheng Yunhao also concentrated his thoughts, and he was also very puzzled by Yuan Longqiao's approach. For the time being, everything could only be observed quietly, and he... He looked at Si Tuwei who still couldn't understand and secretly smiled.