Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

Xia Bai'an blushed, pretending to be calm and coughing lightly twice.

"If there is anything, let's go back to the house and talk about it while eating."

In normal times, Ao Pingchuan would definitely make a few words of ridicule.

But today, Ao Pingchuan made way for her, with his usual sloppy smile on his face, and the words he said were not as poignant as usual.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion has already sent someone to inform you that you will return to the Xia Mansion for a short stay in the afternoon, and the kitchen has already prepared meals. I also happened to get the news from my uncle, and it is logical that I will come to thank you, and I don't have to wait until night Come like a thief."

It's different from his usual speech, and it's strange to be serious.

Xia Bai'an thought casually, gave a lazy grunt, followed him all the way to the hall, ate something, and then slowly came back to his senses, slowed down the speed of eating, and went to meet the emperor every word All repeated.

"Actually, it's not that I helped Lin Qingya, but that the emperor is alone and has no subordinates who fully trust him, so it fell on Lin Qingya's head."

Xia Bai'an habitually added a bowl of soup to Mo Qian who was sitting beside him talking, and then continued to eat, and said, "However, I am very soft-spoken, and even if I propose, the emperor may not believe everything. Among them, is it the prime minister?" The adults stayed and helped to say something?"

Ao Pingchuan shook his head, his eyes fell on her pair of slender hands, and he pushed his own soup bowl over by accident.

It's like asking friends to help with food when they eat hot pot together.

Xia Bai'an didn't think too much, took the white porcelain bowl, and added another bowl for him like Mo Qian, and said, "What's going on? Could it be that the emperor really listened to my words?"

Ao Pingchuan looked at the chicken soup in front of him. The chicken was soft and rotten. The mellow chicken skin was half floating on the clear oil, garnished with some chopped green onions. While looking at Xia Bai'an's green onion finger, he couldn't help but move his index finger and took the soup bowl.

"Mr. Crane helped to speak."

"Mr. Crane?"

Xia Bai'an tilted his head inexplicably, and it took him a long time to remember that this person seemed to be an old gentleman who gave him a pair of jade pendants with tassels.

However, the last time I saw Mr. He was in the academy, I only knew that he was quite famous, but I didn't know that he could actually speak in front of the emperor.

And Mo Qian also saw her confusion, and helped Ao Pingchuan who was drinking the soup.

"Mr. Crane is actually just a nominal gentleman of Baichuan Academy. His birth is unknown. It is said that he was involved in the secrets of the royal family. He was later made a Marquis of Shi'an. It is said that he can come and go freely in the palace, but he does not go to the court. Most of them directly advise him. Word."

"Marquis Shi'an, these two words are very precious." Ao Pingchuan finished his soup and added a sentence.

"In this way, he is indeed a big shot." It's just that I don't know the details.Xia Baian thought.

Ao Pingchuan nodded: "In any case, thanks to him for reminding the emperor that my uncle was trapped in a massacred village, collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country, so it cannot be used easily, but it can be used by the non-commissioned officers under his command. Those who stayed in the capital are my uncles. My confidantes, if they can make meritorious deeds, my uncle's charges may also be corrected, and besides... Mr. He also persuaded the emperor to let my uncle go temporarily, so that those non-commissioned officers will not be chilled."

"I see."

Xia Bai'an finally understood the whole story.

She didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns, and it was more difficult than her usual business.

Thinking of this, she suddenly raised her hand and rubbed her sore forehead, put down her chopsticks, and asked again: "Have you heard about the Fifth Prince setting fire to people?"

"I heard." Ao Pingchuan's eyes became serious, he looked at Mo Qian, and grinned: "It's better not to talk about this kind of thing in front of the little devil."

"I'm not a brat!" Mo Qian gave him a sideways look.

Xia Bai'an couldn't help smiling, and wiped the soup from the corner of his mouth for Mo Qian: "You are a little man, so naturally you can hear everything, I'm just wondering, why did the Fifth Prince and Cen Hanshan do this?"

"Of course it's for the fight with other princes."

Ao Pingchuan sneered again and again, "I discussed with Mo Che in private, and I persuaded a few princes to think that the other party has sent troops to suppress it, and many princes have contributed manpower, just to show their strength..."

Ao Pingchuan hadn't finished speaking yet.

He received Xia Bai'an's astonished look.

"You said just now that you discussed with Mo Che privately to instigate the prince?"

"Yes, the fifth prince will not fall, and Cen Hanshan is a serious problem for the two of us. Now that the fifth prince has set fire to people, causing the refugees to riot again and again, even if he will not be demoted this time. Only peel off the skin in front of the emperor!"

Ao Pingchuan sneered again and again.

But Xia Bai'an's complexion became more and more ugly, all the smiles on his face were suppressed, and he raised his hand to stroke his forehead fiercely, with a bit of vigor.

It turned out to be so.

It turned out that it was Ao Pingchuan and Mo Che who instigated the princes to fight each other for credit in order to bring down the fifth prince.

The fifth prince wanted to take a slant and settle the matter at once, so he came up with this way of setting people on fire.

She took a deep breath, her fingertips still trembling slightly.

Although the real executioner was the fifth prince and his ilk, she still looked at Ao Pingchuan with some shock.

After all, he and Mo Che are pushers.

In fact, after thinking about it, Mo Che is the big villain in the book, he does things ruthlessly, he can slaughter villages and cities with just a snap of his fingers, even if his fate has changed now, he probably can't hide his instinct.

It's a pity for those refugees...

"What's wrong with you?" Ao Pingchuan saw her strange.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired, and I'm going to go back to rest after eating."

Xia Bai'an waved his hand, and didn't look at Ao Pingchuan again.

The table suddenly fell silent, Ao Pingchuan didn't dare to speak, but Mo Qian didn't know what to start with, so he kept silent, finished his meal quietly, and then watched Xia Bai'an leave the table, and found that she was a little frustrated, and seemed Understand what, tell Ao Pingchuan.

"Mother must be a little uncomfortable."

"What's the pain?" Ao Pingchuan was puzzled.

"She is trying her best to save people behind her back, but you are using the knives in other people's hands for your own self-interest."

Mo Qian pointed this out, got up quickly, went to find some books that he didn't understand and asked Xia Bai'an, thinking if he could stop her from worrying about this matter for a while.

Behind him, Ao Pingchuan frowned for a moment, and ate without talking.

Before dawn the next morning, Xia Bai'an only saw Mo Qian, and hurried to the other courtyard.

All the people sent by Cen Yishan have been withdrawn, she stepped into it, and continued to study the prescriptions for curing diseases and saving lives with Dr. Xu.

Dr. Xu was puzzled when he saw many exquisite instruments made by others on her desk: "These are..."

"It's just some extraction devices. Doctor Xu can try it together to see if these concoctions can be used."

Xia Bai'an told Dr. Xu how to use these things and what effect they had without hesitation.

Some doctors outside could only watch from a distance, envious, Qin Tiansheng also turned cold, and his confidants sighed: "My lord, I see that Miss Xia is so powerful, I won't go to Jishitang with you for a while. of."