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Yuan Cixian took two steps and was reminded by the burning gaze behind her. She lowered her head and realized that Lu Shiqing was still holding her hand. Her heart trembled.
It's incredible that she is being held hands by the future imperial teacher. This is a path that will lead her to the pinnacle of life.
Yuan Cixian's heartbeat was a little fast with excitement. She glanced at Lu Shiqing's profile, but saw that he was so serious as if he had just led a sheep. She couldn't help but want to make him move a little. She felt his slightly sticky and wet palm and whispered, "Minister Lu seems very nervous?"
The white waves in Lu Shiqing's heart were already rising thousands of feet high, but he looked straight ahead and replied calmly: "Well, it's the first time I see so many people, I'm a little nervous."
He is just bluffing.
Yuan Cixian said ambiguously: "This is my first time too, and I feel a little shy."
Her tone was ambiguous, and he certainly understood it, but he remained calm and composed: "Oh, just see each other more often in the future."
Yuan Cixian thought he was just daydreaming, and continued to tease him with secret words: "The people are so lovely, how do you feel in your heart, are you happy?"
The more she talked, the more she went too far. Lu Shiqing choked, and more sweat came out of his palms. He answered evasively, "I don't think it's cute."
"But I see..." Yuan Cixian leaned close to his ear, her eyes rolling and her breath as sweet as orchid, "Very cute."
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Lu Shiqing felt numb all over, and he really didn't know how he managed to get back to the carriage. He just thought that if he let go, he would lose. Even if she blew from all directions, he would remain unmoved.
In fact, his superficial skills were quite good. Take for example what he did in front of the common people before. He was usually very indifferent, but he could act quite friendly in the blink of an eye. However, he met Yuan Cixian, the battering ram, who attacked him fiercely all the way, making his eardrums vibrate and his heart tremble.
So when the refugees had dispersed and the carriage drove into a mansion arranged by the governor of Shuzhou, he went back to his room without saying a word to calm down.
Yuan Cixian also ran to take a bath contentedly, while thinking about the farce in front of the city gate just now.
Lu Shiqing's act of forgiving the gatekeeper can be said to be a brilliant one. On the one hand, it demonstrated the benevolence of the court and appeased the people at a time when everyone was in danger. On the other hand, it was also a long-term plan to catch a big fish and use it to find the instigator.
Of course, from what he said when questioning the gatekeeper at that time, Yuan Cixian deduced that this matter might be closely related to the local tyrant Ping Wang in Huainan, and there was no need to go to great lengths to investigate it.
Perhaps it was because of this preconceived idea that a few days later, when Prince Ping rushed from Yangzhou in the east to discuss the follow-up matters of disaster relief with Lu Shiqing, she subconsciously became a little wary of this man.
Especially the next day, when Lu Shiqing returned late after inspecting the water situation, and Prince Ping asked her to play chess alone, she became even more alert.
She remembered Xu Shan saying that he was assassinated on his way to Beijing to serve Zheng Zhuo, and his life was almost lost. At that time, she did not ask more questions out of politeness, but later she thought about this matter more than once, and once thought that the so-called assassin might be related to the second or third prince of the court, that is, Prince Ping.
Now that King Ping suddenly plays chess with her, does he have some ulterior motive or is he trying to test her
She was unsure of her decision, but couldn't refuse outright, so she played a poor game of chess with him just to get by, then made the excuse of being sleepy, yawned a few times, and went back to her room.
Fortunately, this seemingly dangerous man did not stay long. After a few days, when the disaster in Shuzhou stabilized, King Ping returned to Yangzhou.
Lu Shiqing had been leaving early and returning late for most of the past month. Yuan Cixian didn't want to disturb him on his official business, so she tried to greet him every morning and evening.
During her free time at the government office, she accidentally heard that he had not alerted the local officials in Shangzhou at the beginning, intending to hide his whereabouts and catch a few corrupt officials. However, due to her assassination, he had to make a big fuss along the way, which naturally alerted the enemy. Therefore, he stayed in Tangzhou, the junction of Shannan East Road and Huainan Road, for three days to ensure the smooth transportation of disaster relief supplies.
Yuan Cixian felt that she had caused trouble for the court and was quite sorry. Seeing that Lu Shiqing was busy every day, she thought it was a good time to show her courtesy, so she practiced her cooking skills over the next few days.
After she had chopped up the tenth chopping board, Cao An, Zhao Shu, Shi Cui, and even Xiao Hei were all complaining, and turned around and ran away when they saw her holding the bowl. Finally, she made a leap and a breakthrough, and succeeded in making a bowl of vegetable and tofu soup that was colorful, fragrant and delicious.
That’s right, in order to be in tune with the people, she chose such subtle ingredients.
However, things happen unexpectedly and people are subject to misfortunes at any time. In the end, Lu Shiqing did not get to drink the bowl of soup that was praised by the public. The reason was that Yuan Cixian intercepted a letter on the way to deliver the soup.
A letter sent from Chang'an, written to Lu Shiqing and signed "Shaohe".
Yuan Cixian turned back halfway and stopped serving the soup. Instead, she gave it to Xiaohei to drink, then secretly took the letter and went back to her room.
Minister Lu, who heard that he was having vegetable and tofu soup for supper, waited in the room for a long time, and finally saw Yuan Cixian with empty hands. She broke into his study very elegantly, pulled out a letter from her sleeve very elegantly, and threw it on his desk: "Minister Lu, there is a letter for you."
After much thought, she couldn't do such a wicked thing as secretly taking it down, so she took it anyway.
Lu Shiqing glanced at the signature on the letter with carp pattern, was slightly stunned, and said: "Why are you writing to me in the name of Princess Shaohe?"
Wow, this reaction was perfect. He cleared himself of all charges with just one sentence and denied any possible correspondence with Zheng Jun.
Yuan Cixian was almost moved, but after looking at the words "Zi Shu's personal letter" on the letter, she still felt that she couldn't trust Lu Shiqing easily. If this was the first time they had such an exchange, then he was calling her too intimately. She was so shameless that she had never called him "Zi Shu".
She glanced at him and said unconvincedly, "I have been practicing my cooking skills these days, how can I have time to write to you? Open your eyes and take a good look. This is written by Princess Shaohe herself."
Yuan Cihan had indeed misunderstood Lu Shiqing this time. He really thought she was joking with him. After all, Zheng Jun had never written to him before.
He said "Oh", took the letter and read it, glancing at the complete sealing wax pattern on the seal of the letter.
Yuan Cixian hummed, "It hasn't been opened, no need to check."
Lu Shiqing glanced at her and said, "Why don't you tear it down if you want to see it?"
Oh, did she hear it wrong? Why did the tone sound so doting? Yuan Cixian was delighted, but pretended to be dissatisfied: "Who said I want to watch it?"
Lu Shiqing pulled the corner of his mouth: "It's a good thing you don't want to, if you demolish it, I might report you to the police and arrest you."
"… "
Yuan Cixian was being sentimental for the first time. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth, took a deep breath and endured it.
Okay, he wins this round, and she will still be the hero in the next round.
After Lu Shiqing finished speaking, he lowered his head and opened the letter. He did not mean to ask Yuan Cihan to avoid it. He openly spread the letter in front of her.
But she also wanted to save face at this time, so she would not stare at the contents of the letter. Instead, she kept looking at the beam above her head, pretending to be uninterested and avoiding suspicion.
There was only one piece of letter with just a few words of greeting. Lu Shiqing glanced at it, looked up and saw her like this, then suddenly stood up and left.
Yuan Cixian was stunned: "Where are you going? Don't you want to read the letter?"
Lu Shiqing said calmly: "I'm going to the bathroom, and you care?"
She choked and glared at him. When he went to the bathroom, she crouched down, tiptoed around to his desk, and read the letter on it word for word in silence. While reading, she paid attention to the movements around her. She didn't expect that Lu Shiqing seemed to have fallen into a toilet and took a long time to come back.
This time was apparently enough for her to read it three times, and she had already retreated to her original position, continuing to stand in front of his desk and look up at the sky.
After Lu Shiqing returned to his seat, he glanced at her, slowly picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and made a circle on the letter paper, circling a word.
Yuan Cihan was attracted by this action and didn't want to hold on any longer. She looked down and saw that he paused with his pen and circled a word. After doing this several times, he pieced together a four-word message: Be careful on your way home.
She was slightly stunned, then realized that this was a code hidden in the letter, and said angrily: "You are still pretending that Shao He didn't get through the letter, but you have mastered the code to perfection!"
Lu Shiqing glanced at her and said, "I thought you would first ask why she reminded me to be careful on my way home, and whether someone might want to assassinate me."
Yuan Cixian choked and muttered, "Why are you still fussing about this? I am coming back with you anyway. If you are in danger, I will definitely risk my life to block the knife for you!"
He sneered, probably because he didn't believe her, and explained her previous question: "It's not a secret code between me and her. It was when I was helping the Thirteenth Prince guess acrostic poems. She was also there, so she probably heard it."
Yuan Cixian said, "Oh!" "I'm so envious..."
Lu Shiqing thought it was funny: "Are you jealous of her?" The amount of words he spoke to Zheng Jun in a year was less than what he spoke to her in a day.
"Yes." Yuan Cixian said seriously and affirmatively, "I really envy the Thirteenth Prince. He can learn acrostic poems at such a young age."
"… "
Fell into a trap.
Lu Shiqing frowned and continued to study the code in the letter.
Yuan Cixian successfully won back a game and was in a good mood. She stopped pretending and came over to look at the letter with him to see if there was any other message. However, she did not find the next word for a long time.
She frowned and said to herself, "What exactly do you want to be careful about? It's not made clear."
Lu Shiqing had a rough idea in his mind. He closed the letter, lit the oil lamp and candle until it burned to ashes, and said, "Many people want to kill me, but only a few dare to do it."
Seeing that he didn't seem to take it seriously, Yuan Cixian stopped worrying and said sincerely this time, "Don't worry, I promise you, you won't die for the time being."
"… "
Yuan Cixian was serious. After all, in her dreams, he could live for many years.
But Lu Shiqing felt uncomfortable no matter how he heard this, and said, "If you can't die this time, will you die next time?"
She knew her choice of words was inappropriate, so she smiled awkwardly: "I won't die next time, and I will never die."
That’s not good either, they’ve all become monsters.
Lu Shiqing didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, so he waved his hand to send her away: "It's late, I want to go to bed."
Yuan Cixian was tired from making soup earlier, and now he was a little tired. He nodded and yawned, then turned around and walked out the door. But he seemed to remember something, so he stopped and asked him, "Minister Lu, why did Shaohe call you 'Zishu'?"
Lu Shiqing raised his head and replied, "Why not call me by my courtesy name? Everyone in the Great Zhou, regardless of status, gender, can call me that."
The implication seems to be that Yuan Cixian also calls him that.
But how could she be content with such a name that could be called by millions of people? She smiled slyly and said, "Then there will be fewer people calling you 'Lu Shiqing', right?"
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