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Lu Shiqing smiled resignedly.
After understanding Shao He's original intention, he didn't seem to care much about Yuan Cixian's initial intentions in approaching him. Anyway, whether she provoked him or not, the result would be the same.
Perhaps because of this, no matter how clumsy her tricks were when she teased him, he accepted them all.
Yuan Cixian was also smiling. With satisfaction, she tightened her arms around his neck slightly, then put her mouth close to his ear and gently bit his thin earlobe.
Lu Shiqing shuddered when she bit him, and tilted his head to look at her with a gloomy face.
Can't tease He.
Yuan Cixian was still playful, she stretched out her index finger and poked his lower abdomen, smiling and saying in a coaxing manner: "In two days, I will give birth to a child for you."
Although Lu Shiqing was provoked by her and his blood boiled, he was calm in his heart, knowing that her laughter was just an appearance.
She had just married him and had not yet completely stopped her playful thoughts. She was still like a child and was not ready to be a mother at all. The reason for her sudden change of attitude might be because of the nightmare she had this morning.
Yuan Cixian had confessed almost everything to him, except for this dream. But he roughly guessed: she cried like that, asked him about his old injury as soon as she woke up, and now she was anxious to give birth to a child for him, what else could she have dreamed about
She has seen the impermanence of the world, so she wants to seize every moment, do everything faster, and have fewer regrets.
In the past, she didn't care, so she acted recklessly and unrestrainedly. Now that she cares, she has learned to be worried and cautious.
Lu Shiqing was happy, but he didn't expect that she was really anxious to keep a successor because of this.
It was as if she had given birth to a pair of children and completed the Lu family. If she ever encountered a fatal situation in the future, she would no longer struggle to survive and could just walk away in a carefree manner.
He frowned, took her hand, pressed it against his heart, and asked, "Did you hear me?"
Yuan Cixian looked at him in confusion: "What?"
"As long as it beats, you are there. As long as you are there, it won't dare to stop for a day. Those bad things in your dream will never happen. We can have children later."
Yuan Cixian didn't expect that he could see through her thoughts at a glance. She choked and turned the hand on his chest into a fist and hit him lightly.
How come he suddenly became so talkative? It made her nose sore. It’s so annoying!
She was not convinced that her secret was exposed, and she raised her chin and refused to admit it: "I'm just bored and want to have a baby for fun, so what? It's up to me whether you want it or not, and you dare not give it to me?"
*
When Lu Shiqing was chatting with Yuan Cixian at home, the Daming Palace was hosting a Dragon Boat Festival banquet. As all the officials gathered, the news that the two princes had been assassinated in Qujiang naturally spread everywhere.
Emperor Huining had heard about this matter long before, and immediately sent eunuchs and imperial physicians to the residences of Zheng Zhuo and Zheng Ji respectively to comfort and treat their injuries. However, he did not cancel the evening banquet, intending to take the opportunity to see what the officials thought of the matter.
At the banquet, many officials who had witnessed Zheng Zhuo's injury at Hu Ji's wine shop earlier could not sit still, and begged the emperor to send someone to investigate the matter. The next day, a large number of officials made reports and expressed their opinions. Only Lu Shiqing, who was still on his wedding leave, looked really heartless. He accompanied Yuan Cixian to stroll around the West Market for a whole day without asking any questions, until he was summoned to the palace by the emperor at dusk.
Emperor Huining had a headache when he saw him and said, "I did tell you to build a good relationship with the Yuan family, but I didn't tell you to be so idle! Whatever Cixian wants to buy, you can just ask the servants to buy it! If you don't have enough money, you can ask me for it, but you can't help me investigate the case! The matter of Cai Siqing has not been settled yet, and Qujiang has caused a big case. I am so confused, and you just stay at home and even declined the Dragon Boat Festival banquet last night. What should I do?"
The old emperor came up and started to complain bitterly. Lu Shiqing looked apologetic and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have been distracted recently, but I am not unfocused on state affairs. I have already come up with some solutions for the two cases you mentioned."
"What do you mean?" Emperor Huining calmed down a little after hearing this. "Let's talk about Cai Siqing first."
In order to avoid being exposed, Lu Shiqing should not have directly intervened in Cai He's affairs, so he chose to stay put when the Ministry of Justice uncovered the smuggling salt case. It was not until Emperor Huining arrested Cai He that he sent someone to ask for his opinion because he could not make up his mind.
As soon as he saw the solid evidence listed by the Ministry of Justice, he asked the eunuch to go back and tell him that according to the situation, Cai He could be convicted directly. Could it be that the sage thought that he was capable of the important task and was reluctant to sacrifice a minister for this? If so, he could share the sage's worries and help Cai He deal with the situation.
This was what Lu Shiqing had told Zheng Zhuo before, a permanent solution.
If the sage is a wise ruler, he would have tried his best to prove Cai He's innocence in order to solve this frame-up case. But King Ping came prepared and blocked all possibilities of overturning the verdict. The sage is also a foolish man who doesn't care about greed or not, guilt or innocence. He just wants to control all obedient chess pieces in his hands. So, he makes Cai He a useful person to the sage, so that King Ping can punch his own father.
The reason why Emperor Huining originally sought Lu Shiqing's opinion was simply out of suspicion, thinking that there was another hidden secret, but when he heard Lu Shiqing's misunderstanding and asked back, he found it very reasonable.
The Dali Temple is the head of the three judicial departments of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It has a higher status than the Ministry of Justice, which reviews cases. Many forces of Prince Ping and the Second Prince have already infiltrated it. Although Emperor Huining knew about this, he could not eliminate all these people openly because of the complicated court situation. Therefore, after Jiang Min was arrested, he wanted to take Cai He, who had a relatively clean background, into his hands to suppress him.
The emperor cannot do whatever he wants. He also needs to win people's hearts when appointing people. When he promoted Cai He, it was actually a favor. Now it was a great opportunity: Cai He was in trouble and his official position and head might be in danger. If he showed some help, he would not be afraid that he would be used by others in the future.
So Emperor Huining ordered Lu Shiqing to negotiate on his behalf, which was why he asked him to test a few senior officials yesterday. He was now eager to know the result.
Lu Shiqing replied, "I sounded out the opinions of several ministers in the tavern yesterday, and heard that they felt very sorry for Cai Siqing. I think if Your Majesty wants to protect him, there shouldn't be much resistance."
Emperor Huining pondered for a moment and asked, "So, in your opinion, what should I do to be more reasonable?"
"Who in the Ministry of Justice wanted to make life difficult for Cai Siqing? Your Majesty wants him to have a harder time, isn't that a natural consequence?"
These few simple words pushed the old emperor out to face the blade of Prince Ping, and also turned the tables on the latter who had been stationed in the Ministry of Justice. It was truly a case of using little force to achieve a great result, using the other party's force to defeat the enemy, and achieving a surprise victory.
Emperor Huining, who was kept in the dark, believed it and continued to ask him about the Qujiang assassination case.
Lu Shiqing smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this case is simpler than the case of Cai Siqing. In fact, you don't have to send people to Qujiang to collect evidence and find out who the murderer is. Think about it, when the Sixth Prince was being chased, he went to Hu Ji's wine shop for refuge because he knew that we were drinking there, but why did the people chasing him stop there?"
Seeing the pupils of the leader shrink, he knew what was going on. He continued, "Because the other party also knew that I and several prime ministers were there, they dared not go any further. Your Majesty, check and see who among those who knew about the banquet at the wine shop yesterday is more suspicious, and this case can be easily solved."
Lu Shiqing pointed it out but didn't say anything. Emperor Huining's heart sank slightly, but he said calmly, "Well, you go check on Erlang and Liulang's injuries for me tomorrow morning to see how they are doing."
Lu Shiqing took the order and withdrew. The next day, he first went to the Second Prince's Mansion and then went to see Zheng Zhuo.
Although Zheng Zhuo's injury was not as serious as Lu Shiqing's last time, the bad thing was that it was the hottest time of the year and the wound was very easy to get infected, so the subsequent recovery would not be so easy.
He had been running a fever for two days, sleeping on and off. He was still a little drowsy when he saw Lu Shiqing. After listening to his purpose, he managed to turn his head around and said hoarsely while lying on the bed, "Second brother is unlucky this time. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, he and I went to father's place and happened to run into Wang Zhongshu, who heard about your appointment to drink at the wine shop at noon. Father probably thought of this, so he asked you to compare my injuries with second brother's to see if there are any clues."
Lu Shiqing nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I can't hold Zheng Ji back this time."
In fact, the Second Prince's luck had already run out. If Lu Shiqing wanted to, he could push down this hollow wood with just a flick of his finger, but he never did so. Instead, he intentionally kept this person in the court to experience ups and downs, in order to maintain a balance among the three princes.
If the Second Prince fell too quickly, Prince Ping would focus all his attention on Zheng Zhuo, who would be at increased risk of being exposed. Only when the Second Prince and Prince Ping checked and balanced each other would Zheng Zhuo have enough room to breathe and grow his wings step by step in a stable environment.
But this time, Emperor Huining was probably really disappointed with the second prince and decided to kick this son out. Once the situation in the court changed and the triangle balance collapsed, a big commotion would surely brew.
Zheng Zhuo smiled helplessly upon hearing this: "Maybe I was too hasty."
Lu Shiqing shook his head: "You have no choice but to fight back." He stood up and prepared to leave, pointing to a small medicine box he brought with him, "I won't bother you anymore. These are the best medicines for injuries of the Yuan family. I asked for them from Cixian. Please use them well."
Zheng Zhuo squinted his eyes and smiled weakly: "When did you become so generous?"
Lu Shiqing didn't answer, but smiled back at him, thinking that Yuan Cixian's period should be over soon. She seemed to be secretly planning something bad recently. He might be a father soon, so of course he should be more calm and generous.
Thinking of this, his steps became lighter and lighter as he left, and the corners of his robe fluttering in the wind could not be stopped.
Zheng Zhuo watched him leave, not knowing what he was happy about. After waking up, he called Chen Zhan to ask, "After I fainted that day, nothing went wrong in the carriage, right?"
Chen Zhan hesitated for a moment and said, "First, you talked in your sleep about falling off the rockery when you were a child, and then you mistook the county lady for Xue Cairen... Do these two things count?"
"..." Zheng Zhuo's face twitched, and he almost tore the wound open. He took a breath in pain, then pointed at his nose and asked, "Did I really do that?"
Chen Zhan nodded and said awkwardly: "You are still holding the county lady's hand and won't let go."
Zheng Zhuo lowered his head and looked at his palm awkwardly, and twitched the corner of his mouth.
*
After examining the injuries of the two brothers, Lu Shiqing turned back and went into the Daming Palace to report to Emperor Huining.
When he was not at home, Yuan Cixian stayed in the room, and together with Lu Shuangyu, they studied several precious artifacts they had bought from the West Market. Many of them were locks made by masters of mechanisms in the Western Regions, as well as handcuffs or rings made of gold, silver and jade.
Although Lu Shuangyu found it novel, she couldn't help but feel strange. She blinked and asked, "Sister-in-law, who are you going to deal with by buying so many locks?"
"Of course it's your brother!" Yuan Cihan was fiddling with a handcuff ring and blurted out the truth. After she finished speaking, her face stiffened and she blushed slightly.
Fortunately, her simple sister-in-law didn't understand what was going on. She asked in confusion, "Did my brother do something wrong?"
Yuan Cixian laughed, "No, no, it's just..." Her mind worked quickly, and she quickly continued, "Well, your brother doesn't sleep well, and he always kicks me in the middle of the night. I handcuffed him, and he behaved himself."
"Ah?" Lu Shuangyu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother is actually such a person!"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Yuan Cixian said and touched his nose embarrassedly.
Lu Shiqing, I'm sorry for trying to protect your sister's pure heart.
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