Hearing these words, Jiang Xuanjin couldn't help but spit a mouthful of blood on her face!
what happened last night Why is it "on a whim", and why does it need to be "accounted for"? If I remember correctly, at most he just accidentally touched her calf, nothing more. How could it be as if he had done something irreversible
The eldest brother Jiang Chong looked at him with complicated eyes, his mouth opened and closed, hesitant to speak.
Jiang Xuanjin knew what he was thinking at a glance, and shook his head with a dark face: "I'm not, I didn't..."
Li Huaiyu squeezed the handkerchief to wipe away the tears that did not exist in the corners of his eyes, nodded and said: "You don't, it's all me... I just pretended to be passionate and hateful, I couldn't draw a picture of my heart, I made a mistake and regretted it for the rest of my life! It's me, it's all me!"
The last word was almost shouted, with sadness, unwillingness, and remorse. She looked at Jiang Xuanjin, her almond eyes were full of anger, but full of emotion, struggling, hesitant, and helpless. She reached out her hand, as if she wanted to touch the corner of his clothes again, but she seemed to be scruples, so she withdrew her hand abruptly, choked up and stopped talking.
Can't love, can't wait, she is willing to bear all the stigma on her back, only wishing him... to be happy...
This superb performance shocked everyone in the front hall.
What an infatuated, unrepentant and ill-fated girl! For a moment, Old Master Jiang couldn't bear it any longer. He threw his dragon-headed staff on the ground, stared at Jiang Xuanjin and said, "My Jiang family will not teach ungrateful people!"
No, how could he be ungrateful? Jiang Xuanjin was at a loss seeing his father's face full of righteous indignation.
If I remember correctly, he came here today with the intention of smashing the pot. Anyway, he will be discovered sooner or later. Why don't he take the initiative and make do with this fourth Miss Bai? Introduce the girl's mouth, and secondly... as she said, I have hugged and kissed, and I have to take some responsibility.
If only one person was always going to be stuffed into the backyard. Jiang Xuanjin felt that it didn't matter who he was.
What happened in the end, he, who was going to be responsible, was called ungrateful
After being dazed, Jiang Xuanjin glanced at the person next to him, and he felt that maybe this fourth Miss Bai was really a fox who had matured for a thousand years.
So demagogic!
"Old man, don't blame your lord." Li Huaiyu sighed aggrievedly, "It's because the little girl is not good enough to be worthy of your lord."
The old man frowned, held the faucet stick for a long time, and said, "Fourth Miss, don't underestimate yourself. The Jiang and Bai families are family friends, and the daughter of the Bai family is naturally worthy of Xuan Jin. What's more, Xuan Jin has never valued women. , you are the only one who has been able to get close to him for so many years. Since he has opened his mouth, Miss Fourth must have something that others can't match."
Jiang Yan ran away from home, and the marriage that Jiang Bai's family had agreed to was hanging in the air. Jiang Xuanjin finally came out to save the situation, and the person he wanted to marry happened to be a young lady from the Bai family. How could there be any reason not to let him do it
Jiang Chong, who was next to him, hesitated for a moment, and agreed, "Father is right."
Li Huaiyu paused, and looked at the old man in surprise. How could he be so reasonable? She was going to cry a little longer.
Jiang Xuanjin gritted her teeth angrily, but at least her goal was achieved, and she was relieved.
"Since both elder brother and father agree, then I will send Miss Bai Si back first." He said, "It won't be too late to discuss the appointment tomorrow when I come back."
"Okay." Mr. Jiang nodded, "Let someone prepare the car, go early and return early."
"yes."
Huai Yu was happy, and followed Jiang Xuanjin out with her head down, the smile on her face couldn't be hidden.
"You really want to marry me." She limped on tiptoe and followed behind him, the corners of her mouth were grinning to the base of her ears, "It is really a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes to have Mr. Ziyang's affection!"
After a pause, Jiang Xuanjin turned her head and looked down at her with indifference in her eyes: "Do you think you are passionate and have nothing to hate?"
The smile froze, Huaiyu took a weak step back, blinked and said, "I'm just joking."
"Can't you draw a piece of sincerity?" He took a step forward and squinted his eyes.
She took another step back: "It's also a joke."
"Pay the wrong love and regret it for life?"
"... Hehehe!" Seeing him getting closer and closer, Huaiyu felt a little out of breath, put her hand on his chest, and whispered, "It's all for rhyme!"
Stretching out his fist, he slammed on the vermilion lacquer pillar behind her. Jiang Xuanjin pressed her against the stone pillar, trapping her within an inch of his arms.
"You know how to rhyme!" Mo Ran stared at her with a sneer, "Shall I set up a booth for you to tell stories?"
Shrinking her neck, Huaiyu flattened her mouth: "You can't be so stingy, you slandered me first, and I'm willing to slander you, otherwise how will I live in this mansion from now on!"
After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand with a smile and put his arms around his neck: "You are so close to me, do you want to kiss me?"
With a cold snort, he stood up straight and broke away from her hand: "I have something to say first."
"What?"
"Marrying you is the right thing to do at the right time." He said, "It's not because of feelings."
This is said in a subtle way, but to put it bluntly: I have no choice but to marry you, if you hadn't come into my yard so shamelessly that everyone couldn't get down, I wouldn't have married you either. I do not like you.
Huaiyu covered his heart quite hurt, and looked at him with tears in his eyes: "You are so indifferent, so ruthless, and so hard-hearted!"
Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "If you can't accept it, there is still room for change in this matter."
"Don't turn around, let's do it like this." Huaiyu said with his normal expression instantly restored, "You don't have many wives, and I don't have many husbands. Since getting along is pretty good, I can eat enough when I marry you." If you can dress warmly, why don't you marry?"
She can think about it, she can marry if she can eat enough and wear warm clothes, so there are really many people she can marry!
Jiang Xuanjin looked at her indifferent expression, and had the urge to lift her up and throw her out of the window again.
Noticing the unfriendly gaze in front of him, Li Huaiyu paused, and then said with a playful smile: "Besides, you don't have feelings for me now, so who can tell in the future, right? There are so many girls in Kyoto who want to have feelings for you, but they I don't even have the qualifications to spend the rest of my life with you, so I've made a start!"
Speaking of this, she was very proud, stretched her hands on her hips, and straightened her chest.
Jiang Xuanjin rolled his eyes.
"Miss." Lingxiu, who was waiting in the distance, saw that the two of them had almost finished talking, and finally brought over the crutches.
Looking at this thing, Jiang Xuanjin finally understood why she felt that something was wrong just now, glanced at her half-hanging right foot, and immediately turned dark: "Do you want to be a cripple?"
"No." Huaiyu said, "But the first time I saw your father, I couldn't use a cane to go? It's so ugly, and it didn't give him a good impression. You have to thank me for not using a cane, otherwise he must not be so good Easy to nod."
"Aren't you in pain?"
"It's okay." He answered quickly, and felt a little guilty again. Huaiyu rolled his eyes and immediately frowned again, "Fortunately, I can bear it... the pain! Why doesn't it hurt! It hurts me to death! You Give me a hand!"
As he said that, he reached out to climb his shoulders.
Jiang Xuanjin sneered at her exaggerated acting skills, squeezed a cane under her arm, turned her head and walked away.
Touching the tip of his nose in embarrassment, Huaiyu asked Chengxu next to him: "Am I pretending to be so obvious?"
Chengxu suppressed a smile and nodded: "It's quite obvious."
He patted his head. Huaiyu let out an "Ouch", and hastily supported the person in front with her crutches.
Jiang Xuanjin planned to send her to the White Mansion, and by the way, told Bai Dezhong in advance about the future appointment. However, just as the carriage was halfway through, someone from the palace came and stopped the carriage very anxiously.
"Your Majesty!" the Huangmen eunuch gasped as he stood in front of the car, "Your Majesty is calling urgently, please enter the palace immediately!"
Li Huaiyu, who was grinning and telling jokes to Jiang Xuanjin, froze.
Jiang Xuanjin frowned and opened the curtain: "What's going on?"
"Masters Han Xiao and Yun Lanqing entered the palace in half an hour, threatening to sue the prime minister, Lord Shi Li, for perjury. The two sides had a conflict in the imperial study, and His Majesty could not stop it, so he had to let the servants come to invite the Lord. .”
Looking at the sky, he became even more anxious: "The slave went to Jiang Mansion once, and chased him all the way. It has been delayed for quite a while, so we can't delay any longer!"
After hearing this, Jiang Xuanjin wanted to nod almost immediately, but after glancing at the people in the carriage, he hesitated slightly.
If he doesn't send her back, maybe she won't be able to explain it
"National affairs are important!" Unexpectedly, the person in the carriage was more anxious than him, jumped out of the carriage dragging his right foot, and waved at him several times, "Go to the palace quickly!"
Jiang Xuanjin is really not used to a person who has always been a fool, suddenly so serious. But her performance was very pleasing to his eyes, and even felt a little commendable.
How many women today know the importance and put state affairs first? He didn't even think about whether she would be punished if he went back.
"Do you really want me to go?" He asked one more question.
Li Huaiyu stared: "People are fighting in front of His Majesty, you still have time to talk nonsense? How did you become Ziyang Lord?"
As he said, he picked up his crutches and poked forward against the wheel: "Go, go!"
This appearance, looks like an old mother who hates iron but rushes her son to make meritorious deeds.
Looking at her amusedly, Jiang Xuanjin finally put down the curtain of the carriage and told the coachman to divert into the palace.
Li Huaiyu stood where he was, watching the carriage drive all the way towards the palace gate, feeling undiminished in his heart.
Han Xiao and Yun Lanqing, these two people are not impulsive people, they will insist on strict enforcement, there must be evidence. If she had been here before, this matter would definitely be fine, but now... without Princess Danyang's arbitrariness, even if it is the right thing, it may not have the right result.
After thinking about it, Huaiyu took out Lu Jingxing's inscription and stuffed it into Lingxiu's hand.
"Go to the Lu Mansion again." She said, "Send me a message."
Lingxiu listened to her muttering twice, nodded repeatedly, and walked with her to Chang'an official road, she returned to Baifu, Lingxiu went to Lufu.
The backyard of the White House.
Miss Si did not return to the White Mansion overnight, this matter was put in the past, if Lingxiu didn't report it, the people in the mansion would not know about it. But it's different now, Bai Xuanji just got the nod from Old Master Jiang, and she's going to be Jiang Yan's wife! Such a happy event would be even more festive if Bai Zhuji, the former "future young lady", was to be pulled out and stepped on.
As a result, the people in the mansion soon discovered that Miss Fourth was not in the mansion, and Lingxiu was also gone.
"Could it be that you feel ashamed and can't stay in the mansion any longer, so you left by yourself?" The nuns who kowtowed melon seeds squatted in the backyard and discussed cheerfully.
"It's so miserable. If I were Miss Fourth, I would leave too! I'm not as good as Miss Second in everything, and even my marriage was robbed by Miss Second!"
"How can this be regarded as robbery? The second lady is fighting on her own merits, who said that the fourth lady is worthless, don't you think?"
"Yes." Someone answered from behind.
The three nuns were stunned for a moment, thinking that the voice sounded familiar, they all turned their heads to look back.
The beauty in silk and satin stood not far behind them, picked up the crutches on the ground, and smiled at them with her hair on her temples: "I also think Miss Fourth is worthless."
After finishing speaking, he walked towards the west courtyard with a cane.
The nuns were stunned, one asked: "Who is this?" The other said: "When we first came here, was there no one in this corner?"
The last one had an ugly face, he couldn't pinch the melon seeds firmly in his hand, and dropped a few more.
"That's Miss Fourth." She said tremblingly.
I'm used to seeing the disgraced fourth fools, but at first glance, it's normal for them not to recognize this dazzling fourth lady for a while. But after recognizing them, the nuns lost their composure and quickly collected the sunflower seeds, scrambling to find someone to complain.
So, as soon as Li Huaiyu returned to the wing, she drank some water and was about to rest, when five or six house slaves flocked to her.
"Miss Si, Madam welcomes you!"
Sighed. Huaiyu said, "My foot is hurt and I can't walk."
The servants were taken aback for a moment, and the leader frowned and said, "Miss Fourth doesn't listen to Madam's orders?"
"I'm listening, you didn't listen carefully, right?" Huaiyu raised her eyebrows, and sat on the chair with her legs up, "Did Madam say 'please' me over?"
"yes."
"This 'please' is for you to 'please', you have to be responsible for inviting me over." She had an expression of disbelief, "You don't understand this rule? I hurt my foot, so you have to send me over." I even carried the chair over there!"
"..." The house slaves looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Don't be dumb, come and carry it, otherwise what are you doing here?" Huaiyu leaned back in the chair comfortably, and patted the armrest to signal them.
I thought about her words twice, and the more I thought about it, the more reasonable it became. Several house slaves made up their minds, each lifted a chair leg, and left someone behind to support her, and they invited Li Huaiyu out steadily.
east courtyard.
The Baimeng family sent a few strong domestic servants there, in order to prevent her from rebelling like before, and planned to let these people forcefully detain her. Who would have thought for a moment. Several house slaves carried her in respectfully.
"What is this for!" Bai Mengshi frowned, and slapped his hands on the table, "How decent!"
The house slaves were startled, put down their chairs quickly, and stepped aside in a daze.
Huaiyu stood up with a smile, and bowed to her as if nothing had happened.
"Where have you been?" Bai Mengshi said sternly, "If you didn't come back all night, it must have been done by the girl in your boudoir? Don't kneel down yet!"
Li Huaiyu didn't want to kneel very much, but he had to be obedient under the eaves. After dawdling twice, she still knelt down obediently.
Seeing her kneeling down, Bai Mengshi began to question her guilt: "The Bai family has always been upright, but somehow a lawless person like you has come out! Your second sister is going to marry to Jiangfu soon, and you have corrupted Bai at this juncture. Family reputation, what kind of heart is it?"
Bai Xuanji was sitting beside her, with a dignified posture and a smile on her face. Hearing this, she said softly: "Mother doesn't have to blame Fourth Sister like that, she must not know about the accident in the marriage."
Glancing at her, Li Huaiyu said, "I know."
"Oh?" Bai Xuanji paused. Then she smiled even more gently, "It's good that my fourth sister knows, but I don't know how to open my mouth... I really feel sorry for my fourth sister."
Having said that, there was no sign of guilt on his face, and there was even a bit of complacency in his eyes.
Little girl, it is natural to be proud of stealing other people's marriages and showing off to others. Li Huaiyu looked at her expression, and then thought about the young master Jiang who ran away from home, and suddenly felt a little happy: "It's okay, I don't blame you."
Tomorrow I might not know who is to blame!
Seeing that she wasn't angry at all, but rather happy, Bai Xuanji frowned: "If the fourth sister is dissatisfied, you can tell the second sister directly, and the second sister will make it up to you."
"No need." Li Huaiyu waved his hand generously, "I don't need compensation."
"Since you see it so openly, why do you still have to embarrass your second sister?" Bai Meng frowned and said, "We are all a family, so it's fine if you can't help your second sister. The tricks hinder her?"
Li Huaiyu couldn't laugh or cry when she heard it: "Where did I hinder her?"
"You didn't come back overnight. If you ruin the reputation of the White House, isn't that an obstacle?" Bai Meng raised her eyebrows, "Do you know that if the news spreads, people will even look down on your second sister?"
I really don't know, Huaiyu remained silent.
The more Bai Mengshi talked, the more angry he became: "Where did you spend the night last night?"
Regarding this question... Huaiyu hesitated for a moment and said, "I was in Jiangfu yesterday."
Jiangfu
This is really absurd, Bai Mengshi sneered almost immediately: "What are you daydreaming about? Returning to Jiangfu, why don't you talk about the palace?"
The maidservants standing around also lowered their heads and laughed, looking at her with distaste and teasing.
Bai Xuanji didn't smile, she took a serious look at Li Huaiyu's clothes, frowned and said, "So you stole this outfit just to go to Jiangfu?"
After saying this, Bai Mengshi noticed the person's attire below, she got up and walked to Huaiyu, and pulled out one of her hairpins with her hand.
"It's really... You really want to make your father mad at you so you can rest assured!" Looking at the materials and workmanship of the hairpin, Bai Meng said angrily, "The mansion has lost you or something, and you are so expensive!" The lady is going to steal something!"
Huaiyu frowned and glanced at Bai Xuanji: "This hairpin was a gift from a friend, and the second sister didn't know it at all, so why did she just insist that I stole it?"
Bai Xuanji frowned and shook her head: "Gift from a friend? Don't you think this excuse is too absurd? You have been in the White House for so many years, and there is no one around you except Lingxiu. When did you meet such a wealthy friend?"
"Let's not talk about this hairpin. The clothes on your body and the jewelry on your head add up to at least half a year's salary. Which friend would be so generous?"
When everyone heard it, they all thought it made sense, Bai Mengshi was even more furious, and slapped Li Huaiyu with his hands: "You shameless thing!"
The wind of the palm whizzed, with full strength, it landed on her face and it would swell her up. Li Huaiyu watched, his body reacted faster than his brain, and he dodged the slap by raising his head.
"Huh—" the hand swept away, but he didn't hold back his strength, and almost twisted his arm.
Bai Mengshi's face suddenly turned blue and purple: "How dare you hide?!"
"You have to let me understand the beatings one by one." Huaiyu knelt on her left foot, looked up at her and said, "I didn't steal this thing. The second sister has nothing to prove, it's pure slander. Don't you It would be unfair to do it indiscriminately."
As he said that, he looked at Bai Xuanji again: "Second sister thinks it's impossible for me to have such a generous friend, so I want to ask second sister, with my soft... Well, I'm pretty weak, where can I steal such a friend?" How many things?"
Bai Xuanji pinched the handkerchief and said politely, "I'm sure you stole it, and naturally I know where you stole it from—these things are all in my dowry list. When I returned home last night, I followed my mother to count the dowry and found A lot of things are missing. I thought it was some servant with dirty hands and feet, but I didn't expect it to be you."
"Hey—" the maids and women standing next to her were all startled. Stealing my sister's dowry to wear, this is really shameless!
Li Huaiyu was also shocked, she always admitted that she was shameless, but she didn't expect that the second young lady of the Bai family was even more shameless than her.
"Your dowry?" She laughed back in shock, and she reached out and picked a gold inlaid jade peony and pinched it in her hand, "Then let me ask my second sister, where did you buy your dowry? Is there a mark on the jewelry? "
Bai Xuanji choked slightly.
Bai Mengshi frowned and said: "You stole something, why did you turn around and question your second sister! Someone, let me take off her outfit!"
"Yes!" A few maidservants nearby agreed, and they wanted to do something when they came up.
Li Huaiyu sneered, put one hand on the ground, and kicked a maid who rushed to the front with one kick.
"Ah—" the servant girl screamed, knocked over the grand teacher's chair behind her, and landed heavily.
The rest of the people were startled and stopped immediately.
Li Huaiyu turned her head, looked at the person sitting upright, and stretched out an index finger towards her with a sneer: "Bai Xuanji, you'd better give evidence today that I stole your dowry. Otherwise, I promise to steal your dowry." Not even a single silk ribbon will be left of my dowry!"
Bai Xuanji was startled, her face turned pale, she frowned and said, "Are you threatening me?"
"It's against you!" Bai Mengshi angrily slapped the table, "Come here, tie her up for me!"
"Yes!" A group of house slaves rushed in from outside, and the lobby was immediately crowded. The timid servant girl retreated to the back, while the strong domestic servant rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards her.
To be frank, Li Huaiyu knew that he was doomed today, facing so many people. However, the descendants of the Li family have the arrogance of the royal family, and they know their final fate in their hearts, and they will bite off a few pieces of each other's flesh to be buried with them!
As a result, the east courtyard became lively, with screams, the sound of cups and plates falling to the ground, and the sound of fists reaching the flesh.
At first, Bai Xuanji was able to watch from the side calmly, but when she saw Li Huaiyu slamming a servant against the wall so hard that his head was covered in blood, she finally screamed in fright.
"You're crazy!"
The injured right foot was not flexible, and was caught and stepped on several times by people who saw the flaws. Li Huaiyu grinned, and forcefully used his left foot to wipe the bloody froth from the corner of his mouth, then turned his head and beat another slave.
Almost everything that can be broken in the house is broken. Bai Mengshi's face turned pale with distress, and at first she wanted to call out to stop, but then she became mad with anger, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Beat her to death!"
The house slaves still had scruples at first, but they let go when they heard this, and started to attack harder.
Half an hour later, Li Huaiyu had a gash on his forehead and blood flowed all over his face. He was held down by the last servant and knelt down in front of Bai Mengshi.
The room was full of people, falling down, paralyzed. In the chaos, only the eyes of the man kneeling on the ground were as bright as stars.
Shocked and frightened, Bai Mengshi stared at her. Almost shaking his hands, he tore off the jewelry on her body one by one.
"You... Do you know how many house rules you have broken!"
Li Huaiyu pursed his lips and looked at her with a smile on his face.
Seeing that she was not in any pain, Bai Mengshi became even more angry: "Never come home at night, steal the treasures in the mansion, commit crimes with my subordinates, fight and fight, and destroy my house full of things! These crimes add up, and I will let you receive a fine of twenty sticks." Not too much!"
"I advise you better not." Huaiyu said with a smile, "Otherwise you will be scolded by my father tomorrow."
Hearing this, Bai Mengshi smiled: "Do you think the master still takes you seriously? It is enough for him to have Xuanji and one daughter, how can he have time to care about your life? Even if I kill you, how much will he pay?" I didn't know of your death until years later."
incredible! If it wasn't for the fact that her hands were being pressed, Huaiyu would have wanted to applaud her.
"I've reminded you of what I should remind you of. You can do whatever you want." She said, "Don't say I hurt you on purpose."
Bai Mengshi didn't understand what she meant by her words, she just thought she was scaring people, and waved her sleeves and said: "I am the head of the Bai family, so what's wrong with disposing of people according to the family rules? Even if the master asks, I That's right! Someone, drag her to the yard and ask for family law!"
"yes!"
At noon, when the spring sun was in the sky, Jiang Xuanjin was listening to Han Xiao and Yun Lanqing talking in the imperial study. Suddenly, I felt a tightness in my heart.
Frowning, he stretched out his hand to probe his heart, feeling a little bewildered.
"Your Majesty also thinks it's absurd?" Han Xiao said in a deep voice, "The majestic prime minister, Chang Shi, is so narrow-minded. Just because the eldest princess once said that he was 'unable to support the country', he held a grudge, and has been with him for so many years. Let the princess be embarrassed, but in the case of Prime Minister Sima, she actually gave false testimony because of personal enmity!"
Jiang Xuanjin came back to her senses, and took a look at the things the emperor handed over.
This is the confession of several servants of Li's mansion, and it is stated that on the evening of February 20th, around the time of Sima Xu's death, Li Feng returned to the mansion drunk and was not present.
During the investigation of Sima Xu's case, Li Fengxing testified that he was walking out of the palace with Sima Xu, and happened to meet Princess Danyang, and the princess asked Prime Minister Sima to rest at Fukang Palace nearby. At that time, this piece of testimony was very critical, and it directly pushed all the suspicions on Danyang.
And now. This confession turned out to be false
Jiang Xuanjin was stunned, and suddenly remembered what Qingsi said yesterday - you were just being used by a villain, do you really think you did the right thing
His heart sank, he put away the confession in his hand, and looked at Li Fengxing who was kneeling down: "What does Li Changshi have to argue?"
Li Fengxing snorted softly, cupped his hands and said: "The case is closed, I don't know why the two adults are still entangled in this matter. Just based on a few casual words from the servants, is it possible that the king and your majesty are going to convict the humble minister?" ?"
"Just a few words?" Yun Lanqing raised her eyebrows and stared at him fiercely, "One of the two slaves in the confession has been in your house for seven years, and the other is your nanny. Now they are being hunted down every day. Risking your life to come here to file a complaint, how can you say it's just a few casual words?"
Glancing at him, Li Fengxing straightened his back: "So what? I don't know why they were chased and killed. But this confession is really false. If your majesty and your majesty believe it, then I will be ashamed when I go back." To be able to present dozens of testimonials from other domestic slaves proves that the minister did not return to the mansion at Xushi that night."
"you… "
Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Huailin watched the three important ministers arguing with red faces. He couldn't make up his mind for a while, and couldn't help but look sideways: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Jiang Xuanjin said: "The case has already been closed, there is no need to argue."
Han Xiao was so angry that he was almost about to scold. Yun Lanqing who was next to him quickly grabbed his sleeve and shook his head.
Li Fengxing saluted him with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise."
"There is nothing else, Li Changshi will go to work first, the new prime minister has not yet taken office, you work harder." Li Huailin said.
"Resignation, Weichen." Glancing at the two people next to him, Li Fengxing sneered, got up, turned his head and left.
Han Xiao had a violent temper, but he couldn't be too rude in front of the Holy Majesty, so he had to hold back, his face flushed.
The door of the main hall was closed, and Jiang Xuanjin looked at Han Xiao: "I have a question to ask my lord."
"Mr. Han has little talent and learning, so how can I answer your doubts." Han Xiaohan cupped his hands with a face, "Let me go now!"
As he said that, he stepped up and walked out.
Li Huailin watched from above and shook his head. Master Han's temper is really the worst among all the officials. He even dared to brush Ziyang Jun's face.
However, Jiang Xuanjin was not angry, seeing that he was going to leave, instead he got up and quickly went up to stop him.
"My lord, stop." He looked up at him and said, "Only an adult can answer this question."
Han Xiao thought that Jiang Xuanjin was not pleasing to the eye, and just now, his stern and strict attitude made him even more angry. Now being stopped by someone, Han Xiao finally couldn't help it, and punched him!
"Master Han!" Li Huailin stood up from the dragon chair, frowning and drinking.
Yun Lanqing was also terribly shocked, first saluted the emperor, and then hurried up to fight.
However, this vigorous punch did not land on Jiang Xuanjin's body. Yun Lanqing stared at it, and saw Ziyang Jun reached out to catch his fist, and with the force of his hand softening the rigidity, he drew an oblique arc in the air, Then he returned his strength exactly.
bang—
Han Xiao took half a step back, stepping on the ground hard with his heels to stabilize his body. Look up at him again. His temper had lost half of his temper, he turned around and returned to the front of the imperial court, and knelt down sullenly.
"What's the problem?" he asked angrily.
Following him a few steps back, Jiang Xuanjin said in a low voice: "Master Han is wise all his life, why is he willing to ruin his reputation and support Princess Danyang?"
"I also want to know this question." The emperor sitting on the seat looked at them and said, "Although the emperor's nature is not bad, none of her actions are worthy of praise. Why did the two adults protect her so far, even after the case is closed? To complain for her?"
When these words came out of Jiang Xuanjin's mouth, Han Xiao and Yun Lanqing felt complicated at best. But from the emperor's mouth... Han Xiao smiled wryly, he felt desolate, from the tip of his heart to his back.
In the old days, the eldest princess was still alive, dressed in the Peony Palace costume of Yaochi, she was sitting on the edge of the high stage, looking down at him.
"Master Han." She said, "You can think about it, if you go with me, you will no longer be appreciated and admired, and the good reputation you have accumulated over the past twenty years will all go to waste."
At that time, Han Xiao answered very beautifully: "The princess is a girl who is fearless. Why should I be timid?"
Danyang clapped his hands and laughed when he heard his words, and said unconvinced after laughing, "I'm not an ordinary girl! I have a great emperor brother!"
For this, Han Xiao didn't take it seriously. Li Huailin hadn't made any achievements in five years since he succeeded to the throne. How could he say "great"
Danyang glanced at his expression and guessed his thoughts, immediately put his hands on his hips and stared: "Don't look down on people! In a few years, Huailin will be praised by all people! He will be a very good emperor!"
After speaking, he turned his head to look at the imperial flag flying in the distance, his eyes were very determined: "It will definitely!"
Looking at her eyes, Han Xiao understood. It is not her identity, but Li Huailin that supports the eldest princess to have the courage to get involved in countless disputes. Everything she has done for so many years is to allow her emperor brother to sit on the throne safely.
And now, Li Huailin also asked them: Why
Han Xiao's eyes turned red, and he opened his mouth, wanting to pat the imperial desk and tell him everything! No matter what happens to him, the eldest princess can't be charged with so many crimes even after she dies!
However, Han Xiao shut his mouth after glancing at the confession that was casually thrown on the table.
No one would believe it, even if he defended Danyang. Writing his hundred and eighty confessions, like these two papers, will be randomly placed here as unconvincing nonsense.
Lowering his head dejectedly, he said with a wry smile, "I think the princess is a good person."
Jiang Xuanjin frowned, and Li Huailin was obviously dissatisfied with this answer: "There are no outsiders here, why don't you want to speak directly?"
Han Xiao didn't say anything more, but Yun Lanqing who was next to him took a step forward, looked at Jiang Xuanjin and said, "Your Majesty personally condemned the princess, wrote the crime with his own handwriting, and sent the poisoned wine with his own hand. Now you are still asking us about this?" Question, don't you think it's ridiculous?"
He was the one who wanted to kill her. He already believed that Princess Danyang was a heinous person who deserved to die. No matter how many good things they said, it was useless, so why bother to ask
Jiang Xuanjin bowed her head in silence for a moment, and said, "I just did what I should do, not against her."
If it were any person, as long as the evidence was conclusive and he committed an unforgivable crime, he would still write the indictment and deliver the poisoned wine with his own hand.
Yun Lanqing and Han Xiao obviously didn't believe these words, Yun Lanqing cupped his hands and said: "If you really have doubts, you might as well investigate the case of Prime Minister Sima seriously. Prime Minister Sima was not killed by the Eldest Princess. You have the right to be one of the reasons why the two of us supported the eldest princess."
After finishing speaking, he saluted Li Huailin again: "Lord Han behaved recklessly today, I would like to take him down to receive punishment."
Li Huailin frowned and looked at the two for a long time, then nodded.
Yun Lanqing took Han Xiao away, and there were only two people left in the imperial study.
"Your Majesty." Li Huailin asked, "Do you suspect that Miss Huang was wronged?"
Jiang Xuanjin shook his head and remained silent.
It was a very clear murder case, but because of the two papers on the table, it seemed to be foggy again.
He just said that there is no need to pursue the falsehood in closing the case, it was just to stabilize Li Fengxing. Danyang used to be his student and fought against him for many years. There is doubt about her death, he will definitely investigate.
It's just that people like Han Xiao and Yun Lanqing probably won't tell him the truth for the time being.
Gathering his mind, he turned to Li Huailin and said, "I'm about to get married, and around the 21st of next month, I hope His Majesty will allow you to take a leave of absence in advance."
Li Huailin was still thinking about the matter of the imperial sister, when he heard this, he stood up in shock: "Your Majesty wants to get married?!"
"yes."
"Which girl is so powerful that she can make you want to start a family?" Li Huailin was delighted and curious.
Jiang Xuanjin shook her head subconsciously as that face that was always unserious appeared in her mind: "She's not very good, at most she's good at talking."
After thinking about it, I added another sentence: "You are also very courageous."
Li Huailin stared at his expression dumbfounded, feeling that the sky was about to rain red.
What's the matter with the glowing look in the ink eyes when you mention it? He has known Mr. Ziyang for almost eight years, isn't he always not close to women
"Hearing what you said, when we get married, I will definitely go to see it." Li Huailin said with a smile, "Congratulations first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Xuanjin cupped his hands and looked at the hourglass with a slightly solemn expression, "If there is nothing else, I will leave the palace first, and there are still things that have not been settled."
"Okay." Li Huailin nodded.
After carefully folding the confession on the table and putting it in his arms, Jiang Xuanjin strode away from the palace and went straight to the White House.
Bai Dezhong was busy with affairs today, and he never returned home. When he arrived, it was still Bai Mengshi who came out to greet him.
"Your Majesty is here, and I am far away to welcome you." Bai Mengshi beamed with joy when she saw him, "Why are you here at this time? But what do you want Xuanji to do?"
Looking around her, only the Second Miss Bai saluted him decently, Jiang Xuanjin was a little puzzled: "Where is the Fourth Miss Bai?"
Bai Mengshi was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression became a little strange: "What does Your Majesty want her for?"
Why do you ask like that? Jiang Xuanjin was slightly puzzled: "Did she not say anything when she came back?"
With her carefree personality, shouldn't she be beating drums and telling everyone that she is going to marry Mr. Ziyang? How could this Mrs. Bai's reaction be like this
"Your Majesty!" Without waiting for Bai Mengshi to speak, Lingxiu broke through the block of the slaves at the door and knelt down in front of him, "Your Majesty, save my young lady quickly!"
His voice was shrill, almost breaking his voice, and when he raised his head, his eyes were red and swollen.
Jiang Xuanjin was shocked, and the sudden tightness in his heart came again.
"Presumptuous!" Bai Mengshi hurriedly asked Lingxiu to be dragged down, "You don't have the right to speak in front of your majesty! Pull it down and slap your mouth!"
Several house slaves quickly came to arrest people, Jiang Xuanjin shouted: "Wait!"
Bai Mengshi was surprised: "Your Majesty?"
Walking in front of Lingxiu, Jiang Xuanjin asked, "What's going on?"
Lingxiu choked up, pointing at the mother and daughter of the Baimeng family: "The maidservant was ordered to deliver things elsewhere. When she came back, she was beaten half to death by them and locked in the woodshed, covered in blood! The slaves wanted to go in and have a look, but they locked the door behind their backs!"
Pupils shrank, and Jiang Xuanjin looked sideways at the two people beside him.
Bai Mengshi didn't react at all, she knew Ziyang Jun and Bai Zhuji knew each other, and they also went back to the mansion together last time. But no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for these two people to have any deep relationship, after all, this is Mr. Ziyang!
But what's the matter now? Just because of the evil behavior of a servant girl, Lord Ziyang looked at her with such cold and sharp eyes
Bai Mengshi was dazed, but her legs were inexplicably weak.
Waving for Chengxu to take Lingxiu with him, Jiang Xuanjin walked into the mansion without saying much.
"Mother, what should I do?" Bai Xuanji was in a hurry, "Your Majesty is Jiang Yan's uncle, if he sees us treating Zhuji like this, will he go back and talk to Jiang Yan? The young master will think I have a vicious heart! "
"Don't worry." When she regained her senses, Bai Mengshi took her hand to stabilize her, "Bai Zhuji deserved what she deserved, and it doesn't matter who comes. Besides, this is our Bai family's business. Intervene. Go. Go and see!"
Bai Xuanji bit her lip and nodded, lifted her skirt and followed Bai Mengshi.
Lingxiu ran very fast, almost rolling and crawling to lead the way. Seeing the firewood room from a distance, she pointed out, "It's the one in front!"
Jiang Xuanjin walked over quickly, looked at the lock on the door, and shouted: "Chengxu!"
Taking advantage of the emptiness next to him, he drew his sword and cut the chain into two pieces.
"Bah—" the door was pushed open, a cloud of dust was thrown up against the wall and covered the head and body of the person leaning against the wall.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Li Huaiyu in the firewood room coughed for a while, raised his eyelids halfway to look at the person, and it took him a long time to see who it was, and grinned, "Why are you here?"
Jiang Xuanjin looked at the situation in the firewood room in shock, walked in, and reached out to touch her forehead. But halfway through her hand, she was frightened by the blood on her head again.
"Why this expression?" Huaiyu wanted to move her body, but froze again, panting, "Mr. Ziyang is suitable for a face that cannot be shaken by lightning, and it looks unpredictable like that. You are frowning now It looks kind of scary."
As he said that, he flattened his mouth again: "But I'm really stuck to the wall now, and I need you to hug me to get up."
Jiang Xuanjin opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the bloody smell from her body blocked her throat.
He was silent, his fingers were closed, and the knuckles were pinched white. His chest seemed to be gripped by something, and he couldn't breathe.
The air in the woodshed must be too smelly, he thought, slowly lowered his body, and hugged her up.
"Are you really hugged?" Huaiyu looked at his clothes with a smile, "You like to be clean, and my blood stains all over my body, so don't want this robe of yours."
It's just a robe, if you don't want it, you don't want it. He turned around holding her and looked at the people outside the door.
Bai Mengshi and Bai Xuanji stood outside, already dumbstruck.
"Your Majesty, this..." Bai Mengshi pointed to the humanity in his arms, "She broke many house rules and fought with her slaves to become like this. This is a family matter of the Bai Mansion."
After a pause, he felt that the momentum was not enough, so he put on airs and said, "In the backyard of the White Mansion, everything is decided by the mistress!"
The implication is: Is your management a little too wide
Jiang Xuanjin stepped up and walked towards her.
Bai Mengshi was stunned, and subconsciously grabbed Bai Xuanji's hand beside her. Ziyang Jun's imposing manner is overwhelming, even in her territory, no one dares to look directly at her. Even though he knew that he would not do anything, it was still very scary to walk over like this step by step.
"It's all..." She wanted to say, it's all the rules of the mansion, so she can't be blamed.
However, at the same time as she spoke, Jiang Xuanjin walked past her with Bai Zhuji in his arms, as if he hadn't seen her at all, and walked straight forward.
"Lingxiu." His voice still came from behind, "Where does your young lady live?"
Lingxiu, who was dumbfounded by looking behind her, came back to her senses and hurriedly followed. When passing by the two of them, he frowned and took a look, then ran faster.
Bai Mengshi's face turned ugly in an instant.
There are many servants around, and they all saw the situation just now. She is a very prestigious mistress in the mansion. He couldn't even say a word in front of Ziyang Jun.
what is this!
west courtyard.
Jiang Xuanjin carried Li Huaiyu into the small room, glanced around inside, and remained silent for a long time.
She said before that she had a bad life in the White House, but he didn't believe it. Anyway, she is Bai Dezhong's biological daughter, no matter how bad it is, where can she go
However, when he saw it with his own eyes, he felt a very strange feeling in his heart, as if he was back in that firewood house again, and the surrounding air was full of dust, which made him unable to breathe.
Going to the bed to put down the half-conscious person in his arms, Jiang Xuanjin tore off her dirty outer clothes and helped her lie down on the bed.
During the swing, the cuffs were slightly opened, and he looked down and saw the bruises on her arms. Frowning slightly, he thought for a while, then reached out and rolled up her sleeves bit by bit.
Blue, purple, black, large and large bruises spread from her wrists to her arms, the more the sleeves were rolled, the more bruises there would be.
Jiang Xuanjin looked very pale, thought for a while, and said to Chengxu: "You go back to the mansion and let me know."
"What do you know?" Cheng Xu asked with a bow.
Scanning the room deeply, Jiang Xuanjin said, "Just say that I'm in the White Mansion, and I won't be going back tonight."
Take advantage of false alarm: "Master?"
Even if Fourth Miss Bai was seriously injured, he still had to go back home! If the old man asked the reason, how should he respond
"If your family members ask, you should tell the truth." Jiang Xuanjin said very calmly, "Tomorrow morning, please ask father to bring the elder brother and the second brother to deliver the betrothal gift for me."
After a pause, he added: "Let them all come, and there must be no one left."