"..."
After looking down at her carefully for a while, Lu Jingxing was so angry that he wanted to knock her on the forehead with a fan: "Why are you!"
Huaiyu is very innocent: "Is it just right for me? You don't need to bother me or him..."
"Then why didn't you say anything just now?" He gritted his teeth, "Wait to see my joke?"
"No, no." Huaiyu waved his hand, "I'm doing my duty as a servant girl. It's against the rules for me to interrupt when your majesty is talking to you!"
How about rules? When will Li Huaiyu take the rules seriously? He wrote the words Lu Jingxing upside down!
After unfolding the fan and fanning it angrily for a while, Lu Jingxing asked angrily, "Why are you looking for Bai Ai? He is busy recently."
Jiang Xuanjin said: "The election is over, what else is he busy with?"
"I'm going to be busy after the election... How do you know he's going to choose an official?" Lu Jingxing was stunned for a moment, looked at him with a surprised expression, then his eyes became a little flustered, and he rolled his eyes around and said, "Although Bai Ai used to be Feiyun Palace, but he has no known crimes, and he is not wanted by the court, so it stands to reason that he can stand for election."
This set of expression changes smoothly and naturally, and the expression is real and in place. Huaiyu next to him secretly gave him a thumbs up.
Jiang Xuanjin said slowly, "I am not here to inquire about crimes."
If you really want to ask a crime, you won't bring a "servant" to Lu's mansion in person like this.
Lu Jingxing was a little hesitant, he shook his fan and thought for a long time before letting go, "Please come inside."
Jiang Xuanjin nodded, raised her steps and walked in, and inadvertently glanced aside, and saw the familiar expression of the person next to her, as if she had been here thousands of times.
Noticing his gaze, Huaiyu turned her head: "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing." Withdrawing his eyes and continuing to look forward, he stepped into the flower hall expressionlessly.
Bai Ai came in a short while, standing in the flower hall and looking at Jiang Xuanjin, his eyes were very wary: "Why did you find me?"
"Did you go well when you participated in the election?"
Why do you ask this suddenly? Bai Ai looked bewildered, then frowned and said: "The question is not difficult, the answer should not be bad, but... I don't remember whether I have passed the seal or not."
Huaiyu stood quietly watching, and caught a glimpse of Jiang Xuanjin's expression moving slightly, and stretched out his hand to her: "Bring it."
She hastily handed over the paper in her sleeve.
"You wrote this?"
Taking it over and reading it carefully, Bai Ai said: "Yes, this is indeed written by me..."
"You really wrote it?" Huaiyu looked surprised, "But this seal belongs to Second Young Master Jiang!"
When Bai Ai heard this, he quickly turned to the end of the scroll, and frowned when he saw the seal: "What's going on? How could it be like this?"
Jiang Xuanjin's expression was solemn: "Why did you forget to leave the seal when you finished your answer that day?"
"It was too late at the time. Hurry up and finish the pen, and I don't remember whether I have written it." Bai Ai said with a sincere face, "But I really wrote this paper, how could it become the second son of Jiang's? ? I didn’t test in the same yard as him.”
There is a difference between a poor family and a wealthy family. Students from a poor family have no wealth and background, so they will refer to a large yard after paying the money. As for the wealthy disciples, the censor will send the list to His Majesty for review before they refer to it, and the place of the examination is in the Zhangwen Academy. The two places are far apart.
Jiang Xuanjin said: "When the papers are collected, they will all be reviewed in the School of Literature."
In other words, it is also possible that the two stacks of papers were mixed up during the trial.
"But you can't leave my papers with someone else's seal?" Bai Ai was a little annoyed, "If the emperor didn't bring it, I would still be kept in the dark."
Indeed, if Jiang Shen didn't say anything, no one would know that the answer sheet was written by Bai Ai. Once the list was released, the leader who was supposed to be Bai Ai would quietly become Jiang Shen's.
"It's a coincidence." Li Huaiyu murmured in a low voice, "It's fine if the papers are mixed up, and I even helped get a seal."
"Can you call it a coincidence?" Lu Jingxing snorted softly, "It's clear that someone deliberately bullied the poor family's children without knowing what happened, and took good papers to seek fame from the noble family. It's not the first time this kind of thing happened .”
Jiang Xuanjin asked: "Has it happened before?"
"Don't you know?" Lu Jingxing sneered, "What kind of virtue was that leader of the Zhang family the year before last? A dude with no ink in his stomach, how could he write beautiful articles and get all the compliments from the court? Do you really think that? Did he write it himself?"
"This is just your inference." Jiang Xuanjin looked up at him, "Do you have evidence?"
"There is evidence that Liang Sixian can be released for so many years?" Lu Jingxing shook his head, "It's something that everyone knows but can't put it on the surface. After all, the paper is in the hands of the group of people in the School of Literature, and no one can see it. .”
This is true, even if Mr. Ziyang went, he still couldn't see the complete top three papers.
Bai Ai said very annoyed: "What can I do now? Go to the Yamen to beat drums and complain?"
"Don't." Huaiyu shook his head, "If you appeal for grievances, they will still think that the person who exchanged your papers was Second Young Master Jiang, but he didn't. He is even more angry than you."
Jiang Shen, who had a good night's sleep and thought that he had finally escaped from becoming an official, became the leader inexplicably. He must also want to beat the drums and complain.
Jiang Xuanjin got up and nodded slightly to Bai Ai: "I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter, please hold back for two days."
"That's good." Bai Ai cupped his hands, "I'm waiting for your good news."
Everything went well, Li Huaiyu looked at Jiang Xuanjin's profile, and breathed a sigh of relief.
When the two left the Lu residence, Jiang Xuanjin kept her eyes half-down all the way, looking a little preoccupied.
Huaiyu hooked his hand and asked softly, "What are you thinking?"
"Liang Sixian." Jiang Xuanjin said, "He is so talented and knowledgeable, it's hard for people to believe that he would do something that uses his power for personal gain."
Hehe laughed twice, Huaiyu said: "Your second elder brother is also talented and well-educated. When he writes poems about lovesickness, his love is deeper than the ocean, and he is loyal, but do you think he is a dedicated person?"
This analogy is so vivid that Jiang Xuanjin was convinced: "We still have to investigate thoroughly."
"Thank you for your hard work." Huaiyu stretched out her hand to pinch his arm, her drooping eyes covered up a little guilt in her eyes.
Jiang Xuanjin didn't look at her, but murmured in a low voice, "This Lord Liang also had a lot of trouble with Danyang before."
"Why does everyone have a feud with Danyang?" Li Huaiyu said casually, "Did she do a lot of wrong things and make everyone angry?"
Wrong thing? It is true that I have done a lot, but some things that I thought were wrong before, looking at it now, in fact, Danyang also has the truth of Danyang. It's just that her reasoning is not tolerated by the law, and will be shackled after all.
Thinking of the brilliant sunset-like shadow of Feiyun Palace, Jiang Xuanjin frowned, suddenly feeling a little heavy in his heart.
"Don't think about her!" Huaiyu smiled and pulled him forward, "Go back and find your second brother, if you take this matter a little slower, maybe something will happen."
The list was about to be released, Jiang Xuanjin came back to his senses, and didn't dare to delay any longer. When he returned to Jiangfu, he asked Jiang Shen to look for the seal, but he couldn't find it, and asked Chengxuye to visit the Academy of Arts.
In the end, the seal was indeed found, and it was on Liang Sixian's usual work desk in the Academy of Arts.
So the next day, Jiang Xuanjin led Jiang Shen to the imperial court, reported the situation, and begged the emperor to investigate thoroughly.
Li Huaiyu followed Jiang Xuanjin to the School of Literature in maid clothes, and saw rice paper all over the sky, Liang Sixian was being escorted, and shouted at them in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am wronged by you!"
Jiang Xuanjin felt a little soft-hearted when he saw his appearance of weeping blood, and even wondered if these people were too rough? It hasn't been verified yet, how can you treat a school official like this
However, when Xu Yan opened the class to testify against the students in Kyoto, Jiang Xuanjin withdrew his sympathy with a dark face when he saw the crowd of people who knelt down and cried for grievances and admitted their papers.
It wasn't just Jiang Shen and Bai Ai. In this election, three people from poor families had their papers replaced, and the papers of those who lost their seals were even cut off and their names changed.
Li Huaiyu was speechless: "It's really covering the sky with one hand!"
Jiang Xuanjin was not in a good mood, so she turned her head and asked her, "Am I trusting others too easily?"
Huaiyu was taken aback, blinked and said, "Why do you say this?"
He put his arms around her waist wearily, hugged her in his arms, and rested his chin on the top of her head. Jiang Xuanjin sighed: "It's the same for Li Fengxing, and the same for Liang Sixian. Dirty stuff."
Patting his hand clasped around her waist, Huaiyu said: "People's hearts are in the belly, and you can't judge people by appearances. Some people pretend to be a gentleman, but they are actually sinister villains. And some... It seems heinous, but she said It’s not necessarily about serving the country wholeheartedly.”
After a pause, she smiled again: "Of course, for a person like me who is as consistent as I am, if he says he likes you, he likes you. He likes you on his face, and he also likes you in his heart!"
With a muffled snort, Jiang Xuanjin carried her into the carriage, his eyes dimmed, and he still looked very unhappy.
So Li Huaiyu coaxed him in a different way: "Let's not go back home in a hurry, let the coachman go around?"
Stretching out his hand to gently rub her waist, he gave a low "um" and hugged her onto his lap, half-closed his eyes and looked at her. The long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the dark eyes were hidden underneath, deep and moving.
Huaiyu couldn't help watching, and kissed him on the eyes.
Jiang Xuanjin was a little annoyed: "What are you doing?"
Pi smiled and touched his face, Huaiyu said: "You still don't understand what I'm doing? Let's do it again!"
As she spoke, she tore off the skirt of his shirt and kissed him on the face again.
The carriage ran slowly, swaying, and the voices of people passing by were all outside. Jiang Xuanjin thought it was presumptuous, but the person in his arms didn't care. Kissing him didn't count. Touch his spine.
"If you move again, I'll throw you down!" He threatened sternly.
Huaiyu raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of sarcasm: "If you dare to throw it, I dare to yell 'Mr. Ziyang molested'!"
Jiang Xuanjin froze, and immediately wanted to put her aside.
"If you dare to push me away, I'll call you indecent." Huaiyu smiled smugly, reaching out to pull his belt while talking.
"You..." He was a little shocked when he realized what she wanted to do. This is still on the street, and people outside can still be seen vaguely when the car curtain shakes. But the man in his arms seemed to be fearless, let go of his outer robe, stretched out his hand to hug him tightly against his middle coat, and pressed the corner of his raised mouth against his Adam's apple with a warm breath.
"Bai Zhuji." He gritted his teeth and said very seriously, "You can't mess around here!"
Originally, he only intended to tease him, but when he heard this, Huaiyu raised his eyes unwillingly: "Do you know that some people are naturally rebellious? The more you don't let her do something, the more she will want to do something."
Saying that, Bai Chi bit his chin lightly, and said arrogantly: "That's the kind of person I am!"
Jiang Xuanjin was furious, and wanted to push her away, but this person was really shameless, and when he turned his head, he really shouted out of the car: "Ziyang..."
The people on the street immediately looked in the direction of the carriage curiously.
With her face flushed, Jiang Xuanjin hurriedly covered her mouth and hugged her back into her arms, letting her continue to take advantage of him.
"Don't make any noise." She smiled wickedly, reached into his underwear, touched his firm and flat belly, as if she wanted to count his muscle texture, back and forth, just not Ken stop.
"Don't go too far." He said in a hoarse voice, close to her ear.
Thinking of the night when the house was consummated, Huai Yu was furious: "Who is more wrong? I begged you so much, but you didn't let me go?"
It's shameless... Can it be the same in the room as it is here? Jiang Xuanjin's body tensed up, feeling the temperature of her fingertips, and from the corner of her eye, she glanced at the car curtain that was raised from time to time, her whole body seemed to be on fire.
Huai Yu laughed, lowered her head and pecked at him, and continued to move her hands down in a rogue manner.
Chengxu, who was driving, suddenly heard a muffled hum in the carriage.
"Master?" He asked quickly, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ah, it's okay, your master bumped your head." My master didn't answer, but the lady's voice came from behind the curtain of the car, "You continue to drive and go to the suburbs."
the suburbs? Chengxu was puzzled, but he still obeyed.
Huaiyu turned her head, looked at the man in front of him who was biting her shoulder with his head bowed, and whispered in his ear, "You have to be careful, Chengxu's ears are sharp, you can't make him notice."
As she said that, she kept teasing him with her hands, and even became bolder and bolder.
Jiang Xuanjin looked at her with eyes that wanted to kill someone. He pinched her waist tightly with his hands, took a breath and leaned his head against the wall of the car. His usually deserted face was occupied by the color, and his eyes were angry and struggling.
The beauty is boundless...
Li Huaiyu swallowed her saliva and thought, if Jiang Xuanjin hadn't been conferred the title of Lord Ziyang first by the late emperor, when she met him, she would have snatched him back to Feiyun Palace first as a face-to-face leader.
It's a pity that Jiang Xuanjin didn't have a good look at Danyang, and only Bai Zhuji could tease him.
"Jiang Jie~" whispering hot air in his ear, Huaiyu teased his body while calling him, the smirk on his face, he looked like a bandit who came down from the mountain.
Jiang Xuanjin was so teased by her that she couldn't resist, and his body was really uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but opened his mouth and continued to bite her shoulder, humming twice.
The green brocade robe was messily entangled with the light orange maid's clothes. It looks a little nice.
It was not early at all, and when the carriage wobbled to the suburbs, the moon had already risen. As soon as the car stopped, Li Huaiyu lifted his head from the curtain and said to Chengxu: "Go find some spring water, your master is thirsty."
"Yes." Without doubting him, Chengxu left honestly.
Huaiyu turned around with a smile, gently stroked Jiang Xuanjin's back, and coaxed him softly: "There is no one, no one, don't be annoyed."
With the flush still on his face, Jiang Xuanjin gave her a hard look: "You really..."
"I'm daring, I don't know the rules, and I'm acting out of control!" Huaiyu recognized his mistake very frankly, and then stretched out his hand to put on his robe, "But you're in a good mood."
Jiang Xuanjin was startled, and frowned at her.
So the reason why you teased him so much was because he was in a bad mood just now? Jiang Xuanjin laughed back angrily: "Do you think I will believe you when you say that?"
"Believe it or not!" She pouted, looking like a rascal.
Jiang Xuanjin: "..."
Chengxu came back and handed over the water bottle respectfully: "Master."
Lifting the curtain of the car, Jiang Xuanjin squeezed the kettle with one hand and Li Huaiyu with the other, and carried her to the side of the road. He said angrily, "Stretch out your hand."
Huaiyu obeyed obediently, washed his hands with the water he poured out, and muttered while washing: "I have a cleanliness habit, and I don't even care?"
"Um?"
"It should be washed, indeed it should be washed!" Huaiyu rubbed her hands seriously.
Chengxu looked blankly from behind, didn't he say he was thirsty, why did he wash his hands again
The moonlight in the suburbs was intoxicating, Huaiyu leaned lazily in Jiang Xuanjin's arms, yawned and said, "I don't want to go back, so I just rest here."
Glancing at her, Jiang Xuanjin shook his head: "Impossible."
This place is full of vegetation, where can people live
"I also know it's impossible, but I just said it casually, the carriage is too stuffy." Muttering a few words, Huaiyu started to climb the shaft.
However, as soon as he stood up, his hand was pulled.
Jiang Xuanjin stood by the shaft of the car, pulled her hand, turned over, pulled her down and carried her on his back.
Li Huaiyu: "?!"
"I also feel a little bored." He said coldly, stretched out his hand to hook the back of her leg, and walked back.
Huaiyu was dumbfounded. Chengxu behind was also dumbfounded. What does it mean? Is it impossible to carry people back? But it would take half an hour to walk back to the main city from here, not to mention that he was carrying someone on his back.
Jiang Xuanjin's back is wide and warm, which makes people feel at ease. Huaiyu was surprised for a while and then relieved, she easily put her hands on his shoulders and dangled with his steps.
"You're so cute." She smiled.
Jiang Xuanjin looked forward expressionlessly: "What words should be used to praise a man, I will teach you when I get back."
"Don't teach me, I think you are cute too." She smiled even more happily, "I treat you well once, and you insist on being kind to me once, and you won't owe me anything?"
He kept silent, hooked her knees with his hands, and straightened his back.
Such a posture would actually make the person on the back very uncomfortable, but Li Huaiyu was very happy, shaking his head and looking at the moon in the sky, his nose was full of the Buddhist fragrance from this person.
"Let me down when your back is tired, and take a ride to follow behind."
"Um."
He should have agreed, but he didn't do it. Jiang Xuanjin walked slowly with her on his back. He really walked all the way back. When he was about to reach Jiangfu, the person on his back had already fallen asleep. He looked at the plaque of Jiang Mansion from afar. She hooked her lips and smiled, her black pupils were filled with the moonlight that shone along the road.
Chengxu watched from behind, unable to speak.
Liang Sixian was imprisoned awaiting trial, and the corruption of the selection of officials was slowly exposed to the public. The people were in an uproar, and the court was even more in an uproar. The emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the Zhang Wen Yuan, and the capital seemed to be lively again.
Jiang Xuanjin didn't go to court for two days, and sat in the study calmly copying Buddhist scriptures. Any adult who came to visit him was shut out by him.
Huaiyu knocked on the melon seeds and asked him curiously: "You don't see people like this, so you're not afraid of missing something important?"
Jiang Xuanjin said without raising his head: "The person who came to visit at this juncture is definitely not trying to say right or wrong, but to talk about the balance of parties, it doesn't matter if you don't see him."
Seeing it clearly, Huaiyu thought with a smile, he may be the only one who can hang around in the court for eight years without being involved in party struggles and still stand tall.
Just as he was thinking about it, Chengxu ran in with a face full of fear: "Master, we have a distinguished guest!"
Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "Didn't you say that no one will come?"
"But this person... can't be seen!" Chengxu shook his head repeatedly.
Jiang Xuanjin paused. Putting down the pen and looking out, he saw a man in a dark yellow uniform standing outside, followed by only one guard.
His face changed slightly, he stepped out and welcomed the person in.
"What are you messing around with?"
Li Huailin looked at him with a sad face, and said helplessly: "I really can't make up my mind, your lord will not enter the palace, and they won't let me ask you for his opinion on everything, so I can only come out to look for you."
Li Huaiyu quickly stood up from the soft couch.
Noticing her, Li Huailin smiled slightly: "Madam Jun is here?"
"Greetings to Your Majesty." Huaiyu looked serious, glanced at the people around him, and couldn't help saying, "It's really dangerous for you to go on patrol like this."
"You can't blame me for not loving life." Li Huailin smiled wryly, "But if you want to bring a team of guards out, you have to report to Zongzheng first, and then wait for them to discuss the patrol route and Yijia... I think it's easier to do it this way. .”
It's easy to be easy, but life is hard to guarantee! Li Huaiyu's face was very ugly, her younger brother was protected too well by her, if he is really an emperor, he can wander around in the street casually? There are many people who want to take his life, let people see him, why not be like a hungry wolf preying on a sheep
Heart hung up, Huaiyu looked left and right, and whispered to Chengxu and Yufeng: "Take good people and prepare to send His Majesty back to the palace later."
Before Jiang Xuanjin could speak, she robbed her of the words, squinted at her, and nodded to Chengxu Yufeng to do the same.
Li Huailin said in a low voice: "I have no problem coming here this way, Your Majesty and Madam don't need to be so nervous."
Huaiyu really wanted to scold him, but now that her identity was wrong, she couldn't speak. Fortunately, Jiang Xuanjin had the same thoughts as her, so she reprimanded her immediately: "As the lord of the country, how can you be so contemptuous?"
"...Your Majesty, calm down." As soon as he was scolded, he forgot that he was the emperor. Li Huailin lowered his head guiltily, "I will definitely pay attention in the future."
Jiang Xuanjin frowned and looked at him: "Why did Your Majesty come here?"
Thinking of the business, Li Huailin raised his head: "I think what Xu Yan said is right about the matter of the academic officer Mr. Liang. Since he has been found out to use his power for personal gain, he should be severely punished and sent to the border. But Liu Tingwei said this There are still some strange things, let me think twice. Mr. Liu has always been fair, and after he said this, I am a little bit undecided."
Jiang Xuanjin said: "Since you think what Xu Yan said is correct, why should you pay attention to what Liu Yunlie said?"
"But he..."
"What kind of person is Liu Yunlie? Is it related to the case of the School of Literature?"
"No."
"Since he didn't, and he didn't produce any evidence to refute the results of Xu Yan's review, why are you undecided?" Jiang Xuanjin was dissatisfied, "How dare you risk leaving the palace?"
Li Huailin was a little nervous about being fierce, completely lost his arrogance in the court, lowered his head pitifully, Huaiyu couldn't bear to see it, brought tea and put it in Jiang Xuanjin's hand, interrupting his anger.
Looking at her sideways, Jiang Xuanjin said coldly to Li Huailin, "I will send you back to the palace."
When he came out, he came here to scold him, Li Huaiyu really couldn't laugh or cry, followed behind and secretly looked at his own imperial brother in front, and found that he seemed to have grown a lot taller.
It used to be only half a head taller than her, but now she seems to be only able to reach his shoulders.
I really have an indescribable feeling in my heart.
"What are you looking at?" the person next to her asked her in a low voice.
Li Huaiyu answered in a low voice honestly: "Look at Your Majesty."
It's not his delusion, this person really has a good impression of the emperor. Jiang Xuanjin's eyes dimmed, and he said coldly, "I'll see him off, so you don't have to go."
"No, I have to go too!" Huaiyu grabbed his hand nervously and said earnestly, "There are many people and many helpers! I can also play the trick of the three-legged cat, right?"
The person in front of him had an uneasy expression: "Kyoto has been in chaos recently, if you encounter any danger, you will only hold back."
Huaiyu's face fell, and she looked at Li Huailin in front of her very unwillingly.
Jiang Xuanjin led someone out of the gate of Moju, and locked her inside with a backhand, with a "bang", slightly angry.
"Your Majesty?" Li Huailin looked back at him curiously, "What's wrong?"
Walking up with drooping eyes, he shook his head, indicating that Chengxu Yufeng should go to the front to explore the way, and then handed the emperor a cloak.
Li Huailin put it on resignedly, and when he turned around and saw Mrs. Jun was gone, he suddenly said, "Your Majesty is worried about Madam's safety and won't let her go?"
"The minister is just afraid that she will cause trouble."
"Recently, I have often heard people talking about your wife." Li Huailin said with a smile, "All the adults in the court said that this lady has a very good relationship with you."
Are you okay? Jiang Xuanjin thought with cold eyes, she is quite good on weekdays, because this person likes him all the time, and the way he looks at him really looks like that.
But just now, he found that the way she looked at the emperor was the same, shining and gentle, even more inexplicable than when she looked at him.
what is this? It was like receiving a gift from her. He was full of joy and felt that this gift was different. Who knew that when she went out one day, she found that the gifts she gave others were also the same, even better than his.
Terrible!
"Where is what I said wrong?" Li Huailin felt a little uneasy when he felt Ziyang Jun's hostility.
After recovering, Jiang Xuanjin lowered his eyes and said: "There is nothing wrong, please come here, Your Majesty."
After leaving Jiangfu, there is also an official road outside, but this place is quiet, and there are not two passers-by for a long time. Chengxu Yufeng and the others looked very serious, Jiang Xuanjin looked up, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.
"Go slowly." He said, "Yufeng will go back and bring 20 more house slaves out."
"yes."
Li Huailin looked around, saw nothing, couldn't help but said: "Is your lord too arrogant? How is it possible here..."
Before he finished speaking, two gusts of strong wind "swiped" and flew past his ears, nailed to the ground not far behind, two "clangs" pierced the stone half an inch, and the body of the arrow trembled violently.
His pupils shrank, and Li Huailin took a breath.
Jiang Xuanjin immediately stepped sideways and stood in front of him, raising his eyes to look in the direction where the feather arrow came from. Sharp eyes: "Guard!"
The wind blew across the official road, and the atmosphere became tense. Ten hidden guards guarded the emperor, and the two rushed towards the high wall where the arrow came from.
However, before they could get there, several hidden arrows were shot from other directions, the sound of piercing the air was so sharp that it made people tremble.
"Retreat to Jiangfu." Jiang Xuanjin ordered in a deep voice.
The hidden guards moved in unison, but how could the visitor let them go so easily? On the way of retreat, the masked man came silently, the sword in his hand flashing fiercely.
Jiang Xuanjin's expression became solemn, this place is only half a mile away from Jiang Mansion, if the Holy Majesty is assassinated here, the whole Jiang Mansion may not be able to escape the responsibility. Judging by the posture of these people, it was obvious that they had come prepared. They didn't do anything before the emperor arrived in Jiangfu, but they wanted to drag him into the water together, killing two birds with one stone.
The emperor must not be hurt!
As soon as the blade turned, the group of masked men rushed up, Jiang Mansion's hidden guards came up, Jiang Xuanjin protected Li Huailin and rushed forward.
"I was wrong." Looking at this scene, Li Huailin gritted his teeth. "It's me who is too contemptuous!"
"It's useless to say these things now." Jiang Xuanjin reached out and grabbed his arm and pulled it away, barely making him avoid the blade next to him, "Go!"
There was a sound of clashing swords and arrows, and from time to time a feathered arrow came to his ears. Jiang Xuanjin looked back and saw a dozen bows and crossbows suddenly set up on the high wall opposite.
"Your Majesty!" With a low shout, he pulled Li Huailin over and pushed him in front of him.
"Xuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
"Master!" Chengxu was startled, went up and tried his best to stop a few feather arrows for him, but before it was too late, the four feather arrows passed him and shot behind him with a howling sound.
Before he could dodge in time, Jiang Xuanjin reluctantly reached out and grabbed one, but at the same time, the flesh on his back and shoulders was pierced by the other two feather arrows, causing him to groan in pain.
To make matters worse, the last feather arrow escaped the interception and directly penetrated Li Huailin's left arm.
"My lord!"
"His Majesty!"
There was a sound of exclamation, and Chengxu kicked the masked man in front of him with red eyes, and turned around to check the injuries of the two. Unexpectedly, the bow and crossbow on the wall were loaded with arrows again, and they would come again.
Too late to think about it. As soon as he lifted Li Huailin on the ground, he rushed towards the Jiangfu gate ahead. All the hidden guards behind gave up fighting with the masked man and rushed towards the high wall together.
Li Huaiyu was squatting at the door and sighing, when the door of the Jiang Mansion was opened unexpectedly, and Jiang Xuanjin rushed in with all his blood, and shouted: "Come here!"
The house slave was taken aback by his appearance, and hurried forward to listen to his orders. Huaiyu looked up, but saw nothing but the arrow piercing through Li Huailin's arm.
"Huai Lin!" His face turned pale, Huai Yu rushed up to help him, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"
Jiang Xuanjin had just ordered the slaves to go out to arrest people, and when he turned around to greet such a sentence, he was a little stunned.
It was rare for the person in front of him to show such a nervous expression, his eyebrows were huddled together, his almond eyes were full of distress, he helped Li Huailin over with both hands, and actually put his right hand on her shoulder, and the whole body supported him.
"..."
He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the man helped Li Huailin and walked inside.
"Where's the doctor? Lingxiu, invite the doctor from the mansion to Moju!"
"Miss..." Lingxiu glanced at Ziyang Jun at the door in astonishment. He looked a little flustered.
Huaiyu didn't even look at her, she just stared at the feather arrow on Li Huailin's arm, seeing the wound slowly oozing blood, her tone became more urgent: "What are you doing in a daze? Go!"
Lingxiu hurriedly ran away with her skirt in hand, Huaiyu helped Li Huailin to Moju, searched for scissors and quickly cut the fabric around the wound.
"Madam Jun..." Li Huailin was sweating from the pain, and looked at her with half-opened eyes in surprise, "You..."
"Don't talk yet." Huaiyu turned around anxiously, pinched the feathered arrow to cut off the tail of the arrow first, and then pinched the handkerchief to wipe the blood around his wound first.
With gentle movements and eager eyes, Li Huailin was stunned for a while, and almost subconsciously shouted: "Sister Huang..."
Li Huaiyu was startled, the hand holding the handkerchief suddenly became stiff, and he looked at him in disbelief.
It's not that Li Huailin recognized her, it's just that the wound hurts badly right now, and his whole body is terrified and afraid. Whenever someone treats him like this, he can't stop wanting to act like a baby. But when he saw the shocked eyes of the person in front of him, he smiled again: "Madam Jun has become gentle, just like my imperial sister."
Rather embarrassingly don't start. Huaiyu's eyes turned red: "Really?"
"Yes, my imperial sister is fierce to everyone, but she is the most gentle to me." With a bright smile, he revealed a childish look, looking at her with vacant eyes, and seemed to be looking at others through her.
His throat was so tight that Huaiyu couldn't help reaching out, wanting to touch his face.
"Miss!" Before they touched her hands, there was a sound of footsteps behind her. Huaiyu woke up with a start, she stopped her hands and turned around, and saw Lingxiu leading the doctor in, followed by Mrs. Jiang.
The people in Jiangfu were alarmed, the old man came up and confessed his crime, Huaiyu quickly got up and stood aside, dragging the doctor over first.
"Stop saluting first." Jiang Chongdao stretched out his hand to help the old man up, "It's important to save His Majesty!"
When the doctor of Jiang's mansion heard the identity of the injured, his hands couldn't help shaking. Huaiyu pressed on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "There is no bone injury, but the flesh is pierced through. It will not endanger life. You can just pull the arrow for Your Majesty."
"… yes."
Jiang Yan was also standing in the crowd, frowned and looked at Li Huaiyu several times, seeing that she was staring at His Majesty intently, couldn't help but move over, and gave her a gentle tug.
"Why?" Huaiyu didn't lift her head.
Jiang Yan was a little annoyed, and pulled her aside vigorously, frowned and said: "Your Majesty's dragon body is certainly worthy of attention, but my uncle's injury is more serious, how can you stay here all the time?"
Jiang Xuanjin was also injured? Huaiyu was stunned, she didn't see it at all just now, didn't he help Huailin back properly
"Where is your uncle?"
Looking at her with a complicated expression, Jiang Yan pointed to the guest building next to her.
Jiang Shen and Xu Chuniang were guarding in the guest building, and the doctor was drawing an arrow for Jiang Xuanjin. As soon as Huaiyu entered, he saw bright red blood splashing on the ground in front of the bed.
Taking a breath, she hurried over to have a look.
Jiang Xuanjin's face was pale, half of a cork was biting in his mouth, his upper body was naked, and his skin was covered with dark red blood.
"Jiang Jie." She lay down beside the bed and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Hearing her voice, Jiang Xuanjin slowly opened his eyes.
Huaiyu was about to ask again. When they met his eyes, they were choked with chills—the black pupils were like when they first met, frozen for thousands of miles, indifferent and distant, looking at her quietly, as if looking at a stranger.
"Brothers and sisters get out of the way first." Jiang Shen was a little anxious, "He still has an arrow to draw."
Suddenly regaining consciousness, Huaiyu saw that there was still half of the feather arrow behind him, it didn't hurt the vitals, but the wound was extremely deep.
"Third Young Master, hold on." The doctor stretched out his hand to pinch the nock of the arrow, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.
Jiang Xuanjin turned his gaze away from the person, and closed his eyes indifferently.
The second arrow shot out, and the blood flowed profusely. He only frowned slightly, and his face returned to calm.
Jiang Shen looked very nervous, and helped the doctor apply the hemostatic medicine, and asked him repeatedly: "How is it? Can you still bear it?"
Li Huaiyu also stepped forward, wanting to touch his hand.
"I'm fine." Half-opening his eyes, Jiang Xuanjin shrank his hands back to avoid her hands, and said softly to Jiang Shen, "Second brother, don't worry too much, it will be fine after a few days of recuperation."
"Third Young Master said it too easily!" The doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead, "If the arrow misses by an inch, it will be fatal!"
"What does it matter?" He whispered, "It's fine if you don't die."
There was too much self-mockery in these words, Li Huaiyu's heart tightened when he heard it, and he said quickly: "How can it be okay, it hurts just looking at it!"
Without looking at her or responding to her, Jiang Xuanjin closed his eyes and waited for the doctor to bandage the wound, then lay down on the recline.
There was something wrong with the atmosphere, and Jiang Shen looked at the two people puzzled: "What's going on? Isn't the third brother the happiest seeing his younger siblings on weekdays? Why is this attitude today?"
Huaiyu stretched out his hand to scratch his temple hair, and smiled guiltyly: "I made him angry."
"He's angry every day, can't he be coaxed?" Jiang Shen waved his hands disapprovingly, turned around and pulled Xu Chunian and said, "Go, go and look at the medicine for the third brother."
Xu Chuniang followed him and left.
They left, but Chengxu Yufeng was still standing beside him, Huaiyu looked at them, and found that the way they looked at him was not as gentle as usual.
"I... did you make you angry too?" She asked in a low voice.
Chengxu cupped his hands expressionlessly: "Don't dare."
It's not that I don't, it's that I dare not. Huaiyu sighed, she really wanted to explain this matter, but she couldn't. He just kept silent, helped clean up the blood on the ground, and went to the main house to bring him clean clothes for a change.
"These subordinates are here." Chengxu took the clothes and saluted her, "Go and rest."
After finishing speaking, he closed the door, shutting her out directly.
"Chengxu." Yufeng frowned, glanced at the direction of the bed, and whispered, "Don't go too far."
Is this too much? Chengxu was going to die of anger, he had served Junshang for so many years, and he had never seen Junshang so sad. His green clothes were covered in blood, and he stood blankly at the door, no one around him dared to help him, so he asked where his wife was? He actually supported His Majesty to leave!
Was she blind and didn't see the wound on his body? Or do you really put the overall situation first and feel that your majesty's life is more important than your majesty's
Chengxu couldn't understand it, especially after seeing with his own eyes how much his master cared about this lady.
Yufeng sighed, went to the bedside and asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want Madam to take care of you?"
"No need." Jiang Xuanjin said coldly, "Don't let her enter this door again."
Yufeng was taken aback for a moment, and after a long silence, he responded, "Yes."
Huaiyu squatted at the door in a daze, Lingxiu came over and saw her, very surprised: "Why are you outside?"
"It's okay, I did something wrong." She said in a muffled voice, "It might be all right after a while."
However, two hours later, the door behind her opened and closed, and Chengxu didn't let her in.
"Your Majesty has woken up." Lingxiu asked her in a low voice, "Do you want to tell Your Majesty?"
After hammering his numb leg, Huaiyu stood up and said, "Go ahead and tell me, he doesn't want to see me, I'll go to the main building to have a look."
The emperor was assassinated at the gate of the Jiang Mansion, and was injured so badly, the Jiang family will definitely be questioned. She had to think of a way and ask Huailin to help.
Taking a deep breath, Huaiyu plunged into the main building.
The old man Jiang and others knelt together to plead guilty, but Li Huailin asked them to get up repeatedly, but no one listened.
Li Huaiyu walked in and knelt at the front: "My wife has a merciless request."
Li Huailin still remembered her, forced a smile and said, "Madam Jun, please tell me."
He glanced at the crowd who were looking around curiously. Huaiyu hesitated slightly.
Li Huailin understood, and said softly: "Everyone go out first."
The old man Jiang looked at Bai Zhuji in confusion, and seeing her give him a reassuring look, he continued to kneel upright.
After pondering for a moment, he took the Jiang family behind him out and turned to look at Jiang Xuanjin.
There was no one else in the room except the guards, Huai Yu whispered to Huai Lin: "You go back to the palace, and protect the Jiang family one or two, your majesty is in order to save you, now life and death are uncertain, you can't let his family be convicted."
Li Huailin was stunned, nodded and said: "I know this, but I don't know how to say it..."
He is used to not telling lies, and Huaiyu is also used to it, so she taught him the lie she had made up before very considerately, and finally said confidently: "The clothes are perfect!"
Li Huailin was very astonished, blinked at her, thought for a long time before solemnly nodding.
Jiang Xuanjin half leaned against the head of the bed, the small living room was already filled with people from the Jiang family. He glanced around, but he didn't see the person who should be here, and his thin lips were tightly pressed. His eyes became more hostile.
Standing beside him, Jiang Yan also looked around, and said displeasedly, "Why is little aunt gone?"
"She seems to be begging His Majesty." Jiang Chong said.
"What is it her turn to beg for?" Jiang Yan muttered, "Isn't it better to spend more time with my uncle?"
"Yan'er." Jiang Chong shook his head.
Jiang Yan closed his mouth, but the old man Jiang next to him was also a little unhappy: "Yan'er is right, Zhuji is not doing things properly this time. When she comes out, let her take good care of Xuan Jin."
"No need." Jiang Xuanjin lowered his eyes, "There are enough people around me, and she is a lot less."
Li Huaiyu: "..."
She had just finished teaching the emperor to lie, and was holding up her skirt to step in through the door, but she was hit by such a sentence in front of her, and her raised foot froze in mid-air for an instant.
A lot less her? She blinked and looked blankly at the man on the bed.
Jiang Xuanjin also saw her, paused for a moment, and turned her head away indifferently, but other people in the room turned their heads to look at her.
With a stiff face and a smile, Huaiyu retracted her legs and said awkwardly: "I... go to fetch the medicine."
Run away.
Jiang Chong frowned slightly: "Third brother."
This person's temper has been like this since he was a child. If he accepts who treats him well, he will treat everyone else well. But as long as people neglect him half a point. He will take back all his good things and reveal his sharp side.
So childish.
Jiang Xuanjin didn't say a word, propped up his body and slowly lay down on his side, with his back facing them.
There was nothing to say, Jiang Chong had no choice but to help the old man get up, and led everyone away, so that he could have a good rest. Jiang Yan refused to leave, and sat on the bed and whispered, "I don't like her anymore."
Compared with Miss Bai Si, he still likes his uncle. If she makes his uncle unhappy, then he will not be happy either.
"Uncle, since you don't like her, why didn't you just sue her?" He muttered, "Let the family know that my aunt cares about the emperor and ignores you, she will definitely be scolded."
"Don't mess around."
"I'm not messing around, I just feel a little angry to see her guarding His Majesty there." Jiang Yan frowned, "She doesn't even know what she is and what she should do?"
"Young Master." Chengxu said helplessly, "Let Master rest for a while first."
"Okay." Jiang Yan stood up, clenched his fists and said. "Uncle was so happy to rest, so my nephew resigned."
Jiang Xuanjin turned her head sideways, looked at his angry back, couldn't help frowning, and said softly: "Chengxu, go and watch him, don't let him cause trouble."
What can the young master cause? At most, it was just to trouble Mrs.
She slandered in her heart, but didn't dare to refute him. Cheng Xu responded with a sullen face, turned around and went out, but he let the young master walk all the way to the backyard, and didn't care at all.
Huaiyu was setting up a stove in the backyard to decoct medicine. There were two jars of medicine, one from Huailin and one from Jiang Xuanjin.
"Little aunt." Jiang Yan's voice sounded from the side.
Looking up, Huaiyu smiled at him: "What's the matter?"
"The doctor said that my uncle's injury is serious, and he needs some precious medicinal materials that can nourish blood and strengthen muscles. Please go to the pharmacy in the west to get some." Jiang Yan said seriously.
Lingxiu next to her stood up as soon as she heard it: "Young maidservant, go get it, it's quite far from the pharmacy."
"The people in the pharmacy won't give such precious medicinal materials to a girl easily," Jiang Yan said. "Let's go in person, little aunt."
Without doubting him, Huaiyu got up and said, "I'll go, Lingxiu, you watch the fire, and pour out the medicine in half an hour."
"yes."
Huaiyu walked around the Jiangfu with many turns and turns, asking here and there to find out the location of the pharmacy. But when I went in and asked, there were no medicinal materials for nourishing blood and strengthening muscles.
"How?" She frowned.
The house slave of the pharmacy smiled and said: "The mansion originally stored a lot of precious healing medicines, but they were taken away by the third son two months ago, and the mansion hasn't been able to find a good one for a while. "