The rain was getting heavier, and Li Ming's vague scolding could not stop. Pei Wenxuan took his eyes away from Su Rongqing. He turned to look at the eunuch who was guarding the door, and went up to hand over the book in his sleeve to the eunuch. , asked him to hand it over to Li Ming, then turned around and said with Li Rong, "Your Highness, let's go."
Li Rong hesitated to glance at the imperial study room, and finally nodded, turned her head and gave an order to the eunuch next to her, saying that she retire early, and then walked out with Pei Wenxuan.
The two walked in the wind and rain, and after they left the palace, Pei Wenxuan raised his hand, put his hand on Li Rong's shoulder, and used his wide sleeves to shield her from the rain that flew in.
"How did you come?"
Li Rong said in a low voice, "I am so carefree that I came to the palace to pick me up, and I am not afraid of my father's suspicion."
"I handed him a book and asked to be the chief examiner of the imperial examination," Pei Wenxuan explained patiently, "Tomorrow will confirm the transfer of various positions. It is normal for me to come over tonight to show my loyalty. Besides," Pei Wenxuan looked back. Gong Li glanced, "He is not in the mood to pay attention to us right now."
"Su Ronghua has entered the palace." Li Rong reminded him, Pei Wenxuan's expression remained unmoved, and he only said, "I know."
"In the eyes of the father now, all he can find out is that someone sent Hongde into the palace, and Hongde's child was taken away by the Su family. Now the confession is missing, the memorial hall has leaked, and Hongde has been killed. The three incidents and the previous two incidents confirmed each other. Although they are not iron-clad evidence, they could convict Su Rongqing in the heart of the father. Now that Su Ronghua came out to recognize the first two incidents, it contradicted the latter three incidents. It seemed too abrupt…”
Li Rong frowned: "At that time, the royal father will probably think that we deliberately framed him."
"What do you think?" Pei Wenxuan said calmly, and Li Rong thought carefully, "From the father's point of view, you can say that Su Rongqing did these three things to cover up what he did, but it could also be us. In order to frame Su Rongqing. Why doesn't the royal father think that we deliberately framed Su Rongqing?"
"First, we have no reason to frame Su Rongqing. If we want to frame it, we should also frame Su Ronghua, who is Teacher Su Wang."
"Secondly, Su Ronghua came too coincidentally and deliberately to be trusted."
"Third," Pei Wenxuan turned his head and said softly, "Su Ronghua brought Hongde's child into the palace."
Hearing this, Li Rong was stunned.
Pei Wenxuan tilted the umbrella in Li Rong's direction and said softly, "Their best plan is actually to kill the child. As long as the child is not brought out of their Su mansion and they bite to death and refuse to recognize it, His Majesty will have no hard evidence. I can handle them. But not only did Su Ronghua not kill him, but he brought this child into the palace to return the hostage and admit his fault."
"And Hongde committed suicide. Unless there is a reason to threaten, it is impossible to commit suicide. Now that Su Ronghua has brought his child into the palace, Hongde's death has nothing to do with their Su family. Therefore, His Majesty is 80% sure about Hongde's death. We didn't do it. And the remaining 20% is just due to his usual suspicious nature."
Li Rong was slow and calm in Pei Wenxuan's words, Pei Wenxuan sent Li Rong to the carriage, and then put away the umbrella. He left the umbrella outside the carriage and stepped into the carriage.
Li Rong's coat was a little wet, so he helped Li Rong take off his coat, took out spare clothes from the carriage, and asked Li Rong to put it on.
Li Rong sat on the carriage and looked at the person who was half-kneeling in front of her, and listened to Pei Wenxuan continue: "Now that Su Ronghua is guilty, Su Rongqing should be fine."
"What about Su Ronghua?"
Li Rong spoke softly, and after Pei Wenxuan was silent for a moment, he said slowly, "Leaving the officialdom is not necessarily a bad thing for him."
"Then you made such a big circle," Li Rong smiled bitterly, "Isn't it a waste of time?"
"Who said I wasted my time?" Pei Wenxuan raised his head and smiled, "Do you think that I worked so hard just to make Su Rongqing take the blame?"
This was indeed beyond Li Rong's expectations.
Although he didn't say what Pei Wenxuan did, Li Rong also guessed seven or eight points in her heart. She thought that Pei Wenxuan intended to take Su Rongqing's position as the minister of punishment, but she didn't expect it to be
"So your real purpose is..."
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and took the hairpin from Li Rong's head, and the blue silk was scattered. He stared at the beautiful treasure in front of him, and said softly, "Su Rongqing troubled us, it was never for ourselves. And I trouble Su Rongqing, It's not for Su Rongqing herself."
"His purpose," Li Rong smiled bitterly, "is it Chuan'er?"
Pei Wenxuan did not speak, he was silent for a while, and finally said: "When the prince was abolished, the Su clan and the Shangguan clan together with the Baijia sent troops to regain the throne for His Royal Highness. But after His Royal Highness ascended the throne, he frequently suppressed the family for the sake of government... Even if the Su clan is immortal and do it all over again, no one from the aristocratic family will let such a prince ascend the throne knowing that the prince wants to suppress the aristocratic family."
Li Rong was speechless, Pei Wenxuan seemed sad to see her, and he couldn't help feeling a little tight in his chest.
He didn't want to speak for a while, and after drying Li Rong's hair, he got up and sat on the side, took out the book, and looked down.
After a while, he heard Li Rong come back to his senses, returned to the topic, and said softly: "So, your purpose is Concubine Rou?"
"Well." Pei Wenxuan responded perfunctorily.
Li Rong continued to think about the analysis: "The most troublesome thing now is actually the cooperation between Su Rongqing and Concubine Rou. The purpose of my establishment of the Inspectorate is to control the family through the hands of the father and emperor. According to our plan, in the past three years, you I have arranged the manpower layout in the court, and after three years, if there is another such thing as the abolition of the prince, there is no need for the family to take action, and we will directly support Chuan'er to succeed the throne."
"Chuan'er is benevolent and virtuous. We solved the family conflicts in advance when the father was alive. At that time, he can directly implement his own decrees. The situation in the previous life may not occur. But now that Su Rongqing is back, he and Concubine Rou will not. Joining forces, Concubine Rou is even more powerful. With the strength in the court, Su Rongqing helps him take care of it, and the trust of the father and the emperor is higher than us. So whether Su Rongqing becomes a minister is not the most important thing, he can't be with him. Concubine Rou working together is the most important thing."
"Concubine Rou has suffered a loss this time, so she will definitely doubt his ability, and if Su Ronghua wants to confess her guilt, she must establish the relationship between him and Concubine Rou. Concubine Rou was implicated by the two brothers of the Su clan, and with her temperament, I'm afraid that there are doubts about the follow-up cooperation, if we take the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, alienate them, and then break them one by one, it will be much easier."
Li Rong said, became happy, and turned to look at Pei Wenxuan: "Then how do you think about this loophole?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, and looked down at the book. Li Rong's smile froze. After hesitating for a moment, she hesitated: "You... why are you angry again?"
"Can you see that I'm angry?" Pei Wenxuan sneered, "Should I brag about your long eyes?"
"It's unnecessary," Li Rong smiled and waved her hand, "I'll give you a pair of embroidered shoes tomorrow, please don't thank me."
"Why give me this?" Pei Wenxuan frowned.
"Miss Pei," Li Rong raised Pei Wenxuan's chin with a fan, "How many inches is the golden lotus?"
Pei Wenxuan sneered and raised his hand to hit her fan, but when he raised his hand, Li Rong grabbed her hand, and then she slid onto him like a loach and straddled, one hand intertwined with his ten fingers, A hand pressed his head and kissed him.
Pei Wenxuan wanted to struggle to show his strength, but as soon as he moved, he heard Li Rong coquettishly call out "Brother Pei".
He suddenly felt that not only did he have no bones, he also had no bones.
After Li Rong finished kissing him, she hooked his neck and looked at his bright face under the light. She smiled and said, "Why were you angry just now?"
Pei Wenxuan did not speak.
Li Rong leaned against his chest and rubbed his face against him: "What do you say, it's easy for me to change."
Pei Wenxuan still didn't say anything, and Li Rong made trouble with him again: "You say it, if you don't say anything, are you still angry with me?"
"forget."
Pei Wenxuan spoke hoarsely, and when Li Rong looked up, she saw his red ears.
So she was sure that Pei Wenxuan really forgot.
Because of this kind of thing, I forgot how angry I was before. For Pei Wenxuan, it was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Too stubborn.
While the two were fighting and going back to the Princess Mansion together, Su Ronghua was still kneeling on the ground, listening to Li Ming's questioning.
"Since it's you, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Weichen is guilty."
"You tell me now," Li Ming pointed at him, "is it you who did it or Su Rongqing!"
"Wei Chen did it." Su Ronghua said decisively, "Wei Chen didn't dare to admit this, but he couldn't bear his younger brother to be innocently wronged, so he had to come to confess his guilt. Please forgive me."
"Since you did it, why did Hongde confess to your brother?"
"When I went to look for Hongde, Weichen didn't show up," Su Ronghua repeated with his head down, "Maybe Hongde guessed that I was from the Su family based on something. In Huajing, my younger brother was more famous than Weichen. It's the wrong person."
"Recognize the wrong person." Li Ming nodded, obviously not believing his statement, "Since it is the wrong person, then you set fire to the memorial hall and kill him, what are you trying to do?"
"Weichen didn't know about the water in the memorial hall. As for Hongde, it was a misunderstanding. Weichen did tell Hongde that if something happened, he needed to protect me, but Weichen didn't understand, how could he He committed suicide on the way."
This half-truth was half-truth, Li Ming quietly distinguished what he said was true and false, he stared at Su Ronghua, Su Ronghua kept repenting: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen was also confused for a while, Wei Chen is Prince Su, and naturally he is dedicated to King Su and Rou. The concubine. Her Royal Highness Pingle is the supervisor and the chief inspector. She has a high position and authority. She and the prince are brothers and sisters. How could they be separated
"You bastard!" Li Ming didn't get angry when he heard this. Even if he knew that Su Ronghua was for Concubine Rou and Prince Su, he couldn't help but scolded, "You and Concubine Rou are two idiots! I used Pingle to do it. What is it? Without Pingle, is the Su family willing to fight for such a behemoth as the Shangguan family! The Shangguan family can use the power of the family for the prince, can you!"
"Now Pingle is fighting with the family under Pei Wenxuan's provocation for power. Whether they are true or false, the Shangguan family has now vacated a place in the court, and the family has vacated a place so that my people can go up. This is the result! What is she in a hurry for? She is in a hurry, why are you in a hurry? This is how you help her?!"
"Wei Chen knows that he is wrong, but Wei Chen is short-sighted, unable to understand His Majesty's deep meaning, and I hope His Majesty forgives his sins."
Su Ronghua buckled his head desperately, looking extremely flustered.
Li Ming looked at Su Ronghua and was a little tired for a while. He was silent for a while, and after a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's go. You are not suitable for staying in the courtroom, let's go."
"Wei minister thanks Lord Longen."
Su Ronghua got Li Ming's words, stood up and turned to leave.
After he went out, he saw Su Rongqing waiting outside the imperial study. The guards outside the imperial study were far away from him. He quietly watched the rain curtain, as if waiting for him.
Su Ronghua walked to Su Rongqing's side, and the brothers watched the rain side by side. After a long time, Su Rongqing said calmly, "You shouldn't come today."
"I'm not coming," Su Ronghua smiled bitterly, "what are you going to do?"
"Rong Qing," Su Ronghua looked up at the sky, "Although I don't know what you are doing, don't forget, I am your brother, and you are not walking alone."
"But there are still some ways to go," Su Rongqing said calmly. "I'm destined to go alone. When the end is over, if I die there, if my brother is willing, come and collect a corpse for me."
"Rong Qing!" Su Ronghua gritted her voice and frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Don't worry about me in the future."
Su Rongqing turned her head and stared at him coldly: "Today's affairs, there can be no two in the future. I will walk my own way, and I will bear my own sins. If you want to be nice to me," Su Rongqing looked at the stunned young man in front of him. In his mind, the image of Su Ronghua cutting his throat with a tile in the previous life kept repeating in his mind, and he couldn't help shaking his voice, "Just please, just be yourself."
"Let's go back." Su Rongqing turned her head and walked into the imperial study, hoarsely said, "Go to Shangguanya for a drink, find a suitable time, and propose a marriage."
Su Ronghua stood there blankly, watching Su Rongqing walk into the imperial study, his back was submerged in the darkness, Su Ronghua watched for a long time, and someone else gave him an umbrella and reminded him, he just realized that it was time to leave.
He went down the steps, stepped out of the palace in the rain, and when the palace door closed behind him and made a creaking sound, he couldn't help but turn his head.
The towering palace gate was like the mouth of a giant beast.
He didn't know where he should go, he didn't want to go back to Su Mansion, but he didn't know where to go.
He watched as the power corrupted the people he loved the most. The entire Huajing city was like a pot of warm water on a flame. Before he knew it, he cooked people beyond recognition.
Although he couldn't understand Su Rongqing's words, he vaguely knew one thing.
His younger brother was on a very different path from his own, and they were ahead in their entire lives and would not have any intersection.
Su Ronghua couldn't help but raised his head, trying to see the dark sky, and at this moment, he heard a pretty female voice: "Yo, didn't you get hit?"
Hearing this, Su Ronghua turned his head slowly.
It was called the woman dressed in blue, with a hat on her head, an extra paper umbrella in her hands, and a wine gourd hanging from her waist.
"What are you wearing?"
Su Ronghua couldn't help laughing: "In the middle of the night, you are a lady, are you going to travel around the world?"
"Let Master Su guess right."
Shangguanya looked up at him and said with a smile, "I originally planned to go to the mountain for the night tonight and wait for the sunrise tomorrow, but I heard that Master Su sacrificed his life to save his brother into the palace, so he came over to have a look. I didn't expect Master Su to be so interested, so drenched. In the rain, are you not afraid of the wind and cold?"
"Isn't that thinking that Lord Shangguan will come to pick me up," Su Ronghua walked to Shangguanya with a smile, raised her hand to hold the umbrella she was holding, and looked down at her with a smile, "Do you want Lord Shangguan to feel more distressed? "
"Then you're wrong, I'm not someone who will be distressed."
"It's okay," Su Ronghua turned his head sideways, "This is a good job."
"I brought wine. Master Su, do you have time to wait for the sunrise together?"
Shangguanya raised her hand and patted the wine gourd, Su Ronghua laughed out loud: "That's natural, Lord Shangguan went up the mountain alone, without a messenger to protect the flowers, how can people be reassured?"
"Then I'd like to thank Master Su." Shangguanya turned around, swung the jade pendant on her waist, waved her hand, and called the second brother, "Go."
Su Ronghua raised a smile, he held an umbrella and followed behind Shangguanya.
He suddenly felt that he seemed to have found a guide, he didn't have to think about anything, he just followed the girl's footsteps and walked forward step by step.
At this time, Su Rongqing knelt in front of Li Ming: "Wei Chen knows that your Majesty doesn't believe anyone now, but since you don't believe it, why not give it a try?"
Li Ming stared at Su Rongqing: "What to try?"
Su Rongqing raised her head, her eyes were full of determination: "Try all the doubts in Your Majesty's heart."
Pei Wenxuan thought he had won, but where is such an easy thing
He climbed out of the purgatory burned by the fire of karma for 25 years, not to make everything repeat the same mistakes.
He will drag all the people who have destroyed all his faith and glory, family and hope in the last life to hell.
At this moment, Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan also went to the Princess Mansion together. The two entered the palace side by side. Pei Wenxuan was in a better mood, and finally remembered the things he cared about in the carriage: "What are you thinking in the carriage? I see you. You have been in a trance for a long time, do you feel distressed?"
"What does it hurt?"
Li Rong laughed. After speaking, she immediately knew what Pei Wenxuan meant, and she sighed: "What do I feel so bad for? I just thought, you show that everyone is good now, how can they become high-ranking people? What is the life like?"
"Su Ronghua is now willing to put himself in danger to save Hongde's children, but later he was able to poison Qin Zhenzhen for Shangguanya's sake."
"Aya now distinguishes right from black and white, but later, he also manipulated many things in the palace."
"Chuan'er has a benevolent nature, but in the end, he also implicated the entire Su family for Qin Zhenzhen's death."
"And Su Rongqing... the noble son of Qingfeng Langyue, finally turned into a hell Shura holding a sharp blade."
Li Rong smiled bitterly: "You said, who is at fault? Is it the royal father?"
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan said in a gentle voice, "it comes out of the mud and is not stained, it is a saint. And most people, like you and me, are ordinary people."
"And what we are doing now is digging away the silt." Pei Wenxuan said, raising his hand to hold Li Rong's hand, "The person in the last life is the last life. And this life has just begun. "
"how about you?"
Li Rong suddenly asked, and Pei Wenxuan looked at her: "What?"
"You say that the mud is not stained, you are a saint. Have you done evil in your last life?"
Li Rong turned to look at him, a little curious, Pei Wenxuan did not speak, the two were walking on the corridor, Li Rong was a little strange: "Pei Wenxuan?"
"I'm just an ordinary person."
Pei Wenxuan's voice was very light, unable to hear sorrow or joy: "It's just the last life, every time I want to do evil, I will think of you."
Li Rong was stunned, and Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly: "I don't know why, even when I hate you the most, I don't want you to look down on me."