Pei Wenxuan was good-looking and had a nice voice. Li Rong couldn't see his face, but just listening to the voice made him feel a little moved.
Pei Wenxuan released the hand covering Li Rong's mouth, Li Rong pretended to be calm and said, "Are you waiting for me on purpose?"
"His Royal Highness thought about it," Pei Wenxuan stepped back half an inch, seemingly very polite, Li Rong turned over, looked at Pei Wenxuan leaning on his side, put one hand under his ear, the white shirt was open, revealing a large chest, lazy Yangyang looked at her and smiled: "Wei Chen just heard a cat pushing the window, so he wanted to open his eyes to take a look, but he saw a big cat come in."
Pei Wenxuan's words were more of a flirt than a joke. Li Rong listened to his low and sultry voice, thought for a moment, pursed her lips and smiled, put her hand on the pillow, and the whole person leaned over. , with a bit of seductiveness in the softness, leaning on Pei Wenxuan's chest, looking up at Pei Wenxuan, and blinking: "Then brother, do you want to teach this cat a lesson?"
This remark made Pei Wenxuan react in an instant, and when he moved, he immediately became embarrassed, neither advancing nor retreating.
Seeing that he was embarrassed, Li Rong immediately became happy, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but sighed when she saw her smile, raised his hand and pressed the cup on Li Rong's body to make sure she was tightly wrapped by the quilt, and said, "It's such a cold day, Why did Your Highness come here wearing such a single coat?"
"You're not going back," Li Rong was a little annoyed when she talked about this. "Can't I just come here?"
"His Royal Highness wants me to go back, just say something." Pei Wenxuan smiled, "How can you freeze yourself?"
"I can't afford the peony money," Li Rong buried her head in the quilt, "Aren't you still angry?"
"Why am I angry?" Pei Wenxuan's voice was gentle, and Li Rong looked up at him, "Then you ignore me?"
"Why am I ignoring you?"
"You both sleep in separate beds with me." Li Rong said in a muffled voice, and Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing for a while: "Your Highness, you told me to wait, and I sleep in separate beds, just to give Your Highness some time."
Li Rong didn't speak, but Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to brush Li Rong's hair, tugging her messy hair behind her ears, and Li Rong buried her face in the quilt. Pei Wenxuan touched her with such seriousness and tenderness.
She probably just can't see good people, and doesn't know how to deal with a decent gentleman on this kind of bed.
Pei Wenxuan explained: "I know that after His Highness said those words that day, I felt embarrassed, so I thought, the relationship between you and me is more suitable for His Highness. If His Highness wants me to move back, then I will Move back. If Your Highness doesn't want to, then I can sleep in the study."
"Don't be so serious as if everything is good for me," Li Rong raised her eyes and glared at him, "If you really think so, why don't you go to the guest room? Sleeping on this small and hard couch is just because you want to Shall I coax you to take Joe with me?"
Li Rong seems to be getting smarter.
Pei Wenxuan was at a loss for words for a while, and felt a little embarrassed to be seen through. He casually turned his eyes and coughed lightly: "Your Highness thinks me too badly."
"Did I think you were thinking badly?"
Seeing that Pei Wenxuan didn't admit it, Li Rong simply sat up with the duvet on, patted the small couch with her hands and said, "You old man is so mean! What do you say to me now that you are not ignoring me, just How to pretend to be a good person, keep your balance with me during the day and deliberately hang me, I am hurt, you don’t ask me, my eyes are red, you don’t feel bad, I have cried, come to give me medicine and tie me up Make people laugh at me like this!"
Li Rong raised her finger to the bowknot swaying on her head, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are clearly treating me as an eighteen-year-old girl who doesn't understand anything. Why do you want to be so hard-to-get and refuse to sing the white face by yourself? The trick of sing the red face, you want to trick me!"
Pei Wenxuan was completely exposed by Li Rong, and your son couldn't bear it. He blushed and turned white at night. After holding it for a long time, he could only tug at Li Rong's quilt and said, "Just talk when you speak, don't grab the quilt."
"What kind of quilt do you need?" Li Rong wrapped the quilt tightly, staring at Pei Wenxuan and said, "Aren't you fox fur? Warm yourself up!"
"It's cold in the middle of the night," Pei Wenxuan frowned, "I'm still going to court tomorrow when I'm sick, and there's a lot of noise in the bed."
Li Rong hesitated for a moment, and felt that what Pei Wenxuan said made sense, and she couldn't delay the business for this kind of thing.
So she distributed the quilt to him and went into the bed with Pei Wenxuan.
The small couch in the study is for one person, two people can lie down, not even lying flat, they can only face each other on their sides. In such a small space, young men and women with only single shirts should be a little impulsive, but Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes and saw Li Rong's eyes, which were terrifyingly bright at night, full of condemnation, and he immediately felt anything. No, I subconsciously want to talk back, and calm down a bit before opening my mouth, I feel that it is not easy for the relationship to progress to this stage, and it must not be rude.
So the two experienced a long silence before Pei Wenxuan said in a low voice, "Your Highness, save some face."
"Then you saved me face?" Li Rong refused to forgive, "I don't want to cultivate."
"No," Pei Wenxuan couldn't help it, "Li Rong, why don't you go down the stairs, do you have to be so arguing? I've made a little calculation in my heart, I want you to coax me, you dare to say you Don't you know if you don't cooperate with me? I have to make it clear and make everyone embarrassed, right?"
"What's so embarrassing about me?" Li Rong sneered, "I'm not like you.
"Yo, you don't look like me," Pei Wenxuan laughed, with a bit of sarcasm, "I clearly say I like you, but I also like you secretly, how do I look like you, I clearly say I want to keep me, and I know me secretly I don't know how happy I am to sleep in the study room."
"You have the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman."
Li Rong raised her hand and poked his chest: "I want to be happy that I'm still here?"
"You don't want me to go back," Pei Wenxuan said directly, "You are afraid that I will run away."
Li Rong's movements froze. Pei Wenxuan saw that she froze and consciously lost his words. He softened a bit, sighed, and reached out to hold Li Rong's hand: "Don't worry, I understand."
"What do you understand?"
Li Rong lowered her eyes, and Pei Wenxuan lowered her voice: "What I said didn't really lie to you. I slept in separate rooms with you, and I really wanted to give you some time. What you said to me that day, I understand in my heart that you asked me to wait for you because you know that you have to let go of the past things in your heart, not overnight. Before that, you can't give me the feelings I want. "
"I'm not… "
"Don't talk," Pei Wenxuan put his hand on her lips and said gently, "You can say those words to me because you care about my performance, and I don't complain. You can't let go of your feelings for me now. I can’t afford it, so you desperately want to be nice to me, but in fact, you are just trying to keep me. But if your relationship hasn’t reached this stage, all you do is forcing yourself.”
"I don't understand what you said," Li Rong laughed. "For example?"
"For example, Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and slipped on the knot at her waist, "If Weichen wants to serve His Highness, will His Highness allow it?"
"Master Pei is good at this, this is what makes you and I happy," Li Rong raised her eyebrows, "Why don't I allow it."
"That's it." Pei Wenxuan withdrew his hand, "But if this is a love affair with His Highness, then I may not be able to enter His Highness's heart for the rest of my life. Because I have ignored what His Highness really wants emotionally. , In the relationship between Your Highness and me, Your Highness is wronged."
"Your Highness has suffered too many grievances in relation to feelings. If I can't make His Highness feel that this matter is something that I don't need to feel wronged, it is something within His Highness's control, His Highness will never give my heart to me."
Li Rong didn't speak, she quietly looked at Pei Wenxuan.
She suddenly felt that Pei Wenxuan seemed to live in her heart, and what he could see was even clearer than her own.
She would also be at a loss for many things, such as why she wanted Pei Wenxuan to come back to her room, but she was afraid of him coming back.
On the one hand, he was happy when he was kind to himself, and on the other hand, he was terrified.
In the final analysis, it was just that she couldn't give Pei Wenxuan the feelings she expected, and she was afraid that he would leave.
She didn't realize it herself, she was vaguely courting Pei Wenxuan and resisting everything that made her think Pei Wenxuan might leave.
"I can joke with His Highness and ask His Highness to give me some sweets. I am very happy that His Highness can secretly come to me tonight."
"But I can't really ignore His Highness's true emotions. After that day, His Highness revealed his true heart to me, and he has been very nervous. If I don't leave, His Highness is afraid that it will continue to be so nervous. Your Highness, rest assured, I am not angry with you, I'm waiting for you."
"Then you still go back, right?" Li Rong looked up at him, and Pei Wenxuan laughed, "That's natural, I slept in the study, didn't I just want to make His Highness feel distressed? When His Highness really wants me to go back, I will give His Highness one. Steps, it is convenient for His Highness to call me."
"His Royal Highness is a person who loves face." Pei Wenxuan pursed his lips, not wanting to embarrass Li Rong at this time, so he restrained his smile and said, "I am paving the way for His Highness."
"Old and cunning."
Li Rong murmured, but Pei Wenxuan smiled without saying a word. After a while, Li Rong reached out his hand hesitantly and put it around Pei Wenxuan's neck.
She leaned against him with her soft body, leaned her head gently on his chest, and whispered, "Then go back."
"Is His Highness really saying this? When Wei Chen goes back, will His Highness feel too intimate and nervous?"
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan added: "No matter what Your Highness decides, Wei Chen will not be unhappy."
Li Rong leaned on Pei Wenxuan, she thought about it for a long time, listening to Pei Wenxuan's heartbeat, she felt a silent security surrounding her.
She seldom felt so stable, just relying on this person, as if the wind and rain did not exist in this world.
After a long time, she whispered: "Not now."
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he raised his hand, took the person into his arms, and said peacefully, "Then go to sleep, I'll go back tomorrow."
"No," Li Rong heard this, she immediately got up under the covers, and said seriously, "I can't sleep here, or they will know tomorrow."
"Then your Highness means..."
"You go back with me."
Li Rong said seriously, "Let's go back the same way, don't disturb anyone."
In this way, no one would know that she took the initiative to find Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong with an expression that was indescribable. Li Rong looked resolute. The two faced each other for a while. Pei Wenxuan looked at his couch, and finally nodded, "Okay, let's go back then."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan got out of bed with Li Rong. He put his clothes on Li Rong, and then said, "Hurry up."
After the two negotiated, they quietly crawled out of the window, and then dodged the servants all the way in fear, and sneaked back to Li Rong's room and back to the bed.
After arriving at Li Rong's big bed, the two finally felt relieved, lying on the bed and smiling at each other, Pei Wenxuan pulled the quilt and covered Li Rong: "Go to sleep."
When Pei Wenxuan came back, the bed was suddenly much smaller, but Li Rong didn't know why, but she felt that the bed seemed to be a little warmer, softer, and in short, more comfortable.
Pei Wenxuan slept next to her, she couldn't help turning over, lying on the bed with a smile, looked at Pei Wenxuan and said, "Pei Wenxuan."
"Huh?" Pei Wenxuan put one hand behind her head and squinted at her, Li Rong said with a smile: "According to what you said, if it's not time," Li Rong said, raising her hand and gently pressing it on Pei Wenxuan's chest, "Are you right? It's just that you can't be in a mess, Ren Er's gentleman in bed with the wind from east to west?"
"Is this what the poem is used for?"
Pei Wenxuan smiled, letting Li Rong draw a circle on his chest.
Li Rong was lying on the bed with her chin propped up, her feet dangling in the air, her fingers gently sliding over Pei Wenxuan's chest: "Is this important? I'm just asking you."
"I promised Your Highness, and I will do it naturally."
Pei Wenxuan said, stood up with himself, and approached Li Rong: "But Your Highness, if you take the initiative to tease me, it will be a debt. I will remember everything, and I will pay it back in the future."
After speaking, he leaned into Li Rong's ear: "When our newly-married His Royal Highness Yan'er didn't go out for a few days, Wei Chen remembered it very clearly."
Li Rong got this, and her movements froze. After a while, she sneered: "Bullying me when I was young."
But after saying that, she was still honest, she lay back on her own, closed her eyes, pulled the quilt and said, "Sleep!"
Pei Wenxuan laughed softly, but didn't say more.
With her back to Pei Wenxuan, Li Rong kept her eyes open at night.
She was very happy that night, and she didn't know what she was happy about. After many years when Pei Wenxuan asked about it, she thought about it for a long time before she understood.
It was the first time in her life that she felt that she was being pampered.
It's easy to be pampered, just like her father, who occasionally pampers her.
It is not difficult to be loved, just like her mother, who carefully protects her moments in the palace.
But being pampered is that there is a person who accepts you unconditionally, allows you to make mistakes, allows you to not pay attention to equality, allows you to do things in your own right and thinks you are cute, he doesn’t ask for anything, and he doesn’t want anything from you. get something.
He loves you only for you.
It's just that Li Rong didn't understand so much at that time. She just covered the quilt and closed her eyes. When she was sleeping, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.
The two of them slept until the morning before, and Jing Lan knocked on the door outside and whispered, "Your Highness, get up."
Li Rong woke up in a daze, and before she got up, she felt that Pei Wenxuan had covered her eyes with something, and said gently, "Go to sleep again."
As soon as she heard this, her not-so-strong belief in getting up instantly collapsed, and she immediately fell asleep again. She vaguely heard Pei Wenxuan get up and greeted the outsiders to come in: "Come in."
Jinglan outside was stunned for a while, then she looked happy, looked at Jingmei, and pushed the door into the house with a smile on her face.
After entering the room, he saw that Pei Wenxuan was dressing Li Rong, Li Rong was leaning on Pei Wenxuan's shoulder, and was still trying to sleep more with his eyes closed.
After Pei Wenxuan dressed Li Rong, he said softly, "Get up and take a shower."
Li Rong finally got up, and Jinglan waited and washed.
Pei Wenxuan glanced at the attendant next to him, raised his chin, washed his face and said, "Go to the study and bring my official uniform."
Hearing this, everyone laughed lowly, as if they knew what happened last night.
Pei Wenxuan glanced at Li Rong without a trace, Li Rong coughed lightly, and asked, "Why are you laughing? You dare to laugh at the matter of the master."
When these words came out, everyone quickly smiled and apologized, but there was no sign of being afraid. Li Rong didn't know why, and she couldn't swear at all. Maybe because she was in a good mood, she only said: "No rules."
After finishing speaking, the attendant quickly apologized, but Li Rong pretended not to see it. After washing up, Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong went out together. Pei Wenxuan sighed: "Today, Wei Chen took the blame for His Highness, do you have to take credit?"
"Write it down first." Li Rong smiled and glanced at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan looked at the white cloth that was re-tied on Li Rong's head, and saw her agile expression, which made him want to laugh.
Li Rong saw that he couldn't help laughing and bowed her head, and she suddenly remembered: "By the way, you did what Hua Le was beaten up yesterday?"
"You came here last night for this?"
Pei Wenxuan knew the reason why Li Rong came to the study last night, Li Rong coughed lightly: "What about you."
"Yes." Pei Wenxuan said leisurely, "I know you don't like to care about these things, but I'm very stingy."
Pei Wenxuan sneered: "You have suffered a setback, and she just copied the "Nv's" ten times to get away with it? Think beautifully."
"Speaking of which, what did you say to His Majesty, and he went back and fanned Hua Le when he saw you?"
Li Rong was a little curious, but Pei Wenxuan smiled: "I just gave Your Majesty a brief mention of the skyrocketing price of white jade in Kunzhou, and gave His Majesty an example of the price of buying a white jade hairpin in Kunzhou, and the price of Xie Jiahe. The relationship with the hosta."
Hearing this, Li Rong understood the news yesterday that Hua Le had brought a white orchid jade hairpin.
Kunzhou white jade is the industry of the Xie family. There is a jade shop under the Xie family's name, which is rich in various jewelry. It is quite famous in Huajing. Among them, the most sought after is the white orchid jade hairpin.
It is not easy to buy this magnolia hairpin. It is not only expensive, but also pays attention to identity. With a background like Concubine Rou, Hua Le has no money, even if he has money, the Xie family may not sell hairpins to her.
But Hua Le has a magnolia hairpin.
Where did this white magnolia hairpin come from? It was related to Hua Le who spoke ill of her the day before yesterday. It was not difficult to guess when Chen Wangshi forced her to hand over the Qin case and the military salary case yesterday.
A hairpin is not a big deal, but Concubine Rou, as a knife used by Li Ming to cut down the family, actually got together with the Xie family, and for this reason, she suppressed Li Rong, who was helping Li Ming, and Li Mingming was expected to be killed by Xie Lanqing in the future. When he became popular, Pei Wenxuan raised a few points and went back to ask questions. Hua Le would definitely not tell the truth. After such a series of bad things went on, Li Ming slapped Hua Le in the face, which was considered restraint.
Li Rong thought about the connection before and after, and couldn't help but feel that Pei Wenxuan really thought too much, and his methods were very good.
He didn't directly say anything bad about Hua Le, he just talked about the affairs of the government, understatement, and directly let a princess like Hua Le be slapped by the emperor himself, this slap was not only Hua Le, but also Concubine Rou, most importantly, is still in Li Ming's heart, completely planting doubts about Concubine Rou.
Li Ming's preference is Concubine Rou's biggest reliance. Pei Wenxuan is not only venting his anger for her, but also fighting a snake seven inches, calculating Concubine Rou step by step.
Now that Pei Wenxuan is no more than a censor, he can make a fortune like this. It is also true that he can be a minister of the book in his previous life.
Seeing that Li Rong didn't speak for a long time, Pei Wenxuan turned to look at her and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"
"I was thinking," Li Rong sighed, "Mr. Pei's intelligence is so close to a demon, it's disturbing."
Li Rong said so calmly, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing: "I thought you would coax me again."
"What are you coaxing about?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan took the initiative to raise her hand to hold Li Rong. Before Li Rong could react, she heard Pei Wenxuan squeezing her throat and said, "Pei Wenxuan, you are so smart, I admire you so much."
Li Rong was amused by him, pushed him and said, "Nonsense, am I such a person?"
"Almost," Pei Wenxuan returned to his normal expression and spread his hands, "You are now allies with me. In the past, you would not tell me the truth."
"That's a kind of progress now." Li Rong said earnestly, "You are satisfied."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Pei Wenxuan looked like he had received a great favor, and held the wat board in a respectful salute, "I will give Wei Chen this opportunity to scold you."
Li Rong joked with him and couldn't stop laughing. When she got to the door, Pei Wenxuan helped her onto the carriage, and then Pei Wenxuan said in a serious low voice, "Don't worry."
"As long as you are my wife, I will not put these intrigues on you."
"What if I'm not?" Li Rong turned sideways and looked at him coldly.
Pei Wenxuan smiled lightly and said gently: "At that time, all kinds of calculations and plans will only be tied to His Highness."
"You are..."
"Just so that His Highness can come back, please call me again, Madam Pei."
Li Rong was stunned, but Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to raise the curtain of the car, and said with a smile, "Mrs. Pei, please, don't get too cold outside."
"What's your name, Mrs. Pei," Li Rong sneered, "you are my concubine, but I am not your Mrs. Pei."
With that, Li Rong bent down and got into the carriage.
The two got into the carriage and began to look after their respective official duties. They are all people who are used to dealing with things in any fragmentary time, so as to ensure the efficient operation of their lives. After a while, the two went to the palace, and the two dispersed. Pei Wenxuan went to chat with his acquaintance, and Li Rong stood in her own position, closing her eyes and resting.
After a while, the early morning began, and with Li Ming's "something to play.", many officials stood up in an instant.
One by one, these officials spoke out, either participating in a thorough investigation into whether Li Rong had tortured Chen Guang, or asking for a retrial in the military pay case.
Li Ming was a little impatient, but he listened patiently. The old monk Li Rong sat down with a calm expression. After all these people had finished participating, Li Ming finally opened his mouth: "What you Aiqing said, There is some truth to it. Whether Pingle was tortured to extract a confession should really be investigated, so let the people from the Censorship be responsible."
With that said, Li Ming raised his eyes and looked at the doctor of the censor, Shangguan Minzhi: "Shangguan censor, you can arrange this."
Shangguan Minzhi responded respectfully, and Xie Lan said coldly: "Your Majesty, Lord Shangguan is His Highness's uncle, so he should avoid suspicion. It is better to leave this case to the Ministry of Punishment for investigation."
"Uncle Biao," Xie Lanqing just finished speaking, Li Rong opened her mouth, Xie Lanqing frowned, and she heard Li Rong smile, "According to the clan relationship, you are also my Biao Uncle. Come on, are you all relatives? You and your relatives are talking about avoiding suspicion, are you still doing this in the court?"
"But… "
"Pingle is right." Li Ming directly interrupted Xie Lanqing and said impatiently, "It's settled like this, the Censor should check whether Pingle was tortured to extract a confession, and the Qin family's case and the military salary case in Pingle's hands have been delayed. After so long, there is no need for another trial. Wouldn’t it be a joke if one person died and tried again? If there is evidence, the trial will be repeated, and if there is no evidence, the sentence will be pronounced on another day.”
"But if His Highness involves torture to extract a confession..."
Another minister hurriedly spoke, and Li Ming said directly: "So hand over the case to others for trial."
Hearing this, many courtiers breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and then saw Li Ming raised his finger and pointed at Pei Wenxuan: "Pei Wenxuan, you are the imperial censor, and you helped with this case at the beginning, leave it to you."
"Your Majesty!" Several courtiers said anxiously, "The concubine and the princess are husband and wife, so what's the difference between him and the princess' trial?"
"Then leave it to the princess for trial?" Pei Wenxuan replied directly, and the minister who spoke immediately said, "That's not possible."
"It can't be handed over to the princess for trial, that is to say, there is a difference between the princess trial and the subordinate trial, so what's the problem with transferring the case to the subordinate officer?"
Pei Wenxuan's remarks made people confused. After a while, the minister responded and said quickly, "You will definitely favor them."
"Why?"
"You and the princess husband and wife!"
"Master Chen, you spent a lot of money in a brothel before. Your wife took someone to kill the brothel. You and your wife confronted each other in the street. Are you and your wife not husband and wife? Why do you want to fight and the other doesn't?"
"You you..." The named minister's face flushed red for a while, embarrassed and angry, Pei Wenxuan turned around while he was at a loss for words, kneeled respectfully and bowed: "Wei Chen obeys the order."
Even if it was settled.
It was obvious that Li Ming had negotiated with the high-level ministers yesterday, and these little grasshoppers were returned by Pei Wenxuan, and no one else spoke. After Pei Wenxuan received the decree, he got up and returned to his position, and the matter was over.
After the morning court was over, Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong walked out of the hall together. Pei Wenxuan didn't speak for a long time. Li Rong saw that he didn't speak and asked curiously, "What are you thinking?"
Pei Wenxuan put his hands behind his back and turned to look at her: "Isn't that about the assassination?"
"Of course not."
Li Rong smiled and said, "Just wait and see."
Saying that, Li Rong patted Pei Wenxuan on the shoulder: "There are so many cases in these two cases, why don't Mr. Pei go directly to the Superintendent?"
"It's natural."
Pei Wenxuan said, and saluted Li Rong: "Your Highness, please."
Li Rong stepped down the steps, and Pei Wenxuan followed behind him. The two left the palace together. After getting into the carriage, Li Rong shared the details of the case with Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan nodded, then remembered: "Speaking of which, Su Ronghua didn't stop you?"
"I stopped him a little bit," Li Rong laughed, "but he knows it well, and he won't stop the key things."
"What does he know?" Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows, "You trust him a lot."
"The Su family won't mess around, even if he is Su Ronghua."
Li Rong said plainly, but Pei Wenxuan's expression was the same as before, he lowered his eyebrows, poured himself tea, and said calmly: "Actually, I have never understood why Your Highness has such confidence in the Su family? His Highness still can't see the shortcomings of the noble family. ?"
Li Rong didn't say anything, she opened and closed the small fan, and after a long time, she said slowly: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and there are disadvantages in aristocratic families, but don't forget, the prosperity of Daxia originated from these aristocratic families. Those who are descendants of aristocratic families, who can fight on the battlefield are also descendants of aristocratic families. Those who dig into the middle of the court are from aristocratic families, who can cultivate the "Great Summer Law", and those who have Confucianism and Taoism and self-discipline to be gentlemen are also aristocratic families."
"Then how do you know, is the Su family the disadvantage or the advantage?"
Pei Wenxuan's voice was cold, and Li Rong thought about it for a long time. She watched the curtain rise and fall outside the car with a distant expression.
"Do you know when Su Rongqing and I first met?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't expect her to mention this. He raised his head a little strangely, and listened to Li Rongping and said peacefully, "I was very young at that time, and he was very young. When the emperor wanted to expedition to the north, he and his grandfather knelt outside the palace gate. I At that time, I couldn't even write well, but he was already in the courtroom, kneeling at the door of the imperial study with his father."
"Then I asked him why he was kneeling. He said that because of His Majesty's northern expedition, he wanted to discourage him."
"So I asked again, the Northern Expedition is to beat the bad guys, so why should they be discouraged. He told me earnestly that the achievements of the king are written in the blood of the people. That year was the third year of the severe drought in the south. Compared with the Northern Expedition against foreign enemies, He wants the people to have a full stomach."
"I asked him if he was afraid. The emperor would beat him and kill people. He looked at me and said, "The people of the Su family live for the people and die for the Sheji."
After speaking, Li Rong smiled, she turned her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan with a rare gentle expression: "Pei Wenxuan, in fact, in this century-old famous family, there are higher principles and higher moral standards than ordinary people, they There are bad people among them, but it is not them that are bad, but people's hearts. Su Lin was involved in the military pay case, but it was only the most trivial part of it, and the Su family did not protect him for personal gain, but for a The rules within the family."
"I don't want to trouble Su Lin, and the Su family will do it myself, but it can't be done by outsiders. Even if there are some nasty people in such a family, I still respect them. They have their bottom line, and I won't go beyond them. In the past, it's fine."
Pei Wenxuan listened quietly. While they were talking, the two of them went to the Inspectorate. Li Rong led Pei Wenxuan in. As soon as they arrived at the door, they heard Su Ronghua's excited voice: "You said he escaped by himself? Why don't you get there? Tell me that you were fascinated by his beauty and let him go, I believe it even more!"
"Don't believe it," Shangguan Ya's voice sounded leisurely, "I didn't ask you to believe me."
Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong looked at each other, Li Rong led Pei Wenxuan in, Shangguanya heard Li Rong come in, she got up respectfully and saluted, "Your Highness."
"Your Highness."
Su Ronghua's face was extremely ugly, Li Rong smiled and looked at Shangguanya: "Noisy again? What's the noise this time?"
"I report to Your Highness that last night, Lord Shangguan privately released Lin Feibai, a felon, and please ask His Highness to immediately order the entire city to search and arrest Lin Feibai!"
Su Ronghua was obviously very angry, and he didn't give Shangguanya a chance to speak at all, and spoke directly. Li Rong's expression did not change, she turned to look at Shang Guanya: "You secretly released a felon?"
"You're wronged," Shangguan Yara said in a miserable tone, "I was just busy last night and didn't go home. Lin Feibai injured someone and ran away last night. Can you blame me?"
"Who untied the chains for him?" Su Ronghua turned around immediately, "Why did you replace all of them with yours last night? You fool the ghost!"
"Who thinks it's a ghost to be fooled?"
Shangguan Ya spread out his hands and said innocently, "How can I know who opened the chain for him? What do you mean by all my people? Everyone is from the Inspectorate of Inspectors, all of His Highness's people. You and I?"
Su Ronghua looked at Shangguanya playing a rogue, he didn't get angry, pursed his lips, endured it for a long time, and finally said, "You guys are going to cause trouble!"
Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong glanced at Su Ronghua lightly. He obviously knew something and looked very anxious.
Li Rong didn't show her face, she only said: "Everyone has run away, and it's meaningless to hold anyone responsible. Send a notice and the whole city will arrest them."
"His Royal Highness, the notice is not enough," Su Ronghua said quickly when Li Rong agreed with him, "The whole city needs to be searched."
"If Master Su feels the need, just bring someone there yourself."
Li Rong was rather helpless: "The Inspectorate has been busy recently, so I'm afraid there won't be many people."
These words were not false. Su Ronghua was temporarily unable to determine whether Li Rong was telling the truth or prevaricates him.
He held back for a long time, and finally he could only say: "Wei Chen will go check it now."
"Master Su worked hard."
Li Rong raised her hand and made a "please" appearance.
Su Ronghua saluted respectfully, and hurried out. After he went out, Shangguanya came forward and whispered, "It was released in the morning, don't worry."
Li Rong responded and turned to look at Pei Wenxuan: "Let's go, I'll show you the file."
Saying that, Li Rong instructed Shangguan Ya, "Go and get the files of the last two cases, and prepare for Lord Pei's arraignment."
Shangguan Ya bowed in response, and then retreated. Li Rong took Pei Wenxuan to the dossier room. Pei Wenxuan put his hands in his sleeves and said coldly, "Did you let Lin Feibai out on purpose?"
"right."
"He is the deputy head of the Seven Star Hall, and he is inextricably linked with Xie Lanqing. What are you planning to let him out?"
"Tomorrow you'll find out."
Li Rong turned the fan, very confident, Pei Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "What does Su Ronghua know?"
"He knows it, and I probably know it too."
As Li Rong spoke, she turned her head and said, "Just wait and see the show."
Pei Wenxuan stopped talking. He lowered his eyes and seemed to be thinking. As soon as the two walked to the dossier room, there were hurried footsteps outside.
After a while, Shangguanya's figure was revealed. She walked straight to Li Rong, frowned and said, "Your Highness, something has happened to Xie Lanqing."
Pei Wenxuan turned around suddenly, and Li Rong looked calm: "Huh? Alive or dead?"
"Alive." Shangguanya said succinctly, "Lin Feibai attempted to assassinate him in the street, and now he has been captured alive."
"It's a pity." Li Rong let out a "tsk", and Pei Wenxuan frowned. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it for a while. After holding it for a long time, he finally could only say, "It's too nonsense!"