After Su Rongqing's exit, Li Ming was completely relieved and nodded: "Since Shi Lang Su said the same thing, let Shi Lang try this case. It is intended."
After Li Ming finished speaking, he asked someone to decree Pei Liming to investigate the case.
When the investigator was selected, Xie Lanqing looked extremely bad, Li Ming waved his hand and said, "Take it."
At this time, Xie Lanqing finally reacted. He jumped at Li Ming's feet and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged, Your Majesty, there must be someone in the middle of this, bring the clear water and test it again! Test it again!"
"Drag out."
Li Ming waved his hand, and the left and right guards rushed in and dragged Xie Lanqing out.
Xie Lanqing screamed and kicked all the way, but he didn't look like he was seriously injured just now.
After Xie Lanqing was dragged out, Lin Feibai was still standing there blankly, looking at the bowl of clear water mixed with blood beads, and when the guard stepped forward to pull him, he finally regained his senses, flicked his arm, turned his head, and strode out. : "I'll go by myself."
When Lin Feibai walked out, Li Ming seemed a little tired. He waved his hand and said, "I'm a little tired, you all go down. Pei Wenxuan stay, I have a few words to explain."
When everyone got the word, they respectfully saluted and left.
Li Rong followed the crowd and withdrew. She wiped her tears, and with red eyes, she retreated to the corridor outside the imperial study and stopped.
Shangguanya walked over to Li Rong and asked, "Your Highness is waiting for your concubine?"
"Yeah." Li Rong sniffed, as if she had just recovered from her emotions, Shangguanya sighed, "His Royal Highness does not say so many grievances in his heart, it makes the subordinate look really distressed, and in the future, His Highness will have to deal with The subordinates are more friendly, don’t carry everything by yourself.”
"You're right." Li Rong smiled, "Go back first."
Shangguan Ya Jinya nodded, glanced at the people around her who were still talking, thinking about the crowd, she finally bowed and walked away.
After the surrounding crowd had finished speaking and almost dispersed, Li Rong felt the cold wind blowing towards her face, she slowly restrained her expression, stood on the promenade, quietly looking at the courtyard.
After a while, someone stood beside her. Li Rong didn't speak, and the other party didn't make a sound. After a long time, Su Rongqing's voice slowly sounded: "His Royal Highness's actions today are greatly beyond the expectations of the minister."
"Master Su's actions today are also beyond the expectations of this palace."
"Your Highness thinks I won't do anything?"
The distance between Su Rongqing and her is not far, but not too close. The distance of one forearm seems to be the distance he used to keep with her back then.
Li Rong noticed this distance and was a little dazed. She calmed down and said indifferently, "I thought Master Su wouldn't let Xie Lanqing's case go."
"He assassinated His Highness," Su Rongqing said calmly, "Wei Chen will not cover up."
Li Rong replied softly, and after a long time, Su Rongqing said again, "Your Highness, why do you want to establish a supervisory department?"
"For the country, for the people, for the justice of the heavens." Li Rong replied calmly, because the speed was too fast, showing a bit of indifference. The dead branches in the yard next to it seemed to condense frost in the wind. Su Rongqing quietly watched the snow and ice on the branches. He whispered, "Your Highness, it is already in your heart to be an enemy of the aristocratic family?"
Li Rong paused at this question, Su Rongqing lowered her eyes, and her voice was calm: "Even if there are moths in the family, they are the foundation of Daxia. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. For a few moths, move Daxia. Fundamentally, if the war resumes, the wind and rain will be shaken, the national society in His Highness's heart, the justice of the heavens, what will be left?"
Li Rong looked at the courtyard without saying a word. Su Rongqing turned to look at Li Rong: "Your Highness, after you married Pei Wenxuan, how are you doing?"
"Naturally it was a good time."
Li Rong laughed: "The concubine is a very good person."
"That's good."
Su Rongqing stared at Li Rong and said gently, "When Your Highness got married, I had a small wish. I hope that His Highness's relationship does not involve power and can be clean, so that His Highness has no regrets."
When Li Rong heard this, she turned around in surprise. It was the voice of Pei Wenxuan and his attendants saying goodbye from the door.
"Thank you Eunuch Fu for sending me off. I'll go back now."
"The concubine walk slowly."
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, the sound of footsteps approached. Li Rong stared blankly at Su Rongqing. Su Rongqing turned her head and said, "I am relieved to hear that Your Highness is doing well. In the future, I hope to think more about it.”
After speaking, without waiting for Pei Wenxuan to come, Su Rongqing respectfully saluted, turned around and retreated.
Seeing Li Rong watching Su Rongqing go, Pei Wenxuan paused for a moment, then walked up behind Li Rong, folded his hands between his sleeves, leaned his head over, and said with a smile, "Yo, it's amazing to see."
"Is your father finished talking to you?"
Li Rong turned to look at him, looked back, and smiled, "What did you say?"
"What did His Highness just say to Master Su?"
Pei Wenxuan walked up to Li Rong and said slowly, "I see that His Highness seems very emotional, what moved me?"
"You're right," Li Rong nodded, Xiaofan tapped her palm, sighed, and said with emotion, "He did tell me something very important, and it moved my heart so much that I couldn't help it. I have a few more thoughts about him."
"You haven't thought enough of him yet?"
Pei Wenxuan sneered: "How much more? Don't worry about Jian'er, it's hard work, Master Su."
"Put me on top of my heart, why did he work so hard?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows.
Pei Wenxuan shook his head and sighed, seeming to sympathize: "Your heart is so small, if you want to stand on it, you might make the golden rooster become independent. If your left leg is tired, change your right leg, and if your right leg is tired, change your left leg. Do you think Master Su can't do anything? Tired?"
Li Rong almost laughed out loud when she heard this, but she still held back her smile and said slowly, "That's really too tiring, it seems that Master Pei can't do such a tiring job, so I should leave it to others. Bar."
"That's a bad word," Pei Wenxuan said immediately, "Your Highness doesn't know me, the independence of the golden rooster is my unique skill, Your Highness is willing, I can stand on one leg at His Highness's heart for a lifetime."
When Li Rong heard this, she couldn't hold back, she laughed out loud, and Pei Wenxuan didn't want to fight with her, she just said, "What did Su Rongqing tell you?"
"He said that Su Lin would ask to retire and return to his hometown tomorrow."
"What does he mean?" Pei Wenxuan frowned, Li Rong tapped his fan on the palm of his hand, and said slowly, "It's probably because he was courting me to make me believe in their own way of handling it. He told me that the family is a big family. Xia's foundation must not be moved rashly, and stability is more important than the pursuit of absolute justice."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, and Li Rong turned to look at him: "What did the royal father say?"
"He asked me about the specific circumstances of the assassination, and how capable my cousin was."
Li Rong nodded: "Pei Shilang took over Xie Lanqing's case. After the case is over, he should also take over the punishment department. It will be much more convenient for us to do things then."
Pei Wenxuan responded, and Li Rong was walking on the corridor. Seeing that she had not spoken for a long time, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"
"I was thinking," Li Rong raised her eyes, "Don't you think, Su Rongqing, is a bit too strange?"
"What do you think is strange about him, Your Highness?"
"At the beginning of this life, he told me that he wanted to take refuge with the prince in private, but the Su family has always been neutral. It was a bit reckless that he wanted to take refuge with the prince through me."
"Maybe he is still young," Pei Wen said indifferently. "He thinks that Su Ronghua was accused of being Teacher Su Wang, and this matter affected the neutral position of the Su family, so he decided to balance the position of the Su family?"
"But he never did that in his last life."
"Or maybe he did it, don't you know?" Pei Wenxuan said slowly, "After all, after His Royal Highness was deposed, the Su family first turned against the prince, wasn't it?"
Li Rong's small fan gently tapped the palm of his hand and continued, "Then he is now..."
"The biggest reason he assists the prince is that the prince is the direct son of the middle palace, and now that the inspector has violated the interests of many families, he will naturally not support it."
Li Rong didn't speak, but Pei Wenxuan continued: "And he will discuss marriage with you at Beiyan Pagoda, but it is only because he found out the influence of marriage on you, you married a Han clan, and established a supervisory department. Cha Si is in your hands, if you refuse to let go, then for the family, either you will be expelled from Beijing, or you will have to be left behind."
"To expel you from the capital, the crown prince will inevitably resent. The Su family's position is likely to not want to destroy the current situation. I hope that the crown prince and the family will work together to prevent Concubine Rou from taking advantage of it. But you can stay with you. Inspector, you are too restrictive to the family, the only way is to marry you while you are in danger."
"Your Highness is a princess, but Your Highness, after all, is a woman."
Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes and looked at Li Rong: "For the outside world, Your Highness is the king, but if you have a husband, if the husband does not protect him, the so-called yin and yang principle of husband and wife can overwhelm Your Highness."
Li Rong was silent, and after a long time, she smiled bitterly: "You said that, Su Rongqing's thoughts are really disgusting."
"This is the Su family's idea, so the Su family is willing to risk suspicion and allow her to marry His Royal Highness." Pei Wenxuan's voice was flat, "but he is not."
Li Rong turned her head to look at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan couldn't see the joy or anger on her face. Li Rong couldn't help but ask, "What does he think?"
"What did he think?" Pei Wenxuan turned to look at Li Rong, "Don't Your Highness know?"
Li Rong got this and laughed lightly: "I don't know."
"I may have overestimated myself in my heart," Li Rong turned her head away, walked ahead, and said slowly, "I often feel that that person likes me at a certain moment. Then I will be uneasy, heartbroken, and even Sometimes I even think about how to refuse, sometimes I don’t want to refuse, and seeing the other party’s delay, I took the initiative once or twice, and finally found that I really thought too much.”
"So many times, I don't know if what I think is true or false."
Pei Wenxuan looked at the back of Li Rong walking in front of him. He watched calmly, and after a long time, he slowly said, "What Your Highness feels is true."
Li Rong paused, she looked back at Pei Wenxuan, and Pei Wenxuan smiled: "Just responding to that person, His Highness, and telling lies. Some lies are because he does not know his own heart, and some lies are his I cannot respond to His Highness's wishes."
Li Rong watched Pei Wenxuan quietly, and after a long time, she laughed: "Don't you hate him very much? Why do you keep talking for him."
"It's good that I hate him, but I can't slander him for that."
Pei Wenxuan said, he couldn't help sighing: "Actually, sometimes I feel a pity, only you and I are back."
"if not?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, a little curious: "What do you want?"
"If he really comes back," Pei Wenxuan flashed a hint of coldness in his eyes, "If you want to take revenge, if you want to take revenge, it depends on your own means. It's a pity that you are facing a young brat now," Pei Wenxuan felt a little regretful. , "It's also a loss of identity."
"pity."