Heavy night.
Sanding Jia, who had been working in the cabinet all night, finally ended the official duties at hand.
The three came out of the cabinet, and the King of Anjun got into his carriage and returned to the house.
The carriage of the Imperial Academy stopped outside the cabinet, planning to send Ning Zhiyuan and Xiao Liulang home in turn.
Ning Zhiyuan was exhausted, and he really wanted to take the Hanlin Academy's carriage home, but his horse was still parked at the Hanlin Academy.
It's too far to walk, and it's too expensive to hire a carriage.
Ning Zhiyuan sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I'd better go back to the Hanlin Academy first, and I'll ride my horse back."
Xiao Liulang looked at him: "Don't drive tiredly."
Ning Zhiyuan waved his hand: "It's okay, it's not too far."
The carriage headed towards the Hanlin Academy.
"That's right." Ning Zhiyuan spoke again, "Do you think that Yuan Shou's assistant has high regard for you?"
"Is there?" Xiao Liulang said.
Ning Zhiyuan said firmly: "Of course there is! Yuan Shoufu said three words to me today, and five words to Anjun Wang, adding up not much to you alone!"
Xiao Liulang didn't pay attention to this.
Ning Zhiyuan continued: "Also, I found that he always looks at you."
Xiao Liulang gave him an inexplicable little look: "Did you do anything well today?"
Ning Zhiyuan sighed again: "You and Anjun Wang have done everything. To be honest, I really haven't done much."
Today, Yuan Shoufu asked them to go to the cabinet mainly to help sort out some memorials about the laws of the Zhao Kingdom. The Zhao Kingdom was founded two hundred years ago, and some laws were set at the beginning of the founding of the country, which was in line with the national conditions at that time. Suitable.
Almost every emperor of the Zhao Kingdom reorganized and revised the laws.
Naturally, the emperor would not personally revise them one by one, but they would be drafted by the cabinet and then used for the emperor's review.
But the cabinet needs to listen to the voices of the people before drafting them, and if the voices of the people are heard, they must be reported one by one through the local officials. What the three of them have done today is to organize the contents of these reports one by one into standardized memorials.
Ning Zhiyuan entered the cabinet for the first time. Not only was he nervous, but he was also a little handicapped. He was not as calm and experienced as Xiao Liulang and King Anjun.
In fact, Xiao Liulang and King Anjun were also the first to come back to the cabinet to help, but they were from extraordinary backgrounds, they had a lot of knowledge, and they knew how to deal with cabinet officials, and they were able to hold their ground.
Ning Zhiyuan winked and said, "Hey? You said... Did Yuan Shoufu like you? Want you to be his grandson-in-law?"
Xiao Liulang said indifferently: "Don't talk nonsense."
Ning Zhiyuan said: "I didn't say nonsense! Wasn't it rumored earlier that Yuan Shoufu's granddaughter was going to marry the Prince of Anjun? Somehow it didn't happen later, the King of Anjun was engaged to the daughter of the Marquis of Ding'an. I'll be careful tonight. After observing, Yuan Shoufu's eyes when looking at the Duke of Anjun are wrong! He must be angry with the King of Anjun at the beginning and abandonment, and lost his granddaughter!"
Xiao Liulang has always been uninterested in foreign affairs, he said indifferently: "I'm married."
Ning Zhiyuan said, "I know that you are married, but does Yuan Shoufu know? Didn't the Minister of Punishment come to you last time to betroth his daughter to you?"
Xiao Liulang glanced at him: "You have been really busy recently."
Gossip everywhere!
Xiao Liulang didn't take Ning Zhiyuan's words to heart, because no matter whether Yuan Shoufu really cared about him or not, it was definitely not for the sake of betrothing his granddaughter to him.
- Yuan Shoufu and Laohou Ye are already secretly discussing their marriage.
…
It was already midnight when Xiao Liulang returned to Bishui Hutong. He unexpectedly found a person standing at the door, wearing a light-colored long gown, standing alone in the cool moonlight.
It was only when Xiao Liulang approached that he recognized that he was Liu Yisheng, who had a relationship.
Liu Yisheng is an orphan of the Liu family. In the capital, he is like a rat crossing the street shouting and beating, but at the same time he is also Gu Jiao's patient.
Xiao Jingkong once met Ming'er, the son of Prince Yu, an envoy of Liang Guo, who was in a relationship. It was Liu Yisheng who bravely sent the two children back to the hospital for justice.
Prince Yu sent a lot of money to thank him, and he accepted it.
But when Xiao Liulang also went to reward him, he was rejected.
He said, "Doctor Gu treats me, either with less or no admission fee. I owe Mrs. Gu a favor, so I can't accept your thank you."
These words made Xiao Liulang deeply impressed by Liu Yisheng.
"What are you doing here?" Xiao Liulang stepped forward and asked.
Liu Yisheng saw Xiao Liulang as early as when he walked into the alley.
He opened his mouth: "I..."
His sleeves are not long, Xiao Liulang glanced over and noticed his hand wrapped in gauze, and there seemed to be blood oozing out of the gauze.
Xiao Liulang said: "It's so late, if you want to heal your wounds, you can go to Miaoshoutang, where there is a doctor who is on duty at night."
Liu Yisheng didn't come to heal the wound.
It was just that it was difficult for him to explain to Xiao Liulang what he was here for.
He didn't want Xiao Liulang to misunderstand.
Just as he was struggling with what to say, another carriage stopped at the other end of the alley.
Gu Jiao got off the carriage and walked towards her house.
She saw two men with jade trees facing the wind at the door, facing each other in a strange atmosphere, and she was amazed for a moment.
This picture is a little too eye-catching.
Xiao Liulang looked at her fixedly, with a bit of exploration. At this time, he thought she had taken a rest early, but who would have come back.
And her clothes... It's obviously not the one she wore when she went out in the morning, or any one at home.
Liu Yisheng's eyes were no less inquisitive than Xiao Liulang's. Gu Jiao was in a coma when she was kidnapped, but now it seems to be back to normal
Really like what Yuan Tang said, that expert has no ill will towards Gu Jiao, and 80% is someone Gu Jiao knows
"Xiang Gong." Gu Jiao called Xiao Liulang, "It's so late, what are you two doing standing here?"
"Ask him." Someone whose identity was announced finally felt a little better, and said to Liu Yisheng, "Come in and sit."
Liu Yisheng said, "No, I just asked Doctor Gu to take a look at the injury, and I'll be gone in a while."
Xiao Liulang was no longer reluctant, he turned around and entered the yard, lighting all the lanterns in the yard.
Gu Jiao's eyes fell on his right hand: "Your hand..."
Liu Yisheng looked at his right hand wrapped in gauze: "I'm fine."
Gu Jiao asked, "Is it sutured?"
Liu Yisheng looked at her suspiciously: "You sutured, don't you remember?"
Gu Jiao thought thoughtfully: "... I seem to have some impressions."
Liu Yisheng pursed his lips: "You... do you often do this? I mean, lost consciousness."
Gu Jiao shook her head: "Not often, tonight is a special situation."
Liu Yisheng opened his mouth and hesitated.
He didn't ask in the end.
He said, "I sent your medicine chest and backpack to the hospital."
When the master took her away, he only took her away, not the things on the ground. He first went to the medical center to inquire about her news and residence, and handed over the backpack and small medicine box to the second owner.
Gu Jiao curved the corners of her lips: "Thank you."
Gu Jiao checked his injury, she was worried that she would not be able to suture in that case, it turned out that her muscle memory was too strong, and the operation was perfect.
Gu Jiao explained some precautions and asked him to come to the hospital tomorrow to change the medicine.
Liu Yisheng suddenly took a deep look at her and asked, "What about you? Are you really okay? That master..."
"He..." Gu Jiao thought for a while and said, "He's my husband's friend."
The identities of Long Yi and Xiao Liulang cannot be exposed, so let's call them friends.
Liu Yisheng was completely relieved: "Then I'll take my leave."
Liu Yisheng walked out of Bishui Hutong and came to Xuanwu Street, where an inconspicuous-looking carriage was parked.
There were several secret guards ambushed around the carriage.
Yuan Tang was sitting on the carriage.
After just finishing the group of dark guards, Yuan Tang immediately returned to the palace and called Chen Guo's master.
I just don't know if the other party is afraid of being killed by Gu Jiao and the masked master, so he didn't do anything to him that night.
Liu Yisheng got on the carriage.
Yuan Tang raised her eyebrows and said, "How is it? Is that girl all right?"
Liu Yisheng said, "It's fine."
Yuan Tang lazily leaned on the cushion behind her: "I just said she would be fine, but that master was very careful when he rescued her, just like the way I look at my cousin every time."
Liu Yisheng wanted to kick this shameless guy off the carriage.
Yuan Tang patted his palm with the folding fan: "But then again, who is that master? When did Zhao Guo come to such a powerful person?"
Liu Yisheng said coldly: "Instead of caring about this, it is better to think about your own situation, being chased and killed, and implicated others."
This other Liu Yisheng was not referring to himself, but Gu Jiao.
Yuan Tang said, "I know that I caused my cousin to break his finger. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. I will definitely find out that bastard! I chopped off his finger to avenge my cousin! Does my cousin hurt? , come on, I'll give my cousin a hoo!"
As he said that, he really grabbed Liu Yisheng's right hand and wanted to blow him.
Liu Yisheng was shocked by him, and decisively opened a distance of half a car from him!
Gu Jiao has a temperament to report good news but not worry. No, she doesn't even report good news. She is not good at talking about her daily life and experience with others.
Maybe it was because of the influence of her childhood that no one liked to listen to her, and gradually she stopped talking, as if this would create an established illusion—you don’t know about me, it’s not because you don’t care about me, it’s Because I refuse to say.
This temperament hasn't changed as I've grown up.
In the beginning, what happened to Concubine Jing was that Xiao Liulang dug and dug again, and with the various pig teammates taking turns to drop horses, she had leaked the bottom, and she would not be able to do anything.
Xiao Liulang would never have gone to ask Liu Yisheng, after all Liu Yisheng was only one of her patients, and he seemed stingy to care about a patient.
Xiao Liulang went to the stove to boil water, it was hot water for Gu Jiao, and the movement was a bit loud.
Gu Jiao followed, sat down on the small bench beside him, and turned to look at him: "You don't seem happy."
Xiao Liulang: "I don't."
Gu Jiao: "Are you jealous?"
Xiao Liulang: "I'm not so careful."
Gu Jiao: "Oh."
Xiao Liulang: "Who is better between me and him?"
Gu Jiao: "..."
After taking a shower, Gu Jiao went to the backyard to pour water, but Xiao Liulang still hadn't slept.
He was standing in the yard, with the bright moon and stars shining like jade, as if waiting for her.
"Why are you still not sleeping?" Gu Jiao put down the wooden basin, turned around and asked.
Xiao Liulang came over, raised his hand, and the warm palm fell on top of her head.
Gu Jiao was slightly startled: "Why..."
"I don't know." He put down his hand, "I just wanted to touch your head all of a sudden."
It seems that you need it, but you can't tell why you need it.
Gu Jiao blinked and stared at him for a long time. Then, she shook her little head and stuck it out: "Then, touch it again."
Like a good boy waiting to be touched.
Xiao Liulang laughed softly: "Okay."
…
The next day was originally the day when Gu Jiao promised to go to the chamber of commerce with Er Dong's family, but because of this sudden change, Gu Jiao had to make sure of one thing first.
Gu Jiao asked Erdong's family to go first, and she would rush over after she had finished dealing with it later.
"Okay, you remember to arrive before dinner."
After the second owner finished speaking, they got on the carriage and went to the Sihai Villa in the eastern suburbs of the capital.
Gu Jiao went to Prince Rui's mansion.
King Rui went to handle official business, and only Princess Rui was in the mansion.
Hearing that Gu Jiao was coming, Princess Rui was so excited that she grabbed the skirt and went to greet her.
She doesn't have to worry that Gu Jiao will be stimulated, run... uh no, it's very fast.
She came to the gate of the palace and said with a smile, "You're finally here! The prince said that when you sent me back to the palace last time, he invited you to come to accompany me more, but I waited so long, and I didn't see you coming! Today! What wind brought you here?"
Gu Jiao's gaze went beyond Princess Rui and landed on the corridor not far away, where there were two hidden guards.
She had never seen her beside Princess Rui before.
Gu Jiao asked, "Are those two people sent by King Ning to protect you?"
Princess Rui talked about everything with her, and King Ning sent people to protect her and told Gu Jiao everything.
"Did you see it?" Princess Rui looked back and said in surprise, "They are secret guards, but they only met me once when they came to the mansion, and after that, I was completely unaware of their existence."
"I'll see you." Gu Jiao continued what she just said.
"Quickly enter the mansion and sit down!" Princess Rui took Gu Jiao's hand and brought her into the mansion.
Prince Rui was not a very favored prince, and the mansion he was assigned was somewhat unsatisfactory, not even half of Prince Ning's mansion, and there were few servants he saw along the way.
Princess Rui didn't seem to care about this, she happily invited Gu Jiao into her yard.
She already has a lot of baby clothes in her house, some made by herself in her spare time, and some sent by her family.
"My sister came to live for a few days, she was too noisy, I let her go." Princess Rui and Gu Jiao sat down on the chairs and called the maid to serve Gu Jiao tea, and she drank warm water herself.
Princess Rui's sister is Du Xiaoyun, the crown prince's number one fan, and Gu Jiao was pressed by Du Xiaoyun several times.
Speaking of noisy…
Gu Jiao glanced at Princess Rui, aren't you two equally noisy
"Try this." Princess Rui pushed a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table in front of Gu Jiao, "You don't know how miserable I was locked up in the first two months, I have learned how to make snacks!"
Gu Jiao took a sip, and it was surprisingly good.
"Is it delicious?" Princess Rui asked.
"Delicious." Gu Jiao said.
Princess Rui's eyes turned into two crescent moons when she smiled.
Gu Jiao came here today mainly to confirm several things with her: "Who did you tell her about the private meeting between the Crown Princess and someone behind the rockery, and the suspicion that Yuan Tang was the man?"
Princess Rui said bluntly: "I only talked to you, King Rui, and eldest brother! Hmm... My sister-in-law was in the carriage, maybe... I heard a little bit, why did you ask this all of a sudden?"
Gu Jiao said, "Yuan Tang was assassinated."
"What? He... was assassinated? How could this be? Who wants to kill him?" Princess Rui's expression became solemn.
After a long while, she suddenly clapped the table, "I see! It's Wen Linlang! She must be worried that the matter will be exposed and it will hurt herself, so she just killed Yuan Tang by doing nothing and doing it endlessly!"
Gu Jiao: ... Your prejudice against the Crown Princess is not that deep.
It has to be said that Princess Rui's guess gave Gu Jiao another idea - from the point of view of motivation, the Crown Princess was suspicious.
Recalling the conversation between the two carefully, the man was the one who approached the princess actively, and the princess slapped him, which was enough to show that the man probably offended her verbally.
Whether the crown princess is angry or hateful, or never suffers from future troubles, she may indeed kill Yuan Tang.
However, Gu Jiao felt that the man was also very suspicious.
After all, letting Yuan Tang take the blame is not something anyone can think of, nor can it be established under any conditions.
Casually killing a personal top package will not help.
But if it was Yuan Tang, it would be different.
Whether it is identity, appearance or talent, Yuan Tang is worthy of it. Find a passerby and say, this is a man from the prince concubine's private meeting, is it convincing
What's more, Yuan Tang was "concluded" by Princess Rui.
Gu Jiao quickly thought of another thing. She was also present when the other party assassinated Yuan Tang, and she also killed so many of the other party's killers. How would the other party view her relationship with Yuan Tang
Could the other party have guessed that she knew that Yuan Tang was wrongly accused of being a rockery man
If it was her, she could have guessed it anyway.
After all, Princess Rui "recognized" Yuan Tang and went to the medical center to find her. Based on the relationship between Princess Rui and her, it was impossible not to tell her the gossip that Yuan Tang was an adulterer.
And she was with Yuan Tang that night, and it was hard for people to wonder if she went to Yuan Tang to verify the truth.
"Miss Gu, what's wrong with you? Did I say something wrong?" Princess Rui couldn't help but feel uneasy when she saw Gu Jiao's sudden silence.
In fact, her temperament is not too unpleasant, but she always fights against Wen Linlang. There are too many people who like Wen Linlang, so it is inevitable that she will not get along with her.
"You don't like Wen Linlang, do you?" she asked weakly.
Gu Jiao shook her head: "I like you."
Princess Rui suddenly became happy, she held Gu Jiao's hand and said affectionately, "I like you too!"
As soon as he walked to the door, King Rui heard such a confession: "..."
Suddenly I feel a little green on the top of my head...
(End of this chapter)