Chapter 40: The Elusive Helian Yanran (I)
This little woman is always cautious in her words and deeds, guarding the boundaries of getting along with him, and never crossing the slightest. In the eyes of others, she is a duty-abiding and self-aware. But Bai Sheng knew that he just didn't care. Yes, I just don't care. She would exchange what she wanted for something of equal or even several times more than herself, and she did it to the extreme, just because she didn't want to have any ties with others.
Bai Sheng had seen her get along with Helian Shuo, the head of the family, close and natural, harmonious and warm. Although the generations and ages of the two seem to be reversed, the kind of warmth and harmony between the two that only close relatives have, he and his mother have never had, which is really enviable.
With Helian Yuanniang's ability, if she stomps her feet fiercely, I am afraid that the entire Yue Kingdom will also be shaken a few times. Her coldness and arrogance are all natural, and she doesn't need to please anyone, nor does she have to bow down to anyone. Helian Yanran treated Bai Sheng with indifference and alienation, and regarded him as a superficial respect for the prince who could threaten the Helian family, and attributed him to the politeness of outsiders, and the sincerity of asking for others. The person she wanted to find to poison her, only Bai Sheng could help her, so she did not hesitate to risk her life for Bai Sheng, achieve his final long-cherished wish for him, work hard for him, and worry about him. This is also the second reason why Bai Sheng can't marry her. This woman, who is noble and arrogant in her bones, is beyond his control. She's too good, too capable, and too powerful. If such a powerful woman who has no other heart in her heart really becomes a pillow person, I am afraid that Bai Sheng will have to open one eye when she falls asleep.
Bai Sheng felt that he was a little unreasonable, on the one hand, he had vetoed the possibility of Helian Yanran being his concubine due to various concerns, and on the other hand, he was unhappy because she kept a distance from him. Maybe it's been too smooth sailing lately, and it seems to be starting to get carried away. It's a problem, and it has to be fixed.
For a while, the room was quiet, and no one spoke. Suddenly, a strange whistle broke the peace. Before Bai Sheng and Wu Zhiqing could react, Helian Yanran had already spoken up: "Come in." ”
Immediately, a figure appeared inside the door as if out of thin air. Wu Zhiqing was horrified, he boasted that his kung fu was not weak, but when this person appeared, he didn't even see when the closed door was opened, and he didn't notice this person's breath at all. Such a terrible hidden kung fu...... If you want to take someone's life without knowing it, it's easy to do it. Thinking of this, Wu Zhiqing looked at Bai Sheng with a little horror, but found that his face had not changed at all as usual, and he seemed to have long been accustomed to it.
"What's the matter?" asked Helian Yanran. It was Chaiyun who came, and with Mu Xun he pretended to escort the grain and left Beijing before them.
"Yu Yuanniang, as Yuan Niang expected, Mu Yushi and his party have encountered several crises so far. The other party mixed in the ranks of the homeless, deliberately drove the crowd to grab food, and also rushed into the guards, wanting to provoke an incident and make Mu Yushi injured by the homeless. Chasing Yun replied succinctly.
"Did you catch someone?"
"Yu Yuanniang, I have caught all of them, and none of them have fallen. ”
"But you can't ask anything?"
"Yu Yuanniang, she won't say a word. ”
Helian Yanran turned his head to look at Bai Sheng: "I don't know what His Highness plans to do?"
"It's up to Yanran to decide. Bai Sheng smiled indifferently. It doesn't make a difference if you can't ask or not, it's just a few of his own brothers who rush to make him stumble. Even if they really confess anything, they can't be convicted, the prince will never be guilty of the same crime as the common people, the prince's father wants to balance all forces to pacify the imperial harem, as long as it does not involve murder, treason, and conspiracy to usurp the throne, it is not an unforgivable crime. It is possible to get a light hair or even no hair at all. Bai Sheng didn't want to waste his efforts in vain, since he couldn't make the other party have no power to fight back, then there was no need to tear his face so quickly. He thinks that his patience is good, and there will always be someone who can't wait before him.
"Then there is no need for a second trial. Since they like to pretend to be homeless people so much, their wish has been fulfilled. He stabbed his eyes, cut his tongue, picked his tendons and threw them out. Helian Yanran calmly pronounced the fate of several people, "Let their masters take a good look and dare to stretch out their hands to His Highness." ”
"Chasing clouds leads to life. After speaking, the figure disappeared again.
Wu Zhiqing, who always kept an eye on the doors and windows, could swear that the doors and windows really never opened. He looked up at the roof, unable to understand how the man had come in and how he had gotten out.
Bai Sheng stared at Helian Yanran's side face slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Feeling his gaze, Helian Yanran looked at him: "Your Highness, do you think that the courtiers are vicious and cruel?"
"How can it be? Yanran is all for my good, I don't know. Bai Sheng denied.
"To be soft on those who harm oneself is to bring disaster to the future, and when the time comes, it will only hurt more severely and more severely. The courtiers have been taught such a lesson, and they will never let themselves do it again. Helian Yanran said unhurriedly, with a faint hint of heaviness and sadness in her words, "Your Highness naturally knows who the person behind her is, and if Your Highness doesn't do it, the people's daughter will do it." The women let them see what it means to be unable to speak, to see, to lift hands, or to stand on their feet. If you dare to calculate Your Highness in the future, you may end up with the same miserable end. ”
Where is this the words that a fourteen-year-old girl can say? Bai Sheng unconsciously twisted his eyebrows, what happened to create such a firm and strong, ruthless and hard heart......
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Bai Sheng, who had enough money, ordered the team to go straight to Wanhuai Mansion and no longer meet with local officials on the way. Except for the necessary night repairs, no more stops.
Although the officials along the way got the letter, they did not give up, and came to visit the minister and the county lord Wenxi, hoping to win a good impression, but they were all blocked from the post house by the iron-faced and selfless guards. Occasionally, a few officials who were familiar with each other in the team were able to enter the agency, but due to the ruthless obstruction of Wu Zhiqing and Yanbo, they could not see the two nobles at all. The filial piety they brought was all left, but in front of everyone, they were recorded in detail in the "Anhui Huai Flood Officials Donation List", which was regarded as their contribution to the imperial court to the victims. It seems to be a good thing, but with their little money, they donated silver and two items of such value, if they are caught by someone with a heart, they will endanger their future careers. These things were used to curry favor with the Qin Cha and the county lord, originally to get a fatter and more oily errand, but now at most they can only be exchanged for a compliment from the court. The officials had to make a happy and glorious appearance on their faces, dripping blood in their hearts. It's a big loss.