In the imperial study, the emperor's face was solemn, and he looked at the young master in front of him: "I don't know when Mrs. Liu of Lu Dao became so concerned about the affairs of the county lord of Hong'an?" ”

"Wechen has done his part, not to mention that there are many doubts in this matter, you might as well wait, the people from the Criminal Department will investigate for a while, and the trial will convince the world." Liu Min is neither humble nor arrogant, this young man has never formed a gang, although he is an upstart, he has made great achievements in the court, and for the first time he faced the emperor's questioning gaze, he was still open-minded and unhurried.

With a "snap", a fold fell heavily on Liu Min, and the emperor sighed with a calm face: "I'm asking you, when did you care so much about the affairs of the county lord of Hong'an!" ”

The king of a country, the palace is full of ears and eyes, and it is inevitable to hear any rumors on weekdays, and the emperor is already displeased with Liu Min at the moment. It's just that Liu Min still stood straight, and his face didn't even change a bit, and he still said in a low voice: "Weichen does the affairs of his courtiers, and it has nothing to do with selfishness." ”

Gonggong Li glanced at the person opposite, the young man was born with a gentle style, but there was the stubbornness and arrogance of a literati in his bones, this person was specially cultivated by the emperor for the future of Dajin, but now he has brushed the emperor's scales, and he looks like he will not give up until he reaches his goal. Gonggong Li pondered in his heart, General Zhao had already come in the afternoon, and the Empress Dowager Yide also spoke, although Xiao Shao did not speak, with his temperament, he would not stand idly by, and now even Liu Min, the direct minister, said that the daughter of the Jiang family, the county lord of Hong'an, is really not an ordinary person. It's just that Liu Min's remark is afraid that the emperor is not very happy to add fuel to the fire, which is really not a good countermeasure.

The emperor stared at Liu Min coldly for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table fiercely: "A good one has nothing to do with selfishness!" Since all of you are interceding for Hong'an, what about a few more days of grace? Well, I'd like to see what other evidence you can come up with! Get out of here! ”

Emperor Long Yan was furious, Liu Min only bowed in a low voice and retreated, and Gonggong Li comforted him lightly: "Your Majesty don't worry too much, what Mrs. Liu said is not unreasonable, I am afraid that this matter is strange, I am afraid that people with intentions will use it to make a fuss, and it will be good to give a few more days." ”

"Are you confused?" The emperor looked at the fold on the table with some hatred: "I just don't understand, why did one or two of them fall for Jiang Ruan's poison, could it be that they are really demon girls?" ”

……

After Liu Min left the imperial study, he went out of the palace, and went all the way to the prison where the prisoners were held in the Criminal Department. ”

"I'm here to see someone." Liu Min frowned slightly, after entering the officialdom for a few years, he was still not used to such flattering people, even so, he still took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the cell boss.

The cell boss was flattered and took it, and the cleanliness of the rumors in the heart did not cause dust, and the self-appointed Taifu who was clear into the bones was nothing more than that, and he still understood the kung fu of this officialdom, so why bother to make a clear appearance to others. However, although he thought so in his heart, he still had to make a very respectful appearance on his face, and said: "It's easy to say, if there is anything that Lord Taifu can say directly to the small one, as long as it can be convenient, the small one must do his best." After that, he asked, "Which one does Master Taifu want to see?" ”

"Lord Hong'an." Liu Min said.

Jiang Ruan was locked in the innermost part of the prison, which was where the condemned prisoners were held, although the sentence had not yet been decided, but almost everyone believed that she was in a catastrophe this time, and she killed the lord of a country, and there was a reason to retreat. However, because of Xiao Shao or Zhao Guang's dots, at least she lived quite smoothly in prison, and these prison guards did not embarrass her too much.

When Liu Min walked to the innermost, he saw Jiang Ruan sitting on the ground against the wall at a glance, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then laughed at himself again, knowing that she was not an ordinary woman, and the scene of an ordinary woman crying and making trouble in a prison would never happen to her.

"County Lord." He shouted.

Jiang Ruan came back to his senses, looked up and saw him, a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled: "Mrs. Liu." ”

Yoo Min crouched down in front of the cell and stared at her through the fence. Looking around the cell, the conditions were simple but not harsh, and it was very different from what I had seen in other cells along the way. Jiang Ruan's clothes are intact and clean, and she didn't suffer any pain when she thought about it, someone should have taken care of these things for her.

"Mrs. Liu is here, what are you doing?" Jiang Ruan saw that he was just looking inside and didn't say a word, so he asked.

Liu Min glanced at her: "I...... Come and see you. After a pause, he said, "Are you okay?" ”

The affection in the eyes of this young man, even if he tried his best to hide it, in the end he still inadvertently leaked three points, Jiang Ruan himself is good at observing words and feelings, frowned slightly, and then smiled: "I'm fine, I'm too troublesome." ”

She is always so polite, but she has a distance of rejecting people thousands of miles away, Liu Min's heart is slightly astringent, thinking of today's events, Zhengse said: "I believe you, Lord Heyi was not killed by you." ”

Liu Min felt that although Jiang Ruan looked like a cool person, he was extremely kind in his selfish heart, otherwise he would not have come to the rescue when he saw Lord Heyi bullying the thirteen princes.

"Naturally, I didn't kill her," Jiang Ruan looked at her: "I don't need to kill her." ”

Hearing Jiang Ruan's words, Liu Min's expression brightened a little, and he said, "Don't worry, I will definitely think of a way to save you." ”

Jiang Ruan was slightly surprised, although she helped Liu Min in the past so that he could one day pave the way for herself in the future, but this year, Taifu's behavior and behavior are contrary to her original intention. Such sincere feelings are undoubtedly a kind of pressure on her.

"Thank you, Mrs. Liu." Jiang Ruan pondered: "But I have my own opinions on this matter, and one day things will come to light, and Mrs. Liu doesn't have to worry too much." ”

A look of disappointment in Liu Min's eyes swept away: "You didn't take me as a friend. Without waiting for Jiang Ruan to speak, he said again: "You helped me at the beginning, and now I should be the time to repay, I want to help you once, you don't have to say more, the ancients, the grace of dripping water is reciprocated, you gave me such a great kindness, my fate was rewritten because of you, if I, if I don't repay, then who am I Liu Min?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Ruan shook his head and said: "Mrs. Liu is sincere, I am willing to have sincere fellowship, but at this time I do have an idea, it is not good for Mrs. Liu to help rashly, if I am in trouble in the future, I will ask Mrs. Liu to help, and then Mrs. Liu should not refuse." ”

"There's no way I'm going to say no." Liu Min said hurriedly. Under the faint light, Jiang Ruan's eyes were as bright as water, and his facial features were even more beautiful and flawless, his heart moved, and he blurted out what he had been trying to say without checking it for a while: "You, are you willing to be sheltered by me?" ”

Jiang Ruan looked at him in amazement.

Liu Min Qingjun's face seemed to be slightly red, it was the first time he said these words to a girl, and there was no trace of arrogance in his eyes, all of which were clumsy and shy: "I, I have been in love with the county lord for a long time." Now that the county lord is struggling in the court, it can be seen that there are not a few people in the court who want to frame the county lord, and if the county lord continues like this, he will be unable to prevent it. If the county lord can marry into another family at this time, he can have a layer of protection. Liu Min is not talented, although he has no great achievements, he also wants to protect the county lord for a lifetime. I will do my best in my life to protect the county lord and not let the county lord suffer the slightest grievance. ”

Jiang Ruan looked at him, what was the ending of Liu Min in the previous life, she didn't see it until the last time, thinking that with Liu Min's talent, if it couldn't be used by Xuanli, it should be difficult to escape death. It's just that in the previous life, she had also seen him go from destitute to rising, and his fate was wrong, in the end, she gave this upright young man a chance to prosper, step by step, and finally lived up to his life's ambitions.

However, two people who had nothing to do with each other in the previous life, but they met by mistake in this life, she just wanted to use him, but she inadvertently won the sincerity of others.

"I ......" Jiang Ruan was about to speak, but he only heard a familiar and cold voice in front of him, which seemed to be slightly displeased.

"She doesn't have to be protected by you, because she's my man."

The familiar figure came out of the darkness, and the corners of the pure black robe swayed, and there was some golden gorgeousness in the darkness. Xiao Shao walked to the front of the cell door, glanced at Liu Min lightly, then at Jiang Ruan, and handed the basket in his hand from the small window: "The snacks made by the chef of the palace and some clothes, it's cold at night, don't suffer the cold." ”

He seemed to be a little unhappy, and his tone was hard, and his actions and the things in his hand were all about her and Jiang Ruan's close relationship. Liu Min had just been shocked by Xiao Shao's sentence "She is my person", and when he looked at his actions at this moment, his face changed immediately.

Jin San silently rolled his eyes in the back, the master's vinegar was too great, Jin Si turned around and said that Mrs. Liu went to the imperial study and went to the prison of the Criminal Department today, Xiao Shao came non-stop, this action is simply to force people to death. If she had been Mrs. Liu, she would have overturned Xiao Shao with a fist, of course, she wouldn't be able to beat Xiao Shao, and Liu Min, a weak scholar who had no power to restrain the chicken, would have been even more defeated.

Mrs. Liu, who was a gentleman who didn't move, really stood up, looked at Xiao Shao and frowned, and said, "Lord Xiao, please take some responsibility for what he said." He looked a little indignant: "How does this explain the reputation of the county lord of Hong'an?" ”

"Nguyen." Xiao Shao didn't look at Liu Min, only looked at Jiang Ruan in prison, and said in a soft tone that he had never seen before: "The public trial will be held in three days, don't worry." ”

Jiang Ruan, who shouted this sentence "Ah Ruan", had some eyes that couldn't turn around, and he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, but he didn't know that her stunned actions fell in Liu Min's eyes, and when he thought that Xiao Shao and her names were already close to each other, Liu Min's face turned pale. Jiang Ruan saw his face, his heart moved, and then he smiled at Xiao Shao: "Okay, with you, I'm not afraid." ”

Jin San looked at Mrs. Liu sympathetically, obviously Mrs. Liu was so angry that she was very hurt by the blatant show of affection of these two people. If Fang Cai Xiao Shao's words had already dealt Liu Min a fatal blow, Jiang Ruan's reply with a smile like a flower at the moment was to make up for it again.

Liu Min moved his lips before he squeezed out a few words from his mouth with difficulty: "So, county lord, Liu Min will leave first." After that, he left in a hurry without looking back, but no matter how he looked at the back, he revealed a little sadness.

Jiang Ruan was still staring at Liu Min's back, and Xiao Shao walked in front of her to block her vision, Jiang Ruan looked up, Xiao Shao looked down at her, and said, "Don't look, he's gone." ”

"......" Jiang Ruan glared at him, Xiao Shao has become more and more abnormal recently, as if he has changed into a different person, sometimes I wonder if this is the cold, calm and precocious young prince in the world's mouth, in her opinion, Xiao Shao's actions are clearly childish and naïve?

She took a deep breath: "Xiao Shao, what are you doing here?" ”

"If I don't come, you'll become Mrs. Taifu." Xiao Shao reminded.

“……。”

Jin San couldn't help but moan in the dark, what the young master said, this is called a sad knot, and he should also teach Steward Lin to take a look, and then he will understand what the legendary man in love is brainless!

"I won't enter the Taifu Mansion." Jiang Ruan said: "If you really marry him, his career will come to an end." ”

"You think about him everywhere, no wonder he misunderstood." Xiao Damei does not give up.

"Didn't you make him misunderstand by coming here uninvited today?" Jiang Ruan said: "He won't misunderstand again in the future." ”

Xiao Shao frowned, he was already beautiful and handsome, such a frown looked more and more handsome under the lights, in the end, there was a sense of abstinence, thin lips pursed, after all, it was because of Liu Min's affairs, Liu Min showed favor to Jiang Ruan It was not the first time he had bumped into him, how could he be willing in his heart. Only Jiang Ruan said so, then lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Well, you won't see him again in the future." ”

How could this man be so domineering! Jiang Ruan was depressed, and casually picked up the things he had just handed in, and it was really some food and clothing, and the reserves were all fine. In fact, Xiao Shao has also sent people to take care of it in the past few days, and the life in prison is not much worse than in the mansion, and he can't help but recall that he was also imprisoned in his previous life, but he was extremely capable of torture, and the torture of direct teaching people is not shaped.

couldn't help but be distracted, Xiao Shao saw her like this, so he reached out and gently tapped on her head: "Concentrate." ”

Jiang Ruan was not used to such intimate actions, so he didn't start: "Tianzhu should tell you about this matter, I already have a proposition, you don't have to interfere." ”

"I know it." Xiao Shao said in a low voice: "You just have to let it go, everything has me." ”

The words were reassuring, Jiang Ruan bowed his head: "Thank you." ”

Xiao Shao said: "If you can ask me for help, I will actually be happier." Tianzhu is right, Jiang Ruan is used to solving everything by himself, and he does not easily ask for help from others. It is to ask for help, and it is also to take advantage of each other's businessmen, and they will not receive favors in vain. In fact, she isolates herself from others, and she excludes all possible kindness and affection.

Xiao Shao looked at her thoughtfully, he couldn't find Jiang Ruan's secret, and Jiang Ruan wouldn't take the initiative to say it, but it was difficult for a person to close his heart and go in. Since Jiang Ruan is now his person, Xiao Shao hopes that Jiang Ruan will not have the idea of fighting alone in anything, at least the Jinying Palace's ability to protect her is still there. He Xiao Shao's people can only let him protect alone.

"No need," Jiang Ruan really rejected him: "The back house is a woman's battlefield, such as my eldest brother, he is invincible on the battlefield, I naturally have my own way, in this deep palace back house, invincible." ”

Xiao Shao stretched out his hand, and pressed her shoulder after the most reluctance, and said, "I'm always on your side." ”

……

Wu Ming, the oldest servant in the palace, sighed deeply at the corpse of the county lord of Hong'an, and then took off the cloth cover he was wearing on his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "Lord Hui, this is the county lord of Heyi who was stabbed in the abdomen and died of excessive blood loss, and the time is also right with the fourth highness." ”

Lord Tingwei Luo, who was in charge of the Criminal Department, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and instructed the people around him: "You go and write the results of the examination into the case file, and the remaining few will go to the scene again with me." ”

The emperor has given a death order, and the court will be tried in three days, this time it is not an ordinary case, the case of the lord of Hong'an seems to be just a murder case seen by the royal family, but behind it is actually involved in many forces, a careless judgment is wrong, resulting in an imbalance of power in the court, and he is an endless disaster.

Moreover, in the case of the lord of Hong'an, on one side is the emperor, the concubine, and the four princes, and on the other hand, the Empress Dowager Yide, Zhao Guang, and Xiao Shao, on the other hand, he can't afford to offend, and when he thinks of being caught in the middle, Lord Luo can't help but sigh, and he is full of worries in his heart.

In the Eight Princes' Mansion, Xuan Li was playing with the white porcelain wine glass in his hand, gently shaking the wine in the cup, and said with a smile: "How are things going?" ”

The people below hurriedly returned respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, everything has been done, and the work has been checked, there is no problem." ”

Xuan Li has been grasping the direction of the wind in the palace for many years, and he is not completely incapable, and his own people are more or less installed in each place. It is not impossible for the corpse of the county lord of Heyi to do something in it, and it is even easy to talk to him. As long as he uses some tricks to hide his tricks, no one will not believe him. After the autopsy is completed, it is physical evidence, and with Xuan Lang as a witness, it is easy to convict the crime.

The most intolerable thing in the world is to ask for it, and if you can't ask for the position he wants, one day he will get it. The person he fancied couldn't ask for, but it was just a woman, and when he couldn't ask for it, he abandoned it and killed her. No poison is not a husband, since Xiao Shao wants to rob him, it is better to ruin Jiang Ruan.

But somehow, a slight uneasiness suddenly passed through Xuanli's heart, this feeling was very subtle, almost ignored by him, he calmed down, tried his best to make himself ignore the strange feeling, slowly clenched the wine cup in his hand, and took a sip.

"I'm sorry, county lord."

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Jin Yu Liangyuan has recently started to abuse and abuse, so sad, the TV series is too sadistic, let the story be sweet for a while to make up for blood, Xiao Meiren is arrogant again~