13. What is growth?

I went back to the dormitory, anxious to tell Yan Xiaoran about my cousin in the court today, but I searched for a long time in the dormitory, and I didn't find Yan Xiaoran. Instead, he found the servant girl who had been serving him, sweeping the floor in the courtyard of the dormitory.

I thought for a moment and stopped: "Who's that, you come here." ”

There was no response from the "......".

I'm not convinced, I'm also the emperor of a country, and now I'm a partner with Yan Xiaoran, she can't ignore me like this. Since she won't come, I can always go over.

I walked over angrily, reached out and patted her on the shoulder, who knew that she suddenly reached out and grabbed my hand, grabbed it with one move, and shot fiercely. I didn't expect this little girl's martial arts skills to be so high, and the dagger in her hand slashed at my neck like a fatal move.

Between the flashing stones, a figure rushed over, directly caught the dagger with his hand, and then slapped the little girl away with one palm. "Dumb slave, presumptuous." It turned out that the little maid was called a dumb slave.

Yan Xiaoran held my waist with one hand and a dagger in the other, and blood flowed down from his palm.

Only then did I come back to my senses: "You...... Why are you holding the dagger in your hand? ”

Yan Xiaoran glanced at me, he threw away the dagger in his hand, kicked it in front of the little maid with his foot, and gestured his hand in front of her.

The little maid picked up the dagger, knelt on the ground, and said in a buzzing voice: "Subordinates obey orders." Then it swooped and disappeared.

Me: "......" She's not dumb, isn't she? I looked at Yan Xiaoran, but saw that his hand had been dripping with blood, so I silently grabbed his uninjured hand and returned to the dormitory.

I told the eunuch to bring the gauze from the palace, and I took his hand and asked him to sit on the soft couch and give him medicine.

"Doesn't that handmaid of yours be able to speak?" While I was helping him with the medicine, I asked him, "Why are you called a dumb slave?" ”

"She can't hear her." Yan Xiaoran explained.

"Why is she called a dumb slave if she can't hear it?"

"If you don't call it a dumb slave, do you want to call it a deaf slave...... Hiss...... You tap. He gasped, Junyi's face flushed: "Don't look at who I was injured for." ”

I bandaged him vigorously, tied a beautiful bow, and then poked the place on his palm with my index finger, glaring at him angrily: "I didn't let you take the dagger with your hand, you deserve it!" ”

Yan Xiaoran withdrew her hand with a dark face, and said with a slurp: "It is said that women have no conscience, but now I can be regarded as having seen it." ”

"Where did you just go?" I asked, "I can't find anyone looking for you." ”

Yan Jinyu leaned on the soft couch: "Oh, of course I have my own things to do." ”

"You are a foreign princess, what is the matter in the palace of my Nanling?" I wondered, he didn't know anyone in this palace, what could he do?

"Don't worry, I didn't do anything to be sorry for you." He said slowly: "There is no one in your harem, let me be sorry for you." ”

Me: "It's not as delicious as dumplings, it's not as fun as my sister-in-law, who said no, my imperial brother!" ”

Yan Jinyu: "......"

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I didn't expect that I had just posted a citywide announcement and that my uncle had already investigated the case. In the imperial study, my uncle sat opposite me and said, "Your Majesty, the case is basically clear, that Wei Yong is indeed a treacherous person, and he has been arrested by me, and he will be executed immediately by noon the day after tomorrow." Wei Yong is the brother-in-law of Lord Li, and he is also at fault for his neglect of discipline, so the minister thinks that he will be punished for three months. ”

Me: "......" uncle will really clear his name.

"As for the county guard surnamed Mo, it is also true that he searched for people's ointment during his official period, and the Criminal Department should arrest him." There was a smile on my uncle's lips, and the mustache seemed to be about to rise to the sky.

I looked at my uncle's mustache and said, "But as far as I know, Lord Mo is honest and honest and is very loved by the people. "I used to think that my uncle just liked to be in power, and he was a very honest and strict person. But now I know that the uncle in front of me is no longer the uncle who made me a good prince when I was a child and a good emperor in the future.

Now he will forge charges for his own selfish interests and frame an honest magistrate.

I think sooner or later, I'll pull off my uncle's two mustaches with my own hands.

"Really? Since His Majesty has investigated it himself, what else do you want to do? Uncle's face sank and he looked very unhappy.

Me: "......" I glanced at the draft on the table, Yan Jinyu had already set the situation for me, and even what my uncle had just said was exactly the same as what was written on paper. "Ahem...... Uncle doesn't have to be angry, in fact, you also know that whether it is in the court or in other aspects, I have to rely on my uncle, so I will let my uncle come forward. ”

Hearing me say this, my uncle's face was much better.

He was about to speak, but I interrupted him and continued: "However, Uncle Xu is usually too busy with everything, so he didn't investigate clearly and wronged Mo Junshou, right?" According to Yan Xiaoran's meaning, this is to give my uncle a step down.

The uncle stroked his beard and nodded: "Your Majesty is reasonable, it is indeed the minister's investigation that is wrong." ”

I bowed my head: "In this way, since Master Mo is innocent, the Criminal Department has convicted people, and there are such officials in the imperial court, it really makes me feel cold." I stepped off the dragon chair and strode in front of my uncle: "Uncle, I am really worried, he dares to do this outside the court, so in the future, in front of me, will he also bully the king?" I blinked my eyes and looked at my uncle with a look of grievance, when I was a child, I was wronged by my father's side, and I would run to my uncle and cry with such an expression.

Often at that time, my uncle was reluctant to reprimand me, and would secretly stuff some silver taels for me, so that the family could take me shopping and playing.

Now, what made our uncle and nephew get to where they are now?

My uncle looked at me, and there was a depth in his little eyes that I couldn't understand. He habitually touched his beard again, his little eyes purred, and he nodded: "Your Majesty is reasonable, such a courtier can't stay." ”

"Huh?" I'm a little confused, according to the plot designed by Yan Xiaoran, my uncle continues to pretend to be confused with me, why is this going to deal with the Criminal Department?

"What? Is there a better idea? ”

I hurriedly shook my head: "No, no, no, I will do what my uncle says, and as for the matter of taking over, I will discuss it with everyone tomorrow morning." ”

My uncle got up, he was a little shorter than me. My uncle looked me up and down, and said with emotion: "Your Majesty...... I'm grown up now. ”

Instead of the joy of being praised, my whole body tensed up, and my heart beat slower. I smirked, "People always grow." ”

Uncle waved his hand and said, "Okay, the old minister will leave first." ”

I endured it again and again, reached out and pulled my uncle's sleeve, and said with a heavy face, "Hey...... Uncle, it's not that I don't trust you. I can't hide it, the matter about Master Mo was also told to me by the King of Nanling. I quietly glanced at my uncle's expression and continued, "You also know that Miss Mo seems to have been rescued by King Nanling before. ”

This is also what Yan Xiaoran asked me to say, firstly, it can intensify the contradiction between my uncle and the imperial brother, and secondly, it is to clear my previous doubts about my uncle, because these things are the imperial brother's "sue sΓΉ".

My uncle and the imperial brother already had a dispute, so no matter whether I was telling the truth or not, my uncle would believe that it was the imperial brother who was provoking the relationship between me and my uncle before.

Sure enough, my uncle stroked his beard, looked at me and said, "The minister believes that His Majesty has the ability to judge, who is really the one who is good for His Majesty." With that, he turned and walked out the door.

After Shen Jinzhong went out, he stood outside the door, his little eyes turned around, as if he was sighing, and as if he was sighing, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "...... have you grown up?"

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I stood in place for a long time, until Yan Xiaoran came out from behind the imperial study, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Everyone is gone, what are you still thinking." ”

I came back to my senses, turned my head to look at Yan Xiaoran with a playful look, and suddenly didn't want to pay attention to him. I shook off his hand and sat down at my desk as if in a fit of rage.

Yan Xiaoran felt strange: "What's wrong with you?" Wasn't your watch pretty good just now? He lifted the hem of his skirt and sat down next to me.

I turned my head to look at him, and there was a light smile in his clear eyes, as if everything was under control. But he is like this, and it also makes me afraid. In the future, will one day, he will also talk and laugh like this, calculating me to the point of not falling an inch?

Yan Xiaoran saw me looking at him expressionlessly, and gradually put away her smile. He thought for a while and said very seriously: "Gu Shu, I promise you that as long as we are still standing on the same line, I will never calculate you like this." ”

I was surprised: "How do you know what I'm thinking?" ”

Yan Xiaoran held her chin and thought about it, and replied shyly: "Maybe it's because I'm too smart?" ”

Me: "......" this bastard.

He laughed and reached out to rub my head: "Okay, don't think about those who don't have it, this matter is settled." You only need to announce the results to the people next, as for the people who will be taken over by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Crime, leave it to King Nanling and Shen Jinzhong to fight for themselves, you don't have manpower now, and you can't fight if you want to, so you don't have to think about it. Now, it's time for us to give King Nanling a big gift. ”

I slapped his hand away, squinted my eyes and hummed, "I think before we return the gift, let's talk about you." ”

Yan Xiaoran wondered: "What can I do?" ”

I glanced him up and down, slowly approaching him, "Didn't you?" Yan Xiaoran, are you really okay to hide from me? Oh...... No, you're not Yan Xiaoran at all! ”