However, before her hand could knock on the door, the door opened from the inside.

In front of him was a middle-aged man in good spirits, muscular, and he looked fierce because he was frowning deeply.

Luo Liyao didn't expect the door to suddenly open from the inside, and she was caught off guard and looked directly at him - the middle-aged man's eyes were undisguised surprise and amazement, but Luo Liyao was very displeased.

It was because the man didn't shy away from looking at him, and because he was in front of him, preventing him from entering the room.

"Get out of the way." Luo Liyao closed her eyes and spoke softly, "You are in my way." ”

Perhaps because of the irrefutable majesty in her tone, or perhaps because he had not yet recovered from the shock and amazement of seeing her, the man said "yes" in a daze, and turned sideways to get out of the way.

As the man turned sideways, the scene in the room was also displayed in front of Luo Liyao, with an unobstructed view - on the main chair in the center, a young man in a light-colored brocade robe curled up on it, his hands wrapped around his knees, and his face buried deep in the crook of his arm.

Perhaps because of some major blow, or because of something terrible, the boy's body seemed to be trembling slightly, and there were obvious traces of blood on his shoulders that had not been cleaned.

This is Luo Chengjuan, looking at his body seems to be a little stronger than a few months ago, probably because the young man has grown up extremely fast - Luo Liyao didn't see his face, but Yun Junze and her intuition before told her: This is Luo Chengjuan.

Then the middle-aged man who stood in the way just now should be Chen Heng, the city lord of Wuyi City.

Luo Liyao crossed the threshold and turned around to close the door, but was stopped by Chen Heng, who reacted: "You...... Who are you? What are you doing? ”

"Eh, eh, City Lord Chen, come back quickly." Yun Junze smiled apologetically at Luo Liyao, took a few steps forward and pulled Chen Heng down the steps outside the house, explaining to him as he walked, "This is His Royal Highness Zhenli, who came to see the prince." ”

"Zhen Li...... Zhen Li? Yun Junze said quietly, but Chen Heng exclaimed directly when he heard it, and the voice was so loud that he could hear it clearly in the room where the door had been closed.

Luo Liyao: "......"

Luo Liyao closed her eyes helplessly and shook her head gently.

When she opened her eyes again, her eyes met Luo Chengjuan's gaze.

Obviously, Luo Chengjuan raised his head because he heard Chen Heng's exclamation, his face was a little haggard, there was already obvious stubble on his chin, his eyes were blank, and even his gaze at her was a little dull.

Proper decadent look.

Luo Liyao frowned, stepped forward and pulled him up, and it wasn't until he stood up completely that Luo Liyao really saw what he was now

Appearance.

couldn't help but say, Luo Liyao immediately began to tidy up his appearance.

She straightened the crooked young man's crown for him, straightened out his long, somewhat knotted hair, straightened the folds in his collar and robe, and finally reached out and stroked the blood that remained on his shoulders—except for the clothes on his shoulders, on his chest, and on his undergarment...... It's all mottled and dried up with dark red blood.

Although Luo Chengjuan's face was a little pale, his breathing and heartbeat were stable, and Luo Liyao just silently didn't speak when he sorted out his robe, and there was no trace of pain on his face.

It is not difficult to see that none of this blood is his own.

Who would that be? This is obviously an obvious answer, but Luo Liyao has been forcing herself not to think about it in her heart, and only quietly strokes his shoulder.

I didn't see it in April, and the young man's stature was indeed a lot taller, but he kept his head down silently and let her move, like a child who knew he had done something wrong, waiting for his sister's punishment and criticism.

"You're in a bad state, can you tell your sister...... Is it why? Luo Liyao raised her head and stretched out her hands to hold his face, the tiny stubble rubbed against her palm, bringing a slightly numb touch, "Cheng Xuan?" ”

A gentle "Cheng Huan" seemed to open the extremely secret switch in his heart, and memories and emotions spread like a tide among the hundreds of limbs, provoking Luo Cheng Cheng to be so excited that he almost reached out and pushed Luo Liyao aside.

But he didn't, he forcibly held back his movements, gritted his teeth and didn't know how to speak, so he could only squeeze out a sentence: "Sister, I ......"

"Did someone say something to you?" Luo Liyao looked up at him, and there was no doubt and disappointment in his eyes as he expected, but rather calm.

Such a calm Luo Liyao had never appeared in Luo Chengjuan's memory, so he was a little stunned for a while.

After he knew the news of Luo Liyao's arrival in Qiushui City, his first reaction was panic, and then fear, he was not only afraid that Luo Liyao would know what he had done, but also afraid that she would blame herself and feel that she had done too much - in fact, it was indeed very excessive, everyone said so, except for ......

He has been hiding here, a little afraid to face the reality, to a large extent, he is afraid that Luo Liyao will directly deny himself. Luo Chengjuan took a deep breath, he had thought about the situation when he met his sister many times, and practiced in his heart many times what he wanted to say when facing her - but he didn't expect that in the end, it was Luo Liyao who came to him.

It seems that he doesn't know what Yun Junze is doing at all. Luo Liyao sighed softly in her heart and secretly came to a conclusion.

And Luo Chengjuan still hesitated and didn't dare to speak, Luo Liyao had to gently stroke his face, trying to soothe his emotions: "Don't be afraid, my sister is."

...... to help you."

"Really?" Before Luo Liyao's words were finished, she was interrupted by Luo Chengjuan, who was a little excited, Luo Chengjuan grabbed her shoulder with his backhand, and a different kind of brilliance appeared on his face in an instant, "Sister...... Are you really here to help me?! ”

Luo Liyao was a little surprised by his sudden excitement in her heart, but after thinking about it carefully, his reaction was more reasonable - something like that happened, Luo Chengjuan was now the most isolated and helpless, she said that she was here to help him, and his reaction was like a child who had grasped a life-saving straw, which made sense.

Even if others say that he has changed, Luo Liyao firmly believes that people will not change for no reason, and some essential things can never be changed - for example, Cheng Huan's temperament is straightforward and easy to be swayed by the outside world...... If Luo Xizheng is allowed to come, it is estimated that the two brothers will collapse without saying a word.

No matter what, Luo Liyao saw that he had already resonated with what he said, so he naturally had to take advantage of the situation.

She smiled and nodded, trying to soften her tone, and said softly, "You tell your sister everything you've done—sister will figure it out." ”

"Good...... Good! Luo Chengyao's body trembled, and the hand holding her shoulder unconsciously used a little force, causing Luo Liyao to frown slightly, but he couldn't help but didn't open his mouth to remind him.

Rather than the pain in her shoulder, Luo Liyao was more concerned about these things from Luo Chengjun's perspective.

On the first day of Luo Chengjuan's arrival in the fiefdom, Chen Heng and Yun Chengan went to see him according to etiquette. It was also on that day that he used some means to subdue the two, and with Chen Heng's hand, he cleaned up all the secret guards that Luo Xizheng placed beside him. After that, he began to expand the army in the fiefdom and train soldiers, and after the news reached Qiushui City, he received a letter from Ning Zhong ordering him to return to the palace to report on his work, which was stamped with the imperial seal of Luo Xizheng. He didn't want to hide this matter, so he simply left the unfinished business to Yun Chengan, and took Chen Heng and Yun Junze to Qiushui City.

It's just that as soon as they entered Qiushui City, they heard a thing that the people in the city were talking about enthusiastically - Empress Dowager Zhao had an affair with Ning Chengxiang, and Empress Dowager Zhao was already pregnant and gave birth to the child in Beishan Palace. It was a baby boy, and the time he was born was the most powerful proof of the affair between Empress Dowager Zhao and Prime Minister Ning Cheng, and his arrival was a slap in the face of the Tianqi Imperial Family.

And from the mouths of the people, Luo Chengjuan and his entourage learned that Empress Dowager Zhao had moved into the Beishan Palace a few months before giving birth.

What does this mean?

This shows that someone helped Zhao Tianyuan hide the fact that she was having an adulterous pregnancy, and this person did not intend to correct her mistakes, but wanted to hide it from the world and let her give birth to the child outside the palace...... Moreover, this person is not Ning Zhong, even Luo Xizheng

, or both. What happens after birth? Is it necessary to take advantage of the convenience of being outside the palace to raise that child to grow up, or to take him away and let him fly away?

This is a ridiculous joke! How can it be?

Luo Chengjuan was directly stunned by anger at that time, and he didn't even hand over the weapons to the forbidden army when he walked up to the Yiyuan Palace, he just wanted to find Ning Zhongji, and then killed him with a knife. It's a pity that Ning Zhong at that time had been ordered by Luo Xizheng to think about it behind closed doors, and he didn't appear in front of Luo Chengjuan's eyes, and even Luo Chengjuan went to the mansion in person. Because of this incident, Luo Chengjuan also had a big quarrel with Luo Xizheng, Luo Chengjuan said that if he hadn't been able to beat him, he really wanted to kill Luo Xizheng with a knife at that time.

Luo Liyao silently pressed him back into the chair and touched his head, not without shock in her heart, but still listened to him quietly.

After that, about ten days later, in the early morning of Luo Liyao's arrival in Qiushui City, Luo Chengjuan felt that he had to do something - so in the early morning and when the sky was just dawning, he directly led people to break into the Beishan Palace, wanting to see the child that Zhao Tianyuan and she gave birth to for Ning Zhong.

As a result, when I looked at it, I saw the problem.

Luo Liyao accurately grasped the point in his words: "You say...... You just wanted to see it, so why did you break in? ”

"Because at that time, the forbidden army had already blocked the entire Beishan Palace, and no one was allowed to enter at all." Luo Chengjuan's eyes darkened, and he continued, "But I really didn't expect that there would be such a scene inside......

(End of chapter)