It's unlucky, Zheng Li was thinking about things that day, and when she finally saw a few big men with knives in front of her, she reacted in the eyes of others, and after a few seconds, she took the initiative to take off the valuable gold and silver jewelry on her body, and then put it in front of the bandits, ready to go bankrupt and avoid disaster. After the bandits walked away, Zheng Li found that the bracelet left for her when her mother died was also inside, and Zheng Li chased after her and wanted them to return it to her. But after catching up with her theory and pleading, the bandits still refused to pay her back, Zheng Li was not such an easy person to give up, the bandits refused to return her, so she begged them to be willing.

Speaking of this, Zheng Li suddenly stopped talking, and Wu Ye'er leaned in and asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Did he not pay you back, but beat you, so I'm embarrassed to say it? ”

Zheng Li looked at Wu Ye'er with disgust: "Xiao Ye'er, you can't see me like this?" Of course, they didn't pay it back, otherwise they wouldn't be called bandits. I kept annoying him, he was about to draw a knife and kill someone, I told him that I would exchange something else with him later, and let him wait for me here. He actually wanted to kill me on the spot, but fortunately I was also afraid, so I went back in disgrace. ”

Wu Ye'er laughed and said: "Sister Zheng Li, you were too cute when you were a child, you actually reasoned with bandits, you are afraid that you were a saint in your previous life." ”

Zheng Li didn't get angry with her, but sighed a little nostalgically: "That's the only thing my mother left me, although it's just an ordinary bracelet, it still has extraordinary meaning to me." ”

"Why don't you call dozens or hundreds of officials and wipe out all the bandits in the vicinity. That is, you can eliminate harm for the people, and you can find your own things. Isn't that great? ”

Zheng Li shook her head in distress: "That's a big event that will kill people, I want to find someone, and others don't want to go." It's all a bunch of outlaws, and it's no good to mess with them. ”

Wu Ye'er smashed her mouth, scolded the bandits, and then asked, "Then what's next?" It has nothing to do with you liking him. ”

Zheng Li almost rolled her eyes to the end.

Shu Changjin is also well-informed, I don't know where I heard about Zheng Li being bullied by bandits, and the righteousness of private matters is also awe-inspiring. It didn't take long for him to use his family's authority to mobilize hundreds of officials and go up the mountain to suppress bandits. He put down several large boxes of jewelry in front of Zheng Li and asked her to find his bracelet, but he also asked Zheng Li to repay his kindness and serve him as a maid for a month. When Shu Changjin's father heard about this, she almost didn't beat him to death, and immediately found Zheng Li and asked her not to tell the reason for this incident no matter what, just to help the people. When Zheng Li went to Shu Changjin's house to be a maid for him, Shu Changjin's parents saw her as if they had seen a ghost, but Shu Changjin's face was like a flower, which made Zheng Li's teeth itch with hatred, but she couldn't see his triumphant appearance.

Shu Chang hasn't enjoyed his good days today, and there is an uncontrollable trend in the court. Among the officials of the imperial court, there was an iron-faced and selfless "Bao Qingtian," who reported five serious incidents of embezzlement of public bank within a month of taking office, and the corrupt officials he reported five times were all officials who were older than him. Originally, if the water is clear, there is no fish, everyone knows this truth, the corruption is only the size of the difference, almost everyone has a sticky fishy hand, there is such a "Bao Qingtian" who does not understand the rules, everyone in the officialdom is scared, and because he is quite loved by the emperor, even if he is not pleasing to the eye, he does not dare to openly oppose the emperor, so he can only wait for him to come to the door one by one. In particular, Shu Changjin's situation can be described as the most serious of the serious, and if you put it another way, it will be the same as the nature of rebellion.

As soon as the incident was presented in front of the emperor's eyes, the Shu family was raided for a while, Shu Changjin's father and mother were demoted to grass people, and hundreds of maids and family members flew away, and there was nothing left for Shu Changjin, which was almost a devastating blow to the Shu family. And the head of the Shu family, that is, Shu Changjin's father, was immediately put into prison, and the worst result was that the family was demoted to grass and all the property was confiscated, and the family lived in poverty, and then Zheng Li would also help Shu Changjin return to his career, but it was also in this kind of environment where everyone was in danger, as soon as all the officials saw Shu's father arrested, they all had the idea of stepping on his foot and showing favor with "Bao Qingtian", shaking out Shu's father's past crimes, and adding some unnecessary things, which made Shu Changjin's family unable to get up with one kick.

Then, "Bao Qingtian" turned out to be positive, the situation of the Shu family was even more severe, and the Shu family, which had infinite scenery in the past, became a passing cloud, and the original Shu family mansion was left with someone else's surname, and the Shu family was completely finished.

This is a silent war that ignites the prairies, not to mention the three fires of the new officials, at that time, with the end of the Shu family, almost all the officials jointly wrote a letter, pleading guilty, only begging the emperor to open the net, and strive to get a reassuring answer in this environment where officials are in danger. At this time, the clans that were good friends with the Shu family disappeared without a trace, and they were afraid that they would be affected by the Shu family and cause unnecessary trouble. Only Zheng Li still remembers where this incident started, after Shu's father and Shu's mother had this happening, they hanged themselves in prison, and all their relatives disappeared overnight, leaving Zheng Li alone with Shu Changjin. Zheng Li didn't know what her behavior was coming from, whether it was guilt or pity, whether it was out of the friendship between the two of them, or out of a person's most basic conscience, but she still knew very well that the proud and domineering comfort would never come back today.

Zheng Li often went to the broken temple behind her parents' back to find Shu Changjin, the usually noisy and eternally proud young man suddenly became this depressed look, she didn't know what to do, and she didn't know what to help him, but when she went to him, she said: "If there is something you want me to help with, I owe you." ”

She stayed for a while and was ready to go back, when she left, Shu Changjin was still looking out with blank eyes as usual, this time he stopped Zheng Li and said hatefully: "If I hadn't helped you, I wouldn't be what I am now." You say I can ask for it, so can you make everything go back? Can you bring my dead mom back to life? Can you make the Shu family change back to what they are together? If you can't, get out of the way and never come back. If I find you back, I'll treat you as my enemy. ”

Zheng Li has never been back since that day, she can't do anything, even comforting words are like a joke, and besides, this matter is not her fault in many ways, but she still owes him.

Wu Ye'er silently listened to Zheng Li's words before she said, "This is not a liking, right?" And that's not your fault, it's just that things are impermanent. ”

"If I hadn't met the bandits, and if he hadn't known about it, he wouldn't have made a mistake and wouldn't have troubled his family. In the final analysis, it has something to do with me, Xiao Ye'er, don't say it, I'm thinking very open-minded now, otherwise I wouldn't be talking to you here. ”

"Well, that's right. That...... Are you back? Wu Ye'er felt that if she was Zheng Li and didn't see Shu Changjin today, she would definitely have a knot.

"I went back and didn't see anything. I just heard that the beggar who lived there froze to death in one winter......"

The newly appointed prime minister is also the only prime minister position in the kingdom of Umno, Wu Feng, since taking office, has carried out a major change of blood in the imperial court, and many familiar officials have become new faces. Originally, this matter did not affect Wu Ye'er, but there was actually a place for her in that face, but fortunately, her official position did not need to be responsible for the people, but directly obeyed the orders from above.

Then the complicated factors caused a rumor that the prime minister seemed to favor a new official, not only promoted her one after another, but even arranged her to work beside the emperor, which also included a lot of care for the bright and dark sides.

Wu Ye'er doesn't know what kind of official she is, but after all, she is an official without a senior brother, although it is very easy, but this position is directly under the emperor's affairs, okay, and I want to see Qi Zhi again, and the senior brother is really hateful.

This time there is another personal official by the emperor's side, although I heard that he is young and has no qualifications, and he has been an official for a year, but almost everyone knows that Wu Ye'er will definitely become the emperor's henchman as long as he is appreciated by the emperor.

On the day Wu Ye'er was going to officially take office, it was Wu Feng who personally sent her to the palace, he didn't come to the palace except for going to court every day, but Wu Ye'er only waited for the emperor to sleep, and she could choose to go home to rest, and she had to stay in the palace almost all day.

After arriving at the palace, those people who specialized in doing things for the emperor came to greet Wu Ye'er, and they were particularly interested in this person recommended by the prime minister. Wu Ye'er doesn't have that kind of youthful and promising frivolity in their eyes, she looks like a beautiful vase, although her eyes are a little unintelligent, but her manners are elegant and polite to people, which can be regarded as giving them a good impression.

After Wu Ye'er introduced herself, Lei Tao said that she had something good to say: "Hello, my name is Lei Tao, I am one of the members of the cabinet, we will all help the emperor deal with affairs together in the future, I hope we can get along amicably." ”

Wu Ye'er replied politely: "I have long heard of the famous name of Officer Lei, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, or the younger generation needs more forgiveness from the seniors." The other day, the division ...... The prime minister also praised you to me, the cabinet is a place where talents are produced, and it is precisely because of you that the emperor can better manage the country. In the future, if I do something wrong, or if you have something to point out to me, please tell me the truth. ”

After returning to the so-called cabinet, the two palace maids in charge of cleaning in the cabinet saw that Wu Ye'er was a girl, so they boldly spoke to her: "Lord Xue, I heard that you were recommended by the prime minister, then you must have seen the prime minister, I heard that he is very demonic, is that true?" ”

Wu Ye'er thought back to her senior brother's appearance: "What does it mean to be real or fake, he is just very good-looking." ”

"I heard other palace maids who were lucky enough to see the Prime Minister say that the Prime Minister is very good-looking, it turns out to be true, the two of us are not so good luck, and we have not encountered them so far."

Wu Ye'er let out an "oh", and then said: "What kind of blessing is that, looking at him, he can live a long life and be a hundred years old, or can he ascend to immortal?" Besides, he's just such a big man, you stay in the palace every day, and you can meet him one day. ”

"That makes sense, Lord Xue, I think you seem to be very nervous, are you overly excited because you are going to see the emperor tonight?"

Wu Ye'er nodded, and then lay on her stomach like a dead fish.

At night, I don't know if Qi Zhi smoked the wind, so he directly found a place in the cabinet and asked the imperial dining room to cook a lot of good dishes, saying that he wanted to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Wu Ye'er, and by the way, enhance the feelings of the cabinet personnel. Wu Ye'er also felt deceitful at first, but after hearing that everyone was like this, she also felt that this was really sick, and it was as unreasonable as she used to hold banquets at every turn.

Wu Ye'er wanted to work hard to reduce her sense of existence, she could barely speak without speaking, covering her head and drinking and eating food, so when she was secretly glad to be happy, Lei Tao walked up to her side and asked with concern: "Are you unhappy?" Let's put it down slowly, everyone went to toast the emperor just now, but you didn't go, don't anger the emperor, you want to lose your head. ”

Wu Ye'er nodded, drank a few sips of wine casually to strengthen her courage, and walked towards the most central position with a glass of wine, as soon as she appeared in the sight, everyone's eyes also fell on her, each with their own thoughts.

Wu Ye'er knelt in front of him and raised the wine glass above his head: "Your Majesty, I toast you." ”

"Get up, Ye'er, you don't have to be estranged from me."

"Did the emperor recognize the wrong person? The grass people call the snow unstained, not the leaves. Wu Ye'er drank all the wine in the cup: "Minister, retreat." ”

Qi Zhi also drank the wine in the cup, his amount of alcohol had always been average, and his face turned red after only a few drinks, but his eyes were still sharp.

"The minister has the courage to say that the emperor studied in the Lingtai Academy back then, and this Xue Buyan is also a student of the Lingtai Academy, and Xue Buyan also has some relationship with the emperor."

Qi Zhi nodded: "To tell the truth, I saw this Xue Buzhi in the Academy Palace at the beginning. ”

"That's really gratifying, congratulations to the emperor for another good talent, and the kingdom of Wu will prosper under the wise leadership of the emperor."

Wu Ye'er sneered: "Of course, under the leadership of the emperor, the Wu Kingdom has never been so powerful. ”

Wu Ye'er's alcohol consumption has always been good, and her face is not red and her heart is not beating when she drinks this kind of wine, but her current blush is scary, and it doesn't seem to be the influence of wine.

"Your Majesty, the minister is in poor health, so he will leave first." Wu Ye'er knelt down on Qi Zhi again, then turned around and walked outside, the cold wind couldn't blow away her heat.

She sat down next to the lotus pavilion, took off her shoes, and pointed her bare feet on the water, and she saw a shadow on the side, and she suddenly lost the strength to control her body, and stepped on the air, and she was about to fall into the water.

The shadow master caught her in the nick of time.

"Leaf ...... "He stuttered as if he was stammering, and what he wanted to say couldn't get out ......of his throat."

She turned to look at him, smiled as kindly as a stranger, said a few polite words to Qi Zhi, and left her shoes and went to her residence barefoot.

She didn't go back to her brother's residence, but stayed in the room arranged by the cabinet, which was very large, so she couldn't cry and had to endure it. But no one can stop her sadness, and the feelings that have been mixed together have become extremely complicated, knowing that there is no good result, but she still can't bear it.

The cabinet is very close to Qi Zhi's office, and when Wu Ye'er is working in the cabinet, Qi Zhi can often be seen coming here three times and twice. His frequency comes very often, but almost all of them are for Wu Ye'er, sometimes he will look at her from a distance, sometimes he will get closer, or he can look at her more when he tells Wu Ye'er to do things. Sometimes the two of them talk, Wu Ye'er never talks nonsense to him, just to the point.

Several unmarried men in the cabinet have a good impression of Wu Ye'er, even if Wu Ye'er doesn't particularly want to deal with them, but they always do things about Wu Ye'er with special intentions. Wu Ye'er's underwear, they have to be carefully folded as treasures, waiting for Wu Ye'er to pick it up.

Wu Ye'er is better off not seeing Qi Zhi if she can, but after all, he is the emperor and has more power than her, so he can't refuse anything he does. She was once instructed by Qi Zhi to send the fold to him, she obviously took the fold and went to the place where Qi Zhi was, but she hesitated and hesitated around the corner, and finally reason prevailed over emotion.

Wu Ye'er handed over the excerpt to him and said: "Your Majesty, Lei Tao said that the content of this excerpt is to deceive the monarch and conceal it, so he deliberately handed over the excerpt to the emperor and let the emperor decide." ”

Qi Zhi sat on the dragon chair and began to grind by himself, leaving her aside. When Qi Zhi is silent, he will have a unique charm, especially that face, which is full of magic. Wu Ye'er knows him very well, he has always disliked people who grovel, and he will not make himself sleek in order to behave in the world, especially for strangers, he is what he should be, and he will not easily change himself for others. If he hadn't become the emperor, with his temper and temperament, he would have been an iron-faced and selfless official at most.

His hair is very soft, his eyes are brown, and orange in the sun, Wu Ye'er used to like to play with his hair the most, although his person is cold, but his hair is soft and not like words, when she braided his hair into small braids, he will smile dotingly, black eyes are all her, at that time he will only shake his head helplessly, and say: "Xiao Ye'er, you are naughty again." She would ruffle his hair again, wanting to see him distressed again.