This voice was louder than Wang You's crying just now, and Ruan Qingzhi, who was distracted, jumped up in fright.

When I turned around, I saw Ling Xiao kneeling on the ground in the shape of a toad, and his forehead slammed on the ground: "Third brother, third brother!" Since you left Beijing five years ago to guard the border gates, I have been waiting every day, looking forward to the stability of the border every day, so that I can ask my father to summon you back to Beijing to live a stable life for a few years...... You have a cold temperament, you don't like to be close to people since you were a child, there are so many brothers of ours, only I can say a few words to you...... Now that you left without saying a word, how dare you make me believe it...... Third brother, if you have a spirit in the sky, you can come back with a dream......"

At noon, a man cried and shouted that the third brother would come back from his dream, how funny this scene was.

Ruan Qingzhi raised his head and looked around the garden, and found that many people sincerely wanted to cry together, but somehow they couldn't cry, so they had to pretend to wipe their eyes with their sleeves, and this scene was even more funny.

"It's like singing." A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old next to her commented in a low voice.

Ruan Qingzhi sneered.

It's like singing, but it's worse than singing! sang well and cried in the audience, so there is a saying called "drama is fake and true".

Today's crying scene of His Royal Highness King Rui can only be regarded as "the truth of the play". Even the old guys who were crying breathlessly with Wang You just now couldn't squeeze out their tears.

Don't blame the courtiers for being cold-blooded, it's really King Rui who cried too fucking fake, okay!

It's good that he doesn't cry, this cry, everyone can see that there is really no love between him and his third brother!

At this time, Ling Xiao was still kowtowing and crying, whimpering and telling about his love for the third brother since he was a child, telling his grievances today, and emphasizing that if possible, he was sincerely willing to die in place of the third brother, and only hoped that the third brother would live safely and help his father keep the splendid country of Southern Qi.

Maybe it's because he's been chattering for too long, and even the Queen Mother has shown an impatient look. Only the emperor was very emotional when he heard it, and he couldn't help wiping two handfuls of tears when he was emotional.

"If he cries twice, I'm afraid this matter will have to be closed." Ruan Qingzhi muttered worriedly.

At this time, Wang You, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly laughed miserably: "Great Commander! If you really have a spirit in the sky, just open your eyes and watch it carefully, and see if this wolf-hearted thing can use his ability to sing a big drama to sit down and sit firmly! ”

His demolition came too abruptly, so that Ling Xiao still had half of his cry stuck in his throat, and he couldn't go up or down, his eyes were stalemate for a long time, and he hiccuped.

Ruan Qingzhi couldn't help laughing, sensing that the Quartet was not looking well, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands and slipped into the crowd.

Ling Xiao felt that he couldn't get off the stage, and when he heard this laughter, he was willing to endure it, and immediately raised his head and shouted angrily: "You stop!" Come out! ”

Of course, Ruan Qingzhi didn't listen.

But Ling Xiao had already recognized her, and shouted loudly: "Miss Ruan! At this moment, everyone is crying sadly for the third brother, what kind of style are you laughing and making a fuss like this! Do you think it's funny that the third brother died young! ”

was named, Ruan Qingzhi had to come out of the crowd again, and his little face was aggrieved: "Your Highness misunderstood me!" I'm not laughing at His Royal Highness, I'm laughing at the hiccup you just hit - kneeling like that already looks like a toad, and a hiccup is even more like that! ”

As soon as these words came out, at least two dozen children laughed.

There's no way, it's called a little lean!

Ling Xiao was so angry that he smoked, and his colorful face was even more exciting. Ruan Qingzhi looked at it with a smile, not feeling that he was rude.

Wang You turned his head and glared at Ruan Qingzhi, and then still looked at Ling Xiao, his expression even more angry: "Why should His Royal Highness King Rui embarrass a child, thinking that this will make everyone forget about your suspicion!" It's not true that you said that you had a good relationship with King Li - if it weren't for this friendship, King Li wouldn't have fallen for you and easily revealed the itinerary to you! Along the way, you are the only one in the world who knows when we will return! Who else could it be if it wasn't you who set up the ambush! ”

Ruan Qingzhi nodded secretly when he heard this, and said in his heart that this was the second round.

King Rui played a family card, and Wang You took the card to kill him.

It looks like Wang You has the upper hand. But his words have no basis, and King Rui can completely deny it.

Sure enough, Ling Xiao almost jumped up when he heard this: "You don't want to spew blood!" How did this king know the itinerary of the third brother? The third brother received the holy decree of his father to summon him back to Beijing and did not respond for a long time, and the king and his father were very anxious, urging the post station three times a day to inquire about the news, which everyone in the court and the middle of the country knows! ”

Wang You retorted sharply: "The Great Commander has obviously written a letter to you!" If you know but pretend not to know in front of others, it means that you are playing tricks! ”

Ling Xiao peeked at the emperor and saw that he didn't mean to be angry, so he stood up and sneered: "Wang You, you have no basis for what you say about this matter!" ”

"Yes," Wang You also stood up, "I have no basis for the letter, but I at least have an arrow to prove it!" From beginning to end, it is you, Your Royal Highness, who have been saying that there is no basis and it all depends on quibbles! ”

It's already a quarrel. The voices of the two men were not small, and the frightened women and children present pulled each other and quietly retreated.

The left attendant of the ministry stood up and saluted the front: "Your Majesty, it is useless to continue arguing like this. Since this deputy general said that there is a letter, it is better to go to the Rui Wang's Mansion to check it......"

"Zhang Jian, are you going to search my Rui Wangfu!" Ling Xiao asked sharply.

Zhang Jian was not afraid, and said calmly: "As soon as this matter comes out, His Royal Highness has already been burdened with suspicion, if you don't investigate it thoroughly, I'm afraid you won't be able to clear it up for the rest of your life." The minister proposed to search the Rui Wang's Mansion for the sake of His Royal Highness's reputation. ”

"Father!" Ling Xiao knelt down again, "Son is not guilty!" They are not allowed to search the Rui Palace! If this precedent is opened, what kind of cat and dog will be framed in the future, the palace will be searched, where is the face? Where is the royal majesty! ”

Zhang Jian raised his head to look at him, and calmly retorted: "Your Highness, this Vice General Wang is not a cat or a dog. The deputy general beside His Royal Highness King Li has to be a third-grade official position; What's more, he still has the arrows of Rui Wangfu on him as evidence, and he insists that it is 'framed', but I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public - if you want to be framed, you should have come two months ago, why let such a fatal thing grow in the flesh for two months? ”

What he said was reasonable, and it was indeed a good reason to check the Rui Palace.

The garden was quiet for a moment, and more than a dozen courtiers knelt down: "Please ask the emperor to order Charui Palace!" ”

At this time, Ruan Qingzhi had already ducked back into the crowd, his eyes swept over everyone, and he felt that this scene was still like singing, one by one.

So, it's time to sing the next fold to the Thorough Charui Palace, right?

It's not okay not to check. This matter is related to the emperor's two sons, at this time, one is humiliated and dead, and the other is suspicious and has a worrying future.

Can only be checked.

And the result of a thorough investigation of this matter, either the living innocent or the dead getting peace, must be both gratifying and painful for the emperor.

The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of meat.

Ruan Qingzhi was wrong, and the emperor did not feel pained. He simply refused the request of the ministers, and his face was gloomy with anger: "Ridiculous! Charui Palace? Did Xiao'er rebel? Did Xiao'er rebel? Now that there are a lot of people in the market, do you still think things are messy enough? ”

The ministers were reprimanded and did not dare to say much, and some of them had keenly grasped the emperor's thoughts: the dead were already dead, and he chose the living.

It is the kind of "choice" that is set as the prince.

Zhang Jian suddenly raised his head again: "Your Majesty, if His Royal Highness King Rui is the prince, his reputation will not be tarnished, and this matter must be ...... clear."

"This matter," the Emperor snapped angrily, "I will find out!" ”

But by no means "ascertaining" in the same way as searching the Rui Palace.

Wang You hadn't spoken for a long time. He laid things out, and the debate was handed over to the emperor and the adults.

At this time, the emperor looked at him, and his expression and tone returned to calm: "Wang You, you question King Rui, but the evidence is not sufficient. The Northwest Army and Shangjing are thousands of miles apart, and there may not be no villains in the middle. In the final analysis, your suspicions about King Rui at the moment are just speculations. ”

"Yes." Wang You admitted this very calmly.

He really didn't see King Rui do anything to the Northwest Army with his own eyes.

The Emperor nodded with satisfaction: "You are loyal to the Lord, this is your strength; Using such means to see me and tell me about my grievances also shows that you are not a brave and unscrupulous person. Now that King Li is gone, I naturally won't treat his subordinates badly. How about you and your subordinates, after verifying your identity, arrange to enter Jinwuwei? ”

Wang You hesitated for a moment, looking a little uneasy: "The Great Commander ...... him"

The Emperor replied, "I will send someone else to investigate." King Li is my son, do you think I will not care? ”

Wang You hurriedly lowered his head and said that he didn't dare to speak, paused and then fell to the ground, and said solemnly: "The minister obeys the order, thank the emperor for his grace." ”

Zhang Jian seemed a little unwilling, and asked again: "King Rui's Mansion can't be searched, and the personal advisers around King Rui can always interrogate it, right?" ”

The emperor glanced at him and didn't answer, and the big eunuch next to him had already opened his voice and sang: "The emperor drove back to the palace——"

This is a bad mood to avoid people, and the ministers have to kneel down if they are willing or unwilling.

Ruan Qingzhi also knelt down, but did not bow his head, looking at the emperor's back and pouting.

I don't know if this person is good to be an emperor, and it's definitely not good to be a father.

Blind, biased, and unreasonable.

By the way, it's not good to be a son. The Queen Mother hasn't left yet, he is the son who left first, how can his wife hold on her face?

The queen mother's face was really not good-looking, and the queen was busy serving, pretending to be disgusted but actually saying: "The emperor is really good!" He was sad in his own heart, threw up his sleeves and left, why didn't he want to think that the queen mother was also sad...... King Li has been gone for so many days, and the queen mother can easily have a Double Ninth Festival to distract herself, but she ......"

The Queen Mother tilted her head and glanced at it, and the Queen couldn't say any more, her face was frozen and a little ugly.

"Let's disperse." The Queen Mother stood up and said coldly.

At this time, the ministers were also eager to disperse. Although I didn't drink a few sips of chrysanthemum wine, I didn't eat all kinds of snacks made of chrysanthemums, and I didn't have poems, songs and dances, but it was really not early.

After seeing the on-site painting of "Qiwu Old Monster", this chrysanthemum banquet is worth the trip. It's a pity that Wang You is not interested and turned over the matter of King Li, and then he will have to worry about it for a while.

The emperor doesn't like to hear this, but as a courtier, he can't help but mention it, it's really a dilemma.

But then again, is King Li's death really related to King Rui? That's a ......

The ministers respectfully knelt down and resigned from the queen mother, and they discussed in twos and threes, and each left the palace.

Wang You was naturally taken away by Jin Wuwei's people, and in the future, he and those under him will be scattered and arranged into Jin Wuwei, whether they will make great achievements or be excluded or even die, it is not what can be expected now.

Ling Xiao squinted his eyes and watched the group of Jin Wuwei until the other party's figure disappeared, and then lowered his head and saluted the Queen Mother: "Grandmother, my grandson has some injuries on his body, and he has also retired." ”

The Queen Mother looked at him deeply and sighed: "Go ahead, take care of it." ”

Ling Xiao agreed and turned around and left, and Ruan Biyun immediately chased after him: "His Royal Highness King Rui!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi glanced up and saw that the little girl was running after the tall man, and the picture was very beautiful. She couldn't help but smile.

Seeing this, a few young ladies and young masters who couldn't remember their names on the side hurriedly moved out of the way in that direction: "Miss Ruan, you slow down......"

"I'm not going," Ruan Qingzhi couldn't help but smile, "It's not like I'm going." ”

A young lady immediately answered: "The eldest lady understands when she sees something. Ling Mei's style at the moment is inevitably too frivolous, you have to persuade her well. ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook her head and explained seriously: "Yun'er is not frivolous, she is in a hurry. ”

The young lady automatically understood "anxious" as Ruan Biyun was worried about King Rui's situation, and couldn't help sighing: "It's inevitable to be anxious, but it hasn't talked about marriage yet, and it's really not good to have a close relationship like this." The sisterhood is deep, and the eldest lady should admonish the second lady well. ”

Ruan Qingzhi still shook his head: "Don't persuade!" She's disgraced and I'm happy! ”

She didn't lower her voice, so many people heard this sentence and were stunned.

However, everyone quickly came back to their senses and smiled again: "It turns out that the two young ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion really don't match, it seems that the character of this second young lady is really not very good." No wonder ...... just now"

Everyone started to talk about it, and soon found out a lot of inconsistencies and hypocrisies in Ruan Biyun.

Ruan Qingzhi listened with a smile and did not refute.

That's the benefit of fame. If she had talked about her disagreement with Ruan Biyun before today, others would definitely scold her for being ignorant, and she could even say that she deserved to die.

Today, the situation is reversed.

Who called her the old monster of Qiwu? A famous calligrapher and painter, no matter how arrogant her temperament is, she can be forgiven, and all the literati and scholars in the world will indulge her!

Ruan Qingzhi raised his head and shook his sleeves, indicating that he was very comfortable.

The Queen Mother looked at her and coughed.

Ruan Qingzhi immediately ran over with a smile: "What does the Queen Mother command?" ”

The Queen Mother looked at her and frowned: "You are in the limelight today!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi's smile remained unchanged: "Queen Mother, the people's daughter is in the limelight by her own ability, and she doesn't feel ashamed." ”

Unlike some people, relying on physiognomy and fortune tellers, a phoenix has been shouting from birth to the present.

The Queen Mother understood what Ruan Qingzhi meant, sighed, and was silent for a long time before she commanded in a deep voice: "Xiao Liangzi, use the carriage in the palace to send Qingzhi back." ”

It is a special honor to be sent back to the house by palace car. In the past, there were no more than three girls who had received this kind of glory in Shangjing, and now there was one more Ruan Qingzhi.

The palace is full of human spirits, and this sentence has already pointed out Ruan Qingzhi's current status, which is no longer the same as before.

Ruan Qingzhi bowed and retired without being surprised, and the Queen Mother looked at her again and said: "If you are free in the future, you will often enter the palace to accompany the mourning family, and you don't have to wait for the mourning family to call you every time." ”

This is a promise that she, like Ruan Biyun, can enter the palace at any time.

Ruan Qingzhi thanked him, first saw the Queen Mother back to the palace, and then followed Xiao Liangzi out of the garden and took the step.

The young masters, young ladies and even officials I met along the way all respectfully gave way. A few teenagers seemed to want to come over and talk, but seeing that Ruan Qingzhi had no intention of stopping, they hesitated and retreated.

Ruan Qingzhi was very used to this kind of treatment, but it was the first time he met him in this life, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Xiao Liangzi led the way in front, and couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "Did the eldest lady start learning to paint since she was a child?" Have you ever been instructed by a famous teacher? ”

Ruan Qingzhi knew that he was asking for the Queen Mother, and he didn't hide the truth and said: "I have been holding a pen since I knew how to hold chopsticks, so I learned it from a young age." I haven't seen a famous teacher. My father-in-law also knew that I was in an embarrassing situation at Ruan's house, and I even went to Yun'er's courtyard to read and write. ”

Of course, the Queen Mother also inquired about these things. It is precisely because she knows Ruan Qingzhi's past very well that her blockbuster today is even more shocking.

Could it be that he is really a genius?

Xiao Liangzi was thinking like this, Ruan Qingzhi had already pursed his lips and smiled: "There are a lot of broken books in my room, and I don't know if they are left by that generation, there are all kinds of them." I just passed the time to take a look around, and I actually learned a lot of skills, do you think I'm a genius? ”

"Yes!" Xiao Liangzi replied casually.

After that, I couldn't help but laugh again.

Being a slave in the palace shouldn't have too many emotions, but talking to Ruan Qingzhi makes people very relaxed, so relaxed that they can almost forget that they are a slave.

Xiao Liangzi paused and repeated, "Miss Ruan is really a genius. ”

"I know!" Ruan Qingzhi laughed, got out of the car and waved his hand to Xiao Liangzi.

The palace car drove out of the palace gate steadily.

As for the carriage from the Ruan family, if Ruan Biyun didn't take it, the coachman himself would come out to inquire about the news. This little thing doesn't have to worry about Ruan Qingzhi.

Only the one who was waiting for her in the carriage was suffering.

It wasn't until all the carriages in front of the palace gate had left that the coachman turned back tremblingly and asked, "Night...... Guard, could it be that the eldest lady has already left? ”

Ye Han lifted the curtain of the car and asked in a cold voice: "What's the matter, she also ran after Ling Xiao?" ”

"Of course not!" The coachman shook his head frantically, "The second lady went to the restaurant with Rui Wang, and the eldest lady will most likely be accompanied by other young ladies......"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Han had already jumped out of the car and disappeared.

The coachman rubbed his nose in distress, got out of the car and asked the palace guards, only to know that the eldest lady had gone back by palace car.

What is this called? The coachman slowly drove the carriage back, and suddenly his mind was a little confused.

Miss, take the palace car back home?

Didn't you hear it wrong? When did that mourning star have that kind of blessing?

At this time, the mourning star had already returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, kicked off his shoes and scattered his hair, comfortably soaked his feet in the water, leaned back on the soft couch and squinted.

A gust of cold wind broke through the door, shattering the peace of the room.

Xieyun subconsciously raised his foot to close the door, and when he looked closely, he realized that there was one more person in the house.

It turned out that it was not the wind, it was the cold of the night.

Xianyun immediately sank his face: "Miss's room, you didn't even say hello and broke in, what do you look like!" It's a shame that the young lady is just soaking her feet, if ......"

"Carry the clouds, you go out." Ruan Qingzhi said lightly.

Xianyun was stunned for a moment, and his brows furrowed even tighter: "Miss, this is not in order!" ”

"There are not so many rules in Xifangyuan." Ruan Qingzhi said lightly, "I want to eat wine-stuffed balls." ”

"Wine!" Hearing this, Xianyun became even more angry, "Even if that thing is not intoxicating, it is also wine, right?" Do you know if you will hurt your body if you eat it? You eat so much every time! ”

The little girl was used to nagging, Ruan Qingzhi was not surprised, Ye Han had already impatiently lifted her shoulders and lifted the person out.

Ruan Qingzhi stood up on the couch and looked at him with a wink: "What's wrong with you?" Usually it's not big or small in front of me, so why do you do anything to carry the clouds? ”

"That's not called moving hands and feet...... Ye Han instinctively retorted, and then snorted heavily: "I haven't congratulated the eldest lady yet, but I'm in the limelight today!" ”

The tone of these words didn't seem to be right, and Ruan Qingzhi didn't care: "I'm in the limelight, do you feel honored?" ”

Ye Han pursed his lips and didn't answer, and his face didn't seem to look very good.

Ruan Qingzhi simply sat up and looked at him: "Do you have something on your mind?" Why? Is it because of Wang You? ”

Ye Han frowned: "Who is Wang You?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi carefully observed his expression, and said for a long time: "No one, just an unlucky bastard." ”

Ye Han nodded and didn't ask, staring at Ruan Qingzhi for a long time, with a somewhat strange expression: "The painting you sent to Jumozhai before is not so good." ”

"Today's not good." Ruan Qingzhi said calmly.

Ye Han's expression was even more strange: "Who are you?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi stepped on the basin of water and splashed a large piece of water on Ye Han's shoes.

"Who am I?" She stared at her eyes with a cold expression: "I am the eldest lady of the Ruan family of the Prime Minister's Mansion, clear and clear!" It's not like you, you don't dare to see people! If you ask me who I am, you might as well ask who you are first! ”

Ye Han sighed and sat down on the small stool: "That's it, I don't ask." But...... Now that you are suddenly publicized, there are pros and cons, have you thought about it? ”

"I've thought about it a long time ago." Ruan Qingzhi waved his hand and lay back again, "Don't talk about me, talk about you!" ”

Ye Han frowned and said he didn't understand.

Ruan Qingzhi said leisurely: "King Rui's murder of his siblings, although it is not conclusive evidence, it is already very suspicious. At this point, the emperor is still with the mud, what do you think? ”