Nie Yuan had planned to wait for Qiu Luoxue to come back and ask her about staying in the palace last night, but when he saw her eyes red and swollen back, he put those doubts behind him.

"Are you crying?" Nie Yuan asked.

"Nope." Qiu Luoxue replied stubbornly, but her voice was obviously hoarse after crying.

After speaking, she pushed open the door and walked in, and Nie Yuan also followed her into the room, and asked as she walked, "Who bullied you?" Tell me I'll help you hit him. ”

"People are bullying me, why are you beating him?" Qiu Luoxue sat down at the table, her voice revealing exhaustion.

After speaking, she thought that Nie Yuan was the person sent by Xia Zimo to protect her, and he said these words because of Xia Zimo. So she smiled bitterly and said, "Also, you are the person sent by the emperor to protect me, and you should really beat him if someone bullies me."

Nie Yuan didn't know why Qiu Luoxue suddenly said these words today, and looked at her with strange eyes.

Next, Qiu Luoxue said again: "However, let's stop here." I have already told the emperor that I will no longer enjoy the privileges he has given me. From today onwards, you don't have to protect me anymore. ”

Qiu Luoxue is really tired, not physically tired, but mentally tired, she is powerless to deal with the gossip outside, and she doesn't want to deal with any power struggle. That's it.

Only then did Nie Yuan hear that Qiu Luoxue meant to drive him away. From her words, Nie Yuan also roughly heard that the reason why she was like this was related to Xia Zimo. Why?

"At first, I protected you because of the emperor's order, and later, I wanted to protect you." Nie Yuan said, the implicit meaning of this sentence is that he will not leave and will always protect her.

"Why?" Qiu Luoxue looked up at Nie Yuan and asked.

"Because I'm not with you, you're going to be bullied and you're going to cry." Nie Yuan replied.

His words made a warm current rise in Qiu Luoxue's heart, and a smile slowly appeared on her face, but she was still weak and weak, which looked distressing.

"I remember when you first came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you ignored me when you talked to you, and then you talked to me slowly, and now you can make me happy."

Along the way, Nie Yuan's changes and Qiu Luoxue have all been seen in his eyes and remembered in his heart. I was both surprised by his change and grateful for his change. Nie Yuan's change made Qiu Luoxue know that as long as she really pays, she will reap the rewards. At least for now, it seems that she has gained friendship.

"So you're happy?" Nie Yuan asked.

Qiu Luoxue smiled lightly and replied, "Well, I'm happy."

"Won't that drive me away?" Nie Yuan asked again.

"Well, not in a hurry." Qiu Luoxue replied, "You can stay as long as you want, anyway, the Xiangfu is not mine, and everything I have now is not mine." ”

Qiu Luoxue's last sentence was very intriguing, Nie Yuan didn't understand it, and it was difficult to understand.

After Nie Yuan left, Qiu Luoxue just wanted to take a good rest, Xu Zhonghang came in again, and said in a fuss: "Did you stay in the palace last night?" is also with the emperor...... Did you go to bed together? Have you forgotten your identity, how many times have I told you to pay attention to it and not to get so close to men. ”

"So you usually pay attention to why Concubine Duan Niangniang was claustrophobic in the palace?" Qiu Luoxue retorted.

When she said this, Xu Zhonghang was speechless in an instant, too, he is not qualified to teach others now.

"I mean, let you pay attention to your usual life, although everyone thinks you are a man, but you are a woman after all, you still have to pay attention." Xu Zhonghang persuaded bitterly.

Of course, Qiu Luoxue also knew that he was for his own good, and said: "I know, it's really verbose."

"But...... You and the emperor, is there really nothing going on? Xu Zhonghang cautiously observed Qiu Luoxue's expression and asked.

His words made Qiu Luoxue roll her eyes and said, "What can happen!" Isn't the emperor some kind of pervert? Concubine Duan has been in the palace for three years, and the emperor has not done anything to her, which shows that the emperor is a righteous man and a gentleman, and the kind of dirty things you think will not happen. ”

Xu Zhonghang thought about it, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I'm not worried about you, I'm afraid that the emperor will find out that you are a daughter." But what happens if it's really discovered? ”

"The crime of bullying the king, click ......," Qiu Luoxue said and made a movement to wipe her neck.

Xu Zhonghang looked at Qiu Luoxue sympathetically and said, "It's really pitiful."

"If you have time to pity me, it's better to think about yourself, if the matter between you and Concubine Duan is known by the emperor, it will not be much better than my end." Qiu Luoxue's mood fluctuated a little today, and she picked Xu Zhonghang's sore spots.

"Alas~ it turns out that I am the most pitiful person." Xu Zhonghang said to himself.

"Niangniang, today two palace maids were discussing the emperor and Prime Minister Qiu in the palace, and they were killed with a rod." Concubine Jiang Guifei's personal palace maid reported.

"Then they can only blame themselves for talking too much, how can they talk about Your Majesty's affairs." Jiang Guifei said in a contemptuous tone.

"Does Niangniang think the matter between the emperor and Prime Minister Qiu is true?" The palace maid asked.

Jiang Guifei sneered and said, "It's just the random speculation of those ignorant villains. Thinking back to the previous dynasties of the Great Qin, which emperor was not favored by the Qiu family, but it happened that Prime Minister Qiu was rumored to have the good of Longyang, and the ignorant people involved the emperor as well. This palace has been serving by his side since the emperor was the crown prince, if the emperor also has the good of Longyang, how can this palace not know? ”

Jiang Guifei's words are also very well-founded, to say that Xia Zimo has the best of Longyang is the concubine of the harem, they fight to the death every day, hoping to receive the emperor's mercy, conceive a dragon species, and enjoy the glory of a lifetime by virtue of her son in the future. If the emperor likes male style, not only will these plans be ruined, but they will only be widowed in the palace in the future.

"What the mother said is very true." The palace maid said flatteringly, "It's just that Your Majesty is too good to Prime Minister Qiu, first because he beat Concubine Xian Niangniang into the cold palace, and then beheaded the Lu family, and now he killed two palace maids because of a few rumors." With such love, it is inevitable that people will misunderstand. ”

"You know what. His Majesty is good to him entirely because he is useful. Where is it because of the things he did, he is just an excuse for His Majesty to deal with the Lu family. Jiang Guifei said.

"However, even if he is an excuse, he still has to get by on the face. Instructed the people in the palace not to discuss the affairs of His Majesty and Prime Minister Qiu, and to be polite when they see Prime Minister Qiu, and not to be lazy. Jiang Guifei added.

"Yes." The palace maid commanded.

"How is she?" Xu Zhonghang asked.

Qiu Luoxue knew that he was asking Concubine Duan, and replied: "Don't worry, everything is fine in the palace, although she has temporarily lost her freedom, she has also ended up clean."

"What are you going to do about this? You can't keep putting it off, and when the emperor asks, you don't have to make a difference. Xu Zhonghang asked again, he was full of gratitude to Qiu Luoxue.

"I thought of a way." Qiu Luoxue said.

"What's the solution?" Xu Zhonghang asked.

"Duanfei Niangniang's disaster stems from the emperor's favor, the emperor did not come to the harem for a few months, but suddenly went to Duanfei Niangniang's palace one day, although she was not pampered, but showed extraordinary care, all kinds of rewards continued. These naturally make the eyes of those women in the palace hot, and they will be targeted. If it weren't for the palace maid beside her being bought, the matter of secretly hiding men's tokens would not have been exposed. Qiu Luoxue said.

Xu Zhonghang nodded and said, "That's true, but what's the use of knowing this?"

"Manipulation. Since someone manipulated the situation to leak the matter, we can also manipulate it and turn it into a frame-up. The waist pendant was secretly put into the palace of Concubine Duan, and the palace maid made up lies to frame Concubine Duanniang for money. As long as outsiders don't know about you and Concubine Duan, we can use the power in our hands to fool this matter. Qiu Luoxue said, a flash of wisdom flashed in her eyes.

Xu Zhonghang looked at Qiu Luoxue in surprise and said, "It seems that the Prime Minister has learned a lot of things in the court."

"In the way of others, it is just to govern the body of others." Qiu Luoxue pretended to be esoteric and said.

"If there's anything you need my help with, just say." Xu Zhonghang said.

"You stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion is the greatest help, and I'll do that with Nie Shishi." Qiu Luoxue said.

"Huh? Isn't this Jiang Jiang? What are you doing here? ”

In the afternoon, when Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan went out together, they saw Jiang Jiang, who had come to assassinate Qiu Luoxue with his brother Jiang Hai, and later learned that the two of them were just honest people.

"My brother asked me to return the money to the adults." Jiang Jiang handed the money bag in his hand to Qiu Luoxue.

When Qiu Luoxue saw the situation of the Jiang family, she gave Jiang Hai a sum of money and asked him to use the money to make a living and support his family. Qiu Luoxue never thought of asking him to repay the money, but he always remembered.

Seeing the money bag stretched out in front of her, Qiu Luoxue smiled and didn't take it, held Jiang Jiang's hand, squatted down and was level with him, and said, "When I gave you that money, I didn't want to come back, you need this money more than me, so let's take it back."

"No, my brother said that we must return it to the adults, we have received enough favors, and we can't ask for more." Jiang Jiang replied obediently.

Qiu Luoxue touched his head with a smile and said, "Then return it to me when I need it, now you keep the money for me first."

This money is not a small amount for ordinary people, since Jiang Hai can take it out, it means that he has earned some money, but even if he earns money, it will not be too much, Jiang's mother is not in good health and needs money to buy medicine for treatment, and they need this money even more.

Jiang Jiang thought for a while, didn't seem to know what to do, and said, "Then I'll go back and ask my brother." After saying that, he ran away.

Qiu Luoxue looked at his distant back and showed a smile of relief.

"Why did Jiang Hai let him come out alone? What if his condition flares up? Nie Yuan said.

"His condition is slowly improving, I have heard of similar conditions before, it is autism, Jiang Jiang is relatively mild. He was also lucky to meet someone he could trust, and in the midst of the boundless loneliness and darkness, a hand reached out to him and rescued him from the whirlpool of loneliness. Presumably, Jiang Hai let him come alone to train him, and at this moment, Jiang Hai should be in a place where Jiang Jiang can't see, guarding him. Qiu Luoxue said with feeling.

Nie Yuan looked around, wanting to search for Jiang Hai's figure, and really saw him on a tree, who nodded at him and smiled slightly.

"I would be touched if someone helped me when I was in the dark and lonely." Qiu Luoxue was still squatting on the ground and said with an expectant tone.

As soon as her words fell, a hand appeared in front of her in the sun, and her gaze continued to look up along the man's hand, and she saw Nie Yuan's resolute face.

"Seeing a helping hand in the dark turned out to be such a feeling." Qiu Luoxue looked at Nie Yuan's face and muttered.