Mei Xiaoren went straight back to the room, closed the door, plugged in the bolt, leaned against the door, and took a deep breath.

She didn't know if the excitement just now was due to the lack of heart of being a thief.

But should she be weak-hearted?

It's not that she takes advantage of others......

Mei Xiaoren was slowly calming down when he heard a knock on the door behind him.

She straightened up and stood up, turned back and asked, "Who?" ”

"Are you alright?"

Ye Zhi's voice came from outside the door, Mei Xiaoren calmed down for a moment, turned around and opened the door, and replied calmly: "How could I be bad?" ”

"Your Excellency ...... tonight"

Mei Xiaoren smiled and said, "Xiangye just invited me to have a glass of wine, that's all, nothing else, Lord Guogong is too worried." ”

Ye Zhi nodded, "Then the adults should rest early." ”

"So are you." Mei Xiaoren tried to keep his tone gentle.

After Ye Zhi left, Mei Xiaoren gently closed the door and blew out the extra candles in the room, leaving only one next to the bronze mirror.

She sat down in front of the mirror, unbuttoned her coat, and took off the layers of wrapped corsets, and the appearance that appeared in the bronze mirror was what she was, but he didn't like it......

Mei Xiaoren lay on the table, beating his chest for a while, he ...... How did he ...... How can you respond to those rumors!

Early the next morning.

Mei Xiaoren tossed and turned last night, almost didn't sleep all night, got up early in the morning today, put on his official uniform, put on his official hat, and went out with Ye Zhi.

Before going to Yamen, they first went to the Wei State Mansion.

Last night was an errand that Wei Guogong threw at her, and if she didn't reply to Wei Guogong in person, I am afraid it would be difficult to reassure Wei Guogong.

Even if there was still a dark cloud in her heart, she had to speak in a bright place.

No matter what Chu Yu looked like or what his preferences were, she couldn't betray him, and how could she watch him fall into disrepute due to the struggle between political enemies.

Wei Guogong got up early, and after listening to Mei Xiaoren's report, he couldn't help asking: "Is everything really business as usual?" ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded without hesitation, squeezed out a smile, and said: "How can the prime minister be a good man, the rumors outside are just groundless." ”

Wei Guogong stroked his beard and said: "Then I can rest assured, since the rumors that the prime minister has the good of Longyang are not true, then his marriage with the lord of Haoyang County can be completed, and I will go into the palace to reply to the Queen Mother." ”

Mei Xiaoren lowered his eyes lightly, and his heart sank for a short time.

After saying what should be said, Wei Guogong asked Ye Zhi to stay, and Mei Xiaoren left alone.

Upper Beijing Prefectural Office.

Mei Xiaoren sat behind the bookcase all morning, doing nothing, the official documents on the table were already piled up, and she didn't have the slightest intention to look through them.

She left the Wei Mansion and rushed to the Yamen to be on duty, she didn't bother to eat breakfast, and she didn't feel hungry until noon, so she took advantage of the lunch break to change into her regular clothes and walked to the East Market to eat noodles.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, but there are not many customers who patronize the noodle stalls at noon, and business is a little deserted.

Mei Xiaoren occupied a table alone and buried himself in eating noodles.

From time to time, horse-drawn carriages passed by in the street, and the sound of wheels rolling stopped near the noodle stall.

Mei Xiaoren didn't care, and still filled his stomach by himself.

Before long, she caught a glimpse of a silent addition to the table.

She looked up, was stunned, and immediately lowered her head, picked up the noodle bowl, and turned her back silently.

"Xiao Xiao, why did you come here to eat?" Gu Chuyu stood up and sat down on the stool in front of her.

Mei Xiaoren held the bowl, and quickly moved another direction, still facing away from him, with a bitter face: "...... Xiangye, you ran to the street to guard your humble duties and eat, are you so good? ”

"I'm just passing through."

Mei Xiaoren sighed, put the chopsticks back in the bowl, there was still a trace of luck in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "Xiangye, you drank too much last night, right?" ”

"Perhaps, maybe." He replied lightly.

"You don't remember what happened, do you?"

"If there's anything you don't remember, I can help you remember it."

Mei Xiaoren only felt that he had been hit by a blow, shook his head helplessly, put down the bowl and copper plate and left.

She didn't know how to face Chu Yu anymore, she felt that everything between them seemed to have changed drastically, she didn't even have the courage to look at him now, and he was so casual.

Mei Xiaoren disappeared into the crowd with a puff of smoke. Her embarrassed appearance just now had made the corners of Gu Chuyu's mouth quietly rise.

This morning, he asked Wei Shuying sideways, and Wei Shuying said that if a woman has no intention of you, she will definitely give you a slap in the face when she encounters the situation last night; If you are interested, at most you will only complain a few words, such as: What are you doing?

Late at night, in the south of the city, Mei Mansion.

Mei Xiaoren didn't fall asleep last night, and went to bed early tonight. She was asleep when she was awakened by a sharp knock on the door.

Someone outside the door said, "My lord, the criminal department is out of water." ”

Mei Xiaoren sat up, grabbed his hair, and asked in a daze, "Where?" ”

"The prison of the criminal department."

Penal Prison ...... Where felons are held!

Mei Xiaoren suddenly sobered up, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't find someone to put out the fire quickly, I'll be here in a while." ”

The big fire and small fire in the capital were all rescued by the Beijing Government Bureau, Mei Xiaoren hurriedly got out of bed, dressed and combed his hair, and went out in a hurry. There were two officials waiting for her outside.

As she got on her horse, she asked, "When did the fire start?" ”

"Half an hour ago."

"Are there any casualties?"

"I don't know yet, but it's night, and there's no adult in the Criminal Department."

Mei Xiaoren hurried to the vicinity of the punishment department, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the fire was soaring in front of him, almost illuminating the night sky.

There was a lot of people everywhere, and the scene was very chaotic, with many people fetching water to fight the fire, and many people who came to see the excitement.

Mei Xiaoren immediately ordered the officials of the Yamen to surround the area within a radius of one mile outside the Criminal Department, and not let the people approach.

She dismounted and walked over to the gate, where she saw that the back half of the building had been engulfed in flames.

The fire was too big, and they were very small compared to the raging fire in front of them.

After that, she asked the squire of the criminal department who came to preside over the overall situation, and the squire said that the fire was burning so that the officials who were on duty at night were caught off guard, and the fire was so rapid that they could not evacuate the prisoners in the prison.

After a while, the Living Yama King arrived with the people from the Hidden Moon Platform, and when he saw the fire that was about to ignite, he immediately asked the squire of the Criminal Department: "Where is the prince of the Xia Kingdom?" ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned, and turned his eyes to look at the place surrounded by fire. She almost forgot that the prince of Xia was still in prison.

The waiter of the Criminal Department trembled: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, he is still in prison, but with such a big fire, I am afraid that the prisoner will not survive...... But there were felons who didn't die well. ”

Liuyue said coldly: "The master said, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death, and you will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to reply after the Punishment Department is still in the morning." ”