Volume 1 Zhenguan Talent. Chapter 51: The Strange Death
Taizong laughed, pulled Wu Ruyu to the side of the case, and said,
"From today on, in the future, Wu Meiren will replace Xiao Yue'er and come to the Ganlu Hall a few more times to wait for my pen and ink."
Situ Mingyue was stunned, and Wu Ruyu was also a little surprised, but she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only nod her head and say yes. Li Zhi looked at Situ Mingyue with no expression on his face.
Out of the Ganlu Palace, Wu Ruyu looked at Situ Mingyue and said,
"Yue'er, I didn't expect His Majesty to give such an order, don't be angry,"
Situ Mingyue scratched her nose and said,
"Silly girl, how can I be angry, this matter is not decided by you and me, you come here to serve just to make me feel more relaxed,"
Wu Ruyu nodded and said,
"Don't worry, Yue'er, no matter what, you are my best sister,"
Situ Mingyue looked at her, and thought of Su Lan again, but she believed that this matter could not be done by Wu Ruyu, Situ Mingyue smiled, pulled her away and prepared to leave, King Jin walked out of the hall, saw the two of her, bowed his head and saluted, Wu Ruyu saw him and saluted back, Situ Mingyue also nodded, Li Zhi looked at her and the back of the two of them leaving, fell into deep thought, and said to Yan Rong who came to pick him up,
"Do you know the origin of this martial artist?"
Yan Rong arched his hand,
"Your Highness, Wu Meiren is the daughter of Ying Guogong Samurai, her father died of illness a few years ago, and she and her mother have been living with her uncle."
"Her uncle?"
"Her uncle is Zuo Guanglu's doctor Yang Gongren."
Li Zhi frowned, looked at Yan Rong and said,
"Be careful not to expose traces."
Yan Rong nodded.
Situ Mingyue returned to Mingyue Pavilion, Wu Ruyu Jinfeng received a lot of rewards and brought her a lot, Ning Lan saw her frowning and asked her what was wrong, Situ Mingyue shook her head and didn't speak, Situ Jing walked in, wanting Situ Mingyue to report,
"Niangniang, the sixth little has finished inquiring about the news."
Situ Mingyue stood up,
"What's going on?"
"In the past few days, Liuxiao is just going to enter and exit Xiao Cairen's palace, and he is familiar with a slave in Xiao Cairen's palace, and the servant told him that Su Lan has not come back since she went out after being beaten by Xiao Cairen, and when she heard the news, it was reported by the Yeting Palace that she was dead, and Xiao Cairen read it in the master and servant, buried her well, and also took care of her family."
Situ Mingyue frowned,
"Then after she went out, has anyone ever seen her and spoken to her?"
Situ Jing nodded, looking a little nervous, Situ Mingyue looked at her,
"Someone saw her go out in her sixth novel, and met Wu Jingxiang, the maid of Wu Meiren......"
Situ Mingyue was stunned, what, impossible,
"Is he sure?"
Situ Jing nodded, and Situ Mingyue sat down on the stool all of a sudden, but the Wu Ruyu she had seen in the past two days, Situ Mingyue controlled her trembling hands and said,
"Ning Lan, come with me to Lianxiu Pavilion."
When she arrived at Lianxiu Pavilion, Wu Ruyu was doing a female celebrity, and when she saw Situ Mingyue, she looked quite happy.
"Yue'er, you're here, do you like what I gave you?"
Situ Mingyue nodded, sat down, looked at Wu Ruyu and said,
"Ruyu, have you thought of a way to deal with Xiao Cairen?"
Wu Ruyu was stunned for a moment and said,
"I'm sorry Mingyue, I've been busy practicing calligraphy with Your Majesty these days, and I forgot about it......"
Situ Mingyue looked at her a little nervous, patted her hand, and said.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not blaming you, I came to you to tell you to forget it, don't worry about it, you have just been promoted to a beauty, serve Your Majesty well, with you, Xiao Cairen is not easy to embarrass me now."
Wu Ruyu nodded.
Back to Mingyue Pavilion, Situ Mingyue sat by the window, silent,
"Niangniang, do you have a clue?"
Situ Mingyue shook his head,
"I have a bad premonition, I believe that all this is not done by Ruyu, but now all the evidence points to her, I don't know why, I always feel that someone deliberately led me to suspect her and prevent me from befriending her,"
Ning Lan comforted,
"If this will hurt your relationship with Wu Meiren, then we won't investigate."
Situ Mingyue shook her head, no, this matter may be just the beginning, now that she knows the beginning, then the net has already begun to emerge in front of her, she wants to tear it open with her own hands, she will not succumb to the control of others, including Princess Changguang, even in this bottomless harem, she has to struggle to be born to the sun.
Today's weather is very comfortable, Situ Mingyue doesn't want to think about this, let Ning Lan follow her out of the garden for a walk, it is summer, the weather is not hot, all kinds of flowers in the royal garden are blooming brightly, Situ Mingyue looked at these flowers, the mood was much better, took Ning Lan to the depths of the imperial garden, and found a small pool, the water is shallow and clear, Situ Mingyue picked up the splash, looked at the sparkling water lines in the sun, and her heart was a lot more happy, she quickly turned along the edge of the small pool, and the drape brought up a splash, which was very good-looking, Ning Lan looked at it, But her heart was high, and she shouted while chasing Situ Mingyue,
"Mother, be careful......"
Situ Mingyue was busy with this cheerful water dance, and before she had enough fun, she heard Ning Lan exclaim,
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin,"
Situ Mingyue stopped, her hair was full of water droplets, she glanced at King Jin, who was also covered in water by him, and was a little embarrassed,
"That, His Royal Highness King Jin......"
Even though he was covered with water, Li Zhi still looked unsmiling, he waved his hand, Ning Lan got up from the ground, ran to Situ Mingyue, and wiped the water droplets on Situ Mingyue's face with a handkerchief.
Li Zhi looked at her and said,
"As a harem lady, how can you ignore etiquette like this."
When Situ Mingyue heard this, she was immediately embarrassed, and said confidently,
"Who stipulates that as a harem mother, you must be dignified every day, and the dignitaries can't be a little relaxed?!"
After speaking, she didn't speak, it seemed that since she became the harem lady, except for the time with Ning Lan and Situ Jing, she seemed to have been doing what she said before, in fact, there were many times, Situ Mingyue felt that she didn't remember what she used to look like, and it always took a lot of effort to get herself back.
Li Zhi saw that her expression darkened, walked to the small table on the side and sat down, and said,
"Situ Cairen wants to sit down and take a rest,"
Situ Mingyue looked at him, thought about it, walked to the tea table, and saluted Li Zhi and said,
"I was offended and rude just now."
Li Zhi looked at her with a soft expression, Situ Mingyue felt that she was hallucinating, but she knew that she should actually thank Li Zhi well, and he had helped her out of the siege many times.
"You have helped me many times, thank you, His Royal Highness King Jin."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said,
"You've helped me before, I'm just repaying your kindness."
Situ Mingyue smiled, the dead duck had a hard mouth, but she didn't dare to say that,
She sat down, Li Zhi looked at her and smiled, and said,
"Are you slandering me?"