Chapter 23: Nepotism

"Hmph~ It's pretty much the same, Honghong and I forgive you."

Yan Wanrong looked up at Jiang Chuge, humming and chirping, with a small face and a big ghost.

Jiang Chuge smiled, and then said, "Who is Honghong?" ”

She found that the maidservants along the warm building were all on the periphery, and Handan Zhong explained that Yan Wanrong didn't like to be surrounded.

Unless she needs to, the handmaidens generally do not show up.

Jiang Chuge didn't think that Yan Wanrong's relationship with them would be so good that he would mention it when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth.

"I'll take you to see the snake I raised."

While speaking, Yan Wanrong let go of the hand holding Jiang Chuge's waist, held her hand instead, and went inside happily.

He didn't notice Jiang Chuge's almost distorted expression after hearing that Honghong was a snake.

Inside the room, Yan Wanrong lay on the ground, stretched out her hand under the bed, and after a while, pulled out a pure white jade box about the width of two palms.

"Sister Chu'er, Xiaohong is here, I'll open it for you."

Seeing that, Yan Wanrong stretched out her hand and was about to open the jade box, Jiang Chuge shuddered, grabbed her hand, and said dryly: "That, little moon, my sister also likes small animals, but for snakes, my sister is really afraid, so don't take it out." ”

"Okay, Honghong looks different from other snakes, I wanted my sister to open her eyes, since my sister doesn't like snakes, let's just give up."

Yan Wanrong frowned and thought about it, then wanted to put the box back under the bed.

"Sister Chu'er, you have to keep it secret for me, don't let people know that I have snakes, they are as small as you, they will be scared to cry."

"Okay."

Jiang Chuge responded with a smile, remembered the business of coming here, and said: "Little Moon, do you like to live here, or do you play around with your sister." ”

"As long as I'm with Sister Chu'er, I can go anywhere."

Jiang Chuge once accompanied Yan Wanrong when she was most vulnerable.

Today's Yan Wanrong seems to regard Jiang Chuge as the only relative except for the deceased old beggar.

The world of children is very simple, they have no obsession with material things, they simply want to stay with the people they like.

Therefore, after Jiang Chuge proposed to leave Didu, Yan Wanrong immediately said that she wanted to join her.

And packed up the soft overnight, brought the jade box, and in Handzhong's helplessness and grievances, he moved out of King Yi's mansion overnight and lived in Jinxiu Lane.

The emperor and the crown prince both sent people to secretly follow Jiang Chuge, one for surveillance and the other for protection.

Jiang Chuge went to the palace of the king of Qi and took away the matter of Yan Wanrong, which reached the emperor's ears that night.

In the dormitory, Qin Chenglang tossed and turned, and finally called Chen Yong and ordered him to call the prince to come, and the father and son talked for nearly two hours.

As soon as the crown prince left, Qin Chenglang summoned Chen Yong to enter and ordered him to send an order to the Hanlin Academy to draft an edict......

On the second day, Jiang Chuge, who had something in her heart, got up before she was old, and after preparing everything, she woke up Yan Wanrong, who was still asleep, dressed her, combed her hair bun, and helped her wash.

After preparing everything, the two of them sat in the hall, playing with their nails boringly, but Jiang Chuge was full of anxiety.

There seemed to be a voice in her heart calling out to her not to go.

Her heart was troubled, and her eyebrows tightened.

"Sister Chu'er, aren't you happy?"

Yan Wanrong was very clever, and soon discovered Jiang Chuge's strangeness.

Seeing that even Yan Wanrong could see her troubles, Jiang Chuge was slightly shocked, could it be that Qin Ying really had such a great influence on her?

Although she fell in love with him, she always felt that in the face of this liking, reason and responsibility always had the upper hand......

However, before she could get out of this problem that had puzzled her, there was a strong knock on the courtyard door outside.

Jiang Chuge was in a mess in his heart, mistakenly thinking that the person who came was Qin Ying, so he took off the door bolt without being sure, intending to open the door.

As soon as the door opened a thin crack, Jiang Chuge had not yet seen the people outside clearly, when he felt a strong force suddenly attack through the door panel.

She was unsteady on her feet, instinctively staggered backwards a few steps, and then fell to the ground, and the palms of her hands and the elbow of her right hand suddenly felt a hot pain.

Qin Ying, is this what you said about sending me out of the city early this morning?

I deserve a good thank you!

"Sister Chu'er, are you okay?"

Yan Wanrong in the house saw Jiang Chuge fall and ran out in a panic.

"Sister is fine."

Jiang Chuge shook off the hands of the two eunuchs, touched the top of Yan Wanrong's hair comfortably with the back of his hand, and then looked at Chen Yong, hesitated for a few breaths, and finally chose to kneel down to accept the order.

Yan Wanrong's life is as brilliant as a bloom, how can she bear to affect her?

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: Jiang Chuge, the former official from the Qipin Prison, is upright, abides by the law, is good to the people, has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and his loyalty can be learned. Therefore, the special purpose is to mention some criminal and prison affairs for the four products, and take charge of the unjust cases in the world. ”

After Chen Yong finished reading, he closed the holy decree, handed his hands to Jiang Chuge, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Punish Lord Jiang, take the decree." ”

"The minister accepts the order, thank the emperor for his grace."

Jiang Chuge took the holy decree with both hands, and Chen Yong and the others finished their errands, so they didn't stay any longer, and Haotang left.

Jiang Chuge knelt on the ground for a long time.

Feeling the gloomy anger around her, Yan Wanrong cautiously approached her and pulled her sleeve: "Sister Chu'er, don't you like to be an official?" ”

"Silly girl, my sister was just happy and stupid, and she didn't react."

Jiang Chuge would not tell Yu Yan Wanrong, a child who was not yet nine years old, about all the twists and turns.

But even so, Yan Wanrong still felt that her sister Chu'er must be very unhappy now.

She reached out with both hands and tentatively held one of Jiang Chuge's hands.

On the immature little face, the obsidian-like eyes were full of determination: "Sister Chu'er, I can feel that you are very unhappy." Don't treat me as a child, I can bear the pain and unhappiness with you, grandpa once said, sharing happiness can double happiness, telling pain can resolve pain......"

"Silly girl, you are still young, you don't have to know everything about adults. But don't worry, my sister is fine. ”

Jiang Chuge pulled the corners of his mouth at Yan Wanrong, and got up with her support.

Fang just fell, she had abrasions on the palms of both hands and her right arm, and it hurt so much that she had to deal with it first.

Yan Wanrong was very sensible, and when she saw Jiang Chuge going back to the room to get the medicine, she took the initiative to make a basin of water for her and brought it into the hall to facilitate her cleaning of her wounds.

Qin Ying was about to go out, but when he heard Xiao Qi's report, Chen Yong led the inner eunuch to appear in Jinxiu Lane, holding the holy decree.

Qin Ying's heart was in turmoil!

Jiang Chuge is more rigid on the outside and more rigid on the inside, and her personality is extremely stubborn, if she openly resists the order......

He immediately flew out of the house, and swept towards the Splendid Lane with light skills.

Because jumping in the air was not restricted by the direction of the street, Qin Ying rushed to Jinxiu Lane with only half a cup of tea.

He flew straight into the courtyard without passing through the courtyard gate, and his worried eyes swept around, but no one was seen.

Lu Qing saw that his prince was coming, and hurriedly appeared to meet him: "Lord, Lord Jiang is in the hall." ”

Before his words had completely fallen, he felt a flower in front of him, and the afterimage flashed, and Qin Ying's figure had already flashed to the door of the hall.

Inside the house, Jiang Chuge was cleaning up his wounds with the help of Yan Wanrong, but suddenly noticed someone coming in.

She looked up, and when she saw who the clear and noble figure belonged to, she sneered in her heart, and got up expressionlessly: "I don't know if Prince Yi is coming, what are your orders?" ”

Every word that came out of her mouth froze through people's hearts.

Qin Yingjian's eyebrows were furrowed, his face was ugly, and his heart ached.

Not only because of the hurtful words in her mouth, but also because of the abrasions on her hands.

He stepped inside, wanting to treat her wounds, but when his hand touched Jiang Chuge, Jiang Chuge had a cold face, and said sternly: "Men and women don't kiss, please let go of Lord Yi." ”

The atmosphere in the room was frozen by her cold words.

"I'll take care of your wounds."

Qin Ying refused to let go, but when she didn't hear her refusal, she had to start cleaning her wounds.

However, Jiang Chuge suddenly clenched his hands into fists at this moment.

As a result of this action, the wound immediately oozed blood.

The pain made her frown, but she gritted her teeth and stubbornly insisted, refusing to compromise with Qin Ying.

Seeing that she actually used self-harm to resist herself, Qin Ying's hands in his sleeve robe were clenched into fists, his face was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping water, and he tried several times before he successfully made a sound: "I only know that my father sent someone to spy on you, but I don't want him to ......."

"Lord Yi, the emperor is the lord of the world, everything is right, don't talk nonsense and cause disasters to the lower officials!"

Jiang Chuge interrupted him indifferently.

In her opinion, no matter what Qin Ying said at this moment, she was making a hypocritical cover-up.

The words he said when he came to Fairview Lane yesterday were just to stabilize her, so that she could relax her guard and prepare for today's holy decree.

Heh~ It's really painstaking!

Before meeting Jiang Chuge, Qin Ying never disdained to explain to others.

But even though he did this, she still didn't believe him and ignored his true heart.

"Jiang Chuge, I know that you yearn for freedom, and it is a kind of torture for you to bind you in this Didu City. However, you have shown enough ability in Shicheng and Yongzhou to shock the world, do you think that you can be truly free if you leave Didu? I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you outside, and once you leave Didu, they will do everything they can to get your hands on you and make weapons for you. If you don't, the results will never be better than they are now! ”

He suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and reasoned with Jiang Chuge.

However, how could Jiang Chuge, who felt that he had been deceived, calm down and analyze the pros and cons of his words?

Her face was like frost, and her cold gaze met Qin Ying's deep eyes without fear, hooking her lips sarcastically, sneering, and refusing to give in at all.

"Your father has sent someone to Yongzhou to summon Liu Cheng here, and now your father and son have tried their best to leave me behind. At the end of the day, you're no different from those people! ”

It's all about getting the three-bow bed crossbow and explosives packs!

If the same purpose does not exist, why put on a noble posture?

This sentence was like the sharpest blade, stabbing into Qin Ying's chest fiercely, so painful that he even breathed in pain.

"That's what you think! Or not...... Whatever you want. ”

There was a deep disappointment in his tone, a suffocating ache in his chest.

He turned and walked away......

"Sister Chu'er, don't be sad, I will always be with you."

Yan Wanrong's immature little face was full of sincere concern.

Although she didn't understand what was wrong with her Sister Chu'er, she clearly felt that Sister Chu'er needed care at this moment.

"Silly girl, my sister is not sad, but she just fell and hurt, and she is a little uncomfortable."

Jiang Chuge stroked the top of Yanwanrong's hair with the back of his hand, and squeezed out a smile at her.

I always think that children of this age just need to live every day happily, and they don't need to know anything else.

Hearing her words, Yan Wanrong nodded as if she didn't understand, frowned, looked at Jiang Chuge's bruised palm again, and said distressedly: "Sister Chu'er, I'd better help you deal with your wounds quickly." ”

"Okay."

Jiang Chuge smiled softly, but his heart was heavy.

In the future, how many things will happen that she doesn't want?

Qin Ying left from Jinxiu Lane, and as soon as he returned to King Yi's mansion, he interrogated Lu Qing with a gloomy face: "What happened to Jiang Chuge's injury?" ”