Chapter 209 Unspoken Wounds

Seeing that Xiao He was so persistent, Tang Yiwei didn't want to say more, so he gently bowed his head and retreated. When he came out, he suddenly felt funny, he forgot for a moment that he was now just another unrelated person in her eyes, and he was also a matter of course for his own defense. The smile finally turned into a hint of amazement at the corner of his lips.

After Xiao He saw him withdraw, he carefully got up and got out of bed.

In the past, it would not be like this, it must have been a lot recently, and I have been underrest for months, and I have become ill from hard work. She is really competitive in this body, with few major and minor illnesses, and has always been healthy. Although he wears men's clothes all day long, he still can't get rid of this daughter, and there are always a few days of trouble every month.

She was so busy that she forgot about the days and didn't prepare in advance, so she ended up in such an embarrassment.

After getting out of bed, you should first find clean clothes to change into, and then clean yourself with some hot water. She planned so, but after taking two steps, there was a cramping pain in her lower abdomen, and she broke out in a cold sweat in pain, and she couldn't walk, and reached out to support the closet on the side.

Because of the unbearable pain, the strength of her hand was uncontrollable, and the range of movement was slightly larger, and she slapped her palm on the wooden door of the wardrobe.

Outside the door, I heard a muffled sound and low moans in the room. Tang Yiwei couldn't bear it any longer, turned around and pushed the door and came in again.

When he saw Xiao He supporting him on the edge of the closet, looking weak, his heart was pinched, and he hurried over, leaned over to help her up, and rushed out, "You are still so reckless." Fang felt that he was speechless, but Xiao He frowned and closed his eyes, he was in pain, and he didn't seem to care about what he said.

He simply picked her up horizontally and sent her back to the bed, and as soon as the quilt was lifted, he saw a few red lotus-like blood marks on the fabric. He only then understood why she had to get herself out.

"You ......," she blushed, and stopped talking. She didn't know how to explain this kind of scene, but he didn't say a word, which made Xiao He a little strange.

In addition to the red beads in the Xiao Mansion, there are no other maids around Xiao He, and there are few real women in the Hefu Mansion except for the kitchen lady in the backyard.

At this time, it happened that Hongzhu was not there. Just when she was worried about how to prevaricate about this matter, she saw Tang Yiwei turn around and quickly find a change of clothes for her, and then called hot water to prepare a handkerchief. When Xiao He went to change behind the screen, Tang Yiwei had silently changed a clean mattress for her and went out.

After a while, Hongzhu came back, and Xiao He had already returned to bed to rest.

saw Hongzhu come back with a box of medicine, and told Xiao He to remember to take it on time.

"What's that?" She also wondered how Hongzhu let herself take the medicine in a good way.

Even Hongzhu's expression was a little strange to look at, and she said, "It's not a small ...... Xiao Tang went outside to look for me, and asked me to come back quickly, this medicine is Ai Fu Warm Palace Pill, which is facing the symptoms of Gongzi. After eating a box, it won't be so uncomfortable next month. ”

Xiao He was slightly stunned, and after a moment, he asked Hongzhu, "What else did Tang Yiwei tell you?" ”

Hongzhu shook his head, "Don't worry, Childe, he has a tight mouth and won't talk nonsense." ”

"Do you believe in him so much?" Xiao He glanced at Hongzhu more.

Hongzhu hurriedly explained, "Don't misunderstand, the slave maid has also made this inference after observing for a long time, and it is not an old acquaintance with him." ”

Xiao He sighed lightly, "Maybe it's my illusion." I always feel that this person is a little familiar, as if he is familiar. Especially ......" was unspoken later, and she stopped it in time. Especially in the moment in his arms, the feeling was even stronger.

Xiao He Suri will not be too close to people, or not close to people at all. Body memory is sometimes more accurate than human brain memory, practiced sword moves, imitation calligraphy, even if one day seems not to remember, as long as you raise your hand, it seems to open a door, and the picture will come back to mind.

It's like having a skin-to-skin relationship with someone, and your face is vaguely blurred, but you can still remember the touch of your fingers, the temperature of your body, the rhythm of your breathing, and the speed of your heartbeat. These should be the only ones, but Xiao He has not had much experience, and there is no way to judge whether different people will also evoke similar sensory memories. That's where it can be replaced.

For her, that person should be irreplaceable.

Hongzhu looked at Xiao He secretly sad, and her heart was entangled, in fact, it might be a good thing to tell her son, the person she had been worried about in her heart finally came back, and came back again. But Tang Yiwei repeatedly told her not to say it.

She couldn't understand why people who love each other can't be together, and it's better not to see each other if they don't know each other. Even if he is blind in one eye and has no internal strength, he will never dislike him with Gongzi's temper, I am afraid that he will not be able to pass his own level.

The only thing Hongzhu can do is to persuade Xiao He to stop being sad.

The tragedy in Ji Changge's family was spread throughout the streets and alleys of the imperial capital in a few days, and the good deeds even added fuel to the fire to describe Ji Changge as an unfilial and rebellious son, who had a dispute with his mother for a cheap concubine, and conspired to kill his mother, and even pushed his own concubine out to blame.

It is difficult for ordinary people to believe that a girl can kill people, and such a story of reversal of right and wrong is even easier for people to believe than the truth, and it spreads like a plague. Xiao He naturally heard about it. Don't think about it, it must be Murong's handiwork, his hidden stake has been pulled out, how can he be willing if he doesn't make something in return.

There are quite a few such idlers under Murong's hands, spreading rumors among the crowd, moving their mouths, and killing people invisibly. It is not a lie, and for a time even the DPRK and China were discussing this matter.

Originally, Ji Changge was busy with his mother's funeral and took leave at home, but because he didn't appear, this kind of gossip grew. It's not just long-tongued idle women who love to chew the root of their tongues behind their backs. Many ministers in the DPRK and China began to doubt Ji Changge, and Zheng Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, immediately refuted such rumors and stood up to vouch for Ji Changge.

As long as Mu Churan doesn't believe it, Ji Changge's status in the DPRK and China will be safe. It's just that Xiao He is inconvenient to speak easily, although she didn't say good things for Ji Changge on her face, she sarcastically said something against them.

When he went to the next court, Xiao He planned to meet Murong in this matter.

If he doesn't stop, I'm afraid their cooperation will end there. No matter what green pothos and carrots he plans to send in the future to make a trick on the beauty, or conspire to slander and attack Ji Changge's prestige in the court, she wants him to stop.

But I didn't want to, after contacting, I got a reply that Murong was not in the imperial capital now.

Xiao He couldn't be sure if he avoided it or was really not there. However, after talking to Mu Yunjing, he was willing to help be a lobbyist and ask Murong to give up suppressing Ji Changge.

Just when Xiao He was how to encourage Ji Changge to regain his worries, Mu Churan announced that this year's imperial examination, the literary examination and the martial arts examination will be carried out at the same time, and the literary examination will be conducted by Xiao He, who will serve as the chief examiner, and will be invigilated together with Li Zhaoting, the secretary of the household department, and Mo Shilin, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. The martial arts were supervised by Ji Changge, who was also invigilated with the other two military attachés.

In this way, this is a good thing for Ji Changge, firstly, he was arranged by Mu Churan on an errand to explain to the ministers that he was still valued, and the rumors were self-defeating, and secondly, after he was busy running around, he was less upset.

At that time, the leaders of various state capitals will gather in the imperial capital, so they need to prepare in advance. Xiao He's first time in charge of the essay, it took some effort, from the preparation of test questions to the layout of the examination room, the invigilation arrangement, the marking papers, etc., the trivial things were listed, and there were also long scrolls that were one zhang wide before they were written.

Although there are still two people to help her, she was named and selected by Mu Churan to be the main thing this time, and she must have to put more effort into it. Because she rehabilitated Ji Changge before, she also had some grudges with Li Zhaoting, but this time she had to cooperate with her.

Li Zhaoting is indeed a bit of literary talent, which makes Xiao He have to be convinced. Otherwise, he would not have used his background as a businessman to step by step to become an important minister in the court. Another Mo Shilin is said to have also been born as a champion, but his career is not as proud as his name suggests, and he has always been quite unsuccessful in the Hanlin Academy.

Mu Churan also accidentally saw a few articles written by him before, and he paid attention to this person, so he took this opportunity to be promoted, so he ordered him to be the deputy examiner.

Although the number of people on the Wuju side is small, there are also many precautions. If people are busy, they don't feel that time has passed.

Before you know it, it's March, and it's a beautiful spring day.

Wenju opened first, and more than 300 people took the test in the imperial capital tribute courtyard for three days. Then came the marking work, Xiao He almost ate and lived in the palace, but Mu Churan arranged for her to live alone in the side hall of the Jixian Palace, and if she had to discuss with other examiners, she would not go out.

Unexpectedly, when the paper was marked, there was a problem, and among the 372 examination papers, 13 papers had some similar contents. This is not only the same point of view in the text, but also the choice of words and sentences are almost identical. After scoing, I can piece together three copies of the article.

Such a bold and fraudulent thing has never been encountered in this dynasty, Mu Churan was furious when he heard it, and immediately sent someone to investigate the matter thoroughly. The thirteen candidates could not stand the severe torture, and within a few days, all confessed. The fact that this confession came out made Mu Churan not believe it.

They all pointed out that they had purchased the test questions from the examiner Xiao and asked someone to write them for them, but it happened that the same person was the one who wrote them.

Although this man was bold but also stupid, he only wrote three articles, and there were some similarities, so he sold them to these thirteen people, and each of them cashiered one hundred taels, making a total of one thousand three hundred taels.

After the three examiners drew up a number of exam questions, Xiao He selected an official question, as well as a spare, and then sealed it himself. Although the other examiners also knew all the exam questions, the final questions were only known by Xiao He, and they were named by the violating candidates, so there was no solution.

It is a felony to leak exam questions, and it is also sold, and it ignores the royal law. Now that the evidence is conclusive, Mu Churan can't exonerate her, so she can only be temporarily detained by the Criminal Department, and the other two examiners just let him reflect behind closed doors at home.

It was the first time Xiao He had been in prison, and although there was some discomfort, it was also fresh.