Chapter 45: Helpless
The county lord deliberately opened the window, for fear that others would not know, and deliberately beckoned downstairs, Li Ruofei happened to look up and saw the county lord's face full of smiles.
Those who don't know still think that the two of them are friends, but only they know that they have a blood feud.
The smile of the county lord just now was actually sarcastic about her, Li Ruofei could see that the expression was clearly saying, I didn't expect you to dare to come.
Soon, the door was pushed open, and Li Ruofei just stepped into the room and said, "I don't know what the Lord of Shao asked me to come here today?" ”
The county lord walked over and sat down at the table full of food, "Presumably Miss Li hasn't eaten yet, this county lord just wants to invite Miss Li to have a meal, that's all." ”
Li Ruofei watched the county lord eat in front of her, and anger suddenly ignited in his heart, "If the county lord is really like this, Miss Ben will not accompany him." ”
After speaking, Li Ruofei got up and wanted to leave.
The county lord's face was flat, he finished a mouthful of food in his hand and sent it to his mouth, took a sip of tea, and said casually: "The county lord didn't plan to let you accompany him, but next time, the county lord doesn't mind burning the Puyin Temple again." ”
Before Li Ruofei left with his front feet, she heard the county lord say that she had burned the Puyin Temple. The last time she heard about the fire in Puyin Temple, she felt that something was wrong, and she guessed that it must have been done by the county lord, but she had no evidence. Unexpectedly, the county lord actually admitted it in front of her today.
However, since the county lord dared to admit it frankly in front of her, then she could really do what she said if she burned Puyin Temple again, how could she bear it? She was furious, "How dare you? ”
"Why wouldn't I? Could it be that Miss Li's heart hurts? Oh, the lord of this county remembered, I heard that Miss Li spent a lot of money on rebuilding Puyin Temple last time. It seems that that this place is very valued by Miss Li. ”
Li Ruofei completely forgot to leave at the moment, "So what?" ”
The county lord put down the chopsticks in his hand and smiled meaningfully, "The county lord's favorite thing to do in his life is to destroy what others love. ”
Li Ruofei looked at the county lord's slightly squinted eyes, full of coolness, I don't know if it was her hallucination, she felt full of killing intent from the county lord's eyes, and this kind of killing intent can only be possessed by people with a deep hatred of blood.
The anger in Li Ruofei's heart was suddenly frozen, she looked at the cold and beautiful woman in front of her, and clenched her fists, "It depends on whether Lord Shao has this ability." ”
"For Miss Li's words today, the county lord will go all out." The county lord poured himself a glass of wine and drank it in front of Li Ruofei.
Since she was a child, who dared not to take her Li Ruofei in her eyes, seeing that the county lord was eating and drinking in front of her, she didn't care about her face at all, and she didn't have any respect for her at all, she gritted her teeth and asked: "County lord, what are you calling me here today?" ”
The county lord smiled, it seems that this Li Ruofei is quite reasonable, such a person is very troublesome to deal with. The county lord rubbed his head, dealing with smart people is really a headache, and he is the kind of person who is so smart that he is treacherous.
"What? Didn't Miss Li just leave? ”
Li Ruofei held back his anger and pretended to be calm: "Because I think the county lord has something to say." After speaking, Li Ruofei walked to the table and sat down, and poured himself a glass of wine.
"Hahaha, since Miss Li has sat down, the county lord will sell you face. Actually, I called you today to tell you......"
The county lord deliberately didn't finish his words, she watched Li Ruofei calmly bring the wine glass to her mouth, and before she could finish drinking the first glass of wine, the county lord continued, "Don't fight Ziwei's idea, he is now my person." ”
Hearing this, Li Ruofei's expression froze, and the hand holding the wine glass froze for a moment, "What if it's your person?" I don't care about that. As long as his heart is still with me, you will always be a loser. Li Ruofei looked at the undrunk glass of wine in his hand and drank it heavily.
When the county lord heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity, it's a pity, time passes, and people's hearts will always change." ”
Li Ruofei couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart when he heard the county lord's lamenting tone. She would send someone to deliver a letter to Chen Ziwei almost every once in a while, and Chen Ziwei would reply to her every time, but what did the county lord mean by this today?
"Could it be you? Did you move those letters? ”
The county lord ignored Li Ruofei and ate by herself, she had been closed in the study for a long time, and she hadn't eaten yet.
Li Ruofei was ignored again, her heart was full of anger, she wanted to kill her with her own hands immediately, but she was helpless now, she couldn't, she couldn't mess up all the plans of Shangshu Mansion because of her momentary anger.
Li Ruofei looked at the county lord who completely ignored her, and said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you do it, anyway, you won't be arrogant for a few days." Forming a party for personal gain, colluding with powerful ministers, and attempting to rebel, this time I am afraid that Her Majesty the Empress will not be able to save you, maybe Her Majesty the Empress is planning to ask you for the guilt, after all, our Majesty the Empress hates forming a party for personal gain the most in his life. ”
After speaking, Li Ruofei got up and left happily.
The county lord completely ignored her departure, and after eating and drinking, the county lord called the guy, and after the guy came up, she said with satisfaction: "Yipinlou is worthy of being Yipinlou, I invited Miss Li here today, and she has been praising the food here for being good." ”
The county lord took out three ingots of silver and handed them to the guy, who happily took the silver, "Guest officer, you have given too much." ”
The county lord looked at the guy, "Not much, not much, the rest is your errand fee." With that, the county lord came out of the room.
When the guy heard this, he smiled happily, looked at the figure of the county lord leaving, and said, "Guest officer, welcome to come again next time." ”
After the county lord generously came out of the first building, then a figure also came out of the first building.
After the matter was done, the county lord originally wanted to go to General Chen's mansion to see the situation, but after thinking about it, General Chen was now on the cusp, so it was better not to go, so the county lord went back to the house alone.
As soon as the county lord stepped into the gate of the county king's mansion, someone in the palace came to pass the decree, saying that it was to let the county lord enter the palace to face the saint.
The county lord saw that it was Xiao Kuang beside the empress's aunt who passed the decree, so he asked, "What did the empress's aunt say?" ”
Xiao Kuang also watched the county lord grow up, and when he saw the county lord taking the initiative to ask him, Xiao Kuang replied truthfully: "County lord, you ...... this time Alas, Her Majesty the Empress was forced to ask by hundreds of officials today, and she was very angry. Be careful, Lord of the County. ”
"Father-in-law Kuang, this matter is really not my doing." The county lord explained.
Can Xiao Kuang's father-in-law not know in his heart? But now it doesn't matter who it is, it's how the matter is resolved. "The old slave knows the county master's temperament, and he believes in you. Also, when you see Her Majesty the Empress later, you must say it well, and don't get angry. ”
The county lord knew that now that someone dared to charge her with a crime, it showed that the forces surging behind her had begun to act, and she just hoped that the empress's aunt could see through this and stop blocking her footsteps.
Soon, the county lord arrived at the imperial study.
Xiao Kuang stood outside the door, looked at the county lord worriedly, and couldn't help but remind, "Remember what the old slave just said." ”
The county lord pushed open the door of the imperial study and walked in. Xiao Kuang closed the door of the imperial study and guarded outside.
The empress was looking at the folds, and there were two full stacks of folds on the desk, and she was looking at them with her head buried in them, her face extremely gloomy.
The county lord stepped forward and saluted very politely, "Aunt Empress is well." ”
The Empress glanced up at her, "I'm not good at all. ”
Then the Empress beckoned to her and motioned for her to come forward. So the lord stepped forward and went to the table.
The Empress pointed to the fold on the table and said, "See for yourself." ”
Then, the county lord very obediently picked up the fold and flipped through it. The Empress tried her best to calm the anger in her heart.
After a long time, when the county lord finished reading the folds, the empress spoke: "Tell me the truth, did you do this?" ”
The county lord looked at the woman in front of him, whose hair was half gray, and his heart was mixed. She could see from the Empress Aunt's eyes that she didn't want this to be her doing, and she also gave the Empress Aunt the answer she wanted, "Aunt Empress, it wasn't Xuan'er's doing. ”
"Then why do the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty say that you secretly collude with the courtiers and form a party for personal gain?"
The county lord just watched the recital, and even the most upright courtiers on weekdays said that she had colluded with General Chen's mansion for a long time, and now she was at a loss for words, so she could only reply weakly: "Xuan'er doesn't know." ”
The empress saw that the county lord did not look like she had done anything wrong from beginning to end, but it reminded her of her younger brother Yuxin, who had been dead for many years, worthy of being a father and daughter, really similar, the same eyes, the same stubbornness.
At that time, the frontier rebelled, the border people were struggling, as the lord of a country, she could not show favoritism, Shao Xin, as a general, had to go to quell the chaos. Yuxin lived a frightened life in the house every day, waiting for Shao Xin's return every day.
The empress grew up watching the county lord, and the stubbornness that flowed out of her bones and never looked back until the end of the road could not hide her.
She looked at the county lord, her fingers trembling slightly on the table, and got up, "Xuan'er, tell my aunt, what do you want?" Is it really as it is said out there that you really want ...... Throne? ”
The Empress didn't know how she said the last two words, she only knew that the lord of the county suddenly knelt in front of her when he heard these two words.
The empress closed her eyes and said bitterly: "However, the throne cannot be given to you." ”
The county lord knelt on the cold ground, his eyes moistened, "Aunt Empress, aunt, how can you trust Xuan'er, Xuan'er really doesn't have that idea." ”
The empress stepped forward and said, "Then why do you pretend that you don't know martial arts and don't understand the government, ruin your reputation everywhere, and hide the fact that you went to Dali Temple to kill people?" Isn't the purpose to convince me that you have nothing to do every day, and that you can't make a big deal, so that I can let my guard down on you? ”
In the face of the empress's aunt's questioning, the county lord had nothing to say, and in the face of the empress's aunt's questioning, the county lord's heart was dripping blood, like countless needle cones, deeply pierced in her heart.