Shangjing, the Imperial Palace, Xingqing Palace.

The little eunuch trotted in, holding a wooden tray in his hand, raised it above his head, and knelt down steadily.

"Your Majesty, it's from Xingping." The great eunuch Wang De took a secret letter from a flying pigeon on the tray, waved his hand to let the little eunuch retreat, and turned to the people on the throne.

His voice was steady and steady, and it seemed a little loud in this empty and silent Xingqing Palace, but this timbre was just right to the ears of the people on the throne.

The people who serve in the palace know that His Majesty can't hear one ear today, so the voice must be slightly louder, but not too big, if His Majesty notices that the people below deliberately raise their voices to speak, I am afraid that this person will die without a place to be buried.

Sure enough, the person in the upper position did not say anything, and said in a deep voice: "Present it." ”

Wang De leaned up, walked slowly and steadily towards the imperial case, held the secret letter in both hands, and presented it.

Emperor Zhengxuan Zhao Mingjing raised his head from the imperial case, a trace of exhaustion flashed on his thin face, he is now only thirty or six years old, he is in the prime of life, but there is a weak old state between his eyebrows, the hand that stretched out to take the secret letter is thin and pale, and before he has time to look at it, he first hides his face and coughs twice.

Wang De couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body." ”

Zhao Mingjing coughed twice and stopped, opened the secret letter and took a closer look.

The great eunuch Wang De felt a trace of unbearability and resentment in his heart, he had been following and serving since the emperor was still the prince, and he clearly knew that His Majesty was also strong and healthy, and he could gallop on horseback and draw a bow and shoot arrows. If it weren't for a big war in the first emperor's dynasty, he wouldn't have injured his body and fallen ill, and after so many years of careful recuperation, his body bones still couldn't be formed, and even one ear was ......

"Smack!" There was a sound on the royal case, and the slightly distracted Wang De's spirit was immediately called back, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

Emperor Zhengxuan has been on the throne for six years, but his temper has become more and more strange, and even he, a person who has served since he was a child, has become more and more unable to understand the joy and anger of this master.

Wang De suddenly cheered up his spirits, and he didn't know what was written on the secret letter, which made His Majesty angry, and he didn't dare to ask or look up.

"Ahem", Emperor Zhengxuan first coughed twice, and then his voice suppressed his anger sounded: "Greedy!" It's greed again! When my law is pretty?! ”

"The emperor is happy and angry." Wang De persuaded and explained, it is clear in his heart that His Majesty hates the word "greed" the most, and since he ascended the throne, there is no one who does not punish corrupt officials.

This dynasty has been more than a hundred years now, although the outside looks prosperous and prosperous, the inside is actually not what it was at the beginning, and it is full of holes that can not be called, but how many years down, the treasury is empty, and there are many things that have corrupted and degenerated officials, especially in the later period of the first emperor, the court has a clear and secret struggle, and the torrent is surging, which really hurts a lot of vitality.

Therefore, since Emperor Zhengxuan ascended the throne, he has ruthlessly rectified the rule of officials, and punished corruption even more severely.

Emperor Zhengxuan seemed to calm down, and when he spoke again, his tone was not as angry as just now: "Wang De, you said that a small magistrate, how can he be greedy for thousands of taels of gold?" ”

This is to answer by himself, Wang De said thoughtfully: "The slave has heard a saying, three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, even if there is a knife hanging on his head, in front of the white flowery silver, there is no one who is not moved." ”

"Good, good." Emperor Zhengxuan sneered at the corner of his mouth, "I want to see, he has a few heads that are enough to cut off." ”

"Your Majesty, but the county order of Naxingping ......?" Wang De asked tentatively.

Emperor Zhengxuan's expression was full of gloom: "Check, check for me!" ”

"Yes." Wang De understood, bowed his head, and lowered his hand in response.

"And." Emperor Zhengxuan spoke again, "Does King Qingjun have anything to do with this matter, find out." ”

Xingping, Zhao House.

Liuli finally woke up completely.

"You're awake." On the side of the bed, Zhao Mingxu looked at her with a smile.

Liuli was in a trance for a while, and then the scenes before the coma came into her mind one after another, and she instantly remembered the knife that stabbed the coral, and jumped up with a bang, and immediately involved the unhealed wound on her shoulder.

"Hiss~" She snorted softly and sat back down at once.

"Don't move!" Zhao Mingxu hurriedly held her down, frowned and scolded: "The wound is not healed yet." ”

Liuli didn't have the strength to struggle, she was obediently pressed on the bed, and after the pain just now, she hurriedly asked, "How is the coral?" There is also amber grass. ”

"Your sister is fine", Zhao Mingxu said, "They are all fine, they are living with me now." ”

Liuli instantly relieved her heart, remembering that before she fainted, she seemed to see this person's face: "You saved us?" ”

"Well," Zhao Mingxu nodded, "I happened to have something to do that night, and when I passed by there, I heard shouting inside, so I went in." ”

In the middle of the night, where did he go and what was he doing? This is obviously a flawed explanation, but Liuli can't think deeply: "What about the villain? Caught it? ”

Zhao Mingxu said: "Caught it." ”

"Why did he kill me?" Ruri asked the doubts in her heart.

"Tian Jiaoxiang sent it, I didn't intend to kill you, but I just wanted to ruin your face, and then catch it back and torture it." Zhao Mingxu said lightly.

Liuli subconsciously stroked his face and stammered: "He, is it for Shunfangzhai?" ”

Zhao Mingxu's expression was indifferent: "Do you know her relationship with Shun Fangzhai?" Although it is a question sentence, the tone is affirmative.

Ruri nodded: "I know, but I didn't expect her to be like this...... Wild. ”

I thought that the shopkeeper of Shun Fangzhai was sued by himself in prison, which could be regarded as a lesson for the people behind the scenes, telling the other party that she Song Liuli was not blindly easy to bully, and let the other party restrain herself, but I didn't expect the other party to be so vicious...... If it weren't for the person in front of her, she really didn't dare to think about what would happen that night......

"Now you know you're scared?" Zhao Mingxu couldn't see the joy and anger in his expression, and said faintly: "If you hadn't dodged in time, this knife would have been cut here." ”

As he spoke, his fingertips ran lightly across his glassy pale cheeks.

In an instant, Liuli was like an electric shock, and a strange feeling rose from the place where her face was touched, and she turned her head quite uncomfortably, and her mouth snorted twice, but she didn't make a sound.

However, my stomach growled unseasonably, and I was hungry.

Liuli was already embarrassed, but now she was even more shy and red at the root of her ears.

Zhao Mingxu chuckled: "I'll ask someone to prepare some food for you." ”

At this time, it was almost dusk, and Liuli had basically not eaten anything since she was in a coma last night, but she wouldn't be hungry.

Zhao Mingxu said and was about to get up.

"That ......," Ruri whispered, and the latter stopped, as if waiting for her to say something.

"Thank you for saving me again."

Zhao Mingxu smiled faintly: "Keep it and return it slowly." ”

"Also," Ruri added, "I'd like to meet Amber and them." ”

"Okay." Zhao Mingxu said yes and went out.