The next day, at ten o'clock at noon, Chu Nian stood at the door of the Huainan Palace, and the guards who greeted him thought that Chu Nian was here to find the King of Huainan, so he hurriedly said: "County Lord, ...... early dynasty."

Chu Nian waved his hand to interrupt her words, and said with a smile: "Last time I had a good chat with a lady in the palace, this time I came to visit that lady. ”

Hearing Chu Nian talk about "a lady", the guards instantly thought of the new concubine who was in the limelight in the palace at the moment, saying that it was given to the prince by the queen mother half a year ago, and she was still a descendant of the Shen family, but she didn't expect that her appearance and background were average, and she could actually get into the eyes of the prince who read countless women, and specially instructed the people in the palace not to make it difficult for her.

He didn't dare to slack off, and said: "The county lord will wait, and his subordinates will go down to report." ”

"No need." A happy voice came from behind the guard, Chu Nian looked over the guard's figure, it was Xiao Lan, who was dressed properly and was about to go out, at this moment she was looking at Chu Nian with joy in her eyes, and even ignored the maid who followed behind her, "County Lord, you really came to see me." ”

Chu Nian smiled lightly and said, "Since it is a matter of promising to Mrs., how can you not honor it?" ”

Saying this, Xiaolan's hand had already wrapped Chu Nian's arm without any difference, and the two walked towards the cabinet with a smile and a smile, as if the relationship was very good, so shocked that the eyes of all the subordinates who didn't look down on Xiaolan's identity on weekdays fell to the ground.

The two walked into Xiaolan's room, and Xiaolan's master waved his hand to tell the accompanying maid to retreat, and the maid was also conscientious at the moment, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.

After confirming that everyone had gone away, Xiaolan looked back at Chu Nian with a smile on his face, landed on his knees, and slammed his head twice, "Thank you for the county lord's help, the county lord's great kindness Xiaolan will never forget it." ”

Chu Nian nodded, "It's also that you have a good heart, and you haven't been blinded by this little power in front of you." ”

Xiaolan stood up, but didn't sit down, just diligently served Chu Nian to drink tea and eat snacks, and said: "Xiaolan is struggling in the palace these days, and those subordinates will bully Xiaolan while the prince is away, and thanks to the county lord, after today, I am afraid that those subordinates will no longer dare to bully Xiaolan." ”

There was also sincere gratitude in her voice, but Chu Nian didn't answer her words, just looked at her with deep eyes: "Today, I came to you, in fact, I have other things to ask you." ”

Xiaolan immediately looked at Chu Nian with a straight face, "County Lord, please speak." ”

Chu Nian picked up the teacup and put it to his mouth, and his red lips hooked up a meaningful smile.

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In the court, the ministers were arguing about the assassination of Chen Lao in the literary examination, but none of them talked about the key points, and most of them were talking about whether to start a war with Western Chu, after all, the illusion came from Western Chu, and I was afraid that the person who used the illusion in the literary examination was the spy sent by Western Chu to Daliang.

Wang Zixuan stood silently beside the emperor and watched the ministers arguing, his face gloomy and he couldn't see anything else; Old Chen stood aside without caring about himself, anyway, it was the crown prince Ming Xiu who was injured...... That kid is clamoring every day to marry his granddaughter, how can he do it without giving something? What's more, a big man, but it was his arm that hurt.

But the next King Huainan showed a bit of sarcasm on his face, Wang Zixuan didn't speak, and he didn't open his mouth either, until Wang Zixuan couldn't help but shout so noisily and angrily in the court: "Shut up for me!" ”

Only then did the ministers honestly stand aside, and no one dared to speculate anymore.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, Wang Zixuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and was just about to say something, when he saw King Huainan on the side and said lukewarmly: "Why can't it be that Western Chu colluded with internal thieves to lead to today's results?" ”

Wang Zixuan looked at the face of King Huainan fixedly, and King Huainan's eyes also fell on him fixedly, "Back then, it was said that King Muhai died of a sudden illness, and this king still felt strange, if it was an infectious disease, the palace had its own imperial doctor, why couldn't the patient be isolated in time?" King Muhai was destroyed, and the only Lord of Muhai County was also silent, if it was a disease that left hundreds of people in the palace, why was the disease not infected by the people? ”

"That's a prince...... King Huainan glanced at Wang Zixuan meaningfully, and turned to delusional Shen Dui, "I heard that at that time, Lord Shen went to Tingchuan to visit King Mu Hai, and he also had a secret relationship with King Mu Hai's concubine, but in the end he came back quietly, but a few days after Lord Shen came back, King Muhai's whole family died violently, speaking of which, it was really a coincidence......"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers immediately whispered, and even looked at Shen Dui differently, but Shen Dui had been distracted from beginning to end, and now that the blame had been pushed on himself, he was still sitting in a wheelchair, and his brows had never wrinkled.

Wang Zixuan coughed lightly, the court regained its silence again, Shen Duan came back to his senses, frowned and glanced at Wang Zixuan, and then said: "The prince laughed, at that time, the lower officials were only six grades, so naturally they didn't dare to climb the county lord, and after staying for a while, they naturally came back, but as for the illness of King Muhai's family, the lower officials were also very sorry, King Muhai was also a virtuous person back then, but it's a pity." ”

After Shen Dui said this without blushing and heartbeat, he saw King Huainan looking at him with a smile, and at the end, he shook his head and said: "If you said this in the past, this king might have believed it, but now, everyone has heard the rumors in the capital, what is going on with your sister, compared to not this king himself to say it, right?" ”

As early as half a year ago, Shen Ruan's body was broken has spread throughout the capital, and even children in the streets and alleys have compiled this matter into poetry and sang, several versions, the most ferocious is that the county lord was in prison that day, Shen Ruan wanted to take advantage of the danger of people, and specially sent someone to the cell to spoil the unequaled county lord, but for some reason he appeared in the cell, and was ruined by the people he arranged, and lost his innocence.

What's more, he found out that Chu Nian was almost killed many times before, all of which were related to Shen Ruan, Shen Ruan's reputation is completely stinky, and now people in the capital say that the second mother of the Shen family is a vicious person, even if it is posted upside down, no one wants it.

King Huainan sneered lightly, "I can teach a sister who is a good teacher, this king doesn't think that your sanctimonious face is real." ”

Shen Duan is a member of the Wang family, and King Huainan's move is undoubtedly deliberately pushing Shen Duan to the forefront, which is equivalent to arguing with the Wang family in disguise, but the people themselves did not knock on the real hammer, but just used rumors to push Shen Duan into the abyss in a few words.

Several officials of the Shen family's side branch also chose to be silent at this moment, how rude and capricious the eldest lady of the main family is, everyone knows it, but because of the blood relationship, Shen Ruan swallows his anger, but Shen Ruan will never be satisfied, either to go to the side family to ask for this and that, or to bully men and women with confidence, at this moment the main family is in trouble, the side branch is not only because they can't help, but also because they have already given birth to the mind of severing themselves with the main family.

Wang Zixuan glanced at Shen Duan gloomily, and then turned his eyes to look at King Huainan, "Lord Wang, it is said that it is a rumor, why bother to bring it up in such an important effort to delay the time of the early dynasty?" ”

Wang Zixuan also figured it out at this moment, he couldn't help the rumors about the Shen family, but it was still a trivial matter to help Shen Duan divert his attention, after all, he still had some use, besides, the Shen family and the Wang family had cooperated for so many years, and they had already become grasshoppers on a rope, so they couldn't be lost because of a little rumor, right?

Seeing Wang Zixuan speak, King Huainan sneered, and didn't say anything more, Shen Duan frowned, when he went out this morning, he met Wang's cold face, he was in a bad mood enough, and the signs of King Huainan were coincidentally aimed at him again? And about the matter of the literary examination, he also heard Chu Nian say it, if you say that the person who uses illusion, isn't it his Huainan Palace? Why is he able to take care of the relationship so easily?

But at the moment, the other party is the prince, even if he is relied on by Wang Zixuan in the court, he is just a fourth-grade official, if the prince wants to pinch him to death with one finger, will the Wang family help him for this chess piece, even if they really help, the king of Huainan has seized the opportunity, will he give up easily? At that time, even if the Shen family is not destroyed, it will have to retire, and the gains outweigh the losses.

So Shen Duan had to be silent and didn't say anything, but in his heart he regretted that he had spoiled Shen Ruan too much because of the early death of his parents, and people were spoiled by him, and now he is also harming others and himself.

The early dynasty retreated in such an unpleasant atmosphere, and the officials left in twos and threes, but Shen Du did not see Liu Qi who helped him up and down the steps on weekdays, he stayed in front of the steps for an unknown amount of time, Liu Qi walked slowly past him, but he didn't even look at him.

Shen Du frowned, "Brother Liu? ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi turned around as if he had just noticed Shen Dui, and saw him sitting in a wheelchair looking at the steep steps in front of him with an embarrassed face, and then suddenly realized: "I'm sorry Brother Shen, I was careless." ”

Liu Qi walked behind Shen Dui and resisted Shen Dui, Shen Dui was surprised by this different way of going down the stairs than usual, and felt that Liu Qi under him began to run, and in the bumps, Shen Dui almost vomited all the medicine he drank in the morning.

finally managed to get to the bottom of the steps, and saw Liu Qi put the wheelchair on the ground, and with a flick of his arm, Shen Dui's body hit the hard wheelchair, causing Shen Dui to snort.

After a while, seeing Liu Qi who was about to abandon him again, Shen Dui suppressed the pain and said, "Brother Liu, between you and me, what can't you say well?" ”

Shen Du really couldn't understand that someone who was fine yesterday didn't want to see him like this today? On weekdays, he carefully carried him down the steps, but today it was a bump and a loss for him, he Shen Du was not blind or stupid, Liu Qi's opinions on him were almost written on his face.

Hearing this, Liu Qicai stopped, turned his eyes and smirked: "Brother Shen, we can't always rely on me, right?" What if something happens to me someday? Brother Shen should learn to do it himself. ”

After speaking, Liu Qi turned around and wanted to leave, refusing to give Shen Du a chance to speak, Shen Duan lowered his head and figured out the meaning of Liu Qi's words, frowned and looked at Liu Qi's back silently, and after a while, he pursed his lips and slowly pushed the wheelchair away.

When Dark San told Chu Nian about this, he almost laughed, and Ming Xiu on the side also knocked melon seeds and looked at Chu Nian's smiling face, thoughtfully, after a while, he saw that Dark San seemed to be speechless, so he coughed lightly, and Dark San immediately closed his mouth and retreated honestly.

Only then did Ming Xiu turn his gaze to Chu Nian, and said softly: "Shen Dui is deflated, are you so happy?" ”

Chu Nian looked at him openly, "Lord Muhai is really pitiful, isn't it very good to be punished by a scumbag like Shen Duan?" For the sake of the people of the world, it is better for us to get rid of this scourge as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Ming Xiu took her hand funny, "You are a good princess who cares about the people." ”

Chu Nian's face suddenly turned red, and his voice softened a little inexplicably, "What did Your Highness say, when did I become the crown princess, Your Highness can be regarded as arbitrary?" ”

Ming Xiu smiled and reached out to scratch her nose, "You will be sooner or later." ”