The prison of the Criminal Department was dark everywhere, and the candles lit by the paths between the prisons flickered a few times from time to time in the darkness, but it looked eerie. The wind blew through the bars of the high wall, squeezing into the cells through small gaps, and gradually in the autumn season, the people in the prison were dressed in single clothes, and they were not desolate in the cold wind as cruel as snakes.

Lu Shuping sat in a pile of grass, constantly forcing to the corner, even though he had been in the limelight for a while, calling for wind and rain under the shadow of the prince and the prime minister, but now it was time to repay. Liang Jian had already tried his best to save him from torture a few times, but under the deterrence of the saint, the Criminal Department didn't know how many pairs of eyes he had grown, so he couldn't send him in.

"Lord Liang is working hard."

"If you really think that the lower officials are hard, don't look for so many things, the lower officials really can't hold on."

At night, the silence in the prison was infiltrating, the sound of the key opening the chain and the iron door was extremely abrupt in the silence, and there was not a single jailer in the corridor of the prison, but two people came in front of him. In front is Liang Jian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the one in the back is covered and dressed in black, so he can't see his identity.

Liang Jian led the way, led people to the cell where Lu Shuping was held, opened the lock lightly, and turned to look at the man in black: "Hurry up, there are eyes and ears everywhere." With that, he hurried out.

I have to say that Liang Jian still took some effort, Lu Shuping's cell was at the bottom of the entire prison, and only Shangshu and Shilang of the Criminal Department could come in when they opened the door, and this door separated a lot of eyeliner.

Lu Shuping heard the sound but didn't look back, but shrank back into the corner. The man took a few steps closer, crouched down in front of the man, stretched out his hand and patted him, his voice was very low. "Lord Lu, Lord Lu?"

Lu Shuping still ignored him, this time he couldn't help it, the man roughly pulled the person's collar and coerced the person to face him. "Lord Lu, I'm sorry, I'm here to ask you a few words on the orders of my master."

"I won't tell anyone who asks, please go back."

The man's hand paused, and then he smiled: "Lord Lu misunderstood, my master wants to save you, you say this, what does it have to do with old things?" Whoever does the errand can't do everything, this is just a momentary mistake, and you are involved in a fraud case, we all feel wronged for you. ”

Lu Shuping sneered, and said: "Please go back, whoever asks me won't say, how to convict is decided by the Criminal Department." ”

The man laughed even more happily: "Poof, Lord Lu, do you still think Liang Jian can save you?" Does he dare to save you? Our master has a good heart, and he can't see the talented being wronged, don't be ignorant! ”

Lu Shuping didn't blink his eyes, secretly scolded Chu Qiu in his heart, exhaled a long breath, and said, "I won't say anything if anyone asks, please go back." ”

It's this sentence again! The man scolded secretly, but he couldn't say no, what he wanted was Lu Shuping who didn't ask, but Lu Shuping said it three times, how could it still not be trusted......

Lu Shuping hid in the shadows, his eyes kept staring at the man, and he didn't let go of any clues, and he understood at this time. He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Tell your master, don't worry, Lu is not a villain like him." ”

The man clenched his fists and got up violently, looked condescendingly at the embarrassed person on the ground, and snorted for a long time: "It's better to be like this!" ”

King An's mansion was shrouded in gloomy clouds and thick fog, and the ground was full of broken porcelain, but no one came in to clean it up, as early as when Qin Sui summoned Chen Yu and Xue Jilai, he gave a death order, and no one could approach without summoning him.

There was another crisp sound, this was the sixth ornament smashed by Qin Sui, but Chen Yu and Xue Ji were both from rich families, and it was faintly painful to look at the value of a place.

Xue Ji secretly sighed in his heart that the prince was vicious, and he had to tear the Liu family into the water in the court struggle, which was too ......

This matter should also be mentioned in the early court today, the super meeting dealt with the major affairs in Kyushu as usual, and asked about the progress of the fraud case, and when it was almost time to retire from the court, a four-grade petty official of the Ministry of Rites stepped forward without knowing whether he was alive or dead.

"There is a matter of ministers, King An's biological mother Liu has served in the harem for many years, inherited the favor and gave birth to the emperor's heir, and the mother should be rewarded with a son, and His Majesty has avoided mentioning it for a long time, the eldest son's biological mother is only a talented person, and the minister is afraid of attracting criticism from the world, so he risked his death."

At that time, everyone in the court was surprised, and turned to look at Qin Heng on the seat in horror, Qin Xu also turned his head to look at Yu Huan, and asked him with his eyes, "Your person?" Yu Huan waved his hand several times to deny it, and it was not the first day of the court, how could he not think of touching this brow.

When Qin Heng was furious, the people in the palace knelt on the ground, but there were so many people who buried their heads and probed left and right, if they were attentive, they naturally found the obvious smile on the face of the crown prince Qin Chong.

Not only did the Liu family not get the position they deserved, but they were also locked up by Qin Heng's decree, if it weren't for a few old ministers to stop them, it was not impossible for Qin Heng to give people to death in a moment of anger. Qin Sui knelt on the ground, his body trembled constantly, and his palms were tightly clenched with blood marks, but he didn't say a word. His father wants to kill his mother, his father is the lord of the world, and his mother is just a maid of the sinner palace, how can he stop him?

Chen Yu watched the person sit on the chair depressedly, he gave up smashing to vent his anger, and buried his head on his knees with his arms around him, obviously a noble prince, but how to look lonely, how fragile he looked. Chen Yu has been following King An into the court and into the wine shop to talk about the government and the moon for many years, and the friendship is by no means comparable to others, the scene in front of him Xue Ji just frowned and pondered, but Chen Yu did not have the leisure to think so much, and the distress and tears forced him into his nose to teach him to almost suffocate.

"Master......"

Qin Sui raised his head slightly, clenched Chen Yu's outstretched hand, his cold fingertips touched the warmth of Chen Yu's palm, and he tightened his five fingers even more greedily, trying to use this temperature to numb the pain, loss, and even despair in his heart.

Both of them stopped making a sound, holding it so tightly as if time had stood still, Xue Ji looked at it in his eyes, and inexplicably felt that there was an extra layer of estrangement between him, and he didn't know how to open his mouth to break the tranquility of this moment.

When Qin Sui gradually eased up, he slowly let go of his hand, raised his head again, smoothed out the traces of the folds where the pillow had passed, and was full of hesitation when he spoke, as if he was in a dilemma. "Ben Wang...... What to do? ”

Xue Ji was left aside for so long and finally found a space to speak, got up and arched his hand, and said: "Lord Wang, only by enduring what ordinary people can't endure can you become what ordinary people can't." ”

"Why endure?" Chen Yu couldn't see Qin Sui's pain the most, and the prince pressed forward step by step, and this time he was even more ruthless, according to his opinion, he should fight back, what kind of fraud cases and idle court cases are all poked out, can the first queen's concubine be bigger than the sky!

Xue Jidao: "No matter how you fight back at this time, the prince is at most ineffective, and his prince's position is still there, and he can call for a day of wind and rain." His shot this time was to warn the prince, the prince endured it, let him provoke the wind and rain, and it was really a good plan to kill him with one blow when he made a move. ”

Endure the pain of the moment to avoid the worry of a hundred days, who doesn't understand this, but ...... "This master is too aggrieved?" ”

Xue Ji didn't answer again, he said the pros and cons clearly, and he also knew that everyone had affection, but if King An didn't care about it for a long time for the sake of temporary joy and sorrow...... It's time for him to change his court.

Qin Sui's eyebrows sank, he stood up with the handrail, paced in front of the two of them for a moment, and finally fixed his eyes on Xue Ji: "According to your words, if this king endures it, what should he do?" ”

"At the end of next month, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be a thousand years." Xue Ji felt the gaze cast at him, lowered his head and responded: "The prince has presented it with a generous gift to show his heart, and the prince will definitely be able to understand." ”

Qin Sui thought for a moment and said, "According to what you said, you will go with this king for the Qianqiu banquet next month." ”

Xue Jigang responded, but Chen Yu was anxious: "Master, didn't the ministers go with you in previous years?" ”

After saying this, it seemed that he sensed that something was wrong, Chen Yu's face was a little hot, he turned around and sat on the side, picked up the teacup and poured it, lowering his eyebrows to hide the helplessness in his eyes.

"Poof." Qin Sui's gloom was swept away, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he looked at people like this. "Ziliang, don't be careful, isn't this afraid that you won't be able to hold your breath and see that this king is aggrieved? It's okay not to go, but you will look uncomfortable again. ”

"But the prince Qianqiu invited all dignitaries, and Qingzhi has no official position yet, which will inevitably make people look down on ......"

Qin Sui looked at Xue Ji, obviously wanting him to decide for himself. Xue Ji understood, bowed his head and said: "Brother Ziliang, don't worry, I'm not a dignitary, but the noble words are still on the top." ”

Then Chen Yu went back to the household department, Qin Sui asked people to invite Rong Che, Xue Ji came out of King An's mansion, it was not three minutes past at this time, he was not in a hurry to return to the house, thinking that it was still early to ride a horse and wanted to go to the jewelry shop in the west of the city to add some pearls and jade to Shen Yurong.

Xue Ji was galloping along the streets, and when he reached the bend, he just turned into the crossing and was caught off guard by an oncoming carriage, and it was too late to rein in the horse, so he quickly turned the direction and rubbed against the wall on the side, the horse was frightened and raised his front hooves and neighed, Xue Ji got off the horse a little embarrassed, and followed the hair to appease it.

The carriage stopped, the curtain opened a corner, and the face inside was revealed, which made Xue Ji startled, and the person sitting in the carriage was Qin Xu, the king of Ning. Remembering that I heard King An talk about it before, King Ning Qin Xu was notoriously moody, and he couldn't help but feel stunned from the bottom of his heart.

"The grass people visited His Royal Highness King Ning, which frightened King Ning, and hoped that the prince would forgive his sins."

Qin Xu frowned slightly, rummaged through this face in his memory, and then saw that the person was not dressed like a poor family, and had a slight impression: "You are ...... On King An's house? ”

Xue Ji was taken aback, lowered his head and responded: "King Huining, exactly." ”

Qin Xu suddenly chuckled: "Are you still the one who makes things difficult for the shopkeeper in the idle court?" ”

Xue Ji was even more shocked, and one of the hands holding the reins almost let go. "Even the prince knows about this?"

"Hey, it's obviously a prodigal son, why are you cautious? I lost myself in vain. ”

These words seemed to be auditory hallucinations, Xue Ji looked up and saw that the curtain had been closed, the coachman nodded at him, and then drove away. Xue Ji stood in place, looking at the carriage and horses in the distance, and didn't know what to think for a while, and fell into deep thought.