A few days after Chu Ruojun said this to Hu Xiaolin, the fact that she appeared alone in Jiangnan still did not escape the emperor's eyes.

For this reason, she didn't even have contact with Zhaoyang, and she has been living in the dart game, but she was passed back by the emperor's eyeliner that was secretly protected by Zhaoyang in Jiangnan.

The emperor ordered her to return to the imperial city several times, and Chu Ruojun felt that if she didn't go back, the emperor would order her to be arrested, or put pressure on the parents and officials in Suzhou City, so she returned to the imperial city with a complicated heart.

Before going back, Hu Xiaolin was worried about her and asked Li Yekai to accompany her.

He couldn't help but worry: "If the emperor embarrass you, and you are maneuvering, master, I will rescue you even if I rob the prison, not just for you, but your father and your husband are both fighting on the front line, and I should do my best for the people of Chen State, and I can't make them feel cold." ”

The words moved in my heart, but I grinned on my face: "If I really become a concubine, maybe I can help the dart game." ”

Tiger Xiaolin smiled, "Take care all the way." "Nothing else.

Chu Ruojun and Li Yekai returned to the imperial city, and heard that Shang Yunrou had been sealed an official position, and she was quite close to the queen, and her son was also showing his edge, chasing after his sister's fame. Although the Shang family only has a son and a daughter, they are extremely competitive, soaring, and have a stable career.

When she arrived at the imperial city, Chu Ruojun first took Li Ye back to the General's Mansion, and when she saw her grandmother, her grandmother was happy and worried, touched her cheek and said distressedly: "Thin, thin, thinner than when I left, it's almost skinny." ”

"It's okay, just eat a little more to nourish yourself." Chu Ruojun smiled, glanced at Li Yekai, and said to her grandmother, "This is my junior brother, live here first, and I'll go to see the emperor." ”

The old lady patted Li Yekai's shoulder kindly and praised: "At first glance, he is a good child, he looks so good, grandma likes you at a glance." ”

Li Yekai pursed his lips and smiled, "Thank you, grandma." ”

The old lady smiled, turned to Chu Ruojun again, and couldn't help sighing: "Why do you want to come back, how good it is that you left alone!" ”

Chu Ruojun smiled, "I didn't do anything wrong, why do I want to hide like a thief, besides, I like Jiangnan, I want to stay in the dart game, the name Chu Ruojun has been called for 20 years this year, I wanted to change it for Shen Yi before, but now I want to kill myself at that time, some things are engraved in my bones, I won't change it, since the emperor wants to see me, I'll go see him." ”

"Ruojun, don't contradict the emperor." The old lady couldn't help but add, "It's important to save your life, and you can think of another way to do everything after that." ”

Chu Ruojun smiled at the old lady, "Grandma, don't worry, I will do my best to survive." ”

After saying that, she went back to change her clothes, rarely decorated herself seriously, and saw the saint in a dignified manner.

Thinking of Shen Li being under house arrest in Zhuyuan, they secretly threw rice and meat into it, the days at that time were really difficult, and they did their best every day just to live.

Shen Li summoned Chu Ruojun after the next court, he was still wearing a five-clawed golden dragon dragon robe, the power of the emperor, Chu Ruojun knelt on the ground and saluted, and asked with a cold face without letting her flatten: "Since you are back, why don't you come to report to me, and don't you want the reward I prepared for you?" ”

"The courtiers were confused, thinking that they would wait until their father came back and reward them together." Chu Ruojun's face was expressionless, and her voice echoed in the huge hall, and Lang Lang echoed.

The emperor's expression was on the verge of indifference and anger, but his voice was strangely relaxed: "Okay, now that you're back, the Chu family has made a merit in rescuing the eldest princess, and the position of the concubine will be specially sealed, and the ceremony will be held on a certain day." ”

Chu Ruojun looked at the emperor in horror, panicking in her heart, what should have come is still here.

In the long silence that was depressing, the emperor raised his eyebrows, and his voice did not have the slightest warmth: "What, you don't want to?" ”

Chu Ruojun only felt that her scalp was numb, lowered her eyes, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, there is a question that the courtiers don't understand. ”

The emperor looked at Chu Ruojun for a moment, and lightly spit out a word: "Ask." ”

"Why did the emperor bring Young Marshal Lin to such a dangerous situation?" Chu Ruojun raised her eyes to look at the emperor, "Isn't the emperor afraid that Young Marshal Lin will betray the enemy in order to survive?" ”

The emperor snorted lightly, "I know him, he won't do such a thing." ”

The calm words frightened Chu Ruojun, she frowned, and looked at Shen Li silently, could it be that a loyal martyr was destined to end up like this? She didn't understand.

"I also expected him to be disrespectful." The emperor laughed dryly, "I just found a reason to punish him, break his military power, kill his arrogance, and let him be used by me forever." ”

The corners of Chu Ruojun's mouth twitched involuntarily, still not understanding the meaning of his words, wasn't Lin Changtian used by the emperor?

The emperor saw her doubts, smiled, and said, "He is now loyal to the court, not me!" ”

"If the emperor says so, I'm afraid he is wrong." Chu Ruojun finally couldn't bear it anymore, "If Young Marshal Lin is really only loyal to the imperial court, then he will not participate in the seizure of power and forcing the palace." ”

The emperor looked at her deeply, and sighed in a tone of emotion: "Why don't you understand, he forced the palace not for me, but for you." ”

Chu Ruojun's heart was like a huge stone thrown into the lake, making a dull sound, and her heart slowly sank.

"If Shen Yi hadn't put you under house arrest and let you go, would Lin Changtian still force the palace?" The emperor's fingertips tapped lightly on the armrest, "He won't." ”

Her mind was complicated, and she couldn't distinguish between joy and sorrow, and suddenly shook her head, "This is different. ”

"What's the difference?"

"It is the duty of a courtier to be loyal to the emperor, and if every courtier wants to gather the old ministry and overthrow the new dynasty, it is not a good thing for the royal family and the people." Chu Ruojun's voice was extremely flat, "If the emperor wants to completely subdue Young Marshal Lin, he shouldn't use this method, it will only push him farther and farther." ”

The emperor was furious, slapped his hands, and reprimanded: "How about me, I don't need you to teach!" ”

Chu Ruojun leaned down in fear, "The courtier's crime deserves death, please punish the emperor." ”

Her appearance calmed down the anger in Shen Li's heart a little, and he coughed lightly: "Forget it, I will spare you this time, if there is a next time, I will never spare you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Harem women are not allowed to intervene in the government." The emperor reminded her, "You must always remember. ”

"The courtiers understand." Chu Ruojun lowered her eyes.

When the emperor saw her submissive appearance, his anger disappeared, and he had regained his usual calm, and said lightly: "Let's be even." ”

Chu Ruojun stood up upright and looked at Shen Li, "Can the emperor let the palace people go down?" ”

The emperor glanced at her lightly, and didn't ask what it was, so he waved his hand, "Let's all go down." ”

The palace people didn't dare to delay, and left in a hurry, and the last one to go out closed the door.

The emperor watched her, quietly waiting for her to speak.

Chu Ruojun lowered his eyes, walked towards the emperor step by step, stopped a few steps away from him, and untied his clothes without hurry.

The clothes fell off layer by layer, first the outer robe, then the inner robe, and the emperor pursed his lips and looked at her, silent.

It wasn't until she took off her clothes that Chu Ruojun stopped.

She has a good figure, slender and slender, and everything is just right.

Chu Ruojun turned around and showed him the back of his body, the scar on his back had not yet healed, the scabbed and peeled off skin was white, the scar was slightly raised, the emperor took a look, and only felt extremely ugly.

Chu Ruojun asked calmly: "Your Majesty, don't be deceived by my appearance, can you see if this body is qualified to be your concubine?" ”

She turned around, and there were scars, arrow wounds, knife wounds everywhere on her arms and shoulders, as well as bleeding to save Empress Dowager Liu from cutting herself

The emperor closed his eyes and was speechless.

Chu Ruojun said: "Since I practiced martial arts, thousands of people have been accused, thousands of people have spurned, every step is very difficult, nothing will be easy to achieve, I have seen the body of many men who practice martial arts, except for the chosen person like Hongchou, the rest of the people who are not scarred, swords, swords, halberds can even be collected on one person's body, the emperor only saw my appearance, but did not see my broken body, people like me, in the face of life and death, there has never been dignity and bottom line, in order to survive, everything has been done, Does the emperor really want me, an unclean person, to enter the harem? ”

The emperor didn't answer, and I don't know how long it took before he slowly stood up, picked up Chu Ruojun's robe from the ground, and put it on her one by one with the corners of his lips.

It turned out that she was a golden jade, and she was ruined on the outside.

"Does Shen Yi know?" The emperor suddenly opened his mouth and asked softly.

"Yes." Chu Ruojun said lightly: "Everything that Empress Dowager Liu said is true, I have an affair with Hongchou and I am not involved with Young Marshal Lin. ”

"Does Lin Changtian know?" The emperor asked again.

"Yes." Chu Ruojun tied her belt and replied again: "But he understands me, understands all the decisions people make at the moment of life and death, and I am not him, I will do anything." ”

The emperor pursed his lips, he couldn't accept this woman who didn't know how many men were circulating.

After a long time, he said: "You go, you have a meritorious role in rescuing Jingyang, and I will send someone to the house as a reward." ”

Chu Ruojun asked rhetorically, "What about Lin Changtian?" ”

The emperor was stunned, and there was anger in his voice: "Chu Ruojun, do you think a woman like you is worthy of him, of course I will choose a clean and honest lady from a family for him." ”

Chu Ruojun looked up at the emperor and smiled: "The innocent lady of the family that the emperor found for him may not be as good as me, who is not clean." ”

"Chu Ruojun, you can't help but think too highly of yourself." The emperor looked at her, "I have never believed that there is such a thing as love in this world, Lin Changtian is just a ghost for a while, and sooner or later he will find that a virtuous and gentle woman is a good match." ”

"But he has been confused for more than ten years." Chu Ruojun muttered.