In the gazebo, Li Zhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, sat quietly at the tea table in a mountain blue casual clothes and cooked tea.Chinese

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he didn't raise his head, pushed a brocade box in his hand forward, and said coldly

"This is your reward for serving my son today." The little girl stepped forward and picked up the brocade box and handed it to Su Liuying to open it, and the five ingots of silver in it stinged her eyes.

She stiffened and didn't move, her lips moving in difficulty

"I didn't expect that in the hearts of adults, your son is worth this amount." Li Zhi held the teapot for a moment. The next moment, the teapot in his hand was slowly put down, and he finally looked up at the woman in front of him, and a cold light flashed in his shrewd eyes.

"Our Li family is a family of loyal ministers, and we will not be in the same league as traitors who are in turmoil and treason. This truth was told to you by the old man four years ago, so your marriage with the dog was not counted four years ago. ”

"Today, you persuade the dog to drink medicine, the old man is grateful to you, but he will not owe you a favor. This fraction is your reward now, but it is not mine. "Four years ago, Li Zhi was just a small Langzhong in the Criminal Department, but in just four years, he was promoted all the way from Langzhong to Shangshu, which can be described as a steady progress and unlimited scenery.

Coupled with Li Xiu's achievements over the years, the Li family has changed from a small family of officials to a powerful and popular family, and has become the object of various forces.

At this moment, Li Zhi has long lost the amiable elder he looked like he used to be, and the coldness on his face is chilling.

He flicked his sleeves coldly,

"Take the money and leave quickly, tomorrow and in the future, you don't have to come again, the farther away from Xiu'er and our Li family, the better!" Su Liuying's heart was cold, and with a mocking smile on her face, she said coldly

"I didn't know that Lord Li had such a clear calculation, since this is the case, then how can my father's affection for your sleeve robe and the grace of your support be clear?" Hearing this, Li Zhi's face froze slightly.

The next moment, his eyes turned cold, he got up and walked to Su Liuying's side, and sneered

"When people die, the old man never cares about the dead. But—the account with the living is to be settled. The eyes flashed coldly across Su Liu's face, and his voice was cold and piercing-

"Back then, when your father committed suicide in prison, he didn't even have a white cloth to cover his body, so you begged your husband to borrow you a seven-foot white cloth. Now, since you didn't die in the fire and survived, how are you going to repay the kindness of the seven-foot white cloth to the old man? Do you remember what you promised when you asked the old man? Hearing this, Su Liuying's heart instantly became colder than the ice and snow outside.

From her father's imprisonment to the destruction of the Su family, in the past four years, Su Liuying has already tasted all the warmth and coldness in the world.

However, she still underestimated the cruelty and ruthlessness of human nature, and she didn't expect that the person who was regarded as a close friend by her father would even be eager to give a white cloth to his deceased friend to get it back.

And that piece of white cloth was obtained by Su Liuying kneeling in front of him and snorting ten times, and promised to break off all feelings with Li Xiu.

At that time, she was just a little girl who had just reached the end of her life, and when she heard the news of her father's death, she was sad and almost went with her father.

In order to clear up the relationship, the eldest uncle had severed ties with her family when her father was in prison, and no one came forward, and she was the only one who went into the cell to collect her father's body.

She was young, she didn't understand anything, she couldn't even prepare a white cloth for Daddy, and after all the money on her body was exchanged for a board car, she had no money to buy a white cloth.

But Daddy died a miserable death, his head was broken, and he was unrecognizable. When she carried Daddy's body out of the prison door, she was pointed at all the way.

Daddy loves face all her life, she doesn't want Daddy to be looked at like a joke after he dies, so she begged her future father-in-law who was on an errand in the Criminal Department to give her a piece of white cloth, but Li Zhi didn't even want to see her.

She knelt in front of his door and snorted ten times, and promised not to interact with Li Xiu again in the future, so Li Zhicai gave her a white cloth...... The past was too sad, and she was sealed in her heart and didn't want to mention it again, but at this moment, Li Zhi ruthlessly tore it apart.

The whole body trembled, Su Liuying gritted her teeth to suppress the trembling of her voice, and said coldly

"I remember that Lord Shangshu exchanged a piece of white cloth for ten rings and your son's marriage. In this case, Lord Shangshu still asked me to repay you for your kindness at this time, and I have nothing to repay, only when you die, I will return you a piece of white cloth. If it weren't for Li Xiu's sake, Su Liuying would have grabbed the silver ingot held by the little guy and threw it at him, and then gave him another sentence, which would be the money for me to buy a white cloth covering the corpse for Lord Shangshu.

However, for the sake of Li Xiu's affection, she finally gritted her teeth and endured it.

"You ......" Li Zhi didn't expect that now, she would have such a big heart after becoming a palace maid, and couldn't help but scold her nose angrily

"It was you who didn't keep your word, and you obviously promised not to pester Xiu'er again, but you also instigated him to go to the emperor to intercede for you, thus angering the emperor...... You are ill-intentioned, insidious and vicious......" In Li Shangshu's unbearable insults, Su Liuying walked out of the pavilion with her head held high, and threw the silver ingot into the pool on the side of the road with the brocade box in her hand, and left without looking back.

The wind and snow blew on her face, and the moment she walked out of Shangshu Mansion, she couldn't help but look back at Li Xiu's courtyard, her heart was full of ice and snow, cold and painful - Li Xiu, we are destined to ...... in this life No chance!

Princess Rongqing and her entourage had already returned to the palace first. Su Liuying walked silently along the long street, and before she knew it, she had come to a deserted mansion.

This is her home, the south courtyard of the Su family's mansion. At this moment, the other two adjacent courtyards are brightly lit, a lively scene, only the south courtyard, a desolate.

The doorway was half down, and through the dilapidated gate, I saw a spacious courtyard overgrown with weeds, covering the charred darkness that had been burned before.

The walls and beams were still black, broken and ruined, and desolate...... Standing in front of the door, Su Liuying's mood was not as excited as before.

She looked at the grass and trees inside calmly, as if she saw Daddy taking her back to Su's house at the beginning of the year, and happily took her to take care of the yard that she had not lived in for many years.

Every flower and tree in it was purchased by her and Daddy, and in the end, it was made into the appearance of their yard in Bianzhou, Daddy was very happy, and said, so that he was not afraid that Auntie would not be used to living when she came back...... There were half broken lanterns hanging from the courtyard, which had long since lost their original color due to the wind and rain.

Su Liuying knew that they were originally a pair of red lanterns, which were hung up to prepare for her marriage to Li Xiu, and there were handwritten couplets on both sides of the threshold...... That is, when she and Daddy stood at the door and happily watched their subordinates post the happy couplet, someone from the Criminal Department came, and they couldn't help but arrest Daddy, copy the Su family, and Auntie was also taken away.

Overnight, the wind and clouds changed color, and the south courtyard of the Su family was destroyed...... The tears finally rolled down uncontrollably, Su Liuying wiped her tears, turned around and walked in the direction of the palace...... As soon as she entered the palace gate, she was greeted by the palace people from Xianyin Palace, saying that the princess of Rongqing wanted to see her.

Su Liuying knew that Rongqing was not at ease with Li Xiu, so she followed the palace people and walked towards Xianyin Palace. Stepping into the gate of Xianyin Palace, Lou Yue just came out of it, and the two inevitably met head-on.

When she met Lou Yue at this time, thinking that she had made such a decision in front of him that she would not go to see Li Xiu, Su Liuying actually felt a little guilty of being a thief in her heart.

She lowered her head, hid the embarrassment and panic in her expression, and saluted him with the palace people. Lou Yue saw her at a glance, and even saw her red and swollen eyes clearly.

Thinking that she saw Li Xiu again, it was indispensable to be excited, happy and happy, so it was common to cry and red-eyed. Thinking like this, my heart ached.

Nanshan, who was holding an umbrella and following Lou Yue, saw the gloomy look on Lou Yue's face, thinking about his loss when he heard that Su Liuying had gone to the Li Mansion, and couldn't help but feel sorry for his master.

Lou Yue's eyes swept lightly over Su Liuying's face, and he was about to take a step to leave, when Nanshan suddenly let out a 'ah' and said in surprise

"Master, Fang just walked too fast for a while, and the slave actually forgot the Ejiao paste that Princess Rongqing entrusted the slave to the old lady, and the slave will go back to get it now, please wait here a little longer." After that, he stuffed the umbrella in his hand into Su Liuying's hand, and said, please hold the umbrella for your grandfather.

Without waiting for Lou Yue Su Liuying to come back to her senses, she had already dragged another palace person to escape and left. Su Liuying, who came back to her senses, held the umbrella in her hand blankly, and looked up at Lou Yue in a daze, and the latter was also looking at her for a moment.

Looking at each other, Su Liuying's face turned red, hesitated for a moment, and finally took two steps forward, raised his toes, and covered the umbrella on Lou Yue's head.

At this time, the palace people gathered in the apse to wait, the front yard was quiet, and the huge palace courtyard, except for the two of them, quietly could not see any other figures.

Lou Yue's stature was much taller than Su Liuying, and in order to hold an umbrella for him, she had to stand on her tiptoes. The raised arm was exposed to the small half, and the wind and snow kept pouring into her sleeve, making her can't help but sneeze.

Lou Yue, who had been looking away from her face, turned around when she heard the voice, her eyes flashed coldly across her face, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly bowed her head

"The slave and maid offended the prince, please forgive the prince." Lou Yue's eyes fell on her hand holding the umbrella, and she saw that there was an obvious grip mark on the white jade-like hand, and her heart froze fiercely - how tightly she clenched it, she actually held her hand bruised!

！ Thinking of the sweet appearance of the two holding hands, Lou Yue only felt that holding the umbrella made his eyes hurt with this hand, and he couldn't help but snort coldly, the umbrella didn't hit, and he didn't wait for Nanshan anymore, stepped over Su Liuying, and walked away in the wind and snow.

Su Liuying didn't understand that he was so angry suddenly, but thinking that it was Lou Yue's habit to have a cloudy personality, he was used to it and didn't take it to heart.

And Nanshan, who had been hiding next to him, wanted to create an opportunity for the two to be alone, but he didn't expect that half a cup of tea would not be enough, and he didn't say a word, so his grandfather walked with a black face, and was so frightened that he hurriedly ran out of the hiding place, took the umbrella in Su Liuying's hand and went to chase Lou Yue...... Su Liuying watched the master and servant leave one after the other, thinking that the Duke of Rongqing was going to see him, so he hurriedly rushed to the apse.

Before she could reach the apse, there was a commotion in the direction of the apse, and then someone from the palace ran in front of her in a hurry and ran out.

Su Liuying didn't understand what was going on, but intuitively felt that something must have happened, so she couldn't help but run towards the apse.

ran to Princess Rongqing's bedroom in one breath, and when I entered the door, I was frightened by the scene in front of me. In the brightly lit dormitory, a room of palace maids and grandmothers knelt on the ground and kowtowed and cried.

In front of the bright bronze mirror, Rong Qing sat in a plain civilian dress, his black and bright green silk was scattered, his eyes were empty and his face was withered.

In her hand, she was holding a sharp gold scissor against a black silk, and she was about to cut it with a knife...... Seeing this, Su Liuying's whole body was shocked, and she didn't care about anything else, so she pounced on it and grabbed the scissors in Rongqing's hand.

A woman's broken hair is regarded as unlucky, not to mention that she is still the most noble princess of the Dayong Dynasty. Therefore, Su Liuying desperately tried her best to snatch the scissors in Rongqing's hand, and she didn't let go even if her palm was cut by a sharp cut.

Rong Qing turned around and saw that the person who snatched his scissors was Su Liuying, his eyes were red, and tears were pouring down, but his expression was even more resolute.

Su Liuying exclaimed in a loud voice while stopping her

"Princess, what are you doing here?" Rong Qing cried

"I can't stand you...... I thought you were gone, so I confessed my heart to Master Li...... Now, everyone in the world knows that I am going to marry him, but I know that he has never had me in his heart...... You have a bad fate, I couldn't help you four years ago, and now, I don't have the shame to stand between you and him anymore...... It's better to escape into the empty door, but it's good for a lifetime. Princess Rongqing cried with grief, these days, she was embarrassed and tormented, on the one hand, she was the best friend, and on the other hand, she loved the man the most, which made her in a dilemma, and she was in a deep predicament and couldn't extricate herself...... Although her father has not yet announced her marriage to Li Xiu to the world, the people of the world have long recognized Li Xiu as her future concubine.

Now, Su Liuying suddenly came back, and she is still his fiancée, so how can she be embarrassed, in what capacity, and even more shameless to face her former friends...... Today in the Li Mansion, after witnessing Li Xiu's deep love for Su Liuying again, Rong Qing's heart was like ashes, and she realized that in this predicament of the three of them, she was already an outsider, because Li Xiu had never liked herself...... Sadness, guilt and embarrassment made her feel so painful that she even had the idea of cutting her hair to become a nun.

Hearing this, Su Liuying also felt a trace of sadness in her heart, but she never blamed Rong Qing for liking Li Xiu, after all, she disappeared for four years, and everyone thought she was dead...... Before she could open her mouth to tell Rongqing that she didn't blame her, there were hurried footsteps outside the hall, but it was Emperor Huicheng and Queen Lou who hurried over under the advice of the palace people, and even Lou Yue, who was halfway up the road, was alarmed and turned back to Xianyin Palace.

When they came in and saw what was going on in the temple, they were all astonished. Queen Lou looked at the wisps of green silk falling on the ground, her heart was like a knife, she stepped forward and snatched the scissors in the hands of the two of them, threw them on the ground, and said sadly

"Qing'er, why can't you think about it, to do such a stupid thing? Are you going to die in a hurry to kill your father and queen mother? At this time, Princess Rongqing woke up like a dream, thinking about what she had done, she was even more ashamed, and knelt in front of Queen Lou with a 'plop', and wept

"The sons are not filial, so that the father and the queen mother are worried, the sons and daughters deserve death, and they ask to go to the house and do not forget to follow their uncle and mother to accompany the green lantern, but they have ...... for the rest of their lives" As soon as these words came out, Emperor Huicheng and Queen Lou were shocked, and Lou Yue's face was also Qi Ran.

The aunt in Rongqing's mouth is Lou Yue's biological mother, Princess An of King An's Mansion. When Lou Yue was very young, Princess An insisted on becoming a monk and moved to the Forget-me-Never Hall on the outskirts of Beijing alone...... Lou Yue had already experienced the pain of her mother's renunciation, so now that she heard Rong Qing's words, the pain in her heart rolled up again.

And Emperor Huicheng was even more angry, the eldest princess of the royal family became a nun, it was a shame for the royal family, and such a thing would never happen.

With a wave of his hand, Emperor Huicheng angrily issued an order to the herald, saying

"Immediately summon Li Zhi's father and son to see me, and I will immediately make a decree to give marriage!" Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Queen Lou showed a look of relief on her face.

After Rong Qing was shocked, his first reaction was to look back at Su Liuying worriedly, Lou Yue's eyes also fell on her, and his eyes couldn't hide his heartache - even if he didn't want to see Su Liuying and Li Xiu together, but now that her fiancé was robbed, he was heartbroken for no reason, worried that she wouldn't be able to stand such a blow.

However, after hearing Emperor Huicheng's will to marry Li Xiurongqing, Su Liuying smiled miserably, her eyes fell on the palm of her hand that was pierced by sharp scissors, and she let the blood gurgle out, and she couldn't feel any pain at all...... Looking at Su Liuying's appearance, Lou Yue's heart ached, and she was about to speak for her, but Princess Rongqing had already rushed ahead of him

"Father, this matter is not appropriate, Lord Li and Liuying have a marriage contract, so they can't marry me again. Father, please take back your fate! As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Su Liuying's body, and Queen Lou's eyes swept lightly on her face, and she frowned almost inaudibly, and sighed

"Qing'er has already told her concubine about this matter, and it is indeed tricky. If Li Xiu really has a marriage contract, His Majesty can't do it, lest the world say that our royal family ignores etiquette and law to deceive ourselves! But Emperor Huicheng didn't think so, Rongqing was his most beloved daughter, Li Xiu was his most optimistic talent, he had already matched the two into a pair in his heart, how could he miss such a good son-in-law for a lowly palace maid?

His eyes looked at Su Liuying behind Rong Qing majestically, and when he saw her appearance clearly, Emperor Huicheng's eyes were cold, but another figure appeared in his heart, his face suddenly darkened, and he said angrily

"But I heard Li Shangshu say that the Li family had already made a marriage contract with the Su family four years ago, and the two families have nothing to do with each other. Now that the old matter is brought up again, it is the daughter of the Su family who has gone back on her word, instigating Li Xiu to stand up for her, and even ruining the reputation of the princess - "Hearing this, the audience was silent, and everyone felt the anger of Emperor Huicheng and didn't even dare to come out.

Lou Yue's whole heart hung up, and he looked at Su Liuying, who was kneeling on the ground, worriedly. Looking at the woman kneeling on the ground with disgust, Emperor Huicheng continued to say coldly

"Your father collaborated with the enemy and treasoned against the country, and lived up to my expectations of him. And you, who is also a vicious woman, have obviously dissolved the marriage contract with the Li family, and know that Qing'er is going to marry Li Xiu, but you just appeared at this time, entangled with Li Xiu unclearly, and trapped the princess in an unkind and unjust situation, forcing the princess to become a nun and despise the royal majesty. What are you guilty of!? "The words 'collaborating with the enemy and treason' are like a steel knife piercing Su Liuying's heart.

There was a roar in her head, and she couldn't even hear the charges that Emperor Huicheng had added to her later, she just shouted desperately in her heart, my father didn't collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, he is not a traitor!

"Come on, drag this maid down and put her in prison!" Emperor Huicheng gave an order, and the inner supervisor immediately stepped forward and dragged Su Liuying out.

Lou Yue didn't think about it and came forward to intercede for Su Liuying, but she was desperately stopped by Queen Lou's quick eyes, desperately glancing at him, so that he must not anger the saint again.

Queen Lou lowered her voice and said eagerly

"If you let the emperor know that you also have her in your heart, and then the account of your refusal to marry Lishu will also be counted on her, then she will really have no power to return to ......the sky" The sentence woke up the dreamer, Lou Yue's heart hurt no matter how painful it was, and he had to watch Su Liuying being arrested...... After Emperor Huicheng left, Lou Yue and Rong Qing both knelt down in front of Queen Lou and begged the queen to come forward to protect Su Liuying.

Queen Lou frowned with a headache and said helplessly

"Right now, only by looking forward to Li Xiu obediently obeying the emperor's will and marrying Qing'er, only in this way can the emperor extinguish the anger in his heart and spare her life." Li Xiu, who was still ill, was carried into the palace by a soft sedan chair, but was stopped by Lou Yue before entering the imperial study.

Looking at Li Xiu in front of him, thinking that Su Liuying was imprisoned for him, Lou Yue wanted to step forward and beat him violently.

And Li Xiu didn't understand why Lou Yue stopped him. Thinking of his involvement with Su Liuying, I didn't feel good for him in my heart.

He bowed to Lou Yue in the soft sedan chair

"I don't know what the prince has to teach you?" Lou Yue said coldly

"The emperor summoned you to the palace at night to issue a decree to officially marry you and Rongqing...... What are you going to do? Hearing this, Li Xiu was completely stunned and said without thinking

"How is that possible? I have a marriage contract with Liuying, and the emperor can't ......"

"The marriage contract between you and her was withdrawn by your father with a seven-foot white cloth four years ago, on the day of her father's death!" Looking coldly at the bloodless man in front of him, Lou Yue's voice became more and more cold,

"Back then, your father not only forced her to cut off everything with you with a seven-foot white cloth, but also made her kneel in the compound of the Criminal Department and kowtow to him ten times." Four years ago, when Lou Yue learned that Su Jin had committed suicide in prison, he also rushed to the prison of the Criminal Department, quietly followed behind Su Liuying, and escorted her father's body home with her all the way.

And about Su Liuying's request for a piece of white cloth from Li Zhi was also heard afterwards. He never thought that Li Zhi, who was originally married, would be so ruthless...... After listening to Lou Yue's words, Li Xiu, who was already weak, suddenly stagnated all over his body, and the next moment, his body was already unstable and fell to the side, almost falling from the soft sedan chair, so frightened that the little guy around him hurriedly supported him.

"No, my father and mother have always liked Liuying, and they were very fond of this family business back then, how could they do such a cruel thing to her?" Li Xiu knew in his heart that all this was because of Su's father's accident, but he couldn't accept that his father was behind his back and did such a cruel thing to Su Liuying, who was desperate......

"Then do you know that when the Su family had an accident, she knelt in front of your house for a whole night, just to beg your father to come forward and let her go to prison to see her father, but her father was cruelly refused." Lou Yue's words cruelly broke the last bit of insistence in Li Xiu's heart, and he looked at him in shock, unable to believe what Lou Yue said.

But when I thought about it, three days before he and Su Liuying got married, that is, the day before the Su family's accident, his father suddenly sent him to Jiangbei to deal with an official business - could it be that his father knew that something would happen to the Su family at that time, so he deliberately separated him from the capital?

！ The cold sweat gripped Li Xiu's back layer by layer, his heart was blocked, and he was so suffocated that he couldn't say a word.

However, Lou Yue's next words made him even more heartbroken-

"And now, for your sake, she is imprisoned by the emperor. You can only save her life if you agree to marry and let the emperor extinguish the anger in her heart! "The silence of the prison was messy and cold, and there was not even a lamp or candle to illuminate, let alone a charcoal basin.

And now it is the lunar month, and it is the coldest day of the year, and the damp cell is like an ice cellar.

Her limbs were slowly numb and unconscious, and Su Liuying thought distressedly, Daddy had rheumatism, and he was tortured in such a damp and cold place back then, and finally he was humiliated, so he committed suicide by hitting the wall...... She also thought that if Li Xiu didn't accept the marriage, would Emperor Huicheng be angry with him and put him in prison?

He's still sick...... Many people and things flashed through her mind, and just as she was worried about what to do next, the cell door opened, and the jailer brought in a brazier and a quilt.

And the one who came in behind the prison officer was Lou Yue, who was dressed in wind and frost! Cat flutter Chinese