Xie Yunyan pondered for a moment, sighed lightly, and then spoke, "Miss Li." ”

"Nineteen lives are hanging in the hands of the prince, the girl can ask Lord Qi, is there room for turning around this matter?"

Qi Chengan couldn't bear to hurt Li Shiqing with his words, and he didn't care to lie.

had to silently avoid Li Shiqing's gaze.

Li Shiqing's figure swayed slightly, she just went to her aunt's house to live for a few days, and talked about poetry and painting with her cousin during the day, and in the afternoon, someone in the Hou Mansion suddenly came to report, saying that Li Qing had caused a lawsuit for his life.

At first, she didn't believe it, thinking that her eldest brother was still a serious nobleman on weekdays in addition to loving to go to the gambling house.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, she understood the whole story, and when she saw that Xie Yunyan and Qi Chengan were both present, her heart was half cold.

Li Shiqing's lonely voice was mixed with a hint of despair, "Could there be any misunderstanding in this?" ”

In recent years, the status of the Marquis of Shu'an in the court has not been as popular as when the old marquis was alive. Among the juniors, there is only one son-in-law, Li Qing, if Li Qing is planted here, I am afraid that the title of the Marquis of Shu'an will be in vain.

Without the Hou Mansion of Shu'an to rely on, what if she occupies the title of the first talented woman in Kyoto?

Xie Yunyan said: "Miss Li asked me to wait, it was a bit overstepping. The things committed by the prince have the testimony of the wife of the prince and the people of the Hou Mansion, and there are too many lives at stake, and the official needs to enter the palace to face the saint and then His Majesty will make a final decision. ”

"But ......" Li Shiqing wanted to speak and stopped, the words were all said for this part, no matter how much she wasted her words, it would be useless, but it would make Xie Yunyan feel that she was unreasonable.

"It's my rudeness not to disturb the two adults' work."

Li Shiqingfu stepped back and made way for Xie Yunyan and Qi Chengan.

Looking at the disappearance of the figure that appeared in her mind day and night, Li Shiqing's beautiful eyes were no longer gentle, they were all cold.

She glanced at the gate of the Ning Mansion, then turned back to the Hou Mansion.

At the moment that Li Qing is in prison, it is the first thing to notify Shu Anhou as soon as possible.

Back in the house, Li Shiqing was disturbed by the cries of her aunts, "What are you crying about?" The eldest brother just went to assist in the investigation, and he didn't die! ”

The eldest lady of the Hou Mansion is quiet and virtuous, and rarely gets angry.

But only their group of aunts who live under the same roof all day know that the eldest lady is capable.

was coldly reprimanded, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"Let's all go back to their respective courtyards first, and I'll go write a letter to my father."

"Yes."

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and Li Shiqing's mood eased slightly.

She pressed her eyebrows, but she didn't know where to start.

raised his head and glanced around at the maid waiting beside him, his eyes narrowed slightly, "You are the maid in the sister-in-law's room, right?" ”

"Back girl, yes."

"Tell me in detail, what happened in the Hou Mansion during my absence? It's all about the details. ”

The maid is just a rough maid in Ning Luo's courtyard, but she is also a clever master.

According to what he saw with his own eyes and what he heard from the small people in the other courtyard, he told Li Shiqing the ins and outs of the Houfu incident one by one.

Li Shiqing's delicate face changed from the ancient well without waves at the beginning, to the cold like ice at the end, so frightened that the maid didn't know whether to continue talking.

She resignedly: "I don't know if there is a problem with the wine brought by Sister Qiu Ju...... But I think Mrs. Shizi should know about it, right? ”

Li Shiqing's concern is not whether Ning Luo does it or not, deep in her heart, she has always classified Ning Luo as a small family that cannot be put on the table.

She pondered for a moment and asked aloud: "You mean, Lord Xie has come to the Hou Mansion twice to find Miss Ning?" ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, "Ah, yes." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the girl of the Ning family is called Ning Shu?" Li Shiqing asked again.

The maid nodded her head, "It seems to be." ”

Li Shiqing fell into deep thought.

After a long time, I finally made up my mind, raised my hand and picked up the pen on the table, and wrote quickly.

There are three letters.

Li Shiqing specially instructed those sent to Jiangnan to hurry up and not delay.

The other two were carefully put away by Li Shiqing and handed over to a trustworthy person, and after a few whispers in her ears, the two of them left.

The rest is just to wait.

……

The sun is setting, and with it is a starry sky.

The Ning family spent a thrilling day, and their hearts were haggard, so they all went back to their rooms early to rest.

Ning Shu sat alone in the room, looking at the moon shadow on the treetops through the branch window, her eyes were a little indifferent.

In the quiet of the night, even the cries of birds and insects disappeared, and she realized that the time had passed, and a touch of sleepiness slowly came over her.

To clear her mind, she got up and walked to the window and opened it wide. When he turned back to his chair, a cool breeze blew, and the sash and candle flame shook slightly.

When the candle flame calmed down, the room returned to its original appearance.

Ning Shu sat on the chair and rubbed her eyes, trying to get rid of the sleepiness, but her red lips were pursed and asked softly, "Are you here?" ”

The room was obviously empty, but Ning Shu continued in a firm tone: "If you have anything to say, hurry up, I'm really tired today." ”

As soon as her voice fell, a black figure flashed behind the screen of the door.

The man was wrapped in a dark night robe and wore a masked scarf of the same color on his face, but his posture was tall and his temperament was extraordinary, and in the room where the moonlight and candlelight were intertwined, there was a sense of contradictory security.

"How did you know I was coming?"

Xie Yunyan tore off the mask and was embarrassed for a moment by Ning Shu's boring reaction.

Ning Shu closed her eyes without changing her face, and her fingers nodded her eyebrows, "You coughed twice before leaving, just to remind me of the second watch." I'm afraid that His Majesty in the palace has heard it, so how dare I not know? ”

"So obvious?" Xie Yunyan rubbed his chin and said seriously: "It seems that I will change the code next time." ”

"And next time?" Ning Shu glared at Xie Yunyan in annoyance, "What do you want to ask?" ”

Xie Yunyan hooked his lips, sat on the other side of Ning Shu and asked, "Qiu Ju is your hand, right?" ”

"Yes." Ning Shu knew that she couldn't hide it in front of Xie Yunyan, so she said, "But I'm also out of self-preservation. ”

Xie Yunyan raised his hand and stopped Ning Shu's words, "I'm not here to ask about the guilt, I want to ask Miss Ning what means did she use to make Qiu Ju's symptoms even helpless in the capital of Chen Yuan?" ”

His volume was extremely low, and his body was still leaning in the direction of Ning Shu, and even the sound of his gentle breathing was accompanied by the characteristic agarwood fragrance of his body hitting her cheeks.

Ning Shu instinctively leaned back, and when she looked at Xie Yunyan again, because of the extent he leaned over, the neckline of his shirt was a little loose, and the white jade skin on his chest was looming......

Like the night he buried his face deep in her neck......