Jielan also knew her mother's hard work, she sighed, and only said: "In the future, my daughter will be careful in everything, and my mother should not be angry with her daughter for this." ”

Xiao Wang also let out a long sigh, she held Jielan's hand, looked at her haggard daughter, how could she not be heartbroken, and only said: "Mother can help you once or twice, but mother can't help you forever, if one day Mother is not by your side, you need to bear all this, you know?" ”

Hearing her mother say again, 'One day will not be by her side', Jielan was still very touched, she wanted to cry, but she couldn't leave tears in front of her mother, she just secretly swore in her heart that she must swear to let her mother get a chance to be exonerated, and she couldn't let her mother lose her life, no matter what the cost of doing so, even if it sacrificed her own life, she would not hesitate to do it. She thought so in her heart, but King Xiao didn't know his daughter's thoughts.

The soft sedan chair arrived at the criminal department, Jielan got out of the car first, and then helped her mother get out of the soft sedan chair, as soon as the two of them came, they saw Bai Shangshu and a group of officials had been waiting there to greet them, and when they saw the two of them, they were busy kneeling and bowing, King Xiao asked them to be flat, and then asked: "Bai Shangshu and all Aiqing have been guiding Princess Jielan and Princess Nanrong for the past few days." ”

"Don't dare, the two princesses are both ice and snow smart, and some of them are better than Weichen, and Weichen can be regarded as admiring them." Bai Shangshu smiled, and when he said compliments, he looked a little slippery.

Jielan heard him say these words, and he really felt ashamed for him, Princess Nanrong was just that, she only came to the Criminal Department yesterday, and she was reading the law all day yesterday, what a high theory, it was just a nonsense, but he still said it so naturally, Jielan has always been sincere, not only was she unhappy but a little annoyed after hearing it, but in front of her mother, she didn't say anything, just didn't hear it.

King Xiao nodded and said, "That's good, after all, the two of them are young and don't know much, so I also ask Bai Shangshu to teach carefully, and also ask Lord Bai to treat the two of them normally, I wonder if Lord Bai has any opinions?" ”

"That's natural, in Weichen's heart, the two princesses are both immortal talents, and they both attach great importance to it, and they will never favor anyone." Bai Shangshu swore authentically.

King Xiao was relieved, because she knew that Princess Nanrong was the daughter of her brother King Belon, and now in this royal court, King Belon's power was even greater than her, and many people in the court obeyed him, but fortunately, now that the young monarch has returned, it will not make this King Belon too presumptuous, so Jielan will not suffer too much loss. She approached Bai Shangshu and said, "This king came here today to discuss some important matters with Bai Shangshu. ”

When Bai Shangshu heard this, his face changed slightly, as if he knew what was going on, and he looked a little heavy, he leaned over and saluted: "What does the king command, Weichen will definitely serve." ”

King Xiao nodded, and said to Jielan beside him, and Princess Nanrong, who had already arrived on the side: "You two should be busy with the things that Bai Shangshu arranged for you, and you don't have to stay here anymore." ”

Jielan and Nanrong both responded and retreated, while Jielan looked back at her mother's solemn expression, as if something had happened, and she was also a little worried in her heart.

Jielan was still in her house as she was yesterday, familiarizing herself with the law, but when she thought of her mother being with Bai Shangshu, she felt uneasy, as if something was going to happen. At this moment, a small official outside the house walked in, saluted Jielan, and said: "Xiaguan to meet the princess, Xiaguan was sent by Bai Shangshu to pass a message to the princess, if the princess is willing, you can go and read some cases, saying that it may be more useful for the princess to be familiar with the law." ”

Jielan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get some cases, and you can lead me over." ”

The little official led Jielan and the black pig out of the house, and then went to the library where the cases were stored, but saw that this library was five zhang square, and there were bookshelves arranged horizontally and vertically, and the bookshelves were stored with documents of various cases, and the little official asked Jielan: "I don't know what kind of cases the princess plans to see?" ”

Jielan thought for a moment, feeling that she should start with the cases of the common people, but she wanted to investigate cases like her mother, so she asked, "Do you have a case against the Wang Gui clan here?" ”

The little official shook his head and said, "The cases of the princess about the princes and nobles will not be stored here, but in the 'Heavenly Pavilion' under the care of the 'Imperial Hunger Group'. ”

Jielan was a little disappointed, so she said, "Then take some cases from the people and give them to me first!" ”

The little official took dozens of volumes of cases according to his words and handed them to the black pig next to Princess Jielan, and after taking them, several people went out of the house, Jielan asked the little official to go about his own business, and the little official left, and Jielan and the black pig planned to take this case back to their own house, when Jielan passed through the corridor, she saw that the door of 'Ling Ming Pavilion' was hidden and not completely closed, and through the crack in the door, you could see her mother and Bai Shangshu inside, and I saw two people standing opposite each other, talking about something. When Jielan saw this picture, her footsteps stopped involuntarily, she knew that eavesdropping was not good, but about her mother, she really couldn't control herself, she said to Long Yi beside her: "Long Yi, you bring the case file back first, okay?" ”

The black pig nodded, and without asking any more questions, he went back to his house with the large stack of case files.

And Jielan stuck to the door, listening carefully to the conversation inside.

I could only hear my mother say: "Lord Bai hasn't seen you for twenty years, during this period of time, do you, the head of the Criminal Department, hate this king to the core?" ”

When Bai Shangshu heard the king's words, he was frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "How dare Weichen have that kind of guilty thoughts, in the past twenty years when the king has been away, Weichen has missed the king day and night, and looks forward to the king being able to return to the royal court as soon as possible, and he doesn't dare to have other thoughts." ”

When King Xiao heard Bai Shangshu's words, he smiled and said, "Okay, other people don't know what you Bai Shangshu is like, don't you know this king?" You've been my teacher since I was a child! Even if you rebuke me to my face, this king will not hold a grudge against you. ”

As soon as Bai Shangshu heard the king say this, the pressure in his heart disappeared, he stood up, faced the king, changed his humble face at the beginning, suddenly snorted coldly, and said, "From the moment you ascended the throne, did you regard the old man as your master?" It's not good to learn when you're young, you should have the appearance of a king when you ascend the throne, the old man has taught you to obey the law since you were a child, to be diligent in government and love the people, what about you? actually abandoned the throne and ran away, the old man really doesn't want to have a student like you, and the old man doesn't want to see the current king come to this point, and the old man has wasted all his efforts! ”

When King Xiao heard Bai Shangshu's scolding, not only was he not angry but a little happy, but his eyes were also full of tears, she only said: "The teacher wants to blame me, this king will not be angry, this king has wasted the teacher's hard work, although it is a little late to repent, but I still hope that the teacher will not always resent me like this." ”

Bai Shangshu sighed, remembering that decades ago, when the ancestor entrusted the king, who was still a little girl at that time, to teach her, because he had no heirs, he taught her as his daughter, and helped her become the king, but he didn't expect that he had only been on the throne for two years, and he actually fled from the palace with the former general Long Ke, which was a fatal blow to him, and in the past twenty years, he has been regretting why he wanted to help her become the king, so that he can be like this, he sighed and said: "It's been now, What can be done? Since you chose to return to the royal court, it means that you have chosen your future destiny, alas, I knew that you would come to this point today, and Weichen really shouldn't have let you become the king in the first place. ”

King Xiao looked at the wrinkled Bai Shangshu in front of him, and felt a little sad in his heart, "It's this king who has affected you, all these years, this king has not been in the court, you must have been excluded by other courtiers, so the upright and upright Bai Bing in the past has become so sleek today, and it is also forced by the times!" ”

It is still this king who has been with him since he was a child, Bai Shangshu sighed and said, "The king came today, presumably not just to tell the old minister this, right?" ”

King Xiao thought for a moment, with sadness in her eyes, she only said: "This king hopes that Lord Bai can assist Jielan like he did back then, I don't know if Bai Shangshu can?" ”

When Bai Bing heard this, his face immediately sank, and he said, "The king just said that the old man was asked to treat the two princesses fairly, but at this moment, he asked the old man to assist Princess Jielan, isn't it too favoritism?" Forgive the old minister for not being able to do so. ”

King Xiao knew that he would answer like this, and he didn't feel angry, but said: "I know, Bai Shangshu, you are not unwilling, but afraid that Jielan will be like this king, once you sit on the throne, one day you will be tired of this throne, and one day you will escape from this royal court like me and abandon the people of the world, right?" ”

This sentence hit Bai Bing's heart again, from the heart, Bai Shangshu has also heard about everything Princess Jielan did in Chiyan City and Qing Zhou City, and listened to Jielan's outstanding talents in the Ministry of Rites, he is actually more inclined to Jielan in his heart for these two princesses, but after all, this Jielan is from the people, and at the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, he has repeatedly said that he doesn't want to be a king, he is really worried that this Princess Jielan will one day abandon the throne and leave like her mother, so he rejects Princess Jielan in his heart.

"Since Wechen's thoughts can't be hidden from the king, then it's okay, Wechen does have such thoughts, so Wechen can't agree to the king's request." Bai Shangshu refused angrily.

When King Xiao saw him admit it, her heart relaxed, she sighed, and said: "My daughter, although she said that she didn't grow up in the palace since she was a child, and she didn't like this court very much, but she is the kind of child who will not easily change things as long as she decides, and she will not be determined to the end, since she has promised to stay in the palace and become an auxiliary king, then she will definitely not break her word, she will definitely work hard to complete her mission to become the king, and she will not abandon her people and leave the royal city." ”

Bai Shangshu snorted coldly and said, "At the beginning, Weichen also trusted the king so much, but in the end, what happened? Until now, let the old minister believe these again, and the old minister will not be so confused. ”

King Xiao sighed and said, "You know that this king will be burned at the stake in forty days, and will no longer be able to take care of my child, and if there is no faithful courtier to assist her in the future, how can I, as a mother, be at ease?" When King Xiao said this, he suddenly knelt down towards Bai Shangshu and said: "Even if this king deigns to beg you today, if Jielan is lucky enough to really become the next king, then please teacher, you can assist her with your heart, and if she has no chance to be on the throne, please also ask the teacher to save her life and don't let others hurt her." ”