Chapter 16 The Great Cause Comes

After Yan Zheng reported to the emperor, the emperor was furious and ordered the matter to be handed over to the criminal department for investigation, and he supervised it.

As soon as I got out of the palace, I didn't go back to Yan's house and drove to the outside of the Shoufu Mansion, the moonlight was just right, the alley was bright and tight, the Shoufu Mansion was still standing, and the moonlight was sprinkled down to show coldness.

Yan Zheng stood like that, letting the moonlight on his cold face, his eyes were like obsidian, hidden and vast, and the mist between his eyebrows and eyes had not dissipated.

He changed his clothes, his figure was tall, the moonlight was sprinkled on the tall but slightly lonely figure, he went to Xiao Ruohan's palace, and was told by the palace people that Ruan Mingjiao had returned home, and he turned around and left the palace again.

Knowing that she was safe, he didn't know what it was like in his heart, he only had trouble breathing when he saw her block the blow for himself, but then he took someone to check the collapsed wing room but was a little absent-minded, shouldn't she be disgusted with herself? Because of his death, how can I save him?

But Yan Zheng thought about it, how could he not be himself, he was bent on killing her, but when he saw her being taken away, he panicked inexplicably and went up to find her and saved her.

Ever since she woke up, he had been in a state of his own hands, and when he met her, what he wanted and did was the opposite of what he wanted. Until tonight, he also came because Ruan Mingjiao braved the night, and he told himself that it was for the prince, and if Ruan Mingjiao was useless, he would still kill her.

He didn't know how long he stood until he felt the moon on the horizon go from the highest point to the other end.

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Some people are happy and some are worried, Ruan Mingjiao is not dead, and Yan Zheng is also involved, and the maid who is doing things is also caught, Yan Shi'an is naturally uneasy, if the girl can't stand the punishment and recruits Fan Qingqing, he naturally can't escape, with the emperor's anger at him, he will definitely not let him go easily this time.

"Yan Zheng!" He swept the pen and inkstone on the table, and his anger was even greater.

The guard behind him lowered his head and looked embarrassed, he had been working by Yan Shi'an's side for a long time, he naturally knew that his master's temperament was not as upright as outsiders saw, he was handsome, he had a dark mind, and he left no room for things.

He took a few steps forward, "Do you want to go to the Criminal Department to get some points?" ”

Yan Shi'an turned his back to him, his shoulders trembled slightly because of anger, his eyes were scarlet, and he didn't know what he was thinking: "No need, you send someone to pretend to be the woman's family member and tell her that if she wants her mother to live, all the blame will be placed on Fan Qingqing." ”

The guard was stunned, and looked at his back in disbelief, it was Yan Shi'an who disdained to offend the woman pursued by the Shoufu Mansion, and he was so ruthless.

Fan Qingqing was uneasy, and someone came to arrest her with a pursuit warrant, her little face like a pear blossom cried pear blossom with rain, her eyes were full of disbelief, while struggling to leave with the official of the Criminal Department, and in the end she was dragged away.

The servant of the ministry entered the palace early, and cried in front of His Majesty, but he did not see that the Son of Heaven had half pity and wavering, and when he was annoyed, he asked people to pull Fan Su down, grounded in the house, and did not enter the palace without a summons.

Fan Su was forced to be helpless, so he asked someone to write to Yan Shi'an, Yan Shi'an flashed his eyes, without half the sadness of his beloved being in prison, burned the letter, and said in a cold voice: "Tell Fan Su that I can save Fan Qingqing's life, and he has to come up with something satisfactory." ”

Five days later, Fan Qingqing was exiled to Tanzhou by His Majesty's decree because he was seriously injured by the county lord.

Yan Zheng looked at the execution reported by the Criminal Department and His Majesty's will, his slightly clear face was uncertain, his brows were slightly furrowed, the green mist shrouded in his eyebrows could not be dispersed for a long time, and the bottom of his eyes was contempt and disdain, this was Yan Shi'an's disdain to humiliate the woman Ruan Mingjiao asked to marry, it can be seen that he was not half sincere.

The curvature of the corners of his mouth is slightly cold, with Fan Qingqing's ability to do something in the palace, if he says that no one behind him directs him, he doesn't believe it, and His Majesty doesn't believe it, but it is impossible to bring down Yan Shi'an on this matter, and his father will not move Yan Shi'an for a day when His Majesty is in His Majesty.

Now, the great cause of the country is about to have an accident in the near future, His Majesty naturally does not want other countries to see the joke, Yan Shi'an cut off his arm, and gave up the servants of His Majesty, who is unwilling to tear his face so early, so he closed the case, and the intersection of the two countries is a big deal, and it is not impossible for Yan Shi'an to keep it, this is the emperor's mind.

Ruan Mingjiao heard the news, but she also refused to believe it, Fan Qingqing seemed to be pampered, no one in her eyes, but she was stupid and never dared to kill people in the palace, she must be guilty of others, who is she willing to blame in this capital, I am afraid that only Yan Shi'an.

Why did Yan Shi'an not hesitate to offend His Majesty, offended Shoufu and insisted on being with Fan Qingqing, she couldn't figure it out now, but now she has a bit of eyebrows, he is powerful and a general who has fought on the battlefield, the army is majestic and complacent, and the original owner is just a chess piece to contain him.

With Ruan Mingjiao here, it is naturally inconvenient for him to do things, but the servants of the ministry are very easy to manipulate, and Fan Qingqing's love brain is not very interested in these political affairs, and it is far better to marry a brainless and scheming person to go home than a favored county lord.

A chess piece can be discarded at any time, and Yan Shi'an is naturally willing to do it.

However, these are not what she should think, what she wants to think about is the assassin she wants to investigate, she was originally a little suspicious of Yan Shi'an, but now Yan Shi'an dares to do something in the palace, she has deeper doubts in her heart, so she urges Yuan Ying to go to Yang Sui's place to inquire about the painting.

Originally, she was going to go, but in the past few days since she was sick, there were a lot of rewards in the palace, many of them were friendly with the first assistant, or the various factions under the first assistant also went in and out to give a lot of gifts, and she was busy counting them out and recording them in the book.

Busy until noon, Yuan Ying went and returned, until Yang Suizhi still needed time, Ruan Mingjiao no longer asked, but Yuan Ying snorted, her expression was complicated as if she had something to say, Ruan Mingjiao noticed it, put down the teacup, and raised her eyes to look at him: "What's wrong?" ”

Yuan Ying hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind, "The subordinates went out and heard about something, and they said, said...... You are an ominous person, your fate is evil, and in the past you have walked away from others, and you have stayed away from all kinds of dinner parties, not because you think you are high-minded, but because you will have an accident if you appear. ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't forget to scold a few bastards, they were all nonsense.

Song Bao was also angry when he heard this, and his eyebrows frowned and scolded a few words, but Ruan Mingjiao was stunned and then laughed at himself.

The first time I participated in the banquet, it was the original owner who went to Jianan's birthday banquet, but in a blink of an eye, she was assassinated and asked her to pick up Lu, and the second time was the spring banquet not long ago, and she was injured again.

But...... She and Yan Zheng swore to die together, where did they come from with a leg.

Yuan Ying and Song Bao saw that her expression was calm as usual, and they even smiled, quite puzzled, "County Lord, why are you still laughing, those people are obviously bad for your reputation, why don't you care at all." ”

Ruan Mingjiao put down the account book in her hand and asked, "Am I a person who wants to be faced?" Left and right are just some nonsense, why care, and you can't block the mouths of others, just let them say it, ignore it and it will pass. ”

She was so calm, although Song Bao was still dissatisfied, but the chaotic mood finally stabilized, Ruan Mingjiao did not preach, and continued to count the account books.

Seeing that she was so calm, Yuan Ying simply didn't hide it, "He, they also rumored that you and Lord Yan Zheng Yan secretly sent Qiubo, and they had already secretly promised that you were eye-to-eye with Lord Yan at the spring banquet, and you stayed in one place in private, and you were injured to save Lord Yan." ”

Nguyen Minh Jiao: ......

Ruan Mingjiao was stunned for a moment, and the account book in her hand fell, saying that she didn't know what she recognized, after all, she had lived in a simple house for so many years, and she had an accident when she went to the two banquets, but what was it to pull her and Yan Zheng together, she couldn't admit it.

She slapped the table and got up angrily, "Go and check with the county lord, who is chewing the root of the tongue behind his back, and they will all be arrested and sent to the criminal department, and they will be imprisoned for a few days on the grounds of arguing about the government."

Songbao, Yuanying: ......

I don't know if it's a coincidence, the envoys of the great cause arrived outside the suburbs of Beijing two days later, and the crown prince led the cabinet to meet the officials above the third rank in front of the city gate.

After the envoys entered the capital, they were placed in the inn in the city, and they had to enter the palace to meet the Beili Emperor and go to the banquet.

After Ruan Mingjiao received the invitation, she realized why the emperor wanted to hand over the Spring Banquet to Xiao Ruohan, because she was about to discuss with the Second Highness of Daye, and she wanted to use the Spring Banquet to test whether Xiao Ruohan was up to the task, so that Daye would be impressed by their princess.

The spring banquet broke up unhappily, and the wing room collapsed, and Xiao Ruohan was grounded for a few days, thinking that it was really because she stirred up.

Ruan Mingjiao was not very interested, and Songbao, who was dressing her up behind her, could also feel it, and after inserting the last bead hairpin, she spared Ruan Mingjiao and said with a slight hesitation: "The county lord is not happy? ”

Ruan Mingjiao was restless, and when she heard Song Bao calling her, she came back to her senses, Song Bao looked worried, she pulled the corners of her mouth and said comfortingly: "I'm fine, let's go, Dad should wait for a hurry." ”

She refused to say, so Songbao didn't ask anymore, helped her to get up, and left together.

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The dinner party is set in the Chaoqing Palace, the palace is golden and majestic, the candle flame illuminates the hall more and more dignified and luxurious, the red pillar is tall and straight, the window is hollow carved beast style, the style is extremely complicated.

After entering the Long Palace, Ruan Mingjiao drank Ruan Qingshan and parted ways, she went to find Xiao Ruohan first, and Ruan Qingshan went to Chaoqing Hall first.

Looking for the way she came last time, she walked through the corridors and alleys to the Chenqian Palace, and the palace maid who was guarding outside saw her and was about to bow down, she stretched out her hand to stop and asked, "Where is the second sister?" ”

The palace maid is blessed: "If you go back to the county lord, the princess and the county lord of Jianan are inside." ”

Ruan Mingjiao glanced at the dormitory behind her, turned her head and told Song Bao to wait for her outside, and then went around the palace maid and pushed the door in.

"The second sister and Jia Nan actually avoided me and whispered." She pushed the door, leaning against the door with a hint of anger on her white face.

The people in the room heard her voice and turned their heads to look at her, but Xiao Ruohan reacted first, and also raised a friendly smile, "I thought you would go directly to the banquet, come in quickly." ”

Song Xing stood aside, reacted even faster, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her and walked in, "I was talking to the princess about you, you came, it seems that you can't talk about people behind your back." ”

"Oh, that's something bad for me." Ruan Mingjiao deliberately looked hesitant and asked.

"How dare you say bad things, naturally I praise our Pingyang County Lord for his natural beauty and good appearance, you look at this Su embroidered Yuehua brocade shirt that makes you extremely gentle and light, and a face is like a delicate white glow in the East China Sea."

Song Xing sat on a soft seat in front of the dressing mirror, Ruan Mingjiao stood still behind Xiao Ruohan, and she turned around and held her hand and teased, Xiao Ruohan was wearing a complex dark red palace dress today, which was extremely graceful and made her skin extremely bright, the swan neck was slender and the green tendons were slightly exposed, her face was shallow, her makeup was beautiful but not losing her atmosphere, wearing a ring, the pearl hairpin was shining in the light of the candlelight.

Ruan Mingjiao didn't care about her ridicule, and showed a little hesitation, "I heard that the second sister was punished for me, it was really Gillian's fault, and it affected the second sister." ”

She was about to salute, but was stopped by Xiao Ruohan, "Gillian, my father gave me a task, I was negligent for a while and almost put you in danger again, it should be me to apologize." ”

"Second sister." Ruan Mingjiao's face flashed with a trace of unbearability.

Song Xing patted her, "Are your hands better?" I was going to see you, but my dad wouldn't let me go out. She was dressed in a scarlet palace dress, boldly exposed her shoulders, her face was very beautiful, and her words were extremely childish.

"I'm fine, I received the tonic from the county lord of Jianan, and I will naturally get better quickly." Ruan Mingjiao pinched her face and said angrily.

Xiao Ruohan looked at her fighting, but the smile on her face showed a wry smile, her eyes were shallow but a little helpless, and she said angrily: "After today, I don't know if the three of us can still laugh and play like this." ”

Ruan Mingjiao and Song Xing knew what she meant, Beili was far away from the great cause, if the proposal was successful, Xiao Ruohan would have to leave with the envoys, and I am afraid that this trip would be far away.

"There are natural opportunities, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, and those who have a heart will naturally meet." Ruan Mingjiao only hesitated, and then smiled again, as if reassuring and assuring.