"If he knew that he knew everything by heart, but turned a blind eye, for so many years, he had sheltered those who murdered A-Niang and shamelessly slandered her name, then I, who am full of hatred, is just a superfluous burden that should not appear to Aya today."

"If so, what is the use of me rushing to him and letting him know that I am alive? Will he obey my words and avenge my aunt? Instead, I have become a thorn in their side. ”

"My life was picked up by my grandfather back then, and it's okay to die, but I can't die like this. If she dies like this, who will be able to claim my mother's grievances and her reputation? Even if those who had harmed her fell into hell after death, what was the meaning to her? ”

"So what's next for Your Highness?" Pei Xiaoyuan's eyes shimmered and asked.

"I learned something about Zhao Zhongfang from Sister A last night. He should still be alive now, but he was expelled from the palace by my Aye. I want to find him first. What happened to my A-Niang that night, whether my Aya knows the old things or not, he is the one who knows best. Knowing all this, I know what to do next. ”

"I see!"

Pei Xiaoyuan bowed, "I will find out the whereabouts of this person for the princess as soon as possible." The princess can wait for my news. ”

Su Yu's eyes fell on his young and heroic face, and she looked at him in a daze, until an unnatural expression appeared on his face, and even turned slightly to avoid her gaze.

"Do you know why I broke ties with you in the first place? I just don't want to implicate you in my affairs. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan had already been seen by her bright eyes, and there was a faint wave of blood in his chest, slightly bulging.

"It is also the duty of a minister to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess." He responded calmly.

"But if I become a burden to my Aya, this so-called princess status ......"

"Here, no matter what the saint thinks, you are a princess."

Su Yu listened and was silent.

After a long time, she sat on the bed, slowly turned to face him, and smiled slightly.

"Pei Er, I hope I can repay you in this life."

The small west pavilion turned quiet, and only a candle flame flickered gently.

After a while, Pei Xiaoyuan spoke again, breaking the silence.

"The minister does things for the princess and does not ask for anything in return."

"It's not too early, I should send the princess back. I have a mansion in Yongning Fang, and tomorrow I will arrange to take the princess there for a while. It was a more suitable place for the princess to live in than a house, and it was safer. ”

"Another ......"

He hesitated, glancing at her.

"I will come back in the future. I hope the princess will answer. ”

Su Yu didn't know the consideration of his arrangement, and lowered his eyes: "I'm bothering you." ”

After speaking, she got up from the couch and was about to walk out, when she was suddenly stopped again.

"I have one more matter, if there is anything wrong, please forgive the princess. Regarding Li Yan, the princess won't think that he is still the brother you used to be, right? ”

The rain is frozen.

Li Yan was lucky to survive back then, and now that he is back, what is his purpose, he didn't tell her last night, and Su Yu didn't ask.

But what he wanted to do, she could probably guess.

Just like when she came back, she insisted on seeking justice for A-Niang. With his once noble body, how could he be willing to remain incognito and die in Quanlin?

Was he wrong?

She didn't know.

She looked back slowly.

"At least for now, he's still my brother Yan, isn't he?"

Her expression was a little sad, "In a situation like last night, I couldn't bear it, and I couldn't do it, so I watched him die at the hands of my Aya." ”

Pei Xiaoyuan stared at her for a moment, then suddenly raised his wrist, and his palm crushed the fire on the wick.

"Let's go, I'll send you back to rest first."

In the darkness, his gentle voice could be heard.

He sent Suyu back to the house, and watched her figure disappear behind the door, stopping until midnight, looking over the wall, and seeing the light behind the door in the attic turned off, knowing that she should have slept peacefully, but still standing at the mouth of the dark alley, still not leaving.

At this time, he relived the events of tonight in his mind, still with a sense of unreality that was not real, until suddenly there was a sound of light, rapid footsteps behind him.

A cronie came to him and whispered something to him.

His Majesty the Emperor summoned him and ordered him to enter the palace for an audience.

At this moment, there must be no delay.

Chapter 39

Like Pei Xiaoyuan's first visit, it was still late at night, in the same palace. However, this time, the emperor did not hide behind the curtain again.

He entered the apse, and saw that the emperor was in front of the curtain in the palace room where he had been waiting for a long time, wearing a large yellow silk cloud and crane pattern, and he was lying half on a large lacquered and gold-pasted bed, and there was a case in front of the couch, and the top was stacked with messy music. On the side of the bed, there was a candle with two huge pestles, and the emperor was holding a book of music that was spread out, and his eyes fell on it, and he seemed to be dealing with political affairs, but he did not know what the music said, and the emperor frowned as if he were angry.

Pei Xiaoyuan bowed to him, and soon heard the permission to be flat on his head, so he got up.

The emperor was still sitting with a few points, and his eyes were not taken off the chapter, and Pei Xiaoyuan waited by his side. After a while, I saw that the emperor's face became more and more pale, and suddenly "snapped", closed the chapter, threw it on the table, and turned to face Pei Xiaoyuan, and coldly lifted his eyelids: "What do you think I do?" The voice was displeased.

While waiting, Pei Xiaoyuan remembered what happened in the middle of the night, and couldn't help but stare at the emperor's face.

During the previous visit, the light of the house was dim, so the complexion was not obvious. Tonight in the outer hall, the candles are bright, and the emperor looks like burnt wax, more aging than the previous time. But even so, on this face, which still has a little bit of the demeanor of youth, can still capture some silhouettes similar to her.

At this point, Pei Xiaoyuan finally understood how his subtle sense of déjà vu came from the last time he saw Shengrong at first sight.

Thinking like this, he inevitably wandered, and when he heard this, he immediately closed his eyes and said, "The minister doesn't dare." Fang Cai was waiting for orders. ”

The Emperor straightened up from the couch and sat on the edge of the couch with his legs down. One day, when the corner of the palace was specially serving here, the dumb little palace eunuch immediately came up to put on his boots. The emperor flicked his hands. The little palace eunuch retreated silently and quickly. The emperor propped his hands on his two strands, stared at Pei Xiaoyuan and said, "Summoned in the middle of the night, do you have complaints?" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan had long heard that the emperor seemed to be reversing day and night in recent years, because he couldn't sleep at night and took the medicine of the imperial doctor, but it had little effect.

"I don't dare. If Your Majesty is useful to the minister's place, the minister will be at your disposal at any time. ”

He dealt with it decently, without sycophancy, and without the confusion or fear on his face that arose from being blamed by the emperor for no reason.

This is about the so-called newborn calf. On the contrary, now those senior ministers and important ministers in the court are always panicked in front of the emperor, and they dare not say more than half a word, lest one accidentally anger them.

The emperor stared at him for a moment, and his face gradually turned dark.

"What have you been busy with lately? It's been almost two months since I took office, and if I don't call it, you will have nothing to do? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan told about yesterday's actions.

"The matter has been reported to the general. The minister thought that the general had already played, so he did not dare to enter the palace rashly to disturb His Majesty. ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "Han Kerang naturally said it. I just want to ask you again in person! Such a big movement, thousands of people were mobilized, and in the end, people were allowed to run away! You've caught so many shrimp and crabs for me, and you're going to deal with it? ”

Although the emperor was not very quiet, his dissatisfaction was undoubtedly expressed by this remark.

Pei Xiaoyuan could only kneel down again and kowtow to admit his guilt: "It's the minister's incompetence!" Please punish Your Majesty! ”

"Do you know the identity of that suspicious person who is recuperating from his wounds?"

"The three arrested people are stubborn and abnormal, and although the minister has used capital punishment, so far, none of them have confessed."

"Do you have your own inferences?" Asked.

"The minister is stupid, and he has no clue for a while."

When he had finished speaking, the hall fell into a terrible silence.

He lowered his eyes and couldn't see the emperor's expression at the moment, but he could clearly feel that his reply had angered the emperor.

"Look up!" Pei Xiaoyuan heard a voice in front of him that turned cold again.

"Didn't you say that one of them destroyed himself after being arrested?" The Emperor looked at him and said.

"Tell me why he did that?"

"Or they don't want to be recognized."

"Why not?"

"I think I'm afraid of being recognized."

"Afraid of being recognized?"

"Forgive the minister for being stupid, and I don't know about this matter for the time being."

"You really don't know?"

Pei Xiaoyuan suddenly faced the emperor's eyes, which shot straight at him like sharp arrows.

"Yes. I really don't know. After returning home, the minister will order someone to intensify the interrogation, and once the result is obtained, the minister will immediately play. ”

The emperor continued to stare at him for a long time, and slowly leaned back on the table, looking a little tired, closed his eyes slightly, recuperated, and suddenly spoke again: "Did you find the son of the old man you were looking for when you first came?" ”

At this time, the emperor's tone had turned light, as if he had no intention of mentioning it casually, and it was not as powerful as it had been a moment ago. But here in Pei Xiaoyuan, his heart jumped.

The Emperor would suddenly ask this, which was a surprise he had never expected. After a moment of hesitation, he saw the emperor on the couch turn his face and open his eyes, and looked at it again.

He secretly froze, knowing that this matter should be Han Kerang's gift, and it was impossible to hide it, so he reacted immediately.

"Your Majesty, the person has been found."

The emperor did seem to just ask casually, just glanced at him, and nodded: "It's good to find it." If you can cultivate yourself, why don't you be honored, you are not as good as before. When the deceased comes, it should be carried out. Non-critical dismissals below the sixth rank in Beijing can be awarded as appropriate. You can go to the ministry tomorrow and pick a suitable vacancy. ”

Only then did Pei Xiaoyuan understand the emperor's intention to ask a question, not to make a difficulty, but to show gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. It's just that my old man's son did not enter Beijing this time to seek an official, but to have another family matter. Besides, there is no trivial matter in the official, even if it is scattered, non-capable people do not dare to occupy it. When she becomes a weapon in the future, it is not too late to seek to serve the imperial court. ”

The emperor was quite satisfied with his promise, nodded, and said, "I heard that a few days ago, Ashina and the Yuwen family fought in the Shenshu Palace?" Were you there at the time? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan should be.

"Do you know why we are fighting? Do you think my place is your own crossbow field? ”

Pei Xiao Yuan's heart jumped slightly, and his mouth was already explained: "The grievances between the minister and the prince of Yuwen, Your Majesty also knows, and the prince is friendly with me again, and the two of them moved their hands on impulse that day." The minister heard the news and rushed to stop it. It's all the fault of the minister. ”

The emperor frowned: "Not only that, I heard that in Chunfeng Tower before, I almost led the children of the army of the Sixteen Guards to fight in public. One by one, relying on the little credit of their fathers, what has become of them! ”

"The minister regarded the prince as a brother, and he also called me a brother, so afterwards, the minister took advantage of His Majesty's momentum to severely reprimand him. If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty has always been generous to others, the minister would have already whipped him on his back. He knew his mistake and regretted it. If he is allowed by His Majesty next time, the minister will take him to ask His Majesty for his guilt again. ”

The emperor squinted at him: "Governor Pei Jia'er." In this case, I ask you, why do you not live in the house that has been given? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan saw the emperor's eyes staring at him faintly, and knew that he must be suspicious that he had a grudge against the old things in his heart, so he lowered his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, because of this busy business, there is no time to relocate." These two days are about to be lived. ”

At this time, the sound of the palace leakage sounded faintly, reporting three watches and two o'clock. After listening to the sound of the palace leak, the emperor nodded: "I also received a greeting from your uncle from the Eastern Capital today. He has arrived. He also said that you don't have more to do, and I hope I will be more responsible. I think he is getting older and more confused, and he is more worried. I'm fine here. ”