It's Xiaoman, it's April, and it's rainy in the south.
The raindrops connected the sky and the ground like a bead curtain, creating puddles. Whenever the wheels of the carriage rolled over, the muddy water splashed up.
The temperature in the capital has been fluctuating in the past few days. It has just been a hot day, and it finally rained and it was much cooler. Besides, no one went out or entered the city during the heavy rain. A few soldiers at the gate were lazy after lunch and dozed off on the wall. .
Suddenly, there was the sound of heavy footsteps, stepping on the water in the distance. The soldiers looked up and saw that the rain curtain made it difficult to see clearly, and a large group of people were covered in darkness.
He suddenly woke up. Although he thought it was impossible, he was still wary of anyone else breaking into the royal capital.
Until a white horse came running first. On the horse was a man wearing blue brocade clothes and a white cloak. He pulled the reins with his right hand. The white horse stood right at the gate of the city. His movements were smooth and handsome.
The slender index finger pushed up the hat, revealing a face with clear eyebrows, "Nangong Zhi has been ordered to take the prisoners back to the capital. Please open the city gate."
The soldiers had heard about Nangong Shaofu's deeds, but they had never had such close contact with a real person. Only when they saw him like this did they know what it means to be a gentleman among men and what it means to have extraordinary bearing.
"Yes, yes, Master Nangong, wait a moment."
While waiting, Nangong Zhi made a gesture backwards, then urged his horse to a carriage, "We have entered the royal capital. Prince Yun, please be kind."
The jade bone fan opened a gap, revealing a pair of extremely beautiful peach blossom eyes, which reflected the light of the rainy day, as if there was a spring scenery, "What can I do? Nangong Shaofu escorted me for a ride, I should also reciprocate One or two, let’s do this, I’ll be the host and invite Crown Prince Nangong to Xunfangyuan for a drink.”
Nangong Zhi was stunned for a moment, "No need..."
"Hey~" he said with a protracted tone and a serious tone: "We are so familiar, so you are welcome. Ah, by the way, which one of Huan Fei Yan Shou Nangong Shaofu likes? If you have any special hobbies, I can also satisfy you. .”
Nangong Zhimo said, "Prince Yun is kind to me, but I have to go to the palace to resume my life."
"Okay, wait until you are free."
The city gate was released, Nangong Zhi raised his hand, and the people and horses behind started to move again. After the prison car entered the city, Nangong Zhi and Yun Qi nodded to signal, turned their horses' heads and were about to shake the reins, when they heard Yun Qi say quietly behind him: "I'll wait for you. Oh." He trembled all over and quickly urged his horse to gallop.
In the carriage, Su Ji shook his head: "Nangong Shaofu is a serious man, why do you tease others."
Yun Qi tapped the palm of his hand with the jade bone fan and said nonchalantly: "Your family's heir apparent, I am also a decent person."
Su Ji smiled and expressed non-committal, and then said: "It's not that you don't want to be someone's companion, why did you decide to go on the road together again?"
"Don't you think it's unreasonable for me to stay in a remote place with my reputation of being fearful of death and very lascivious?"
"That makes sense." Su Ji changed the topic, "But I think you just want to deliberately disgust people on the road."
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "Is this the kind of person I am?"
Guanyue&Mo Yan&Su Ji: You are.
Yun raised his thumb and opened the jade bone: "Tsk, I can't communicate with these people."
The city walls of the Royal Capital are majestic, slightly mottled but not worn. They are like a giant dragon lying on the ground. They are solid and dignified, and are awe-inspiring and difficult to attack. The two words "Wang Capital" on the top also reveal the King's character that is different from other places. Angry and domineering.
Yun Qi looked at the two words for a long time, then looked at Su Ji's sickly face, with a brisk smile on the corner of his mouth——
After being away for many days, I still miss the capital a little bit.
On second thought, maybe I actually miss a certain stinky girl with a sharp tongue?
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Half of the walls of Jiqingfang that collapsed due to roasted bird eggs were not repaired in the end. Instead, they were completely torn down, and the two courtyards were connected together.
Chunmiao was not very happy at first, until Lu Taotao told her, "I will lend you the kitchen from now on. Next time you want to steam soft cakes and stew pig's trotters at the same time, you won't be afraid of the smell."
Chunmiao immediately happily went to work in the kitchen, which made Lu Taotao couldn't help but suspect that this girl was not very smart.
Lu Anran picked up the "Qianjin Pharmacopoeia" that she hadn't read for a while. Just after writing two annotations, Lu Taotao walked in front of her. She moved because someone blocked the light.
"You're so weird. A few days ago you came back from the Prime Minister's Mansion and you just huddled in the room and read a book." Lu Taotao kicked his feet and sat down on the desk, with his legs dangling in the air and said, "Don't you like to be a kid? Are you a good man? Why don’t you go and show the Liu family’s daughter-in-law’s legs?”
Hearing this, Lu Anran's eyes froze and he couldn't stand the words that followed.
Now that the case has been transferred to the Special Prime Minister's Department, Prime Minister Liu personally intervenes, and all the people, including Li'er Niang, are in prison.
Although Lierniang was unaware of what Liu Zhiquan did, the matter was of great importance. An inhumane case was so simple that one could not get away with it simply by saying she did not know.
Lu Anran once probed Prime Minister Liu, who told her, "The laws and regulations of the imperial court are not child's play."
"Finally realized that you are not omnipotent?" Lu Taotao put his hands back and turned his head to look at Lu Anran, with a hint of ridicule in his big eyes.
Lu Anran closed the book and turned his gaze outside, "I have never thought about it that way."
She was just a little helpless. Things were unpredictable and could not be changed by herself.
This matter has changed from the Fox Fairy farce at the beginning to now. Lu Anran can no longer intervene. Because he knows that he can't do anything, Lu Anran hides in the inner hall and simply ignores it.
Lu Taotao raised a finger and said, "Oh~ you are escaping."
Lu Anran didn't say anything. She thought that sometimes life is like a half-bald osmanthus tree outside. You don't know when disaster will happen, and you can't escape when it happens.
"Oh, Mrs. Liu Wu is so pitiful. She has a lame leg and is still in jail. Now she doesn't even have a friend to visit her. She still has to be greeted by her mother-in-law three times a day in jail, even more punctually than when she eats."
No matter what Lu Taotao said, Lu Anran ignored her again, until Lu Taotao felt bored and wanted to leave. Wu Fang came in from the door and said to Lu Anran: "Doctor Shen has prescribed medicine, and the pain will no longer occur at night. In the future, there will be no more pain." You can’t tell at all times, but walking faster is different from normal people after all.”
Lu Taotao laughed, "Lu Anran, you... are so boring!" He secretly found a doctor to treat Liu Wu's illness, pretending to be indifferent, huh, fake benevolence!
It was clear here, Lu Anran picked up the book again, but there were too many distracting thoughts, and the words were dancing in her mind. She pressed her forehead and was about to get up to make tea when she heard a chuckle, her voice was like pearls. Rolling past, I felt like the tinkling sound of spring water hitting my heart.
"The soul cannot stay at home. Could it be that missing you is like the full moon, whose brightness diminishes every night?"
Lu Anran suddenly raised his eyes and met a pair of narrow, smiling peach blossom eyes.
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In Linhua Hall, after hearing Nangong Zhi's reply, the emperor said with satisfaction: "You have done a good job in this matter. I am very pleased."
Nangong Zhi lowered his head and said nothing. Although he was praised, he was actually a little unhappy.
It was he who led the army to destroy the rebels, and he was good at bringing back the leader of the rebels, but that was all. It was like a delicious dish that had been seasoned and even cooked. He only had to be responsible for cooking it in the end, and then everything else All the credit goes to him.
Nangong Zhi wanted to make great achievements, but that was not the case.
The emperor seemed to understand Nangong Zhi's thoughts and only said: "You are still young. You will know in the future that the result is much more important than the process."
"Wei Chen is thinking that if the rebels' disobedience had been discovered earlier, the people of Ye, You, and Lishui counties might have been spared this turmoil."
The emperor twirled the jade ring with his fingers, his face not smiling but solemn and majestic, "Yuan Su, I asked you to go to the southwest to quell the rebellion, not to examine the people's sentiments. The rebels are never unreasonable. What they covet is my country."
Nangong Zhi cupped his fists and saluted: "I just can't bear the people being killed and humiliated."
"You have a benevolent heart." The emperor put his palm on the dragon chair, rubbed the dragon head with his thumb, and said with a deep look in his eyes: "But you are standing in a high position, but you are blind. You are only stuck in your small family spirit and cannot see the big picture."
Nangong Zhi's eyes drooped, staring at the floor in front of his toes. The emperor's words were like Mount Tai, pouring down, "Under the sky and the earth, everything covered by the dome is the world. You only focus on every plant, one tree, one person and one animal, and then you forget Thousands of vegetation, people and animals, the country is strong and the people are rich, but if the country cannot become a country, how can we call it home?”
Nangong Zhi couldn't deny that the emperor's words were right, but he always felt like he was holding his breath.
The atmosphere was at a stalemate. Wang Qie came in to report, and Liu Xiangzhi went to the palace to see him.
Just as Nangong Zhi was about to bow and leave, the emperor said angrily: "If you keep it, will I let you go?"
Wang Qie glanced over there quietly out of the corner of his eye and said to himself that Young Master Nangong was very courageous. The princes were usually very cautious when talking to the emperor, just for fear of accidentally making the emperor unhappy. It was good for him that the emperor would not chase them away when he was angry.
Wang Qie's heart once again deepened the emperor's preference for Nangong Zhi.
After Liu Xiangzhi entered the palace, he bowed as usual, and then said with a smile: "Nangong Shaofu's trip to the southwest has accomplished a great feat."
The emperor seized the opportunity and snorted coldly: "As I said before, he complained that I let him get a good thing for nothing."
There was a hint of surprise on Liu Xiangzhi's arrogant face, "Young people really have high ambitions. It's better for the emperor to care about the old minister in the future, so that the old minister won't complain."
The emperor laughed and scolded: "Are you still waiting for me to make you a military marshal?"
"I don't dare. I will share the emperor's worries and will not give up even if I die."
Liu Xiangzhi and the emperor calmed down the atmosphere with a few words before getting down to business, "Cheng Jiuwan is dead, but a stack of letters was found from him, confirming his collusion with Xiao Conglong."
The emperor put his fingers on the memorial, with doubts in his eyes: "A small magistrate of Yi County, Cheng Jiuwan, and a Xiao Conglong, are they really so capable?"
Liu Xiangzhi also had doubts, "The deaths of Cheng Jiuwan and Xiao Conglong are too strange, but the clues only stop here. Unless the truth is only this, it means that the person who may exist is deeply hidden and has a strong foundation."
The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Yuan Su, you and Ti Xing Si Yunqi will investigate this matter together."
Nangong Zhi took the order, but when he thought of Yun Qi, his head hurt for some reason.
