The imperial concubine bows down to me

On the other side, according to Liu Shuyan's instructions, Cao Min took Cao Min and the two palace servants who had collected the money to the dungeon, and then ordered someone to take care of them so that there was no mistake, and then went back to the Chongjiao Hall.

Although the three of them were there, Shen Tai could easily find a reason to take them away as long as he wanted to, but Du Qinning thought, since Cao Min has no effect on Shen Tai, he has Grandpa Cao Min by his side. Hand is not worried that Cao Min will talk nonsense, so there is a high probability that he will not do anything for little Cao Min.

Du Qinning's pace was much faster than ordinary people, so when she was about to reach the Chongjiao Hall, she vaguely saw two men walking towards her in front of her.She hurried to catch up, only then did she see clearly that it was Liu Xiuyun and Xue Jiang.

After going forward to salute and inquire, Du Qinning learned that they were also looking for Shen Zhi.But when they arrived at the Lizheng Hall, they heard what the palace official said that Shen Zhi had already gone to the Chongjiao Hall, so the two of them came here.

After chatting for a few more words, the three of them entered the hall together.Shen Zhiben was fascinated by what he heard, but suddenly he heard Liu Shuyan's voice stopped, and looked up, only then did he realize that the three of them were walking towards this side.

"I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine." Liu Xiuyun and Xue Jiang saluted together, while Du Qinning stood directly behind Shen Zhi.

"You two don't need to be too polite, please sit down." Liu Xiuyun and Xue Jiang are both important officials in the court, and Shen Zhi also respects them a lot.

"Thank you, Your Highness." After the two agreed, they sat down next to the table on the right side of the hall.

Shen Zhi turned around and saw Du Qinning still standing behind him, not moving for a long time, so he persuaded: "Qinning, you sit too, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be formal."

Hearing Shen Zhi's words, Du Qinning wanted to refuse, but seeing Liu Shuyan also nodded at a glance, she swallowed the words again, thanked her, and sat on the seat next to Liu Shuyan.

"Prime Minister and Uncle entered the palace today, I don't know why?" Xue Jiang is the son-in-law of Princess Jiujiang, Shen Zhi's aunt, and according to her seniority, she still has to address Xue Jiang as Uncle.

"Your Highness, an assassin entered the palace yesterday, but I am incompetent and did not take down the assassin." As he spoke, Xue Jiang paused, and he got up and knelt down towards Shen Zhi again after sitting down just now, with a serious expression on his face , said, "So, the minister is here to plead guilty today, and I also ask His Royal Highness to come down."

Seeing this, Shen Zhi also got up immediately, and went forward to help Xue Jiang up: "What did my uncle say? It's not good for catching thieves. It's because the imperial army is incompetent. No wonder my uncle. My uncle only needs to go back and strengthen the protection of the imperial city. It will be enough to train more strictly, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony, this is really lonely." While speaking, Shen Zhi frowned slightly, and the look of concern in his eyes appeared extremely serious.

Anyone with a sharp ear can hear that Shen Zhi's words also contained some meaning of blaming him for his poor training, but Xue Jiang stood up with Shen Zhi's support, and quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your innocence. kindness."

After waving his hand, Shen Zhi motioned for him to sit back in his original position, and sat back himself.As soon as he sat down, Shen Zhi immediately changed the topic, and said pleasantly: "How is Auntie these days? I haven't seen her for a long time."

"Very good. If Your Highness is concerned, I will bring the princess into the palace some other day." Xue Jiang thought that Shen Zhi was just being polite to him, so she responded casually.

"That's lonely and worrying too much. Xu Shigu feels lonely recently, so he has more heart." As he said, there was a little melancholy in Shen Zhi's eyes. Staying in the East Palace, there is no one to talk to. Yesterday Gu changed the grand master again, from now on only Gu and Qin Ning will study with the grand master, and it will be even more deserted than before."

When Shen Zhi said this, he was as smart as Xue Jiang, and he had already heard something wrong in her words.Even though he usually didn't know much about Shen, and knew that Shen Zhi was a person who didn't talk much, but today she was uncharacteristically, and took the initiative to talk to him about these irrelevant things, there must be something strange in it.

However, he did not express the doubts in his heart. Instead, he greeted Shen Zhi with a smile: "I have also heard that His Highness is frugal. There are always few people in the East Palace, and there are no wonders to watch. It is normal for Your Highness to be bored. But His Highness is now At the age of fifteen, why don't you choose some beauties from outside the palace to come into the palace, so that you can accompany His Highness on weekdays?"

"I'm still young, now I should focus on business. Besides, the person that the matchmaker is marrying must be someone he likes. I haven't met Gu yet, and I'm not in a hurry." Having said this, Shen Zhi paused, Suddenly, as if thinking of something, his eyes lit up, "I heard that my uncle has a younger sister who is still in her boudoir. Why don't you...call her into the palace to be a companion? It happens that the grand master is a woman, and she spends all day It's not appropriate to stay alone with the two men Gu and Qin Ning. If my uncle and sister come, all these things will be solved easily."

Xue Jiang's eyes were fixed, and there was a chill in the surroundings.Shen Zhi thought that he was going to turn his back on him, but in the next moment, he actually laughed twice, and replied with some apology: "The method His Highness said is really good, but unfortunately, my sister just left the capital yesterday and went out for fun, and I'm still here. I hope His Highness will not take offense."

This made Shen Zhi not know how to respond, she turned sideways and secretly looked at Liu Shuyan, and said in embarrassment: "This..."

"Really? Concubine, think about it carefully. Did Lingmei really leave the concubine's mansion yesterday? Or is it that the concubine has been busy with work recently and has forgotten the date?" Liu Shuyan smiled, but Shen Zhi saw the ridiculous sharpness. Can't help but be surprised.

The implication is self-evident.

Xue Jiang couldn't figure out what Liu Shuyan meant, so he pretended not to understand, and asked instead: "What is the meaning of the imperial concubine's words? Could it be that I can't deceive Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness is the crown prince of a dynasty. If he deceives His Royal Highness, it will be regarded as half a crime of deceiving the emperor. Isn't the son-in-law afraid of... killing the three clans?"

Hearing this, Xue Jiang's originally smiling face immediately turned cold, but the smile on Liu Shuyan's face became even stronger.

"Imperial concubine, although you are deeply favored by saints, you shouldn't slander your ministers at will." Xue Jiang still insisted, but the chill in her eyes had already seeped out.

At this moment, Liu Xiuyun, who had been silent all the time, moved his fingers suddenly, and said, "Being a reading companion is something that many people dream of. Why doesn't the son-in-law want it? Or is it that the son-in-law wants His Highness to go to the son-in-law's mansion in person?" Inviting people? If His Highness really went to the consort's mansion to invite people in person, then it wouldn't be..."

"The minister just said that the younger sister left the capital yesterday and is not in the mansion now." Xue Jiang was a little angry, and the respect she had just shown Shen Zhi was gone from her expression, "Could it be that the prime minister and the imperial concubine are like this? Want to help the prince rob people?"

"Bold! How can you be so presumptuous in front of the prince?" Liu Xiuyun slapped the table and pointed at Xue Jiang, "To tell you the truth, Xue Ruoyu has been brought to the East Palace by the people from the prime minister's mansion. If there is no accident , it will be there in two quarters of an hour, how can you explain it?"

Hearing this, Xue Jiang also stood up angrily: "You!"

"Okay, okay, I thought, the son-in-law must have misremembered the date. How could the son-in-law, a talented man with both civil and military skills and talents, deliberately do such a foolish thing to deceive the prince? It can't be done, but Not only is he going to kill his head, but he will even hurt his relatives." As he spoke, Liu Shuyan stood up, walked towards the two of them, and raised eyebrows at Xue Jiang, showing her charm, "My son-in-law, you said that this palace said right?"

Liu Shuyan gave Xue Jiang a step, but Xue Jiang not only refused to go down, but even yelled: "The demon concubine is a disaster for the country, and it is a great shame for Guo to have you!"

"Oh? My son-in-law, why don't you think about Princess Jiujiang and Xiao Shizi in the princess mansion, and Miss Xue who is about to arrive in the East Palace, and then decide...do you want to scold me again?" Liu Shuyan looked disapproving, and Xue was so angry Jiang was furious and speechless.

But Liu Shuyan's words just hit his weakness.If the wife is gone, he can remarry, and if the son is gone, he can regenerate. He wants to make a big deal, and he doesn't care about these details at all.

But Xue Ruoyu, the younger sister, grew up with him as a child.The two ate the same steamed bun and drank the same bowl of porridge together. He once vowed to give her a lifetime of happiness and the best things in the world.She is his heart and soul, the most inseparable person in the world, how could he be willing to involve her?

The reason why he was so excited just now was also because what Shen Zhi and others said and did endangered his sister and touched his bottom line.If Shen Zhi only wanted to keep Xue Ruoyu in the palace as a hostage, he would not be so impulsive, but when he saw Shen Zhi talking about Xue Ruoyu, his eyes were shining, and with what she said, Xue Jiang couldn't help it. He wanted to go to the other side, so he made a contradictory thing on the spur of the moment.

And now that Xue Ruoyu is still in Liu Xiuyun's hands, no matter the truth or not, he is not willing to gamble with her life.

Closing her eyes and calming her heart, Xue Jiang finally let out a long breath: "The minister was confused just now, and I hope Your Highness will forgive me. It is an honor for the Xue family that Your Highness wants my sister to be your companion. Will decline. It's just that the minister suddenly remembered that there is still something important to do, so he resigned first."

After all, without waiting for Shen Zhi to agree, Xue Jiang went out of the hall on his own.

As soon as he went out, he ran into three people walking towards him, two men and one woman.And the woman among them is exactly Xue Ruoyu.

Seeing Xue Jiang, she smiled even brighter when she was already smiling, trotted a few steps and threw herself on Xue Jiang: "Brother, why are you here?"

Xue Jiang hugged her back and patted her comfortingly, then put her down: "This place is in the palace, my sister must not be as naughty as in the house."

"Understood, brother, why do you keep talking about me, hmph." Xue Ruoyu was a little unhappy when she was reprimanded the first time they met, and she pouted angrily and coquettishly said.

At first I wanted to talk to Xue Ruoyu for a while, but when I turned my head, I saw that the four people in the hall had already heard the sound and looked at this side, and sighed, Xue Jiang finally said: "Brother still has something to do, the prince wants to I invite you to be my reading companion, and you stay in this palace, don't cause trouble, brother will come to pick you up after a while."

"Understood brother, I have all my bags ready, don't worry, I won't mess around!" Xue Ruoyu is fickle, and just now he looked unhappy, and when he mentioned that he was going to be a companion in the palace, he immediately laughed again She got up, and pointed to the large bag in the hands of the entourage behind her, as if showing off.

It was helpless to meet such an innocent and innocent younger sister, Xue Jiang sighed: "Okay, I will go first as a brother." After finishing speaking, Xue Jiang reached out and touched Xue Ruoyu's rosy cheeks due to the fuss, and then After looking at Shen Zhi in the hall, he finally left.

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