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After returning from the listening bamboo hall, Wen Yining did not leave the sleeping hall for three consecutive days.He is quiet by nature, and the guard Ping An is also a dull person. The only lively person in the Zhongshidian is Ruyi.But I don't know why, these days, Ruyi's temper seems to be getting worse, throwing things at every turn, and scolding several palace servants who didn't make any serious mistakes.

Ruyi is usually kind to others, and her voice is not high-pitched.To use an inappropriate analogy, this is called "a dog that can bark will not bite people, but if it bites people, it will kill people."

So now the people in the middle room are panicked, everyone is doing things with trepidation, for fear that if they accidentally offend the chief eunuch, they will be sent outside to serve in the army.

Ruyi and Ping An knew all about the changes in the palace in the past few days, and Wen Yining understood, but he didn't ask any questions. He just watched the palace people hurriedly decorate the whole palace with plain curtains.

The Forbidden Army of the Imperial City had also been mobilized and drilled in the past, but the number of Forbidden Army who came and went outside the middle room hall in the past three days was two or three times more than usual.Pingan thought he was strong in martial arts, but when he sneaked out three times and was about to fail twice, his usually expressionless face also showed a bit of worry.

"Ping'an, Ruyi, why didn't you see him?" Wen Yining came out from the apse, rarely wearing bright yellow clothes - the phoenix robe that symbolized the status of a queen. Seeing Ping'an standing at the window, he asked casually.

Ruyi stood at the gate of the middle room early in the morning, but Ping An refused to say what Ruyi was doing.

Wen Yining took a look at Ping An, and sat down at the table with his sleeves up. On the table, there were many foods to dispel the heat in summer - sour plum paste, mung bean soup and so on.

Wen Yining looked at the scorching sun outside the hall:

"It's hot outside, Ping An, please help me call Ruyi in, I have something to tell him."

After a while, Ruyi followed Ping An in. Wen Yining looked up and saw that Ruyi's face was covered with beads of sweat, and the neck of her boa robe had turned dark.Seeing that Ruyi's face was already wrinkled, she didn't know what was inside her little head.

Wen Yining was amused, waved away the other people in the hall, and then pointed to the two seats in front of him:

"sit."

"Master... what's the matter?"

Wen Yining smiled meaningfully, Ruyi knew how to read people's faces, and felt guilty, so she asked in a low voice.

"You sit first."

After Ruyi and Pingan sat down anxiously, Wen Yining pointed to the mung bean soup on the table with a smile:

"It's hot in summer, Ruyi, drink something to cool off?"

Ruyi and Pingan looked at each other, before they understood what Wen Yining was thinking, they saw that Wen Yining poured a bowl of mung bean soup for each of them by himself.

"Master..." Ruyi looked at him with a sad face and said, "If you have something to say, just say it, don't laugh so provocatively."

Wen Yining laughed out loud, looking at Ruyi and Ping'an's frowning faces, "Ruyi, it's easy to get angry when the weather is hot... But it's also good, you are angry alone, and it saves us the ice in the middle room hall." brick."

"Well, why?"

"Palace people, because they are worried that the fire at the city gate will affect the fish in the pond, everyone is in fear. When our chief eunuch Xiao Ruyi loses his temper, they tremble with fright. Why do we need to dispel the heat?" Seeing that Ruyi didn't understand, Wen Yining held back He smiled and said slowly.

"Well……"

Ruyi puffed up her cheeks angrily, took the small bowl of mung bean soup on the table, took two sips unhappy, and complained in a low voice, "Master, you are laughing at me again."

Wen Yining looked at Ruyi like this, shook his head and smiled helplessly—most people in the palace had impure thoughts, and it was not easy for Ruyi to be able to maintain this truth even today. Ning ten years to see in the eyes.

He guarded the world for ten years, and Ruyi and Ping An also guarded him for ten years.

"Ruyi, peace, call you in today, I have something to say to you."

The two looked up at him.

"You have been following me for ten years, and now Your Majesty is in charge of Bintian, since the will will understand that he wants me..."

Speaking of this, Wen Yining saw that Ruyi and Pingan's expressions changed slightly, and he immediately avoided their eyes and continued:

"People in the palace are the most popular, and you have no future if you follow me. If you are tired of life in the palace, and Ruyi likes to be lively, you can take Ruyi out of the palace safely. If you don't have enough money, I will still..."

"I don't!" Ruyi stood up and screamed loudly, she put her hands on the table and stared at Wen Yining, "I will not leave master! And I will not let master die for the bastard emperor for no reason!"

"Okay, Ruyi, let me put it another way—" Wen Yining patted the back of Ruyi's hand, motioning for Ruyi to sit down.

"King Ning is not a good person. He can use two of the three points of the imperial guards in the capital. Seven out of ten ministers in the court are friends with him. Even if we can find evidence related to the emperor's death , he was also able to support himself and create a bloody coup. Why did the late emperor lead the three powers to beg me, and why did my father die? More than a hundred members of the Wen family were implicated innocently, plus the living Shu Yao , you and peace..."

"Ruyi, I don't want anyone to die for me anymore, do you understand?"

"But, but..."

Seeing that Ruyi was about to cry again, Wen Yining pulled out a smile:

"After all, 14 years ago, I was the one who insisted on taking part in the scientific examination despite my father's obstruction. I planted the karma and reaped the karma. You don't need to accompany me to waste time with Wenjing. You live instead of me , but also to see if King Ning keeps his promise to me."

Speaking of this, Wen Yining believes that Ruyi will understand, and with Ping An by his side, Wen Yining is not at all worried that Ruyi's life will be difficult in the future.

Now it's the dog days of summer in the capital, the sun outside is bright and warm, but the middle room is gloomy and gloomy.

Among the three masters and servants sitting opposite each other, one forced a smile, the other was silent and expressionless, and the remaining one had red eyes and face, bit his lips tightly, and didn't cry out.

suddenly,

The door of the main hall was pushed open from the outside, and a young man came to report:

"Master, there is someone begging outside... eh? Little, little one is calling, disturbing..."

"Plop" the boy knelt down immediately, he had never seen Eunuch Ruyi crying like this, the dark-faced guard seemed to be even darker now.

Seeing that the visitor was really frightened, Ruyi sniffed and buried her head in Ping An's arms after seriously reflecting on herself.

"Get up, your father-in-law Ruyi is fine," Wen Yining greeted the visitor, "What did you say about someone?"

The boy reported the coming people, and then went out to attract people.The person who entered the hall was a court lady, and when she saw Wen Yining, she immediately bowed down and said blessings.

Wen Yining felt familiar when he saw her kneeling, but he couldn't remember her name no matter what.After the other party saluted and stood up, Wen Yining asked:

"You are……?"

"The servant is the steward of Jiaotai Hall, named Bao Lian." Seeing that Wen Yining was still a little confused, Bao Lian added, "That day in Jinlang, it was fortunate that you, the Queen's master, passed by and saved the life of the servant. Today is to thank the master for saving his life."

"It turned out to be you, girl, you are too polite, and I didn't say anything to you that day."

Bao Lian shook her head, looked at Ruyi and Ping An, with a panicked look on her face.

"Girl, you may as well speak up, they are the most trustworthy people around me." Wen Yining waved Ping An to close the door of the main hall, and then stood guard at the door.

"The queen's master saved the life of the slave girl. The slave girl has nothing to repay the master. This dragon-patterned ring pendant carved with hibiscus is the most valuable thing on the slave girl. The slave girl will leave the palace when she is old enough. Come and present it to the queen master, as a thank you for saving my life!"

Saying that, Bao Lian presented a very exquisite jade ring pendant with both hands.

Wen Yining hastily refused:

"Girl, take it back quickly, what do I want your things for no reason. You still have money to spend when you go out of the palace. Besides, you should know that it's useless for me to ask for so much gold, silver and jade as a dying person? "

Wen Yining believed that the news that he was going to be buried had already spread in the palace, even though Bao Lian in front of him was Li Meiren's palace servant, he would definitely hear some rumors.

However, Bao Lian shook her head, knelt on the ground and stubbornly stuffed the ring pendant into Wen Yining's hands:

"In any case, I ask the Queen's master to accept this hibiscus-carved dragon pattern ring pendant. If nothing else, just treat it as the master helping the servant to fulfill a wish and repay the kindness!"

said,

Regardless of Wen Yining's master and servant, after three "boom, boom, boom" kowtows to Wen Yining, Bao Lian got up and left in a hurry.

Wen Yining looked at the direction Bao Lian was leaving, and then at the jade pendant in his hand, feeling a little puzzled.If it is said that he met someone from the Supervisory Hall scolding Bao Lian that day in Jinlang, but the person who really saved Bao Lian was Wei Fengguo.Bao Lian didn't go to thank Wei Fengguo, why did he come over to thank him instead?

I didn't do anything, why did You Baolian want to thank you so much?

"Ping An, I think you should return this item to the girl on my behalf. It is not easy for her to be outside the palace alone. How much money can I exchange for this jade pendant?"

Ping An took the order to go, but came back within a short time, but still held the hibiscus-carved dragon pattern ring pendant in his hand.

"Ping An, why are you still holding this? Didn't you catch up with Baolian?" Ruyi was surprised, and asked first.

Ping An shook his head, nodded again, and rarely showed a confused expression.

"What's the matter, safe, is there something wrong?"

Ping An raised his head to look at Wen Yining, then at the ring pendant in his hand, and held back a sentence after a while:

"Baolian knows martial arts."

Ruyi opened her mouth wide in surprise, Wen Yining frowned and looked at Ping An, motioning for Ping An to continue talking, Ping An came over and put the ring pendant on the table.

"Going out from the Zhongshidian, no matter which direction you go, it will take about a cup of tea to completely lose sight of people. But I have explored every road, and I haven't seen Miss Baolian."

"Maybe she didn't leave?" Ruyi asked.

"The subordinate went down and asked the guards of the palace gate, and said that he saw Miss Bao Lian leaving the palace."

After hearing what Ping An said, Wen Yining subconsciously set his gaze on the jade pendant left by Bao Lian——

It is not a good thing for a court lady to know martial arts, why did Bao Lian forcefully leave this jade pendant to him before leaving the palace.

This is one of the accessories that women often wear, a ring-shaped jade pendant.This jade pendant is exquisitely carved, and the hibiscus flowers are in bloom, surrounding the dragon with its feet on auspicious clouds.The jade quality is transparent, which can be regarded as the upper-middle quality.

Wen Yining frowned and stared at the jade pendant on the table for a long time, Ruyi next to him kept winking at Pingan, but Pingan still ignored Ruyi's thoughts and said:

"Master, we actually have something to hide from you."

Ruyi stomped her feet and gave Pingan a hard look.Under Wen Yining's strange gaze, Ruyi and Pingan told Wen Yining what they saw and heard in the Bamboo Pavilion that day——

Wei Fengguo turned out to be King Ning's man?

This news really surprised Wen Yining. It turned out that Wei Fengguo was still unscathed in the three rounds of impeachment. It was not only under the protection of Concubine Yun, King Ning must have played a key role in it.

Forget it, Wen Yining laughed at himself, he had no friendship with Wei Fengguo in the first place, why should a dying person expect so much - what he expected before, he never got in this harem.

Now my heart is cold, and I don't even dare to think about it anymore.

"Master, I didn't mention this because I was afraid that you would be sad..." Ruyi gave Wen Yining a careful look.

"Don't worry, I'm not angry."

Could it be that he cared so much about Wei Fengguo that Xiao Ruyi worried about him?

"Master, there is one more thing, it must be related to the jade pendant that Miss Baolian insisted on sending."

"what?"

"In the past few days, Ruyi and I have actually stopped a lot of things sent from the surveillance center or Mr. Wei, some are calligraphy and paintings, and some are porcelain. Ruyi and I thought that he must be uneasy and kind, so we didn't give them to him. Master, look—"

Wen Yining raised his eyebrows and looked at Ping An, but Ruyi quietly took out these things, lowered his head and carefully placed them in front of Wen Yining:

Those calligraphy and paintings are not very good collections, but they are all pictures of hibiscus, autumn hibiscus and dragon on auspicious clouds.The porcelain is also decorated with dragons as the hibiscus pattern of the ear bottle.

Wen Yining frowned and looked at these strange things——

Hibiscus?Dragon pattern?

Wen Yining turned his head and saw the papers still piled up on the case in Zhongshidian, Wen Yining suddenly realized, took a deep breath and stood up, with indescribable excitement and surprise on his face:

"So that's it, that's it!! I understand!"

"Master, master? What do you understand?"

"Ruyi, you send someone to invite King Ning and the relatives of the court. Peace, you follow me to the Mingguang Palace—"

"master?"

"That will—" Wen Yining looked at Ping An and Ru Yi, and smiled from the bottom of his heart, "It's a fake."