Jiang Qing

"Mr. Zhang's pleadings, I remember it should be placed with you."

Mei Shao took out the piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him, asking, "Are you going to send someone to investigate?"

"I have recommended the Secretary of the Ministry of Households and the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry to investigate the matter of the land invasion in Benzhou. After a while, His Majesty will issue an order, and they will leave." Bai Bingchen took it, spread out another piece of paper, and put the paper on it Write down a few key points and blow them away.

"There is someone from you between the two of them?" Mei Shao looked at his actions and realized, "Is it the Minister of the Household Department?"

Just looking at what that bastard son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry did to Bai Bingchen, Zheng Yuanbo couldn't be Bai Bingchen's person, so only Shangshu of the Ministry of Household remained.

Hearing this, Bai Bingchen glanced at him appreciatively, and acquiesced to his words.

"They will go to the south to collect taxes, and Guo Zhengyang will check things in Benzhou along the way. Taking advantage of this time, I want to go to Yanzhou. Zhenbeihou is the mother's home of the late emperor. If you say Anxiang Pavilion The Meng family is the most likely to do something among the generals, but these years, the Northland has been too quiet."

Zhenbei Hou Meng Yilin is low-key and reticent. Although he belongs to the late emperor's mother's family, he has never been seen to be arrogant because of this.When King Jing rebelled, Bai Bingchen was worried that the Meng family would be a hindrance, but he just watched from the sidelines. After Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, Meng Yilin also came forward to proclaim his minister. His actions have been stable over the years, and there is nothing to criticize.

Hearing the mention of the Meng family, Mei Shao's eyelids moved. He obviously thought of something, but he swallowed the words.

"These are the old parts of the Mei family that I remember under Zhenbeihou. See if you still have any impression." Bai Bingchen didn't notice his expression, and wrote down a few names on the paper, showing Mei Shao to look.

Bai Bingchen was not sure that Mei Shao knew these people. After all, he had only been on the battlefield once, and Meizhou did not train him as his heir.

Mei Shao walked behind him and took a look, and replied: "There are one or two uncles who have met face to face, and Shibo Zeng is more familiar with him. Back then, he almost lost his life following me."

Hearing this, Bai Bingchen drew a line behind the person he was talking about, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you have any tokens or anything like that? If it's convenient, can you lend me to take them to the north. I have something to confirm with them." one time."

"Are you going to investigate Zhenbeihou?" Mei Shao realized what Bai Bingchen wanted to do in the north, and Nahan said, "You go there alone, aren't you afraid that they will eat you alive?"

People in the army are most concerned about fellowship, the betrayal of the Bai family is really not tolerated by those straightforward generals, it is difficult to ask anything.

"I'll go with you." Mei Shao really wanted to know what he wanted to check, and added, "As long as you tell me what to ask, I can ask them. For me, they will still say something. "

"But I have already told His Majesty that I want you to go to the city guards. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go to Yanzhou with me at this time..."

If Mei Shao followed the past, the matter would naturally be much easier to investigate. His status as a member of the Mei family is more useful than any token, but from Cangzhou to Yanzhou, the two of them had a close relationship, would it make Zhang Jiudai suspicious? Instead, startle the snake?

Bai Bingchen's thoughtful expression fell into Mei Shao's eyes, he pondered for a while, and said: "After all, I am not a person cultivated by Zhang Jiudai, he is naturally afraid of me, but he has been worried that His Majesty will put me in a In what position, I just want to get some military power of the Li Kingdom from me. I will tell him that this time I went north to Yanzhou, on the surface it was to deal with the mutual market regulations between the Li Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom, but in fact I was going to regain The old department will monitor you by the way."

While looking at Bai Bingchen's expression, he said, "He was wary of you. You were uncharacteristically absent from Pingdu one after another, and even after he weakened your power in Duzhong, you still went north. These things fell into his eyes." be suspicious."

Seeing Bai Bingchen's slightly relaxed expression, Mei Shao knew that she had convinced him.

Mei Shao also had selfish motives for going north.He needs a proper reason to go to Yanzhou to earn a future for Li An.

And according to Bai Bingchen's temperament, Li An would not be allowed to return to Jiang Country, adding risks to Li Country's border defense in vain. Mei Shao had to hide this matter from him.

"But you have to let Zhang Jiudai take the initiative to bring it up in front of His Majesty about your going north." Bai Bingchen finally gave in, and he was worried about leaving Mei Shao alone in Pingdu.

Thinking of his expression when he said he was going to be stationed in the city army, Bai Bingchen always felt that he would do something inside.

"Okay." Mei Shao agreed, "I'll pack up after I finish asking the eldest princess about the past few days."

Seeing Bai Bingchen let go, Mei Shao felt more relieved, and his eyes fell on the bowl of cold medicine on the table again.

The desk was in a mess, piles of documents and scrolls were crowded together, almost pushing the bowl of medicine to the corner, it looked as if it couldn’t be dropped, and ink marks could still be faintly seen on the tiger’s mouth of the scroll in Bai Bingchen’s hand , probably by accident.

At this time, the night was falling, and it was already past dinner time. Seeing him like this, he didn't even drink the medicine, so dinner must be useless.

I have a weak spleen and stomach, and my diet is irregular, so it's no wonder that I have become so thin.

Mei Shao felt a little annoyed that he didn't take care of her body, and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Ah?" Bai Bingchen didn't expect him to ask this, he was taken aback for a moment, glanced blankly at the sky outside, and said, "I'm not hungry."

His expression was a little ignorant, he didn't realize why Mei Shao asked this suddenly, such a nonchalant look made Mei Shao feel angry again.

But with such an unclear relationship between them now, what kind of position should he use to care about him?

Mei Shao's eyes darkened for a moment, and after a long silence, she suddenly said, "I'm hungry."

Looking up from the heavy pile of papers, Bai Bingchen thought for a moment that he had heard wrong.

The next second, Mei Shao said again, "I haven't eaten since I returned to the capital."

There seems to be a little more in the tone this time... wronged?

Bai Bingchen felt that his heart had been hit hard and lightly. With his appearance, was he...acting like a baby with himself?

"Okay...I'll ask Jiang Yan to call the kitchen to bring food." Bai Bingchen pursed his lips, thinking that he was really hungry, so he called Jiang Yan in.

"Is the stove in the kitchen still on?" Bai Bingchen didn't like trouble, sometimes he just stopped eating after the meal, and he wouldn't let the kitchen regenerate the stove.

"The head of the family said just now that he didn't want to eat, and the kitchen turned off the fire." Jiang Yan glanced at Mei Shao, and seemed to say such a sentence on purpose.

The next moment, Mei Shao gave Bai Bingchen a gouged look, and his face immediately collapsed.

Although Bai Bingchen didn't eat, he made every meal in advance. He originally wanted to give Mei Shao his share, but he thought about his own diet, and wondered if he could get used to it, so he hesitated .

"Well... the house should only have my share of meals. If you don't make do with it, Jiang Yan will take you to the back hall for dinner. I still have something to write here."

After Bai Bingchen arranged everything, he leaned over his desk to make comments. As soon as he wrote, someone pulled out the paper.

Caught off guard, Bai Bingchen's hand that held the pen softened, and the full ink fell into his palm.

"Chongjin?" Bai Bingchen watched helplessly as he held his hand in front of Jiang Yan, subconsciously about to pull it out, but was held even tighter.

"Why are your hands so cold?" Mei Shao held his hand, frowning slightly, and wiped off the ink on his hand bit by bit.

He was really angry, and even Jiang Yan didn't shy away from being present, so he used a little force in his hand to drag Bai Bingchen up from the chair.

"Go to eat first." Mei Shao glanced at the medicine on the table, and motioned Jiang Yan to warm it up. "After drinking the medicine, come back and write. It's only a short time."

Mei Shao became stubborn and he couldn't break free at all.

Bai Bingchen was brought up staggeringly, but his legs softened due to sitting for a long time, and most of his body hit Mei Shao's body.

Both were stunned.

The same familiar scent of incense lingered in the noses of the two of them.

They all have the unique scent of sinking water in Prince Sheng's Mansion.

Realizing this at the same time, the two of them tacitly did not speak, for fear that their questioning would put the other party and themselves in an embarrassing situation.

Mei Shao took a step back, the scent from the tip of his nose became weaker, but he still vaguely reminded him that Bai Bingchen went to see Prince Sheng after he came out of the palace.

Bai Bingchen knew that Li An's Jade Document was in the hands of Prince Sheng. Did he find Zhao Yuansheng after he realized that Li An had obtained the Jade Document? He met Li An himself at the moment when the jade document changed hands.

"Let's go." Bai Bingchen came to his senses first, without asking a word, he led the way in front as if nothing had happened, and brought Mei Shao to the back hall.

After a while, the hot food was delivered, and the simmering heat warmed up the cold atmosphere between the two of them.

The kitchen didn't open another fire, and what was brought up was the portion that Bai Bingchen hadn't touched. Fortunately, he had a lot of portions, and it was more than enough for two people.

It's just that at this time, neither of the two of them put their minds on the thing in the bowl.For a while, the back hall was extremely quiet, only their inaudible chewing sound.

Not long after, Bai Bingchen put down his chopsticks and sat quietly, waiting for him to finish eating.

Perhaps it was really because the food was too bland, Mei Shaowei finished eating mechanically like chewing wax, and then someone came to collect the dishes.

In the silence between the two of them, all small sounds were amplified and fell between them, appearing so empty and powerless.

It was clear that the people were not slow to clean up, but Mei Shao felt that the time had become extremely long, and finally made it to the end, so he greeted hastily and left.

Bai Bingchen was the only one left at the table.

Looking at the back of Mei Shao leaving, Bai Bingchen heaved a long sigh, and the pent-up irritability suddenly surged up in his heart.

He remembered the joke that Zhao Zhen said.

"Bai Qing thinks Mei Shao is back, will King Xie En go out to meet him?"

This joke turned out to be true, Mei Shao went to see Li An as soon as he came back.

Originally, Bai Bingchen could still lie to himself because of the hatred. Mei Shao couldn't have any other feelings about him because there was an irreconcilable hatred between them.

But now that they cleared up the misunderstanding, does he really like him at all?

And in the six years in Southland, would he have been to Li An......

Bai Bingchen didn't dare to think about it anymore, he felt contradictory and despicable, he was determined not to be with him, but he couldn't see him being intimate with others.

It's embarrassing and disgusting to feel like that.

The author says:

(Today's bgm: You smell of his perfume~

Bai Bai: Does he like Ang Lee?Is it too late for me to learn to draw?

Meimei: Did he find out about my plan with Li An? Will he be angry?

(Thanks to Prince Sheng's Mansion for kindly sponsoring a bottle of perfume!