Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

An Ning pursed her lower lip and lowered her head even deeper.She huddled beside Hui Ning, her tears became more turbulent.

"What kind of Buddhism, what kind of compassion, it's all good-sounding, just for outsiders to see." Hui Ning sneered, and then she ruthlessly tore off the Buddhist beads hanging on the top, and threw them on the ground.

Buddha beads clang and roll all over the ground.

"What do you mean by that?" Bai Tian asked Hui Ning inexplicably.

After Hui Ning changed hands, he pulled the arm of a younger nun behind him, and the nun who was being pulled hurriedly shouted not to.Without saying a word, Hui Ning rolled up the sleeves on her arms, and the bruises that had not completely faded appeared in front of everyone.

"It's been seven or eight days, and it's almost gone. Look at it when it's the most ferocious, and there's no good place on the arm." Hui Ning continued, "It's not just her, any nun in the nunnery who made a small mistake, It made the two masters very unhappy, and beating or scolding must be commonplace. There are always five or six people who turn blue every day, even the five-year-old nun who just entered the nunnery."

"I lived in your nunnery for two days, and I found that the nuns in your nunnery are very orderly and obedient every day. According to the logic, you are monks. After all, you are young girls. You should have There will still be liveliness, but I haven't seen it. Even a seven or eight-year-old child walks, chants, cleans and sleeps in a well-behaved manner, and no one whispers or criticizes behind his back. Especially in the nunnery where three people died After that, I specially ordered people to investigate secretly, but I didn't find any nuns whispering about this in private." Li Mingda said that she had always had doubts in her heart.After the incident, Li Mingda walked in the nunnery a few times and listened to her from all directions. At that time, she didn't hear the nuns talking behind their backs about the three masters who died unexpectedly. She was really surprised.

Bai Tianming nodded, "I remember that everyone still sighed, the three teachers in charge of plum blossoms have gone, and the nunnery is not in a panic, it is really rare."

"Not only is it rare, it's already strange." Li Mingda looked at Hui Ning, and waited for her to say the next thing.

Seeing that the princess understood what he said, Hui Ning felt that he had found someone who understood her, so he was willing to confess more, "All the nuns who have been in the nunnery for a year have been trained to be honest. They are all the same as the two teachers and wives of Ren'an and Ci'an. They live a well-behaved old lady's life. Just to catch this matter, she secretly raised a few spies among the little nuns, whoever said or did something, she would know the next day, but if she said something unpleasant to them behind her back, she would not say anything when she was beaten and scolded. She will also be locked in the firewood shed, unable to come out for half a month, and no one is allowed to talk to her. After receiving this kind of punishment, if there is a second time, the person who is locked up is almost unable to speak. Who dares to speak nonsense after reading it?

Earlier, there was one who secretly complained, but she still listened to the wall and reported her, and was punished.So the nuns in this nunnery, if nothing else, are the most able to control themselves.It is really thanks to the 'teaching well' of the two teachers.Later, Hui Ning and I came to the nunnery. At first, we didn't know the rules, so we were punished like this.Since then, I have a long memory, but there are occasional times when I am lazy and negligent, and I must still suffer a hard beating.Later, we both became well-behaved and clever, and we were often praised by the two masters in the past two years.But every time I saw those nuns who had just entered the nunnery or were severely punished for a trivial matter, I felt the grievances I had at the beginning, and I also felt wronged for all my fellow disciples. "

"By the way, before entering Plum Blossom Nunnery, these two mistresses seemed to praise them as good housekeepers?" Bai Ming suddenly remembered, "It was managed by these means."

"I'm afraid it will get worse. When the two masters were talking together, I listened in, full of resentment, and felt that God was unfair to them, which made them beg for food in the nunnery. Did you hear, they said They are "begging for food" in the nunnery. They didn't come here sincerely to become a monk at all, but because they couldn't live well outside, they came here unwillingly to shave their heads and live a life without a man. Both of them felt bitter. So I vent my anger on those naive and ignorant little nuns." Hui Ning said here, sneering again and again, with a fierce light in his eyes, "They don't deserve to wear the clothes of monks at all!"

Bai Ming frowned fiercely, "It's wrong for Master Ren'an and Ci'an to have such thoughts, but this is not the reason for you to kill people!"

"If I don't kill them, they will come to kill me one day. Just like my girls back then, they should kill Mrs. Yong'an at that time, so there will be no one who will be ruined to death by bandits later. result!"

Hui Ning's eyes were as angry as if he was breathing fire, and he kept feeling that the three masters were not worthy to be monks at all.They killed the three masters just to clean up the house.

"I heard you repeatedly emphasized that the three of them are not worthy of being monks, so when you killed the three teachers, you deliberately took off their clothes. But why did you wrap them with winter jasmine flowers?" Li Mingda asked.

Bai Ming looked over in confusion, yes, this problem was also something he had neglected and failed to solve before.

Hui Ning said: "Your lord is right, it is because they are not worthy of the monk's clothes, so I took them off, and the reason why I wrapped the winter jasmine flower is because the jasmine flower is the beginning of the first birth, what should the monks wear?" With compassion in mind, I hope they can be good people in the next life. In fact, I didn't want to kill the two masters of Ren'an and Ci'an. In the six months before I did it, every time I went to fetch them to wash their clothes, I would quietly enshrine them in the One night in the Daxiong Hall, chanting scriptures and praying, hoping that they can be as compassionate as real monks."

Hui Ning's words just explained the strong fragrance of the wardrobes of the three masters.Li Mingda had thought about this before, since the clothes were washed by the little nun, then the scent must be made by the nun, so from then on, her suspicion turned to the nuns in the nunnery.

"Killing someone and talking about mercy. If you say they don't deserve to wear the monk's clothes, do you deserve it?" Li Mingda asked Hui Ning back.

Hui Ning retorted: "I am eliminating harm for the nunnery!"

"Have you ever thought that you are now a 'harm' in the eyes of others." Li Mingda said.

Hui Ning was taken aback for a moment, rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized something, and sat slumped on the ground.An Ning held her arm tightly, crying even harder!

Li Mingda immediately beckoned, signaling his subordinates to escort Hui Ning and others back to Jingzhao Mansion.Instead, Li Mingda said to Bai Ming: "The rest of the matter, I will trouble the Bai Fu Yin to judge."

Bai Tianming nodded, and thanked Li Mingda again with a salute, "I have benefited a lot from being an official today, thank you for your advice."

"Prefect Bai has more than ten years of experience in solving crimes. It should be because I humbly ask you for advice. I want to learn. If Prefect Bai is free, please teach me more." Li Mingda said seriously.

During the day, Ming said he didn't dare, and when he had time to speak, he would go to the Department of Mirrors and Li Mingda to exchange ideas on how to solve the case.

"In the future, if the Department of Mingjing has a place to order Jingzhao Mansion, I ask the princess to order it."

"In the future, if the Jingzhao Mansion has something to do, if the Department of Mingjing can help, please feel free to ask the Governor of the Bai Mansion." Li Mingda replied.

Bai Tianming was stunned for a moment, then excitedly saluted and thanked him again.At this time, Fang Yizhi's follower, Luo Ge, came riding a horse. After seeing the ceremony, Luo Ge presented a letter to Bai Ming with both hands.

"This is?" Bai Ming asked.

Luoge said: "Dali Temple supervised a bandit case five years ago, and some of the bandits' testimonies are on it. The prince searched for it all day and night, and finally found these from the stall."

During the day, Ming hurriedly opened it and read it quickly, then gave it to Li Mingda with both hands.Li Mingda took it over and took a look. It was the confession of two mountain bandits, telling the reason why they robbed the Plum Blossom Temple. From the words of the two, the meaning is basically the same, because they were "suffocated" in the mountains and wanted to rob for a long time. Several women went back to the mountains.As for the unobtrusive way to kill several women at once, it is natural to choose the Plum Blossom Nunnery, which is located in a remote area and has only a dozen nuns, which is the easiest way to attack.It can be seen that the robbers hijacked the Plum Blossom Nunnery was premeditated, but the timing of the hijacking was accidental. Unfortunately, Mrs. Yong'an was driven away by the nuns in the nunnery the day before.

After Hui Ning heard this, she shook her head suspiciously, "No, how is this possible? That bandit is talking nonsense! The ladies have told An Ning and me long ago that because they discovered the old nun's secret in Yong'an, they took her away. I was retaliated after driving away, and those bandits were hired by Yongan and Henry Zhang to take revenge on the ladies!"

"According to the age, your sisters have lived with the bandits on the mountain for twelve or three years. Have you ever mentioned Zhang Xuanzhen or Master Yong'an from the bandits? Since they are bandits, their tactics must be low. In those years when the mountain was short of money and life was bad, did you want to use your excuses to threaten the already respected Mrs. Yong'an?" Li Mingda asked.

Hui Ning was stunned for a moment, his eyes looked up slightly, recalling the past days.As the princess said, there were indeed bad times in the cottage, but the bandits seemed to have nothing else to say except throwing temper tantrums and jumping up and down, shouting that there were no rich passers-by to kill.The princess was right, those bandits were so vicious, if someone could threaten them at that time, they would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

Hui Ning's eyes were wide open, ten fingers pressed hard on the ground, and the fingertips turned white.She tried hard to calm herself down, but the thoughts and ideas that kept popping up in her mind made her completely unable to stabilize her anxiety and doubt.

"We were wrong?" An Ning, who was crying beside her, looked at Hui Ning choked up.

Hui Ning shook her head and shook her head again, it seemed that only such a negation could make her feel more relaxed.

"We are right, how can we be wrong, we are doing justice for the heavens!" Hui Ning said, looking back at An Ning and other nuns.

These nuns were all looking at Hui Ning with regretful and resentful eyes, crying out of breath and filled with resentment.

Li Mingda nodded to Tianming.

Tianming bid farewell to Li Mingda, and took Hui Ning and other nuns away first.Although Jian Wenshan has been proven innocent, he still has to go back to Jingzhao Mansion to make a confession, and then confront An Ning and others in court.As for the other details of the case, Li Mingda didn't go into details one by one, Tian Ming would naturally figure it out.

Tian Hanshan saluted Li Mingda: "My lord, shall we go too?"

Li Mingda looked at Luoge who hadn't left yet, and said to him: "I heard that Yuchi Erlang is going to take the scientific examination, and everyone is usually on good terms, so let your family's elders give him advice. Talk to him about these days, and get along with him." It's fine in the past."

Luo Ge agreed, knowing in his heart that your lord's words had other meanings, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and remembered every word clearly, and then he got on the horse and left.

Tian Hanxi didn't hear any clues, but just looked at Li Mingda puzzled, not understanding why their noble lord suddenly seemed to distance himself from Fang Shizi recently.Moreover, Fang Shizi was not invited to take part in the Meihua case in the end, as he was always by his side in the past.

At this time, the nuns in the nunnery heard that Hui Ning and the others had been taken away, and they all came out one after another, knelt down to ask Li Mingda to see him off.

Li Mingda looked at them and asked if they had anything to say.

The nuns bowed their heads in silence, looking trembling, but none of them dared to say anything.

Seeing this, Tian Hanxi wanted to shout, but Li Mingda stopped him with his eyes.

At this time, the pilgrims who were forcibly left in the nunnery were also brought by the guard Cheng Muyuan, and the pilgrims lined up next to the nuns and knelt down to pay respects to Princess Jinyang.

Li Mingda glanced over and saw Wei Wanshu's figure.

"Let's all get up, the case is over, and you can all leave the Plum Blossom Nunnery. It has delayed you for some time." Li Mingda said.

Everyone hurriedly said that they didn't dare, and said that it was their duty to cooperate with the government to investigate the case.

Li Mingda didn't speak any more, then turned around and got on the horse.

Wei Wanshu got up and wanted to see Li Mingda off, but when she saw Li Mingda looking at her, she quickly saluted again.

"Are you going back to Chang'an too?" Li Mingda asked Wei Wanshu.

Wei Wanshu nodded in agreement.

"Since that's the case, let's go together. This will save your family from sending a car to pick you up." Li Mingda turned to look at the car behind him, "You can take mine."

Wei Wanshu was terrified and hurriedly expressed her courage.

"Why be polite." Li Mingda insisted.

Wei Wanshu didn't dare to refuse, so she ordered the servant girl to quickly get the luggage, and she got into the princess's carriage with the help of another servant girl.

The group immediately returned to Chang'an City. Li Mingda was going back to the Department of Mirrors and happened to pass by Zheng Guogong's mansion, so he sent Wei Wanshu home by the way.This delivery naturally alarmed the people in the mansion, Wei Wanshu's mother Pei came to thank Li Mingda again and again in panic, and asked her to come to the mansion for a while before leaving.

"There is something else, let's wait another day. Madam, don't be so cruel in the future, let your second mother stay in the nunnery for so long," Li Mingda said at this moment, seeing that Wei Wanshu's face was not very good, and then slowed down a little Tone, said to Mrs. Pei, "The Plum Blossom Temple is not a good place."

As soon as Mrs. Pei heard this, she knew that the princess must be involved in the case that happened in Plum Blossom Nunnery a few days ago, she nodded in agreement, and then took Wei Wanshu's hand distressedly beside her, feeling that she would never let her go out and suffer like this again. "Even if she asks for it next time, I won't agree."

"Oh? Then you mean she asked for it on her own initiative when I went back to Plum Blossom Temple?"

Mrs. Pei said embarrassedly: "To tell you the truth, it is also because of Xiao He's incident that she was scolded by his father, so she thought of going to the temple to reflect on herself. Who would have expected that such a thing would happen. "

"That's too strict, they won't come back during Chinese New Year." Li Mingda said.

Mrs. Pei quickly explained: "It's not that she was not allowed to come back. It's that the child blamed himself too much. He said that he had to experience the pain outside to grow his memory. I wanted to take it back, but her father stopped him. He thought it was good."

Li Mingda laughed and sighed leisurely: "Sure enough, 'a tiger father has no dog daughter'."

Wei Wanshu lowered her head very deeply at this time, so that no one could see her expression.But just looking at her holding the draped hand, one can tell what kind of mood she is in at the moment.

Li Mingda chuckled, bid farewell to Mrs. Pei and the others, and rode away gracefully.

Pei saluted and waited until the sound of horseshoes disappeared. Fang raised his hand and only saw the graceful figure of the princess disappearing at the end of the street.

"Princess Jinyang is really extraordinary." Pei squinted her eyes, as if she still couldn't get enough of Princess Jinyang's figure, then she looked at Wei Wanshu, "She is already comparable to men, no, she is already better than many men. "

Wei Wanshu nodded perfunctorily.

Immediately, Mrs. Pei felt that something was wrong, and looked at Wei Wanshu's face herself. Seeing that she lowered her head and did not look at her, Mrs. Pei reached out to hold Wei Wanshu's face, forcing her to raise her head. "What's wrong with you?"

Mother and daughter are connected, and Pei can tell the clues of Wei Wanshu's expression, not to mention her pale complexion and disgusted spirit.

Wei Wanshu turned her head away, and whispered weakly: "It's nothing, but I'm tired. In addition, there was a murder case in the nunnery, I must have been scared these few days, I can't eat well or sleep well."

When Mrs. Pei heard the words, her heart ached, she hurriedly dragged Wei Wanshu back to her room, and at the same time told people to prepare nourishing food quickly, and at the same time arranged for Wei Wanshu to rest.

Wei Wanshu nodded taciturnly, lay down on the couch and closed her eyes after only drinking a bowl of bird's nest porridge.Seeing this, Mrs. Pei looked at her worriedly, covered Wei Wanshu with a quilt herself, signaled the maids to keep quiet, and walked out the door lightly.

After Mrs. Pei returned to her room, she felt uneasy after thinking about it, and asked someone to ask Wei Shuyu's whereabouts. When she learned that he had gone to Qujiangchi to meet friends to compose poems, she immediately asked someone to call Wei Shuyu back quickly.

"Why are you so careless these past few days? His son is busy with exams, and you are too busy chatting and drinking?" Seeing Wei Shuyu's return, Mrs. Pei was dissatisfied and complained, "Why is there no business for a day?"

Wei Shuyu looked at Mrs. Pei in surprise. His mother never said these words before, and she often encouraged him to make more friends, telling him that "threesomes must have my teacher", and only those who make many friends will be successful in the future .

"Aniang is not happy today?" Wei Shuyu asked with a glance.

Mrs. Pei glanced at Wei Shuyu, then sighed, and told Wei Shuyu to sit down, "I lost my temper, don't listen to what I said earlier."

"Of course I don't mind, I know what my mother thinks best." Wei Shuyu then asked Pei Shi why he was upset, "By the way, I heard that my sister is back?"

"That's right, it's for her. I think her situation is wrong, but she refuses to say more." Pei said.

"Surprised. It is well known that there was a murder case in Plum Blossom Temple. I should have come forward to bring my sister back early, but my father said that there is no special case, and I should let my sister take responsibility. Look, I was scared after all. No matter what my sister said A tender girl, how can she stand such a fright." Wei Shuyu sighed.

Pei frowned, "Your sister shouldn't be such a careless person. Let me ask you, she is a girl, isn't Princess Jinyang? She just lives honestly in the nunnery. The princess not only lives there , looking at the corpse, solving the case, she is full of energy, the whole person is extremely heroic, and there is nothing wrong. She didn't do anything, so why is she lacking energy!"

When Wei Shuyu heard her mother comparing her younger sister with Princess Jinyang, she couldn't help laughing, and sighed casually: "How can this be compared, Princess Jinyang is naturally extraordinary."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Pei gave Wei Shuyu a hard look.Obviously, she was dissatisfied with Wei Shuyu's classification of her precious woman as 'ordinary'.

Wei Shuyu also realized his slip of the tongue, and hurriedly saluted to apologize to his mother.

But the words that come out of the mouth are the real thoughts.Pei knew in her heart that her daughter was far behind Princess Jinyang.

"So why don't you pay attention to such a good girl. Let me ask you, why didn't you follow Fang Shizi and Baoqi to the Meihuaan case?"

"There are so many people, what's there to get involved with. Besides, brother Yi Zhi is here, I don't think my little cleverness is needed. Why go to do landscapes, it's better to use this time to learn something else and increase my knowledge. .When one day I can beat him, I will show off." Wei Shuyu explained.

Pei patted the table lightly, and looked at Wei Shuyu with a frown, "You know that what I just said is not about solving the case!"

"I know, I know, mother wants me to please Princess Jinyang." Wei Shuyu smiled, "Maybe mother hasn't got the news yet, but I have one here."

Wei Shuyu immediately told Mrs. Pei about the sage's intention to match Cui Qingji and Princess Jinyang's marriage, and also told Mrs. Mrs. Pei about the oral engagement back then.

Pei squinted her eyes and said calmly, "I know about this, but the rumors may not be all believable. And it's really a joke to give up before the last moment."

"But my son doesn't want to honor the Lord," Wei Shuyu smiled wryly, "I just admire the princess' talent."

"It's a lie. You like princesses." Pei looked at Wei Shuyu solemnly.

Wei Shuyu looked helplessly at Mrs. Pei and shrugged, "Since my mother has already decided so, what should I say?"

"You should introspect yourself and figure out your own thoughts before you do anything." Pei said seriously.

Wei Shuyu smiled confidently: "My son doesn't know anything else, but my own heart is the clearest. What my son has in mind is not a woman, but to assist the king and the world."

"Okay, I don't want to hear this." Mrs. Pei was so angry that she had nothing to say, she waved her hand and sent Wei Shuyu away, "Go and see your sister, if she dares not tell me something, maybe it will be better for you."

Wei Shuyu agreed, and went to find Wei Wanshu, but was told that Wei Wanshu had already rested.

Wei Shuyu yelled in the direction of Wei Wanshu's bedroom: "I know you haven't rested, and everything is in your heart. It's strange if you can fall asleep. Why don't you talk to the elder brother? The elder brother swears about his future future and won't tell anyone. , including Aye Niang, is it feasible?"

It is already very sincere for Wei Shuyu to swear a poisonous oath on his own future.

After Wei Shuyu finished speaking, the door opened, and Wei Wanshu was standing at the door, looking at her listlessly, then turned around and sat down.Wei Shuyu followed closely and saw that there was no one else in the room except Yuan Yue, so he sent someone to close the door directly.

"What happened?" Wei Shuyu saw Wei Wanshu's situation, and understood why his mother was so worried about her just now.

Wei Wanshu froze her head and didn't speak.

Wei Shuyu thought for a while, then fixed his eyes on Wei Wanshu, "But what happened in the Plum Blossom Nunnery."

After Wei Shuyu finished speaking, seeing Wei Wanshu's hand twisting the handkerchief stiffen, she realized that she had guessed correctly.Thinking about what has happened in Plum Blossom Nunnery recently, it must not be because of the death of the three masters of Plum Blossom Nunnery. Thinking forward...

Wei Shuyu's expression changed in an instant, he stood up abruptly, looked around, opened the door again and dismissed all the maids guarding the door, then closed the door tightly, and looked at Wei Wanshu sharply.

Wei Wanshu also noticed Wei Shuyu's change, and she had a bad feeling, so she lowered her head even lower.

"It's that person, right?" Wei Shuyu rushed to Wei Shuyu with a brisk step, pressed his hand on the table, stared into Wei Wanshu's eyes, and scolded, "Answer me!"

Wei Wanshu frowned, "What are you doing?"

"Ask me why, ask yourself what you have done!" Wei Shuyu's eyes almost popped out, and then he stood up straight in a panic, wandered around the room for two steps, then turned his head and still looked at Wei Wanshu viciously. , "Which step have you reached?"

Yuanyue was so frightened that she hurriedly persuaded Wei Shuyu to calm down.

Wei Shuyu gave Yuanyue an angry look, hooked his hands, and asked Yuanyue to come to him.Yuan Yue hurriedly walked up to Wei Shuyu obediently, nodded slightly and waited for orders.

With a slap, Wei Shuyu slapped Yuanyue hard.

Yuan Yue sat down on the ground, covering her burning face, and looked at Wei Shuyu with aggrieved eyes.

Wei Wanshu was also startled, she hurriedly got up and asked Wei Shuyu what this meant.

Wei Shuyu still stared at Yuanyue, "How do you serve the master? She is confused, so are you too!"

Yuanyue didn't dare to refute, so she knelt down and apologized.

Wei Wanshu was so angry that she said to Wei Shuyu, "If you want to hit me, hit me!"

"Keep down," Wei Shuyu stretched out his index finger and blocked his lips, signaling to pay attention to Wei Wanshu's volume, "I ask where are you and him?"

Wei Wanshu was honest, she lowered her head, then sat back down, "Not so far."

"Let me ask you again, is your innocence still there?" Wei Shuyu told Wei Wanshu to tell the truth, "I'm your big brother, so I won't cheat you, but if you don't tell the truth now, you will ruin your life forever. .”

Wei Wanshu burst into tears, "No, I understand this bit of propriety, but I have done everything else."

Wei Shuyu still stared fiercely at Wei Wanshu, his face relieved a little, and then he gradually calmed down.He sat down and remained silent for a while, and only when Wei Wanshu's crying gradually died down did he speak out.

"How many people know about you."

"Not many, those who knew about it in the nunnery are dead. But one person—"

"Who?"

"Cui Qingji." Wei Wanshu said awkwardly.

Wei Shuyu looked at him puzzled, "How could this matter be related to Cui Qingji?"

"He said that he wanted to recruit talented people, and complained that it was not easy to collect the property, so I recommended Cui Qingji, thinking to prove to him that I was a useful person. Cui Qingji did agree, but later If there is a change, they will turn their faces and deny people." Wei Wanshu said a little weakly.

Wei Shuyu frowned when he heard the name Cui Qingji, "How could you mess with him?"

"I didn't think about it that much at the time. Besides, since ancient times, when heroes do things, who doesn't want to be bold? I was thinking of taking a gamble at the time." Wei Wanshu cried regretfully as she spoke, "But things are now like this. , and it’s not irreversible. Cui Qingji has no proof, and dare not slander me.”

"You didn't leave any evidence?" Wei Shuyu asked.

Wei Wanshu nodded.

Wei Shuyu wanted to ask Wei Wanshu how she got in touch with Cui Qingji, but Wei Wanshu shook her head and didn't want to say any more, just clutching her forehead and thinking about the headache.

Wei Shuyu looked at her with a frown, his eyes were already swollen from crying, after thinking about it, he couldn't continue to force her, and ordered Yuan Yue to take care of Wei Wanshu, and repeatedly told her to be more stable during this period and not to make trouble again.

Wei Wanshu nodded.

"Cui Qingji, I'll come and find a solution." Wei Shuyu comforted Wei Wanshu not to worry, and went.

Afterwards, Wei Shuyu went to see Mrs. Pei, and only blamed Wei Wanshu for being jealous of Princess Jinyang, "I'm not good enough for others, it's just a depression in my heart, I've already relieved her."

"It's because of this, this child," Mrs. Pei believed in this reason, "It's also my fault that I always praise Princess Jinyang too much, which makes your sister feel that she is inferior to her in every way, but in fact, everyone has their own differences." In fact, the reason why I praised Princess Jinyang was to let you hear it, but no one who should listen to it didn't listen, and what shouldn't be heard was all in my heart."

"So I ask A Niang to be merciful in the future and don't mention Princess Jinyang." Wei Shuyu apologized with a good-tempered smile.

Mrs. Pei nodded, but seeing Wei Shuyu's triumphant expression, knowing that he had given up his excuses, she said angrily, "You are also a careless one!"

"Auntie loves her son the most." Wei Shuyu smiled at Pei Shi again, causing Pei Shi to lose his temper and laugh again.

"However, my son is also filial this time, obeying his mother's orders, and going to the Department of Mirrors to find the princess." Wei Shuyu said.

Pei was surprised, "Really?"

"Really." After Wei Shuyu finished speaking, he ordered the horses to be prepared and bid farewell to Mrs. Pei.

Mrs. Pei was overjoyed, and watched Wei Shuyu go, not at ease, and deliberately sent a servant to follow quietly, she would not be fooled by the child's casual words.

When Li Mingda returned to the Department of Mirrors, he found that Cui Qingji was still there.

"Your lord's case is over?" Cui Qingji greeted him hurriedly.

Li Mingda saw that the attendant behind Cui Qingji was holding a scroll of imperial decree in his hand, and he had a guess in his heart, but he decided to ask what the content of the imperial decree was.Sure enough, as she expected, Aye, who took care of her this time, arranged Cui Qingji to be by her side again. To use the imperial edict to be precise, he arranged Cui Qingji to work in the Department of Mirrors.

"Are you going to become an official directly, without taking the exam?" Li Mingda asked.

Cui Qingji agreed, "Since there is a sacred order here, what is a mere scientific research?"

"That's right." Li Mingda agreed, "That's fine, then you choose a room first."

Cui Qingji hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and asked Li Mingda to choose first.

"Why are you being polite? The reason why the Der Spiegel Division has been cleaned up so well is all thanks to you. It can be regarded as my reward for you." Li Mingda said.

Cui Qingji thought for a while, and chose the east wing room behind the main hall.

Just as Li Mingda was about to say that she was going to work in the backyard, she might as well stay away from the east wing, when someone from that wing reported that Wei Shuyu had come.

Li Mingda didn't say which place he chose for the time being, and met Wei Shuyu first.Seeing Cui Qingji was there, Wei Shuyu rushed forward and asked Cui Qingji angrily, "What did you do to my sister?"

Li Mingda frowned, "What's going on?"

Cui Qingji was also puzzled, looked at Wei Shuyu with deep eyes, and asked coldly: "What did I do to your sister?"

"Earlier in Plum Blossom Temple, after my sister visited the princess, I happened to have a face-to-face meeting with Cui Qingji, but I was offended by his words unexpectedly."

Wei Shuyu glanced at Cui Qingji with an expression of displeasure, then turned to beg Li Mingda to make the decision.

Cui Qingji smiled helplessly, "Why should Wei Shizi wrong me. No matter how bad I am, Cui Qingji, I won't be so crazy that I have nothing to do to molest your sister, but—"

"When did I say you molested my sister? Do you really think I'm stupid? If there is such a thing, I'm afraid our Wei family will have to suffer from being dumb for the sake of reputation. How dare I argue with you face to face." Wei Shuyu sneered.

Li Mingda had a little sense of where these two people were going, he looked at Cui Qingji in puzzlement, and then at Wei Shuyu, with doubts on his brows.According to her observation, the performance of these two people is a bit abnormal, but it is not clear what is wrong.

"Then ask Wei Shizi to advise, how did I 'offend' your sister?" Cui Qingji asked.

Wei Shuyu kept his mouth shut, looked at Cui Qingji coldly, and kept silent for a while.

Cui Qingji and Li Mingda both quietly waited for Wei Shuyu's next words.

"A gentleman should have a dignified appearance, uphold virtue and be kind, and be cautious in his words and deeds! The most important thing is to be consistent with the outside and the inside, and not laugh at others' shortcomings." Wei Shuyu squinted at Cui Qingji, "But you nodded with my sister that day, after meeting each other, You muttered something in your mouth, don't you still know it in your heart?"

Cui Qingji stared at Wei Shuyu: "What did I say?"

"You said 'pole'. You see my sister is thin and not considered beautiful, so you laughed at her for being ugly!" Wei Shuyu accused loudly.

As we all know, Wei Wanshu's appearance is also among the ladies in Chang'an City.But Wei Wanshu has been eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha in Plum Blossom Nunnery for the past six months, but she is very thin, and her figure is no longer in the category of "beautiful".

"I don't, I never judge women casually." Cui Qingji looked at Wei Shuyu amusedly, and had already seen through the purpose of his actions, "Wei Shizi, don't make trouble for no reason."

"But my sister can hear clearly, and she never lies. How can she be so good that she can't think about it? If it's not you, then it must be him!" Wei Shuyu then looked at Mu Lang, the attendant next to Cui Qingji, "Anyway, it must have been Someone said this. The master is what the servant is, and both of you say the same thing."

Wei Shuyu's words were very domineering and unreasonable, and naturally they were also very provocative.

Cui Qingji's good temper has also faded away, and he warned Wei Shuyu sharply, "Please don't frame people casually."

"I have someone to prove it," Wei Shuyu said to Li Mingda immediately, begging Li Mingda to decide the matter.

Li Mingda asked who the witnesses were, and was a little speechless when he learned that it was Wei Wanshu and her maid.

At this time, Mu Lang swore a poisonous oath, saying that he and his master Cui Qingji had never said the word "pole" to him at the time, "Maybe there is something like the wind, Wei Erniang misunderstood."

Mu Lang's words were very kind, and he insisted on his own opinion on this matter. He said this in order to let Wei Shuyu stop making unreasonable troubles.

Wei Shuyu disagreed, "How can such humiliating words be passed on, I need to argue with Cui Liulang today to clarify who is right and who is wrong."

Cui Qingji couldn't stop laughing, his heart was like a mirror, and his eyes on Wei Shuyu were as cold as the valley floor.

Li Mingda looked at the two of them and took a step back.