Get on the wrong sedan chair and marry the right wolf

The rain in Jinling City is cold and damp, even standing in the rain with an umbrella, you can feel the bone-chilling chill, making people forget that it is late spring and early summer.A small figure stood on the street corner opposite to Shangshu Mansion, her clothes and shoes were already soaked, the rain kept gliding across her immature cheeks, but she didn't seem to feel it.

"I just thought it was you from a distance, and it really is you!" A joyful voice came, like a cheerful bird breaking through the rain, bringing a glimmer of life to the hazy sky.

Realizing that the rain above her head was covered, the girl raised her head slowly, and met a pair of gentle and smiling eyes.The girl holding the umbrella is one or two years older than her, and it can be seen from the clothes on her body that the identities of the two are very different.They were supposed to be just a pair of passers-by in the world of mortals. It is the greatest blessing to pass by each other, but fate made them more than that.

"You're all wet! Why didn't you find a place to take shelter from the rain?" As she said that, the older girl took out a brocade handkerchief from her sleeve, and drenched the girl with the exquisite flowers and birds embroidered by Suzhou embroidered ladies on it. Even rubbed some mud on the little face.

In the distance, a guard came with a carriage, "Master, the princess is coming out soon, go back to the carriage."

"You are the daughter of Princess Zhaoren." The girl looked straight at the older girl upon hearing this, her eyes were clear but it seemed that after being soaked in rain for a day, there was a hint of cold air, and it was cold everywhere she looked.

Princess Zhaoren was favored by the emperor, and her only daughter was conferred the title of "Lord of Yongyang County" in the year of the golden hairpin.So her identity is self-evident.

"I..." Before the girl could respond, the young girl suddenly slapped open the umbrella covering her face.

"Hey, what are you... don't run away!"

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Two days had passed since Princess Zhaoren's visit, and the bribed ministers of various forces, as well as the family members of the uncle's son-in-law, visited Shangshu's mansion in an endless stream.Except for those who are so powerful that they have to see them, the others will all say they are sick.Even so, Qu Quan's condition is getting worse day by day, her body is not good at all, and she was injured at the root when she was a girl, the continuous rain and this heavy worry made it difficult for her to recuperate.

This time, Qu Quan could not go outside to enjoy the air. She was leaning on the imperial concubine's couch in the dormitory, the doors and windows were closed, and the room was warm and fragrant. On the incense mist sprayed by the golden toad on the table, there are strands of fragrance curling up, endlessly.

She suddenly felt that she was back to the year when she planned the case of Concubine Shu. It was also the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and it was also raining continuously. There were also such a large number of forces begging for mercy, pleading, threatening, and tempting... Short In just a few days, I have seen all kinds of official circles in Jinling City.On the eve of the imperial trial, the two sons of the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment even led a group of wives, concubines, and children to hang to death in front of the gate of Shangshu's mansion. The spring rain was like a hundred ghosts crying all night, and bad luck abounded.

The next day, Qu Quan, who was dressed in imperial uniform, didn't even give a single glance to those plain white hanging corpses with eight feet long tongues.He took the ivory wat from the housekeeper who was so frightened that he almost foamed at the mouth, adjusted his court clothes, and calmly pushed aside the corpses and got into the carriage to pronounce the death sentence of their relatives.

Today is so similar to the past, but it is very different.

Because the result of the imperial trial back then was what the Holy Majesty wanted, but this trial of the son-in-law's cannibalism case was not what the Holy Majesty wanted.

Even against the entire royal clan.

Ji Jin came in with the soup, carefully placed the soup on the table, turned around and quickly closed the door, not daring to let a trace of cold air sneak in.

"grown ups……"

"Huh?" Qu Quan took the decoction, took out the spoon and put it aside, frowned and raised his neck and poured it vigorously.

Jiji was a little hesitant, but still explained the situation, "Lord Hang and Master Shuo ask to see you."

"Cough, cough, cough——!" Qu Quan coughed violently, Ji Jin didn't have time to blame himself and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe the medicine juice splashed on Qu Quan's body.

Qu Quan waved his hands to indicate that it was okay, then sighed, "I'm so sick that I can't get up, let them go into the back room."

Seeing the rare pair of casual clothes entering the room together, Qu Quan inexplicably felt like laughing, while Shuo Shihu and Hang Shicheng sat down on the seats arranged by Jiji.Thanks to this appearance, Qu Quan knew that they all had someone they loved, otherwise they would have thought that these two were here to propose marriage.

Qu Quan's smile was extremely tired, but he had obviously pulled himself together, "What? Even you guys are here to persuade me?"

Shuo Dendrobium heard the words, wanted to say something but swallowed it back hesitantly, but Hang Shicheng spoke.

"As a friend, there are some things I really shouldn't say, but as your counselor, there are some things I have to say." Hang Shicheng shook his head, "This case has undoubtedly touched everyone's bottom line, but it's a pity that Shi Hu and I are not qualified to hear this case case, and among those qualified to hear it, only you are willing to try it."

He paused, and sighed helplessly, "It's just that you are the last one to try this case."

Qu Quan knew what he meant, and said jokingly: "Princess Zhaoren also said this, but it's only pleasant to hear from you."

"The emperor is not a foolish emperor, but his suspiciousness ranks first in the past 500 years." Hang Shicheng leaned back on the back of his chair, "You are a cruel official trained by the emperor, and he is a knife for eradicating dissidents. If the knife suddenly cuts Things that have been broken by the owner, even if they will not be destroyed immediately, will be sealed in the cabinet, and it will be difficult to use them again."

If the knife wants to continue to play a role, no matter how hard it is, it cannot break away from the hand holding the knife.

Qu Quan held his forehead and smiled wryly, she didn't know what Hang Shicheng said.These years have been walking on thin ice. Although many things have come true, they are all in exchange for doing things that go against my heart several times.She is not a young student who has just entered the official career, with the ambition to clean up Jianghai. She has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and she has not seen any dirty transactions?But some things have crossed her conscience and approached her final bottom line of being a human being.

She knew that Wei Yueyan also rejected Zhaoren, and she heard that Wei Yueyan knelt in front of the second uncle's door for a long time after she heard that Wei Yueyan refused.Wei Yueyan also has something she wants to do, a goal she wants to achieve, she knows her opponent better than anyone else, that person must have given up something very important.

But if she would also face a choice like that of Wei Yueyan, perhaps it would not be so cruel.

Wei Yueyan just gave up an opportunity, and she——

It's all for naught.

Several years of hard work have been in vain, and the future may not be expected.

"You two, don't worry too much." After a long silence, Qu Quan suddenly said, "It's not that I don't understand some things. After all these years, I'm no longer a child. I have my own sense of proportion."

When the words fell, seeing that Hang Shicheng and Shuo Shihu were silent, he said a few more words of relief.

Seeing Qu Quan's pale complexion and suffering from illness, the two of them tried their best to comfort themselves despite the enormous pressure, and they couldn't bear to watch it any more.Shuo Dendrobium glanced at her face, and Hang Shicheng briefly told her about the activities outside these days, reminded her to pay special attention to who and what happened next, and then got up to leave.

Shuo Dendrobium did not say a word from the beginning to the end.

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Mrs. Qu has experienced ups and downs in the official life all her life, and she has developed the habit of reciting scriptures every morning and evening.At this time, halfway through the recitation, there was a knock on the door.The only one who would come to disturb me at this hour was her precious granddaughter.

"Tsuan come in."

Qu Quan entered the room in response, turned around and closed the door.

Old Mrs. Qu saw her approaching, her face was still a little pale, but because Xue Ji was madly forcing her to take care of herself, she finally had some color.Then he pretended to reproach him and said: "If you don't go to accompany Xueji at night, what are you doing here?" Even so, he hugged his beloved granddaughter to his bed, and the grandparents and grandchildren sat next to each other just like when they were children. .

Qu Quan nestled in the arms of Old Madam Qu, his eyes suddenly turned red.

"Grandma, I'm afraid."

The title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, the tenacity of not being humble in the face of power and even being able to fight back, the strength of giving peace to those who need her protection under pressure, the gentleness of consoling friends who are sick but still forcibly comforting friends... It is easy for people Forget it, she is just a daughter in her twenties.

There will be things you want to do, but there will also be fears.

At this moment, in front of her closest relatives, she peeled off all the shells, and hid in the warm embrace of her grandmother in the most naked/naked posture.

The sound of the wind and rain is deafening to the ears, and only the gentle sandalwood on the old man's body is by his side.

"Grandma..."

"I'm so scared..."

No matter how difficult it was for Qu Quan to control her emotions, she was too scared, too desperate, and even more confused when she vented all the pressure she had been under for the past few days.The road in front of me is empty and chaotic, and good fortune is the most painful. How can the light of a candle in your hand dispel the haze and see clearly the direction of your heart's true hope?

"Tsuan'er." Old Madam Qu gently stroked Qu Quan's hair with her warm palm, "Do you still remember the time before you took part in the imperial examination when you were 16? Ershu, just come to me and say that you are afraid."

That period of time was the first and most confusing time in Qu Quan's life.

Family feuds are deep like the sea, I have nothing but my life, and there is only one road in front of me, every time I fail, I will waste a year, don't look at only one year, a year in the official career means white clouds and dogs, vicissitudes of life.She was terrified, she couldn't read a single word in the Four Books and Five Classics, her feet seemed to be poured with layers of lead water, and she was so heavy that she couldn't move.

In the past, she always felt that with her own talent, going out and going in and out were like flipping hands.Because her father said when she was young that on the eve of her birth, she dreamed of Wenquxing descending to earth.She has been complacent about it for many years.Until the family changed drastically, overnight a hundred-year-old family turned into dead bones and loess.Only then did the girl who received the fatal blow realize that these were all fake... During the period of preparing for the scientific examination, she always squatted in the room alone with her knees in her arms and cried for a long time.

She is not an extremely intelligent person, she is just an ordinary girl.