Let Me Pursue You

Chapter 27 – 027

Yuan Cixian walked slowly with weak legs, and when he heard him keep up, he turned around and said, “Lu Shilang, please don’t tell others about the fact that I was stunned by a snake. They all say that the tiger father has no dog daughter, and this matter will be given to you.” My father lost face.”

Lu Shiqing lowered her half body, glanced at her when he heard the words, but didn’t speak.

She turned her head away in self-indulgence, and just took two steps, but heard a faint voice behind her: “Lu is not brother Ling, he will not always catch people’s weaknesses.”

Yuan Cixian understood in an instant that Lu Shiqing was talking about his elder brother grabbing his weakness and scaring him with dogs over and over again.

She smiled embarrassingly: “It’s true that brother did something wrong. I told him about it a long time ago. Don’t worry, with me, Yuan Cixian, no one in Chang’an City dares to bully you…”

When she said this, she turned her head and looked at Lu Shiqing. Before she finished speaking, she happened to meet the steps, and suddenly her feet were empty, and she staggered, but fortunately she stood still.

Lu Shiqing knew what she hadn’t finished speaking, and sighed, “You’d better take care of yourself first.”

She curled her lips: “Then don’t walk behind me, and don’t remind me.”

Lu Shiqing was also a little **** just now, so he didn’t pay attention to her feet. Hearing this, he glanced at her and walked a step faster.

Yuan Cixian was happy to be side by side with him, and when she was happy, she became radiant: “Don’t underestimate me, I am not timid, but I am only afraid of snakes. It is all because of the unrest in Yaozhou. , the palace has not yet been completed, the city is full of rioters, I have to live in the wild with my father and mother for the time being. My luck is not good, I step on snakes every now and then, and once, I even ran into one that crawled on my bed !”

Lu Shiqing hesitated slightly, and blurted out: “Male snake?”

She was taken aback. What does it matter if it’s male or female? He seems to have misplaced his focus.

She said: “It’s good that I didn’t faint from fright. How do I know if it’s a male or a female? What’s wrong with the male snake?”

Lu Shiqing soon realized that he seemed to have overreacted, said “Oh”, and said, “I heard that male snakes are more likely to bite people.”

“Really?” She looked at him suspiciously, “So, the one just now…”

Yuan Cixian paused halfway through speaking, covering her stomach and abdomen.

Still don’t think about it. The previous moment of fainting was not all due to the snake, it was because of Zheng Zhuo’s horrifying swordsmanship, seeing the snake’s body cut in two, its head broken and its bones smashed to a **** mess, she couldn’t bear it.

She changed the subject: “Lu Shilang, there’s a reason why I’m afraid of snakes. Are you afraid of dogs?”

I don’t know what kind of scars this sentence has exposed Lu Shiqing. It is rare for someone who is kinder than usual to sullenly say, “There is no reason.”

This Lu Shiqing is really cloudy and cloudy, the sun rises in the front and rains in the back, so there are sunny days but no sunny days.

Yuan Cixian didn’t ask any more questions, and when she looked up, she saw that the Daxiong Palace was approaching, but it was a rather dignified scene, and she couldn’t help being a little taken aback.

A group of civil and military officials were waiting outside the hall with their hands down in embarrassment. A circle of royal children surrounded the hall. Among them was Zheng Zhuo, who was kneeling with a straight back, and Emperor Huining stood in front of him, pointing at him with his index finger. , with a look of anger to the point of speechlessness.

Zheng Zhuo nodded slightly, and said: “I know my crime, let my father deal with it.”

Emperor Huining seemed to be laughed angrily, and clapped his hands in an angry look, “Tell me, where is your crime… Where is your crime?”

“My son was ordered by my father to take charge of the Jinwu Guard on behalf of my second elder brother. I was in charge of patrolling and guarding around the Wangji Temple today, but my layout was negligent and I didn’t notice the red snake lurking in the grass. This is a crime. My father reminded me ten thousand times, Repeated orders and five Shen Dao Dharma meetings should avoid killing on the day, but my son missed a moment and caused the death of the snake, this is the second crime.”

“It’s so good, where did such a fierce poisonous snake come from?” Emperor Huining took a deep breath, looked up and saw Yuan Cixian and Lu Shiqing who were standing in front of the palace gate, and waved to them, “Come on. I heard the guards say, The two of you were there at the time, Ci Xian, tell me, is there anything suspicious about this matter?”

Yuan Cixian let out an “oh” in his heart, and made the whole thing clear.

A few days ago, the second prince committed a crime, Emperor Huining stripped him of many powers, and ordered Zheng Zhuo to temporarily take charge of Jinwuwei. Once Zheng Zhuo gained power, he made people envious and jealous, so he was plotted against today.

Those who plotted against him predicted that he would be charged with two crimes, but they didn’t know that he had already prepared himself for it, and he was just planning.

Zheng Zhuo knew Emperor Huining very well. He knows two things.

First, in fact, the sage did not believe in Buddhism much. He killed or not, but he did it for the world to see. What he hated wasn’t the snake that died at the Ullambana Puja, but the person who revealed it to the world.

The few Jinwu guards around Zheng Zhuo didn’t really belong to him. When such things happened, they hurriedly reported them to the saint, wishing that the whole court would know, but they didn’t know that their actions really violated the taboo of the emperor.

Second, with the sage’s suspicious nature, he has to turn a corner and think about everything, so he must guess the conspiracy. So after the incident, instead of arguing, Zheng Zhuo kept taking the blame on himself. In this way, he can undoubtedly win the love and sympathy of the saint, and it can also show that he has no intention of competing for the position of the crown prince.

Right now, Emperor Huining just didn’t want Zheng Zhuo to be so humble, and wanted to seek justice for this son and catch the mastermind of the incident.

This trick is really powerful, Yuan Cixian only thought of the level of conspiracy, and never considered transparency, so it was really unnecessary.

She and Zheng Zhuo are on the same boat for the time being, since she wants to understand this, naturally she will not expose anything in public, so she said in a low voice: “Your Majesty, Ci Xian was scared by the red snake just now, and she didn’t pay attention to other places…” She said Glancing at Lu Shiqing, “Why don’t you ask Minister Lu.”

As for the girls, Emperor Hui Ning understood, so he asked Lu Shiqing again, and listened to his answer: “Your Majesty, I have just been far away from your highness and the county lord, and I haven’t seen what happened. It’s just that the red snake is really fierce. If you don’t get rid of it, I’m afraid Both His Royal Highness and the county lord will encounter unexpected events. The minister thinks that the so-called “urgent action” means that killing is a taboo, but how can it delay human life? Of course, His Highness failed to investigate the crisis, so that the people who are in Wangji Temple today Your Majesty, the royal family and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty are all caught in potential threats, and you are really negligent of duty. Therefore, I think that your majesty should punish your highness half and forgive half.”

Although still unable to catch the real culprit, these words hit the nail on the head, piercing Emperor Huining’s heart, and gave him a moderate solution.

Yuan Cixian glanced at Lu Shiqing, and felt that this person was not simple. Since the Uyghur caravan incident, it’s not that she hasn’t tested his attitude towards the government, but she always sees him hiding everything, including now. He has always been like a loyal courtier who only thinks of a saint, he resolves the embarrassment for him with a few words, and uses tactful methods to advise him not to investigate the case in public…

As for who is Lu Shiqing’s choice for the crown prince, or whether he has someone to support, it is really hard to tell.

Such a stalemate is naturally not a problem. Emperor Huining nodded and said, “What Lu Shilang said is reasonable, let’s do it for now.”

The Ullambana Puja ended in a hurry, and Emperor Huining issued several decrees in succession to deal with the aftermath. When it was over, he went back to the palace first on the grounds of fatigue, and called Yuan Cixian and Lu Shiqing to accompany him.

Yuan Cixian knew that the old emperor could not let her as a witness easily, and when he arrived at the Zichen Palace, he was given a seat, and heard him ask: “Cixian, I ask you why you happened to go to the South Temple Gate earlier, why did you suddenly go to the gate of the South Temple?” Looking for my Liulang?”

She had already figured out this question, and she believed that if a sage wanted to confess, with Zheng Zhuo’s thinking, he would make the same statement as her.

She hesitated for a moment, took out a jar of ointment from her sleeve, and said, “Your Majesty, Cixian sent this to His Highness. During the ceremony at the dojo, I saw His Highness burnt his hand with incense ash, so I lent him the ointment Once. At that time, I wanted to give it to His Highness, but His Highness refused, because there were so many people around, I didn’t insist on it, and after the sacrifice ceremony was over, I thought, it’s better to give it to Your Highness.”

“But I heard from the guards that you are talking to Liu Lang, and you want to take a step to speak. Since it is sending ointment, why hide?”

Yuan Cixian couldn’t help ridiculing. The old emperor clearly checked everything, and kindly invited her to the Zichen Palace, but interrogated her like a prisoner, obviously he didn’t trust her much.

She hesitated again when she heard the words, and glanced at Lu Shiqing opposite: “Your Majesty, you have to ask Minister Lu about this!”

Lu Shiqing glanced at her, probably saying: “What does it have to do with me.”

She snorted: “Ci Xian halfway realized that she was being followed by Lu Shilang, how could she dare to give the ointment to His Highness? My Highness and I are only cousins, but there is no guarantee that Lu Shilang will not misunderstand, so I had to go with His Highness.” Ask for an excuse to speak, and then secretly slip the ointment on him.”

Lu Shiqing choked. What’s the mess? She didn’t even notice that he was following her, okay!

No, when did he follow her!

Yuan Cixian continued: “I gave Lu Shilang a copy of that ointment before. If he sees me giving the same thing to His Highness, he will definitely be unhappy. Your Majesty, you’ve made me cheat right now.”

This trick of bringing misfortune to the east really worked, and Emperor Huining was speechless for a while, looking at Lu Shiqing for a while, and asked: “Yes, I haven’t asked Zishu yet, but tell me why you went to the South Temple Gate ? Are you really following her as Cixian said?”

It was true that Lu Shiqing followed Yuan Cixian, but it was not because of any love affair, but because she saw her and went to find Zheng Zhuo in a hurry, fearing that she would guess something and ruin their strategy of scheming.

But he couldn’t tell the truth right now, so he deliberately smiled uncomfortablely: “Your Majesty, I’m afraid the term ‘following’ is not accurate enough. It was the county lord who was sneaky first, and I just went to investigate for your safety. Just a moment.”

In this situation, the more Lu Shiqing refused to admit it, the more he made excuses, the more he would lure Emperor Huining to think about small love and small love.

Hearing this, the old emperor, who was in a very bad mood, couldn’t help laughing, looked at Lu Shiqing, then at Yuan Cixian, and said to the **** beside him: “These two children, look at these two awkward children!” After taking a breath, he said, “It’s done, you two go back, let me think about this matter carefully.”

Yuan Cixian and Lu Shiqing went out together, all the way to the Danfeng gate, where they should part ways.

Seeing the guards standing far away, she smiled and leaned into Lu Shiqing’s ear: “Lu Shilang, do you have to thank me for covering you up in front of the saint? I know you didn’t go to the South Temple Gate because of me. What do you think you are?” For what purpose?”

Lu Shiqing glanced at her coldly: “Lu also knows that the county magistrate is not going to the South Temple Gate to deliver the ointment, and you, what purpose do you have?”

Yuan Cixian choked, and then put on an expression of “I’m so angry that I don’t pay for my life”, and said: “I just don’t say anything, what can you do to me?”

Lu Shiqing sneered: “It just so happens that Lu doesn’t want to say it either.”

After he finished speaking, he nodded to her as farewell, and walked to the carriage waiting not far away. After walking for a while, recalling Yuan Cixian’s attitude just now, he suddenly felt that his teeth were itching with hatred, so he untied the water bag in his waist, raised his head and took a sip, but before he could swallow the saliva, he was handed down by someone behind him. Call again.

He stopped and turned around, and saw countless intense expressions piled up on Yuan Cixian’s face in an instant, like pity, sympathy, and worry.

He froze slightly, forgot to swallow the water, and then heard her say in a rather embarrassed way: “Lu Shilang… I’ve already drank your water bag…”

Lu Shiqing’s complexion changed, he coughed violently, and choked out half of his water.