Chapter 10 He came to find her
At the same time, there is a private room on the second floor of Nanfeng Pavilion.
The curtains are beaded and the shadows of candles are swaying.
The walls were not soundproof, and Jiang Jinshuang could even hear the sweet laughter and trembling sounds of men and women in the next room.
In front of the table, Jiang Jinshuang coughed slightly unnaturally, picked up the tea cup at hand, and wanted to moisten her throat.
But before the teacup even reached her mouth, a slender hand covered the mouth of the cup.
"Su Xiu" Qingya said: "The tea in Nanfeng Pavilion has aphrodisiac effects. Your Highness, would you like to try it?"
Hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang quickly put down the tea cup in her hand and looked at the man beside her.
Su Xiu, ah no, he should be called Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao was dressed in a snow-white robe, with hair dyed like ink, and a pair of calm eyes slowly looked towards her.
Jiang Jinshuang took a deep breath, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "General Lu, long time no see."
Lu Xiao's long eyelashes trembled slightly, like beautiful crow feathers.
"General Lu..." he murmured, "this title is a bit unfamiliar to me."
Looking around, Lu Xiao's eyes fell on the girl: "Your Highness, long time no see."
In fact, if you look carefully at his hands, you will find that they are a bit rough, with a thick layer of calluses forming on the tiger's mouth, which is the result of years of practicing martial arts.
Jiang Jinshuang still remembered Lu Xiao back then.
King Ruiyang is stationed at the northernmost point of Wanjin Kingdom all year round. He will only return to Beijing to report on his duties at the end of the year.
That year, Jiang Jinshuang was still young. When she heard that Uncle Ruiyang had returned to Beijing, she went to greet him happily.
It was also at that time that she met Lu Xiao.
The young man sat high on the horse, following behind King Ruiyang. He was dressed in jet black armor, high-spirited and handsome.
He was holding a long spear in his hand. The murderous aura that had been soaked in the frontier for many years was cold and no one dared to approach.
But she came to him carelessly, folded her hands across her chest, and asked him loudly: "Are you the Lu Xiao mentioned in the letter by the emperor's uncle?"
The young man's brows were stern, and he nodded slightly and saluted her: "The last general, Lu Xiao, has met Her Royal Highness the Princess."
——The Lu Xiao in her memory was an awe-inspiring boyish hero.
But now, the young man seems to have lost all his sharpness, his eyebrows are lowered, and he is cold and charming.
If it were anyone else, there would be no way to connect the elegant and handsome man in front of him with the spear-wielding Deputy General Ruiyang.
Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshuang's heart felt like it was slightly pulled, which was not a pleasant feeling.
She calmed down her emotions and raised her eyes to look at the tall and beautiful man in front of her: "Lu Xiao, how did you get here?"
Emotions flashed in the man's eyes, and he spoke slowly after a long time: "After I learned about the general, I wanted to lead the troops to attack the Forbidden City, but when I was gathering the troops, I was plotted and passed out."
After a pause, Lu Xiao continued: "When I woke up, all my muscles and veins were severed and my martial arts skills were completely lost. I was thrown into a pile of dead people outside the city. Later, I was picked up here by the owner of the Nanfeng Pavilion."
"Your veins are broken!?" Jiang Jinshuang heard this and hurriedly stepped forward to check.
She put her hand on Lu Xiao's wrist and felt his weak pulse.
In an instant, murderous intent suddenly arose: "Who did it?"
Lu Xiao shook his head: "I don't know."
Jiang Jinshuang knew very well what muscles and veins meant to a martial arts practitioner.
With such cruel and destructive methods, a person appeared in Jiang Jinshuang's mind.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Jinshuang calmed down and still raised her head to look at him: "Lu Xiao, come with me."
The man curled his fingers: "What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Jiang Jinshuang smiled: "That's what you mean, I will take you out of Nanfeng Pavilion."
Lu Xiao looked at her seriously and calmly: "Your Highness, do you want to help me?"
"Yes, I will help you," Jiang Jinshuang said with a serious face, "I will also thoroughly investigate the matter of the emperor's uncle back then." Lu Xiao's eyes were still calm: "Back then, the general was falsely accused of forming a party for personal gain and intending to commit rebellion. No one in the government or the public dared to speak out for the general."
"Even the officials and the royal family, who were very good friends at the beginning, bowed their heads and remained silent."
"When Your Highness falls out of favor with the princess, you can't even protect yourself," Lu Xiao said calmly: "Why should I trust you?"
Hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang looked solemn and pursed her lips slightly.
After a long time, she took out a jade pendant from her waist and handed it to Lu Xiao's hand: "This is the jade pendant that I have always carried with me. It was a hairpin gift given to me by His Majesty."
"My father personally promised that if one day I make a mistake, as long as I take out this jade pendant, he will forgive my mistake and give me a lighter sentence"
Jiang Jinshuang said seriously: "Now, I hand over this jade pendant to you."
"If one day you no longer believe in me and feel that I am incapable of overturning the case, just take out this jade pendant and I will let you go."
Lu Xiao pinched the piece of warm jade: "Since His Highness has such privileges, why didn't you use it when His Majesty Long Yan was furious and ordered you to be demoted back to the fiefdom?"
She raised her eyebrows and said word by word: "I was not wrong about what happened back then."
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"No one needs to forgive."
The Holy Spirit said that if she did something wrong, she could be forgiven with a jade pendant.
But she never felt that she had done anything wrong.
Lu Xiao's palm seemed to have been burned by the jade pendant.
After not seeing each other for many years, he found that Princess Zhaoming was still the same as before.
Lu Xiao finally smiled and said softly: "Your Highness, do you know how much it will cost to redeem my life?"
Jiang Jinshuang coughed lightly and felt a little embarrassed: "If you tell the Madam that you come with me voluntarily, can it be a little cheaper?"
When Lu Xiao heard this, he pursed his lips and chuckled.
He was about to say something more when he heard noise coming from downstairs.
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is conducting a rectification of conduct and discipline, and everyone in the library is being asked to come downstairs!"
A loud voice came from downstairs, and Jiang Jinshuang and Lu Xiao looked at each other.
Before the two of them could speak, there were already officers and soldiers knocking on the door and urging: "Everyone inside, come out! Conduct a thorough investigation! The Metropolitan Procuratorate is handling the case!"
It's so good, why are the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate here?
Although Jiang Jinshuang was confused, she didn't think much and took Lu Xiao downstairs.
When we arrived on the first floor, the main hall was already crowded with men and women from the Nanfeng Pavilion.
The madam held a handkerchief and stood at the front tremblingly: "Hey, sir, please don't scare us. We are just open for business, and we haven't done anything unconscionable!"
Qiao Zhi, the left censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, glanced at the group of people and asked the madam: "Are all the people in the palace here?"
"Yes, yes, they are all here!"
Qiao Zhi saw Princess Zhaoming in the crowd at a glance, and his heart was in his throat.
He coughed lightly, bent slightly and said to the man outside the door: "Sir, everyone is here."
First assistant?
Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly: Why is Pei Du here too?
The officers and soldiers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were divided into two rows. A man wearing a white and green robe slowly walked from the team.
The man's eyebrows were too cold, his eyes were looking forward, and he looked far away.
Until he stood next to Qiao Zhe, his eyes fell on Jiang Jinshuang for a moment, and then slowly moved away.
"Lord Chief Assistant, what should we do next?"
Qiao Zhi lowered his head and asked Pei Du for advice.
The man was wearing a green robe and a black cloak, and he was extremely handsome. The beauties in front of him were as different as clouds and mud.
(End of chapter)