Chapter 55 I said the wrong thing.
"My father has left the assassination matter to me. I thought that there should be recorded clues in the Archives Pavilion, so I came to check it out."
Shen Huaihe glanced at the file shelf not far away: "The files related to the assassination are placed here. Wei Chen will go and get them."
With that said, Shen Huaihe walked towards the shelf.
For a moment, only Pei Du was left in front of Jiang Jinshuang.
The desk is facing the door of the Archives Pavilion.
Jiang Jinshuang stood in front of the desk. The man was wearing a moon-white robe and stood under the light and shadow. The rectangular door frame enclosed him in the backlight, like an ink painting.
His posture was upright, looking ahead, like tall pines, cypresses and green bamboos, without looking at her.
Jiang Jinshuang didn't really want to stay with him.
She is still angry about what happened last time.
——Since Lord Chief Assistant looks down on her so much, she doesn’t have to rush to please him.
"I'm here to help Mr. Shaoqing."
Jiang Jinshuang's voice was a little louder, and she turned around to help Shen Huaihe find the files.
Shen Huaihe is very familiar with the archives in the Archives Pavilion.
Before Jiang Jinshuang could take two steps, Shen Huaihe had already placed several stacks of files on the desk.
"All the files related to the assassination are here," Shen Huaihe paused and said slowly, "The assassin who was interrogated by Wei Chen bit himself with poison and committed suicide. Wu Zuo was worried that his poison would be contagious, so Wei Chen ordered the person to be buried."
Jiang Jinshuang nodded.
She walked to the desk and looked through the files a few times.
He raised his eyes again and looked at Pei Du standing in front of him.
"Master Pei, is there anything else?"
The man's eyebrows were sparse. Hearing Jiang Jinshuang's voice, his cold gaze met hers.
He didn't answer.
Jiang Jinshuang continued to smile: "If Mr. Pei is fine, why not go back and rest early. I would like to discuss the details of the assassination with Mr. Shaoqing alone."
The meaning of driving people away is obvious.
The phalanges tucked into the cuffs of his sleeves clenched slightly.
Pei Du's voice was cold and indifferent: "Your Majesty requires the ministers to assist His Highness the Princess. The ministers must fulfill their duties."
Jiang Jinshuang nodded.
She took out a few files and slowly stood up from the desk: "In this case, the remaining files will be reviewed by the Chief Assistant."
As she said that, she looked at Shen Huaihe: "I took these files back to my house to read. Lord Shen will come to see me at my house tomorrow. I have something to say to Lord Shaoqing."
——She must find an opportunity to ask Shen Huaihe alone about the rebellion of King Ruiyang.
Shen Huaihe looked calm and bowed slightly: "I obey my orders."
After saying that, Jiang Jinshuang looked at Pei Du and smiled evilly: "When will the Chief Assistant finish reading the rest of the files, please come and assist me."
Without looking at Pei Du's face, Jiang Jinshuang walked away.
Shen Huaihe stood in front of the door, looking at Jiang Jinshuang's leaving figure, wondering what he was thinking.
There was a sound behind him, and Shen Huaihe turned around to look.
At some point, Pei Du sat in front of the desk and stacked the remaining thick files neatly on the corner of the desk.
He calmly took the top file, slowly turned the pages, and began to check each one.
When Shen Huaihe saw this, surprise flashed in his eyes.
Shen Huaihe still admires and respects this chief minister.
Although he entered the official position many years later than Shen Huaihe, he relied on his own talent and literary talents to rise through the ranks and reached the position of powerful minister in just three years.
Seeing him checking the files so seriously, Shen Huaihe frowned slightly: "Master Chief Assistant, with all due respect, Your Highness just took away three files, and there are six files left here, totaling 1,321 pages."
"If you want to watch it alone, it will probably take more than three days."
In fact, both of them understood what Jiang Jinshuang meant.
——She did not want Pei Du to be involved in this assassination case.
"I know." The man lowered his eyes slightly, pointed at the words on the file with one hand, and responded calmly. Although he said this, he did not stop looking through the files.
He lowered his eyes slightly, and a few strands of long hair hung down on the side of his shoulders.
The man was dressed in a moon-white robe, sitting in front of the desk with a picturesque appearance, with an innate nobility and coldness between his eyebrows.
Even a simple side profile can make people hold their breath and be amazed.
It was a face favored by God, so perfect that it had no flaws.
Shen Huaihe looked at Pei Du in front of the desk, his thoughts drifting away.
No one in Chang'an City knew about Princess Zhaoming's pursuit of this poor scholar, and there were constant rumors.
That day in the Qianjin Pavilion, Shen Huaihe saw with his own eyes the aloof Princess Zhaoming who smiled and spent a lot of money for the scholar.
Bought the wat board of Xu Kaishan, the first minister who was a highly respected minister a hundred years ago and was buried in the imperial mausoleum with royal permission.
Shen Huaihe still remembers that Princess Zhaoming smiled and sent the priceless and meaningful Wat Ban to the scholar's hand, with a gentle smile: "Pei Du, this Wat Ban is for you. One day when you become the Chief Assistant, you will Use this wat board to guide the country.”
That was the first time Shen Huaihe saw Princess Zhaoming's sincerity.
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I just feel a little dazzling.
Now, looking at Pei Du who was looking through the files at the desk, he always felt that something was not right.
——This Lord Chief Assistant is not such a submissive character.
Under normal circumstances, he would have flatly refused such an unreasonable request.
A guess emerged from Shen Huaihe's mind.
Shen Huaihe looked at the man and spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, Chief Assistant...are you a bit manipulative of His Highness?"
He felt that his conjecture was ridiculous.
Everyone in Chang'an City knew that the chief minister had been forced by Princess Zhaoming for three years, and he must have hated her very much.
Shen Huaihe didn't even know what kind of answer he wanted for the question he asked.
He only felt as if his throat was blocked by something, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
There was a slight pause in reading the file.
The man's finger stopped on a line of text in the file, and he raised his eyes slightly and looked towards Shen Huaihe.
His long eyelashes trembled slightly.
In his calm and cold eyes, there was something akin to...a feeling of confusion.
His voice had no warmth, and he spoke slowly: "She is angry."
As if to explain her "rudeness" for her.
Frowning, Pei Du added: "Because I said the wrong thing."
A strange feeling arose in Shen Huaihe's heart.
——For a moment, he even thought that the reason why Mr. Chief Assistant agreed to Princess Zhaoming’s unreasonable request was just to calm her down.
This absurd idea only appeared for a moment before he rejected it himself.
Shen Huaihe opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else.
But before he could speak, the man in front of the desk said quietly: "Pei will stay at the Archives Pavilion for one night tonight. I hope Mr. Shaoqing will give me permission."
Shen Huaihe was stunned for a moment, then nodded stiffly: "I understand."
——
When Jiang Jinshuang returned to the princess mansion, she learned that Si Ning and Qian Yao had gone out of the mansion to do business.
She asked Chuntao what she was doing when she left the house. Chuntao scratched her head and said, "Mr. Si Ning didn't say anything. I only saw that Mr. Si Ning had an ugly face and walked in a hurry when he left."
"Strange thing." Jiang Jinshuang muttered.
I haven't heard of anything happening recently that would warrant Si Ning's personal intervention.
But since Si Ning didn't tell Chuntao, it meant it wasn't a big deal and he could handle it himself.
This put her at ease.
Night falls.
Jiang Jinshuang returned to the bedroom after taking a bath. Before she could get on the bed to rest, there was a rapid knock on the door!
"Your Highness! Your Highness is not well! Something happened to Mr. Si Ning!"
(End of chapter)