Chapter 59: I will get married to His Highness soon.
Pei Du didn't hold the cup he was drinking tea from securely, and the hot tea spilled on his skin, which instantly turned red.
He put down the tea cup calmly and said nothing.
Si Beihuan's tone was calm when he spoke, with a hint of indignation.
The look in Jiang Jinshuang's eyes was like she was eating her own cabbage!
Even, with a bit of vigilance.
It was as if she was afraid that Jiang Jinshuang would show off her "animal nature" and swallow the weak Si Ning alive!
Jiang Jinshuang almost laughed angrily.
Si Ning on the side also smiled lightly when he heard this.
He whispered: "Father, we have other things to discuss here."
When Si Beihuan heard this, his eyes fell on Pei Du and Shen Huaihe again.
The two of them greeted each other respectfully.
Si Beihuan lived in Jiangnan all year round, but he also knew a little about the capital.
——For example, Si Beihuan, the chief minister, has heard of his reputation even in the Jiangnan area!
"Master Chief Assistant, I have long admired your name." Si Beihuan nodded slightly towards Pei Du.
Pei Du leaned over and said, "I have met the head of the Beihuan family."
Si Beihuan left and came back just to get Si Ning to move out of the princess mansion.
Now that the explanation was clear, he told Si Ning: "Move out as soon as possible. If you get married in the future, you should avoid suspicion now!"
Si Ning smiled helplessly: "My child has taken note of it."
Si Beihuan glared at Jiang Jinshuang again before walking away.
For a moment, the eerie silence returned to the main hall again.
The tea cup at hand is slightly cold.
Pei Du tapped the table lightly, and the maid on the side came forward with a teapot and poured him another cup.
Si Jing looked at someone in the guest seat quietly, then lowered his eyes and smiled.
"I still have some doubts about the number one scholar's article written by the First Assistant in the past. If the First Assistant is free, I would like to ask you for a few words."
Jiang Jinshuang heard this and knew that Si Ning was creating a chance for her and Shen Huaihe to be alone.
She stood up slowly and looked at Shen Huaihe: "Let's go, Mr. Shaoqing. In that case, why don't you accompany me around?"
Shen Huaihe also stood up.
He glanced at Pei Du who was standing aside, then turned to Jiang Jinshuang: "Wei Chen takes orders."
……
Shen Huaihe followed Jiang Jinshuang out of the main hall.
"The rockery and cold spring in the backyard of my palace are also beautiful. Shaoqing, please come with me to have a look?" Jiang Jinshuang asked with a smile.
Shen Huaihe had no objection and followed Jiang Jinshuang to the backyard of the princess mansion.
It rained heavily for several days in a row.
Many peach blossom petals in the princess's mansion were knocked off one after another and fell into the muddy water.
Now that the rain has receded, there is still a faint fragrance of peach blossoms in the grass.
Stepping on the soft grass makes a soft rustling sound from time to time.
"Shen Huaihe, how many years have we known each other?"
Jiang Jinshuang asked for no reason.
Shen Huaihe looked forward, the red robe on his body was covered with moisture, making his whole body look a bit colder.
"Seven or eight years ago." He replied expressionlessly.
The Shen family was only an unknown official in the capital at first. Later, Shen Huaihe became an official and reached his current position with his talent and learning.
——He has known Jiang Jinshuang for as many years as he has been an official.
Shen Huaihe was upright and not afraid of the powerful. Even when Jiang Jinshuang was the most favored, Shen Huaihe dared to read a few books about her in front of His Majesty when she did something wrong.
Even if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.
Shen Huaihe lived alone, never formed any cliques in the government, and never participated in any party disputes, so he was hated by many people.
Jiang Jinshuang helped Shen Huaihe solve several assassinations in private.
——It’s just that Shen Huaihe didn’t even know.
The two of them had been at loggerheads for so many years, and now that she had returned to Beijing again, she no longer had the overwhelming power that she had before, and anyone could step on her head.
However, Shen Huaihe, who had always been at odds with her, said righteously and word by word: "Since I sit in this position, no one can touch me."
Shen Huaihe is indeed a good official.
"Then Shen Huaihe, if I asked you something, would you lie to me?" Jiang Jinshuang asked again.
The man next to him stopped.
He was wearing a bright red official robe, standing under the peach blossom tree, and he was even more eye-catching than the peach blossoms on the tree.
"A minister must keep his word."
Shen Huaihe said this, looking at the peach blossom branches with clear eyes. "Okay, I want to ask you," Jiang Jinshuang looked at him seriously, "Why is the file on the case of King Ruiyang three years ago blank?"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Huaihe's eyes flickered.
Jiang Jinshuang still looked at him, her eyes unavoidable.
A peach blossom falls on the edge of a man's shoe.
for a long time.
Shen Huaihe's voice was slightly cooler: "So His Highness went through all the troubles to set up this situation, risking life and death, just to look through Dali Temple's files about King Ruiyang, right?"
He didn't answer the question.
Meeting Shen Huaihe's slightly cold gaze, Jiang Jinshuang nodded: "Yes."
His beautiful thin lips pursed into a thin line, and Shen Huaihe spoke in a cold tone: "Your Highness, you know that it is a crime of beheading to investigate past cases privately without His Majesty's will."
When Jiang Jinshuang heard this, she just raised her eyebrows: "Shen Huaihe, you have already guessed my purpose, haven't you?"
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Shen Huaihe looked down and did not answer.
Jiang Jinshuang chuckled: "I arranged that assassin. After the assassin escaped, I had someone find a corpse to take the blame."
"With your acumen, you would never have hastily buried the assassin's body without examining it."
"The reason why you buried the body was just your acquiescence in what I did."
Having said this, Jiang Jinshuang raised her eyebrows slightly: "Master Shaoqing, do you have selfish motives?"
The man's frown deepened.
Looking at Shen Huaihe in front of him, the smile on Jiang Jinshuang's face gradually faded.
She looked at him seriously and said slowly: "Shen Huaihe, I want an answer."
The peach blossoms fly and grind into the dust and mud.
"What will you do if the result is not what you want?"
"I just want an answer."
——
In the main hall.
Si Ning sat on the side of the main seat, smiling and facing the man beside him.
Pei Du was dressed in red and looked upright.
"I just saw that Mr. Chief Assistant accidentally burned his hand, is there anything else?" Si Ning asked with a smile.
"It's okay now. Thank you Mr. Si Ning for your concern."
Si Ning still smiled: "I'm ashamed to say that, I think the Chief Assistant also heard what my father said just now."
"Your Highness and I have mutual understanding and may get married soon."
"His Royal Highness said that when the matter in the capital is over, he will marry and go to Jiangnan."
Speaking of this, Si Ning seemed to be a little troubled and smiled awkwardly: "It's just that although the two of us have a good understanding, we are still timid after all. I don't know how to prove my feelings to His Highness and show my heart."
He looked at Pei Du, his smile still on his face: "I heard that the Chief Assistant and His Highness once had a... relationship. I was thinking, maybe the Chief Assistant will know His Highness better?"
The tea cup in my hand is made of blue and white porcelain.
In the tea cup, the green tea leaves were rolled up by the hot water, rolling and undulating.
Pei Du rubbed the rim of the tea cup with his fingertips, and the tea water became slightly watery.
"What do you want to ask, Mr. Si Ning?"
Si Ning smiled gently: "Master Chief Assistant, do you know...what does Your Highness like the most? I only want to show my feelings if I want to do what he likes."
The undulating tea leaves finally fell to the bottom of the cup.
Becoming less alive.
In fact, Pei Du didn't like to drink the tea soup for the third time. It was less bitter but more astringent.
He's not used to drinking.
But he drank that kind of tea for six years.
Sometimes, habits are deadly.
——He was used to putting a display of flowers in front of his desk every spring; he was used to rubbing the shiny ivory wat board when going to court; he was also used to the astringent tea soup for the third time.
Habits die hard.
——He doesn’t want to change either.
He stubbornly believed that as long as these things existed, nothing had changed.
So for three years in a row, he kept the bedrooms and side halls of the Princess Mansion spotlessly clean, just like they were when she was still there.
He would learn how to make shredded pork noodles from a noodle shop that had long since closed down, because she would always be angry with him if he couldn't eat the freshest ones.
He doesn't want to change anything.
Finally raising his eyes, the man looked at him with a calm and cold gaze.
"Me."
(End of chapter)