31. White Cat

◎Press under the body◎

Chapter 31

Looking into the night, there was a sea of ​​stars. The lanterns under the eaves were blown by the wind and swayed slightly, causing the shadows on the wall to swing left and right. The weeds around were rubbed by the cold wind, making a crackling sound, and seemed a little soft.

Maybe I was drunk, Ji Ci thought a little dizzily.

"This prince has been in charge of the Ministry of Justice for many years. At least hundreds, if not thousands, of people have been punished under my command. This prince is a man of the law. Those who commit crimes must be punished. Where is the kindness?"

"The guilty should be punished. If the guilty go unpunished, how can the victims' grievances be redressed? Impunity is unjust. Your Highness does not impose severe punishments on those whose evidence is incomplete. I still remember when I first met Your Highness, he wanted to punish me with twenty strokes of the cane, but in the end, he only gave me one light stroke and let me go."

Ji Ci seemed to have remembered the time in the Ministry of Justice Prison and couldn't help but smile slightly.

He had intended to scare her, but under the combined pressure of mental and physical torture, few people could withstand such interrogation. However, the young widow was able to clearly and concisely point out the essence and crux of the matter.

"That's your sweet talk."

Jiang Qiuye smiled, turned around and rolled his eyes. It's okay to be eloquent, it's better than you being half-mute.

She turned back and continued in a gentle voice, "And the new policies implemented by the prince: reduced taxes, fewer corvée labor, an emphasis on agriculture, and rewards for military merit. The prince's heart is to benefit all the people of the world, to benefit the common people, and to ensure peace and tranquility in the rivers and seas. Otherwise, given the plight of Jin and Li, how could there have been three years of peace?"

Ji Ci raised an eyebrow and turned to look at the lanterns swaying in the distance. "You are right. I want to protect these people. Loyal ministers and good generals should not be let down. But Your Majesty, you must not blame yourself at this moment. If you do, someone far away from the emperor will take advantage of this to cause trouble and stir up trouble."

"During the implementation of the new policies over the years, you've been able to clearly feel the changes since you were in Shengjing. But in reality, half of the counties in the entire Jin Dynasty still haven't implemented them universally. To implement the new policies, it's essential to ban private farming. Countless people have been killed or injured in the land reclamation efforts south of the Yangtze River, all because of the selfish interests of local officials and the gentry."

"Those who want to rebel against the Ji Dynasty are not just Li State, but also those whose interests have been infringed."

Jiang Qiuye looked at him with a somewhat decadent face and suddenly felt that he was very tired.

He was plagued by illness and all he thought about was the country and the people. He was really tired after so many years.

She suddenly felt confused. Why did she make herself so tired?

He is clearly in a high position and can enjoy the same benefits as the emperor.

He could have ignored the Zhang family's massacre, the unjust case of General Dingbei, and the uproar among scholars at Jingshan Academy, and just stood with the emperor.

She is not an altruistic person, she is extremely selfish, so she can never agree with goodness in her heart, but she is unknowingly attracted by these two words.

Maybe it's because she never had it.

Ji Ci was her target and the person she was using. She had no feelings for him at all.

But at this moment, I suddenly felt a little distressed.

What exactly happened to him?

She looked at Ji Ci, who seemed a little slow to react tonight, and took out a jade ring from her sleeve. It was the one she had ordered at Jinpin Pavilion before.

She took Ji Ci's hand and put the ring on it. It looked particularly translucent against his fair skin.

"A person is like jade, and this white jade is the most suitable for the prince."

After Ji Ci put on the ring, he withdrew his hand and looked at it carefully in the moonlight. He saw that there were leaves carved on the ring.

Cotyledon, leaf.

This little widow...what should he do?

Jiang Qiuye's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said, "Your Majesty is so kind and benevolent to the people, but so cruel to me."

Ji Ci was stunned and didn't react. He just realized belatedly and said, "Cruel?"

He had only been angry with her a few days ago, and he never expected that the young widow would hold such a grudge.

"Your Highness clearly promised to protect me, but you still drove me away. Humph." Jiang Qiuye said sarcastically, pouting and quickly turning her head away to avoid looking at him.

This look made Ji Ci at a loss. He always handled state affairs calmly, but when he met a young widow like this, he found it extremely difficult to deal with.

This little widow is such a stingy person.

"I don't... want you to leave." Ji Ci looked a little embarrassed. He raised his fingers and scratched his cheeks. His face was red beyond the alcohol.

"Then the prince even asked the butler to pack my luggage for me."

“…”

Ji Ci avoided his sight. He didn't really want the young widow to leave, he just felt that he had indulged this woman and she was acting wildly over him all day long.

She was so scared and cautious when we first met.

Look at him now, throwing things at him, yelling at him, and getting angry at the slightest provocation.

He asked the housekeeper Uncle Fu to help her pack up her things, but in fact he wanted the young widow to come to him and apologize on her own initiative, so that he could give her a way out and they could both get out of it.

But the young widow took it seriously and still holds a grudge against him.

"Then...then you should stay. It's dangerous for a girl like you to go outside instead of returning to the Duke's Mansion."

Ji Ci finally gave in, just for the sake of this bowl of soft-shelled turtle noodles.

Jiang Qiuye smiled after hearing this, dimples appeared on her face, and she said with a smile in her peach blossom eyes: "Since the prince said so, I will stay reluctantly."

She paused and blurted out, "Brother Jian Xi is so nice."

Ji Ci felt that it might be because he had been drinking, as his heart suddenly blossomed with joy, and he couldn't suppress his smile, revealing his bright eyes and white teeth.

Jiang Qiuye was once again stunned by his laughter.

When he smiled, he looked really handsome, like climbing onto a spring terrace where all the flowers and trees were resting.

But, in his heart, he was actually very tired.

Jiang Qiuye couldn't control herself, and the pain in her heart became more and more obvious.

Thinking of her identity as Qiu Ziye, she leaned forward, hugged Ji Ci's head, buried it in her chest, and said softly: "Brother Jian Xi, I don't want you to be so tired."

Ji Ci's face was stiff, his breathing was heavy, his ears were as red as apples, and his Adam's apple kept rolling up and down, as if he didn't know how to react.

He should push her away, but he didn't want to push her away.

Different from the previous hugs and physical contacts, the little widow was very gentle.

He gradually felt the changes in his body. Under the influence of alcohol, something made him want to break out of the ground and indulge in it.

A breeze blew by, and for the first time, Ji Ci didn't want to restrain himself. He reached out and grabbed Jiang Qiuye's hand, turned over and pressed her under him, grabbing her wrist tightly and lifting it above his head.

Jiang Qiuye was not wearing thick clothes, and the cold temperature of the stone slab made her shiver, and she also felt the changes in Ji Ci's body.

For this mission, it should be said that from the moment she became Qiu Ziye, she had already made preparations to give her body to either Zhang Liang or Ji Ci.

All she wanted was to complete the mission and get over the last hill.

She had used the beauty trap many times in the past, and she never cared about the so-called innocence.

Compared with the Avici Hell, for the sake of life and freedom, what is innocence?

But sometimes she would suddenly hope that the object of her mission, the object of her beauty trap, would be someone as beautiful as Ji Ci.

The stone on her back and the force of his hands caused her some pain.

But when she looked past Ji Ci's eyes at the watery moonlight in the distant night, she suddenly became expectant.

"Brother Jian Xi." She called softly and delicately.

Ji Ci found it increasingly difficult to control himself. He had long known that the young widow was very beautiful, but he had never admitted it.

He slowly lowered his head, and when their lips were about to touch, he suddenly stood up and let her go, got off the boulder, knocked over the wine jug, and turned to leave.

???

!!!

The figure had disappeared, but Jiang Qiuye was still lying on the boulder without moving, and the feeling of frustration in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Why?

Ji Ci, you blockhead, why don’t you continue?

He was ready, and she was ready!

So is she not charming enough?

Is she not beautiful enough, sweet enough, or seductive enough?

This Ji Jianxi, he flirts with people and then runs away, he is so hateful.

The sake spilled on the boulder flowed down the stream, reflecting the moonlight. Jiang Qiuye finally stood up with an ugly look on her face, feeling that even the sake was mocking her.

…

Jiang Qiuye was completely sleepless all night due to this huge blow.

Early the next morning, he regained his spirit and fighting spirit.

Ji Ci has never been interested in women and hates being touched by others, but she has touched him many times now.

Besides, at least Ji Ci responded to her.

In order to comfort himself, Jiang Qiuye took Jinhong to a restaurant, where they had a delicious meal and drank some wine.

Afterwards, I visited several candy shops and medicine shops and bought a lot of medicinal materials.

When he was about to return to the palace, he suddenly heard a sound coming from the alley. It was the sound of a cat meowing.

She turned her head casually and saw a group of children bullying a little white cat. The little white cat looked only a few months old and was still breastfeeding.

Jiang Qiuye originally didn't want to bother with such trivial matters and these little brats, but after walking a few steps, he chose to retreat and turn into the alley.

"Hey, little brat, let go of the cat." Jiang Qiuye spoke in a very bad tone and with a gloomy look on his face.

A little boy turned and stood up. Seeing that there were only two women, he smiled contemptuously, "Who are you? What's your business?"

The little boy looked to be about ten years old, but he was very tall, only slightly shorter than Jiang Qiuye. No wonder he was not afraid of her at all.

She exhaled and glanced at Jinhong.

After receiving Jiang Qiuye's hint, Jinhong stepped forward. Before the other party could react, he was grabbed by the hand and thrown over his shoulder, falling to the ground.

"Ouch!" He rolled on the ground in pain, unable to get up, his face grim. "You sneak attack!"

"So what? I tell you, I know there's an old man on the outskirts of town who loves to eat children. If you don't get out of here, I'll throw you to that old man and let him eat you."

The little boy finally stood up, clutching his back, and angrily said, "You're lying to kids!"

As she spoke, she rushed towards Jiang Qiuye, but before she could touch her, Jinhong stepped forward and slapped her, pushing her several feet away.

"If you don't leave now, I'll really send you to that old man."

This group of kids were the type who bullied and feared evil. Seeing that the other party actually had martial arts skills, they didn't dare to stay. They helped the little boy lying on the ground up and ran away.

Jiang Qiuye then stepped forward, picked up the little white cat from the ground, and gently stroked it in his arms. "You're lucky to have met a man who suddenly showed mercy today. I saw injustice and helped people with it."

"When was the last time I showed mercy?"

Jinhong rolled her eyes and said, "Was there a last time?"

Oh yes, probably not.

The two of them took the little white cat directly back to the Wutong Courtyard of the palace, asked Mingyue for some goat milk, and wiped it with a towel soaked in warm water.

After the little white cat had drunk its fill, it began to purr and rubbed against Jiang Qiuye's hand.

"Girl, this kitten seems to like you very much. It's very happy." Mingyue had raised cats before, so she was very familiar with the matter and particularly liked it.

"Really?" Jiang Qiuye glanced at Mingyue and reached out to scratch the kitten's head.

"Girl, give it a name." Jinhong suggested with a smile.

"Name? Hmm..." Jiang Qiuye supported her head and pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a name that she thought was perfect.

"Just call me Jian Jian."

Shit...

Simple......

The author has something to say:

Ji Ci: Do you love Jianjian or Jianjian?

Jiang Qiuye: Aren’t those all you?

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