Chapter 201 Moonlight Boat (5)
This time the handwriting is even more neat and formal than last time, as if it was written after careful consideration.
"Look after me, my fiancée."
After reading it several times, Mingyuelin folded the letter and put it back into the envelope, but found that there was a very thin piece of cicada wing paper stuck in the envelope.
She carefully took out the paper and unfolded it to the width of her two palms. On it was a small portrait of herself, with her head slightly turned away and looking angry.
"Just draw me, draw me. Why draw me angry..." The clothes in the portrait were the same ones she wore when she had quarreled with him years ago.
The corners of Ming Yuelin's lips drooped slightly, but when she thought of him sitting at the desk with a cold face drawing her, they curled up again. "Next time you see Ji Gudong, just pay a little attention to him."
Look how easy she is to coax.
"What are you mumbling about here? Sometimes you're happy, sometimes you're unhappy." Yuan Yuhe just walked in and saw her changeable expression, and said with some amusement.
Ming Yuelin folded the small portrait in a panic, put his hands on his knees, looked at Yuan Yuhe, and asked politely, "Mother, is there something you want to see me about?"
"Do I have to have something to come to you for?" Yuan Yuhe didn't ask what she was trying to hide. She looked around her yard and said, "After your eldest brother came back, he replaced everything in his yard. I came to see if you need to replace anything else."
"No, no, everything is fine." Ming Yuelin shook her head, and the tassels in her hair swayed with her movements.
Yuan Yuhe patted her head and said, "Okay, let's go over for dinner later."
"Okay~"
After Yuan Yuhe left, Ming Yuelin put the letter back into the envelope, went into the house, and pasted the small portrait painted on cicada wing paper on the scroll and rolled it up.
Since he painted her so beautifully, let's put the painting in a prominent place.
After putting the painting away, Mingyue sat down at the desk and wrote back to Ji Rangzhou, asking Qi Yan to deliver it to the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion the next day.
After reading the oral statement of the suspect investigation, the sun was setting. Ji Rangzhou leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to relieve the eye discomfort caused by long hours of work.
Xing Zhao came over to clear the table and said, "Sir, it's late in the evening. Are you going home?"
"Yeah." Ji Rangzhou opened his eyes, stood up and walked out of the Dali Temple.
Back at Sanyu Hall, Ji Rangzhou's attendant, who had been left in the courtyard, came to greet him. "Your Excellency has returned. I have sent someone to fetch dinner. This morning, Miss Ming Er sent a letter, which I have placed in your study."
Ji Rangzhou nodded, walked towards the study, raised his hand to stop the person behind him, "No need to follow."
Xing Zhao stopped.
It was completely dark, and the angular lamps on the eaves illuminated the corridor. Ji Rangzhou pushed open the door of the study, found a tinder and lit the gauze lamp in the room and the candlestick on the desk.
The room lit up, and a letter lay in the middle of the desk.
Ji Rangzhou sat down, opened the letter and unfolded the stationery.
"We'll talk next time we meet."
Ji Rangzhou stared at the six words on the letter for a moment, and the lines of his lips raised in a tiny arc.
I was about to pick up the pen to write something else, but then I thought about the case I was investigating recently, and in the end I only wrote down a few words.
He looked up and saw a shadow outside the door. He picked up the pen and wrote another letter, saying, "Punishment."
"Sir." The shadow outside the door pushed it open and came in.
Ji Rangzhou handed him the letter and said, "Send it to my sister tomorrow."
"Yes." After receiving the letter, Zhen Mian said, "Dinner is ready. Is there anything else you need to do, sir?"
"No." Ji Rangzhou got up and went to have dinner.
The next day, Ji Rangzhou returned from the Dali Temple. It was also completely dark. Cheng Mian came forward and said, "The letter has been delivered to our young lady. She came back today and waited for you for a long time, but she didn't see you come back, so she left before sunset. She left a box for you."
"The box is now in your bedroom."
Ji Rangzhou nodded and walked into the house.
Chuan Mian had already turned on all the lights in the house, and now the room was brightly lit.
Ji Rangzhou opened the nanmu box on the table, looked at it carefully, and then took out the letter he had written last night from the bookshelf against the wall, put the letter in the box, and closed the box.
He pressed his fingertips on the box for a moment, tapped his knuckles twice, and said, "Send it to Miss Ming Er tomorrow."
Will she be happier this way?
Punishment replied, "Yes."
Mingyuelin received the things sent by Ji Rangzhou after she finished her private school and math and art classes. She lay down on the rocking chair in the yard with lifeless eyes.
"I'm so hungry. Qiyu, go and ask the kitchen to send lunch over soon."
"Yes, young lady." Qi Yu looked at her amusedly and went to the kitchen with the maid.
Qi Yan, who hadn't gone to the private school with her, came out of the room and said, "Miss, you're back. Someone from Prince Ji's group brought you something."
Ming Yuelin looked at her when she heard that. "What is it?"
"A palm-wide nanmu box. Can I bring it to you?"
"Yeah." Mingyuelin took off his shoes and sat cross-legged.
Qi Yan took out the box and put it in her arms.
Ming Yuelin opened it and the first thing she saw was a letter. After picking it up, she could see three gold and jade bracelets under the envelope. Each one was delicate and playful, very suitable for a woman of her age.
She likes all kinds of bracelets, so this time he gave her the right gift.
Ming Yuelin picked up a string and put it on his wrist, then opened the envelope with a smile on his face.
"I've been busy lately, so I'm afraid I won't have any free time."
This time the writing seems less restrained than the previous two times, and the strokes are much more elegant.
Mingyuelin stuffed the letter back into the envelope and sighed.
I don't know why he is busy again, and what case he is busy with.
In April, Ji Rangzhou had collected sufficient evidence and wrote a memorial to the emperor on the case of cheating in the imperial examination.
The emperor looked at the long memorial in silence for a long time. He looked up at the silent young minister in front of him and said, "Search all their property and take them to the Ministry of Justice. All those found to have participated in the fraud will be executed!"
"I obey your command. I hope Your Majesty will mobilize the Imperial Guards to act with me."
The emperor took a token from the table and gave it to him.
"I'll take my leave."
After the imperial examination cheating case was concluded, Xie Lingdong, the Left Censor-in-Chief, and others were convicted and beheaded. Ji Rangzhou went to the Ministry of Justice to work and wrote the details of the case in the case file.
A clerk came in to report that Miss Shi from the Duke of Anguo's mansion wanted to see him.
Ji Rangzhou said without hesitation: "Let her in."
He was deeply impressed by Shi Jianli. His fiancée had a good relationship with her, and his friends had a special attitude towards her.
When the person came in, Ji Rangzhou casually asked her what she was doing there. After she answered, she asked Xing Zhao to take her to the prison.
After finishing the case, Ji Rangzhou presented it to the emperor for his review and then returned to the Dali Temple to put it away.
Seeing that there was nothing to do today, he left his shift early.
After returning home, he saw Su Xingyu sitting on the stone steps in the front yard, with his hands folded and his mouth pouting, looking unhappy.
Ji Rangzhou walked over, grabbed his collar and lifted him into his arms, then asked expressionlessly, "Are you unhappy?"
"They don't let me climb trees. Uncle, can you take me to climb?" Su Xingyu pulled his sleeve and looked at him with pitiful eyes.
Ji Rangzhou lowered his eyes and looked at him without saying a word.
Uncle didn't say anything, which meant he disagreed. Su Xingyu sighed deeply and said with a pout, "You annoying uncle, next time I'll ask my mother not to help you choose a nice bracelet for Aunt Lin, so that Aunt Lin will never talk to you again~"
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