Li Rong had an idea in mind. She turned to look at Hua Le, leaned against the pillar with her chest folded, and said provocatively, "Who are you in my mansion? How dare you ask me not to leave?"

"Li Rong!" Hua Le shouted in a threatening tone, "You are under investigation now. You know in your heart whether you killed Chen Houzhao or not!"

"What do I know?" Li Rong sneered. "You've been asking people to copy Buddhist scriptures for you since you were a kid. If it weren't for Concubine Rou who was in charge of the Inspection Office, what do you think you could do? Don't think that you and I are the same just because you brought people from the Inspection Office here. The difference between you and me is not just our backgrounds," Li Rong raised his hand and tapped his head, "and brains."

"Go home quickly, take a shower and go to bed, don't embarrass yourself here. But I understand you," Li Rong said, walking towards Hua Le, smiling, lowering her voice, and speaking gently in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I've given birth to a child, that's all."

The word "concubine" suddenly stimulated Hua Le, as if it was a nightmare that she could not escape from in her life. She was almost unconscious, and she raised her hand and slapped Li Rong!

Li Rong screamed in surprise and hurriedly dodged her slap. She stumbled and fell backwards. The surroundings were in chaos. Jinglan hurried to help Li Rong and said anxiously, "Your Highness, what happened to you, Your Highness!"

Hua Le stood there in a daze, watching everyone around her help Li Rong. Li Rong fell to the ground and seemed to have fainted on the spot. Jing Lan called for someone to come over and hurriedly asked them to help Li Rong up. Hua Le looked at Li Rong lying on the ground unconscious, her hands trembling slightly, her heart was filled with fear, but at that moment, she felt an indescribable, hidden joy rising up.

She suddenly understood why her mother always talked about climbing up.

Only by climbing up and possessing supreme power can she step on that person the moment he or she talks about her concubine giving birth to a child.

She looked down at Li Rong, watching everyone hurriedly helping Li Rong into the house. She shouted, "Wait! His Highness Pingle is a wanted criminal of the Inspection Department. Capture him immediately!"

"you……"

Just as Jinglan was about to speak, Li Rong, who was pretending to be unconscious, grabbed her wrist under her sleeve and Jinglan stopped moving.

After Jinglan's attack, the surroundings became chaotic. The people from the Inspection Department did not dare to step forward, but Huale brought her own people this time. After her people came forward, the Inspection Department did not dare to openly disobey Huale's orders and could only follow behind.

Li Rong's soldiers refused to retreat, and the two sides confronted each other, pushing and shoving each other.

Jinglan knew what Li Rong meant after hearing what she said. She raised her head and shouted, "Stop! These are soldiers. What are you doing? Are you rebelling?"

Jinglan was in charge of the princess's residence. When she spoke, the palace soldiers stopped. Jinglan looked up at Huale and said coldly, "Your Highness Huale, are you sure you want to take the princess away today?"

"yes."

Hua Le sneered: "How dare you, a steward, stand up to me?"

"I dare not."

Jinglan bowed and said, "I just want to confirm that my princess is just involved in a secret case. His Highness Huale is only taking my princess there for questioning. He will not punish her, right?"

Hua Le hesitated for a moment. She didn't dare to say in public that she wanted to torture Li Rong, even if she wanted to. She cleared her throat and replied, "Of course not."

After hearing this, Jinglan said respectfully, "Then I will first ask someone to confirm the safety of my princess. After everything is fine, I will escort my princess to the Inspection Office. I wonder if His Highness Huale agrees?"

Li Rong was still unconscious. Hua Le had received Jing Lan's promise to send Li Rong away, so she did not make it difficult for him. She just said, "Then call the doctor first. After confirming that there is nothing wrong, do not delay any further!"

Jinglan bowed and asked someone to help Li Rong in and let the doctor come in to see her.

The doctor looked at Li Rong's condition and knew there was something mysterious going on. He kept silent and pretended to ask some questions, with Jinglan accompanying him.

Huale sat aside drinking tea and watching the doctor examining Li Rong. Jinglan pretended to be worried and held Li Rong's hand. Li Rong then wrote to Jinglan word by word under her sleeve.

"Zhao Chongjiu, Pei Wenxuan, conscription order, enter the palace"

Jinglan memorized these words in her heart. Although she didn't know what they meant, she knew that she had to find Pei Wenxuan.

After the doctor examined Li Rong, Li Rong continued to sleep. Seeing that Li Rong was not conscious for a long time, Hua Le asked someone to bring a stretcher and carried Li Rong directly into the Inspection Office.

As soon as Li Rong left, Jinglan immediately changed her clothes and went out through the back door to find Pei Wenxuan.

Pei Wenxuan had just returned from the government office and had just entered the mansion when he heard Tong Ye say that Jinglan had come. He frowned and went to the gate himself and asked directly, "Did His Highness have an accident?"

"Today, His Highness Hua Le brought people from the Inspection Department to the Princess's residence and took Her Highness away."

Jinglan's words were brief and to the point, and Pei Wenxuan felt much more relaxed after hearing them.

How could Li Rong let Hua Le take away so easily? This must be Li Rong's doing something bad.

But he thought of Concubine Rou and Hua Le's temperament, and was still worried about Li Rong's situation. However, he didn't know Li Rong's intentions yet, so he couldn't make a decision. He could only ask first: "Did His Highness leave any words?"

"Your Highness left four words: Zhao Chongjiu, Pei Wenxuan, conscription order, and entering the palace. I didn't understand what it meant, but I knew it was to look for the Prince Consort, so I hurried over."

When Pei Wenxuan heard the word "prince consort", a smile flashed across his eyes unconsciously. He remained calm, nodded, and told Tong Ye to find Zhao Chongjiu.

Zhao Chongjiu came over quickly. Pei Wenxuan looked up at him and asked, "Your Highness mentioned the conscription order. What's going on?"

Zhao Chongjiu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and immediately explained the whole story of Xun Chuan's letter.

Pei Wenxuan was stroking the surface of the tea bowl in his hand while listening to what Zhao Chongjiu said. After Zhao Chongjiu finished speaking, he seemed to be still thinking about something. Everyone was waiting for him. After a moment of silence, Pei Wenxuan looked up at Tong Ye and ordered, "Go to the Yushitai and find one of our people. I will write a memorial and have him copy it. Then he will clear the inner cabinet and make sure that the memorial reaches His Majesty tonight."

Now that the inner cabinet has just been built, there are quite a lot of people crammed in there.

The inner cabinet was built by Li Ming in order to cultivate the power of the king and prevent his own information from being leaked. When selecting people, he deliberately avoided children from aristocratic families as much as possible.

But not choosing children from aristocratic families would make it easier for Pei Wenxuan to fill in people. Nowadays, each family has its own way in the inner cabinet, and the new inner cabinet is not much different from the original memorial hall. It's just that after all, all the people selected are newcomers, which is much better than the old days when the aristocratic families completely controlled the delivery of memorials.

After Pei Wenxuan gave his instructions, he put down his tea bowl and finally spoke: "After the memorial is passed up, immediately inform the Queen and ask her to pick him up. Now go and inform Shangguan Ya first and ask her to protect His Highness and make sure nothing happens."

After he finished speaking, he still felt a little uneasy and stood up: "Jinglan, go get the people from the Princess's Mansion to wait at the gate of the Inspection Office and be ready at any time. I'll go over there now."

While Pei Wenxuan was arranging everything, Li Rong was lying in the carriage pretending to be unconscious with iron chains on her hands.

Hua Le sat in another carriage and took her to the Inspectorate.

She couldn't be taken away by Hua Le while awake. If she was taken away while awake, where would she put her face? Hua Le could only take her away when she was unconscious. After all, she was used to being arrogant in Hua Jing. It was a joke for Hua Le to break into her mansion, beat her and take her away.

Hua Le didn't want to ride with her, so he left her alone in the carriage. She felt comfortable and lay sideways in the carriage, holding the iron chain, thinking leisurely about what to do next.

If one is not careful with something like a conscription order, it may be linked to treason, so naturally he cannot ask for it directly. Only Li Ming can give it.

So what she had to do was to give Li Ming a hint of the solution, the conscription order, and then let him solve the problem in the northwest, blocking all his solutions, and finally leaving him with only the conscription order to choose.

Li Rong closed her eyes in the carriage, thinking slowly. There were only a few ways for Li Ming to solve Qin Lin's problem.

The first was to force Xiao Su or other noble families to send more troops to Qinlin, and the second was for the country to increase military pay and disaster relief funds.

The noble family Li Ming's call was ineffective, and there was not much money left to increase the military pay, so in the end, Xiao Su was left to send additional troops to Qin Lin.

But Xiao Su was the trump card that Li Ming left for Li Cheng, and it was also the army that Li Ming used to fight against the aristocratic families. Once Li Ming realized that the aristocratic families' military power threatened him, he would not allow Xiao Su to send more troops.

Li Rong tapped her palms lightly with a small fan, thinking about what she would say when she saw Li Ming tonight.

With Pei Wenxuan's speed, she was not worried at all about entering the palace tonight. Her only worry was...

It's just one afternoon, Huale and Roufei, don't go too crazy.

Just as she was thinking this, she heard the driver shouting "Come on!" from outside. Li Rong was stunned and couldn't help but panic. She usually didn't panic about other things, but she was worried that Pei Wenxuan was not in his right mind and didn't understand her intention and came to save people?

But she thought about it and decided to give Pei Wenxuan more confidence, so she tried to calm herself down. Just as she was preparing herself mentally, a young man's voice with a soft voice but an unceremonious tone rang out from outside: "Your Highness Huale, the Ministry of Justice has received a call to investigate the missing case of a citizen in the suburbs of Beijing. Your Highness Pingle needs to come to the Ministry of Justice. Please make it convenient for you, Your Highness Huale."

When Li Rong heard the voice, she was stunned. She never thought that Su Rongqing would appear at this time.

Hua Le was obviously more surprised than her.

"Minister Su?"

Hua Le seemed a little overwhelmed, and said hesitantly: "My sister is now also involved in the case investigated by the Inspection Department. How about Minister Su come to review the case after the Inspection Department finishes its investigation?"

"This case has now reached a critical juncture. I hope His Highness Huale will not embarrass me."

Su Rongqing's voice was getting closer. Li Rong guessed that he must have said something to Hua Le. She couldn't hear what they said outside. After a while, she heard footsteps approaching. She quickly closed her eyes and lay down, and then she felt someone lift the curtain and come in. The other person sat beside her and said to the outside: "Go back to the princess's mansion."

After finishing speaking, the other party lowered the curtain, and the noise outside suddenly became quieter. Li Rong then heard the sound of a horse-drawn carriage coming over.

She didn't want to wake up suddenly, and if she woke up, it would be awkward for her and Su Rongqing to sit face to face, so she lay down in the carriage, trying hard to think about Su Rongqing's purpose.

Su Rongqing seemed to look at her for a while, then he stood up and knelt in front of her. His breath was enveloping her, and Li Rong could smell the scent on him, which was the same as in the previous life.

That was the unique incense of the princess's mansion in the previous life. Now he no longer concealed it and even wore the incense on himself.

While Li Rong was distracted, Su Rongqing had already gently lifted her hand. He untied the bracelet for her and gently put her hand back. Then he unbuttoned his coat, put it on her, and sat down beside her again.

In fact, according to etiquette, even if they were in a carriage, he should sit as far away from her as possible, but he did not do so.

He was sitting not far from her side, not close, but definitely not far away either. This was exactly the position where he usually sat in his previous life.

Li Rong didn't know if he knew she was awake, but she didn't want to wake up now. It would be too embarrassing to wake up and confront him.

She was not afraid of people confronting her head-on, like Concubine Hua Lerou. She would beat anyone who came for her, and anyone who came for a pair would beat her up.

But she was afraid of Su Rongqing.

She had a vague feeling that when she was with Su Rongqing, Su Rongqing would not hide anything she asked, but it was precisely because he would not hide it that she did not dare to ask.

This feeling made her feel very upset, and even his presence today made her feel a little irritated. So she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious. No matter how many questions she had, she would wait until she returned to the Princess's Mansion to investigate them herself.

Not long after Su Rongqing intercepted Li Rong, the news reached Pei Wenxuan. When Pei Wenxuan heard that Su Rongqing had taken the person away, he immediately led his men back to the princess's mansion.

Tong Ye was a little surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Minister Su intercepted the princess, shouldn't you go to the Ministry of Justice to look for him?"

"He won't take His Highness back to the Ministry of Justice," Pei Wenxuan said in a somewhat cold voice, "He will take good care of His Highness."

Li Rong closed her eyes the entire way and felt that time was taking an unusually long time.

When the carriage was halfway there, she felt a little sleepy, but she didn't dare to sleep.

She vaguely heard Su Rongqing instructing the carriage outside. The voice was so soft, as if it was very far away: "Go slower, don't let the carriage be bumped."

She really couldn't bear it any longer. She felt that the clothes covering her seemed to bite her, so she simply turned over and pushed the clothes off.

Su Rongqing quietly watched the clothes being deliberately pushed to the ground by Li Rong. He stared at the clothes on the ground for a long time before finally speaking: "Your Highness, you will catch a cold if you sleep like this. If you don't want to cover yourself with my clothes, then get up. I brought a storybook with me. I will read it to you, and time will pass quickly."

When Li Rong heard this, she knew that Su Rongqing knew that she was not asleep, and even knew that she was avoiding him.

After all, he has been working in the Ministry of Justice for many years, so he has some good eyesight.

Li Rong was exposed and no longer pretended. She simply stood up and said with a frank smile, "Okay, then I will get up now."

Su Rongqing said nothing. He took out a storybook from his sleeve and said calmly, "What I brought with me today is "Notes from the Courtyard"..."

"I don't want to hear this." Li Rong interrupted him directly. Su Rongqing paused, then nodded and hid the script in his sleeve.

Li Rong stared at him. She wanted to ask him about the past, but she didn't want to talk about it with him.

The past between them seemed like a forbidden area that she didn't want to touch upon. The two of them were silent for a moment, and Li Rong finally spoke: "Minister Su, why did you come to see me today?"

"I heard that His Highness Hua Le went to the Princess's residence to look for trouble with the Princess," Su Rongqing answered calmly, "I thought that if His Highness Hua Le really took Your Highness to the Inspection Office, Your Highness would probably suffer, so I brought Your Highness back halfway."

"I'm afraid it's not to prevent me from suffering, but to prevent me from plotting against Huale."

Li Rong laughed sarcastically. Su Rongqing was silent for a moment, but did not try to hide the truth. He said directly, "That is indeed the reason."

"You didn't hide it from me."

"Rong Qing dare not deceive His Highness."

Su Rongqing raised his eyes and looked at Li Rong, his expression calm. Li Rong met his eyes and stared at them for a long time.

These eyes seemed no different from those in the previous life. Li Rong couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haven't you lied to me enough?"

Su Rongqing paused for a moment. The moment these words came out, they both seemed to be standing in front of a gauze. They could see each other's vague figures, but they could never see each other's faces clearly.

If any one of them took one more step forward, they would be able to tear the veil apart and see the other's appearance.

But no one knows whether the face is hideous and ferocious, or beautiful as in fantasy.

Su Rongqing raised his hand to hold the cup and took a sip of the tea that had already gone cold.

The cold feeling made him calm down little by little. After calming down a little, he said slowly: "Does Your Highness blame me?"

Li Rong thought about it and laughed at herself: "What's there to hate? I'm not as good as you, so I'm willing to admit defeat."

"I just want to know," Li Rong said softly, holding her chest in front of her, "Can't you stop?"

I have been reborn. I have taken revenge and let go of all resentment. What else is there to hold on to?

Su Rongqing looked at Li Rong and asked, "Will Your Majesty stop?"

This His Majesty refers not only to Li Ming, nor just to Li Chuan.

He was referring to every ambitious king who sat in that position.

The aristocratic families had developed to this point, and any ambitious monarch would not be able to stop them. The Shangguan family, as the emperor's maternal family, could still escape, but the Su family, as the head of the entire Jiangnan aristocratic family and the first in the clan tree, had almost no chance of escaping unscathed.

Su Rongqing saw clearly, and Li Rong also saw clearly that Li Chuan's brutality towards the Su family was not just because of Qin Zhenzhen's death. What Qin Zhenzhen showed was the horror of the power of the aristocratic family, and the fall of the Su family represented the last glory of the aristocratic family Daxia. From then on, the existence of all the aristocratic families was nothing more than the lingering aftermath.

Li Rong couldn't stop Li Chuan, and even more so, she couldn't stop the pace of any monarch with the slightest ambition.

Su Rongqing laughed: "Your Highness, I have no choice."

Li Rong was speechless.

For a moment, she suddenly felt that this person was hateful and pathetic.

She poured herself some tea and held it without saying anything.

The most important question had already been asked. Even though she already knew the answer before asking, she still wanted to ask it again. Now that she had received a definite answer, she no longer had any other thoughts.

The two of them were silent for a long time. Just after dusk, the carriage arrived in front of the princess's mansion.

Pei Wenxuan was waiting at the gate of the Princess's Residence. Before he arrived, the area had already been cleared. The Princess's Residence was surrounded today, and it was normal to close the road under special circumstances.

After the area was cleared, there was no one in front of the princess's mansion. He stood guard at the door with his hands clasped in his sleeves. When he saw the carriage approaching, he clenched his fists nervously.

When the coachman saw Pei Wenxuan, he stopped. Before he could call out "Master Pei", Pei Wenxuan strode up to him and pulled open the curtain.

Li Rong didn't expect Pei Wenxuan to come so quickly. She was still a little surprised while holding the tea. Then she saw Pei Wenxuan glanced coldly at Su Rongqing's clothes on the ground, and then looked up at her.

Li Rong suddenly felt an inexplicable psychological pressure. She coughed lightly and explained, "Wen Xuan, that..."

"Your Highness, please come down and talk first."

Pei Wenxuan spoke calmly and extended his hand towards Li Rong.

The calmer Pei Wenxuan was, the more flustered Li Rong became. She quickly put her hand on Pei Wenxuan's and let Pei Wenxuan help her get off the carriage.

Su Rongqing turned his head and lowered his head to pour himself some tea.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Pei Wenxuan took off his coat and put it on Li Rong, saying gently, "Your Highness, are you cold?"

"I don't..." Li Rong subconsciously wanted to refuse. After all, it was almost April. But before she could finish her words, Pei Wenxuan held her shoulders and said affirmatively: "You are cold."

Li Rong: “…”

She had no choice but to be cold.

She didn't dare to say anything, so she put on Pei Wenxuan's clothes. Pei Wenxuan called Jinglan, who was guarding the door, to come over and helped Li Rong in.

Seeing that Pei Wenxuan was not going to go in with her, Li Rong couldn't help but feel a little worried, fearing that he would do something unruly. After all, Cui Yulang's punch still lingered in the court for a few days.

Few people cared when Cui Yulang was punched, but if Su Rongqing was punched, it would be no small matter.

But she was afraid that if she said too much, Pei Wenxuan would misunderstand that she was protecting Su Rongqing, so she held it in for a while and could only say, "Let's go in together, ok?"

Pei Wenxuan knew what she was worried about, smiled gently, and said softly: "Your Highness, please go back first. I will just say one word and then come back, okay?"

Pei Wenxuan said this, and Li Rong didn't know what to say. She could only look back every few steps and go in with Jinglan's help.

Pei Wenxuan was stunned when he saw Li Rong returning home, and he lifted the curtain of the carriage again.

Su Rongqing knew that he came back alone, and raised his eyes coldly: "What advice do you have for Minister Pei?"

Pei Wenxuan smiled gently and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Minister Su, I have to remind you that the incense you wear is for eunuchs. I hope you will remember this."

Su Rongqing's eyes were cold, Pei Wenxuan smiled and nodded as a greeting, then he raised the curtain in his hand and let it go, blocking out the face of the person inside, then turned around and left happily.

When he caught up with Li Rong, he was already looking very pleased with himself. Li Rong couldn't help but wonder, "What did you say to him?"

"Ah? Nothing." Pei Wenxuan laughed, "I just complimented him on how nice his scent was."

Li Rong was speechless, she knew Pei Wenxuan had a bad nose, she could smell the fragrance from Su Rongqingpei's previous life, there was no way he couldn't have smelled it.

She kept silent to keep him safe. After a moment, she deliberately changed the subject: "You are so ostentatious staying in the princess's mansion, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

"Today is a special situation. I have asked people to clear the place in advance. Now only the inner courtyard and my people are still out in the mansion."

Pei Wenxuan quickly answered Li Rong's question, and before Li Rong could ask again, he continued, "The memorial has been delivered to the inner chamber, and should reach your majesty tonight. Don't worry about the Ministry of Revenue, the money is never enough, and it is not easy for your majesty to collect money, so he cannot give money to Qin Lin. Your Highness, don't worry."

As they talked, they walked into the inner courtyard room together. As soon as they entered the room, Pei Wenxuan turned sideways and blocked Li Rong's way.

"Now there's only one question left."

Li Rong felt a little scared when she heard his serious tone.

She didn't know what she was afraid of, but she felt as if she had done something wrong. She pretended to be calm and stood still. Then she saw Pei Wenxuan reach out his hand and put it on her face. His tone was full of pity and questioning: "Did she hurt you?"