The two followed Fu Lai very closely. Li Rong approached Pei Wenxuan and said in a very low voice, "Cooperate with me."

Before Pei Wenxuan could react, Li Rong saw Li Ming, then took a step forward, knelt down hurriedly, and shouted: "Father! Please come and make the decision for me!"

This voice startled Li Ming's hands and Pei Wenxuan was also startled, but he did not show it on his face. He respectfully saluted Li Ming and said, "Your Majesty."

"What's the big deal?" Li Ming raised his eyes and frowned, "You're so startled, are you still acting like a princess?"

Li Rong was angry and said, "Father, please listen to my report. I just woke up today and heard from the Qin family..."

"Don't say anything for now," Li Ming interrupted Li Rong when he heard that it was about the Qin family. He raised his hand to signal the two people to stand up and sit down, then turned to Pei Wenxuan and said, "You came to the palace to find me about this matter last night. Tell me."

"Yes," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "Last night, Your Highness and I were in the Princess's Mansion. I heard that the Ministry of Justice had surrounded Qin's Mansion, so I went to the palace to see Your Majesty overnight. Your Majesty sent Lord Su to go, but the documents issued by the Ministry of Justice were complete, and the arrest of Qin was indeed reasonable and legal, so Lord Su had no choice but to let her go."

The process of Daxia's case review is that the lower-level government offices and Huajing Shuntianfu usually handle ordinary cases. If the lower-level government offices cannot handle the case, or if it involves an official, the lower-level government offices or the Yushitai will submit a request to the Ministry of Justice or the Dali Temple for review and filing. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for ordinary cases and official cases, while the Dali Temple is responsible for cases involving royal family members.

After the Ministry of Justice files a case, if it decides to arrest someone, an arrest warrant will be issued directly by an internal official. If the person's rank is too high, it will be reported to the left and right prime ministers, which are commonly known as the left and right prime ministers.

When the Dali Temple filed a case and approved an arrest, it had to report to the emperor.

The Qin family was not a royal family, and the highest rank in the family was only the fourth rank. The Yushitai filed a case, the Ministry of Justice filed a case, and the case was reported to the left prime minister Shangguan Xu for the issuance of an arrest warrant. There was no problem with the entire process. Even if Li Ming went there, it would be unreasonable to stop him by force.

If this process happened on a normal day, it would not be a big deal. But when the two sides were entangled in the issue of the official titles in the northwest, their intentions were obvious.

Li Ming already knew about this in the morning. He brought tea and asked slowly, "So, what are you doing rushing in like this?"

"After I informed Your Majesty, I met a woman asking for help on my way back to the palace. I saved her and found that she was the second daughter of the Qin family. The Qin family and my father were old acquaintances. I knew the second daughter when I was young. The second daughter told me that the Qin family had been wronged, so I took this daughter back to the princess's mansion and handed her over to the princess. After the princess interrogated her, she learned that the Qin family had been wronged and was angry about it," Pei Wenxuan said, looking at Li Rong and continued, "So she went into the palace with me."

"Miss Qin ran out?" Li Ming thought, raised his eyes and asked, "Where is she?"

"Outside."

Pei Wenxuan responded, Li Ming glanced at Fulai, and Fulai hurried out and brought the person back.

Qin Zhenzhen was covered in wounds, and her white clothes were already stained with blood. She knelt in front of Li Ming with a pale face and said respectfully, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Li Ming saw his expression and sighed: "How can a girl become like this?"

Then he raised his hand and said, "Get up."

Someone beside her helped Qin Zhenzhen up, and she sat down. Li Ming saw her sitting down and said, "What's going on? Tell me."

Qin Zhenzhen whispered, "Your Majesty, last night the soldiers besieged the Qin Mansion and mentioned that the Qin Mansion colluded with the Yang family to betray the country. This is nonsense. In the face of the crisis, my grandfather wrote this injustice in blood and handed it to me, ordering me to find an opportunity to present it to Your Majesty in person."

As she spoke, Qin Zhenzhen knelt down again and presented a box with both hands. Fulai hurried over and handed the box to Li Ming.

Li Ming opened the box and saw a bright red blood letter, on which the Qin family confessed that they had no intention of treason. In addition to this blood confession, there was another stack of signed papers, on which the Qin family members described the battlefield conditions of several battles they participated in. These "confessions" were signed with the Qin family members' names and dates, and they all made explanations that no matter what other confessions there were in the future, this confession would prevail.

Li Ming read the letters one by one. After a pause, he looked up at the young people and said, "Miss Qin is seriously injured. Pingle, you go and take care of Miss Qin first."

After hearing this, Li Rong stood up and helped Qin Zhenzhen to leave. Qin Zhenzhen's eyes fell on the box containing the confession. Li Rong patted her hands and whispered, "Don't worry."

Qin Zhenzhen took a deep breath and finally walked out with Li Rong.

After Li Rong left, Li Ming and Pei Wenxuan stayed in the hall. Li Ming closed the box slowly and said in a low voice: "You brought this girl here too early."

Now that the Qin family has no results from the investigation, these evidences are useless at the moment. Only when the case is finalized can these confessions be used as reasons to overturn the verdict.

Pei Wenxuan knew what Li Ming meant and said with a smile: "It's a little early to overturn Qin's case, but it's not too early to make preparations."

Li Ming raised his eyes and looked at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan lowered his voice, as if hinting at something: "Your Majesty, Princess Pingle is here."

"What are you keeping secret about?"

Li Ming sneered: "At such a young age, you have learned a lot of tricks from those old officials."

Pei Wenxuan was not angry when Li Ming scolded him. He still smiled and said, "Your Majesty, during the Yang Quan case, Your Highness was imprisoned for nearly two months, but the Queen did not care about it. Now that Your Highness Pingle is married and has seen such injustice, it is natural for her to be angry."

Li Ming understood a little bit after listening to Pei Wenxuan's words. He knew that Pei Wenxuan was hinting that there was a rift between Li Rong and the Queen, and now that Li Rong was married, Pei Wenxuan was fanning the flames, so he had other ideas. He wanted to take advantage of the Qin family case to get something.

Li Ming didn't mind his subjects getting something from him, as long as the amount given by the subjects was sufficient. Especially since the subjects was Li Rong.

After all, Li Rong is his daughter, and it would be great if she could do what he wants.

Li Ming picked up the tea from the table and said, "What does she want to do?"

"I have discussed this with Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan said respectfully. "Now that there are so many aristocratic families in the court and the government is weak, we need a few people to break the ice. Your Highness is of noble status and is the prince's biological sister. In terms of rank, except for matters related to Your Majesty, Your Highness can manage anyone in the court as long as Your Majesty is willing."

Li Ming turned the sandalwood beads in his hand and listened to Pei Wenxuan's continued analysis: "Your Highness is now lacking only a position."

“She wants power.”

Li Ming said calmly: "How much power do you want?"

"That depends on what His Majesty wants Your Highness to do."

Pei Wenxuan responded calmly. Li Ming looked up at him and asked, "What do you think she can do?"

As he said this, Li Ming sneered: "If I give her the power, can she keep it?"

"Don't we still have the humble minister?" Pei Wenxuan smiled and reminded, "The humble minister is, after all, your Highness's husband. And the Crown Prince is also your Highness's brother."

The prince represents the aristocratic family. No matter how powerful the aristocratic family is, they have to take the prince and the queen into consideration.

There are many things that others may die if they do them, but if Li Rong does it, if she really kills her, she will have to bear the wrath of the Crown Prince, the Empress, and the Emperor. As long as she reaches a limit, Li Rong can do much more than ordinary people.

Li Ming thought for a while, then asked: "Do you have an idea?"

"Yes." Pei Wenxuan said respectfully, "It's all in the memorial that Her Royal Highness the Princess is going to present."

"Then," Li Ming hesitated and said slowly, "Give me the memorial and I'll think about it. You take Pingle back first and let her take good care of Miss Qin."

Pei Wenxuan responded, and Fulai, after hearing what Li Ming said, hurried out, asked Li Rong for the memorial she had prepared, and then returned.

Pei Wenxuan and Li Ming said goodbye. Before leaving, he looked at the evidence in Li Ming's hand. Li Ming saw that he didn't leave and just stared at the wooden box in his hand. He reacted and said with a bit of a smile: "If you want to talk, just say it. Why are you staring at this thing like that?"

Pei Wenxuan smiled respectfully: "Your Majesty gave it to me, so I dared to accept it. If Your Majesty didn't say anything, how could I dare to ask for it?"

Pei Wenxuan was saying nice things to Li Ming, and although Li Ming knew that Pei Wenxuan was just flattering him, he still felt comfortable and raised his hand to let Pei Wenxuan leave first.

Pei Wenxuan took the wooden box and retreated respectfully. After he left, Fulai poured tea for Li Ming and said with a smile, "Master Pei is young, but he is a wise man."

"Little rascal." Li Ming laughed, thought for a moment, and nodded, "He is indeed a capable person."

Pei Wenxuan took the wooden box and came out, and saw Li Rong standing at the door waiting for him. He handed the wooden box to Li Rong and said, "It's almost done, let's go back."

"How confident do you feel?" Li Rong tapped her palm lightly with her fan. Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment and then said slowly, "From the tone of his majesty, it shouldn't be a big problem. I'll take all the blame on myself and say that I instigated you. This way, he won't think you're too smart and will feel more at ease."

Li Rong responded. She thought for a while and suddenly realized that Li Ming and Pei Wenxuan seemed to have a good relationship. She couldn't help but feel a little strange and turned to look at Pei Wenxuan: "I think it's very strange. You said that you can make any emperor happy, so why don't you make me happy?"

"Haven't I comforted you enough?" Pei Wenxuan turned back in shock.

Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "When did you ever coax me?"

"All the time, all the time," Pei Wenxuan said earnestly, "Your Highness, you are really too hard to please."

"Nonsense."

Li Rong tapped Pei Wenxuan's head lightly with her small fan, then walked forward with a smile.

Pei Wenxuan followed behind Li Rong, looking somewhat unhappy: "Your Highness, I have something to discuss with you."

"refuse."

Li Rong stretched out her voice: "It's definitely not a good thing."

"Don't hit me on the head again."

Li Rong glanced over and raised her eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Pei Wenxuan saw Li Rong's look, took a step back, and said, "Don't knock in front of others."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Rong tapped Pei Wenxuan's head with her fan and said softly, "Silly boy, what can I do to you if I hit you?"

Pei Wenxuan: “…”

Li Rong laughed when she saw him stupefied, opened her small fan, and walked out swinging it. Pei Wenxuan stared at the back quietly. In late July, the girl was wearing a maple-red shirt, which outlined her charming and soft lines. The courtyard and red columns that were beginning to take on some autumn colors made the whole picture have a warm and bold feeling.

Pei Wenxuan felt that his heart was like the warm autumn sun, exuding just the right amount of warmth and tenderness.

The two of them left the palace together and went their separate ways. Li Rong took Qin Zhenzhen back to the princess's residence, while Pei Wenxuan went to the government office to continue his work.

Qin Zhenzhen was injured, and Li Rong had her bandaged after returning home, and she finally rested. Then Li Rong began to check her account to see how much money she had left.

After all, whether it is to employ wiremen or to establish a supervisory agency, it will cost money.

Li Rong got up early in the morning and felt sleepy as soon as it got dark. She forced herself to read the latest intelligence, but as she read, she felt her vision blurry and she yawned a few times without noticing and closed her eyes and squinted.

Pei Wenxuan came back from the government office and thought Li Rong had gone to bed. But when he reached the door, he saw the house was brightly lit and Jinglan and Jingmei were waiting outside. Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but feel a little strange. While taking off his windbreaker, he whispered to Jinglan, "Your Highness, are you still awake?"

"Not yet," Jinglan whispered back, "I'm still working on my official business."

Pei Wenxuan nodded and pushed the door open to go into the house.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Li Rong sitting at the desk, with her chin propped up, looking at something bored. Pei Wenxuan walked over without saying a word, and just as he was about to speak, he saw that although Li Rong was propping up her head, her eyes were already closed.

She was born beautiful, and because she was used to being domineering on weekdays, she felt superior. At this moment, she closed her eyes and propped up her head, forcing herself to be spirited. She looked indescribably cute, and this cuteness softened her features. Her beauty turned into spring flowers that stirred people's hearts, floating lightly on the rippling lake, making people smile unconsciously.

Pei Wenxuan saw that she had fallen asleep, and gently took away the account book from her hand. He wanted to wake her up, but after hesitating for a moment, he was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable if she was woken up by someone so abruptly. After thinking about it, he simply picked her up.

He picked up Li Rong, and she opened her eyes. When she saw Pei Wenxuan, she leaned into his arms and yawned, "You're back?"

Pei Wenxuan saw her leaning against his chest like a cat, and couldn't help laughing: "How come you don't have any vigilance at all? I held her up in your arms, and you didn't panic at all."

"What's there to panic about?"

Li Rong said in confusion: "Am I afraid of you?"

"I am a man after all." Pei Wenxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Can you be a little more alert?"

"So what if you're a man?" Li Rong argued with him. She was sleepy but wanted to talk, so she said vaguely, "Anyway, you're good-looking, so I don't mind having you as my concubine."

Li Rong's words made Pei Wenxuan speechless.

He was helpless at first, but then he remembered that it was not surprising for Li Rong to say that.

After all, she did have a lover.

They said he was a guest official, but everyone knew what the relationship was. And according to Li Rong's personality, if she hadn't fallen in love with that person back then, it wouldn't be surprising if she had kept eight or ten concubines.

Pei Wenxuan didn't know for a moment whether it would be better for Li Rong to have one devoted lover or a bunch of undevoted lovers.

But no matter what, he felt a tightness in his chest. Especially when he thought of Li Rong's habit of leaning against him when she was half asleep and half awake, he felt uncomfortable.

But he couldn't say anything. After all, he and Li Rong were just a couple in name only. He couldn't control Li Rong back then, and he couldn't control her now.

He thought he was just used to it, used to being jealous of the people around Li Rong, and used to disliking Su Rongqing.

This habit needs to be changed in the future.

After all, in this life, they will separate sooner or later.

Pei Wenxuan gently put Li Rong on the bed. Seeing this person sleeping soundly, he felt helpless. He thought that only he thought so much every day, and this person probably had never thought about these things before.

Pei Wenxuan sighed. Seeing that Li Rong had not yet removed her makeup, he stood up, fetched some water, helped Li Rong wipe her face, removed her hair accessories, and whispered, "Take off your clothes and go to sleep."

Li Rong responded vaguely, and Pei Wenxuan got up to wash up. When he came back from the shower, Li Rong had already taken off her clothes and was sleeping on the bed in a single shirt.

Pei Wenxuan lifted the quilt and lay down. He saw Li Rong turned over. She seemed to be awake. She turned her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan and said, "Did you forward the message for me today?"

"What news?"

Pei Wenxuan frowned, and Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "Forgot?"

Pei Wenxuan thought about it for a moment before he remembered what happened in Yu's study that morning. He turned around, facing away from Li Rong, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Don't you usually have a good memory?"

Li Rong laughed: "I just told you this this morning, have you forgotten?"

“There’s too much going on.”

Pei Wenxuan responded, and after a moment, he turned around, looked at Li Rong and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to look for him?"

"Sudden?" Li Rong was a little surprised. She lay on the pillow with her chin on her folded hands, thinking, "Isn't this as it should be? If I want to set up the Supervisory Department, I must have some manpower. Su Rongqing is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the investigator of the Qin family case this time. If I can get him to cooperate with me, I will have someone in the Ministry of Justice."

As he spoke, Li Rong raised his hands and counted on his fingers: "Not only Su Rongqing, but also the Dali Temple, Yushitai, Shuntian Prefecture... I need some manpower for all of them. I have to find some time to go to them one by one."

Pei Wenxuan listened to what Li Rong said. He followed Li Rong's example and turned over, lying on the bed. He listened to Li Rong's words and asked slowly, "Is that what you did?"

"What else?"

Li Rong was a little confused. After thinking for a moment, she remembered: "Of course, contact is also very important. It would be nice to chat with him while working."

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong looked up at him and asked, "Why don't you say anything?"

"Oh," Pei Wenxuan pretended to come to his senses and said calmly, "I just thought that if you really want to develop something with Su Rongqing, you need to have a plan."

"That's true," Li Rong propped up her chin and said slowly, "I used to be very resistant to marrying him, but now I think if I can really be with him, there's nothing wrong with that. He and I just didn't have a lot in our last life, and he will definitely inherit the Su family in the future. I have the Supervisory Department, and I'm from the Shangguan family. If I can marry into the Su family, my position will be secure in the future."

Pei Wenxuan listened quietly. Li Rong was quite happy when she heard this: "I also liked him a lot. It's a good match no matter how you look at it."

"You didn't think so before." Pei Wenxuan's voice was flat. Li Rong thought for a moment and said slowly, "Maybe it's because the knot from my previous life is slowly untying in my heart."

As she spoke, Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan and smiled: "Actually, I have to thank you for this. Since I came back to life, I feel like I have learned a lot."

"What?"

"I don't know what it is," Li Rong put down her hands, rested her head on her arms, and looked at Pei Wenxuan sideways, "I feel that many things have been slowly let go, and my heart has become calmer and calmer. Many things are no longer awkward. Looking at you, Qin Zhenzhen, and Chuan'er from a different perspective, they are all different worlds. Then I will look at Su Rongqing from a different perspective," Li Rong's voice was filled with some expectation, "Maybe there will be new discoveries?"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong thought about it, then she moved closer to him and poked him with her elbow: "It is said that Qin Zhenzhen is planning to give up her status in the Qin family, so there will be no possibility for her and Chuan'er. Don't you really want to consider it?"

"No consideration."

Pei Wenxuan spoke decisively. Li Rong hummed, and became interested for once: "What kind of person do you like? Do you have any idea? I'll help you find one."

"I don't have any plans for now," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "I'm in an awkward position right now, so I'll deal with this later."

"That's true." Li Rong nodded. "You are different from me. I have to worry about when Su Rongqing accidentally gets engaged to someone else, but you don't have a lover yet, so it doesn't matter."

Pei Wenxuan responded in a low voice. He didn't want to talk about this matter, so he asked, "What are you going to do with the Qin family's case?"

"Just wait," Li Rong said slowly, gently swinging her feet in the air, "We'll go investigate after my uncle's people have solved the case. The Qin family is definitely fine. What kind of decent evidence can they produce? If we follow up, we'll probably find nothing but surprises."

Pei Wenxuan's tone became much happier when he heard Li Rong talking about the case. He pondered for a moment and asked in surprise, "Why didn't you choose another path?"

"Which one?"

"Don't build the Supervisory Department," Pei Wenxuan looked up at her, "In fact, given our relationship and your status, it won't be a big deal even if you don't build the Supervisory Department. Now you are Princess Pingle, and if I gain power in the future, I will protect you."

"What if you win?" Li Rong laughed, "Master Pei is very confident in himself. What if you lose?"

Pei Wenxuan choked for a moment. Li Rong turned her head and said slowly, "Pei Wenxuan, I don't like to give my life to others."

"I like to be the master of my own destiny, which means that I must covet power and must have it."

"Why do I need your protection?" Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, smiling like a child, "I feel happy when I can protect others."

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything, he just looked at Li Rong in front of him.

Li Rong was wearing a white shirt with her hair loose. The collar of her shirt was slightly open, revealing some of her curves.

Her arms stretched out from her clothes, and her feet were bent in the air behind her. As she spoke, they swayed slightly unconsciously. Her round and clean little feet glowed faintly in the moonlight.

She spoke these words with a touch of innocence in her frankness, and her movements and tone were childish, as if she was a young girl talking about the most beautiful fantasy.

But Pei Wenxuan knew clearly the weight of these words. He didn't know what was wrong. He saw Li Rong showing such an innocent yet ambitious look. He saw her turn her head and smile at him in the moonlight. Her watery lips opened and closed, and her tongue inadvertently brushed the corner of her mouth, calling his name: "Pei Wenxuan."

There was a sudden change in his body.

He suddenly realized that Li Rong at this moment, with her unguarded girlish innocence mixed with lustful ambition, was like a rose in full bloom trembling in the spring light, which had an indescribable attraction to him.

This is the Li Rong that belongs to him alone. It would be difficult for anyone else to see the Li Rong at this moment.

He felt a little dazed and had difficulty taking his eyes off her.

Li Rong noticed that Pei Wenxuan was staring at him in a daze, so he raised his hand and waved: "What are you staring at? Are you listening to me?"

"Um?"

Pei Wenxuan forced himself to withdraw his gaze, changed direction without leaving a trace, lowered his head to look at the embroidery on the pillow in front of him, and said calmly: "What did you say just now?"

"Forget it, you're always in a daze, it's boring."

Li Rong sighed and lay down: "Go to sleep."

Pei Wenxuan responded. After a while, Li Rong couldn't help but ask, "What were you thinking about just now? You were so lost in thought."

"I was thinking," Pei Wenxuan's voice was a little hoarse, but he controlled it and didn't pay attention, so he couldn't hear the hoarseness at all. Li Rong was thinking about other things, so she just listened casually and heard Pei Wenxuan say, "Her Royal Highness the Princess is very beautiful."

Li Rong laughed out loud when she heard this.

"You said this morning that you were always trying to comfort me, and now I believe you. That's it," Li Rong went to sleep contentedly, "I will forgive you for being distracted, go to sleep."

Pei Wenxuan knew that Li Rong thought he was joking, so he smiled bitterly and stared blankly in the night with his body stiff.

After a long pause, he finally closed his eyes.

We still have to sleep in separate beds.

Before closing his eyes, Pei Wenxuan clearly realized that he was not Liuxia Hui after all.

Li Rong is a person who, even as a friend, can be unintentionally flirtatious. For a man, it is too easy to be aroused if he is not careful.

The author has something to say: [Small Theater]

Pei Wenxuan: "Your Highness, I want to sleep in separate beds."

Li Rong: "Huh? Why? Do you want to break up with me again?"

Pei Wenxuan: "No, I don't want to break up with His Highness."

Li Rong: "Then what do you want to do?"

Pei Wenxuan: "I want to develop a new relationship with Your Highness."

Li Rong: "No, I need lots of men. It's not easy to have a close friend."

Pei Wenxuan: “…”

It seems that it is time to develop something else sooner rather than later.