Li Rong knew Xun Chuan was going to ask about this. After a moment of silence, she said slowly, "I will write a memorial tomorrow to accuse the officials of the Historic Office and the Ministry of Justice of neglecting their duties and mishandling an unjust case."

"Neglect of duty?"

Xun Chuan repeated, "Your Highness, do you mean that they are just neglecting their duties?"

Li Rong remained silent. Facing Xun Chuan's question, she felt a sense of powerlessness that was hard to conceal. She opened and closed the folding fan in her hand. After a long time, she slowly spoke: "Xun Chuan, it's not that I don't want to do it, it's that I can't do it."

She looked up at Xun Chuan and said seriously, "I'm sorry."

Xun Chuan was stunned for a moment. She looked at Li Rong in disbelief: "Your Highness, you are Princess Pingle, the head of the Inspection Department."

"These are just titles." Li Rong smiled bitterly. "Without real power, no matter how many titles you have, it's useless. Do you know why I can investigate this case now? It's not because I'm Princess Pingle, and it's not because I'm the head of the Inspection Department, but because I have the Crown Prince and His Majesty behind me. Because I'm the Crown Prince's eldest sister and the princess supported by His Majesty, the noble families are afraid that the Crown Prince will alienate them because of this, and they're also afraid that the Emperor will blame them, so they don't dare to kill me. Why are they afraid of the Crown Prince and His Majesty? That's because His Majesty is the Majesty of the people of the world. His Majesty has military power, financial power, and the right to decide whether others become officials; and the Crown Prince also has the power to decide whether others are promoted, and he has the Shangguan family as support, and the Shangguan family has the government army, a lot of land, and officials in the court."

"Money and military power are the real foundation. Only with these can we decide their fate and become the real head of the Inspection Department as you know it."

"If you want to thoroughly investigate the Qin case, you need to thoroughly investigate the entire Yushitai and the Ministry of Justice," Li Rong analyzed, "This is not something I can do."

Xun Chuan couldn't help but clench her fists as she listened to Li Rong's words. She found it difficult to speak: "Is there no place in this world where you can seek justice?"

Then she looked up at Li Rong and said, "I want justice. Is that so difficult?"

Li Rong listened to her words and looked at Xun Chuan's painful eyes. She suddenly felt a little tired. She couldn't bear to speak, but still had to answer: "It's difficult."

Xun Chuan was stunned. Li Rong looked at him with an indescribable feeling in her heart. She turned her head and said calmly, "But this matter is not over. After I report it tomorrow, the officials who handled this matter will be punished according to their crimes. After some time, Aya will bring the list of people involved in this matter. After you get the list," Li Rong was silent for a moment, and said slowly, "Do whatever you want to do."

Xun Chuan looked at Li Rong in surprise when he heard this. Li Rong served tea and said, "After this, you can't stay in Huajing. Go to the northwest as I told you before."

Xun Chuan listened to Li Rong's words and she relaxed for a long time. She knew that this was the best way, but for some reason, she still felt something pressing on her chest.

She took a deep breath, raised her hand to her forehead, knelt in front of Li Rong, kowtowed slowly, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Rong lowered her eyes and responded, "Yeah."

After Xun Chuan finished his ceremony, he stood up and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I will withdraw first."

Li Rong didn't look at her, she just said, "Go ahead."

Xun Chuan walked out the door. When she reached the door, Li Rong couldn't help but call her, "Xun Chuan."

Xun Chuan stopped walking, and Li Rong looked at her back standing in front of the door. She pursed her lips, and after a long while, she said slowly, "I'm sorry."

"It's not Your Highness who should be sorry," Xun Chuan said with his back to her, his voice somewhat dazed, "it's this world."

"Actually, I don't understand," Xun Chuan said. She turned around and looked at Li Rong who was sitting at the table. There was confusion in her eyes. "Isn't justice something that should exist in this world? Why is it so difficult?"

She has abandoned her identity, changed her name, and risked her life.

According to people's legends and stories, her family should have been cleared of all charges in the court, and then those who had harmed them should have been punished fairly and justly.

Why did she even punish those who did wrong in private, quietly and as if she was afraid of disturbing the world?

Li Rong listened to her words in silence. Xun Chuan looked at her with questioning eyes. At that moment, she seemed to see Su Rongqing from her previous life, kneeling in front of her, smiling and asking her, "Your Highness, where did Su go wrong?"

"Justice is what this world deserves," Li Rong said harshly, "but not now."

"When was that?"

Xun Chuan asked again, but Li Rong couldn't answer for a moment. Xun Chuan took a deep breath and bowed to Li Rong: "Sorry, Your Highness."

"No problem."

Li Rong lowered her eyes and waved her hand: "You should go and rest first."

Xun Chuan responded and went downstairs. After she left, Li Rong sat there. After a long time, she raised her hand and pushed away everything on the table.

When Pei Wenxuan came in, he heard a loud noise and saw the documents on the desk being pushed to the ground by Li Rong. He was a little surprised and walked into the room. He bent down to pick up the overturned inkstone and put it on Li Rong's desk with a smile: "What's wrong with your highness? Why are you so angry?"

"Nothing," Li Rong lowered her eyes. She slowed down, raised her hand to pick up the memorials at her feet, and whispered, "Have you reviewed all the memorials? I'm afraid a lot of things have piled up during your sick leave?"

"Not yet. I just heard that Lord Xun had just left, so I came to see how His Highness was doing." Pei Wenxuan half-knelt down, tilted his body, looked up at Li Rong, and said with a smile, "I just happened to see His Highness lose his temper."

"I'm not angry," Li Rong said coldly, "Go do your thing."

"Your Highness is saying one thing and thinking another."

Pei Wenxuan looked at her with a smile: "Obviously you are angry."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong looked up at him and warned, "You are very free, aren't you?"

Pei Wenxuan saw that she was really angry, so he stopped joking. He stood up, put away the memorials, and whispered, "Your Highness won't tell me, so let me guess."

"Get out of here."

"Mrs. Xun has always been stubborn and can't handle the case clearly. I'm afraid she has some grudges in her heart. Did she have a quarrel with His Highness?"

"You guessed wrong. Get out."

Li Rong took the folder from the side, picked up the pen on the pen holder, opened the folder, and pretended to be serious.

Pei Wenxuan didn't care. He tidied the table, picked up things on the floor one by one, and put them on the table in an orderly manner.

The process of him doing these things seemed to be gathering Li Rong's heart. He gently picked up the memorials, piled them up, and then gently smoothed them out, saying slowly, "So, Lord Xun accepted your Highness's idea and has no complaints?"

Li Rong said nothing, Pei Wenxuan chuckled: "If that's the case, Your Highness must be blaming yourself."

"Get out!"

"Guessed it right." Pei Wenxuan was delighted. Li Rong tightened her pen and stared at him with a warning. Pei Wenxuan laughed out loud and shook his head helplessly, "You."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and held the person in his arms. Li Rong was originally a bit irritable, but when he pulled her into his arms, she leaned against him and suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

This was an experience she had never had before.

In her previous life, she was still young when she was with Pei Wenxuan, and they rarely got involved in politics. Later, the two of them also parted ways. When it came to sad things, it was good that this person did not ridicule her. There was no such gentle time.

Li Rong leaned on his chest. He didn't say anything. He just held her quietly for a while, then said slowly, "If your highness is unhappy, just talk to me."

"I don't want to say."

"In my last life, when you were sick, I went to consult the imperial physician," Pei Wenxuan held the person in his arms, thinking of the last moments of his last life, his tone couldn't help but soften a lot, "The imperial physician said that you were depressed and worried too much. In your last life, you were a taciturn person all your life, and no one listened to you. Now that I'm here, can't you talk?"

Li Rong leaned against Pei Wenxuan, she closed her eyes, and after a long while, she said, "I thought you wanted me to die at that time."

"I thought so when we were quarreling," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "but I felt a little sad when I thought about it. I thought it would be better for you, an old witch, to live a long life."

Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Pei Wenxuan heard her laugh and knew she was happy. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I wish you a long life."

In her previous life, she was always in poor health and was bedridden every winter. Sometimes when he went to see her, he would hear the news that she was sick. He would stand at the door and talk to her about court matters, listening to the sound of her coughing, which was intermittent.

He didn't want to go through this kind of thing again. He wanted Li Rong to live a stable and healthy life until old age.

As he thought about this, he could not help but hug Li Rong tighter. Li Rong sensed his mood and leaned against him. After a long time, she said slowly, "Pei Wenxuan, what do you think the princess is useful for?"

Pei Wenxuan held her in his arms and listened quietly. Li Rong was still a little shy when she talked about these things, but she relied on this man, and when she heard him say that he hoped she would live a good life, she couldn't help but speak out.

"Xun Chuan asked me, asking for justice is something that should exist in the world, why is it so difficult? In fact, I think her question is childish, where is the real justice in this world, but she asked me this, I was sad, do you think I am the childish one?"

Li Rong couldn't help laughing as she spoke: "What does this have to do with me? She is only a teenager, so it's normal for her to be naive. I am an adult now, why would I be sad because of this?"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. After a while, he slowly said, "Your Highness, do you remember when I sent Yang Lie out, you asked me that when you were young, you also wanted the people to live a better life, but in the end you still argued with you for your private rights. I didn't defend myself with Your Highness at that time because I was afraid that Your Highness would laugh at me."

Li Rong looked up at him after hearing this, feeling somewhat strange. Pei Wenxuan looked at the 18-year-old girl and smiled softly: "Actually, I am also a 40-year-old, and I feel the same as Your Highness."

“When you see injustice, you feel sad.”

“It hurts to see people fleeing.”

"Seeing the soldiers fighting on the battlefield and unable to return, I also wonder when there will be a peaceful and prosperous era so that everyone can live a stable life."

"Of course, I am not a saint or a good person. I also want to survive first, live a good life, and have a stable family before I think about these things. I am even more cowardly than Your Highness, and I calculate the gains and losses a lot more."

Pei Wenxuan sighed as he spoke: "Just like the Su family case back then, I also felt it was inappropriate, but I didn't dare to dissuade him like Your Highness did, fearing that I would lose His Majesty's favor. In the end, I only went to dissuade His Majesty because I saw that Your Majesty felt guilty about Your Highness and was afraid that something might really happen to Your Highness."

"I dare not tell anyone about this, especially Your Highness, for fear that Your Highness would laugh at me."

"What's so funny about this?" Li Rong laughed, "You have a good heart, it's a good thing."

"So," Pei Wenxuan turned around and returned her words to her, "Your Highness has a good heart, which is a good thing."

Li Rong was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Pei Wenxuan had gone through so much trouble to persuade her.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Pei Wenxuan helped her to stand up and sat on the small couch beside her. He straightened her skirt for her, half-knelt in front of her, and looked up at her: "Your Highness, there is no justice in this world, there are only rules made by the strong. Your Highness, just go and get what you want, don't feel sad. After all," Pei Wenxuan smiled, stretched out his hand to cover Li Rong's cheek, and said gently, "Your Highness is only eighteen years old now."

"You still have a bright future ahead of you. Wenxuan will always be by your side. The world you want will definitely come."

Li Rong remained silent, staring at the young man in front of her.

His eyes were darker than those of most people, like ink, yet with a brightness that was rare in ordinary people.

In fact, Li Rong also knew that Pei Wenxuan's stance was very different from hers and he was very scheming. The future he promised could not be trusted.

It's not that he wanted to deceive her on purpose, but the future is never in one's control.

Now they are still cooperating, and the conflicts are not obvious, but one day, their differences will be revealed. Pei Wenxuan may have forgotten what happened in the last life, but she always remembered it.

Pei Wenxuan had his political ambitions. Whether it was out of what he called "naivety" or what she thought was "selfishness", he was ultimately a different person from her.

But she didn't know why, at this moment, when he looked up at her and said sincerely and gently that he would accompany her, she felt an indescribable emotion.

She wished they could stay in this moment forever.

Without selfish desires or barriers, he accompanied her. He was Pei Wenxuan.

And she didn't want too much, as long as he could give her this little, she would think it was enough.

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong said softly, unable to help but laughing, "Whether what you said today is true or false, I thank you."

"Whether Your Highness believes it or not," Pei Wenxuan looked at her without caring at all, and said softly, "What I said is true."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong looked at him, "Then let me promise you something?"

"Um?"

Pei Wenxuan was a little confused. Li Rong calmed down and said calmly, "No matter what the future holds, at least I will stand with you before Chuan'er ascends the throne."

Pei Wenxuan's face suddenly changed when he heard this. Li Rong said gently, "You and I will always be friends. You don't have to worry."

Author's words: Pei Wenxuan: "I said so many good things to you and you want to be my friend? No way!"