Chapter 860 Demonstration
Recently, Yulin Guard has been keeping a close eye on the Su family's every move.
They summarized the information they had obtained and handed it over to Xiao Xixi.
Xiao Xixi opened the booklet and looked at the information about the Su family recorded in it.
A few days ago, the Su family suddenly dismissed a group of servants.
The reason given by the Su family to the outside world was that these servants were old and could no longer work for the Su family. The Su family, remembering the friendship they had established over the years, not only returned their indentures to them, but also gave them a sum of money so that they could return home to retire.
There were more than twenty servants in this group, both men and women, and they were indeed quite old.
The booklet records the names and ages of these servants, but no more specific information is known, and further investigation is needed.
Because there are too many of them and these servants scattered after leaving the Su family, it takes a lot of time to find out all their details.
At present, Yulin Guard is still investigating, and Xiao Xixi can only wait for their results.
At the same time, a messenger riding a fast horse rushed into Shengjing City at a very fast speed.
He rushed to the gate of the palace in one breath, took out the letter in his arms, and put it in the hands of the guards in front of the palace gate.
"Urgent news! Report it to the Emperor!"
The guards did not dare to delay and quickly rushed to the imperial study.
The secret letter was placed on the desk by Eunuch Chang.
Luo Qinghan put down the memorial he had not finished reviewing, picked up the secret letter, first looked at the envelope, and only opened it after making sure there were no signs of it having been opened.
There was only a thin piece of letter paper inside.
After reading the contents of the letter, Luo Qinghan's face instantly darkened.
Eunuch Chang, who was standing nearby, felt a little nervous when he saw this. What had happened?
He soon found out.
This letter was sent from Raohe County, which is the only way to get from Shengjing City to Fengyang County.
The letter said that the newly appointed Censor Li Qingyan had the misfortune to encounter bandits while passing through this place, and a servant boy and four followers who were accompanying him were all killed by the bandits.
As for Li Qingyan himself, he fell off the cliff along with the carriage.
Below the cliff is a turbulent river.
When the magistrate of Raohe County learned of this, he sent people to salvage the carriage in the river, but they only found the wreckage of the carriage and did not find Li Qingyan.
Judging from the situation at the scene, Li Qingyan should be in great danger.
Even though he had been mentally prepared, Luo Qinghan was still very angry when he actually heard the news.
At the morning court the next day, Luo Qinghan flew into a rage in front of all the civil and military officials.
"A dignified official of the imperial court actually encountered bandits in broad daylight. How dare those bandits eat the courage of a bear and a leopard?!"
Everyone in the court was silent and dared not speak.
Luo Qinghan's eyes swept over these people.
He knew very well that the so-called bandits were just a cover.
The reason is that some people do not want to see the tax reform proceed smoothly.
The person behind the scenes was ostensibly targeting Li Qingyan, but was actually demonstrating to the emperor?
As for the person behind the scenes, one can guess without even thinking about it that he must be related to aristocratic families.
Among these officials in the court, how many are on the side of the aristocratic families?
How many of them are insiders or even accomplices of Li Qingyan’s murder?
Luo Qinghan left angrily.
In the past, when he encountered such major events, he would call the cabinet ministers to the imperial study after the court session to discuss how to solve the current troubles.
But today he didn't even look at the cabinet ministers. He left the council hall and sat on the dragon chariot.
"Let's go to Yunxiu Palace."
…
Inside the Yunxiu Palace, Xiao Xixi was staring at the small grapes on the grape rack.
Those bunches of small flowers are gone, replaced by bunches of green grapes.
The grapes are small because they are not yet ripe.
Just by looking at them I can tell they must be sour.
Xiao Xixi silently hoped that they would ripen quickly so that she could eat the sweet and sour grapes earlier.
Zhezhi walked over quickly: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is here."
Xiao Xixi was very surprised. Isn't the emperor usually working in the imperial study at this time? Why did he suddenly come here today?
With his workaholic personality, he would never skip work unless the sky fell and the earth broke.
Just as she was about to go out to greet him, the emperor had already arrived in the backyard.
As soon as Xiao Xixi saw his cold face, she understood instantly.
He's angry again!
Xiao Xixi pulled him to sit down under the grape trellis, then turned to Baoqin and gave instructions.
"Bring the iced bean paste."
"Yes."
Soon, two bowls of freshly chilled mung bean soup were brought to the emperor and the imperial concubine.
Lily and longan meat are added to the red bean paste, which makes it sweet and refreshing.
Xiao Xixi: "Come, have some ice bean paste to cool down your temper."
Luo Qinghan said coldly: "I don't want to eat."
Xiao Xixi coaxed, "This is very sweet, just try it."
She scooped up the bean paste with a silver spoon and brought it to his mouth.
Luo Qinghan still had that cold look on his face, as if everyone in the world owed him money, but his thin lips slightly opened to take the mung bean soup she fed him.
The cold bean paste flows down the esophagus into the stomach, leaving a sweet taste in the mouth.
The anger that was boiling just now dissipated a little.
Xiao Xixi looked at him with a smile: "Is it delicious?"
Luo Qinghan didn't say anything.
He pulled her into his arms, leaned over her, and kissed her lips hard.
Xiao Xixi was startled.
She instinctively wanted to step back, but he held her tighter.
This kiss was so passionate, as if it wanted to release all the pent-up emotions in the chest.
Xiao Xixi felt her lips were bitten and blood was flowing out, but was quickly licked clean by the other party.
The fishy-sweet taste spread in their mouths.
The weather was already quite warm at this time, and both of them were wearing relatively thin clothes.
Xiao Xixi could clearly feel how hot the arms around her waist were.
The heat penetrated through her thin clothes and into her body, as if to melt her completely.
It was a quiet early summer morning with bright sunshine and a gentle breeze.
The two people under the grape trellis were entangled tightly together.
Like grape vines wrapped around a wooden trellis.
No one can separate them.
a long time.
The kiss ended.
Luo Qinghan stepped back a little, but his hands were still around her waist, with no intention of letting go.
He lowered his eyes and looked at Xiao Xixi's lips.
The lips had been kissed until they were red and swollen, and there was a small wound on it. A small drop of blood slowly emerged from the wound.
He raised his right hand and rubbed his fingertips across her lips.
The blood left a bright red mark, staining her lips with a delicate and tempting color.
There is a kind of decadent beauty of a flower that has bloomed to its fullest and is about to wither.
Xiao Xixi couldn't help but frown because of the slight pain from the wound on her lip.
"You kissed me so hard, are you going to eat me up in one bite?"
(End of this chapter)
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