On the way back, Lin Yuzhi ran into Jiang Qi who was returning home at night.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister."
Jiang Qi's gaze fell on the wine jar, and a flash of surprise appeared in his usually serious eyes.
Lin Yuzhi asked, "Master Jiang, why did you come back so late? Where did you go?"
Jiang Qi did not answer but asked: "Where is the Prime Minister?"
Lin Yuzhi didn't hide anything and told the truth directly: "I went to look for the princess."
Jiang Qi: ...
As a man, he saw the changes in Lin Yuzhi and understood them in his heart.
There had been rumors before that the Prime Minister had stayed overnight in the Princess's Mansion, but this was soon broken by Lin Yuzhi himself.
"What should be done according to the law to those who criticize the princess?"
The officials who discussed the matter were punished again and again by Lin Yuzhi, and were almost sent directly to the Dali Temple.
Even the emperor was alarmed.
But the emperor had already talked to him and knew that he had a bad temper and would never admit his mistakes, so he turned a blind eye to the matter.
He deserved to be punished for criticizing the imperial sister, and he didn't even have to do anything.
After this incident, all the ministers were muttering in their hearts that the Prime Minister was very abnormal, but they looked calm and did not dare to show the slightest gossip in their hearts.
Later, when I heard that the Prime Minister would occasionally send things to the Princess's Mansion, I was even more puzzled.
But no one dared to discuss it openly for fear of being punished.
On the other hand, General Lu, Lord Jiang, and Lord Yue were very generous and didn't mind their discussion at all.
Jiang Qi naturally saw things much more clearly than those ministers.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are in a good mood, but as far as I know, the princess doesn't like to drink and thinks this wine tastes spicy."
"I didn't expect the princess to show me favor, but this is within my expectation."
The self-mockery in Lin Yuzhi's words made Jiang Qi silent for a moment.
"What has Lord Jiang been doing?"
Jiang Qi had nothing to hide: "I saw some fireflies and caught some."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuzhi knew who the fireflies were caught for without asking any questions.
"Lord Jiang is thoughtful. The princess will definitely like it."
The two men fell silent as they faced each other. Normally they talked more about business, but at this moment there was no business to talk about and neither of them was talkative, so they were awkward for a moment.
Finally, it was Jiang Qi who spoke first: "I have to go and send off the fireflies. I will take my leave first."
Lin Yuzhi heard this and said, "The princess has gone to bed."
Jiang Qi: ...
"Nothing, I will leave it by the princess' bed and leave. I won't wake the princess."
A trace of surprise flashed across Lin Yuzhi's indifferent face. It turned out that they could appear in the princess's room after she fell asleep, or even in such a private place as the bedside.
He glanced at Jiang Qi's leaving figure, pinched his brows involuntarily, and then found Lu Ren.
"General Lu, do you have any wine?"
Lu Ren: ...
Lu Ren sat at the stone table in the courtyard, twirling the wine glass in his hand with his fingertips: "Prime Minister, you came uninvited, and what you asked is quite interesting."
Lin Yuzhi threw the empty wine jar on the ground and sat opposite Lu Ren: "If you don't mind, let's have a drink together."
Lu Ren raised his eyebrows, his tone somewhat intriguing: "You want to drink with me?"
"Does the Dasheng law stipulate that I can't drink with you?"
"Why are you looking for me?"
"It is well known that General Lu has a strong drinking habit."
Lu Ren didn't say anything more after hearing this. He put down his wine glass and said, "Someone, serve some wine."
Soon, the stone table was filled with wine jugs.
Lin Yuzhi picked up a pot, poured it into the cup, and took a sip: "General Lu's wine is indeed good."
"What's good or bad? They are all the wines from the imperial palace. Apart from the wine used by the emperor, the taste is the same."
Lin Yuzhi nodded: "General Lu is right."
"But when one person drinks this wine, it just tastes bitter."
As he spoke, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
"I wonder why General Lu is drinking alone in this courtyard late at night?"
Lu Ren tapped the stone table with his fingertips: "No reason."
Lin Yuzhi heard this and said, "When I think back to when General Lu first returned to Beijing, his temperament and style were very different from now."
"What's the difference?"
"That day you knelt in the snow, and the princess took off her cloak and gave it to you, but you were like an ice sculpture, with no reaction at all, and then you even threw the princess's cloak aside."
Lu Ren: ...
This was the thing he never wanted to mention again in his life. He would even sit up in bed in the middle of the night, wishing he could go back and kick himself to death.
In the princess's words, it was a complete dark history.
Lu Ren's tone was stiff, and he was obviously unhappy: "Prime Minister, please don't mention this matter again."
Lin Yuzhi pushed the wine jug in front of Lu Ren: "Does it hurt?"
"You just left the princess's cloak behind, and it's so painful to think about it, but I rejected the princess again and again, and drew a clear line between us."
Lu Ren: ...
"Who would have thought that His Majesty would ask me to investigate Lu Jin's prostitution case? The moment I received the order, everything was destined to change."
Lu Ren: ...
He vaguely knew why Lin Yuzhi came to him to drink.
The Prime Minister's feelings towards the Princess may be consistent with his.
Lu Ren took a sip of wine and said, "Why didn't you like the princess when she wanted you? Why do you like her again when she doesn't want you anymore?"
"Excuse me, please see a doctor."
Lin Yuzhi: ...
"How do you know I haven't looked for it?"
Lu Ren: ...
On the other side, Jiang got up and walked to Wen Yu's bedside.
Wen Yu never covers herself with a quilt properly when sleeping in the summer, but her belly button is just covered perfectly by a corner of the quilt.
Jiang Qi couldn't help laughing and shook his head when he saw this, then he gently covered her with the quilt.
Then he took out a palm-sized silver hollow hand warmer from his sleeve.
There was a layer of fine gauze covering the inside, and many fireflies were dancing in the stove, which was magnificent.
After he placed the hand warmer next to Wen Yu's pillow, he sat at the head of the bed and looked at her for a long time. He couldn't help but lean over and kiss her on the corner of her mouth.
At this time, Wen Yu's voice sounded in a daze, and she slapped Jiang Qi on the face: "Which gangster attacked this princess? Dead or dead..."
Jiang Qi: ...
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