Chapter 106 It’s raining, I’ll pick you up
Chen Yu looked at him for a while, then she curled her lips and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xie Tingzhou said gently: "It's raining, I'll pick you up."
In an instant, the heavy rain in my heart turned into continuous spring rain.
Chen Yu's lips trembled, her eyes felt sore, and she suddenly wanted to cry.
Xie Tingzhou walked forward, handed her the umbrella, untied his cloak and put it on her shoulders, then took the umbrella back from her hand, grabbed her wrist, and led her down the mountain, his movements so natural.
Chen Yu lowered her eyes and looked. His sleeves were very large, covering their hands. The place where their hands were clasped under the sleeves was like a silk thread that penetrated into her blood vessels and spread all the way, tying her to an unknown place.
The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Only after getting in did Xie Tingzhou look at her face carefully.
She looked like she had just been pulled out of the water, her hair was wet and stuck to her face, and her lips were pale.
It was already spring, and there was no heater in the carriage. By the time I had rushed all the way to see her, the tea on the table had gone cold.
"Why don't you open an umbrella when it's raining?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
"I was hit, and then the wind blew away." His tone sounded a little aggrieved.
As soon as Emperor Tongxu issued the edict, the government office posted a notice and Shen Yu learned of the verdict.
There is no doubt that Ge Liangji and Liang Jianfang were involved in the defeat at Yanliang Pass. Although the case was not dug deeper, it was finally a crucial step forward.
They were punished, and Shen Yu wanted to tell her father and brother the news, so she left the city and went up the mountain.
Later, the mountain wind blew away the umbrella, so she hid from the rain under a tree. However, the longer she waited, the heavier the rain became.
The mountain road was rugged, there was no moon on a rainy day, and it was difficult to walk at night. If you were not careful, you might fall off the cliff. She didn't walk down the mountain until the rain had subsided a little.
The city gate had been closed for a long time. She had originally planned to go down the mountain and find a dilapidated temple to rest for the night, but she didn't expect Xie Tingzhou to come and pick her up.
Xie Tingzhou opened the cabinet under the couch and took out a robe of his own.
Sometimes when I go out to meet friends or guests, I always have a robe in the car in case I spill wine or something, so I can change it.
"Take off your wet clothes and wear this." Xie Tingzhou said and closed his eyes.
Chen Yu felt cold all over, and her wet clothes stuck to her body like a layer of wet and cold water grass.
, it feels so uncomfortable.
She had been in the rain all day, but her body couldn't warm up. It got even colder after dark, and her head felt dizzy.
She looked at Xie Tingzhou. He straightened his back, his eyes closed, his hands on his knees, looking as if he was in a trance.
She often said that people in society do not care about trivial matters. If she cared about these things, it would make her look petty. Besides, there was no need to be so hard on her own body.
Chen Yu took off her cloak, turned her back, took off the clothes that were soaking wet and sticking to her body, leaving only her innermost garment, and then put on Xie Tingzhou's clothes on the outside.
The middle layer is thin and will probably be dried by body temperature in no time.
"alright."
Xie Tingzhou opened his eyes after a while and saw her sitting upright, wrapped in his wide robe, as if she was wearing an adult's clothes, which was quite playful.
Chen Yu asked: "The city gates have been closed for so long, how did Your Highness get out of the city?"
Xie Tingzhou did not reply, but asked: "Have you already known the result of the palace trial?"
"Got it," Shen Yu nodded and said, "Although it's not perfect, this result is actually what I expected. Nothing in the world can go as planned, but fortunately there are other clues and we can check from other places."
Xie Tingzhou picked up the cloak and threw it on her, "I hope you can figure it out."
Xie Tingzhou originally thought that she would be dissatisfied with the result, and might go to her father and brother's grave to cry, or might do something impulsive that would be difficult to deal with. Unexpectedly, she had convinced herself.
It's only been a few months, but she has grown so fast, which is both gratifying and heartbreaking.
Growth is a process of constant shaping, and she has been shaping herself.
Chen Yu wrapped her cloak tightly around her and huddled up under it, hugging her knees. "The case was concluded too hastily. Someone must be interfering and not wanting to implicate more people."
Xie Tingzhou did not tell him what he saw in the palace, but asked, "What do you think?"
Chen Yu thought for a moment and said, "The grain robbery case seems to have nothing to do with this case, but in fact they should be investigated as one. They deliberately separated them, perhaps because they were afraid of bringing up mud. Since this case is a palace trial, no matter who is covering it up, Emperor Tongxu has already acquiesced to this result."
"Do you think Emperor Tongxu is also involved?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
The candle on the table flickered, and her face flickered, with a blush on it.
Chen Yu said: "I have thought about this possibility for a long time today. If he is involved, the connection of the events is inconsistent with it."
Xie Tingzhou gestured, "Just speak boldly."
Chen Yu frowned and said, "When the world is peaceful, the emperor will be afraid of being over-achievers and will consider killing the donkey. Now the world is in such chaos, and the vassal kings are so powerful..."
The most powerful vassal king now is Beilin.
She paused and added, "I'm not targeting you."
"The Shen family army is the sharpest knife in the hands of Emperor Tongxu. If this knife is gone, the one who should feel the most is Emperor Tongxu himself."
Xie Tingzhou nodded in agreement.
The court is now facing many difficulties, and there are not enough garrison troops at Yanliang Pass. Emperor Tongxu dare not hand over Yanliang Pass to Beilin, and can only transfer troops from various places to make up for it.
The problem affects the entire body, making it difficult to mobilize troops to suppress the bandits, and the campaign has been delayed until the beginning of spring.
As her body gradually warmed up, Chen Yu's head began to feel heavy.
She calmed herself down and continued, "How could Emperor Tongxu risk his kingdom? Moreover, even if he wanted to get rid of the donkey, he would not use such a frivolous way to bury 100,000 soldiers with him. He would definitely have a safe layout and there are hundreds of ways to kill the generals and retain the soldiers."
Xie Tingzhou said: "Although Emperor Tongxu did not lead this matter, he acquiesced."
There are taboos that even he, as an emperor, dare not, or does not want to touch, or that will cause severe turmoil in the court once revealed.
Chen Yu murmured, "He is shielding someone, or he is trying desperately to hold down the fig leaf of the Great Zhou."
Xie Tingzhou looked at her sleepy face through the candlelight and didn't intend to continue the conversation.
She opened her eyes again, trying to wake up. "Ge Liangji sentenced me to behead immediately, without even waiting until autumn. I'm afraid he's worried that the problem will continue, so he wants to cut it off right here."
Unable to resist the sleepiness in the end, her voice became softer and softer, and gradually, she dropped her head on her knees.
After a while, Xie Tingzhou estimated that she had fallen asleep, so he reached out to tidy up her scattered cloak.
Unexpectedly, with a slight pull, she fell towards him.
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