Xie Lin never thought that Su Rong had such a great ability. He always remembered that when he first met her, she was standing next to Zhou Gu, tall and graceful, with a slight smile. She was an extremely slender and beautiful girl who looked fragile.
She gave Zhou Gu clothes generously, which surprised him, but that was all.
Who would have thought that when she came to the capital, her delicate hands would be able to stir up chaos in the court and cause the capital to turn upside down?
Xie Lin thought to himself, his father was right, didn't he really have some knowledge?
So, the next day, Su Rong came to visit, and Xie Lin followed Su Rong all the time. Su Rong interrogated the eldest princess, interrogated Ning Ze, and went to the Penal Prison to interrogate the abbot and several hall masters of the Great Buddha Temple. He followed suit.
Followed.
After a busy day, Su Rong also discovered that Xie Lin seemed to be following her. She asked doubtfully: "Why do you keep following me?"
Xie Lin immediately said: "My father asked me to study with you."
Su Rong raised her eyebrows, "What to study?"
Xie Lin said: "It's my ability."
"What's the point?"
Xie Lin whispered: "The ability to stir up troubles."
Su Rong understood and looked at him funny, "The prince is too humble. The young prince Xie he taught is not an incompetent person. Otherwise, how could he have deceived the eldest princess from Wangsu's mouth in the first place?
?Why don't you, young prince, tell me the reason?"
Xie Lin was immediately embarrassed, "I promised Wangsu, but this..." He scratched his head, "You can't be a man without keeping your word, right?"
"It is true that one cannot break one's word." Su Rong nodded and did not force him, "So, what do you mean, I still have to go to the Duke Protector's Mansion to meet the customs?"
Today, Wangsu is still locked up in the dungeon of the Protector's Mansion.
Xie Lin nodded, "Yes?"
So Su Rong went to the Duke Protector's Mansion again.
When the people in the Protector's Mansion heard that Su Rong had come to visit, they were surprised and happy. The Duke's wife came out to greet her in person. Seeing her and Xie Lin who was following her, they were stunned for a moment and said, "Xiao Qi, Mr. Xie, you guys
Are you coming to take care of your brother together?"
Xie Lin looked at Su Rong and asked her to answer.
Su Rong smiled and said: "We are here to interrogate Wangsu. I heard from the eldest brother that Zhou Gu is recovering well from his injuries?"
The Duke's wife immediately understood. She heard that King Ruian asked His Majesty to send someone to assist him in investigating the case, and His Majesty assigned Su Rong to him. Not only that, he also gave her a token saying "I am here in person". Now
The Duke's Mansion is closed to Wangsu, so it's not surprising that she comes.
However, she was so excited that she forgot, how could she come to the Duke Protector's Mansion for no reason? It was even more impossible to come to see Zhou Gu.
The Duke's wife suppressed her emotions, smiled and took Su Rong's hand, "Brother Gu is disobedient. He always reads during the day and stays up late at night to read. Even after passing the scientific examination, he still never leaves his hand with the book. It's important to study and forget the secular world. I'll wait for you.
After interrogating Wangsu, I went over to talk to my aunt about him."
Su Rong nodded, "Okay."
So, while talking, the Duke's wife accompanied Su Rong to the dungeon where Wangsu was imprisoned.
Naturally, the Duke's wife would not go in, so she took Su Rong to the door and left.
Su Rong asked Xie Lin, "Shall the young prince follow me in, or wait here?"
Xie Lin wanted to follow Su Rong in, but he also wanted to know if Su Rong could ask anything from Wangsu if he didn't follow him in. After struggling for a while, he still said: "Miss Qi, go in by yourself! I'm afraid that I
Go in and it will affect your performance."
Su Rong nodded and entered the dungeon.
Xie Lin waited outside the dungeon scratching his head.
When Zhou Gu heard that Su Rong was coming, he immediately called someone to help him clean up, dressed properly, and left the room.
Midnight followed him and persuaded, "Sir, your injury hasn't healed yet. The eldest princess and his wife won't let you out of the room. Now look, it's so cold outside and the snow is so heavy. You've carefully caught the wind and cold."
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Zhou Gu looked back at him and said, "I'm not made of paper. How can I be so weak? My injuries are almost healed."
Midnight sighed, quickly held an umbrella for him, and told him, "Then wrap your cloak tightly."
Zhou Gu said "hmm".
The two soon arrived at the dungeon and saw Xie Lin waiting at the door. Zhou Gu came closer and asked him: "Where is Su Rong?"
Xie Lin looked at Zhou Gu's appearance and thought to himself, how important it is to find him so quickly! He pointed to the dungeon and asked Zhou Gu, "Is your injury almost healed?"
Seeing him walking in such a hurry, he seemed to be recovering well from his injuries.
Zhou Gu glanced at the closed dungeon, nodded, and asked him, "Why didn't you follow me in?"
Xie Lin shrugged, "Miss Su Qi is awesome and doesn't need me."
Zhou Gu glanced at him without comment.
Xie Lin rubbed his hands and said, "It's too cold. I don't know when Miss Su Qi will come out. Can you find a place nearby so I can warm up to the stove and we can talk for a while?"
Zhou Gu nodded and took Xie Lin to a pavilion not far away.
This pavilion is a specially designed pavilion for enjoying snow in winter. It is surrounded by bead curtains. Whenever someone sits here to enjoy the snow, people will immediately bring in the heater and serve melon and fruit refreshments.
No matter how windy or snowy it is outside, it will be warm and cozy inside the pavilion.
Xie Lin's family also has a pavilion like this.
After entering the pavilion, he finally felt a little warmer and sat down by the stove. "It's really cold today. It's obviously a cold winter this winter. The first snowfall is so heavy. Don't cause a snowstorm, otherwise the court will really be in trouble."
The house is leaking and it rains continuously all night. I am afraid that the Minister of Household Affairs will resign and return to his hometown in tears if he cannot raise any money."
Zhou Guqing sneered, "If he can cry and return to his hometown, he will have a good life, but I'm afraid he won't be able to cry and return to his hometown."
Who doesn’t know that the Ministry of Finance is now an empty shell, having been emptied out by His Majesty himself over the years.
Xie Lin sighed, "Hey, the poor people are the people. Once the taxes next year increase, the people will be affected. If they can't come up with the taxes, how will they survive?"
Zhou Gu took a serious look at Xie Lin this time and said, "Okay, there's a lot of progress."
In the past, Xie Lin did not think about the people, the disasters, or the impact of heavy taxes on the people.
Xie Linbai glanced at Zhou Gu, "You can't grow up, right? My father has high hopes for me now, and he is much more strict than before. I have no choice but to grow up. Otherwise, if I don't make progress, my father will be exhausted.
What's it like?"
He came closer to Zhou Gu and said to him: "You know, right? Your Majesty is now seizing my father and using him alone. My father can no longer bear it. He caught wind and cold last night and developed a high fever. He asked the imperial doctor.
The imperial doctor said that he was overworked, weak, and had wind evil entering his body. He had to take good care of himself for a few days, otherwise his bones would collapse."
He sighed again, "Hey, no, when Miss Su Qi went to find her today, she found that my father had fallen ill and was no longer useful. She could only take on the case alone. My father asked me to follow
