Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

Xia Bai'an's palms were covered with sweat.

When asking for something, she has to discuss the conditions clearly with the other party and weigh the pros and cons, which always makes her feel frightened.

She couldn't bet Tang Song's life that the other party wouldn't turn against her, but she was also afraid that the momentary obedience at this tense moment would result in a passiveness that would be taken advantage of everywhere in the future.

But she quietly hid her hands in her cuffs and smeared all the sweat on the cuffs without anyone noticing.

It took a long time before Li Chen looked at her seriously.

"If I can become your friend and help you save people, it seems reasonable."

"Ok?"

Xia Bai'an couldn't hold back his exclamation.

What is this prince talking about... friend?

She thought that this was a line that could only appear in hot-blooded comics, or a famous scene in a low-quality TV series, but it actually came out of Li Chen's mouth.

She didn't recover for a moment.

On the contrary, Li Chen saw the faint disdain in her eyes, and smiled instead of anger.

"My king has no relatives and no reason in the capital, and I don't know any court officials. Is it worth surprising you to want to make friends? Or, in the eyes of Imperial Physician Xia, there is a reason for me to be the emperor's thorn in the side. I must have done something bad, so I have to blame myself?"

"..."

Yes.

Xia Bai'an silently admitted this in his heart.

Isn't it doubtful that the chess pieces have been buried in the capital for more than ten years?

Moreover, when she and Mo Che were in the mountain village, they were threatened by Cen Yishan several times, which was enough to make her wary of Li Chen.

but……

After getting along for such a long time, Li Chen is indeed far from the strategic person in her impression.

After all, if he was really deep in his thoughts, why would he hang around a little imperial doctor like himself?

After thinking for a long time, Li Chen was a little impatient: "It seems that our negotiation has broken down."

"and many more!"

Xia Bai'an came back to his senses and called him to stop, "It's too ambiguous to be friends, and besides, how can I climb up to the prince?"

"This king doesn't need friends to sacrifice their lives for this king. It doesn't make any difference whether it's a high-ranking official or an imperial physician like you. The only thing this king can't let go of is this matter. If you don't agree, I can only accompany you tomorrow." Let me go to Caishikou and watch Tang Song die with my own eyes."

Li Chen said it lightly, and the ending of the last two words was even a little floating.

It sounds like he really didn't care about Tang Song's death at all.

He really wants to make friends with himself!

Why in the end!

Xia Bai'an couldn't figure it out, but seeing that Li Chen was really going to take Kang Heng away, after thinking about it for a while, she still called him back: "I promise the lord."

"Ah."

Li Chen still took Kang Heng away, leaving only one sentence, "Tomorrow morning, you just go to the yamen, as long as you can find evidence to reverse Tang Song's case, his life can be kept."

After speaking, Kang Heng also turned around and left holding the handle of the knife.

The night wind blows the lantern above the head, and the light flickers slightly.

Wu Yue put down her hand on the handle of the knife, staring fixedly at Xia Bai'an: "His Royal Highness King An, could it be that he has taken a fancy to you?"

Xia Bai'an paused when he turned around, and then laughed out loud.

"Who would covet a woman with a family."

"Yunxue still likes men with families." Wu Yue tried to refute.

"She's just out of her mind."

"..."

May felt that there was really no way to refute this matter.

If Yunxue didn't have the group of young ladies around her who could give ideas, she might not be able to accomplish anything, and would just go straight to her, just like when she first met, just to make fun of herself.

Wu Yue followed Xia Bai'an back and asked again: "Can you trust King An?"

Xia Bai'an stopped and turned to Wu Yue: "If King An doesn't do something, I will take someone to stop the convoy myself... I believe what Qianqian and sister Xiuhong said, there must be something wrong with the corpse, as long as it is widely known , will surely save his life.”

May was startled slightly, then looked at her in disbelief.

"You're crazy! Even a foreigner like me knows that the result of doing this will be..."

"You may be dismissed from your post, and you may become a prisoner. But this is a last resort."

With a smile still on his face, Xia Bai'an led her back to the hall, and told everyone that Tang Song's affairs might turn around.

Wu Yue stood in the shadows outside the door, staring at Xia Bai'an's back.

How many solutions did Xia Bai'an think of and how many things did he do in places where others could not see?

She kept silent about it, so no one knew.

It seems that what the mother-in-law said is right-she seems to be used to being alone, and she is also used to dealing with all kinds of complicated things alone, rather than looking for someone to discuss.

……

The next morning.

Xia Bai'an got up early and came to the gate of the yamen.

The yamen servant who originally turned a blind eye to her, after hearing someone's message, respectfully invited her in for an autopsy.

Above the courtroom, An Wang Lichen was sitting beside him drinking tea, when he saw her enter, he just took a sip of the tea.

"This is the last chance to prove yourself, don't let me beg for this chance for you in vain."

"Thank you, my lord, and thank you, Mr. Sun."

Xia Bai'an cupped his hands slightly, waiting for someone to bring up the dead body, and then called the previous gangsters, as well as Zhang Qianqian and Li Xiuhong who were witnesses, to conduct an autopsy in front of everyone.

Sun Yuzhou's face was ashen, but he still pretended to be nonchalant, carefully scrutinizing Li Chen's expression beside him, not daring to overstep the rules.

They did guess that King An and Xia Bai'an had a close relationship.

But unexpectedly, Xia Bai'an would invite An Wang to the stage to help him upright!

After Xia Bai'an finished the autopsy, his hanging heart gradually fell back into his stomach.

"This person didn't die yesterday afternoon, but died in the morning. The cause of death was not a head bump, but a serious illness, and he vomited blood and died."

As soon as this remark came out, the gangsters all looked at each other in blank dismay, sweating profusely.

Zhang Qianqian and Li Xiuhong showed joy on their faces, and they both stood up to testify.

"When I saw this man before, he was already lying on the table, motionless."

"I've seen it too. If you don't believe me, there were still many people on the second floor of the teahouse, and there were waiters in the shop, so it can certainly prove what we said!"

Sun Yuzhou's face was a little uncomfortable.

Li Chen watched with great interest as Xia Bai'an put his hand in the clear water. The faint blood slipped from between her fingers and dyed a basin of clear water into a light pink, but he remained silent.

Xia Bai'an said: "The Chengtian Mansion in the next year will be a time when everything will be complicated, and Chengtian Mansion will not do much work, and there will be mistakes in the busy schedule."

After Sun Yuzhou heard this, he laughed dryly: "What Mrs. Lieutenant said... I didn't expect that they didn't investigate clearly, and almost made me misjudgment. I will teach you a lesson when the time comes!"

Xia Bai'an pursed his lips and smiled: "Since the truth is revealed, can I take Tang Song away?"

"Please."

Sun Yuzhou could only bite the bullet and ask Tang Song to be brought over.

Xia Bai'an wiped the water from his fingertips, looked back at Li Chen, and slowly nodded gratefully.