Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

After seeing off my cousin Shen Ru, I stayed in the study, wanting to talk to Situ Jue again.

Asking him to help the Shen family requires me to pay something, and I want to talk to him clearly, so that he can't work for nothing. Most importantly, I don't want to owe him a favor.

"You look so bad, so don't stick around here. Go back and rest." He didn't give me a chance to speak and directly pushed me out.

But I noticed with my sharp eyes that his hands were wrapped in cloth strips. Although he deliberately hung his sleeves to hide them from others, they were still visible if he moved a little, and if you got closer you could even smell the distinct smell of medicine.

"How did you get hurt? Where did you get it last night?"

"It's just a superficial wound, nothing serious."

A thunderous voice came from behind, "Your Majesty, there is no need to hide it from the princess. You injured your hands like that last night while trying to find the princess. You should..."

Lei Ming, who came in with the bowl of medicine, suddenly stopped talking and lowered his head obediently. I glanced back and forth between the two of them. It turned out that Situ Jue glared at Lei Ming fiercely and didn't allow him to continue talking.

Lei Ming walked over silently, put down the medicine bowl, looked at me meaningfully, and then walked out.

I took the initiative to step forward and sit next to Situ Jue, "Since your hand is injured and it is inconvenient for you to take medicine, let me do it."

He said nothing, nor did he object.

I tested the temperature of the medicine bowl. It should have been warmed up, not hot. It was just right for drinking, so I brought it to Situ Jue's mouth. "Try it first to see if it's hot."

He took a sip and said, "It's not hot."

"Then just swallow it in one gulp. This way your tongue won't have time to feel the bitterness." As I said that, I helped him drink the entire bowl of medicine.

But after he finished drinking the medicine, he looked at me with a complicated expression and coughed twice, as if he was choked.

I took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his lips. "Did you drink too fast? Or are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

He chuckled softly and shook his head.

It was rare to see such a gentle expression on Situ Jue's face, and I laughed along with him. The action of pouring the medicine into his mouth just now was indeed a bit rough.

"Your Highness, the eldest son of the Shen family is here to visit." Someone announced at the door.

I stood up immediately. It was Shen Yunzhou who came. Could something have happened again?

After a while, the servant led Shen Yunzhou in.

I then realized that Shen Ru had come to ask for help without telling the family. My uncle didn't want this matter to be implicated in the palace, and he didn't want Situ Jue to go to the prison to get people out for my sake. Shen Yunzhou represented my uncle's opinion and briefly explained that if the fire last night had to be investigated, the patrol battalion was responsible, but it was not the main responsibility. Moreover, my brother-in-law Zheng Hua was in charge of the entire area during his duty. There was a problem at a certain point, and the subsequent dispatch and rescue work were done according to regulations. No matter how you look at it, he should not be the only one to bear the blame.

"The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. Father doesn't want the prince to make an exception for this, which would break the rules of the palace and the court. Ru'er is ignorant and is desperate to seek medical treatment. Please don't interfere in this matter, my father and I have our own arrangements."

I don't understand the laws of Da Qi, and I don't know if I can defend Zheng Hua through normal channels, but since Shen Yunzhou has said so, I'd better not owe him unnecessary favors.

"My Lord, then let's do as my brother wishes."

Situ Jue glanced at me, and the smile on his face changed a little. He didn't say anything to me, but explained directly to Shen Yunzhou, "The arson case has not been investigated yet, and Brother Zheng has been imprisoned in such a short time. Human factors account for a large part of this matter. Brother Yunzhou will also return to the court in the future, and he should be familiar with the style of doing things in Beijing earlier. If we don't take the initiative in this matter, we will never have the opportunity to take the initiative again in the future.

Even if the people in Jingzhao Prefecture don't know that Brother Zheng is the son-in-law of the Duke's Mansion, wouldn't the people in the patrol camp know? Sometimes, in order to gain a good reputation, you have to let your own people suffer. That's really not worth it. Brother Yunzhou, please go back and tell your uncle that this is not a big deal. Even if I intervene, it won't break the rules. "

Situ Jue easily convinced Shen Yunzhou. Officials in the capital, even if they were only fifth or sixth rank, were all shrewd people. How could they not know the in-laws and nepotism of each family? The key point of last night's incident was arson, which was the real murder and indignation. As a supervisory official, Zheng Hua would not be the first to speak even if he was accused of dereliction of duty.

It is obvious that someone is deliberately setting up a trap behind the scenes to drag the Shen family into it. Given the relationship between the Shen family and the Zhenbei Palace, if there is no movement, people outside will look down on them, and gossip and suspicion will inevitably follow.

Shen Yunzhou didn't stay too long. Knowing that I happened to be at the fire scene last night and witnessed almost the entire process with my own eyes, he asked me about it with concern.

Only when he knew that I was fine did he look relieved.

After seeing Shen Yunzhou off, Situ Jue stared at me for a long time.

It felt awkward, so I stared back at him, imitating his expression. "What's wrong? I didn't say anything wrong just now, did I? Is the prince dissatisfied with something?"

"When did you and Shen Yunzhou become so close?"

"Weren't we close before?"

"Don't you know? Oh, you are a lonely soul from outside, so of course you don't know that Shen Xingye has never had a close relationship with the Shen family's eldest branch."

"Tsk, you sound like you know her very well. Besides, people change. I think she still wants to be closer to her family."

"People will change." Situ Jue suddenly repeated my words, with a touch of tenderness in his eyes.

His facial features are deep and his contours are three-dimensional. He looks particularly scary when he looks fierce, but once he softens his expression, he becomes a gentle and classic handsome male second. Apart from anything else, his face alone can indeed attract many young girls.

Unfortunately, I was not interested in this, and I did not want to get involved with him too much, so I avoided looking at him and changed the subject, "Did Your Majesty get any news about what happened last night?"

"I guess so. Do you still want to go to the flower-viewing party next month?" He changed the subject faster than I did.

"Does this mean I can not go?"

"Princess Pingyang is not easy to talk to, but we have an excuse now so we don't have to go." He raised his injured hand, "Because my husband and I were both injured at the Lantern Festival last night."

I breathed a sigh of relief and sat back next to him. I took a sip of hot tea to moisten my throat. "That's great. I really don't want to go. That Princess Yanyun is too scary."

"Oh? How scary?" He pursed his lips and motioned for me to pour him a cup of tea as well.

After I poured the tea, he used his eyes to instruct me to bring it to his lips.

"I heard that Princess Yanyun likes Xu Changan, and she won't give up even though he is married. It's scary to think about what happened in Xu's mansion last time..." I really can't imagine that she could set up a crime scene just to slander Su Mei. Princess Yanyun's brain circuit is really amazing.

"Fortunately, she likes Xu Changan. If she likes me, you would be the one having a headache." After taking a sip of tea, Situ Jue joked in a good mood, as if he had forgotten who had been running around for the Xu Mansion before. If Su Mei had a headache, he would also have a headache.

I was just about to bring the topic back to him and make fun of him when I saw his face change, as if he just remembered something. He turned to ask me, "The clothes you were wearing last night were men's clothes. I forgot to ask you, what's the matter?"