Who would raise a villain as a wife?

Chapter 406 The Little Puppet Emperor and the 9-Year-Old 13

He Yunjing asked someone to serve tea. The person who came in was Ruan Qingrou. She looked humble and respectful. She lowered her head to serve the tea and then stepped aside.

He Yunjing couldn't help but take a look. Such a young lady who had been spoiled since childhood, now had to endure humiliation and serve as a palace maid.

He Yunjing seemed to see the shadow of Cen Li's childhood in Ruan Qingrou. The life of a eunuch was much more difficult than that of a palace maid. What's more, Cen Li was only ten years old at that time, while Ruan Qingrou was already sixteen.

He Yunjing took a sip of tea and asked, "Is Lord Cen back?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Nine Prince has left the palace." Ruan Qingrou replied. Cen Liyou came back and saw that He Yunjing was resting so he did not disturb him. He just gave him some instructions and left.

She also spread the news, but for the time being, no one knew why Cen Li left the palace.

He Yunjing guessed that maybe Hu Zhi had some news, so Cen Li went to deal with it personally.

He Yunjing was not in a hurry and just waited. It was not until late at night that the system gave him a message.

However, Cen Li did not come to his bedroom. He only saw him at the morning court session the next day.

The incident caused a stir because Cen Li privately punished Hu Zhi and confiscated his property. Hu Zhi held a high position, and according to the law, the case should be investigated by the Dali Temple before a verdict is made.

However, Cen Li did not go through this process. He directly ordered the Jinyiwei to behead the Hu family in public, and moved cartloads of valuables out of the Hu family residence. He also did not report the property to the Ministry of Revenue for registration, but just transported it away. This was blatant killing of imperial officials and corruption.

Cen Li stood still the whole time, allowing the Prime Minister's group to jump up and down and curse, asking He Yunjing to punish him.

He Yunjing didn't say anything either, he was happily watching the show on the dragon throne.

After they had argued enough, He Yunjing asked slowly, "Master Cen, where did the money go?"

"A palace for His Majesty to practice." Cen Li answered calmly, without any hesitation.

He Yunjing became even happier and said several good things. He not only praised Cen Li a lot, but also offered to reward Cen Li. No matter who advised him, he would not listen, which made the prime minister very angry.

However, when they returned home from court, they heard the news that most of the grain shops in the city had been moved, and the grain had been transported to the two city gates. They hung signs and started to distribute porridge. Some people also shouted that Hu Zhi was corrupt, accepted bribes and disregarded human lives, and that the money in his family was the hard-earned money of the people, so he was giving it back to the people.

The incident of the Hu family being raided had already caused a big stir. Many people knew that it was Cen Li who led the Jinyiwei to raid their house. Now that their money had been exchanged for food, they could not only eat hot porridge and steamed buns, but also receive half a liter of food per person. The hard-working people were all smiling.

The prime minister was completely confused. Didn't he embezzle the money to build a palace? How did he start giving out porridge?

Not only that, at the same time, a charity hall was opened in the poorest west of the capital, taking in homeless people and providing them with simple three meals a day. No matter whether they were men, women, young or old, as long as the government verified that they had no relatives or friends, they could live in the charity hall.

There are also teachers in the charity hall who teach children to read and write for free, and also teach them survival skills.

At that time, the whole capital city changed. The Jinyiwei, who used to be ferocious, became amiable, especially the Nine Thousand Year Old, who was directly under the Jinyiwei. Most people praised him.

The court became much calmer because of these rumors, and Cen Li took the opportunity to implement several policies. The first was to supervise the county governors and officials from other places, and all of them were from the prime minister's faction.

Apart from anything else, if the Prime Minister's faction wants to win the hearts of the people and overthrow him, they must do this well, and there are many honest and upright people among them.

In order to prevent officials from other places from deceiving their superiors and subordinates, Cen Li also dragged Pei Xiao into the water and ordered him to arrange troops to secretly protect the supervisory officials. He did not give Pei Xiao a chance to refuse. If Pei Xiao disagreed, he could only send Jinyiwei. Pei Xiao did not dare to hand over the lives of these people to Cen Li.

Within half a month, the porridge shop was closed, but the charity hall remained. Because homeless orphans were taken in, the atmosphere in the capital improved a lot.

The Jinyiwei patrolled together with the officials from the government office, and the petty thefts of the past were reduced. Some rules in the capital were also rectified. Without the heavy stall fees, the business of small vendors improved.

He Yunjing held his chin in his hand while listening to the report from the Royal Guards and winked at Cen Li, "Shouldn't you thank me?"

Cen Li raised his head from the heavy memorials and said sincerely, "Thank you very much."

"Just a verbal thank you?"

Cen Li put down his pen and asked him to leave. He then asked him, "What do you want?"

"I want you to accompany me out of the palace to have dinner with my aunt. You promised me last time. Have you forgotten?"

Cen Li had really forgotten about it. There were really a lot of things to do in the past half month and he was too busy to handle it.

Cen Li picked up his pen again and said, "In a few days."

He Yunjing nodded and didn't bother him anymore. He turned around and sat down by the window, quietly closing his eyes and continuing to practice.

Cen Li is a quiet person with a lot of things to do, but he has time.

He Yunjing had made great achievements in the training for half a month. At the same time, he also understood that Si Jing was a god and it was not easy for him to shake him, so he had to race against time and not slack off.

After another half day of practice, He Yunjing felt something unusual. He had felt that something was pulling him before, and today the feeling was even more obvious.

He closed his eyes and concentrated on searching for this strangeness, following the vague pull, and after passing through layers of fog, he saw himself.

That’s not true. Although they have similar faces, their dressing styles and temperaments are different.

The man was wearing a bamboo green robe, his black hair was like a waterfall, his face was a little pale, and he turned his eyes to look at his consciousness.

Those eyes were as deep as water, seeming to contain vicissitudes of life and countless worlds.

He Yunjing knew the identity of this person almost instantly. It was Si Jing.

He Yunjing's body was stiff and he dared not move even a little, for fear of being discovered. If he was caught, all his efforts would be wasted.

However, Si Jing's eyes were fixed on him, without a trace of emotion on his face or eyes. He just said indifferently, "You shouldn't have come here."

A very light sentence made He Yunjing's disguise disappear completely. He did not choose to leave, but asked him bluntly, "Why did you treat him like that? Even if you don't love him, why did you watch him die?"

Si Jing's expression remained calm, without any sign of disturbance. "Everyone has their own destiny, and so do gods. You are now He Yunjing, and have nothing to do with me anymore."

After saying that, Si Jing raised his hand and waved, and He Yunjing was driven away just like that.

At this moment He Yunjing clearly felt the gap between himself and Si Jing, just like the difference between a drop of water and the ocean, there is no comparison at all.

His consciousness instantly returned to the consciousness space, and then was bounced out of the consciousness space. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The noise caused Cen Li to raise his hand, but when he saw He Yunjing's lips were bloody and his face was pale, he panicked and stood up uncontrollably to support him, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Are you poisoned or have internal injuries?"

He Yunjing did not respond. He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. He did not feel uncomfortable anywhere. If he had to say something, it was that the slightest connection had been completely severed.

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