Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The crown prince made such a fuss, I'm afraid that brother Huang will feel disgusted with you, so you should not go to see him in private, lest you will bring yourself humiliation.

Su Yan sat reclined on the seat of the carriage, bumping his head against the wall of the carriage, and suddenly came back to his senses, realizing that he was still affected by King Yu's words.

Knowing rationally, even if the emperor avoids seeing him, it is definitely not out of disgust, but because of other secrets.But this kind of heartbreaking words fell into my ears, no matter how the wind blows over the lake, there will still be ripples for a moment.

Su Yan felt that it was necessary for him to meet the emperor alone and ask why.

Besides, he hasn't confirmed with his own eyes how the emperor's health is and whether the headache is still occurring. How could it be possible that the other party said "no see" and he really didn't want to see him.At worst, if the mountain doesn’t come, it’s me, and if I go, I’ll go to the mountain.

After making up his mind, Su Yan ordered the carriage not to go back to the Su Mansion, but turned to another place to visit Ruan Hongjiao.

The courtyard that Ruan Hongjiao rents is quite far from the Su Mansion, and quite close to Beizhen Fusi. It is a property under the name of Gao Shuo.

Not long after Su Yan left Beijing at that time, Shen Qi used the pretext of repairing the mansion to invite her out politely. She also said that she had found another quiet and elegant new house for her, and she also paid the rent in advance for one year to express her apology.

Ruan Hongjiao knew that Shen Qi minded that she had an affair with Su Yan, and always wanted her to avoid suspicion, so she asked the servant girl to pack up her burden and get on the moving carriage.

When she arrived at the new house, she was quite satisfied, so she stayed there.

After more than a month, the bandages were removed, and Ruan Hongjiao touched the uneven half of the cheek with the scar, and shed tears in front of the mirror.

She didn't regret it, but the former beauty and beauty no longer existed, and she inevitably hurt herself, hiding in her boudoir and unwilling to go out.The only time she went out was to go to Rouge Lane to settle with the old bustard and redeem the deed of prostitution.

The old bustard was still stubbornly refusing to let her go, so Ruan Hongjiao lifted the veil to show her.Horrified and disappointed, the bustard immediately released the deed, and even the ransom was not a big deal.

Faced with the disgusting eyes of the old bustard and the whispers of other girls, Ruan Hongjiao remained unmoved, calmly completed the self-redemption procedures, and left the place of fireworks thoroughly.

Her freedom was bought with her looks.Moreover, before Su Yan left Beijing, he even helped her lose her humble status in the government, and she will be an upright householder from now on.What is lost is bound to be gained, she knows the truth of losing one's horse, even if she does it all over again, she will still make the same choice.

From the brothel to the carriage on the street, someone followed her all the time, Ruan Hongjiao sensitively felt the stare from behind.

What kind of ruthless wanderer, knowing that she has redeemed her body, still wants to take advantage of her?Ruan Hongjiao suddenly felt angry, and deliberately ordered the maidservant to go shopping for food, got out of the carriage, turned into the alley next to her, pretended to fall to the ground with a sprained foot, and couldn't get up.

Sure enough, the follower appeared and stepped forward to help him.Ruan Hongjiao tore off her veil, and slammed her hideous half of her cheek close to the opponent's eyes, trying to scare and disgust him.

The man was stunned. Instead of being frightened, he was full of guilt, with a trace of pain in his eyes, and apologized: "I was the one who killed Miss Ruan when I was in a hurry. you."

It was only then that Ruan Hongjiao realized that the person following her was Gao Shuo.

Jin Yiwei Gao Shuo, Shen Qi's confidant of the chief officer of Beizhen Fusi, because of his identity as a secret agent, his official position is only school lieutenant, but he is quite valued by Shen Qi.

After waking up in Mr. Ying Xu's infirmary, the first thing Ruan Hongjiao saw was Gao Shuo's face.

She vaguely remembered that this man was one of the three Jinyiwei who fought with Mr. He that night in the guest room of the Marquis of Xian'an.It was he who, when she was bitten by a snake, cut off the flesh of her face without hesitation.

At the same time, I remembered that it was this man who rushed out of the Hou's mansion with her in his arms and galloped wildly on his horse.The last thing she felt before she lost consciousness was the warmth of his embrace.

Ruan Hongjiao was grateful to Gao Shuo, but at the same time, she also noticed the strange look in his eyes when he looked at her—whether the favor came from guilt, pity or responsibility, she was unwilling to accept it.

"It turned out to be Mr. Gao, who gave me a jump." Ruan Hongjiao put on her veil again, avoided Gao Shuo's support, got up and said, "My family is a good man, men and women are different, please avoid suspicion."

Faced with the obvious rejection, Gao Shuo felt a little bitter in his heart, and smiled gently on his face: "I was rude. Miss Ruan, do you have a place to go if you leave here?"

Ruan Hongjiao nodded, blessing her body: "I will bid farewell, Mr. Gao, please take care."

She thought that the fate with Gao Shuo was over, but she didn't expect to meet him again outside the house a month later.

Gao Shuo had no choice but to confess to her that he was the owner of this small courtyard, and he also stated that the relationship with her was only between the landlord and the tenant, and would not cross the line.

Ruan Hongjiao just didn't want to have an affair with him, and it wasn't because she hated this ordinary-looking but gentle captain of Jin Yiwei, so she didn't insist on moving away.

Gradually, there were more unexpected encounters, and the two became acquainted. Sometimes you help me repair a window, and sometimes I cook a fish for you.Although each other abides by etiquette, when they meet face to face, they will look at each other and smile slightly.

But that's about it.

Shen Qi didn't care about her subordinates' private affairs, once when she saw Gao Shuo drinking, she said casually: "Is it so troublesome? Give her some drinks, and she'll be fine after a night of sleep."

Gao Shuo shook his head: "It's easy to sleep... I'm afraid that after sleeping, she will hate me for the rest of her life."

Shen Qi mocked: "She doesn't know how many men she has slept with, and she still cares about this?"

Gao Shuo didn't answer, but took advantage of his drunkenness to stare at him.

Shen Qi understood the meaning of the other party from his eyes: If it were Mr. Su, would you risk being hated by him for the rest of your life and forcefully do something that he dislikes and resists?

At the risk of being hated by Su Yan for a lifetime - Shen Qi took half a step back as if frightened by this flash of thought.

He left the drunken Gao Shuo in a hurry, returned to his mansion, and took out the half of the mechanism sleeve for transmitting information that he got from the owner of the wonton stall from the secret compartment of the bedroom.

Fingers rubbing against the texture of the metal surface for a long time, Shen Qi finally did not forcefully open the sleeve to cause it to explode, and put it back into the dark compartment.

Last month when Henan Liao bandits rebelled, Emperor Jing Long sent him to Kaifeng Mansion to investigate whether the Vacuum Sect was involved. Shen Qi took hundreds of elite guards and went away under orders.

Before setting off, he took away half of the mechanism sleeve in the dark compartment.

Gao Shuo also went to Henan with Shen Qi.Before leaving, he left the house deed to Ruan Hongjiao, and said to her: "I want to leave Beijing with Shangguan to perform a mission. If I can come back smoothly, I will trouble you to cook another fish for me. If I can't come back, this I’ll give you a small courtyard. Anyway, I’m alone, so if you don’t want it, just dispose of it casually.”

We've been together for a long time, why don't you care about it?Ruan Hongjiao refused to accept the house deed, but Gao Shuo was firm. In the end, she had no choice but to say, "The house deed will be temporarily deposited with my slave's house. When Mr. Gao returns triumphantly, my slave's house will cook a table of fish for you."

Gao Shuo smiled and said, "Steaming, sweet and sour, braised in brown sauce, frying... that's it. I'm leaving, take care."

He waved on horseback without looking back.Ruan Hongjiao watched his back go away with mixed emotions in her heart.

Gao Shuo has been away for more than a month, but there is no news.Ruan Hongjiao was doing embroidery work under the grape trellis, and suddenly thought of him, and then Su Yan.

Outside the gate of the fenced yard, a clear male voice sounded: "My dear girl, the young master is here to see you."

Ruan Hongjiao turned her head when she heard the sound, full of surprises: "...Young Master, you have returned to Beijing!"

Su Yan walked into the yard with a smile, and put many gifts in his hand on the stone table.

Ruan Hongjiao hurried to make tea.

The two siblings with different surnames greeted each other warmly, and after briefly talking about their respective experiences in the past six months, Su Yan looked softly at Ruan Hongjiao and asked, "Sister Ruan, can you lift the veil and let me see?"

Ruan Hongjiao hesitated for a moment, not wanting to be seen as deformed and ugly by the young man he once admired.

But Su Yan's gaze was so gentle, like a spring breeze blowing on her, making her desire to feel the warm wind blowing on her face with her true face.

Ruan Hongjiao slowly lifted the veil.

This was the first time Su Yan saw her disfigured face.

There was no surprise, no evil, no sadness, no pity on Su Yan's face, he just looked at it quietly, as if she just had a too big pimple.Su Yan said: "Sister Ruan's wound is recovering quite well, but there are more polyps. I will ask Mr. Ying Xu to remove the polyps later, and I will find some southern Xinjiang secret medicine to apply to you. I think it will recover smoothly."

Ruan Hongjiao's tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed, and she smiled: "There is no secret medicine with such a good effect."

Su Yan said: "Why not, King Yu gave me a jar last year, which cured my battered butt. Your face now is much prettier than my butt back then."

Ruan Hongjiao spat at him and hit him with a half-embroidered fan. The regret in her heart was finally smoothed away, and she would never cry in the mirror again.

Su Yan caught the fan she threw over and said, "Sister Ruan, give me a hug."

Ruan Hongjiao hugged him with a red face.Su Yan whispered in her ear: "I have someone I like, and I want to be with him...they are in the same boat, they will live and die together, how about you, sister?"

Ruan Hongjiao wasn't surprised by the "they" in Su Yan's mouth, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it—the days are so short, and a century is full of suffering.If you can't live from the heart, how happy is life?

Ruan Hongjiao smiled with tears in her eyes: "Master...that's so kind. I should do the same, live from the heart."

Su Yan helped her sit back on the stool, and asked again: "Sister Ruan is only 20 years old this year, she still has such a long life, what do you plan to do in the future?"

Ruan Hongjiao thought for a while, and replied: "My family used to be in business. My parents lost money and lost all their property, and they sold the daughter into a brothel because they were poor. My family... I want to do business. I still have some savings in my hand. The cost of paving and buying goods should be enough."

"Business? Good idea." Su Yan flashed some formulas that he had researched while reading time travel and popular science articles on the Internet, and said with a smile, "Sister Ruan is interested in what kind of business, I will invest in shares... Uh, The Great Ming Law stipulates that officials cannot engage in business, so as not to compete with the people for profit, so let me come up with an idea."

The two chatted while eating the dinner prepared by the maid.

It was getting dark, Su Yan bid farewell and left.

The next day, he went to the morning court and handed over a memorial to report on the various political affairs he had done in Shaanxi in the past six months.The Secretary of Tongzheng received the memorial as usual.However, Emperor Jing Long seemed to have completely forgotten him, and did not let him return to his life at the meeting, and did not even take a second look in his direction.

Su Yan felt wronged, but it was difficult to ask at the meeting.

After finally making it to the next pilgrimage, Sheng Jia left in a hurry. He found a chance to call Duo Guier, the servant next to Lan Xi.

Duo Guier still remembered him, and said with a smile: "Lord Su, it's been a long time. I heard you just returned to Beijing?"

Su Yan exchanged a few words with him, and asked him to report to the emperor, saying that Su Yan kowtowed to the emperor.

Duo Guier readily agreed and asked him to wait a while, but Lan Xi stopped him before he got close to the dragon chariot and sent him back.

Su Yan was still waiting on the aisle between the two palace walls, Duo Guier said with a troubled face: "Master Su, it's not that the slaves don't help, my master said, the emperor won't see you."

"...The emperor said it himself? Do you know why?"

"The slaves don't know either."

"Is the emperor's body healthy recently? Is the headache still happening?"

"It's good for the servant to look at. Headaches occur from time to time, and they are all diagnosed and treated by Dr. Chen. The emperor doesn't like to be called an imperial doctor."

"Doctor Chen...is Mr. Ying Xu?"

Duo Guier nodded: "Doctor Chen now lives in the outer court of the imperial palace, and he is near the East Palace, so it's convenient for you to come here whenever you want."

Su Yan thoughtfully, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Father-in-law, for taking up your time."

Duo Gui'er waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, the servants had a good time with Fu Bao who is next to the young master. Before leaving, the young master also ordered Fu Bao to take care of the servants, and told him to pay more attention to Mr. Su, and help as much as possible."

Su Yan thanked him again, turned and left the palace road.

He didn't leave the Meridian Gate, but turned to the East Palace, and used the badge given by the prince to enter the nearby De Yi Zhai, but he couldn't find Chen Shiyu.I heard from the servant that Dr. Chen went to the imperial dining room to dispense medicine, but he didn't know when he would be back.

Su Yan was at a loss. For the first time, he felt that the palace was as deep as the sea.If it wasn't for the consent of the emperor and the crown prince, he would not have been able to take a step into the palace.

Could it be that he was alienated and broken up so vaguely?Su Yan was not reconciled, not at ease, and very annoyed.

In any case, you must find an opportunity to face the saint alone and ask the emperor what happened.

Su Yan went to Donghua Gate, thinking hard while walking, when someone behind him slapped him on the shoulder, which startled him.

"What are you worrying about, I didn't find out after following you all the way."

Su Yan turned his head and saw that it was King Yu.

In my impression, I didn't see King Yu at the court meeting just now, where did this come from?

King Yu seemed to have guessed the doubts in his heart, and said: "I just came out from my mother's place, and I saw you talking to the little servant in the alley next to Fengtian Gate, so I followed all the way. Why, don't you give up?"

Su Yan smiled self-deprecatingly: "You have to give a reason for the death penalty. I want to figure it out, is it so difficult?"

"After you figure it out, so what?" King Yu looked at him carefully, "I beg my brother to show you some mercy?"

Su Yan's heart was bleeding and hurting, but his face returned to calm, and he even looked a little indifferent: "If he is ruthless, I will rest. Why do you feel sorry for him? If the two sides can let go, and there is no quarrel, then we will be a monarch and minister; if we can't, I will take care of myself where I'm going."

King Yu laughed loudly and said, "Okay, that's what I like about you!" With no one around, he took Su Yan into his arms.

Su Yan struggled to get away, but King Yu extinguished his anger with one sentence: "I will send you into the palace tonight, and let you see him alone."