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Xie Jin failed to find Jindou in the end, and returned to the residence with the extinguished lantern, only to find that the worrying little raccoon slave had returned to its nest, curled up in a ball and slept soundly.

Xie Jin was in a trance, squatting in front of the cat's litter and reaching out to stroke its fur.

Jin Dou was disturbed in his dream, stretched his waist and grinned, and took a small bite of Xie Jin's finger without using any force.

Xie Jin took it out of the nest, rubbed Jin Cancan's little head, Jindou treated her with a good temper, obediently let her rub it a few times, curled up in her arms and closed his eyes again.

The little raccoon slave slept soundly, unaware that its keeper's eyes were full of sorrow.

Xie Jin suddenly remembered that Jiang Zhao actually didn't like cats very much. She had told Xie Jin in a chat before her identity was revealed.

And that day in the Imperial Study Room, Yuan Xiang offered the golden silk tiger to Jingzhao Mansion Yin Shen Xiuyan, and Jiang Zhao didn't show any concern, only seeing that she liked it, he left the golden bean in Xihe Palace.

A few days after that, Jindou settled down in the side hall. Jiang Zhao came here a few times in the name of looking at the cat, but in fact he didn’t pay much attention to the little thing. Be careful not to be hurt by its minions.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Xie Jin became.

She also thought about Jiang Zhao's attitude when Jiang Zhao first learned about her and Yuan Qi's affair.

Thinking about it now, everything seemed to be traceable, and Jiang Zhao had already fallen in love with her at that time.

There was no sleep in the middle of the night, before dawn, when there was movement outside, Xie Jin knew it was almost five o'clock, and Jiang Zhao would get up to go to court in the morning, Xie Jin was not needed here, she could sleep until Jiang Zhao went to court, Then follow Jiang Zhao to the imperial study to handle government affairs.

Xie Jinzheng was in a state of confusion and didn't know how to face her. He wanted to take sick leave and hide from Jiang Zhao for two days, but he was afraid that she would get into his heart and cause more trouble.

After much deliberation, Xie Jin would change his clothes and wash up when it was dawn, and wait for Jiang Zhao to come back from court.

Most of the time is at this time on weekdays, and occasionally the time is delayed due to cumbersome political affairs, but it is only a few quarters of an hour, but today I waited and waited, and did not see Luan driving back to the palace. Xie Jin was surprised and worried, so he went to Aunt Qingshi trip.

After hearing her words, Qingshi sent a young eunuch to the court to inquire about the news.

Not long after, the little eunuch left and returned.

"The servant saw Yuan Gonggong outside the hall. He heard that the ministers had a dispute in the court today, which made His Majesty angry. Now he is listening to the hadith, which delayed his next court."

Qingshi heard the reason, waved the little eunuch back, and smiled at Xie Jin: "Look, what is there to worry about? Our Majesty is not a soft-tempered person who can be manipulated by others, and he just loves to be in front of you, pretending Just pretend to be pitiful."

Xie Jinxin was startled, and hurriedly said: "Auntie is talking about a joke, it's not good to be overheard."

Qingshi's expression was as usual, and he said calmly: "Don't panic. I'm relying on the old to sell the old, relying on the shadow of the empress dowager, His Majesty will give me a little bit of favor no matter what. As for Jinniang, you...that's her own selfishness."

Xie Jin couldn't understand what she meant now, the corners of his lips trembled slightly, and he called out: "Auntie..."

Qing Shi looked at her and heard her ask: "Does Aunt know?"

"I should ask you this matter, Jin Niang, do you know all about His Majesty's little thoughts?" Qing Shi asked back.

Xie Jin pursed her lips and said nothing, Qing Shi sighed, patted the back of her hand and said: "You don't have to worry about it, Your Majesty can't do anything to force you, you just pretend you don't know anything from now on, anyway She has already arranged everything for you, and she will send you out for a reunion when your family returns to the capital."

After a pause, seeing Xie Jin's expression was in a trance, Qing Shi said again: "Don't blame her for being in love with you, young and emotional, how can she control it, Jinniang, what do you think?"

"I didn't blame her." Xie Jin said with a confused look on his face, "I just...don't understand."

There are many years in the palace, and there are many lonely people in the palace. It is not uncommon for Xie Jin to eat the grinding mirror. Xie Jin had seen it as early as when he was in Gongzhengsi, and he went to understand it specially, and he would not retaliate against it maliciously.

But she doesn't understand how sisterhood can turn into love, and she also doesn't understand why Jiang Zhao, as the king of a country with thousands of miles of land, is attracted to Xie Jin.

Seeing that her face was full of panic and she was about to shed tears, Qing Shi couldn't help sighing, raised her hand and touched the top of her head, "Silly boy, don't think too much, you shouldn't have to bear these things in the first place. "

Xie Jin grabbed onto the floating board like a drowning man, and tightly twisted Qingshi's sleeve, as if asking for help, muttered: "Auntie, I can't... I dare not... I don't have any love between men and women anymore. If she is just Ah Zhao, I would wait for her to leave the palace and take care of her for the rest of my life, but I can't...Auntie, she is...she..."

"Aunt understands."

Seeing her confused and sadly shedding tears, Qingshi's heart was also clenched, and he hugged her in his arms to comfort her: "My aunt understands, Jinniang, don't be afraid, this matter is your Majesty's responsibility." Wrong, you don't have too much pressure."

Xie Jin was crying in her arms, but still shook his head to defend Jiang Zhao, and said with a sobbing voice: "No... Auntie, I didn't mean to blame her, I just said it, I don't blame her..."

"Okay, okay, don't blame her, or anyone else."

Qingshi didn't expect that Xie Jin would still want to excuse Jiang Zhao at this time, and suddenly her heart softened, and she also understood that Jiang Zhao's devotion to love was worth it, so she couldn't help crying with her.

Half an hour later, Jiang Zhao came back from the court, full of anger from the court, followed by Gao Sheng'an and Yuan Xiang who shrank into quails, neither of them dared to speak.

Jiang Zhao took off his outer robe, threw it aside, and threw away his hair full of pearls. He looked around with disheveled hair, but didn't see Qing Shi who was supposed to be waiting to change her clothes, and suddenly became angry again .

She didn't blame Qingshi for leaving her post without authorization, but she was so angry that she couldn't control it like adding fuel to the fire.

"Come and change!"

Jiang Zhao yelled angrily, so frightened that Gao Sheng'an bowed his head and bowed, and kept yelling: "Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down!"

Yuan Xiang belatedly knelt down, and heard His Majesty sarcastically mocking his master: "Are you too old to hear me clearly? Calm down, I want to change my clothes!"

"Yes yes yes, change clothes, this servant will immediately ask someone to change clothes for His Majesty, come here!"

Gao Sheng'an was so frightened that he went crazy, he stood up and went to the gate of the hall to call for someone. When he had no time to call for Qing, he could only call a court lady who was pleasing to the eye to come over and change clothes for His Majesty.

In the old days when my aunt was there, the little maids seldom served His Majesty at close quarters, not to mention that the air pressure in the hall is so low that even the chief executive is breaking out in cold sweat, how could the little maids bear it, bringing a new dress with trembling hands, It made Jiang Zhao even more upset.

"Which party taught you to send it? Don't you even know how to wear clothes?"

With cold eyes, Jiang Zhao snatched the new clothes from the hand of the maid, and put them on indiscriminately.

The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, Jiang Zhao was so annoyed that the veins on her forehead swelled up.She stretched out her hand and rubbed it twice, tried her best to keep calm, and said softly: "Everyone go out, I want to be alone."

Gao Sheng'an quickly agreed, took the maid with one hand, and Yuan Xiang with the other, and ran out of the bedroom quickly. He didn't forget to close the door of the palace with his hand back, and tiptoed over to eavesdrop.

Not long after, there was a sound of porcelain shattering in the hall. Gao Sheng'an touched his heart, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

He waved his hand to let the court lady back down, walked aside while holding Yuan Xiang's ear, and whispered: "When I go to find Qing, you will wait here and stay by your side. Before your majesty calls for someone, no one will be allowed to leave." Put it in, do you hear me?"

Yuan Xiang rubbed his ears, Wei Wei replied: "My son heard it."

Gao Sheng'an straightened up, pinched his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and left with a sad face.

He muttered all the way, resentful that Qingshi couldn't find anyone at the critical moment, and when he arrived at Qingshi's residence, he found that Xie Jin was there, and the two women sat opposite each other under the window, both with red eyes.

"What's wrong with this?"

Feeling the weird atmosphere, Gao Sheng'an didn't dare to enter the door without authorization, and raised his head to ask questions.

Qing Shi turned his head to glance, and greeted him in a flat voice: "The Chief Manager is back, did you come to my place to order something?"

"Look at what you said." Gao Sheng'an smiled, stepped into the house, and stood not far away and said: "Your Majesty changes clothes backwards. People who haven't seen you are not allowed to come and have a look?"

Qingshi stood up, touched the corners of Xie Jin's eyes with the handkerchief, whispered a few words of comfort, then turned to talk to Gao Sheng'an, "Thank you for your concern, Chief Manager, and you don't have to put on airs with me. Just say anything."

Gao Sheng'an was choked by her, but he also knew that it was not the time to care about it, so he said truthfully: "Our little ancestor was angry at the court, and he would get angry when he came back, and it's not easy to implicate the innocent, so he closed the door and smashed things Woolen cloth."

After speaking, he sighed, looking helpless.

Qing Shi asked: "Why did you get angry again? Isn't the Generalissimo here?"

Gao Sheng said: "Isn't that right, the Generalissimo took leave today and didn't come, leaving His Majesty alone to deal with those pedantic ministers.

After all, His Majesty is the king of a country, how could he really lose his face to argue with them, but in the end it was nothing, and he came back full of anger, I dare not go to fight with my old bones. "

He sighed again, squinted at Xie Jin, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Miss Xie is here, why don't you go and coax Your Majesty?"

Before Xie Jin could speak, Qing Shi rejected him first, and secretly scolded Goldman Sachs for being stupid, how could he not see that Xie Jin was in a wrong mood.

"It's not Jinniang's duty to make His Majesty happy. Besides, Jinniang is also in a bad mood right now. Why doesn't the chief executive want to make him better first? You are a good example for your loyalty. You only have Your Majesty in your eyes."

Gao Sheng'an was stunned by Qingshi's remarks, he thought to himself, in the past, you were more used to her, why are you getting cold feet now, and you still give me a big hat?

Eunuch Gao couldn't express his suffering, so he could only ask: "In this Xihe Palace, is there anyone who dares to provoke Miss Xie?"

"Humph."

Qing Shi didn't say anything, but gave a meaningful cold snort.

"That's all." Gao Sheng'an looked at this and then at that, flicked the whisk, and said loudly: "Since the two of you don't want to help each other, then our family will go back. Your Majesty is such a grown-up man, I guess it's okay to stay alone." Nothing can happen."

He raised his eyelids and looked at Xie Jin, and said deliberately: "I just heard the sound and smashed some porcelain. Those things are of little value. If they hurt the Eucharist, it's a big deal. Alas, this golden and precious master, who can do it?" Can you persuade me?"

Sure enough, Xie Jin's expression changed, and he stood up. Although he didn't speak, he was obviously moved.

Gao Sheng'an took another look at Qing Shi, who was looking pensive, and cleared his throat, but didn't speak again, and walked out the door.

"Auntie..." When Xie Jin looked at Qing, his eyebrows frowned, and his worry was palpable.

Qing Shi sighed, and said helplessly, "Jin Niang, your heart is too soft."

Xie Jin said: "Auntie doesn't want me to be soft-hearted to her?"

Qingshi stretched out his hand to brush her sideburns, and said seriously: "I have never been in love all my life. Your Majesty is my master and the child I grew up with. To say something outrageous, I regard Your Majesty as my own. The Empress Dowager has passed away. Afterwards, I failed to die, so I guarded Your Majesty for my mother, and naturally hoped that she would live a safe and happy life as my mother hoped.

So I, like Jinniang, can't see her being wronged, and it's impossible not to soften my heart towards her. "

"But Jinniang, in the final analysis, what she wants is not your soft heart."

Qing Shi sighed softly again, and said: "Your Majesty seems to be a kind-hearted person, but in fact, he is as stubborn as the Queen Mother. She believes in you and will not change in this lifetime, but she will not force you. Not to mention taking over you by virtue of your status, you have to think clearly about how you want to go in the future, no one can make any decisions for you."

Xie Jin was silent for a while, and finally missed the topic, and whispered: "I'll go and see her first."

Qingshi didn't stop her, sent her out, and said some last words: "Jin Niang, I naturally tend to help His Majesty out of selfishness, but I can't harm you, so I won't say anything for her.

As for what you think and how to do it, I also hope you can think about it clearly. She is above ten thousand people and the emperor of heaven. Even without you, she can live well, at most, she will suffer from lovesickness.

But you are different, you can love her and pity her, but don't wrong yourself for her, this is my selfishness towards you. "

These words are words from the heart and fists. Xie Jin knew that Aunt Qingshi's ability to say these words to her had put her in a very precious position. Thank you, aunt."

"Silly boy."

Aunt Qingshi touched her cheek and let her go.