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In the middle of the night, an ordinary house in central Beijing quietly opened the courtyard door, and someone walked in under the moonlight.

Seeing that the lights in the bedroom were still on, Lu Cangyu approached slowly, reached out and knocked on the door.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old maid opened the door from the room, she was not surprised to see him, she slightly moved away to make way for him, saluted again, "Generalissimo."

Lu Cangyu nodded, and asked in a low voice, "Has she fallen asleep yet?"

The little servant girl said: "Since the girl came here last night, she hasn't closed her eyes yet, and she ate very little food."

"Okay, you go down first." Lu Cangyu walked into the room without changing her expression.

After receiving the order, the little maid went out of the room, and because she was concerned about the difference between men and women, she didn't close the door tightly, but just concealed it. Lu Cangyu glanced back and didn't say anything.

This bedroom is not big, and there are no extra partitions, so you can see the whole picture clearly when you walk in.

Xie Jin was reading after the case, but she didn't raise her eyes when she heard the commotion. Lu Cangyu found a chair and sat down. After waiting for a long while, she didn't speak, so she still couldn't hold her breath.

"Today, His Majesty went to the Marshal's Mansion to look for you."

Lu Cangyu lightly tossed down the topic, and seeing Xie Jin falter in flipping the book, she finally looked up at him.

The woman is dressed in light blue, embroidered with white plums, and plain with blue silk. She doesn't use a hairpin to shake it, only an ordinary white jade hairpin. It looks very delicate and elegant, and there is no trace of charming the king's heart.

She was older than peach and plum, with a calm and generous demeanor, and was famous for her talent in her early years. She looked quite poetic and self-sufficient. In terms of her appearance and demeanor, Lu Cangyu was actually quite satisfied with her, and she didn't feel that she would humiliate the middle palace. .

It's just a pity that it's not a man's body today.

And Lu Cangyu, no matter whether he was the Grand Marshal or the uncle of the country, could not allow the emperor to do things reckless and disobedient to human relations, so he could only choose to be a villain who beat mandarin ducks.

"I thought that according to her temperament, she should visit the door last night. I didn't think that I persisted all night, but I was more calm than I imagined." Lu Cangyu leaned on the back of the chair and observed casually. Xie Jin's reaction.

However, Xie Jin didn't have any special reaction for him to observe and guess. He just let go of the scroll in his hand and asked, "Then, is the Grand Marshal satisfied with His Majesty's composure?"

Lu Cangyu said: "What am I not satisfied with?"

Xie Jin smiled slightly, and asked him again: "The Generalissimo didn't want to let me go back to the palace, and locked me here again, just to prevent His Majesty from finding me, and then look at His Majesty's attitude towards this matter, and test my attitude towards this matter." Is His Majesty important?"

I was taken to the commander's mansion yesterday to meet Lu Cangyu, but she was sent to this strange mansion to be locked up without saying a word. Although there was no express order to prohibit her from going out of the room, there are many guards hiding around the courtyard, thank you After thinking for a while, Jin guessed Lu Cangyu's intention.

He is indeed not a brutal man who wants to kill grass and roots indiscriminately. Before he really takes action, he still wants to test Jiang Zhao's attitude and see Xie Jin's true weight in her heart.

Throughout the ages, emperors with special hobbies abound. If Jiang Zhao simply likes women, as long as she doesn't act foolishly and harm the king's prestige, Lu Cangyu can choose to turn a blind eye.

But if she really fell in love with Xie Jin, to the point where she could see no one else, and she had to be Qing, then Lu Cangyu would have no choice but to intervene to get her back on the "right path".

As a king, you can be playful and not paranoid.

Therefore, Lu Cangyu did not deny Xie Jin's guess, but instead praised her: "You can be called beautiful and intelligent, and you are not a fool. No wonder you can make Your Majesty happy."

However, praise is praise, and the latter is somewhat sarcasm.

Xie Jin naturally understood what he meant, but he didn't feel offended. Instead, he smiled and said, "Thank you Marshal for your compliment. It's probably because I'm not pretty enough that I didn't get the evaluation of an Israeli servant from Marshal."

Seeing that her complexion did not change, and she was still calm and unhurried, Lu Cangyu felt a little satisfied with her again.

Originally, he planned to persuade her to leave with words, and it would be fine to use intimidation, but at this time, he had other thoughts, and said to her: "Since you are a smart person, I don't need to say more.

You are not too young, and he probably won’t find any good husbands in the Sunrise Palace. There are many young talents in our army who have not yet married wives. If you want, I will choose a few for you. Look, it's no worse than those erudites in Beijing. "

"Thank you, Marshal, for your kindness." Xie Jin stood up, bowed his head slightly to salute him, and said in a low voice, "It's just that Xie Jin has no blessing, and only wants to serve His Majesty. Please, Marshal, let me go back to the palace as soon as possible."

Lu Cangyu's face turned cold, and she said in a deep voice, "You just don't know how to praise."

He overthrew all his good feelings for Xie Jin in his heart, and felt displeased when he saw her again, but he still tried to persuade her.

"You know, in order to extend the heirs and stabilize the orthodoxy, the emperor has 72 concubines in the Sangong and Six Courts. Even if you are a woman today, it is impossible to live with only one person, let alone you are a woman."

"You are still young now, you have some good looks, and you can get some favor from the emperor.

But one day you will grow old, and you will not be able to give birth to a son and a half daughter for her. When the new one replaces the old one, how much will she still have for you? "

"Since ancient times, emperors have been so lucky. How many people can be favored, and how many people are lonely. Even if she has some sincerity towards you, but sitting in that position, how many people can stick to their hearts?

There are many good men in the world, even if she prefers women, she won't just fall on you for the rest of her life, let alone have too many expectations for the love of the emperor. "

Lu Cangyu guessed that her niece never blinked, wishing she could point to Xie Jin's nose and tell her that Jiang Zhao would become a heartless person, so that she could turn around as soon as possible.

But he said a lot, and seeing that Xie Jin had been listening carefully, but did not show any hesitation and regret, he couldn't help sighing, and said earnestly: "If you think about it, she can turn back at any time." , but what about you?"

After saying this, Xie Jin finally responded.

Her eyes were calm, and she even had a smile on her face, and said softly: "Even so, I am willing to do so."

"you!"

Lu Cangyu suddenly stood up, pointed Xie Jin twice with trembling fingers, and said angrily, "I've said all good and bad things, you are simply unreasonable, so don't blame me for being cruel!"

He has always spoken like a mountain of military orders. Wherever he passed by such a reckless person, he just felt that Xie Jin didn't know whether he was dazzled by interests or emotions. What's the difference?

But how did he know that the possibilities he used to persuade Xie Jin had already been filled in by Jiang Zhao himself.

What fell out of favor, childless, old and poor.

Xie Jin not only doesn't care now, even if what he said comes true in the future, Xie Jin still doesn't care.

It is impossible for her to hurt Jiang Zhao, who is devoted to her now, for the so-called feasibility of not knowing whether it will happen in the future, which is not only unfair to Jiang Zhao, but also unfair to herself.

She believed in Jiang Zhao's character and also believed in Jiang Zhao's promise.

Even if it is taken ten thousand steps back, Jiang Zhao really became one of the faces of emperors in the past, just as Lu Cangyu said.

Then Xie Jin would rather be betrayed by Jiang Zhao than Jiang Zhao.

She couldn't tell Lu Cangyu these words, and she didn't expect Lu Cangyu to empathize with her, so she let her go.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and the marshal pretends in his heart that he is a great country and a country that stretches forever.

But in Xie Jin's heart, Jiang Zhao was the only one pretending.

So this conversation was destined to end unhappy, and Lu Cangyu knew in her heart that in the final analysis, the most important thing in this matter was not Xie Jin's attitude, but Jiang Zhao's attitude all along.

He went to Xie Jin, firstly, to test how far the relationship between her and Jiang Zhao had reached, and secondly, he felt that Xie Jin was of course easier to deal with than the emperor. If he could directly keep her away from Jiang Zhao by sidestepping, it would be regarded as an achievement. Purpose.

But the facts proved that Xie Jin's stubbornness did not lose to Jiang Zhao at all.

The next morning, Lu Cangyu still did not attend the court, and Yuan Xiang came to report to the court, saying that someone had visited Huguo Temple at night, so they searched every meditation room, but they did not find any trace of Xie Jin.

I also specifically asked the monks in the temple that the wife of the marshal did only burn incense and pray for blessings in the past, and nothing else happened.

After listening to his words, Jiang Zhao's unattractive complexion turned completely dark.

She stretched out her hand and slapped the table hard, ignoring the pain in her palm, she gritted her teeth and said, "Could it be possible for a living person to disappear out of thin air?

Go and issue a decree to Shen Xiuyan to seal the city gates. I will give him three days. If no one can be found, let him take his servants and guards from Jingzhao Yin Mansion to knock on the door from door to door! "

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Gao Sheng'an was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, cautiously persuading: "It is necessary to block the city gates from a young age, and the house-to-house inspections will cause panic among the people. If this matter becomes serious, the people you have to deal with are Not only the Grand Marshal, but he will not hand over Master Xie, in case of a hurry... Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Why should I think twice?" Jiang Zhao stood up, put his hands on the case and stared at Gao Sheng'an, and asked sharply: "Uncle made it clear that I would not see her, made it clear that he wanted to break us up. Why should I think twice!"

Gao Sheng'an's legs were weakened by her yelling, and he shrank his neck and said tremblingly: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run, but the more angry you are, the more the Generalissimo will not let you see her. She must be found, but No fanfare.

The servant knows that His Majesty cares about it, and there will be chaos, but now that Mr. Xie's whereabouts have not been determined, if you mess up at this juncture, I'm afraid something bad will happen. "

Jiang Zhao was silent, Gao Shengan knew that she hadn't lost her mind, and had somewhat listened to her own words, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and said while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, you can be said to be the only lord Xie's reliance, only you If this side is stable, the Generalissimo will not act rashly, and the safety of Mr. Xie will be guaranteed."

His persuasive persuasion was not in vain in the end, Jiang Zhao slowly sat back on the chair, although his expression was still unpredictable, but at least he didn't intend to make any random orders.

Gao Sheng'an was still kneeling on the ground, and after a while, he heard Jiang Zhao say: "Since uncle wants to use her to test me, he won't let her stay too far away, so as not to get out of control.

According to my guess, she must still be in Beijing now, and there are many pilgrims coming and going to Huguo Temple, it is really unlikely that my uncle will send her there, there must be another hiding place. "

"Your Majesty is wise!" Gao Sheng'an praised him hastily.

Jiang Zhao ignored him, and continued: "The capital is prosperous, with hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people living in it, ranging from the rich and powerful to the low-ranking, and looking for someone is like finding a needle in a haystack, even if you really have to go door-to-door , and it is definitely not a three or two day effort."

Gao Sheng'an didn't dare to answer this time, but kowtowed on the ground in response.

Some things, Jiang Zhao is indeed clear in his heart, but he really cares about them and makes chaos.

Of course she knew why Lu Cangyu lied to her, and she also knew why Lu Cangyu wanted to hide him. He was not only her grand marshal, but also her own uncle. Jiang Zhao could somewhat guess what he was thinking.

She forced herself to calm down, sighed, and ordered: "Go and call Zhuo Yun."

This is the meaning of using the imperial guards. Gao Shengan knows that the first thing His Majesty gathers after he ascends the throne is the power of the imperial guards. Nowadays, the only soldiers in the world, whether they are within the three armies or outside the three armies, can not give Lu Cangyu face. Guards.

He restrained his mind and said respectfully: "The servant obeys the order."

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Uncle is not a villain, he just has a different stand