Later, I finally became a white lotus in the flourishing age [Quick time travel]

Xie Ruqing didn't come back until late at night.

With her status, if she came home late at night, if it was publicized, it would be very controversial.However, the door guard was caught by her sharp and cold eyes, so he involuntarily fell silent, not daring to take another look.

The maid held up the umbrella for her, and followed Xie Ruqing step by step.

As soon as he entered the room, a maid who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward to untie Xie Ruqing's cold cloak, and put it on a hanger beside him.

Silver charcoal is burning in the room, very warm.The chill on his body was dissipated by the charcoal fire, and Xie Ruqing's cold and pale cheeks, which were blown by the wind, also turned a little bloody.Hua Fan wrung out the towel in the hot water basin and passed it to her to wipe her face.

Xie Ruqing took it and was about to wipe his face when he remembered something, and looked at the maid who was going to hang up the cloak: "Have grandfather and father returned?"

The maid looks very ordinary, if she is in the crowd, she must be an extremely inconspicuous existence.Hearing this, she bowed her head deeply, and replied: "I'm back, I don't look very good."

Xie Ruqing nodded clearly, guessing in her heart that this matter would not be resolved.

I heard the maid continue: "Not long after I came back, someone came to visit me. I was very careful in my actions, as if I was afraid of being discovered."

Xie Ruqing asked: "Do you know who that person is?"

"It looks like a woman." The maid said in a low voice, "I dare not get too close, I only saw her enter the master's study, the old master was also inside, and stayed for half an hour before leaving."

woman?

Xie Ruqing frowned, something slipped through her mind quickly, before she could grasp it, it disappeared without a trace, everything was still in a mess, and she couldn't find a clue.Xie Ruqing sighed imperceptibly, and said, "Understood."

"Miss." The maid hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Li San also came today."

"Come to see nothing lost?"

"Yes."

Xie Ruqing pondered for a while, but after all, she didn't say anything, but waved her sleeves to signal the maid to leave.

The maid stepped back obediently.

Xie Ruqing handed back the handkerchief in his hand to the painting fan, but he walked slowly to the window and stretched out his hand to open it.

In an instant, the howling wind rolled up dense snowflakes that rushed in like a tide, blowing her hair and clothes flying.Xie Ruqing subconsciously closed her eyes, turned her head slightly, and the wind blew away the warmth from her newly warmed body, and the cold wind ran over her skin, bringing a slight tingling pain.

Some sluggish thinking gradually became clear because of this coldness.

She opened her eyes.

Outside the house, the snowflakes are densely connected into pieces, covering the sky and the earth.

"Painting fan." She said suddenly.

Hua Fan stepped forward cautiously, bowing his head and waiting for orders.

"Make an appointment with Li Kangle for me tomorrow." As she said this, she closed the window again to keep out the wind and snow.

The snow stopped the next day.It's just that the sky is still gloomy, with leaden gray clouds blocking the sun, and the winter wind is bitingly cold, causing the leaves of the trees to wither.The snow on the street has been swept away and piled up on both sides of the road. A few pedestrians are rushing home.

Xie Ruqing was helped out of the carriage, she stretched out her hand to tighten the collar of the fox fur cloak, and walked into the room.

In the room, Li Kangle had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing him, Xie Ruqing didn't say much, just knelt down opposite him.

Li Kangle reached out to pick up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea, pushed it over the table, and said softly, "Miss Xie Wu, please."

The tea soup is clear and clear, and the fragrance is far away. It is obviously a rare good tea.Xie Ruqing was not in the mood to sip the tea, picked it up and took a sip casually, then put it down.

Li Kangle didn't mind either, with a calm expression on his face, he poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly.

Xie Ruqing was silent for a moment, and finally spoke first: "I heard that the eldest princess is pregnant?"

Li Kangle paused slightly, he slowly put down the teacup in his hand, looked up at Xie Ruqing: "Yes, but it's not a child of my Li family, I don't know who is next to her." Li Kangle's elder brother is The son-in-law of the eldest princess is just the status of husband and wife between the two, and there is nothing like nothing.

"Royal heirs have always been rare, the late emperor only left two children, His Majesty and the Eldest Princess—" Xie Ruqing pursed his lips, and said, "Your Majesty hasn't had a happy event for many years. It's rare that Wang Guifei has one, but he just couldn't keep it."

Her voice was a little hoarse: "Fortunately, the eldest princess has it." Every word is meaningful.

Li Kangle knew what she meant, "She went to Xie's house?"

Xie Ruqing shook her head slightly: "A woman did come yesterday, but I don't know if it is her."

Li Kangle said: "The eldest princess has been to the Li family."

"How does the Li family plan?"

Li Kangle reached out to drink the tea, slowly wrote the word "Xiao Wei" on the table, and wiped it off immediately.

Princess Xiao Wei of the previous dynasty wanted to become emperor.To be prepared, she did become emperor and planned to slaughter several brothers, but she had to abdicate after only a few months in power, giving way to her elder brother's posthumous son.Since then, he has listened to politics behind a curtain for 17 years.

Li Kangle said: "The aristocratic family has different thoughts with it."

Naturally, they wanted to join forces to deal with Qin Zhi, but no one could say for sure who would be in power from now on.The idea of ​​the Li family must be to make the eldest princess's son the emperor and the eldest princess's husband to be the regent.But how could the eldest princess agree, it's just that both sides need each other's help, and it's not easy to tear their skins apart, so they barely maintain the fragile ally relationship.

Xie Ruqing pondered for a while: "The Li family alone may not be enough, the Wang and Xie families must also be difficult to stay out of the matter."

"That's right." Li Kangle said, "The eldest princess needs the help of our three families, and we also need the child in the eldest princess' womb." It is much safer to support a puppet emperor than a person from a certain family to be the emperor. The balance cannot be easily broken.

"This matter..." Xie Ruqing closed her eyes and opened them after a while, "I don't think it's right."

Li Kangle said: "I also feel very inappropriate."

For the aristocratic family, this is an opportunity to make a comeback, but for Qin Zhi, isn't it an opportunity to uproot the aristocratic family?Li Kangle didn't think Qin Zhi was easy to deal with.

The atmosphere stagnated for a moment.

Xie Ruqing lowered his head and drank the cup of tea slowly, the cold tea soup went down the throat, causing a little discomfort.Xie Ruqing put down the teacup, and finally said, "I know, you want to leave Jinling with Wushi."

Li Kangle was startled when he heard the words, and immediately raised the corners of his lips slightly.His expression was much softer than before, with a faint smile on his lips: "Yes."

His face is undoubtedly outstanding, his facial features are handsome but not feminine, and his smile is gentle and polite, which is a very attractive appearance nowadays.Xie Ruqing remembered all kinds of entanglements between himself and this person about retiring the engagement, but even so, the two of them didn't feel embarrassed at all when facing each other.

——This is to unite for the benefit of their respective families, and separate for the greater benefit of their respective families.

Xie Ruqing came to him this time, naturally for the sake of profit.It's just not for the benefit of Xie's family, nor Xie Ruqing's own.

"...I will help you." Her slender eyelashes drooped down, covering the expression in her eyes, "Let you take Xie Yi away."

Li Kangle was a little surprised and looked at her.

In a daze, Xie Ruqing looks a bit like Xie Yi—the same pale complexion and black eyelashes.

After not seeing her for more than a month, Xie Ruqing was so emaciated. The last time I remembered watching from a distance in the paddock, I could still see her flying skirts like peonies in full bloom, and her complexion was bright and charming.

Now, if she hadn't seen her inadvertently raising her eyes with a three-pointed chill, she would have felt as pale and haggard as a paper flower at a funeral.

"Why?" Li Kangle lowered his voice.

"I want him to live." The voice was a bit ethereal, like the flickering lights of fireflies flickering at the end of Qingping, and dissipated without a trace when blown by the wind.

Xie Ruqing tilted her head slightly, and looked past Li Kangle to an unknown place.She seemed to be immersed in some kind of thought, and the corners of her lips raised a small arc unconsciously.

"I have always wanted to protect him, but in this world, there are always things beyond human reach." Xie Ruqing laughed, unable to tell whether he was more happy or sad, "At least... do my best , let him live a good life."

"Xie Ruqing." He read out her name with some caution, "Does Wu Shi know?"

Xie Ruqing glanced at him with a smile, as if she thought his question was childish and ridiculous.She said softly: "You and I both know what the aristocratic family will face next. If we are not careful, we will be doomed. Leaving Jinling now will be beneficial and harmless to him."

Li Kangle looked at her firmly and said, "Okay."

Xie Yi didn't know about the agreement between the two, he was busy with other things.

Although something happened to Xie's family at this time, it was not suitable to ask a doctor to treat Yun Ting's eyes, but Xie Yi thought that the current situation would only become more turbulent, and things might change later, so he still invited Dr. Chen to come.

Fortunately, after a checkup, Dr. Chen told Xie Yi that Yin Yunting's eyes were not blinded by acupuncture, but just smoked with medicine. It can still be cured, but it will take many days.

Xie Yi felt a little relieved when he heard the words, and asked Mo about how long it would take.

Dr. Chen said: "The least is three to five months, and the most is a year and a half."

This time was indeed a bit long, Xie Yi didn't even know if he could stay until then.He thought for a while, and decided to send Yun Ting out of Xie's house, find a place for him outside, leave money, and ask Dr. Chen to go there to treat Yun Ting in the future.

After sending someone to send Dr. Chen away, Xie Yi raised his thoughts with Yun Ting and asked him what he thought.

Yun Ting naturally had no objection.

When Xie Yi placed Yun Ting, he didn't deliberately conceal it, and when the news spread, few people paid attention to it. After Xie Er heard about it, he only regarded him as romantic and sentimental. At this time, he still had the mind to take care of his little lover, and he didn't have the time to say anything about him.

The matter of the noble concubine caused a great uproar in the palace. Qin Zhi was furious and ordered people to find out the source of those rumors and imposed heavy punishments.This is not over yet, the forces of Wang Xie and Li's family in the court have been hit one after another. The juniors of Li and Xie's family have been provoked by someone. The sons and daughters of the two families who were officials were impeached one after another and returned home.