After resigning, I switched to fortune-telling

Chapter 35

The result was not as Xie Tang expected.

The old woman's daughter, a girl whose nickname was Wanwan, did indeed die under the absurd act of using flesh and blood to make pills.

Li Mengshu held the file, his lips moved, his throat was so dry that he couldn't utter a single syllable.

That girl was originally only seen by Li Hui by chance on the way to pick mulberries, but her unique appearance and poor background turned out to be a mistake.She was kidnapped by Li Hui, and she wanted to dedicate it to the first emperor, but there were so many beauties in the late emperor's harem, and Wan Wan was not one of the mediocre ones.Seeing that the emperor was obsessed with the alchemy, Li Hui came up with a plan to kill Wan Wan, take her flesh and blood and blend it into the elixir, and dedicated it to the emperor.

After the emperor praised him, Li Hui finally revealed the truth—this medicine must be used with the flesh and blood of a beautiful woman.

How Li Hui persuaded the first emperor to take these pills is unknown, but every word and every word in the file reveals that Li Hui is the culprit.

Li Mengshu closed his eyes, water glistened from between his eyelashes and wet his collar.

He can make excuses for himself: those are all Li Hui's things, he doesn't know, and it has nothing to do with him.But he couldn't deny that it was precisely because of Li Hui's status in the court that the Li family did not decline after two or three generations of glory like most noble families.

As a natural descendant of the Li family, he enjoyed the shade brought by Li Hui, but he had to admit that the glory of the Li family stepped on the blood and tears of the Li people.

Xie Tangru stood under the window with a calm and indifferent expression.He leaned half sideways against the window, his wide azure sleeves were half draped on the wooden railing behind him, and a hand as white as jade hung down.

A rose vine stretched out from outside the window. It was beautiful and delicate, and the half-opened flower buds were trembling in the wind, and they took the initiative to send it to Xie Tangru's hands.Xie Tangru picked up the flower buds with her white and slender fingers, and then Xie Tangru cast her eyes on the distraught Li Mengshu.

He knew that his good friend had always been a soft-hearted person.The Li family didn't tell him the filthy things, but only taught him the way of being a gentleman, so it's common sense that he couldn't accept it for a while.

A servant of the Ministry of Punishments hurried in: "Young Master Xie and Mr. Li, have you read the file? Master Fang Shangshu will be back soon, if he knows that I let you two enter the important place of the Ministry of Punishment..." He wanted to speak And stop.

Talking half like this is already a very straightforward way of dealing with officials. It can be seen that he is really anxious, wishing that Xie Tangru and Li Mengshu would leave immediately.

Upon hearing this, Li Mengshu put down the file apologetically: "We'll leave right away, thank you, Mr. Sun, for your accommodation with today's matter." Without the help of Mr. Sun, who is serving as the servant of the Criminal Department, Li Mengshu and Xie Tangru, two idlers, would not be able to enter the Criminal Department at all.

"Mr. Li, you are being polite. I used to worship under Mr. Li. Although I have no talent and no virtue, and I am not worthy of being Mr. Li's disciple, I have always regarded Mr. Li as my mentor in my heart. I also ask Mr. Li to replace me when I return home. Greetings to Mr. Li." Lord Sun cupped his hands in return.

Li Mengshu nodded slightly.

"Li Gong" is his grandfather, and also a very famous Confucianist in the world. He has many disciples and is deeply admired by scholars.

So upon hearing this request, Li Mengshu didn't even blink his eyes, not surprised at all.

Leaving the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the atmosphere between the two was silent for a moment, and then Li Mengshu said slowly: "Master Sun is so unrequited, and he has the style of a gentleman in ancient times. If my grandfather knows that he has such a student, he will be quite relieved."

"Are you sure?" Xie Tangru raised his eyebrows, and said meaningfully, "Could it be that Lord Sun will bother and trouble anyone who begs him?"

"This...should not be possible." Li Mengshu was slightly taken aback, and replied, "He is willing to help me because of my grandfather..."

"That's the reason." Xie Tangru patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Master Sun is so warm-hearted because you are Li Gong's grandson!"

After saying this, he got into the carriage of Duke Wei's mansion and parted ways with Li Mengshu.

Before entering the mansion, Jianshuang stepped forward and said to Xie Tangru in a low voice: "That person... came to the mansion today and talked with the Duke in the study for half an hour, but he hasn't come out yet."

She spoke a little vaguely, but there was only one person who needed her to mention so veiledly and not think about it.

——His Majesty the New Emperor.

Xie Shizi understood it, and didn't ask any more questions, but his tone couldn't help showing a little curiosity: "Shang Qingyao can chat with the old man for so long? Tsk, it doesn't take so much time to choose a queen for Shang Qingyao, right? "

Choosing a queen is a major event among major events, and it would be rash to talk about it for only half an hour.Jianshuang knew that His Royal Highness's words were unreliable, so she put on a sullen face, pursed her lips slightly, and didn't answer, but asked: "Is the eldest son going to see the Duke now?"

"No." Xie Tangru refused without even thinking about it, "In that case, I'll go to Master Zhang Xian."

Jianshuang blinked her eyes. For some reason, she felt that Shi Zi was a little... afraid of meeting Shang Qingyao?

She frowned delicately and didn't think of a reason, so she kept the matter in her heart for the time being and ordered the maidservants to make tea.

Song Xuan was walking around boredly in Wei Guogong, and when he passed the teahouse, his eyes suddenly stopped, and then he raised his lips and smiled, waving his fan and swaggering in.

Jianshuang is weighing the tea with a small silver scale.

"Very fragrant tea." Song Xuan took a breath, "This tea should be excellent, right?"

"No." Jianshuang raised his eyes and said in a cold tone, "This is last year's old tea. The prince said that the Duke's mansion relies on the Duke's meager salary to make ends meet, and he cannot afford good tea, so he can only entertain guests with old tea."

Song Xuan: "..."

This son is so shameless, obviously when he sneaked in last time, what he drank at Shang Qingyao's was still this year's pre-rain tea.

He touched his chin,

Could it be that His Majesty did something ulterior to Mr. Xie, and Mr. Xie was not even willing to give him a cup of tea.

The more Song Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

Otherwise, with Shang Qingyao's personality who doesn't like to chat with people at all, how could he have talked with Wei Guogong for so long, the situation must be deadlocked.

Actually—

Shang Qingyao and Wei Guogong talked very happily.

Although Wei Guogong couldn't understand why Shang Qingyao didn't deal with the government affairs properly, but insisted on going to his house to talk to him about his son.Wei Guogong said that he was a bastard, Shang Qingyao also listened to it with a smile, and finally said lightly: "Your son is still a young man with a sincere heart, so don't be too restrained. In time, as your son grows older, he will naturally be able to reassure the Duke and become a The pillars of the country."

Wei Guogong nodded perfunctorily, while thinking that Shang Qingyao cared so much about that little bastard, he couldn't possibly want to be the little bastard's father, right?

Wei Guogong felt that this possibility was very high, and he couldn't help but be subtle when he looked at Shang Qingyao, "To tell you the truth, my wife passed away early, and I have neglected to teach these years, and this bastard has grown up to this day. There is no extravagance, it doesn't matter whether he can become a pillar of the country, as long as he can be a wealthy and idle person in peace, I, as a father, can rest assured. Everything else is up to him!" He said, wiping tears on his sleeve, twelve points Sincerely.

"Wei Guogong is so open-minded, there are not many parents who can be like Wei Guogong today." Shang Qingyao said softly, "Wei Guogong, don't worry, with your son's qualifications, he will definitely live up to your expectations."

Wei Guogong smacked his words, unable to figure out what to expect Xie Tangru to be a rich and idle person.But he thought about it again, for that bastard boy, it is indeed a great expectation for him to be able to be an idler in peace.

……

While the two were talking, Jianshuang came in with a teacup in his hand. Wei Guogong was so thirsty, he picked up the teacup and took a sip without caring about tasting it, but the taste of the tea was much worse than what he used to drink. After taking a sip, he pulled his face and asked, "What's the matter with this tea? Here are the distinguished guests, and you treat them with this kind of thing?"

Jianshuang bowed his knees and bowed: "It was the order of the crown prince. He said that your salary can't support so many people in Wei Guogong's mansion. You can only save a little. Please drink last year's old tea for now."

Duke Wei: "..."

Wei Guogong: "Unworthy son!"

After he finished scolding, he looked at Shang Qingyao's face again, and his Majesty the new emperor was not angry at being treated so poorly.Wei Guogong muttered in his heart, Shang Qingyao was Xie Tangru's old man, tsk, this temperament is much stronger than him.

——Wei Guogong believed in his heart that Shang Qingyao wanted to be the father of Uncle Zi.

Shang Qingyao was indeed not angry.

He and Xie Tang have been together for a period of time like day and night, and he knew that his character was like this.When he hates, he makes people hate him to death, and when he likes others, he makes people want to hold the whole world in front of him.

He guessed that Xie Tangru did this because he knew his identity and was angry that he deliberately concealed it before.Shang Qingyao felt a little helpless in his heart - now he needs to be coaxed.

He said: "I don't know where the son is now? Could you please come and see me?"

"The prince may not be convenient right now." Jianshuang said tactfully.

"Then it doesn't matter if I go to see him." Shang Qingyao said, "What is your son doing?"

"..." Jianshuang didn't answer right away this time, her expression revealed a strange, complicated, and indescribable meaning, and it took a long time before she spoke slowly: "The prince is exchanging divination techniques with Master Zhang Xian."

She really couldn't say something like "The prince is discussing with the fortune teller Hu Kan and Qingyao who is planning to make a queen and a few wives to be noble concubines".

I only hope that when Shang Qingyao arrives later, the prince has already finished choosing the queen and concubine.

Jianshuang couldn't bear to close her eyes.

The author has something to say: Shang Qingyao (before meeting): I have to coax him well.

Shang Qingyao (after meeting): ...he has to coax me.