Xie Lanqing first sued Li Rong, and Li Rong countered that this happened under the eyes of courtiers, and everyone was waiting for a result.

Pei Wenxuan had already greeted Pei Liming, so Pei Liming didn't have any heart to protect him, and he dealt with the case wholeheartedly, coupled with Lin Feibai's cooperation, but within three days, Xie Lanqing instructed Chen Guang to assassinate Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan and the verdict was confirmed.

Seeing the New Year approaching, Li Rong handled the Qin case, the military payment case, and the Xie Lanqing case together, and invited the Yushitai, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Supervision Department to join the three departments for trial. The case.

Xie Lanqing was always a veteran serving the two dynasties, and his merits and demerits were equal. In the end, he was sentenced to exile. In the other two cases, seventy people were executed and three were executed.

When the sentence was pronounced, Xie Lanqing seemed unusually calm.

He seems to have come out of the previous emotions, showing a detached posture of life and death. After the sentence was pronounced, he respectfully saluted, and then he was helped up by someone and turned to leave.

When all the cases were finished, it was night. When Li Rong walked out the door, she felt ice scum on her face. Li Rong raised his head and looked towards the dark night. The snow particles passed by the faint light around the lantern to see its appearance. Li Rong looked up for a moment, and felt that someone was walking behind her. When he raised his hand, he used a large She put her sleeves on her back and held her in her arms: "Go home."

Pei Wenxuan said, Li Rong turned her head, she smiled: "Don't go back to Yushitai with Shangguan Yushi?"

Pei Wenxuan followed Shangguan Minzhi to hear the trial. It is reasonable to go back with Shangguan Minzhi. Pei Wenxuan took Li Rong out of the official office, walked to the carriage, and said with a smile: "It will be a holiday tomorrow. If you want to go home quickly, take care of us? Let us subordinates go home by ourselves."

"I heard that although Cousin Minzhi looks cold, he is very family friendly."

Li Rong nodded, and walked out with Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan sighed: "How can you not be greedy for the gentle hometown of Madam because it is so cold in the hall?"

"That's really a pity," Li Rong knew his hint and said with a faint smile, "Master Pei doesn't have a wife who can give Wenrouxiang."

"Gentle Township can't give it," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "but my wife is like a tiger in her arms, she can be trusted by the villain, and she feels safe. I think it is also very good."

Li Rong knew that Pei Wenxuan was secretly scolding her for being vicious and mighty. She sneered and said, "I used to say that I was an adult peony, but now I dare to say that I am a beast. Pei Wenxuan, do you drink bear bile every day? The mouth is bitter and poisonous, and the courage is fat and big."

"Why do you have to ask your Highness?" Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong walked to the door together, and they crossed the threshold together. Pei Wenxuan attached to Li Rong's ear, "Do you know it?"

When Li Rong heard what he said, she turned her head, raised her hand and pinched his chin.

Pei Wenxuan knew she was courageous, but she didn't expect to be so courageous, so she hurriedly backed away. Seeing his restraint, Li Rong was a little panicked and hurriedly avoided her hand. She couldn't help but laughed out loudly. .

Pei Wenxuan froze, and Li Rong lightly scratched his chin with a fan: "Just this thing, what kind of accent do you play with me?"

With that, Li Rong turned around and stepped down the steps.

Pei Wenxuan's ears are reddening, and he feels that he has lost face, but he still has to do nothing, chase after him, and whisper: "This is outside, don't be so presumptuous."

Li Rong won a game and accepted it as soon as he saw it. He didn't say much. He smiled and reached the side of the carriage. As soon as he reached the side of the carriage, Li Rong heard a calm call from the side: "Your Highness."

Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan looked up together, and they saw Su Rongqing standing aside. He saluted Li Rong. Li Rong was a little surprised: "Shi Lang Su?"

"His Royal Highness," Su Rongqing smiled and said with a gentle expression, "I wonder if your Royal Highness has time?"

"What's wrong with Master Su?" Pei Wenxuan stepped forward, blocking the front half of Li Rong, and said with a smile, "Now the case is over. Tomorrow is the time for a day off to welcome the Chinese New Year. If you have anything to do with Master Su, please wait. Say it after the Spring Festival?"

"It's not my business," Su Rongqing said flatly. He looked at Li Rong and said slowly: "It's Lord Xie, I want to see the princess."

"Xie Lanqing?"

Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised, and Su Rongqing nodded: "Master Xie has many questions, I want to ask the princess."

Li Rong thought for a while, nodded and said: "Su Shilang has arranged it?"

"Master Xie is in the Criminal Ministry now, so I can lead your Highness over."

"Then go over now."

Li Rong settled down and invited Su Rongqing: "Su Shilang all the way?"

Su Rongqing saluted and thanked him, which was regarded as an answer.

The three of them got on the carriage together. After getting on the carriage, Li Rong realized that the atmosphere seemed familiar. Fortunately, she didn’t need to consider the order of taking care of the two people. As soon as Su Rongqing sat on the side of the carriage, Pei Wenxuan sat beside Li Rong and Li Rong. Rong sits beside Su Rongqing with a tea table in the middle, separating Su Rongqing from Li Rongsheng.

Su Rongqing glanced at Pei Wenxuan faintly. Li Rong pretended to be completely unaware of what was going on. He was about to pour tea with his head down, just as Pei Wenxuan took the initiative to mention the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Li Rong: "Your Royal Highness, drink tea."

"Uh, thank you."

Li Rong picked up the tea, and then feared that Pei Wenxuan would take the opportunity to report that Rong Qing would be embarrassed, so he quickly said, "Pour Shi Lang Su, too."

"That's natural."

As Pei Wenxuan said, he also poured tea for Su Rongqing, and gave the tea to Su Rongqing in a master gesture: "Su Shilang, drink tea."

Su Rongqing nodded: "Thank you."

Then Pei Wenxuan put down the teapot, Li Rong was a little strange: "Why don't you pour it for yourself?"

"I just drink your Highness's cup." Pei Wenxuan said gently, "the cup is not enough."

When Li Rong got this, she turned her head and glanced at the cup still on the table. Pei Wenxuan paid attention to her gaze and explained with a smile: "This cup has a gap."

How could there be a gaped cup on her table?

But she didn't dare to ask, she was afraid that Pei Wenxuan would immediately make a gap for her after she asked.

Su Rongqing was holding the cup. He looked down at the water pattern. Seeing that the two of them were not talking, Pei Wenxuan introduced the tea to Su Rongqing.

He spoke, and the atmosphere was not so embarrassing at last. Su Rongqing was also very interesting, and the two began to chat with tea. Li Rong lowered his head and pretended to read without saying anything.

Finally arrived at the Criminal Ministry, Pei Wenxuan helped Li Rong walk down, and Su Rongqing led him to jail.

Xie Lanqing was sitting in prison. The person next to him arranged a stool for Li Rong. Li Rong sat down and looked at Xie Lanqing who was sitting on the bed: "I heard that Lord Xie has something to do with me?"

Xie Lanqing looked at Li Rong. He didn't salute. Li Rong turned his fan and didn't care about his rudeness. The two of them looked at each other quietly for a long time, and finally said, "Have you seen her?"

Li Rong did not speak, but Xie Lanqing kept asking: "Lin Xia, you have seen her, haven't you?"

"I didn't." Li Rong said calmly, "I have been in Huajing. She died two years ago and she was sent to Huajing to find you. You know, but you didn't go back. I can't see her. "

Xie Lanqing listened to her and opened her eyes wide: "She died two years ago?"

"Don't you know?" Li Rong laughed, and then she nodded, seemingly clear, "Yes, you haven't seen her in twenty years. But Master Xie," Li Rong held his chin, "I didn't I saw her, but I don’t know what Master Xie wants to know?"

After all, Su Rongqing almost checked everyone around Lin Xia back then, and completed this woman's half-life of wandering.

Born in the high gate of the rivers and lakes, he strayed into Huajing when he was young. The hero saves the beauty and accidentally encounters the noble son of Huajing.

The elegance and innocence given to men by a century-old celebrity, even the fortitude tempered in martial arts since childhood, can't help but soften into flowing water.

"Fei Bai," Xie Lanqing stared at Li Rong, "Is it really my child?"

"You still think I'm lying to you?" Li Rong was helpless, "Master Xie, I will not frame you with this kind of thing. When you fell in love with Lin Xia back then, you were forced to break with Lin Xia because of the pressure at home. When Lin Xia was together, she made three wishes for you, and your second wish was to let her go."

"At that time, she was already pregnant with Lin Feibai."

"But she didn't tell me!" Xie Lanqing roared, Li Rong was a little puzzled, "Why do you want to tell you? You can't marry her, and she doesn't plan to marry another person. This child is her only sustenance, she It won't hurt him. And when he was born, if he entered Xie's house, he would be an illegitimate child with a lowly mother.

Xie Lanqing stared at Li Rong blankly, and Li Rong calmly said: "She left with the child and was not accepted by the family sect, so she hid in Tibet with her younger sister and had no choice but to write a letter and ask you for money. "

"You should feel relieved when she asks for money, you don't feel ashamed of this woman. So you gave her Qin Qushan with a big stroke."

"Later she established the Seven Star Hall and guarded the Dharma around her. It was rumored that she and her right guardian were ambiguous with her senior brother. You thought that Lin Feibai was Lin Fei's child. After all, Lin Feibai is well known to you. One year late."

"Lin Feibai's true age is not twenty, he is only nineteen this year."

"Lin Xia spent her entire life on Qinqu Mountain, thinking of you before she died, and let people come to you, but you didn't want to go."

"After she died, she was afraid that people from the rivers and lakes would seek revenge and bully Lin Feibai at a young age, so she asked not to be mourned outside, and kept pretending that she was still alive."

"So I met at Qixingtang..."

"It's not her."

Li Rong was sure to speak. Xie Lanqing sat there, his expression was a little dazed. Li Rong watched him. After a long time, she tapped the fan lightly and said slowly: "Master Xie, what else do you want to ask? If you don't want to ask, my palace Just left."

"Does she hate me?" Xie Lanqing said suddenly, and Li Rong thought for a while, "I don't know about that. But I'm also very curious," Li Rong moved forward slightly, "Do you love her?"

Xie Lanqing was silent. After a long time, he laughed: "I dare not say love."

"I think it's the same." Li Rong stood up and said calmly, "As far as you are concerned, love is shameless. It's a pity that Lin Xia, wandering and lonely for a lifetime, is planted on someone like you."

Xie Lanqing didn't speak. When Li Rong walked out, he said in a low voice, "I hope she will live a good life."

Li Rong paused. He turned his head and saw Xie Lanqing looking up at the sky outside from the window: "I don't know how high the sky is when I am young. I think I can save the two of them if I die. I beg her to stay. Marry her privately, with her Huajing, I thought I wanted to die, don’t want to be prosperous, and I could fall in love with her."

"But then I found out, under the family, why are you qualified to talk about love? The nobility of the family's surname is the nobility of blood, the nobility of in-laws. As a disciple of the Xie family, if I marry a woman from the rivers and lakes, it is my lintel. Shame, I have been precious for a hundred years, so I want to be laughed at by others. My family, men and women, and in-laws will be affected by this. The Xie family can’t accommodate me and her, I can die, but what about her?"

"He is a heavenly man, why fall into the world?"

Xie Lanqing closed her eyes: "I let her go because I want her to live well. If I don't see her, I know there will be no results, so why can I make you sad."

"It's not that I don't love him, but I am not qualified and dare not speak."

"I sometimes ask myself again and again why, what did I do wrong? I like someone, she likes me, why should so many people be punished, so many people are unhappy. This is my fault , Or their fault?"

"But my parents are right, my people are right, but what about me? It is sin to like people other than the in-laws' surnames, but why is it sin?"

Xie Lanqing seemed to find it ridiculous. He closed his eyes: "I thought for a lifetime, and then I understood. Because I was born in Zhongding’s family and enjoyed such wealth, I must maintain this wealth. Pain is nothing. Love is nothing. It is righteous to maintain the family. It is true for a hundred years and thousands of years. I want to maintain the Xie family, and maintain this noble surname and noble blood. Your Li family was originally a heavenly court," Xie Lanqing turned his head. Looking at Li Rong, "You are married to a cold clan. That's it. You actually listened to the cold clan's mercy and separated the prince and the family."

"His Royal Highness, I couldn't say it in the past, but now I want to ask, what did your Highness do today and ask for it? In order to make King Su's heir of that humble person ascend to a high position?!"

Li Rong did not speak, she quietly looked at this completely contradictory and completely separated person.

She thought Xie Lanqing was sad, but she didn't know where he was sad.

Sad to be bound by rules, just like her in the last life.

It is still sad that an unruly heart was born in the rules, just like Li Chuan in the previous life.

She could not speak, she looked at Xie Lanqing quietly, and fell into a certain unspeakable dazed and sharp pain.

In the moment of silence, she felt someone stretch out her hand and hold him quietly.

"Everything your Highness is doing today is for people like Master Xie to stop asking why in the future."

Xie Lanqing was stunned, Li Rong turned her head and slowly raised her head.

Pei Wenxuan stood beside her, like high trees and mountains, sheltering from wind and rain. He looked at Xie Lanqing and said calmly: "Like a person and marry the one you love, which represents not only love, but also the most basic right to be born. Lord Xie said that love is nothing, indeed, but Lord Xie Didn't you find out? Under such rules, for the sake of the family, not only love is nothing, people, morality, and justice are nothing."

"The world that His Royal Highness wants is not the most important thing in the family, but the happiness of everyone's life, and there is hope. Maybe it can't be there today, and it may even take a hundred or thousand years. But His Highness still hopes that one day, there will be no more A Master Xie asked himself what he had done wrong."

"There won't be another Master Xie who accuses His Royal Highness Tianhuang noble stomach and marrying the Han Clan.

"Li Rong married Pei Wenxuan. His Royal Highness married someone who loves her and is loved by her." Pei Wenxuan's expression is calm and his tone is steady like a mountain. "He can make her happy for a lifetime and love her. I will protect her for the rest of my life, and be able to live up to her life, not to betray, or to abandon.

"Even if it's a poor family, it's not wrong."