Situ Qinglan followed Yu Shu out of the hiding place. She followed Yu Shu's fast footsteps all the way down the corridor. Then she noticed that Yu Shu slowed down.
"Lotus Room, are you okay?" Situ Qinglan looked at Yu Shu's slightly gloomy side face and asked cautiously.
Yu Shu shook her head. She was lost in thought. Then she calmed down and turned to Situ Qinglan, saying, "How was it? Was the two slaps enough to vent your anger?"
Situ Qinglan remembered how Zhan Xueyuan covered his face and cried away. She pursed her lips and smiled. Looking at Yu Shu, her eyes lit up. She nodded and asked curiously,
"I was wondering why she didn't even dare to fight back when you slapped her like that."
As far as she knew, Zhan Xueyuan was a domineering person. How could she become a punching bag in front of Yu Shu? Wasn't she quite arrogant at the beginning?
Yu Shu chuckled and told her about the bet between them in Huazhen Garden. Zhan Xueyuan and Cui Yun had slapped her ten times equally.
Situ Qinglan suddenly understood. Then she felt that Zhan Xueyuan was not smart enough. With such a weakness in Yu Shu's hand, she still dared to be so arrogant in front of Zhan Xueyuan. Wasn't she asking for a beating?
"But you slapped her face in front of these people today. She must be resentful. What if she takes revenge on you in the future? You know, she is going to be an official of the Celestial Commissioner soon. She has more power than us for no reason. It's inevitable that she will be arrogant. "
Yu Shu turned her head and glanced at her. "Am I afraid?"
Situ Qinglan was stunned. Looking at her indifferent face, she immediately remembered one thing. The woman in front of her had once defeated several outstanding disciples of academician Han. She dared to snatch the seal of academician Han and scolded him in public. She didn't even give face to Han Wenguang. Why would she be afraid of Zhan Xueyuan?
"If you feel that you have vented your anger, do me a favor." Yu Shu patted her on the shoulder and didn't care that passersby heard it. "I will tell you how Zhan Xueyuan and Cui Yun owe me ten slaps. You spread the news so that people will know that I didn't slap her face for nothing. Is that okay?"
Situ Qinglan was still a little scared. She hesitated for a moment and agreed, "It's not difficult. I will help you."
Yu Shu smiled, but didn't thank her. The two of them left the inner courtyard together, tacitly not mentioning what had happened in the Treasury.
As soon as Yu Shu sat in the carriage, her face darkened.
When Jing Chen sent someone to deliver the tiger bones that day, she was already suspicious. Today, when she met Jing Chen in the Tower of Philosophers, if she still couldn't sense that something was amiss, then she would have grown a brain for nothing.
Just before the worship ceremony, Jing Chen, who had turned a blind eye to her in Rongsheng Hall, suddenly changed his attitude and approached her intentionally or unintentionally. Why?
After thinking about it, she could only come up with one plausible explanation — the person who had broken the order had been found.
In that case, the reason why Jing Chen approached her again was because his destiny was broken, so he had no worries and was not afraid that his so-called Taoist Heart would be shaken?
"No … that's not right. If that's the case, with his temperament, if he wanted to reconcile with me, he should have directly told me about Po Ming. Why did he have to give up what's close at hand and seek what's far away, using that tiger bone to please me?"
This was strange. Since he didn't break his life, why would he dare to provoke her?
Wasn't he afraid that he would fall in love with her again and implicate the people of Mount Longhu?
Or, did he have another purpose for doing this?
Yu Shu's face darkened more and more, and her thoughts stagnated. She couldn't figure it out for a moment, and faintly felt that something was wrong. So, she took out the Liuyao coin from her waist, calmed her mind, threw it on the tea table, and made a hexagram. She muttered some words and tried to solve the problem, but unexpectedly, both times were empty hexagram.
It was a pity that her Eight Characters and Po Ming didn't match, so she couldn't find any clues.
Yu Shu patted her knees again and again. In this hot and dry weather, it was easy to feel bored. When she thought that Jing Chen might have another purpose for approaching her again, even the coolness of the crystal on her wrist couldn't dispel the inexplicable anxiety in her.
The person who had gone through thick and thin with her, who had been through life and death with her, now made her suspicious and vigilant. Was there anything worse than this!?
"Liu Zhong, go to the Supreme Court."
She wanted to see Xue Rui. Now, even if she couldn't tell him, at least let her know that there was someone she could trust.
There were guards on the street in front of the Supreme Court during the day. Only the carriages of officials could pass. Yu Shu got off at the street and walked to the gate of the government office.
She was a little impulsive when she came here. When she walked to the gate and looked at the quiet government office in front of her, she hesitated.
It was early in the morning, and Xue Rui was working. If she came here rashly, would it affect his work?
Because of this hesitation, she stood on the opposite side of the street for a long time. Just when she was about to retreat and turn around to leave, she heard a call.
"Hey, lotus house!"
Yu Shu heard the sound and looked to the west. She saw someone riding a military horse not far away. He turned over and waved to her.
"Are you looking for Brother Rui? Why don't you go in?" Feng Zhaomiao was surprised to see Yu Shu here. He grinned at her and tied the horse to a tree on the side of the road.
Being caught, Yu Shu was a little uncomfortable. She looked at Feng Zhaomiao, who was wearing two pieces of light armor and dressed like an officer. He was a little tanned and looked more energetic than before. She said,
"Have you entered the military office?"
"Yes, my father transferred me to the Donglin camp to suffer. I came to ask Brother Rui to do something. Look at the hot weather. Why are you standing outside? Let's go in and cool down." Feng Zhaomiao tied the horse, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and gestured for her to go in with him.
Yu Shu no longer hesitated. They entered the Supreme Court office together. Several guards with knives in front of the door seemed to recognize Feng Zhaomiao and did not stop them.
"Brother Rui said that you went to worship the ancestors this time. How was it? Was it fun?" Feng Zhaomiao and Yu Shu were not strangers. They had a lot to talk about when they met.
"What fun? I shouldn't have gone. The person who was originally chosen sprained his ankle, so I went to make up the number." Yu Shu told him the inside story indifferently. She asked curiously, "Do you know what Brother Xue has been busy with recently? I haven't seen him in the days since he came back."
"Oh, I heard that the emperor decreed to change the law. Brother Rui was assigned to lead the people to tidy up the Supreme Court. I came to see him the day before yesterday and saw that he was very busy. Haha, being a civil official is not much easier than being a military general," Feng Zhaomiao gloated.
Yu Shu did not think it was funny. Instead, she felt a little guilty. She had never asked about Xue Rui's affairs, but now even Feng Zhaomiao knew more about Xue Rui than she did. It really made her feel guilty as his lover.
Did she not care about Xue Rui too much?
Feng Zhaomiao did not know what Yu Shu was thinking. He took her into the back hall and found the Registry Office.
As soon as Yu Shu entered the library, the light above her head was dim. She first felt a stuffy bookish smell hit her face. She wrinkled her nose and scanned the four walls. She thought that the layout was the same, but she saw that the four wide walls were nailed with bookshelves more than ten feet high. There were a few wooden ladders leaning against the side. There were only a few skylights at the top of the wall to let in the light. No wonder there was such a strong smell.
Such an airtight and simple environment was very different from what she had imagined. When she bypassed a few writing desks on the ground, she looked up and saw Xue Rui who was almost buried in the piles of documents. At that time, her eyes hurt.
Xue Rui was currently engrossed in reading and writing, and he didn't notice that someone had entered from the outside. He wore an incomparably white inner shirt, and more than half of his collar and chest area were drenched with sweat. The official robe that he wore outside had been taken off on the back of a chair at the side. His handsome forehead was slightly flushed, and his wet hair stuck outside his ears. He looked disheveled and in a sorry state, and there was no sign of his usual meticulous demeanor.
"Brother Rui," Feng Zhaomiao flexibly passed through the layers of writing desks and glanced around with dissatisfaction. She said, "Why are you alone in this damn place? Where are the others? "
Xue Rui raised his head and only saw Feng Zhaomiao. He did not notice Yu Shu standing at the door, so he put down his pen, pulled his collar, and said,
"Today is Mu Xiu. They have been rushing for a few days, so I asked them to go home and rest."
"You are so diligent," Feng Zhaomiao whispered again. She seemed to remember something, turned her head and pointed behind her, and said proudly,
"Look who I brought here."
Xue Rui heard this and looked outside. When he first saw the tall figure of Yu Shu, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
"… Shu?"
Feng Zhaomiao jumped and sat on the table next to her. She said, "When I came, I saw her standing outside the Supreme Court in the sun, so I brought her in."
When Yu Shu heard him say this, she suddenly felt embarrassed. She coughed and walked forward.
Xue Rui came back to his senses and looked down to see that he was in an indecent state. He quickly pulled the official robe on the back of the chair and stood up to put it on despite the heat. As he tidied up, he smiled embarrassedly at Yu Shu and said,
"Why are you here?"
Yu Shu had already walked in front of him. She looked down at the messy book list on his table and felt even more upset.
"I came to see you on the way."
Although Xue Rui was happy to see Yu Shu, he did not forget his business. He turned to Feng Zhaomiao and asked, "Where is the thing I asked you to investigate?"
Feng Zhaomiao patted his head and took out a letter from his sleeve. He handed it to him, "Here, it's all on the list."
Xue Rui paid no attention to Yu Shu as he opened up the list and scanned through it. He frowned a few times before folding it back up again, and he said to Feng Zhaomiao who was anxiously waiting for him to speak,
"Not bad, it should be these few people. You investigated very quickly."
Feng Zhaomiao was obviously happy, but she pretended to not care and waved her hand, "It's a small matter."
Xue Rui said, "It's hot here. Go to Wangji Restaurant and have a good meal before returning to the camp. Ask Lin Fu to pick two jars of good wine for you to take away."
Feng Zhaomiao happily agreed. Then, he bid farewell to Yu Shu and left in a flash.
Xue Rui sent Feng Zhaomiao away and then focused on Yu Shu. He thought that she would not come to the Supreme Court to find him for no reason, so he asked,
"What happened?"
Yu Shu was feeling guilty. She flipped through the book on the table and said in a muffled voice, "Can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do? Can't I miss you?"
Xue Rui was stunned. His eyes turned warm. He raised his hand and pressed the back of her hand that was flipping on the table. He pinched it and said with a smile,
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