Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan say that it was a pity and couldn't stop laughing. She pursed her lips and lowered her head. She raised her hand and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I still have things to do."
"What else is Your Highness going to do?"
"Of course I'm going to see Lin Feibai."
Li Rong said and turned to look at Pei Wenxuan. "Now that Xie Lanqing is gone, your uncle has a say in the Ministry of Justice, right?"
Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and bowed. "I'll listen to Your Highness' instructions."
The two of them left the palace together. Pei Wenxuan first sent someone to find Pei Liming. When they arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Pei Liming was already standing at the door. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan got off the carriage together. Pei Wenxuan stepped forward happily and said respectfully, "Uncle."
Pei Liming first bowed to Li Rong. "Your Highness."
Then he turned his head and nodded at Pei Wenxuan. "You came quite quickly?"
"Your Highness came in a hurry." Pei Wenxuan lowered his voice. "Is he here now?"
"He's already waiting at the Ministry of Justice, and Miss Shangguan is also here."
"Shangguan Ya is here too?"
Pei Wenxuan was quite surprised. Pei Liming nodded. "I've put them in."
As he spoke, Pei Liming raised his hand and looked at Li Rong. He bowed respectfully. "Your Highness, please."
Li Rong nodded. "Assistant Minister Pei is too polite."
"It's my duty."
Pei Liming said and led Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan inside. When the two of them reached the door, they saw Shangguan Ya sitting at the door of the prison. She held a handful of peanuts in her hand and crossed her legs, leisurely looking at Lin Feibai inside.
Lin Feibai sat on the bed in the cell with his back facing Shangguan Ya. As soon as Li Rong entered, Shangguan Ya stood up. "Your Highness."
Lin Feibai's ears twitched when he heard this. After Li Rong walked in, Pei Liming tactfully said, "Your Highness, this humble one will lead the way here. You can stay here for an hour, but the sooner you finish asking, the better, so as to avoid too many people talking."
"Understood." Li Rong bowed to Pei Liming. "Thank you, Assistant Minister Pei."
"I'll see Uncle off."
Pei Wenxuan said as he sent Pei Liming out. Only Li Rong, Shangguan Ya, and Lin Feibai were left in the prison. Shangguan Ya hurriedly brought a stool for Li Rong. "Your Highness, sit."
"Why are you here?"
Li Rong was a little curious. Shangguan Ya smiled. "I guessed that Your Highness would come to interrogate Lin Feibai today, so I came here in advance. I'm already very curious in my heart, so I'm just waiting for Your Highness to clear up my doubts. "
"Clear up what doubts?" Li Rong took the tea from Shangguan Ya and looked at Lin Feibai. "What doubts? Can't Young Master Lin tell you all of them?"
"I've asked." Shangguan Ya sighed. "He's stubborn and hasn't said a word until now."
Li Rong smiled. She put the tea aside and leaned against the stool. She said gently, "Young Master Lin, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"
Lin Feibai's back was facing Li Rong. He didn't say anything. Li Rong waited patiently. After a long time, Lin Feibai finally said, "My mother never told me about him."
Lin Feibai's voice was a little hoarse. "She only said that my father is dead. She said that my father let her down and abandoned her at Qinqu Mountain. I hated my father with her since I was young. I always thought that he wasn't a good man and that he abandoned my mother."
"What don't you understand?" Li Rong gently tapped her palm with her fan.
"She died two years ago."
"The Seven Stars Hall Master died two years ago?" Shangguan Ya was a little surprised. Lin Feibai ignored her and continued in a low voice, "Two years ago, she was still holding onto this necklace at the last moment. She said that she wanted to see the owner of this necklace. She had already sent someone to inform that person. She wanted to wait for him."
"She told me to wait at the mountain gate. From the mountain gate, I could see the person on the mountain path. I could see that person coming at the first moment. That person would be dressed in black. If he came, she told me to tell her."
"I stood at the mountain gate and waited. It snowed heavily that day and I waited for a long time."
"I waited until the snow fell all over my body. I waited until the next morning to melt the ice and snow, but no one came. By the time I went back, she had already fallen asleep. "
"She held onto this necklace until she died."
Lin Feibai raised his hand and held the necklace. "I thought this was the most important thing to her, so I kept her. Before she died, she left me a lot of requests. One of them was that she owed Xie Lanqing three things. She couldn't complete the last one, so she asked me to help her. "
"So Xie Lanqing went to Qinqu Mountain to ask the Seven Stars Hall for help. I knew that getting involved in this kind of thing would bring disaster to the Seven Stars Hall, but I still came."
"But I don't understand."
Lin Feibai clenched his fists. "This man, he humiliated her and let her down. He never gave her a status in his life. She clearly hated him so much, so why did she ask me to help him?!"
"You don't mean what you say."
Shangguan Ya spoke directly. Lin Feibai ignored Shangguan Ya. He turned his head and stared at Li Rong. "You know why, right?"
"I don't know." Li Rong answered calmly. "I only know that she wants you to live well."
"And I didn't come here today to answer your question, but to give you a chance."
"What chance?"
"A chance to live." Li Rong straightened up and said slowly, "And a chance for revenge."
While Li Rong and Lin Feibai were talking, Pei Wenxuan sent Pei Liming to the door. The surrounding guards were all dismissed by them. Pei Liming sighed and said, "You were too reckless. You should have told me about this earlier."
"I didn't know that this would happen today." Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly. "His Highness didn't tell me. He came too hurriedly. His Majesty asked for help at the last minute, so I could only pull Uncle out to help. "
Although it was said that Pei Wenxuan helped, both of them knew in their hearts that Xie Lanqing was bound to fall from the position of Minister of Justice. Whoever took over Xie Lanqing's case in the Ministry of Justice implied that they would take over the position of Minister of Justice.
Pei Liming had been in the position of Right Assistant Minister for nearly ten years and had finally made a name for himself. However, the person who had given him this opportunity was not Pei Lixian, the provincial governor whom everyone in the Pei family adored, but Pei Wenxuan. Pei Lixian didn't say anything on the surface, but he gradually had a plan in his heart.
Although Pei Lixian's official position wasn't low, he didn't give his family many practical benefits over the years. And although Pei Wenxuan was young now, his methods were extraordinary. Li Rong stood behind him and he was generous. Now that the opportunity to be promoted to Minister of Justice was directly handed to him, how could Pei Liming not be happy?
He suppressed his thoughts and waved his hand, saying, "We're all clansmen, why treat each other like outsiders?"
"Uncle is right." Pei Wenxuan was gentle and polite. "We're all clansmen, so we'll have to take care of each other in the future."
Pei Lixian smiled. Now that he had received benefits from Pei Wenxuan, not only did Pei Wenxuan not mention it, he even gave him a way out so as not to embarrass him. In just a few words, Pei Lixian already liked Pei Wenxuan very much and regretted not paying more attention to this nephew of his.
After the two exchanged greetings, Pei Wenxuan left. When he returned to the prison, he heard Li Rong say to Lin Feibai, "You just need to tell the truth and don't hide anything. Xie Lanqing will receive whatever punishment she deserves. That's enough." "Although you tried to assassinate me, I will still report to Imperial Father that you made up for your mistakes with merits and let him revoke your punishment."
Pei Wenxuan listened to Li Rong's voice and stood behind Li Rong. Lin Feibai's expression didn't change as he only said, "Your Highness won't use me again, right?"
"Don't worry about that." Li Rong smiled. "I used you before because you wanted to use me. Now that you're not using me, I naturally won't take the initiative to use you. "
"I don't believe a single word you Huajing people say," Lin Feibai said coldly. Shangguan Ya sneered. "Then whose words do you believe?"
"But I'm willing to testify against Xie Lanqing."
After receiving this response, Li Rong was relieved. This time, she really got evidence against Minister Xie and could kick him down from his high position.
Li Rong stood up and nodded. "It's good that you're willing. Then I'll leave first. I wish Young Master Lin to be released from prison soon."
As Li Rong spoke, he walked out. Pei Wenxuan followed behind him, and Shangguan Ya also followed Li Rong out. Halfway through, Shangguan Ya thought of something. She turned her head, took out a set of leaf cards from her sleeve, and placed them in the prison. She raised her chin and comforted, "Don't be too sad. Play cards and the days will pass quickly. There are many happy things in this world, there's no need to ruin your life for a few irrelevant people. "
Lin Feibai ignored her. Shangguan Ya clicked her tongue. "You don't know how to appreciate good intentions."
After speaking, Shangguan Ya turned around and followed Li Rong. "Ai, Your Highness, wait for me. Don't walk so fast."
Shangguan Ya's voice faded away. Lin Feibai hesitated for a moment before reaching the edge of the prison. He reached out and held the leaf cards.
The leaf cards were drawn by Shangguan Ya herself. Her drawing skills were inherited from famous masters. Not only was she skilled in drawing a few leaf cards, she also made many innovations.
For example, she put a flower crown on the head of the warrior in the picture, or added a birdcage to the hands of the scholar. Lin Feibai looked at it quietly for a moment, then sneered in disdain. Then, he put away the leaf cards and put them in his arms.
Shangguan Ya chased after Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan. Li Rong turned to look at her. "What did you leave for him?"
"A set of leaf cards." Shangguan Ya waved her hand. "In case he's bored."
"You're quite considerate." Li Rong laughed. Shangguan Ya was a little embarrassed. "He's also quite pitiful."
"Okay, where are you going now?"
"I'm going home. Where's Your Highness?"
"I'm going back to the princess's residence. I'll send you off."
Li Rong said as he led Pei Wenxuan and Shangguan Ya into the carriage.
After getting into the carriage, Pei Wenxuan poured tea for the two girls. Shangguan Ya sat at the side, thought for a while, and finally said, "Your Highness, guess why Lin Feibai's mother is so contradictory? She taught Lin Feibai to hate Xie Lanqing for a lifetime, and in the end, she let Lin Feibai help Xie Lanqing. What is she after? "
Li Rong smiled and looked up at Shangguan Ya. "Have you died before?"
"How could I have died before?" Shangguan Ya said in surprise. "Your Highness, no one in this world has died before."
Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan looked at each other and smiled. Li Rong said slowly, "I'm guessing that Lin Feibai's mother really hated Xie Lanqing for a lifetime, but it was also because of love that she hated her. So before she died, she had been waiting for him. She waited and waited until the last moment. In fact, it didn't matter whether he came or not. "
"When people die, what they feel the most is not hatred, but the last beauty in life."
Li Rong smiled slowly. "Look, Lin Feibai's mother said that she owed Xie Lanqing three requests. Actually, I've heard of this story before. Back then, Xie Lanqing and Lin Xia met by chance and the two fell in love at first sight. At that time, Xie Lanqing saved Lin Xia and Lin Xia promised Xie Lanqing that she could satisfy his three requests. "
"Xie Lanqing's first request was that he hoped Lin Xia would stay by his side."
Shangguan Ya was a little surprised. "Then Minister Xie was quite romantic back then."
"Xie Lanqing's second request was that he hoped Lin Xia would leave his side. In fact, Lin Xia didn't leave Xie Lanqing later. She established the Qixing Hall in Qinqu Mountain with her junior sister. Xie Lanqing knew, but he never went to see her in his life. "
"Maybe he heard that she had a child." Shangguan Ya thought for a while. "Did he think that she had a new life?"
"These three requests were the beginning of their relationship. I think that before Lin Xia died, she probably thought of Xie Lanqing's good. She didn't hate him anymore. She hoped that this relationship could end in the best way. And after she stopped hating him, she clearly realized that Lin Feibai was still Xie Lanqing's son. She hoped that Lin Feibai and Xie Lanqing could have a good relationship. "
"In that case, I can probably understand a little." Shangguan Ya nodded. "Lin Feibai is really a little pitiful."
"The poor are all pitiful." Pei Wenxuan spoke up at the right time. "He's already not bad."
Shangguan Ya nodded. "Indeed, the greatest sorrow in this world is poverty. Birth, old age, illness, and death are given by the heavens, but being poor always makes you doubt yourself. "
"It's like being stuck in a spider's web. You're clearly stuck, but you always wonder if it's because you don't work hard enough that you can't break free."
While they were talking, the carriage arrived at the Shangguan Residence. Shangguan Ya bowed to the two of them and smiled. "See you tomorrow."
With that, Shangguan Ya jumped down from the carriage. When there were only the two of them in the carriage, Pei Wenxuan turned his head and looked at Li Rong. "Actually, I'm very curious. What did you see before you died?"
"What about you?"
Li Rong raised his eyebrows. Pei Wenxuan thought for a while and said slowly, "It was during the Spring Festival that year. I celebrated the New Year with you. When we were setting off fireworks, the two of us stood together in the long corridor. You called my name and told me to turn back."
Pei Wenxuan said and smiled. "When I turned back, you stood on your tiptoes, held my face, and kissed me."
"Then you asked me if I could watch fireworks with you every year."
"I agreed." Pei Wenxuan lowered his head and picked up a cup of bitter tea. "It's a pity that you broke your promise."
"Let's watch it again this year."
Li Rong suddenly said. Pei Wenxuan looked up and was a little surprised. Li Rong turned her head and looked at him with a smile. "This year, I'll watch the fireworks with you. Pei Wenxuan, promise me one thing. "Li Rong said and leaned forward. Pei Wenxuan looked down at her." What? "
"In this life, when we make a promise to each other, either we don't open it or we keep it to the end, okay?"
"Okay." Pei Wenxuan smiled and said in a hoarse voice, "Neither of us can break the promise."
"Pinky promise?" Li Rong raised her pinky. Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong's appearance and felt that she was childish. But this childishness became cute because it was Li Rong.
He raised his hand and hooked Li Rong's pinky with his.
"A hundred years. You can't change it."
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