Tuesday, 22 October 2024

LPMM 58




 Chapter 58 Spring Water Cold


Chai Heng looked back at Luo Jin, "Don't misunderstand. I have nothing to do with her. It's her father who always wants her to be a prince's consort... But I don't plan to get married now. I want to follow my eldest brother and have a career."

Luo Jin: "... You don't have to explain to me."

She paused, "If I'm bothering you here... I'll leave now. I have some official business..."

Chai Heng was anxious, "It's not a problem. I raised these for you to play... Anyway, don't leave."

He Wanying was annoyed, "You collected these animals for her? You ignored me because of her, right? What's so good about her? She's a lowly person..."

Luo Jin didn't want to argue with her, but when she heard her say that, her face turned a little frigid.

She said coldly: "Dongyuan isn't a slave system country. There are no lowly people, only common people. His Majesty didn’t say that common people are lowly. What is so noble about you? Are you nobler than His Majesty? It turns out that in the eyes of Prime Minister He, His Majesty can’t be looked upon, right?"

He Wanying's face turned pale, "You... don't talk nonsense! My Father is loyal to His Majesty. You can't provoke it with a few words!"

"Why are you so agitated? It can’t be that you want to say that Your Majesty is foolish and can't distinguish between loyalty and treachery?"

"You..." He Wanying was obviously not good at quarreling. She was so angry that she could only repeat one sentence, "As expected, people with poor backgrounds are uneducated!"

Luo Jin said slowly: "You are emphasizing background again... Don't you have any other advantages besides being the daughter of the Prime Minister? In other words, the Prime Minister's identity is valuable, and you yourself... are worthless?"

"You are the worthless one!" He Wanying fumed. She turned to Chai Heng, "Aren't you going to govern her..."

"Me?" Chai Heng pointed at himself in surprise, "She is my Royal Father’s minister. It should be Royal Father who can govern about her, right? If she talk about you, refute her. She says you are worthless, tell her what value you have besides your father, isn't that enough?"

He Wanying was stunned for a long time, "I..."

Luo Jin added, "Your father is the prime minister."

Anger flaring, He Wanying stretched out her hand to hit Luo Jin. As soon as she stretched out her hand, Chai Heng stepped forward and grabbed her.

"Not allowed to fight!" Chai Heng said hurriedly.

"Humph, you are still protecting her!" He Wanying was extremely exasperated.

Chai Heng let go of her hand, "I'm not protecting her, I don't want her to hurt you and your father will definitely go to Royal Father to complain. She's on the fifth level, what level are you?"

He Wanying: "..."

She suddenly realized that she couldn't win in a quarrel or a fight. Except for having a good father, there was nothing she could compare with the other party. And her good father was obviously not that important in Chai Heng's eyes. His father was the emperor and his brother was the Crown Prince. With these two backers, as long as he didn't go mad and seek death, it would be difficult for him to live a bad life in this life.

In fact, it was her family who wanted to get married into the royal family.

Chai Heng let go of her hand and took a step back, "Miss He, please go back. Please tell the prime minister not to mention the so-called marriage again."

He waved his hand, "Send the guest out!"

Few maids came forward, "Miss He, please!"

He Wanying bit her lip. In the end, she didn't say anything else. She turned around and stormed off. 

When eating at night, Chai Jing heard about this and laughed, "You are still so good at quarreling. Next time I quarrel with someone, I must take you with me."  

Luo Jin said: "She won't retaliate against me, right? Her father is the prime minister. Will he make it difficult for me?"

Chai Jing said: "It's okay, there’s me. He Wanying is stupid and has no brains. At most, she will go out and say bad things about you to her female companions and spread rumors that your feet smell. My elder brother doesn't like her at all. That time, the prime minister asked my elder brother how his daughter was and my elder brother politely said nice things. He thought my elder brother liked He Wanying."

Luo Jin said: "If you don't like her, the best choice is to refuse her early."

Chai Heng frowned: "I have refused many times, but she doesn't understand at all... or she pretends not to understand. You know us, we are all ministers. Some words can't be too clear as it's easy to offend people. "

He sighed, "I don't plan to get married now. Even if I get married, I won't marry her. She is arrogant and ignorant... I liked Qin Huaying before because I hadn't seen the world, but now I have seen the world. I know what is good and what is bad. How can I like her kind? "

Luo Jin smiled, "It's not even a year now and Your Highness has seen the world? It turns out that a broken heart makes people grow up?"

Chai Heng looked at her, "I have seen beautiful things. Vulgar things naturally won’t enter my eyes."

...

The weather had been good these days and Luo Jin's job was idle. She came to play with the monkeys when she had nothing to do. It wasn’t entirely because she liked it, but because she discovered when Xiao Lian followed her, she giggled every time she saw the monkeys snatching things. Her personality became more cheerful.

"Throw this apple in!" Luo Jin handed Xiao Lian an apple, "They fought for half an hour for an apple, they are so energetic."

Xiao Lian nodded, picked up the apple and threw it into the monkey group.

Sure enough, after one monkey got the apple, the other monkeys rushed forward to chase it. They ran around in the woods, quite agile.

Chai Heng wasn't at home today, but Luo Jin wasn't affected when she came to play. She played for a while and took Xiao Lian home.

In the middle of the night, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Luo Jin was sleepy, "Who is it?"

Xiangxiang in the outer room went out to open the door, and then screamed "Ah".

Luo Jin put on her clothes and saw a team of soldiers standing outside the door. It looked like something terrible had happened.

A man walked in from outside. Luo Jin recognized him. He was Zhu Rui, the censor of the Censorate.

"Official Zhu, what happened?" Having a bad feeling, Luo Jin asked. If the Censorate could send troops in the middle of the night, it must be a big deal.

Zhu Rui stepped forward and stated coldly: "Prime Minister He's daughter drowned in Changfeng Yard yesterday. The body was found at night. There’s suspicion that it’s connected to Minister Luo. Please come back to the Censorate with me!"

"Drowned...dead?" Luo Jin was stunned. "She was fine a few days ago...did she go to Changfeng Yard yesterday? I didn't see her!"

Xiao Lian also ran out when she heard the movement and anxiously helped to explain: "I was with Elder Sister Luo. We were watching monkeys in the back garden and didn't see Miss He."

Zhu Rui said, "I heard that Minister Luo was in Changfeng Yard yesterday and Minister Luo has had a dispute with Miss He before. Minister Luo had both time and motive, so it was hard not to be suspected. This girl is your people, right? Her testimony is bound to arouse suspicion."

Luo Jin frowned, "That's all your guess. If you want me to go to the Censorate, you have to show evidence."

Zhu Rui said coldly, "I'm here to get evidence! Come, search!"

The guards behind him listened to the order, entered the house together, and began to search.

Luo Jin was dissatisfied, but didn’t say anything when seeing that the guards weren't rude and knew to handle it gently. After searching one place, they immediately restored it to its original state.

After searching for a while, a guard suddenly took out a piece of paper, "Found it!"

Luo Jin froze, "What?"

Zhu Rui took the paper and handed it to Luo Jin, "The evidence is solid! Please come with me, Minister Luo!"

Luo Jin saw a line of words written on the paper:

Regarding the matter of the second prince, meet by the lake of Changfeng Yard in the afternoon to discuss in detail. He Wanying.

"I haven't seen this note." Luo Jin said. She felt something was amiss, "Are you trying to frame me? I don't accept this matter. You are a disciple of Prime Minister He. By reason, you should avoid suspicion in this matter. I want to request the emperor to try this case!"

"Imperial trial? The emperor doesn't have the time!" Zhu Rui waved his hand. A few soldiers stepped forward to capture Luo Jin.

Luo Jin stepped back a few steps, "I won't go with you. I don't trust you."

"That's not up to you!" Zhu Rui snorted coldly. A few soldiers approached, reaching out to grab Luo Jin.

Luo Jin flew up and stood outside the door in an instant. She looked at the courtyard, "I won't run away. I will go to the Ministry of Justice to surrender. I don't believe you. The Ministry of Justice can also handle this case. I believe in Official Jie more."

Her figure flashed and disappeared into the night.

Zhu Rui was so furious that veins popped out of his forehead. He turned to Xiao Lian, "Who are you to her? Since she ran away, I will take you..."

Before he finished speaking, Luo Jin's figure suddenly flashed out again, grabbed Xiao Lian, and disappeared into the night again.

"There is another maid." A guard said, "Do you want to take her back?"

"Take her back!" Zhu Rui roared, "Go to the Ministry of Justice!"

...

Xiao Lian ran after Luo Jin, "Elder Sister Xiangxiang Is still in the room. Will they catch Sister Xiangxiang?"

"Can't you see?" Luo Jin shook her head, "Who do you think put that note?"

"Ah? Sister Xiangxiang... Could it be?"

"She is a traitor."

Her speed was fast and soon stopped outside the hall of the Ministry of Justice.

Jie Gui was leading his men out of the hall of the Ministry of Justice. When he came out, he saw Luo Jin. He hurried forward, "You are here! I got the news and was going to find you." 

"Zhu Rui wants to capture me. If I go with him, he will probably torture me overnight and force me to confess." Luo Jin said, "So I came to you. Can you protect me?" 

Jie Gui nodded, "I can, but... you have to bear with it and stay in the prison of the Ministry of Justice first. For fairness, I have invited the Judicial Review Minister. He will be here soon. Remember, before meeting His Majesty, don't say anything. "

Luo Jin said: "I know this matter is difficult for you, apologies."

Jie Gui shook his head and forced a smile, "I know what kind of person you are. You can't hurt someone's life at will. Kill people because of a few words isn't you. Prime Minister He's daughter died and he must want to find someone to vent his anger. You stay here first. In two hours, it will be the morning court. I will ask His Majesty to judge the case. "

He waved his hand and someone led Luo Jin along the path beside the hall and came to the prison inside.

[Sure enough, Jie Gui is reliable at the critical moment.]

[With him, this case should be solved soon.]

[After all, he is the top thinking tank of the protagonist group.]

[What was He Wanying doing? That note should be written by her, right? If not, it will definitely be found out. ]

[Xiangxiang had been planted by my side for so long, just to leave this note today? ]

[Is she Hanyuan's secret agent? ]


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