Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 208 So Cruel

Shen Beiqi was shocked when he heard this.

He looked at Xiao Wencong with a puzzled and questioning look.

The latter touched his nose awkwardly and said, "I did hide something when I wrote to you."

After all, the battlefield is full of dangers, and Xiao Wencong is well aware of the importance of Jiang Li in Shen Beiqi's heart.

So she only briefly described what happened and did not tell him that her finger bones were broken and she could no longer play the piano.

Shen Beiqi could no longer sit still, he stood up suddenly and strode to Jiang Li's side.

She drooped her eyelashes as Miao Yu was applying medicine on her.

There were still purple bruises on the ten slender jade fingers, revealing their pitiful weakness.

The finger bones were actually broken by the clamp! ?

He couldn't imagine...how much pain she would be in at that time!

Shen Beiqi felt a sudden pain in his heart, and his fingers hanging by his sides clenched into fists.

Although there was no obvious abnormality on his face, the bluish-white color on his knuckles revealed his extreme restraint and endurance.

"Will her fingers still be able to play the piano in the future?" Shen Beiqi asked in a low voice.

Miao Yu carefully applied medicine to Jiang Li and sighed when he heard this.

"Fingers are not like other parts of the body. Once they are injured, their flexibility will definitely not be as good as before. Moreover, her finger was broken by force..."

Miao Yu shook his head, "I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

Shen Beiqi closed his eyes tightly, then slowly opened them, just in time to meet her clear deer eyes.

In the past, she would cry and make a fuss when she was wronged.

But now, even though she had suffered such a great injustice, she still looked at him with such a nonchalant and comforting look.

As if to tell him, "I'm fine, don't worry."

But obviously, she is the one who needs comfort the most!

Shen Beiqi stood quietly by the side, watching Miao Yu apply medicine to each of her fingers and gently wrap them with gauze in circles.

After everything was ready, he sat back on the armchair opposite Xiao Wencong and asked,

"We were not in Jiangdu City during this period. How have you investigated those things?"

Xiao Wencong lowered his voice and said, "It is just as you expected. After Liang Yuanzhong escaped from prison, he did not leave the city, but hid in a farmer's home."

"We did as you said. After we found his whereabouts, we did not alert him. We just sent people to monitor him secretly."

Shen Beiqi's voice was very calm: "Have you found where the saltpeter is stored?"

"almost."

Xiao Wencong nodded. "I always feel that Liang Yuanzhong is planning a bigger conspiracy. How about... we ask Deputy General Zhang of the Patrol Battalion to go on a patrol and confiscate the saltpeter?"

Shen Beiqi slowly raised his head, his eyes fell on Jiang Li.

I don’t know what Miao Yu said, but it made her eyes sparkle with a smile.

The coldness in his eyes disappeared in an instant. "Don't worry about it for now. Just wait and see what happens."

"What about Miss Jiang?" Xiao Wencong raised his chin, "Now, she is my concubine."

Shen Beiqi glanced at him coldly.

Even if he wanted to take her away now, she probably wouldn't agree.

He sighed helplessly, "It would be better to let her stay with you for a while. It will take some time to get to the North. She will be safer if she stays with you."

Now is not a suitable time for divorce.

In fact, he knew it very well in his heart.

Even if Jiang Li married into the Third Prince's mansion, Xiao Wencong would not do anything to her.

He just couldn't accept that she actually wanted to break up with him.

She actually planned to trap herself here for the rest of her life and become Xiao Wencong's concubine.

He was not considered at all.

Emperor Hongyang soon learned the news that Shen Beiqi had returned to the city and immediately became furious.

When he learned that he was currently in the Third Prince's residence, he immediately sent Liu Chang to summon him.

In Bishuixuan, Xiao Wencong ordered Xu Pu to send Jiang Li to Yiranju.

Shen Beiqi rubbed his eyebrows. He hadn't rested for several days and was now exhausted.

Miao Yu stood up and said, "I'll just take her there, Xu Pu doesn't have to make the trip."

Jiang Li glanced at Shen Beiqi and saw that he looked pale and tired. She knelt down and saluted.

"Sister, you will go ahead. Brother must be very tired after the journey back. It is better to go back to the Duke's Mansion and rest."

Hearing the word "brother", he raised his eyelids and looked at her.

She hadn't called him that in a long time.

Are you so eager to draw a line between you and him?

Do you want to put him back in the group of your brothers?

After Jiang Li bowed, she followed Miao Yu out of the room.

Shen Beiqi stood in the doorway, looking at her receding figure, and curled the corners of his lips in self-mockery.

"How cruel! You didn't even turn your head back?"

Yue Yang strode into the courtyard and bowed, "Master, His Majesty has sent someone to summon you to the palace."

Shen Beiqi retracted his gaze and said calmly, "Have you caught the person?"

Yueyang: "All the evidence is available."

It turned out that the master rushed back from the northern border just to help the third girl vent her anger.

They had already found some clues about the Han family's affairs a long time ago.

Originally, the master refrained from reporting the case in order to save some face for Prime Minister Han.

But who would have thought that Han Yunning would be so ignorant as to dare to target the third girl in this way.

Then you can't blame others.

……

Royal study room.

Emperor Hongyang rarely reviewed memorials. Instead, he sat on the couch, playing chess with himself, holding the black and white pieces.

Shen Beiqi stepped into the hall, bowed and saluted, "I pay my respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor."

"Mr. Shen has arrived just in time," Emperor Hongyang said, without looking up, rubbing his fingertips on the smooth chess piece, "Would you like to play a game with me?"

"I am terrified." Shen Beiqi said.

"Oh?" Emperor Hongyang glanced at him with an ambiguous expression, "Why are you so frightened?"

"I returned to the capital without an imperial edict, and therefore I was terrified."

Emperor Hongyang snorted coldly in his heart.

He said he was afraid, but how could he look like he admitted his mistake at all?

"What do you think, Shen Qing?" Emperor Hongyang put a chess piece on the chessboard. "What crime should he be punished for?"

Shen Beiqi lifted his robe and knelt down, "I returned to the capital without permission, but there is a reason. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Emperor Hongyang smiled contemptuously.

Of course there was a reason for this, because of that girl from the Jiang family, because of his stepsister.

He waved his hand, signaling him to continue.

Shen Beiqi took out the memorial from his bosom.

"I have found out that Concubine Zhao was attacked by the obsidian snake, causing the death of the fifth prince in her womb. This was planned by Prime Minister Han."

"I am far away in the northern border, and I am always worried about Your Majesty. I am afraid that Han Xiang will speak sweet words to Your Majesty and deceive Your Majesty into doing something that is not good for Your Majesty. That is why I returned to the capital without the imperial edict. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Emperor Hongyang clenched the chess piece in his hand, "What did you say?"