Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 139 Care

Shen Yining was pulled upstairs, listening to the people downstairs calling him a traitor. Every word he had just spoken was like a sharp knife cutting through the flesh, tearing the life and death of the Qiang nation into pieces. His heart was cut out and tears fell bitterly.

Song Xiaoyuan's bedroom was next to Shen Yining's. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her, who was in tears: "Don't worry."

Shen Yining took the opportunity to look at him with tearful eyes as he closed the door. His deep and sharp eyes showed no trace of joy, anger, sorrow or happiness, and his face was even more indifferent, as if he was not talking about him.

Song Xiaoyuan sent her in and turned to the bedroom next door. There was a knock on the closed door, and he opened it: "Miss Shen."

"Can you go in?"

Song Xiaoyuan stepped aside and went behind the screen to change clothes. At this moment, he felt uncomfortable with the smell of blood in the black robe.

Shen Yining walked in and closed the lame stool, lowered his head and stroked the jade hairpin: "Why, why don't you explain, they are talking about you, you are not angry, the facts are clearly not like that."

"I don't need to explain to them. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not."

"Why doesn't it matter if it's true or not? You are clearly..."

Before Shen Yining finished speaking, Song Xiaoyuan interrupted: "Miss Shen, there will be many more words like this in the future, and they may be even more unpleasant than this. I don't care and you don't need to pay attention to it."

I care, Song Xiaoyuan, I care, it is because I know everything... After a while, I saw him with his hair loose, Shen Yining stood up and handed over the hairpin: "Your jade hairpin, I took it off the table just now."

"Thank you." Song Xiaoyuan took it and sat on the stool next to him. When he changed his clothes, he saw that the gauze on his chest had been changed. She must have seen it and came to find him.

Shen Yining limped around behind him and tied his hair. Song Xiaoyuan turned away and said, "Miss Shen, thank you for bandaging your wound. You don't need to blame yourself or feel pity for this injury. It has nothing to do with you."

"We'll have dinner later, and it'll be inconvenient for you to let your hair down." Shen Yining wanted to make up for her mistake. She had pushed him away before, but in the future, no matter how many times he pushed her away, she would never ignore him again. Even if he called her Miss Shen, the lamp she had blew out could definitely be lit again.

"I know what you are thinking, Miss Shen, there is no need to waste your time."

"I'm not showing pity." Shen Yining explained behind her back with her hair tied up.

"That's why I blame myself. This injury is my own business and has nothing to do with you. Whether what you said at that time was angry or true! It was my wishful thinking, and you don't need to blame yourself." Song Xiaoyuan said this indifferently, without a trace of blame.

Shen Yining held her hair with one hand and stretched out the other hand in front of him: "Green hairpin."

Song Xiaoyuan handed it over. The green hairpin still had the warmth of his hand. Shen Yining took the hairpin, then limped out with his back turned: "You know everything in your heart, whether I blame myself, pity you or feel guilty. At that time, I just wanted you to live. I didn't want you to get hurt or die for me. I'm sorry for hurting you so deeply. I'm really sorry." He turned his back and choked up with sobs. At this moment, blood was dripping from the wound on Shen Yining's right shoulder. He hurried out without waiting for him to speak again.

Song Xiaoyuan looked at her limping figure as she hurriedly left, and also turned around and walked out the door. He went downstairs and glanced at the people who were talking about him angrily. At this moment, everyone was talking loudly without any reservation. He turned around and went out to meet Shen Changjun and Zhao Jinmo, who were leading their troops to drive these people away in a threatening manner.

"Changjun, what is this?"

"Drive them away! I can't take the lives of the court officials, but can't I ask them to get out? It's all your fault. Go back and make sure you change the law and kill these gossipers."

"Chang Jun... take Jin Mo back to heal his wounds. This incident happened because I was trapped alone for too long. Maybe you know a little reason that is not worth mentioning, but there is no need to spit on you. I will take responsibility for my own affairs. Go back."

"So you resigned." Zhao Jinmo continued.

Shen Changjun was stunned: "What!"

Zhao Jinmo approved the official's request for review. Song Xiaoyuan wrote a letter of apology on the night he came back. He stayed up late for several days to finish the Loulan Qiang Kingdom incident and submitted a letter of resignation. The charges he listed were exactly the same as the rumors today. He resigned because he had been a prisoner and slave in the Qiang Kingdom and was no longer a trustworthy person. He put the letter of apology together with the letter of apology, and became a criminal.

"You are asking to be a criminal, Lord Song. Do you know that according to the law, you should be executed for the crimes you wrote?"

"Xiao Yuan! You... are obviously not like this, why are you so determined!" Shen Changjun grew up with him, and he believed that he would be like this.

"Sir Song, you are going back to Beijing to wait for death. You don't want to live at all."

The two of them talked back and forth, and finally criticized Song Xiaoyuan thoroughly. Feeling awkward, they smiled gently and said, "So you don't need to care about what the people inside say. Go back and rest. We have to travel tomorrow."

Seeing that he didn't care and was still smiling, Shen Changjun pulled him over and asked, "If you become a criminal, what will happen to my Yi Ning? Do you want her to die with you?"

Song Xiaoyuan said solemnly: "I will not let her die, Changjun." After speaking, he looked at the person coming from a distance and went out to greet him.

Shen Changjun and Zhao Jinmo stayed where they were and stared at each other. Shen Changjun blinked and said, "I have already pleaded guilty, but you still said you don't want Yi Ning to die!"

"Cousin, they may cancel the engagement when they go back." How could Zhao Jinmo have never seen them being affectionate with each other in Yunnan before? Now it seems that their relationship has come to an end.

No one knew what had happened, and even if they knew, it was not serious enough to cancel the engagement. Shen Changjun looked at Zhao Jinmo beside him with increasing displeasure, and slapped his head and questioned: "You stinky boy, if he dies, your cousin will not be able to live even if she cancels the engagement. You sent it up knowing that it was a document of resignation. You stinky boy, you are so good at being an official, why don't you go to heaven! And you pretend to be deep in front of me, your cousin..."

Now the gossipers inside were obviously not important. Shen Changjun grabbed Zhao Jinmo by the collar and dragged him upstairs as if he was scolding him. Luo Xi, who wanted to leave secretly during the chaos, just walked out of the door and saw him being scolded, and couldn't help laughing.

"Don't go! Luo Xi!" Zhao Jinmo hooked his arm at Luo Xi in embarrassment.

Luo Xi said: "See you later, Zhao Jinmo!" Maybe this was the last time he called his name, then he picked up his bag and went downstairs without looking back.

"Cousin, Luo Xi is gone!"

"You little brat, you still want to have a beauty in your arms! Don't worry, Miss Luo won't leave."

Before Luo Xi had even finished going down the stairs, Xing Yue came up with some water, frowning apologetically and innocently: "Sister Luo, I'm sorry I was in the same group with them!"

Luo Xi: “…”

Well, the stairs were blocked by Xingyue who was carrying water. It just so happened that she was carrying water for her young lady and accidentally blocked her way. The stairs were narrow so Luo Xi had to go up.

"I can't leave today, but there are still so many days in the future, I will definitely be able to leave!" Now that Shen Yining has returned safely, Luo Xi is determined to leave and will definitely not go to Beijing.

Xingyue put the water in Shen Yining's room, and told her not to bathe herself. She returned to her room and cleaned the piano at Luo Xi's desk. Xingyue sat aside and asked in confusion, "Sister Luo, the capital is also part of the Jianghu, why don't you want to venture into the capital?"

Luo Xi gently stroked the strings of the pipa, and the sound of the pipa condensed his worries: "Xingyue, you are all girls from good families... I am a merchant girl, and I can never reach the capital."

Xingyue didn't understand what she meant, and listened to the piano innocently: "Sister, there is a music department in the capital, and the melodious music of sister will definitely be enough!"

Luo Xi played the zither and smiled faintly, this little Xingyue must not know that a merchant woman has no innocence...