Chen Jue left the Imperial Palace after the morning court session ended.
He tiredly took off his official hat, ran his fingers through his hair, and looked up at the sky.
The world outside the Imperial Palace was still warm, unlike inside the palace walls. The buildings were so cold that it was as if the walls were inlaid with ice cubes.
He got into the carriage and urged impatiently, "Hurry up, hurry up."
He didn't have time to change his clothes. He was still wearing the same clothes he was wearing when he rolled around in the study last night. He didn't even take a shower, so he felt sticky and uncomfortable.
He waved his hand impatiently and felt annoyed.
After getting out of the carriage, Chen Jue met Zhang Tang at the entrance of the House of Chen.
He walked quickly into the house. Zhang Tang walked even faster to him and said happily, "Sir, the Imperial Palace gave me a reward. They said that I made a great contribution to solving the case this time. Really … Sir, what should I say …"
Zhang Tang excitedly walked around Chen Jue. His legs, which were not as long as Chen Jue's, moved quickly.
"…" Chen Jue waved his hand. As he walked, he said to A Liu beside him, "Go and boil some water."
He suddenly remembered that he asked Li Xiao to boil some water, but Li Xiao boiled a basin of water for him to wash his wound. So he turned back and added, "I want to take a shower."
"Yes, Sir." A Liu answered and left. But he was puzzled. Why did Sir suddenly become so long-winded?
Strange.
Zhang Tang was still following Chen Jue. He said excitedly, "Sir, I'm so disrespectful."
Chen Jue looked back at him and said, "Then hand over the reward to the Dali Monastery's warehouse and confiscate it."
"Uh …" Zhang Tang choked.
"Go back to work. Why are you waiting for me here?" Chen Jue waved his hand impatiently and strode away.
Zhang Tang finally slowed down and stood in the front yard's cloister.
He took a deep breath and felt that the air in this courtyard was really fresh. He turned his head and saw that on the side of the long corridor was a small garden in the front yard. The bamboo forest was full of flowers, and it was the time when all things were flourishing. It was really beautiful.
I didn't know that Lord Chen had such an adorable side to him.
In the Imperial Palace, he had asked the Emperor for a reward for him. Unexpectedly, a little eunuch had to personally escort him out of the Imperial Palace to his door.
Now, all the neighbors knew that he had made a contribution. It was really impressive.
Recalling the awe-inspiring moment in the morning, the scene of the neighbors rushing to congratulate him, he stroked his beard happily.
It just so happened that a spring breeze blew by. He straightened his back. Together with Zhang Tang's current state of mind, it could be said that he was flushed with success.
"Lord Zhang, do you want to sit in the pavilion?" Butler Chen Pu walked over and asked politely with a grin.
Aiyo, his Young Master was really too willful. He just left his subordinates behind. These subordinates had to work together with the Young Master to get things done. If they bullied them too much and caused trouble for the Young Master, what should he do?
Steward Chen moved closer to Zhang Tang, acting like an amiable housekeeper.
Ah, it was really difficult for him to not have a mistress in the residence.
"No need, no need." Zhang Tang hurriedly waved his hand and smiled. Even with his ugly face, when he smiled, he looked a little cunning.
But at this moment, his eyes were full of warmth. "I just rushed over to thank you, sir. I'll be leaving now. I still have to go back to the yamen to do some work."
After the case was over, there was also a lot of finishing up work. It was all his work in writing.
The sun was shining brightly. Zhang Tang walked through the hall. Just now, when he interacted with Lord Chen for a short while, he actually didn't complain about Lord Chen in his heart even once.
"I've already told the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In two days, you will be the director of the Dali Monastery … Dali Monastery."
Chen Jue found a small clerical job for Li Xiao and then said, "This is the temporary salary for solving this case. After the Ministry of Personnel records it, you will receive a monthly salary.
At the end of this month, the butler will also give you a monthly salary. When you have nothing to do, you can stay in the residence.
When I'm at home, you can come over and serve me tea. "
As Chen Jue spoke, he tapped on the table with his finger that was like an Okitang block.
Li Xiao changed to a new scarf around her neck. This time, it was made of silk. It was the same silk cloth that covered the dressing table in her room. It was light yellow with embroidery. If used to make a scarf, it would look good and cool.
After hearing Chen Jue's words, she kept staring at the bag that Chen Jue put on the table.
Salary!
National salary!!!
Money!
When Lord Chen casually threw the bag on the table, she heard a pleasant clanking sound. It was the sound of copper coins.
Moreover, it was the sound of more than three copper coins. It was the sound of many copper coins!
The three copper coins in her sleeve pocket would not make such a pleasant and loud sound!
Chen Jue stared at her pair of big eyes that were exposed outside the light yellow satin scarf. Seeing that she was still staring at the small bag on the table and did not respond when he spoke to her, he said unhappily, "Did you hear me?"
Li Xiao let out an "ah" and hurriedly nodded. "I heard you, Sir."
"What did I say?" Chen Jue frowned.
Li Xiao's heart clenched. She was very worried that he would take the copper coins back.
"You … You said that in the future, I will have a monthly salary from the country and a monthly salary from the butler." Her big eyes flickered and her willowy eyebrows raised slightly in nervousness.
"…" Chen Jue was speechless.
"And … and … to serve you tea and water, and to work as a clerk in the Dali Monastery," Li Xiao hurriedly added nervously, her voice rising when she spoke.
"Put it away," Chen Jue really could not bear to see Li Xiao's poor appearance, as if she had never seen money before. He turned his head and drank a mouthful of tea.
The spring weather was just right today. He had just bathed and changed his clothes, so he felt very refreshed.
He simply tied half of his hair into a bun with a cloth strip on the top of his head. Half of his long hair was draped over his shoulders like silk, and the other half of his long black hair was casually draped over his shoulders. Under the sun, it shone with a dark light.
White inner clothes and white cloth robes. It was simple and comfortable to wear at home.
He reclined on the recliner and squinted his eyes contentedly. He looked at the stretching eaves and the blue sky, and his mood finally relaxed.
Li Xiao hurriedly put the bag of copper coins into her sleeve pocket. She simply touched it and found that it was as much as a hundred copper coins!!!
A hundred copper coins!!!!
She … She suddenly had so much money!
She did not need to drink the northwest wind anymore!
She could eat for a long time!
Originally, after spending the money left by her mother to buy a house, she had been pressured by the pressure of making money for a long time. Suddenly earning so much money made Li Xiao feel much more relaxed.
The heavy burden of being 'poor' on her shoulders was suddenly lifted.
She still had one hand hidden in her sleeve pocket, tightly gripping the bag of money. She raised her head and her gaze fell on Lord Chen's right arm.
He had not used his right hand for half a day.
Although the wound on his right arm was bandaged and nothing could be seen after he put on a robe, Li Xiao still remembered that the wound was very deep.
Lord Chen had gotten injured in order to save her.
When she thought of this, Li Xiao hurriedly picked up the teapot and filled Chen Jue's teacup to the brim after she finished drinking the tea in it.
When Chen Jue was not sitting very comfortably, she quickly ran to the side and brought back a small stool to rest under Chen Jue's feet.
When Chen Jue raised his head, his eyes were blinded by the sunlight, and his brows were furrowed like fried dough twists.
Li Xiao immediately picked up the cattail leaf fan placed on the table and raised it above Lord Chen's head to block the dazzling sunlight.
When the butler occasionally passed by the vestibule garden of Shuzhe Courtyard, he saw this scene:
Li Xiao was like a little pug, running around Chen Jue to serve him.
A Liu pursed his lips and stood far away. Every time he wanted to go forward to serve Lord Chen, Li Xiao would beat him to it.
"Sir, but why did His Highness Su King keep killing pregnant women and babies after he obtained his supernatural ability?" Li Xiao could not figure out this key point and could not help but ask.
"The first time Su King obtained his supernatural ability was after he killed his wife and took the baby's blood …" Chen Jue pursed his lips and sighed. "He thought that he needed to kill pregnant women and take the baby's blood in order to obtain and maintain his supernatural ability."
"…" Li Xiao's face turned pale. She was terrified, but she also felt a little relieved.
When she obtained her supernatural ability, her mother was by her side and kept telling her that this was an ability she was born with.
It was a gift from the heavens …
…
"Sir, aren't you going to Dali Temple Yamen today?
Don't you need to work? "
Li Xiao put the fruit plate on the table and then sat on the small stool beside Chen Jue. She held the cattail leaf fan in one hand and fanned Lord Chen with the other hand, preparing to read to Lord Chen.
The bag of copper coins was in her sleeve pocket. Every time she moved, there was a heavy weight on her wrist. However, Li Xiao did not feel the weight at all. This was the weight of sweetness!
This was the burden of being rich!
Chen Jue leaned against the recliner comfortably. The breeze blew through his long hair like a gentle hand caressing his fine satin hair.
He closed his eyes and chewed on the sweet and refreshing fruits. He said carelessly,