Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 17
Shen Xin looked at it intently, her heart couldn't help but twitch!That poem about plums?Isn't it written on this paper the same poem about plums that Shen Xi asked her to fetch earlier?
She quickly glanced at his expression, and saw that although he hadn't shown it, under this level of calm, the anger in his eyes was obvious!

Did he find out?

She swallowed and said, "I have some impressions."

"Then where is it now?"

Shen Ruopu put the paper back on the desk, and the words he spit out made people feel that his patience was running out.

He is the second-in-command of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and he has tried countless cases. Although he doesn't really deserve the word "clear and discerning", her expression just now did say something!
But Shen Xin didn't know why he was so angry?

What she took away was nothing more than an ordinary old poem written by predecessors, and it was nothing important. How could he be so angry?

"Let me ask you, where is that poem!"

Shen Ruopu slapped the table and roared angrily, his voice was so loud that the walls seemed to be moving: "That's a secret order from the emperor to the Ministry of Punishment, if you lose our Shen family, don't even think about messing around in court!

"Where did you take it, hurry up and get it back for me! If you can't get it back, I will break your arms and legs first!"

A three-inch Duan inkstone on the table was thrown to the ground in front of her, Shen Xin took two steps back, her body swayed and almost fell to the ground!

A secret order from the Holy Spirit?

How can this be? !
That is clearly an old poem that no one will take seriously when thrown on the table, so how could it be a secret order from the emperor!

She quickly came back to look at Shen Ruopu, only to see that he, who was always cold and serious on weekdays, only had anger on his face at the moment, this can no longer be faked!

No wonder he mobilized so many people, but now that the secret order has been taken by Shen Xi, where can she get it and return it to him!

She swallowed her saliva, and clutched her trembling fingers tightly.

If Shen Ruopu loses his official position, then what else is she talking about for Shen Chongyi to return to Beijing?What are you talking about seeking a good future for yourself?
What's more, this matter can't be hidden no matter what, even if she doesn't tell Shen Xi, she won't be able to pick it up no matter what!
Shen Ruopu was able to find her to question, he must know that she was the most suspicious, and if he couldn't find it, he would definitely put pressure on her,——Shen Xi asked her to take it, how could it be such an important thing!
She wrung her hands tightly together, as if pinching Shen Xi's flesh.

"Where is it!"

Shen Ruopu's roar rang in her ears again.

She retreated to the door, leaning her back against the door frame, her face pale.

The paper is in Shen Xi's hand, it's true that as long as she confesses her whereabouts, she will be fine, but can she say it?

If she said it, she couldn't hide the fact that she forced the second room to hand over the porcelain pillow, not to mention what evidence did she have to prove that Shen Xi asked her to take the poem?
Will Shen Ruopu believe it?
Shen Xi is clearly an idiot who doesn't have any city government, how could he believe it!
Even if she was forced to force her, the news from Wanrongtang had probably already spread. If Shen Xi knew how important this thing was, would she still admit it?
Even if she is stupid, the Pei family and the maids around her are not so stupid, they will never allow her to admit it!

"I didn't take it, I don't know any poems about plums..."

She quickly stabilized her mind and said with all her strength. "I really didn't take it. Although I have seen it, there is nothing special about the poem. I can memorize it, so why would I take it?"

Shen Ruopu gritted his teeth and stared at her, the back molars were sore.

But no matter how angry or hated, what she said was not unreasonable.

In the eyes of others, it is indeed just an ordinary ancient poem. If anyone can see its peculiarity, what kind of secret order can it be?

Shen Xin didn't understand these things, let alone a boudoir girl, even if he was a child of a noble family in the imperial court, not many people would understand.

Because this thing is inconspicuous, the secrecy is good.

So it's really unlikely that she'll take it.

But if she didn't take it, who would take it?
He spent almost the whole afternoon in the study, and the things at hand were always placed in an orderly manner, and he couldn't find them after searching so many times. If someone didn't take them away intentionally, would it fly away by itself? ? !
He looked at the trembling people in the room, and the annoyance and anxiety in his heart combined to turn into fury again!
"roll!"

He raised his hand and threw a few books beside him.

Those who were hit and those who were not hit all retreated one after another.

Shen Xin withdrew from the crowd, and ran out of the upper room along the veranda in panic.

It was not until he reached the empty courtyard that he seemed to have regained his soul——Since Shen Chongxin died because of that incident, Shen Ruopu had never been in such an angry state again, but the anxiety and anger in his eyes just now were not fake. That convinced her that as long as she stayed in the study for a while longer, she would definitely be beaten by him!

She stood contemplatively on the porch for a while, then rushed towards Fuxiangyuan again.

There was such a big commotion in the room, the maid who followed naturally came back and reported to Mrs. Huang.

Huang could hear clearly this time, if it wasn't as she expected, there was indeed something wrong with the poem that Shen Xi asked Shen Xin to get!

"Mother! Something serious happened!"

Just as her heart was full of horror, Shen Xin rushed in with a gust of wind!I saw a pale face with tears still hanging on the eyelashes!

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Huang felt more and more at a loss.

Ordinarily, this matter went smoothly from beginning to end, even if Shen Xi was envious of Shen Ruopu's poems and took the opportunity to ask Shen Xin to get them, there was nothing strange about it.

How could something so seemingly perfect have such a big flaw?
"The poem about plums that Shen Xi asked me to take from the old lady's room is a secret order from the emperor to the Ministry of Punishment!"

Shen Xin told all the things just now in one breath: "You haven't seen the old man's appearance just now, the few people around him who are in need have been injured, and he said that if I can't hand it over, he will interrupt my speech." Hands and legs!"

Those who can enter and leave Shen Ruopu's house are naturally people he can trust. Even if they are beaten, who else can escape?
Huang held her breath for a while, and quickly comforted her with a pale face: "Don't be afraid, haven't you already returned? If I can let you come back, the old man will believe you!"

"How can it be so simple?!"

Shen Xin sat up abruptly: "That's a secret order from the sage! Even if it's just an ordinary official instruction, if it is lost, then the old man will definitely take the blame!
"If he has been blamed, no matter whether he is reprimanded in front of the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager, he will definitely be severely interrogated in the mansion! What if I am found out at that time?"

　The secret order will be explained in the next chapter. If the code word goes well today, I will update another chapter in the afternoon~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)