Peach Blossom.

"I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, but I'm afraid of pig-like teammates." Tao Ye couldn't help shaking his head and sighing in the corner while holding the bowl of rice.

When several members of the Chen clan heard this, they turned around and glared at Tao Ye, shouting, "What did you say?"

Tao Ye was frightened by the loud noise and her hands shook, causing her bowl to fall to the ground.

Chen Ji hurriedly walked over to Tao Ye and angrily scolded several tribesmen: "Why are you so fierce? Is she wrong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Min appeared outside the iron bars of the cell.

Chen Ji glanced at Wang Min, feeling helpless.

Wang Min was still wearing his official uniform, and he was solemn and polite. He said, "Mr. Chen, you should know that the Censorate only judges officials, not civilians. You are now a general in Yongchang, and you are a guest in Jiankang. In fact, it is more appropriate to hand your case over to the Court of Justice for trial. However, the current Court of Justice is a relative of Queen Mother Zhou. If I hand you over, you can imagine what the result will be."

Chen Ji just smiled. He naturally understood that after he spread the scandal between Chen Xi and Queen Mother Zhou, Queen Mother Zhou must want to strangle him more than Chen Xi did.

Wang Min tried to persuade him again, "I don't want to keep you here forever, but I have already accepted the case of the missing imperial physician, so there must be a result. If you don't tell me the whereabouts of the imperial physician as soon as possible, do you really want me to report the case to the emperor in seven days?"

Chen Ji smiled and shook his head. It would certainly be terrible if the official's background was implicated during the imperial trial, but in the current situation, once the imperial physician showed up, the risk of being silenced was too great.

What's more, the Minister of Five Armies Chen Chong was willing to take the risk to help him hide people. How could he betray Chen Chong by revealing the whereabouts of the Imperial Physician?

He knew that Wang Min would not torture him to extract a confession, so he did not intend to speak out: "I appreciate the good intentions of the Minister of Justice. Whether you detain me, transfer me to the Supreme Court, or report to the emperor, I will say the same thing: I don't know where the imperial physician's order is."

Seeing Chen Ji so stubborn, Wang Min sighed repeatedly, was silent for a while, then turned and left.

Tao Ye was surprised and asked, "This Lord Zhongcheng is quite nice to you, right?"

Chen Ji didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "I don't know him well, how can he be good to me? It's because the Wang family has good family education and usually treats people with kindness, the same to everyone."

"Wang family? He is also from the Wang family?" Tao Ye was a little surprised. She had never seen Wang Min before, so of course she didn't recognize him.

Chen Ji nodded: "The name of the Chief Censor is Wang Min, the cousin of Wang Dun and the brother of Wang Jing."

After hearing Chen Ji's explanation, Tao Ye couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to look at the direction where Wang Min's figure disappeared. She smiled and her eyes became much softer than before, as if she was surprised to see a family member in an unfamiliar environment.

At this moment, Chen Ji suddenly felt like something was stuck in his throat.

He looked at Tao Ye. Her slightly raised mouth corners and slightly bent eyes clearly told him that even though they no longer met or contacted each other, Tao Ye had never let go of Wang Jing. She had been lost in unrequited love and intoxicated herself.

Beside them, the bunch of useless Chen clan members started to flirt with Chen Ji again:

"Do you really think you are the emperor's uncle? I will confer the title of Emperor's uncle to you when the time comes?"

"Just wait for the imperial trial in seven days! If the emperor gets angry, he'll just execute us all!"

"How can people like us have the chance to see the emperor? If we can't even enter the palace, the Queen Mother and the Grand Marshal will send people to chop us into pieces."

These horrific remarks drew Tao Ye's attention back. She stuttered and turned her head to ask Chen Ji in a low voice: "It can't be that tragic, right?"

"Girl, if you were to die immediately, would you have any unfulfilled wishes?" Chen Jinu smiled and gently brushed Tao Ye's hair with his fingers.

Tao Ye subconsciously took a step back, avoided Chen Ji's hand, and did not answer Chen Ji's question.

Those people with the surname Chen were still discussing with each other where the imperial physician might be hidden, what might happen next, whether there was a chance to escape, and so on.

Chen Ji found it very noisy, so he walked away, squatted in the corner and closed his eyes to rest.

He couldn't sleep, he just wanted to rest his mind.

If he could really hold the imperial trial after seven days, it would not necessarily be a bad thing for him, because all imperial trials would involve the participation of the two Empress Dowagers. Based on his understanding of Grand Empress Dowager Meng, he would definitely have a chance of winning.

He knew that Wang Min would keep his word, and he was only afraid that his brother Chen Xi or Queen Mother Zhou would come up with some tricks within these seven days to prevent the imperial trial and prevent the rumor from reaching Meng's ears.

He was also worried that even if he could hold the trial in seven days, Meng or Princess Si Yao might harm Tao Ye. He hoped that Shen Hui could rescue Tao Ye quickly so that he would not have so many concerns when making his next plan.

He thought that Tao Ye was now Meixiangxie's cash cow, and Shen Hui could not possibly not save her. Moreover, with Shen Hui's magical powers, it should not be difficult for her to find and rescue Tao Ye. However, Shen Hui could only save Tao Ye and would never save anyone else.

If Tao Ye was rescued and he continued to be imprisoned, he didn't know... when would he see Tao Ye next time? Maybe it would be a long time in the future?

Thinking of this, Chen Ji opened his eyes again and looked at Tao Ye who was also sitting in a daze not far away.

He didn't know what Tao Ye was thinking at the moment, nor did he know how Shen Hui would rescue Tao Ye, but he silently hoped that he would not have anything to do with the Wang family...

"There are footsteps again! Someone is coming again!" A member of the Chen family shouted, with a hint of hope and a hint of fear in his voice.

Several people leaned out to look at the same time. In the long and narrow corridor where light was still barely visible even in the daytime, two figures were approaching surrounded by many jailers.

When they were close enough, with the help of the candlelight outside the cell door, they could see the two people clearly. One was the Chief Censor Wang Min, and the other was the Minister of the Central Secretariat Wang Dun.

Wang Min ordered the jailer to open the door, pointed at Tao Ye and said, "You can go home first."

Tao Ye looked shocked.

Several members of the Chen clan had extremely long faces, and they rushed forward and shouted, "Why can he go home? When can we go home?"

Before they could get an answer, the men were pushed back by the jailer.

Before Tao Ye could figure out the situation, she was dragged out of the cell by two jailers. With a "click", the big lock on the door was locked again.

The Chen clan members inside were indignant: "Hasn't Lord Zhongcheng always been fair? Why is he unfair today?"

Wang Min explained: "This is originally a place of temporary detention, not a prison sentence. As long as there is an official of the seventh rank or above to guarantee, you can go home first and be summoned when you need to be brought back for trial. If anyone can guarantee, you can go home and wait for trial."

After hearing this, everyone inside was dejected. If they could hope to get an official position of seventh rank or above, would they still follow Mada?

Tao Ye seemed to understand. For some reason, she began to feel uneasy. She looked at Wang Dun nervously and asked, "Was it the Secretary who bailed me out?"

Wang Dun snorted, his face full of indifference and disdain, and reluctantly responded: "It's just someone's request."

"Who... who entrusted you to do this?" Tao Ye's heart beat faster and even her voice began to tremble.

Wang Dun ignored her and walked straight to the exit of the Censorate Prison.

As if she was afraid of a dull moment, Wang Min actually gave Tao Ye face and continued, "Miss Tao, please go out quickly. Boss Shen has sent a car to pick you up outside."

Boss Shen?

Could it be Boss Shen who asked Wang Dun to bail her out?

Tao Ye was a little bit unbelievable, her heart was in a mess, but she didn't go out immediately because Chen Ji and others were still in prison.

She approached the cell, grasped the iron bars with both hands, and called softly: "Chen Ji, I'm leaving. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Take good care of yourself and you'll be helping me a lot." Chen Ji was still sitting in the corner, facing Tao Ye, smiling gently.

Tao Ye didn't know what else to say, so she forced a smile and nodded to Chen Ji, then slowly walked out.

Wang Min led the jailers to follow Tao Ye and move forward slowly.

Tao Ye vaguely heard the whispers of the Chen clan members behind him: "What do you mean above the seventh rank and below the seventh rank? Isn't it family protecting family? Otherwise, how would he recognize the "Miss Tao"... "

Tao Ye was stunned: Yes, she and Wang Min didn’t know each other before, and she is now dressed as a man. Wang Min didn’t seem to recognize her when she came last time, so why did she call her "Miss Tao" this time?

Did Wang Dun say something to Wang Min?

Tao Ye found it hard to imagine that Wang Dun, who had always disliked her, would take the initiative to introduce her to a relative who had never met her?

As Tao Ye walked out of the cell door, a dazzling light suddenly came into his eyes. He couldn't help but put his hands up to block it and stopped.

The jailers remained on duty in the cell, only Wang Min walked out and stood at the same position as Tao Ye.

Tao Ye couldn't hold back her inner turmoil, and abruptly asked Wang Min, whom she didn't know very well, "Master Zhongcheng, is the Zhongshu Ling the only one visiting you today?"

Wang Min smiled contentedly. He seemed to know the deeper meaning of Tao Ye's question. After hesitating for a while, he seemed to be reluctant to lie: "There is another person."

"Where is he?" Tao Ye asked impatiently. She felt her heart was in her throat.

"Outside." Wang Min pointed to the side door of the Censorate.

Tao Ye ran towards the side door, completely forgetting that she should thank Wang Min and say goodbye. She ran very fast, and after rushing out of the side door, all she saw were two gatekeepers standing upright and a carriage parked not far away.

The coachman in the carriage was Mei Xiangxie's servant, whom she recognized.

But how could she be willing to leave when she didn't see the person she thought he was?

He had already said that he had nothing to do with her, so why did he extend a helping hand to her?

Standing in the warm sunshine, Tao Ye felt a chill. She looked around the busy streets again and again, but all she could see were unfamiliar faces.

"Second brother, where are you?" Tao Ye heard herself shouting suddenly. What power made her dare to shout loudly outside the busy Censorate?

At the intersection ahead, there was a simply decorated carriage parked on another long street after the turn, with Wang Dun and Wang Jing sitting in the carriage.

Wang Jing heard Tao Ye's call, which meant that Tao Ye had come out safely. So he felt much more at ease and could leave.

"let's go."

"Are you sure you don't want to see her?"

Wang Jing shook his head.

Wang Dun ordered the driver to return home, so the driver turned the carriage around and walked back to the street he had just taken, passing in front of the Censorate and passing by Tao Ye.

When the carriage passed by Tao Ye, Wang Jing seemed to feel something strange. He wanted to take a look, but his vision became more and more blurred.

"Brother, is she still there?"

Wang Dun looked reluctant, but still leaned out of the window to take a look back. He saw Tao Ye still standing there, with tears in her eyes, but still looking around blankly.

That persistent look actually made Wang Dun, who always disliked Tao Ye, feel pity for her.

"She..." Wang Dun just started to speak, but he saw a trace of panic in Wang Jing's blank eyes: "She has already got on the car and went back."

"Oh..." Wang Jing responded with this one word, revealing the deep loss in his heart.

Wang Dun felt a little guilty. He once again opened the curtain and looked back. He saw Tao Ye squatting down slowly and suddenly hugging her knees and crying.

He couldn't bear to look at her any longer, but he couldn't help but keep looking, because as the distance grew, Tao Ye's figure had become very weak, and she looked so lonely and helpless in the noisy street.