Unclean

There was silence during the banquet, Yinniang shook her hands, and the food in the chopsticks fell into the plate.

She looked at Yan Yunhe quickly, and resisted the urge to turn her head to look at Yu Qin, she was afraid that she would not be able to hide it if she just looked at it one more time.

Uncle Chen entered in response, and said politely to Yu Qin, "Master Yu, this way please."

Yu Qin looked away slowly, turned around and left with Uncle Chen.

As soon as the door was closed and closed, Yinniang bit her lower lip and said hesitantly: "Although the Commander was allowed to come in in order not to offend the Queen Mother, none of the embarrassment that should have been given to him was left behind."

First wait outside the door for a long time, after entering the mansion, no one is willing to listen to him say a word.

At the beginning, it was a shaming of persuasion to drink strong alcohol, not to mention the whole banquet. Yu Qin spoke several times, but would be interrupted by "coincidence".

Qi Shaolian repeatedly questioned her just now, maybe he really wanted to match her with Yan Yunhe, but he was just gossip about his family's inconsistency, and the family dinner did not discuss business affairs, which invisibly made Yu Qin, an outsider, feel that he was out of place and retreated.

She understands the reason, and it is reasonable for Qi Shaolian not to want to have any contact with the Queen Mother's minions, she knows it all.

But... she just felt sad.

After Yu Qin entered the room, his fur coat was soaked through, but no one here noticed.

In such a cold weather, will those old injuries suffered in the prison be painful due to the cold?

"For thankless things, the Empress Dowager only orders Mr. Yu, maybe he doesn't want to do such a thing himself, so why do you bother?" Yinniang said in a low voice with her eyes burning.

Yan Yunhe was stunned, he didn't expect Yinniang to speak for Yu Qin.

As soon as Yinniang finished speaking, she felt Yan Yunhe's gaze fell on her, full of probing and suspicion.

"You and Mr. Yu are old acquaintances?" Yan Yunhe asked.

Yinniang began to regret her talking too much, she clearly knew how smart this person was, so she spoke for Yu Qin uncharacteristically, which was really puzzling.

But Yinniang had already found an excuse: "The family has received a little favor from Duke Yu, and for his sake, I still can't bear his grandson to face this situation."

There are countless people who have been helped by Yu Changen back then, ranging from court officials to ordinary people.

Duke Yu's righteousness was moved by others.

Unfortunately, after Yu Chang'en passed away, the Yu family was also completely defeated.

Yan Yunhe's deep and serious gaze rested on Yinniang's body for a long time, as if a sharp knife was about to cut open the woman she had known for a long time in front of her, so she could see clearly.

"Is that true, or...Yu Qin has been in contact with you." Yan Yunhe said meaningfully.

Yinniang hurriedly raised her head: "What are you talking about! How could I have any relationship with him, you can't doubt my loyalty!"

Yan Yunhe played with the wine glass in his hand: "Why do you need to worry, having contacts with Master Yu doesn't mean you have betrayed His Majesty."

Yinniang breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously: "I am far away in Yunzhou, and every time I enter the capital these years, His Majesty will send an edict, how can I have such skill."

"During this period of time, Master Yu and I were making false claims, and His Majesty suspected that I had other thoughts, although I could understand to a certain extent." Yan Yunhe said along the way, and he also wanted to share his thoughts with Emperor Cheng Jing.

Even if there is no way to contradict His Majesty face to face, it would be good to convey it through Yinniang.

"It's just that if I really wanted to go to the Queen Mother, I wouldn't devote myself to investigating the smuggling case, and would even try my best to offend Jiang Zheng, the former admiral of the Shenji Camp."

"I was almost killed on Black Islet, and His Majesty knew about it. The Queen Mother hates me to the bone, so how could I stand by her side?"

The more Yan Yunhe said, the more absurd he felt: "Your Majesty has always been smart, why did you suspect me just because of Yu Qin?"

"Are you really worried that I will betray Yu Qin if I get too close to him, or is it because..." Yan Yunhe knocked the wine glass on the table heavily: "Is there something about Yu Qin that I can't know?"

Seeing the wine glass fall, Yinniang trembled all over, like a small animal being targeted, the hair was about to explode.

She and Yan Yunhe have known each other all these years, and the other party has never oppressed her with such arrogance.

But the oppressive feeling at that moment slowly dissipated after a few seconds.

Yan Yunhe poured himself a glass of wine, which Zhao Chengan brought back from Datong, it was spicy and full of stamina, it was exactly the one Yu Qin drank just now.

Even when the banquet started just now, he didn't move a single chopstick.

Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach will inevitably cause a dull pain in the stomach due to the stimulating alcohol.

But after he drank the spirit unmoved, he threw the glass roughly on the table.The round cup rolled around, shattered on the ground, and fell apart.

Accompanied by the crackling sound, Yan Yunhe suppressed all his emotions, and calmly said to Yinniang as before: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper."

In any case, he shouldn't press Yinniang alone here, it's not what a gentleman does.

Yinniang looked at the broken cup and suddenly felt that Yan Yunhe also looked like this cup.

The momentary gaffe just now was Yan Yunhe's revealing of his true self, just like the armor he always wore on his body, which finally became weak and gradually fell apart.

Yinniang sighed: "I don't know anything about Mr. Yu, if you really want to know, you can go to the Imperial City Office to get the file, it's clearly recorded."

"The file does not record Yu Qin's behavior after entering the palace." Yan Yunhe said.

Yinniang was a little surprised and said, "How could this be?"

Seeing that her surprise did not seem to be fake, Yan Yun raised his eyebrows and said, "It's probably because I'm worried that the Secretary of the Imperial City will set up an eyeliner in the palace to spy on the emperor."

Yinniang retorted without thinking: "The entire Imperial City Department belongs to Your Majesty, how can this be a reason. Your Majesty even has to monitor the concubines in the harem, so why did you erase the traces of Master Yu alone?"

After she finished speaking, she felt that she had revealed too much, and Yinniang was a little annoyed.

But without thinking, Yan Yunhe continued to agree: "Indeed, I later transferred the records of other people's entry into the palace, which is not like Master Yu's dossier."

This is thanks to Fang Zhizhou's unguardedness against him, and gave him the token to retrieve the file.

He didn't dare to take other people's files rashly, for fear of arousing suspicion, he had to find out Zhao Xiang's files again for a closer look.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiang, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was also summoned to the palace several times because of the river embankment project. There are detailed records on it, including how many times Zhao Xiang drank tea in the palace.

If there is no special reason, there are only two possibilities.

One is that someone didn't want Yu Qin's whereabouts to be revealed, so they erased the records of the Imperial City Secretary.

Only His Majesty is the one with such means.

The second is scandal.

The scandal between Yu Qin and the Empress Dowager involved the Tian family after all, so there were many taboos.

Even if there are rumors in the capital, it is absolutely impossible to leave a true record.

Emperor Cheng Jing could use any public opinion to attack the Queen Mother, but he could not use such scandals.

It's really humiliating, and it will affect Emperor Cheng Jing's own reputation.

It's really a stupid move to kill one thousand enemies and hurt eight hundred.

It is possible that Emperor Cheng Jing took the first step because of the second possibility.But if it wasn't for the latter, what Emperor Cheng Jing did would be very thought-provoking.

In fact, until now, Yan Yunhe didn't think that Yu Qin joined the Queen Mother just to survive.He is not like this kind of person, and he is innocent if he wants to live.

It is the most difficult for people like them to live comfortably and without restrictions.

The next morning, You Hao asked Yan Yunhe curiously, "Why didn't Poppy come to court today?"

Where Yu Qin was originally standing, there were already other military officers standing.

In such a large court, there are not many Yuqin, and there are few... It doesn't seem to matter.

You Liang looked at his expression: "You don't know either?"

"Why don't you go to court and report illness?" Yan Yunhe said.

You Liang frowned strangely: "Why do you look so indifferent?"

Yan Yunhe stared straight ahead: "He and I are opposed to each other, why should I care about my sworn enemy?"

You Liang was extremely surprised and didn't understand what happened. In his opinion, Yan Yunhe was fascinated a while ago, but now he has become a sworn enemy with a clear stand.

Are all men so fickle?

You Liang said thoughtfully: "Since Poppy is ill, as a former classmate, I still have to visit her once or twice. They are so sick that they can't get out of bed, it's very serious."

Yan Yunhe gave him a warning look: "Don't make trouble for your father."

You Liang shrugged his shoulders: "I'm doing it for my father's sake. Maybe I have a good relationship with Yu Qin. When Jin Yiwei collects information from all the officials, he can let my father go. Don't remember his scandal."

Yan Yunhe left a sentence: "It's up to you."

You Liang did what he said, after he came down to court, he went to buy Yue Lai Lou's famous porridge, and went to the small restaurant bestowed by the former emperor to buy several jars, and came to Yu Mansion with his hands full.

He didn't wait for the old servant to report, he squeezed the other party away, and walked in carelessly.

While walking, he shouted loudly: "Master Yu, I'm here to see you!"

Quickly found Yu Qin's bedroom, You Liang opened the door and entered, just as Yu Qin got up from the bed.

His jet-black hair covered his entire body, and he looked fragile and pale, even frowning, which was so pleasing to the eye.

Yu Qin looked at You Liang, and didn't get angry immediately, but subconsciously looked behind You Liang.

Behind You Liang was only the face of the old servant hurriedly chasing up: "My lord, how could you force your way in!"

After finishing speaking, the old servant pressed You Liang's shoulder with one hand, and the other party hid from his hand with an incredibly flexible movement method just like how he avoided his hand a few times before.

"Old man, don't touch me anymore, or I will get angry." You Liang smiled cheerfully, but the threat in his tone did not seem fake.

After finishing speaking, You Liang turned around and walked towards Yu Qin, pushing towards the bed step by step, bent down to look at Yu Qin's face carefully: "Is this really sick?"

Yu Qin didn't say anything, but still looked behind You Liang.

You Liang casually put the porridge aside: "Don't look, he won't come."

Only then did Yu Qin look away: "Who told you to come here?"

You Liang propped his chin and looked at him innocently: "Can't we simply come to see you, we are also colleagues after all."

Yu Qin leaned on the bed, staring at You Liang coldly.It seemed that from just now, his already bad mood suddenly became extremely bad.

You Liang bent his eyes and said, "Isn't it because you are afraid that you will spoil your plan with your emotions?"