In the warm pavilion, Lao Zhu stared at Li Jie with a gloomy face, almost trying to reach out to grab the inkstone on the table. He had just demoted a dissatisfied son to Japan, but he had a grandson-in-law who annoyed him. To be honest, he also loved and hated Li Jie. This kid is indeed very capable, but he is also very capable of causing trouble. On several occasions, he wished he could kill him with his own hands.

The left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Bang, was so scared that he was weak. It was not that he had seen Lao Zhu get angry, but when Lao Zhu got angry, he was always at court meetings. Wu Bang felt very safe standing among the ministers. After all, no matter how angry Lao Zhu was, he would never be able to cut down all the ministers.

Although Wu Bang knew that Lao Zhu was angry because of Li Jie, he still felt extremely frightened. After all, His Majesty the Emperor was not a good man. He wanted to kill someone if he stared at him. If he lost his temper and killed himself, Wu Bang would not even find a place to reason.

Li Jie was actually a little nervous at this time, and even secretly glanced at Lao Zhu's actions. If he threw something and hit him again, he would not want to be hit like Zhu Ren, and at least he had to avoid the vital parts. Otherwise, what if he was disfigured on his face?

Fortunately, Lao Zhu didn't take action in the end, but looked at Wu Bang and asked, "Is Li Jie's words true?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Jing Haibo's words are true!" Wu Bang was startled when he heard this, and then hurriedly replied.

"You retreat!" Old Zhu waved his hand to Wu Bang after hearing this.

"I'm leaving!" Wu Bang was also as if he had received a general amnesty. After saluting, he quickly left the warm room. When he left the gate, he realized that his clothes on his back were already wet with sweat, which made him secretly complain: "This Li Jie is really a troublemaker. You must stay away from him in the future, so as not to be implicated by him again!"

Seeing Wu Bang leave, Li Jie suddenly felt empty. In fact, this Mr. Wu is a very elegant person. With him here, he can relieve his nervousness. If you have the chance in the future, you must make more friends with the other party!

"What prisoner did you take away?" Lao Zhu suddenly asked. He put his hands on the table when he spoke, and next to it was a thick inkstone and paperweight. If Li Jie didn't answer well, he would definitely not mind smashing something.

"It's the wife and daughter of Hu Jiang, Qianhu of Jinyiwei." Li Jie answered honestly again.

"Hu Jiang? Is the Hu woman who was once engaged to you?" Old Zhu was stunned at first when he heard this, then he stood upside down and asked again. Li Jie was his chosen grandson-in-law, and now he actually went to save his former fiancée. This was simply slapping Lao Zhu in the face.

"It's her, but I saved her not because she was my fiancée, but because I owe her a huge favor!" Li Jie also hurriedly defended himself. He didn't want Lao Zhu to misunderstand his relationship with Miss Hu. Otherwise, if Lao Zhu goes crazy, not only will he lose his life, Miss Hu may not be able to escape death.

"What kind of favor can make you take such a big risk to save their mother and daughter?" Lao Zhu asked again, holding back his anger. This is Li Jie. If it were another person, he would have smashed the inkstone long ago.

"This matter starts with our family being kicked out of the house by our grandfather. At that time, Hu Jiang broke his marriage, but Miss Hu was a kind and kind woman. Not only did she disagreed with her father's decision, but she also caught up with me to give me money to help. Although I refused, I made an agreement with her."

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Li Jie said this and secretly looked at Lao Zhu like that. After finding that the other party was not angry, he continued: "At that time, I felt that the disaster at home was coming, and my life and death were uncertain, so he told her that if I unfortunately died, I would ask her to help collect the body on my behalf. If I survived by chance, I would owe her a favor. As long as she spoke, I would help her with whatever request she asked!"

After Li Jie finished speaking, he quietly waited for Lao Zhu's reaction. In fact, this matter also involved Lao Zhu, because Li Shanchang died because of Lao Zhu, of course Li Shanchang also had to bear a lot of responsibility. So if it were not forcing him, Li Jie would not be willing to talk about this in front of Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu's face was also gloomy and clear. He seemed to think of Li Shanchang's incident again. After a while, he asked in a low voice: "Is that the only one?"

"That's all. Later, I got engaged to Yuning and I met Miss Hu on the street once. Yuning was there at that time. Later, Yuning complained to Yuning, so I confessed to Yuning what I had made with Miss Hu's previous agreement with Yuning." Li Jie replied very calmly.

"Yunning actually knows it too?" Old Zhu also showed a look of surprise when he heard this. He thought this should be Li Jie's secret, but he didn't expect that he had told his granddaughter a long time ago.

"What did Yuning say at that time? Didn't you blame you at all?" Lao Zhu suddenly asked again with interest. He also wanted to know if he would be jealous of his granddaughter who had always been strong.

"Yunning said... said..." Li Jie suddenly showed a speechless expression.

"Don't hesitate, what did Yuning say?" Old Zhu asked again with a glaring eyes.

Li Jie had no choice but to grit his teeth and answer: "Yunning said that if I die in the future, she will collect the body for me!"

"Hahaha~, I am worthy of being my granddaughter!" Old Zhu couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this. This answer was simply amazing. Even he didn't expect Zhu Yuning to say that.

Seeing Lao Zhu laughing, Li Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this matter would not be too serious.

After Lao Zhu finished laughing, he looked at Li Jie again and asked, "Don't you think it's not worth it because of an agreement, just because of a big agreement, you are taking such a big risk to save people?"

"As the saying goes, true love is revealed in times of adversity. At that time, when I was at the lowest point in my life, a promise from Miss Hu's family was enough to remember it for my whole life. It's like when people are hungry, a meal of grace is enough to make people repay it for the rest of their lives!" Li Jie replied again, but when he mentioned the meal of grace, he deliberately made a trick.

Sure enough, Lao Zhu was stunned again when he heard Li Jie's words, and then he showed a look of nostalgia. He also remembered that when he was imprisoned by Guo Zixing, Empress Ma secretly gave it to him with a freshly baked cake in her arms, and even burned his chest. It was also the best cake he had eaten in his life.

It was precisely because of that pancake that Lao Zhu, who had been suspicious all his life, finally realized that this woman was the most important person in his life and the only person he could trust unconditionally. Unfortunately, Empress Ma died early later. At that time, Lao Zhu felt that his sky had collapsed. No matter how many women there were in the harem, it could not fill the emptiness in his heart.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhu's eyes were slightly red. Then he looked at Li Jie who was kneeling in front of him, and he also understood Li Jie's previous actions more. If he were himself, he would probably rescue the person first at all costs.

However, no matter how understanding is, Lao Zhu quickly regained his rationality, and then said with a stern face: "No matter how sufficient the reason is, you have made a big mistake. What do you want me to deal with you this time?"

"I am willing to admit my guilt. No matter how Your Majesty deals with it, I will not have any objection!" Li Jie heard that Lao Zhu's tone had softened, and he was immediately happy, but he still said righteously.

"Leave it to me for the treatment, right?" Lao Zhu suddenly raised his eyebrows, then smiled slightly and ordered, "Come on, please call Princess Danyang!"

"Uh? Your Majesty, why are you asking Yuning to come?" Li Jie suddenly looked up and asked Lao Zhu with a look of surprise and uneasiness. Princess Danyang is Zhu Yuning's title. She was deposed by Lao Zhu once before, but soon recovered because of Li Jie's contribution.

"You are Yuning's fiancé, but you ran to save a woman who was once engaged to you. How can you bypass Yuning like this? So I want to ask her for her opinion!" Lao Zhu replied with a cold smile.

"This... there is no need to do this. It's not too late for me to explain to Yuning later!" Li Jie stammered again, and the cold sweat was falling when he spoke. Zhu Yuning was a little jealous when he met Miss Hu last time. The sentence was jealous and said it because of the jealousy attack. This time it was much more serious than last time, so Li Jie didn't know what Zhu Yuning would react?

"Why don't you have to? If you dare to do it, don't you dare to let Yuning know?" Old Zhu asked again with a smile. The more panicked Li Jie was, the happier he felt, and let you do whatever you want?

In fact, Lao Zhu was really angry. After all, Li Jie trespassed into the Jiaofangsi and took the prisoner away was indeed a serious crime, but he was really reluctant to punish Li Jie. Not to mention anything else, he had not yet thought about how to reward Li Jie for saving Zhu Biao and Zhu Chuang before.

But it wouldn't work if you don't punish this kind of thing, otherwise Li Jie wouldn't have a memory at all. Originally, Old Zhu was still worried, but Li Jie took the initiative to mention Zhu Yuning, which made him have a sudden idea. Yu Gong himself was reluctant to punish him, so he might as well let Zhu Yuning know about this. At that time, Li Jie's backyard caught fire, what should he do?

With Lao Zhu's order, an eunuch immediately ran to invite Zhu Yuning over. Li Jie was so scared that he couldn't stand it. He wanted Lao Zhu to take back Cheng's life, but Lao Zhu sat there as if he was old and ignored him at all. This made Li Jie even more nervous and felt something was wrong all over his body.

After a while, Zhu Yuning finally came to the warm pavilion. When she saw Li Jie kneeling on the ground, she was also stunned. Especially when Li Jie deliberately turned her face and did not dare to look at her, she felt even more surprised. But she couldn't ask at this time, so she stepped forward and saluted Lao Zhu and said, "Granddaughter greets the emperor!"
Chapter completed!