Sun is an anxious man, and Li Jiazhi is an idle person, these two people got together to rush alive, but the half-moon kung fu Situ Ningbing and his party entered Chang'an City. In order to avoid contradictions, the convoy drove into Yanping Gate, and Situ Ningbing asked Li Jiazhi to bring twenty carriages loaded with things brought by the Wang family to Li Shuning and go directly to the direction of the Qi Palace, and he followed the Meng family and the Sun family all the way back to the General's Mansion.www.biquge.info

Before entering the door, there was already a sharp-eyed door to report, Mrs. Situ's mother who was in charge of the inner courtyard personally greeted her, and led the group into the Tianxiang Pavilion to see Mrs. Situ After seeing Mrs. Situ, the Sun family and the Meng family each went back to the courtyard arranged by the main house to freshen up and rest, while Situ Ningbing stayed.

I haven't seen Mrs. Situ for half a year, and there is not much change, and her spirit is not bad, but there is a little more sadness in her eyebrows and eyes, Situ Ningbing sat next to her on a chaise longue in the inner room, leaned her head on her shoulder and said with childhood coquettishness: "Why doesn't my mother seem to be very happy when I come back, don't you want her daughter to go home?"

"What stupid things are you kidding! My mother misses you day and night, and I can't wait to let your father take you home and raise you for the rest of my life!" Mrs. Situ hugged her baby daughter who she hadn't seen for half a year, her eyes were red, "I knew that I should have listened to your father in the first place, and married you to a lieutenant under him, so that I would not be wronged and I could see you from time to time, how can I see you once in the mountains and rivers now, and I don't know what year and month the next goodbye will be!" ”

Situ Ning Bingyuan just looked at her as if she had something on her mind, guessing that she was unhappy about the marriage of her eldest brother Situ Jihua and was trying to lead her to say a few words, and she was good to enlighten and enlighten on the side, who would have thought that she would make her cry, and sure enough, it was a woman's heart! Hurriedly wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and comforted her: "Mother, don't be sad, isn't your daughter back?" If you have anything to say, just tell me. ”

Unexpectedly, the more Mrs. Situ cried, the more sad she became, and finally hugged her and cried bitterly. Situ Ningbing was inexplicably crying by her, Rao is she has always been calm and her heart couldn't stop a little up and down, and finally waited for Mrs. Situ to cry enough, she tentatively said: "Mother, is there something wrong with my family during this time?" She has always been very confident in the intelligence network she has built up single-handedly, but at this moment she is a little uncertain.

Mrs. Situ shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's just that your eldest brother's marriage reminded my mother of some past events." ”

Situ Ningbing couldn't help but secretly wonder, what kind of past can be sad like a dead father?

"I don't agree with your father's marriage with your eldest brother," Before Situ Ningbing could ask, Mrs. Situ had already said to herself, "Miss Ding is very good, and my mother also likes her temperament, but she is really not suitable to be the eldest daughter-in-law of our family." I thought she was going to be good with your second brother, but my mother also regarded her as a little daughter-in-law in her selfish heart, who would have thought that she would look at your eldest brother in the right eye! Your second brother is not angry! Not only did he stop him, but he also helped match the bridge and instigated your eldest brother! On weekdays, your eldest brother is the most filial and obedient, but this time he is determined to marry the girl Nading as if he has lost his heart, and he knelt in the courtyard for three days and three nights, and he knelt and fainted My father and I didn't let go, but then I saw him lose weight day by day as if he lost his soul, I was afraid that he couldn't think about it and was just like back then... …”

"What back then?" Situ Ningbing intuitively felt that this "back then" had some secrets that she didn't know, and couldn't help but ask.

Mrs. Situ closed her eyes and took a deep breath, as if she was recalling and as if she was thinking about how to speak, and Situ Ningbing leaned quietly in her arms without urging. After a long silence, Mrs. Situ finally opened her eyes and calmly narrated, "You know, my mother has seven aunts, except for the youngest seventh aunt, who is Empress Wenchang, the other six aunts are all married to the eight major clans. Your grandmother is your mother's aunt, and your husband's grandmother is your mother's fourth aunt, and your father-in-law and I are real cousins. More than 30 years ago, your great-grandfather was still there, and the title of Duke of Shu had not yet reached your grandfather's turn, and he was serving as a taishou in Longxi at that time. Because the Dugu clan can't take concubines, so any man who is an official outside will definitely bring his wife and children, and your aunt and I have lived in Longxi for six years, and most of these six years have been spent in the current Anguo Mansion......"

Recalling the carefree time when she was a teenager, Mrs. Situ's gorgeous face showed a gentle smile, and there was a hint of girlish joy in her voice, "At that time, my aunt and uncle had already passed away, my father was busy with official business, and my mother had to manage her own inner courtyard and take care of the Anguo Mansion and deal with Mrs. Yigan in Longxi. When I was young, I was the most naughty and always got into trouble, when I was in Chang'an, my sister helped me to intercede, and when I came to Longxi, in addition to my sister, my cousin and cousin Xun carried the black pot for me, which was like a fish in water. I always thought that I could live a lifetime like this, naively thinking that even if my father was no longer an official in Longxi in the future, as long as my sister married my cousin, I would live with my sister in the Anguo Mansion and continue to be my little overlord to do evil, but ......"

Mrs. Situ's voice gradually dimmed, "Happy times always pass so fast, when I was eleven years old, my father's term of office expired and took our family back to Chang'an, on the day of parting, Cousin Ji with Cousin Xun will always send us outside the city, I saw my sister taking advantage of the inattention of others to secretly stuff a piece of silk handkerchief to Cousin Ji, she moved quickly but still made me recognize, that is she stayed up for two nights to embroider the handkerchief, embroidered on it a tree of peach blossoms implied her small words - burning. ”

"Peach blossom...?" Situ Ningbing muttered in a low voice, as if something flashed in his mind.

Mrs. Situ was immersed in the memories and did not pay attention to her strange appearance, but said to herself: "After returning to Chang'an, I am not used to it, and I have been pestering my sister for three days to ask when my cousin Ji will come to propose marriage? When can I follow her back to Longxi? Whenever this time, my sister is always ashamed to beat me, but I can clearly see that there is a sweet smile on her red face that cannot be concealed. At that time, I never dreamed that my sister didn't wait for my cousin, but waited for Aunt Seven's decree!"

Mrs. Situ's emotions were a little excited, and the hand holding Situ Ningbing's shoulder tightened unconsciously, "A Yi Zhisheng broke up a pair of lovers! For the sake of the so-called power, they joined forces to force my sister and cousin Ji to death!"

"Allure!" Mrs. Situ suddenly broke Situ Ningbing's body, grabbed her shoulders tightly with both hands, and her eyes shone with desolation and crazy flames, "Do you know how your aunt died?"

As soon as Situ Ningbing wanted to open her mouth to say that she was sick and died, Mrs. Situ smiled, her smile was as sad and crazy as her eyes, "They said that she died because she was not favored and depressed, hehe...!" Mrs. Situ laughed wildly, laughing so much that tears came out, "What about the liar! She obviously jumped from the Chengtianmen and committed suicide!"

"Mother!" Situ Ningbing sat up straight and exclaimed, "Who are you listening to this?!" The queen lives in a few palace gates between the Lizheng Hall and the Chengtian Gate, and these palace gates are guarded, not to mention that it is difficult to jump from the city tower to get out of these gates, who did she instigate and believe it to be true?!"

Mrs. Situ's answer surprised her, "I saw it with my own eyes! I was only fourteen years old when my sister went, and on that day, the sky was gray and heavy rain would not fall, and the night was very dark, and my brother and I had dinner in my mother's courtyard and were about to go back to my yard, but my brother suddenly pulled me aside and told me with red eyes that my cousin Ji was gone! He was killed by more than forty arrows in an ambush by mistake when he was fighting with the Turks in Shuozhou!" Tears rolled down her beautiful face, but Mrs. Situ had no time to raise her hand to wipe it. I only remember that my mind was blank at that time, except that I was sad and scared, and I didn't know what I was afraid of, so I went back to my yard in a daze, and I didn't care about freshening up, and I cried on the bed and didn't know how long I cried and fell asleep in a daze, until midnight, I suddenly woke up in a panic, and then ran out like crazy. It was pouring rain that night, but I rode in the direction of the palace without hesitation, and I had only one thought in my heart, I was going to see my sister!

Speaking of this, Mrs. Situ couldn't help but hide her face with her hands and cry, and a choked voice came from between her fingers, "But... I was still one step late, and when I arrived at Chengtianmen... There was a fiery red in front of me, and I didn't know it at first... What is that, and then I heard the Qianniu guard guarding the palace gate shouting, 'It's the queen's mother'!

"Mother, don't be sad, that's all in the past. Situ Ningbing gently patted Mrs. Situ on the back to relieve her pain.

Perhaps it was because she had been holding back in her heart for too long, Mrs. Situ cried for a while, and then calmed down a little before continuing: "At that time, I was only three or four zhang away from Chengtianmen, but I seemed to have walked for a long, long time, and I had to pray to God for every step I took, I just hoped that all this was a nightmare, and I only hoped that I could wake up soon!" But God didn't hear my prayer, and when I took the last step and pulled away from the Qianniuwei in front of me, I saw my sister lying motionless in the cold rain in her wedding dress, and the red blood flowed out from under her body, and was scattered by the rain, and the soles of my feet **** my pair of flowery and rich embroidered shoes......"