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However, it was said that it was already dark when Ji Yao and Zhong Yi returned to Sikong Mansion, and the carriage stopped in the courtyard outside Mrs. Zhong's main hall, Ji Yao helped Que'er's hand to get out of the car, and through the faint light, she caught a glimpse of a servant woman whispering to Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi looked unhappy, nodded and said that he understood, and waved his hand to let the servant go down. He saw Ji Yao tidy up her dress, walked in front of her in two steps and said, "My mother is not feeling well, she just fell asleep after taking medicine, cousin will go back first, and come back tomorrow to see her and tell me what she has seen outside the city." ”

Ji Yao bowed her head, staggered past Zhong Yi, and walked around the corner of the wall, she turned around and saw that Zhong Yi's clothes had just disappeared into the door of Mrs. Zhong's main hall, and several servant women outside the door lowered their eyebrows and couldn't see anything abnormal. But she still wondered in her heart, there was an indescribable strangeness in the atmosphere of the Zhong family, and she couldn't figure out where the blame was for a while.

When she went back to see Xiao Liang's family, Ji Yao didn't tell the truth this time, only said that Zhuangtou was cunning and couldn't ask the truth, and it was almost dark and she was in a hurry to come back, so she only went to one place in time.

Xiao Liang was lying on the pillow, white and light yellow, without a trace of blood, after hearing this, he closed his eyes and waved his hand, and his sleeves faded to reveal half of his wrists, which were thin into skin and bones.

The second lady stood at the head of the bed and twisted her clothes with her fingers, glanced at Ji Yao timidly, and then sent her out, her light hands and feet were really not like the usual style.

"Is Auntie better?" Ji Yao asked softly.

The second lady shook her head with tears in her eyes, and hooked her head to look at the newly sprouted grass sprouts in the cracks of the stone slabs in the courtyard.

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the second lady, Ji Yao's anger yesterday also disappeared, she half-hugged the second lady back to her room, let Que'er serve tea, and the sisters talked about gossip.

The second lady shed a few tears and sighed: "Daddy, they don't know how many times they can come, looking forward to him coming, and I'm afraid that he will come and talk nonsense and be angry with Auntie, I think about my grandmother, and ...... I still want to go back to Luoyang. ”

She knew she was talking about the impossible, and she fell on the table and wept bitterly.

Ji Yao stroked the back of the second lady and comforted her, if her parents were still alive, she would take a step back and say that her grandfather's family had not been changed, and maybe it would be so casual to grow up in the palm of her hand.

From Luoyang to Nanyang, and then to Chang'an City, Ji Yao didn't think about the way to come, but only looked forward to tomorrow, which would get better and better every day.

"Sister Niang, Sister A's words yesterday are serious, don't take it to heart. Ji Yao apologized first.

The second lady raised her head with tears in her eyes, and said: "I said something that shouldn't be said, knowing that Daddy lost the family business single-handedly, and I am afraid of people saying it, I am afraid that I will be too ashamed to see people when I hear it, I am afraid that I will not be able to support the family for A-Niang, and I am even more afraid that I will not have the ability to find a good husband to win glory for A-Niang." Ah Ying didn't laugh at me much, but I still felt that her words were prickly. Sister, do you think I'm too useless?"

"No", Ji Yao hurriedly denied it, the second lady finally showed some signs of being sensible, she should be encouraged. Let's not talk about it if I don't do it, it's good to realize my shortcomings.

The second lady wiped her tears, and was about to say something when she heard the sound of someone talking in the courtyard, it turned out that Mrs. Zhong invited a new doctor to treat Xiao Liang's family, and the person was waiting in the hospital.

Ji Yao smiled and watched her cousin go out, feeling relieved. She worked hard for more than half a month, and finally gained something, not money and land, but people's hearts. She laughed at herself for being too greedy, and the second lady could dissipate her anger with a few tears and a warm word; she also laughed at herself for being too greedy, and she could get a few people to treat her sincerely.

As soon as she secretly finished sighing, Que'er went out and came back with a new harvest, and she also noticed that Mrs. Zhong's attitude towards Ji Yao had changed, and she ran more affectionately this time, and serving Ji Yao was more respectful than serving the serious master.

"The slave heard that Lord Sikong was staying in the palace again tonight, and before dinner, he sent someone to bring the news, and the lady was furious in the main hall and broke several fine jade cups, and even the girl was reprimanded by her to cry and go back to the house. Que'er stuck out her tongue and bared her teeth when she spoke, and her delicate little face became strange.

"It's not the first time that Lord Sikong has stayed in the palace, he also stayed in the palace on the day we arrived in Chang'an City. Ji Yao suppressed her doubts and said lightly.

Que'er nodded and shook her head, she didn't dare to chew her tongue anymore, she was full of curiosity and couldn't stand it, and sighed in the room.

Until the evening of the next day, General Zhong still did not return to the house, but you can imagine what the atmosphere in the prefect's mansion was depressed, and even Ji Yao was far away from Mrs. Zhong's main hall, walking and talking carefully. The servants and slaves in the courtyard were all silent, breathing in small gulps, and if they didn't breathe, they would die, and they could all stop this skill.

Fortunately, Ji Yao was able to go to Song's house to be a guest to avoid the limelight for two days, and she specially brought Magpie to show her favor. If nothing else, she will still have a place to use Que'er in the future, even if she returns to Jifu, a small character like Que'er who knows the wind and grass is not afraid of being bought by money.

Song Shiyi Lang was dressed in a homely light green robe and greeted with a smile and personally helped Ji Yao get out of the car outside the gate, for a moment, Ji Yao seemed to have returned to the past, every time she went back to her grandfather's house, several cousins greeted her at the door, although the appearance was different, but the smile was the same.

In early spring, a spring flower blooms in the corner of the wall, and the tender yellow flowers make people appreciate the warmth of spring.

Ji Yao picked up a spring flower, her mood was unprecedentedly happy, leaving behind the trivial matters of the Zhong family and the Zhenguo Mansion, she originally wanted to ask General Zhong about not returning to the mansion, but it was rare to be with her brother, who cares about those things.

Song Shiyi Lang stood a few steps away with his hands indifferent, letting Ji Yao surround him like a flower butterfly, his mouth was pursed, and he saw Ji Yao looking at the fake head, beckoning: "Go back, it's not interesting over there, a pool of water and wait for the lotus flowers to pull out the leaves and bloom, I will invite you to come over and enjoy the scenery, and then order someone to release the boat, and you can play as you want." ”

Ji Yao was a little embarrassed, she was rarely greedy for fun and was seen by her brother, and obediently followed Song Shiyi Lang back to the hall.

Song Shiyi Lang really put a lot of effort into welcoming her, the food and pastries on the table were all high-quality, the green jade stove was burning with light incense, and there were bunches of grapes on the crystal white jade plate near Ji Yao on the table, which was a rarity. In the spring of Chang'an City, you can find □□ and pears, and grapes are rare in the palace.

Ji Yao didn't make a polite gesture, and half-held the jade plate and chewed the grape grains one by one.

Song Shiyi Lang looked at her with a smile and explained: "A few days ago, in order to prepare for your arrival, I specially asked the Queen Mother for a small half basket, eat it, if you can't finish eating, take it all with you when you leave." ”

Ji Yao only smirked, and when she took off her defense, she became much smaller, and her curiosity increased sharply, "The Queen Mother is not very old, I have hardly seen her at the palace banquet before, and I can't remember a Wang beauty who gave birth to two sons." ”

"Hmm", Song Shiyi Lang peeled an orange with his head bored.

"She is lucky to be picked by Brother Ah and General Zhong, otherwise she will end up the same as everyone else. Ji Yao sighed with emotion, her teeth splashing grape juice on her clothes.

Song Shiyi Lang handed her a brocade handkerchief, and handed the peeled orange to Ji Yao's hand, and chuckled: "I don't believe it, it's not that we picked her, but that she first found Lord Sikong." ”

Ji Yao was stunned, took the handkerchief and wiped the grape juice from the corners of her mouth and clothes, broke off a petal of orange pulp and put it in her mouth and spit it out. "Too sour!" her face crumpled.

Song Shiyi Lang laughed, and the wind and moon were frank and open.

Ji Yao asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for a long time: "Brother, what is going on with the Luoyang Mutiny? What did General Zhong do? You work with him is equivalent to conspiring with the tiger, you must be careful." ”

Song Shiyi Lang put away his smile, looked at Ji Yao and said word by word: "I didn't want you to know these things, they are too pickled and polluted your ears and eyes." But in the future, no one can guarantee that you will be able to be alone, and you still don't want to be a fool in the game, you don't know how you died, and Brother won't hide it from you. Zhong's privately withheld military rations, forced the deputy general of the same battalion, and ordered someone to open the gap and secretly let the rebels enter Luoyang City, and waited for the rebels to burn and kill and rob all the concubines and Liang Wang died and then waited for the opportunity to take it in one fell swoop, supported the young lord as the emperor, and appointed himself as the minister to protect the country. He was anxious to fight for the country and establish a new emperor, and he lost half of the south of the Yangtze River regardless of the tail. ”

"Brother is also unforgivable", Song Shiyilang's voice became deeper and lower, and his face was solemn: "Half of this is my idea, although Concubine Ji and King Liang deserve to die, the people of Luoyang City should not be robbed, not to mention that I asked people to secretly open the gate of Luoyang City and let the rebel army in." I don't know if my grandfather and uncle will blame me if they know about it, and they will take revenge for their selfish interests. ”

The truth is like Ji Yao's prediction of eight nine is not far from ten, she heard her father and maternal grandfather say since she was a child that she remembered Jun En until she died, her father died for the first prince, and her maternal grandfather was also killed by the first emperor for trumped-up crimes. The reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao was too late, and she still believed that 'people will be destroyed by heaven and earth if they do not do it for themselves'.

"There is only a brother left in the Song family......" Ji Yao was halfway through speaking, and then remembered and asked, "Where are the Xiaoyun Niang sisters now?"

Song Shiyi Lang got up and stood in front of the window, his voice floating in the sky: "They are buried outside Luoyang City with others, it's okay, the family doesn't have to be separated when they get together." ”

Ji Yao almost cried again, it was a pair of daughters of the eldest cousin, who had been born with ice and snow since childhood, and her mother was the county lord of the clan and failed to protect them, the emperor was ruthless and would not pity the innocent and weak.

"Okay", in order to break the dullness in the house, and also want to end the unpleasant topic as soon as possible, Song Shiyi Lang turned his head and smiled: "Don't talk about this, Brother will introduce you to a person." He walked to the door and high-fived.

Ji Yao asked casually: "Is it the Han family's Xiaolangjun?"

Song Shiyilang looked stunned, staring at Ji Yao up and down with sharp eyes.

Staring at Ji Yao's heart, she couldn't help but look at the clothes on her body, she went out today wearing the undergarment palace skirt that Song Shiyi Lang sent over early, there was nothing wrong with light pink and light Ai, and a few drops of grape juice splashed on his chest Brother also knew, what was he looking at?

"No, he just left the city yesterday and won't be back for at least two or three months. Song Shiyilang's tone was slightly cold.

Oh! Ji Yao brought up half a bunch of grapes again, it wasn't Han Qi, he was still holding her dagger, and she didn't have a formal chance to thank him, this time it wasn't just waiting for the next time.

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The growth of the second lady is not easy

And General Zhong, I didn't plan to write him as a five-good husband

Has Ji Yao changed a little about Han Qi?