"During that time, because of the affairs of the Nine Princes, the Imperial City was very turbulent for a while. The emperor summoned my father back to preside over the scientific expedition of that year, but he rested in the capital for more than half a year because of something, and he lived in Dugu Mansion at that time.

"Although we live together, we don't see each other for a long time, at the beginning I only saw her several times a month in the study school of Dugu's house, and then I slowly walked in, she is very quiet and smart, gentle and generous, without those eunuch ladies.

"At that time, there was Mo Yan, Mo Yan was your mother's close friend, they studied together since they were young, and they learned the piano together. Mo Yan's father did not follow the family rules of the Li family to enter the official career, but on the contrary, he was very successful in the preparation of the four treasures of the study. Back then, who didn't know the capital's 'Shuyun Pavilion', a brush cost several taels of silver. ”

Yuwen Yan was staggered, a few taels of silver, which was her pocket money for several months. If she had the money, she wouldn't have spent it on brushes. But then again, the capital is full of people with heads and faces, rich and powerful, who cares about those few taels of silver, isn't it just a face. This kind of blind tendency to follow the comparison really exists in any dynasty and generation.

"Mo Yan's temperament is just the opposite of your mother, she can't sit still, no matter what she wants to see, touch it for herself. also often gets into trouble, every time she gets into trouble, she hides behind your mother, and she has been scolded by your father for this matter I don't know how many times. Because of this, she and your father don't like anyone, and they are both like enemies when they meet each other.

"Think about it, your father was quite pitiful at that time, and I don't know how many times Mo Yan and I have been rectified. ”

"You-. Yuwen Yan couldn't help but open her mouth wide, and when she found out that something was wrong, it was too late, and Concubine Shen, who was looking at her with a smile in embarrassment, laughed twice.

"Every time your father is angry, we push your mother out and run away. At that time, your mother was really the person on the tip of your father's heart, and she was reluctant to say a word more, and refused to disobey every meaning of your mother. Your father is a hundred steel, and your mother is a finger twister. ”

Concubine Shen coughed twice more and gently took a sip of the already cold tea.

"It's a pity that soon after, I followed my father back to Jiangnan. In the years that followed, we exchanged letters from time to time, and it was not until I was selected to enter the palace when I was fifteen years old that we met again.

"I can't imagine that it will only take a few years, and things will be wrong so quickly. I deliberately came to Beijing a few months earlier than the day of the attack, just to get along with them for a while longer, and when I entered the palace gate, which was as deep as the sea, I couldn't say anything when I met, let alone talk to myself. But I found out that your mother began to be depressed a lot, and your father came less. When I asked where your father was, your mother burst into tears, but she never spoke. I had to ask Mo Yan, you must know that Mo Yan's character is a firecracker that explodes at one point, so I scolded and told the truth of the matter at that time.

"It was the hairpin meeting the year before, and your father met the daughter of Liu Shiming, who was still a middle school doctor at the time, that is, Liu Xinyun. Liu Xinyun is different from our ordinary Houmen daughters, she is spicy and bold, and she doesn't care about your mother standing next to your father, or she just doesn't want to see your mother. ”

Speaking of this, Concubine Shen sneered, and the faint candle flame reflected a trace of bitter hatred in her eyes, and this bloodthirsty look made her whole person tremble involuntarily. Looking at the little person next to her who was looking at her in disbelief, for fear of scaring her, Concubine Shen raised the hairpin and picked up the wick of the candle to hide her gaffe.

"Actually, at that time, as long as it was your mother's things, she had to grab them. That day, she threw the newly blooming peach blossoms on your father in front of your mother, but fortunately, your father didn't know her at that time, and he was extremely cold to her, and he didn't look at the flowers on the ground and pulled your mother away. Your mother is weak, and she is bullied in front of you, and she doesn't know how to resist. Instead, Mo Yan on the side took a sip before leaving. ”

Yuwen Yanshu frowned, and said puzzledly: "But why did my father get into trouble with this woman later?"

Shen Huishu shook his head, a little lonely and a little puzzled: "This is also what I am strange about, the Yuwen family is a wealthy family of the Great Sui, although Liu Shiming can barely be called a fourth-grade official, but after all, he is from a Han family, so he shouldn't have much contact." And according to Mo Yan's relay, Liu Xinyun went to provoke because he was not angry with the praise of the people around him for your mother, and he had never seen this woman before. ”

"Do you mean that Liu Xinyun seduced my father because he was jealous of my mother, and then my father was bewitched by her to empathize and say goodbye?" Yuwen Yanshu said in an extremely hateful tone.

Concubine Shen felt that Yuwen Yanshu was still a child, and it was rare to be able to run to such a ghostly place in the middle of the night, and she only planned to talk to her about those old things and remind her. He didn't intend to discuss it in depth, and he didn't know a lot of things himself.

"There can be this kind of speculation, but it seems inappropriate to say that your father is empathetic. Concubine Shen seemed to remember something, and her eyebrows tightened, "I lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion for more than two months, about six days before I entered the palace, and that night I couldn't sleep because I was upset, so I got up and walked around the courtyard alone. When I walked to the rockery next to the lotus pond of the rockery, I heard someone talking, and I was curious and hid behind the rockery to eavesdrop. I just heard your dad say, 'Just bear with it, just endure it for a few more days, I know you've been wronged these days, but don't worry, I'll never do anything sorry for you'. It was getting late, and I couldn't see who he was talking to, but I heard someone crying, and then your mother's voice said, 'But Yi, I'm scared'. Yu Wenyi seemed to be in a hurry, "Don't you believe me, I already proposed to my uncle yesterday, and the date has been set, don't let me worry."

"I'm sure what I heard was a conversation between your father and mother, so I feel that things are not as simple as I imagined with Mo Yan, it seems that there is a great secret hidden behind your father's dealings with Liu Xinyun, this secret is known to your mother, but she doesn't say it. ”

"In this way, my father seems to be playing with Liu Xinyun again, but how did I hear that my father went to Liu's house to propose marriage at that time?" Yuwen Yan asked puzzled.

"Hmm" Concubine Shen nodded: "There is indeed such a thing, it was in the eighth year of Tongde, and it was rumored that your father was rejected when he proposed to the Liu family." Instead, Liu Shiming sent his daughter to the palace, and then after your father married your mother, he appeared in court angrily and set up his own door. ”

Yuwen Yanshu held his little head and shook it, feeling that it was like silk inside, left and right, messy and clueless.

Concubine Shen stood up, walked to the window, pushed open the window and looked at the dark night outside, and said faintly: "I was young at the time, and I didn't know the depth of what I did, and I used the relationship of the Shen family to check the secret in private. Not only did it go nowhere, but it also cost several lives, including, including, ・・・・・・"

Concubine Shen was in a black color, and she always felt that there was a pair of eyes hidden in that invisible place, monitoring everyone's every move, and she couldn't escape from you and couldn't run away from him.

"Including inkstones. ”

Yuwen Yanshu looked at the weak figure by the window in shock, he had thought that that person would be at the end of the world, or hidden in the city, but he didn't expect that the fragrant soul would go to Huangquan, and even leave earlier than his mother.

Both of them were silent for a long time, Concubine Shen needed time to calm her tumbling mind, and Yan Shu needed time to absorb the news she had just gotten.

A dark brown moth fluttered its short wings and pounced on the flickering flames, and the light dimmed suddenly. The moth, which had retreated slightly, pounced on it in pain, but this time it was stuck to the melted candle oil, and the hot flames scorched its wings at once, and the painful little moth fluttered vigorously.

"Yan Shu, you are still young, you just remember what you said tonight, you don't have to go deeper, I asked you to come late at night, in fact, there is another thing to ask for. ”

"Aunt Shen, please say, as long as Yan Shu can do it, I feel that I will live up to Aunt Shen's expectations. ”

Concubine Shen turned to look at the little girl with a serious and strict face, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "There is nothing to do with Yan zhòng, just some trivial things about winter painting." ”

"Winter painting?" Yuwen Yanshu really couldn't remember who winter painting was, and there didn't seem to be this person in his impression.

"It's the mute girl next to me. ”

Yan Shu scratched her cheeks in embarrassment, it turned out to be the old servant who had just scared her, the name was quite nice and interesting.

"If I don't say it, no one will guess that Donghua is actually Ling'er, the little girl next to your mother who was driven out of the general's mansion by poison and dumb, and picked up a life because of a blessing in disguise. ”

Concubine Shen said indifferently, Yuwen Yanshu really opened her mouth unbelievably and looked at her in disbelief, as if she had told a fantasy joke. Ling'er is Dugurong's personal maid, she should be a few years older, and she is only about forty years old. The mute woman looked to be in her sixties. It is still difficult to draw an equal sign between the two, and I am afraid that the high-tech face restoration picture will not be so outrageous.