Brother Qin Yuan smiled comfortably, much taller than when he left home half a year ago, and when he saluted his father and got up, he was already about as tall as his father.

Hui Zhi happily stepped forward to greet him: "Where has my brother gone to play? Have you encountered any new things, what special people have you met? My brother must tell me something!"

"Nonsense. Qin Yuan stretched out his hand and patted the top of her head gently, and then immediately withdrew his hand, "My brother is studying with the teachers of the academy, where can I go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers like you?"

I haven't seen him for half a year, and the sister in Qin Yuan's eyes has grown a lot taller, almost to the position of her shoulder, with her head tilted, the palace yarn beads on her head flickered and flickered, her eyes were bright like a clear spring in the desert, she was coquettish and stupid in front of him, and she suddenly felt like she had finally arrived home.

This journey is obviously different from the usual times, and the most dangerous thing in the past is to meet some rogue bandits who buy money to rob houses.

This time, there are bandits disguised as killer guards, which can be called killers against them.

Qin Yuan couldn't figure it out.

But he followed his father to practice martial arts since he was a child, and with the secret guards of the Hou Mansion by his side, he repelled those people, and there was no danger.

Fortunately, the moves and hidden weapons of the Silent Valley were not revealed.

Every time he went out, his father would carefully tell him not to reveal anything related to Wuyin Valley unless he was at a critical moment of life and death.

But if it is very critical, it must be killed with a knife, leaving no room for survival.

The Silent Valley has been around for a long time, like a paradise, but how does the Silent Valley protect itself, why there are private guards, and there are many of them, and why it doesn't have the slightest connection with the imperial court

But these seem to be taboos in the valley, no one will mention them, and no one will answer.

His father's voice telling him, "If it's very critical, don't stay alive," was as plain as usual, just like telling him to go early and return early, and his face was not obvious.

But let him know that the Silent Valley has secrets that cannot be known to outsiders.

It's probably a matter of life and death.

Now I feel very down-to-earth when I see my mother who shushes him and asks for warmth, my father who looks indifferent but can't hide her joy, and my sister who doesn't change her temperament.

It's like a pair of feet that have been hanging in the air for more than half a year have finally stepped on the ground, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Hui Zhi accompanied her brother to give her grandmother a gift, and agreed that the family would pick up the wind and wash the dust for him at night, and Qin Yuan instructed his entourage to send the novelty he brought back all the way to his younger brothers and sisters, and then returned to his Jingyao House to freshen up and rest.

The next day, Qin Yuan and his father had a detailed conversation in the study for a whole morning, and Hui Zhi was boiling water and serving tea on the side, and said, "Listen to what my brother has seen and heard." In the study, he not only listened, but also told his brother many things recently.

Qin Yuan only knew the truth about the collusion between the Shen family and Aunt Lin and the third sister's entry into the palace.

I also realized that my sister already knew the fact that Pei Gu was the son of Wuwei Hou.

I had mixed feelings for a while, and the innocent sister who had been asking him to draw a beautiful look with a dead face, or asking him to secretly buy a notebook to bring to the house, had grown like a flower seedling in the six months that he was away.

In Qin Yuan's heart, it seemed that he was also like his father, and there was a kind of sadness of loss.

*****

Shen Guifei in Ganquan Palace was looking at the golden beauty kneeling at the gate of the palace with an indifferent expression.

It was cold and frozen, and the palace people were sprinkled with ice cubes at the door, and the young and beautiful golden beauty knelt on the ice, and then let the little girl "miss" and pour a basin of cold water.

Soon the embroidered Hunan skirt of the golden beauty was stuck to the ice, and even the middle skirt inside was glued.

Shen Guifei looked at her trembling in the wind, and felt a little happier in her heart.

Her knees were cold, the sharp tips of the ice ballasts almost pierced her skin, and the wet clothes stuck to her body, and puffs of cold air pierced her knees and legs like pins and needles.

In the morning, the palace maid beside Shen Guifei ran to the side hall where she lived proudly: "The concubine Niangniang remembers that the color of the beauty is dyed well, and she bothers to ask the beauty to dye the dankou for the mother." ”

Then presented a pink brocade tribute satin, which was clearly the one that the emperor wanted to reward her yesterday, and after Gong Mo announced his will, he was just about to hand it over to the palace maid beside her, but he was picked up by the palace maid Aoxue of Ganquan Palace, handed over a gold ring, and said: "The slave maid is sent into the house for the beauty." ”

Then when Gonggong Mo smiled and led people out of Ganquan Palace, Ao Xue took the reward and entered the main hall, without saying a word at all.

However, her status as a beauty is only available to the concubine after all, and she can only let Shen Guifei call and point fingers at her, and she can't complain.

Otherwise, the gossip in the walls of this palace can drown her.

But her little finger nails had been broken by the concubine a few days ago.

As soon as she dyed her nails and was about to retire, she was whispered by Ao Xue beside the concubine: "The golden beauty is really golden, but it's just a nail dye, the beauty doesn't want to say it, why bother to break the nail on the little finger of the mother!"

Then I saw the half-amputated armor that appeared under the table at some point, and even had some red, like blood.

She suddenly couldn't argue, and could only kneel and beg for mercy with a pretty face.

Shen Guifei raised her hand and looked at her face, her eyes were indifferent like looking at a parrot: "The golden beauty is also unintentional, kneeling at the palace gate for three hours, it's fine." ”

The palace people around her were all from Ganquan Palace, but the concubine let them go out to ventilate and report the news. The queen didn't care about recuperation, but when the emperor heard it, he just asked: "What mistake did Jin Meiren make?"

The person below replied, and said: "The concubine feels most sorry for her nails, and the golden beauty also nourishes her temperament when she kneels, so she must not be pampered and arrogant." ”

This is the emperor's will.

She knew that she couldn't turn over the palm of the concubine's hand, but she didn't expect her to torture her like this.

If the concubine is not happy, she will be angry, and if the concubine is in a good mood, she will be pushed in front of the emperor.

Jin Meiren knelt in front of the palace gate, and when she saw that her legs were frozen to the ground, and her tears couldn't help but flow, she heard the contemptuous voice of the concubine: "If you kneel like this again, the emperor will definitely blame me for falling ill." Come on, help the golden beauty back to the side hall. ”

Ao Xue took the palace people and poured a basin of hot water on her legs.

The ice crackled, and the ice almost hit her face.

The little palace maid timidly came to help her, and helped her three times before she got up from the ground, with tears on her face and even more muddy on her skirt.

She didn't have many clothes, and many rewards were taken away by Ao Xue and others, this skirt was ruined, and she could only use the few satins in her hand to make one more overnight to barely see people.

When the palace concubines meet, where can they wear a worn dress?

What's more, she has been "full of holy will" recently, and Shen Guifei is really face-saving, so she won't give it to her. Then why did you promote her to be this beauty in the first place?

But unexpectedly, she went back to the house and soaked her body in hot water to warm up, but she was summoned by the emperor.

Could it be that the concubine arranged it?

However, the little palace maid secretly came over to report that Shen Guifei's house had broken a set of blue and white tea cups that had just been paid this winter.

Jin Meiren knew that it was the concubine's favorite set of tea sets.

The emperor just said today, "Jin Meiren should not be pampered and arrogant", how could he call her?

But he still suppressed his doubts and followed the summoned father-in-law out of the side hall