"You mean, after the third child sent Xia Mingchen out of the city today, he went to the Eight Immortal Tower?" the emperor raised his head from the pile of folds, and his cold eyes glanced at the guard-robed guards in front of him who respectfully replied.

"Yes, at the gate of the Eight Immortal Towers, His Royal Highness the Third Prince met the eldest son of the Duke of Ningguo and the second prince of Anbei Houfu and Lord Wang Shengkun, and they made provocative remarks, His Royal Highness the Third Prince was furious, and beat the prince of Ningguo and the second prince of Anbei, and then the eldest son of Lord Xie Yanning went downstairs and persuaded the prince of Ningguo away......"

The guards respectfully told them everything they saw today.

Listening to the guard, "When the second prince of Anbei Houfu sat in the car and said to the third prince, 'It seems that the prince's brother underestimated you'", the emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously, and a trace of murder flashed in his clear eyes.

In the guard's respectful voice, there was no trace of emotion, and the story was also flat and undulating. The guards told the emperor what had happened, and stood silently in front of the emperor, motionless.

The emperor's gaze passed through the guards, fell on the blooming begonia red in the study, and sighed softly: "Xie Yanning's kid is not wrong, the current Ning Guogong, where does he have the courage of his ancestors......"

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "So in the Eight Immortal Towers, in addition to Xie Yanning's son, there is also a son of Xia Shijing?"

"Yes. The guard replied respectfully.

"Did you hear them talk?"

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The subordinates don't dare to get too close, and the sound insulation in the private room is very good, but I can vaguely hear the laughter inside." ”

The emperor smiled slightly, with some relief on his cold cheeks, and then thought of something, and said, "That woman ......"

The guard looked up and glanced at the emperor quickly, and the woman ...... Thinking of the woman who entered the Eight Immortals Mansion later, he replied: "The one who came with the three princes was the concubine of Lord Xia Shijing, and later the concubine of General Xiao Rui's family also entered the Eight Immortals Tower. ”

The emperor nodded, Xia Shijing's daughter and the third child grew up together, and Xiao Rui's daughter had just returned from Sichuangui......

While thinking, he played with a Huangtian jade seal in his hand, and the seal was carved with a sleeping lion, and the craftsmanship made the sleeping lion even his hair lifelike.

After a long time, he smiled lightly and sighed: "I am old, and I can't guess what Xiao Langjun is thinking now!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, "You go down." ”

The guard respectfully retreated.

Then the emperor shouted: "Zhao Yuande." ”

Zhao Yuande, who was waiting on the side, responded: "The slave is here!"

The emperor asked, "Where are all those palace people back then?"

Zhao Yuande turned around in his mind, and then realized that the emperor was asking him about the palace people eleven years ago, and hurriedly said: "Aunt Bai is in the Huanyi Bureau, and Liu Shengping is in the Shangyi Bureau." ”

The emperor nodded: "You can find a way to arrange them to the third child without a trace." ”

Zhao Yuande was shocked and opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Majesty, this is not appropriate, although they don't know everything about the events of the year, they can more or less guess some ...... from the clues."

The emperor waved his hand indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "If the jade is not cut, let them go." ”

Zhao Yuande has been with the emperor for more than ten years, and knowing that what his master has decided will not change, he nodded and bowed down.

The emperor got up, walked out of the palace, looked at the steep palace walls of the high palace, and the distant sky bound by the palace walls, and sighed secretly in his heart.

When Chanyi and Xiao Qing returned to Xia Mansion, the old lady had just had lunch.

The people were withdrawing from the table, Chan Yi looked at the dishes that had not yet been removed, and all that caught her eyes were some vegetarian dishes, and she couldn't help frowning.

She walked into the inner room and saw the old lady leaning on the big pillow, holding the Buddha beads in her hand and closing her eyes to recuperate, and gently stepped forward and asked, "Grandmother, are you feeling unwell again today?"

The old lady looked a little more energetic than a few days ago, opened her eyes and saw her coming, and smiled: "Today is the birthday of the Bodhisattva in prison." ”

Chanyi suddenly realized that every time a Bodhisattva was born, her grandmother always had to eat vegetarian food.

She glanced at Xiao Qing, who was sitting or standing, and was a little restrained, and stretched out her hand to pull her over to introduce the old lady: "Grandmother, this is the eldest lady of General Xiao's family, I mentioned it to you before the evening, Sister Xiao Qing." ”

The old lady looked at the heroic girl in front of her, dressed in a fiery red beard and with hemp braids, and nodded with a smile, and praised her: "Miss Xiao is good-looking, dignified and upright, like General Xiao, I heard that you also practiced martial arts and went to the battlefield?"

Xiao Qing said respectfully: "You can just call me Sister Qing'er, the elders in the family call me that, in fact, I went to Sichuan and Guizhou with my eldest brother to quell the chaos, not to mention going to the battlefield, just helping my eldest brother do chores." ”

"Okay, okay, the Tiger Girl," the old lady sighed with a smile, and took a string of Buddhist beads carved from small sandalwood wood and put it on her wrist for her to wear, "You people who practice martial arts, you have a bad breath on your body, and this string of Buddha beads was opened by Master Jueyuan, and you can wear it on your body, so as to dissolve and resolve these evil spirits." ”

Xiao Qing was stunned for a moment, she hadn't been to someone else's house as a guest, but no one had ever said this to her, some of the old ladies of the family she usually saw had a smile on their faces, but when she turned around, she must have looked disdainful.

Xiao Qing held the Buddha bead in his hand and nodded, "Thank you, grandmother." ”

Called grandmother with Chanyi, the old lady heard it, smiled lovingly, and turned her head to ask Chanyi: "Evening, your eldest brother went to the northwest?"

Chanyi replied: "Well, the third prince also came out of the palace to send the eldest brother today." ”

The old lady was slightly stunned, "You mean that Brother Yi also went to send Brother Chen?"

Chanyi nodded, "Lunch is still eaten together in the Eight Immortals Building, and there is also the second brother and cousin Yiyun." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "You guys have a good relationship," and asked, "Is the food in the Eight Immortal Towers delicious?"

Chanyi thought that there were a lot of things to talk about in the Eight Immortals Building, but she couldn't tell her grandmother everything, so she picked a few unimportant topics and replied: "I just asked him if he was doing well after returning to the palace, whether the food in the palace was to taste or something, but when he was at the door, he met the prince of Ning Guo and the second prince of Anbei Hou, insulted the third prince, and was taught a lesson by the third prince." ”

The old lady frowned slightly, the people of these two families are the same as human spirits, and I am afraid that there is something profound in making such a move at this time.

The old lady was listening to Chanyi's words, and while thinking intently, she saw the curtain lifted, and Xian Yi walked out of the flower hall, still holding a copy of the Buddhist scriptures in her hand.

Xian Yi had no expression on her face, and her voice was respectful: "Grandmother, I'm silent." ”

The old lady asked her to put it on the table, glanced at Chanyi and Xiao Qing, who were sitting on the side drinking tea, and smiled: "There are guests coming today, you can also accompany you to play in the garden,"

He turned his head to Chanyi and said, "Your eldest brother's plum blossoms in the garden are about to bloom, you take Sister Qing to enjoy the flowers, if you want to like it, you will fold it back and insert the bottle." ”

Chanyi smiled: "Yes, grandmother." ”

Xian Yi reluctantly said, "Yes, grandmother." ”

A few juniors retreated, Xiao Qing took Chanyi's hand all the way, looked at the exquisite courtyard repaired by Xia Mansion, and praised it.

"It stands to reason that your family lives in such a place as Dongshi, where every inch of land is valuable, and the area is not as big as my house, but it looks good everywhere, as if the scenery of any place has a unique cave. ”

Chanyi explained with a smile: "This yard was very beautiful when I bought it, and it was slightly repaired when my father and mother moved in......

Xian Yi couldn't see that Xiao Qing looked affectionate and affectionate to Chanyi, but she was polite to herself, and snorted and said: "It's not my aunt's credit, the repairs in the mansion every year are all done by my aunt, and it takes a lot of effort to maintain this huge mansion so exquisitely." ”

Chanyi frowned when she heard Xian Yi's heart-wrenching words, and she didn't want to attack in front of Xiao Qing, so she only scolded coldly: "I thought that you had lived with your grandmother for a few days, and you could restrain your heart when you heard and saw it, but you were still so ignorant." ”

Xian Yi looked at her fiercely: "Don't think I don't know what you think in your heart, what if this house is your mother's dowry?

Xian Yi didn't treat her mother as a grandmother from her heart, one by one your mother, Chan Yi was angry in her heart, and she said angrily: "Liuyue, how do you serve your master?

Liuyue went to pull Xianyi, but Xianyi broke free and said loudly: "Am I wrong? What mistake did my aunt make? She was mismarried by you and forced by your mother to touch the pillar, how do you force her? You have to die to do what you want?"

Chan Yi angrily stretched out her hand and gave her a slap, and pointed at her with her fingertips trembling slightly: "Have you forgotten the etiquette that your grandmother taught you? Don't you even know how to write a word of inferiority? I haven't told my grandmother what your aunt has done, I'm afraid that my grandmother will be angry if she finds out, what? Do you want me to pour down all the pickled things you two have done? See whose fault it is?"

Xian Yi didn't expect her to be so faceless in front of outsiders, so she was stunned for a while, and then cried loudly.

Chanyi frowned, pointed at her and said to Liuyue, Qiuyue: "Are you two dead? Will you gasp?

Liuyue, Qiuyue hurriedly went to pull Xian's clothes, and listened to Chanyi say: "Take her back to Fushoutang for me, don't be embarrassed by our family here." ”

Xian Yi was taken back by Qiu Yue covering her mouth with a handkerchief.

Xiao Qing was stunned on the side, he didn't expect the Chanyi family to have so many troubles, and reached out to caress her shoulder, "Your sister is really ignorant!"

Chanyi's shoulders hung down, a little out of strength, and said softly: "I'm used to it, forget it, don't talk about her, let's go to the big brother's secluded courtyard to see the plum blossoms." ”