The rising sun jumped out of the ground, from the desolation and warmth, the sun sprinkled all over the capital, Chengwangfu was also bathed in a golden warmth, Zhou Wanruo took two girls, along the garden path, the footsteps were a little hurried to the main courtyard, early in the morning to ask her mother for peace, was stopped by the feather arrow, she was in a panic, not at ease for a moment, the haze that has been pressed on her heart in the past few months, is just when she heard that her father died violently, she dispersed for a while, and in the blink of an eye, she gathered in her heart again, coercing herself, mother, There must have been something hidden from her, and I didn't tell her.

Zhou Wanruo turned into the weeping flower door, and at the door of the main house, there was a group of strange girls standing, Zhou Wanruo paused, looked at the feather arrow who came out suspiciously, and the feather arrow explained in a low voice with an expressionless face:

"The princess of Runan came to see the princess."

Zhou Wanruo was stunned and half-opened her mouth, but immediately reacted, took her skirt, and hurriedly entered the house.

In the house, Li Xiaonuan and the princess sat opposite each other on the couch, the princess half-hung her head, and there were two letters on the table in front of her, one was wrapped in bright yellow noodles, which was the fold on the entrance, and the other was enveloped in the envelope, but the seal was still open, Li Xiaonuan sat straight, looking at Princess Cheng with sad eyes,

Cheng Xuyi sat on Li Xiaonuan's side solemnly, and when she saw Zhou Wanruo coming in, she hurriedly stood up and greeted her.

"Mother?"

Princess Cheng didn't wait for Zhou Wanruo to finish speaking, raised her hand to stop her words, her face was calm and relieved, and she motioned to her and Cheng Xuyi,

"Sit down."

Cheng Suyi sat stiffly reclining, Zhou Wanruo sat on the edge of the couch, subconsciously reached out and pulled Princess Cheng's sleeve, Li Xiaonuan looked at her with pity, Princess Cheng patted Zhou Wanruo's hand, and commanded peacefully:

"I entrusted you to the princess, and in the future, you will treat her as me."

Zhou Wanruo's eyes widened in fear, Li Xiaonuan looked away and lowered her head, this kind of parting from life and death is something she never wants to face, whether it is someone else or herself. Princess Cheng stretched out her hand to hold Zhou Wanruo, gently stroked her daughter's back, and explained in a gentle voice:

"I left a letter and carefully explained to your brother, you are a sensible person, in the future, you and your brother will marry, just look at people and be reasonable, next to ......"

Princess Cheng paused and turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan, with a smile in her peaceful expression,

"You just have to worry about it, I'm not worried about this girl, it's Shiyuan, that's a fool."

"Don't worry."

Li Xiaonuan replied in a low voice, Princess Cheng looked down at her weeping daughter, no longer paid attention to her, took the sealing mud on the side of the couch, carefully sealed the letter with her mouth open, picked it up and looked at it, and handed it to Zhou Wanruo,

"The emperor has transferred your brother to serve on the front line in the north, and he will return to the capital in a few days, give him this letter, and tell him his mother's instructions."

Zhou Wanruo took the letter, nodded while crying, Princess Cheng didn't look at her, turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan,

"Take her to stay for a while."

Li Xiaonuan sighed lowly, got up and got off the bed, Cheng Xuyi glanced at Li Xiaonuan, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhou Wanruo, and persuaded with a stutter:

"Wanruo, I'll do us"

Zhou Wanruo held her mother's hand and refused to let go, Princess Cheng looked at her daughter with a quiet look in her eyes, and commanded in a gentle whisper:

"Go, go live with the princess for a while, this courtyard will also be returned to the Zongren Mansion, and in the future, when your brother comes back, let's talk about it, don't cry, remember my mother's words."

Li Xiaonuan stood in front of the couch, looked at Zhou Wanruo, who was crying, closed her eyes, turned her head and commanded Yu Jian:

"Wait for the girl to get in the car."

Yu Jian's tears fell, knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times at Princess Cheng, stood up, hung his head, didn't look at Princess Cheng, picked up Zhou Wanruo, followed Li Xiaonuan out of the door, Cheng Xuyi bent down to pick up Zhou Wanruo's handkerchief, and trotted all the way out of the hanging flower door.

Li Xiaonuan watched Yu Jian get into the car with Zhou Wanruo in his arms, Cheng Xuyi climbed into the car after him, and then got into the car with the hand of the cicada wing, the car shook, and went out of the Chengwang Mansion and went back to the Runan Palace.

Cicada Wing poured a cup of tea and carefully handed it to Li Xiaonuan, who looked gloomy, Li Xiaonuan waved his hand, Cicada Wing put the tea aside, sighed softly, and said in a low voice:

"Young lady, there is no other way?"

"What can be done?"

Li Xiaonuan was silent for a long time, and said sadly,

"What can a woman in this world do? King Cheng, that's rebellion. ”

Cicada looked cautiously at Li Xiaonuan, who suddenly became angry, Li Xiaonuan straightened up, and after a while, he suddenly sighed and fell weakly on the pillow.

"The princess is a strange woman, and she saved her children's lives and future."

"She doesn't have to die, why does she have to die? Didn't the young lady say that she killed King Cheng? She made a meritorious service. ”

The cicada wings muttered lowly, Li Xiaonuan leaned on the pillow, her body swayed softly with the car, and sighed one after another,

"In this world, how can a woman be allowed to kill her husband? If she doesn't kill, she is a great crime of rebellion, and if she kills, she is a woman who kills her husband, and it is difficult to tolerate it in the world, and she is unladylike when she meets people, that's it, she is dead, so that she can live well, and her children can live well. ”

Cicada Wing blinked his eyes, followed by Li Xiaonuan and sighed,

"Men are bastards, but women are guilty!"

Li Xiaonuan leaned back, closed her eyes, and didn't speak again.

Princess Cheng watched her daughter who was crying and almost fainted being carried out, and suddenly raised her hand to cover her chipped cheeks, and only after a while did she force herself to calm down, tilted her head, sighed long, and called Jin Ling to come in and go into the clean room.

Jin Ling took people and waited for Princess Cheng to bathe and wash, put on the princess's dress, Princess Cheng slowly walked to the clean main house that had been cleaned up, sat cross-legged on the couch, reached out and took the red gold nugget in the hand of Jin Ling, who was crying, put it in her mouth, and swallowed it with her neck straight.

Princess Cheng's testament is a clear fold, presented into the palace by the Ministry of Rites, the emperor sighed for a long time, according to Princess Cheng's wishes, Ming sent the world.

A few days later, Lin Huaiye accompanied Zhou Shiyuan and rushed back to the capital in a haggard state.

Chengwang's Mansion is in a state of decay, in the main hall, there are two black lacquered coffins on the left and right, Zhou Wanruo is filial piety, kneeling alone next to the coffin on the right, crying has no tears.

Cheng Xuyi accompanied Zhou Wanruo inch by inch, Lan Chu took more than a dozen maids and daughters-in-law of Runan Wangfu to take care of them, and outside, they were the stewards of Jingbei Wangfu and Lin Mansion, and they were busy with some things that had to be busy.

The servants of King Cheng's Mansion are still safely staying in the mansion, that is, a few girls and mothers-in-law who have followed Princess Cheng to Longzhou Mansion, gathered around Zhou Wanruo to wait, and the rest are almost all involved in rebellion, death and exile.

The vast Chengwang Mansion, except for the main hall where the coffin is placed, the rest of the places have been copied and inspected by the Criminal Department, sealed with seals, and the majestic and beautiful Chengwang Mansion has withered as if it is about to break its roots in a moment.

Zhou Shiyuan knelt in front of the spirit of Princess Cheng all night, early the next morning, the will was transmitted to the palace of King Cheng, King Cheng Zhou Jingcheng rebelled, degraded to a concubine, Princess Cheng has been righteous to King Cheng, to the prince and princess to return to the tomb of the emperor, sent Zhou Shiyuan to Cheng Ke to serve in the army, Zhou Shixin disobedient, wanted the world, Zhou Wanruo to the Gospel Temple, for his mother to keep filial piety for three years.

King Cheng conspired against the big event, so the thunder and rain came to an end, and the magnates in the capital who were carrying their hearts day and night breathed a long sigh of relief, the biggest crisis of the new dynasty, everyone can be regarded as surviving.

Returned to the burial of the first emperor, King Xin went to the fold, begging to guard the tomb of the first emperor, Zhou Jingran immediately approved King Xin's excerpt, Princess Xin Tang sat on the couch, looked at the side concubine Qian standing in front of the couch, and instructed lightly:

"Early tomorrow morning, my grandfather and I will set off, and this house will be entrusted to you."

Qian turned his head to look at Zhou Jingxin, whose face was blue and gray, and casually crooked opposite Princess Xin, Zhou Jingxin looked at Princess Tang and said with a sneer:

"If I want to die, you will stop it desperately, why should you stop it? Yes? Tang Xiang and the Qian family are both smart people, how much knowledge and practice do they have?! What are you afraid of? I'm dead, you can all live well, and now I'm going to guard the mausoleum, you have to follow, what do you follow? ”

Qian opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak, Tang lowered his eyes, and didn't look at Zhou Jingxin, but continued to tell Qian,

"I'm going with my grandfather, and there's no time to come back, a few children, look at the placement, my dowry is here, and I'll hand it over to you to collect."

The ridicule on Zhou Jingxin's face became even stronger, Qian glanced at Zhou Jingxin timidly, looked at Tang and said in a low voice:

"Princess, or I will accompany my grandfather to guard the mausoleum, you stay and watch the house, you know, I am incompetent, and my temperament is cowardly, in this mansion, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold up, or I will accompany my grandfather, you look at the child."

"Humph! It's not a good thing to accompany the master now, and this still has to be argued? ”

Tang Shi turned his head to look at Zhou Jingxin, and said lightly:

"I went with you to guard the mausoleum, not for you, my sister-in-law is for the two children, and I am just for the children."

Tang said, ignoring Zhou Jingxin, who was pale, turned his head to look at Qian, and explained in a low voice:

"I've thought about this countless times, just because I thought that you were incompetent and weak, so I left you to guard the house, and I couldn't live with you in the past...... You are a kind-hearted person, the child is handed over to you, I can rest assured, I and the lord went to guard the mausoleum, the emperor has no knot in our house, you are cowardly and timid, the Qian family, connected to the Min Wangfu, your father and the ancient family are close, after I and the master left, you restrain a few children, live in peace, a peace is no hindrance, we are now, but ask for peace. ”

Tang closed his eyes,

"I also thought about dying, but my grandfather and I can't die, we don't deserve to die, and we will also affect the children."

Tang's voice choked, Zhou Jingxin's head fell on the pillow, his eyes closed when he fell asleep, and tears slowly oozed from the corners of his eyes.