Ning Xi was originally going to Fengyi Palace, but halfway was stopped by Mama He and invited to Yanshou Palace, Ning Xi was a little surprised, and her first reaction was, well, it turned out that the Queen Mother still remembered herself.

Ning Xi walked into the Yanshou Palace again, and found that the layout here was still the same as before, even the Queen Mother, the years had not left too many traces on her face, Ning Xi thought to herself, she was really the most noble woman in the world, and even time loved her so much.

Seeing Ning Xi, the Queen Mother didn't have much joy on her face, and she didn't even give a few words of greeting and asked directly: "Do you know why the Shu family is scattered now." ”

Ning Xi shook her head, she asked this question in her last life, and at that time Shu Heng said that their family did not have many heirs, and he was the only one left in his generation. At that time, she believed Shu Heng's statement, but now that she thinks about it, this statement doesn't seem to be very reliable, how can a family with a sparse number of people stand tall in Beijing for many years without falling. ”

The queen mother was not surprised by Ning Xi's answer, her right hand lightly tapped on the table, her eyes were a little fluttering: "When the emperor was still alive, the Shu family was a wealthy family in the north, and the power in the north could not be ignored, the emperor was afraid that the power of the Shu family would continue to grow in the north and threaten his throne, so he transferred the Shu family branch to the capital, and named him the Marquis of Zhongyi, and he was promoted to the official, but in fact, he put the Shu family branch under his nose to monitor, and the Zhongyi Marquis at that time, that is, Shu Heng's grandfather, was quite outstanding, but in order not to be suspicious of the emperor, he covered up his brilliance, Almost all of his life has done nothing. ”

Ning Xi hid the surprise in her eyes, she was still waiting for the queen mother's words, because there was no Shu clan among the wealthy families in the north today.

The Queen Mother took a sip of tea before continuing: "In the second year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, the Shu family's old house was ransacked by mountain bandits, and more than 1,300 people in the whole clan, men, women and children, and even slaves, were all spared. Because this matter is so tragic, the emperor has ordered that no one should mention it. ”

The Queen Mother said it lightly, but it was like a thunderclap in Ning Xi's ears, so shocked that Ning Xi couldn't speak for a long time.

The Queen Mother knew that this was too cruel for a little girl like Ning Xi, but there were so many cruel things in this world, she entered the palace as a concubine at the age of fourteen, and she had been in the palace for many years, and her hands were also stained with blood, and the Queen Mother took a last look at Ning Xi: "This palace, there will be fewer people in the future, let's go back first." ”

Ning Xi nodded numbly and left.

Looking at Ning Xi's ghost-like back, the Queen Mother shook her head, did she say it too early?

"The county lord is still young, so it is inevitable that it will be a little difficult to accept."

The Queen Mother sighed: "If it weren't for seeing her temper hardened in the past two years, I wouldn't have chosen to sue her about it, the emperor is my son, it's not that I don't know his plans, although I don't want to see Pingle, but I don't want to see her being used by the emperor, alas, it seems that her temperament is still not hard enough today." ”

Mama He sighed silently in her heart, she didn't know the Queen Mother's ambivalent feelings towards Ning Xi, and she was angry with Ning Xi because of the death of the eldest princess, but Ning Xi was the only thought that the eldest princess left in this world, especially the longer Ning Xi grew more and more like the eldest princess, and the Queen Mother couldn't bear to see her hurt.

reminding her to come to the palace less is the queen mother's greatest maintenance for her.

Ning Xi didn't know how she got out of the Yanshou Palace, and she was still thinking about the Queen Mother's words in her ears, was the matter of the Shu family really as simple as the Queen Mother said? The queen mother didn't let herself enter the palace again, could it be that the affairs of the Shu family were related to the royal family, two years of Qianyuan, at that time, the current emperor had only ascended the throne for two years, what happened that year, what made the Shu family almost wiped out, but she couldn't remember what happened back then.

When Ning Xi came back to his senses, he found that he had gone around to a very remote place. The palace here is desolate, the roadside is overgrown with weeds, and there is not even a palace person, Ning Xi swallowed his saliva, let's leave here first, there have always been many unjust souls in the palace, don't run into a strange thing when the time comes.

"Girl, are you from the palace?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Ning Xi, Ning Xi was startled, and felt a chill down his spine, isn't it, so careless!

"Girl?"

Don't shout, Ning Xi hurriedly walked forward with a bitter face.

"Girl, girl!"

The sound behind him became farther and farther away, and Ning Xi's pace became faster and faster, until he saw the palace people, and he didn't stop. Grabbed a little palace maid and pointed in the direction she came over and asked, "There." Ning Xi took a breath and continued, "Where is it?" ”

Although the little palace maid didn't know Ning Xi, seeing that Ning Xi was dressed gorgeously, she estimated that it should be a noble person she didn't know, so she replied respectfully: "There is an abandoned palace. Then he glanced around, lowered his voice, and said, "I heard that it is haunted, and the slaves and maids dare not go there." ”

Hearing this, Ning Xi felt goosebumps all over her body, could it be that she had just encountered that thing, Ning Xi didn't dare to think about it, and asked the palace maid for the way to Fengyi Palace and hurriedly left.

Ning Xi ran into Shu Heng who came to pick her up before she reached Fengyi Palace, seeing Ning Xi's panicked appearance, she frowned, and stepped forward to hold her hand: "What's wrong?" ”

Seeing Shu Heng, Ning Xi suddenly remembered the Queen Mother's words, his face was even worse, and Shu Heng was even more worried when he saw this: "Where did you go just now?" ”

"No, no, nowhere to go." Ning Xi replied a little unnaturally, then thought about it and added: "I went to the Queen Mother's Palace." ”

Shu Heng's brows still did not loosen, and seeing that Ning Xi was reluctant to speak, he said: "I just came from Fengyi Palace, and the queen said that you don't need to go over, let's go back to the house first." ”

Ning Xi nodded, she didn't want to stay in the palace now.

When he returned home, Shu Heng was worried about Ning Xi, so he did not ride a horse, but sat in a carriage with Ning Xi.

"Did the Queen Mother say anything, your face looks bad."

Ning Xi shook his head, afraid that Shu Heng would be suspicious, and said again: "I just walked to an abandoned palace, it seems that there is something filthy there.

When Shu Heng heard this, he asked gently, "Did you encounter anything?" ”

"I heard a voice calling me, and I didn't dare to turn back and ran back."

"Maybe it's the palace people, in broad daylight, those filthy things don't dare to come out."

Ning Xi nodded, he had just learned about the Shu family at that time, and he was uneasy, and he ran to such a desolate place, so he inevitably thought about it.

Ning Xi was immersed in his own world, and missed the contemplation that flashed in Shu Heng's eyes, there are not many abandoned palaces in the palace, and then think about the direction in which Ning Xi came over, could it be that the person Ning Xi met was her.

After returning to the Zhongyi Marquis's Mansion, Ning Xi went back to the room to rest first, while Shu Heng went to the study, and Shu Qi was waiting in the study. Seeing Shu Heng coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is the emperor embarrassed?" ”

Shu Heng chuckled: "The emperor won't embarrass me because of this matter, Shu Qi, you are too nervous." Then he changed the subject, "Are you sure he already knows who he is?" ”

"When the people over there came into contact with him, I hid outside the house, absolutely fine."

Shu Heng nodded: "Follow the messenger, don't let him be killed." ”

Shu Qi bowed, and suddenly thought of something again: "King Zhou will return to Beijing in a few days." ”

King Zhou is the emperor's eldest son.

Shu Heng's eyebrows raised, King Zhou, the short-lived man in his previous life, he remembered that King Zhou accidentally rolled off his horse when he returned to Beijing, and fell to his death, thinking about the identity of King Zhou's biological mother, Shu Heng narrowed his eyes: "Send someone out of the city immediately, secretly protect King Zhou, and never let him have any accidents." ”

Shu Qi is a little strange, who wants to make a move on the prince who is idle and wild cranes? But what Shu Heng said before was surprisingly accurate, and Shu Qi never doubted Shu Heng's arrangement, and immediately went down to dispatch people.

After Shu Qi left, Shu Heng sat quietly at the desk, King Zhou died early in the last life, he wanted to save King Zhou in this life, and I don't know how much impact this King Zhou will have on the next thing after he survives, but don't let him down.

On the other side, Ning Xi made up for a return to sleep, and her spirit was much better, and she looked at Erui who served her to get up, Ning Xi thought that Erui was two years older than her, and maybe remembered what happened in the second year of Qianyuan, so she asked: "Erui, do you remember what happened in the second year of Qianyuan?" ”

Erui was stunned for a moment, she didn't know why Ning Xi asked like this, she thought about it carefully before saying: "The slave maid remembers that at that time, the eldest princess and the concubine took the young lady and the slave maid to Jiangnan to play, and they didn't return to Beijing until the fourth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty. ”

Ning Xi was stunned, no wonder she couldn't remember what happened in Beijing back then, but why did her parents choose to go out of Beijing at that time, did they already know what big things would happen in Beijing?

Ning Xi shook her head, it was too complicated, she didn't want to think about it, she suddenly missed the days when she didn't know anything in her previous life.

At noon, Shu Heng came over to accompany Ning Xi for lunch, and then accompanied her to the lobby to meet all the stewards of the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion.

Ning Xi saw Shu Heng sitting beside her and knew that he was supporting himself, and he was like this in his previous life, but because of Ouyang Ling's mess in his last life, she saw that the steward of Zhongyi's Mansion was several days late.

As soon as Ning Xi sat down, a white unknown object rushed towards her, and before Ning Xi could react, the unknown object had already been carried aside by Shu Heng.

Ning Xi looked at the stream standing next to Shu Heng, with a pair of wet eyes staring at him aggrievedly, and couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, don't bully it, let me come over." Saying that, Ning Xi beckoned to Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi, who understood Ning Xi's gestures, happily ran to Ning Xi's feet and lay down, Shu Heng glanced at Xiaoxi lightly and did not speak.

After pacifying the creek, it's time to get down to business.

The Zhongyi Marquis Mansion has always been in charge of Shu's mother before, and the subordinates are also performing their own duties, and there is no special escape, which is much easier for Ning Xi, she doesn't want to tidy up the mess for Shu Heng as soon as she comes, Ning Xi first took the roster and recognized each steward, and then symbolically knocked a few words, and then let them disperse.

asked Shu Heng again: "I will be in power as soon as I come, is it really possible?" ”

"It's okay, you are the mistress of this house, and of course you should take care of the affairs of the backyard, which is also what my mother meant." Shu Heng said in a slightly pampered voice.

Ning Xi sighed, since Shu's mother has no opinions, then she can dominate the Hou Mansion with peace of mind. As for the matter of the Shu family, if Shu Heng doesn't take the initiative to mention it, it's better for her not to ask, it's a big deal not to enter the palace in the future.