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After Xue Yinong went back, he told Xu Shutong about the results of his handling of He Sixian, and Xu Shutong praised him as good, "If you do this, it will be a good explanation to the Queen Mother and the Guogong Mansion." ”

"I hope so."

After He Sixian was kicked out of the palace, he had nowhere to go, so he cheekily returned to the Guogong Mansion, and her father He Youzhen knew about it, and felt very ashamed of her, after all, it took a lot of thought to send her into the palace, but I didn't expect to be pampered, and he was kicked out of the palace.

let her live in the house for a while, and then chose a new family to marry.

Since He Sixian left the palace, the days in the harem seem to be much calmer, at least it seems to be like this.

Good news kept coming from the Sujin Imperial Palace, Xue Yinong had seven royal brothers, and planned to find a time to see his parents, as well as his dear younger brothers, and instructed Ren's father-in-law to prepare gifts.

only said that one day, Xue Yinong set off to the Sujin Imperial Palace, but this time he did not bring Xu Shutong over, for fear that she would work hard, and the birth of a child was imminent, so it was inconvenient to walk.

Xu Shutong asked her, "I have prepared the gifts for visiting my father and mother, as well as the royal brothers." ”

"It's all right, I've already asked Ren's father-in-law to prepare, you can rest assured. If there is nothing to say, then I will go. Xue Yinong walked out a few steps and was stopped by Xu Shutong, she asked, "What else, I will explain it in one go." ”

Xu Shutong thought about it, there was one more thing, and beckoned to Xue Yinong, Xue Yinong came over and said, "What?" ”

Xu Shutong kissed her on the face and said with a smile: "No." Be safe on the road. ”

Xue Yinong smiled shyly, got into the sedan chair, and someone carried it away. Xu Shutong watched until a group of people disappeared into a small black dot, and then turned around and went to the house.

As you walk, talk to your preservation. Cun Xi teased her and said: "It's only been a few steps, and I'm newlywed, it's strange to be shy, don't you see, how red the emperor's face is, is it really good to show affection in front of so many people?" As he was talking, he caught a glimpse of a sneaky figure, hiding not far away to peek at them, and he was about to have a seizure, but he was held down by Xu Shutong, and he was still talking to her with a smile on his face, as if he didn't see it.

After walking some distance, the man also disappeared. Xu Shutong stopped and looked back at the place, with indescribable profundity in his eyes.

Cun said with pity: "Niangniang, why didn't you let the slave catch her just now?" ”

"I don't want to startle the snake, the emperor said a few days ago that there is an internal response in the palace, and today it seems that this person is undoubtedly this person, did you see who it was just now?"

"Even though she only has half a face, the slave still recognizes her, she is a girl next to Princess Shuying."

Xu Shutong said: "You will soon find out that she is not only a girl, but she also has the surname Gao." ”

"Niangniang suspects that this person has something to do with that assassination?"

"Yes, so you send someone to keep an eye on her, maybe she'll make a move soon."

After sending Xu Shutong back to the house, in order to avoid exposing himself in advance, he sent someone to keep an eye on Gao Zhirou, and he was not far away.

Gao Zhirou got the news that Xue Yinong was out of the palace, and when she went back, she wrote to her family, asking them to seize the opportunity to assassinate again, this time Xu Shutong did not go together, and she couldn't annihilate these two people in one fell swoop, it was a pity, but getting rid of one was one.

After writing the letter, he sneakily probed his brain at the door, then came out, closed the door and went elsewhere.

The palace maid, who was watching in the dark, followed until she saw Gao Zhirou go to the pigeon coop, take the pigeon and stuff a small note in the small bamboo tube on its feet.

After stuffing, the pigeons were released before turning back.

To say how the pigeon in the palace can be used by a small palace maid, this is also thanks to Xue Yinong's humane management, after all, the palace maid and eunuch are also people, and there are relatives outside the palace.

This small note is also divided into two layers, one is the content, one is wrapped outside, and the address is written outside, and after the special post station personnel receive it, they write an envelope and put it inside, and send it to everyone's home.

Therefore, it is much more convenient for the people in the palace to contact their families, and there is less trouble for all kinds of transfers, and there are also small female officials who specialize in writing letters to help those who are illiterate to write family letters.

Don't talk about these things for the time being, just say that Cun Xi has been following not far away, saw the pigeon flying, pinched a small pebble in his hand, and saw that Gao Zhirou was gone, so he raised his hand and sent it out.

The pigeon was hit by a stone, where it could afford to fly, and it fell down at once. I went to pick it up when I looked at the place, took a look at the people I sent, and whispered, "Hurry up and tell Sù Niangniang." ”

The maid nodded and went.

I found the pigeon and brought it back.

At this time, Xu Shutong knew the general situation, and when he came back, he took the small bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg and handed it to Xu Shutong, Xu Shutong did not take it, but said: "Open it." ”

Cun Xi already knew what Xu Shutong meant, took the paper cutter on the table, opened it carefully, read the content, and asked Xu Shutong: "Niangniang, how do you plan to deal with this matter, do you want to arrest it immediately, or ......?"

Xu Shutong smiled, "Do you think I'm such a kind person?" If you want to kill me Xu Shutong, you also have to see if her life is hard enough, she shouldn't have provoked me without knowing how to raise it, and if someone else has the intention to kill me first, then it's no wonder that I. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I found another pigeon, spread the news to Gaofu, and let them assassinate the emperor."

Sorry for the surprise, "What? Niangniang, do you want to murder the emperor? ”

"What nonsense. When this matter is done, you will personally go to the Sujin Imperial Palace, tell the emperor about this matter, and let the emperor allow you the right to transfer troops and send generals, so that you can tell Li Lin and let him go to take over, and do things neatly, which is a credit to him. ”

Cun Xi understood, and said, "Yes, it's just ......" She hesitated slightly, "Niangniang is alone in the palace, and the slave maid is not at ease." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be fine for the time being, isn't there still Qiu Ci, there are so many guards around me, no one will dare to do anything to me."

Cun Xi nodded, went to the pigeon cage to choose a suitable pigeon, tied the letter written by Gao Zhirou, let it fly, and borrowed the fast horse in the palace to report the news to the Sujin Imperial Palace.

Let's say that after Xue Yinong left the palace, she kept a low profile all the way, but the gifts she brought were really spectacular, attracting many onlookers from ordinary people, speculating about which big family she was and what a big thing she was going to do.

All the way, there is nothing to do.

Occasionally, I would lift the curtain to look at the excitement and see the people outside doing business.

It is only said that at this time, a group of travelers are coming from the opposite side, all riding high-headed horses, and the leader is wearing a dusty suit and a hat, and the face and hair under the hat are white, urging the horse to pass next to Xue Yinong.

Xue Yinong was watching the excitement, and suddenly looked at the side face of the person, feeling a little familiar, and couldn't help but turn his head to the back to take a few more looks.

Thinking it was unlikely, he shook his head.

The men sped away.

All the way to the Sujin Imperial Palace, the sedan chair stopped. Ren's father-in-law sang loudly, "Get off the sedan chair!" Xue Yinong came out of the sedan chair and saw that there were already many people standing at the door of the mansion, not to mention the Empress Dowager He, and Xue Dingshan, he will be well raised these days and can get up, but his face seems to have aged a lot, and he has been supporting the hands of the Empress Dowager He.

Seeing Xue Yinong, he smiled and said, "Yinong, you're here." ”

Xue Yinong also smiled and said: "My father is overjoyed, and my son is here." "As he spoke, he walked over quickly." Why did you get up, how good it was to stay in the house, you were just right, and you were careful with the wind. ”

"I heard that you were coming, so I couldn't stay idle." Empress Dowager He smiled, arranged to send gifts into the house, and arranged for everyone to rest.

"Hehe, Erchen will come to see you when he has time, why bother to see you. I heard that many imperial brothers were born, and the sons were very happy in their hearts and were happy for their father. ”

Xue Dingshan said: "I'm also very happy, I heard that you gave birth to a baby grandson for me, and it was worth the trip in my lifetime." Now I'm a grandfather. Is the public act okay? It's going to be a full moon wine in a while, right? ”

"Yes, eat well, sleep well, the little guy can grow very long, eat every day, and he is about to be fed into a pig."

"When I heard that someone had harmed him, I was relieved to know that he was healthy."

Xue Yinong didn't want to mention this matter again, and said, "Okay, father, you are still sitting in the house, your body is just right, and it is time for maintenance." The two of them supported each other, talked all the way, sat down in the living room, divided the guest of honor, and the next person held hot tea to warm Xue Yinong, Xue Yinong held the hot tea and covered his hands for a while, Fang said, "It's just that the father, why are the concubines in the palace all born prematurely." ”

Xue Dingshan had a difficult look on his face, obviously he also noticed this, how could it be like this one by one, although he was a rough man, he was not stupid. He laughed a few times, and Xue Yinong didn't pursue it further.

"Yinong, things are what you think, these younger brothers of yours may not be your younger brothers. Someone wants to fish in troubled waters, and I made the thousand-year-old king, but it's okay, it's me, not my son. Never mind. His chic maintenance made Xue Yinong very moved.

"Father."

Xue Dingshan waved his hand, "These little rabbit cubs have grown up, if they obey you, you will treat them well, if you want to rebel, you will not be forgiven!" My father's only regret is that he left you a lot of trouble. ”

Xue Yinong shook his head, "No, don't think about it, what you give is the best you want to give, but something went wrong in the process, it's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself too much." Xue Yinong gave an example of Tang Taizong to comfort his old father, even Mingjun has flaws, isn't it?

Xue Yinong doesn't mind being a flawed person, even if this flaw is left to her by others. After all, no one in the world is perfect, not to mention that the situation is not necessarily so bad, what to think about now is just speculation, it is too early, she doesn't want to think about it.

Xue Yinong said: "Why don't you take the little imperial brothers out and show them to your sons, how do they look?" ”

Xue Dingshan asked people to go to the nurses in the courtyards to hug them, and it was not spectacular to line them up, Xue Yinong teased them one by one, rewarded the gifts, and asked them to hug the royal brothers, don't let them freeze, all of them have round faces, and they are indescribably cute.

At this time, the housekeeper of the house hurriedly came, and when his footsteps were moving quickly, his clothes made a rustling sound, and he hugged his fists to the two people in the room and said: "The emperor, the emperor, the girl has arrived, saying that there is an urgent matter to meet the emperor." ”

Xue Yinong thought something had happened to Xu Shutong, and hurriedly said, "Invite her in." "The housekeeper went, and after a while, Cun Xi had already entered the door and saluted." Is it what happened to Dredgehonia? ”

Cun Xi replied, "No." Niangniang is very safe, the slave came over because of other things, the emperor must be cautious when returning to the palace today, we accidentally intercepted the letter of communication between the palace and the assassins outside the palace, saying that it was an ambush on the way back to the palace, please be careful. The mother also said that please give the token, so that the Guards can come and answer. ”

Xue Yinong took out the token from his body and handed it to Cun Xi, and said, "I know, you hurry up and go back to tell Li Lin, and Shu Tong, so that she can rest assured." "I regretted saying 'yes', ran out quickly, urged the horse to go quickly, first went to the palace to report safety, and arranged everything.

Let's say that after Xue Dingshan knew about this, he was very worried, "Yi Nong ......"

Xue Yinong just smiled, "It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning." ”

"You have to be careful."

Xue Yinong calculated that he had returned to the palace, and Li Lin also brought the Imperial Forest Army out before saying goodbye from the Sujin Palace, but she did not sit in the sedan chair, but asked people to put a few stones in the sedan chair and walk alone behind.

Xue Dingshan and Empress Dowager He watched her leave, both worried. Empress Dowager He saw that Xue Dingshan had been looking at it, and refused to go back, so she urged several times, "Okay, Emperor Tai, Yinong has gone a long way." ”

"I know, I'm afraid he has three longs and two shorts."

"With so many people to protect, it will be fine, and besides, the martial arts of Yinong are taught by you, and it is not good to have been stumbling in the army for all these years, why is it a pity to get up at this time, the concubine refused at the beginning, but you don't listen at all." Is it okay to talk to Yinong this time, but can you do your best? ”

Xue Dingshan smiled and said, "Hmm." ”

"Go back and rest! If you're tired, Ino will be worried. The two of them helped each other back.

The two talked and walked, Xue Dingshan looked back on all kinds of things in the past year, and felt that Yi Nong was considerate of Shu Tong in every way, and then thought about himself, very ashamed.

"This year, I've suffered you. It's me who is not good, it's that I don't know how to cherish the people in front of me, which makes you chill! I care about my own idea and don't accept the feeling of old age. ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager He's eyes were hot, and she shook her head, "No." ”

"I also know that I am not good, I have lived up to the affection of your life, when I was young, you told me that you want to marry a one-minded person, I promised to be good, but when I was old, I made a thing of abandoning my old wife to find a new love, I am not as good as Sima Xiangru, at least people canceled the plan to take a concubine, but I insisted on going my own way. Now I have a bunch of other people's women, and I have to raise other people's sons, and I don't dare to say it, for fear that it will be unpleasant to say, and I will leave such a big trouble for Yinong. ”

Xue Dingshan was remorseful, and the Empress Dowager He was relieved. "The Emperor Taishang is also kind, but he was just used by those people."

"Hey! Regret not being at the beginning. Okay, let's go in and rest. The two went into the house and rested.

But he said that Xue Yinong asked people to carry stones, but he followed behind, and when he arrived at the only way back to the palace, he was extra vigilant.

Not only her, but even the accompanying personnel were extremely vigilant, and the atmosphere was tense.

Xue Yinong said: "Relax a little, the sword is ruthless, don't hurt innocent people, what they want to kill is me, if your expression is too strict, it will only make people detect the clues, come, everyone squeeze out their teeth and give me a smile." ”

The emperor gave an order, but everyone didn't dare to disobey, so they all laughed and didn't laugh.

Xue Yinong said twice, his eyes swept away, and he saw someone rushing towards the team, the secret guard caught the fight, there was only one person, very strong, rushed directly to the sedan chair, stabbed it with a sword, and the sedan chair men were scattered, threw down the sedan chair and fled for their lives.

Gao Zhixiao's sword pierced in, but was resisted by something, opened the door curtain and looked, there were a few stones piled up inside, and there was no one, so I couldn't help but abandon the sedan chair and look for people everywhere.

The dog emperor was obviously prepared for a long time, and invited you into the urn.

At this time, there were also a large number of royal forest troops in the direction of the palace like a tide, surrounding everyone, and in less than a quarter of an hour, those killers were killed, Gao Zhixiao was captured alive, and there were many wounds on his body, and he was bleeding at the moment.

Xue Yinong asked people to clean up the scene, and when he saw Gao Zhixiao being tied up, he asked lightly, "Why do you want to kill me?" ”

"Duanjun, I said that I saw you kill you once, but I blamed me for not being good at learning, and today I became a prisoner of the ranks, even if I die, I will not let you go."

"You, a dead duck with a hard mouth, people will be afraid of death, do you think I will let you go again? It's a pity that you've run out of life points, and you're unlucky, so you have to do it, and as for whether you let me go when you're dead, do you think I care? Even if you go to the eighteenth layer of hell, Aiqing, you won't be able to see me, this is because I am in heaven, and you are in hell! Li Lin, please let this fool on the road! Remember to be gentle when you kill him, but don't be unable to cut it with one knife, just do a few knives, it will hurt. ”

Gao Zhixiao's face was as pale as snow, even if he was a tough guy. Xue Yinong said to the people around him: "This person assassinated me several times, I remember that he is filial piety and does not kill, but I can't live up to my kindness, I can't bear it, and I will eliminate harm for the world." ”

When the people saw Gao Zhixiao's head fall to the ground, where did they dare to say more.

Xue Yinong asked people to move the stones out of the sedan chair and sat in by himself, "Go back to the palace!" Her words came out of the sedan chair again, "Li Lin, take the head back, there is still a key offender in the palace!" ”

Li Lin carried the bloody head and followed all the way, and the people were all terrified.

When you arrive at the palace, return to the Splendid Palace first. Xu Shutong was very happy to know that she came back safely. "The emperor is fine."

"Thanks to you, how can I have any problems, but there is one more thing to do, and we will talk later." She sent an order to all the people of the Splendid Palace to gather, and she had something to show them.

What is a new thing in the crowd, but they found that Xue Yinong made people carry people's heads and shake them in front of everyone's eyes. Others didn't see it much, but Gao Zhirou's face was as white as paper, very uncomfortable, she held back her tears, and looked at Xue Yinong with hatred.

Xue Yinong said in front of everyone: "This person is a wicked person who assassinated me, full of evil, I have been merciful and not killed several times, but I have repeatedly provoked me, I want to know who recognizes him, and quickly stand up, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." After waiting for a while, no one turned themselves in, Xue Yinong said, "It's a pity, invite that person out to me." ”

Cun Xi shouted and pointed at Gao Zhiju: "Arrest her, she is the internal response to the assassin's collaborator." ”

Gao Zhirou denied it at the beginning, and couldn't stand Xue Yinong's repeated torture of Gao Zhixiao's corpse, and finally couldn't help but scold. "Wudao faint king, if you kill my second brother today, I will be inseparable from you."

"I never intended you to be with me, and it doesn't matter to me that we don't have two sides. If you dare to have the courage to murder me, you will find death by yourself, and you will be imprisoned in the cold palace. ”

Cun Xi repeatedly advised, "Your Majesty, cut the grass and remove the roots, otherwise the spring breeze will blow and grow again." ”

"It's okay, I'll cut it off when I'm born, I have time, if I don't have anything, wouldn't life be too boring." Suddenly, his face changed, "Take me down, let her reflect in the cold palace!" ”

Gao Zhirou was taken away and thrown into the cold palace, and her mouth was still scolding. After Gao Zhirou was brought into the cold palace, she was stunned for a while, because the repair here was very neat, and it was not the appearance of the legendary cold palace at all, with broken bricks and tiles, and moss.

She also saw an acquaintance here, and Gao Zhibai was also shocked when she saw her, "Sister, why are you here?" ”

"Sister." When Gao Zhirou saw her sister, the fear in her heart disappeared for a moment, and she pulled her to cry non-stop, "Sister, the second brother is dead." ”

"How did the second brother die?"

Gao Zhirou gritted her teeth and said, "It was that faint king who killed the second brother." ”

"Did you avenge your father?"

"Of course! How can Dad die in vain. ”

Gao Zhibai lowered his eyes and was silent, and sighed for a long time: "You are so stupid, if my father knew, I wouldn't want you to die." How can you fight the emperor with a little one? You should live a good life outside, instead of coming to this cannibalistic place, I have thought a lot in this year, sister, it is not enough for a person to have temperament, just like our father, we all know that my father is an upright person, and it is his duty to advise, but if you don't listen to the emperor, if you say something you shouldn't say, you have to think about the consequences, and your father may be ready for the consequences! He died for his ideals, and he couldn't be counted as unjust, and the emperor might not really want his father's life, but his father was old and couldn't help beating, so he was killed. ”

Gao Zhirou heard this and took three steps back.

"Sister, you've changed, you don't look like you anymore."

"It's not that I've changed, but I've figured out the truth that your arms can't twist your thighs, and if you force yourself to twist it, you'll only break yourself. Look at it, until now, it is reasonable to say that the emperor should behead the Gao family, but he still didn't, just locked you up in the cold palace, it can be seen that he is extremely unwilling to kill you in his heart, don't you understand? ”

Where could Gao Zhirou listen to such words, saying that Gao Zhibai was brainwashed and bought by Xue Yinong, forgetting her father and forgetting that her brother died in Xue Yinong's hands, and she broke with her.

"You are not my sister, my sister is not like this, from now on, I am life or death, it has nothing to do with you."

Gao Zhibai saw that her sister didn't want to listen to what she said, so she had to give up and sighed: "This is the fate of our Gao family!" There is a road in the world that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to break through. ”