Xie Shenzhi didn't stay in the study with his staff tonight as usual. He sat alone in the wing of the main room, and there was no one left to wait. This was specially prepared for him by the grandmother of the Xie family, just so that he could have a quiet place when he was upset. Usually, I only ask my subordinates to clean it on time, and there are not many things in the room. Xie Shenzhi likes it very much.

Xie Jiazu's mother brought her own supper, just like she did decades ago.

The sound of dishes on the table woke Xie Shenzhi. He glanced at the grandmother of the Xie family, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

The grandmother of the Xie family set the dishes and stuffed the chopsticks into his hand, "I haven't seen you eat much for dinner, so I have to cushion my stomach, otherwise my body will be uncomfortable again." ”

Xie Shenzhi glanced at the contents of the plate, all of which he liked to eat. However, he only moved a few chopsticks, and he no longer had any thoughts.

"What's wrong?" The grandmother of the Xie family said, "I have asked someone to send the medicine to San Lang and Xiao Wu, and Ah Ying will take care of it personally, so I want to come...... Probably fine. I'll take a look for myself later. ”

Xie Shenzhi looked up to the sky and sighed. Xie Lezhi is the most important among his three sons, and today's beating is more for others to see. hit his son's body, hurt in his heart, and he was also reluctant.

"Hotaru...... It's been more than ten years since I arrived at Xie's house. ”

The grandmother of the Xie family nodded, "Sixteen years." ”

"When I wanted to bring her back, she was so young." Xie Shenzhi gestured, "Just a few days after I was born, I lost my mother and grandfather's family. I looked at her in swaddling clothes, and I couldn't bear to think of your niece's pot-bellied appearance. ”

The grandmother of the Xie family lowered her eyebrows, "At that time, I only thought about relieving the worries of the saint, where did I think that there would be so many in the future." ”

"Holy." Xie Shenzhi smiled bitterly a few times, "Holy Lord! ”

"The Jiang family has long since lost their descendants, and the queen mother family of the court is so powerful, we, we ......" The grandmother of the Xie family didn't know what to say for a while. To exonerate yourself? Or convince Xie Shenzhi, who seems to be hesitant in front of him?

Xie Shenzhi was a little melancholy, "What His Majesty gave us is enough." It's just that my original intention has been lost, and I am no longer the same person I was at the beginning. ”

The grandmother of the Xie family covered the hand that Xie Shenzhi put on the table, and her tone was firm, "We just did what the queen said, and we didn't treat Ah Ying harshly." We're not wrong. Even His Majesty can't help the Bai family, let alone us? ”

Xie Shenzhi's hand trembled slightly, and the grandmother of the Xie family used a little strength in her hand, as if she wanted to appease him. "It's the first emperor who is mediocre and lets the Bai family sit big, this is ...... Nothing to do with us. The Jiang family's unjust destruction was caused by the Bai family, and we ...... We ......"

"We also saved Hotaru."

"Yes, we also saved Hotaru." The grandmother of the Xie family seemed to grasp a glimmer of hope, "The Holy Lord is thinking about us because of Ah Ying. Even the queen did not dare to act rashly. Even if we made mistakes, we saved our lives. Doesn't Buddhism say? Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter? Now that the saint is in good health, is the Bai family still going to rebel? There is a saint, what are we afraid of? ”

"Your Majesty, you don't believe in me as much as you did back then." Xie Shenzhi was a little tired, "I'm afraid he also noticed it, our family and the Bai family have now become grasshoppers on the same rope." ”

Otherwise, how could the emperor not issue an order for a thorough investigation and then convict, but cut Xie Lezhi and Xie Chuquan into a blank slate without saying anything. Even if you have taken away your fame, it is impossible to return to the dynasty in the future.

"Your Majesty, this is a long-planned plan."

The grandmother of the Xie family has some six gods and no masters, "Then, then now, do we really want to take refuge in Bai Xiang?" ”

"Take refuge here?" Xie Shenzhi sneered, "I'm afraid that if it's His Majesty and the Bai family, they have long thought that I was their comrade." ”

"Then it might as well be done." The grandmother of the Xie family said, "If the saint resists again, with the momentum of the Bai family, the position of the crown prince must be the eldest son of the emperor." Sir, what are you worried about? ”

Xie Shenzhi shook his head, "Naïve." ”

The grandmother of the Xie family looked at him puzzled.

"Your Majesty is like, I'm afraid it's the fifth prince." Xie Shenzhi muttered, "If I were His Majesty, I'm afraid I would think the same way." ”

"The news that the lord got from this? 陛xià...... Told you? Wrong. "The emperor will not talk to Xie Shenzhi about this.

The grandmother of the Xie family said hesitantly: "In terms of family background, the fifth prince is better than the fourth prince of the biological mother Wei Han, but where can it compare to the third prince born to Concubine Zhou Zhou, and the eldest son of the queen?" Even if you talk about the long and the long, you can't stand it. ”

Xie Shenzhi shook his head and smiled slightly, "What His Majesty wants is the decline of the maternal family." With the Bai family sitting big, isn't His Majesty still guarding against his relatives? The temperament of the fourth prince is not as good as that of the fifth prince, he has always been attached to the third prince, and I am afraid that he will not be able to enter the eyes of His Majesty. ”

There are some things that Xie Shenzhi will not tell the grandmother of the Xie family.

Now several older princes have grown up, as if they are seizing the heir. Seeing this, the more anxious the Bai family was, the tighter they were pressing. However, the emperor was always reluctant to let go of the crown prince, and seemed to be happy to see the battle for succession. The queen's mother, the Bai family, and the Zhou family, Zhou Guifei's mother, quarreled endlessly every day in the court. Originally, it was just a matter of arguing about the establishment of the crown prince, but now even the affairs of the court and government are being contested.

The emperor ignored them, and the royalists, led by Liu Taifu, also remained silent.

What caught Xie Shenzhi's attention was that the emperor summoned Mrs. Liu into the palace that day. Mrs. Liu has not been in court for a long time, and he only hangs an idle post, and he does not enter the palace if there is no major event. The two had a long secret conversation in the imperial study. On the second day, Mrs. Liu went to court for the first time and mentioned the five princes in a conversation with his colleagues.

Mrs. Liu, who has always been unrecognizable to the princes, took the initiative to mention it. If you're smart, you know what that means.

Now that the emperor has a desired successor, he will clear the obstacles for him. The Bai family? The Zhou family? Hehe, even if the eldest son or third prince of the emperor is really established, can the Bai family and the Zhou family be kept? Majesty will do the same.

It's already obvious, Xie Shenzhi thought. His mistake back then made the Xie family what it is today. It was just to reassure the queen, and it was no longer aimed at the Xie family. Who expected that the back would be out of control. Now he can't turn back, and only the Bai family can go down.

If the Bai family can't succeed, it can't succeed......

"In the future, don't care about Hotaru anymore. Let her go. Xie Shenzhi commanded very tiredly, and he was still planning to make a last fight in his heart.

The grandmother of the Xie family was silent for a long time, "Where is the mother?" ”

"Just say...... Ah Ying is now protected by Yunyang Hou, and we can't move her. ”

“…… Be. ”

"It's just bitter for your niece."

The grandmother of the Xie family said slowly: "I hurt her." She's always been a tendon, and she's very short. We forcibly stuffed Hotaru to her, and we never asked her what she meant, and she didn't want to come here. Whatever I told her to do, she wouldn't ask me why, she just did it. Now that she's like this, I feel better. At the very least, I don't have to tell her to listen to me anymore and do what my mother told us to do. ”

Xie Liangying guarded his father and brother who were taking medicine inside through the screen. Listening to their moans from time to time, I still felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

Xie Lezhi is good to her in the end, and so is Xie Chuquan. Whenever there is any good thing, she and Xie Liangyun share it alone, and they never favor one over the other. If you really want to talk about eccentricity, the most eccentric in the three rooms is probably the Yan family.

After taking the medicine, the little guy took the medicine and came out of it.

Xie Liangying asked loudly through the screen, "Are you better with your father?" ”

Xie Lezhi was afraid of causing Xie Liangying's worries, so he endured the pain and comforted: "Dad is better with the medicine." You go and see your mother and sister, and rest early. At the end, he also told her, "Don't let your mother know about today's events, the doctor said that her illness was anxious and angry." ”

Xie Liangying was silent for a moment and responded.

Mama Lian held the lamp for her in front of Xie Liangying, and told her to be careful from time to time.

Xie Liangying stood at the door of Yan's room and paused for a while before going in again.

Bai Xiu was serving Yan's body inside, and when she saw her coming, she saluted, "Girl." ”

Xie Liangying nodded at her, "Is my mother feeling better today?" ”

"It's still like that." Bai Xiu looked at Yan who was lying motionless on the bed with sorrowful eyes.

"You go down, I'll talk to my mother for a while."

"Huh."

Xie Liangying slowly walked to Yan's bed and sat down. Yan has been lying in bed for some days, and his originally well-maintained figure has begun to gain weight, but his skin is not that fair and translucent, but sickly white. The fat body can't help but exert force, and a press is a nest. Xie Liangying didn't dare to touch her, so she just watched quietly.

Yan Shiben opened his eyes, and when he saw that she was coming, he immediately closed his eyes.

"I know my mother doesn't want to see me." Xie Liangying straightened her sleeves and said slowly, "But I came here today to let my mother know that my father and brother had an accident." ”

Yan's eyes opened suddenly, staring at Xie Liangying.

"Look at what I do, not what I do." Xie Liangying said, "Dad and brother treat me well, what do I do with them." ”

She asked Shuangjue to spread the things, and she didn't name them, but she just wanted to attract people to investigate and make a disturbance. Anyway, those are not true, and the Xie family has just lost some reputation. But the thing completely changed in Xue Jian's hands, in addition to Wu Yi's name, Xie Lezhi and Xie Chuquan, and even Chai Jin were all named.

Yan didn't believe it, she stared straight at Xie Liangying.

"My father and brother's official bodies were cut off, and their fame was taken away. In the afternoon, in the courtyard in front of the study, I asked someone to press the family law of my grandfather's automatic. Xie Liangying said indifferently, "If my mother was in good health at that time, there was no one in the house, and everyone was there to watch the excitement." ”

Yan wanted to say, why didn't Xie Liangying, as a daughter, go up and stop it. Why did even she watch her father and brother being punished with a cold eye. But she couldn't say a word.

She hated her body so much that she could only lie down all day waiting for death. She couldn't go to see Xie Liangyun and hugged her poor daughter to comfort her misfortune. He can't take care of the housework himself, so he can only lie here and worry about the injuries of his husband and son.

Yan looked at Xie Liangying, and the tears in the corners of his eyes slowly flowed down and slipped into his hairline.

Why don't you kill her and let her die, it's better than lying down like this and not being able to do anything.

"Mother have a good rest, Dad is still worried about you, so he specially asked me to come and take a look." Xie Liangying said and got up.

Yan watched Xie Liangying's back disappear from sight, tears kept falling, and the powerless despair in his heart gradually spread.