Shen Yan curled up like a cat, the sobbing sound was neither light nor heavy, and it fell on Xu Yan's heart little by little, making people feel distressed and helpless.

Xu Yan pressed her palm on her vest, and waited for her crying to stop before she lowered her head and asked her, "I can't take you back to Luling in the past six months, Shen Ming and his father-in-law can't leave, why don't you ask your mother-in-law to go to Beijing?" ”

Shen Yu raised her face and teary-eyed, "Is it okay?" ”

"If my father-in-law doesn't object, there's naturally nothing wrong with it." Xu Yan helped her wipe away her tears, watched the evening breeze turn cool after the sun set, put down the window sash again, and took Shen Yu inside, "Earlier, you said that Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Jiang often chatter, it is better to ask your mother-in-law to live in the capital for a while, which can satisfy your homesickness, and also reunite your mother-in-law with her sisters, the best of both worlds." ”

This is naturally a very good idea, but Shen Yu still hesitated, "But I also told His Royal Highness about my mother when I was young before, and I was worried that if the emperor was there, ......."

"It's okay, just don't let the royal brother and the queen know." Xu Yan thought for a while, "Maybe my mother-in-law can do us a favor." ”

"How can you help?"

"I haven't thought it through yet, I'll tell you when I've thought about it." Xu Yan saw that her feelings were gradually calming down, so she asked Shi Nan and others to wash her, and then set the meal.

After the meal, Shen Yu took out the half-written family letter, and after discussing it with Xu Yan, she said in the letter that she was homesick, and her grandmother and Aunt Jiang also missed it very much, and invited Mrs. Shen to live in Beijing for a while. If Mrs. Shen is willing, she will hand over a letter to the Lingering Garden, and King Duan will send someone to pick it up.

The next day, Gu An dug up some news from Xue Ning again, Xu Yan was very busy, but the porter handed over an invitation, which was actually from the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, asking Xu Yan to go to Miaoyuan for tea in the evening, but he didn't mention anything about Shen Yan.

Xu Yan was not afraid of him, and brought people to the appointment happily.

When he came back, his face was a little heavy and gloomy, and he didn't go to the study, but just sat in the inner room, silent, and his face was so heavy that he could drip water.

He rarely has such a face in the Shaking Light Courtyard, Shen Yu was shocked when he watched from the sidelines, and all the maids were withdrawn, and sat silently next to him to accompany him.

After a long time, Xu Yan spoke: "Auntie, what kind of person do you think the imperial brother is?" ”

Shen Yan naturally couldn't answer this question, so she had to hold his hand and whispered, "Did the eldest princess of Leyang say something?" ”

"She said a lot of things about the past today, including the imperial brother and Prince Zhaoming, and she wanted to move me to help her." Xu Yan sneered, "The Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion is now being chased and beaten, the situation is very passive, and it is troublesome to advance and retreat. The eldest princess of Leyang was able to give birth to such a thought, which shows that she has reached the end of her rope. ”

"Then what else is Your Highness worried about?"

"Ever since I was a child, I have always believed in Brother Huang. But some of the things she said today are reasonable, and I just don't understand. He stretched out his arm and took Shen Yu over, as if with her in his arms, his thoughts could be much clearer.

Shen Yu saw that he didn't want to say it thoroughly, so she didn't plan to disturb him.

After being silent for a long time, Xu Yan spoke, "Auntie, if someone suddenly says that Shen Ming is heinous, wolf-hearted, and has taken out a lot of evidence, do you believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it." Shen Yan shook her head, "I know my brother's character, even if the evidence doesn't seem to be fake, I should carefully verify it and seriously consider whether it will come from his heart." Just like what he did in the Wulin Sect, if someone said that he had become a disowning of his six relatives, cold-blooded and cruel, and murderous, he would naturally be able to come up with a lot of evidence, and each of them would be irrefutable. But of course those are facts, and there is a secret behind them. I can't deny my brother's character because of such evidence. ”

Xu Yan seemed to be touched, and looked down at her-

She and he thought differently. He is accustomed to the treacherous intrigues in the court, and he always has to think a little more and guess a few more layers when considering things, and finally he can't sort it out. She was simple and straightforward, and instantly stripped off the complicated and indistinguishable coat.

Shen Yu asked again: "Does the eldest princess of Leyang say that the emperor is like this?" ”

"She laid out a lot of facts that I didn't know before. The case of Prince Zhaoming was personally decided by my father, and I have never doubted it, and today I ...... It's like a magic barrier. ”

"It's hard to tell when you're in it." Shen Yu raised her head, "If you do the same thing, you can naturally see different things when you stand in different places and look at it." Maybe those things were bad in the eyes of the eldest princess, but in the context of the time, maybe the emperor had to do it? ”

"There is some truth to that, too." Xu Yan paused, and suddenly thought of a person, as if he had found a new exit for a while, and his whole face was much brighter.

Shen Yu looked at him with a sudden change in expression, and was a little pleased, "Your Highness has figured it out?" ”

"I'll go to Xuanzhen Temple tomorrow," he quickly pecked Shen Yan on the lips, as if to thank her for her guidance, "Huo Shining was involved in this matter back then, and there may be different news from him." ”

He has always been a resolute character, and the next morning he rode to Xuanzhen Temple.

Xuanzhen Temple is located in the capital outside the group of peaks more than 50 miles, because the view of the lord temperament is tranquil, not subject to the royal gift, do not accept the people's incense, only a dozen Taoist priests in the Qing cultivation, and because it is located in the deep mountains and secluded places, so it is exceptionally clean, all the way to the past, rarely see pedestrians.

This view is not big, and after Xu Yan went in, he inquired a little, and learned that Huo Shining was sitting quietly on the flying rock in the back mountain.

Xu Yan searched for it as he said, but it didn't take long to see the huge flying rock on the peak. He climbed the mountain as if he were walking on the ground, and in a few moments he was on the flying rock.

In the early spring, the capital is shrouded in the warm sun, and gradually there are grass buds, flower branches and buds, but it is still quite cold on the peak, and the mountain wind blows over, raising the robe and swinging around.

He stepped forward and sat down cross-legged beside Huo Shining, looking around, the surrounding peaks and mountains, and the river meandering at the bottom of the mountain, not a verdant scenery in summer, but a sense of openness and cheerfulness.

"His Royal Highness King Duan?" Huo Shining originally closed his eyes and calmed his nerves, but when he heard the movement, he opened his eyes, but there was no surprise in his voice.

"Mr. Huo." Xu Yan nodded in acknowledgment. Huo Shining entered the Taoist family not long after Huo Zongyuan was born, and he was not burdened with fame and fortune, so it was naturally not good to be called the prince of the country. However, in Xu Yan's selfish heart, he is still not used to calling him his Dao name.

Huo Shining has been blown by the wind on the top of the mountain for a long time, and his skin is inevitably damaged, less elegant and elegant in his early years, but there is a little more sparse and quiet between his eyebrows, and the Taoist robe and dust are flying in the mountain wind, which is quite a bit of a sense of wanting to ride the wind fairy. He folded his robe, "Your Highness has something?" ”

"I have some doubts, and I want to ask my husband for advice."

"Poor Dao has been away from home for a long time, and he has long stopped asking about the world, I am afraid that it will disappoint His Highness."

Xu Yan shook his head and said bluntly: "I'm afraid that only Mr. can solve the doubts in my heart." At that time, the Duke of the Kingdom was rich and honorable, and Mr. had always been courteous to the royal brother, if he had a heart for the Tao, it was not necessary to cultivate at home, so why did he have to leave home and join the Daomen? ”

"Cultivating at home, after all, it is impossible to escape right and wrong, it is better to be clean here."

Xu Yan nodded. He actually heard about it that Huo Shining was the secretary of the ministry, his wife was the eldest princess, and his sister was the queen of the world.

I think he was indeed disappointed in his wife and sister, otherwise with his elegance and courtesy that day, how could he ruthlessly abandon his elderly father and young children?

When he was an official, he had a reputation for integrity, and later he was able to make such a choice, Xu Yan admired him a lot.

He bowed slightly, "I'm really sorry for coming here rashly today and disturbing Mr.'s purity." ”

Huo Shining didn't care, "It's all here, if you have anything to say, Your Highness just say it." ”

"It's about Prince Zhaoming's rebellion back then, I have a lot of doubts in my heart, I don't know if Mr. can solve the doubts?"

"It's old." Huo Shining sighed, "Your Highness, please speak." ”

"Yesterday, someone invited me to drink tea, and talked about a lot of things back then, saying that Prince Zhaoming had no intention of rebellion, and it was my imperial brother who fabricated evidence, designed a false accusation, and deceived my father, so that my father was furious and issued a holy decree to rob his family and behead him." Xu Yan tilted his head slightly, and the undulating peaks and peaks came into view, and even the majestic imperial city in the distance became inconspicuous.

Xu Yan suddenly became cheerful in his heart, and his tone was a little lighter, "I have been raised under the knees of the imperial brother since I was a child, and I have always understood the actions of the imperial brother. ”

"What does Your Highness want me to solve?"

"Mr. was in it back then, and now he is in Taoism, so he will not be biased. I don't want to listen to one-sided words, so I came here to ask for advice, hoping to hear from my husband about the events of the year. ”

Huo Shining did not refuse, "Old things, those who know are kings and losers, it is rare that His Highness will think of the poor road." ”

"Please give me advice."

"The case of Prince Zhaoming's rebellion back then was not framed in vain, the emperor was not a mediocre person, and the clues in the process could naturally straighten out the judgment. However, Prince Zhaoming was not as heinous as he claimed at the time, he would go into such a field, it was deliberately guided by someone, and it was difficult for him to control himself......"

Xu Yan didn't expect Huo Shining to say it so happily, but after thinking about it, he could abandon his family and children, what could he not let go, and what did he have to cover up?

It's just a matter of laying out the facts clearly and letting people judge for themselves.

He listened to Huo Shining talk about the past in an extremely flat tone, and his face was always calm.

However, that qiē conspiracy and earth-shaking intrigue came to his face, rolling his closest mother and imperial brother, rolling the prince Zhaoming who spread the name of benevolence and the eldest princess Leyang, who loved her brother like her life, rolling up and down the once majestic and dignified father, and rolling up and down the countless courtiers in the court...... None of them were what he was familiar with.

When Prince Zhaoming's family was beheaded, the tragedy seemed to return to his eyes, when he was only a teenager, cautiously and distantly watching the strange brother fall from the clouds into hell, watching the close brother step by step, staying in the East Palace, day and night overturned, like the elusive human heart.