At the beginning of May of the sixteenth year of Chiwu, Lou Lan's disturbance of the border covered up the rumors of the turmoil caused by Ren Qiwan in the harem.

And less than two months after the border war report arrived, Zong Zhengyu died in the border pass. The battle with Lou Lan has always been concentrated in Jindi, but this time, Lou Lan sent light cavalry to attack Hanjin Pass, and in less than half a month after Zong Zhengyu arrived at Hanjin Pass, the defense line was not completely arranged.

This time it was no longer a disappearance, no longer a rumor, Zong Zheng Yu was ambushed by the enemy, and was hit by dozens of arrows, and finally died in the quicksand. When the news reached Kun'an Palace, the queen fainted,

This time, there were no bones.

The coffin was sent back to the capital, but unfortunately all that was left was clothes and weapons, An Sui stood in the middle of the team, watching the heavy brown coffin slowly appear in her sight, she actually felt a little cold in her body, and couldn't help but tremble.

When he left, he sent a letter to Anfu, she was confined to the mansion, he did not see her, but she sat on a tall building and saw him off. He said he might never return to the capital alive, and he might not see her again.

It turned out to be a prophecy.

The white ribbon hung all over the official road, the wind fluttered slightly, and the white ribbon flew in the air like a spirit flag, floating far in the air with a lamentation.

The coffin slowly passed in front of An Sui's eyes, but An Sui closed her eyes, and she didn't dare to look at it again.

With a "squeak", all the funeral crews stopped.

An Sui opened his eyes, stopped in front of the funeral team in plain clothes, and blocked their way, An Sui took a closer look at the woman in front of him, the plain hat covered most of her face, and it was not true from afar, but I don't know why, An Sui still recognized the woman at a glance.

"Shumao?"

An Sui whispered the woman's name.

I saw a man in front of the funeral team running in front of Yan Shumao, and knelt down with a "plop", "Madam, I'm sorry, it's me Gao Yi who is useless, I failed to protect my son, it's me Gao Yi who deserves to die!" Madam! Childe he, he ......"

Yan Shumao stretched out his hand and slapped him, and the man who called himself "Gao Yi" did not dodge, he was affected by the force of her hand, and turned his face sideways, An Sui clearly saw the blood on the corner of his mouth, and Yan Shumao did not show mercy.

Yan Shumao covered her face, "Why can you all come back, but Ace can't!" ”

The tears flowed down her fingertips.

An Sui couldn't bear to look any longer, and turned his head away from the crowd of onlookers.

Zong Zhengyu's funeral was done quickly, in fact, only the relics were available, and the rest was just a scene. Yan Shumao cried and fainted twice, but no amount of tears, no matter how painful the sorrow, could no longer recall the person who had passed away. This is an established fact, and it is also a fact that cannot be changed.

An Sui also sent a pair of couplets with everyone, but the person did not go in person. Three days later, Zong Zhengyu's clothes were sent back to his home for burial.

After Yan Shumao left the capital with the crowd, he returned to the capital after just over a month. An Sui never thought that the first person Yan Shumao wanted to see when he returned to Beijing was himself.

Although An Sui didn't have a good relationship with her, she still welcomed her into the hall, and Hua Niang served her tea, but she didn't drink it, just picked it up and sniffed it and put it down.

These days, she is much haggard, and she has lost a lot of weight, but she still looks a little puffy under her skin, and the white flowers on her sideburns and the plain clothes on her body indicate that she is already a young widow.

Counting it, Yan Shumao is only exactly thirty.

Yan Shumao said straight to the point, "An Sui, I know that the relationship between you and me is not good, but the purpose of my coming to you today is not to find you to settle past grievances, but to hope that you will help me." ”

Ann was puzzled, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

"I heard that you are going to leave the capital and go to the border to consolidate the alliance with the Northern Kingdom, I just want to ask you for one thing, help me find out, is Ace dead?" A fine light stabbed in Yan Shumao's eyes, and this look gave her haggard and pale face a little popularity.

"What do you mean?" An Sui was shocked, could it be that for Yan Shumao, she couldn't believe the news of Zong Zhengyu's death?

"I'm pregnant!"

Yan Shumao's statement that the preface did not match the afterword made An Sui feel even more puzzled, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

"I really don't believe that Archer is dead, and I can often dream of him standing in front of a cactus with his back to me, looking into the distance. Even I could feel his pulse, the cause of Ace's death this time was very strange, he died under the arrow, and he found his clothes, but he couldn't find his body. As long as I don't see Ace's body for a day, I'll never believe he's dead. Yan Shumao stared at An Sui's eyes, her eyes were blood-red, as if she had met some sad person.

An Sui certainly sympathized with her, but more helplessly, "It's not that I don't help you, it's that I have no reason to help you, I went to the border pass to consolidate the alliance between the northern countries and Great Chu, and General Zongzheng died in the land of Loulan." Even if General Zongzheng really didn't die, I had no right to ask about this matter, not to mention that I had no relatives with General Zongzheng and had no reason to ......"

Before An Sui's words were finished, Yan Shumao threw a wooden sign from his sleeve.

An Sui's eyes shrank, Yan Shumao put the wooden card in front of An Sui's eyes, and asked her word by word, "If there is no reason, then is this wooden card enough?" ”

An Sui naturally recognized which wooden plaque, that was what she gave him when Zong Zhengyu and her privately set a lifelong agreement, that small wooden plaque, and her birth date on it, which she carved out with her own heart, which represented her intentions for him at the beginning. But in the end, they walked like strangers, and even the first intersection lost its reason.

An Sui subconsciously bit her lip.

Yan Shumao said, "Is this wooden sign enough?" An Sui, after so many years, I have to admit that you won, you won very thoroughly. Even if I am the person who has been by his side for so many years, I still can't replace your role in his heart. An Sui, I can admit defeat, but please for the sake of the child in my belly is Azer's flesh and blood, you help me, don't let this child become a posthumous child! ”

"I'm sorry!" An Sui looked into her eyes, those eyes were full of longing, how she wished she could help the owner of these eyes, but she could only say that she couldn't do anything, "I can't lie to you!" Life and death matter, there is nothing I can do about it. ”

Yan Shumao trembled and stood up, "An Sui, are you so cold-blooded?" He still has you in his heart, but what about you? After all these years, have you ever asked him a little bit more? ”

"I really don't. But as a married man, I am an official of the imperial court, is it the best way for you to break the connection between me and him? So what did you do with your husband? What do you think of other people's emotions? An Sui said coldly, "Since you got married on that day, the relationship between me and him has ended, I said, the matter between you and him is just a matter between you and him, and it will never have anything to do with me again, today you come to my Anfu, I will treat you as a guest, but if you want to make trouble unreasonably, I understand that you are in a bad mood now, and it can not be regarded as a thing, but now please leave." ”

Yan Shumao sneered and said, "I know that you are no different from those who tend to be inflammatory, when the Zongzheng family and the Yan family are powerful, you will rush to go, but once the Zongzheng family and the Yan family are lonely, you can't wait to quickly clear up the relationship." It's me who misjudged you, An Sui, you are also a person with no heart, blame me for misseeing you. The emperor is too, he is afraid of our Yan family and Zongzheng family, he clearly wants to kill Ah Ce, he is the mastermind behind the killing of Ah Ce, is it you, is it you who want to kill Ah Ce? It's you! ”

Hua Niang stood outside the door, and when she heard this, her face turned white, these words were slanderous to the saint, if they spread out, it would also be a disaster for Anfu. Even if the Holy Father has the heart to protect Anfu, which of those officials is easy to deal with?

"Do you think you know me well? Or is it that in fact, you are just weak-hearted, afraid that even the Zongzheng family will not be able to protect you now, and you want to find me to strike first? An Sui stood up and approached Yan Shumao step by step, his eyes were sharp, and he forced Yan Shumao back a few steps, "Yan Shumao, don't think that if I don't care about you, it means that I'm afraid of you." At the beginning, the matter of going to Lin Yuan was also the news that you let people spread, and then to Concubine Zong, and then to the eldest princess and Zong Zheng Yangfeng, how many things in the middle are related to you, you know in your heart. If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. Isn't there no reason for the decline of the Yan family? What about the Zongzheng family? The Zongzheng family is not satisfied with the position of queen, and wants to hold the position of the crown princess and even more power for the Zongzheng family. If General Zongzheng was killed, the empress would bear the brunt. ”

"You dare to slander the Queen!"

An Sui suddenly smiled, but in an instant, she put away her aggressive momentum, of course, the majesty on her body was gone, and her faint eyebrows showed her indifference, "Then it depends on what you think." Hua Niang, send off! ”

Yan Shumao stared at An Sui, "You'll regret it!" ”

An Sui lowered his eyes slightly, and reached out to brush the fan in his hand, "Waiting for you at any time!" ”

Yan Shumao held her waist and strode away, but the flicker in her eyes had already exposed her weakness, and no amount of momentum could hide her fragility and decline.

Xiu Min waited for her to leave before she walked in, and said worriedly, "Girl, if Mrs. Yan goes out and talks nonsense, I'm afraid that there will always be more trouble." ”

An Sui shook her head, "She is just a falcon with broken wings now, and she dare not and cannot gamble with her life and the child in her womb. What's more, she just loves hard, whether it's General Zongzheng or the child in her womb. ”