CHAPTER XX

Sending away the three brothers of the Chen family, Chen Ajiao is actually a little lonely, cousin Lian Sisi has already begun to look at others, even if Lian Sisi is unwilling, he can't resist the persistence of Mrs. Chen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lian Sisi found Chen Ajiao: "Cousin Gillian, have you ever considered going to the border to find the eldest brother and them?" ”

Chen Ajiao looked at Lian Sisi in surprise, this little girl is really bold, Chen Ajiao clearly understands that in this era, it is okay for women to go out to play and stroll, and the danger they face is unimaginable. What's more, when she was playing chess with her father, she saw that she didn't care much about state affairs and spent most of her time studying, and her father was sighing and scolding the country when the country would not be a country, which made her probably speculate that although she lived in Kyoto and everything seemed stable, she knew in her heart that once she got out of Kyoto, it would no longer be so simple.

"Do you know how dangerous it is out there? A girl's family, running away alone, do you want to be sold as a maid or sold to a green building to pick up customers?! ”

Chen Ajiao was a little angry, she knew that her cousin liked fantasy, and she also knew that she had a deep love for Chen Yanrong, but she didn't expect her to be so bold.

"But, but, if I don't leave, I'm going to be married! That's it, it's the Jiang family, and it's about to change the post! Lian Sisi wrung her handkerchief, feeling very sad, the person she loved was far away from her, she was alone here, she couldn't leave if she wanted to, she missed him so much, it hurt so much.

"Miss, Miss, Madame has called you to hurry over."

Chen Ajiao saw that it was Mama Wu next to her mother, and quickly pulled Lian Sisi over.

Su Junlan's eyes were red, as if she had just cried, and when she saw Chen Ajiao coming, she hugged Chen Ajiao, Chen Ajiao patted Su Junlan's back, she didn't know what was going on, so she had to comfort her clumsily.

"Jiao'er, Jiao'er, your third brother ・・・・・・"

Su Junlan couldn't cry, Chen Ajiao asked anxiously, she didn't know what was going on, she began to have a bad premonition in her heart, and Lian Sisi on the side bit the handkerchief and trembled all over.

Something must have happened! No, no, it must be fine, Lian Sisi's eyes were blurred suddenly.

"Your elder brother wrote a letter saying that your third brother led troops to investigate the enemy's situation, but as a result, he never came back."

Chen Ajiao patted Su Junlan, shocked and incredulous, but there is no news, maybe sometimes it is good news.

"Mother, don't worry, didn't you come back, maybe you went the wrong way, you will definitely come back."

"Miss, miss, Miss Cousin fainted."

Chen Ajiao looked sideways, Lian Sisi's face was pale, and she had fainted to the side, so Su Junlan couldn't care about being sad, and Chen Ajiao hurriedly settled Lian Sisi.

At night, Chen Xuqing didn't come back, Chen Ajiao and Su Junlan wanted to ask Chen Xuqing about the specific situation, but the men of the Chen family all gathered in the outer study, not knowing what they were discussing, Chen Ajiao didn't sleep well all night, and ran to the main room before dawn, wanting to see if Chen Xuqing had come back.

Chen Xuqing still didn't come back, and when it was dawn, Chen Xuqing entered the main room with tired steps, and it was the first time he was so warmly received by his wife and daughter, but he couldn't be happy now.

"Dad, Dad, what's the matter with the third brother?"

"yes, I always felt something wasn't right." Su Junlan personally made tea for Chen Xuqing, Su Junlan didn't like to go out, and there were very few people who walked around with other noble families and families, plus Hui Guifei deliberately made things difficult in the open, and it turned out that Su Junlan still had some boudoir dealings anymore. But the woman's intuition told her that Chen Yanshu's letter was written very wrong.

Chen Xuqing sighed, "The direction of the wind must change." Lan'er, the Chen family is definitely in danger this time. I've discussed it with my eldest brother, and when I find a good time, you can take Jiao'er away, and don't come back. My father-in-law may not be able to protect himself now. ”

"How?" Su Junlan couldn't help but clench Chen Xuqing's sleeves, her father, what happened to her father?

Chen Xuqing looked at Su Junlan for a long time, saw the eyes that flashed with pleading, sighed unconsciously, and said anyway.

"Ah Rong led the troops to explore the enemy this time is into someone else's trap, Shangfeng did not issue this order at all, it is estimated that the siege of him in Xueling Mountain is not the enemy army, it is likely to be his own people, it is also possible, someone sold his news, only to encounter an accident, no matter which possibility, Ah Rong must be more than lucky."

"And then?" Chen Ajiao also felt that things were not so simple, who was going to deliberately harm her third brother, her third brother had just entered the barracks, if it was a personal vendetta, the opportunity was easy to find, but it made her third brother disappear on the bright side, but did not report the death, this is definitely not normal, the bridge is still a little familiar, and it is obviously aimed at the entire Chen family.

Chen Ajiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and exclaimed: "Do you want to frame our Chen family for connecting with foreign countries, fabricating our accusations of collusion and rebellion, and destroying our Chen family?" ”

Chen Xuqing looked at Chen Ajiao in surprise, he knew that his daughter was smart, but he didn't expect to be able to see the key inside at the age of ten, this is really not ordinary intelligence, but no matter how smart it is, no matter how smart it is, there is no way to change the fate of the Chen family.

"Is there no way?"

"There's no way for now." Chen Xuqing shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The Chen family and the Su family have held the military power for too long, I must marry you back then, and the two families have formed a good relationship between Qin and Jin, in fact, it has already become a nail in the emperor's heart, and he has long wanted to get rid of it." This time, if the emperor wants us to destroy the Chen and Su families, what can we do? ”

"Back then, back then." Su Junlan's face turned pale, "No, no." ”

"Alan, Lan'er, actually, I sat in the garden for a long time this morning, thinking about us for a long time, thinking that I was happy with you, so happy that I hated to marry you back then, I wanted to love you well, but I didn't expect us to be like this now. But it's okay to look like this, at least, I can send you to a safe place with peace of mind and raise our Gillian to grow up. ”

"No, no." Su Junlan didn't seem to come back to her senses, "You're not, you're not—"

"No, there is nothing between me and her," Chen Xuqing hugged Su Junlan, "Back then, the way you rode on a horse really amazed me, and I thought about you in my mind day and night, Guo Xianru was wearing red clothes like you, it was my mother, it was they who made a mistake, and later, I knew that a general under your father's command and you admired each other, and I saw the two of you hugging each other, you have to send things to the border every year, or for men, I, I have to think about it more, I also breathe a sigh of relief, But now I realize that I am really stupid, and I always feel that men can't bend down and bow their heads, but as long as it's you, what does it matter if you bend down and bow your head. ”

"Then, Aunt Najia—"

"I've never stayed there, and I'm only there to be angry with you."

Su Junlan was speechless for a while, and suddenly hugged Chen Xuqing and cried, she was so aggrieved all these years.

"Husband, in fact, the person in my heart has always been you, Brother Ye saved my father's life, so I was good to him, when you saw us together, that was when I rejected him, I don't know what you heard, but the person in my heart has never been you."

Su Junlan hugged Chen Xuqing with her backhand.

Chen Ajiao didn't see her father and mother confiding in each other, she was contemplating and thinking, with her limited knowledge, she always felt that something was wrong here.

"My Hanmei Sword—"

"I'm hiding, I've always wanted you to come to me, talk to me more, sometimes I think it's better to make you angry than if you don't talk to me."

Chen Xuqing smiled bitterly, in fact, as long as they said it, they would be able to be safe and happy, how many good days they had lost, but they had been stumbling for so long because of all kinds of misunderstandings and suspicions at the time, if it weren't for the fact that today he thought about the fate of the family, and thought of the permanent separation that he might face, let him think about the things of the past, he couldn't guess that it might have been designed at that time.

Yes, how could he meet Lan'er and that person so well, obviously someone lured him to go, obviously the other party forcibly hugged Lan'er, but he has always been unwilling to misunderstand.

As long as you use your brain a little, you will understand, but fortunately, it is not too late to know now, when his Lan'er said that he was the only one in his heart for so many years, he felt that this life was complete, even if he died in the next moment, he was not afraid.

"Give it to me, I'll give it to Gillian, we'll send Gillian away, I'll accompany you, and we'll live and die together."

"That's not right." A clear voice interjected into the conversation between the two, Chen Ajiao frowned tightly and looked at Chen Xuqing, "Dad, this won't be the emperor's meaning, the emperor won't want our two families to die, at least not now, there are other people who want our two families to be destroyed, as long as the emperor has no intention, we will have life." ”