When night falls, when every household has lanterns in their hands, lights candles, and the family talks and laughs together, when the adults lead the children to walk around the street, there is a figure, he is like an abandoned child, walking alone in the joyful crowd, walking with heavy steps. www.biquge.info He had no purpose, no thought, just walked mechanically, following his subconscious memories to the door of his house.

The guard guarding the door didn't stop him, he easily walked into his house, and then suddenly heard a voice shouting loudly: "The second young master is back, master, the second young master is back." ”

Second young master? There was nothing to be proud of in this title for him, but rather like a kind of irony. He felt that everyone called him the second young master, but his second young master's life was not as good as even a subordinate in the mansion.

There were many people running in front of him, some people called him "Ting'er", some people called him "Zhongting", some people called him "Second Brother", and some people called him "Second Young Master". He is in this family, he has so many identities, do these people call him that every day? Is it that if he doesn't come back today, he has another identity, called "the late Ji Zhongting".

It turned out that his surname was Ji, and he had a sister who was also surnamed Ji, but that sister once said that if she had a choice, she would rather not have this surname. This surname is a kind of sadness, an insult, and a disgust. Yes, it's disgusting, look at their concerned and worried expressions, they are indeed dark and vicious carrion in their hearts, isn't it disgusting?

He didn't know where he got the strength, and shouted, "Don't scream, it's so noisy." Don't you think it's disgusting? ”

Then he passed them and walked silently to his own yard. Rockery ring stones, small bridges and corridors, arches are numerous, home is still the original home, the road is still the original road, and the people are still the original people. But he had never felt that this place was as cold as it was, so lonely, so desperate.

His yard still hasn't changed, and the light in the room looks really warm, but he doesn't have the courage to go in. That little bit of light couldn't warm him, because his heart was already frozen.

He sat on the steps, looking at the dark door, at the black sky, at his own shadow on the ground. For the three of them, it turned out that they were not talking about people, they were talking about loneliness. Is his sister often like him, deep in the lonely and cold palace, counting the days of life.

A person walked in at the door, stayed in front of him for a while, and then sat next to him, was silent for a long time, and said quietly: "Ting'er, you can come back, I am very happy for my father." ”

He tore away a helpless smile and said, "Really? I thought I would come back tonight and see the rank you carved for me. ”

Ji Gangyang felt that the stone under his buttocks was very cold, moved slightly, and said: "Ting'er, I'm sorry for you for my father, I didn't know that they would be so bold that they would even ...... you" Before he finished speaking, a letter was handed to him. He looked at the familiar letter, and for some reason, he was scared in his heart, afraid of this son who usually didn't care much and didn't care much. When I opened the letter, I expected to see my handwriting and familiar content, and slowly put it away, my hands trembled a little.

"Can you tell me that I must put my sister to death? Isn't she your daughter? Do you really do it five times at a time? Ji Zhongting's tone was flat, and he couldn't see his joy or anger, just like a gust of wind drifting by. There's no need to pretend to be a loving father here, it's not enough for you to kill a daughter, you also want to kill a son, your mental tricks are more terrible than the devil. ”

"Yes, in your hearts I am the devil. But Ting'er, as a father, has to be ruthless, if you are not ruthless, our family's prestige will gradually be buried, and it will be abandoned by the court. As a father, he just let them use you to lure out Concubine Li, and he didn't want to hurt you. ”

"It turns out that you value the prestige of your family more than anything else, and for the sake of this prestige, you do not hesitate to sacrifice your children and collude with foreign enemies. Master Ji, you are really loyal to the court, hehe. ”

Ji Gangyang looked at his son in shock and wondered: "How can you say that, when did your father collude with foreign enemies?" ”

Ji Zhongting smiled sarcastically, stood up, walked to a green landscape, stretched out his hand to pick at the leaves on it, and said, "Have you ever heard of the beautiful shadow of spring flowers and autumn moon?" The person who went to kill me today was her. uses a scimitar, looking at its martial arts moves, it doesn't look like the Central Plains martial arts, Master Ji, do you know, which country she is from? ”

"What are you, Machete?" Ji Gang Yang Huo stood up suddenly, how could the people he sent have killers who used scimitars? It was a weapon that only the Great Liao or the Northern Han Dynasty would use. "Are you sure, read that right?"

"If you don't believe it, it's because I haven't said it. Master Ji, although I know that I am not qualified to say this, I still want to remind you that you must not let the Ji family be ruined in your own hands. ”

The rustiness of family affection is sometimes accumulated over a long period of time, and sometimes it is just a matter of a moment. But there will always be an opportunity to erupt like a volcano, with a ferocity that leaves no room for error.

Ji Gangyang walked up to his son, looked at the strangeness that he had never felt before appeared on his son's face, and said earnestly: "Ting'er, you are also a member of the Ji family!" ”

A vine branch in his hand "creaked" and broke. Ji Zhongting raised his eyes, looked at the man in front of him with great irony, and then laughed slowly, the voice became louder and louder, and at the end of the laugh, even tears flowed out. "Part of, haha, part of it. From the moment my sister and I fell off the cliff, you had cut me off from this family. Now you come and tell me that I am part of this family, and when you say this, you don't think it's a joke. ”

"What, you fell off the cliff, what about your sister?"

"Hehe, as you wish, died." Ji Zhongting staggered up the steps and muttered, "Dead, dead." ”

died, Ji Gangyang felt very surprised, prepared so much work, arranged so many times, and sent out so many people. But in Ji Zhongting's mouth, it was just two simple words, dead. Ji Zhongting walked to the door of the room, turned around, and looked at his father's face at the bottom of the steps, when he heard the word "dead", what was revealed was not an accident, not sadness, not even pretending to be on the surface, some were just relieved.

"If you still think I'm part of this family, do me a favor!"

Ji Gangyang didn't expect his son to ask like this, and he was puzzled: "It's all a family, what do you say to help or not, as long as you say it, as a father, you will definitely be able to do it for you." ”

"The Zhao family has a daughter, her name is Danxiu, smart, lively and cute, I like her very much, you can help me come to the door to ask for a kiss! The sooner the better, and it is best to welcome the family before the scientific examination. ”

"The Zhao family is a waiter, and our family is also a good match, since you like her, then tomorrow you will go to the Zhao Mansion to sit down as your father, but you will welcome your relatives before this scientific examination, will you be a little too anxious."

"I'm looking for your help, and if you want, I'm not talking to you."

Ji Gangyang wanted to say something more, but seeing that Ji Zhongting had already turned around and walked into the room, he closed the door. He could only reluctantly turn around and walk out of the yard, thinking that it was normal for him to have such emotions, he was still willing to come back and get married, which means that he still has this family in his heart, and the rest, let's make up for it slowly in the future! Between father and son, how can there be an overnight feud!

But if he knew what his son was going to do next, he wouldn't think so, and he wouldn't be so secretly happy.

Imperial Palace Qianwen Palace.

Emperor Chai Rong stood under the corridor of the Qianwen Palace, looking at the crescent moon in the sky, and remained silent for a long time. The confidant eunuch Ma Gonggong came out with a piece of clothing in his hand, draped it on the emperor's shoulders, and said, "Your Majesty, expose it more deeply, go in!" ”

"You say, will she come tonight?" There was still no familiar figure outside the palace gate, and after waiting for so long, she still didn't appear, because she hadn't played enough outside, and she really didn't want to return to the palace.

Gonggong Ma is the emperor's confidant eunuch, so he naturally knows the emperor's thoughts, looking at the silent night, he sighed secretly, and said, "Niangniang may have been delayed on the road." ”

"The night has already come, and they all say that she is fine, how can anything be delayed? Is she blaming me? "Also, how could someone as smart as her not guess his intentions! When others asked him to recall Yetian, he recalled Yetian, how could he not know what those people were thinking. He just wanted to use this opportunity to find out the real culprit behind the scenes, but he didn't expect that again, he almost killed her.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang originally said that she would go out for a month, but now the January period has not yet arrived. Niangniang is a person who likes freedom, and in another ten days, Niangniang will come back. ”

The Emperor let out a long sigh and said, "I hope so! ”

Ma Gonggong changed his hand, held the floating dust in his hand, and said with a smile: "Although the emperor can rest assured, Niangniang is a person who remembers promises." Now everyone thinks that the mother has ...... This is not necessarily a bad thing for her, the mother can play happily, go where she wants to go, do what she wants, if she returns to the palace all of a sudden, the injury has not healed, the spirit has not recovered, and she has to meet this open guns and arrows from all directions, how dangerous! ”

"You have a point." The emperor sighed, turned around and walked into the hall, and said quietly: "Then I will wait for her for ten more days!" ”

"Although the emperor can rest assured, with the protection of Lord Ye, nothing will happen to the mother. Besides, Niangniang herself has a good martial arts, and ordinary people can't get close to her. ”

"Speaking of martial arts, how much more is there on her body that I don't know?" Speaking of martial arts, Tian Er was also shocked when he reported this matter to him for the first time. This woman, who usually looks at Wenwen weakly, didn't even show the assassination on the night of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, but she didn't expect that she was a martial arts master. At first, he also suspected that the Ji family had arranged such a woman with outstanding martial arts to enter the palace, and it was this suspicion that he had withdrawn Yetian to see if they really wanted to put her to death.

The ending was unexpected and expected, they really sent someone to assassinate her, even her brother. But Moyu later came back to life, this was her luck, or another bitter trick. He couldn't figure it out, but until now, he still chose to believe her, at least so far, he couldn't find any evidence that she had harmed Zhou Guo's country.

The emperor tore off his cloak, handed it to Gonggong Ma on the side, sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "What's going on in Lanyue Palace?" ”

"Mrs. Ji still goes to see Concubine Xian every once in a while, and the rest is nothing?"

When the Yuan family entered the palace, I am afraid that it was to let Concubine Xian be the messenger of the Ji family and the Queen Mother! The Ji family already has the status it has today, aren't they satisfied?

"Where's the Ciming Palace?"

"It's very quiet, the Queen Mother has been either playing with flowers and plants recently, or drinking tea and listening to music, and there is nothing special. It's just that I heard that it was not Father-in-law An who accompanied the Queen Mother in and out recently, but a eunuch named Xiao Wanzi. ”

The emperor frowned and asked, "Who is Xiao Wanzi?" ”

"Xiao Wanzi is the righteous son of Father-in-law An, and I heard that he is often by the side of the Queen Mother, and he is Father-in-law An's right-hand man. Father-in-law An has had a cold these days, so let Xiao Wanzi replace him. ”

Cold? Just kidding! Since he knew him, he had never heard of any illness in him, and now he even had a small illness of the wind and cold, and he really wanted to cover it up.

The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Keep an eye on it. I have given enough to the Guo family, but they are not satisfied with themselves, and they still want to make inches, so don't blame me for being unkind to them. ”

The Guo family is the family of the first emperor, after the death of the first emperor, the new emperor Chai Rong ascended the throne, and gave the Guo family supreme glory, fiefdom, reputation, title, all the same. However, the Guo family relied on being the clansmen of the former emperor, confining land everywhere, killing people and taking goods, robbing people's daughters, and doing all kinds of evil. The new emperor was hindered that they were the clansmen of the previous emperor, so he only gave a warning, and there was no substantive punishment, but if they were not greedy enough and the empress dowager wanted to control him, then it could only be blamed that he was ruthless.

Ma Gonggong is the emperor's confidant, but he is also the emperor's confidant, he is not good at interjecting in this matter, so he cleverly closes his eyes and pretends to be asleep. Seeing him like this, the emperor shook his head helplessly and said, "Hey, wake up quickly, don't pretend to be with me." ”

"Well, Your Majesty, your name is an old slave?" As if he had just woken up from his sleep, Gonggong Ma looked at the emperor with confused eyes and said, "The emperor forgives the sin, there are too many trivial matters today, and the old slave fell asleep unconsciously while standing." ”

The emperor didn't intend to embarrass him, so he followed his steps, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, you go to sleep too!" ”

Ma Gonggong bowed down and said, "The old slave has retired." "As a eunuch, as a subordinate, as a slave, you have to pat yourself when you should be a sycophant, of course, you have to pretend to be stupid when you should be stupid, so that you can escape the favor of your master and survive in this deep palace.