"Who?" I heard something in a daze, and I woke up and looked at the door.

Heng'er stood at the place where she had just entered, and she didn't expect it to alarm me, she looked a little overwhelmed, lowered her head and rubbed a pair of small hands, and cowardly stopped in place. She thought I was angry.

"Why are you here again?" I stayed in front of Yu'er's comatose hospital bed, and unconsciously took a nap, it was the sound of opening the door just now that was too careful to arouse my alarm, but I didn't expect it to scare her, and I softened my tone, and I beckoned her to come over.

Heng'er moved in front of me one by one, still lowering her head as if she was going to bury it in her chest, she slowly put a pair of small hands behind her back, feeling that she was obviously very aggrieved, but she still adjusted her feelings properly, and she didn't reveal any more.

She thought she wouldn't speak, so I would reprimand her a few times and ask her to go out. But after waiting for a while, she didn't hear me say anything more, she quietly turned her head to look at Yu'er who had not woken up on the bed, and then quietly raised her head to look at me, but I still didn't say anything.

I felt her purse her lips, then looked up at me again, hesitated slightly, and this time she actually leaned forward, pointed her toes close to me, and stretched out a small hand, gently pulling a handful of my hair from my forehead behind my ear.

She looked at me again, carefully stepped back, and put her hand behind her back again.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked softly, for fear of frightening her again.

She looked at me and shook her head.

"Heng'er," I stretched out my hand, and she looked at my hand spread out in front of her, stretched out one of her small hands, and actually took my hand, raised her head, and opened a pair of innocent eyes, quietly waiting for me to continue. "From the moment you decided to follow me, you and I have been a family, and you can tell me anything you want, you know? You don't have to endure it yourself. ”

She seemed to understand what I meant, and nodded her head very seriously, her tense little mouth loosening little by little, and her voice was so small that I could barely hear it. "Heng'er's mother is gone...... Heng'er's father was also sick...... Heng'er only has a mother, afraid of making mistakes, afraid of motherhood...... Dislike. ”

I tried hard to hear it, but it was a bit of sadness.

Whoever said that children don't understand the affairs of adults, even if my life was bumpy, at the age of six or seven, I still relied on the favor of my father and the imperial uncle, and the child in front of me, when she was six years old, lost her mother, and her only father was still dying of illness, she knew better than anyone else the situation at the moment, and carefully curried favor with me.

"Heng'er, your father and mother are my benefactors, even if you are not so careful, I will not leave you alone." I promised her.

Heng'er smiled, getting this guarantee made her open a little knot, but she was still very careful.

Forget it, the days ahead are still long, don't rush this moment, one day, she can let go of the burden in her heart.

"Niangniang is tired," she greeted sensibly, "Niangniang go and rest, Heng'er takes care of the little brother." ”

Little brother? I couldn't help laughing, "It's okay, then I'll trouble you to take care of your little brother." ”

Heng'er seemed to be happy that she had finally been arranged and had something to do, so she leaned over to Yu'er and respectfully saw me out.

Heng'er's appearance, for me, must have filled the wound of losing Fu Ning, when I looked at Heng'er, it was like looking at Fu Ning, I thought to myself that if I intended to adopt Heng'er as an adopted daughter, Yuan Ying should not object.

There was no one in the court, I walked by myself, walked to the second brother's study, pressed my hand on the door, and before I could push the door open, I heard the second brother and Yuan Ying discussing something in the study.

“…… Now Prime Minister Gao Cheng has taken the opportunity to raise troops and has left the city of ochre, and his intentions have been revealed. The second brother said.

"Prime Minister Gao has long had the heart of rebellion, not to mention that he has come to this point in the case of losing his beloved daughter and only son one after another."

"Yes, the Gao family has long had the intention of overthrowing the Yuwen family, and it is better to say that it is a last resort, or to say that it is prepared in advance, although the deaths of Gao Jinyi and Gao Qi were outside Prime Minister Gao's plan, they completely pushed him to embark on this road, but since he had premeditated, the mutiny was not a matter of time, and now he has lost a pair of children, thinking about it from another angle, it has undoubtedly damaged the two most direct threats around Prime Minister Gao."

Is Prime Minister Gao going to rebel?

Now that he has led his troops out of the city, I am afraid that this battle is imminent.

I thought about it in disbelief, but I ignored my surroundings, and when I looked up, I saw that Shao Yi was already standing behind me.

I stepped closer and made a shushing gesture to silence him.

At this moment, the door to the study opened. The second brother cautiously looked outside the study, and when he realized that it was us, he breathed a sigh of relief a little before asking, "When did you come?" ”

"I just came, I wanted to come to you, but I didn't expect to meet Shaoyi here." I spoke before Shao Yi, I didn't want the second brother to know what I heard, but after listening to me, the second brother relaxed his guard, and Shao Yi lowered his head slightly and didn't speak.

Yuan Ying walked out of the study and asked me. "This one seems to be the person next to Emperor Nancheng, I have seen it, I don't know what to call it."

"Minister, Shaoyi. Serve in the Jing Palace of the Niangniang. Shao Yi bowed and replied.

I couldn't pay attention to what Yuan Ying had in mind, and asked Shao Yi instead. "Are you here to find me, or are you here to find Heng'er."

Shao Yi didn't answer, I already understood, and then said, "They still have their business, you come with me, Heng'er is in the back garden." With that, he walked towards the back garden with Shao Yi, and when he turned around, he passed by Yuan Ying, staring at him for a long time and didn't know how to say the words in his heart.

He seemed to see what was on my mind, and with a shallow smile in his eyes, he reassured, "Don't worry, go ahead." ”

It turned out that he knew what I was hearing and what I was thinking.

I smiled at him, and the big stone in my heart finally relaxed.

I led Shaoyi to the back garden where the children were, and when I saw that he didn't speak, I wanted to break the somewhat uncomfortable silence. "You often go back and forth between Nancheng and Beishao these days, I don't know if you've seen Your Majesty."

Shao Yi replied, "Your Majesty is still the same, and the vitality injury can not be adjusted overnight, so you can only wait for the will of God." ”

Is Huangfu Xuan's illness strict again?

I sighed, "Then when you go back, do you want to take Heng'er with you, maybe he will want to see Heng'er again." ”

"The matter of Princess Heng'er, His Majesty has already explained, Nancheng is now in danger, rather than letting Her Royal Highness the Princess take risks, it is better to let her stay by Niangniang's side, at least, Your Majesty believes that Niangniang will protect Her Royal Highness the Princess." Shao Yi is not subtle, as respectful as before.

That's right, too. Nancheng may not be much better than Beishao now, Huangfu Xuan himself doesn't know how long he can last, banishing the little prince is to save his son's life, now instead of letting Heng'er go back, it is better to stay by my side safely, at least Yuan Ying and I can still take care of her.

"I also like Heng'er's child very much, although she has had some conflicts with Concubine Bai, but Heng'er is different, she is a very sensible child, and I also feel sorry for the qiē she experienced at a young age." When I say this, I also want to tell him to bring a message to Huangfu Xuan, so that he can rest assured.

When I walked to the door, I suddenly heard a voice from inside the room, not loud, but I could hear it clearly outside the door.

“…… I'm Heng'er. "It's Heng'er who is talking.

"Widow, Yuwen Chengyu." Yu'er rarely woke up, and her voice still sounded very weak. "Then you're the daughter of Uncle Huangfu?"

"Hmm." Heng'er answered, her voice was sweet, and she was not as restrained as when I was there, and she was much happier to listen to. "Heng'er knows that you are the emperor of Beishao, and like your father, you are a great man."

Yu'er was laughing, this appearance that didn't know how to be modest at all was very similar to someone.

"But, are you sick, get better soon? Heng'er had also been sick before, and she had a fever for many days, but she couldn't go anywhere while lying on the couch, and she drank a lot of bitter medicine before she slowly got better. You also have to drink the medicine well, even if it is bitter, so that the disease will be cured. Heng'er seemed to be comforting Yu'er, and her voice was as soft as if she was coaxing a child.

When Yu'er heard this, she was a little unconvinced and was regarded as a child, so she raised her voice slightly, "The widow has to take medicine well, the widow is not afraid of hardship, and the child is afraid of hardship." ”

This made Heng'er laugh.

"It's true." Yu'er thought she didn't believe it, and emphasized it again. "Believe it or not."

"I believe it."

I turned to look at Shao Yi, who had obviously heard the conversation between the children, and I lowered my voice, afraid that the children in the room would hear, "Let's not disturb them." ”

"Auntie." I took a break in the courtyard, Si Qing greeted me and walked over, this child is very adaptable, this aunt shouted not at all rusty, he walked to me, saw me sitting he leaned over to the side, said, "The Empress Dowager is here again, sent some extremely precious medicinal materials, my mother asked Si Qing to ask my aunt, if you want to see the Empress Dowager." ”

"Oh," I answered, not him.

This is the sixth or seventh time she has come, every time she sends something, and then sits in Qiao's mansion for a while, Mrs. Qiao is carefully accompanied, every time she seems to be waiting, Mrs. Qiao naturally understands the intention, so she let Si Qing run away in private.

"You go and tell your mother, I'm asleep." I still don't want to see her.

Maybe I haven't sorted out my mood yet, and I don't know what I can do when I see her at this time, and I shouldn't be able to do such a thing as recognizing her in such a mood. In this bloodline, there is too much helplessness, so I have to come to this point.

Si Qing was not in a hurry to leave, but waited quietly on the side, waiting for me to find out.

Seeing that I noticed it, I hinted unhurriedly, "Auntie, the regent and my father have stayed in the Shao Palace for a few days and have not returned, and my mother is a little worried. ”

Yuan Ying and second brother? As soon as he said that, I remembered that I hadn't seen them for a few days.

However, Xu was because Prime Minister Gao led the troops to leave the Ochre, I am afraid that he was worried that Beishao would change, so the two of them had to get busy, "It's okay, don't worry, with the regent's ability, there will naturally be no accidents, plus with your father's assistance, they just went to deal with some problems that should have been solved by men." ”

"Yes, my aunt said that it was okay, Si Qing and her mother could rest assured."

Listening to his answer, I couldn't help but take a second look, this child's wisdom was really inherited from the second brother, and he didn't just come to ask what I meant, but to inform me that Yuan Ying and the second brother stayed in Shao Palace. With his qualifications, he may not be able to guess why they stayed in Shao Palace, but he wants me to be on guard, just in case.

It seems to be a reminder, but it leaves no trace.

That night, when it was getting dark, the second brother returned to Qiao's mansion, briefly explained to his family, and told me that Yuan Ying wanted me to enter the palace with everyone.

"What's wrong?" I asked, and then said to Heng'er, "You go and pack up briefly, and get in the car with Yu'er first." ”

"The big war is coming, I'm afraid there will be negligence, he is also worried that he won't be able to take care of you for any accidents, and he will also enter the palace with him to take care of it." The second brother said it simply, but I'm afraid things are much more complicated.

"What happened to Shaogong?" From what I know about him, I can perceive a subtle abnormality in him.

"He exiled Yuan Qi, and, ruined one of Yuan Qi's faces, and for the rest of his life, Yuan Qi will live with a mask." The second brother paid attention to the surroundings, and the movements were very small and not obvious.

When he talked about Yuan Qi's disfigurement, he seemed to be very touched, and he also destroyed this face in a fire many years ago.

"What else?" I pressed on.

He told me these things in his mansion, and I didn't need to be so careful to pay attention to my surroundings, which made me suspicious.

"Ugh." He suddenly let out a long sigh and frowned, his face full of scars was particularly terrifying against the candle flame. "Something's wrong."

Something happened?! My heart tightened.

Shaogong and the rebel army led by Prime Minister Gao Cheng are about to fight, and Yuan Ying leads his second brother to command the overall situation in the palace. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Empress Dowager was assassinated in the Shao Palace.

Fortunately, Gong Yu arrived in time to save the Empress Dowager, while Gong Yu was seriously injured and died.

"What about her? What happened to the Queen Mother? I couldn't wait to ask.

"The Empress Dowager is fine." The second brother wanted to speak and stopped.

"Caught the Assassin?" I guessed a little, but the way he looked made me really uncertain, and I didn't dare to guess anymore.

The second brother listened to my words, and was silent for a while, a dignified nine-foot man, today also ended up in such a hesitant situation, I didn't dare to ask, he hesitated to say or not, and for a while, the second brother looked up at me and said, "It's the sixth brother." ”

I only heard in my heart, there was something, and the hammer fell to the ground.

It turned out that on the day the cottage was slaughtered, the sixth child did not go down the mountain. Instead, together with the brothers on the mountain, he was surrounded by a large number of assassins sent by the Gao family, and when the entire cottage was slaughtered, although the sixth child was injured, he was not killed, and was captured with Heng'er.

Obviously, after the sixth child was kidnapped by the assassins of the Gao family, he and Heng'er were subjected to completely different treatments.

We all thought that the sixth child had no relatives and no reason, but it was not until the moment when he worked for Prime Minister Gao and assassinated the Empress Dowager that everyone knew that the sixth child had a wife at the foot of the mountain, and Prime Minister Gao threatened with his wife's life to let the sixth man come back to us to lurk and assassinate the Empress Dowager in time.

It's just that everyone was negligent, or didn't think at all, that the sixth child would be different.

When Yuan Ying took the second brother and others to garrison the Shao Palace, planning how to prevent the attack of Prime Minister Gao, the sixth child entered the palace with them.

It was because of this that he had the opportunity to visit the Empress Dowager.

The sixth assassinated the Empress Dowager, and Gong Yu rushed to the rescue in time, but the sixth child, who has always loved jade like his life, is famous for his secret weapon, Gong Yu saved the Empress Dowager, but he lost his life.

When Gong Yu fought with the sixth brother, it caused a commotion and attracted the second brother.

The sixth brother finally died at the hands of the second brother.

"That's just," I tried to comfort my second brother, but I really didn't know what to say, and I exclaimed, "It's all fate." ”

The second brother rushed back suddenly and asked everyone to pack up their things and enter the palace, I'm afraid the intention is here.

Prime Minister Gao was able to bribe the sixth child to assassinate the Empress Dowager, so before that, how many traps he had laid out, we don't know. It's just that I suddenly felt that even if it was the second brother's own mansion, not everyone was safe, and everyone was scattered in two places, so it was inevitable that they would suffer.

But how did we ...... come to this point?

"Auntie, father." Si Qing probably ran all the way, even if his breath was not abnormal, but his anxious appearance had already explained, "Uncle is awake." ”