The Shen family was waiting outside the Chengqian Palace.

It was past noon, the sky was overcast and windy, and the bleak winter sun was shining on the gray sky. The palace is short and empty, and the guards stand in a forest, and there is no sound.

Princess Miaoyin was waiting for her crime to die, and the Shen family did not dare to enter the funeral without permission, so they could only come to invite the Son of Heaven. Even if the Son of Heaven refuses to come in person, at least say in what capacity he will be buried, and the Shen family will be able to settle down a little. But from morning to afternoon, only the prince sent someone out to persuade him to leave temporarily—the Tao was that the Son of Heaven was worshipping the Buddha, and no one was allowed to disturb him. And the Son of Heaven did not say a word

At the end of the time, someone in the hall finally came out with clear water and incense, thinking that the Son of Heaven had finished worshipping the Buddha. The Shen family hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the news, and after a short time, the prince finally came out of the palace in person. The Shen family hurriedly asked, "What does Majesty mean?" ”

The prince only shook his head, then showed a painful expression, and helped his neck - the Shen family saw that he also had a circle of fine linen around his neck, and they knew that he was also injured, and finally didn't dare to say anything more.

The prince then said, "Daddy is angry, you can go back first......" and said, "I will go into the funeral first, and I will slowly talk to Daddy about the funeral." ”

After the burial, the spirit is stopped for people to hang. But Princess Miaoyin has committed this kind of crime, who dares to have anything to do with her? What else do you do? Wouldn't stopping there make the Shen family anxious?

The Son of Heaven ordered them to "watch and dispose of", and the Shen family was unlucky enough - how could a foreigner know how to deal with a princess who wanted to kill her father? I can't help but take over. Fortunately, Princess Miaoyin wiped her neck before entering the mansion. The Shen family asked Miaoyin to get out of the car, but there was no response from the car, and when the blood dripped all over the ground, the Shen family hurriedly went to check, only to know that Princess Miaoyin had died. In this way, although the Shen family breathed a sigh of relief, they were still afraid of being accused of killing the princess.

If you still let Princess Miaoyin's coffin stop at your own house at this time, are you afraid that others will not know the relationship between Princess Miaoyin and her own family?

said, "After all, the princess is married, isn't it better to send it back to the Liu family?" ”

Vimo couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

Although he was scolded by Miaoyin as the son of a "slut", Miaoyin is dead, and Vimo's hatred has nowhere to go. Instead, I thought of the various situations between my sister and brother when I was a child, and seeing that her bones were not cold, the Shen family was so eager to get rid of their involvement, and they couldn't help but feel sad for her.

What's more, Liu Jingyou had already drawn a line with Princess Miaoyin more than half a year ago, how could he still let Miaoyin's corpse enter with the crime of rebellion?

If she is returned by the Liu family again, won't she let Princess Miaoyin be violently corpsed on the street?

said, "Uncle should talk to Daddy." He didn't listen to the Shen family's explanation, and turned around and went back to the palace.

Princess Miaoyin committed suicide because of the failure to kill the monarch and her father, and no one in the palace dared to say half a good word for her, so only Vimo was the only one who blocked the sword for the Son of Heaven at that time, but at this moment he could say a word for her.

So Vimo went and returned.

After tossing all night, at this moment the Son of Heaven has ordered the concubines and nephews to go back to rest. Only Erlang was the youngest, and the Son of Heaven left him to rest in the temple.

At this moment, Erlang was kneeling in front of the Son of Heaven's couch and talking, and the Son of Heaven looked up and saw Vimo going and returning, so Erlang got up and stood on one side, looked at Vimo with a soft gaze, and said, "Didn't you go back and rest?" You're still wounded, so you don't have to hold on. ”

Vimo said, "My son is fine...... The son still hasn't reported something to Daddy. ”

The Son of Heaven made him speak bluntly, and Vimo told him that Xiao Maode was informed, but he was detained in the East Palace to the Son of Heaven, and said, "Sister Ah has been raised in the deep palace since she was a child, and the people she interacts with on weekdays are all women in the back house, where do you recognize these thieves who kill people and steal goods?" The son suspected that the two assassins had nothing to do with the Marquis of Saigo, and implored Daddy to investigate it strictly. ”

But the Son of Heaven was silent, and said for a while, "...... He has some conscience. ”

Hearing this, Erlang only lowered his eyes, and he was not moved. Vimo was startled and looked up at the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven looked tired and said, "Let the people go." "What else does Vimo want to say, the Son of Heaven has already said again, "I will order Zongzheng Temple to strictly investigate." Don't touch your hands, lest people say that you are treating your brother badly. ”

Vimo was in a complicated mood and refused to respond, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

Jiro looked at them for a while, and then said, "My son really can't figure it out. He had always been reticent, but this time he took the initiative to speak. The Son of Heaven and Vimo both looked at him, and Erlang wondered, "What is Sister crazy about?" Assassinate Daddy again, and assassinate Big Brother - who can treat her better than Daddy and Big Brother, could it be that she still wants to be a female emperor? ”

Vimo rebuked, "Ridiculous, how can there be a woman in the world who is the emperor? ”

Jiro said, "Yes...... I don't think Sister has this kind of ambition either. Only then did he say slowly, "What's more, where in this world is there a more noble woman than a princess!" She's got caught up in the ghosts? ”

Vimo was stunned, there is only the queen who is more noble than the princess in this world. Although Erlang is clearly talking about Miaoyin, he is actually talking about Xiao Maode's ambition.

He immediately looked at the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven didn't understand the meaning of Erlang's words. He was silent for a long time before he said, "Don't mention this scourge again." And he said, "Go back and rest." ”

The two brothers went out of the palace together, and before parting ways, Vimo couldn't help but stop Erlang.

Erlang glanced back at him, put his hand in his sleeve, and said, "Can the eldest brother see the meal that Daddy used today?" ”

Vimo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that it was still the first month of the Lunar New Year, and the table of the Son of Heaven was full of vegetarian food, and there was no meat at all. Because the Son of Heaven believes in Buddhism, he is a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth days of each month, and Vimo is used to it, so he is not very surprised, but at this moment he thinks about it and realizes that it is abnormal.

Erlang said, "Daddy just didn't say it." He would rather worship the Buddha than look at Miaoyin, it seems to be heartless and ruthless, but in fact, he sees the flesh and blood of his children, and his heart is extremely painful, only to be detached from the world, "Cattle and sheep can't bear to kill, let alone children and nephews?" ”

The Son of Heaven seems to be shaken, but in the end, I am afraid that Xiao Maode will still have a way to live. Today's words from their brothers are actually just words in vain.

Vimo lowered his head in contemplation, and finally sighed, "...... I understand. ”

Erlang felt a headache when he heard him sigh, and said, "If the tiger returns to the mountain, there will be endless troubles." If you let him go today, he will be troubled in the day. It's better to kill him first. ”

Vimo said, "Daddy has given an order, how can he disobey it?" Not to mention the two assassins. As long as the assassin confesses, even if Daddy lets him live, he will have to shed a layer of skin. Where is the room for chaos? ”

Erlang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the assassin recruited it is not as people think—otherwise how dare he tell you?" ”

Vimo was silent for a moment, then said, "There's no other way to do that. ”

Erlang thought to himself, you have the guts to detain him selfishly, so don't you have the guts to kill him by mistake? How is it better to release him at this time than to put a mortal enemy?

But in the final analysis, whether Xiao Maode is dead or alive has little to do with him, and the only one who will really worry about this is Wei Mo. Even if Xiao Maode was alive, it would be beneficial to Erlang - at least there was such a target, and Vimo would not be able to point the finger at him. Moreover, he has tried to persuade with all his heart. Could it be that he had to take care of the matter in person and kill Xiao Maode for Vimo? And he said no more.

The Assassin's confession was unexpected.

——These two people are actually from the disciples of Xiao Shen.

Shen Daolin was old and frail, and when he heard the news, he didn't come up in a breath, so he fell ill and went to bed again. The Shen family wrote a letter to defend themselves, and the Son of Heaven issued a decree to comfort the heroes, so that Shen Daolin could recuperate with peace of mind.

Before long, Xiao Shen committed suicide.

Shen Daolin begged for bones, and the Son of Heaven allowed him to return to his hometown to raise his bones. But Shen Daolin couldn't stand the bumps with his old bones, so he died on the way back to Wuxing. The Shen family's sons and nephews who are still in office have all returned to their hometowns to worry.

It is difficult to return, the trees are falling and scattering, and the letters accusing the Shen family of violating the law and discipline are flying like snowflakes. Some people even revealed that the Shen family secretly communicated with Li Hu back then, intending to commit chaos. The Son of Heaven put these letters on the table one by one, and really wanted to send them all down for strict investigation. But in the end, they were suppressed one by one - there were sporadic rebellions in Runan, and the situation in the Jiaoguang generation was always unstable. And there are many local tyrants in Jiangzuo, and they are staggered and married with each other, and it is difficult to uproot them lightly. It's not time to push them to the brink.

As soon as the Shen family was defeated, there were many rumors in the palace - the secrets of Taicheng were accumulated layer by layer like silt, and it seemed that they had disappeared in the long river of time.

The old story of Xu Si's marriage to Li Hu was also revealed. It turned out that the reason why Li Hu didn't marry Xu Si was because he misheard a word from the Shen family back then, and wanted to use the matter of marrying Xu Si to show that he was greedy for beauty and had no big ambitions. The Shen family gave Xu Sisai to his subordinates, cutting off the Son of Heaven's thoughts about Xu Si.

It's just that it backfired, and the Son of Heaven finally knew about it, and his love for the queen was cut off.

In the end, Li Hu was defeated, and Xu Si entered the palace again. And the queen has already passed away due to illness, although the Shen family finally grasped the eldest prince tightly and supported the eldest prince to the position of the crown prince, but in the end it did not last long.

Xu Si only listened to it as a deaf ear - she already knew these things back then, so what's the point of turning them out at this moment? For her, it was just a passing moment, and it made Ruyi suspicious in vain.

But Ruyi is sensible after all - although he is vaguely aware that his biological father is probably the rumored cruel and unkind traitor, but he is not obsessed with getting to the bottom of it. On the contrary, he was afraid of arousing Xu Si's sadness, and refused to reveal any traces in front of Xu Si.

Xu Si simply laughed with her, "After the snow in the moon that year, the cold plum blossoms bloomed warmly. It was like a fire burning on the glazed white jade, and it was red all over the sky. I was playful and secretly went to drink under the plum tree. But I saw that someone came before me, a small little lady, only so tall, born slender and beautiful, and her appearance was similar to you. Sitting reservedly on the plum branch, the fiery red gauze skirt hung down, and the eyebrows were yellow like stamens. When she saw that I was having a good drink, she pursed her lips and looked at me with her long eyelashes winking. I asked, 'You want to drink,' and she nodded. I invited her to a drink. Then she said, 'You planted it by your hand, and you taught me poetry and books all these years, and gave me elixir for me to have a place to live.' I can't repay you, so I'll grant you a wish.'" I thought she was joking, so I said, 'You can be my daughter,' and she said, 'Okay,' and then I gave birth to you. ”

Wishful:......

Ruyi laughed for a while, and knew that Xu Si was comforting her. said, "It turns out that I am a plum blossom essence child, and I was abducted by A-Niang with a glass of wine......"

Xu Si said with a smile, "Jian Di swallowed the eggs of the Xuanniao and gave birth to a business contract, and Jiang Yan was born and abandoned by the traces of the adult." Why can't I meet the plum blossom spirit and give birth to you? I like the cold plum blossom the most, Ling Han is proud of the snow, the dark fragrance is far away, it is the character that girls should have. "It's just that I didn't expect that fifteen years would be just a snap of a finger—you're so old in a blink of an eye." ”

Through this year, Ruyi is fifteen years old, and the year has come. was supposed to leave the palace, but because of Princess Miaoyin, the Son of Heaven has been depressed so far, so he ignored Ruyi.

Therefore, seeing that the Son of Heaven is approaching, the Son of Heaven has not yet decreed the construction of the Princess's Mansion - but Xu Si has prepared a ceremony for Ruyi, and after the ceremony, Xu Si plans to mention this matter to the Son of Heaven in person.

Although she was very reluctant to be wishy-washy, but with so many rumors in the palace, she still felt that it would be better for Ruyi to leave and stand on her own feet earlier.

Then he said, "In the early years, when you were young, A-Niang never asked you. You have been studying with the Xu family's cousin all these years, and you must be familiar with his character and character...... If you were asked to marry him, would you be willing? ”

Ruyi thought that she had forgotten what she had encountered on Chinese New Year's Eve, but when she suddenly heard Xu Si ask, her mind was immediately blank, and then the memory of that night was awakened. She dug her nails into her palms so hard that she could finally get rid of the memory.

It is true that Xiao Maode and Miao Yin have forgotten all the obscene words and prowess, but she does know one thing from those words—this kind of thing is to be done between husband and wife.

She likes the cousin of the Xu family, and she feels that it is a joy to be with him for the rest of her life, but ...... She couldn't do those things, and she didn't even want to think about them.

The memory was a source of great shame for her. She is not so bad that she can't even see a man because of this, but once she realizes that she and Xu Yi will get married in the future, she will ...... She even felt that she couldn't be alone with Xu Yi frankly. Fortunately, they haven't seen each other since a few years later.

Ruyi's face couldn't help but turn pale, and she only clenched her hands and refused to speak.

- She also wanted to confide her thoughts to Xu Si for a while, but Miaoyin committed suicide. She fell ill again, and missed the opportunity to speak. As time went on, she was too ashamed to speak up when she was asked to mention it again.

Xu Si saw that she didn't seem to be just shy, but also a little anxious and annoyed, and her tears were about to be forced out, so she chuckled in her heart.

"Did your cousin do anything that annoyed you?"

Ruyi shook his head quickly. After holding it for a while, he finally plunged into Xu Si's arms and said in a low voice, "Can you talk about it later...... I don't want to talk about it. ”

Xu Si touched her head, thoughtfully, and said, "Don't worry." We'll talk about that later. ”

Because of the eventful year, since the first month, Ruyi has not gone to Guozi to study.

However, in other matters, Xu Si gave her a lot of freedom - such as following Erlang on a patrol with a micro-suit, Xu Si was already relieved. It's just that there were a lot of cold things before, and the two sisters and brothers didn't have any idea of traveling.

Xu Yi did not go to Guozi to study again. He is seventeen years old, with both good character and knowledge, and everyone around him hopes that he can do his best.

Most of the students of the country have already started as Lang officials, and they are noble officials such as the Loose Horse Squire, the Yellow Gate Squire or the Secretary Order. But Xu Yi once went out of Beijing with her father to serve, and she was very unaccustomed to the fat powder habits of these children of these families in Beijing, and she didn't want to stay in Jiankang with mixed qualifications. He wanted to go to the Great Sima or Great Shogun Shogunate and start as a military general.

Xu Yi has actually received the expedition on both sides. Of course, he has his own tendencies, but this is not just his business, Xu Yi still wants to discuss with Ruyi before making a decision.

It's true that he hasn't seen Ruyi for a long time, and he misses it very much.

He revealed his mouth to Xu Si through his aunt, and made an appointment to meet Ruyi after the Shangsi Festival.

Xu Si had mixed feelings in her heart, and looked at Ruyi with her cheeks - she wasn't really worried about what Xu Yi had done wrong, her nephew was what the world called "a talented and good-looking fairy", which was the most appropriate. But sometimes a girl's heart is that she can't argue about "right or wrong", or she just doesn't like the "good" one.

At that time, she only thought about what arrangement was most appropriate for Ruyi, but now she regrets that she decided back then.

If Ruyi doesn't like Xu Yi, what can he do?