Ruyi entered the princess's mansion and first saw the guards on the third floor and the outer three floors in the courtyard.

She couldn't help but slow down, thinking to herself that Erlang had also met an assassin?

When he entered the house, he saw Jiro fiddling with a coconut on the flower stand. The coconut had long since shed its brown skin, leaving only its sleek shell. As soon as Erlang flicked it, the coconut swirled around on the white agate plate. Jiro has never seen such a thing, and playing is in full swing. When he saw that there were three scars on the bald shell, he moved the coconut to the table and studied how to open the scars.

This young man is used to being arrogant, and he will inadvertently show some childishness when he is alone.

If you have an opinion, you can help but laugh and step into the house.

Jiro raised his eyes and glanced at her, but he was not embarrassed, and only asked, "What is this?" ”

Ruyi said, "It is said that it is the fruit of the Xu evil tree, and the local people call it fir and coconut." ”

"What is Xu Xie?"

"A kind of tree mentioned in "Shanglin Fu" is born in Jiaoluan, more than ten zhang high, and the branches and leaves grow on the top of the tree. The fruit is as big as a gourd, and it hangs on the top of the tree. Her cousin ...... that day, she thought of the days when she discussed the customs of the Quartet with Xu Yi for a while, and couldn't help but pause and swallow the words. Picking up the coconut and checking it, he said, "I brought it back this summer, and I can't eat it anymore." Want to split it and see? ”

Jiro commanded unceremoniously, "Split." ”

Ruyi ordered someone to split the coconut.

She herself sat down opposite Erlang and said, "I saw Gu Jinglou going out of the city just now—why are you in such a hurry, come back in the morning, and go out of the city in the afternoon?" ”

Erlang said, "-The rebel army in Runan is approaching Jiankang, and there may be a rebel party in the city. The crown prince ordered him to return to Jiangzhou to pass Gu Huai into the king of Jingqin. ”

Ruyi was taken aback and said, "...... Has it come to this? The surrounding cities and Jiangshu in Jiankang, plus the troops of Danyang County and your men, are not enough to resist the defense? ”

Although she doesn't understand military politics, she also knows that the princes and kings of Qin have always been "easy to invite God and difficult to send God", and she will not issue this edict unless it is absolutely necessary. It's not that she doubts Gu Huai's loyalty, it's just that in the current situation, the court is showing weakness, which can't help but make people wonder if Jiankang City has reached the point of exhaustion.

Erlang lowered his eyes and said, "There are two reasons - one is that Daddy has a stroke." Seeing Ruyi, he immediately changed color and got up, and his suspicions were slightly relieved, and then he added, "It doesn't matter, it's just that I was stimulated for a while, and I just fell carelessly." No big deal. I watched Daddy talk and lie down as usual, but he just had to cultivate for a while. ”

Erlang saw that her expression was slightly soothed, and then he said, "Second, the prince suspects that the rebels should be my subordinates. ”

Ruyi couldn't even speak this time - the Son of Heaven was sick, presumably he had just entrusted the government to Vimo, and Vimo was suspicious of his own brother first...... Such a funny thing of not being a brother and not being a brother happened to her.

After a long time, she asked, "What did Daddy say?" ”

Erlang said indifferently, "I think this is also what Daddy meant." ”

Ruyi is speechless to reads;.

Erlang said again, "The prince is now a soldier, so you should stay in the princess's mansion for a while, and don't run around anymore." so as not to aggravate the prince's doubts. ”

Ruyi was silent for a long time before asking, "What about you?" ”

Jiro said, "Of course I ...... too"

Ruyi said, "-You leave Beijing." ”

Jiro opened his mouth and was speechless for a while. Ruyi said, "Go to Jingkou or Nanling, in case something happens to Jiankang, you can take care of it, and you don't have to be controlled by others." ”

Erlang hadn't made such a plan, but, "What about you and A-Niang?" ”

Ruyi said, "Of course we stay in Jiankang, A-Niang is the princess, I am the princess, could it be that there are still people who dare to harm us?" And with the two of them as hostages, Vimo can also feel more at ease with Erlang.

But where is Jiro worried about Vimo bullying them? He was worried about whether Ruyi would be shaken after knowing the news that Li Hu was alive.

While the two sisters were talking, someone in the palace came to deliver the message.

Ruyi heard that it was the Son of Heaven who summoned her into the palace, and asked that she really only summoned her, and did not say that she wanted to see Erlang, and she couldn't help but wonder - the Son of Heaven really didn't have any flesh and blood affection for her, so it was just a matter of summoning Erlang and Liuli at this time, why did you want to see her?

Then I realized that it was not only the Son of Heaven. After Erlang was suspicious of the prince, the first thing he thought of was to tell her not to run around......

For a while, he thought of the assassins from Runan, Gu Jinglou said that they were all "Qianren", and Ruyi had some bad premonitions in his heart.

He only ordered the carriage and horses to wait outside for the time being, pulled Erlang aside, hurriedly wrote a codex and handed it to him with a sealed letter, and said, "If such a big thing happens, presumably martial law will be imposed in the city immediately, and my caravan will not be able to move around in the future." Fortunately, the person who went to Shu to transport grain set sail last month, and he didn't miss this incident. At present, there are still one or twenty people in the helm, and I originally planned to leave them in the Gyeonggi area to turn over grain and grass for you, but now I will simply leave them all to you to send. He added, "You just have to think about yourself, and you don't have to worry about me and A-Niang." ”

Jiro only looked at her.

Although he felt that the Son of Heaven would definitely not do anything to Ruyi, he was also uneasy about this summons - Ruyi was Li Hu's daughter after all, and of course the Son of Heaven would not suddenly be unable to tolerate her after seventeen years, but in case Li Hu really attacked the city...... Will the Son of Heaven take Ruyi as a hostage?

Probably not, Erlang thought again. How could Li Hu's rebellion be shaken by a daughter he had never met? There is no benefit to hostage-taking. On the contrary, it is the king of a country who coerces orphan girls, which is even more despised by the world.

At the moment, the Son of Heaven is probably the same idea as him - in order to avoid wishful thinking towards Li Hu, he will temporarily put her under house arrest.

Before Li Hu was ambushed, Ruyi should not be in any danger. But once Li Hu was ambushed...... I'm afraid the Son of Heaven won't leave this hidden danger around him anymore.

Erlang thought - sure enough, he couldn't leave Jiankang until he arranged a retreat for Ruyi.

Or he will force Ruyi out of Beijing now......

But after a while, Jiro still gave up. This place is not Changganli. It was too close to Taicheng, and he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to send Ruyi out safely. What's more, he is never willing to give Ruyibai to her thief's biological father.

He finally took the letter and said, "I know reads;." ”

Ruyi waited outside the Chengqian Palace.

The Son of Heaven announced her entry into the palace, but did not let her in. She had been waiting outside the temple for half an hour.

Vimo passed by in the middle for a while, but was obviously taken aback when he saw her. stepped forward to say hello to her, and learned that it was the Son of Heaven who summoned her, so she was a little speechless and stopped.

Ruyi exchanged a few words with him, then mentioned Gu Jinglou and told Wei Mo about their assassination in the early morning.

Vimo's face eased slightly, and he said, "It turns out that there was such a story before Lingyun entered the city. ”

Ruyi asked tentatively, "Gu Gongzi said that those assassins are from Runan. I don't know if it's related to the rebels in Runan. ”

Vimo muttered, "It should be." Afraid that Ruyi would ask again, he hurriedly said, "Daddy is talking to, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer." He left first under the pretext that he was busy with official business.

Ruyi waited for a while before seeing Xu Si come out of the hall.

There is actually only one criterion for children in the world to grow up or not - when they are in trouble, will they subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief when they see their parents. From this point of view, Ruyi is actually still a child. Although she will not throw all the troubles to her parents like a child, when she sees Xu Si, she will still subconsciously feel that with her aunt, it doesn't matter if she is there.

She stepped forward to salute Xu Si. Xu Si lowered his eyes, held her arm, and said, "Let's go to the Qiuqiu Hall with me first." ”

Ruyi said, "Your Majesty announced that I will come-"

Xu Si said softly, "Your Majesty has rested, let me take you back." ”

Ruyi nodded hesitantly.

The scenery in the Ciqiu Hall is still the same.

There are pondside flowers, maple leaves on the branches, pebble slopes under the shade of green bamboo, and cascading moss, orchids and lake stones. Under the clear and clear blue clouds, this courtyard is elegant and tranquil - as good as the old, but it seems to be more refined and less comfortable than what she saw when she was a child.

Ruyi's pace couldn't help slowing down, and Xu Si said, "I haven't come back for so long, do you feel rusty?" ”

Ruyi shook his head and said, "I only came back last month, and it hasn't changed at all." ”

Xu Sidao, "You don't live in the palace, and I'm too lazy to take care of it." There really hasn't been much change in the temple. If anything has changed—it's just you and Erlang, and I see that you seem to have grown taller again? ”

Ruyi said, "I didn't feel it—but Erlang has indeed grown a lot taller, and now I have to tilt my head and talk to him." ”

Xu Si couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, and ordered someone to clean up the side hall where Ruyi lived.

Ruyi didn't make a sound, but only obediently accompanied Xu Si into the hall.

Xu Si kept taking her into the study next to the bedroom before stopping.

Push open the back door, and there is a small courtyard. The four high walls are covered by green bamboo, and the heart of the sky is clear. There was a sand and stone floor under the white light of that pillar, and tables and chairs were displayed on the sand and stone, and there was an unfinished game of chess on the table.

Xu Si ordered Ruyi to sit down, and while talking, he took the chess pieces back into the chess box and reads.

Ruyi helped her distinguish between black and white.

Xu Sidao, "Your father-the Son of Heaven called me over and said two things to me. ”

Ruyi listened silently.

Xu Si said, "Your cousin is still alive." ”

The chess pieces in Ruyi's hand withered on the table, clanging and clanging, and she caught a few times before pressing the chess pieces in the palm of her hand, but she had no intention of cleaning up the chessboard.

Xu Si chuckled, but couldn't hide his tears of joy and pride, and said, "Not only is he alive, but he also led the army to relieve the siege of Shouchun - the Son of Heaven only got the news this morning." ”

Ruyi said, "Ah Niang tell me quickly, what is going on?" ”

Xu Si said, "Don't worry......

She told Sù Ruyi, and it turned out that the army behind the palace was soon scattered under the ambush and pursuit of the Northern Dynasty army. After Xu Yi learned that Chen Ze'an had surrendered, he went to Liangzhou to join Song Ming, who knew that Song Ming also had the heart to surrender to the enemy. Xu Yi kidnapped Song Ming, lured Chen Ze'an into appearing in the name of Song Ming, and shot an arrow through Chen Ze'an's cheek, cutting off Song Ming's way to surrender to the enemy. Song Ming had to follow Xu Yi's plan and retreat to Pengcheng with his army. Trekking thousands of miles through the enemy formation with the defeated army was full of dangers, but Xu Yi not only resolved them one by one, but also won several battles. Finally arrived in Pengcheng safely.

Xu Yi originally intended to leave Song Ming to assist Peng Cheng in defending the city, and he led his troops to relieve the siege of Shouchun. It's a pity that Song Ming is a dou who can't be supported, Xu Yi's army was dispatched, and he was about to surrender to the enemy again, and was taken by Pengcheng Taishou in one fell swoop. Now Xu Yi has joined Xu Mao, and Xu Yi's envoy has also arrived in Jiankang.

As she spoke, she got up and held Ruyi's cheek, gently wiped away the tears on her face, and said, "Now you can finally rest assured, right?" ”

Ruyi nodded silently. Although she was still crying, the smile on her face could not be stopped—she was just speechless with joy.

She thought—it's my cousin, indeed. When she heard Gu Jinglou talk about it in the early morning, she thought, maybe Xu Yi was among them. The reason why he wasn't mentioned may be just because he is not famous, or even maybe just because Gu Jinglou didn't think about it for a while.

Xu Si saw that she was just smiling, obviously overjoyed, and then said, "There is another news-"

Ruyi had a gut feeling that this wasn't going to be good news, but she didn't care at all. She just nodded and listened.

I heard Xu Si say, "Li Hu...... He may still be alive. ”

Ruyi was placed under house arrest.

But she felt that it was also a matter of course.

Xu Si once asked her, "Do you want to see him?" ”

Ruyi felt that she was thinking. Even though she knew that this person was a beast, it would make her aunt sad to think so, but she still couldn't help but want to see what kind of person her biological father was. It's just to take a look, after all, this life experience has troubled her for more than ten years. It's like a puzzle, and now the mystery is shining in front of her, if she doesn't look at it, maybe this obsession will haunt her for the rest of her life.

But it was like a choice, and on this side of the door were her mother, her brother, and her unmarried lover. And that side is just the answer to a puzzle.

So, Ruyi thought, it wasn't a bad thing to lock her up.

But what she didn't expect was that it didn't take long for the mystery to come to her in person.