Changping calmly: "When the granddaughter decided to travel, she had already sent someone back to Beijing to pass the word, and at this time the emperor was hunting in the enclosure, and I am afraid that the messenger will be delayed on the way." After a slight pause, she continued to smile: "Since it is a play, the granddaughter naturally hasn't stayed in the same place these days, and the people next to her can't find anything unusual for a while?" ”

The Empress Dowager's hand on the arm of the chair tightened: "There is no wind and no waves, but the mourning family heard that you were abducted and taken away." ”

Jiang You slowly opened his mouth on the side: "The imperial grandmother's words are getting more and more unsound, and my cousin is back unharmed, shouldn't I be happy?" Why do you want to confirm the name of your cousin's accident? After she finished speaking, she ignored the Empress Dowager's frozen face, turned to Changping and pretended to lecture: "Cousin is too worrying, knowing that the mountains are not peaceful, and running around, have the people in Beijing broken their legs in order to find you in the past two days?" ”

Changping cooperated and made a look of guilt: "It's all mine."

The Empress Dowager watched the two sing and harmonize, her calm face was a little speechless, she couldn't insist that Changping was robbed by someone, because that person was instructed by her, right? She took a sip of tea, took a breath and glanced at Bu Yan, who also had a bad expression, and slowly shook her head and said: "Anyway, the matter of Changping has been spread, and it will damage her reputation with the royal family, so it is better to let her marry away to Tatar, and this matter can naturally be smoothed out." ”

Jiang You was about to speak, when he saw someone come in and quickly spread a few words in Xue Yuan's ear, then he got up and smiled slightly: "Our Great Qi Dynasty is such a princess, and we naturally have to be cautious about marrying, let alone marrying from afar?" He breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression was a little gloomy: "The matter of harmony is put aside for the time being, and the minister wants to consult the Empress Dowager about some things." ”

The Empress Dowager still remembered that the last fiasco was in the hands of this person, and when she saw him speak, she straightened her waist and dealt with it with some energy: "What's the matter with the factory father?" ”

Xue Yuan said slowly: "When I went back to the enclosure yesterday, I caught a few assassins with bad intentions to the emperor, and during the interrogation, he said something interesting, do you want to hear about it?" ”

Jiang You was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and echoed: "I caught a few thieves yesterday. ”

In fact, he interrogated the gang of people who were caught by Zhang Dongzheng and pretended to be a woodcutter to rob Changping, but she could only take it from herself for the sake of Changping's honor.

The Empress Dowager frowned, and her waist straightened: "What's the matter, you can tell me and hear it." ”

Xue Yuan's eyes turned around on her and Bu Yan's faces, and he frowned and said: "He said that the Empress Dowager colluded with the Tatar envoys to do mischief to the emperor, and wanted to marry the princess to Tatar so that the Zhao family could recover." ”

The Empress Dowager and Bu Yan both changed their faces, and she slapped the case hard: "Nonsense! The mourning family is the empress dowager of the Qi Dynasty, how could she do such a thing?! ”

Xue Yuan said: "What is the Empress Dowager anxious about? Whether it's true or not, just lift someone up and ask about it. He clapped his hands lightly, and four brocade clothes walked in with a bloodstained person, even if he was an iron beater, it was impossible to enter the East Factory without spitting a word, just the length of time.

Xue Yuan saw that Jiang You's face turned pale from the smell of blood, handed over a cup of tea, and turned his footsteps in front of her: "Buyan envoy looks at this person, is this person familiar?" ”

Bu Yan didn't dare to take a closer look at it at the beginning, but this person was his confidant guard for many years, and he could recognize it no matter how seriously he was injured, but at this time he didn't dare to admit it, so he just frowned and said, "What did the factory man say?" How could I be familiar with this person? ”

Xue Yuan smiled: "Really? But our family remembers that this person is in the ranks of the envoys, and he also has a wolf's head tattooed on his body, if the envoys can't recognize it, our family wants to write to Empress Jiang and Mo Si Khan to ask. ”

Bu Yan's face changed slightly, and Xue Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at the person lying below: "Since they have all been recruited, let's talk about it happily at once." ”

This person went to Dongchang once, as if he had gone to hell, and now he only wants to die quickly, and hurriedly said: "I said I said, I said everything." He raised his eyes and looked at Bu Yan, his eyes were confused for a moment, and when he saw Xue Yuan, he became full of horror: "On the night of the Holy Emperor's birthday, Lord Bu Yan asked the princess to marry and was refused, and he was not angry, and then he thought of the Empress Dowager who was praying in the mountains, so he thought about it, and sent a letter to the Empress Dowager to tell the news, and the Empress Dowager immediately responded, just let Lord Bu Yan promise to revive the Zhao family, and then the two of them plotted, and even sent someone to pretend to be robbers."

Speaking of which, it's almost over, and it's about to shake out the robbery of Changping, Xue Yuan directly ordered someone to drag this person down, raised his hand and patted it, and more than a dozen brocade guards came in and surrounded the empress dowager in the middle.

The Empress Dowager's body trembled slightly, and she forced herself to calm down: "You are slandering!" I am the empress dowager of the Great Qi Dynasty, the emperor's grandmother, how dare you take me?! ”

Jiang You first ignored her, turned to Bu Yan and said, "First escort the envoy to the Criminal Department and lock him up, and let the Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department discuss this matter." "This kind of outside. The matter handed in is still handed over to the special minister, and she only needs to make the final decision.

Jiang You then turned to the Empress Dowager and said slowly: "The Empress Dowager Zhao has repeatedly plotted for the throne, which is not good for me, and this time she even colluded with other races, intending to do evil to me. ”

In fact, it was Changping who the Empress Dowager wanted to harm this time, and the murder of Jiang You was a crime for her desire, but she couldn't explain this matter if she wanted to, so she could only carry this black cauldron, anyway, she wanted to harm Jiang You many times, and it was not a crime to wronged her.

The Empress Dowager reprimanded angrily: "The mourning family saw that you were so big, you actually wanted to collude with that eunuch to harm me like this?!" She turned to Changping again and said in a mournful voice: "Yuan'er, the mourning family is your own grandmother, the biological mother of your father, you can't bear to watch me suffer such a great grievance?" ”

Changping took a step back quietly, there was no nostalgia in his eyes, and said lightly: "The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and since the imperial grandmother has committed a mortal crime, she should naturally bear this mistake." ”

Jiang You ignored her shouting, and said to himself: "The imperial grandmother is my elder, it is said that there is no reason for the elders to pay for the lives of the juniors, but it is a matter of family and country affairs, and it cannot be put down gently" She raised her eyes and looked at the main hall of the palace, paused and said: "Just sentence the house ban." ”

The Empress Dowager suddenly became panicked, the house ban is one of the four methods of enclosure, seal the four sides of the house without leaving doors and windows, leaving only a small gap for food to be delivered, such a day, it is simply to put the living in the grave, what is the difference between death?

She stood up suddenly, begged Jiang You first, and seeing that she was unmoved, she couldn't help but open her mouth and scold: "The mourning family is the empress dowager of the Great Qi Dynasty, you want to confer your own grandmother for the indiscriminate accusation of a eunuch, and you will inevitably be scolded by thousands of people in the future!" ”

Jiang You was furious by what she said about a eunuch, and smashed a teacup on her: "Shut up!" Why do you say that a woman like you is a woman with a snake heart and a heart of a Buddha? If it weren't for the shadow of the emperor's grandfather, do you think you are worthy of the status of the empress dowager?! ”

The reputation of doing things to the elders can't be spread, Jiang You can usually bear it, but now he doesn't know which reverse scale he touched. Changping got up hurriedly and put his hands on her shoulders: "The emperor didn't hold it steadily, and he almost injured the queen mother, you still don't clean up?" ”

The Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment,

Jiang You was really afraid that he would not be able to help but strangle her if he stayed a little longer, so he simply turned around and went out directly, Xue Yuan raised the corners of his lips and looked at her, Changping sighed, ignored the shouting of the empress dowager behind him, and also walked out of the door, and when he walked to the steps, he heard a call from behind: "Princess stay." ”

Changping turned around with a slight stunned: "What does the factory have to order?" ”

Xue Yuan folded his sleeves with both hands, walked to her and stood not far away, and said in a rambling voice: "The emperor is in the way of his grandmother's name, and he has never been able to do anything except for the empress dowager, but such a person is also a trouble here, and after this incident, she is afraid that she will also hate the princess, and the princess is about to tie the knot, and she doesn't want to make anything wrong at this juncture, right?" ”

Changping's face changed slightly: "What do you mean?" ”

Xue Yuan smiled slightly: "The princess has always been smart, how could she not understand what the minister meant?" Staying here is also harmful to others and oneself, but it is better to be clean at once. ”

Of course, Changping understood what he meant, and he actually wanted to let himself do it except for the Empress Dowager, but this person is no longer there, and he is his grandmother after all, and she showed a little entangled and embarrassed on her face: "This"

Xue Yuan looked at her indifferently, he knew that the person he was thinking about was Jiang You, so he made up his mind, if Jiang You wanted to live a life innocently and carefree, then he would protect her for a lifetime of peace and joy, and if she made a career like a big career, he was also willing to accompany her to guide the country - but these were limited to Jiang You.

Changping is not related to him, why did he help her in vain? She always has some value, just using her knife to kill people, just to be able to pick Jiang You clean, and save the Queen Mother from having any more moths. He said lightly: "This is all caused by the princess, the princess can't all point to others to help, right?" ”

If Roufu was here, he would definitely be crying and crying, Changping is a smart person, and he heard the meaning of his words in a blink of an eye, stood in place and was silent for a while, thinking of the various methods of the Empress Dowager over the years and her unjustly killed mother, and finally nodded.

Xue Yuan sighed, and when he saw her nodding, he didn't ask any more, and walked in the direction of Jiang You, she was standing outside the door waiting for him, and when she saw him coming, she looked at him curiously: "What are palm prints talking to my cousin?" ”

Xue Yuan always had a feeling of overly doting on her, knowing that this was not good, and he was reluctant to let her know about some intrigues. He straightened out his thoughts, lowered his eyes and smiled: "Does the emperor want to know?" ”

Jiang You took his hand, and suddenly sighed angrily: "You are a person who does not speak for nothing, I can also guess what is going on, but I am just embarrassed by Cousin Changping." ”

Xue Yuan said casually: "How can people live in the world with smooth sailing? ”

Jiang You glanced at the main hall of the palace from a distance: "Next time I come, I shouldn't be able to see that femme fatale." ”

The Empress Dowager sat in the graceful and atmospheric main hall, looking blankly at the small window that was only set aside for food delivery at the top, as if she wanted to look through here, to see the verandahs and pavilions outside, she looked at it for a long time, and finally sat weakly in the hat chair, the original well-maintained face was full of wrinkles, as if just a few days of work, but she suddenly crossed the decades.

She looked down at some rancid food on the ground, which was handed to her by the slave who had done the practice, she had never suffered such a hardship in her life, so every time she directly knocked over the food and scolded a few words, and after being hungry for several days, she knew that when people were hungry, even the glutinous rice could be eaten.

The Empress Dowager looked at the small window above with an expressionless face, her eyes were lifeless, she really didn't want anything now, just wanted to be able to eat a bowl of hot rice, at this time the window above came in with two hands, and there was a large piece of fish and meat on the tray, and there was a pot of liquor next to it, and the people outside mourned: "The Queen Mother, you eat quickly, this is specially brought by the slave maid, you have suffered." ”

The Empress Dowager relieved her suspicions, hugged the tray and ate it in a big gulp, thinking of the leftovers she had eaten in the past few days, and grabbed the liquor and poured a few sips, and when she had eaten it all, she felt that something was wrong inside, covered her stomach with her crossed hands, and fell on the hat chair with a panicked face, and then she didn't know what to do.

Jiang You was in the palace, and the Empress Dowager only got the news of her violent death on the second day after her death, she thought that Changping had dragged on for a few days and didn't dare to do it, but she didn't expect the shot to be so neat, and asked with wide eyes: "Did you ask clearly?" How do people die? ”

Ma Chengha said: "I have asked clearly, I am indeed out of breath, otherwise I wouldn't dare to report to you lightly." He paused again: "I heard that it was strangled to death."

Jiang You's hand shook and almost knocked over the medicine bowl, his face full of disbelief: "Hold it to death?" The Empress Dowager is not crazy, how can she support herself to death? ”

Xue Yuan entered the door at this time and said casually: "How is it impossible? If a person who has been hungry for several days suddenly eats big fish, meat, wine and vegetables, and his stomach cannot be stimulated, he will naturally not be able to hold on to death. He raised his lips and said, "Killing people invisibly, a good way for the princess to use." ”

Jiang You's hand holding the medicine bowl paused, and sighed: "My cousin is also forced to be helpless, she has been hurt enough by the Empress Dowager, you can't just let the good people suffer, and the bad people are happy, right?" "Her body is already well, but for insurance, she still took some decoction to nourish her body.

When everyone saw Xue Yuan coming in, they all retreated with great eyes, he stretched out his hand to hug Jiang You, and his eyes lingered up and down: "The emperor has grown a lot recently." ”

Jiang You paused for a moment to understand what he was talking about, and deliberately said elsewhere with a stiff face: "Yes, I also feel that I am a little taller, I used to have to tiptoe to get things from the shelf, but now I can reach it with my hand." ”

Xue Yuan smiled and put her on the couch, caught and kissed her, she was rarely docile, leaned on his shoulder and played with his slender and powerful hand, and suddenly coughed and said: "Speaking of business, although the Empress Dowager did all the bad things during her lifetime, her identity is always there, and she has to be placed in the imperial tomb so that people will not be criticized." ”

Xue Yuan didn't care much about this, if a person died, he died, and it was impossible for the tomb to be resurrected, so he said casually: "The emperor just looks at it." ”

Jiang You blinked and said, "Isn't Bu Yan detained?" Did the Tatars give any explanation? ”

Xue Yuan bit down her neck all the way, and said in a slightly hoarse tone: "There was a message from the Ministry of Rites, and he said that since Bu Yan made such a big mistake, he would not be able to cover it up, and he would listen to the emperor's fate." ”

Jiang You was bitten a little itchy by him, and couldn't help but shrink back: "This person is really ruthless" He had already reached in from the hem of her shirt with one hand, and she raised her hand to hold it: "Why are palm prints always like this, how did you get them?" Do you gnaw at whoever you catch? ”

Xue Yuan added some strength under her hand, until she couldn't help but beg for mercy, then she chuckled: "What does the emperor think?" The minister took medicine, of course, not so. ”

At this time, it was raining outside the window, and the sound of crackling and clattering covered the sound of the two of them being obsessed, and it took about an hour before it stopped, Jiang You had a piece of dirty clothes left on his shoulders, and his head was buried in the pillow and muttered: "I'm tired to death." ”

Xue Yuan put one hand on his shoulder to help her press, and said with a chuckle: "The emperor is tired of shouting, what can I do in the future?" ”

Jiang You lay on the bed and pretended to be dead, and suddenly thought of something, raised his head and said: "Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager is going like this, and the family affairs of Cousin Changping should also be discussed." She touched her chin and pondered: "Speaking of which, she still has to keep filial piety for nine months, but this matter is not in a hurry, the princess has to prepare for more than a year to get married, and it is really not possible to forgive her filial piety." ”

Xue Yuan wrapped her up first, and then called someone to carry hot water to bathe her, and glanced at her lightly: "The emperor is very concerned about other people's affairs. ”

Jiang You's face was still full of excitement: "I haven't done a family affair yet, and it will definitely be a lively time if it is done." ”

Before she could finish thinking about it, she saw Xue Yuan also slide into the bathtub, pulled her wrist and said with a half-smile: "The emperor looks quite energetic, so I bother the emperor to have mercy on his ministers anymore." Then the sound of the water began again, but not from outside, but from inside.

Zhang Dongzheng and Changping are not young, not only Jiang You is anxious, but the Zhang family is also anxious, and when the weather just clears, Mrs. Zhang brought enough gifts to accept the lotus, invited Mrs. Zheng Guo to be a matchmaker, and entered the palace to propose marriage.

Changping's pro-head is the Empress Dowager, and now that the pro-head is dead, Jiang You simply entertained Mrs. Zhang as the head of the clan, and both sides were willing, so this gift was carried out extremely quickly, and Mrs. Zhang liked Changping's appearance very much, and she kept smiling on her face.

Because Changping is a princess, the princess's mansion should be built for the princess and the concubine to live, but Zhang Dongzheng is the eldest son, and he will inherit the position of the prince of Zhenguo in the future.

Jiang You immediately ordered the marriage, and asked the Ministry of Industry to start building the princess's mansion, the treasury was abundant, and she just took Xue Yuan out of the palace to wander around in the name of superintendent.

The Ministry of Engineering chose a good day to break ground and start building, Jiang You first went to the new princess's mansion to take a turn, and then ran to the Zhenguo Mansion not far away to see the groom, although the wedding date was still early, but Dongzheng's cousin couldn't hide the joy on his face, and his eyes looked behind Jiang You.

Jiang You couldn't help but interrupt him: "Cousin, don't look at it, you can't meet before you get married, and Cousin Changping definitely didn't come with me." ”

Zhang Dongzheng was a little embarrassed, so he saw Jiang You coughing with his hands clenched into fists: "But my cousin has been bored in the palace for the past few days, and she went to live in another courtyard a few days ago." ”

Zhang Dongzheng's eyes lit up, Old Madam Zhang glanced at him, and smiled at Jiang You: "I was about to go to the princess's mansion to congratulate, why is the emperor here?" ”

At this time, Second Mrs. Zhang turned out from behind, looked a little more honest than before, respectfully served tea to Mrs. Zhang and Jiang You Xue Yuan, and then slowly bowed, and then said with a smile: "We have even prepared the ceremony, and we are about to go, if you want to say that the boss is blessed, marrying the eldest princess of Changping, we will kiss the emperor again." Although the words are envious, I can't hide the sourness in it.

Jiang You had already classified her as unreasonable, and he didn't bother to pay attention to her when he heard the words, so he changed his words and said: "Grandmother, there are still several vacant positions in front of the palace guards now, this is an important errand, and the people next to me can't believe it, so it's better to call Donglan to try." ”

The errand of the guards in front of the palace is prominent, and the children of the family who are not of outstanding character cannot be served, and Mrs. Zhang knew that she was willing to be promoted, so she got up when she heard the words, and saluted with a smile: "Then thank you to the emperor." ”

Jiang You was about to nod, when he saw Xue Yuanruo glaring at her, although he was not annoyed, he still saw that her back was cold, and her whole body was sore.

Over there, Second Lady Zhang saw that all the good things were about to fall in the big room, so she twisted the handkerchief in her sleeve cage several times, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Not only Donglan, but we Dongnian are also loyal to the monarch and the Lord, thinking that there is an opportunity to serve the emperor." ”

Jiang You didn't answer with the teacup, but she saw Xue Yuan looking at it again with a smile, she was so frightened that she choked several times, it was not easy to pick out a place for Zhang Donglan, she was too lazy to give it to irrelevant people, so she coughed and said: "What did the second lady say, there is not only one way to serve me as a guard, isn't the second son now in Taixue?" When you have fame in the future, you can still become a pillar of the country. ”

But when will it have to be? Second Mrs. Zhang's heart tightened, and she was about to speak, when she heard someone from the bottom report: "The people from the Guozi Priest Restaurant are here." ”

Jiang You asked, "Uncle knows the person who oversees the sacrificial wine of the country?" ”

Guozi's sacrificial wine is the family where Zhang Dongnian hooked up with someone else's girl, if the emperor knows about it, then Zhang Dongnian will never want to marry the emperor in his life.

Second Mrs. Zhang looked at her mother-in-law worriedly, and saw that Old Madam Zhang slowly hummed and swept over her lightly: "Nian'er and the girl from the Guozi Priest Restaurant are discussing family affairs. ”