"The evidence of the crime committed by the four princes has come out, the emperor has died, and the capital is about to change."

It took Su Jinshi a few seconds to digest the news, and she immediately went back to her room to see that the wooden box Lu Jingshen gave her was still on the table, and the letter had been burned by her.

What is the so-called evidence that can make Ning Qiyue arrested?

And the emperor will die so suddenly, probably because he was stimulated, and this stimulus must be evidence of the crime committed by the four princes.

It's just that......

What is the evidence?

Su Jinshi thought about it in his room for a long time but couldn't come up with it.

If Ning Xifeng wants to inherit the throne, he must know this evidence and report it to the emperor, and the emperor will be completely disappointed in Ning Qiyue and have a good impression of Ning Xifeng.

If he wanted to falsify the evidence, would the sick emperor be able to see it?

Su Jinshi shook his head, it shouldn't be like this, if this is the case, he could have forged it earlier, and there was no need for them to check it at all.

Besides, she didn't believe that Ning Xifeng would do such a thing for the sake of that throne.

The sky was getting brighter, but it was still dreary and cloudy, and the gray clouds were cascading on top of each other, and it seemed that heavy rain was about to fall.

It was dawn for a while, but there was no movement in Nian Su's room, Su Jinshi was a little strange, so he walked over and knocked on the door, but no one answered the door.

For some reason, her heart suddenly became very flustered, and the sound of knocking on the door was messy, and after knocking for a while, the door finally opened, but it was Xiaodouzi who opened the door.

Su Jinshi was stunned, "Little Douzi, where did my mother go?" ”

Xiaodouzi rubbed her sleepy eyes, "My mother went out for breakfast." ”

Su Jinshi's heart sank, she had been awake since dawn, and she didn't hear any movement in the room to open the door.

"How does Little Bean know?" Su Jinshi asked in a panic.

Xiaodouzi said as a matter of course: "My mother is usually eating breakfast at this time, and I should have just gone out for a long time." ”

Su Jinshi's mind was blank, but he still forced himself to calm down, "Little Douzi, if you are sleepy, go back and continue to sleep." ”

After speaking, Su Jinshi left Nian Su's room, she returned to her room, closed the door, and her body slid weakly along the door.

Again.

Nian Su disappeared from his side again.

Su Jinshi covered her eyes with her hands to keep herself from crying, she could almost guess who Nian Su had been kidnapped.

What could she do.

Yesterday's dream resurfaced in front of her eyes, and the deep feeling of powerlessness made her head ache, and she only felt pain all over her body.

She was so useless.

Even their beloved ones can't be protected.

Su Jinshi bit her lip and didn't let herself make a sound, until she tasted the breath of blood, and she finally regained some of her senses.

She didn't know the situation in the palace now, and she couldn't wait for Tang Mingze and Tang Yaxin to come back and sue her.

She licked her lips with her tongue, stood up, changed into the maid dress that Tang Yaxin had given her before, went to Tang Yaxin's room to get a cloak, and hurried out.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Su Jinshi raised the cloak in his hand and smiled brightly: "Lord Official, my young lady entered the palace without wearing a cloak, and specially sent me back to get it." ”

When the official who guarded the door also knew Su Jin, he let her go, and did not forget to advise: "Now that the palace is complicated, don't walk around." ”

Su Jinshi nodded, thanked him, and entered the palace without looking back.

She lowered her head and hugged her cloak, but no one noticed her, perhaps as the official said, the shape of the palace was complicated.

Along the way, she already knew pretty much what was going on.

It turned out that several corpses were found in the palace yesterday, and I thought it would be impossible to detect, but Ning Xifeng actually brought an eyewitness, and the witness was a eunuch in Ning Qiyue's palace.

When the emperor learned about it, he immediately summoned Ning Qiyue and Ning Xifeng, and he asked Ning Qiyue sharply if she had really committed the crime.

Surprisingly, Ning Qiyue actually admitted it directly, but what she said was: "The previous cases were all done by me, but this one is not me." ”

It's just that the emperor can still listen to the latter sentence, only when Ning Qiyue admitted it, his condition worsened on the spot, maybe he knew that he didn't have much time, so he called his father-in-law, personally drafted the holy decree, and ordered it to go down, and the holy purpose was announced half a month after his death, and during this period, Ning Xifeng temporarily took the throne.

The father-in-law who kept the holy decree was a loyal servant of the emperor and protected the holy decree to the death.

It's just that I didn't expect that after saying this, the emperor fainted, but he never woke up.

Su Jinshi has already walked to the imperial study, if Ning Xifeng temporarily takes his place, then he must be in the imperial study now, and the backbone of the Tang family who supports him will inevitably be in the imperial study.

It's just that when she arrived at the door, she didn't know whether to go in or eavesdrop, if she eavesdropped, she would definitely be discovered by Ning Xifeng.

Su Jinshi thought about it, walked out of the imperial study, and walked in the direction of the four princes' bedrooms.

I heard that the six princes cared about brotherhood and put Ning Qiyue under house arrest in the palace.

Su Jinshi saw from a distance that there were guards with knives outside the palace of the four princes, and it was difficult to get in.

Su Jinshi lingered at the door for a while, but saw a father-in-law coming out of it, and Su Jinshi hurriedly hid in the grass on the side.

The father-in-law had a big belly, and after he walked out, he stopped again, Su Jinshi poked his head out a little, but saw that he was looking at Ning Qiyue's bedroom, and after looking at it for a long time, Su Jinshi's feet were a little numb, and the father-in-law turned his head and said in a low voice: "It's really as His Majesty said, I don't think about the throne at all." ”

The father-in-law sighed and left.

Su Jinshi waited for the father-in-law to disappear, and then came out of the grass, and she looked left and right for a while, making sure that she couldn't go in, and then left.

She walked aimlessly in the palace, if Ning Qiyue was already under house arrest in the palace, what was the use of him taking Nian Su away?

Su Jinshi stopped, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

Could it be that it was the ...... who kidnapped the young man

Calm the wind?

Su Jinshi was frightened by his own thoughts, if it was really Ning Xifeng who kidnapped Niansu, then what was the use?

The only person who can be restrained is her......

Why did Ning Xifeng restrain her?

Su Jinshi only felt a chill down her spine, maybe Ning Xifeng didn't plan to let Su Jinshi and them go from the beginning, she was suddenly very glad that she had been cooperating with Ning Xifeng, if she didn't cooperate, she didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.

The case in the early hours of this morning......

Su Jinshi didn't dare to think about it anymore, for a while, she felt that no one dared to believe it, but she wanted to rescue Niansu.

She was thinking nonsense, but she felt someone tap her on the shoulder, which frightened her and turned around immediately, but saw that it was Su Huaijin.

"Brother, why are you here? What's going on? Su Jinshi grabbed Su Huaijin's arm anxiously and said a little helplessly.

Unconsciously, she really regarded Su Huaijin as her brother.

"Nishiki, what are you doing here? Go back quickly, the power in this palace is unknown now, so let's go to the Prime Minister's Mansion obediently and wait for news. Su Huaijin did not answer her question.

Su Jinshi shook his head and lowered his head, just missing a trace of pain in Su Huaijin's eyes.

"Brother, Su Su is gone, I must rescue her!"

Su Jinshi changed a little more, Su Huaijin raised his hand and touched her head, his face was stern, "Jinshi, you go back to the house first, and when the situation is clear, I will talk to you in detail." ”

"You always say that the situation is unknown, but what is the situation now? Brother, now Su Su is gone, and I have already guessed who took her away, what is that person's intentions, I also have some ideas, brother, I want you to help me. Su Jinshi grabbed Su Huaijin's arm with both hands, his eyes anxious.

Su Huaijin sighed lightly and whispered, "You come with me." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Huaijin left, and Su Jinshi immediately followed Su Huaijin quickly.

She looked at Su Huaijin's back, and suddenly felt a little strange, this feeling made Su Jinshi afraid, she didn't dare to imagine that even Su Huaijin was calculating her.

She shook her head, letting these thoughts go behind, she thought, even if everyone calculated her, Su Huaijin wouldn't.

He treats her like a sister-

After talking to Su Huaijin, Su Jinshi only felt weakness all over his body, and a deep fear followed.

The events of the past few days have tightened the strings in her head.

She didn't know how she got back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she closed her door tightly, she didn't dare to look at Xiaodouzi, she was afraid that Xiaodouzi would ask her where her mother had gone, how would she answer.

Her mind was chaotic, thinking of Lu Jingshen for a while, thinking of Ning Qiyue for a while, and thinking of that dream yesterday for a while......

The chaotic scene passed before her eyes, her head ached more and more, her body became weaker and weaker, and finally she fell limply to the ground.

When she woke up again, she was lying on the bed, a warm little hand holding her hand, and she heard the soft voice of the little bean:

"Why hasn't Aunt Jin Shi woken up yet?"

Su Jinshi opened her eyes a little heavy, and then she saw clearly that there was a push around her bed, and her hand moved, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"The doctor said that you have been under too much pressure recently, and you fainted in your room." Tang Yaxin explained.

With concern in her eyes, Su Jinshi nodded, but her mind was still on the matter of Nian Su's abduction, but she heard Xiaodouzi say:

"Aunt Jinshi, Miss Tang said that her mother was suddenly infected with a disease and was cultivating elsewhere, is it true?"

Su Jinshi was stunned for a moment, looked at Tang Yaxin, saw her pursing her lips, nodded slightly, and she glanced at her gratefully.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaodouzi, my mother will be back after a while." Su Jinshi raised his hand and touched Xiaodouzi's head and said comfortingly.

Xiaodouzi nodded heavily, "Then can I go and see my mother?" ”

Tang Yaxin squatted down, took Xiaodouzi's little hand, and said helplessly: "Xiaodouzi, your mother's illness will be contagious, if Xiaodouzi goes, it will be bad if you are infected, I want to come to my mother's parents and want you to be healthy all the time, right?" ”

Little Beanzi pursed her lips and didn't speak, her big eyes full of worry.

Tang Yaxin comforted Xiaodouzi a few words, and then he obediently went back to the room, and Su Jinshi lay on the bed for a while before he had the strength to get up.

After seeing Su Jinshi's situation, the doctor prescribed a few doses of medicine and left.

The room was originally a little full, but now only Tang Yaxin and Su Jinshi remained.

Tang Yaxin didn't leave, so Su Jinshi poured her a cup of tea.

"Jinshi, did you enter the palace today?" Tang Yaxin took the teacup, but didn't drink it.

Su Jinshi noticed Tang Yaxin's movements, paused, but still nodded, "I found that Su Su was missing in the morning, I was very anxious, so I wanted to go to the palace to find you, but I didn't find it for a long time, so I came back." ”

Su Jinshi explained briefly, but concealed that she had been to Ning Qiyue's bedroom, and Tang Yaxin did not doubt what Su Jinshi said.

"You have a good rest, these days are not peaceful, if you have nothing to do, don't enter the palace...... I'll find a way to help you with Niansu's affairs. ”

Tang Yaxin lowered her face, Su Jinshi couldn't see her expression clearly, but she still said gratefully, "Thank you." ”

She paused, but still asked, "Yaxin, do you have to marry Ning Xifeng?" ”

Tang Yaxin was silent for a long time, raised her head, but there was sadness on her face, and she whispered, "Probably." ”

For some reason, when she heard this, she felt a little sad, and she didn't know what to say.

She thought, she should know what Ning Xifeng did.

Su Jinshi suddenly thought that when she first met Tang Yaxin, her cheerful and lively appearance, she seemed to have not seen her for a long time, and they all seemed to have changed.

The two said a few more words, and Tang Yaxin left, and Su Jinshi lay on the bed.

It was raining outside the house again, and the dripping voice made her calm down from Niansu's disappearance, and also from what Su Huaijin said to her.

She knew how terrible the palace was, but she didn't know it was so terrible-

Ning Xifeng temporarily took the throne within 15 days, although the foundation was unstable, but he also handled things in an orderly manner.

The night before the decree was announced, Su Jinshi secretly left the Tang Mansion and went to the city inn to find Su Huaijin.

Su Huaijin moved out of the Tang Mansion a month ago, and her relationship with the Tang family brothers and sisters seems to be average recently.

A few days ago, it snowed in the capital, and this year's snow came earlier than ever, and it was clear that it was only winter, but the snow could not wait to fall.

Su Jinshi put on a white cloak and walked on the snow-covered road, the cold wind was biting.

Finally walked to the inn, Su Jinshi knocked on the door of the inn, and after a while, Su Huaijin opened the door for her.

"Brother, the plan you said earlier is feasible, right?" Before Su Jinshi sat down, he asked a little eagerly: "I always feel very uneasy, would someone like Ning Xifeng not take that problem into account?" ”

Su Huaijin poured Su Jinshi a cup of hot tea and soothed: "If there is no accident, it is feasible, but human nature is changeable." ”

Su Jinshi was silent, and naturally understood what Su Huaijin was referring to, and what she was worried about was that question.

"If so...... If it's really the worst-case scenario, is it possible to be rescued that year? Su Jinshi opened her mouth with some hesitation, this was the last thing she wanted to think, but she had to think about it.

Su Huaijin sighed and said, "If it's really like the worst, Jinshi." ”

He paused, looked at her with a sad expression, and continued, "I must send you out of the capital safely, regardless of whether Nian Su can be rescued or not. ”

When Su Jinshi heard this, he gasped and hurriedly shook his head, "No...... Brother, I can't do this, Nian Su is still locked up, I can't leave alone, I can't leave her! ”

Su Huaijin pulled up a reluctant smile, "Jinshi, don't be excited, I naturally know, so we don't allow the worst to happen." ”

He no longer looked at Su Jinshi, but looked at the snow scene outside, and there were fine snow particles falling in the sky, and Su Jinshi heard Su Huaijin say:

"The task given to me by the first emperor, I must complete it!"

Su Jinshi suddenly felt a little flustered, "Brother, if it is...... If it's the worst-case scenario, please take care of your family, your parents and sister-in-law need you. ”

When Su Huaijin heard this, he was stunned, turned his head, and said with a smile: "Jinshi, where do you want to go, I naturally won't apologize with death, but I don't know what the emperor will do with me then." ”

His voice was very soft, and the last few words seemed to be for himself, but the snowy night in winter was too quiet, and the cold air flowed in from the window, and Su Huaijin's words seemed clear and terrifying.

Su Jinshi shook his head, walked to Su Huaijin's side, patted him on the shoulder, and gave him a comforting smile:

"Don't be too pessimistic, maybe Ning Xifeng won't be so cruel? We have to believe that he is not so resolute yet. ”

Su Huaijin didn't speak, but his tightly pursed mouth revealed his uneasy heart-

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and the news of the death of the second prince suddenly came out of the palace.

When Su Jinshi heard the news, the palace was already holding a succession hall.

She heard that the second prince was kind-hearted, gentle and polite, and the most benevolent person in the palace, but he suddenly died violently.

She heard that the first emperor originally passed the throne to the second prince, but the second prince did not enjoy the blessings.

She heard that the six princes would rule the country within 15 days, and the ministers agreed that it was the best course of action to let the six princes succeed to the throne.

She heard that the emperor was not going to hold a big succession hall, but he wanted to hold a big funeral for the second prince, just because the second prince and the sixth prince were good brothers who grew up together.

……

She had heard a lot of things, but she hadn't heard the news about Nian Su that Su Huaijin had told her.

Come to think of it, she and Su Huaijin's plan failed, they underestimated Ning Xifeng's means and overestimated Ning Xifeng's humanity.

Su Jinshi still lives in the Tang Mansion, but she has calmed down, and the snow outside the house is falling one after another, as if she wants to bury everything.

I don't know where Nian Su is, whether she is doing well.

She sat in front of the window and watched the snow for a long time, but it seemed like it was very short, as if it had only been seen for a few hours, but it seemed like it had been seen for several days.

"Brocade, brocade."

It seems that someone is calling her, and her shoulder is also being patted, who is it? Could it be a young man?

Su Jinshi turned around, but saw Tang Yaxin looking at her with a worried face, instead of the young man she was thinking about, she turned her head back and continued to look at the snow.

Tang Yaxin looked at Su Jinshi's appearance, and couldn't help sighing, she has been watching the snow in front of this window for the past few days, she eats whatever she is given, and she doesn't look at it, she came to call her a few times, but she didn't get a response.

"Jinshi, I have a way to rescue Niansu."

Tang Yaxin's voice was a little light, but Su Jinshi seemed to have heard some big news, and immediately stood up from the chair, but he felt a wave of dizziness and couldn't stand firmly.

Tang Yaxin sighed again and helped her sit down, "Don't be excited. ”

How could Su Jinshi not be excited, she grabbed Tang Yaxin's hand tightly with both hands, and kept asking, "Really?" Do you really know how to rescue Niansu? ”

Tang Yaxin gave her a positive answer, and Su Jinshi was so excited that she burst into tears.

Tang Yaxin's eyes darkened, but she said with a smile: "It's just that you need to sue me, do you and Su Huaijin know anything?" ”

She asked a little vaguely, but Su Jinshi looked into her eyes, but understood what she meant.

"My brother...... How is my brother? Su Jinshi asked with some trembling.

After the incident, she also went to the inn to look for Su Huaijin, but he was no longer there, and she had no way to get news of him.

"Su Gongzi is fine, but he can't move freely......"

Tang Yaxin's words were a little vague, but Su Jinshi understood what she meant, and couldn't help but feel sour.

She suddenly thought of what Su Huaijin said to her before the incident: I naturally won't apologize with death, but I don't know what the emperor will do with me then.

Maybe he thought about the possibilities at the time.

"Jinshi, Su Gongzi is the confidant of the first emperor, do you know about this?" Tang Yaxin's words changed, but her tone was full of helplessness.

Su Jinshi didn't speak, she guessed that Tang Yaxin already had the answer in her heart, and she was just confirming with her.

"The first emperor originally planned to let the second prince succeed to the throne, and the holy decree in the hands of Gonggong Sun is part of it, and the other part is in the hands of Su Huaijin, right?" Tang Yaxin was even more helpless.

Su Jinshi was still silent.

"The first emperor didn't want the six princes to succeed to the throne at the beginning, but he blamed the four princes, making him ineligible to inherit the throne, and threatened Gonggong Sun, understood the emperor's intentions, and secretly disposed of the second prince, and his throne was ...... That's how it came about. ”

Tang Yaxin's voice was very soft, but her tone was very cold, she didn't look at Su Jinshi, but looked at the falling snow outside the window, she heard her say:

"And I, in the future, I will marry such a person, rectify the harem for him, and let him govern the country with peace of mind."

Su Jinshi didn't know how to comfort Tang Yaxin, there were tears in her eyes, but they didn't fall for a long time, Su Jinshi suddenly felt that she didn't seem to have seen Tang Yaxin's tears for a long time.

The little girl who used to jump off slowly became stronger and learned to be silent.

"If you don't want to ......"

Before Su Jinshi finished speaking, he heard Tang Yaxin say, "Don't you marry if you don't want to?" He is the emperor, my father, my brother, I can't leave it alone, Jinshi, every decision I make will affect the life and death of everyone in this mansion, such a feeling, do you understand? ”

Su Jinshi didn't speak, she walked up to Tang Yaxin, gently hugged her shoulders, and let her head rest on her shoulders:

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you before, it's because of Ning Xifeng, you have too good a relationship with Ning Xifeng, so I don't dare to entrust it, Yaxin, in fact, if the fourth prince has repentance, the throne is still his, but he didn't, so it fell into the hands of the second prince, but the first emperor didn't expect Ning Xifeng to be ruthless to such a point."

"The first emperor loved only Ning Qiyue from beginning to end."

Su Jinshi said lightly, "The first emperor is an emotional person, so he will not appreciate the six princes who act decisively and ruthlessly. ”

"But this is not necessarily bad, no matter how dirty his means of ascending the throne are, as long as he governs the country in a good way, future generations will only remember the country and the people during his reign."

Su Jinshi felt a heat on her neck, and she knew that Tang Yaxin was crying-

Many years later, Su Jinshi still feels sad when she recalls that time, but whenever she sees Nian Su busy beside her, she feels that although that time is unforgettable and painful, if there is no such time, maybe she will not understand how important Nian Su is to her.

The joy of being lost and regained, she probably can't understand it.

"Jinshi, what are you thinking?" Nian Su's hand shook in front of Su Jinshi.

"I'm thinking about you."

The sunlight came in, and Su Jinshi smiled at Nian Su, his eyebrows and eyes crooked.

After they left the capital, they went to many places, and finally stayed in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, where the four seasons are like spring, and there is no winter snow.

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