The next day, Xiao Siwen was ordered to enter the palace.

Ye Luxian turned his back to Xiao Siwen, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.

Outside, there was heavy snowfall, and it was falling one after another, and I was afraid that Liaoshangjing would become a snow city again.

"Xiao Aiqing, do you think I'm doing the right thing?" Ye Luxian suddenly turned his head and asked with a frown.

"There is a female emperor of the Han people who once said that if you want to achieve great things, your relatives can also be killed! His Majesty has now ascended the throne as the emperor, and many things must not be acted on from the previous heart. Although Yelu Yila has made meritorious contributions in assisting His Majesty to ascend the throne, but in the end, the assassination of the first emperor was his dereliction of responsibility, if he is not disposed of, I am afraid it will be difficult to block the mouths of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military people! ”

"Now that Yelu Yila has committed suicide, after all, I am sorry for him!" Ye Luxian sighed.

"His Majesty is also helpless this time, Yelu Yila Spring has knowledge, and he will definitely understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."

"Please Xiao Aiqing to settle his family for me!" The matter has come to this, Ye Luxian is helpless, in the emperor's family, there are really too many things that he can't help himself.

"Obey the order!" Xiao Siwen retired after speaking.

Walking slowly in the snowy imperial city, Xiao Siwen's heart was not easy. How could he not understand the helplessness in Yeluxian's heart? Since ancient times, the throne has often been the thing that the world has fought for the most, but it is also the thing that can make people lose their minds the most. How many people, with a good nature, can be tempted by the throne, but they have become so insidious and cunning. Yeluxian was originally a peace-minded person, but he didn't know what the world of Daliao would be like in the future!

And at this time, in the Xiao Mansion.

"Have you done what you were told?" Lu Bugu opened his mouth and asked the people around him.

"Back to Madame, I have arranged for Zhang Painter to paint the portrait of the third lady, and I also asked Madame to take a look." The people around Lu Bugu respectfully handed her a picture scroll.

Lu Bugu took the scroll and slowly unfolded it. There was a smile in his eyebrows: "Good, good!" Give this painting to the woman-sama, and the woman should know what to do. ”

When the people around him were ordered to leave, a glimmer of light flashed in Lu Bugu's eyes.

After a while, Xiao Siwen returned home. Lu Bugu hurriedly greeted him.

"It's snowing so hard today, why did my husband go out?" Lu Bugu said as he took off his heavy cloak for Xiao Siwen.

"Holy calling, how can I not go?" Xiao Siwen walked to the incense burner in the hall and baked his hands that had already frozen.

"I see! Come on, come on, this is the ginger black tea that I ordered the kitchen to prepare for my husband, and my husband can just warm up his body after drinking it! Lu Bugu took a cup of hot tea from the maid and handed it to Xiao Siwen.

"There is Mrs. Lao," Xiao Siwen casually took the hot tea handed by Lu Bugu, put it to his lips and took a sip, and praised, "Madame is so virtuous, how can I, Xiao Siwen, marry such a virtuous wife, this life is enough." ”

"The husband praised it falsely! I'm just doing what I can. Although he was praised by Xiao Siwen, Lu Bugu was not half happy in his heart, and just replied politely.

"Okay, I still have business to attend to." Xiao Siwen gently put the finished teacup in the handmaiden's hand, and then turned around and walked towards the study.

Lu Bugu looked at Xiao Siwen's distant back, and his heart was lonely. How many years has been a husband and wife, Xiao Siwen has always been tepid to her, in the eyes of outsiders, they are a husband and wife, but only she knows in her heart that there is really not much affection between each other.

Before Xiao Siwen reached the study, he met Yan'er in the corridor. After not seeing her for a few days, Yan'er looked very good, with a smile on her eyebrows. It seems that the Han family kid did not live up to Yan'er's heart.

"Yan'er greets her father."

"Get up, there's no one here, you don't have to be so formal." Xiao Siwen hurriedly bent down and helped Yan'er up.

The father and daughter entered the study together, but unexpectedly, they happened to be seen by Lu Bugu in the distance.

"Madam, these three young ladies don't take you seriously!" The female servant on the side muttered, but she didn't notice that Lu Bugu's face was already very ugly at this time.

"Enough!" Lu Bugu shouted sharply.

Inside the study.

"I don't know if my father will call Yan'er to the study, can there be anything important to discuss?" Yan'er saw that Xiao Siwen didn't speak for a long time, so she took the initiative to ask.

Xiao Siwen only came back from his contemplation after Yan'er's inquiry.

"How are you doing?" In fact, from Yan'er's radiant face, he already knew about her recent situation, but he just didn't feel at ease, he just had to listen to her tell him that she was doing well, so that he could rest assured.

"Thank you father for your concern, my daughter is fine!" "How is he treating you?"

"Brother Derang treats me very well." Speaking of Han Derang, Yan'er's face showed a crimson color.

"Now that you are married, my father only wants you to be loving, loving, and in harmony." Looking at the woman in front of him, Xiao Siwen could only sigh in his heart.

"Although my daughter is about to marry into the Han family, Yan'er was raised by you, so no matter where Yan'er goes, Xiao Mansion will always be Yan'er's home!" Yan'er's words are true, although she is just the adopted daughter of Xiao Mansion, but over the years, she has cultivated a deep relationship with the people of Xiao Mansion. Therefore, it is inevitable that there is some sadness in my heart.

"It's best if you think so. If nothing else, go down first. ”

After Yan'er retreated, she went directly to the Han Mansion.

And Xiao Siwen in the study, his mood is getting heavier and heavier. Yan'er and Han Derang's marriage is now getting closer and closer, how can his heart be calm? These days, because he has been busy with government affairs, he doesn't have time to think too much. At this time, when a person is quiet, he is full of emotions. Although all fathers in the world will be very heavy when their daughters are about to get married, Xiao Siwen's heaviness also has more other feelings than others.

Before you know it, it's late at night. But at this time, the emperor's dormitory was not calm at all.

Ye Luxian quietly stared at the woman in the painting in front of him, slightly stunned.

In the painting, the woman lowered her eyebrows and smiled, and her eyebrows were full of tenderness.

On that day, he met her for the first time in Yun Ya Ge, and her beauty and talent made him imprint her deeply in his mind. Originally, he planned to propose to the Xiao Mansion when the time was right, but at this time, Emperor Muzong suddenly died, disrupting his plan. It's been a busy day, and if it weren't for the woman who sent this painting today, I would have forgotten about the marriage proposal.