Emperor Wu issued an order to announce that the eldest lady of Situ Mansion Situ Yan would be seen tomorrow morning. This decree was transmitted to Situ Mansion early in the morning. Situ Jin was packing up with his wife Gongsun Yu in his courtyard to salute the border city, and he was so frightened that he almost knelt on the ground.

"Yan'er, you and Brother Wei are telling the truth, the Great Situ Mansion was sealed, and the prince was circled, can you give advice?" Situ was uneasy, although the little sister was acting strangely these days, she didn't do anything drastic.

"How so? Cheng Feng of the Great Situ Mansion has repeatedly troubled our house, and I have endured it according to my brother, and now my brother is going to serve in the border city, which is even more far away, so why do I need to take action against him at this time. As for the prince, he was burdened by the Great Situ Mansion, and it has nothing to do with me! Situ Yan's face was calm, which made Situ believe it.

"Brother, the emperor sent a decree to let me enter the palace, I think it's just a chat!"

"The situation in the palace has changed abruptly, and it is the emperor's moodiness at this time, how can you not worry about going to be a brother!"

"I'm a folk woman, although I have the identity of the county lord of Heyang, but in the end, this identity is not very useful, is it? I didn't use this capacity to find a job for my brother, and I didn't use this capacity to make money. I'm still the same cloth clothes I used to be. No matter how moody the emperor is, he won't kill me to vent his anger! ”

"Yan'er, the palace is like Longtan Dragon's Lair, for my brother, I really don't worry about you going alone? Why don't I go and ask Mr. Gongsun immediately, or ask someone from the Guogong Mansion to accompany and protect me? ”

"Brother, the more normal I behave at this time, the less likely I am to arouse the emperor's suspicion. If the Guogong Mansion sends someone to come forward, or Mr. Gongsun protects him, I am afraid that the prince will be detained at the head of the Seven Princes and the party. At this time, it is the best policy to respond to all changes with the same! ”

What Yan'er said was very true. This is a matter of concern! Gongsun Yu understood what Situ Yan meant, she was not afraid that Gongsun Mansion would be implicated, now that she had married into Situ Mansion, she naturally put Situ Mansion first everywhere.

"Brother, you see that your sister-in-law already understands the stakes, you just have to rest assured! I still have to change my clothes, and I can't wear a cloth shirt to meet the saint! Don't prepare anymore, I'm afraid that the eunuch who announced the decree will be in a hurry! ”

"That's fine. Be careful! Situ Jin accompanied his sister into the inner courtyard and stayed outside Situ Yan's attic. And Chiyu had already changed his clothes and was ready to accompany Situ Yan into the palace.

"The decree says that I will enter the palace alone. When I leave, you can help me bring a message to the Guogong Mansion! ”

"Miss Dark Wind is still guarding the courtyard, asking him to pass the word, and his subordinates will accompany Miss into the palace!" The red rain does not follow. What a place is the Royal Palace? Now that the emperor has summoned Situ Yan into the palace at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make any excessive moves, maybe she guessed something, she can't let Situ Yan go alone.

"Chiyu, if you really want to protect me, you can't accompany me on this trip, otherwise it will cause the emperor to be suspicious!" Situ Yan saw that Chiyu was going to say something more, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop it. "Don't worry, I assure you. I'll come back safely. You tell Lord Liangren that everyone in the Guogong Mansion should not enter the palace, do not ask for orders, and do not leave the palace. Remember! ”

Chiyu was shocked, if this was the case, then Miss Situ didn't have to face Emperor Wu's suspicion and difficulties alone.

"This is the last step of the chess game, originally I thought that the chess game was played yesterday, but I didn't want to make waves again, fortunately, it was not a big deal, I went first! If you want to pass it on, you must pass it on, otherwise your young lady and I may have to be carried out of the palace lying down!" ”

"Miss, don't worry, I'll bring this to me soon!" Chiyu knelt on the ground and assured Situ Yan.

"Okay, with a word, do you need to kneel and swear so seriously? I have to go, or the eunuch who delivered the decree will not be able to settle even if he takes the money! Situ Yan followed the people from the palace into the palace.

Chiyu and the others went out of the front door, that is, they climbed over the wall from the backyard and went straight to the Guogong Mansion, "Lord, what Miss Situ means, the subordinates can understand it to some extent, but there is no one in the palace to protect each other, in case the emperor has any thoughts, who can protect Miss Wanquan!" ”

"Even if you let you enter the palace, can you really kill a bloody way for that girl! The girl said this, she must have a plan in her heart, you can go back and wait with peace of mind! "Chiyu left the Guogong Mansion, how could he be in the mood to go back to the Situ Mansion, but went directly to the palace wall to guard.

"Mo Bing, pass on my order, the Guogong Mansion is closed to guests, and everyone in the mansion is not allowed to go out without the permission of the old man, not even the wife. Go ahead! Liang Rengong naturally understood what Situ Yan meant, he wasn't worried, but it was useless to worry at the moment. It's better to stay outside and not make trouble for Situ Yan, which can be regarded as a great help to her.

Situ Yan also meant this, when she entered the palace, she walked through the palace gate before, and the road was still the same as before, but the scenery was different from the different moods.

"Your Majesty, Situ Yan, the lord of Heyang County, is already waiting outside the palace!" The great eunuch bowed down and came in to give a report.

"Is there anyone with you?"

"Back to the emperor, she is the only one!"

"But someone is secretly protecting each other?"

"Back to the emperor, no one secretly protects each other!"

"She's calm, but the more she does this, the more uncomfortable it makes me feel uneasy, let her in, right?"

"Yes!" The big eunuch waved his hand and asked the little eunuch who was accompanying him to lead the people in.

"Situ Yan, the lord of Heyang County, knocks on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Situ Yan entered the door and saluted, moving freely, and even her eyes did not flicker.

"Lord Heyang County, do you know why I passed you into the palace today?"

"Back to the emperor, the emperor's sacred heart is unpredictable, and the courtiers really don't know!" Situ Yan was sealed, so naturally she no longer had to call herself a civil daughter.

"It's been an eventful time in Beijing recently, but you and Zhuang Yuanlang asked for an order to go to the border city, could it be to avoid disaster?"

"Emperor Shengming, although the brother's request was a few days ago, but the matter was discussed with Mr. Gongsun before the marriage, at the Qionglin banquet, the courtiers also said that the brother is determined to ask for his life for the people and be loyal to the country, but he didn't expect such a big event to happen in Beijing, if he knew about it, he would ask for the decree later, so as not to disturb the emperor's mind and cause suspicion for no reason!"

Situ Yan spoke smoothly. Organized, that is, there is no evasion of the important and trivial, and there is no arbitrary shirk. The more she is like this, the more incomprehensible it becomes.

"If I want to keep you in the capital, would you be willing?" The emperor wants to keep a hostage.

"The emperor's decree can only be obeyed by the courtiers, but if you say it from the bottom of your heart, the courtiers are unwilling. The elder brother went to the border city, and the mountains and rivers were far away. It's a poor county again, and the courtiers really don't want to see their brothers suffer, and I stay alone in Beijing to enjoy happiness! Situ Yan did not blindly echo the emperor's words. This only alleviated the emperor's suspicion of her.

"Your brother and sister have a deep affection, which makes me envious!" Emperor Wu's words are sincere, after all, he was born in the royal family and is used to seeing father and son fighting. Brothers kill each other. Where is there any family affection to speak of.

"The emperor sits on the world, and the house is full of children and grandchildren, so why envy his courtiers!"

"Hey! What about the world, a hundred years later, it is not just a billet of loess! There are many children and grandchildren, and it is a trouble to have more sons! Although the emperor said this, it seemed to be talking to himself, but he was always answering Situ Yan's words. is so abnormal, but it makes Situ Yan a little more vigilant.

"I ask you, the prince is circled. In the future, maybe the Seventh Prince will ascend the throne, what do you think in your heart? ”

"Can the Seventh Prince ascend the throne? It was given by the emperor, it was the emperor's order, the courtiers were originally a cloth cloth, and now they have the emperor's holy grace, so they can have an identity, but in the final analysis, the courtiers are the people of Wu and the emperor's people, so they naturally obey the emperor's orders! ”

"Although the seventh son of the emperor has made many meritorious contributions to the government after he became an adult, he has no military power, and this water can carry a boat, and it is easy to overturn a boat. By then, you have already married into the Guogong Mansion, I don't know what your plans are for you, the head of the Guogong Mansion? ”

"The emperor is merciful, and the seven princes are benevolent and filial, all of whom are people who miss old loves. And even if a courtier marries into the Guogong Mansion, has in-laws and a husband, how can she be the lord of the Guogong Mansion? ”

"Haha, the county lord of Heyang is not honest in this answer, but Xuan'er's heart for you, I'm afraid that now that you have not entered the mansion, you are already half a family in the Guogong Mansion!"

"If it is really as the emperor said, the courtiers would rather ask for peace and divorce than marry into the national mansion. The courtier's daughter was born in the market, and she had no intention of climbing the mansion of the high gate, and what was the dream of being the housewife! ”

"Xuan'er is now leading 200,000 troops in the border city, you don't want to be the duchess of the country, is it possible that you want to be the general's wife?"

"Back to the emperor, Zi Heng can worship the general, leading 200,000 soldiers, all thanks to the emperor, you give him an official, he is a general, if you don't give it to him, he is just a son of the country's mansion. And according to Ziheng's temperament, I am afraid that I would rather go to the sword rivers and lakes than be this official! ”

"How can I hear this, like complaining! People in this world, I'm afraid that only you will think so! ”

"Would the emperor like to listen to his courtiers?"

"It's okay for you to say it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! What are the people of the world thinking, that's what the emperor has to consider, the courtiers have no ambitions, and they just wish their relatives to be safe! In the eyes of the emperor, the courtiers are full of royal treasures and have the talent to stabilize the country. But in the eyes of the courtiers, these are just gifts from the ancestors! Situ Yan's words were sincere, and people couldn't help but believe it. Emperor Wu also felt reasonable when he heard it, and the slightest suspicion that had just arisen was all put down at this time.

"Anyway, your brother and sister have been separated since childhood, if you are left in Beijing, I am afraid that Situ Zhuangyuan will not be willing to do anything, it is better to let you go!" Hearing Emperor Wu say this, Situ Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but as long as she was in the palace, she would not completely relax her vigilance.

"However, I want you to swear to the sky, not to help others to seek government, and to ensure that the descendants of the surname Mu will prosper for a hundred years!"

"Your Majesty, the courtiers are just a woman, how can they protect the descendants of the surname Mu for a hundred years! As for not helping others to seek government, courtiers can swear to heaven! ”

"No, according to the ancestral teachings, those who have this precept can protect my descendants surnamed Mu, and the ancestral teachings have never made mistakes for thousands of years!"

"Okay, if this move can make the emperor feel at ease, the courtiers are willing to swear!"

"I, Situ Yan, swear to the sky, in my lifetime, I will not help others to seek government, and ensure the prosperity of the descendants surnamed Mu for a hundred years! If you violate this oath, your soul will be scattered! Situ Yan's oath sounded extremely heavy to Emperor Wu. In ancient times, people valued the soul more than their lives, and they had to have a soul to be reincarnated after a hundred years.

Emperor Wu was surprised, but he no longer had any doubts about Situ Yan. And only Situ Yan herself understands in her heart that her soul has long been transcendent, not in the Five Elements, and whether she can still be in this world in the next life, she doesn't know, instead of swearing with her life, it is better to swear with her soul. On the contrary, it made her feel more at ease.

"Heyang County Lord takes the order!" Situ Yan knelt on the ground and swore an oath, and heard the emperor personally read the holy decree on the jade steps.

Hurriedly kneeling and kowtowing, "The courtiers take the order!" ”

"Heyang County's host wisdom does not lose to Wenchen, loyalty does not lose to military generals, and I will give me a gold medal to avoid death!"

Even Situ Yan couldn't see through this holy decree, she didn't do anything, and even just made a painless vow, in exchange for a gold medal for avoiding death. What a glory it is. I'm afraid that even the Guogong Mansion has never had such a thing!

"Except for the crime of colluding with the enemy and condemning the country, they can all be exempted from punishment!" The emperor personally handed the gold medal to Situ Yan.

"Please ask the emperor to take back his order, the courtiers are helpless in the country, how can they receive this great favor, if it is passed on, the emperor will have a back in benevolence, and the courtiers will not dare to accept this gold medal!"

"I gave it to you, naturally, for his reasons. Just take it! ”

Seeing that Emperor Wu insisted, Situ Yan had no choice but to kneel down and step forward and take it with both hands. This gold medal is cold to the hand, but in Situ Yan's heart, it is hotter than a soldering iron.

"I have never doubted the loyalty of the Imperial Palace, and although I am afraid of its self-respect, I am only worried that it will fall to the Seventh Prince and suppress the crown prince. Now that the crown prince has lost power, this throne will be the seventh sooner or later, but I want you to promise me that as long as you are in one day, you will never let their brothers kill each other. At least to ensure the prince's life. Even if it's to be an idle prince. With your intelligence, you can do it. It's just that even if you do this, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not anger Long Yan, and when you have this gold medal, even if Lao Qi becomes the emperor, she will not dare to do anything to you! ”

The emperor is going to exchange Situ Yan's life for the prince's life. Situ Yan lowered her head and closed her eyes, the world said that the heavenly family was ruthless, but in fact, Emperor Wu still loved his children very much. It's just that his love is to regard the life and death of others as cheaper than ants. But at this time, Situ Yan still had the possibility of refusing.

"The courtiers are grateful!" It's just six words, Situ Yan knows that the prince's life is already tied to hers. The emperor did this not only to protect the prince's life after the seventh prince ascended the throne, but even from the moment she received the order, the prince's life was linked to her life.

"Okay, I'm tired today, you can kneel down!"

"Yes, the courtiers are retired! Long live the Emperor! Exiting the palace, Situ Yan's face was solemn. Miss! "I didn't even notice the red rain before.

"Chiyu, you came just in time, go and send a message to the Guogong Mansion, after the curfew tonight, I have something to ask to see Lord Liangren!"

"Yes, my subordinates will send you home first, and then I'll send the message!" Chiyu was worried about Situ Yan, Miss's behavior was very abnormal.

"No, be careful, I know there's a ghost behind me!" Situ Yan was reminded by Chiyu's eyes to pay attention to her surroundings, and found that she had already been targeted. It's just that she flashed her mind just now, and I don't know which way the person who came came from, and when she followed her. (To be continued.) )