Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Bitter Chill
"Miss, are you feeling better?"
Next to the big lake between the main hall and the apse of the Ronghua Palace, Xu Youshan was still trembling when Xu Yourong and Xie Jing were whirling.
"It's okay, Chu Dai, I'll be fine in a while, as long as we wait until Sixth Prince Nie goes to find the second brother and them, we will be safe."
But although Xu Youshan was still apprehensive about the fall into the water just now, looking at Chu Dai's worried expression, Xu Youshan still tried to pull out a smile to comfort her.
But Xu Youshan is actually uncomfortable no matter where she is now, and she is covered with sores from the outside to the inside!
"That's right, miss, hold on a little longer, Sixth Prince Nie has already gone to find the second master, and when the second master comes, it will definitely be fine." Chu Dai kept rubbing Xu Youshan's hands and body, wanting her to quickly dispel the cold. And the remaining curtains that had been put aside were now all covered by Chu Dai on Xu Youshan's body, so that people could only see a bunch of curtains piled up there from a distance, how could they see anyone.
And it was Xu Youshan, who was surrounded by this pile of curtains in the center, and at this time she laboriously pulled out a smile to Chu Dai, but in her heart, Xu Youshan was thinking about Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen at this time.
If it's just Xu Youshan, an inconsequential person who is not their target, they can kill like this, then what will happen to Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen? The more Xu Youshan thought about it, the more scared she became.
The more Xu Youshan thought about it, the more scared she became, but now she was in a time when she couldn't protect herself, no matter how worried she was. She couldn't do anything anymore, and it made her go crazy.
"It seems that Miss Xu Si is still fine."
But no matter how confused Xu Youshan was, in this cold and mocking laughter. She immediately stiffened into a stone statue.
The neck, which had been stiffened by the ice water before, seemed to be moving with great effort in the direction of the sound at this time, and when she saw the expected figure, Xu Youshan suddenly felt that the bones in her whole body were stiff.
"His Royal Highness." Xu Youshan showed the most ugly smile, looking at Xie Jing as if she was smiling and crying.
"Well, you don't have to. I'm only here to be asked to save your life. But now it seems that someone has already rescued you. Xie Jing looked at Xu Youshan's ugly and scary expression. He raised his eyebrows and said.
Entrusted by someone else? Xu Youshan's expression when she looked at Xie Jing was even more ugly, Xie Jing came here here and now, just entrusted by others to save her life, but who would ask Xie Jing to save her. At this time, the insiders are among them. I'm afraid that only Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen will remember her like this, and they can invite Xie Jing, the big fox, to save her. But what about what happened, what kind of concessions did Xu Yourong or Xu Mingwen make so that Xie Jing could save her?
"Your Royal Highness, who are you entrusted with?" Xu Youshan suddenly asked Xie Jing with an expressionless face.
"Sister Ling." Xie Jing approached Xu Youshan, stopped three steps away from her, and looked down at her condescendingly.
"Which sister is it?" Xu Youshan asked again.
But Xie Jing didn't answer Xu Youshan again this time. Instead, he looked at her with a smile, looking at the little dot like a chicken in soup at this time. As usual, as long as Xu Yourong is mentioned to any of them, this little black charcoal will suddenly be like an old hen who only protects her chickens, as long as anyone dares to approach her chicks, she will rush over without hesitation.
Just like Xu Youshan now, it is clear that Xie Jing just got the news that she was pushed down the lake by Xie Yan's people, and he was so frightened that he immediately rushed over in person, afraid that after this little black charcoal died, Xu Yourong would tear up the contract. After all, Xu Yourong is fine now, and in the news that Xie Jing got, Xu Mingwen was also saved by the Zhai Yu of the Huanchuan Zhai family just now, and only Xu Youshan had an accident.
But when Xie Jing hurried here, he only saw Xu Youshan, who was almost covered by a pile of curtains, which really made Xie Jing not know how to describe his mood at that time.
"His Royal Highness."
But Xu Youshan doesn't have Xie Jing's leisurely mood now, she is almost worried to death, if it weren't for the stiffness of both feet, Xu Youshan might have done something rebellious. Therefore, when Xie Jing breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Youshan almost held back all her breath, and only looked at Xie Jing, wanting to see even the slightest trace of useful information from his face.
However, it is a pity for Xu Youshan that Xie Jing's iron bucket-like defense has no information to leak, not even the slightest. And Xu Youshan couldn't do it, so she had to take the initiative to ask again: "I don't know who His Royal Highness the Great Prince entrusted to come?" ”
"We have many sisters in the Xu family, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Great Prince will make it clear." And this time, when Xie Jing bent his lips and was about to speak, Xu Youshan's eyelids jumped and hurriedly added, for fear that he would have another "Sister Ling".
"Miss Xu." Originally, Xie Jing didn't want to tease Xu Youshan anymore, but looking at her fiery eyebrows, Xie Jing rarely said anything else.
But this doesn't seem to be a good thing for Xu Youshan, because after Xie Jing finished speaking, Xu Youshan's face didn't look much better, and Xu Yourong was originally Xie Jing's biggest target, but this is good, people will be planted directly in Xie Jing's hands, so there will be a good thing? Xu Youshan looked at the person standing in front of her, and really felt that the world was instantly dark, and she couldn't see anything anymore.
"Miss Xu Si, what kind of expression do you have?"
Xu Youshan looked at Xie Jing's expression with a rich expression, and Xie Jing couldn't stand it, after all, Xu Youshan's face was now white without a trace of blood, and then she grinned, it was really chilling to look at.
But this time it was Xu Youshan's turn to ignore Xie Jing, although she really wanted to ask Xie Jing, the big fox, how did he calculate Xu Yourong, but she was afraid that even if Xie Jing really told her the truth, she would faint because she couldn't bear it, so Xu Youshan looked at Xie Jing now, and she didn't want to say a word.
"Since Miss Xu Si is fine. Then I'll take my leave. After all, in your current situation, if someone else bumps into us together, it will be very bad for Miss Xu Si. ”
Xu Youshan was silent. Xie Jing didn't have anything to say, originally he came here because he was afraid that something would happen to her, but now it seems that someone rescued Xu Youshan one step ahead of his news. In that case, he didn't have to stay here anymore, so Xie Jing was ready to flash.
And Xu Youshan continued not to speak, anyway, she didn't have the slightest intention of keeping Xie Jing. Xu Youshan is already out of the world now, and she doesn't want to know anything. I thought they would be able to escape this time, but what is the situation now?
I don't know what happened to Xu Mingwen now. Although she has Mother Liu by her side, it seems that these people this time are ruthless, can a Mother Liu protect Xu Ming's thoughtfulness? And Xu Yourong. Now it actually fell into Xie Jing's hands. Although he was willing to be entrusted by Xu Yourong to save her, from another point of view, if Xu Yourong could invite Xie Jing to come, what price did she pay? As for the last Xu Youshan, she was directly pushed into the lake by others, planning to kill and kill her, if it wasn't for Nie Suhyun who saved her, she would have drowned by now.
All of this. From any point of view, it's a terrible state. Xu Youshan really didn't want to face it...... "That's not right." ”
But just when Xu Youshan became more and more pessimistic, she suddenly looked at Xie Jing who was about to turn around and asked: "My eldest sister asked you to save me, then I must have asked you to save my sister-in-law, but although you were the first to come to me, but after you found out that I was fine, you immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and my sister-in-law seems to be fine, right?" ”
Xie Jing's footsteps as he turned around stopped, and then his red lips kissed: "What do you think?" After speaking, he left directly, but Xu Youshan couldn't wait to jump happily, with his understanding of Xie Jing, it seems that she guessed correctly, at least Sister Wu is fine now.
Amitabha!
"Jing'er, why are you here?"
Xie Jing walked only ten steps away from Xu Youshan, and collided head-on with a group of people at the corner in front of him, and the front of this group of people stood a man in a yellow robe, and it was also this man who made Xie Jing's pupils extremely constricted when he saw this group of people, and for the first time in his life, there was no way back in his heart.
And at this time, except for Xie Jing who was stunned and motionless, Xu Youshan not far behind him had already been stupid, and even the soul outside the Nine Heavens was frightened and shrunk in his body at this time, Xu Youshan suddenly felt very cold now, even colder than when he just fell into the water, the chill was piercing and shivering.
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This winter, for the Xu family, it seems to be a bit polarized, some people feel that this winter is the coldest winter in their lifetime; But some people feel that this year's winter is a lucky year for life, so even the frost on their faces no longer feels so cold. and the representatives of the former are like Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen; The representatives of the latter are the two old ladies of the Jiangzuo Xu family, Xu Luo and Xu Rong.
The thing that led to such polarization of the Xu family was, of course, the only thing that was finalized in the grand wedding of Qi Hong and the county lord of Shuoyun in the Ronghua Palace, which had just ended not long ago-when the princess of the dynasty, Xie Jing, was decided, and it was the youngest daughter of the Xu family in Jiangzuo, Xu Youshan, the eldest daughter of the house.
On the day this matter was announced to the world, the whole god was in an uproar, the eldest prince Xie Jing is the only concubine of Emperor Zhou Hui, and he is also the eldest son of the emperor, so the prince who occupies the throne and occupies the longest, even if he does not have a strong backing, on the other hand, it can be said that he has taken advantage of the time and place, because Xie Jing can be said to be the most orthodox heir to the throne of the Great Zhou.
Otherwise, judging from the party-attached forces that are almost divided by the second prince Xie Yan and the third prince Xie Wen above the court, and the situation in the harem that Concubine De and Concubine Xian each hold half of the sky, neither Emperor Zhou Hui's favor, nor a strong foreign family like Concubine De and Concubine Xian as backup, let alone the support of that important minister above the court. But Xie Jing, who seems to have no chance of winning, can still struggle to this day, although there are still many reasons that people don't know, but his identity as the eldest son of the world, which is well known in the world, also gives him one of the most advantageous weapons in this era where identity is most valued.
But such a prince of the dynasty who occupies the heirs and occupies the longest, and now he actually wants to marry a concubine as the prince's concubine? Even if this is the concubine of the Jiangzuo Xu family, it is for Xie Jing of the Xie family of the royal family. The Shu system is the Shu line.
This is really a slap in the face to grandma's house, and Emperor Zhou Hui, who personally gave Xie Jing a marriage, did not love Xie Jing to what extent. It's really proved to the world again.
Otherwise, don't say that Xie Jing hasn't had any direct contact with the only concubine of the Xu family, he just "accidentally" met Xu Youshan after falling into the water, even if he takes a step back, Xie Jing is really Xu Youshan's life-saving benefactor, then it is a big deal to give Xu Youshan as Xie Jing's side concubine to deal with this matter.
In fact, no matter what the reason and what the matter is, as long as Emperor Zhou Hui has even a little love for Xie Jing. Then it was impossible for him to do this to Xie Jing. Therefore, even after Emperor Zhou Hui gave the will to marry Xie Jing and Xu Youshan, many ministers still objected to it, but they were rejected by Emperor Zhou Hui one by one. And he was given a harsh reprimand.
And in the Xu family, the Pei family went to the old lady of Qi and even the old princess of Beiding to intercede, wanting Xu Youshan to get out of this matter, but it didn't matter whether the old princess of Beiding or the old lady of Qi did. They all shook their heads. And said to Pei's family: "You think that His Royal Highness the Great Prince and Sister Shan can do this easily, even if His Royal Highness the Great Prince is just a weak prince with a special identity now, you can be regarded as a big exception if you can enter the prince's mansion under His Royal Highness the Great Prince." But look at it now, Sister Shan has actually become the princess of His Royal Highness the Great Prince? Yu Ning, tell me, why is this, is it really just for His Royal Highness the Great Prince of this dynasty. Accidentally bumped into my Xu family's daughter's disheveled appearance? ”
No, of course not. The main reason is just because, this is the emperor's mind!
So, the dust settled in this way, in this era when the imperial power is greater than the sky, the marriage of Xie Jing and Xu Youshan has settled in this way, and in the spring of the next year, they can't wait for Xu Youshan and Lu to hold a wedding.
However, on the day of the wedding of Qi Hong and the lord of Shuoyun, there were still many amazing things in the Ronghua Palace, although those were not as shocking as Xie Jing and Xu Youshan's incident, and there was also the meaning that Emperor Zhou Hui did not want to make a noise, although this comparison, even Xu Youshan, a person in the bureau who could not get out, was chilled by Emperor Zhou Hui's attitude towards Xie Jing, but in any case, for this result, compared with before, it can be regarded as a great progress.
The second prince, Xie Yan, was ordered by Emperor Zhou Hui to be confined in the palace, not to be ordered, and not to step out of the prince's step.
Yes, on the night of the wedding of Qi Hong and Shuoyun County Lord, the ambush made by the second prince Xie Yan for the purpose of Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen was greatly exposed, and was unreservedly and thoroughly exposed. And who would dare to expose this matter in front of Emperor Zhou Hui like this, regardless of the royal face that Emperor Zhou Hui cared about the most, in front of many people?
Of course, it's Xu Youshan, who is already a little broken.
In fact, when Emperor Zhou Hui took the two old ladies of the Beiding family, Qi Pei, King Li, and the Xu family, as well as Zhongshu Ling Fang Yong, Shangshu Zuo Pu Shot Wen Rulin and Zhenguo Gong Nie Jin walked in front of Xie Jing, Xu Youshan actually knew that he might be hopeless, for the kind of marriage that is right with his own family, maybe if he is lucky, he can also find a good young man who is a little lower than his own family, and he can have enough advantages to respect each other with the person who will become his husband. Raise the case for a lifetime.
Don't worry that your husband's family is too powerful, and your mother's family can't give you an unshakable backer, so that your husband's family dares to treat herself badly and make things difficult for her.
But this is such a not-so-extravagant wish, when Zhou Huidi's voice appeared in the too quiet night, in front of Xie Jing and in Xu Youshan's ears, in fact, she already knew it, and she and her not-so-extravagant wish had been missed forever.
So, later, Emperor Zhou Hui skipped Xie Jing, who had been stunned on the spot and could not move, and sent the female officials who followed him to investigate the situation, and after coming back and reporting to Emperor Zhou Hui, Emperor Zhou Hui looked at Xie Jing in shock, and asked him loudly what was going on, after Xie Jing was stiff and speechless, Emperor Zhou Hui called Xu Luo and Xu Rong, who were also unaware of the truth, to Xu Luo and Xu Rong, who were also not aware of the truth, in the name of visiting the garden.
After Xu Luo and the others listened, they were also shocked, and their shock was more real than that of Emperor Zhou Hui.
After that, it was even simpler, Emperor Zhou Hui sent female officials to take care of Xu Youshan and asked her what was going on. Later, everyone in the Xu family was also summoned by Emperor Zhou Hui, and they all met in a side hall of the Ronghua Palace.
But Emperor Zhou Hui's big move did not order it to be carried out quietly, but with some fanfare, so that the Praetorian Guards arrived in the main hall that was still noisy and lively, and took everyone from the Xu family to the side hall in a grand manner, so this is not the same as directly telling others that something big has happened?
So even if the development of the matter was not very clear to outsiders, including Qi Pei, the king of Beiding, who was also at the scene at the time, but the general experience, under the spread of people with intentions, they all guessed it in the end.
It's just that after Xu Youshan, who had changed into clean clothes, was brought to Emperor Zhou Huidi, she didn't keep it at all, and told them all the ambushes, escapes, and separations they suffered in front of the antler begonias by the lake after they came out of the happy room in the apse of the Ronghua Palace, after they got lost on the intricate paths, and all the things she had suffered in front of the antler begonias by the lake, as well as everything she had been pushed into the lake after meeting Captain Tan.
But of course, she omitted the fact that she avoided the Queen Mother and the two concubines of De and Xian, and that it was Nie Suhyun who saved her after she fell into the water. The former is because Xu Youshan knows that no matter what, the fact that they are hiding from the Queen Mother is absolutely impossible to say; As for the latter, Xu Youshan didn't want to drag Nie Suhyun into the water anymore, the Nie family was now disliked by Emperor Zhou Hui because of Nie Suhun's defeat, and now she finally won back a little of Emperor Zhou Hui's favor because of Nie Suhun's main victory in the hunting conference, so why did she involve the Nie family in this whirlpool that was hooked with the royal family at this time.
Therefore, after Xu Youshan omitted these two things, she also replaced the person who rescued her with Chu Dai, anyway, when the Qingyuan Pavilion incident was in place, it was not a secret that Chu Dai was well versed in water, and because Chu Dai was holding Xu Youshan who was soaking wet, she herself was also already embarrassed, and others couldn't find anything wrong at this time.
And after Xu Youshan was rescued by Nie Suhyun from the water, Chu Dai, who had never left her side, when Xu Youshan told Emperor Zhou Hui that she was the one who rescued her, Chu Dai reacted very quickly and cooperated with Xu Youshan seamlessly.
But Xu Youshan and Chu Dai cooperated seamlessly, but after the others listened to her story, the cooperation between everyone was not so tacit.
First of all, of course, it was Emperor Zhou Hui, he didn't expect that this little girl would say such a thing, and it was still in front of everyone in the Xu family, so even if he wanted to protect someone, it would be impossible. Especially later, Xu Xuan arrived with a messy Xu Mingwen, and the hideous traces of the dirt on Xu Ming's body all tell what kind of escape process she went through.
In a dignified palace inner garden, the defense can be regarded as the best in the world, but in such a place, the daughter of the Jiangzuo Xu family was actually pushed into the water and almost drowned; A devastated person, I don't know what happened to cause this; And there is one left, and there is no sound yet, I don't know if it is dead or alive.
The anger of the Xu family can be imagined by anyone, and what's worse is that Xu Sui then sent in two people who were tied up by five flowers, and the Mithril armor on those two people was even more dazzling.
And what happened after that was very simple, in the past, Xie Yan and Xie Wen did not calculate Xu Yourong and them, but those things were either stillborn in the end, and there was no evidence at all; Either it's just some small fights, even if it is in front of Emperor Zhou Hui, Emperor Zhou Hui will only turn big things into small things and small things into nothing, so this time they were caught by a rare opportunity, how could Xu Luo and Xu Rong let it go? So the two of them shouted in front of Emperor Zhou Hui in tears: "Please be the master of our Xu family." ”
And Xu Luo and Xu Rong also moved out a lot of old things quietly, and Emperor Zhou Hui didn't say a word, but Xu Luo and Xu Rong refused to let go of Emperor Zhou Hui, and finally said directly and sadly: "My Jiangzuo Xu family is a loyal martyr, but I can't imagine that there are all people in this palace city who can't tolerate us." (To be continued......)