In the early morning, there should have been silence outside the walls of the palace, but there were three men in ragged clothes arguing with the soldiers guarding them.

These three people are the mother and son of the gold ingots and the jade unicorn. Now the time is urgent, a quarter of an hour more may be one more chance, they must enter the palace before Liu Wenzhao, so the three of them can only come to the palace gate immediately after burying the Yu family hastily.

"Go away, go away! Hanako dares to come here, don't die! The guards raised their bright halberds and scolded them.

Jin Yuanbao hurriedly put his mother and jade qilin towards Ichigo behind him, and stepped forward head-on and said: "Jin Yuanbao, the only son of Jin Jing, the general who protects the country, brings his mother and wife, and has something important to see the Queen Mother." ”

"The Great Protector?" The guard looked at them and sneered, "There's a show to watch today—just you?" Gold ingots? Mrs. Kim? Pavilion old daughter?? Crazy, right? What proof do you have? ”

The gold ingots took out a worn fast waist card: "Our mother and son have suffered a mutation, and there is no identity certificate on our bodies." ”

After the guard took it, he immediately sneered: "I want to see the Queen Mother with a fast waist card? ”

"I am the imperial court's nominal leader of the capital to capture the gold ingots, the Empress Dowager Liu is my aunt, the late protector general General Jin is my father, my mother Mrs. Jin is the niece of the Empress Dowager Liu, and is now in charge of the Jin Weapons Manufacturing Bureau under the orders of the imperial court. The gold ingot tilted his head and took a step closer towards the guard.

Seeing the arrogant appearance of the gold ingot, the guards were stunned for a while. Speechless.

Mrs. Jin on the side also tied up her scattered hair, and walked over slowly step by step and said, "I am the widow of the general Jin Jing, and I ordered Mrs. Jin." If you have something to see the Queen Mother, please pass it on. ”

"You say that you are like a flower, and you stand here and say that you are a young master, why should I believe you?" The guards were still suspicious.

"If this military master is afraid of responsibility, my mother and son are not strong, just wait at the gate of this palace, and the queen mother will go out of the palace on the fifteenth day of every month to enter the incense. Aunt Green Pine, who is next to the Queen Mother, goes out on the third day of every month to take care of the Huangzhuang for the Queen Mother, and today is twenty-eight, we can wait. It's just about the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau, I don't know if the military master can afford to take responsibility at that time? "Gold Ingot Dao.

The guard was taken aback: "Do you know Aunt Green Pine?" ”

"Aunt Green Pine is the most skilled in needlework, and when I was a child, Aunt Green Pine made shoes and socks for me, why don't I know?"

The guards listened. There was a look of hesitation. Looking at the gold ingots and looking at Mrs. Jin, she still didn't dare to make up her mind.

Seeing this, Jin Yuanbao immediately struck while the iron was hot and said: "You might as well invite Aunt Green Pine out, whether it is true or not, you will know at first sight - just with all due respect, your grade is not enough to go to the aunt next to the Queen Mother, so that Zhang Fatzi, who gave the Queen Mother a refreshment, is my mother's filial piety to the Queen Mother." It's the same when you ask him out. ”

The guard pondered for a moment. Then he threw down a sentence with his waist card: "You wait!" And he galloped away.

Half an hour later, the three members of the Jin family, who were embarrassed, were brought into the Empress Dowager's palace.

The three of them didn't expect that they were still one step slower, Liu Wenzhao was already in the Queen Mother's palace at this time, and he was standing in front of the Queen Mother. Mrs. Jin's heart couldn't help sinking, she glanced at Liu Wenzhao coldly, and didn't show anything, so she led the gold ingots and jade unicorn forward to salute.

As soon as she saw the appearance of these three people, the Queen Mother stood up in surprise, she had never seen the Jin mother and son appear in such a situation in her life.

"What's wrong?!" The Queen Mother asked.

Before the two of them could answer, Liu Wenzhao brazenly spoke first: "Queen Mother!" The Kim family of three committed the crime of bullying the king! Rong Chen's Greetings! ”

A great crime of deception? The Queen Mother was shocked, but seeing that the Jin mother and son were not different, they seemed to have acquiesced to the matter, and immediately put away the look of concern, nodded slowly, sat down slowly, and looked at Liu Wenzhao.

Seeing this, Liu Wenzhao forcibly suppressed the smugness in his heart, and then said: "Queen Mother, your old man has always been very kind to Mrs. Jin and Jin Ingots, but it's a pity that Mrs. Jin is bold and deceived you in two major things!" The gold ingots are not her own at all! And this young lady of the Golden Mansion, the so-called pavilion elder Jin Jiang Xiaoxuan-"

Liu Wenzhao turned to look at the jade unicorn, the jade unicorn also looked at Liu Wenzhao awe-inspiringly, Liu Wenzhao didn't hesitate anymore, and pointed with his hand: "It's not really Jiang Xiaoxuan at all!" ”

"What?!" The Queen Mother was shocked and looked at Mrs. Jin sharply.

Seeing this, Liu Wenzhao smiled proudly, and then said: "Jin Yuanbao, the young master of the Jin Mansion, was born to Wang Huilan, the concubine of General Jin, and Mrs. Jin herself could not give birth to a child, so she took her son and went to her mother twenty years ago, and lied to you that Jin Yuanbao was born by herself, which is a capital crime of bullying the king!" This young lady of the Golden Mansion, Jiang Xiaoxuan, is an impostor of a rural woman, the woman's real name is Jade Qilin, and she is the adopted daughter of Wang Huilan, the biological mother of Jin Yuanbao! The real Jiang Xiaoxuan has long run away from marriage, and Mrs. Jin and Jin Yuan have long known the true identity of the Jade Qilin! Mrs. Jin, Jin Yuanbao, and Jade Qilin, these three people worked together to commit the crime of bullying the king, in order to hide it from your ears and eyes, and intend to seize the Jin family's weapons manufacturing bureau so that they can continue to control the lifeblood of the imperial court! ”

"Liu Ruyue, what Wen Zhao said, but it's the truth?" The Queen Mother sank her face and stared at Madame Jin in disbelief.

When Mrs. Jin heard this, she calmly stepped forward and kowtowed: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, what he said is the truth. ”

"Bold!"

This earth-shattering roar exploded in Mrs. Jin's heart like a thunderbolt, and before she could come back to her senses, she heard a "bang", and the jade porcelain teacup on the table was Saulo by the Queen Mother to the ground, and her eyes were full of broken porcelain pieces......

The gold ingot's heart sank violently, and when he looked up, he saw that the queen mother's eyes were slightly condensed, and there was something hidden above her eyebrows that was beating suddenly, and the audience was immediately silent.

Jin Yuan didn't hesitate anymore, when he took a step forward and knelt down in front of his mother: "Queen Mother, I am willing to apologize for my mother." ”

Looking at the handsome gold ingots with a scarred face, the queen mother said thoughtfully: "Jin ingots, it turns out that you are not my nephew." ”

Hearing this, the gold ingots raised their heads to meet the queen mother's gaze, and said, "It doesn't matter whether my gold ingots have the queen mother's blood." I will always respect you as an elder and thank you for your kindness. I also thank you for your marriage, otherwise I wouldn't have met a unicorn. Everything they do is for me. I would like to aone for my mother and the unicorn. ”

At this time, the jade unicorn, who had been standing quietly on the side, also stepped forward and knelt down calmly to ask for guilt: "The queen mother, the people's daughter Jade Qilin, the lady and the ingots don't know about the marriage, but they are just affected by me, the unicorn, please be aware of everything, I am willing to bear all the sins." "Say it. She suddenly raised her head and boldly looked directly at the Queen Mother: "The people's daughter wants to ask the Queen Mother to preside over justice for me first." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she laughed instead of being angry: "Joke, you dare to deceive the mourning family." Or do you want the mourners to preside over justice for you? She squinted, looked at the three of them keenly, and said, "Tell me, what justice do you want to preside over in the mourning family?" ”

Liu Wenzhao on the side hurriedly interrupted: "The Queen Mother ......"

The Queen Mother glanced at Liu Wenzhao. Liu Wenzhao had to keep his mouth shut.

The jade unicorn saw this. He kowtowed his head uprightly, and said loudly: "The people's daughter Jade Qilin, beg the Queen Mother to execute Liu Wenzhao, a mad murderer, for the justice of the world!" ”

Yu Qilin looked at Liu Wenzhao hatefully: "Liu Wenzhao is ambitious, and what he has always remembered is the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau of Jinfu, for which he killed the maid Xi'er, and killed Liu Wenpo, who delivered the birth for the gold ingot, he disregarded Lunchang." flogging his aunt, Mrs. King, in public; He killed the Savior's servant, Ah Fu. He killed my mother. The people's daughter Jade Qilin deceived the monarch first, no matter how the old man is punished, I am willing to accept it, but please The Queen Mother must uphold justice for these people who died in vain! ”

The hall was silent.

The Queen Mother looked at it, and Mrs. Jin's face was like a whip mark, her face moved slightly, but she was still silent.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jin immediately knelt a few steps and slowly spoke: "Queen Mother, Yuanbao's life experience, Qilin identity, these two major crimes of bullying the king, my niece dare not admit it, and she is willing to accept the punishment; But before you decide, ask the Queen Mother to tell her niece what happened later. Queen Mother, don't you want to know, why our mother and son are so embarrassed? ”

"Say." The Queen Mother's face was gloomy.

"Liu Wenzhao is ambitious, and for many years he has been wholeheartedly trying to take charge of the Jin Mansion and take over the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau. It's ridiculous that I Liu Ruyue always thought that my aunt and nephew were deeply affectionate, and I thought that he was young and stupid, and was deceived by his obedient appearance, but I never knew that I raised a wolf in the house! ”

"Shut up," Liu Wenzhao couldn't help but scream.

The Queen Mother immediately looked at Liu Wenzhao and said slowly: "In the palace of the mourning family, you dare to tell others to shut up?" ”

Liu Wenzhao was taken aback, and immediately fell to the ground and pleaded guilty: "The nephew was angry for a while and got carried away, and begged the queen mother for forgiveness." ”

The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze from him, ignored it, and continued to look at Madame Jin.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jin immediately continued: "Liu Wenzhao didn't know who he was instigated to collude with, and arranged for someone to assassinate Yuanbao many times...... Fortunately, with the blessing of the Queen Mother, and the protection of the Jade Qilin, Liu Wenzhao always failed to succeed. The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he finally couldn't hold it back, tore off his mask, planted heavy troops in the Jin Mansion, blocked the entry and exit, and killed in the mansion! The jade unicorn said that everything was done by him. Speaking of this, Mrs. Jin's voice was a little choked, "And Qianqian, who also died under her brother's sword." ”

Hearing Liu Qianqian's incident, the Queen Mother was shocked.

Liu Wenzhao was dripping with cold sweat, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to defend himself: "Queen Mother, although the minister has some excesses, it is also because the minister has a trace of illusion, and once persuaded Mrs. Jin to confess this crime of bullying the king, but I didn't expect Mrs. Jin to work hard and make high achievements, never put the minister in her eyes, let alone listen to the minister's advice, the minister was helpless and confused for a while, so she made this decision, although there was a suspicion of venting anger for a while, I only hope that the Queen Mother will see my loyalty to the court......"

The Queen Mother raised her hand lightly and interrupted his words.

Liu Wenzhao had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

"Ruyue Liu Wenzhao said that the two major crimes of bullying the king, you are straightforward." The Queen Mother looked at Mrs. Jin.

"It's all my niece's fault, please let the Queen Mother punish me alone and give the two children a way out." Mrs. Kim fell to the ground deeply.

"It's easy to say! The great crime of bullying the king, how can you allow such a sentence to be lightly carried over! Liu Wenzhao was sincerely negligent, but the three of you colluded to cover up and offend Tianwei, and the crime of bullying the king is a greater sin. ”

Hearing this, Jin Yuanbao hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, the heavenly family is also home, even if our mother and son bully the king, they dare not violate the way of heaven and humanity, even if my mother was obsessed with taking her son and concealing the truth, she has never killed anyone, and she has been trying her best to make up for it in the past 20 years." She is to me, to the Jin family, and to the Queen Mother. It's all sincere. After that, he swept his gaze coldly towards Liu Wenzhao, "As for Liu Wenzhao's ambitions for colluding with whom, the Queen Mother and nephews don't dare to discuss it, but now who is in the court and who is about to move, can't you tell the difference?" ”

"Queen Mother. The mother and son jumped over the wall in a hurry, and the minister's loyalty to the queen mother and prince can be seen by the sun and the moon! Liu Wenzhao was shocked.

The Queen Mother heard this. But his silent gaze glanced at the four of them in turn, silent for a long time, not distinguishing between joy and anger, and finally dropped a sentence: "You few retreat." -- Left by the moon. ”

Liu Wenzhao wanted to say something. But seeing the Queen Mother's resolute expression. I had to retreat abruptly.

Hearing this, the gold ingots and the jade unicorn glanced at each other, and they reluctantly bowed and retreated.

Subsequently, the Queen Mother withdrew from the people around her, and in this hall, only Mrs. Jin was left.

She looked at Mrs. Jin silently for a long time before muttering, "Ruyue, the mourning family didn't expect you to be so bold." This is clearly in the calm words. But there is a great tendency for mountain rain to come.

Mrs. Jin took a deep breath and said prostrately: "Ruyue was also forced by the situation back then. The general died early, and the people surrounded ......"

"The mourning family said that you are bold not to say that you took the child twenty years ago and today's substitute marriage, but to say that the ...... in front of the hall today" The queen mother said unhappily: "You have always had the courage and strategy, even if you come to this point today, you still dare to protect each other in front of the mourning family, I think you really recognized the bold jade unicorn - is it a vain attempt to impress me and erase the crime of deceitful king?" ”

"Queen Mother, my niece knows that she can't hide this from your old man. It's just that the reason why my niece dares to be so bold is also because I know that your old man has always had clear rewards and punishments, and in addition to these two major crimes, my niece has indeed been conscientious for 20 years, taking care of the weapons manufacturing bureau for the heavenly family, and never daring to be biased; Mrs. Jin choked up and said, "And the pain of having no children for my niece back then, the embarrassment of being persecuted by the clansmen, Queen Mother, you have lived in the palace for a long time, and you must know ...... best."

"Bold!" The Queen Mother shouted angrily.

However, this time, Mrs. Jin was not afraid, she raised her tearful face, looked at the Queen Mother sincerely and said, "Queen Mother, what my niece said is from the bottom of her heart. After the niece found out that the jade unicorn was married on behalf of the mother, she panicked, and all she thought in her heart was that I wanted to keep this son, but then they fell in love, and the unicorn died several times for the ingot, how can you teach your niece to bear to expose it? My niece is hiding Yuanbao's life experience, and Qilin is a good substitute marriage, but my mother and son are loyal to the Queen Mother and Prince, and they have no selfishness! ”

After that, Mrs. Jin saw that the Queen Mother did not interrupt or pick up, so she pursed her lips, gritted her teeth and continued: "My niece simply said boldly, Yuan Bao is not my biological son, but he is always of general blood. He is extremely talented, but also pure and loyal, and his niece has not regretted the choice of the day for a moment. Today you also saw Yuanbao, do you think that even if there is no blood in your bloodline and no marriage in Jiangfu, is Yuanbao worthy of being the heir of the Jin family? Is the unicorn worthy of being your niece's daughter-in-law? ”

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, and asked lightly: "What about Liu Wenzhao?" He is also your nephew and the bloodline of our Liu family. ”

"The evidence of the crimes mentioned by Qilin is conclusive, and I regret that our Liu family has such a jackal." Mrs. Kim said calmly and steadily.

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time before she spoke: "You wait outside first." Let the mourners think about it. ”

After about half an hour, the Queen Mother walked out of the back hall, looked at the three Jin mother and son who were united, and then looked at Liu Wenzhao, who was standing alone, frowned slightly, and then said: "Liu Ruyue took the son twenty years ago, used the concubine as a concubine, confused the Jin family tree, and sought the family business, the evidence is conclusive; The jade unicorn secretly changed the royal marriage and married into the Jin Mansion in the name of Jiang Xiaoxuan, and the evidence of the crime of bullying the monarch is conclusive; Liu Wenzhao's two accusations were handled very well. ”

When Liu Wenzhao heard this, his face immediately showed an unconcealed ecstasy.

The three of Jin's mother and son glanced at each other, and they all had the will to die.

"Royal majesty, inviolable. Liu Ruyue, gold ingots, jade unicorns, if you do something wrong, you should know the result. The Queen Mother continued.

The three of them immediately knelt down in unison and said in unison: "I am willing to be punished by the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and looked at the three of them, and then said: "But the mourning family doesn't want to rashly issue a decree to punish them." The mourning family has been deceived by their favorite niece for twenty years, and they need to think about what to do. ”

Mrs. Jin kowtowed in shame and said, "Auntie, niece is sorry for you. ”

"That's it," the Queen Mother waved her hand tiredly: "The three of you go back to the Jin Mansion and wait for me to summon it." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother wanted to retreat. Liu Wenzhao suppressed his joy, ran forward in small steps, and respectfully wanted to help the Queen Mother. But the Queen Mother waved her hand to stop him: "If you report meritorious, go back and wait." ”

Liu Wenzhao paused, and immediately said loudly: "Follow the Empress Dowager's order!" ”

****

Standing in front of the gate of the Golden Mansion again, the jade unicorn had mixed feelings in his heart. The originally prosperous and lively Golden Mansion is now a mess. At the gate of the huge Golden Mansion, only Aunt Gu's family was waiting anxiously.

As soon as she saw the three of them, Aunt Gu immediately cried excitedly: "Madam, young master, young lady is back!" ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan and Gu Changfeng hurriedly helped their haggard mother forward to greet them. The six of them experienced a life-and-death parting and wept one after another.

After the parting story, the six of them slowly entered the house. only to find that Liu Wenzhao and his men were gone.

Seeing this, Aunt Gu immediately wiped her tears and explained: "Madam, that beast has already taken all his people away!" ”

Mrs. Kim bowed her head and looked around. Then he straightened up. Said solemnly: "Go home, change clothes, and open the ancestral hall!" ”

An hour later, Mrs. Jin led everyone to the newly cleaned Jinfu ancestral hall.

Mrs. Jin stood in front of the offering table, and the gold ingots silently stepped forward to hand a tablet that had just been made to Mrs. Jin, and Mrs. Jin solemnly took the tablet, and her fingers gently stroked the gilded characters on it, and then took a deep breath and lifted the tablet. Place it next to General Kim.

Looking at the tablet engraved with the Golden Gate Jade Clan, the Jade Qilin couldn't hold back the tears. Sobbed out.

When Mrs. Jin heard this, she turned her head and held the hand of the jade qilin and said, "Child, I owe you." Twenty years ago, I did something sorry for your mother, and twenty years later, she died for me, and I Liu Ruyue has done everything in my life, only in this matter, I will never be able to make up for it. ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Jin looked at the Yu Clan's plaque and slowly knelt down.

Since ancient times, how can there be a wife who bows to the concubine's room?!

The jade unicorn was shocked and immediately wanted to help Mrs. Jin up, but Mrs. Jin couldn't help it, and when the jade unicorn and the gold ingots saw this, they immediately knelt down.

Jin Yuan Bao held the hand of the jade unicorn and said firmly: "Your mother died for me, my life is not a pity, but I promised your mother to protect you thoroughly, Qilin, from today on, every day I live, is your mother in exchange for her life, every day I Liu Ruyue will remember, there is a mother named Wang Huilan, a life of hardship, but can always treat people with love." ”

The tears of the jade unicorn flowed torrentically, and when he heard the words, he couldn't hold back anymore, and threw himself into Mrs. Jin's arms and choked: "From today on, you are my mother!" ”

Jin Ingot silently stepped forward, surrounded the two people he loved the most, his eyes fell on the Yu tablet, and he whispered as if he was determined to make up his mind: "Father, mother, and son Jin Ingot hereby swears that even if I have to die, I will definitely protect my relatives." ”

After everyone left the ancestral hall, they had just walked a short distance, and they saw Gu Changfeng leading a group of people to rush over with a stretcher, and when they saw the gold ingots from a distance, Gu Changfeng immediately shouted happily: "Yuanbao, I cured Ah Fu!" ”

"What?!" Jin Yuan was startled, and hurriedly ran over, but saw Ah Fu lying on the stretcher, still haggard, but looking at himself alive and grinning! For a while, the gold ingots were speechless.

"Ah Fu, you're not dead!" The jade unicorn also came forward to look at Ah Fu in surprise.

Only then did the gold ingots come back to their senses and were overjoyed: "Ah Fu! You're a big boy! ”

Ah Fu immediately grinned and said, "I'm fine!" Madame told Ah Fu to take care of the young master, how dare Ah Fu go by himself? Liu Wenzhao's, he can't stab anyone! ”

"Phew!" Aunt Gu was so anxious that she covered Ah Fu's mouth, "There is no taboo for children to speak!" ”

Mrs. Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Ah Fu: "Ah Fu, I want to thank you for saving our mothers." ”

Where could Ah Fu stand this gift, and immediately struggled to get up: "Madam, don't be like this!" ”

Unexpectedly, the gold ingots and jade unicorns also followed and saluted solemnly: "Okay, Ah Fu, thank you." ”

Ah Fu couldn't get up, so he could only smirk for a long time before saying, "Young master, don't run away often in the future, and if you don't see anyone, you will help Ah Fu......"

"Don't worry, I'll help you watch!" Jade Qilin said with a smile.

Seeing the scene of everyone's happiness, Gu Changfeng felt more and more proud, and said in high spirits: "Do you know? There are no ready-made prescriptions, they are all medicines that I dispense! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ah Fu nodded again and again, "I prove that Gu Langzhong really didn't kill me this time......"

Jiang Xiaoxuan on the side heard this, turned her head and looked at Gu Changfeng proudly, the two looked at each other, full of affection, and Aunt Gu on the side saw this, she actually smiled slightly, her face was full of love.

In the evening, everyone sat around a table regardless of dignity and humility, and had a happy meal, even Ah Fu was there, although he was lying on the side for people to take care of, but he did not miss such a rare reunion.

After dinner, Jin Yuan Bao and Jade Qilin returned to the pine and bamboo garden, and the two sat on the steps of the courtyard with each other, looking up at the rare clear night sky, and only felt infinitely satisfied in their hearts.

The cool breeze blew, the gold ingots tightened his arms, hugged the jade unicorn, and asked gently: "I don't know what decision the Queen Mother will make, are you afraid?" ”

The jade qilin shook his head with a determined smile: "With you, what am I afraid of?" ”

"I don't think you're afraid." The gold ingot gently kissed her on the cheek.

The jade qilin's cheeks were slightly red, and he put his head into his shoulder socket and leaned against it, looking at the night sky, only feeling infinite satisfaction in his heart.

"Kirin, tell me about my mother." The gold ingots said softly.

When the jade qilin heard the sound, he raised his eyes to look at him, but saw that although his eyes were sad, there was a warm smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Tell me what she likes to eat and play...... Jin Yuan continued.

"Okay." The Jade Qilin nodded.

The two whispered, and the grief of bereavement gradually passed, leaving only the warmth and grief of remembering their relatives together.

The night is getting darker, the jade unicorn leans on his shoulder, and gradually falls asleep, listening to her steady breathing, the gold ingots glanced back at her, gently picked her up, and then gently put her on the bed, covered the quilt for her thoughtfully, tucked the quilt corners, put down the tent, and then looked at her sleeping face lovingly, and imprinted an infinitely gentle kiss on her forehead.

Then the faint candlelight looked at her for a long time, and then the gold ingots suddenly frowned, and their eyes became burning, as if they had made up their minds, quickly extinguished the candle flame, and walked out quickly. (To be continued......)