The first light snow in early winter came, and a thin white layer was spread on the glazed tiles of Jinfu, although it was not as gorgeous as the heavy snow, but it had a different kind of freshness and moving.

Mrs. Jin and the Jade Qilin stood neatly dressed outside the gate of the Golden Mansion.

The jade unicorn wore a shawl with a fur collar, and the white and white velvet fur collar made her more and more delicate and moving, but there was a hint of urgency on this delicate face.

Mrs. Jin also looked around, and then asked the people around her, "Where are the ingots?" ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and the gold ingots hurried from the side door: "I'm here!" ”

"Where have you been?" Jade Qilin asked.

"I want to see the Queen Mother later, so I have to make more preparations." Gold Ingot reached out to help her dust the snow particles off her collar.

"Let's go." Mrs. Jin urged: "The Queen Mother announced that we will meet in the morning, but don't be late." ”

"Yes." The jade unicorn nodded.

The crowd did not delay any longer and quickly got into the carriage.

After a while, the carriage of the Golden Mansion came to the gate of the palace, and this time, the guards saw the sign of the Golden Mansion with sharp eyes, and naturally they would not stop it, and they would be released even if it was successfully announced.

And following the carriage of Jinfu, another carriage with a blue curtain followed, it was Liu Wenzhao.

Two carriages rushed in, and after entering the door, the carriage was parked not far from the corner gate, and the carriage walked to the Queen Mother's Palace.

In the Queen Mother's Palace, it is still so solemn, but today it seems to be more calm.

Liu Wenzhao looked at the three Jin family members in Huayi, squinted his eyes, and was very displeased. His face was forcefully calm, and he had just looked at it carefully. I didn't see the figure of the second prince, and I was disappointed and even more uneasy.

Jin Yuan glanced at him, his eyebrows jumped slightly, but there was no superfluous emotion on his face, just silently standing with Mrs. Jin and Jade Qilin.

About a cup of tea, the Queen Mother walked out of the inner room. Glancing at the crowd.

When everyone saw this, they immediately kowtowed.

"Liu Ruyue, gold ingots. Jade Kirin ...... Liu Wenzhao ...... "While the Queen Mother was naming names, she set her eyes on the people who were named.

Everyone fell to the ground with the Queen Mother's words, solemnly waiting for the verdict of fate.

"Willow Ruyue ......"

Mrs. Kim's heart sank, and her back straightened. Signal that you are listening.

"You mother and son. It's really bold to work together to hide a major matter of surrogate marriage from me, but in the final analysis, this matter was provoked by the Jade Qilin's surrogate mother looking for a child, so to put it this way, the root cause is still in the matter of Ruyue taking the child twenty years ago......"

When Mrs. Jin heard this, she hurriedly defended: "The Queen Mother made a clear decision and concealed her life experience. Marrying and bullying the king on behalf of the king is all caused by the niece's private thoughts. The felony of bullying the king should be borne by his niece alone! ”

The Queen Mother didn't answer, but continued: "But no matter what, the gold ingots are also the bloodline of General Jin. You have been in charge of the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau for 20 years, and even if you steal your position, your credit cannot be erased......" she said, slowly turning her gaze to the Jade Qilin, and said, "Only you, the Jade Qilin, are a clear bully. ”

When the jade qilin heard this, he said without hesitation: "The old man of the Queen Mother, you are right, please condemn the jade qilin, and don't punish my mother-in-law and ingots again." ”

Hearing this, Jin Yuan Bao glanced at the jade unicorn in surprise, and immediately straightened up and was about to speak, but was stopped by the Queen Mother with a raised hand.

"You don't have to speak." The Queen Mother was very dissatisfied and said, "I know that your family of three is dear now, one protects the other...... I'll give you two options. ”

The crowd listened with bated breath.

"One, each of them returns to their positions, Jiang Xiaoxuan is still married to Jin Yuanbao, and the jade unicorn can be a concubine. The sin of substitution of marriage is thus erased. ”

Mrs. Jin was startled and was about to speak, but Jin Yuan Bao had already spoken first: "This is impossible. I only want to marry a woman in this life. ”

"Okay." The Queen Mother glanced at him coldly, "Second, a glass of poisonous wine from the mourning family will give the death of the jade unicorn." ”

When Mrs. Jin heard this, she was immediately shocked, and couldn't help but say: "Queen Mother! Aunt! You can't do that! ”

"Why not?" The Queen Mother said coldly: "Everything has a price - besides, don't I give you another choice?"

Mrs. Jin immediately kowtowed solemnly and said: "Queen Mother, Yuan Bao and Qilin did deceive the king first, but the marriage between the two of them by mistake is a love affair, and they never want to be separated, Queen Mother, you are the mother of all people, we are not only your bloodline, but also your people, niece begs you, for the sake of these two lovers being loyal to each other, spare them this time!" What's more, Jiang Xiaoxuan, who resisted marriage and ran away as a boudoir, and was in love with Gu Changfeng, the doctor in my house, has been set for life, what this woman wants is not wealth, but a love word, if you decree that she marry Yuanbao, I'm afraid - Queen Mother, you will break up two pairs of young people!"

"Why, according to you, as soon as the word "love" comes out, your crime of deceiving the king cannot be cured by the mourning family? ”

The queen mother was very displeased, and then glanced at a palace maid next to her, who immediately stepped forward, walked the tray in her hand to the jade unicorn, and slowly uncovered the silk cloth covering the tray, which was a wine jug and a wine glass.

The palace maid slowly lifted the wine jug, filled the wine glass, and then stood quietly beside the jade unicorn.

"Jade Qilin, which one do you choose?" The Queen Mother asked slowly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jin hurriedly blocked in front of the jade qilin, quickly picked up the poisonous wine without hesitation, and raised her head high: "Queen Mother, what we have offended is the dignity of the heavenly family, how dare we expect to get away with it easily?" It's just the Queen Mother, please fulfill your niece's selfish desire to be a mother: I just want to leave a glimmer of life for my two children! ――You also judged that the root cause of all this lies in the seizure of the child twenty years ago, in this case, I, Liu Ruyue, am willing to pay for all the sins with one body! ”

Mrs. Jin said that she was going to drink, and the jade qilin had already stepped forward and snatched the cup: "Mother don't want it!" ”

The jade qilin then turned to the Queen Mother and said firmly: "Queen Mother, what your old man said is right, everything must have a price, I didn't know how to marry into the Jin Mansion at the beginning, of course this crime is mine." It's just that you said that each of them will return to their places, please forgive the people for not being able to obey their fate! Whether it's for gold ingots. or my good sister Jiang Xiaoxuan, I can't selfishly accept this path of life! With that, she looked back at the gold ingot. He looked at him and smiled slightly: "I am willing to drink poisonous wine." ”

"Yuanbao, what do you mean?" The Queen Mother's gaze swept towards the gold ingot.

"Queen Mother, I only have a jade unicorn in my life, and I will never marry Jiang Xiaoxuan." The gold ingots smiled and replied without hesitation.

The Queen Mother sighed slightly, as if she was feeling sorry for everyone. After a while, he said: "The mourning family is soft-hearted, and I will show you a way to live." ”

Everyone's hearts were raised, waiting for the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother looked at the jade unicorn. Said slowly: "Jade Qilin, if you are willing to marry Liu Wenzhao, the mourning family can spare you from dying." ”

Liu Wenzhao, who had been hanging aside, was taken aback, and then overjoyed: "Empress Dowager Xie!" ”

The jade qilin glanced at Liu Wenzhao contemptuously. Not to mention the answer. Don't hesitate to raise a glass to it.

"Kirin, don't!" Mrs. Kim hurriedly stopped.

"Marry Liu Wenzhao and spare you from death." The Queen Mother repeated.

The gold ingots stood up suddenly, slowly walked towards the jade unicorn, held her hand, hugged her waist, and whispered as if no one was around: "Qilin, do you remember that we swore an oath." Always trust each other? ”

"I remember." The jade unicorn nodded.

"Okay, you trust me. I won't leave you alone in life or death. Jin Ingot's voice sank, "I'll come to you right away." ”

Hearing this, the jade qilin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't hesitate, didn't hesitate, and nodded with a smile: "Okay." ”

The gold ingots hugged her tightly, her eyes were red, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but tremble, as if if she didn't hug her tightly like this, she would collapse instantly and instantly collapse to the ground.

"Golden ...... Yuan...... Bao ......" The jade qilin read his name, as if he was entangled with each word on the tip of his tongue for a long time, and then slowly swallowed the poisonous wine that broke his intestines......

"Kirin!" Mrs. Kim was shocked.

The jade qilin glanced at Mrs. Jin with a smile, and then returned his gaze to the face of the gold ingot, looking at him so lingeringly and tangled for a long time before he muttered in a low voice: "Yuanbao, hold me tight." ”

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and time seemed to freeze, and the gold ingots wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't open his mouth, and the tears swirled in his eyes, but they couldn't drip down.

He wanted to shout, he wanted to shout, he wanted to say no, but this time, he couldn't say this sentence, he couldn't say anything.

He tried hard to fix his gaze on her face, watching the smile on her delicate face fade, watching her brow slowly furrow, watching her eyes gradually turn from bright to dark, watching the bright red cinnabar color oozing from her pink lips.

Her body gradually weakened, and she slowly collapsed to the ground, and for the first time he felt so powerless, he could only slowly kneel on the ground with her, but he still held her tightly and refused to let go.

"Qilin ......" Mrs. Jin stepped forward and looked at the jade Qilin in a daze, "How can you make me worthy of your mother?" ”

Looking at the bleak face of the jade unicorn, Liu Wenzhao only felt that his soul had dispersed at this moment, and he almost collapsed, and he was about to take a step forward, but he immediately keenly found that the Queen Mother was looking at him with burning eyes, so he had to suppress the painful feeling and hold back.

The jade qilin's breath was weak, and he tried to raise his hand to touch the face of the gold ingot, but he found that he was so powerless, and the gold ingot immediately grabbed the hand of the jade qilin and put it on his face.

"Yuanbao ......" Yu Qilin smiled slightly: "Don't be sad, I don't regret it, I'm not afraid, my mother is waiting for me below, I won't be alone." I am very happy to be able to meet you, and to be able to marry you is the happiest thing in my life. ”

"I'm so happy to meet you, I love you!" The gold ingots are determined.

The smile on the jade qilin's face became thicker and thicker, and he opened his mouth to speak again, but he could only make a sound, so he had to stare at the gold ingots with his eyes wide open. She knew that she didn't have much time left, so she took a deep breath and said, "Yuanbao, I can't bear you." I'm sorry...... I'm sorry I can't be with you......"

"Qilin ......" Jin Yuanbao's tears finally couldn't help but slide down, he hugged the jade Qilin tightly, pressed to her ear and said softly: "You stupid child...... You can rest assured...... I'll be ...... soon."

At the end of the voice, all he had left was his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound.

Mrs. Jin was full of tears, and hugged the gold ingots of the jade unicorn without crying, shouting or letting go. I only felt unbearable sadness in my chest, so I could only keep shaking my head, as if I couldn't believe that this had happened.

The Queen Mother sat quietly for a long time. He sighed softly, and after a moment, he opened his mouth to interrupt the deathly silence: "Your mother and son's sinful jade unicorn has arrived—you can go." ”

"Queen Mother......" Liu Wenzhao looked at the Queen Mother, and then at the gold ingots, with a trace of unwillingness on his face.

Unexpectedly, before Liu Wenzhao's words fell, he was coldly interrupted by Jin Yuanbao: "No need." Please give the Queen Mother death. ”

His disrespectful and disrespectful attitude angered the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother scolded him: "Gold ingots." Don't think that the mourning family is reluctant to kill you! ”

The gold ingots just hugged the jade unicorn corpse and turned a deaf ear.

"Good!" The Queen Mother was furious, "Since you are bent on death, the mourning family will fulfill you!" came, Jin's mother and son disregarded Tianwei. Bullying the king. Capital crimes are inevitable, put them in prison, and then hand them over to Dali Temple for beheading at a later date! ”

Liu Wenzhao was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect things to develop in such a direction.

With the queen mother's order, even if there were guards who came forward, they wanted to drag away the Jin mother and son.

Mrs. Kim was still stunned, not struggling and crying. Silently obedient, just kept looking at the jade unicorn.

The gold ingots hugged the jade unicorn for a while. Imprinted a deep kiss on her forehead, and then reluctantly put down her corpse, and was forcibly taken away by the guards.

Seeing that the Jin mother and son were taken away, Liu Wenzhao suddenly came back to his senses and was relieved.

The Queen Mother looked at Liu Wenzhao for a while, and then sighed: "Liu Wenzhao, you have meritorious service in reporting, otherwise the mourning family will still be deceived by her niece......" She raised her hand and rubbed her temples, with a tired face, "You are also my Liu family's bloodline, and you have always been talented, this weapon manufacturing bureau will be handed over to you today." You have to keep him in good order, and never lose to Kim, you know? ”

Liu Wenzhao was disappointed, and when he heard the words, he was ecstatic, and immediately knelt down and thanked him: "Minister Liu Wenzhao thanks the Queen Mother!" The Queen Mother can rest assured that the ministers will definitely cook a hundred times better than in the past! ”

The Queen Mother bowed slightly, ignored it, and got up straight to leave.

Seeing the Queen Mother leaving, Liu Wenzhao stood in place for a long time, as if he couldn't believe all this, and then his eyes swept to the body of the jade unicorn, and his heart slammed violently, as if it hurt fiercely, he raised his foot and was about to walk towards her, but he stopped violently.

Liu Wenzhao stood in place like this, looked at the jade unicorn from afar for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and left ruthlessly, leaving only the jade unicorn lying quietly and lonely on the ground.

****

Now the most proud person is Liu Wenzhao, as soon as he left the palace, he immediately got into the carriage of the Jin Mansion, and rushed towards the Second Prince's Mansion in high spirits.

As soon as he arrived at the Second Prince's Mansion, just after the transmission, the Second Prince came out with a spring breeze on his face.

When Liu Wenzhao saw it from afar, he immediately leaned down and said, "Minister Liu Wenzhao see His Royal Highness." ”

The second prince smiled and helped Liu Wenzhao up with his own hands: "Congratulations, congratulations, the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau has finally changed its face since today, Lord Liu, you have been lying on your salary for many years, and you have finally got what you want!" ”

Liu Wenzhao was full of pride, but he became more and more humble: "Where, where is it, the minister wants to congratulate His Highness - this world hegemony, in the final analysis, is still His Highness." ”

The second prince laughed proudly: "Yes, this king has been planning for many years, and he only owes the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau this east wind!" Everything is ready now, and you can do it in three days! ”

"So fast?" Liu Wenzhao was taken aback.

"Do you have to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne before you do it?" The second prince gave him a blank look, "This king has been waiting for a long time!" Three days later, there will be a mutiny among the soldiers in the camp north of the city—"

Liu Wenzhao suddenly realized: "...... then"

"At that time, the army outside the city will be unstable, and the people in the city will be scattered, so the king will naturally lead troops into the palace to serve the king." The second prince pretended to sigh, "The so-called righteous and unrighteous are not helpful, the prince is unpopular, and he has provoked a mutiny before he ascended the throne, and this king has to kill his relatives for the sake of the country......

"Then it's time to address Your Majesty - congratulations in advance."

"And you, Lord Liu, are in charge of the Gyeonggi soldiers, and you will have to help the widow when the time comes!"

Liu Wenzhao solemnly arched his hand and said: "For the public welfare of Li Min......" he snickered, "For the sake of personal wealth, Wen Zhao dares to disobey!" ”

"Good, good!" The second prince praised again and again.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards the second prince's mansion in a fit of shame.

Liu Wenzhao pondered as he walked: "Today's things are so smooth. Of course, it is blessed by Your Majesty, but the minister always feels that it is a little too smooth...... The Queen Mother has always been good at killing and deciding, but Mrs. Jin ...... It was her niece. ”

"My niece?" The second prince sneered. "It's this niece who dares to lie to her for 20 years, so she has to be killed!"

"Oh?" Liu Wenzhao asked with a smile, "I think Your Highness expected this, didn't you go to the Empress Dowager's palace today to watch over the ministers?" ”

The second prince's face froze, but Liu Wenzhao continued with an unchanged smile: "The minister said that he laughed. His Royal Highness was clever, and he must have expected that Mrs. Jin would not be able to ask for benefits this time, so he did not go to the Queen Mother's side for nothing. ”

"Not bad." The second prince answered, "Nine out of ten things are safe." If I go hastily, it will not be good...... My grandmother has always been very delicate, and this king has stood up for you for no reason. In vain made her suspicious. Lord Liu, don't you say? ”

"Your Highness said yes!" Liu Wenzhao bowed awe-inspiring and paused, "Wen Zhao is dull!" His Royal Highness's major affairs are current, and Wen Zhao will no longer bother. I went back and planned for His Highness in three days. ”

The second prince listened. But he was in a very good mood, and waved his hand and said: "Go, three days later, fireworks will be the ......"

"Yes." Liu Wenzhao bowed down and agreed, but his face slowly sank after turning around.

*****

The night came earlier and earlier, and it was just past the unitary hour when the sun was gone.

A few cold rays of moonlight fell through the window lattices of the cell, only to be swallowed up by the boundless darkness.

Mrs. Kim's complexion was gloomy. He sat in a corner of the cell, but he was still reverently chanting. It seems that he is still in the small Buddha hall of Jinfu, and life and death have been put aside.

"The Buddha is merciful, bless Wang Huilan, Jade Qilin, Liu Qianqian, get rid of the misery of reincarnation as soon as possible, and be reborn in the Western Heavenly Bliss......"

Madame Jin's muttering seemed to stir up layers of ripples in this inky cell, and slowly spread to another cell, curled up in the ears of Jin Yuanbao.

The gold ingots moved their ears slightly, but not because of the sound of the scriptures, but because of the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor.

He slowly opened his eyes, his burning gaze falling on the small window in the cell door.

After a while, the key sounded, and the small window was opened by a jailer, and a bowl of rice with the smell of sour and rancid rice was pushed in.

At this moment, as if a different person, the gold ingots suddenly jumped to his feet, and pulled his upper body into the upper half of his body with the hand that grabbed the jailer's hand that reached into the railing.

The jailer panicked and struggled: "His grandmother's, you are going to rebel!" ”

Unexpectedly, the gold ingots quickly picked up the rice bowl and smashed it, grabbed a sharp piece of porcelain and stuck it on the jailer's neck: "Less nonsense!" Give me the key! ”

"Someone—" the jailer opened his mouth to shout.

The gold ingots immediately grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and quickly stuffed it into the jailer's mouth, and the jailer's mouth was stuffed and he was immediately unable to speak.

Jin Yuan Bao dragged the jailer's arm and said in a low voice: "Listen, the Queen Mother will put me in the prison, and I am a capital crime on both sides and left, so it doesn't matter if I drag one more life on my back!" Whether you want to die now or live thirty more years is up to you! ”

People always spare their lives, and the struggle of the jailers has slowed down.

"Give me the key!" Gold ingots strike while the iron is hot.

The jailer was completely deflated, and struggled with one hand to untie the key and handed it to the gold ingot.

The gold ingots restrained the jailer with one hand, opened the door with difficulty with the other, and dragged the jailer in.

The jailer struggled, and with food in his mouth, he could only whine.

Jin Yuan frowned, and whispered in the jailer's ear: "I have wronged you to go to prison for me for a few days!" An elbow struck the jailer on the back of the neck, and the jailer immediately fainted to the ground.

Without delay, the gold ingots quickly peeled off themselves and the jailer's coat and hastily changed, and went out in a flash!

When passing by Mrs. Jin's cell, seeing that Mrs. Jin was still chanting with her eyes closed, Jin Yuanbao's heart sank, and finally he just took a deep look at his mother and fled quickly.

The news of Jin Yuanbao's escape from prison reached Liu Wenzhao's ears after a while, and he rushed to the Jin Mansion to search for people even after taking all the people. However, where can you find the figure of gold ingots? All he saw was the scene of the Jinfu and his subordinates squatting by the lake for the Yu clan and burning paper money for Liu Qianqian.

Liu Wenzhao was unwilling to turn the Jin Mansion over, but after all, he didn't find the figure of the gold ingot, so he had to leave in a huff.

At this time, the gold ingots were getting out of a simple carriage and walking quickly into the side door of the palace.

There was silence in the Queen Mother's palace, the candle flame was faint, and it was obvious that the idlers and others had retreated.

Aunt Green Pine led the gold ingot, who was still in jailer's attire, quietly walked into the living room, lifted the curtains, and quietly introduced him.

"Aunt Xie Lusong." The gold ingots saluted.

Green Pine just smiled, glanced into the room, and then quietly retreated.

The gold ingots stepped forward and bowed: "Queen Mother, the ingots are here." ”

"Hmm." The Queen Mother nodded, and without much to say, she opened a box beside her and took out a tiger talisman, "Take this, you can call on the forces of the Gyeonggi Battalion and Fu Yin." It is inevitable that there will be people with two princes, or co-opted or killed, but what happens depends on your own judgment. ”

Looking at the golden tiger talisman, the gold ingot knew how heavy the burden was, and even kowtowed in a low voice: "The ingot knows." The Queen Mother gave me a chance, and I will never let down the trust of the Queen Mother. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, handed him the tiger talisman, squinted at him for a long time and said: "You can be regarded as solving the confusion of the mourning family, the mourning family's long-standing speculation and suspicion finally have an answer, but I didn't expect the next wind and rain to be so fast." Gold ingots, success or failure in this move. After that, the Queen Mother's face sank slightly, "You only have three days." ”

"I understand." The gold ingot's expression was awe-inspiring, "Don't worry, the ingots should do their best." ”

"Okay, let's go." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.

Jin Yuan got up slowly, hesitated for a long time before asking softly: "Queen Mother, the future is difficult...... Can I see her again? ”

Looking at his earnestness, the Queen Mother frowned, but categorically refused: "Now that you see it, it's just a vain mind, what's the benefit of seeing it?" You just need to remember that you only have three days, and if you can't complete the task within three days, the Jade Qilin will really have no skills. ”

The gold ingots were silent for a long time, but finally nodded firmly, and left without saying a word. (To be continued......)