Emperor Qi, who had been on the throne for less than a year, suddenly died, and Concubine Xiao, who had been honored and favored by the six palaces, became a poisonous concubine who killed the monarch and killed her husband and was spurned by the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Because the Shuai Mansion wants to marry the royal family, and out of self-preservation, Xiao Yiming, who has inherited the position of the head of the family, has now removed Xiao Jinxuan's name from the family tree.

Therefore, with the Xiao family's previous military exploits, and Xiao Sanjiang's bones were not cold, he was spared and was not implicated.

After all, Zhou Xianrui died, and the situation was already turbulent, if he was shaking the behemoth of the Shuai Mansion at this time, the royal family actually had no bottom in his heart, and he didn't dare to take risks.

And the country can't be without a king for a day, so the third day after Zhou Xianrui's death.

Chen, who is the empress dowager, supported her youngest son Zhou Xianchen to ascend the throne for his brother and became the next monarch.

And the name of the country has also been changed from "Qi" to "Wen".

Emperor Wen was only twelve years old, and although he had married Shen Wenqing's sister Shen Wenhui not long ago, Empress Dowager Chen forcibly lowered the curtain on the grounds that the other party was young and not good at politics.

Therefore, Zhou Xianchen was just like the discussion between Xiangping and Empress Dowager Chen on that snowy night, and he really started the life of a puppet emperor from the top of the throne.

Not only was the jade seal controlled by Empress Chen, but even the approved recitals had to be taken to the other party to read again.

If Empress Chen feels that there is something discordant, he will immediately change and delete it.

didn't even inform Zhou Xianchen afterwards, so he, Emperor Wen, was indeed in name only.

Although the power of the government is controlled by Empress Chen and Xiangping Ji Lingfeng beside her.

But Zhou Xianchen endured everything, but in the matter of searching for Xiao Jinxuan, he did not allow Chen Hou and others to send the forbidden army to investigate people in Beijing from house to house.

According to Zhou Xianchen's meaning, he said that this would cause panic, but in fact, he was helping Xiao Jinxuan as secretly as possible, hoping that the other party could hide it and not be caught.

After all, as soon as Zhou Xianrui died that day, although Empress Chen immediately tightened the four gates of the palace.

But Xiao Jinxuan had a holy purpose in her hands, so she still escaped from the East Dragon Gate first.

But now that the city gate is under martial law, Zhou Xianchen is now like a puppet and isolated.

He was really worried that Xiao Jinxuan would not be able to escape from the Jingshi, and she would be charged with poisoning Emperor Qi at that time, and once she was caught, it would definitely be a dead end.

Although Zhou Xianchen prayed silently for Xiao Jinxuan, I don't know how many times he prayed silently.

never believed that Zhou Xianrui's death would be Zhou Xianchen who was photographed by Xiao Jinxuan.

He even knelt in front of his brother's coffin that was not buried, hoping that if the other party had a spirit under the spring, he must bless his sister Jinxuan safe and sound, and leave the land of right and wrong in Jingshi as soon as possible.

And no matter how strong Zhou Xianchen, who has become Emperor Wen, this desire is.

But Xiao Jinxuan, who has escaped from the palace for three days, is not optimistic now.

Because she was still trapped in the capital division, she couldn't pass the strict inspection at the city gate and completely escaped.

And look at Xiao Jinxuan now, dressed in silk and satin when she left the palace, and the luxurious palace robe is completely gone.

What she wore on her was a coarse cloth garment of ordinary people.

And behind her was a large basket, and the top seemed to be placed with dry branches for making fires and small chopping wood.

In fact, in the basket, Zhou Yi's child was hiding in it.

When Xiao Jinxuan was in Meizhuang, she was deliberately abused by Diao Nu, so she lived the life of a country girl.

So how to disguise herself as an ordinary person, this is not difficult for her, the really difficult thing is to get some silver in her hand first.

Xiao Jinxuan was busy running for her life that day, and Empress Dowager Chen had collected and moved all the things in Zhaoyang Palace before.

So in the end, Xiao Jinxuan had no choice but to take off the ring on her hand.

But this thing is in the palace, and if she pawns it like this, she will inevitably be identified by connoisseurs, and then her situation will be dangerous.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan, who has always been rigorous in doing things and rarely makes mistakes, simply picked off the ruby on the ring.

In order not to attract people's attention, she even did not hesitate to smash the flawless ruby the size of a broad bean with a stone.

In the end, she picked up two pieces of gems that were more complete and could still be used under processing and pawned them, one ruby that should have been worth a thousand taels, but in the end she only exchanged it for thirty taels of silver.

But Xiao Jinxuan didn't feel any pity for this, after all, a gem that was too good could easily cause her trouble.

On the contrary, it was a broken gem, which would not arouse much interest in the pawnshop, so it would be safer for her.

Sometimes people have to learn to make trade-offs, otherwise they will only be greedy for gains and losses, but they will put themselves in danger.

And Xiao Jinxuan, who deeply understood this truth, had the silver in her hand, so she immediately went to the second-hand clothes store and bought ordinary people's clothes for her and Zhou Yi.

In addition, Xiao Jinxuan deliberately messed up her hair, and rubbed the loess twice on her face.

So she has a slender figure and an ordinary appearance, so there are a lot of soldiers on patrol, but she really doesn't recognize her true identity.

Speaking of which, this also has something to do with Xiao Jinxuan hiding Zhou Yi's child.

After all, the news from the palace was that she and Xiao Zhouyi escaped from the palace together.

Therefore, the searching guards subconsciously focused on the woman leading the child, which ignored the real Xiao Jinxuan.

But even if it is okay now, Xiao Jinxuan knows that she can't keep Zhou Yi safe all the time.

If the guards had searched the basket, she would have been exposed immediately.

Therefore, hurry up and leave the land of right and wrong in Jingshi, so that Xiao Jinxuan can have a glimmer of life.

But now, with her ability, it is obviously not enough to break through the inspection under the city gate, so Xiao Jinxuan knows that she may have to find someone to help her.

Thinking like this in her heart, Xiao Jinxuan, who was dressed as a broken family daughter, skillfully avoided the guards searching and interrogating on the street, and walked towards South Street.

When she came to a mansion that occupied a large area, she looked up at the word "Guo Fu" on the plaque, as well as the chaotic scene of porridge and alms to the poor in front of the mansion.

Xiao Jinxuan suddenly chuckled lightly with a hook on the corner of her mouth, and murmured with a hint of emotion in her voice:

"Guo Yi, you have a heart, and you have already thought of using this method to answer me. Otherwise, if I want to get close to your mansion, I will have to go through some more twists and turns. ”

After talking to herself like this, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but pat the basket behind her, signaling Zhou Yi to be patient.

Then she stood in the long line, just like the people who had come to receive almsgiving.

Let's not talk about why Xiao Jinxuan has to wait in line, just say that there are people in Guo Mansion who are in a hurry because of her affairs.

And this person is Meng Mian, who was first rescued by Xiao Jinxuan from under the giant ice, and then married his beloved wife thanks to the help of the other party.

Xiao Jinxuan's kindness to him, even if Meng Mian is now the first assistant of the ministers and the prime minister, he still dare not forget it.

Meng Mian, who also didn't believe that Xiao Jinxuan would kill the monarch and was extremely dissatisfied with Empress Chen's administration, came to Guo Yi to discuss a rescue strategy.

Although Meng Mian has an upright and elegant personality, Guo Yi is dissolute and unrestrained, and the two do not get along with each other harmoniously, but their opinions on government affairs are unified.

So Meng Mian was in a hurry, but looking at Guo Yi, he was still drinking tea leisurely, and the comfortable appearance of biting two mouthfuls of pastries from time to time made him angry.

Immediately, he was really annoyed by the other party's casual appearance, and immediately asked sharply:

"Guo Yi, don't forget, if there was no Concubine Xiao at the beginning, would you be able to become an official and sit all the way to the position of Shangshu. Now that Niangniang is in danger, life and death are uncertain, you can still taste tea. I, Meng Mian, really misjudged you, since you want to avoid suspicion and don't want to help, then I will say goodbye, and I won't disturb Guo Shangshu's Yaxing. ”

After seeing that Meng Mian finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked out.

Guo Yi, who was sitting and drinking tea, saw this scene, and immediately shook his head helplessly, but he still got up and quickly stopped the person.

Then I saw Guo Yi frowning, and then pointed at Meng Mian for a long time, and finally said helplessly:

"If it weren't for the fact that you are also bent on thinking about the county lord, I, Guo Yi, would not have bothered to pay attention to you nerd. I said that Prime Minister Meng Cheng's upright and resolute character is indeed a good thing, but please occasionally change your head. The entire court knows that you and I both have a great relationship with the county lord. Don't you think that in this case, our every move has long been controlled by Princess Chen and others. So the more anxious you are to find the county lord, the more you will harm her. ”

If the way of governing the country in the wheel is to learn to be rich and rich, Meng Mian will naturally not give in much, and no one in the court can match it.

But it is the turn of these sideways and scheming things.

Meng Mian has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child, and the criterion of being a man is to be worthy of the king, worthy of the people, frank and unrestrained, and those ways of personal power and art are indeed not close to him.

Therefore, as soon as he heard Guo Yi's analysis, Meng Mian saw that it was not right to wait, and it was not right to find, and he really had no idea for a while, so he couldn't help but quickly ask:

"Lord Guo, don't sell Guanzi, now that the city gate is under martial law, Niangniang must still be trapped in the city. The queen mother's party and government, Emperor Wen is benevolent and cowardly. Concubine Xiao Niangniang used to be very kind to me several times, so she couldn't help the Chaogang under the trust of Emperor Qi, and now she must protect her Niangniang even if she dies, otherwise I will be a vain minister. ”

Seeing that Meng Mian would be very excited, Guo Yi forcibly pulled the other party to sit on the chair, but calmly smiled and said:

"It's really rare for Meng Xiang to have the heart to save the county lord, but you seem to have forgotten that the county lord is not an ordinary woman. It is true that the Queen Mother is in power, but I, Guo Yi, firmly believe that the county lord will definitely be unharmed. Moreover, with me giving out porridge and rice to respond, sooner or later, the county lord will take the initiative to come to us when he feels that the time is right. ”

Guo Fu is giving, Meng Mian naturally knows about this, because Guo Yi declared to the outside world that Emperor Qi died and he was a minister, so he should be kind and good enough to accumulate yin virtue for the other party.

Then invite the monks to chant in the mansion for a few days, in order to commemorate and pay tribute to Zhou Xianrui.

In fact, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, whenever the emperor died, as a courtier, in addition to participating in the national funeral, there was indeed a custom of private worship.

But behind Guo Yi's generosity, there is obviously another deep meaning.

Meng Mian was about to open his mouth to ask, but he didn't want Xiao Jinxuan's voice, and after chuckling, he came from outside the hall gently.

"Guo Yi, you have a heart, if you hadn't guessed that I would be dressed as an ordinary person. Then let Dani personally cook porridge to answer me, and take me into the house in a subtle way. I'm afraid it's not easy for me to see you, I Xiao Jinxuan wrote down your love in the snow, and I will never forget it in this life. ”