Huo Jingcheng ordered the carriage to stop on the side of the road, and then lifted the curtain to look at the Xiao Mansion in front of him, and the whole person fell into deep thought.

Yao Duran and Wei Yanran sat quietly on the side, and no one dared to speak.

Until a small figure appeared in front of the mansion, it was Huo Yizheng, who was dressed in linen and filial piety, and was personally sending an important minister who entered the mansion to pay tribute to incense out of the mansion.

Before leaving, the courtier saluted again: "The eldest prince stays, and the micro-minister retires, hoping that the eldest prince will mourn." ”

Huo Yizheng returned the salute, saw the courtiers leave, and was about to return to the house when Huo Jingcheng called him in the carriage.

"Yi Zheng, come here."

Huo Yizheng followed the sound and saw that it was his father, so he walked through the street to the carriage, stopped outside his curtain, and said, "Father, you are finally here." ”

Huo Jingcheng was stunned and asked, "What?" Are you looking forward to your father's coming? ”

Huo Yizheng said: "Naturally." ”

Huo Jingcheng was silent for a while, and then asked, "What's going on in the house?" ”

Huo Yizheng said: "My grandfather will park in the house for three days and be buried tomorrow." The courtiers in the palace come and go, offering incense and paying tribute. ”

A touch of sadness flashed in Huo Jingcheng's eyes, but he quickly covered it up. He asked, "How is your mother?" ”

Huo Yizheng sighed: "The queen mother was heartbroken, and she fainted from crying several times. ”

Huo Jingcheng gently closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, and asked again, "What about your uncle?" What have you said since you returned home from prison? ”

Huo Yizheng shook his head: "No, my uncle didn't say anything." So, when my father asks this, is he thinking about something? Does my father know that he was wrong? ”

Huo Jingcheng was stunned for a moment, and his eyebrows were dyed with gloom: "Yi Zheng, do you also think that my father is wrong?" ”

Huo Yizheng nodded: "Well, my father was wrong. ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "What's wrong? ”

Huo Yizheng said: "The queen mother has already explained to her sons the intention of my father to arrest my uncle, and the matter of sending someone to pass the word to my grandfather. Therefore, in the hearts of his sons, the death of his grandfather, the father was not wrong, it was just the will of God. But my father's mistake was wrong, because he was guilty, so he didn't have the courage to step into Xiaofu. ”

Huo Jingcheng listened, his heart immediately brightened a lot, looked at his son with relief in his eyes, and said: "Yi Zheng, my father thought that you would also blame my father, but I didn't expect that among all kinds of opposites, you are still on your father's side, and my father is very pleased." You have really grown up, you know right from wrong, you are sensible, and you are the pride of your father. ”

Huo Yizheng said: "Does the father want to enter the mansion?" ”

Huo Jingcheng's tone was bitter: "I want to go in, but I'm afraid that your mother will give me a face in public, and when the time comes, how can I come out with shame?" ”

Huo Yizheng said: "Doesn't my father still know the queen mother? The knife mouth is just a tofu heart. I believe that when the queen mother sees her father coming, she will be comforted and her face will be bright, how can she hurt her father's face in public? ”

Huo Jingcheng listened to it and nodded slowly: "Yes, your mother is virtuous and reasonable, she has always made trouble in private, and she will never lose face in public." It's just that this time is unusual, you didn't see the eyes of your mother when she looked at me, and you couldn't wait to eat me. ”

Huo Yizheng said: "The queen mother is still angry, besides, the father will have to face it sooner or later, how long can he hide?" ”

Huo Jingcheng sighed and said, "That'...... Then I'll go in later, if your queen mother sees that my emotions are out of control, and she moves her hands and feet and mouth at me, you have to stop me? ”

It was the first time Huo Yizheng saw him like this, and he felt strange for a while, and asked: "Father, you are not afraid of thousands of troops and horses, why are you so afraid of the queen mother this time?" ”

Huo Jingcheng pinched the bridge of his nose: "I'm not afraid, but this person can't live up to it." Okay, you go in first, inform your mother, and your father will enter the palace later. ”

When Huo Yizheng left, Huo Jingcheng finally lowered the curtain and said to the two women: "You two, go to the world and wait for me." ”

Where the world lives, Wei Yanran doesn't know, but Yao Duran does.

"Okay."

She responded, and Huo Jingcheng lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage and went to Xiao's mansion.

The carriage got up again, and the two of them also went in the direction of Tianxiaju as they said.

In the carriage, Wei Yanran looked at her and smiled meaningfully: "Sister, you are really bold." ”

Yao Duran was stunned and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Wei Yanran said: "Sister, don't be me, I told my sister to go out to relax, but my sister told Your Majesty that she was going to live in the temple to worship the Buddha, my sister just felt that now that the abbot is in the next life, Your Majesty and the queen have separated again, and we are not suitable to go out of the palace on the grounds of distraction at this moment, so my sister lied to Your Majesty that she wanted to go to the temple." And after we go to the temple, my sister will quietly lead me down the mountain back to the city and quietly relax for a few days, right? ”

When Yao Duran heard this, she saw that everything she thought and was seen by her inside and out, and her eyes immediately changed when she looked at her: "Wei Guiren ......"

She interrupted her: "So many sisters shouting in vain? Since I am your sister, then my sister will call me Yanran. ”

Yao Duran said: "Yanran, I didn't know you were so smart. ”

has never intersected, but can see through her heart at a glance, so that she has nowhere to hide, it is not unintelligent.

It's just that such a smart person, a person who can see through her heart, but she can't understand her, she is really lagging behind and is passive.

Wei Yanran chuckled lightly, and continued: "I can still see that my sister likes and guards me intertwined. But my sister is willing to agree to leave the palace with me, just thinking, we went to see Your Majesty together, saying that we want to leave the palace, so after leaving the palace, if something happens to me, you will do it, if something happens to you, I should not act rashly to do anything to you, so my sister agreed. ”

Yao Duran was seen through by her again, and was speechless.

After living in the world, the business inside was very deserted. Huo Jingcheng ordered the whole country to be vegetarian for three days, so many restaurants in Beijing have been closed, only this day is still open, but no longer serves wine and meat, only selling tea and vegetarian food. The two of them picked up a secluded corner in the palatial hall on the first floor and sat down, asked for a pot of fruit tea, a plate of sour plums, and a plate of osmanthus cake, and chatted and waited with the aroma of fruit.

Fu Quan sat at a table next to him with Bi Ya and Wei Yanran's marrying Gong E.

The group chatted and chatted, waited and waited, until noon, and Huo Jingcheng was still not seen, so Yao Duran ordered a few bowls of somen noodles to fill everyone's stomach.

When everyone was sucking noodles in full swing, Huo Jingcheng finally came. As soon as he sat down, he said in an unkind tone: "Bring me a bowl of noodles!" ”

Fuquan hurriedly got up and went to instruct Xiao Er.

Yao Duran looked at his expression and asked, "Hasn't Your Majesty's mood improved yet?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said coldly: "How to get better?" Seeing that it was noon, the queen didn't even give me food, so she rushed me away on the grounds that she was busy with government affairs! ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Yanran laughed, looked up and saw Huo Jingcheng looking over, hurriedly covered his mouth with a papa, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the queen mother is not angry, although some injuries are incurable, but they have time to heal, the queen mother will always figure it out, Your Majesty give her some time." ”

Huo Jingcheng sighed: "I hope so." ”

After eating a vegetarian meal, the group set off for Qingchen Temple again, and arrived at the foot of the mountain in less than an hour. Huo Jingcheng sent it here, untied a horse from the carriage, looked at them condescendingly after getting on the horse, and said undoubtedly: "Ten days, when the time comes, I will personally come to pick you up, during this period, do not leave the temple." ”

The two nodded obediently and agreed, and when he rode away, the two looked at each other, and Wei Yanran smiled triumphantly: "Look, I know that as soon as my sister comes out, there is nothing that can't be done." ”

Yao Duran looked at her deeply and said, "The Buddha must speak the truth before the Buddha, Yanran, why do you want me to go out of the palace with you?" ”

Wei Yanran slowly smiled, her expression was a little unpredictable, and she replied with an obscure sentence: "My sister is smart all her life, but she is confused for a while?" ”

Yao Duran was suspicious in her beautiful eyes: "What is the meaning of this?" ”

Wei Yanran turned her head to look in the direction of the city and said: "The land of right and wrong is not suitable for a long time, my sister is immersed in the grief of losing her righteous sister, but she forgot to avoid this edge, so I have to come to help my sister." ”

Yao Duran was secretly shocked when she heard this, and she was busy thinking about her words, but Wei Yanran's voice had already sounded again, and she continued to talk about the matter.

"My sister was assassinated, the officials were imprisoned, the Xiao family fell, and the emperor and queen separated, one thing after another, which has caused rumors in Beijing, and what do these rumors say? Concubine Chen coveted the rear position, and planned the bitter plan of assassination, and sure enough, it shocked the previous dynasty, harmed the Xiao family, and left the queen angry. At this time, my sister should avoid this edge and withdraw from the cusp, instead of staying in the palace and intensifying or confirming these rumors. ”

After listening to her words, Yao Duran was enlightened, like waking up from a dream! After figuring it out, I couldn't help but be emotionally intense for a while, and my heart was filled with blood and gas, and when I thought that I had done nothing, but for no reason I went from a victim to a behind-the-scenes mastermind in the mouths of everyone, the feeling of injustice was really uncomfortable!

Two flames lit up in her beautiful eyes, and she said indignantly: "Yanran, what you said is really right! I only miss my sister, and I forget that people are sinister and terrible! Unexpectedly, after only two days of confusion, the situation has developed to this point, and this kind of statement has been added! I was really wronged! ”

Wei Yanran turned her face back and said with a light smile: "Sister, calm your anger, and listen to me again." At present, the assassination case is still under investigation, if my sister wants to avoid suspicion, she should leave the palace and stay out of the matter, so no matter what the outcome of this case is found in the future, it has nothing to do with my sister, and no one says that my sister has blown the pillow wind to His Majesty, which has affected the outcome of this case. ”

After that, she looked at Yao Duran for a while, and continued: "Let's talk about the queen again, she left the palace in anger and almost broke with Your Majesty, and if my sister, the favorite concubine, is loyal to the queen and has no thoughts of wrongdoing, she can't stay in the palace alone, otherwise what will others say?" Look, Concubine Chen is powerful, she shocked the former dynasty and harmed the Xiao family, and now she can be regarded as having a piece of the sky, she naturally wants to seize this opportunity to charm His Majesty, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and continue to follow her path of rear. And as soon as my sister leaves the palace like this and stays out of the matter, then these rumors cannot be believed. ”

The fog was lifted by her layer by layer, revealing more details, and Yao Duran listened to every word suddenly, and every sentence was enlightened.