The Imperial Study.

Xue Chunyue, who was kneeling on the floor, could hardly believe his ears, and was stunned, not even hearing the voice of Emperor Hongyuan telling him to get up.

The inner courtier came to him and whispered "Lord Xue" a few times, and then he came back to his senses, quickly kowtowed and thanked him, and staggered to his feet.

Emperor Hongyuan sat on the throne, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word. This news was sent back urgently by the official post for 800 miles, and the post staff had arrived at the palace gate in the middle of the night, but they did not dare to disturb the holy driver, so they waited until Emperor Hongyuan woke up in the morning to report it. Emperor Hongyuan was also greatly shocked when he saw this eight-hundred-mile urgent report, so he hurriedly ordered Xue Chunyue.

Xue Chunyue left the palace with thousands of pounds, how should he tell Ye Qinyu the news.

The eight-hundred-mile report said that Ye Cizhun, who went to Shu to take up his post, was in distress when he traveled to the Yujiang River, and there was no news......

Ye Cizhun did not have any close relatives, and Xue Chunyue was his only close friend and his niece and son-in-law, so Emperor Hongyuan summoned him and sent him to Shu to assist the Guannan Provincial magistrate in carrying out search and rescue affairs.

It was the end of Shen Shi when he returned to Lingyun Peak, Xinyan was picking vegetables, and Ye Qinyu was doing needlework on the side. The sun has gradually set in the west, and a touch of afterglow shines on Ye Qinyu's quiet cheeks, baking a touch of redness, reflecting her elegant and dignified side. Xue Chunyue slowly approached her and asked softly, "What are you embroidering?" ”

Ye Qinyu was startled, the needle in her hand poked into her fingers so hard, ten fingers connected to her heart, she couldn't help but let out an "ah" sound, and gently covered her left index finger.

Xue Chunyue frowned, grabbed her fingers, put them in her mouth and sucked them, and then held them down with a handkerchief, "Why are you so careless, your needlework is not good, if you want something, just tell Xinyan directly, let Xinyan do it." ”

"Young master, you don't know this. The second lady is embroidering a sachet for Lord Ye, which is a peace charm that only came to Yuanqing today to seek, saying that it is effective to ask relatives to sew on behalf of her, and she dare not do it. ”

Xue Chunyue's heart suddenly "chuckled", and the expression on his face became more and more gloomy.

"I see that the sewing is almost done, so I will take it to Shudi, it just so happens that His Majesty sent me a task today, to enter Shu."

Ye Qinyu looked at him puzzled, "Why do you suddenly want to enter Shu, is there still an errand in Shu from the household department?" ”

"Isn't it a uniform loss system recently, the great cause is ten, and it is possible to run errands anywhere, but it just so happens that Guannan Province is a little urgent."

"An urgent matter that Uncle Zhun can't handle?"

"Hmm...... Brother Ye, he ...... Without the title of Beijing official, it is difficult to do things. His Majesty thinks it's better to send a Beijing official, after all, he is representing the imperial court. ”

Ye Qinyu nodded as if he suddenly realized, "When will you leave?" ”

"Tomorrow morning."

"Oh...... Then I'...... Let's wait for you to come back at Lingyun Peak. "That Hubu Shilang Mansion without Xue Chunyue, she doesn't want to go back even more.

"It's okay, I asked Xuecheng to stay with you and Xinyan." Ye Qinyu was about to refuse, but Xue Chunyue didn't give her a chance, "I'm not by your side, I'll feel at ease with Xuecheng here." Don't worry, the imperial court has sent a few hundred people to me, and there will be no danger. ”

Ye Qinyu nodded, but there was a faint uneasy emotion in her heart, "Chunyue, is there really nothing?" Did the Xiangwang Mansion call you to run an errand......?"

Xue Chunyue looked at Ye Qinyu with a little nervousness, "Xiangwang Mansion? But what did Brother Ye tell you? ”

She lowered her head slightly, twisted the sachet and whispered, "No...... But I also guessed seven or eight points. You and Uncle Xiao Zhun must owe a lot of favors to the Xiangwang Mansion, otherwise you wouldn't have been controlled by others several times......"

Xue Chunyue's heart tightened, it turned out that she knew his helplessness...... He hugged her tightly and said lightly, "I owe Xiangwangfu a little favor, and I will have the opportunity to tell you slowly in the future, but it's almost the same...... It's just that his own hands and feet are not clean, and he is in a hurry to do things, which caused the disaster in the state of Jiaozhou, and it was cleaned up by His Majesty, no wonder us. ”

It turned out that the matter of Jian Prefecture was really not simple, Ye Qinyu was a little worried, "Then you are really just doing things for Your Majesty, right?" ”

"That's natural, I'm Your Majesty's courtier, so naturally I can only help Your Majesty."

Xue Chunyue let go of the handkerchief and carefully examined her wound, making sure that it was no longer bleeding before putting it down.

Ye Qinyu was so tired that day, she fell asleep soon after lying down, Xue Chunyue half sat up, looked at her sleeping face, kissed her forehead gently, and then got up to get dressed and walked out of the door.

Xuecheng had already packed up for him, and the horses were ready, waiting for him at the door of the hut.

Xue Chunyue got on the horse, turned his head and told Xuecheng again, "Xuecheng, today's affairs in the palace, remember not to inform Qinyu first, and try to prevent her from going down the mountain." Although His Majesty blocked the news, it was difficult to guarantee that the news would not leak out, and it would be bad if she heard something when she returned to the city. ”

"Young master, don't worry, Xuecheng understands."

Xue Chunyue glanced at the hut again, then turned around and galloped away.

The way to Shu is difficult to reach the sky. Xue Chunyue only brought a dozen personal guards, and it took more than ten days to arrive under the starry night.

Everywhere he went, he saw the river rushing and the reefs were dense, and his heart suddenly cooled a little. Ye Cizhun is not good at water, and no one knows this better than him. When the two fell into the water in the Lizhou Strait, Ye Cizhun had already injured his heart and lungs, and if he fell into the water again this time, even if he was lucky enough to meet a Xiangjun king again and be able to rescue him, I am afraid that his heart and lungs would have been destroyed......

Xue Chunyue stood on the bank of the Yu River, looking at the vast river, and a deep sense of powerlessness surged in his heart, which was more powerless than when he was exiled to Danyang, when he was chased and killed by King Xu several times, and even when he was forced to jump into the sea to protect himself...... He didn't sleep, his eyes didn't know whether it was because of grief or staying up late, they were already bloodshot and red, and they still didn't stop.

Ye Cizhun is not only Ye Qinyu's uncle, but also a good brother who shares weal and woe, life and death with him, and his affection for Ye Cizhun is not many times closer than Xue Huijin and Xue Peiqi, who are related to him by blood, and can even be compared with his dear parents and sisters, and others are incomparable.

Xue Chunyue is well versed in water, and personally goes to the ship to take the helm, fearless of wind and rain, searching day and night.

More than ten days later, more than 100 sturdy senior shipwrights were exhausted and paralyzed on the ground, and he was still unwilling, still despite persuasion, boarded the ship for search and rescue.

At this time, his mind kept flashing those fragments of those on the outlying islands. King Xu and Xue Peiqi and others laid a net for him in Danyang, if he was depressed and drunk to death on the island, it would be fine, but he ignited his fighting spirit again, and he also ran Xihexing prosperously, and finally caused the disaster of killing.

He relied on the familiarity of Su Qi's father and son with Danyang to avoid the siege several times, but once he was really unable to hide, so he could only escape from Danyang in disguise and go to Lizhou to seek refuge in Ye Cizhun, after all, the safest place on the entire outlying island is the Lizhou Thorn Shi Mansion. Unexpectedly, his identity was revealed, and Ye Cizhun's mansion caught fire inexplicably, and the two of them fled overnight and sailed out to sea to avoid the limelight for the time being.

King Xu's people did not give up, and went to sea to chase and kill, and it was that time that Xue Chunyue thoroughly knew the people involved in the pursuit of him, including his own brother Xue Huijin, because those sea ships that surrounded him at sea, even if they had been modified, he recognized them at a glance from Dingtai and ......

At the last moment, he and Ye Cizhun jumped into the sea to escape, and before falling into the water, Ye Cizhun gave him the last words was, "I believe in you".

The two of them finally survived with a floating board, Ye Cizhun was not good at water, and he was dying, and at the last moment, the sea ship of Xiangwangfu passed by and saved the lives of the two......

This past incident kept coming back to Xue Chunyue's mind, and he searched the Yujiang River like crazy, no matter who it was, he couldn't stop his crazy moves. In the end, what stopped him was a holy decree from Emperor Hongyuan.

The holy decree of the return journey has been issued, and he has no choice but to return to Beijing by edict, and with it, there is also an edict from the imperial court to inform the world of Ye Cizhun's death.

After Ye Qinyu confirmed the news from Xue Chunyue's mouth, he shouted bitterly and fainted to the ground......

Emperor Hongyuan posthumously sealed Ye Cizhun as the third grade of the household department of Shangshu, Laiyang County Gong, and gave the burial of the emperor's mausoleum. Emperor Hongyuan thought of the desolation under his knees, so he wanted to choose someone from the Ye family to succeed him as his heir, and send him to the funeral as a filial son and grandson, which was the act of treating loyal ministers well. However, the Ye family has always been estranged from Ye Cizhun, and instead of finding a person who has never met him or is emotionally estranged, it is better to choose Ye Qinyu, who has been close to him since childhood. Ye Qinyu sent him on his last journey, and he expected that he would be able to look at it, so Emperor Hongyuan issued an edict to succeed Ye Qinyu as his niece.

In the twilight of spring, the falling flowers were colorful, and Ye Qinyu, as Ye Cizhun's descendant, held his tablet and sent him to the funeral. The funeral ceremony was extraordinary, causing a sensation in half of Changxing City. Emperor Hongyuan also sent King Xi to come in person to pay tribute on his behalf, which can be described as death and grief.

Ye Qinyu inherited all his honors, and since then he has one more identity after being a loyal minister. After dragging her heavy steps and completing all the memorial rituals like a puppet, she finally collapsed into Xue Chunyue's arms due to excessive grief......

Ye Qinyu fell asleep for three days and three nights, and the first thing she said after waking up was "Little Uncle Zhun ......", and when she woke up, she was surprised and happy, and she was so excited that she burst into tears, and hurriedly ran out to find someone to inform Xue Chunyue.

Xue Chunyue returned from the yamen all the way, and hugged her tightly when she entered the door......

Tonight is the first meal of the Hubu Shilang's Mansion since the first day, Xue Chunyue specially prepared Changxing style food, hoping that Ye Qinyu can eat some. From preparing for Ye Cizhun's funeral to now the dust has fallen, but in half a month, she has lost a lot of weight, and her eyes are sunken.

On the dinner table, the crows were silent, and the sound of the collision of silver chopsticks and dishes was more and more crisp.

A strong retching attracted everyone's attention, and the county lord of Yi'an hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and left the table.

Ye Qinyu experienced Ye Cizhun's death, and he was even more pessimistic about the world, and he only felt that it was a great fortune to be well, so his hostility towards Yi'an was seven or eight points less, and he just wanted to spend the rest of his life without interfering with each other.

At this time, she looked at Yi'an who was leaving the table in a daze, turned her head and said to Xue Chunyue, "Please have a doctor......

Xue Chunyue looked at her pale lips, knowing that she could no longer experience life and death, so she agreed, and immediately sent someone to ask a doctor to come to treat Yi'an.