"Child, stop crying." Qiu Tang has been crying intermittently for two days, and the water and rice have not entered in the past two days, which makes people feel distressed. Boss Gu stayed aside and persuaded.

"Master, it's my fault." Qiu Tang was teary-eyed. She doesn't know how many times she repeats it. Qiu Tang thinks that Xu's mother's death was caused by herself, and if she hadn't killed Xiao Shunzi on impulse, Xu's mother would not have put herself on her in order to hide the body.

"Child, no matter whose fault it is, people can't be resurrected after death, Mother Xu is doing this to protect you and let you live, if you cry again, then you will really live up to Mother Xu's hard work." Boss Gu hugged Qiu Tang and couldn't stop comforting. Mother Xu is not a bad person, even if she is sometimes fierce to the girls of Linglong Pavilion, but she is only for money, and she has not really harmed anyone.

Qiu Tang didn't know how much she listened to Boss Gu's words, her mind was full of bits and pieces of getting along with Xu's mother in the past, even if Xu's mother had punished her, she felt extremely warm.

Seeing that Qiu Tang gradually stopped crying, Boss Gu patted Qiu Tang on the shoulder: "I'll go and serve you a bowl of porridge." Rice still has to be eaten. I have to go on. ”

Qiu Tang sat up and looked at the back of Boss Gu leaving, Qiu Tang's tears slid down again, fortunately, there were still Boss Gu and Yuchen here, and he had not completely lost his relatives again. Qiu Tang leaned on the head of the bed, looking at the flickering candlelight, Boss Gu was right, to live, everything Xu's mother did for herself was to live by herself. Live, you must live, you still have a lot of important things to do.

Yuchen brought the steaming porridge and put it in Qiu Tang's hand: "It's not early, the master is old, the porridge is brought to you, drink it while it's hot, just rest." ”

"Thank you, Master." Qiu Tang said, picking up the porridge bowl. After recovering his mind, Qiu Tang felt that his stomach was empty, and after three or two sips, Qiu Tang handed the bowl to Yuchen, "Master, tell me about the palace." ”

"How? Did you find it? Zhang Wan patted Mu Lingchen beside her and asked softly.

"Found it, dead." Qing Xing replied on the side.

"Are you sure?" Hearing that Xiao Shunzi died, Zhang Wan was very surprised.

"Yes, the body was found, in the dry well in his house. I don't know who threw it down. ”

"It's better to be dead." Zhang Wan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Shunzi knows too many things, and now that he is dead, he doesn't have to do it himself, "Find out who did it?" ”

"Nope. Being able to drag people into a dry well is not like something that a woman in a green building can do, maybe he is used to being domineering, and he has provoked some powerful characters outside. Qingxing squatted aside and gently beat her legs for Zhang Wan.

"Well deserved. I thought I was going to do a few things, and I was terrible. Zhang Wan snorted lightly, "Let him pass this matter, if someone asks, it will be said that Xiao Shunzi has an emergency and died suddenly." ”

"Yes." Qingxing nodded in response.

"Qingyao, although you sing well and know some poetry and books, but after all, you are still young, so you should wait by Yingyu's side first, and learn to treat people and things, with high and low eyebrows." Aunt Mei trained Luan Qingyao for a few days, and decided to arrange people to serve by the top brand Yingyu first.

"Thank you, Aunt May." Luan Qingyao bowed.

Mu Lingyi did not go to court again. It's not because of the beauty, it's not because he's sick, but he feels more and more that he is just a puppet above the court, no matter what, it won't be his turn to be the master at all, and those old ministers who are close to the Qimu clan will take care of everything, Mu Lingyi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. At first, he only wanted to sit in this Golden Luan Treasure Palace, but now he wants to put the real power in his own hands. Whether it is his father who is still dying or the Qimu clan who are eyeing him, he doesn't want to surrender, he wants to be an independent king.

"Holy Lord, do you want to ask the Imperial Doctor to come and take a look?" Seeing that Mu Lingyi's face was not good-looking, Li Xusong was a little worried.

"You think I'm sick?" Mu Lingyi glanced at Li Xusong.

"No, no, no, the Holy Dragon is in good health, but the miscellaneous family seems to be a little tired from the Saint Shang......," Li Xusong hurriedly explained.

"Li Xusong, do you think I am now a king in the world?" Mu Lingyi didn't pay attention to Li Xusong's explanation.

"Holy you are the crown prince of the first emperor, and the Ministry of Rites chose an auspicious day to ascend the throne, all the steps are in accordance with the rules, now the Holy Lord you ascend the throne and sit in the palace, review the chapters submitted from all over the country, and manage the country and the society, of course you are the king of the world."

"But I feel like a puppet, a puppet who can't make his own decisions." A hint of loneliness flashed in Mu Lingyi's eyes.

"Holy ......" Li Xusong had never seen such a lonely Mu Lingyi, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while. Mu Lingyi is right, in today's government and politics, military affairs are assisted by old ministers who protect the country, and almost all the concerts that fall into his hands are insignificant.

"Okay, don't comfort me, I know everything." Mu Lingyi paused, "What is the Queen Mother busy with these days?" ”

"Oh, I heard that the eunuch in charge of the Queen Mother's side had an emergency and died violently a few days ago, but in addition, there is nothing new in the Queen Mother's palace, and the Queen Mother is taking care of the Twelve Masters all day long."

"She's sitting still." Mu Lingyi snorted coldly.

"Do you want to go and see it?"

"Forget it, I'm tired today. Let's go back another day. "Mu Lingyi doesn't have a good impression of Zhang Wan, all the good feelings before were ruined by the conspiracy of the Qimu clan, and now he can't see it.

"Then the Holy One is still going to listen to music today?"

"Go." Now only listening to music can make Mu Lingyi forget these unpleasantness for a while.

"Boss Gu, I'll go out." In the evening, Qiu Tang hastily ate something and found Boss Gu. Qiu Tang is now living in Xiwang Mansion, and he still has to talk to Boss Gu when he comes out and goes in.

"Okay, stay safe." Boss Gu didn't ask where Qiu Tang was going, but just told her to pay attention to safety.

"Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as possible." Qiu Tang nodded in response.

Looking at the back of Qiu Tang leaving, Yuchen walked behind Boss Gu: "Master, where is Qiu Tang going?" ”

"I guess I'm going home." Boss Gu's voice was very small, as if he was answering Yuchen's question, and like he was muttering in a small voice.

"Home?" Yuchen looked puzzled.

"Qiu Tang was originally a person from the Holy City." Boss Gu seemed to be speaking to himself, and after a pause, he continued, "You are light-handed, you follow quietly, don't let her be in danger." ”

"Yes." Yuchen answered and quickly chased out.

Taking advantage of the dim sunset, Qiu Tang avoided the people coming and going on the street, and came to the back wall of Chen Guoshi's old house again. I went in from here last time, and Qiu Tang is ready to repeat the old tricks. Just as she was about to climb inside, there was a slight sound from the other side of the wall, like the sound of rough cloth rubbing against the bluestone on the ground. Qiu Tang held his breath, leaned against the wall and listened carefully for a while, until he couldn't hear any sound, and then Qiu Tang turned over to the wall.

There is someone in the house that Qiu Tang has confirmed after the first two investigations, but she doesn't know who lives there, and she doesn't know why this person lives here, but since he lives here, and he goes deep and simple, obviously he doesn't want people to find out his whereabouts, so this person must have a secret. And Qiu Tang came this time to reveal this secret.

Qiu Tang climbed over the wall, crouched in the corner, and hid behind a withered plant to calm his beating heart. After waiting until his breathing was stable, Qiu Tang tiptoed along the bluestone road and walked towards the backyard of the house. The road was silent, with no birds or insects.

Bypassing the withered and dilapidated backyard and stepping on the bluestone steps covered with moss and dust in the afterglow, Qiu Tang's heart rose with inexplicable sadness. Resisting the churning in his heart, he pushed open the door covered with cobwebs, and came to the slightly clean corner again. After Qiu Tang groped by the wall for a while, a crack was removed from the corner of the wall, and the gap became bigger and bigger, and the secret passage that allowed Qiu Tang to escape the disaster of extinction and survived reappeared in front of him, and Qiu Tang's ears seemed to hear the mother's scream again that year, "Nianqi, my son, you remember that your name is Chen Nianqi, if you want to live, you must live well!" Hot tears burst out of my eyes uncontrollably.

"Whew!" A piercing sound of breaking the air came, and a cold light hid in the afterglow of the sun towards Qiu Tang's door, in the hazy eyes of tears, Qiu Tang seemed to have forgotten to dodge, and a strong arm wrapped around Qiu Tang's waist to help her avoid the cold light. "Bang!" Without hesitation, the cold light slammed into the pillars of the room.

"Master!" Qiu Tang turned around and saw the person who saved her.

"Shh Yuchen hurriedly covered Qiu Tang's mouth and whispered in Qiu Tang's ear, "Don't say anything, wait until you solve the mystery." ”

Qiu Tang looked at Yuchen's familiar and warm face, nodded, took out a dart from his cuff, and threw it out in the direction where the cold light came. There was a muffled snort in the darkness of the dark passage, Qiu Tang and Yuchen glanced at each other, nodded, bent their waists, and slipped into the dark passage.

After adapting to the darkness in the dark passage, Qiu Tang leaned against the wall and walked inside, just when Qiu Tang wondered if he had an illusion that there was no one inside, a pair of rough hands grabbed Qiu Tang's arm, twisted it back, and pressed Qiu Tang to the ground. Yuchen, who was following Qiu Tang, immediately felt the sudden situation, walked around, waved his sleeves, and dragged back, and a person was strangled by Yuchen's neck, unable to move anymore.

Qiu Tang saw that the person who suppressed him was trapped by Yuchen, so he hurriedly got up, felt out the dart on the cuff, and with the feeling of the other party's breath, he put the sharp blade of the dart on the other party's neck: "Who are you!" ”

The other party was obviously stunned when he heard Qiu Tang's voice, and seemed to hesitate, and his tone was full of caution: "Second Miss? ”

Qiu Tang was also stupid when he heard this title. Yuchen felt the emotions of the two, and dragged the person in his arms towards the dark passage. At this time, the sun was no longer visible, and the surroundings were darkened, but it was not completely invisible. The three of them went out of the secret passage and gathered in the house. It was only when Qiu Tang and Yuchen saw clearly, this person had hair like withered grass, a sallow and dusty face, a face full of wrinkles, and a shocking scar on his neck, looking at Qiu Tang with cloudy eyes, his dry lips trembled slightly: "Second Miss!" It's really you! Saying that, this beggar-like man knelt at the feet of Qiu Tang, and Bang Bang kowtowed, "Ancestor bless!" ”

Everything that happened in front of them made Qiu Tang and Yuchen confused, Qiu Tang quickly thought about who the person in front of her who called her Second Miss was, and Yuchen let go of his hand and guarded Qiu Tang with a guarded posture.

"What are you calling me?" Qiu Tang took a deep breath and asked.

"Second Miss, Second Miss, don't you know me?" The beggar raised his head with tears in his eyes.

Qiu Tang shook his head, and when the beggar saw this, he didn't explain much, pulled his sleeves, and wiped his face desperately with the tears on his face. After wiping it all over, the beggar's face could be slightly recognized, Qiu Tang squatted down and looked at the beggar in front of him carefully: "Chen Zhong!" A name blurted out.

"Second Miss! It's me! Second Miss! Seeing that he was recognized by Qiu Tang, Chen Zhong cried with joy.

"You know?" Yuchen asked in a low voice.

"He was the housekeeper of our family back then. The one who rescued me from the pile of the dead. With just this sentence, Qiu Tang almost lost his strength.