Out of the first month, Li Shufan was still sentenced to "beheading" as originally planned. In fact, the prisoner who was tortured was not Li Shufan, but the emperor replaced him with a death row prisoner disguised as him. But except for the Li family, everyone thought that it was Li Shufan himself who died, so there was no one like Li Shufan in the world, and Li Shufan lost his true identity from then on.

Li Shufan changed his name to Yu Cheng with his mother's surname, implying his loyalty and openness. The emperor ordered him to be secretly sent to the bitter cold land of the frontier for the rest of his life, accompanied only by the maid Ruixiang, who had never abandoned him. Xu made amends for him, the emperor not only pardoned his father Li Kang's crimes and reinstated him, but also privately rewarded Concubine Tian with a lot of good things, and cared more about her and Princess Shuchun than before. Li Shufan sacrificed his own body in exchange for the revitalization of the entire family, and he felt that it was enough.

On the day of his departure, the emperor made an exception and allowed Li Kang and Yu to send their sons. Li Shufan wore a linen robe, and the fierce north wind blew the hem of his clothes up and down. It seems that yesterday he was still the heroic guard wearing a python Tengyun uniform, but today he has fallen into the dust and become a "wandering ghost" who is not even worthy of his life experience? Seeing his son fall into such a field, Yu almost fainted from crying on the spot, and Li Kang could not help even if he lamented and blamed himself. The world is embarrassing!

Li Shufan took Ruixiang on the road.

He didn't want Ruixiang to suffer with him, but Ruixiang didn't listen to persuasion, saying that he would follow Dinggongzi in this life, otherwise he would die in front of him. Li Shufan had no choice but to take her to the unknown difficulties and dangers, but his heart was not unmoved.

"Childe, look, what is this?" Ruixiang stuffed a black and white butterfly buckle into Li Shufan's hand. She also took off her brocade clothes, and also wore a linen skirt that looked simple and sincere.

"This is ......" Li Shufan clenched the thing in his hand, this is the butterfly buckle woven by his deceased wife Wu with the hair and silver silk of the two before she died, and it was the last thought she left him. He still remembered that Wu, who was seriously ill at that time, always wore his favorite skirt with a dark brocade seal of anemone, and sat under the lamp to weave this butterfly buckle one by one. He still remembered that she had said, but unfortunately they couldn't wait for the day when they would grow old together, so they would use this silver thread instead of their white hair, and the green silk and white snow complement each other, what a wonderful and warm picture!

"That's right! Although the emperor said that he was not allowed to take away a penny, the slave knew that this butterfly buckle meant very much to the son, so he hid it in his shoes and brought it out while people were not paying attention. Ruixiang whispered.

"Ruixiang...... Thank you. Except for gratitude, Li Shufan didn't know what to say.

"The slave wants to thank the son. Thank you Childe for not disliking the slave maid, thank you Childe for being willing to let the slave and maid accompany you......" Ruixiang smiled at Li Shufan, her eyes bright and firm.

Li Shufan also smiled. People have to go through big and small things in their lives, some good and some bad. The heavens always show mercy in the most desperate times of man—even in the depths of doom, there is always a fortunate thing that can make people smile from the bottom of their hearts. Thank you, this gives people a fortunate fate in the midst of misfortune!

Li Shufan's matter was solved in a way that was not a solution, although the result was unsatisfactory, but the Li family finally gradually came out of the haze. The emperor is the one who has benefited the most, on the one hand, he has purged Dongying meticulously; On the other hand, it was praised by the people for being "open and honest" and "clear rewards and punishments" even in dealing with such court scandals.

Because of her brother's "self-sacrifice", Li Shutian seemed to have grown up overnight, and she gradually understood the true meaning of surviving in the harem, so she began to try her best to please the emperor like other concubines, and no longer be the stupid girl who only knew how to wait silently.

Although the wound on Li Jingxi's arm has healed, a bigger crack has appeared in her heart. From this incident, she finally really saw the emperor's "unscrupulous means". Even if he truly loved her, she couldn't accept such a man who was blinded by suspicion, calculating, and lost his openness, not in the past, and even more so now. She began to take the medicine that could weaken her connections, and this time she was determined to avoid favor completely.

It is said that before Li Shufan was "beheaded", Li Jingji, who learned that he would be privately commuted to exile, was in a hurry to send someone out of the palace to convey the "good news" to the Li family. Originally, it was very appropriate to hand over this errand to Liuli, but Zimo volunteered to run this trip instead of Liuli, although Li Jingxi was a little strange, but in the end she still trusted her, so she was let out of the palace.

Zimo's purpose in leaving the palace is naturally to find an opportunity to meet with Xian Yuanshao, Qin Yan's ultimatum has been delivered together with the New Year's gift, and if she doesn't hurry up to get the "Ran Xiao Art of War", the Xian family and Li Jingxi will be in big trouble.

In the evening of that day, Zimo took advantage of the last bit of time before the palace gate fell to meet Xian Yuanshao in the private room of Zuixiangju. Xian Yuanshao hurried over, and when he entered the private room, he was already sweating profusely.

"What did you do? How do you run sweaty? Zimo handed Yuan Shao a handkerchief, but he stretched out his head and said that he would let Zimo wipe it for him, and Zimo was too lazy to bother with him so he wiped two handfuls casually.

"Not for you! Here! Xian Yuanshao took out two crumpled booklets with yellowed corners from his arms and threw them on the table in front of Zimo, and said proudly: "The dowry you want." ”

Zimo couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he looked at the two volumes of "The Art of War" on the table: "You, you...... You can't steal it behind your father's back, do you? ”

"How is that possible? The master doesn't bother to do those things that steal chickens and dogs! This was given to me by the old man himself. Seeing Zimo's disbelief, Yuan Shao helplessly flicked her head and explained: "I confessed to my father what you requested, and I also said that you would not marry in this life, so my father agreed without hesitation." ”

"It's as simple as that?" Zimo still couldn't believe it.

"It's that simple!" Yuan Shao nodded sincerely.

"Your dad didn't hesitate?" Zimo asked again.

"It seems to be down for a while, but it's so short that it's negligible." Yuan Shao replied again.

Zimo threw the two booklets back to Yuan Shao without even reading them, and said dissatisfiedly: "This must be fake, how can your baby be so easy to get for you?" Don't fool me! ”

"Oops, you damn girl! Why don't you believe me? This one is true! I swear! If it's fake, I'll jump from this second floor right now! With that, he ran to the window and pushed it open.

"It's cold, close the window!" Zimo couldn't help but rush to close the window, and then grabbed Yuan Shao for fear that he would really jump down, a madman like him could do anything stupid.

"Hehe, I knew you were still reluctant to dance, right?" Yuan Shao smiled with satisfaction.

"Get down to business! This one...... Is it really "The Art of War" written by your grandfather? Zimo is colorful.

"How many times have you said it, and you just don't believe it! Lie to you is a puppy. "He was all impatiently questioned.

"How is that possible? Such an important thing, your father didn't blink an eye and let you use it as a dowry? "And the other party is still a lowly little palace maid.

"Well, don't talk about you, I didn't believe it at first. But this is indeed the manuscript of my family's heirloom treasure, "The Art of War". I also asked my father why he took out the art of war so easily, isn't this thing particularly valuable? Guess what he said? Seeing that it was the key point, he sold it.

Zimo was in a hurry, where did he have time to guess riddles with him, and slapped him on the back of the head and scolded: "When is it, you are still selling Guanzi with me?" Don't say I'm leaving! ”

"I say I say! Why are you so quick-tempered? This lady marries home, but it is enough for the master to bear ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw Zimo's eyes widen, raised his little hand to make a gesture to beat, and said angrily: "Are you still poor? Yuan Shao hurriedly begged for mercy and returned to the topic: "My father said that the art of war is indeed precious, but it is not as precious as his son's lifelong happiness!" My father also said that in order for me to marry my beloved, not to mention a mere art of war, it is worth losing all my belongings. He didn't want me to miss out on the marriage I had identified, and he didn't want me to have regrets in my life...... Isn't our dad great? ”

"Hmm." Zimo thought about the credibility of Xian Yuanshao's words, and only reacted after a while: "What 'our father'?" Don't talk nonsense! ”

"I brought the dowry you wanted, and you have to marry me as promised! Isn't my dad your dad then? Do you still want to regret it? As soon as Yuan Shao thought that Zimo might regret it, he was so anxious that he almost smashed the table.

"Calm down! I...... I didn't say I wouldn't get married, you have to give me some time to digest it. Zimo blushed slightly, and he didn't know if he was excited because he got the art of war, or because he felt shy because he had no reason not to marry this nerd.

"You're not eating Lantern Festival, digest a six! The palace gate is about to fall, I'll send you back first, and after the first month, I will ask my father to ask the emperor for marriage! You're just waiting to be the bride, hehe. Yuan Shao fantasized about the picture of a better life in the future and began to giggle.

"That...... Can you give me a little more time? Just three months! If I get married, there will be one less available person around Concubine Zhuang, and I want to find a candidate for her to replace me before I leave, is that okay? Zimo showed a rare pleading gesture, it was the first time she was pitiful to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was so happy that she couldn't do it.

"Well, okay. It's only three months! Three months later, I will propose on time, and you will not be able to make excuses to shirk it then! He had waited for the original six-year appointment, and now this mere month is not a problem for him.

"I promise!" Zimo Chao Yuanshao bloomed with a relieved pure smile, which almost blinded the big eyes of the "hairy guy" who was just beginning to open our love.