The refreshing night breeze with the fragrance of flowers gently blows across the entire lonely mountain, the light of the fire responds to the West Lake in the distance, the brisk footsteps on the quiet stone path of the lonely mountain are from far to near, and under the rather blurry delicacy of the night, Li Fengniang looked at the West Lake in the distance in a silent daze.

As time slowly passed at her fingertips, Li Fengniang's mood became more and more complicated and anxious, and she couldn't wait to scream a few times at the darkness in front of her to vent the restless emotions in her heart.

She really wanted to make herself believe that tomorrow was the day when Ye Qing left Lin'an to go to the north, not to disappear from this world, and after a few years, Ye Qing would appear in Lin'an from the north again, and appear in front of Xingyuan and her.

Li Fengniang just wants her to have some pain in the depths of her heart, and she will not have a heart-rending feeling of parting from life and death, she just wants to let this kind of lie that she has personally weaved to convince herself not to think about tomorrow's things, and not to think that after she passes tomorrow, she will be separated from Ye Qing forever.

But no matter how she told herself in her heart, she regarded tomorrow as the day when Ye Qing left Lin'an and went to the Northland, but deep down there was always a voice in her heart, which made her know clearly that everything was a lie she wanted to give herself, a lie to deceive herself not to pay attention to the situation in Lin'an.

"How's Lin'an?" Li Fengniang continued to look at the dim lights in front of her blankly, and asked calmly like a sculpture.

"Back to the queen, the city is full of forbidden troops patrolling, and Donghua Gate and Jiahui Gate are all people from the Guards Division and the Front Division of the Palace, and there are ...... in the palace." Zhu Ye'er said softly beside him.

"What about him?" Li Fengniang was still in a daze.

"At noon, when Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan mobilized manpower, hundreds of soldiers of the Hua family took the opportunity to enter the city, and now they are all in Yefu." Zhu Ye'er continued to reply.

Li Fengniang looked at the West Lake in the distance and began to be silent, even if it was far away, even if she couldn't hear the slightest sound, but through the blurred light, she seemed to feel the excitement and happiness under the West Lake at night, but after reflecting into her heart, all became restless and uneasy.

"It seems that he noticed it, but alas...... If only he had been able to perceive how good it had been when I had left Lin'an. Li Fengniang's charming face had a hint of melancholy and grievance, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and tears began to roll in her eyes.

"Ye Dajiren has his own natural appearance...... Back then, they were able to ...... from the siege and interception of the Xia people. Zhu Ye'er cautiously relieved beside her.

"It is precisely because of the lesson of the last time that this time people will make such a big fanfare and set up such a battle to kill him...... He shouldn't have come back, he really shouldn't have come back, and he should have believed that I could help him solve the problems of the Northland, instead of putting his life on the line for the Northland. Li Fengniang's tone was still calm, but the tears in her eyes began to slowly slide down her cheeks, making her charming cheeks, under the hazy night, a little more weak and helpless, a little less graceful and luxurious and fierce on weekdays.

"Queen, the slave has a saying......

"Needless to say, this is his fate, from the moment he decided to return to Lin'an, he should have thought that sooner or later there would be today." Li Fengniang wiped the tears on her cheeks with her hands, and some of the bitterness that flowed into her mouth made her feel even more sad and sad: "Submit the impeachment of Xie Shenfu to the Holy Emperor for approval, and ...... tomorrow Tomorrow you will personally return to Lin'an to settle the aftermath for him, and you will put it in ...... Put it in the apricot orchard, and then seal the apricot orchard, and no one is allowed to enter. And also...... After being settled, immediately find Li Lifang, let the Criminal Department arrest Xie Shenfu and his family, hand them over to Dali Temple and the Imperial City Division for disposal, and bury him seven days later! ”

At the end, Li Fengniang's lips had bitten out a faint bloodstain, and her two hands were even more clenched into fists and trembling uncontrollably.

Zhu Ye'er stood aside, she believed that this was the first step for the queen to avenge Lord Ye Qingye, once the queen returned to Lin'an, I am afraid that there would be more people to accompany Ye Qing to the funeral.

"Yes, the slave will return to Lin'an City tomorrow." Zhu Ye'er replied in a low voice, and her hands couldn't help but tremble a little.

Two lines of tears burst out of Li Fengniang's eyes, and Ye Qing's easy-going smile appeared again in front of her misty eyes, including Ye Qing's surprised appearance when she saw her on the day she left the pavilion, and the bad appearance when she was warm in the apricot garden, and the gloomy face but helpless look when she quarreled with her.

The queen on the lonely mountain is crying, and Lin'an City is still the same as yesterday in the eyes of the people, of course, if there is, it is in the streets and alleys of the city, in order to welcome the emperor who has not returned to Lin'an for several years, there is a messy situation.

Therefore, when a large number of forbidden troops began to appear in Lin'an City from noon, the people once thought that something big had happened, and they pricked up their ears one by one to listen, but in the end they only heard the news that the emperor would return to Lin'an tomorrow, and there was nothing else besides these.

As a result, the people in the city, but after being nervous for less than two hours, they began to relax again, what the official family wants to do, it has little to do with them, the people, as for not returning to Lin'an for many years, why suddenly return to Lin'an at this time, no one is willing to delve into the reasons behind it, after all, the royal family or the affairs above the court are still too far away from them.

However, in the eyes of some thoughtful people, they can still smell a trace of unusual smell in Lin'an City, whether it is Jiahui Gate, Donghua Gate, or the streets and alleys in the city, but it is like welcoming the emperor back to the palace, but why did the saint and the queen not follow back from the lonely mountain? Isn't that suspicious?

What's more, even if the forbidden army wants to make Lin'an City look better, more prosperous, and more lively in the eyes of the emperor who has not returned to Lin'an for many years, it is understandable that they need to go to the streets today to clean up those idle scoundrels, but why is it now that it is almost the beginning of the year, why does the forbidden army, which has always been scattered, still look like they have no intention of returning to their homes to rest? On the contrary, after nightfall, it became more and more dense.

From time to time, you can hear the sound of running and the sound of nails and leaves rattling, wrapped in dozens of forbidden soldiers passing through the streets and alleys, and similarly, from time to time, you can also see that some officials' carriages and sedan chairs are escorted to the gate of the mansion by the forbidden army.

A carriage on the street, also escorted by the powerful forbidden army, quickly ran towards another street and alley, but just turned a corner, it was stopped by another group of forbidden troops in the alley.

"Who? Tonight this road doesn't work? Take a detour from elsewhere. In the dark alley, a rather majestic voice sounded.

Tao Qian on the wheel held the reins in one hand, looked at the forbidden army on the wheel next to him, and said with a smile: "I'm tired, please go and inform them." ”

"Don't worry, these are your own people, easy to talk. What's more, the Commander has given orders, how can there be a place in this Lin'an City where you can't go? Wait outside the potter, and I'll go over and show my identity. The forbidden army jumped out of the carriage, took a few steps forward, and then began to report to the door of the house with a loud voice.

As the forbidden army in the dark alley gave way to a road, Tao Qian drove the carriage and finally slowly arrived at the gate of Xie Shenfu's mansion.

"Master Ye, it's here." Tao Qian said loudly into the carriage, different from other people's names for Ye Qingye, even in the name of Ye Qing, even in the name of Ye Qing, Tao Qian is also a different way and unique, that is, he is different from others.

"Let the forbidden army in the alley disperse." Ye Qing jumped out of the carriage and looked around in the dark, only in front of him was the closed gate of the Xie Mansion, where two large dim lanterns were lit.

"It can't be that simple, right?" Tao Qian whispered a few words to the forbidden army behind him, and then said with some anxiety after watching the forbidden army in the alley slowly disappear.

"Of course it's not that simple, call the door, I'm afraid there are still people inside." Ye Qing smiled, then walked to a shadow with his hands behind his back and stood still, and then behind Tao Qian, more than a dozen Imperial City Division guards appeared, and followed Tao Qian to knock on the door of Xie Mansion.

The sound of popping made the originally quiet night instantly become a little more tense, and what was as shocking as the sound of the door was that the door of Xie Mansion did not open because of this, but the side door opened, and a vaguely armored human head leaned out: "What knock, knock on you and go to prison, do you know where this is...... ”

"The old man has something to see Xie Shenfu, and Lord Xie ......."

"Lord Xie won't see any guests tonight, don't say it's your ......." The head on the side door slowly flashed out, looked up and down at Tao Qian, who was dressed as an outsider, and then looked at the dozen or so guards behind him who were not wearing armor, and said lightly: "Lord Xie won't see anyone tonight, let alone you, even if the left minister is here today, Lord Xie won't see it, get out." ”

"What if the old man has to see it?" Tao Qian sneered, his expression became cold, the eerie ruthlessness unique to the eunuch was becoming clearer and clearer on him at this moment, and it made people feel a little frightened.

"Looking for death, aren't you? Let Lao Tzu remind you again? Another one at the side door looked like a leader, holding the waist knife at his waist, stepped out, and looked at Tao Qian with some disdain and said.

"It seems that you are not from the forbidden army." Tao Qian looked at the leader in front of him again, and then looked slightly at the shadow where Ye Qing was standing next to him.

"Be lighter, come to talk to others, not to seek revenge." Ye Qing's voice sounded faintly in the shadows, startling the two people who came out of the Xie Mansion.

Then when they turned their heads to look at Tao Qian and the others again, they saw that a fist had smashed towards the door in front of him, and then they heard a scream at the side door, and saw soldiers in armor swarming out from the side door and rushing towards Tao Qian and the others.

At this time, in the small garden of Xie Mansion, Xie Daoqing, who had just finished reporting to her mother and saw her father Xie Qubo today, was sitting on a chair swinging her legs, looking at the starry night sky, and imagined to Xie Shenfu that when her father came back from Dali Temple, she must personally cook for her father.

On Xie Shenfu's originally dignified face, he couldn't help laughing heartily because of the imagination of his carefree granddaughter.

"You, if only it were as simple as you think." Xie Shenfu's granddaughter, who was reluctant to strike, said with a hint of worry in her eyes.

"Of course that's what I thought, and I told my dad today, and he said that if I don't make it delicious

, he carried the wine jug to Yipinlou to eat, and asked me to pay for him. When the time comes, grandpa will have to help his granddaughter speak, and he must say that what I make is delicious, and he can't let his father go to Yipinlou to eat. Xie Daoqing smiled innocently, not seeing the worry in her grandfather's eyes.

"Okay, good, grandpa will definitely help you talk when the time comes, and you must let him finish the food you cooked, otherwise, he will not be allowed to leave the house." Xie Shenfu casually responded to Xie Daoqing's words, and there was also a noisy footstep in his ears at this time.

Turning around and looking in the direction of the footsteps with Xie Daoqing, I saw that the housekeeper was running over in a panic, shouting all the way to the master, no, master, something is wrong.

"What is so in such a hurry, and what is the system? What's wrong? As soon as Xie Shenfu finished asking, he faintly heard the sound of talking from the front yard from time to time.

"Someone has to see you tonight, and he has a fight with the people who protect the palace in the palace, and they can't stop it, and they are about to die, sir." The head manager of the Xie Mansion looked at Xie Shenfu and hurriedly explained.

"Didn't you tell them that I wouldn't be there tonight?" Xie Shenfu frowned, and began to wonder in his heart, who would come to the door, even the guards of the front division of the palace dared to fight.

Shi Miyuan was the first to appear in his mind, but he was denied it at the first time, and before he could think about whether it would be Ye Qing, Ye Qing's voice had already come from not far away.

"I'm really sorry to disturb Lord Xie so late." Ye Qing, who was dressed in a dark cyan narrow-sleeved robe, was followed by an attendant who looked like an outsider, and walked towards Xie Shenfu and the others with a smile on his face.

"Master, it's him, it's him who ordered the beating." After the official family took advantage of the light to see Ye Qing's face clearly, he immediately complained to Xie Shenfu.

And Xie Shenfu was frowning at this time, his expression was solemn, and his tightly closed lips were just about to speak, but the little girl next to him immediately said excitedly: "Uncle Ye? You...... Why are you here? ”

A delicate figure passed by Xie Shenfu, and went straight to Ye Qing, who was smiling on the opposite side, and then stopped in front of him, looked at Ye Qing happily and asked again, "Do you have something to do with my grandfather so late?" You...... Even the people in front of the palace dare to fight? ”

"A little thing, not enough to worry about, another day I will scold the former commander of the palace to show you." Ye Qing smiled and said to Xie Daoqing, who rushed to the front of him, and then his eyes swept over the top of Xie Daoqing's head, and said, "Ye Mou is here, doesn't Lord Xie also invite Ye Mou to sit down and talk?" ”

Xie Shenfu's expression was extremely solemn at this time, he really didn't expect that Ye Qing would come to his mansion in person at this time, but from this he also knew that Ye Qing had already realized how unfavorable the current situation was for him, otherwise, how could he surrender his identity to his own mansion.

"Xiaguan and Lord Ye can be said to be different, so Lord Ye, please go back, Xiaguan still has the attitude when he was in Dali Temple that day, and he will never change." Xie Shenfu shook his head firmly, in front of Xie Daoqing, he was reluctant to make his words clear, naturally not because he was afraid of Ye Qing's face, but because he was afraid of hurting his precious granddaughter's heart.

"I expected Lord Xie to say this, but since Ye is here, he naturally refuses to leave easily." Ye Qing smiled, and then when he made a mistake with Xie Daoqing, he didn't forget to raise his hand and flick Xie Daoqing's jade-like forehead.

The little girl pretended to snort, and then when Ye Qing looked back at her, she stroked her forehead with one hand, and naughtily stuck out her tongue and grimaced at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing walked directly to the chair where Xie Daoqing was sitting just now and sat down, and then looked at Xie Shenfu and the housekeeper, as well as Xie Daoqing, who was still standing in place.

"What the lower officials should say has already been said, even if Lord Ye continues to say it, it will be a waste of words." Xie Shenfu frowned, watched Ye Qing sit down leisurely and said.

The housekeeper next to him was extremely surprised at this moment, he didn't expect that this man, who looked only a few years younger than the young lady's father, would have a bigger official position than their master, and the master would actually call himself an official in front of others.

Xie Daoqing looked at his unkind grandfather, and just wanted to make a sound, he felt that his sleeve was secretly pulled by the bad-looking outsider next to him, and then turned around, only to see the bad outsider making a silent gesture at her, and whispered: "How can you have a little girl here?" You just have to listen to it, otherwise you won't even have the qualifications to listen. ”

"You ......." Xie Daoqing raised his eyebrows, this person who looked very bad dared to teach himself a lesson in his own home.

Just before she questioned Tao Qian, Xie Shenfu said in a deep voice: "Qing'er, go to your mother's place, there is nothing for you to do here." ”

"I ...... I didn't speak, grandpa. Xie Daoqing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but protest along with Tao Qian's thinking that had just warned her.

"Go." Xie Shenfu's face was gloomy and he said in an unquestionable tone, but Xie Daoqing looked at Ye Qing and looked at her with a smile, and after nodding at her, he ran to the backyard unwillingly.

Xie Shenfu looked at the "eyebrows" between Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.