"Rong Xiao said that he was disloyal, the rumors spread by Dongping Wang Fangzhi are by no means fabricated, if it is really as the rumors, then the death of Prime Minister Xiao must be caused by the conspiracy of the Empress Dowager Lu of the dynasty, and now that Prime Minister Xia is helping me to investigate, am you not afraid that Empress Lu will know and blame it?"

Xiaoyi paid attention to Xia Jueyi's changes after hearing this, but it was not as he thought, Xia Jueyi's face did not change, it seemed that Lu Lan could not threaten him at all.

"As the prime minister of the Wan Dynasty, I was ordered by the emperor at the time, and I was loyal to the emperor, even if the queen mother Lu Lan was honored, she was just a woman, as a courtier, how could I be afraid of her?" Xia Jueyi's righteous and awe-inspiring words made Xiaoyi feel a little admiration in her heart.

It seems that the Xia Jueyi in front of him is very similar to his father's temperament back then.

"The prime minister can have such courage, which makes the younger generation very admired." Xiaoyi hugged his fist and saluted.

"Now that you have found out my sincerity, you can believe my words."

How could Xia Jueyi not see that this was Xiaoyi deliberately trying him.

Hearing Xia Jueyi say this, Xiaoyi felt a little ashamed in her heart.

"What do you know about the events of those years? Is this really a conspiracy of Lu Lan behind this? ”

"Back then...."Xia Jueyi spoke slowly.

After Lu Lan seized power, the thing was to clean up the portal, and Xiao Zetian was naturally the first to bear the brunt, the emperor's sudden tampering with the holy decree before his death, he always felt that Lu Lan did something in his head, but at that time, Lu Lan covered the sky with one hand, and Xiao Zetian naturally became a thorn in her eye.

Naturally, she couldn't keep him.

At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was falsely accused of having the intention of rebellion, intending to rebel, and his heart should be punished, it was Xiao Zetian who stood at the head of the group and everyone strongly opposed it, so that the life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was saved, but it was precisely because of this that they were killed, maybe Xiao Zetian did not refute it like this at that time, and Lu Lan would not be killed completely, the most poisonous thing was the hearts of women, Lu Lan can be said to have embodied this sentence vividly.

And these Xia Jueyi are vivid, he also wanted to stand up, but at that time, because of his wife's relationship, he naturally couldn't openly oppose Lu Lan, at that time, he was just a young man, although he was also vigorous, but he also had a fearful heart, but he was not as calm and steady as now.

Later, although he also stood up, Lu Lan didn't put him in his eyes at all, he could only watch Xiao Zetian and others die here, unjustly dying.

After that, with guilt and indignation in his heart, he began to secretly investigate the matter behind his back, hoping to find some clues to prove what Lu Lan did, but after so many years, what Lu Lan did back then was almost leakless, and it can be seen that this person is very deep, and he has not found any particularly favorable clues.

Until the emergence of Xiaoyi and the earth-shaking changes that took place in the Wan Dynasty, Yan Qinghan regained imperial power, and Lu Lan was forced to retreat to the harem.

also gave Xia Jueyi a chance to show his talents, and not long ago, the person he sent to investigate had news back.

Hearing Xia Jueyi say this, Xiaoyi's eyes were full of expectations, and this news was undoubtedly very important to him.

"What's the news?" Xiaoyi's tone was a little eager.

"However, this matter has little to do with whether Empress Lu conspired to usurp the throne, but it is a somewhat surprising secret." Xia Jueyi's expression began to become solemn.

"What's the secret?" Xiaoyi said again.

"They found a person who had been a stable woman in the palace back then, and she said that the child born to Empress Lu was not a prince, but a princess."

This sounded so ridiculous, even Xia Jueyi couldn't believe it when he first heard the news.

"Is this man's word credible?" Xiaoyi couldn't help but be suspicious.

"It's still credible, she said that when Empress Lu was pregnant, she was not more than a month pregnant, but for some reason she insisted on giving birth to a child, and when the child was born, she clearly remembered that it was a princess, but after handing it over to Empress Lu's personal maid, it was the prince who told the emperor that she was wrong, she thought something was wrong, who knew that in the end Lu Lan was really a prince by her side, and then Lu Lan killed them all in order to seal the mouths of those who knew it.

Xia Jueyi told the story.

Xiaoyi remembered what Yueyan had told him before, that Lu Lan was not Yan Qinghan's biological mother, and now it seems that Lu Lan and Yan Qinghan Zhijian do have some ulterior secrets, and Yan Qinghan does not know his true life experience.

"Moreover, at the same time that Lu Lan gave birth to the prince, Concubine Li, who went to the temple to pray for blessings, did not know where to go, her life and death were uncertain, and there was no news.

Xia Jueyi added.

Things seem to be getting more and more confusing, Concubine Li, this name is very familiar, she remembers that Du Ruosheng once mentioned this person to herself, Xiaoyi tried to recall, and the memories gradually came to her mind.

The woman in the palace who was imprisoned in the cold palace was also the one who let Yan Qinghan know the whereabouts of the talisman, and Xiaoyi became more and more interested in this concubine.

Something must have happened between Lu Lan and Concubine Li, and this Concubine Li is by no means a simple person.

"If what Wen Po said is true, then what is the identity of the saint today? Could it be that Lu Lan found a baby boy from the people, and it was impossible to fake it? ”

Xiaoyi's problem is exactly what Xia Jueyi is worried about, if this is the case, then the person who is sitting on the throne now is not right, then Lu Lan, this woman, is simply terrifying and unimaginable.

The country of these ten thousand dynasties was taken by an irrelevant person like this?

"That's what I'm worried about, too." Xia Jueyi said worriedly.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, now that Xiao knows about this, he won't sit idly by, the juniors behind this secret will be investigated one by one with the adults, and the juniors will never reveal half a sentence about today's affairs, so the prime minister can rest assured."

Xia Jueyi trusted Xiaoyi, otherwise he would not have told him about it, he always felt that there was something hidden behind Xiaoyi in front of him, and he had some bold guesses in his heart, but he didn't want these guesses to come true, otherwise he was afraid that Wanchao would set off another huge wave.

"I hope you don't disappoint your own appearance." Xia Jueyi said.

When Xiaoyi picked up the teacup, the tea in the cup was already cold, and only the bitter taste remained.

Before Xiaoyi left Xia Mansion, Xia Jueyi ordered someone to take him to fetch the tea prepared for him.

Unexpectedly, he met Xia Zhiyi in the backyard.

"General Xiao." Xia Zhiyi is always as warm as a piece of jasper, giving people a sense of softness, and Xiaoyi can't help but become warm every time she sees him.

"Miss Xia." Xiaoyi echoed.

"Miss, the prime minister instructed me to prepare some cloud tea for the general to bring back." The waitress beside Xiaoyi said to Xia Zhiyi.

"General Xiao also likes clouds?" Xia Zhiyi asked softly.

"The taste of my hometown is rare to taste, so I asked the prime minister for some." Xiaoyi smiled.

"General Xiao is from Qingtai? If the general likes it, I will order someone to send some to the general's mansion in the future. Hearing Xiaoyi mention Qingtai, Xia Zhiyi actually had a trace of expectation in her heart, although she didn't know what she was looking forward to. balance

"Well, Miss Xia is very loving, so you don't have to be so troublesome."

"No trouble, no trouble." Xia Zhiyi waved and said, and the maid who ordered Fang Cai, "There is a neat package here, take it for the general." ”

As he spoke, he handed the unopened tea bag to the maid.

After taking the tea, Xiaoyi didn't know what to say, so he thanked him and prepared to leave.

As soon as he turned around, Xia Zhiyi called him, "General Xiao."

Xiao Yi turned her head and looked at her, only to see Xia Zhiyi continue: "General Xiao, have we met somewhere?" ”

"We've seen it more than once. ＂

Xia Zhiyi didn't expect Xiaoyi to answer like this, she obviously didn't mean that, but she explained again: "I mean, I mean a long time ago, in Qingtai." ”

Xiaoyi thought for a moment and shook her head, "No, I don't remember when I met Miss." ”

Xiaoyi really can't remember the memories of the past, only the memories that make him remember them so fresh that he can't seem to remember anything other than hatred.

Hearing Xiaoyi's answer, Xia Zhiyi looked a little disappointed, "Maybe I'm mistaken, General Xiao walks slowly." ”

For some reason, seeing the loneliness flashing in Xia Zhiyi's eyes, Xiao Yi felt a little unbearable in his heart, so he said again: "Xiao has a bad memory, maybe I've seen it, but Xiao can't remember it." ”

Saying this, maybe it can make Xia Zhiyi's heart feel better, Xiaoyi thought like this, although he didn't know why he did this, but Xia Zhiyi didn't have a bad impression of him.

Sure enough, when Xia Zhiyi heard his words, his face eased slightly.

After Xia Zhiyi saw Xiaoyi leave, he looked at the tea bag in his hand and thought thoughtfully.

"Miss, Miss!" Knowing that the maid beside her dangled her hand in front of her eyes, she came back to her senses.

"What's wrong?" Xia Zhiyi said inexplicably.

"Madame summoned you to the Garden of Dreams." The maid said respectfully, I don't know what her young lady was doing in a daze, and she even screamed a few times, but she didn't respond.

"yes, I see." After that, Xia Zhiyi put down the things in his hand and walked towards Jumengyuan by himself, and the maid behind him followed closely behind, and said again and again: "Miss, wait for the slave!" ”

However, Xia Zhiyi obviously hadn't pulled back Fang Cai's thoughts, and he didn't hear her calling himself at all, and still walked forward quickly.

Jumengyuan is the residence of Lu Huayao and Xia Jueyi, Xia Zhiyi didn't know why her mother suddenly called her here, but she didn't dare to slack off, thinking about it, her steps became faster and faster.

Xiaojin, the maid who followed behind, followed breathlessly, why didn't she realize that her young lady was walking so fast before, what happened today?

When Xia Zhiyi came to Jumengyuan, Lu Huayao was standing in the courtyard.

Lu Huayao likes plum blossoms very much, so Xia Jueyi deliberately gave her a few plum blossom trees in the courtyard, and now the plum blossoms are also blooming just right, and the scenery in the courtyard is also pleasant.

Although Lu Huayao is nearly forty years old, she is still beautiful and beautiful, and she has a proud and unique temperament.

Xia Zhiyi looked at his mother's back, and couldn't help but be attracted, his temperament was very similar to his mother, but he was slightly inferior to his mother's tenacity.

"Mother." Xia Zhiyi called softly.

Lu Huayao turned around slowly, wearing a purple snow fox cotton coat, a hibiscus auspicious cloud pleated skirt, and a light blue plum blossom cloak.

"It's still cold, why don't you know how to wear more." Lu Huayao said and untied her cloak and surrounded Xia Zhiyi, although there was reproach in her tone, but it was more of love.

"Mother, I'm not cold, you still have to be more careful about your body." Xia Zhiyi wanted to untie the cloak, but was stopped by Lu Huayao.

"Mother, did you suddenly call me here?"

couldn't resist Lu Huayao, Xia Zhiyi didn't continue, and then asked.

"Xiaojin, you go down first." Lu Huayao instructed the maid behind Xia Zhiyi.

"Yes, ma'am."

Only the mother and daughter were left in the garden.

"Zhiyi, did you disobey the Queen Mother a month ago?" When Lu Huayao opened her mouth, Xia Zhiyi was shocked, but she didn't expect Lu Lan to still embarrass her mother.

"Aunt told you? It's not my fault, it's my aunt. Before Xia Zhiyi finished speaking, he knew that he had lost his manners, but Lu Huayao had no intention of blaming her.

"I probably know, this is naturally not what you meant, I know it is your aunt's intention, my mother just didn't expect that she still stretched out her hand to you!"

Lu Huayao's tone was sorrowful.

Xia Zhiyi originally thought that her mother was going to educate her, but she didn't expect that she was really angry with Lu Lan.

"Mother, this matter has passed, you don't have to take it to heart, now that the queen is in charge of the phoenix seal, even if the aunt is trying to do something, it is not for her to decide"

"Zhiyi, you thought about the Queen Mother too simply, I'm afraid you have completely angered her last time, and her relationship with the Holy Empress has always been bad, this is well known. I'm afraid that from now on, the Prime Minister's Mansion will also face an embattled situation. Lu Huayao couldn't hide her worries.

Hearing her say this, Xia Zhiyi blamed herself in her heart, but now that things have developed to this point, it is not what she thinks, and she doesn't want to go against her long-cherished wish and break up others.

"Zhiyi, my mother wants you to stay at your aunt's house again for a while, so that your aunt won't be able to find a chance to embarrass you."

"Mother, send me away, put you and your father in danger, forgive my daughter for not being able to do it, besides, it is me who offends the Queen Mother, I will not let her embarrass the house, as long as I can be with my mother and father, no matter what happens, I am not afraid." Xia Zhiyi said firmly, Lu Huayao knew her daughter's temperament, and it was useless for her to say anything more.

After thinking about it, she didn't force her, yes, only the family being together is the most important thing, and the others are not to be afraid.

"Okay, my mother's memories have grown up, and my mother is very pleased." Lu Huayao was pleased.

Xia Zhiyi threw herself into Lu Huayao's arms, greedily absorbing her mother's warmth like a child, as long as she could be by their side, no matter what, she could rest assured, she didn't want to leave them for half a step.