This incident caused quite a stir, at least in the eyes of the intelligent.

But on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Yue ordered Jiang Yuancheng to sacrifice.

So among the wise people, many were shaken.

But there are two that are absolutely unshaken, one is Wen Qingzhu, and the other is Wan Concubine.

They have one thing in common, that is, they know Jiang Yue very well.

On the afternoon of the first day of the new year, Wen Mingxuan came to Wen Qingzhu's side.

"Sister, are you still unwilling to forgive your father?"

Wen Qingzhu frowned slightly: "Have you seen him?" ”

Hearing Wen Qingzhu use him to describe his father, Wen Mingxuan already knew the answer in his heart.

He said no more, ready to turn and leave.

Wen Qingzhu got up and grabbed him and walked in front of him.

Take a closer look, Wen Mingxuan is about to catch up with her, and he will turn thirteen next year.

Originally, after preparing a stomach, Wen Qingzhu suddenly felt that there were times when he needed to let Wen Mingxuan distinguish right from wrong.

"There is no emotion anymore, and there is no love, hatred and forgiveness, I know that he is different from you, you are a son, and he has also taught you with his heart, and after a while, I will let him go back."

After Wen Qingzhu said these words, he turned his head and told Jasmine to invite Dr. Xue over.

When Dr. Xue came to the Hou Mansion, Jasmine took him directly to visit Uncle Wen.

The guards guarding the hospital, after confirming the identity of Dr. Xue, let them in.

Wen Qingzhu and Wen Mingxuan followed, but they didn't go in.

Standing in front of the half-open window, you can see the scene inside.

When Xue Ren appeared in front of Wen Shuquan, he was slightly stunned, but quickly said with a smile: "Trouble doctor." ”

He calmly stretched out his hand and asked Xue Ren to diagnose his pulse.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps on the other side of the corridor, Wen Mingxuan raised his eyes and found that it was Yueniang who came over in a panic.

Seeing Wen Qingzhu's sister and brother here, she calmed down a little.

After Yueniang signaled to their sister and brother, she turned her head and walked into the house.

To Yueniang's surprise, Wen Shuquan's expression was very calm, as if he was not facing an enemy, but a benefactor.

It's just that this kind of Uncle Wen makes Yueniang more and more worried.

She looked back at the window, but Wen Qingzhu's sister and brother had already left.

On the path of Houfu, the snow has been cleared.

But there was still a thin layer of snow in the flower beds on both sides of the path, and the eaves in the distance were also covered with a layer of snow white.

When the sun shines down, the scenery has a special interest.

Wen Mingxuan said very happily: "Father has really changed, and he can now treat Uncle Xue very kindly." ”

Hearing his words, Wen Qingzhu shook his head slightly: "Mingxuan, there are some things you don't know yet, if you know, maybe something will change." ”

"What's the matter?" Wen Mingxuan was puzzled.

Wen Qingzhu stopped and turned his head to look into his eyes: "Mingyao is Uncle Xue's child. ”

In an instant, Wen Mingxuan was petrified, and it was no longer a shock that could be described.

"So do you think he reacted to Uncle Xue right?"

Wen Qingzhu didn't want to tell him so early, but Uncle Wen could actually use Wen Mingxuan, so she could only tell him the truth.

"The hatred of taking his wife, in exchange for ordinary people, is a hatred that is not shared, but what he can do has not happened, do you remember how Aunt Wu died?"

"Yes...... It's the ...... "Wen Mingxuan doesn't feel right.

Wen Qingzhu told him calmly: "It was Uncle Wen who provoked them to fight for their lives, Aunt Wu once poisoned you and me, I won't let her be corrected, so I choose to help Yueniang." ”

"But even so, Yueniang is her father's wife, how can she-"

"She really shouldn't, but how did Yueniang's previous child die, you can find out for yourself, in the eyes of Uncle Wen, anyone is a pawn of his superior, naturally-including you."

Wen Qingzhu no longer concealed it: "My original plan was to wait for me to marry Fu Lie and let him die of illness, but things have changed, Jiang Yuancheng refuses to let me go, and Uncle Wen also wants to live, so he appeared in the Pingguo Marquis Mansion!" ”

"He's all lying to me......" Something began to collapse in Wen Mingxuan's heart.

He thought that when he was a child, even if his father was eccentric, his love for him was sincere.

"Let's go, you'll get to know him slowly."

Wen Qingzhu took his hand and turned his head to the side of the main courtyard.

Two days later, Concubine Li Guifei held a spring banquet in King Ning's Mansion and invited the daughters of various families to come.

When the post was delivered, Wen Qingzhu knew that Princess Ning's position would eventually be decided.

The time is very urgent, and it is set for the seventh day of the new year.

Wen Qingzhu inquired about the news of King Ning's Mansion while staring at the movements in the palace.

On the morning of the sixth day of the new year, Lei Shuo hurriedly came to the door.

Unlike before, her face was very bad, and she also carried a sense of guilt.

"What's wrong?" Wen Qingzhu guessed in his heart, could it be that King Ning still fell in love with Lei Shuo?

Lei Shuo raised his head in a daze, biting his lower lip, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Wen Qingzhu handed over a cup of hot tea: "Warm your hands first, let's figure out a way together if there is anything." ”

"Qingzhu, it's all my fault!" As soon as Lei Shuo spoke, tears fell from his eyes.

She had never seen such a fragile Lei Shuo, and she didn't react at once.

Lei Shuo's tears became more and more turbulent: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let Qi Niang go out with me!" If it weren't for saving me! Qi Niang won't-"

"The person King Ning wants to marry is Qi Niang?" Wen Qingzhu instantly understood.

Lei Shuo wiped away his tears: "I really didn't know that King Ning was so shameless!" pretended to fall in love with me, but in fact, he was eyeing Qi Niang, there are so many people in Lingyun Mountain, Qi Niang can only marry King Ning! "Come on

"King Ning doesn't mind marrying anyone now, but as long as it's the daughter of the Lei family?" Wen Qingzhu's heart sank.

If this is the case, the King of Chu will definitely be not to be outdone, and Liang Pingshu is afraid that he will not be able to get rid of it for long.

"Qingzhu, you're so smart, help me figure it out." Lei Shuo grabbed Wen Qingzhu's hand and put all his hope on her.

Wen Qingzhu comforted Lei Shuo: "Don't worry, let me think about it carefully." ”

When it got dark, there was a sudden scream from the east.

"It's out of the water! Walk the water! ”

Wen Qingzhu immediately walked out to take a look, and saw that the direction of the firelight was where Uncle Wen was, so she hurriedly ordered Jasmine and Xi'er to follow her.

When I arrived at the gate of the small courtyard where Uncle Wen lived, the servants who came in and out kept bringing water inside.

The voices of the people were noisy, and the flames were soaring.

Wen Qingzhu wanted to go over and have a look, but was stopped by Jasmine.

"Madame! Master Wen is a smart man! He won't let himself die here! ”

Saying this, Wen Qingzhu calmed down.

She looked around and suddenly asked, "What about Yang Liu?" ”

"Before we came over, Sixth Brother Yang seemed to say that he had something important to deal with." Xi'er was guarding the courtyard, so Yang Liu would tell her anything.

"What's the matter?" Wen Qingzhu felt that something was wrong, what else did Yang Liu need to do personally?

She turned her head to look at the flickering fire in front of her, and her heart suddenly became heavy: "Xi'er, go and see Yueniang, are they in their yard?" ”

"Yes!" Xi'er suddenly understood, turned around and left quickly.

After a while, a servant carried a man out.

"Madame! Looking, I found a person, who looked like, like Mrs. Wen. ”

Wen Qingzhu stepped forward quickly, and the person on the stretcher had already lost his breath.

Covered with a white cloth, she could still ask about the smell of burnt flesh.

Her hands trembled faintly.

Suddenly, another stretcher was lifted, this time it was not covered with a white cloth, and Wen Qingzhu saw the person on the stretcher at a glance.

Wen Qingzhu immediately ran over, and Yueniang lay sideways on the stretcher.

Only then did she see clearly that Yueniang had serious burns on her back, and she could even smell the smell of flesh and blood.

Seeing Wen Qingzhu coming, she tried her best to say, "Let, let Mingyao follow, follow him...... His father left, leaving the Beijing ......"

After all, before the last sentence was finished, Yueniang fainted.

Wen Qingzhu grabbed her wrist and probed her pulse, but it was no longer beating.

Soon after, a grandmother came with her baby in her arms.

Although she saw that Wen Qingzhu's mood was not quite right, she still stubbornly said: "Mrs. Wen saved the little young master, he just inhaled some smoke, just now the slave maid went to feed him some water and took him to a windy place, and now it is much better." ”

Wen Qingzhu turned his head to see that the fire had not been extinguished, and then looked at Yueniang's corpse, her stomach was wet, and there were still residual tea stains.

On the clothes that had not been burned, there were traces of something pressing down tightly.

The child woke up, and his surroundings disturbed him, and he began to cry.

Not long after, a hidden girl dressed in black suddenly appeared here.

"Ma'am, there's something I need you to see."

Wen Qingzhu squinted at her: "Brother Yang's matter?" ”

"No, it's ...... Yang Liu. Yin Niang knew that Wen Qingzhu had been suspicious of her, but she didn't mind.

After leaving Jasmine to arrange the affairs here, Wen Qingzhu followed Yinniang all the way towards the north of the Hou Mansion.

There are not many people in the Hou Mansion, and Uncle Wen is on the other side, and most of the people have gone over to put out the fire.

Wen Qingzhu followed Yinniang to the deserted path, and the moonlight reflected the unmelted snow, giving people a strange dullness.

Finally, they arrived at a small courtyard where no one had set foot on it.

Wen Qingzhu stopped and looked at Yin Niang: "These places have not been used, and few people in the Hou Mansion have come over, how do you know here?" ”

Yinniang sighed and looked back at Wen Qingzhu: "When I get here, don't you understand, Madame, I'm originally from the Yang family?" ”

Wen Qingzhu didn't speak, Yin Niang pushed open the courtyard door and walked in first.

When I arrived at the main house in the backyard, there was a light on inside, and Xi'er was bandaging Yang Liu, who had fainted.

Seeing Wen Qingzhu and them coming, Xi'er got up and handed Yang Liu over to Yinniang.

"Ma'am, you may need to see someone."

Xi'er turned her head and led Wen Qingzhu to a wall, where mottled oil paint remained, and she could vaguely see that there was once a gorgeous painting on the wall.

She twisted the lamp on the side, the wall slowly vibrate, and a door appeared in front of her, dark and deep, and she couldn't see it at a glance.

As the door opened, a faint smell of decay and dampness came to his face.

Xi'er turned her head to get a lamp, and then she took the lead to go inside.

The passage kept going down, and the more Wen Qingzhu walked inside, the decay and dampness mixed with the slightest smell of blood.

Soon, the smell of blood became stronger, and cells made of dark iron appeared on the left and right, with rusty iron locks and rotting straw on the ground.

Xi'er in front stopped, and the candle flame illuminated the place in front.

It was an interrogation room, and the walls were covered with various torture instruments, but most of them looked unfamiliar.

Xi'er put down the candlestick and turned sideways.

On the cross in front of him was a man with bleeding abdomen, his hair cloaking his face.

"Who is he?"

Xi'er was about to answer, when the person on the shelf suddenly moved, and then raised his head, revealing a familiar face.

The man looked at Wen Qingzhu's shocked appearance, and his evil eyes instantly lit up: "Madam, your subordinates have been waiting for you for a long time, are you still satisfied with this great gift for you?" ”

"Who the hell are you?!" Wen Qingzhu glanced back at the entrance of the passage, and when she came down just now, she clearly saw Yang Liu on it.