"Sister, let's go! If you come back late, you will have to leave the palace in the future, and it will not be good for you to ask your father and His Majesty again."

Xiao Lingyuan listened to Xiao Ziqing's words, her unhesitation eased slightly, and the reluctance in her eyes faded, and she nodded and said: "It's all up to Brother" After speaking, she turned around and bowed to Princess Yu: "Sister-in-law is above, little sister say goodbye!" ”

Princess Yu also saluted: "Sister is good to go"

Xiao Lingyuan followed Xiao Ziqing down the doorway, and more than a dozen long-clothed palace maids who followed out of the palace stepped forward, walked to the left and right of the four cars, and two of the palace maids climbed the steps of the car and separated the curtains. Xiao Lingyuan saluted Xiao Ziqing again before slowly getting into the car, and after entering, the palace maids put down the curtain before getting out of the car. More than two dozen handmaidens with the cloth barrier also put away the cloth barrier and returned to the door.

Xiao Ziqing turned around and nodded to Princess Yu, took the whip handed over by the servant, walked to the horse in a few steps, grabbed the reins, turned over on the horse, shook the whip and said, "Let's go!" ”

Banner hunting, the spear reflected the rising sun, and dozens of guards with weapons and Wang Qi set off as the intersection of the forward guide stone fang. Xiao Ziqing glanced back at her sister's car, and through several layers of gauze curtains, she could only see the outline of her sister's figure, but she couldn't see a trace of her true face.

Whip the horse's rump lightly and walk briskly to the front. This is Jiankang, and there are guards here, so he is not afraid of any accidents, so Xiao Ziqing did not stay in the team.

In front of Xiao Shun's house, more than a dozen domestic servants were dressed in mourning clothes and wearing mourning scarves, standing in front of the door. At the foot of the doorway stood Xiao Fu, the second son of the Xiao family, and Xiao Yan, the third son, standing in front of the door, greeting relatives and friends who came to mourn one by one after hearing the news. From time to time, there were bursts of indistinct cries in the hall. This is the old cry of Xiao Shunzhi's eldest son Xiao Yi and relatives and friends who came to cry. The mourners wept, and the mourners cried together.

Xiao Yan was dressed in mourning clothes, his eyes were gray, and his face was gloomy. In the past four or five days, Xiao Yan has been serving decoctions all day long, and he can only sleep for two or three hours a day, and his body has reached the verge of collapse.

As soon as they had sent one of their relatives in, the two brothers came out together, and saw a group of heavily armed guards approaching. When the two brothers saw Xiao Ziqing's Wang Qi, they hurriedly went down the doorstep, bypassed the fierce Baili, and walked to the side of the road to wait. This kind of prince's honor guard is not often used, but others must treat it seriously, and the Xiao family brothers have to come down to greet them. Raising his head and looking at Xiao Ziqing who stepped forward on a horse, Xiao Yan remembered that Xiao Ziqing was drunk leaning on the fence last night, and he felt a little uneasy. I don't know if Xiao Ziqing was passing by or made a special trip to visit (looking for trouble).

Xiao Ziqing looked at Xiao Di on the horse, listened to the crying sound coming from inside, looked down at the Xiao Yan brothers on the side of the road, and stepped forward, Xiao Yan brothers were about to greet the courtesy, so they heard Xiao Ziqing say: "I heard that the two Langjun family members passed away last night?" ”

Xiao Fu saw that Xiao Ziqing couldn't even get off the horse, and he asked this knowingly, he couldn't help but feel slightly angry, and he didn't bother to give another salute, and said: "Exactly, my father died at the beginning of last night. ”

"Oh!" Xiao Ziqing gently tapped his palm with a horsewhip, and said with a slight smile: "Lone once heard people say that when people are dying, they have many things to remember and repent. What did Xiao Jun say last night? ”

Xiao Fu's face turned angry, and he asked sharply, "What does Your Highness mean by this?" ”

"There is a saying in the Analects that when a person is about to die, his words are also good. Lonely has come to know but not heard. I would like to ask you. ”

Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Fu's hand, comforted the second brother, looked at Xiao Ziqing and said, "When my father was dying, he had good words to admonish my brother. ”

Xiao Ziqing looked at Xiao Yan for a moment and asked, "If you have any good training, you might as well talk about it." Isn't it a father and son, and a family relationship? ”

Xiao Yan's face did not change, and he replied: "My father's legacy, how can you be ugly?" However, I taught my brother to be in harmony with the five clans and to serve the king faithfully. If there is pampering and arrogance, and those who violate the law of the country, they will not avoid the door when they are in charge. ”

"Humph! Clever arguments......"

"Your Royal Highness, Her Royal Highness the Princess is a little unwell, and I ask Her Royal Highness to return to the palace as soon as possible." A palace maid rushed forward from behind and interrupted Xiao Ziqing's words.

Xiao Ziqing glanced at the little palace maid, knowing that the little sister was worried that he would have a conflict here. Today is Xiao Shunzhi's small funeral day, and when the trouble reaches the emperor's ears, he will inevitably be reprimanded.

At this moment, three ox carts with official flags and cowhides stopped in front of Xiao's residence, and an official in a green official uniform jumped out of the car and ran towards the place where Xiao Ziqing was.

"Your Highness has been seen by His Highness."

Xiao Ziqing looked at this little official called Man Jing, meowed at the five cars that came with him, and said, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

"Xiaguan Shanyang is full of respect, and now he is the head of the Ling room. Last night, there was an order in the palace to order the officials to seal the ice three cars every day and give it to Xiao Taishou (Xiao Yi). ”

Ling room, is the period of the first dynasty, in the Leyouyuan covered the shade of the mountain to build the ice storehouse, every winter, the imperial court will send people to the deep mountains to dig the ice, the ice will be hidden in the Ling room, for the next summer. These ices were not only used to supply the Jiankang Palace, but also were often given as gifts to foreign ministers.

After Xiao Xun heard the news of Xiao Shunzhi's death last night, he sent someone out of the palace overnight and went to the Ling room to give an order, sending three carts of ice to Xiao Yi every day until Xiao Shunzhi was buried. These ices are all for Xiao Shunzhi's corpse.

Seeing this, Xiao Ziqing had no intention of staying here any longer, and waved his horsewhip away.

Xiao Fu looked at Xiao Ziqing who was far away, and said hatefully: "Xiao Ziqing is so arrogant and rude, insulting his father to his son and bullying people too much. My father did his best for the court, and he worked bamboo silk, how could he allow this generation to be so slandered. My brother should go to Sima to cry and pray to complain about his grievances, and he will let this generation come to ask for guilt. ”

Xiao Yan said: "Even if you are satisfied, you will be ridiculed by the villain." Moreover, Xiao Ziqing is crazy and doesn't know how to restrain, sooner or later he will cause a big disaster, are you afraid that there will be no chance? What does the big husband have to complain about? Take revenge! Speaking of this, Xiao Yan said in a slightly slower tone: "Even if the elder brother is not angry, he must inform the eldest brother first." ”

Xiao Shi looked at Xiao Yan and was surprised. With his original intention, he just wanted Xiao Ziqing to bow his head, but he didn't expect the third brother to be satisfied with this.

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When Xiao Lingyuan was sent to the back bed of Jiankang Palace, it was already two o'clock. Xiao Ziqing rushed to the Shiqian Hall Dongzhai to reply to the decree, and after asking, he learned that the emperor had only fallen asleep from time to time today, and he was still resting. In desperation, he could only sit in the old residence in Yongfu Province, and talk and chat with a few younger brothers who had not yet left the palace to live.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is summoning the crown prince, and Shen Junjun is also here, can Your Highness go in?" Guarding the small eunuch road outside the hall

"Lone was ordered to come to reply to the decree, how can there be no reason not to advance? You can go and talk about it. ”