The twilight of spring already has some warmth, and the bright yellow glazed tiles on the huge palace reflect the golden light, which makes people's eyes hurt.

Xiao Wei squinted his eyes, quickly lowered his eyes, and walked slowly along the palace road.

Waiting out of the palace gate, Bai Zhuo waited outside.

Yesterday, Xiao Wei and Xu Han stayed in the palace, and Bai Zhuo and Wei Ting were left outside the palace.

"Shizi, you are so decent, why would the emperor leave you to stay in the palace for one night?"

Bai Zhuo asked.

Since that incident happened back then, Xiao Wei can never enter the palace without entering the palace, even if he goes to see Concubine Yu, he will go during the day.

Xiao Wei got into the carriage, and his face was a little bad.

When a court meeting came down, everyone stood dry.

Last night, he didn't sleep well, the rejection of staying in the palace, and the strange fragrance that had been lingering on the tip of his nose, made his mouth a little dry, and his body was also a little dry.

waited until the rooster crowed, and then closed his eyes dimly for a while.

Emperor Zhengming suddenly asked him to stay overnight, and he didn't understand what it meant.

The matter of the palace man climbing the bed back then was not resolved in the end, and the palace man disappeared.

That deep palace was too dirty, and he didn't want to stay for a moment.

The carriage shook for a while, stopped, and it was the Chengen Mansion that arrived.

Xiao Wei's brows have not been relaxed, this mansion is also dirty, which is annoying.

He sat in the carriage for a moment, exhaled deeply, and then lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.

The grandmother beside the eldest princess of Shuyang had been waiting at the gate of the mansion for a long time, her neck was longer than a goose, and when she saw Xiao Wei, she immediately jumped forward like a little girl.

"My son, it's back, His Royal Highness was worried about it for a night yesterday, but the key to the palace gate has already been dropped, and it is difficult to enter the palace."

Xiao Wei rubbed his eyebrows and squeezed out a smile, "It's okay, it's just that I slept in the palace for one night, and my grandmother has already gotten up?" ”

"Up, up...... I didn't sleep all night, and I didn't listen to anyone's advice. ”

Xiao Wei's steps quickened a little, passed through the Cheng'en Mansion, and went to the Shuyang Eldest Princess's Mansion next door.

The eldest princess of Shuyang had already gotten up and was sitting on the couch, when she heard footsteps outside, she suddenly shouted,

"Is Zheng'er back?"

The door curtain was lifted, and Xiao Wei approached quickly, looking at the eldest princess Shuyang on the couch with a worried and sad face.

When the eldest princess of Shuyang saw him, she stood up suddenly, beckoned to Xiao Wei, asked him to sit beside her, and carefully looked him up and down a few times.

Seeing that he was as usual except for some tiredness, he was immediately relieved, and tears fell down his eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The eldest princess Xiao Wei looked up and down, smiled and comforted,

"Grandmother, it's just a night in the palace, what can I do, and the little prince of Zhenbei will also stay overnight."

"Don't worry, it's you, I heard that you closed your eyes all night, if you don't need to order food, you go back to the house to rest."

Xiao Xiao said lightly, but the eldest princess Shuyang knew that he must have been tormented all night in his heart, and the memories in the palace were really bad.

Her tears fell, Xiao Wei raised his hand to wipe them away, and softly comforted her.

"If you're fine, grandmother will be fine, grandmother will listen to you, and you'll go rest later." The eldest princess of Shuyang only felt that her heart was like a knife.

This child, who was born without a father and mother, once remembered that he looked at the brothers in the second room in a daze, raised his little face, and asked where his father and mother went.

At that time, she really hated killing those people.

Later, when he was older and sensible, he didn't ask those words, and his personality became eccentric and willful.

Although, this also has the connivance of her and her husband, but only in this way can he survive and be a gentleman walking sideways in this capital.

The eldest princess of Shuyang's heart was stinging, and she felt a fine and dense pain, she looked at Xiao Wei gently,

"Zheng'er, grandmother knows that you like Huo Shiniang, and she also knows that you are secretly investigating the Huo family's affairs back then."

"However, you are in your twenties, Eleven Niang is dead, people can't be resurrected after death, and you won't get anything if you continue to consume like this."

"Grandmother promised you that after you marry a wife, she will let you investigate the grievances of the Huo family, and even allocate the people on hand to you, how about it?"

"Grandmother, grandson don't want to get married." Xiao Wei interrupted the words of the eldest princess Shuyang.

The eldest princess of Shuyang was stunned for a moment, "Why?" ”

"Eleven Niang is still in my heart, and when I marry a wife at this time, it is a blasphemy against that girl."

"What girl doesn't want her husband to be devoted to herself?"

"Although I am a gentleman, I don't want to be scolded."

"You ......" Princess Shuyang stretched out her finger and pointed at Xiao Wei, speechless.

The old lady standing next to her sighed in her heart, the prince is good for everything, but this one is worried about a dead person......

Xiao Wei looked at the haggard face of the eldest princess of Shuyang, and his heart softened, if there are relatives in this world, it is grandmother.

He didn't want Princess Shuyang to be worried about this all the time, so he gave her a deadline.

"For two years, I will strive to solve the affairs of the Huo family within two years, and I will also use these two years to forget about Eleven Niang."

"Two years later, my grandmother wants me to marry a girl, and my grandson will marry a girl, how about it?"

The eldest princess of Shuyang rubbed her forehead, even if she and her husband were also in deep love, they still couldn't understand Xiao Yi's feelings for Huo Shiniang.

When Shi Niang was alive, he didn't say anything, but often went to the Huo family, competed with Shi Niang, and after losing, he buried himself in hard practice, and then continued to find Shi Niang.

She also privately told Zheng'er to go to the Huo family to propose marriage, but Zheng'er refused to say anything.

She lowered her eyes, "Zheng'er, even if your grandmother doesn't urge you, the concubine and the emperor will urge, and when the time comes, there is no reason to say the past, and they won't marry you for a long time, and they won't urge you when the time comes." ”

"What about outsiders? When the time comes, the rumors outside will rise. ”

The eldest princess of Shuyang looked at Xiao Wei a little thoughtfully, and suddenly thought of what happened in Feng Mingxuan back then, although he was a fool to outsiders at that time.

But she knew that he was unemployed, could it be said that he was frightened by the palace maid back then, and was afraid of men and women?

So, don't understand the benefits of taking a wife?

Children of this age in other families are regular, and there are one or two who have a room, not to mention the real squirrel.

She felt the need to tell Xiao Wei everything, so she said earnestly,

"Zheng'er, you must know that many children of a man of your age have crawled all over the ground. You drag it out any longer. ”

"Gossip is not only a matter of your character, but even you yourself will be ridiculed."

"Why don't you marry? Inhumane? Or is it something that you can't see? ”

After all, Xiao Wei's reputation outside is that he is a gentleman, sleeping in flowers and willows, and it is easy to get that kind of unsightly disease.

"Three people become tigers, all mouths are golden, and the eyes of the world are not so pleasant."

Xiao Wei gently hooked his lips and snorted.

The eldest princess of Shuyang stroked her forehead.

Her grandson was raised and taught by her, and she understands him.

It's not that he doesn't understand what he's going to face, it's that he doesn't care.

To be precise, before the world looked down on him, he despised the world a long time ago, and in this world, I am afraid that few people can enter his eyes.

The eldest princess of Shuyang suddenly remembered a sentence, 'The tiger will not care about the thoughts of ants'.

She stayed up all night, and her head suddenly throbbed.

She always knew that he was very proud, and he did have capital pride, but she didn't know that he was so proud.

If it hadn't happened, maybe he wouldn't have been like this.

Or, she should look at it from another angle, such a heart is like a rock, not disturbed by external objects, and it is also a rare quality.

She propped her forehead and asked Xiao Wei,

"Okay, I can give you two years, and even help you block it when the Holy One mentions it."

"If you change your mind, you can talk to your grandmother, grandmother, this old bone, is willing to bother you for a few more years."

"Anyway, if there are more lice, it won't itch."

Xiao Wei looked at the eldest princess of Shuyang firmly and said, "Grandmother, I won't change my mind." ”

Eleven Niang has lived in his heart for so many years, how could he give up, he believes that two years is enough for him to find Eleven Niang.

The eldest princess of Shuyang didn't speak again, but just looked at him deeply.

He has a part of royal blood in his veins.

The palace is piled up with gold and jade, cast in splendor, and full of flowers, but it is a place where people eat people and do not spit out bones.

Perhaps, it is time to try whether he can move forward firmly.

Yes, give it a try and find out.

If it's the past, perhaps, she should let go.

……

Xu Han listened to Xu Mian's report, frowned, and just asked Xu Mian to continue to stare at it, he must be careful not to let people find out.

She now has more important things to discuss with her mother.

"You said that in addition to deliberately dividing our family, Your Majesty also wants to recruit you as a son-in-law?" Xu Shi listened to Xu Han's words and exclaimed.

Xu Han nodded, Xiao Wei reminded right, the emperor wants to divide the Xu family, just promoting himself is not particularly useful, and what is more useful is to recruit himself as a colt.

In this way, she became a relative of the emperor and her own person.

If the emperor is reused, she will definitely die for the royal family.

In fact, the emperor is different, although the Xu family, as a courtier, has military power in hand, he has always been concerned about the court and the people, and he will not think about anything wrong, let alone make any rebellion.

It can only be said that sitting on the dragon chair, no matter how open-minded, the suspicion is always more serious than others.

"Mother, didn't you say that you had ordered me a family? That's when it's time to use it. Xu Han said.

Xu said, "I did order a family for you at that time, but it was only verbal. ”

She sighed, as if remembering something, with a hint of wistness on her face.

She thought about it for a while, and then said,

"The one who is verbally married to you is the niece of General Qi who is guarding in Shudi."

She smiled, and finally said calmly,

"This General Qi was interested in your mother and me, if I hadn't met your father, I would have married that General Qi."

In the end, it is an elder, and when it comes to these things, the Xu family, who has always been hearty, is also a little awkward.

"The Qi family has been guarding Shu for generations, General Qi is a family member, and the Qi family is brought by the royal people to Shu to balance the Xu Wangfu."

"The two seem to be at peace on the surface, but in fact, there is still some hostility in the dark."

"After all, the Qi family can be regarded as monitoring the movements of the Xu family."

"General Qi likes me very much, but for the sake of the family, I have to give up, it just so happened that I met your father at that time and was fascinated by him."

"So I got married to the capital, and on the first night of my marriage, General Qi came over the wall to find me, saying that he couldn't marry me, which was a pity."

"In this life, he will not marry again, but he is a little unwilling, so he agreed with me that if I give birth to a son, he will marry a girl from the Qi family."

"At the beginning, your eldest brother's marriage was set by your father, and there was no way to fulfill the contract, but now you are here, you can use it."

Xu Han didn't expect her marriage to extend into a sadomasochistic relationship.

"Is that General Qi really not married now?" Xu Han asked.

Xu nodded, "No, I heard from your uncle that he passed a child from his brother to raise him, and he lived like an ascetic." ”

Xu Han didn't know much about emotional matters, but she knew about Xu, and it was still a little unnatural to see her say General Qi.

So he didn't give her much room to react, and then asked, "How does my mother feel about this?" ”

Xu's rare face turned red, and he subconsciously told the truth in front of the child,

"It's a little fluttery."

Xu Han looked at Xu with frowns.

Xu Shi was still calm, so that her face gradually warmed up, and nodded Xu Han's forehead,

"What kind of eyes do you have, since he can give up me for the sake of the family, he actually doesn't like me as much as he imagined."

"I just had a crush on him at the time, and I didn't like him yet, so I knew about it, so naturally I wouldn't like him anymore."

"In the end, when I ran into your father, I didn't expect it to be a big pit that was deeper than General Qi."

Xu Han leaned over and looked at Xu with a smile, although Xu Jun was his biological father, he did look like a big pit.

deceived Xu's with affection, and then ruthlessly broke Xu's beauty.

"Someone from the Qi family is in the capital, I'll have someone send a post to the door later, visit tomorrow, and see what the other side says when the time comes."

Xu Han was still a little worried, she looked outside and said in a low voice,

"Isn't that bad for that girl? After all, we can't really marry someone. ”

Xu touched her hair and said with a smile,

"Don't worry, mother will always have a way to help you solve it, and she won't let you really be a princess."

"It's all my mother's fault, if it weren't for my mother's blindness to marry Xu Jun, a black-hearted person, where would she let you suffer like this."

Xu Han didn't think so, if the Xu family hadn't married Xu Jun, then there would be no her.

Where can you find such a good mother?

Xu said that he would do it, and immediately asked someone to take the post, write it by hand, and send someone to send it to Qi's house.

As for Xu Jun, as a father, the two never thought of discussing this matter with him at all.

The forgotten Xu Jun will be pushing open the door of the study.

Everyone up and down the palace thought that this was his study, but no one knew, but in fact, there was another person.

Xu Jun pushed the door and entered, and saw a man wearing a mask sitting behind a desk with his back to the door.

"How could Han'er be kept in the palace by the emperor?" The man asked, "Is there anything unusual about her returning?" ”

"I don't know yet." Xu Jundao, "When she came back, she went to Xu's place, and I didn't send anyone to ask." ”

The masked man said, "How did you say yes?" You said you were going to be nice to them. ”

"Otherwise, how could I agree to these things?"

His words were very impulsive, and he faintly looked angry.

Xu was rare to see him angry, Xu Jun paused,

"I think you're thinking too much, during this time, the case she investigated was so big, and it was normal for the emperor to stay overnight suddenly."

"Besides, isn't there a prince of Chengen? There will be no problem. ”

The masked man smiled bitterly, "What do you know......"

He stopped talking, turned his face away and looked outside.

"In short, you should handle the affairs outside well, except for Zhao Ming, are there any other nails to be nailed in the house."

"You have to have a charter, don't be so muddy, the one on the dragon chair, it's not easy to fool."

"Han'er is just a fourth-grade official who has just taken office, and she is not an important minister of the cabinet, nor an official of the six ministries, nor an important minister, why did the emperor stay with her?"

"These should have been asked by you, but look at you now."

He let out a long sigh.

"I see." Xu Jundao.

"We've endured it for so many years, but let's not fall short."

There was a long silence in the room, and it was a long time for the mask to say,

"You sent someone to follow the prince of Chengen, he seems to be also investigating the affairs of the Huo family, and he still has some evidence in his hand to see if he can find it."

After speaking, he complained a little about Xu Jun,

"The relationship between Han'er and Cheng'en Gongzi is so good, if you don't have a bad relationship with Han'er, this may be able to help."

When Xu Jun heard this, his brows frowned very tightly, and he threw out a sentence,

"Without her Xu Han, this thing can't be done? Don't talk to Lao Tzu about this again, otherwise don't blame me for turning his face. ”

The masked man raised his head, and his warm eyes suddenly became fierce,

"Flip around? Didn't you turn your face a long time ago? I'm like this, what do you want? ”

Xu Jun was a little embarrassed by what he said, turned around and strode out of the study, and the door was slammed shut.

After that, there was a long silence.

The masked man in the room sat motionless for a long, long time before he raised his hand to stroke the cold mask and slowly took it off.

The face below was red, purple, and full of ravines, and it was completely impossible to see his original appearance.

Only those eyes still have the same light as before.

He lowered his head, looked at himself vaguely reflected on the mask, and suddenly laughed quietly, and finally slowly turned into a low cry.

The room was silent, except for his low sobs.

"I'm sorry ......"

He kept repeating these three words, and he didn't know who he was going to say sorry to.

For several days, Xu Mian quietly sent people to watch the movement over there according to Xu Han's instructions.

On this day, I heard that Xu Jun lost his temper in the study and almost broke the door panel.

This news was naturally reported to Xu Han, and Xu Han was thoughtful.

She never seemed to be in that study.

Generally, when Xu Jun is invited, he goes to the courtyard where he lives, because there is also a smaller study.

It is said that the study was never allowed to be cleaned, even in the courtyard.

She thought about it for a long time, and a thought flashed through her mind that made her feel incredible.

"You go find a layout plan of the house."

She instructed Xu Mian.

Xu Mian quickly went to the warehouse and found the picture, Xu Han couldn't wait to open it and enclose the study and the small courtyard.

The two places, looking far away, are actually not far away, there are no buildings in between, it is a flat land planted with green bamboo.

She looked at the green bamboo, maybe she should go to the bamboo forest to have a look.

The next day was the day when Xu Han rested, and Xu sent someone to tell her that she was going to Bao'en Temple outside the city to offer incense and let Xu Han send her there.

When I went out, I happened to meet Xu Zhao who came in from outside.

Xu Zhao stepped forward to salute the Xu family, and bowed his head to Xu Han.

"Where is this going, concubine?" Xu Zhao asked.

Xu looked at his face, which was very similar to Xu Jun, pursed his lips, and got into the carriage.

"The second brother went out so early and came back? If it's okay, don't bother the second brother. Xu Han didn't say where they were going.

The lesson of the last assassination in the suburbs has always been in her mind, and she will never reveal her whereabouts to others unless necessary.

The corners of Xu Zhao's lips hooked, and he watched Xu Han also get into the carriage, and when the carriage was about to start, he suddenly stepped forward and said through the car curtain,

"Mother, third brother, I have nothing to do today anyway, so it's better for me to go with you to incense."

Xu Han and Xu looked at each other, what does this Xu Zhao want to do?

This is really the sun has changed the direction of rising, when has Xu Zhao ever done such a thing?

He has always been cold, and he is disdainful of these things, to be honest, Xu Han almost didn't think much of his effect.

Such a cold-hearted person, what do you say to go to incense together, he is not afraid that the Buddha will be coldly killed by him?

And, what is he going to do? Eat the cold face of their mother and son?

Is this a rush thing that someone like Xu Zhao would do?

Xu Han really didn't figure it out.

Before the little servant took Xu Zhao's horse back to the stable, it was also saved, Xu Zhao took the reins, turned over on the horse, and followed Xu Han and Xu's carriage.

In fact, today, the Xu family said that it was about incense, but in fact, it was an appointment with the people of the Qi family to discuss the marriage.

The people of the Qi family received the Xu family's greeting and immediately returned, and then the Xu family came to the door, and the people of the Qi family actually knew the agreement between General Qi and the Xu family.

As soon as I heard the Xu family talk about the marriage contract, I immediately agreed, and now the Qi family has two girls of the right age, today, it is to let the Xu family take a look and then decide.

Xu thought that this matter should be resolved quickly, so he decided to take a look at the two girls today in the name of incense.

Xu Zhao and the past, how do you look at each other, it's not that Xu Han is not as good as Xu Zhao.

No matter how strange Xu and Xu Han are, anyway, Xu Zhao rode on a horse and followed the carriage of the two safely, and his handsome appearance caused the little girls and daughters-in-law on the street to turn around.

If allowed, Xu Zhao would definitely receive a lot of handkerchiefs, purses, and the like.

As the carriage drove out of the city, the view widened.

There are not many people who make incense today, and there are not many carriages to Bao'en Temple along the way.

Because of the early departure, when the carriage arrived at Bao'en Temple, it was not yet hour.

When they arrived, the Qi family also arrived.

The Qi family is also regarded as the high gate of the capital, guarding the land of Shu for generations,

Mrs. Qi came over to ask Xu for peace, and saw Xu Han again, and when she faced Xu Zhao, Mrs. Qi was puzzled,

"Who is this?"

Although Xu said that his personality was very hearty, when he faced Mrs. Qi, he behaved very gently,

"This is the second son of the house, today is resting, and the two brothers will send me over together to offer incense."

The carriage of the Qi family drove in through the side door, and Xu Han knew that it was about the two girls sitting in the carriage, and it was not easy to get down at this time, so he went in first.

Mrs. Qi and Xu walked in side by side, and Xu said to Xu Han,

"You don't like us women talking, so go around and see."

Xu Han glanced at Xu Zhao and asked her and Xu Zhao to walk around, which didn't feel very good.

However, she still turned around and left, regardless of whether Xu Zhao followed or not.

Xu Han didn't care about Xu Zhao, and enjoyed the scenery of Bao'en Temple in late spring all the way.

Xu Zhao walked behind her slowly with his hands behind his back, she stopped, he stopped, she walked, he walked.

When he arrived at the edge of a small forest, there was no one around, Xu Han suddenly turned around,

"Xu Zhao, what do you want to do? You want to play any tricks, you do, okay? ”

Xu Zhao smiled, "Didn't my father say that our brothers are not friends and brothers, I still want to tie up with you, the little prince, and give me a piece of the pie in the future." ”

Xu Han sneered, "Ming people don't say dark words, you still speak human words." ”

Xu Zhaoke didn't admit that he had ulterior motives, and just as he was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside the forest.

The footsteps stopped not far from them.

It would be late spring, and the leaves on the trees were lush and lush, and Xu Han wanted to look at it, but he couldn't see anything.

They can't see that side here, and they can't see this side either. However, Xu Han still saw the slightly swaying cloak from the crack.

A cape with red plums on a white background.

The person who came was a woman, dressed like this, it can be seen that the family is good, which family is the female guest who came to the incense.

In this way, Xu Han is not very easy to go out.

If she and Xu Zhao go out from behind the tree, it won't be good to cause any misunderstanding at that time.

However, she was actually a little curious, what was this woman doing here, she didn't bring a maid, a little girl, and walked to such a remote forest.

Soon, someone came to explain her doubts.

Another footstep sounded,

"Three girls." A hurried male voice rang out.

The woman exclaimed in small surprise and said,

"Brother Xiao, it's really you. Are your feet already healed? The woman's voice was delicate, and it was obvious that the girl was angry.

"Third girl, I'm already fine, I'm lying on the bed and it's moldy, I finally came out, I didn't expect you to come......"

"Brother Xiao, do your feet still hurt?" The girl's voice asked with concern with some sadness.

Brother Xiao, lying on the bed, Xu Han thought, could it be the Xiao Fengzhen from the Chengen Mansion......

This is just a scar and forgot the pain, and said that there was a private meeting with the girl here?

Xu Han was a little funny.

"Brother Xiao, I want to see you, I really want to, I don't know if I can see you in the future, my family is going to kiss me......"

The woman's voice was tinged with some weeping.

"Don't be afraid, I'll let my dad come to the door to propose." Brother Xiao's voice actually added a bit of arrogance.