Shi Fenglan was very unwilling, but she had no choice, so she had to walk up to Ye Xuemei awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry!" ”

Ye Xuemei blessed her body slightly, and said, "The county lord is serious!" ”

In order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere in front of him, Gongliang Yuzhi hurriedly said: "The queen mother, the son has also prepared a congratulatory gift for the queen mother, do you want to see it?" ”

Only then did Empress Dowager Wan turn her not very good-looking face, and smiled at Gongliang Yuzhi: "What gift did Yuzhi prepare?" The mourning family naturally wants to see it! ”

Gongliang said to the people behind him, "Go and present the gifts!" ”

Immediately afterwards, someone handed over a brocade box to Gongliang Yuzhi. After Gongliang Yuzhi opened the brocade box, everyone saw that inside was a one-and-a-half-foot-high, birthday star carved from wenge wood, with a long beard, a cane holding a peach, and a smile. Because the carving is delicate and superb, it is obviously a dead object, but it gives people a lifelike feeling.

It turned out that after Gongliang Yuzhi came back from the Xia Kingdom, he worked day and night for the birthday of the Queen Mother. Now you can clearly see the bloodshot under his eyes.

Empress Dowager Wan was very moved, praised Gongliang and stopped a few words, and said: "Your child is good anywhere, but when you reach the marriageable age, you don't want to marry a wife!" Could it be that there is no woman in this dynasty and you have your heart? ”

When Empress Dowager Wan said this, Shi Fenglan's eyes couldn't help but glance at Gongliang's words. Princess Pingyang, who was sitting beside her, couldn't see her thoughts, so she smiled lightly and stretched out her hand and patted her lightly on the back of her hand, Shi Fenglan's face couldn't help but turn crimson.

Gongliang said: "My son wants to be like the fourth brother, no matter how rich or poor, he just wants to marry a woman he loves!" ”

Empress Dowager Wan smiled: "This fourth child, there is no church, but he has taught you this, and the mourning family must train him well another day!" ”

However, after listening to Gongliang's words, Shi Fenglan's face was already very pale, and she stared at Ye Xuemei deadly, as if she was thinking about something.

At the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Shi Fenglan has not been very happy, and she has eaten very little, she has already guessed something in her heart, but she feels helpless at this time.

After three rounds of drinking, the Empress Dowager Wan was already a little drunk, so she left the scene first accompanied by the palace people. And Gongliang Yuzhi also helped Concubine Chen to prepare to leave.

At this time, Shi Fenglan walked up to Gongliang Yuzhi and said, "Brother Yuzhi, I heard that the flowers in this yard are blooming beautifully, you can accompany me to take a look!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi was about to refuse, but Concubine Chen had already said: "Yuzhi, since Changrong wants you to accompany her, you can accompany her for a while!" Miss Chen, there is a concubine here to take care of you, you can rest assured! ”

Although Gongliang was not very happy, since Concubine Chen opened his mouth, he was extremely filial, so he agreed to accompany Shi Fenglan together.

Ye Xuemei and Concubine Chen returned to Jingfangzhai together. After a few people sat down, Concubine Chen briefly exchanged a few words with Ye Xuemei, and then let Dongmei serve tea, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

Concubine Chen said: "Miss Ye wants to come to this revenge, she must take revenge!" ”

Ye Xuemei replied: "Yes! The entire Ye clan was killed, and it is impossible not to avenge this revenge! Although her heart was already in extreme pain, she couldn't help but hide this emotion, and she was still calm on the surface.

Dongmei said: "Please forgive the slave for saying bluntly, it is even more difficult for the girl to deal with Emperor Xia and take revenge with her own strength!" The slave persuaded the girl to give up as soon as possible! ”

Ye Xuemei held the tea cup, blew slightly, blew away the tea foam floating on the water, and then said: "This idea must also be the meaning of the concubine, right?" ”

Concubine Chen looked at her and replied faintly: "I don't care what you want to do, but you can't stop talking." He's a good boy and he's done so much to save you. The one who is the concubine knows him best, and he is definitely willing to use all his strength for you. I just want him to be safe and sound, and I don't want to go out of my way again! ”

Ye Xuemei smiled lightly and said, "The concubine's words are wrong, can the prince be safe without me?" ”

"As long as he doesn't have you, he'll be safe!" Concubine Chen replied categorically.

"In that case, the Queen Mother is very wrong! Even without me, wouldn't the secrets that the first emperor wanted to keep not be revealed? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Concubine Chen's eyes already glowed with a cold light.

"What is this fear, concubine? Are you afraid of me? No, it's actually afraid of the Wan clan! ”

Concubine Chen's face turned pale, and she said, "What nonsense are you talking about? ”

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, the concubine must be very clear. In fact, since the ancestors of the Song Emperor opened up the country, there have been several families with different surnames to accompany them to open up. At that time, there were four major families: Zhao, Wang, Li, and Wan. However, with the change of dynasties, the three major families of Zhao, Wang, and Li have gradually withered and withdrawn from the historical stage of the Song Dynasty. But the Wan family is not like the other three families, they are extremely hungry for power, so that in the generation of the first emperor, the power of the Wan family in the court has become more and more stable! The first emperor had no choice, so he passed the position to the current emperor Gongliang Rongruo. But in fact, the real candidate in his heart is Gongliang Yuzhi, that is, King Ning, right? ”

Concubine Chen didn't expect Ye Xuemei to know these things clearly, she sat down in her chair and said to her, "How do you know this?" Who are you? ”

Ye Xuemei covered her mouth with her sleeve, coughed lightly a few times, and replied lightly: "I naturally know this!" Because when the prince went to the Xia Kingdom to save me, he used the people of the Dark Night Camp, and the Dark Night Camp was only passed on to the emperor from beginning to end. But the first emperor passed it to the prince, and the meaning can be imagined. Now that there is the Night Camp, then everything else is calculated by me! ”

In fact, earlier, Ye Xuemei asked the prisoner and the prison knife to investigate the matter of Gongliang Rongruo, but she didn't expect to find out the giant tree of the Wan clan after investigation. Now nearly seventy percent of the people in the DPRK and China are Wan's forces. Then, combined with a conversation with Concubine Chen, it is even more certain that her calculation is correct.

Concubine Chen looked at this face that even a woman would be tempted to see it, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, such a woman is really dangerous, no wonder Murong Yu has to get rid of her.

Ye Xuemei looked at Concubine Chen and asked, "Concubine may tell me what happened at that time?" ”

Concubine Chen looked at her and said slowly: "If one day, you can solve the crisis of speech, at that time, I will naturally tell you!" ”

Ye Xuemei also knew that Concubine Chen would definitely not tell her so easily, so she smiled lightly and was noncommittal.

A sudden rain surrounded the entire garden, and the rain watered every plant in the garden, making those plants grow more and more magnificent.

In the middle of this imperial garden, there is a pavilion for people to come and rest. Gongliang Yuzhi stood in front of the gazebo, looking at the heavy rain, his face was very calm.

"Brother Yuzhi, it's raining so hard, why do you want to stand on the side? Lean back, be careful of getting cold in the rain! Shi Fenglan's voice was extremely charming, and she really wanted to be with Gongliangyu.

However, Gongliang Yuzhi was not moved, but said: "No need, I have been fighting outside all the year round, and my body is very strong, this little rain is nothing!" ”

What an idiot! Shi Fenglan thought to herself that she had admired him for a long time, but he was so incomprehensible, no matter what time he was, he always had such a cold expression.

She walked up to him, pulled him, and said, "Am I a tiger?" Are you avoiding me like this? ”

Gongliang Yuzhi looked at her and replied: "You are not a tiger, but we are lonely men and widows, so it's better not to get too close!" ”

Shi Fenglan had a faint layer of anger in her heart, she pulled him and said, "What kind of lonely man and widow, don't you know what I mean to you?" She looked at him like that, and saw her shadow reflected in his dark eyes, and the anger in her heart was gone, except for the pounding of her heartbeat.

Gongliang quietly put down her hand holding him, and said, "County Lord, please respect yourself, you and I are impossible!" ”

One sentence extinguished Shi Fenglan's enthusiasm, she bit her lip, tried her best to control the tears in her eyes, and said, "Why? Is it because of Ye Xuemei? Have you forgotten that she is the woman of the two generations of emperors of the Xia Kingdom, how can a woman like her be worthy of you? ”

"County Lord!" Gongliang interrupted her, "My affairs have nothing to do with the county lord, and the county lord should not be angry with others!" That's all I say, the county lord can do it himself! ”

After he said that, he was about to leave, Shi Fenglan pulled him again and said, "If there is no Ye Xuemei, will you like me?" ”

Gongliang looked at her and said categorically: "Even without her, I won't like you!" After saying that, he ignored her shocked and heartbroken expression, and got up and ran through the rain.

However, his departure did not stop Shi Fenglan, she stepped forward and followed her into the rain, tugging on his sleeve and refusing to let go, she said: "I won't let you go, unless you promise to be with me!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi was annoyed in the face of her entanglement, he pulled her hand holding her sleeve away, and then flew away, after a few back and forth, the person was already far away, leaving Shi Fenglan alone in the wind and rain.

She was very resentful in her heart, she was so big, she didn't want anything, but the public words refused her so much, she was unwilling to say anything.

In the Longevity Palace, after Princess Pingyang fed the Empress Dowager Wan to drink the wine soup, she helped her sit up and said, "The Empress Dowager is better?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan looked at her with a smile in her eyes, and she said: "After all, the mourning family is old, and they can't bear it after a few more drinks." But the mourning family is really happy, and it is much more comfortable to see you neat and tidy with my own eyes! ”

Princess Pingyang replied with a smile: "With the care of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, the Wan clan will definitely prosper forever!" ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a soaking wet woman entered, as if she had just come up from the river.

Princess Pingyang was startled, and when she saw that the person who came was her favorite little daughter, she was greatly surprised and asked, "Fenglan, what's wrong with you?" ”

After Shi Fenglan saw her mother, the sense of grievance in her heart exploded, and she suddenly knelt in front of her and said to her: "Mother, you have to be the master of your daughter!" The daughter must marry King Ning in this life! ”

Princess Pingyang looked at her daughter's appearance, she was angry and hateful, she tried to help her up, and said, "You are so ashamed! I said a long time ago, if King Ning doesn't like you, forget it, you have to humiliate yourself, okay? You say that with your status, how many men have come to ask for marriage? Are you stumped? ”

When she saw that her mother didn't help her, she was even more sad in her heart, she wiped away her tears, and said to the Empress Dowager Wan: "The Empress Dowager, you are the Empress Dowager, as long as you give a decree to marry, King Ning will definitely marry me!" I also ask the Queen Mother to fulfill Fenglan! ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Shi Fenglan, who was kneeling beside her bed, and said, "The mourning family will not agree to let you mess around!" Since King Ning doesn't like you, don't pester him, just show you another marriage! ”

However, Shi Fenglan did not get up because of the Queen Mother's words, she still knelt on the ground, and said stubbornly: "If the Queen Mother doesn't agree, I won't get up!" ”

Princess Pingyang looked at her uncompetitive daughter, and she was about to explode, she was angry that her daughter had brought humiliation on herself, and on the other hand, she was afraid that she would offend the Empress Dowager Wan. Although Empress Dowager Wan is her own sister, after all, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and some things still can't be done too much!

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Wan persuaded Shi Fenglan not to move, she had no choice but to say: "That's it, since you are so persistent, the mourning family will give you half a year, if you still like him after half a year, the mourning family will be the master of marriage for you!" ”

When Shi Fenglan heard this, she was immediately overjoyed, she was busy kowtowing to the Empress Dowager Wan, and said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager!" ”

"Alright, get up! Didn't you say you wanted to raise some Persian cats? There are a few new ones in this inner court, you can pick them! ”

Only then did Shi Fenglan stand up and leave satisfied.

After she left, Princess Pingyang looked at the Empress Dowager Wan and asked puzzledly, "Empress Dowager, why did you promise her?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan sat up, Princess Pingyang hurriedly stepped forward to arrange her skirt and sleeves for her, only to hear Empress Dowager Wan say slowly: "Don't you know Feng Lan's temperament?" No one can change her mind about what she decides. If the mourning family didn't want her, she would definitely not be able to get up on her knees! Only answer her first, and wait until half a year later, maybe she will change her mind! ”

After hearing this, Princess Pingyang bowed her head and said: "I see, it really bothered the Queen Mother!" ”

After finishing the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Gongliang Yuzhi and Ye Xuemei walked side by side, and a gust of wind blew, blowing up the two clothes, one white and one blue, entangled with each other.

Rong Xiang looked at the figures of the two of them and felt that the two of them were very compatible. She thought that if the girl hadn't been entangled with Murong Yu at the beginning, but had followed this prince, I'm afraid what she had encountered wouldn't have been a tragedy! It's a pity that I missed it after all.

The two of them were walking forward, but Ye Xuemei looked back from time to time, Gongliang Yuzhi was quite strange in his heart, he felt that Ye Xuemei seemed to be waiting for someone, but she was coming to this palace for the first time, who would she be waiting for?

Just as he was thinking like this, a voice came from behind him, "His Royal Highness King Ning, Miss Ye, please wait!" ”

Gongliang stopped looking back, and it turned out to be Xiao Shunzi, the chief attendant of Emperor Song's side. Although Xiao Shunzi is not very old, he is very clever and has won the trust of Emperor Song.

After he came to Gongliang's side, he bowed slightly to him and said, "Lord, Your Majesty invites Miss Ye to go to Chengde Hall for a while!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi was very surprised by Gongliang Rongruo's summons, but he still looked at Ye Xuemei and said, "Since Your Majesty summoned you, then the girl will follow her father-in-law!" I'm waiting for the girl outside the palace gate! ”

Ye Xuemei looked at him and smiled faintly, then nodded, and said, "Okay!" ”

Not long after, Xiao Shunzi took Ye Xuemei to the door of Chengde Hall and left Rong Xiang outside.

After Ye Xuemei entered, Gongliang Rongruo was there to review the folds. After seeing Ye Xuemei come in, he couldn't help but be amazed in his heart, although it was not the first time he had met, her appearance was still so beautiful and amazing. It's just that he is not very beautiful, so he suppressed the amazement in his heart and said to her: "Girl, please sit down!" ”

Ye Xuemei blessed her body and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"The girl has worked hard all the way, is she still used to living in King Ning's Mansion?"

"His Royal Highness King Ning treats the little girl very well, and the little girl is quite used to living! I still have to thank Your Majesty and send an envoy to negotiate with Murong Yu and take me to the Song Kingdom! ”

Gongliang Rongruo hooked a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and said: "The girl said this, so I was ashamed to accept it." In fact, this is all the credit of King Ning, if he hadn't taken the risk to save you, I'm afraid the girl wouldn't have been so easy to get out. I actually wanted to ask the girl, why was Murong Yu able to suddenly replace the crown prince from an unfavored prince and sit on the throne in just a few years? ”

"I don't know if Your Majesty has ever heard of Li Lanji? He is the prime minister of the Xia Kingdom, in fact, he has always secretly supported Murong Yu, and Murong Yu also followed his relationship to successfully ascend the throne. I thought that the little girl was originally a talented person of Emperor Mo Xuan, but it was a pity that I heard too much of Murong Yu's words and felt that he was treating me wholeheartedly, so I secretly told him some things about Emperor Mo Xuan. He used the information given to him by the little girl, and together with Li Lanji, he suppressed the crown prince, and then ascended the throne! ”

"I see! Then he really let down the girl's infatuation! After he finished speaking, he sighed, and then asked, "Does the girl know Wan Junwei?" ”

Ye Xuemei's eyes showed a trace of fear, she nodded, and replied: "I know, it was formed by Li Lanji for Murong Yu, and it is composed of many people from the rivers and lakes, all of whom are strong in martial arts, and have killed many people for him!" When the prince went to save the little girl, if he hadn't brought someone with him, he would definitely not have been able to compete with Murong Yu's Wan Junwei! ”

Speaking of this, tears suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she said to Gongliang Rongruofu: "Please ask Your Majesty to help the little girl take revenge!" So many people in the little girl's family died unexpectedly, and the little girl's heart was full of pain! Now that Murong Yu has just ascended the throne, his power is still unstable, this is the best time to suppress him! ”

Before Ye Xuemei could finish speaking, Gongliang Rongruo interrupted her, "Miss Ye, although Murong Yu has just ascended the throne and his power is unstable, but the Song State and the Xia Kingdom are friendly in the era, how can they easily start a war?" Besides, Wu and Heshe were eyeing the Song State again, if they sent troops, the Song State would be empty, wouldn't it give them an opportunity to take advantage of? ”

"But if you don't take this opportunity to suppress Murong Yu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress it again in the future! I hope Your Majesty will think twice! As she spoke, she knelt on the ground, wanting to ask Gong Liang to send troops.

Gongliang Rongruo said: "Miss Ye, I don't blame you if I think you are revengeful!" But don't mention these words again! Immediately afterwards, before he could wait for Ye Xuemei to answer, he said to Xiao Shunzi: "Xiao Shunzi, Miss Ye is tired, send Miss Ye out of the palace quickly!" ”

However, Ye Xuemei did not relent, "Your Majesty! ”

Xiao Shunzi walked up to Ye Xuemei, stopped her, and didn't let her get close to Gongliang Rongruo again, he said, "Miss Ye, please!" You're tired too, so go back and rest! ”

Seeing this, Ye Xuemei was quite helpless, so she had to get up and walk out with Xiao Shunzi.

After leaving the Chengde Palace, Ye Xuemei turned around and took off a silver bracelet inlaid with pearls on her wrist and stuffed it into Xiao Shunzi's hand, and said: "Father-in-law is the most trusted person of His Majesty, and I also ask my father-in-law to say a few more kind words in front of His Majesty, so that he can send troops to attack Murong Yu!" ”

Seeing this, Xiao Shunzi hurriedly pushed back her bracelet and said, "Miss Ye, Your Majesty has made it very clear, and I hope that the girl will not embarrass the slave!" The slave retired, and the girl went straight down the road and left the palace! After finishing speaking, he hurriedly returned to the Chengde Hall without looking back.

After he went back, Gongliang Rongruo's eyes were unconcealable disappointment, and he said to Xiao Shunzi: "What else do you say that whoever gets her wins the world!" Is this proverb false? Look at her, she has a beautiful face, but she actually doesn't understand anything. If you marry such a woman, can you really sweep the world? ”

After Ye Xuemei returned to Ning Wangfu, she was resting all the time because she was not in good health. In the afternoon of this day, she was sitting in the room reading a book, piecing together some fragments of the organization in her heart and spreading them out on rice paper, intending to re-improve the previous map, when suddenly a small servant from Ning Wangfu ran over and said to her in a hurry: "Girl, it's not good, the prince, the prince has an accident!" ”

After hearing this, Ye Xuemei's heart froze and asked, "What's wrong with the prince?" ”

The man replied, "Girl, let's go and see, the little one can't tell for a while." ”

"Okay, let's go!" Ye Xuemei followed the little guy to the residence where Gongliang Yuzhi lived, and saw that a doctor had already come over with a medicine box. When she saw Ye Xuemei at the door, she bowed and saluted, "Miss Ye!" ”