Old man Situ came to the house, didn't he know about Yilan's death, how should he go to see his old man?

"When did you come? Who told him about the old man's house? Yuanhang turned the child back to Liqiu, and turned to look at Wanyu.

Wanyue helped Du Wen to sit down first, and said to Yuanhang: "It's been six or seven days." It was Liqiu Niang who was counting the time, and Father Chen was going to visit the child, and when my father learned about it, he said that he would come together, and the old man Situ thought that it would be okay to stay in Qianling alone, so he came together. ”

"Then he ......" Yuanhang opened his mouth to ask halfway, and nodded gently.

"Where is Old Man Situ now?" Yuanhang nodded when he saw Wanyu, and understood that he already knew about Yilan.

"In the East Courtyard, several elders are there, and the old man has only improved in recent days, and he fainted when he first heard about it."

"Well, I'll go and see you first." Yuanhang nodded, looked back at the women, and went out to the east courtyard.

When I came to the East Courtyard, I saw Tang Yuanwai, and after the voyage salute, Tang Yuanwai told Yuanhang that the old man had gone out alone for an hour.

Yuanhang thought for a moment, turned around and walked towards the bamboo forest.

Situ Zhongda was indeed here, sitting on the stone bench in front of Yilan's grave, holding a wine gourd in one hand and a rattle in the other.

"Grandfather, take care of yourself." Yuanhang walked over and sat down next to Situ Zhongda.

Situ Zhongda glanced at it and sighed: "Yuanhang, you are back." ”

"Hmm." The voyage responded. Situ Zhongda handed over the wine gourd and said, "It's cold, take a sip and warm up." ”

Without hesitation, Yuanhang took the plug and took a big sip with his head up.

Situ Zhongda shook the rattle twice, "dong dong" sounded twice, and said with a wry smile: "This is Yilan's childhood drum, I have always stayed by my side, I wanted to bring it to her, and I would like to make a thought when I have a child, but I can't use it." ”

Yuanhang felt a pain in his heart, his nose became sore, and he said in a low voice: "Grandfather, it's all grandchildren's bad and they don't protect Yilan, you keep beating me." ”

Situ Zhongda shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, it's just that this girl in Yilan is not blessed." ”

A cold wind blew, and Yuanhang shivered, and said to Situ Zhongda: "Grandfather, the weather is cold, let's go back." ”

Situ Zhongda nodded, looked back, and slowly stood up. Yuanhang stepped forward to help, Situ Zhongda waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, let's go." ”

Back in the house, Yuanhang returned the wine gourd to Situ Zhongda and said, "Grandfather, I have a few things that I don't know, and I want you to answer them for me." ”

"Oh? What happened to the voyage is unknown. ”

"It's something about the first emperor Shi Shu Guifei." Yuanhang poured a cup of tea for Situ Zhongda and handed it over.

Situ Zhongda looked over in surprise and asked, "Why are you asking about this?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I heard that the ninth princess once mentioned some things about the first emperor, and I was just curious." Yuanhang smiled, and deliberately used the ninth princess to mention Concubine Shu without directly asking Concubine Zhuang.

Situ Zhongda sighed, thought for a while, and said: "This is a long talk, at that time I was still in the middle of the court as the position of Zuo Sidu, the first emperor ascended the throne at the age of six, because the first emperor was young, the queen mother ordered me to assist the first emperor." Later, the first emperor grew up, at the age of sixteen, he was appointed by the queen mother to marry, and married Helan, the granddaughter of He Hubo. ”

Situ Zhongda was thirsty, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and saw that Yuanhang was listening seriously, so he continued.

"After two years, there was no movement in the abdomen of the queen and the two concubines, and the queen mother was anxious, and privately summoned me and a few other ministers to discuss, and decided to choose a concubine for the emperor again. This time, a lot of concubines were chosen, including Concubine Shu, but she was not a concubine yet. ”

"Oh, and when did she become a concubine? Who were the concubines that time? ”

"That time, the first emperor sealed three concubines, namely Concubine Xian, Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Shu. This time, the concubine also did not have any concubines pregnant with dragon sons, and later learned that the first emperor only favored Queen Helan, and almost no rain and dew were applied every time the rest of the concubines went to bed, and Queen Helan was not pregnant for a long time, so she was really anxious to die of the queen mother. ”

"Hehe, this emperor is still a gentleman." Yuanhang said with a smile.

Situ Zhongda's face sank and said, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"Yes, my grandson knows my mistake." Yuanhang stuck out his tongue and hurriedly admitted his mistake.

A year later, Queen Helan was the first to get pregnant, and the whole palace was happy. It's a pity that the queen accidentally fell into the water, lost her life, and broke the royal bloodline. Since then, the first emperor has not been crowned, but several concubines have become pregnant one after another, and each gave birth to a dragon child. Until a few years later, when she was about to be sealed, Concubine Zhuang died unexpectedly, which made the first emperor sad. ”

"Grandfather, the first emperor is so sad, isn't it that among these concubines, he likes Concubine Zhuang the most?" Yuanhang asked tentatively.

Situ Zhongda nodded and said, "Yes, if Concubine Zhuang does not die, the first emperor is likely to make her the queen." ”

"But it seems that the eldest prince was born to a virtuous concubine, why not make a virtuous concubine the queen?"

"The first emperor didn't like Concubine Xian, and it was also the queen mother's will to make her a concubine at the beginning, because her father was an important minister in the court." Situ Zhongda paused for a moment and continued: "After the sudden death of Concubine Zhuang, the first emperor planned to make Concubine Shu the queen, which is really unfortunate, but at this time, Concubine Shu was crazy, and she was imprisoned in Fengluan Palace by the order of the queen. The first emperor was disheartened and had no intention of asking about the affairs of the harem. Only Concubine Xian was qualified in the harem, so in the following month, she was named the queen and given the title Xianchun. ”

Yuanhang pondered deeply and asked, "Concubine Shu has lost her heart and gone crazy, have the imperial doctors ever diagnosed and treated?" ”

"How can it not be cured, but none of them can be cured."

"How is Concubine Shu good?"

"It's only been three months, but Concubine Shugui's illness has healed by herself, but I don't remember these things during my illness." Situ Zhongda felt a little sorry for her, and said: "After Concubine Shugui recovered from her illness, the first emperor had already appointed Concubine Xian Guifei as Empress Xianchun, and she could not change it. ”

Yuanhang nodded, sighed and said, "Thinking about it, that Shuguifei must be very annoyed, and she actually missed the opportunity to become the queen." ”

"Not really, Concubine Shu is still the same as usual, but she is often in the palace and doesn't like to move around." Situ Zhongda shook his head, sighed, and said: "Things in the palace, everything is unpredictable, Empress Xianchun only served as a queen for three years, and then she suffered from a strange disease and died. In the end, the first emperor was not in the queen, and Concubine Shu was in charge of the harem until the death of the first emperor. After Situ Zhongda finished speaking, he sighed with emotion and said: "This is all a matter of the first dynasty, and now the emperor governs the country strictly, and the queen is also in charge of the harem, which is much more stable." ”

Yuan Voyage answered, and found out something from his grandfather that he didn't know.

"Grandfather, you can rest first, and I'll stay with you in the evening."

"No, you have just returned, there must be a lot of things to do, I have nothing to do, go ahead." Situ Zhongda waved his hand, Yuanhang nodded, and left the East Courtyard to return to the back house.

In the evening, there was a celebration in the house, and three tables were set up in the hall, and Liqiu handed over the child to Chunyue to take care of him, and also ran out to join in the fun. After dinner, everyone chatted in the hall for a while, and sailed to Du Wen's room to rest.

Du Wen was inconvenient and didn't go to the front hall, Sixin brought her food, and the two of them ate it in the room.

"Master, you must be a little boy in your belly." Sixin said playfully.

Du Wen smiled after hearing this, put down her chopsticks, and asked, "You have never given birth and raised, how do you know." ”

Sixin tilted his head and thought about it, shook his head, and said, "I don't know, but it must be the young master, if not, the master can punish me." ”

"Giggles, punish you for what you do." Du Wen laughed, felt that this girl was very cute, and said: "Good husband, there will be a future, if I am a girl, then the two sisters must be boys." ”

Du Wen looked down at her high bulging abdomen, and said softly: "I hope it's a little boy, and the husband will definitely like it." ”

Yuanhang pushed the door in, saw Du Wen's master and servant eating, and came over and said, "Why did you have dinner?" ”

Du Wen was a little shy, and replied softly: "I have already eaten it, but recently I often feel that there is nothing in my stomach, and I always have to eat it again." ”

"Oh, it's always good to be able to eat, you are now eating alone, and the two of you are sharing the food, so naturally you have to eat more." Yuan Hang said as he walked into the inner room, took off his shirt and put it on a hanger.

"Do you want to rest here tonight?"

Yuanhang looked back at Du Wen and nodded: "Yes, why not?" ”

Du Wen pursed her lips and smiled, and asked, "I haven't been home for a long time, don't you want my sister?" ”

Yuanhang grimaced at her and walked over to the bed.

Du Wen looked at Sixin, and the little girl also made a playful expression, cleaned up the food on the table and withdrew.

Du Wen walked to the bed, Yuanhang put her hands under her head, and was looking at her.

"Wen'er, come, be by my side." Yuanhang patted the side of the bed, and Du Wen sat sideways.

Yuanhang propped up his body with his right arm and pressed his head against Du Wen's stomach. Du Wen wrapped her arms around his head.

"Xianggong, are you in trouble when you go to the back hall?" In the days when Yuanhang was away, Du Wen always felt uneasy in her heart, but she never talked about it to others.

Yuanhang raised his head, looked puzzled, and asked, "How did you know?" ”

Du Wen stroked his face and muttered: "Since I have Xianggong's flesh and blood in my belly, I have become one with Xianggong physically and mentally, who is it difficult for you?" ”

"It's an old eunuch in the palace, Xianggong will tolerate him for the time being, and after I finish what the emperor has assigned, I will definitely get rid of him."

"What does the emperor want to do?"

Yuanhang hesitated, put his head on Du Wen's lap, looked at her upward, and said, "The emperor asked me to go outside the Saiwai once, to form an alliance with Nubei to resist the Qi State." There is an even more difficult thing for me to find out the cause of Concubine Zhuang's death. ”

Du Wen asked curiously, "Concubine Zhuang?" ”

"Well, it's the current emperor's biological mother. The emperor has always had doubts, but there is no suitable person to handle this matter, and he has struggled to find no clues, so now he has entrusted this matter to me. Yuanhang had a headache when he thought about it, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Xianggong, don't blame me for talking too much, the affairs of the palace are very widely implicated, so it is better to have less contact." After hearing this, Du Wen became worried about the voyage.

"Well, I know. I couldn't find out what was going on, so I took my own life. Yuanhang opened his eyes, turned over, and said, "Forget it, don't talk about it, go and take off your clothes, and Xianggong will hug you to rest." ”

Du Wen answered, got up and went to extinguish the candle.

"Be a gentleman, don't mess around."

"Touch, I'll only touch the child......"

On the second day, Yuanhang really slept until the hour before waking up.

"It's still comfortable in bed." The voyage was arm-raised, dressed lazily.

"My lord, you are up, Fu Junshen has been waiting for you in the hall for a long time." Sixin heard the voice, came in from the outhouse, and took the clothes of the voyage.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier." The voyage rolled over and climbed up.

"It was Counselor Fu who said that you were tired all the way and asked you to sleep a little longer." Sixin changed clothes for the voyage and said behind him.

"Where's Wen'er?"

"The master went for a walk in the courtyard, accompanied by the young grandmother, and let the slave wait here for the adults to wake up."

"Oh, you go and protect Wen'er." Yuanhang put on his clothes, walked outward and tied his belt on the other.

Fu Yashi was waiting in the hall when he saw Yuanhang come out and stood up.

"Yashi, sit down." Yuanhang walked over and sat beside him, leaned over, and said, "Shang Mu Zhong, a strange man from the Shang Kingdom, has been brought back by me. ”

"Oh?" Fu Yashi felt a lot of emotion and looked at the voyage.

"You also know this person, and it will be of great use in the future."

"That's true, the lord brought him back, but he was obedient to the lord?"

Yuanhang shook his head, suddenly laughed, and said, "Although this person has strange talents, it seems to be a little slow here. After speaking, he pointed to his head and nodded.

"Haha, my lord laughed, if that was the case, how could he have made those ingenious objects." Fu Yashi shook his head in disbelief.

"This person swears not to surrender, the emperor can't help him, and orders me to persuade me, I have already thought of a way, but I still need you to be a lobbyist, you do this." Yuanhang whispered to Fu Yashi, and Fu Yashi nodded frequently.

"Go ahead, it's up to you whether you succeed or not."

"Well, my lord is waiting for my news." Fu Yashi got up and saluted and left.

After waiting for Fu Yashi to leave, he got up and went to the study, picked up a pen and began to draw a sample of the nine rings. This must be drawn well, and this thing needs to be used to attract the merchant clock.

As soon as he finished drawing the sample drawing, Tang Ling came over and came in and said, "Young Master, Lord Duanmu is here, waiting in the front hall." ”

"Ha, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'll go over here." The voyage responded.

In the living room, Duanmu Yiren was drinking tea, and Yuanhang walked out from behind with a smile, clenching his fists and laughing: "Lord Duanmu, I haven't seen you for many days, but are you okay?" ”

Duanmu Yiren smiled and got up to return the salute and said, "I haven't seen you for many days, Lord Ye is fine." ”

"Good, good, all good. Hurry up, please take a seat. After being polite, Yuanhang sat down in the first place and asked, "Lord Duanmu came to the mansion in person, won't there be something?" ”

Duanmu Yi said: "This time, first, to visit Lord Ye, and secondly, someone just reported to the official, and there was a fight in the east of the city, and a son was beaten by a butcher and was almost invisible. ”

"Oh? In broad daylight, he dared to commit murder on the streets of the city, but Lord Duanmu could take the murderer? ”

"Take it, it's just ......" Duanmu Yoshito said with a sad face.

"Just what?" Yuanhang asked.

"It's just that the person who was beaten is a close relative of your lordship, so this official has come to ask, what should I do?"

"What? My close relatives ......" Yuan Voyage stood up suddenly, stupid on the spot.