The backyard of the Linglong Pavilion and the other courtyard where the mother's clothes are buried have an underground tunnel, which was built by the Jiannian branch in that year.

Sheng Changning instructed Jian Nianzhi to tell Lixia outside, telling her and the guards to come in first and settle down, and Jian Nianzhi naturally obeyed her orders.

Seeing that he responded, Sheng Changning turned around and entered the long dark passage.

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The dark passage was well stabilized by Jian Nian, in order to prevent collapse, muddy water was also poured, and night pearls were placed on the wall edges on both sides, and some fireflies were even placed in it.

If it weren't for the underground, a little too dark and damp, this would be a nice little place.

This underground passage, more than ten years ago, Sheng Changning had already walked many times, even if it was not the same as it was then, she would not be too afraid in the face of the darkness ahead.

Soon after leaving the passage, there was a sudden light in front of her, Sheng Changning quickly raised her hand and covered her eyes, even so, she was still stimulated by the light revealed between her fingers for a while, so that she could adapt to this bright light.

As her fingertips moved her eyes, the scenery in the courtyard unfolded in front of her eyes little by little.

The gate of the annex was locked from the inside, and from a distance, Sheng Changning could still see the rust on the lock, obviously, Jian Nianzhi had not opened this gate for many years.

A two-person tall tree was planted in the courtyard, but now that winter had arrived, the cold wind was biting, and the branches that stretched across the sky were bare, and under the trees were fallen leaves.

Sheng Changning only glanced at it, then pursed the corners of her lips and withdrew her gaze, her fingertips pinched her palm, a little painful.

Even if no one told her, she knew that this big tree that looked very depressed was the one that Abei planted before he died.

Sheng Changning calmly turned her head back, she lifted the hem of her skirt, walked up the corridor, and walked along this straight corridor to enter the main house.

After crossing the threshold, the room is spacious, all the ornaments are readily available, no one comes to take care of them, the table and the embroidery stool should be dusty, and it looks like no one has been in contact for many years.

Sheng Changning only glanced at the main hall slightly, then bypassed the wooden embroidery branch screen on the side and lifted the curtain hanging down in front of him.

The high desk on that side was exposed in front of Sheng Changning's eyes, and the tablet standing on the table was as quiet as it was back then, and there were incense sticks on the table.

Sheng Changning stepped forward and pinched a few, and lit them with the fire fold on the side, and her pair of dark pupils reflected the big characters on the tablet.

Inserting the burning incense on the incense burner, Sheng Changning knelt down silently, she didn't kneel on the cushion next to her, her knees smacked the green brick floor, and there was some pain.

"Mother......" she murmured softly, "Changning is not filial, I haven't been able to come to see you for more than ten years, please don't blame, the days to come...... Changning may not be able to come to see you again. ”

Sheng Changning lowered his eyes, and when he raised it again, there was a soft smile in his eyes, "My daughter had resentment and hatred before, and even wanted to do her best to have a good time with them, but now...... The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is very beautiful, Lord Shen treats me like a child, there is nothing unpleasant in the Shen Mansion, all of this makes my daughter very nostalgic, so my daughter just wants to live this life in peace. ”

A light breeze passed through the window, raising her waterfall-like black hair, as if responding silently.

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The plum wine under the green plum tree was dug out by Sheng Changning, her fingertips were still stained with wet soil, she rubbed her lower fingertips, and ordered the black crockpots on the ground.

No more, no less, exactly fourteen altars.

The year Ah Bei came to her, both of them were young children at that time, and in the year Ah Bei died of illness, she accompanied Sheng Changning for exactly 14 years.

Sheng Changning smiled and smiled, and tears fell.

If she hadn't been killed by Shen Lin's cup of poisoned wine, Mama Qing and Ah Bei would not have passed away so abruptly.

She was reborn and came back, and she didn't want to inquire about them, but she knew very well in her heart, if she wasn't there, how could the people in Changning Palace live alone?

But...... But she still had the opportunity to do it again, and they could only turn into a handful of loess and bury it deep underground.

Sheng Changning shed tears and opened the crockpot, the jar was tightly sealed, she could see that this was a common sealing technique used by Abei, it can be seen that every jar of green plum wine here was made by Abei himself, and even the altar was never sealed by others.

opened the jar and opened the stuffy cloth, the familiar smell of wine finally came to her eyes, Sheng Changning couldn't help it, her eyes were hazy tears, and her chest was gently cramping......

It was dark, but there was no shadow of Sheng Changning coming back, Jian Nianzhi was already carrying a heart, so he naturally didn't dare to be sloppy at this time, and hurriedly took his cronies from the tunnel to the other courtyard.

Lixia also came, she was very worried, although she was welcomed into the backyard of Linglong Pavilion to settle down, but she didn't see the shadow of the princess all afternoon, and the owner who knew where the princess was going was also sloppy, how could she not be anxious?

Seeing that Jian Nianzhi was going to take someone to find it, Lixia immediately insisted that he would follow, but Jian Nianzhi had no choice but to ask her to follow behind.

Originally, this tunnel was not easily known to outsiders, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who used to be with the princess's mother, that is, His Majesty today, did not know the secret of this tunnel.

But now is an extraordinary time, His Royal Highness still doesn't know what happened in the courtyard, Lixia is also a woman, so he is naturally more intimate and more assured.

As soon as the group arrived at the other courtyard, Lixia immediately saw the figure crooked by the tree, she exclaimed in fright, and hurriedly ran over, and Jian Nianzhi also stepped forward quickly with a solemn face.

He knew that what he said in front of His Highness was tantamount to an excessively heavy blow to His Highness, he could have kept his mouth shut, or said a few nonsense casually, but he didn't, and told Sheng Changning as much.

His only selfishness, Sheng Changning didn't know, he just wanted to tell her that the people in Abei and Changning Palace had never done anything to be sorry for His Highness.

Jian Nianzhi was sad for Abei, and so was she.

"Princess, why did you drink like this...... Lixia was still in a hurry, but she only smelled the strong smell of wine on Sheng Changning's body, looked at the person carefully, and didn't see any unusual discomfort from her, so she relieved herself.

While Lixia wanted to help people up, Jian Nianzhi was silent and wanted to pull the jar out of Sheng Changning's arms, but he didn't pull it, and the eyes of the person crooked on Lixia's shoulder were blurred, but his hand was holding the jar rigidly, unwilling to ask someone to take it away.