Back at the princess's mansion, Commander Lu presented a piece of paper with a simple family situation of the five teenagers.

Yan Jikang, sixteen years old, line twelve, his father is Yan Pu, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites;

Cui Zhang, sixteen years old, eighteen, his father is Cui Shun, a member of the Criminal Department, his name is unknown, but his uncle is Cui Song, the priest of the country;

Yao Sen, fourteen years old, line six, his father is a member of the household department;

Liu Chang, fifteen years old, ten, and his uncle is Liu Qixing, the official of the Langzhong;

Fang Jing, seventeen years old, line five, grandfather is Fang Tianjian, a doctor of the Tai Yi Department. and Yan Jikang are two aunts and cousins.

Several young men, of the same age, have similar family backgrounds, and have similar interests, except for Fang Jing, the rest of them are all studying in Guozijian, and their reading results are mediocre, but they don't see any bad deeds.

On the same day, Yan Pu sent someone to hand over the prayer post, saying that he would bring his wife to the door in two days to formally thank him.

In order to entertain Yan Shilang, on this day, Shen Mengxi specially invited Wu Youji to come to Shangshanfang with his cooperation.

Zheng Fuchun, the secretary of the princess's mansion, greeted him in front of the gate outside the mansion, and at the end of the hour, Yan Shilang and his wife Xing took Yan 12 to the princess's mansion in a carriage and sent a cart of rich thanks.

Wu Youji entertained Yan Pu's father and son in the front hall, and Shen Mengxi received Mrs. Xing in the backyard.

Mrs. Xing carefully stepped on the stone bricks of the princess's mansion, and was led by the maidservant to the backyard, she borrowed the tulle hat, quietly looked at the scenery along the way, flowers and tall trees, lake rockeries, carved beams and painted buildings, came to the front of the flower hall, the south-facing side in front of the hall, the door panels were removed, hung with bamboo curtains, the courtyard was wide, and more than 100 dancers could be allowed to dance.

Duofu helped Mrs. Xing remove her hat in front of the steps, and after Mrs. Xing went up the stairs, she took off her shoes under the porch and walked quickly into the flower hall.

Shen Mengxi sat on the Luohan bed, watching a woman in her forties walk in with her head bowed and broken, with a slightly plump figure, her cheeks covered with incense powder, and a large patch of red rouge. There is a golden hairpin flower between the high snails on his head, a gold necklace around his neck, a red and blue silk skirt with a bold and striking color, and a large piece of snow-white skin on his chest is exposed, and it is estimated that the short hat cannot cover the spring light at all.

Although Shen Mengxi is a formal attire for hospitality, her makeup is not so exaggerated, and the red face wash when she got married for the second time made her remember it deeply, and she refused to let the maid put on makeup no matter what.

After the salute, Mrs. Xing, as soon as she raised her eyes, found Princess Taiping's pale pink blush and lipstick, and found that the princess was sitting on a gorgeous Arhat bed, with her feet hanging on the ground, she was a little surprised, but she was not overflowing, and she could calmly follow the guidance of the maidservant, and also imitated the Luohan bed on the side, she was a little restrained, not very accustomed to this way of sitting.

According to her thoughts, she first thanked her repeatedly, telling that Yan Twelve is her youngest son, who has always regarded him as a treasure, and is the top of the mother-in-law at home. When it comes to emotion, I really burst into tears.

At this time, Yan Jikang asked to see him outside the door, Shen Mengxi hurriedly asked Duoxi to bring him in, and Mrs. Xing was also busy wiping away tears.

Yan Jikang officially bowed and thanked him for saving his life. Shen Mengxi smiled and asked him not to be polite, and sat down to drink tea. Yan Jikang got up in response, he didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly his face was red.

Mrs. Xing also became a little annoyed, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.

Shen Mengxi took a sip of the teacup, and Mrs. Xing took her son to retire. Walking to the door, Mrs. Xing was sitting on the side of the porch and was served by the maid and wearing shoes, Yan Jikang suddenly boldly glanced back at Shen Mengxi, and quickly turned his head back, startling Shen Mengxi.

It was a young man's direct and frank fiery gaze, Shen Mengxi seemed to be burned by the fire, and he couldn't help but tremble. She glanced blankly at Qingfeng beside her, Qingfeng had a clear face, and the expression was "Let you not listen to persuasion, you have to save people and cause trouble." ”

Hehe, Shen Mengxi has been thinking for a long time, this child will not be obsessed with the first kiss, let her be responsible.

A quarter of an hour later, Wu Youji came to the flower hall, relayed Yan Pu's thanks to Shen Mengxi, and handed the gift list to Shen Mengxi, specifically pointing out the pair of mutton fat jade bottles, "Produced in the Western Regions, it is very precious. ”

Shen Mengxi expressed his gratitude to Wu Youji for his friendship performance, and politely said that it was almost noon, so it was better to stay and eat.

Wu Youji's eyes lit up, and he immediately responded, which made Shen Mengxi stunned.

Half a year after marriage, Wu Youji didn't take a concubine, he just lived in Jishanfang dryly, he didn't mention it, and Shen Mengxi was not in the mood to take the initiative to send him a concubine.

Commander Lu reported that he went back to the martial arts family every ten days to visit his parents and children.

Of course, he also came to Shangshanfang once every three days to ask Shen Mengxi for peace, Shen Mengxi was annoyed, so he was exempted from asking for peace, and he couldn't come to Jishanfang unless he was summoned.

Wu Youji is indeed an honest man, and his attitude towards Shen Mengxi is very respectful, more like a servant.

- It's a pleasant experience to be feared, but it's boring to have a whole circle of people with this attitude.

Three or five days later, the rumor that Yan Twelve was kissed by Princess Taiping still spread in Luoyang City.

Although it was expected, it was still a little annoyed. When Shen Mengxi entered the palace to ask for peace, Emperor Wu also talked about it, laughing, she had just added two noodles recently, of course she did not object to her daughter raising noodles, and even wanted to summon Yan Twelve into the palace with some curiosity, to see what type of man her daughter had chosen by herself.

No matter how Shen Mengxi explained, Emperor Wu didn't believe it, and before she left the palace, he took her hand seriously and warned her, "Ah Yue should not be too presumptuous, and should save some face for the concubine." ”

Shen Mengxi immediately raised her head to the sky and wailed, and Emperor Wu clapped her hands with a smile, "What are you naughty!" ”

Emperor Wu is in a good mood now, the Li royal family is almost wiped out, even the princess county lord is not much left, as a woman, she never despises women's determination and ability,—— only by cutting the grass and eradicating the roots can she avoid future troubles!

Speaking of which, we have to mention Cheng Furong, the lord of Anning County, as time goes by, her twin sons show a peculiarity, that is, the two children have very different looks and personalities.

A child who is more than a year old, his face is gradually growing, the eldest is small, delicate and well-behaved, Xiao is like Wang Jiechang, but the second child is taller than the eldest child, and the skeleton appearance is completely different. And this child's appearance is neither like the Wang family nor the Cheng family. It is rumored that this second child was given to the Wang family by God, and it is either a lucky star or a disaster star.

Shen Mengxi's secret guard reported that the child looked very much like Zhang Qian.

Shen Mengxi was also surprised when he heard it, this kind of small probability thing actually made An Ning run into it.

If a woman has two follicles in the month and coincides with two men in a short period of time, she may be pregnant with half-twins. Of course, people at this time didn't understand, Shen Mengxi knew it in his heart, but he didn't want to say it.

Last month, the Wang family was targeted by Wu Chenghei, Wang Jiechang's official position was demoted two levels in a row, he was constrained everywhere, and everything was difficult, the Wang family naturally knew that the root cause was Anning, and the queen mother scolded Anning for being a broom star, and marrying such a daughter-in-law was simply a ruined family, but An Ning gave birth to two sons, and it can be regarded as a reliance. She stubbornly endured the insults and resolutely refused to commit suicide.

Dugujing, the county lord of Qixia, was even more miserable, and the Luo family fell into the hands of Lai Junchen, who was known for his ruthlessness.

Lai Junchen was born a scoundrel, specialized in whistleblowing, and after being reused by Emperor Wu, he set up a magistrate's court and greatly revived the prison. The Li Tang clan has been killed by this person in vain.

This person is greedy for money and lustful, and he likes to snatch beautiful wives and concubines the most, whether it is the government or the people, seeing it or hearing about it, they must do everything possible to seize it.

Some people were scared, and offered their wives and concubines with both hands, and some of them were stubborn, and they were tortured for a round, and finally the family was ruined, and the wives and concubines still had to fall into the hands of Lai Junchen.

The people of the DPRK and China are afraid of coming like tigers. Many people simply go along with it to keep the peace.

This time he was eyeing the Luo family, it was he who met Shen Mengxi and Qi Xia shopping together in Nanshi, the two of them were wearing men's clothes, entered the restaurant, and met Lai Junchen who came out of the inside, he naturally knew Princess Taiping, Shi Li greeted him, but his eyes were fixed on Qi Xia, and he did not hide the desire in his eyes at all.

Shen Mengxi knocked on the fan in his hand, and woke up the confused Lai Junchen, who hurriedly bowed his head and retreated.

With his identity, Xiao Xiang is also the county lord, but it is Xiao Xiang who comes to Junchen, because this county lord is not surnamed Wu, her surname is Li. The plan of this pervert is to always grab it and try it, and even if you can't get it, it won't make you feel better!

So, framing the crime made Luo Xun demoted, and Luo Liancheng lost the qualification of the Yulin Army, and was not allowed to protect the emperor closely, and finally in the panic of the Luo family, Luo Liancheng was locked in the magistrate's house and tortured to extract a confession.

Luo Liancheng refused to admit the rebellion, and shouted that he was wronged, so Lai Junchen sent his ten nails back to Luo's house, and clearly said that he wanted Qixia to come to the Magistrate's House to take Luo Liancheng home. Qi Xia saw ten bloody nails, painful, she naturally knew the consequences of going to the magistrate's house, although her in-laws did not blame her, but she blamed herself for her husband, and committed suicide by hanging herself that night, and was found and rescued by the maid in time.

Princess Ankang entered the palace to see Emperor Wu, but she was not allowed to enter outside the imperial city. Princess Ankang, who was already gray-haired at the age of forty-five, abandoned her previous dignified and elegant, knelt outside the city gate, looked up to the sky and cried, without a word of complaint in the whole process, just a scream and accusation, and everyone who heard it wept.

The daughter of the dignified Taizong, seeing a scoundrel in the market bullying her daughter, but she was powerless to protect her, she may be crying for herself and her daughter, or she may be crying for the decline of the Li Tang royal family, she cried until she couldn't make a sound anymore, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted to the ground.

Qi Xia had half a purple mark on her neck, hugged her one-year-old son who couldn't stop crying, and knelt in front of Shen Mengxi and kowtowed.

Shen Mengxi pulled up Qi Xia, she liked Qi Xia, admired Luo Liancheng's hard spirit, and also felt that when everyone was in danger, the Luo family did not abandon Qi Xia, and was more sympathetic to Ankang's motherly heart. sighed, gave up Mingzhe to protect himself, and brought his waist card into the palace to ask to see Emperor Wu.

When it comes to the Li family, Emperor Wu is always very sensitive, she doesn't like her daughter to intercede for the Li family, and when she sees her appear, she knows her intention, and hangs her outside the Ziwei Palace, and only tells Shangguan Wan'er to draft the decree.

Since Shen Mengxi has already come, she will not give up easily, she stands at the bottom of the stairs and waits honestly.

An hour later, Shangguan Wan'er left, and walked out apologetically after passing by.

Shen Mengxi moved his stiff legs, walked into Ziwei Palace, and came to Emperor Wu's side, and did not salute.

"A-Niang~~~" This voice turned back and forth, and she herself got goosebumps first. Empress Wu was also stunned for a moment, her daughter didn't seem to call her like this for several years.

"A-Niang, last month Qi Xia went to Nanshi with me, and met Lai Junchen, the guy's eyes were very presumptuous, looking me and Qi Xia up and down, thinking that it was at that time, I had a lustful heart, and the cheap slave didn't dare to do anything to me, so he stared at Qi Xia."

"He dares!" Hearing the sentence "That cheap slave didn't dare to do anything to me", Emperor Wu angrily slapped the case.

"Everyone has their own destiny, and I don't want to meddle in things, but A-Niang can decide people's destiny!" Shen Mengxi clenched his fists and gradually entered the play, "Today, Princess Ankang vomited blood and fainted, and Qi Xia kowtowed and broke her head to break the blood, which made her very sad. Since ancient times, how many people in the daughter's family can control their own destiny? It's not that they have been bound by etiquette for thousands of years, the ugly ones can't get the favor of their husbands, and the good-looking ones are coveted by the gangsters! Looking at Qixia today, Yue'er is both sad and happy, glad that Yue'er is A-Niang's daughter and has A-Niang's protection. If, it is Yue'er who is asking for someone today," Shen Mengxi took a deep breath, tears falling, "Yue'er doesn't know whether to hit her head to death, or go to the magistrate's house by herself!" ”

Emperor Wu was slightly moved when he heard this, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Ah Niang, the Luo family has been in decline for many years, and there is no power or intention to rebel, Qi Xia's brother died young, Princess Ankang has been widowed for many years, and she has been cultivating in the Buddhist hall for half a year, who wants such a family to collaborate in rebellion, it is clear that Lai Junchen has a lustful heart and frames loyal ministers to take his wife! Ah Niang, there must be a limit to the accusations made by Junchen, he lied about external affairs and claimed that His Majesty had an edict, Ah Niang must be aware of it, don't destroy Ah Niang's reputation for no reason because of this traitorous villain! ”

"A-Niang knows, Yue'er will go home first." Emperor Wu said with a deep sigh.

Shen Mengxi looked at Emperor Wu uncertainly.

"A-Niang promised you, go back!" Emperor Wu flicked his sleeves to break free of Shen Mengxi, and said pretending to be annoyed: "Go back to the house quickly!" ”

"Auntie!" Shen Mengxi stretched out his hand, "A-Niang, give Yue'er a handwritten message, if it's too late, Luo Liancheng will definitely die!" Shen Mengxi seems to have mastered the secrets of coquettishness, she found that Emperor Wu was very fond of this, and Huaiyi was so coquettish and stupid that day.

In the end, Emperor Wu called the eunuch and passed on the message.

Shen Mengxi immediately clapped his hands happily and shouted, "Yay! He quickly saluted, and pulled the eunuch to retreat in a hurry.

Emperor Wu watched his daughter walk out in a hurry, smiled, and said word by word: "Who said that women can't control their fate, she also has to control the fate of the people in the world!" ”

Shen Mengxi and the eunuch came to Lijingmen, and when Junchen heard the news, he saluted with a smile on his face, "I don't know if the princess and Zhang are coming, and they are not welcome!" ”

Shen Mengxi gave the eunuch a look and asked him to hurry up and announce the decree.

Zhang gave the envoy a scream to pass on the message of Emperor Wu, and the smile on Lai Junchen's face gradually solidified, and quickly melted, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Shen Mengxi came to the prison for the first time in his life, it was dark and damp, rats and cockroaches were squirming, crawling around on the living people, all kinds of large and small torture instruments were lined up, and they were stained with blackened blood, and the entire dungeon was full of corrupt and bloody atmosphere, which made people feel disgusting.

Entering a torture room with a stronger bloody atmosphere, I saw that Luo Liancheng was tied to a torture instrument called "breathless", covered in blood, his body twitched, his face was blue, and Shen Mengxi roared angrily: "Don't untie it quickly!" ”

With a wave of his hand, several jailers stepped forward to relieve Luo Liancheng, he collapsed to the ground like a rag, opened his eyes and glanced at Shen Mengxi, passed out, and a doctor from the Imperial Medical Department immediately stepped forward to treat him.

"The princess is not in a hurry, the ministers know in their hearts, they haven't confessed yet, how can they let him die, it's not too cheap for him!" Lai Junchen was very proud of his interrogation methods, and looked at several torture instruments in the torture room, which he personally designed and named, and was quite complacent.

Perverted! This man is a psychopath! He took pleasure in killing people as a whole, thinking of the history he saw in the book, Shen Mengxi lowered his eyes, ordered someone to carry Luo Liancheng up, and went out of Lijing Gate.

Lai Junchen stroked his goatee and said to the jailer next to him, "How many are these?" ”

"Lord Hui, this Luo Liancheng is the first one to walk out of the Magistrate's House alive this year!"

"The first! Hum! Lai Junchen plucked out a beard and squinted his eyes.