Although it was very cold in the courtyard, everyone's interest was very high, as if the person who was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes and was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger was not them at all.

The guards of the Guogong Mansion moved quickly, and under the leadership of Mei Lin and Mei Zhu, they set up the barbecue rack in the courtyard and lit the fire in less than a single cup of tea. In order to prevent everyone from freezing to death, Jin Miaomiao also specially instructed them to put a few more charcoal pots. Not only that, but she also told those few whims to wear more and thicker, so as not to wake up the next day sadly and find that they have become sick.

Everyone sat around the fire, and while the fire was being roasted, they chose their favorite ingredients from the ingredients that Jin Miaomiao brought and roasted them on the shelf.

Song Jue and Song Qiyun quarreled over a string of fish balls, Bai Meng pretended to watch the excitement next to him, saw the right time, grabbed food, and took the fish balls for himself. The Song brothers instantly unified their position, grabbed the commander, scratched his crunch nest for a while, and saw him rolling on the ground with laughter, out of breath, begging for mercy one by one, and then let him go mercifully.

Jin Miaomiao scalded the wine for everyone, and when she saw the three people in a mess, she shook her head helplessly, if this is spread out, who can believe that the mainstays of Great Xia are actually a group of naïve ghosts in private!

Shen Cha held a cup of stewed crispy pigeon soup, drank a small half cup, and felt a little supportive, seeing that Shen Haolin next to him had already finished drinking his own share, and took advantage of the situation to stuff his own into the hands of others.

"Miao Miao, come!" Shen Cha beckoned to Jin Miaomiao, "I have a question for you." ”

"What?" Jin Miaomiao sat down and touched Shen Cha's hand first, it was not as cold as she imagined, and then she was relieved. "It's about the Gu worm on the old lady?" Seeing Shen Haolin and Shen Cha nodding together, she sighed, "You want to know why Aunt Xue and her siblings were not affected by that Gu worm, but His Royal Highness King Ning was tortured for so many years, right?" ”

"That's right, could it be that Gu worms have their own ideas and will choose their own people?"

"It's not that magical, it's just ......" Glancing at the Song brothers and Bai Meng who had ended the chase and came over, Jin Miaomiao sighed again, "What I say next may offend Your Majesty's ancestors a little bit, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"What you say is the truth, nothing offensive." Song Jue took a bite of the freshly grilled fish balls and said vaguely, "I can probably guess what you are going to say, you want to say that the Gu worms on your grandmother are actually fed with the blood of the Song family, and only when the Gu worms meet the Song family will they have such an effect, right?" ”

"Yes!" Jin Miaomiao nodded, holding a small wine glass and taking a sip, "The imperial concubine who was found to be a fine work, her real identity is the witch of their clan, and she is very good at using Gu worms to control others. The position of the old lady's mother's family is the same as that of Great Xia, and the witch probably thinks that they are traitors to the tribe, and they have taken refuge in Great Xia for the sake of glory and wealth, and betrayed their own people, so they used this relatively vicious method. Once the old lady's maiden family has a girl who becomes the imperial concubine again, the prince who was born will either die early, or His Royal Highness King Ning will be like this, which can be regarded as a kind of revenge. ”

"Although I don't know much about this thing, this Gu worm shouldn't be able to be raised overnight, right?" Shen Cha frowned and said, "This should be her coming to Great Xia and marrying into the palace and starting to raise it, right?" ”

"That's for sure." Jin Miaomiao nodded at her, "As far as I know, this Gu worm will take at least ten years, from the time she married into the royal family to the time she was discovered......," she looked at Song Jue, "If I remember correctly, it should have been fifteen years." ”

"Seventeen years and three months." Song Jue finished eating a string of fish balls, and took a duck leg from the shelf and nibbled on it, "The records in the dossier of Zongzheng Temple are clear, and such a long time is enough." ”

"Brother Huang also suspected that the Gu worms on my grandmother's body were planted by this imperial concubine?"

"Yes!" Song Jue nodded, poured herself a glass of wine, and took a sip, "The time is just right, it's just right, it's just that my grandmother was still very young at that time, and she was only two or three years old, and that person put Gu worms on her body, aren't you afraid that she will miss or fail?" ”

"No, it's the right age." Jin Miaomiao flipped through a few strings of fish balls that were roasting on the shelf, and put a small soup pot on top of it, with some green vegetables boiling in it, "Your Majesty said before that the Empress Dowager Chongyi once opposed the old lady marrying into the palace, and when choosing a concubine, she was directly eliminated without any reason, which should be the same reason." ”

"I think so too, so my grandfather didn't resist, but acquiesced to the Empress Dowager Chongyi doing so. My grandmother also knew why she couldn't be with my grandfather, so she married her with peace of mind. Song Jue gently tapped the grill with the bamboo skewer in his hand, "The next question is, they obviously know that two people can't be together, let alone have children, so why does Uncle Ning Wang appear in this world?" Why should he be subjected to such pain and suffering? ”

"If you have to do it, you should have a hard time." Shen Haolin pondered for a moment and looked at Song Jue, "With all due respect, it is very likely that His Royal Highness King Ning was used by them to get rid of ...... To be precise, he should have broken free from the shackles of something, that is to say, he has been a tool to be used since he was born, and he himself knows this very well, so he will feel the sadness, determination, and even desperate aura exuded from him. ”

"I agree with my brother." Shen Cha felt a little cold, wrapped the cloak on his body tightly, and rubbed it against Shen Haolin's side, "Old Master Bai and Uncle Bai's dissatisfaction with the old lady, and the deliberate estrangement of father and mother from Aunt Xue, should all be due to this. She looked at Song Jue, who was silent in thought, "What cruel truth is hidden behind that so-called big secret, which has not been found out by generations of lifelong efforts, and this key point should be on His Royal Highness King Ning." Therefore, the old lady is so desperate, and would rather His Royal Highness King Ning suffer all his life than let him be born in this world. Again, this is the only explanation why the things we've found before seem strange and unconscionable to us, he ......," she sighed, "fighting against his fate. ”

"Agree, he's not just fighting himself, he's even dragging us in, or rather, we've been part of the game from the beginning, we just don't know it." Song Jue smiled bitterly, "So, whether it is his own or his aunt's case, it is a set, in order to lead us into the game." And Uncle Ning Wang has connections with Uncle Dai Wang, Uncle Qingruo, and even many important ministers' mansions in Xijing, he knows everything about Xijing and what we do, even in the imperial tomb, he can guide us to investigate, and the things he finds are all what he wants us to know, and what he hasn't found can't let us know for the time being. ”

"Brother Huang, do you mean that the case between him and his aunt was actually a foreshadowing left by us to investigate the so-called shocking secret?" Seeing Song Jue nodding, Song Qiyun looked horrified, "What kind of secret is it, you can actually use your life to do the game?" ”

"I don't know this, looking at them as if they are facing a great enemy, the opponent is definitely not simple!" Song Jue smiled at Shen Haolin, "And Haolin, there is something you said that is not particularly accurate, not only Uncle Tannin Wang is a tool to be used, but we are also the same." ”