Mother Bustard led Konoha upstairs, turned a flight of stairs, turned into a relatively quiet hut inside, and motioned for her to knock on the door herself.

Konoha took a deep breath, calmed down, imagined that there might be all kinds of terrible things inside, and finally raised his hand and gently tapped the door.

Inside was a soft middle-aged woman's voice: "Is it Konoha?" Come in. ”

Konoha's heart relaxed a little. The door was just hidden, and with a little push, it opened.

The light inside was a little dim, and the bamboo curtains on the windows were lowered, making this small room look dark and depressing.

The layout of the room is not much different from the ordinary Qinglou Chu Pavilion, the wall is hung with a vulgar peony spring sleep picture, the strip is displayed with a pile of yarn palace flowers, and the couch hangs with a red curtain tent, full of fat and powder.

Beneath the red curtain reclined a man, not very cold, but with a heavy black cape, and a hood on her head, and a veil that was long and dragged down to her knees.

The silhouette of a woman was vaguely visible under the veil, and it was not easy to tell the age, and it could only be inferred from the voice that she was about thirty years old, not too young.

Konoha stood far away, staring at her.

The man smiled softly: "Your maid is waiting downstairs, isn't it?" I can't eat you, just say a few words to you, come here, sit down, it's hard to talk far away. ”

Konoha walked over slowly, sitting on a crescent stool far away from her, across the table from her.

She didn't leave too much time for herself, and she should always figure out all the questions she wanted to ask before Guo Li came.

There was tea on the table, Konoha thought about it, and filled the teacups in front of the two, but he didn't touch the tea, and only asked straight to the point: "Your Excellency asked me to come, but do you have a story to tell me?" ”

The man didn't go to pick up the tea, but just sighed: "What a anxious little girl, can't I come to talk about the old days?" ”

Konoha sat upright: "I don't know Your Excellency, I think, Your Excellency and I, there should be no old reason to talk about, right?" ”

The man said slowly: "Since you are here to listen to Tao Zhuo's past, why don't you reminisce about Tao Zhuo's past!" ”

Konoha didn't answer her words: "I do care about her past, but she is her, I am me, and it is unknown whether Your Excellency is an enemy or a friend, where does this old story start?" ”

The man smiled lightly under the veil: "Well said, it is indeed not clear whether it is friend or foe. Today may be enemies, but tomorrow, who can say that they will not be friends? ”

The breeze is blowing, the curtains are moving slightly, and there seems to be an indescribable meaning flowing in the room, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Konoha didn't want to talk to her about this, so she turned to the topic: "The person Aunt Wei loved very much in the past was my third uncle, right?" ”

"Indeed."

"Then why did she insist on leaving Chang'an and settling in Yangzhou?"

"She really didn't mention this paragraph," the man scoffed, "and she didn't dare to talk nonsense without even thinking about it." She left Chang'an because she couldn't stay in Chang'an anymore, and she rejected someone she couldn't refuse......"

Although she is a person in the workshop, she can get the reputation of the Oiran lady, and she is already a leader for a while, and there will naturally be no fewer powerful people who are familiar with her. Besides, the person who loves her is the third son Guo Xi, the favorite of Generalissimo Guo Ziyi, who has so much power?

Konoha thought of the old doctor Li Chun brought last time, if she said that she was similar to someone in her behavior, could it be that he was talking about Aunt Wei?

The old doctor is a person from the East Palace, and even Guo Xi's current identity is the face of the East Palace if he asks him to take a look, I'm afraid only the royal family can access it, right? She suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Is it His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

"At that time, he was still the crown prince."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time took a fancy to a concubine from the Guo family, Guo Xiken refused to bear to cut his love, this concubine was once famous, but she was a little arrogant, and she didn't say anything.

But even the crown prince can't arbitrarily occupy the courtier's woman. If she doesn't obey, Guo Xi refuses, and the prince can't, after all, there are many places where the court relies on the Guo family, and her mother, Princess Shengping, quarreled with Guo Hao in front of the first emperor Dezong, and Dezong never punished the children of the Guo family, but ordered the princess to bow her head and admit her mistakes.

She could have been hiding in Fenyang Mansion for the rest of her life, but why did she have to leave her hometown and hide in a foreign land alone?

"Since she doesn't want to enter the East Palace, why does she have to leave the Guo family?"

"Because another woman, her cousin, who once fell into the church with her, is also a sister in distress!" The man sneered slightly, and seemed to be a little disdainful: "That woman did not hesitate to cooperate with His Majesty in order to climb the dragon and the phoenix and fly on the branches, ruin people's innocence, and make her pregnant with the emperor's heir." Later, he framed Wei Taozhuo, causing her to slip and her life hanging by a thread. If you are Wei Taozhuo, can you still have the face to stay in the Guo family? ”

With what she knew about Aunt Wei over the years, Konoha knew that these were true.

Tao Zhuo's past is very painful, he suffered great changes in his childhood, his family was ruined, he was sold into the teaching workshop, and when he grew up, he finally met the person he loved but couldn't stay together. The later story was even worse, so much so that she couldn't forget it, but she didn't want to mention it again.

was betrayed by a good sister who depended on each other, forced by a man he didn't love, and lost his fetus, so he had to choose to leave the country......

broke her heart, and there was nothing in the world to give her warmth. The only warmth in my life is an unforgettable love, so I don't want to think about his badness, and I don't dare to face the real him again.

Konoha's hands hidden under the table wrung each other hard, trembling slightly and saying the conjecture in his heart: "The person you said is Wei ...... Concubine Wei Xian? ”

"You're not stupid." The man sneered: "That vicious woman was poured with shunzi soup in the workshop, and she couldn't give birth to a son in her life, which is also retribution!" ”

Konoha couldn't have imagined that Concubine Wei Xian and Aunt Wei were cousins, and she couldn't imagine that there was such a relationship in this.

But Concubine Wei Xian is so vicious, how can she be by His Majesty's side for decades, and now she is still in charge of the Six Palaces?

The man seemed to see what she was thinking, and explained unhurriedly: "Webster turned his back on his good sister, but he helped His Majesty, and His Majesty naturally would not think that she was wrong-minded. Hurt Wei Taozhuo's slippery tire, there was already a scapegoat, even if he was suspicious, he had no evidence......"

Yes, Concubine Wei Xian is so scheming, and she has helped Your Majesty a lot over the years, as long as you can't get the real evidence, how can Your Majesty cut down on her help for a woman who can't get it!

Little by little, her heart sank.

If she marries Princess Shu, then Concubine Wei Xian is her nominal mother-in-law, and Aunt Wei is her closest relative, how will she face it?

There was an even more important point that she could not ignore. Yi once said that someone asked him to visit Aunt Wei, but he was not the third uncle, so could it be Concubine Wei Xian?

But Concubine Wei Xian persecuted her so much, she should have wished that she would die early, and there was no proof of her death at all, if she couldn't be put to death, what was there to visit?

That's the emperor?

If it was really sent by His Majesty the Emperor, after decades, it was enough to see the weight of Aunt Wei in the emperor's heart.

For His Majesty, Aunt Wei is the person he loves but can't love. The more I can't get it, and I don't see her grow old, so the memory of her is only the best part, and the more enduring it becomes.

So could Li Yi have deliberately approached her from the beginning in order to curry favor with the emperor?

Konoha suddenly felt chills all over her body, the love she wanted was so vulnerable, and it was mixed with many things that shouldn't have it from the beginning.

Maybe from the first time she saw the young general—no, no, from the moment she was hugged by Xie Zhenren to Aunt Wei's side, she was destined to be drawn into the abyss of political struggle, and there was no turning back.

Xie Zhenren should know Aunt Wei's past well, if she is just looking for a child to relieve Aunt Wei's boredom, why not find a baby in the people, and there is no need to return it, and it can be used to support her for the rest of her life. If she is from such a background and is the daughter of the Guo family, wouldn't she make Aunt Wei sad in vain!

Or, Xie naturally may have been good from the beginning, and he wants to raise one like this and send her back to Chang'an, send her back to the emperor's house, and tell her to turn over the clouds and rain and cause trouble in the Tang Palace?

Konoha slowly raised his eyes and looked at the man, "Who are you, why are you telling me these things?" ”

The man hadn't answered, but he heard a gentle knock on the door, and it was the voice of the bustard's mother: "Two guest officers, someone is looking for you!" ”

The hooded figure stood up: "You arranged for the person to pick you up, right?" So I went. ”

Konoha was anxious and reached out to pull her: "Who the hell are you?" ”

The man's clothes were slippery, and he easily brushed off her hand: "You'll know, let's have a date later." ”

She opened the door and hurried away, disappearing at the end of the hallway. Konoha had no choice but to follow the bustard's mother downstairs, and sure enough, he saw Guo Yan standing in the hall on the first floor with a few small servants, and he was relieved when he saw her come out: "You should ask me to come with you." ”

Konoha bowed his head: "I just want to figure out some of the past, about my adoptive mother, I don't want to pull you in......"

Guo Yan grabbed her: "You ...... too" thought about it and sighed: "Alas! Why do you and I have to be so clear? ”

Konoha diverted the topic: "Third brother, can you just see a woman wearing a black cloak and a long black gauze hat going out?" ”

Guo Yan shook his head: "There are not many others in Wangshulou, there are many women, and they wear everything, but I don't see anyone in black, and I'm afraid that the guests will feel unlucky!" ”

It seemed that she had been prepared, and the black cloak and hat were just a cover, and perhaps she would immediately change her clothes in another room, and walk out with her true face exposed, and no one would notice her.

Guo Yan saw that her expression was different, and knew that she was not in a high mood, so he had the heart to explain, so he said: "It's already out today anyway, so it's better to take you to visit the East Market, I think you have never been to it before." ”

Konoha shook his head: "Third brother, I'm a little tired. ”

Guo Yan had no choice but to help her into his own horse, "Then let's go back." After thinking about it, he took out a letter from his bosom: "Yi has a letter for you, do you want to see it?" ”

Konoha looked lonely, and didn't reach out to pick it up, but said, "Third brother help me collect it first, and then go back and look at it." ”

Guo Yan immediately felt bad, but when he saw that she was depressed, he didn't know how to ask, so he had to turn over and protect her all the way to Qinrenfang.

It's just that it hasn't been out for less than an hour, and the tiredness on Konoha's face is definitely not fake. Guo Yan was a little uneasy because of this, but he heard Mu Ye say: "Third brother, go back and help me ask King Shu, a few years ago, but the emperor asked him to go to Yangzhou to see Aunt Wei?" ”