Master Hu said this, but he understood in his heart that the Ji family was a century-old family with a solid foundation, and it would be difficult to uproot the Ji family just by relying on the Wei family's affairs.

In addition, the Wei family's affairs are not clueless at the moment, and Miss Wei has also switched to Master Ji, even if they really find out something, without Miss Wei's identification, it will be useless.

In short, things are more complicated and difficult than they think.

"That's not how you sir." Chu Mufeng sighed reproachfully.

"Okay, now is not the time to say this, you must be careful in the past two days, if the old man is not wrong, the Ji family is afraid of accidents, and may attack you at any time."

Master Hu glanced around, and seeing that the jailer was not there, he stepped forward and whispered a few words in Chu Mufeng's ear.

When night fell, Xiang Xi secretly entered the palace, although her martial arts were good, but the masters in the palace were like clouds, and she was targeted as soon as she entered the palace. If you don't move her, it's just a concession from the emperor to Song Erniu's face.

It's just that capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped.

The emperor personally interrogated Xiang Xi, "In the middle of the night, what are you doing sneaking into the palace?" ”

In the imperial study, the emperor withdrew all his subordinates and asked in a cold voice. Xiang Xi knelt forward and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, how is my cousin now, what about Song Erniu, I heard that you put him under house arrest in the harem......

"What, what, do you think you can save them alone?"

The emperor put down the fold in his hand, got up and walked over, "Say, you entered the palace today but the Eighth Emperor Brother instructed you to come?" What does he want to do?"

Xiang Xi saw that the emperor had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "It has nothing to do with the prince, and now I have nothing to do with the eighth prince." ”

She didn't blame the Eighth Prince for what happened last time, but they couldn't go back to the past after all.

During this time, she has been living in the Taishi Mansion. As soon as Chu Mufeng had an accident, Xiang Xi knew. At that time, Song Erniu kept preventing her from going to the prison to save people. Later, she heard that even Song Erniu was under house arrest. She couldn't hold her breath and broke into the palace at night.

In fact, she had thought of this scene before it came, but even so, she was not willing to wait at home.

That feeling of powerlessness will be even more worrying and overwhelming by the danger.

The emperor didn't believe Xiang Xi's words, a woman can give up even a family feud for the sake of a man, how can she give up this man easily?

"You don't have to, but there are countless ways for you to speak."

The emperor slapped his face, and soon the eunuch came in with a wooden barrel. The barrel is covered with a lid. I can't see what's inside.

The eunuch dragged Xiang Xi to the barrel and stopped.

"I'll give you one last chance, and if you're still stubborn, then don't blame me for being rude."

The emperor glanced at the eunuch, and the eunuch stepped forward to open the wooden cover.

I saw that inside the small wooden barrel, the black pressure was full of scorpions. Xiang Xi is most afraid of scorpions. Seeing this, he screamed and wanted to retreat, but the eunuch took the first step to hold the person down.

"Your Majesty, what the people say is the truth, Your Majesty, the people will never lie to the emperor......"

Xiang Xi tried to explain, but the emperor didn't believe these words at all, and seeing that Xiang Xi refused to tell the truth no matter what, the emperor waved his hand. The eunuch pulled Xiangxi and walked towards the barrel,

"Don't ...... I don't want ......"

Xiang Xi struggled desperately, but her strength was limited, and she was soon pulled by the eunuch to the edge of the barrel......

"Your Majesty, please, let me go, I really don't know anything......"

When he was five or six years old, Xiang Xi once went out with his cousin to play, and when he saw a scorpion for the first time, he went to catch the scorpion with his bare hands in ignorance and fearlessness, and the result can be imagined...... Since that time, Xiang Xi has been afraid of scorpions. On weekdays, no one is even allowed to mention it, let alone touch it in person.

With such a appearance, I am afraid that it is not much better than Ling Chi.

Xiang Xi's face was pale, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. Seeing that he was about to be climbed on his fingers by a scorpion, with a bang, Song Erniu ran in.

"Xiangxi...... Are you okay. Song Erniu protected Xiangxi and wanted to protect Xiangxi, but the prince looked at the emperor with some embarrassment.

The emperor also saw Song Erniu, waved his hand, and motioned for his subordinates to retreat first.

"What are you doing here? Your wind chill hasn't healed yet, you just ran out so recklessly, if something happens......"

The emperor was worried about Song Erniu and tried to persuade him to go back.

Song Erniu directly interrupted the emperor's words, "If the emperor is really worried about the people's daughter, he won't treat the people's girl's friend like this while the people's girl is asleep." Although the people's daughter didn't know why the emperor was so kind to Xiang Xi, but Xiang Xi had already said just now, she didn't lie, why didn't the emperor want to believe it? ”

"Song Erniu, do you know what you're talking about?"

The emperor stepped forward with some displeasure, "What is the relationship between her and the Eighth Prince, you know better than me, are you forcing me to believe in a wolf?" ”

"The emperor misunderstood, Xiang Xi may have had something to do with the Eighth Prince before, but now, the people can assure the Emperor that Xiang Xi and the Eighth Prince no longer have any chance. Please also ask the emperor's subordinates to be merciful. ”

"I remember that you told me before that emotional matters have always been difficult to control. How can you guarantee that she really doesn't like the Eighth Emperor Brother, and she didn't come here today because she was advised by the Eighth Emperor Brother? If you believe in the wrong person, have you thought about the consequences? ”

The emperor pressed step by step, walked up to Song Erniu, stretched out his hand and dragged the person to his side, "Obedient, I am measured, if she is really innocent, I will never touch him." ”

"But ......" Song Erniu wanted to say something, but the emperor beckoned and asked the prince to stay.

By the time Song Erniu broke free and planned to go to Xiang Xi to speak, Xiang Xi had long since disappeared.

"Your Majesty, where did you take Xiangxi?" Song Erniu tugged at the emperor's sleeve and asked with a panicked face, "Your Majesty, the Xiang family only has Xiangxi, the lifeblood, you just look at the royal family's debt to the Xiang family, spare her." ”

"Song Erniu, don't talk nonsense, why is the royal family sorry for the Xiang family? The royal family has always done things to ...... evidence"

"Okay, now that the matter is over, does the emperor still have to quibble?" Song Erniu was angry, "The affairs of the Chu family, if it weren't for the emperor's weak heart, why did he force the emperor to swear before he died?" Isn't this a weakness of heart? ”

"Song Erniu, do you know what you're talking about?" The emperor pulled his sleeve dissatisfied, word by word, and gritted his teeth and said, "The affairs of the former emperor, how can you discuss it casually." ”

"What's wrong? I don't want to risk my life, can't I tell the truth? Why does the emperor hide his ears and steal the bell, you look at the entire court carefully, who doesn't think so? ”

Song Erniu said closer, "Could it be that even the emperor thinks so in his heart, otherwise...... Why is the emperor so weak now? ”

"Song Erniu......" The emperor grabbed Song Erniu's neck, "Don't challenge my bottom line." I am indeed different to you, but this is not a reason for you to let go again and again, I am the emperor, the lord of the world, if you say this, you are not afraid that I will take your life? ”

Song Erniu looked at the emperor neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The people's daughter just said that the people's daughter has long put life and death out of the way." What the emperor wants to do now, just do it. ”

Song Erniu closed her eyes, and her appearance of being slaughtered directly angered the emperor.

"You want to save him? Well, I will fulfill you. The emperor let go of Song Erniu, took two steps back, turned his head and shouted coldly, "Come on, take Song Erniu to the torture room, no one is allowed to take him out without my permission." ”

The prince glanced at the emperor with some concern, "Miss Song's fever has only subsided, and the torture room is dark and damp, so I don't pay attention to ......."

"Why, you don't listen to what I'm saying now?" The emperor interrupted the prince's words. Turning his head and glaring at him, the prince saw this and immediately asked the guards to take Song Erniu away.

In the torture room, as the prince said, it was dark and damp, and there were all kinds of torture instruments and poisons.

Xiang Xi was frightened just now, and now he was squatting in the corner, trembling all over, and he didn't even notice that Song Erniu had entered.

"Are you alright?" Song Erniu walked over and tried to comfort her.

Xiang Xi was so frightened that he retreated again and again, "Don't touch me, don't touch me......"

"Xiangxi, it's me, Song Erniu. You open your eyes and look at me. I'm here to accompany you, don't worry, as long as I'm here, no one will hurt you."

Xiang Xi's martial arts were abolished by the Eighth Prince, and now she is just an ordinary person.

In addition, she saw the thing she was most afraid of just now, and now she was more vulnerable than ordinary people, Song Erniu softly reassured, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." I'll be here with you all the time. ”

"Cousin, is it really you?"

I don't know how long it has been, but Xiang Xi gradually came out of his fear. took Song Erniu's hand with her backhand and slowly stepped forward.

"Cousin-in-law, why are you here too?" With the emperor's attitude towards Song Erniu, he shouldn't do this, is it......

"Yes, because of you, I angered the emperor, so I was imprisoned here. How's that, isn't it impressive? ”

Song Erniu smiled teasingly, that smile was like the last tenderness in this harsh winter, warming Xiangxi's heart a little bit.

"Cousin, thank you for this time, if it weren't for you...... I may be dead. ”

When she learned that she had planted the Heavenly Absolute Plant, she, like others, was panicked and afraid, and even expected death, it was Song Erniu, who never gave up, and saved him from the hands of death.

She used to be full of anger, and always felt that her cousin owed her, and the whole world owed him. thought that the eighth prince was her only warmth, so she regarded the eighth prince as the last straw and an indiscriminate dependent.

So she was retributed, and she got this fate. Although she doesn't regret it, she does feel sorry for her loved ones.

"Cousin-in-law, you shouldn't have come. You're here, what should you do with your cousin? ”

The day after tomorrow is the day when her cousin was beheaded, she came over today, originally to save her cousin, and then figure out a way together, who knows......

"What about you, why did you enter the palace?" Song Erniu helped Xiang Xi to sit on the ground. Find a comfortable position and lean against the wall.

"I was worried about you, and I couldn't hear from you, so I came. I'm sorry, but I seem to have caused you trouble. ”

Xiang Xi looked to the side with some accommodation, the night was getting darker, and the torture room was dark, only a little moonlight shone in through the window.

The winter moonlight was cold and biting, and Xiang Xi subconsciously tightened his clothes. "Cousin-in-law, what are we going to do next?"

Can they just wait for death? It doesn't matter if she dies, but if something happens to her cousin, what about the Chu family's hatred?

Revenge is my cousin's insistence over the years, and if something happens to my cousin, then he will definitely regret it.

Xiang Xi didn't want to see this scene, thought about it again and again, pulled Song Erniu's sleeve and prayed, "Sister-in-law, you beg the emperor, as long as you ask the emperor, the emperor will definitely open up." ”

"Xiangxi, it's useless. The emperor is no longer the same person. The person who sits in that position no longer thinks of a simple place. He is responsible for the world and the people. ”

Although she doesn't like the Ji family very much, she has to admit that what the emperor said is right, now is indeed not the time to move the Ji family, if she has to go her own way, when the time comes, it will not only hurt herself.

She didn't have many relatives in this world, and she didn't want to see any of them have an accident.

After thinking about it for a while, Song Erniu decided to compromise, "Xiangxi, have you ever been very powerless." ”

"Naturally." Xiang Xi smiled bitterly, "Since my father and mother died, I have always felt this way over the years, the driving force that supported me to live before was revenge, and now my cousin can be safe." ”

"Don't worry, Chu Mufeng will be fine." Song Erniu comforted Xiang Xi, "The things I promised always count, so you can rest assured." ”

"Then you decided to ask the emperor?" Xiang Xi looked at Song Erniu happily.

Song Erniu looked at the cold moonlight and smiled bitterly, "It's not a request, it's just a compromise, in life, you have to admit some things, you are not so sure." ”

"yes. At the beginning, I thought that as long as I found the murderer of my father and mother and avenged my father, my heart knot over the years would be over, but when I knew that the murderer was her, I was not at all relaxed, but the guilt on my body deepened. ”

One is the person she is willing to defend with her life, the other is the person who gives him his life, and both are people they care about, Xiang Xi doesn't know how to choose.

When I was a child, my mother always liked to take several things she liked and let him choose the one he wanted the most. At that time, she didn't like to choose this thing, and now, she suddenly felt that the tears she struggled with when she was a child for sweets and pastries were just a fragment of growth, and the current one was annoying.

"Okay, if you're tired, take a break. Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the emperor again. ”

Xiang Xi recovered from a serious illness, his body was very weak, and when he heard the words, he nodded, and soon fell asleep. Song Erniu leaned against the wall and couldn't sleep for a long time.

Memory is like a disobedient child, she tries to calm herself, but the memory can't stop regressing. In my impression, the Ninth Prince is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, in the past, no matter what she did wrong, he could take it in a few words, and he was never angry, but today......

Is it the fickle heart of the people, or is she the only one who stops where she is?