arranged the maid who served Zhang Wenyi, and Yuan Niang sat on the stool in the room and looked at her carefully, for fear of missing some details. Then he forced Zhang Wenyi to take a bath, until he saw that there was a lot of oily skin on her body, so she left the clean room and returned to the hall outside.

Zhang Wenyi was amused and moved by Yuan Niang's every move, which was an expression of true feelings without any hypocrisy. Especially when she was forced to take a bath, Zhang Wenyi was helpless to strip naked in front of her sister and let her watch. Seeing Yuan Niang take a long breath and turn around and walk out, Zhang Wenyi cried silently, and the tears couldn't stop flowing down at all.

Zhang Wenyi, who came out of the bath, was a little more lazy but more beautiful, but Yuan Niang was also a little stunned. The table in the room was full of dishes, almost a dozen of them. Two bowls of rice are piled high on top of each other, and the other bowl is pitiful.

The two sat down next to each other, and Yuan Niang pushed the full bowl of rice in front of Zhang Wenyi.

Zhang Wenyi thought for a while and asked, "Sister, can I eat less, I don't want to get fat again." ”

Yuan Niang smiled and said, "Okay, then you can eat less food, eat more vegetables, and eat some of each." This is my sister's own cooking, your favorite dish in the past. ”

Both of them wanted to smile and comfort each other, but tears flowed down their faces when they grinned.

When Shizi was ordered to invite Zhang Wenyi, he saw a sleeping sister sitting at the table, and Shizi thought about it and finally decided to wake up the two.

Hearing that it was the Duke of Yiguo who was invited, Yuan Niang hurriedly woke up her sister and the two came to Qin Qiong's study together.

After the two sisters sat down, Qin Qiong said, "I should have let your sisters get together for a few more days before telling you, but the matter was urgent and I had to invite you over earlier." ”

Glancing at the two of them, Qin Qiong said, "Yesterday, Chuzhou's mansion reported, and there was news about the Wen family in it. ”

Yuan Niang and Zhang Wenyi glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

Qin Qiong continued: "It was said that the Wen family was attacked by the internal ghosts in collusion with the mountain bandits, and the mountain bandits escaped from the city along the secret passage built by the Wen family after committing the crime. Because the mountain bandits burned down the house after killing people, it can only be judged by the number of corpses that the Wen family was destroyed. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Niang was dizzy and fainted, Zhang Wenyi hurriedly hugged Yuan Niang to rescue, and said: "Grandpa Guo, this is impossible." First, I didn't die, and when the second and second sisters came to call me, many brothers and sisters ran to my father's room. At that time, the bad guys hadn't come over yet, and the dart master I hired was still fighting with them. Third, if there is a tunnel in my house, then it must be in my father's room, even if not all of them run out, some of them will run out. ”

Qin Qiong listened to Zhang Wenyi's analysis, and was secretly happy in her heart. Yuan Niang can be regarded as a calm person among the girls Qin Qiong knows, and Zhang Wenyi's current performance is more calm than that of her sister, such a girl is exactly what he needs.

Yuan Niang woke up slowly, opened her eyes, Yuan Niang struggled to pounce in front of Qin Qiong and knelt down, and said sadly: "Father, please avenge our Wen family." ”

Qin Qiong hurriedly motioned to the prince to help Yuan Niang up, and he said to Yuan Niang in a reproachful tone: "I always thought you were calm, how could you be so calm!" The words of the father have not yet been spoken, and it is not too late to ask the father after listening. ”

Hearing Qin Qiong say this, Yuan Niang knew that there was still a turning point, so she hurriedly said: "It's the daughter-in-law who is reckless, please ask my father to atone for her sins." ”

Qin Qiong sighed and said, "I'm too old to accompany you for the rest of my life." This family depends on you husband and wife to support it together, and the burden on your shoulders is very heavy. In the future, there may be something more difficult than this, so unbreathable, once you make a wrong decision, you have to lose all the family. ”

Yuan Niang wanted to kneel down again, but was stopped by the prince, she had to say: "Thank you father for your teachings, and my daughter-in-law asks for punishment." ”

Qin Qiong said: "Don't talk about it, let's continue with the Wen family." The attack on your Wen family was deliberately done by someone, maybe it was a family, maybe it was a union of several families. In short, they are powerful and do not fear us. At the moment, we are in the open and our opponents are in the dark, and we can only be careful. The newspaper said that the Wen family was destroyed, but it was vague. There are two meanings, one is that these people have not succeeded or have not completely succeeded, and if the Wen family shows up, they can justify themselves. First, they are determined to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving no future troubles. Therefore, it is not enough for us to be on guard, since they have the intention of killing, we should also treat them equally. In the future, it will be a never-ending situation, and there is no room for any warmth. ”

After speaking, Qin Qiong looked at Zhang Wenyi and said: "The cause of the incident is that Yuan Niang entered the palace, and the forces that your father relied on originally planned to send Yuan Niang into the palace, and their purpose was not to cultivate Yuan Niang, but to cover for the person they chose." Your father doesn't understand the danger, he just thinks that sending Yuan Niang into the palace can glorify the ancestors and make the family safer. However, if Yuan Niang participates in the draft, Yuan Niang will not be allowed to enter the palace with the means of those opponents. Taking her life is already a great fortune for Yuan Niang, but nine times out of ten she will be sold into the hook bar, and at that time, she will not be able to survive or die. Qin was entrusted by his grandfather to take care of your Wen family, so naturally he would not allow such a thing to happen. So I went to Chuzhou to persuade Ling Zun to change his mind and let the prince marry Yuan Niang as his wife, just to let the people who beat Yuan Niang's idea know that your Wen family is protected by the Yiguo Mansion. In addition, among my sisters-in-law, only Huaiyu's wife can marry her if she dies early, which is also respect for your Wen family. However, the Wen family was still attacked, which was something that we did not expect, and as far as I knew, the forces that Ling Zun relied on would never dare to fight against the Yiguo Mansion. ”

At this point, the Yuan Niang sisters already knew the whole story, Yuan Niang knew that her father had plans to let herself enter the palace, and she knew that what Qin Qiong said was true. It's just that I didn't expect that there were so many means behind the draft, and I was shocked into a cold sweat at the moment. Hearing this, Zhang Wenyi faintly felt that something was going to happen.

Listening to Qin Qiong continue: "The opponent is so fierce, we can't defend against them alone, otherwise we will be broken one day, so we must fight back." If we don't know who the enemy is, we can't fight back against the enemy itself, and we can't wait for them to show up, maybe at that time, we don't talk about counterattacking, and we may not even be able to protect ourselves. Although we cannot fight back against the enemy itself, we can disrupt their layout. Since things started from entering the palace, let's start from here. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Niang glanced at Zhang Wenyi and said, "Father, Jiu'er is still young, but I'm afraid that I can't take on such a heavy responsibility." ”

Qin Qiong secretly praised Yuan Niang: This kid Bing Xue is smart, as long as he doesn't mess around, he is afraid that he will be more effective than Huaiyu when he encounters things.

Zhang Wenyi sighed secretly: Since ancient times, he has been looking forward to having a beautiful face, but after he really has such a look, he has to face a bleak future. Enter the palace, serve a man with a group of wives and concubines, be a woman who wants to compete for favor with the entire harem, and it seems that she can't refuse such a fate. Whether it was for her family or for herself, it was difficult for her to refuse Qin Qiong's decision.

Qin Qiong said: "We don't want her to serve Your Majesty, but to choose a Your Highness." ”

When Qin Qiong persuaded the Wen sisters, Cheng Zhijie returned to his Lu State Mansion. Mrs. Pei Shi was slightly surprised when she saw that he was not in good spirits. The husband has always been an optimistic person and a tenacious person, and he has hardly been in such a state since he got married. Could it be that something happened to the Qin Mansion?

Mrs. Pei walked up to her husband and looked at him with an inquiring gaze. Cheng Zhijie looked at her and said, "The second brother's health is dying. ”

Madame Pei was taken aback when she heard this, she knew that among the generals, the Wagang family was a very delicate existence. Most of them are from poor families, most of them belong to people who can be in danger but not rich and noble, this group of people is purely an outlier among the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Tang Dynasty and is often excluded, so they can still hold together. The soul of this group of people is Qin Shubao, who has many qualities that ordinary people do not have, such as ancient ways, bravery, and resourcefulness. The people of Wagang trust him and respect him, and it is difficult to imagine what it will be like if such a person is not in Wagang. It is difficult for his husband to replace him, let alone Li Ji, he was originally a child of a rich family, and the other generals in Wagang did not trust him. Wei Chirong is capable, but he is not a general of Wagang.

Qin Qiong asked Cheng Zhijie to take his questions home and ask his wife, he knew that his wife was well-informed and witty, so he roughly told him about the things in the Qin Mansion.

After listening to this, Mrs. Pei told Cheng Zhijie: "The ancestor of the Su family is Wei and Zhou Chongchen Yuwen Hu, when Yuwen Hu's power leaned towards Ye Xuanhe for a while, and then he was killed by Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong and was punished by the clan. Concubine Yan's grandmother was Princess Qingdu, Yuwen Yong's eldest daughter. Although the Su family and the Yan family are both from Guan Longshi, the two families belong to two rival camps with feuds. It stands to reason that Chengqian is the crown prince and Li Tai is His Majesty's favorite son, and their marriage should not be like this. ”

Cheng Zhijie was stunned at this time, and he said: "No wonder the second brother said that there must be a fight between the prince and Li Tai, and His Majesty Shengming and these two will lose power sooner or later." He also said that he wanted us to capture King Jin. ”

Mrs. Pei said: "That's right! In fact, this is deliberately done by His Majesty, it seems that Guan Longshi has caused His Majesty's extreme dissatisfaction, and he intends to replace the crown prince. It's just that Guan Longshi has made arrangements in advance to catch Li Tai of the right age, and His Majesty can only abandon Li Tai. King Jin is still young, but he is His Majesty's son-in-law, and Guan Longshi should not let him go. It's just that His Majesty has a chance to let him get rid of the control of Guan Longshi, so the second brother will say that this is an opportunity. ”

The next day, the Qin Mansion sent a post inviting relatives and friends, and Qin Shubao wanted to recognize the young daughter of the Wen family as a righteous daughter, and invited everyone to come to the Qin Mansion to watch the ceremony. But after completing the procedure, Qin Qiong suddenly vomited blood and fainted, so that a grand ceremony could not be successfully concluded.

Hearing that Qin Qiong vomited blood and fainted, Li Shimin came to the Yiguo Mansion to visit that night, and when Li Shimin arrived, Qin Qiong had already woken up. There are Qin Huaiyu, the son of the world, and a strange little girl in the room, which is about the righteous daughter that Qin Qiong recognizes. The little girl gave Li Shimin a cup of tea and avoided it.

Li Shimin looked at her back, and then looked at Qin Qiong lying on the bed thoughtfully.