That year, King Qin changed his temperament of the weak court situation in the past, acted vigorously and resolutely, brought several officials in the court and the central government under his command, and walked step by step to the current situation of controlling the court.

At that time, he was far away in Jiangcheng and was also co-opted.

As for the confrontation between the two, the secret fight is a later story.

The letter was written by the owner of the song and dance workshop who transferred An Niang to Jiangcheng five years ago.

The letter recalled some old things of the year, mentioning that An Niang just arrived at the song and dance workshop is stunning, and the dance is unparalleled, she was going to hold the red An Niang, but An Niang said that she had relatives in Jiangcheng and insisted on leaving.

The Jiangcheng accent is different from the Chang'an accent.

An Niang's official language is not from Jiangcheng at all.

"An Niang turned out to be a game that was laid out five years ago! King Qin really had to guard against it, five years ago, he tried his best to win over the city lord. ”

Xu Jin roughly told Qingcheng about the content of the letter, and he was also very surprised, and said with wide eyes.

Xu Jin got up and stood by the window with his hands in his hands, looked at the dead branches and white stones in the courtyard, and said lightly: "An Niang is the person in the plan. But Shen Yan's appearance should have been an accident. She accidentally broke his game, so An Niang took action to get rid of Shen Yan. ”

"It's really ashamed that my subordinates haven't tracked down the whereabouts of Yan Niang for so long."

Qingcheng said with some shame.

He boasted that his tracking skills were excellent, but he still had no whereabouts of Shen Yan for half a year, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

"Life and death are life and wealth, she is a Western doctor, as long as she has a breath, she can't toss herself to death."

Xu Jin thought of her stubborn eyes, and always had an intuition that she was still alive, maybe somewhere, living an ordinary life.

If so, that's fine.

"City Lord, Holy Decree."

Feng Mian stood outside the study and said, Xu Jin raised his eyes and saw that the birds outside the window were startled, fluttering their wings, leaving a trace of nothingness.

……

Yue Xin finished reading the long decree and said, "City Lord, take the decree." ”

Xu Jin took the holy decree from Yue Xin's hand with an indifferent expression, stood up and smiled faintly.

This will come sooner than he expected.

Feng Mian handed the purse full of silver to Yue Xin, he took it and checked it, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and sure enough, this Jiangcheng City Lord was generous.

"Congratulations to the city lord, the holy decree of marriage has been advertised all over the world, you are the concubine of our princess of the kingdom."

The more he got the reward, he naturally said a few nice words.

Waiting until the guard of honor announcing the holy decree left, Feng Mian handed the letter in his arms to Xu Jin, and said in a low voice: "The urgent secret report from the palace was originally going to be given to the city lord immediately, but who knew that it collided with Yue Xin's holy decree. ”

Xu Jin took it apart and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly sank.

Kang and Emperor Ji were imprisoned yesterday because of a maid, and the Chengqian Palace committed murder, and the queen was stunned. In just half a day, what was done was really shocking.

No wonder the emperor hurriedly issued this holy decree of marriage this morning.

Where is this the holy decree of marriage, this is clearly the holy decree of the people who will settle the matter and save her life!

"It seems that we are going to enter the palace."

Xu Jin put away the holy decree and looked in the direction of Daming Palace, which was meaningful.

……

Zichen Palace.

According to the etiquette system, Xu Jin, who received the holy decree, needed to enter the palace to thank him, so the emperor did not refuse his audience.

After Xu Jin thanked the emperor, he chatted with the emperor for a few words, and then he began to pant and hold on to the table with a blue face.

The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and the recent court meetings have all been suspended. A group of excerpts were thrown into the Qin Palace.

"Your Majesty is tired, so the minister will not bother."

The situation was inconvenient at the moment, so Xu Jin got up and said goodbye.

"Wait."

The emperor stopped him and summoned Xu Jin to his side.

He handed him a wooden box on the table, his eyes were soft and soft, and he said softly, "I'm sorry for Kanghe, sorry for her." I gave her to you in the hope that you would protect her. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers will protect her. Just like His Majesty protected the emperor yesterday. ”

Xu Jin took the wooden box with both hands and said in a deep voice, and the emperor nodded with satisfaction.

He can understand his will today and yesterday's secret hearsay, which shows that he has some vision.

Such a person can protect her.

"Go see her, I'm worried she's angry, she always had a temper tantrum when she was a child. Yesterday's incident is a palace disaster, and I can't say much about it. It's just that her fault is that she is too upright and doesn't know how to use tricks. ”

With that, the emperor began to gasp.

Xu Jin glanced at Yue Xin, bowed down in the hall, and then got up to leave.

Although the winter sun is brilliant, it is not warm, and what you feel when you reach out is not the warm sun, but the fierce cold wind.

Xu Jin got the emperor's permission and crossed the palace road to the backyard of Daming Palace.

He gathered the cloak on his body, searched for his way according to Yue Xin's description, and finally came to the Qingsi Palace.

He stood outside the hall and looked up at the palace in front of him, as if he could think of the prosperous pampering of the year, with gold and splendor, and white jade as bricks.

The three characters of "Qingsi Palace" are hung high, and there are colorful carvings and painted lacquer around the plaque, and the moire is lifted together, which is quite atmospheric.

Looking at the color of the paint, it should be renovated not long ago.

As soon as Xiao Xing came out of the palace gate, he saw Xu Jin, and laughed in his heart, how could City Lord Xu be in the deep palace?

She thought that she had hallucinated because she hadn't rested for too long, so she rubbed her eyes, opened them again, and found that he was still there, and looked at her with a cold face.

Only then did Xiaoxing react, this is not an illusion!

"City Lord Xu, why are you here?"

Xiao Xing hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile.

Even if she doesn't like Xu Jin, the holy decree has been made, and he is already the emperor's husband in law. For the sake of the emperor's happy marriage in the future, she didn't want to offend Xu Jin.

……

When Xu Jin entered the Qingsi Palace, Shen Yan was sitting on the seat reading a book, and there was a plate of Su cheese on the table, he was a little surprised to see him come in, and raised his eyebrows: "I really didn't expect the imperial brother to come to you." ”

"Just bring some refreshments."

Shen Yan instructed Xiao Xing.

Xu Jin naturally sat opposite Shen Yan, put down the wooden box given to him by the emperor, his eyes fell on the book she pressed under his hand, and asked, "Travelogue?" ”

"I stayed in the palace and couldn't go out to see the world, so I could only take a travelogue and read it. Between the lines, you can also spy on one or two. ”

Shen Yan said with a smile, his eyes staring at Xu Jin, as if he was waiting for something.

Xu Jin hadn't answered what she told him.

Xiaoxing sent some refreshments and stood guard at the door of the hall.

"This tea is good."

Xu Jin pretended not to know, and just tasted the tea in his hand seriously.

Shen Yan couldn't wait to bite a mouthful of silver teeth, but he still had to accompany him to act, and said with a smile: "This tea was given by the imperial brother during the New Year's Day, if the city lord likes it, I will ask Xiaoxing to wrap a bag for you and take it back to taste." ”

"Okay."

Xu Jin put down the teacup in his hand, raised his sleeves and sat upright and said.

He said yes with a calm face, his eyes calm, as if this was how things should be.

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt that he was holding his breath in his heart, and finally threw away the travelogue in his hand with a smile, and shouted outside: "Xiaoxing, wrap a pack of Zi'an new tea for the city lord!" ”