Decades ago, when Xiao Chengqi had not yet ascended the throne, he heard that the Great Zhou Emperor had buried a batch of treasures somewhere in the mountains and rivers, but there were rumors, and the truth was doubtful.

Eighteen years ago, Xiao Chengqi invaded the imperial city and asked about the whereabouts of the treasure, no matter how persecuted, the Great Zhou Emperor never said a word, and would rather die than give in, Xiao Chengqi couldn't, so he had to kill the Great Zhou Emperor and his harem, as well as his only son Qi Li.

And Xiao Che was so anxious to find the treasures of the previous dynasty as soon as he ascended the throne, it was nothing more than to increase his strength for himself, or to prevent any remaining evils from the previous dynasty from stirring up trouble.

But now the mountains and rivers are vast, where to find the treasures of the previous dynasty, the Great Zhou Emperor did not reveal half a word, the first emperor searched for eighteen years without success, whether there is a treasure in this world is unknown, Xiao Che's holy decree to find the treasure is really a headache, it is simply impossible to start.

Xiao Luo sat in the gazebo on the rockery and sighed.

On the left is the direction of Danxueyuan, Li Shuanglan has been studying the poison on the silver needle in the past few days, so as to determine the real cause of Xiao Chengqi's death.

Li Shuanglan came out of Desheng Hall with a few packets of herbs and was about to return to Prince Lie's Mansion when she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her.

"Frost!"

Li Shuanglan looked back and saw that it was Liu Xiangxi, which he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Aunt Xiang? Why are you here? Li Shuanglan was surprised and delighted, she thought that she would never see any relatives again, but she didn't expect to see Aunt Xiang who took care of her since she was a child.

"I happened to go out those days, and when I came home, I heard that you and Mr. Li were missing, I thought you probably went to Chengdu, but I rushed to Chengdu and found out...... Discover ......"

Liu Xiangxi was a little choked, she recalled that she had worked hard day and night to get to Chengdu, but when she saw the ruined Baiyunju, she was really grief-stricken and burst into tears.

But then she found out that on the day of the accident, the two young ladies of Baiyunju escaped, although they escaped, they lost their traces, and now they don't know where they are, and their lives and deaths are uncertain.

But life and death are better than Xiang Xiaoyu died, maybe their sisters are still alive, Liu Xiangxi inquired around, and finally found out from the farmers near the city gate that there was a pair of sisters driving in the direction of the capital.

Capital.

Liu Xiangxi felt that some things were really fate, and after going around for eighteen years, Blue Crane Carp and Li Shuanglan still returned to the capital.

Li Shuanglan brought Liu Xiangxi back to Prince Lie's mansion, Liu Xiangxi looked at this prince's mansion, stared at it for a long time, stood with his brows tightly locked, and seemed to refuse to enter the palace.

"Aunt Xiang, what's wrong with you? Don't you want to see your sister? ”

"This ...... Shuanglan, don't get me wrong, Aunt Xiang is just ...... I just don't want you and Shuang Xuan to have any connection with some dignitaries and royal relatives. ”

"Why?"

“…… Let's not talk about this for now, I'll go meet Frost Grass. ”

When Liu Xiangxi saw the blue crane carp, the blue crane carp was studying a map with Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo decided to go south, look for a circle along the border of the beam, and then go to the hinterland of the Central Plains to investigate, Xiao Luo and the blue crane carp sat on both sides of the stone table, thinking about the route, and discussing a few words from time to time.

Liu Xiangxi looked at Xiao Luo and Blue Crane Carp, who were getting along well in front of him, his expression became serious, his brows were almost twisted into a knot, and even the corners of his mouth were pursed into a line, and his eyes looked at the two people in front of him with a wrong look.

The blue crane carp was naturally very happy to see Liu Xiangxi, and then introduced Liu Xiangxi to Xiao Luo, but Liu Xiangxi's attitude was not quite right from beginning to end, so that the other three people present obviously felt Liu Xiangxi's vigilance and hostility towards Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo touched his chin innocently, looked around and confirmed that this was indeed his Prince Lie's Mansion.

"Came to my house and was so cold, did I offend this lady?"

From this day on, Liu Xiangxi also lived in Danxue Garden.

It's just that Liu Xiangxi is always weird, she is very anxious every day, and from time to time she asks Lan Heli and Li Shuanglan to move out of Prince Lie's Mansion, as if this Prince Lie's Mansion is a land of tigers and wolves, which can kill their sisters.

not only asked them to move out of the prince's mansion, but also asked them to stay away from the capital and return to Jiangnan to live a stable life.

Blue Crane Carp and Li Shuanglan refused to leave the capital, their father's revenge had not been avenged, and now they had some clues, how could they give up easily.

"What? Huang Song, the former director of Chaotai Hospital? And the people you met when you left the capital? ”

Liu Xiangxi was shocked, the teacup in her hand almost fell to the ground, and the tea in the cup splashed her hands, she carefully recalled the details of the year, but she couldn't remember whether she had met anyone when she left the capital.

"Aunt Xiang, are you okay?"

Seeing Liu Xiangxi's pale face, the blue crane carp couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Liu Xiangxi waved her hand, signaling that it was okay, she took a sip of tea from the teacup in her hand and calmed down, the tea was already cold, and it also calmed Liu Xiangxi.

"Alas......" Liu Xiangxi sighed, the matter has come to this, and some old things should also be known to their sisters.

"Your father used to be an imperial doctor, he worked in the former Chaotai Hospital more than 20 years ago, and was later transferred to the palace on the outskirts of Beijing as an errand boy, and I was a palace maid in the palace back then."

"My master is Concubine Liu, and her name is Liu Shuang."

Liu Xiangxi closed his eyes, as if he had returned to twenty years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty had not been destroyed, although the emperor Qi Zhizhang was not stupid, but he was not a ruler of the world, and later one of his northwest vassal kings, Xiao Chengqi, accumulated strength and rebelled.

Qi Zhizhang and Xiao Chengqi have been tugging for a year, Xiao Chengqi has occupied many cities in a year, and he almost has to rule with Qi Zhizhang, since the rebellion of the vassal king, Qi Zhizhang is anxious in his heart, unable to sleep at night, and pounces on the court and ignores the harem.

This year, Xiao Chengqi was hit hard when he attacked the city - the general who defended the city was brave and strategic, and he was a rare general, who defended the city wall as solid as gold, and then used some surprise attacks and assassinations and other means to repel Xiao Chengqi, causing Xiao Chengqi to suffer heavy losses and retreat for 90 miles.

The good news reached the capital, the morale of the court was high, and Qi Zhizhang could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the beauties of the harem, who had been neglected for a long time, begged Qi Zhizhang to take them to the palace to cool off under the leadership of the noble concubine.

The noble concubine is the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, who favors the harem, domineering and vicious, even the queen is not in her eyes, and she is ruthless in treating the harem concubines and concubines.

Other concubines who had been pregnant either fell into the water or rolled down the stairs, or were congenitally deficient and weak, or they ate all kinds of soups and pastries by mistake, and in the end, none of the concubines could keep their children, in short, except for the noble concubine, no one in the harem could give birth to a son and a half daughter.

Because of this, everyone knows that for the sake of their lives, everyone has to rely on the noble concubine and be cautious in their words and deeds to protect themselves.

Concubine Liu is one of Qi Zhizhang's concubines, she is the daughter of Liu Shitao, the governor of Hangzhou, born dignified and beautiful, gentle and respectful, after entering the palace, she abides by the rules and regulations, so that people can't make mistakes, and she has no intention of competing for favor, just reading and writing in her own Roufu Palace every day, the noble concubine saw that she was honest and duty, and did not target Concubine Liu too much.

This year, Concubine Liu also went to the palace to cool off.

And when she arrived at the palace, Concubine Liu was unusual, and began to deliberately compete for favor, Concubine Liu, who was dressed lightly on weekdays, began to dress herself, and her hands, which were always reading and writing, began to make soup, and she had to meet Qi Zhizhang every day, and laughed with him, Qi Zhizhang did not pay attention to Concubine Liu in the past, and only felt that she was a tasteless concubine, but I didn't expect that Concubine Liu could be so delicate and sweet, and gradually loved Concubine Liu.

This made Concubine Gao and the others very surprised, and they all secretly scolded themselves for being blind on weekdays, and they didn't prevent this fox spirit.

Concubine Liu also became arrogant after being favored, and often reprimanded the palace people, Xiangxi was Concubine Liu's wedding maid at the time, and she didn't know why Concubine Liu suddenly changed her mind, so she could only tremble and be careful on errands.

The day before returning to the palace, Liu Shuang lost her temper because of a trivial matter, and smashed the teacup in her hand on Xiangxi's head, smashing it so much that the blood flowed, and Xiangxi was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, helpless.

The noble concubine sued Liu Shuang to Qi Zhizhang on the grounds of "treating the palace people harshly", and listed many of Liu Shuang's crimes with oil and vinegar - of course, Liu Shuang is usually cautious, and there is no big mistake except that the palace people are not polite.

Qi Zhizhang also began to be disappointed in Liu Shuang, feeling that she had lost her duty if she was favored, so he was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away, and ordered Concubine Liu to stay in the palace to meditate on herself, and then took the concubines back to the palace.

On the third day after Qi Zhizhang and the concubines returned to the palace, Liu Shuang removed the decorations, comforted Xiangxi, and told her that she was pregnant.

"If I am still in the palace, the child will not be saved, and even I don't know if I can live, this palace is quiet and there are few people, suitable for a safe birth, I hope that the emperor and those sisters and sisters will not come again, let me give birth to the child safely."

Xiangxi happily knelt in front of Liu Shuang and said congratulations, even forgetting the pain of the injury on her forehead, she thought that if she could let Concubine Liu give birth in the palace safely, let alone smash my head, or stab me with a knife, I would be willing.

Liu Shuang found Li Yuanqing, who was on an errand in the palace, to serve her peace pulse, since then Liu Shuang reads and writes every day, goes around the palace, and asks Li Yuanqing to ask for the pulse every three days.

Concubine Liu treats people gently and peacefully, and is very friendly with the palace people and the imperial doctor, and Li Yuanqing is no longer restrained after a long time, and gets along very well with Concubine Liu and others.

In the blink of an eye, October passed, and it was the day of Liu Shuang's production, but at this moment, there was a sudden uproar in the imperial city, and Xiangxi went out to investigate, but Xiao Chengqi had already invaded the capital.

At this time, the capital was in chaos, Xiao Chengqi's rebels and the imperial city guards were fighting, the people began to run around, and the fleeing looters and arsons were all over the city, fortunately, the palace was located in a remote area, Xiao Chengqi was still in the imperial city, and he had no time to take care of the royal gardens on the outskirts of the city.

"Ouch, this is a mess, why did Concubine Liu give birth at this time! What a sin! ”

On the day of delivery, Li Yuanqing personally boiled medicine outside the palace, Xiangxi took a group of palace maids to be busy, and Wen Po delivered the baby inside, but after a long time, Liu Shuang gave birth safely, and Wen Po was very anxious in the account, and kept shouting: "Hard, Niangniang!" It's coming out soon! ”

Wen Po withdrew from the internal account and told Xiangxi that Liu Shuang's fetal position was not correct, and this fetus was afraid that it would be difficult to give birth.

Liu Shuang began to have abdominal pain from the dawn of the day, and was born until dusk, and finally heard a loud cry, Liu Shuang gave birth to two daughters, but Liu Shuang lost too much blood because of dystocia, and it was difficult to save the immortals, Wen Po sighed and said: "Prepare for the future." ”

Xiangxi couldn't believe it if she was struck by lightning, so she threw herself on Liu Shuang's bed and called Concubine Liu's name, crying and telling Concubine Liu that she had given birth to two daughters, hoping that Liu Shuang would persevere.

But Concubine Liu's eyes were sloppy, her face was pale, and she couldn't say a word.

After Li Yuanqing outside the palace heard about it, he broke into the palace regardless of the difference between dignity and inferiority, but saw that the stable woman quietly put her hand on the child's neck with Xiangxi behind her back, and wanted to strangle Concubine Liu's newborn child.

Li Yuanqing knocked Wen Po unconscious with a punch, and tied her up to wait for her to fall.

Liu Shuang saw that Xiangxi and Li Yuanqing were by her bedside, holding the two daughters she gave birth to in her arms, and with her last strength, she grabbed Li Yuanqing's hand, looked at Li Yuanqing's eyes, and without a word of explanation, she died and her soul died.

After Wen Po woke up, Li Yuanqing and Xiangxi interrogated her personally, and Xiangxi chopped off three of her fingers and finally asked for the answer.

It was the noble concubine who heard that Concubine Liu dared to carry her behind her back to conceive the imperial heir, and she also made plans to go out of the palace to avoid trouble, and felt that this Concubine Liu was really a scheming fox spirit scourge, ignoring the rules of the palace and not putting her noble concubine in her eyes, so this Concubine Liu and the child in Concubine Liu's belly could not be kept.

Concubine Gao asked her brother Gao Si Yang outside the palace to take care of the matter, and Gao Si Yang threatened Wen Po's family and promised a lot of money to let Concubine Liu's mother and son die on the day of delivery.

Li Yuanqing and Xiangxi buried Liu Shuang in the palace, and on the day of the burial, they knelt in front of Concubine Liu's tomb and burned paper for Concubine Liu to wear filial piety, Li Yuanqing understood what Concubine Liu meant before she died, which was to ask him to raise these two children, and Xiangxi swore in her heart that she would do her best to protect these two children in her life.

After burying Concubine Liu, Li Yuanqing and his wife Lan Sanniang, as well as Xiangxi escaped from the capital with their children, regardless of whether the capital changed hands or not, no matter whose country the world was, they fled to Jiangnan and became ordinary people incognito.

……

Liu Xiangxi let out a long sigh, two lines of tears dripped down her cheeks, she wiped her tears to calm down, stood up and walked in front of Lan Heli and Li Shuanglan, lifted her skirt, bent her knees, and knelt on the ground.

"Slave Liu Xiangxi, knock to see the princess."