"Nope! You will never want to escape from me for the rest of your life, I will never let you leave the palace! Meng Hongyu shook his head and said, he really never thought about what he would do without Xiao Ziling? Now that he thinks about it, he only knows that he doesn't want her to leave even if he dies.

"What then? If Zi Ling stayed by the emperor's side, the emperor would be on pins and needles, and it would be difficult to sleep and eat, but the emperor would not let Zi Ling leave. What can I do, you say? Zi Ling directly expressed the contradiction in Meng Hongyu's heart, and only hoped that he would promise to let him escape from this golden cage.

"What to do? Hahaha......" Meng Hongyu suddenly raised his head and laughed, laughed, lowered his head and said to Ziling: "You just stay by my side obediently, be my concubine, don't want to be a queen for the rest of your life, and don't want to leave me!" ”

"Zi Ling has sworn that she will never be your queen in the year of eternal life, I only ask you to spare your brother......" Tears fell from Zi Ling's eyes, and she begged him bitterly.

"Stand down! This is my state affair, not your family affair, and you shouldn't ask about it! Meng Hongyu ignored Zi Ling's tears and turned his back to order her.

She was indifferent, still motionless, pursing her lips tightly and looking at his back through hazy tears, she threatened him: "If my brother has any three strengths and two shortcomings, he will be harmed by Zi Ling, Zi Ling is ashamed of the ancestors of the Xiao family, and then he can only apologize with death!" ”

Hearing Xiao Ziling's words, Meng Hongyu was furious in his heart, and said sharply: "You dare?!" You are already my concubine, no longer the daughter of the Xiao family, what does Xiao Zixun's life and death have to do with you?! "She is his concubine, she can only have him in her heart, and she can only die for him!

"Hmph" Zi Ling sneered twice, and asked him: "It turns out that regardless of the life and death of his family and the safety of his loved ones, it is the human affection in the emperor's heart!" ”

Meng Hongyu knew that if he wanted to fight with this sharp-toothed woman, he would only make himself more and more angry and powerless. Therefore, he no longer spoke, but was silent, and Xiao Ziling was also silent......

After a long time, Meng Hongyu coldly ordered: "Lu Yao! 'Send' Concubine Xiao back to Yongle Palace, and send additional guards to 'guard' Yongle Palace, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my permission! He was really afraid that she would do something stupid because of Xiao Zixun's matter, so he hurriedly ordered to take a good look at her.

Is this unclear to put me under house arrest? - However, to Ziling's ears, he felt that it was a kind of house arrest, she was like falling into an ice cave, her heart was so cold that it seemed to have been frozen for a thousand years, and tears were frozen in her eyes.

Lu Yao walked up to her, bowed his head and said, "Concubine Niangniang, please go back." As if he was about to make a move, Zi Ling took a deep breath, looked at Meng Hongyu's back, and said hatefully: "This palace will leave by itself!" ”

- Yes, she will go! Will definitely go!

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In other words, Bai Rushuang waited for a long time in the Xihua Hall, until the sky gradually darkened, Xiao Ziling still did not come back, and after a while, the news came that Ziling was under house arrest in Yongle Palace!

Bai Rushuang almost fainted, thinking that even Xiao Ziling couldn't rescue the general, it seems that Daddy must be more than lucky this time! She returned to Sitong Courtyard in despair, not thinking about tea and dinner, just sitting and crying.

When she arrived at Yongle Palace, Ziling was relieved - after a "battle" with Meng Hongyu just now, she had already expected that her brother was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy because of the Ministry of Rites' invitation to make her the queen, if this was the case, then she would be relieved. Because, Meng Hongyu just wanted to divert the focus of the Xiao family through this matter, so that the Xiao family was busy rescuing Xiao Zixun, and had no time to mention Li Ziling as a matter of later. Although Meng Hongyu is a little domineering, he is not a violent and murderous monarch. Moreover, he will be somewhat concerned about the power and status of the Xiao family, so his brother's life will not be in danger.

However, after Su Zirong heard that Ziling was under house arrest, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, she wanted to see Ziling, but the emperor had grounded her in the Cold Moon Palace, and she couldn't get out of the Cold Moon Palace for half a step. I had to let Aunt Qiu Ji take the opportunity to go to the Internal Affairs Office to get things from time to time to help find out the news. After learning that Ziling was fine, Su Zirong gradually calmed down.

On this day, Aunt Qiu Ji went to the Internal Affairs Office to get tea and came back, so she hurriedly told Su Zirong the news she had heard: "On the way back, the slave maid heard from the little eunuchs of Cining Palace that Xiao Guifei's brother has been escorted to Beijing and is now locked up in the prison...... The emperor sent Zhang Wenyan, the guard of the Yulin Army, to the frontier to temporarily take the position of General Xiao...... Lin Zhaorong has been promoted to a concubine, and now she should be called Concubine Yao's mother......"

Su Zirong quietly listened to Aunt Qiu Ji's words, and secretly worried in her heart that Ziling would not be able to stand this stimulation - Xiao Zixun was slandered as collaborating with the enemy, Xiao Ziling was placed under house arrest in Yongle Palace, and at the critical juncture when the Xiao family had a succession of accidents, Lin Yueyao was promoted to a concubine.

was thinking about these things, but saw that Bai Rushuang came, in the past, she was with Liuyun, but today she came alone.

Seeing Su Zirong, Bai Rushuang smiled slightly bitterly and said, "Because of my father's affairs, I haven't come to visit my sister for many days, I hope my sister will forgive me." ”

Su Zirong has gradually disliked Bai Rushuang, and he didn't want to deal with her, but seeing that she was not in a very good mood recently because of something at home, she was rarely willing to come out and walk around today, so she chatted with her without saying a word.

Before leaving, Bai Rushuang took out a piece of brocade from his arms, slowly opened, only to see a delicate hosta wrapped in the brocade, only to see that the hairpin was crystal clear, the jasper was flawless, the hairpin head was carved into two pure and elegant jasmine, and it was a good hosta made by skilled craftsmen.

Bai Rushuang put the hairpin into Su Zirong's hand, and then held her hand tightly, couldn't help but redden, choked and said, "Sister Rong, I know that I have done something sorry for you...... I don't dare to expect my sister to forgive, I just hope you can accept this hairpin. ”

"This ...... This hairpin is so good, how can I accept it? Seeing her so abnormal, Su Zirong hurriedly shirked it.

"Sister must accept it...... I...... I have decided to go to the emperor, hoping to use my life...... Go and change your father's life...... As you know, the emperor is moody, and Sister Ling is still under house arrest...... I'm going, and I don't know if I'm dead or alive......" Bai Rushuang became more and more sad the more she spoke, and tears kept falling.

"This is my favorite hosta, and now I give it to Sister Rong...... In case something happens to me, I hope that Sister Rong can take it out from time to time, and don't forget my sister......" Bai Rushuang raised her tearful eyes and looked at Su Zirong with a pleading face.

As the saying goes, the sound of a horse is about to die, and the words of a person are good, and it is so sad that it seems that in order to save his father, he has decided to do anything to save his father. Seeing this situation, Su Zirong couldn't help but soften her heart, accepted the hairpin, and comforted her with kind words: "Then I will keep this hairpin for my sister, although my sister can rest assured to ask the emperor, when my sister returns safely, I will return this hairpin to my sister." ”

"Thank you, sister......" Bai Rushuang smiled with tears, and a stone in her heart finally landed.