"^" Xiao Ziling got up and bowed, but he lowered his eyebrows and refused to raise his head to look at Meng Hongyu, "I didn't know that the emperor was coming, and I missed the welcome, please forgive the emperor." ”

Meng Hongyu also heard the indifference and alienation in her tone, this excessive politeness sounded to him a sign of the Cold War, however, even if she was angry with him, it was not unreasonable - after all, it was really his fault first!

"What do you think? So distracted. He gently helped her to her up and sat her down beside him. He wanted to melt her indifference with tenderness, so there was a smile in his eyebrows and eyes.

The jade slave heard the sound and came into the house, saw the celadon fragments on the ground, and hurriedly squatted down to clean up.

Zi Ling looked at the jade slave and said to her coldly: "Go out, don't clean up!" The debris of this place, even if it is cleaned up, will not help! ”

Yu Nu heard Zi Ling's words, was slightly stunned, and retired.

Zi Ling turned his head and smiled at Meng Hongyu, looking like nothing had happened! However, Meng Hongyu saw the falsehood of her smile, and there was a hint of the smell of mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.

"Zi Ling is thinking, will my brother die after all?" She smiled with her eyebrows and eyes, and the corners of her mouth also smiled, and the word "death" came out of her beautiful mouth, but there was a chill in her sound.

"Then do you think I'll let him die?" Meng Hongyu was unhappy in his heart and said coldly.

Zi Ling believes that the emperor took such great pains to direct this good drama just to prevent Zi Ling from becoming the queen. %&*"; Now, the emperor's goal has been achieved, and Ziling has vowed never to be your queen in her lifetime. Your Majesty, you're not going to kill your brother, are you? She recklessly "exposed" his plot, not thinking about whether he would be angry, on the contrary, she seemed to be deliberately provoking him!

"How can you be sure that I won't kill him?" He got up angrily, leaned down and stared at her wickedly, a sneer tugging at the corner of his mouth—he hated her cleverness, he hated the look of understanding in her eyes, and he hated that she knew his psychology but wanted to say it!

"If the emperor wants to kill his brother, he has already killed him when he was on the frontier, so why bother to escort him back to Beijing in one more move?" Zi Ling said.

Meng Hongyu still looked at her coldly and listened to her.

"Since the emperor has no intention of killing his brother, let's let him out as soon as possible. After all, if something happens to my brother, the 200,000 troops under him will be unstable, and the longer this matter drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to you, Your Majesty! Zi Ling earnestly persuaded Meng Hongyu, it seemed that it was really for his good.

After Xiao Ziling said it, he suddenly realized that this matter was by no means a trivial matter, and it was even possible to cause such consequences. However, he pretended to be calm and asked quietly, "Then what do you think I should do?" ”

"You can cut off the military power in your brother's hands, and then spare your brother's life!" Ziling suggested, "My brother also said that he was tired and wanted to put down the responsibility of his family and country, travel in the mountains and rivers, visit the mountains and seek immortals, and be a happy knight." ”

This is the best way to save Xiao Zixun and the Xiao family! After all, giving up part of the military power to the Xiao family's power does not have much impact, and not only can it show loyalty, but it can also reduce the danger of making a big splash - more importantly, it can make Meng Hongyu less vigilant!

Besides, since the Xiao family really has no ambition to rebel, why should they bear this suspicion, and they will not be treated well for their hard work?

"That's what you said! Then I will release him tomorrow and cut off his military power. Listening to Xiao Ziling's idea, it coincided with himself, Meng Hongyu couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, and, more importantly, Xiao Ziling himself thought the same, so he didn't have to worry about her being unhappy!

"Ziling thanked the emperor." After listening to Meng Hongyu's words, the stone in Ziling's heart finally fell to the ground - she was really afraid that if her brother continued to be imprisoned in the prison, sooner or later he would die inexplicably!

The next day, Xiao Zixun was released from the prison, although he was really stripped of his military power, but it was as Ziling wished. On the same day, Zi Ling hurriedly repaired a letter to the family, asking his father and brother to give up the idea of making her the queen, and warned them that the position of queen will not only not bring glory to the Xiao family, but will bring disaster to the Xiao family!

After getting off the court, Meng Hongyu went to Yongle Palace in a hurry, he wanted to "invite merit" with Xiao Ziling, and tell her that Xiao Zixun had come out of the prison.

When passing by the Imperial Garden, Meng Hongyu saw Xin Rou and Xin Ning squatting on the edge of Furong Lake to tease the koi in the lake, but they didn't see any palace maids and aunts following them. Xin Ning saw Meng Hongyu with sharp eyes, and she happily told Xin Rou: "Sister, father!" Father! ”

Xinrou raised her head and saw Meng Hongyu standing on the small arched stone bridge looking at them, she stood up happily and beckoned to Meng Hongyu: "Father! Father! ”

Meng Hongyu smiled lovingly at them, and slowly walked down the arched bridge to walk towards them. Suddenly, the stone under Xinrou's feet shook, Xinrou couldn't stand steadily, and her body shook a few times before falling into Furong Lake with a "plop".

Lu Yao hurriedly jumped into Furong Lake to rescue Xinrou, Xinrou choked on several mouthfuls of cold lake water, her whole body was wet, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she threw herself into Meng Hongyu's arms and cried. Xin Ning stood on the side, and when she saw Xin Rou suddenly falling into the water, she was also frightened, and stood aside and cried "wow".

Meng Hongyu hurriedly ordered people to go to the Tai Hospital to ask for a doctor, and sent them back to Sile Yuan. When she arrived at Sile Courtyard, Liu Ruxin hurriedly ordered Nuo'er to take Xinrou into the room to change her clothes.

Meng Hongyu stood in the hall and scolded Liu Ruxin sharply: "How did you behave like a mother?!" I even let my daughter go to the lake to play alone, and there was no palace maid and eunuch with her! I'm glad I'm here just now, otherwise something would have happened! ”

Liu Ruxin was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The concubine deserves death, I hope the emperor will calm his anger......"

Seeing Meng Hongyu losing his temper with Liu Ruxin, Xin Ning stood aside and was so frightened that she cried, Liu Ruxin hurriedly hugged her and comforted her softly.

Seeing their mother and daughter kneeling on the ground and looking pitiful, Meng Hongyu waved his hand and said, "That's it, get up." Liu Ruxin stood up tremblingly, and Xin Ning also got up.

The doctor came, and after reading it, he said that Xinrou was frightened, and it would be good to take a dose of tranquilizer, but who knows, after drinking the medicine, Xinrou still did not improve. She lay on the bed in a daze, her face pale, and kept calling: "Father...... Father......

Meng Hongyu sat on the edge of her bed, held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, Rou'er, my father is here to ......" Xinrou grabbed Meng Hongyu's hand tightly, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw in the turbulent waves, and did not let go for a long time......