General's Palace.

The General's Palace is located directly south of the main square in front of the main entrance of the Imperial Palace, echoing the entrance of the main entrance of the Imperial Palace, which sits in the north and faces south, and also symbolizes the supreme commander who guards the Imperial Palace.

The owner inside is named Ah Hongfei, who holds an important position and is the most relied on and trusted general by the saint today.

And the general's wife's name is Ye Qingli, that is, the eldest lady of the general's mansion is the sister of today's holy concubine Shufei Niangniang, and the second daughter of Ye Peiqing, the patriarch of the Ye family in the imperial city.

Since the emperor gave her marriage and married her into the general's mansion, she has given birth to an eldest daughter and a son.

The eldest daughter's name is A Xiyan, she disappeared inexplicably shortly after she was born, and the eldest lady Ye Qingli gave birth to a son named A Xichen after two years of depression.

Although after having her son Axichen, she more or less diluted her thoughts about her missing eldest daughter, but after all, she was her own flesh and blood, so over the years, Ye Qingli would still inadvertently think of her daughter again whenever it was quiet at night, or when she saw someone else having her daughter Chenghuan on her knees.

She often regrets that her physical fitness was too poor at that time, and she actually passed out for three days and three nights after giving birth to her daughter, otherwise if she was sober when she gave birth to her daughter, she would never let her daughter be taken away by gangsters.

Although when she woke up, her husband, the general, told her that her daughter had been taken away, but she always felt strange afterwards, because the daughter of the dignified general's mansion could still be taken away?

She really didn't believe that any villain was so bold that even the heavily guarded General's Mansion dared to break in, her husband, the great general A Hongfei, was able to fight against ten, and the guards in the mansion were also carefully selected masters, how could such a ridiculous thing happen!

She always felt that the general was hiding something from her, and she planned to inquire about other subordinates secretly, but it turned out that all the subordinates who were on duty on the day she gave birth to her daughter had left the general's mansion and her whereabouts were unknown, so she had no choice but to give up.

But she always firmly believes that her daughter must still be alive, and she also hopes that she can find her daughter in her lifetime and make up for the nurturing grace she owes her daughter for so many years, otherwise she will not be at ease in this life.

Even sometimes when she missed her daughter, she would come to the gate of the General's Mansion alone, and look at the young woman among the passers-by who came and went in the large square in front of the main gate of the palace, in order to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Especially when her son A Xichen grew up and no longer relied on her, she spent more and more time alone, and she missed her daughter A Xiyan even more.

And the general A Hongfei still has a few concubines, coupled with his busy official business, he gradually neglected Ye Qingli, the eldest lady.

As a result, Ye Qingli has more and more free time, and people are easy to think crankily when they are free, and they gradually become a little neurotic, and often talk to themselves alone, so they have become the object of ridicule of several concubines and their children, and even the people in the house have begun to disrespect her.

They all thought that she was about to go crazy, and they avoided it as much as possible, so as not to really get madness and bring bad luck to themselves.

As for her son Ah Xichen, she is quite filial to her, but since she was sent to the barracks by the general a year ago to train, she has rarely been able to go home to visit Ye Qingli, so her madness in the eyes of others is getting more and more serious.

Fortunately, her sister Concubine Shuniang's daughter, the eldest princess Chu Yuyao, that is, her niece, often came to visit her in the General's Mansion, and also took her into the palace from time to time to visit her sister Concubine Niangniang, which was also a comfort to her.

No, at this moment, she just got up from a nap, and she couldn't help but come to the gate of the General's Mansion, standing there stupidly, staring at the bustling passers-by in the square expectantly, hoping for a miracle, that is, her daughter A Xiyan could come to her with a smile and call her a mother.

And the two guards at the entrance of the general were also like every time before, secretly staring at Ye Qingli with a sneering face on the side, and they didn't bother to care about her.

All the subordinates and guards in the entire general's mansion knew that this eldest lady was because of the disappearance of her eldest daughter who was born seventeen years ago, and she never forgot it, so she became the person she is a little crazy now.

But no one knew how the eldest daughter, Ah Xiyan, disappeared.

Even Ye Qingli himself didn't know, only the general A Hongfei himself, and the concubine in the palace, that is, Ye Qingli's own sister, knew.

Because it was because Ye Qingli's eldest daughter A Xiyan was found to be a child born with a poisonous body after she was born, Concubine Shuniang and Ah Hongfei discussed privately in order to keep their reputation from being damaged, and then sent Ah Xiyan to the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to be left to fend for herself.

And afterwards, Concubine Shuniang cruelly killed all the midwives and maids who knew about it back then, so now only the general knows the truth in the entire general's mansion.

Just as Ye Qingli was standing at the gate of the General's Mansion and staring at the passers-by, a carriage escorted by the royal guards stopped in front of the General's Mansion.

This carriage Ye Qingli is too familiar with, it is her niece Chu Yuyao, who has been regarded as her own since she was a child, that is, the eldest princess who is the most favored by the saint today.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Chu Yuyao couldn't wait to open the curtain and get out of the carriage by herself.

When she saw Ye Qingli, who was standing at the door of the General's Mansion and looked at her with some surprise, she waved and shouted from afar: "Auntie, Yu Yao has come to see you." ”

After finishing speaking, he quickly ran towards Ye Qingli.

"See the eldest princess."

As soon as Chu Yuyao came to the gate of the General's Mansion, the two guards knelt down respectfully and asked for peace.

"Auntie, it's windy today, why are you still standing at the door? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? Look at your hands are cold. ”

Chu Yuyao said with a distressed look on her face, holding Ye Qingli's cold hand.

"See the eldest princess."

When the other subordinates in the general's mansion heard the guards shouting the eldest princess, they all ran over and knelt down and shouted.

Chu Yuyao glanced angrily at the guards who were still kneeling next to her, as well as the other subordinates who came to kneel at the gate of the General's Mansion one after another, and reprimanded sharply: "How did you all do errands? I don't know what to do if I put on a coat for the eldest lady and get cold? What about the others? Why is there no one to serve the eldest lady of the dignified general's mansion? This palace has found that you all seem to be a little disrespectful to the eldest lady recently! If you let this palace see you snubbing the eldest lady next time, this palace will punish you heavily! Do you understand? ”

"The slave should die, the slave understands, please calm the anger of the eldest princess!"

The two guards kowtowed desperately and begged for mercy.

"Auntie, you are too accustomed to them, after all, you are the eldest lady of the general's mansion, and you are the sister of the lady concubine, how can you let the minions bully you? If my mother knows, she will definitely let all their heads fall to the ground! ”

Chu Yuyao took Ye Qingli's hand again and complained.

The two guards trembled with fear when they heard the head hit the ground, and they almost collapsed to the ground.

"Yu Yao, my aunt herself had to come out, and I can't blame them. Don't tell your mother. By the way, today is not the day to enter the palace every week, why are you here? ”

Ye Qingli pleaded for the two guards and the other subordinates with some reluctance, and asked puzzledly.

Because she knows her sister Shufei Niangniang, she is ruthless in her way of doing things, she is not the same character as her, and she has cared most about her only sister since she was a child, once she knows, it is really possible to kill these subordinates.

"Auntie, are you still speaking for them? Hey, you're just too soft-hearted to get used to them like this. Forget it, let's not talk about them. That's the case, auntie, today the fourth brother Xiaoyao suddenly fell ill, and it was quite serious, so I specially came to plan to enter the palace to see him. By the way, I went to see my mother, and I decided to simply take you into the palace with me. ”

Chu Yuyao complained again, and briefly explained the reason for entering the palace.

"What? Sick? That's right, go see him. Then let's go, I haven't seen him in a while since Xichen went to the barracks. In the past, when Xichen was there, he came to the house twice in three days to play. ”

Ye Qingli said in surprise, and urged to hurry into the palace.

"Okay, auntie, come, Yu Yao will help you go, you slow down."

Chu Yuyao carefully helped Ye Qingli slowly down the steps and walked towards the carriage.

All this was also seen by the fake palace maid A Xiyan who was guarding the carriage.

When Ah Xiyan listened to Chu Yuyao's reprimands for the general's mansion before, she also glanced at Ye Qingli with great curiosity, wanting to see how majestic the eldest lady of the general's mansion was.

But I didn't expect that the eldest lady I saw in front of me didn't have the feeling of being high and rejecting people thousands of miles away.

On the contrary, I felt very kind, and even when I saw the sad look of this eldest lady, my heart tingled inexplicably, and I couldn't bear it, as if I saw that the person closest to me was sad and sad.

And Ah Xiyan always felt that this eldest lady had a sense of déjà vu, but she couldn't remember when she had seen her.

Especially when she recalled that she had just arrived at the gate of the General's Mansion and the carriage had not stopped, she had always been sharp-minded, and she had already noticed that the eldest lady Ye Qingli standing at the gate of the General's Mansion seemed to be looking forward to someone.

And the two guards beside her seemed to be secretly laughing at her with contempt, and did not take the eldest lady in their eyes at all.

Obviously, this eldest lady's status in this general's mansion is not high, so that everyone dares to snub her.

At that moment, she suddenly had an impulse, that is, to go to this mansion to be a maid and take care of the eldest lady personally, as long as she was there, no one would want to bully the eldest lady again.

When she found out that she had this thought, Ah Xiyan felt strange that she didn't know what was wrong with her, and she actually had such thoughts about an unknown lady.

Just when Ah Xiyan was staring at Ye Qingli, who was helped to the carriage by Chu Yuyao, with a sympathetic and unbearable expression, Ye Qingli also inadvertently glanced at her.

When the two of them looked at each other, Ye Qingli suddenly felt a sour feeling in her heart, as if a relative she hadn't seen for a long time appeared in front of her again, so that she stopped and looked Ah Xiyan up and down seriously.

It was only after Chu Yuyao beside her reminded her that she came back to her senses and continued to get into the carriage.

After Chu Yuyao also got into the carriage, he continued on the road.

Since the entrance to the main entrance of the palace is directly opposite the General's Palace, there is only a large square in the middle.

So when the carriage drove through the square, it soon came to the main entrance of the palace.

When Ah Xiyan looked at the city wall at the entrance of the majestic palace, she was also quite emotional, because she finally entered the palace as she wished......