In the winter of the fourth year of Datong, there was no snow in Jiankang City, but the ground was covered with some thin ice, and the weather was cooler.

I don't know if it's because of the cold weather, I haven't been able to sleep well lately, and I often wake up suddenly in the middle of the night. If you wake up, you won't be sleepy, and you can only keep your eyes open until dawn. Even if you sleep well, it is accompanied by strange dreams, and sometimes you will be nightmares.

Every dream I have is very long, and it seems that a lot of things have happened in the dream, but unfortunately I can't remember all of them, only a little impression when I wake up the next day, but I can forget them all by putting on a shoe.

What pained me more than insomnia was racking my brains to recall last night's dream, and from that residual impression, it seemed that the dream was about someone close to me. But I really can't remember who it was or what it was. I vaguely remembered it, and forgot about it in a trance. It's an extremely difficult and painful process.

On Xiaohan's day, I got up early and picked up some thick silk rosette and told the flower to send it to Yunkang, she was about to give birth, and this fabric was just right to make swaddling clothes for the child.

After lunch, I carefully selected a few books from the bookshelf that had just come out this year, and planned to take them with me to relieve my boredom. Just prepared a carriage to go out, but was stopped by An Ping, who came in a hurry.

Without saying anything, she dragged me out of the carriage and ordered me to go back to the house and stay there, and not to leave the house today.

I was confused, and asked her several times for the reason, but she didn't tell me, only taught me not to ask more. When I saw that her face was wrong, I didn't dare to disobey, so I had to obediently turn back to the house.

I have promised not to go out, but Anping is still not at ease. I was afraid that I would sneak out, so I stayed behind and guarded me every step. I don't know why she was nervous, but looking at the worry between her brows and her serious expression, I could guess that this was not a trivial matter.

I couldn't go out, and I had nothing to do, so I just held a notebook and roasted the fire in the house. The carbon fire in the basin was scorching, and I stared at the red carbon block for a long time, and my heart was bored for no reason, so I put the book on the table and looked at Anping.

She has always talked a lot, but today she is rarely quiet. She sat upright like a bodhisattva, with a blank face, and never said a word, and she did not allow me to ask questions.

Anping is so abnormal, which makes me more and more suspicious. I think she must have been hiding something from me, but I couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

I got up and poured a cup of hot tea and respectfully handed it to her. She smiled and took the teacup, took a sip, and as she stared at me, her lips twitched, as if she had something to say, but she hesitated.

I began to panic, wondering if something had happened to Changji, and Anping was afraid that I would cry when I found out, so he locked me in my room to calm down, and then found a chance to confess to me.

Ever since Changji went to the battlefield, there has been a day when I have not been scared. All day long, he was thinking about all kinds of injuries, either he was lying on the yellow sand covered in blood, or he fell off his horse. At this moment, An Ping's actions seemed to confirm my previous assumptions, which made me more and more shocked.

I hesitated for a long time, but finally I couldn't help it, and timidly asked, "Mother, do you have something to say to me?"

She shook her head in a daze, looked away from my face, and looked at the door. I was desperate to figure it out, and it was really frustrating that she didn't say a word.

I took her hand and shook it tightly, and asked in an almost pleading tone, "If there is something, you might as well tell me frankly, and you don't have to hide it from me." I promise, I won't do anything out of the ordinary, just tell me straight. ”

An Ping sighed, frowned, and stared at me for a long time, but he still closed his teeth and didn't say a word.

After staying up for another hour, near dusk, Anping's personal maid came back from outside, as if she had brought back some important news. Seeing this, Anping immediately got up and walked towards her. The two of them hid in a corner of the room and talked, as if they were deliberately avoiding me.

I saw the waitress cover it with her hand and whispered a few words in An Ping's ear, An Ping's face was as pale as dirt in an instant, and his eyes were red.

Before long, Anping sent people back, and only she and me were left in the house.

She sat down next to me again, slowly took my hand, and feigned composure, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

I frowned and said, "It's not important, so why are you crying?" Why are your hands shaking? ”

Hearing this, Anping immediately raised his hand to wipe his tears, and then explained to me: "A friend of mine passed away today, I feel sad, and I should cry." If you don't think much, just stay at home and don't go anywhere, and talk to me well. ”

She's lying, it's not as simple as she says it.

Of course I didn't believe it, and said bluntly, "Don't lie to me." If it was your friend who had passed away, why didn't you go and mourn? Why are you afraid that I will know, so you deliberately lock me in the room and not let me out. Mother, you might as well tell me everything, the more you don't say anything, the more worried I will be. Did something happen to Changji? ”

She hurriedly denied it: "No, it's not Changji, he's fine."

After being silent, she should feel that there was no need to hide it anymore, and she finally said slowly: "Lacking, you and I should understand, both clear and philosophical, in order to protect their bodies." Mother won't let you go out today because she is afraid that you will cause unwarranted disasters. ”

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Subsequently, in Anping's tearful narration, I understood the unprovoked calamity in her mouth and the reason why she stopped me.

After the Tao family and the Zhao family were exterminated, the Yu family, who had always been as stable as Mount Tai in Nanzhan, could not escape such a fate.

King Yong's Mansion was copied today, and King Yong killed himself in the Wuji Palace. And Princess Yong, Anping's friend for many years, committed suicide by poisoning after learning that King Yong was dead.

King Yong was convicted of many crimes, forming a party for personal gain, bullying the king, abusing power and slandering, and bullying the superiors and suppressing the subordinates. said that he was the real mastermind behind the Beicheng fireworks case, it was he who blamed the King of Anyang, and he also killed people and killed King Anyang in prison one step earlier. It is also said that he had ill intentions and deliberately harmed the current crown prince, intending to poison him.

There are many crimes, but what really condemned him to death was related to the old palace change.

No one could have imagined that Zhen Shangshu, a henchman who had been cultivated by King Yong for many years, would eventually jointly write a letter to expose that King Yong was actually a party that abolished the prince, and even the old concubine Bai of the East Palace stood up to testify, saying that the soldiers when Bailifu broke into the palace were supported by King Yong, and the door of Desheng Palace was also opened by King Yong. The two have already formed an alliance, and they are expected to cooperate with the outside and usurp power. After the defeat of Bailifu, King Yong had no choice but to abandon the commander and protect the car and turn against each other. After many years, King Yong is still a thief, trying in vain to overturn the case for the abolished prince. And he, Zhen Shangshu, prides himself on being a good minister, fearing that the society will suffer, so he is willing to take the risk of doing this righteous act to expose King Yong's wolf ambitions.

What is the purpose of Zhen Shangshu's this, others can't understand it for a while, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Southern Emperor is afraid of King Yong's power, and he has long been willing to eradicate it. Now that you have a legitimate reason, how can you not use it? Therefore, without verification and certification, he didn't even go through the motions, and he confirmed his identity as a chaotic minister and thief.

On the top of the main hall, the Southern Emperor angrily reprimanded King Yong for several crimes in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and his words were chiseled, making him speechless.

King Yong saw that the general trend had gone, like a madman, and before the guards came to escort him, he angrily threw himself into the pillar and committed suicide. In less than an hour after his death, Jin Wuwei seized the Yongwang Mansion and searched the family property, and sure enough, he found the powerful evidence that Zhen Shangshu said. In addition to countless gold, silver and jewelry, the tablets of the waste prince and his wife were found in the dark room of the ancestral hall of the Yu clan.

Emperor Nan was furious and ordered the closure of the mansion, slaughtering more than 200 people in the Yu family in one day, and even the ancestral hall of the Yu family was burned to ashes -

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When I first met Nandi, I thought he was a kind-hearted and amiable old man. But after living in Nanzhan for all these years, I realized that he was not the person I knew. The real Nandi is suspicious and cunning, cold-blooded, ruthless, and violent.

The anger of the Son of Heaven, millions of corpses, used to be exaggerated, but now it is true.

I finally understood why Anping was preventing me from going to see Yugui.

She was afraid that I would protect my friends, and in order to intercede with Yu Gui, she was even more afraid that I would get involved with the Yu family, cause trouble, and implicate Changji.

I listened with bated breath as Anping finished speaking, but I still couldn't believe what my ears heard, and I sat dumbfounded, motionless.

I didn't ask any more questions, completely chilled.

An Ping patted the back of my hand and sternly asked me to promise that I would not visit Yu Gui for a while, saying that the Southern Emperor was still investigating thoroughly, and anyone who had close contacts with the Yu family would be suspected.

I didn't agree, I just looked at the few notebooks on the table in amazement, this was what I was going to give her Yu to return, but I didn't expect that before I saw her, she would encounter such a thing.

I regret it, I regret not going to see her sooner.

Within a day, both parents are dead, the whole family is lost, and they are not in danger. It's hard to imagine how sad and desperate she would have been. I should have gone earlier, even if I couldn't do anything, but I could have been with her.

I smiled bitterly and pushed An Ping's hand away, sobbing and said, "Mother, do you want me to give up my best friend to protect Mingzhe?"

As soon as he spoke, tears fell into his mouth, salty and astringent.

An Ping shook his head vigorously and explained: "I didn't let you abandon her, just stay away temporarily." Wait to see what His Majesty does with her, and then decide whether to come and go. The crown princess is in danger now, I know you are worried about her, but you can't help her. ”

"In my opinion, there is no difference between leaving and abandoning. When he was noble, he was a friend, but now he is in trouble and has become a prisoner, can't he be? If everyone is afraid of getting into trouble and just wants to protect themselves, isn't the word friend cheap and ridiculous? Don't I go to see her, and I don't count my dealings with her on weekdays? ”

The stunt of the royal family to protect one's self, I have learned it since I was a child, and I have learned it better than anyone else, but I don't want to use it now.

An Ping's face was pale, and he coldly scolded me: "Those who help others first help themselves." Not to mention that you can't help her, even if you can, you should protect yourself first, right? Now all those who have anything to do with King Yong are not implicated and are convicted of serious crimes. I stopped you from letting you go to find Yu Gui because I was afraid that you would wade into this troubled water. What we can do now is to get rid of all relations with the Yu family. You say that I am ruthless or indifferent, but to live in this world, you must learn to protect yourself. ”

She's right, but I don't want to agree.

After a deep silence, I asked blankly, "Where is Yu Gui, where is she now?"

An Ping gently spit out three words: "Pray for the Yi Palace."

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If the Yu family is defeated, Yu Gui will also be defeated, and she can be put to death regardless of the reason, not to mention that she was also charged with a snake and scorpion for murdering the emperor's grandson.

The Southern Emperor did not rush to kill her, but reduced her to a concubine and imprisoned her. I heard that such a Long En still begged for it after a hundred miles of three kneeling and nine knocking.

The Prayer Hall is an abandoned palace in disrepair, located in the southwest of the suburbs of the city, in a remote location. I hadn't been there, but I heard that it was a place overgrown with weeds and snakes and rats.

The sky was slightly bright, I hurriedly prepared some food, clothing and medicine to take with Yu Gui, the waste garden was desolate, she should be able to use it. I just arrived at the stable and was about to lead the horse out of the city, but I didn't want to wait for Anping.

I thought she was going to stop her, and when I was thinking about how to get out, she relented and agreed to let me go.

I looked at her in amazement and said, "Why did you change your mind?"

She didn't reply, and Shi Shiran walked to the stable. Suddenly, she led a Dawan horse out, and when she approached, she threw the reins to me casually, and said, "Go early and come back early."

I bowed my head and led the horse away.

galloped all the way to the Qiyi Palace, and was stopped by the guards at the door.

"Your Majesty has issued a death order, and no one is allowed to visit the Yu family."