Ji Erlan's face was illuminated by the torch held by Yue Xi, and the heat on her cheeks had not yet had time to recede, making her twist her head slightly unnaturally, and gently answered: "Well, it's burned out." ”

Yuexi glanced at her strangely, and then at King Du, always feeling that something was wrong, and couldn't tell what was wrong. I had to follow them and said, "Someone just went to the front to take a look, there is not much way left, presumably before dawn, we can get there." You might even be able to watch the sunrise from the top of the mountain! ”

Twilight rolled her eyes at her and said speechlessly, "Your heart must be bigger than a grinding plate!" ”

In the bright sky, the archway in front of Tianshui Palace stands far away in the shadows, and has become old and mottled after countless wind and rain. Although there were a few palace lamps around, they only illuminated a few inches in front of the door. The stone carvings erected on the left and right are faintly lit in the dim light, and the moss can be faintly seen.

Everyone hesitated for a while, such a Tianshui Palace did not look like a palace in the world from a distance, as if it was the appearance of the ghost gate closed in the script. Yang Zhen said, "This is it, let's go in." ”

The palace is vast, thousands of buildings, everywhere you see is incomparable exquisite, the auspicious patterns carved everywhere, many are the first time in everyone's life, even Da'an Palace is not, it can be seen that the eldest princess of Hongyang is indeed the daughter of the emperor who is loved by the emperor in every way. Even if Hongyang made a "mistake" and failed her responsibility as a princess of a country, the former emperor was still reluctant to let her suffer outside, and he didn't know how much manpower and material resources would be spent to build such a palace for her in such a place.

However, I don't know if it's because it's dark or if it's a normal day. Such a gorgeous palace does not have the slightest atmosphere of prosperity and liveliness, and there are very few palace people walking around.

They looked around in front of the palace, and finally a person who looked like a female official stepped forward and saluted, behaving generously and decently, neither humble nor arrogant: "The slave maid Qingjing has asked the prince to say goodbye, and the princess is waiting for you inside. ”

It turned out that the eldest princess of Hongyang knew their whereabouts, but she was too cold. Qing Xun called another palace maid over and took the guards away. She glanced at Ji Erlan, who was standing where she was, and didn't say anything, but said, "Lord Wang, please come with the slave maid." ”

The two followed the maid step by step into the Chongluan Hall where the eldest princess was, only to see the heavy curtains hanging in the hall, not only did not have a sense of lightness and etherealism, but made people feel extremely complicated and heavy.

Ji Erlan walked half a step behind Yang Zhen's side, and noticed a line of sight projected, and couldn't help but look forward.

The rumor that the eldest princess of Anyang is "like a person in the sky" is true. Ji Erlan's eyes fell on the body of the eldest princess of Hongyang, she was wearing a plain palace skirt with silver moon quicksand, a flawless jade bi hanging from her waist, a flowing fairy bun on her head, and only an ordinary ebony hairpin, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her eyes were horizontal. The face seems to be stained with the ethereal breath of the moonlight, and it does not eat the fireworks of the world.

King Du bowed and saluted: "Second Emperor Sister, I haven't seen you for many years. ”

The eldest princess of Hongyang said in a flat tone, "um", and said, "Don't come unharmed." ”

That's right, don't come unharmed. They're all alive and sound. The seemingly insipid greetings between the sister and brother reveal the crises that the two have experienced and are experiencing everywhere.

The eldest princess of Hongyang's gaze fell on Ji Erlan and said, "This girl is actually a fairy-like figure. No wonder the royal brother is maintained everywhere. ”

Yang Zhen didn't answer, but his expression was tacit. Ji Erlan was a little embarrassed, and her cheeks were slightly red: "The eldest princess has praised it falsely, how can the folk girl not be able to match your one-ten-thousandth of the charm." ”

The eldest princess of Hongyang was the first beauty in Da'an, her biological mother died early, she didn't attach herself to anyone, but she was able to get the favor of the emperor, it was indeed not a simple role, no wonder the Empress Dowager Song wanted to do everything possible to let her leave Da'an, and she couldn't get married, and finally forced her out of the palace.

Yang Zheng said: "The second emperor sister returned to the palace this time, I don't know what to do. ”

The eldest princess of Hongyang's expression did not change much, and said, "Isn't my plan your plan, why do you need to ask again?" ”

Yang Wei and Ji Erlan glanced at each other and said softly: "Originally, the younger brother also prepared a lot of things to say to the second imperial sister. ”

The eldest princess of Hongyang sneered: "Why do I need you to persuade me, in this life and this life, she and I are incompatible." It's a pity that although I had evidence that she killed the colt back then, I couldn't have much impact on her, so I endured it to this day just to wait for such an opportunity. Brother Huang, I hope you are ready. ”

The beloved was brutally killed, and the blood feud that did not share the sky, how can it be let go!

Seeing her like this, Yang Zhen didn't know what to say. The two only felt that the eldest princess of Hongyang had been like the calm before the storm for more than ten years, and they only waited for one day to deal a fatal blow to the Empress Dowager Song, causing her to fall into the infernal hell and never be reborn.

"The second emperor sister must be able to leave at any time."

"Well, when your people are rested, we will set off for Beijing."

……

Yan Mansion, Yan Hong looked at the secret report in front of him and couldn't help but have some doubts.

Ji Erlan had been away from Beijing for a few days, and as far as he knew, Tang Nian hadn't left with her, but why couldn't anyone be found anywhere? and the maidservant Ah Tan who came out of the Ji Mansion also had no trace, as if the world had evaporated.

"Although I didn't find the maid named Atan, there are a few places that are very suspicious. ”

Yan Hong said: "You are right. This Atan, even if he is an orphan, should be able to find some origin, however, nothing can be found. The person who abducted her back then changed hands three times, and all the people who came into contact with her these three times died in accidents. Could this be a coincidence? ”

Ran guessed: "So, this maid was deliberately sent to the Ji family." ”

"The only noteworthy person in the Ji family is Ji Erlan, Ah Tan was deliberately sent to her by someone, I guess, it should be her mother's family." Yan Hong thought thoughtfully, if it was a member of Ji Erlan's mother family, who would it be? "I'm afraid this is the legendary lamp that is dark, and Ji Erlan probably never thought of going to check the details of this Atan. However, I don't think this Ah Tan has any ill will towards Ji Erlan, and he doesn't have much ability, it seems that just being by her side is all she can do. ”

"Childe thinks, will it be Ji Erlan's biological mother?" Ran seemed to be very concerned about Ji Erlan's affairs, and said: "Maybe she doesn't know that her daughter is still alive, Ah Tan was sent by an insider to keep an eye on Ji Erlan's whereabouts." Or perhaps, she knew that her daughter was still alive, but she didn't dare to let her come back to her side and send a maid to accompany her daughter? ”

"It's not clear at this point." Yan Hong glanced at it with some surprise, shook his head, changed his words, and said: "Yu Daoyuan has been buried by the people of the Yu family, tonight, you let Yu Daoyuan rescue and hide." ”

"Yes, Childe." Ran responded and retreated, but turned around in a moment and reported: "Childe, the second girl is here." ”

Yan Hong chuckled lightly and said, "Let her in." ”

Because of Yan Linghan's death, Yan Lingxiao blamed himself and was afraid day and night, he lost a lot of weight, and he wore a willow-colored rhombus yarn single dress on his body, which made him more and more weak and delicate. She came in with a food plate, with a bowl of ice cheese on it, and said: "Seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter in Futian, my sister makes ice cheese to relieve the heat by herself, which is sweet and sour, big brother should taste it." ”

Yan Hong looked cautious and flattering, greeted her with a soft face, took the food plate in her hand, and said: "Second sister bothered, in this house, only you can always think of me." Big brother really doesn't know how to thank you. ”

"You are alone in the big house, surrounded by small servants, and there are no maidservants to serve, if I don't want to, who can think about it for you?" Yan Lingxiao didn't understand, neither of them could be in this life, but she just couldn't let herself not pay attention to each other. She said: "Besides, such a trivial matter, but a gesture, what do you thank the eldest brother." ”

Under Yan Lingxiao's gaze, Yan Hong ate the bowl of ice cheese cleanly, then looked at her and said with a smile: "Second sister's craftsmanship is good. ”

Yan Lingxiao's face flushed, and then she thought of her mother's reprimand, so she smiled and said, "Since the third sister is gone, my mother's temper is getting more and more irritable day by day, if she says anything, the eldest brother must not take it to heart." She looked up at the other man, and felt that he was obviously a humble gentleman, gentle and kind, why did her mother say that he was treacherous and difficult to deal with when she mentioned him? Besides, the other party has lost his parents since he was a child and has suffered a lot outside the home, even if he can observe words and feelings, it is normal. Otherwise, how would he survive to this day alone?

"The death of the third sister is indeed a little unclear, and it is no wonder that the third aunt is depressed and impatient." He looked at Yan Lingxiao's delicate face like a spring flower, and suddenly asked, "I don't know if the second sister can make a family decision?" ”

Yan Lingxiao raised his head suddenly, his cheeks burning: "No, no...... Big brother asked what this was for......"

Yan Hong stretched out his hand and gently touched the top of her head, and said, "Second sister Yu has grown up, it's time to settle the family matter." ”

Yan Lingxiao didn't expect him to say this, but then he felt that his faint expectation was very ridiculous, they were brothers and sisters, what else could he look forward to?! Thinking about it like this, the tears couldn't stop flowing, and strings of rain kept falling.

Yan Hong was not panicked when he saw her like this, wiped her tears with his sleeve, and said softly: "The second sister is good, the eldest brother knows it." ”

Yan Lingxiao's eyes were hazy with tears, and he looked at Yan Hong and didn't know what to say: "Big brother......"

"Would you like to do something for Big Brother?"

Yan Lingxiao nodded without hesitation and said, "Xiao'er is willing, as long as Xiao'er can do it, she will definitely help you." ”

Yan Hong nodded with relief, his eyes became more and more confused, and said, "If you can marry King Du, are you willing?" ”