After the old princess stopped them from grabbing Gao Youquan, she came down from the rattan couch and untied the ropes that bound his hands herself.

"Ah Quan has been suffering and tired for the past few days, how can he be treated like this? Let him rest with me in the hall of enjoyment, and you will find a carriage to take us into the city after daybreak. The old princess didn't say much to reprimand, and arranged things directly.

Hu Xianxian just wanted to make it clear that Gao Youquan was more terrifying than Zhi Bian Cai, but Cheng Haofeng stopped her with his eyes. He bowed slightly to the old princess and said, "Poor Dao doesn't know what happened, blame the good people, and ask the princess to forgive the sin." ”

"The national teacher doesn't have to blame himself, this matter can't be explained clearly in a few words. The old body is hungry, thirsty and tired at the moment, and the specific things will be explained in detail tomorrow and listened to by the national teacher. The old princess sat on the rattan couch again, let Gao Youquan accompany her, and went to the hall of enjoyment.

Looking at their backs, Cheng Haofeng looked solemn. Hu Xianxian laughed, laughing and sighing: "What do you say we have done?" saved Han Zexi's heir and biological mother, and in the end, he helped Cha'er and Gao Youquan climb to the top of the nobles. Looking at the old princess's attitude towards Gao Youquan, she won't accept him as her godson, right? ”

"It doesn't matter if you take him as your adopted son. Judging from these two related things, I am more certain that our opponents are forces such as Heavenly Court and Black Dragon. As for King Chengjun, he is just a pawn. I won't touch Cha'er and Gao Youquan for the time being, and I'll see what kind of conspiracy they have behind it. ”

Cheng Hao's eyes were calm, and he stood with his hands in his hands and looked up at the sky. Dawn is approaching, the moon is sinking in the west, and the sky is full of stars. Hu Xianxian also stopped talking, and the two stood quietly in the cold wind.

The immortal body is not afraid of the cold, so the figures standing side by side have no sense of depression in the wind, only a sense of firmness that will never retreat.

On the fifteenth day of the winter moon, the old princess summoned everyone in the palace to deal with follow-up matters. She had taken a tranquilizing medicine last night, and had a good night's sleep, no longer the weak and haggard she looked when she first came out of the tomb.

The old princess's opinion on the disposition of the three people who had gone crazy was to send them to the government on the charge of trying to steal the old prince's mausoleum, so as to calm down all kinds of rumors.

Cheng Haofeng also agreed to this disposition, and Cen Zaidao took the three of them to report to the official. Therefore, outsiders did not know the specific reason, only heard that the old princess traveled to visit friends, and the slaves took the opportunity to rob the tomb.

Later, after the three Bian Caiban were imprisoned, the old princess paid silver money to ransom them out of prison on the grounds of pity for their madness. After they were released from prison, they were put under house arrest and provided with food and clothing. A few months later, all three committed suicide by hitting a wall.

Because of this incident, it is rumored that the tomb of the old prince is protected by dragon energy, and once he has a crooked heart to rob the tomb, he will die, even if he does not die at that time, he will slowly go crazy and die.

These rumors reached Cheng Haofeng's ears, and they didn't explain that there were indeed many secrets in the tomb of the old prince, which could make ordinary people afraid of the tomb in their favor.

Regardless of those later words, after dealing with Bian Cai's handling of the three of them, the old princess looked around at everyone in the hall, pointed to Gao Youquan standing behind her, and said solemnly: "The old body wants to accept Ah Quan as a righteous son, and you must not embarrass him anymore." ”

None of them dared to refute, but they did not agree either. When the old princess saw them like that, she said that this recent incident proved that Gao Youquan was loyal and steadfast, and praised and defended him a lot.

She knew that Gao Youquan was an honest mountain man, who lived a wandering life because of his family's poverty, and worked as a handyman everywhere for a living.

After arriving at the new palace not far from the mausoleum, he was meticulous and diligent, and he was not afraid of low wages. The former servants in the palace complained a lot about the changes in circumstances, but Gao Youquan said that as long as there was a stable place to eat a peaceful meal, he should be content.

After Bian Caiban kidnapped the old princess, he learned the truth, so he quietly contacted the old princess, persuaded her not to think about it, asked her not to go on a hunger strike, and said that there would be a way to rescue her.

The old princess was forced to go to the mausoleum, and Gao Youquan quietly brought pastries for her as dry food, and secretly left a message on the pastry box at the door of the tomb, so that people could save them.

After entering the tomb, he took care of the old princess everywhere, and when Bian Cai and they were frightened by the tomb beasts and fled, it was Gao Youquan who took her to find an ear chamber where the burial goods were put to hide.

In the days when he was hiding in the tomb, Gao Youquan gave everything he ate and drank to the old princess, and he was more filial than his own son......

When the old princess talked about emotion, she and Gao Youquan couldn't help but shed tears. The old princess said that he was obedient to Bian Cai on the surface, all in order to take care of her, and asked Cheng Haofeng and them not to misunderstand Gao Youquan again.

Cheng Haofeng knows Gao from the bottom of everything, of course he understands that he is deliberately currying favor with the old princess with a purpose, but how can he make her believe it?

"Niangniang, Gao Youquan is not an honest mountain man! He used to be a bandit, and then he followed the old crocodile spirit of Orihun to do evil, until Orihun died, and he was still conspiring behind his back. Niangniang, you may not trust us, you just write to ask the emperor, he is also clear about Gao Youquan's previous affairs. ”

Hu Xianxian said it directly, she felt that the old princess would definitely believe in her own son.

Sure enough, after mentioning Han Zexi, the old princess's eyes flashed twice towards Gao Youquan. Gao Youquan was not flustered, he pretended to be full of grievances to meet the old princess's gaze.

"Princess, I did lie to you, I really was a bandit. Alas, I am from Gaojia Village in the northern suburbs of Lingzhou, and I am a fellow villager with Hu Yuanjun. My family was poor back then...... Just went the wrong way......"

Gao Youquan admitted to being a bandit, but he wanted to cry but couldn't hold back his choked appearance made the old princess sympathize with him.

"Gaojia Village? Oh, I also know a little bit about what happened back then, you are all poor people who have been forced to be helpless, and you are not a big traitor. You have been reformed, and they will no longer trouble you. ”

The old princess comforted him a few words, and said to Hu Xianxian: "You can't think he's guilty just because he was wrong in the past, right?" You cultivators should be more generous-minded. ”

"Niangniang, Gao You's wholehearted skills are not correct, we are not prejudiced against him because of the events of the year......" Hu Xianxian was a little anxious, why didn't this old princess understand the point she said? If she just did the wrong thing of stealing and robbing because of poverty, of course she is willing to give people the opportunity to mend their ways, for example, Gao Youde is going wrong and going on the right path.

Seeing that the old princess was going to argue with Hu Xianxian again, Gao Youde bowed deeply to Hu Xianxian and said, "Hu Yuanjun, the princess is old and frail, don't make her angry anymore." People like me shouldn't live in the world, thank you for giving me a cheap life and letting me live for so long. If you want to take my life back, just come and take it, but don't embarrass the princess......"

He was thinking about the old princess's body every word, and belittled himself, but in fact, he was alluding to Hu Xianxian's disrespect for the old princess, and secretly said that it was Hu Xianxian who hurt her back then.

After hearing this, the old princess really asked loudly: "Ah Quan, what did you say?" She spared your life and left you alive? Could it be that she crippled you like this? These words are full of sympathy for Gao Youquan and resentment towards Hu Xianxian.

"Princess, I don't blame Hu Yuanjun for this, I blame myself for mixing with the people who opened the black mine back then......" Gao Youquan turned around and half-knelt in front of the old princess, burying his head and crying.

Seeing him like this, the rest of the people in the hall felt a little pity for him. Gao Youquan is thin and small, and the disability of his right eye and right leg is very serious, so you can imagine how ruthless his opponent was back then. And he didn't take advantage of the old princess's concern for him, so he sued Hu Xianxian for his tricks, and his attitude towards Hu Xianxian was to admit his mistakes and admit defeat again and again.

They didn't know the truth back then, and when they saw Hu Xianxian say bad things about him several times, he seemed aggressive, and they thought she was a ruthless person, and he was honest and cowardly.

Their expressions changed, Hu Xianxian saw it in her eyes, she gritted her teeth and snorted and turned around and went out. I won't say it if I can't tell, anyway, it doesn't matter to her whether she stays by the old princess's side or not.

She held her breath and walked to the periphery of the cemetery, picked up a stone and threw it into the cemetery. The cemetery was a rice field, and in the winter it was not planted with crops, but only water was stored for planting in the next year. The stones fell into the shallow water and made a few splashes, which she thought was funny, so she threw the stones again and again.

In the main hall of the Xiangdian, when Hu Xianxian went out angrily, Cheng Haofeng glanced at her back, she didn't care about leaving an impression of being rude and arrogant in everyone's hearts, but he had to stay and fight Gao Youquan again.

He respectfully stated to the old princess: "My junior sister doesn't know how to be polite, please forgive the princess."

Then I would like to invite the princess and all the Taoist friends to hear about Senior Sister Hu's injuries back then: back then, the bandits in Gaojia Village bullied my Senior Sister Hu several times, and the two sides had a grudge, but after arriving at the black mine, they suddenly saw that their father, who had been missing for many years, was abused by them, and they acted out of grief and anger.

The mastermind behind the manipulation of the black mine, E Rihun, is Master Gao Youquan, how can you be him, princess? ”

The old princess looked at Gao Youquan with some hesitation, he stared at Cheng Haofeng with sympathy, and then crawled to the old princess's feet and cried: "I have nothing to say, I should die...... I am indeed an apprentice of Orihun, but I ...... I didn't know he was an old crocodile......

Back then, in order to avoid the arrest of the government, Gao Youbiao coerced a few of us to accompany him to escape to the black mine in Liaozhou, and I couldn't help but go. I was afraid of going to jail, so I had to follow them and hide everywhere...... How do you know that the old crocodile spirit has to accept me as an apprentice?

I worked as an overseer in the Black Mine, but I never scolded those coolies. Alas...... also blamed me for my bad luck, when I heard that something was going on in the shed, I ran to see it, and I met Hu Yuanjun who was killing people to vent his anger......

Speaking of which, I'm lucky to have a life compared to those who died......"

After the old princess heard him say these words with a crying voice, not only did she not think deeply about why he was willing to go to the palace to be a handyman with such a complicated experience, but still focused on Hu Xianxian's killing and hurting people: "I can't see that a woman as handsome as Hu Yuanjun is so ruthless, is it the old body that is deceived by Ah Quan, or the national teacher, you are deceived by others?" ”

The old princess asked rhetorically, Cheng Haofeng decided not to persuade each other anymore, and also figured out the reason why she favored Gao Youquan. She has always been pampered, for the sake of her son's stability on the throne, she has wronged herself to reduce her various uses, and she must have hidden resentment in her heart, and when she was coerced by Bian Cai's captivity, she felt even more lonely and helpless. In this situation, deliberately pretending to be loyal and generous Gao Youquan certainly made her dependent.

Thinking of this, Cheng Haofeng remembered the old lady's trust and dependence on Cha'er, and secretly sighed that the mother of these two emperors was close to the wicked and prejudiced against Hu Xianxian?