The girl in her arms is delicate and soft.

The raised deer's eyes were clean and moist, revealing a shallow begging.

Xiao Tingchen understood that this begging was not for herself, but for him.

The man's cold heart suddenly went soft.

He lowered his head and kissed Su Jiu's eyebrows, with doting in his voice, "Okay, don't let her out." ”

Behind the enemy line, the wind pavilion and water pavilion were already in the night.

Countless palace lamps illuminate this luxurious imperial garden pavilion, and the autumn breeze passes through the water, moist and slightly cool.

Su Jiu followed Xiao Tingchen into the bead curtain and quietly looked towards the seat.

The middle-aged man led by him is heroic, with two beards carefully trimmed, not as sloppy as her father, but quite Confucian.

There is also a girl beside the middle-aged man, who was born with bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, and some arrogance and arrogance all over her body, which makes people know at first sight that she is the daughter of a family.

Su Jiu guessed that she should be the great beauty Xue Xiwen who was famous in the Qinghe River.

Everyone greeted each other, and Xiao Tingchen sat on the upper seat with Su wine.

Su Jiu learned from their conversation that it turned out that Xue Chengcheng's father and brother all died in the palace change twenty-two years ago, and now the head of the Xue family is the middle-aged man headed by him, that is, Xue Chengcheng's second brother Xue Guang.

Because he loved Xue Chengcheng deeply, Yuan Xiao did not kill the Xue family after succeeding to the throne, but just moved them back to his hometown Qinghejian.

Even if the Xue family has not been an official for twenty-two years, but the family foundation for hundreds of years is there, they can still be regarded as the leading wealthy family in the Qinghe River.

Xue Guang personally rolled up his sleeves and poured wine, got up and raised his glass to Xiao Tingchen from afar, "The movement here in Chang'an, the minister has also heard about it in Qinghe Stream. Court affairs are complicated, and it is really impossible to judge who is right and who is wrong. History only pays attention to the winner as the king, and the winner of the current dynasty is His Majesty. This glass of wine, Weichen congratulates His Majesty on sitting on the country, thousands of generations! ”

He smiled softly and drank his glass of wine with his head up.

Su Jiu watched quietly.

On the surface, Xiao Tingchen, the second uncle, seems to be a reasonable person, but she has met too many scholars with negative intentions, and she no longer dares to trust them.

She raised her sleeve to cover her small mouth and took a slow sip of wine.

The drinks are refreshing.

Xiao Tingchen frowned, quietly took the wine cup from her hand, and motioned to the palace maid to get the warm wine.

There were so many Xue family members watching at the bottom, Su Jiu pressed the corner of his lips with an embroidered handkerchief, and his voice was thin: "It's not a child, what's wrong with drinking some cold wine?" Plain joke ......"

A while ago, Xiao Tingchen instructed the Shangyi Bureau to sew new embroidered shoes for her, and she had to decorate the pearl of the East China Sea on the tips of the shoes, which attracted the impeachment of the officials, saying that the queen was too squeamish, and she was extremely poor and extravagant.

Although he scolded him back, Su Jiu really didn't want to be impeached and squeamish by the officials again.

Xiao Tingchen stretched out his big palm and quietly covered her flat lower abdomen.

"I asked Wu Lingzhi, a woman's stomach is the most forbidden to be cold, and after autumn, my sister is not allowed to touch cold water again...... After all, that's where you want to raise your baby. ”

He drank a lot of wine, his peach blossom eyes were slightly drunk, and his arrogant words made Su Jiu quite embarrassed.

Below, Xue Guang's wife smiled: "The emperor really feels sorry for his mother, the emperor's affection is the blessing of Daqi." ”

"Isn't it?" Xue Guang stroked his beard and smiled, "Now that I have annexed Yan Kingdom and Dongli one after another, my strength is far better than before. The land is large, the people are increasing, the emperor and queen are harmonious, and the mother and son are filial piety, which is an example for the people of the world. By the way, why don't you see the Queen Mother tonight? ”

Speaking of which, this group of Xue family members finally got to the point.

Su Jiu glanced at Xue Guang, the man looked innocent, waiting for Xiao Tingchen's answer.

But how can this question be answered?

You can't talk about how she killed the king and colluded with traitors in front of Xue Chengcheng's brothers, right?

She looked at Xiao Tingchen.

The man smiled and chewed a few slices of beef, as if he was watching the singing and dancing opposite the water pavilion, and did not hear Xue Guang's question.

Su Jiu lowered his eyes and decided to cover up this matter for Xiao Tingchen in person.

She said softly: "Second uncle doesn't know, the former emperor's concubine made a big mistake, and it is closely related to the death of the first emperor...... In order to save the face of the royal family, the emperor never exposed her, but it was not good to make her the queen mother after all. ”

To her surprise, Xue Guang did not make a fuss about filial piety.

He just shook his head and sighed: "Cheng Cheng is too obsessed, it can be regarded as today's fruit and his daily cause!" Your Majesty, can you allow Weichen to visit Cheng Cheng? ”

His face was full of piety and open-mindedness.

Xiao Tingchen agreed.

The night banquet was about to end, and Xue Xiwen, who had always been quiet, suddenly said: "Queen Mother, can you take a step to speak?" The courtiers want to ask you...... Something about Hou Ye Xie. ”

Su Jiu walked out of the Wind Pavilion Water Pavilion side by side with her.

Although Xue Xiwen was born beautiful, she was too thin, and she felt a little more miserable when she walked in the lights near the water.

She overflowed with bookish air, and her conversation was quite elegant, "The courtiers only learned some time ago that they were given a marriage to Marquis Xie. I heard that Niangniang and Xie Houye have been neighbors since childhood, and dare to ask Niangniang, what kind of person is Xie Houye? ”

What kind of person is it......

Su Jiu thought for a while and praised: "He is straightforward and righteous by nature, and he is a rare good man with a sense of responsibility in the world." ”

Xue Xiwen: "In other words, Marquis Xie is just a reckless man?" Has he ever read? ”

She couldn't hide her contempt between her eyebrows.

Su Jiu pursed his lips and corrected him warmly: "What does it have to do with reckless men who are straightforward and righteous by nature?" Even if you are not familiar with the subset of scriptures and histories, but you have a thousand years of experience and an open-minded character, isn't it better than those pedantic scholars? ”

"That's not right." Xue Xiwen raised her chin proudly, "I am also the concubine of the Xue family and the emperor's cousin, how can I marry someone who has no ink on my chest at will?" The Xue family has been a scholarly family for hundreds of years, and I was not born to marry an idiot like him. ”

She was no more than fourteen years old.

When he spoke, he was arrogant and arrogant, and he regarded himself as the proud daughter of the sky, and he didn't realize how hurtful his words were.

Su wine stopped by the water's edge.

She raised her eyebrows coldly, "Miss Xue is not satisfied with this marriage, so it is better to ask the emperor to take back his will." You don't want to marry him, and he may not want to marry you. ”

"Sure enough," Xue Xiwen turned to her slowly, "I have long heard that the queen mother has an affair with Marquis Xie, I just slander him at will, and you are so protective ......"

"There should be no 'private feelings', but they have grown up together since childhood, and the affection between each other is always deeper than that of others."

Xue Xiwen laughed twice, "I am the daughter of the Xue family in Qinghejian, and I will never marry a man who loves others, let alone a reckless man who has no ink." I will push this marriage away. ”

She saluted Su Jiufu and left without hesitation.

Su Jiu watched her disappear into the imperial garden, her eyes glazed.

A warm coat was gently draped over her shoulders.

Xiao Tingchen hugged her into his arms, leaned down and kissed her face, "It's cold on a cold night, I take my sister back to the dormitory?" ”

Su Jiu's gentle eyebrows and eyes were a little more angry.

She said coldly: "Some people's hearts are higher than the sky, but their lives are thinner than paper...... I don't like Xue Xiwen, and I don't like the Xue family! ”