The ancestral hall of Anyuan Wangfu was built on the west side of the palace on the back mountain. Sit west and face east, occupy a very wide area, pass through the road, the entrance hall, the two compartments, enter the main courtyard, walk through the pine and cypress bluestone road, along the way, almost every lintel is hung with a golden plaque, all are the things of the imperial gift.

After seeing Shangguan Yu enter the main house of the ancestral hall, Mama Tong sighed, asked the people behind her to retreat, and explained a few words in a low voice, and then walked to the corridor a little farther away and waited.

Shangguan Yu lifted his robe, crossed the threshold, looked at the room with the lights and candles, and stood in front of the ancestral tablet with his back to him, the woman with a straight back and gray hair, and said guiltily: "Grandmother, my grandson is back." Worried my grandmother. ”

"Come here, get down on your knees." Concubine An Yuan didn't look back, just said softly.

Shangguan Yu didn't say much, walked over, stopped behind Concubine An Yuan, and knelt down in front of the ancestral tablet on the offering table and listed in the brocade embroidered curtain.

"You said in front of the ancestors and ancestors, do you plan to throw this entire palace to me, this old woman, do you plan to make the Shangguan family extinct, do you plan to make the family business that the ancestors fought for cheaper than others" Concubine An Yuan Huo Ran turned her head and looked at the grandson she had brought up, hating iron and steel, and questioned one after another.

Shangguan Yu lowered his face slightly, and his face was calm: "It's the grandson who is reckless, please punish your grandmother."

Concubine An Yuan looked at him quietly for a long time, then closed her eyes and sighed: "Reckless, what has been prepared for three years, how can it be considered reckless?"

Shangguan Yu pursed his lips and didn't speak, but the calm color on his face loosened slightly.

"Yu'er, you forgot your identity, you forgot that the Shangguan family is now the only bloodline left of you." When Concubine An Yuan opened her eyes again, she had suppressed the anger in her heart, and her tone returned to calm, "Since you were five years old, I have let you learn the word calm, but you have studied for more than ten years, and you have only learned a superficial skin. ”

"It's the grandson who is stupid. Disappointed my grandmother. Shangguan Yu lowered his face and said in a low voice.

"Teacher's revenge, it's not that you won't be avenged; The things of the ancestors are not for you to take back. But none of this is as important as your own safety, Yu'er, Yu'er, you said that if you have a chance this time, how will you let your grandmother live, and how will you face your ancestors and ancestors" Concubine An Yuan said as she spoke, her voice trembling a little for a while.

Shangguan Yu opened his mouth, but slowly closed it, kneeling silently, his face hanging low.

Concubine An Yuan turned around and looked at this grandson who was the most satisfying to her, and at the same time the most worried her, for a long time, she sighed secretly in her heart: In the end, it was the blood of the ancestors, the most ruthless, and the most amorous, and no one could escape.

"I heard you met Bai Ze there." Concubine An Yuan retracted her gaze and said lightly.

"Yes."

"He knows?"

"Yes."

"He made a move on you," Concubine An Yuan's eyes were cold.

Later, he was stopped by his uncle, who told him the whole story. He was told to obey the teacher's instructions before he left. Shangguan Yu didn't hide it, but the process was very simple for him to say, and he explained it in just one sentence.

"You've met the old woman." Concubine An Yuan was a little surprised, she let the people who were with him not find out about this, she was stunned, and then remembered something, that is, she asked, "Who is the little girl who has been with you all the way?" ”

Shangguan Yu paused, and said softly: "It's Master's daughter, and now I'm following Uncle Shi."

Concubine An Yuan glanced at her grandson carefully, and for some reason, she suddenly remembered that when his parents died, he was only a little smaller, comparable to a five-year-old child, but he already knew how to comfort her, an old woman. More than ten years have passed, and how much bloody rain has passed. The gentle and sensible child back then, I don't know when, has become so cold and silent, Concubine An Yuan sighed slightly in her heart, if her son, daughter-in-law and eldest grandson were still there, she would not have forced this child so hard. He should be at the age of fresh clothes and angry horses, singing wantonly, and being high-spirited......

"A few days ago, I received a handwritten letter from the Queen Mother." Concubine An Yuan looked at Shangguan Yu for a while, and then changed the topic.

Shangguan Yu was stunned. Raising her eyes, Concubine An Yuan said again: "At the end of last month, the four girls of the Chen family came to Jinyuan. I haven't seen her for a few years, and the girl has become better and better, I heard that you have met her in Xiangzhou. ”

"Yes." Shangguan Yu lowered his eyes indifferently.

"Yu'er, the emperor's wings are full, but our palace is withering day by day." Concubine An Yuan sighed, "You are not young, you should have let you get married, but the situation over there was unstable a few years ago, and grandmother didn't want to make a rash decision." Now that the wind has been set, our palace should also think about this matter, and now the queen mother also has the meaning of being close to us, which is also a good thing. ”

"The emperor will be jealous." Shangguan Yu was silent for a while, and then said slowly.

Concubine An Yuan nodded: "You are right, the emperor will be afraid when he is close, with the experience of the regent, the emperor who has just sat down in his position will not allow anyone to sit big." It's just that if we pick far away and can't get the right help, in a few years, after the emperor really grows, the palace will be controlled everywhere. "Speaking of which. Concubine An Yuan paused for a moment, sighed, and then continued: "In fact, for so many years, the Heavenly Family has always been afraid of our palace, and the emperor is afraid that he is also waiting for this opportunity to divide the family business power of the palace little by little." The things left by your great-great-grandfather are both talismans and banes, so over the years, every generation of emperors has both wooed and suppressed the palace for a hundred years. It's not easy for our palace to go this way. ”

"Queen Mother, she ......" Shangguan Yu was silent for a long time, raised his face, and looked at Concubine An Yuan inquiringly.

Concubine An Yuan said slowly: "The Chen Mansion can be regarded as having some background, and Miss Chen Si is the grandniece of the Queen Mother, and this relationship is not close or far." And the queen mother and the emperor are now one heart, if the palace can marry the Chen mansion, with the relationship between the queen mother in the middle, then it can not only ease the emperor's jealousy, but also get the emperor's trust. ”

Shangguan Yu was silent for a while, and then said: "Sun Er heard that the Chen Mansion was originally close to the Zhao family, and both of them are relatives of the Queen Mother."

"It is precisely because the Zhao family annoyed the emperor that the queen mother moved other thoughts, how could grandmother not know about this matter." Concubine An Yuan sneered, "But it's okay, and at present, it seems that the conditions of the Chen Mansion are the best, but at the moment, there are no other county lords and county lords who are suitable for marriage." And the Queen Mother's letter this time only slightly revealed this meaning, so the grandmother did not clearly express whether it was okay or not, since she was picking, then we are also picking. ”

Shangguan Yu didn't make a sound, the candle flame in the ancestral hall shook slightly, Concubine Anyuan looked at the candlestick that had been covered with a layer of wax, and suddenly sighed: "The autumn hunt is coming, this year's things in Jingzhou have finally settled, the ups and downs, and now all the families and mansions are full of energy, and they are staring at each other to marry and form gangs, and it is easy for the Chen Mansion to wait for this day, not to mention the girls and unmarried boys in his family who are currently waiting to be married, there are a few ready-made ones lined up there." So I posted everywhere early, and this year's autumn hunt will be hosted by their family, and the invitation was specially sent by the four girls of their family, so you can prepare. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, come with me to go there. Speaking of this year's autumn hunting, in addition to Miss Chen Si, there are several county lords who are also going over. ”

"Yes." Shangguan Yu didn't have any extra words, and responded after listening to it.

Concubine An Yuan glanced at her grandson again, and after a long time, she hardened her heart and said: "As for this incident, you have thought about it in the ancestral hall for two hours."

"Yes." Shangguan Yu's expression was calm, and he responded again, his voice respectful.

It was late at night, and in the huge ancestral hall, except for the occasional slight sound of the candle wick, there was silence all around. On the offering table, the tablet inside the brocade curtain and the man below who was kneeling straight and motionless were silently opposed.

The confrontation between life and death, time seems to stop, the years grow old in an instant, and everything that is infinitely honored in the eyes of others is just a barren place in his heart.

The moon has sunk, and the cold moonlight leaks through the screen window.

In the cozy hall, Concubine An Yuan took the hot tea held by Mama Tong, blew lightly, and asked, "Has the prince come out?"

"Don't you know that in your heart?" Mama Tong glanced at Concubine An Yuan with some disapproval, "As long as you enter the ancestral hall, the prince will not come out without you sending someone to call." After more than a month, it was easy to go back to the house, but you couldn't take a break, so you can bear it."

Concubine An Yuan slowly put down the tea cup with gold on a red background and rich and longevity, and sighed: "I'm not ruthless, I can't do it, forget it, you go and call him up."

Mama Tong smiled, answered, and went out.

Concubine An Yuan sighed again, got up and walked out of the house, looking at the face that was like frost and moonlight, and had been left traces by the years, and slowly showed a contemplative look.

After coming out of the ancestral hall, Shangguan Yu looked up at the bright moon on his head, and then asked, "Grandmother is asleep?"

"I'm about to sleep, the old lady asked me to come over and tell the prince that it's too late today, so go back and have a good rest." Mama Tong smiled lovingly.

"There's Mama Lao." Shangguan Yu nodded, and walked towards his own Qinghui Garden. As soon as he walked to the gate of Qinghui Garden, he saw a girl hurrying from the side and stopped him timidly. Shangguan Yu was slightly stunned, took a closer look, and recognized the other party as the maid next to his grandmother, who was also Wang Qiang's sister-in-law Wang Rui, so he stopped and whispered: "Your brother, no longer here, Ming'er, I will have his relics sent to you."

Wang Rui's mouth, which was already open, was about to ask, and the words that were about to be asked were suddenly stuck in his throat.

"Many, thank you for telling me." After a long time, Wang Rui saluted with tears in her eyes, and then turned around and left there. ()

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