When Aunt Chu met Xu Chu's eyes, her eyes trembled inexplicably, and she immediately staggered her gaze. She pursed her lips tightly, and her hands hanging at her sides were already clenched tightly, as if she was very nervous.

Xu Chu hooked his lips lightly, stopped the tapping action on his hand, and seemed to ask, "So, what is the relationship between me and Ah Qiu?" Daddy, as the most outstanding doctor in the Tai Hospital, how could he leave his family inheritance and take me to the countryside to do a job? And Ah Qiu, as the daughter of a British duke, how could she be left behind? ”

Aunt Chu closed her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know what you're talking about, if Xiao Chu just wants to get rid of the scar, then I'll give you some ointment." ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he didn't continue to look at her, but raised his hand with dim eyes and touched the position of his chest, and sneered, "As a doctor, Aunt Chu should be able to see how serious the scar on my chest is." The stab wound, which penetrates deep into the flesh, pierces the branches of the veins below the heart, and although the bleeding is slow, it is also very dangerous. This kind of wound is fatal enough for a young child, but the partial birth has a chance to turn around because it is a few millimeters worse. Injuries like this, which almost run through the body, if not treated in time, will surely die. ”

"The eldest lady should know that I am a maid, and the medical science involved in my puppet is not less than that of ordinary doctors."

Aunt Chu's face turned a little pale, and she opened her mouth, but she didn't make a sound. After a long time, she said in a hoarse voice, "Actually, I don't know a lot of inside information. But just as you guessed, you and Ah Qiu both escaped from Changli Palace."

"Actually, Ah Qiu is not seventeen years old, she is twenty years old this year, only one year younger than you. Back then, except for the concubine Niangniang, the rest of the palace people in Changli Palace were wiped out, and I found you as a female official in the inner court, as well as the British duchess who wanted to give birth. ”

"At that time, you were covered in blood, and I had no choice but to follow the reason why Concubine Shu was frightened and went to find Imperial Doctor Sun. Doctor Sun couldn't bear to see the baby, so he treated you. ”

"Later, Imperial Physician Sun and I tried to smuggle the two of you out of the palace, and finally adopted one of each."

Xu Chu pondered a little in a trance, and her fingertips were slightly cold, until Aunt Chu's words fell, she bit her lip and pondered, "You found us in the secret passage!" ”

She said it without hesitation, so that Aunt Chu could only nod abruptly.

"Indeed, there were many rooms in the tunnel, and there were many bones piled up in the rooms. I suspect that the reason why the first emperor gave the order to destroy the password in the first place was not because he was worried that the things in the secret passage would be discovered."

"So, what is my relationship with Sun Ruan Ruan?"

Aunt Chu shook her head, paused and said unsurely, "At that time, the British Duchess was in a bloody situation, and she was unable to explain a lot, so she said that you are the daughter of her sister-in-law Sun Rou, and said that God opened her eyes, and hoped that we could send you back to Jinling." If the Sun family doesn't accept you, they can also send you to the palace of Wang Yun, the commander of Jinlingwei."

Hearing this, Xu Chu was shocked, and Jin Lingwei commanded Wang Yun

Xiao Qinglang once said that although the British Duke was responsible for suppressing the Tantric incident, what actually shocked the court was that Jin Lingwei rebelled because of Tantric temptation and confusion.

"Later, your father had just found a reason to leave Beijing, and he heard news from Jinling, saying that Jinlingwei commanded Wang Yun to privately build weapons, communicate with Tantra, and harbor Tantric criminals. The women of the Wang family are slaves for life, and the men are sent to the army and the frontier"

"Your father had no choice but to turn around and find the foot of a remote mountain village and entrust you to the simple and honest villagers. After all, he is a big man with a milk doll, and there is really no better way. However, when he encountered a natural disaster on the road, he could only take you all the way to escape when he was injured, and finally arrived in Cangyan County. ”

"Because the days have taken you to escape for a long time, and there are perennial disasters and bandits in the vicinity at that time, your father is worried that his front foot is gone, and your back foot will be sold. So he simply stayed to take care of you, he knew that if he returned to Beijing rashly, he would inevitably attract the attention of all parties, and even the first emperor would send someone to track down his whereabouts and think, in that case, it might affect the concubine Niangniang and the three princes of Changli Palace, which is now King Jing'an, and it will also plunge the Sun family into a place of no return. The longer it goes on like this, the less he dares to come back easily."

Maybe it was because she saw that Xu Chu's face was too ugly, or because she was worried because of her expression that had never changed, Aunt Chu persuaded again, "Xiao Chu, it has been so many years since that incident, why do you bother to get to the bottom of it?" Now that you are the first person in Da Zhou to take a woman as an official, you will definitely go down in history in the future, so why bother to stir up unnecessary old things? You must know that once your life experience is revealed, then the first thing you have to face is the edict of the first emperor to 'kill without forgiveness'. ”

Even if the first emperor is no longer there, the emperor Chrysostom said that even if the order he passed down at the beginning was wrong, it could not be reversed. Although the current Shengming can exempt her from the death penalty, the attacks and difficulties she will encounter in the future will be innumerable.

Xu Chu took a deep breath and said slowly, "However, if we don't find out the inside story for a day, my father and I won't be able to reunite for a day." And Ah Qiu and I can only live with the original sin. ”

"Besides, the eldest lady thinks that even if I can stop tracking it for the sake of the future, the prince will be able to stop it? You must know that from the very beginning, the prince has been obsessed with the affairs of Changli Palace."

Speaking of this, her tone couldn't help but be a little lighter, "What's more, I have already reached a consensus with the prince that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we will walk side by side." ”

got what she wanted to know, Xu Chu didn't delay any longer, the news she heard from Aunt Chu tonight was too huge, making it difficult for her to digest it for a while. Come to think of it, you still need to comb it carefully after returning to the room.

But before she could leave Aunt Chu's room, Aunt Chu stopped talking and said, "If you insist on tracking, then I won't stop you." ”

"It's just that there are some things, I don't know if it will help you investigate the case. In the early years, when the inner court reviewed draft women from non-official eunuch families, it was found that in fact, the Sun family should have been a pair of daughters. That is, Sun Ruan Ruan should have a twin sister, but on the Sun family tree, there is only one concubine, Sun Ruan Ruan, and the other has been erased. ”

"In addition, I heard that the British prince who asked Empress Gongshun to marry was originally the daughter of Lord Liu, the prefect of Jinling. But for some reason, he finally changed his mind and married the daughter of the Sun family. ”

"At that time, this matter was discussed by many people in the harem, but it was only later that the queen was obedient to protect the face of the royal family and dealt with some palace people, which quelled those rumors."

Xu Chu's footsteps paused slightly, lowered his eyes and pondered, "Does the prince know about this matter?" ”

Aunt Chu hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "I'm not sure, after all, after waiting for the prince to be governor, many years have passed since that matter, and no one in the harem dares to talk about it anymore." Even the files of those who were dealt with in the inner court were mostly accused of right and wrong. ”

Xu Chu nodded and thanked Aunt Chu in a low voice.

When she left, her pace was a little hurried, so it made people look a little embarrassed. When Ah Qiu, who came back with a teapot, staggered over her shoulder, she only smiled, but she didn't have the energy to say another word.

The words that Aunt Chu said had more than one or two impacts on her. She even felt that she was very scared now.

Now, although she saw the opening that tore through the vast net, she became more and more confused.

What is the hidden purpose of the previous assassination, and all the things along the way? The person behind the scenes, if it is the throne, what does it matter to her? Why go to all the trouble of killing her?

and Sun Ruan Ruan's twin sister Sun Rou, why was her existence erased by the Sun family, what is her relationship with Wang Yun, and how did she appear in the palace of the capital and give birth to herself?

Was the relationship between the British duke, his wife and the lady just a simple emotional entanglement? Could there be something else hidden in it?

Xu Chu rubbed his throbbing forehead, feeling a little hesitant in his heart. She looked at the night that had not yet passed, and it was the first time in her heart that she was so eager to see Xiao Qinglang, as if she could be as calm as him when she saw him.

If the British Duke and the flower are in the same lineage, then maybe he is the one who does the things of sacrificing ghosts. But why did he compare himself to the Lord of the Moon? Did he sacrifice a living person to a ghost to resurrect Sun Nguyen, or was there another purpose?

Early in the morning of the second day, Xu Chu, who had been tossing and turning all night, hurriedly got up and washed. After taking care of herself, she put on her official uniform and walked out of the door. It's just that at this time, Xiao Qinglang, who had been waiting in front of the Xu Mansion early, did not come.

Xu Chu looked at the sky, sighed, and said in his heart, sure enough, he was too anxious.

However, she was worried about the news she got from Aunt Chu yesterday, so she really didn't want to delay for a while. She thought about it for a while, and simply walked quickly in the direction of Jing'an Palace.

At this time, it was just after Yinshi, the sky was still gray and gloomy, and there were still a few stars hanging on the sky, but Xu Chu couldn't see any romance. Her steps were extremely fast, but her heart was very heavy, even if she looked up and saw the faint glimmer of dawn in the sky, she couldn't let the solemnity in her heart dissipate half a minute.

The wind blew, swept the fallen leaves, and it was very depressed. Occasionally, a few guys yawned and opened the door of the shop on the side of the road, most of them were not awake. However, when they saw Xu Chu, who was in a hurry in an official uniform but did not have a servant with him, those guys would also subconsciously look at him twice, or rub his eyes and mutter, "Why did you lose your shadow so quickly, aren't you still dreaming?"