Xiang Xiang looked over and saw that it was Mu Qing's figure, and couldn't help but say: "My cousin is my own family, how can I count myself as a guest." ”

Mu Qing smiled slightly, "Then another one is even more of his own family." He turned around and pushed a wheelchair from outside the door, on which sat a white-haired old man, although he seemed to be unable to move, but his eyes were very good, Xiang Xiang understood after a little thought, it must be Mu Qing's father, and he hurriedly stepped forward, and Qi Hui introduced to her: "My uncle." ”

"Uncle." Xiangxiang immediately shouted, it was incredible, she was born an orphan, and now she also has an uncle.

Sweet and soft uncle, Mr. Mu was stunned, the corners of his eyes were slightly moist, he was easy to be emotional when he was old, and his son had already told her that in the last days of her sister's death, it was this child named Xiangxiang who took care of her, and she was very grateful to her in her heart.

Xiangxiang moved the chair on the side of the table to push Mr. Mu to the table, and asked the store to bring two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, and carefully washed himself and checked whether it was poisonous, Mr. Mu saw it in his eyes, and even Qi Hui said embarrassedly: "She has always been like this, afraid that someone will poison me, and she is used to being nervous in the palace." ”

Mr. Mu bowed his head and said: "It's a good thing, it's hard work, it's hard to be so patient with this child." ”

The food on the table is very simple, but it is made at will in the inn, but the family can finally reunite, what to eat will be fragrant, Xiangxiang poured a glass of wine for each person, when Mr. Mu raised his glass, he was already in tears, and drank the wine with tears, and the three of Xiangxiang raised their glasses, * The spicy wine entered the stomach, and the tiredness of the bumpy day seemed to have dissolved in the family affection. Mr. Mu asked a lot about Concubine Xian's life, and thanked Xiangxiang for her careful and proper care in person, and learned that Qi Hui scattered her mother's ashes into the soil and buried them in the grave, and said: "She must also want to leave this world cleanly and start over in the next life." ”

Xiangxiang remembered the gentle eyes of the first emperor before his death, and the hand stretched out to his mother, and his mother's sentence of ten years of love was also engraved in his heart. Xiangxiang believes that her mother will not regret coming to this world, nor will she regret her ten years of love.

"Concubine Li said in public that the first emperor could not give birth, and even denied the bloodline of the three princes' sons and heirs." Mu Qingdao said, "My aunt will definitely not do such a thing that violates human morality, if it is easy to overthrow the emperor and say that he is not the emperor's heir, but it is a little difficult to prove that my cousin is of royal blood, this kind of thing is not clear." ”

Xiangxiang served soup to a few people, and his heart trembled, his mother once said that this kind of thing is not clear, although Qi Hui doesn't care, but he will always give an explanation to the people of the world in the future.

Mr. Mu said: "At this point, the emperor is very smart, Concubine Li is also very smart, if the three of you brothers deny each other, it really won't be clear, the emperor is now admitting you and the third prince, just to protect himself." In the same way, when you subvert the dynasty in the future, you only need to accuse him of tyranny and unreasonableness, and you are doing the right thing for the people to survive. As for the bloodline, let him be the son of the first emperor, so what, as long as the three of you are all, you don't have to prove yourself to each other. ”

Mu Qing asked Qi Hui: "Do you care?" ”

Qi Hui smiled faintly: "I don't think he and I particularly want to be the son of the first emperor, and it doesn't matter what the bloodline is." ”

Xiangxiang said softly: "The food is going to be cold, eat a few bites to fill your stomach first, I'll make tea in a while, and then have a good chat with my uncle." She brought the soup to Mr. Mu and said gently, "Uncle, taste it, I borrowed the kitchen of the inn to make this soup, Qi Hui has a bad appetite when he is tired, he can eat a few more bites of rice after drinking this bowl of soup." ”

Mr. Mu smiled and narrowed his eyes, praising his nephew for his good fortune, Qi Hao smiled leisurely, and Mr. Mu said to his son: "You, you are in your early thirties......

Mu Qing hurriedly said: "I didn't plan to take you to meet my nephew and daughter-in-law, and sure enough." ”

After a meal and Lele, no one mentioned those serious things during the banquet, but they were afraid that they would not digest it, and after the meal, they sat around the fire, Wei Meng and others guarded the door, Xiangxiang personally made tea, and saw them standing and hurriedly asked: "Is it cold?" ”

Wei Meng immediately blushed, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "It's not cold, thank you Madame for your concern." ”

Xiangxiang said it casually, then brought tea and went to the door, walked to the innermost part of the room, and heard the three of them talking. Mr. Mu held the drawing under the wooden plaque and looked at the lamp, and said softly: "Have you ever thought about it, even if it is the pattern left on the wooden plaque, you may not know the right and the negative, according to the last key, I can use this drawing to create two completely opposite keys, which one is true at that time, it depends on luck." ”

Xiangxiang was shocked in his heart, and only listened to Mr. Mu continue: "Which key is true and which is fake, it is not difficult, the difficulty is who takes one of them to unlock the lock first, if it fails, then the rest must be true, if it is done, there is no need to try again." But the last time I was able to get out, the next time I may not be so lucky, or if I fail for the first time, I don't know what the consequences will be. ”

Mu Qingdao said: "You can't let others sacrifice anymore, even if it's a death row prisoner in a prison, it's too cruel." ”

Qi Hui said: "Two keys, my cousin and I have one chance?" ”

Mr. Mu sighed deeply: "Qing'er, when the time comes, you can send me in, I have a handful of bones, it doesn't matter if I die in it, this matter is settled." ”

Mu Qing shook his head: "The cave is rugged and bumpy, and it can only accommodate one person at a time, my father can't get in like this, or I will come and go." ”

In Xiangxiang's efforts to serve tea, he listened to the grandfather and his son discuss who would pick the lock first, and Xiangxiang privately felt that if he let the death row prisoner try, why not. The Mu family has sacrificed so many people, so there must be some blood, and Qi Hui shoulders the world, whether this country will decline depends on whether he can turn the sky and give death row prisoners a chance to atone for their crimes, what's not bad. Naturally, she didn't say this in front of the three of them.

As the night deepened, Mu Qing was about to leave with his father, and after making sure that they were safe and far away, Qi Hui returned to rest, the tired Xiangxiang was already curled up on the bed to rest, and the head guard outside the door guarded without blinking, only waiting for Qi Hui to order him to rest, Wei Meng reluctantly left.

The man felt a little sour in his heart, but he also knew that this vinegar was eaten for no reason, just because Xiangxiang was his wife and his Qi Hui woman. The person on the bed slept soundly, his cheeks puffed up, Qi Hui leaned over and kissed it, Xiangxiang muttered a few times, and continued to fall asleep. He covered Xiangxiang with a quilt, and got up to put it on himself, but at this moment, the sound of the handover outside sounded, and it was already midnight.

Qi Hui took off his shirt, suddenly heard movement behind him, and was suddenly hugged by Xiang Xiang from behind, he smiled: "Didn't fall asleep? ”

Xiangxiang said: "I just woke up, and I heard more drums. ”

Qi Hui hummed: "Midnight has passed, it's late, hurry back to the bed, I'll take off my clothes and come, don't catch a cold." ”

"But......" Xiang Xiang said, "but today is your birthday." ”

Qi Hui was stunned for a moment, pinched his fingers and calculated, the days have been in a hurry recently, and he doesn't remember that it is the twenty-fifth day of the first month.

"I don't know how to congratulate you, but I think you're happy to be reunited with your uncle yesterday." Xiangxiang slowly turned around and faced Qi Hui face to face.

Qi Hui couldn't bear her thin clothes to be so cold, so he quickly picked her up and sat back on the bed together, wrapped her tightly with a quilt, and saw that Xiangxiang was about to drill into his arms, so the two of them snuggled up and wrapped a quilt together to keep warm.

"My mother gave birth to you by herself, I want to shed tears just thinking about it." Xiangxiang whimpered, but Qi Hui comforted her, "It is because of this that I have to be grateful to my mother for her strength, grateful for the life she gave me, she raised me so hard, why should I be sad on this day?" I know you care about my feelings, but in the future, I want to spend all my birthdays happily with you, you don't even know your own birthday, from now on, is it okay to be with me? ”

Xiangxiang nodded, Qi Hui smiled and held her cheek and said, "Let's live well, my mother will be at ease, didn't you say it?" Do you know that my uncle likes you very much? ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, everyone will like you, and I feel like a crisis every day." Qi Hui joked.

Xiangxiang patted him and remembered the two keys, but she asked, "Is my cousin sincere to Xi Niang?" Xi Niang said that the son and brother would abandon it after they were fresh, and she had seen a lot. ”

Qi Hui said: "Cousin, his mind seems to be indeed in Xi Niang, he has not had any dealings with irrelevant women for thirty years, and it doesn't matter if it is fresh or not, we have to believe him." But whether the uncle can accept Xi Niang is not necessarily so easy, after all, they all have the blood of the century-old family in their bones, and when the Mu family regained the lintel, the hostess was born in the land of fireworks, and the uncle may not be able to agree. ”

"If my uncle likes me, I will speak for them." Xiangxiang hurriedly asked for credit, "Xi Niang is just from a bad background, she is no worse than Mr. Shen at all, and like Mr. Shen, she is the best woman." ”

Qi Hui saw that she looked a little excited and persuaded her to rest assured, but Xiangxiang's eyes gradually turned red, and she pursed her lips and looked at her husband deeply.

"What's wrong?" Qi Hui frowned slightly, and smiled helplessly, "Why do you seem to be crying?" ”

"You'll pick the lock with the key first, won't you?" Xiangxiang said, "Why don't you use death row prisoners, and give them a chance to start over, they are going to die if they are heinous, and there is no sacrifice." ”

Qi Hui shook his head: "Why did the people of the Mu family sacrifice one after another?" Because it's not as simple as simply opening a lock, after the death row prisoner who doesn't know anything goes in, if he can't figure out the doorway, he can't open the lock and sacrifices in vain, we are outside, but we don't know anything. Therefore, in the past 20 years, it has been the people of the Mu family who have personally taken risks and have not faked others. ”