Mu Qing frowned and asked in a low voice, "Why aren't you optimistic?" ”

"Niangniang already has the heart to die, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to wait for His Royal Highness to return." The subordinate replied, "The young master might as well take Niangniang out of the palace, we will definitely be able to protect Niangniang." ”

Mu Qing let out a long sigh: "That is to openly confront the imperial court, His Highness could have been able to deal with the two factions, in that case, he will completely break away and will become the target of everyone." Before entering Beijing, my father told him that everything should be important to His Royal Highness. ”

"But mother, she ......"

"I see." Mu Qing raised his hand and said calmly, "You go and arrange for me to let me enter the palace once." ”

And his subordinates were about to take the order to leave, and Mu Qing ordered: "Check if there are people staring around the Closed Moon Pavilion, it is a very important place for His Highness, and send some other people to protect the integrity of the Closed Moon Pavilion." ”

Mu Qing said, looked back at the direction of the Closed Moon Pavilion, in the night, there seemed to be a faint light coming, he smiled faintly, I don't know what emotions were mixed in, after all, he disappeared into the night.

Let's say that Xiangxiang's injury is almost healed, and he has insisted on moving out to sleep with Juan'er, and he also cleaned up Shen Yan's bed inside and out. The sun was shining on this day, she stood under the courtyard gate to dry the bedding, standing behind the quilt at the moment, some people walked outside, and said to the old mother in front of the courtyard gate: "The master commanded, there are guests in the study these days, the young lady does not have to go to the morning and dusk to ask for peace, and the people in the boudoir should not run around, and carefully bump into the guests." ”

The old mother asked: "But is it for the third son?" Or is it a young lady? ”

The man snorted: "Die of this heart, it's so ugly twice, and then I'm in a hurry to marry the young grandmother and the young lady, and the outsiders still think that no one wants our young lady." I heard the lord say to his wife that it was an eventful time, and it was not too late to stay for another year or two. ”

Xiangxiang stood behind the quilt, happy that Pang Gongzi did not have to worry about the marriage, and on the other hand, he heard the word "eventful".

When those people dispersed, Xiangxiang came back with a mattress, and was kneeling on the bed and spreading it carefully, when someone suddenly slapped her on the buttocks, she turned around nervously and fell into the bed, but saw Miss Dang smiling like a flower, and asked mischievously: "Does it still hurt?" ”

Now there is only a faint pain, but Miss Pang's slap is too intimate, Xiangxiang shook his head awkwardly and said that it didn't hurt, and quickly came down and stood aside.

Qianyou said: "Don't blame me for not coming to see you in the past few days, the girls in this yard, not everyone is so kind-hearted, if I am too good to you, they should exclude you." Although you and Juan Er are both Mr. Shen's people, are you going to live in my parents these days? No matter what, this time, it's not good for me, Xiangxiang, you have been wronged. ”

Xiangxiang was stunned, a little unable to understand this eldest lady, but Xiangxiang didn't hate it, even if she was beaten that day, she didn't hate Pang Qianyou. Juan Er reminded her not to follow Miss Pang into trouble, since she was willing to help, she should bear at least half of the consequences. The husband asked her why she didn't say anything to Qi Hui, and Xiangxiang just felt that Miss Pang shouldn't be blamed.

At this time, when she was thinking wildly, she stepped forward and raised her hand to stuff something for her, and suddenly saw the jade bracelet on Xiangxiang's neck that seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it, so she asked: "This bracelet is so familiar, where did you come from?" ”

This is the bracelet that Concubine Xian gave to Xiangxiang, it is the only thing left by the mother, Xiangxiang is slightly nervous, she is not afraid that Qianyou will recognize it, it is a big deal, everyone makes it clear, but she is worried that if Qianyou can't stand the tantrum, will it hurt her bracelet.

"My mother gave it to me." Xiangxiang said, "Probably jade bracelets, they all look similar." ”

Qianyou really smiled: "It's not, jade bracelets look like this, but you are indeed an old jade, but you must take care of it and don't break it." As he spoke, he stuffed a gold ingot into Xiangxiang's hand, "I really don't have anything else to give you, the most in our family is gold and silver, give you copper plate and silver, it seems insincere, you keep this gold ingot for fun, if it is difficult in the future, and my husband and I are not by your side, I will exchange it for money." ”

Xiangxiang didn't refuse, pinched the gold ingot and thanked him, and Qianyou didn't say anything, but when he left, he asked where his husband went, knowing that Jian Feng came to visit his cousin, and he seemed to be saying that the matter of entering the palace was not settled. Xiangxiang sent it all the way to the door, and Shen Yan happened to come back, she felt that her husband's eyes were a little weird when he looked at her, but she talked to Miss Pang first.

After Xiangxiang re-made the bed, Mr. came back, and after making sure that there was no one outside the door, he said to Xiangxiang: "The third son, they are looking for me to discuss, whether to send you back to the palace." ”

Xiangxiang was startled, and was very uneasy in his heart, only to know that Qi Hui had left Beijing, and it would take ten days to return, although Pang Gongzi had sent someone to chase him, but he didn't know if he could catch up, Concubine Xian's health was getting worse and worse, and she was almost dying, so I was afraid that I couldn't wait for Qi Hui to return.

Listening to these words, Xiangxiang was already crying, she didn't want to cry, but the tears couldn't help falling, Shen Yan could see that Xiangxiang and Concubine Xian were very affectionate, Shifeng and Jian Feng's worries were indeed reasonable, so she comforted: "Niangniang has been sick for a long time, life and death are fate, if you can send it, it is fate, if you miss it, Xiangxiang ...... Your Highness still needs someone to comfort you, so you can only endure it. ”

"I know, sir......" Xiangxiang wiped away his tears, trying to calm down, but still trembling, "When can I enter the palace?" Can you please ask the third son, try to arrange it as early as possible, don't, don't miss it. ”

Shen Yan responded: "We all think so. ”

But it's one thing to think, it's not easy to do, Shifeng doesn't have Qi Hui's superb skills, he has always walked in the palace with power, but now the emperor and the prince each sent people to guard the gates of the palace, and the cold palace was surrounded by heavy surrounds, Shifeng wanted to send Xiangxiang in, and to bring her back smoothly, it was not easy. Once there is a mistake, he will have no face to face Qi Hui.

However, there are people who can enter and exit the palace as easily as Qi Hui, he often played in this imperial city when he was a child, and his subordinates have already been deeply embedded in the imperial city, and they are more flexible. At this moment, Mu Qing jumped lightly into the high wall of the cold palace, and heard some movement outside the door, he hid in the dark to check, and when he saw that no one doubted it, he walked out generously.

Looking at everything in the cold palace, he was familiar with the imperial city and had never been here.

There was a weak wheezing sound in the door, Mu Qing immediately followed the sound, the cold palace was better than he imagined, he also knew that the Prime Minister's Mansion had been taking care of him all these years, except for his aunt's blindness, the others were not particularly worried, but even so, it still made him feel distressed and sad, there are so many men in the Mu family, they can't protect a daughter, and he has been pampered by his aunt since he was a child, so he didn't have time to do half of his filial piety?

The drowsy Concubine Xian was still very alert to everything around her, and when she smelled the breath that had been absent for many years, she tensed up and asked, "Who?" ”

Mu Qing stepped forward in two steps, knelt on one knee beside the bed, and said softly, "Auntie, it's me." ”

The smell of condensing incense is getting stronger and stronger, this is the taste that only the Mu family will have, Concubine Xian burst into tears, trembling and stretched out her hand to touch the person next to the bed, the young voice seemed familiar, like a brother in the past, finally touched a man's face, carefully stroked the bridge of the eyebrow bone and nose, Concubine Xian choked and asked: "Qing'er, is it you?" It's really Qing'er, you have a scar on your forehead from when you were a child, Qing'er? You're still alive, you're my nephew, aren't you? ”

Mu Qing's eyes were red, he endured sadness, and responded: "Mu Qing is not filial, I only came to see you now, my aunt has suffered." ”

From the aroma of a vein to speculate that the family is still alive, to this moment the nephew of the in-law is by her side, thinking that the Mu family is not dead, thinking that she still has a home to return to, Concubine Xian has no resentment. suddenly felt that compared to the survival of the family, his nephew could live well, and the suffering she had suffered in the past twenty years was really nothing.

"Qing'er, it's good for you to come and see your aunt, but don't take your aunt out." Concubine Xian calmed down, although she didn't let go of her nephew's face, she said, "Don't take me away, it will cause trouble for your cousin, Qing'er, have you seen your brother?" ”

"I've seen it, I passed by a few days ago, the second highness is a talent, the bloodline of our Mu family, can't be wrong." Mu Qing picked up his aunt and hugged him in his arms, he was once so cared for by his aunt, but now that his aunt is dying, he can do such a thing, and the grief and indignation in his heart are indescribable. But the people who are in their Mu family will focus on the overall situation, and so will their aunt.

Concubine Xian never asked why his family left him, or even how they could suddenly disappear, as if she felt that she was running out of breath and wanted to tell her nephew more things, starting from Qi Hui to say or, all the way to Xiangxiang.

Concubine Xian said: "That girl is now in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she has made up for what you owe me during her time here, and my aunt is now full of heart, knowing that your cousin has someone to accompany her in this life, I can look at it." ”

Mu Qing was silent, he saw Qi Hui and Xiangxiang outside the Closed Moon Pavilion that day, although he was in a hurry, but the love between his children and his children was in that short moment, they seemed to be separated, but one was reluctant, and the other was even more reluctant.

"Pang Jun is unreliable, the prince is even more unreliable, and Hao'er needs you and his brother." Concubine Xian is becoming more and more calm, her life is not long, there is no need to worry about twenty years of loneliness, her family is safe, her son has a bright future, she, a patient who can't affect anything, shouldn't drag them down anymore. You must know that in the past twenty years, if it weren't for his own existence, his son might have lived a free life long ago.

"Auntie, in the past twenty years, although countless people have been sacrificed in the family, we are growing stronger and stronger enough to fight against the imperial court." Mu Qing told her aunt, "The world is absurd, the emperor is cruel, and there are not a few people who want to change the dynasty, it's not that we have to subvert the court, it's that the world will inevitably go to that day." My aunt, my father and I and the rest of the clan will do our best to support my cousin. When we find the key, we will have nothing to fear. ”