It was deserted outside the princess's mansion, and there were few pedestrians on the street, except for a yellow dog with nowhere to go, still lying on the pillar outside the door with its head drooping.

The gate was closed, nothing hung on the beam, if it weren't for the news spreading all over Chang'an City, Xue Ji wouldn't have believed that Chen Yu would be gone overnight.

Xue Ji glanced at the curtain, then raised his head towards the door, Wang Qu understood, jumped out of the carriage sideways and stepped forward to knock on the door. In the middle of the night, a head poked out of the room and looked at Wang Qu vigilantly.

The housekeeper of the princess's mansion had seen Xue Ji before, and he naturally recognized it at such a glance, and after a little thought in his heart, he more or less guessed the meaning.

It's all like this, and you can still come here in person without avoiding suspicion...... If the horse master can see it, he must be relieved.

"The princess is not in the mansion, so let's go to the Chen mansion if you have something."

This sentence contains gratitude, but also mixed with all kinds of helplessness and tiredness.

Seeing that the door was closed again, Xue Ji withdrew his gaze, looked at the yellow dog sniffing towards the carriage, and sighed sadly.

"Let's go to Chen's house."

Wang Qu answered, drove around the princess's mansion, went south about two streets, and soon arrived at the gate of the Chen mansion.

There were a few curious or regretful figures outside the door, all of whom just craned their necks to look in, and none of them were willing to go in, even if they were mourning outside the door.

The door was open, but it was unguarded.

Also, at this time, everyone avoids it, who will enter this unfortunate place without incident.

Xue Ji got out of the carriage and slowly walked into the gate of the Chen Mansion with a shocked gaze. Upon entering, he heard the sound of an argument. Carefully identify this voice, it should be King An and Princess Wanyu.

"I said there is no talisman, and I won't give it to you! Ziliang was lying inside, why did he die? Just for a broken talisman, for that little infatuation in your heart!"

"Now that you know what he's for, how can you bear to let his life's quest fall through? You're going to keep him dead!".

There was another low sob.

"He's already gone, and you're just rushing to accompany him? His lifelong pursuit and even his death were all because of your unrealistic fantasies, and to this day you are still unwilling to face reality soberly?"

Xue Ji stopped outside the door, and listened to it word for word with some embarrassment. When King An sneered, he swept to the figure outside the door, his face froze, he opened his mouth, and swallowed back the unspoken words.

He didn't expect that someone would come at this juncture.

Now that you've seen it, there's no need to hide anymore. Xue Ji walked into the main hall and bowed down: "The minister greets King An."

King An's gaze was a little complicated, the person in front of him had been reused by him, and he had been in the same room talking and laughing, but he was just ...... Now even Chen Yu, who introduced this person, is gone, leaving him alone.

"Lord Xue is here to send Ziliang?"

"Back to the prince, yes."

King An was silent for a moment, obviously not planning to say much to him, only hid his tightly clenched fist in his sleeve, suppressed his unwillingness and resentment, and finally glanced at Princess Wanyu, turned around and walked out.

"Lord Wang!" Xue Ji shouted to him, and he didn't know what kind of mentality he had, so he opened his mouth like a ghost, and persuaded him with worry: "Don't fight, why hit the stone with an egg."

King An glanced back at him, and a pretended calm chuckle on his face, "Are you mocking me?"

"I didn't mean that."

Xue Ji was helpless, no matter how much he told the truth, it was like mocking and ridiculing, and no matter how much advice he said, it was like falling into a well, King An had already fallen into it, and no one could persuade him unless Chen Yu was alive.

King An flicked his sleeves and left, leaving Xue Ji and Wanyu in front of the hall.

Princess Wanyu gently wiped the corners of her eyes, wiped away the tears in her eyes, hooked the corners of her mouth and pulled out a smile, and said, "Thank you, Lord Xue, for being willing to come."

"Everywhere, it's all family." After saying that, Xue Ji looked at the spiritual seat and coffin placed in the center in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "...... Is it in there?"

I remembered the last time I saw Chen Yu

It seems that it was a long time ago, and I was thinking about meeting him two days ago, and I had some words to persuade him, maybe I could stop the precipice.

Who would have thought that there would never be a chance again.

Princess Wanyu smiled bitterly and shook her head helplessly: "I don't even know why he didn't have it, when he didn't have it, it's an empty coffin on it."

Xue Ji's heart was blocked, and he inexplicably felt a little sour that he couldn't say, but he still asked unrelentingly, "Can I take a look?"

Princess Wanyu's face did not change, "Look at it."

Xue Ji slowly approached, stopped in front of the spiritual position, bowed slowly three times, and then went around to the side of the coffin, just stretched out his hand to test it, and did not touch the edge of the coffin. He glanced at Princess Wanyu hesitantly.

"Look, it's empty."

Xue Ji reluctantly put on the lid on the top and pushed it hard to the side - the inside of the coffin was unobstructed, and it was all empty.

Princess Wanyu saw that he lowered her hand a little decadently, walked back step by step, opened her mouth to persuade him to mourn, and remembered that the person who was most sad at this time should be herself.

smiled self-deprecatingly, this is the princess of the heavenly family, she is widowed, and she can't even save her husband's life.

"Lord Xue, there is something to ...... I have to mention." Wanyu suppressed the sourness in her heart and said with a smile.

Xue Ji carefully knew what she was going to say, so he nodded: "Well, princess, please speak."

"Regarding the marriage between Hua Jue and Xue Gongzi, what does Lord Xue think?" As soon as the words came out, Princess Wanyu herself had no confidence, after all, who would like to be related to a princess who had lost power? It's good not to hide at this time. Xue Ji's willingness to come to mourn is already benevolent and righteous, how can Hua Jue drag Xue Chen down for the rest of his life. "What adults think, to put it bluntly, is that if it's not appropriate...... I will explain to the royal brother that it is a big deal to cancel the marriage."

Xue Ji didn't give an answer, only said to go back and ask Xue Chen.

When he came out of the main hall again, Xue Ji saw a petite figure in the distance, and the little girl looked timidly in this direction, but she didn't dare to approach.

That should be Princess Huadu, the daughter of Chen Yu and Princess Wanyu.

Xue Ji stopped and looked at it carefully, hesitated for a while, and didn't come forward to talk to him, turned around and left the Chen Mansion.

"Has Xue Chen returned home?" Xue Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Qu and asked casually.

Wang Qu looked at the sky and replied, "It's going to be later, the young master can usually return to the mansion before dark."

Sure enough, before nightfall, Xue Chen came back.

After dinner, the sunset on the horizon dyed the clouds red. However, after two incense sticks, the sky gradually darkened, and it was night.

Xue Chen sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, holding his chin and staring at the sky above his head in a daze, looking at the moon shadow hidden in the clouds, without saying a word.

The candlelight in the study was extinguished, and Xue Ji had just taken care of a table of official business, and he was getting up and walking out of the study, and when he walked out of the courtyard, he saw the situation in front of him.

Xue Ji walked around to him from behind and patted him lightly on the shoulder: "It's so late, what are you thinking about sitting here?"

Xue Chen raised his head and looked, and when he saw that it was Xue Ji, he lowered his head again. "Father, I've met Hua Jue, she's fine."

"Oh? Where have you seen it?" Xue Ji sat down beside him and asked as he spoke.

"In the school, when I was taken back to the capital by King Ning alone, she always sneaked to the school and handed me snacks from the window."

School, that must have been many years ago.

Xue Ji looked at him with a serious expression, looked at him and asked, "You also know what happened to Uncle Chen Yu, if you still let you marry Hua Jue, are you willing?"

Xue Chen nodded almost without hesitation, and his tone was unusually firm. "Yes! I can protect her!"

Xue Ji couldn't help laughing, sighed and shook his head, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "She may affect your future path, do you really think about it?"

"If this path doesn't work, then I'll take another path, and I won't treat her badly after all."

Xue Ji asked again, "She is still in the filial piety period, you have to wait."

She is three years, and you really don't regret it after three years?"

Xue Chen smiled and said firmly, "I will never regret it. Isn't it just three years, as long as I wait for her, I'm willing."

Seeing the eldest son in front of him rushing up to him, Xue Ji was a little distracted for a while. When did this guy become infatuated? More than ten years ago, adults jokingly put a red thread on it, and they didn't ask the child's wishes, so they became in-laws.

Who would have thought that the two children were really emotional.

After asking Xue Chen's wishes, Xue Ji sighed in his heart, it can be regarded as returning Chen Yu's favor...... There is no need to wait until dawn the next day, knowing that Princess Wanyu must be sleepless all night at this time, just let someone go and deliver a message.

So, Wang Qu took advantage of the moonlight to go to Chen's Mansion again, and when he saw Princess Wanyu who was still guarding the spirit, he told the truth that the marriage contract between the young master and the princess was still the same, and there was no need to regret the marriage.

When Wang Qu sent the news, Princess Wanyu's expression was full of emotion and joy, and a few crystal tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.

Looking at Princess Hua Jue beside her, her eyes lit up when she heard the news, and her dejected appearance suddenly disappeared, and her bright eyes were more agile.

"Thank you."

Qin Xu swept the music on the table off the table, and the pages of paper were scattered and scattered.

"I think for him everywhere, and I am ready to repent of my marriage, but what about him? I only miss the old days, and I don't even care about my son's future!"

Xu Yan lowered his body and picked up the mess on the ground one by one, put it back on the table in a neat and orderly manner after tidying it up, looked at the Son of Heaven with an angry face, and sighed helplessly.

"Your Majesty has worked hard to abolish the purity...... But people's hearts are nostalgic for the old, so what's wrong with being pure?"

Qin Xu was angry that he didn't know what to do, but he also knew that it was Xue Ji's sincerity that he fell in love with at the beginning. There are really not many people in the court who can still have true feelings and can still think of brotherhood.

can only sigh - "If he had listened to Shen Changqing's words and thrown himself into my door as soon as he entered Beijing, how could he have these bad debts today."