Wei Chilin sighed and helped Wei Wenxiu up, "Hurry up, the matter has come to this, you don't have to blame yourself anymore, and my father doesn't blame you." ”

Wei Wenxiu still lowered his head in shame, choked and speechless.

Wei Chilin patted Wei Wenxiu's shoulder and comforted: "Okay, okay, it's all over, don't be sad, since it's all over, you don't have to worry about it anymore, as long as you can learn the lesson of this time and stop doing foolish things." ”

Wei Wenxiu's tears still fell like broken pearls, and she choked up: "Dad, I'm sorry...... I'm sorry, I hurt you, I hurt the Wei family. ”

Seeing his daughter like this, Wei Chilin's blame for her had long since faded, and he comforted him distressedly: "Okay, Wenxiu, don't blame yourself anymore, Dad really doesn't blame you, don't think about it anymore, Dad knows that you want to help Dad and the Wei family." ”

Wei Wenxiu stretched out his hand and wiped the tears on his face, suddenly raised his head, and asked hesitantly: "Dad, does the emperor really want to remove all the generals who defend the city and get rid of all your henchmen?" Is there any room for retribution? ”

Wei Chilin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Wei Wenxiu's voice trembled, "Is the emperor really so ruthless?" Is he really going to destroy our Wei family? After a pause, he immediately said: "My aunt also has the grace to raise him, doesn't he even care about his aunt?" ”

Wei Chilin sneered and said, "I'm afraid he never felt that your aunt was kind to him!" Seeing Wei Wenxiu's worried expression, he immediately patted her on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, it's not so easy for him to destroy our Wei family." ”

Hearing this, Wei Wenxiu looked at Wei Chilin in disbelief, "Dad, do you mean that our Wei family is still saved?" ”

Wei Chilin sighed and said, "Silly boy, do you think that the foundation that your father has spent decades of hard work to build can be completely destroyed just because he has been the emperor for two years?" Although your aunt and I did underestimate him back then, mistook him, and his city government and methods were indeed beyond my expectations, but just by removing a group of defending generals, you want to completely shake the status of my Wei Chilin and our Wei family in the imperial court, then you underestimate your father too much. Dad won't let him take away the power of the defenders of the capital so easily, and he will definitely make him pay the price. What's more, have you forgotten that you still have a second uncle who holds hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at the border gates? The army of the defenders of the capital is only a few tens of thousands of horses, even if it is all handed over to him, there is nothing to be afraid of, not to mention that your brother and your fourth uncle have not been replaced yet? ”

Wei Wenxiu was stunned, then wiped her tears, and resolutely asked, "Dad, what can my daughter do for you and our Wei family?" As long as I can help you and our Wei family, my daughter is willing to do anything? ”

Wei Chilin smiled, "You have this heart, my father is very happy, but now is not the time, if you are free, go to the palace to accompany your aunt, she is not as good as before, and her life in the palace must not be easy, except for the two minions around, there are no more caring people around, you go to talk to her more and relieve her boredom." She had already sent someone to ask about the assassin before, and she must have been very worried, but her father didn't tell her the truth, and you must remember that no one except you and my father and daughter should know about this matter! ”

Wei Wenxiu asked suspiciously, "Could it be that my father doesn't believe in my aunt either?" ”

"It's not that Dad doesn't believe your aunt, it's just that she is deep in the harem, and some things can't help, knowing too much will only increase her troubles, and one more person knows that it is one more danger after all, this matter has a great impact on our Wei family, for the sake of caution, the less people know, the better."

"Well," Wei Wenxiu nodded, "My daughter understands, don't worry, Dad, my daughter will never mention this to anyone." ”

Wei Chilin bowed slightly, "Dad believes that you are measured, as for the affairs of the Wei family, except for the mobilization of the dead man's order Fu Dad to take it back first, the rest of the things that were handed over to you before are still taken care of by you, but remember not to be rash anymore, and you must think twice before acting." ”

Wei Wenxiu had tears in his eyes again, choked up and said, "Thank you, Dad, thank you for trusting your daughter, and you are willing to continue to let your daughter share your worries for you." ”

Wei Chilin patted Wei Wenxiu's shoulder dotingly, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, dad is just such a precious daughter as you, who do you believe if you don't believe it?" Since you were a child, you have been more competitive than your younger brother, and your father has always been very relieved to leave things to you. ”

Wei Wenxiu's tears burst out of her eyes again, "Dad, don't worry, my daughter will definitely remember your lesson and will never make the same mistake again." ”

"Okay, okay, if only you could think like that." Wei Chilin's eyes were full of relief.

In the Ling Mansion, Bai Zhu entered the house with the freshly brewed tea, and saw that Ling Yuxin was still in the same posture as when she left, frowning and staring at the sand table, and couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Miss, are you okay?" ”

Ling Yuxin was still motionless as if she hadn't heard it.

Bai Zhu was even more worried, hurriedly put down the tea tray in his hand, approached Ling Yuxin, and called out in a louder voice, "Miss." ”

Ling Yuxin looked up in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Bai Zhu sighed, "Miss, I was scared to death by you." ”

Ling Yuxin asked with a blank face, "Scared to death by me?" Why? ”

"I'm really convinced, don't you know that you've been in this position for a long time?"

"Oh, really?" Ling Yuxin said blankly.

Bai Zhu looked at Ling Yuxin's blank expression and couldn't help but smile a little, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Why do you think so much? ”

Ling Yuxin glanced at Bai Zhu, as if she had just come back to her senses, sighed and said, "I originally wanted to try to string together a few formations to see how the change was smoothest, but for some reason, I always felt that something was wrong. ”

Bai Zhu asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Ling Yuxin shook her head, "I can't say either, I just feel that something is wrong, it should be something wrong in the process of transformation, but because these clay figures are all dead, and I have arranged them one by one in advance when changing formations, so I can't see the dynamic transformation process at all, and I can't be sure what is wrong for a while." ”

At this time, there was a sudden burst of noisy voices from the outer courtyard, Ling Yuxin looked at Bai Zhu suspiciously, Bai Zhu shook his head, and then said, "I'll go out and have a look." With that, he walked out.

Ling Yuxin glanced at the sand table in front of her, thinking that she couldn't find a problem after thinking about it for so long, so it was better to think about it first, go out to breathe, so she also followed.

When I arrived at the outer courtyard, I saw a servant girl raising her hand while chasing another servant girl to fight, and scolded with a smile: "...... Where are you going, don't run, tell you to talk nonsense, see if I don't tear your mouth apart......"

The handmaidens who were being chased and beaten kept laughing and circling around the three handmaidens standing in the middle, using these three handmaidens as shields, and begging for mercy from time to time.

A few steps away, there were two maidservants standing beside them, giggling and watching the excitement.

"The chaser's name is Cuizhi, the one who is being chased is Aster, I heard that they have been like happy enemies since they were children, and they often quarrel, but after the trouble, they are as good as sisters, this must be Aster said something unpleasant, which annoyed Cuizhi." Bai Zhu had already been familiar with the subordinates of the Ling Mansion, so she basically knew all of them, but she estimated that Ling Yuxin had rarely been out of her yard since she returned to the house, except for Cuihan, who had almost no contact with other maids, and Bacheng couldn't tell who these maids were, so she took the initiative to tell her what she knew.

Ling Yuxin understood after listening to Bai Zhu's introduction, and saw that it was just a few maids frolicking, so she smiled and shook her head, turned around and wanted to go back to the house, before taking a step, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and immediately turned around, first looked at the three maids who were standing in the middle and were being pushed and shouted by Aster as a shield, and then looked at the other two maids who were standing on the side and laughing forward and backwards, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then as her eyes continued to move back and forth on these two bunches of maids, the curvature of the corners of her mouth gradually rose.

After a while, Ling Yuxin asked Bai Zhu in a low voice, "How many maids and family members are there in the Ling Mansion?" ”

Bai Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then confessed: "There don't seem to be many families, anyway, there are not a few slaves and maids, but there should be quite a lot of maids, at least a dozen." The specific number of slaves is not very clear. ”

Ling Yuxin thought for a while and said to Bai Zhu: "You go and find Cui Han, so that she can come to me when she is free." ”

Bai Zhu was stunned again, since returning home, although Cui Han has taken the initiative to stay by Ling Yuxin's side many times, Ling Yuxin is still used to telling herself to do everything and keep herself by her side, this is the first time Ling Yuxin has taken the initiative to find Cui Han.

Ling Yuxin saw that Bai Zhu was stunned and didn't move, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Bai Zhu came back to his senses and immediately agreed: "Oh, the slave will go now." ”

Ling Yuxin glanced at the maids who were still frolicking again, and then turned around and went back to the backyard.

After a while, I saw Cui Han enter the house one step ahead of Bai Zhu with a look of joy on her face, "Miss, are you looking for a slave?" ”

Ling Yuxin smiled and said, "Yes, I have something to ask you for help." ”

Cui Han was a little flattered and said: "Miss, you are too tormented by the slave maid, if you have anything to do, just tell the slave maid." ”

Ling Yuxin saw Cui Han's expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Look at your expression, it's not a big deal, I just want to ask you, how many maids and family members are there in the house?" ”

Cui Han calculated slightly, and replied: "If you don't count Uncle Quan, there are a total of 3 family members, if you don't count Bai Zhu, there are 17 maids in total, and there are ......" Cui Han suddenly shut up, and her face showed a trace of annoyance for saying the wrong thing.

Ling Yuxin was curious: "What else?" ”

Cui Han's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, that's all." ”

Ling Yuxin couldn't help but be suspicious, "You just said it clearly!" ”

Cui Han shook her head vigorously again, "No, no, really no, Miss, just now...... It was the slave who misremembered. ”