In the imperial study, everyone who should be there is there, not only Yu Wu is there, but there is also a row of clothed people kneeling at the end, all of them with their heads bowed and unable to see their faces clearly.

Even Zhang Dongwei is there.

The emperor stood in front of the desk, his hands clenched into fists and pressed heavily against the stacks of books on the desk, glaring down angrily. Some of the stacks were opened, some were closed.

Yu Shangshu put his hands in front of him and lowered his head slightly.

Xie Fanghua and Empress Xia were not there, but Murong Jin was present.

As soon as Chen Zhiyan and Xie Ranran walked to the door of the imperial study, they were stopped by the guards and argued for a few words, Xie Fanghua took Qingzhi from the side hall, and his steps were a little fast, "Why are you here?" ”

Her tone was a little nervous, and Chen Zhiyan could hear it.

What is my sister nervous about?

"We didn't go back last night." Chen Zhiyan glanced at Xie Fanghua suspiciously, and said, "When I woke up just now, I heard that sister, you and Brother Jin are in the imperial study, and Xie Lenran and I came." ”

Xie Fanghua opened his mouth to say something, but shook his head and only sighed.

Xie Eran felt that something was wrong and asked her what was wrong.

Xie Fanghua glanced at Xie Ranran, and the hands folded together in his sleeves were in a cold sweat, and he only said, "Let's go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Xie Ranran was originally confused, but after Xie Fanghua said this, he was even more puzzled, and Xie Fanghua didn't answer him after asking Xie Fanghua several times, and his heart became more and more anxious.

My eyelids kept jumping just now, could something really happen?

"I'll go back." Xie Eran glanced at Chen Zhiyan, and his voice raised.

"Okay."

After Xie Enran left, Xie Fanghua asked Chen Zhiyan to follow him back to Jinhua Palace, and Chen Zhiyan didn't speak all the way - if my sister didn't say it, it was useless for her to ask.

But when he was about to arrive at Jinhua Palace, Xie Fanghua suddenly spoke: "Grandpa has an accident." ”

What the?

Chen Zhiyi's footsteps paused, and he didn't feel it.

My grandfather is doing well in the Prime Minister's Mansion, how could something happen? Moreover, my grandfather is a highly respected prime minister, who will do it to my grandfather, and who will dare to do it to my grandfather?

A gust of wind blew, and Chen Zhiyu suddenly woke up.

There are not many people around the palace, and it looks so cold and unaccustomed to it, you must know that every time Chen Zhiyi comes, the palace has never been as bleak as it looks today.

Is it because winter is coming, and the palace people don't like to go out anymore?

Chen Zhiyi went farther and farther, and the Jinhua Hall had arrived.

"What's wrong with Grandpa?" Chen Zhiyi pulled Xie Fanghua's sleeve and asked her.

My sister asked Xie Eran to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, was it because of an accident with my grandfather?

Chen Zhiyi hoped that he had heard it wrong, and hoped that he had thought too much.

But Xie Fanghua looked back at her deeply and said, "Do you remember the silver mine you discovered during the battle between West Vietnam and Chongqing?" That's Yu Shangshu's, and now His Majesty is dealing with this matter in the imperial study. ”

Not just silver mines, but also salt from the black market.

In short, Yu Shangshu's matter is exposed.

Chen Zhiyi thought for a while and reacted, she cautiously asked Xie Fanghua, hoping that she could hear the good news, but Xie Fanghua had no good news here.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion was broken into by a wave of men in black when he was about ugly, killing many people, and the men in black were all Yu Shangshu's subordinates."

"Where's Grandpa?"

"Grandpa, he ......" Xie Fanghua didn't continue.

The cold wind was blowing, and it was painful to the bone, and they stood outside the gate of the Jinhua Palace, and they couldn't even feel the cold.

Grandpa he went?

Yu Shangshu sent someone to assassinate his grandfather?

Chen Zhiyan couldn't accept it, she knew that Xie Enran couldn't accept it even more - Xie Enran had lost his father and mother at the age of four, and he was brought up by the prime minister's grandfather, and the relationship between them didn't know how good it was, what should Xie Enran do after he went back to know the news?

Chen Zhiyi didn't notice that his eyes were red, and he didn't even know that he was crying.

When Xie Fanghua knew the news, he couldn't believe it. How could she believe this! My grandfather was very nice to them, and he was always the first to think of them when he had anything new.

Xie Fanghua likes to play chess with her grandfather, what a pleasant time it was!

But now, my grandfather is dead?

Grandpa died.

Qingzhi stood behind, raised his head slightly and looked at the two masters, and felt very uncomfortable.

She also knows what a kind and kind old man the prime minister is, with a warm and gentle temperament, and almost never lost his temper, in Qingzhi's memory, Prime Minister Xie is still very optimistic, and always makes noise with Little Master Xie.

"Niangniang, second miss, it's cold outside, let's go in first!" Qingzhi saw that the gray sky was snowing again, so he stepped forward and said softly.

Chen Zhiyi wiped his tears, choked up and said to Xie Fanghua: "Sister, I'll go to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Xie Fanghua answered and asked Qingzhi to get an umbrella for Chen Zhiyi, but Chen Zhiyi shook his head, said hello and ran away.

She ran as fast as she could, the wind whistling in her ears, blowing her ears and cheeks.

It hurts.

The whole face seems to have been blown apart by the wind.

She went to the Prime Minister's Mansion as fast as she could—there were still traces of blood at the door, but the blood was buried by the freshly fallen snow, and the color looked a little pale.

Chen Zhiyi turned over and dismounted and rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Her face was flushed, and she already had a lot of acne on her face, but now that the wind blew it, her whole body looked like a boiled shrimp.

The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are basically lying on the ground, and there must not be many survivors, right?

Chen Zhiyan went to the hall, and Xie Lenran was there, guarding the old prime minister Xie who was covered with a white cloth and whimpered in a low voice.

Xie Eran cried for his father and grandmother, and cried for his grandfather, because these people are his favorite family members.

Chen Zhiyan stopped when she arrived at the door, she stood outside the threshold, her hand on the bloodstained inclined door, and looked at Xie Lenran with gloomy eyes - his back looked a little thin and weak, and the whole person was sobbing and sobbing into a sieve, and his whimpering sound could be heard from afar.

Chen Zhiyan didn't dare to go over to comfort him, because she didn't know how she should communicate with Xie Enran.

She has never been comforting, sometimes she will think about it for a long, long time after she says something, and she will wonder if there will be a problem with what she says, whether it will cause others to misunderstand.

Chen Zhiyi's hand on the door gradually clenched into a fist, but the horse galloped, making her hand red and stiff, her fist was not clenched, she only felt weak now.

Chen Zhiyi knew that the relationship between Xie Erran and Prime Minister Xie was really, really good.

Prime Minister Xie has a son and a daughter, but his son left early and his daughter married again, so he could only give all his love to his grandson Xie Enran. Even if the two occasionally quarrel, it is also a sign of their good relationship.

When he was young, Xie Enran was sick and had a high fever, and Prime Minister Xie simply didn't even go to the morning court, and took care of him by his window in person, until Xie Enran woke up, and his frowning eyebrows gradually relaxed.

In the Jinhua Palace, Qingzhi stood silently beside Xie Fanghua, waiting for her to speak.

Zhaoyi Niangniang has not spoken, and has been silent since the second lady left, and has been sitting on the stool and distracted.

"Qingzhi." Xie Fanghua's voice was actually a little hoarse, as if she had cried, but Qingzhi knew that Niangniang didn't cry, and Niangniang had never cried for anyone.

"Mother?"

"What's going on over there in the study?"

Xie Fanghua knew that Yu Shangshu was also in a hurry to jump over the wall to let people assassinate Xie Laocheng, because Yu Shangshu knew that his affair must be related to Xie Fanghua.

Don't look at this deep palace woman who hasn't done anything, but this kind of person who looks extremely deep in the city, where can it be so simple?

Yu Shangshu also investigated a lot of things through his own forces, and found that the recent events in the capital had reason to be related to Xie Fanghua, and even the death of his eldest son, Yu Qing, seemed to be related to Xie Fanghua.

Therefore, Yu Shangshu also wants to let Xie Fanghua taste the pain of the death of his relatives.

Now he has succeeded.

"Your Majesty is angry, the concubine went once, but she couldn't get in, and now she should go back to Yongqing Palace." Qingzhi said, "Niangniang, the matter of salt involves Wufu, and Master Zhang has become the lamb of the master. As for Yu Wu...... He seems to have made up his mind to die with Yu Shangshu. ”

Qingzhi paused for a moment, and then continued: "Niangniang, Concubine Shuniang was given death by His Majesty, and the people of Yanfei Palace have all moved out. ”

"What about Qiu Rong and that child?"

"Qiu Rong and the child were placed in Yingxiang Garden next to Yan Fei Palace." Qingzhi thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to take a look?" ”

"Where's Concubine?"

"I heard that it was buried at random, and there was not even a tombstone. The location seems to be in Nanhou Mountain. ”

"Let's take a look." Xie Fanghua gradually got up.

From the beginning, she had the intention of using Wang Shufei, and when she asked the emperor to make Wang Jieyu a concubine as a concubine as a red girl, Xie Fanghua had that meaning.

Or rather, when she had this idea, it was earlier.

She had already figured it out.

This journey has been very smooth, whether it is for Yu Qing or the Fu family, in short, it has been so smooth that Xie Fanghua himself can't believe it. As for the Yu family...... Yu Shangshu is really an old fox, and he didn't forget to drag others into the water before he died.

and Wang Shufei......

Xie Fanghua regrets her death.

Concubine Wang Shufei is a person with a very soft personality, or she is a person with a very weak personality, but she has fought against Princess Pingle and even Concubine Yu Guifei for Xie Fanghua several times, which makes Xie Fanghua's attitude towards her not just because of the initial use.

She also wants Concubine Wang Shu to be well.

But no, if she treats Concubine Wang Shu well, the Chen family and the Xie family will be finished.

For the sake of the family, Xie Fanghua can lose many people around her, including herself.

Qingzhi packed up some things and took Xie Fanghua to Nanhou Mountain, Xie Fanghua was listless all the way, thinking of the dead Wang Shufei and Xie Lao Prime Minister for a while, and thinking of Xie Enran, Chen Zhiyu and Murong Jin for a while.

In short, all the way, there was nothing but sorrow on her face.