It happened that Du Wei's wife took Mrs. Sikong and another tall and dignified lady into the mourning hall.

As soon as Jun Xinlan saw a female dependent coming, she seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and stepped forward and threw herself into Mrs. Du Wei's arms.

At the same time, Jun Xinlan's tears and snot flew together. As soon as he hugged Du Wei's wife tightly, he let the peony pattern embroidered on the other party's gorgeous clothes add some different colors that destroy the original beauty.

Mrs. Du Wei, who was born with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, is still somewhat clear about the heart of Jun Xinlan in front of her, who has lived in her house for many days.

Knowing that Jun Xinlan is not very clean by nature, and today she has lost her second husband, grief is inevitable. Also as a woman, Mrs. Du Yi showed her compassionate side and hugged Jun Xinlan in her arms.

"Sister Jun, the second brother of the Ji family is gone. You are sad, my sister can understand your distress. It's just that the dead are gone, and the living still have to live for the future.

Please also ask the big sister to mourn by the way. ”

With that, Mrs. Du Wei reached out and patted Jun Xinlan's shoulder. After following the two ladies who came to the mourning hall with her, after saluting, they were led by Aunt Sun of Du Mansion to the backyard of Ye Mansion.

Sikong Youlian, who was sitting in a private room and drinking tea and entering the Ye Mansion with his father to attend the funeral, after catching a glimpse of his mother's figure. quickly put down the teacup and said softly to Sikong Junfeng:

"Father, the child goes to see the mother."

"Okay."

Sikong Junfeng bowed his head slightly and said.

Receiving his father's promise, he quickly walked out of the private room. He stood at the door and glanced at Ji Qingge, who was kneeling in front of the coffin, and saw that her face was pale, and that haggard state made him inevitably heartache when he saw it.

Today in the palace, when Emperor Yuanxi asked Sikong Youpiao, "If the compensation proposed by His Royal Highness King Yan exceeds the rewards you have earned over the years, what should you do?" ”

"Cousin."

Sikong's sympathetic eyes gradually sank. Facing the question of the eldest princess Lin Yue, he felt embarrassed.

As a close friend, he knows what His Royal Highness King Yan is. If it is from the position that King Yan hates King Xiao, then the amount of compensation proposed by King Yan will definitely not be less.

As for how much compensation will be proposed, Sikong Youlian does not care.

After pondering for a moment, he wrote a letter for King Yan, which was mixed with his silver ticket. The letter was only a few numbers, but it spoke his mind.

Before, King Yan saw through Sikong's pitiful thoughts and said, "Brother Sikong, you are actually in love with Princess Xiao?" How can the orphan girl of that Ji Mansion also fascinate you?

Tell me, "Why?" ”

Sikong Youpian faced King Yan's questioning, and his thin lips couldn't help but provoke a sneering smile. He said coldly: "His Royal Highness King Yan, if someone asks you why you like the Yan Clan's side concubine, how do you feel?" ”

"There is no one else at this time, Brother Sikong, why do you call me 'His Royal Highness King Yan'?" Di Jinchen looked puzzled. Sikong Youlian has been his friend for many years, and he is like a brother.

"The courtesy of the monarch and the minister always has to be talked about."

A trace of gloom crossed Sikong You's pitiful eyes, and he said.

Therefore, when writing a letter to King Yan and begging King Yan to let Ji Qingge go, Sikong Youlian still used the title "His Royal Highness King Yan".

As Sikong Youlian expected, when he took a silver ticket of fifty thousand taels of silver, and an epistle. Princess Tolin Yue gave it to Queen Yan, and King Yan let Ji Qingge go.

But when Sikong Youlian rode to the north gate and planned to return to Jingning Street, he met Leng Yan, a secret agent from Yanwangfu.

Leng Yan's true identity is also a military general in the Qi army. After Yu Ketian's death, he was promoted and succeeded Yu Ketian as a loyal general.

He secretly followed Leng Yan, and found that after Leng Yan returned to the palace, he took away Leng Ixue and Leng Jin and other female poison doctors and got into the carriage.

But when the carriage stopped at the gate of Yefu on Jingning Street, the people who got off the carriage. After becoming a disguise, Leng Ixue, who disguised himself as Du Xueqiang's entourage, and Leng Jin.

Sikong Youlian even smelled a strange fragrance from her black robe when Leng Yixue passed by him. It was a poison powder that could stun you......

When Sikong Youpian walked into the mourning hall with his father, he didn't see Du Xueqiang and others coming with him. While he was suspicious, he was also worried about Ji Qingge in his heart.

He didn't understand, why did a woman as ice and snow as Ji Qingge come to Ye Mansion to attend Ji Mochu's funeral?

Potential danger, doesn't she know?

Or is she able to enter this tiger's mouth with some kind of purpose?

In Sikong You's narrow peach blossom eyes, a trace of doubt instantly flashed over him, and he looked at Ji Qingge. I saw her kneeling in front of the coffin to salute the visitors, and her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke to the guests.

Thinking about it, Ji Qingge has been in Ye Mansion for almost an hour. When the maidservants served tea to Ji Qingling and the Jun family, did they pass over half a cup of tea to moisten Ji Qingge's throat?

Not really.

As a man, Sikong Youlian is not good to go to serve tea for Ji Qingge. He knew her identity very well, and decided that he could not blatantly care about her and approach her.

So, he went to the backyard and stopped his mother.

As soon as Pang Xueqin saw that it was Sikong Youlian who chased him out, he smiled lightly and said to Mrs. Sikong and Mrs. Du Wei: "The two sisters go in first and sit, and I will walk everywhere with Li'er." ”

"It's windy in the backyard, and my sister remembers to keep warm."

Mrs. Sikong reached out and pulled the collar of the gorgeous dress and told Pang Xueqin.

"Yes, sister."

Pang Xueqin smiled and responded, waiting for the figures of Mrs. Du Wei and Mrs. Sikong to disappear out of her sight. Cai looked at Sikong Youpian with a puzzled look in his eyes, and asked softly:

"Li'er, why don't you stay with your father and your uncles in the private room. But they came to the backyard to look for me, why? ”

Before Sikong Youlian could speak, Pang Xueqin lowered her voice and reminded him, "You're twenty-one, Li'er." You should have good contact with your father and uncle, and have more contact with important ministers in the court, and learn the way to be an official.

Instead of putting your mind on the person you shouldn't be put. ”

When Pang Xueqin said this, he looked around vigilantly. Seeing that there were no suspicious people for the time being, he looked at Sikong Youpian with serious eyes and said:

"If I don't listen to your father, I don't know how you will embarrass your cousin behind your back.

Although you were born to me, you were brought up by your cousin. Almost all of her good youth was contributed to the Sikong family.

You have to stop messing around, or else...... Otherwise, you will anger your father, and you will not even be able to protect you as a mother. ”

"Mother, the child didn't use the money at home." Sikong Youlian cautiously explained.

"The silver taels in the house?"

The corners of Pang Xueqin's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, and said: "When I entered the palace to visit the recovered Concubine Pang, she said that King Liuyuan wanted to marry Princess Linyue.

King Yan intends to ......"

Although the backyard of Yefu is not as noisy as the front yard, there are still servants with trays to deliver pastries and tea to the ladies sitting in the private room.

Sikong Youlian suppressed the anger in his heart, and only after the figures of the maidservants were far away did he nod at his mother knowingly.

originally thought that King Yan could let Ji Qingge go, because he thought of the friendship between them. But Sikong Youpian would have expected that King Yan was looking at Emperor Yuanxi's sake.