Seeing Xia Jin coming out of the inner room, Xuan Ping Houye's face was very unsightly, and the few people who stayed in the outroom and were talking in a low voice all quieted down, and their eyes looking at Xia Jin were full of disappointment.

Although everyone thinks that at Xia Jin's age and is still a woman, it is a little unreliable to treat the emperor, but they can't help but have some hope in their hearts, and always expect her to cure the emperor. No one in the country wants such a good emperor to die young, and his successor is still a five-year-old child.

But seeing that she came out so quickly, and Xuanping Houye's face was not good, there was obviously no way.

The room was uncomfortably quiet.

"Everyone, I'll send the Xia family brothers and sisters back first." Xuan Pinghou bowed his hand to everyone.

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute and sat down listlessly.

Xia Qi heard that he was going back, so he hurriedly walked over.

Xuan Pinghou was the first to go out.

This time, Xia Qi and Xia Jin did not take the carriage, but followed Xuan Pinghou out on foot. It took a long time to walk out of the palace gate. Mama Wang followed them all the time.

"Waiting." Passing by the porter, a middle-aged man in his forties who looked like a housekeeper ran out.

Xuan Pinghou was not in good spirits, and he was silent all the way. When he saw his entourage, he ignored it, and walked all the way until he walked on the road outside, and then asked, "Is the carriage ready?" ”

"Go back to the waiting master, it's ready." The middle-aged man answered and beckoned in one direction.

A carriage drove out of there, and a small servant next to him pulled a horse.

Xuan Pinghou said to the Xia family brothers and sisters: "You take the car, let's go home." As he spoke, he turned over and got on his horse, and when Xia Qi and Xia Jin got into the carriage, they ran in the direction of the left, and the sound of horses' hooves was particularly loud in the silent street.

After a meal, the carriage stopped in front of a vermilion gate.

"Get out of the car. It's home. Xuan Pinghou's face was much softener than when he was in the palace. He turned over and got off the horse, walked to the car, and said to the Xia family brothers and sisters with a pleasant smile.

Xia Jin and Xia Qi got out of the car. followed Xuan Ping and entered the gate. Keep going inside.

Bypass the shadow wall, walk through the long corridor, pass through a door, and then go inside, and you will arrive at the hall of Xuanping Houfu.

To Xia Jin's surprise, the hall was brightly lit, and Mrs. Xuanping Hou and Cen Ziman were both present.

She couldn't help but look back at the moon shadow outside, and realized that it was already ugly. It's two or three o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Why don't you sleep and stay here?" Xuan Pinghou was also surprised to see his old wife and granddaughter.

"I can't sleep because I think about it." Old Madam Xuanping stood up and looked at the Xia family brothers and sisters.

Xia Qi and Xia Jin hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xia Qi and the two entered the palace, and the old lady Xuanping knew it, otherwise they would not have waited here in the middle of the night. At this time, seeing that they had only entered the palace for a while and came back, needless to say, the results of the diagnosis and treatment had been guessed in her heart.

Thinking that there would soon be a big storm in the court, she was worried. But he still squeezed out a smile on his face and asked, "It's been a hard journey, isn't it?" Have you eaten? I've made some supper, so you can eat something and rest." ”

"Thank you, old lady." Xia Qi as the elder brother. He should be answering the question.

Cen Ziman had already run to Xia Jin's side and whispered in her ear: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, you have grown a lot taller, and you are as tall as me." ”

But no, Xia Jin has been growing up since he was reborn. In the past two years, she has grown twenty centimeters, almost one meter six or five tall, similar to Cen Ziman, who belongs to the north, but among the southerners. She's tall too.

After talking about her height, she recommended it again: "I asked the kitchen to make you shiso plum cakes and crab rice dumplings." You'll have a good taste in a moment. ”

These two kinds of dim sum were described to Xia Jin when she was in the river. said that her chef made it a must.

I haven't seen him for a year and a half, but Cen Ziman still has such a warm and hearty personality. Xia Jin was extremely happy, and smiled at Cen Ziman: "Okay, I'll definitely try it for a while to see if it's as delicious as you say." ”

At this time, Mrs. Xuanping Hou had already called someone to put out the washing water and wash their faces and hands for the two. And on the other end, the table was already full of food.

"Come on, sit down." Old lady Xuanping beckoned to the brother and sister kindly, "It's specially made for you, hurry up and eat it while it's hot." ”

"Let's eat together." Xia Qi was a little embarrassed.

"No, we've eaten." Mrs. Xuanping asked her subordinates to put some snacks on the plate in front of the two of them. Xia Qi and Xia Jin didn't shirk, confessed, and ate slowly.

Seeing that the brothers and sisters were generous, Mrs. Xuanping Hou did not show crampedness in her gestures, and nodded with satisfaction.

After supper, the old lady Xuanping asked someone to lead the two to rest. Xia Qi went to the guest room in the outer courtyard, while Xia Jin went to her courtyard with Cen Ziman.

"I've read all the account books you asked someone to bring, we've made a lot of money this year." Cen Ziman took Xia Jin's arm and walked slowly in the direction of her yard.

"Due to poor news, I used the money we earned to make another investment without your consent." Xia Jin said apologetically.

The threshold of Xuanping Houfu is high, and there is no one in the Xia family who can travel long distances to the capital to deliver letters. In the past year and a half, only Cen Ziman asked the guards of the Houfu to send letters to Xia Jin twice, and at the same time as Xia Jin replied the letter, he asked him to bring the account book to Cen Ziman. Other than that, there was no news between the two.

Speaking of bad news, Cen Ziman sighed: "There have been a lot of things in the past year and a half, and my cousin has been doing one thing after another, so I didn't bother to write to you." ”

Xia Jin was still very curious about Su Muxian's affairs. In the past year and a half, Cen Ziman has also sent two letters, and Su Mu has accepted her such a big favor, but there is no news. According to what she knew about him, he shouldn't be the one who waited to cross the river and break the bridge.

"Your cousin? Su Gongzi? She asked.

"yes." Cen Ziman nodded, "You don't know, in the past year and a half, he has really died for a lifetime." ”

Speaking of this, she showed an extremely disgusted look on her face: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a mother in this world, not only sent her son to live in the temple since he was a child, but also sent people to hunt him down." You don't know, my cousin showed up at the funeral covered in blood, and it scared everyone. My cousin told my grandmother before he fainted that his mother and brother were going to kill him, but my grandmother didn't believe it. As a result, while my cousin was recuperating from his injuries, he found that someone had poisoned the medicine, and he checked up the melon and found that it was his mother who was poisoned! ”

Speaking of this, Cen Ziman seemed to be a little scared, and his body trembled slightly.

Xia Jin couldn't help but ask, "Isn't she Su Gongzi's biological mother?" ”

"It's his real mother."

Xia Jin was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Cen Ziman: "How is it possible?" Tiger poison does not eat children, Su Gongzi is her own child, why does she repeatedly harm him? ”

"My cousin almost died in childbirth when she gave birth to her eldest cousin. Later, another nun said that my eldest cousin was hard-working, and he was a mother. So when he was three years old, after his cousin had an illness, he insisted on sending him to the temple, and for so many years, he had been saying in his cousin's ear that he wanted to crown his second son as the son. The eldest son in the world is the most important, and there is no eldest son still alive, so the second son is the son, so the cousin-in-law has always disagreed. This is why as soon as my cousin-in-law died, my cousin sent someone to hunt down and kill my eldest cousin. ”

Xia Jin sighed.

Mrs. Xia has always said that it is because of dystocia, so she hates Xia Zhengqian very much. Unexpectedly, this incident was a lie in the Xia family, but it happened to Su Muxian. People in the world are biased, and there are not a few parents who are biased. In "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan", there is a mother who favors her younger son and helps her younger son rebel and wants to usurp the throne of her eldest son. Su Muxian was not only born in childbirth, but also had rumors of his mother, no wonder he was hunted down by his mother and younger brother.

"How is his mother now?" Xia Jin asked.

"After all, the emperor rules the world with filial piety, and there are parents in the world. This incident came out, and the emperor personally intervened to mediate, withdrew his cousin's order, and asked the queen mother to summon her into the palace to reprimand her. My cousin paused. As a result, not long after, the person who chased and killed the eldest cousin was caught, saying that he was sent by the second cousin. ”

Speaking of this, Cen Ziman smiled mockingly: "You don't know, my cousin dotes on her second cousin the most, spoils my second cousin's arrogant and domineering temperament, and causes trouble outside all day long." When the second cousin heard this, he couldn't bear it, argued with the eldest cousin, and in a disagreement, shot the eldest cousin with an arrow. Because her cousin is the mother of her eldest cousin, the emperor is not good at punishing her, but the second cousin is already notorious, and there is no pressure to punish her. After having someone arrest him, they exiled him to Qiongzhou. My cousin was afraid that she would be killed by her eldest cousin, and she was reluctant to give up her second cousin, so she went with him. ”

"Now in the Su family in the capital, only your eldest cousin is left?" Xia Jin asked.

"There are also two mothers-in-law and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law." Cen Ziman said.

She let out a long sigh: "My eldest cousin is also unlucky, and he finally sent away his mother and younger brother and got the knighthood. As a result, he accompanied the emperor to hunt and encountered a wild boar, he was seriously injured in order to save the emperor, and he recuperated in bed for more than half a year, and was able to get out of bed and walk last month. ”

"I see." Xia Jin thought back to the scene when she saw Su Muxian. Because it was night and her vision was not good, she didn't pay attention to whether Su Muxian's face was pale at that time. However, she noticed that he was a little short of breath, and thought that he was in a hurry.

By this time they had entered a courtyard. Cen Ziman took her to a room and smiled at her: "You have been tired for several days, I asked someone to prepare hot water for you, you can take a bath and sleep well." You don't have to wake up early tomorrow, you can sleep as long as you can. ”

"Okay, then I'll just get some sleep." Xia Jin said with a smile.

Cen Ziman went back to his house, Xia Jin took a bath, and slept until noon the next day. (To be continued)