Yongle two years. Jane's Mansion.

The pavilions are stacked, the peaks are picturesque, the green tiles are alienated, and they are dripping. Under the eaves, two finches with green feathers and yellow wings chirped.

In the warm pavilion of the east chamber, the carved pattern of the love copper three-legged Dingyun smoke curls, exuding a smoky aroma. Mrs. Squire, dressed in a purple satin embroidered robe, sat on the edge of the bed, humming a song softly, teasing the two pink babies on the sandalwood couch.

"Ma'am, ma'am, something is wrong......." A maid in an emerald shirt hurried in. She looked so frightened that she inadvertently bumped into the bell hanging next to the door, and the tinkling sound disturbed the tranquility of the room.

Madame Jane glanced at her with some disgust, and asked slowly, "What's going on, it's worth all the fuss?" Shocked Miss, but how can you be good? ”

This maid's name is Red Notes, and she is Mrs. Jane's confidant. Her face turned purple, and the fear in her eyes inadvertently added a little more: "Madam, like the concubine Niangniang, has surrounded the mansion, if it is ......" Her eyes unconsciously moved to the wooden collapse: "If they break into the mansion, I'm afraid the little princess won't be able to hide." ”

The coolness suddenly surged into Mrs. Jane's heart, and she barely calmed down and asked, "What about my lord?" ”

"Your Excellency is dealing with them. It's just that the person who leads the troops is Lord Ji Gangji, the father of Concubine Niangniang, who commands the envoy Ji Gangji, I'm afraid the adults won't be able to withstand it for too long. The red note replied without worry.

Lady Jane's eyebrows were suddenly shrouded in a layer of gloom and misery, she pondered for a moment, and then said, "In that case, let's say that I gave birth to twins." Even if Ji Gang is Concubine Ru's biological father, what can he do to me? What's more, there is also Wang Guifei in the palace to be our master. ”

As soon as Mrs. Jane's words fell, Jian Shilang had already walked into the room. His steps were heavy, his face was slightly pale, and his eyes were complicated, as if he was depressed with a lot of trouble. He shook his head and said, "Madam, Ji Gang is now in charge of the Imperial Army. He came to search the mansion this time, clearly saying that he wanted to arrest and plot against the rebel party, but in fact he wanted Zhen'er's life and cut the grass and eradicate the roots. How clever and ruthless he is, if you say that you gave birth to both daughters, I am afraid they will ......."

When Jian Shilang said this, the corners of his eyes were already a little moist: "I'm afraid that both of them are in danger of their lives." Now that the Shilang Mansion has been surrounded, how can he go to the center of the palace to seek the protection of the concubine? ”

Mrs. Jian grabbed the placket of Jian Shilang's clothes, her hands trembled, and she asked in a trembling voice, "My lord, what do you say?" What do you say you should do......"

The corners of Jian Shilang's eyes were slightly moist, he turned his face away from the baby on the wooden collapse, and said, "So far, we can only sacrifice our daughter to save the life of the little princess." ”

Lady Jane's body was so steep that she collapsed to the ground like melting snow and ice. Two lines of crystal tears flowed down the corners of his eyes. She wept bitterly, "Do you really have to sacrifice our daughter? She's only been here for three days, and she doesn't even have a name......"

"Madam, we still have Ying'er. If something happens to Zhen'er, Lian Niangniang's blood feud will never be a day of injustice. Jian Shilang froze, and every word he said was like a sharp blade, cutting his heart and intestines alive. With that, he went to the couch, picked up the baby, who had a slightly smaller head, and turned around to go out.

"Your Excellency!" Mrs. Jane's shouting was a little hysterical, but she was suppressed by Shengsheng: "I want to hug our daughter again." ”

After a slight hesitation, Squire Jian handed the baby to Mrs. Jane. Mrs. Jane's tears fell on the baby's swaddling clothes like beads with broken threads, leaving speckled tear stains. She muttered, "What a poor boy you are, you're so young....... My mother has chosen a name for you, and it's called 'compassion'. Have mercy on my son, with a name, you will die, and you will not be a lonely ghost......"

Madame Jane was still holding the baby in her arms, and the sound of agitation could be faintly heard outside. The red note poked his head out of the door and looked outside, and said in fear: "My lord, madam, I'm afraid that Ji Gang has forcibly searched the mansion." ”

Jian Shilang choked up and said, "Madam, it's too late." After speaking, he snatched the swaddling clothes from Mrs. Jane's arms and walked out of the door quickly. Handed the swaddling clothes into the hands of the old housekeeper Jian Zhong, and forcibly held back his sorrow and said, "Uncle Zhong, it's hard for you." ”

"Don't worry. My lord, Mrs., the old slave is fighting for this old life, and he will try his best to protect the young lady. The old butler's somewhat cloudy eyes were full of determination. After he finished speaking, he turned around and went to the backyard with affection.

Mrs. Jane couldn't help but be sad, weeping and weeping, only to feel that her heart turned into ashes and smoke in an instant, and she went with her daughter.

Until her five-year-old son Wenying, who walked in at some point, pulled her shirt, and called softly: "Mother." She came back to her soul, and the whole person was like a serious illness, and she was haggard for a moment.

In the warm pavilion, there is a deathly silence. Jian Shilang's eyes flashed with tears, his palm pressed against Mrs. Jane's palm, and he forcibly endured the sorrow in his heart and said, "Madam, that group of robbers will soon search here, you have to cheer up." Daughter has ...... Let's go, we desperately want to protect the little princess. ”

As he spoke, the baby on the wooden collapse cried as if awakened. In Mrs. Jane's desperate eyes, a trace of warmth and hope was born in an instant. The red note helped her to stand up and washed away the tears on her face. She took the baby in her arms and hummed nursery rhymes to lull her to sleep, as if she were a jewel.

At this time, Ji Gang had already brought more than a dozen brocade guards to the front of the room. Ji Gang strode into the room and snorted coldly: "Everyone, I'm sorry. The errand between the emperor and Concubine Ru Niangniang, the old man did not dare not be unsatisfied. ”

As soon as his words fell, a person came running at a gallop and whispered, "Lord Qijuan, the butler of the Jian Mansion of Fang Cai, with a baby in his arms, rode out of the back door on horseback. ”

"Bastard!" Ji Gang's beard turned up, and he scolded: "What are you doing? Why don't you chase it yet? The man said a word, turned and hurried away.

Ji Gang glanced at Jian Shilang, his face was full of coldness and arrogance, and he said with deep meaning: "Jian Shilang, you actually hide a baby of unknown origin in your house, it seems that the old man should talk to Concubine Ru Niangniang." ”

Jian Shilang forcibly suppressed the pain and anger in his heart, and said, "Master Ji must have also heard that the hiding of the baby was done by the housekeeper. If you must blame the lower officials, then the lower officials have no choice but to accompany them and ask the emperor to comment on them. ”

"You ......" Ji Gang was furious when he heard this, but he had no plan to attack, he was about to brush his sleeves away, and when he turned around, he saw Mrs. Jian's hand holding the baby trembling, the tears on his face were as new as new, and his sadness could not be concealed, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious again.

With a sly smile on his face, he walked up to Xiao Wenying in three steps and two steps, pulled his shoulders with both hands, lifted him high above his head, and asked sharply: "Tell me, which is your sister, the baby in your mother's arms or the baby that was taken away?" If you tell a lie, I'll immediately throw you down the stairs from here and make you into meat sauce to make flower fat. ”

Outside the door, the sky was dead white, and the sunlight was like a sharp little sword, stabbing Xiao Wenying's eyes from opening. He struggled with his hands and feet in the air, as if he was terrified.

Madame Jane's body trembled slightly, like a trace of floating duckweed in the endless sea, and like a sad wind and fallen leaves in the cold rain of a cold night. The life and death of his biological daughter is uncertain, can't his only son be saved? She was full of sourness, her eyes were covered with a layer of moisture, and she stared directly at her son, but she couldn't say a word.

The baby on the wooden couch suddenly let out a wah-wow cry, and the cry was clear and pleasant. Listening to the ears of others, it added a little bit of miserable whimpering. Mrs. Jane's heart was shocked, and her mother's nature was aroused again, and she hurriedly turned around and snatched the baby in her arms, looking at Ji Gang with fierce eyes.

"You bad guy, scared my sister to cry......" Xiao Wenying stopped struggling as if she had just woken up from a dream, and also cried with Wow Wow.

Ji Gang's sharp gaze was as sharp as a sword, and suddenly eased a lot, he gently placed Jian Wenying on the ground, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, don't cry, Uncle is just joking with you." He raised his head and said to Jian Shangshu: "Offended." After speaking, without hesitation, he rushed out of Jane's Mansion with his Jinyi guards to chase Uncle Zhong and Compassion.

Jian Shangshu's palms were covered with beads of sweat, and seeing Ji Gang walking away, he only felt that his body was weak, and he was almost unstable on his feet.

He rushed forward, hugged Jian Wenying in his arms, and asked repeatedly, "Wenying, are you frightened?" ”

Jian Wenying's eyes were as bright and clear as a bright star, and her eyes showed a bit of innocence and purity, warming her parents' hearts: "I was frightened at first. Later, when I saw my sister crying, I was not afraid. I have two younger sisters, one of whom has been sent away, and I have to protect her well. ”

The spring day is late, the twilight shadow is separated, and the white remnants of flowers outside the warm pavilion bloom just right, and they are pressed down one by one, and the flowers are as amazing as the brocade of the Shu machine. The fragrance of the flowers is stained with the bitterness of the grass, turning into a strong breath, and is sent into the warm pavilion by the spring breeze, fluttering and sprinkling, and the smoked people are all over their faces, don't be heartbreaking.

Before you know it, most of the day has passed. The little baby girl lay quietly in Mrs. Jane's arms, with a small face carved in pink and jade, and black eyes rolling around. Jian Wenying was already leaning on her father's knees and fell into a deep sleep. The red note stood quietly under the window, with low eyebrows, as if he had hidden a lot of thoughts.

Jian Shangshu and Mrs. were sour and unspeakable in their hearts, they raised their eyes to each other, only to feel that their hatred was like waves, endless; Desolation, climbing all over the heart, wrapped in layers of heart, almost out of breath.

The nightmare came in the evening.

Uncle Zhong's carriage was finally caught up by the Jinyi guard led by Ji Gang. Uncle Zhong would rather die than give in, and even the people and the car fell under the cliff together. The cliff is standing on the wall and there is no one to rely on, and if a person falls down, he will definitely fall to pieces......

It was a little chilly in the evening. Thousands of miles of twilight clouds, layer upon layer, the sunset was torn apart by the evening breeze and shattered into large red tears. On the plane tree in the garden, there was a jackdaw that chirped hoarsely and desolately, spread its black wings, and flew into the sky.