At this moment, Nie Peixiao was strongly restraining a certain emotion. The hatred of killing his mother is not shared, and he wants to rush up to question and fight, and this consciousness has occupied almost all of his mind.

Suddenly, his eyes swept to the castle tower. Jingzhou is at the foot of the imperial city, and the word "Jingzhou" at the city gate has always been shining with gold paint, and it is a unique gold paint in the territory of Nanxi. Now, however, these two characters have been artificially painted with a layer of black paint, and two white silk silks hang next to the words – a symbol of national mourning.

Just this glance, Nie Peixiao felt powerless. His royal brother gave his mother dignity and treated the funeral with the highest standard of national etiquette......

It's rare to be confused, it's rare to be confused! These four words appeared in Nie Peixiao's mind at the right time. Out of Xiu's thin gold font is very sharp, and every stroke is like a sword halberd, which pierces the deepest cowardice and fragility in his heart, and also makes his last insistence collapse!

I don't know how long I struggled like this, maybe it was a cup of tea, maybe it was an hour or two. Finally, Nie Peixiao walked in front of the Heavenly Emperor, bowed down and saluted: "The courtier brother has seen the imperial brother." ”

His voice was not loud, but it reverberated through the silent gates. Behind Nie Peixiao, more than 100 people also dismounted and knelt on the ground in unison: "Long live my emperor!" ”

When the word "long live" sounded, Emperor Tianzhu slowly burst into a charming smile. The smile seemed to be the same as usual, not even more cheerful, but only he knew the deep meaning......

Emperor Tianzhu personally helped Nie Peixiao up, and nodded with emotion: "It's good to come back." ”

Oh, yes! It's good to be back! This brotherhood is lost and regained, and it is good to come back! Otherwise, he would really be alone!

The two brothers returned to Yingyuan Palace on their horses, and they were silent on the road. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Nie Peixiao took the initiative to mention: "Brother Huang, I want to go to see the queen mother." ”

Emperor Tianzhu never ordered Empress Dowager Ye to be buried, just waiting for Nie Peixiao to come to see her for the last time. In the past 20 days, he ordered someone to put a special spice in the coffin of the Empress Dowager Ye, which can protect the body from decay for a month; In addition, the coffin was also parked in the underground ice cellar of Yingyuan Palace for preservation, which is not careless.

At this time, Nie Peixiao wanted to see Empress Dowager Ye, but it was within the expectation of Emperor Tianzhu, he nodded in agreement, and said calmly: "Okay, I will accompany you over." ”

"No need." Nie Peixiao refused, looked back at Cen Jiang behind him, hooked his lips and said, "Let Cen Jiang accompany me on a trip." ”

This was not a small voice, and Cen Jiang obviously heard it. His body stiffened, and he subconsciously looked at the Heavenly Emperor, with a bit of caution in his eyes.

Emperor Tianzhu shook his head slightly at Cen Jiang, but said to Nie Peixiao: "I have explained some tricky things, Cen Jiang has to deal with them in a hurry, and let Zhang Chunxi accompany you." ”

Zhang Chunxi is the chief eunuch of the Ci'en Palace, and he has been with the Empress Dowager Ye for nearly twenty years. And Emperor Tianzhu only said this sentence, which can be regarded as revealing the bottom to Nie Peixiao, telling him who Zhang Chunxi's real master is.

Sure enough, Nie Peixiao's face suddenly turned gloomy, and then a trace of fierceness flashed. His expression, Emperor Tianzhu had never seen it before, and he was also a little frightened. But Nie Peixiao didn't say anything more after all, only said "um", which was considered to agree to this arrangement.

Emperor Tianzhu summoned a little eunuch to lead the way and took Nie Peixiao to find Zhang Chunxi. Of the more than 100 people that Nie Peixiao brought from Fangzhou, only seven or eight were left with him, and the rest of the people all went to King Cheng's mansion in Jingzhou.

To deal with an unarmed old eunuch, seven or eight people are enough.

Nie Peixiao said goodbye to Emperor Tianzhu for the time being, and went to see Empress Dowager Ye for the last time, and also went to Zhang Chunxi to "settle accounts".

Emperor Tianzhu watched him go away all the time before he walked in the direction of the Holy Study. Cen Jiang quickened his pace to keep up, and replied in a low voice: "Thank you, Holy Lord." ”

Emperor Tianzhu looked ahead without squinting, and said expressionlessly: "If I can't even protect my subordinates, shouldn't this emperor be a bag?" ”

Cen Jiang didn't say anything more, and the master and servant entered the holy study before and after.

As soon as Emperor Tianzhu entered the main hall, he subconsciously looked at the floor tiles. A few hours ago, the fold that he threw down had been put back into the imperial case, and the four treasures of the study room were neatly arranged and cleaned, and there was not a trace of ink on the case.

Before going to pick up Nie Peixiao into the palace, he made a special trip to come and clean up, and now that the main hall is clean, it is naturally her errand. I wanted to use this to punish Danxinxiao, but for some reason, the Heavenly Emperor was even more irritable and depressed in his heart.

knew that she was depressed, and now she was so thin that she couldn't bear to be human, why did he torture her again......

Thinking of this, the haggard face appeared in front of the emperor again, and he could see that she deliberately wiped the fat powder and wiped the lipstick, but compared to the previous plain face, her complexion was still much worse.

"Where's the lightheart?" Emperor Tianzhu asked unconsciously, and when he said it, he realized who he was looking for.

"Back to the saint, the light-hearted girl is unwell, so she went back to take medicine." The palace maid on duty replied respectfully.

Medicine? Is it true that he has not yet recovered? Emperor Tianzhu pondered for a moment, and wanted to visit in person, but he felt that Yu Li was incompatible, and he had just lost his temper with Danxin. After thinking about it, he only said to the palace maid: "You go down and see what her situation is, come and talk back." ”

The palace maids in the holy study all knew that the emperor treated him differently, so he also obediently accepted the order: "Yes, the slave and maid will go over." With that, she gave an account of the business at hand, and hurried out of the holy study by herself.

After that, Emperor Tianzhu began to concentrate on watching the twists and turns, and half of the twists and turns he had just seen were placed on the top, which showed that he was deliberately doing it. Thinking about it like this, the Heavenly Emperor couldn't look at it anymore anyway.

There was a faint laughter like a silver bell in her ears, and her plain hands were also in front of her, serving tea and grinding. Without this girl's attendant, the holy study was completely lifeless.

Just thinking about it, he heard a sound of approaching footsteps outside the main hall, and Emperor Tianzhu immediately got up and walked down the Danqi, thinking that it was the palace maid who came to talk back. Unexpectedly, he was disappointed - the eunuch reported that it was his ninth brother Nie Peixiao.

Only then did he remember that now the death of Empress Dowager Ye was the top priority, and the top priority was to ensure that Nie Peixiao did not rebel and protect this brotherhood. Instead of being pulled by the girl with a light heart.

"You're fast." Emperor Tianzhu looked at Nie Peixiao: "Have you seen the queen mother?" He deliberately explained that the body of the Empress Dowager Ye had been treated, so he was not worried that the other party would find out anything.

Nie Peixiao only said "um" when she heard this, and said very casually: "Zhang Chunxi is dead." ”

In a word, the clouds were light and the wind was light, there was no explanation, and the Heavenly Emperor didn't need him to explain, so he only said vaguely: "He has served in the Ci'en Palace for decades, and I will give him dignity." ”

Nie Peixiao was noncommittal, and asked: "When will the queen mother be buried in the imperial mausoleum?" ”

"The Ministry of Rites has already chosen a date, just waiting for you to make an idea." Emperor Tianzhu paused for a moment, and then said: "You just arrived in Jingzhou today, and you are tired of traveling and driving, and you will discuss it tomorrow when you go to the court." ”

"Okay." Nie Peixiao nodded.

The two brothers were silent again. And as soon as there was silence between them, the centrifugal and tense atmosphere began to grow again.

Emperor Tianzhu tried to find a topic to interrupt this atmosphere, so he took the opportunity to say: "You go to Beijing, don't be in a hurry to go back, just leave after getting married here." ”

The prince returned to the imperial city of Jingzhou to get married, which is understandable. It's just that now that Emperor Tongsheng and Empress Dowager Ye have passed away one after another, Nie Peixiao is also disheartened and unwilling to stay longer, so he didn't open his mouth to agree.

Seeing this, Emperor Tianzhu persuaded again: "Anyway, I personally decreed the marriage, why do I have to be the main marriage?" ”

Nie Peixiao subconsciously resisted this marriage, which was a marriage that his mother exchanged for her life. What's more, he has never even seen whether Xie Peili is round or flat, and he doesn't want to get married hastily. So he found an excuse to shirk it: "The queen mother has just passed away, and the younger brother doesn't want to think about marriage yet...... Just wait. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Tianzhu frowned slightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed on his charming face: "When are you going to wait?" Priest, you're not young! ”

"The subordinate brother has his own measure." Nie Peixiao simply replied: "It is important to keep filial piety for the queen mother. ”

"Ordinary people keep filial piety for three years, and the royal family only needs three months to keep filial piety." Emperor Tianzhu retorted to him: "Your marriage is a big event, and the Ministry of Rites will have to prepare for at least three or five months. When everything is ready, it happens to be the mourning period, so there is no delay. ”

"Let me think again." Nie Peixiao still avoided it.

"What else do you want to think?" Emperor Tianzhu was already irritable because of his indifference, and at this moment he was even more angry: "This is the marriage that the queen mother personally set before her death, and you want to make her old man unable to rest in peace?" ”

Hearing this, Nie Peixiao only sneered: "Who doesn't let the queen mother rest in peace?" ”

"Warlord!" The emperor changed color again and scolded in a deep voice: "You know what you're talking about?!" ”

Nie Peixiao stood in place and pursed her thin lips, and there was murder in her handsome eyes. The Heavenly Emperor Phoenix looked at him with a slight narrowing of his eyes, and did not back down from each other.

After a while, in the end, it was Nie Peixiao who took the lead in defeating, calmed down and knelt down to ask for guilt: "Brother Chen's words, please punish the imperial brother." ”

This time, Emperor Tianzhu didn't let him get up, and asked after a long silence, "Are you rebelling?" Or is it because of Mrs. Izumi? ”

Nie Peixiao opened her mouth, and was about to answer the last sentence, but the note suddenly appeared in her mind - "It's rare to be confused". Now, why bother to involve Chuxiu again? So he replied, "No, it has nothing to do with her...... I don't like Xie Peili. ”

"You know you don't like anyone before you see anyone?" Emperor Tianzhu asked again.

"What it's like to like someone, my brother thinks you should know better." Nie Peixiao replied calmly: "I'm not you, and I don't want to be the emperor, there is no need to rely on marriage to sit in a stable position." ”

How ironic this sentence is! Emperor Tianzhu suddenly changed color, and he raised his foot and was about to kick Nie Peixiao's shoulder. At this moment, the latter suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were extremely cold, and his heart was extremely cold.

Emperor Tianzhu's heart twitched, and he still couldn't bear to kick it: "You get up first and then speak." What does it look like to kneel all the time! ”

Nie Peixiao got up in silence and sat down in a chair.

Seeing that he had completely calmed down, Emperor Tianzhu turned around and walked back onto the Danqi, sat back on the dragon chair, and sighed with one hand on the imperial case: "When I could let go of Luanshu, you should also learn to let go of Mrs. Chuxiu...... I'd love to see you happy, but I vaguely guessed that you'd be hurt. ”

At this point, Nie Peixiao was really sad: "Do you know what happened to Yun Ci's past?" So why didn't you tell me earlier? I always thought that Yun Ci didn't treat her well! ”

"Why did I tell you? You never asked. Emperor Tianzhu took the opportunity to wake him up: "Jing Duo, you are in your twenties, and you are still so impulsive!" If you could find out carefully before pursuing her, you wouldn't have ended up like this! ”

"Speaking of which, you're too conceited!" Emperor Tianzhu reprimanded again: "Yun Ci is far-sighted, Shen Yu is devoted to his companionship, what do you compare with them?" ”

"I can't compare." Nie Peixiao said gloomily: "I came too late, I understood too late, and I missed the best opportunity!" ”

"No, you're wrong." Emperor Tianzhu categorically denied it, and without waiting for Nie Peixiao to ask, he had already explained himself: "Even if you meet Mrs. Zhuxiu earlier, you can't stop her fate with Yun Ci. There is a cloud of resignation, and no one else is possible. ”

"Why?" Nie Peixiao was puzzled.

"Because no one can do this."

"I know that he can die for Izumi."

"No, he can arrange everything for Izuku after he dies, and you can't." Emperor Tianzhu pointed out unceremoniously.

"Brother Huang said the 50 million taels of gold?" Nie Peixiao smiled bitterly: "You don't need to bother to explain this matter, I have already heard Mrs. Xie say it." ”

"It's more than that." Emperor Tianzhu's face was pale, but he asked: "In the spring of this year, Mrs. Zhuxiu was taken captive, but Xia Jincheng happened to pass by and saved her life?" ”

"I can't hide anything from the royal brother." Nie Peixiao admitted.

"Then why do you think Xia Jincheng wanted to save her?" Emperor Tianzhu asked again: "The death of Yun Ci's original partner Xia Yanran has something to do with Mrs. Chuxiu. Do you think the Xia family can have the slightest complaint? She replaced Xia Yanran's position, why did the Xia family still treat her as a friend? ”

Nie Peixiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he never thought about this question, so he replied: "I heard that Xiu and Xia Yanran look similar, maybe the Xia family is Aiwu and Wu ......."

"That's a far-fetched reason." Emperor Tianzhu refuted.

Nie Peixiao thought for a while, and then said: "The Xia family has been scholarly for generations, and they are all sensible people, and they will not be angry at will. ”

"No matter how sensible it is, after all, my daughter is dead, and it is still a corpse with two lives, the Xia family must have a pimple in their hearts, why do they want to help Mrs. Xiu? You probably don't know that the Xia family once offered to accept her as a righteous daughter. Emperor Tianzhu explained again.

The Xia family wants to take out Xiu as a righteous daughter? This is the first time Nie Peixiao has heard of it. Theoretically, his daughter died unclearly, and Xiu succeeded Xia Yanran as the stepfamily, the Xia family should indeed have some nostalgia for her, and they will never "love the house and Wu" to such a point?

Nie Peixiao was a little stunned: "Did Yun Ci make any arrangements before he died?" ”