King Yu picked up Ye Qian and put it beside him, and the two of them were huddled in a large rosewood circle chair.

King Yu held Ye Qian's chubby hand, and said slowly: "Seven years ago, Hou Ye was assassinated and fell off the cliff, but fortunately fell into the river, the water where he fell was extremely deep, Hou Ye did not die, but fainted, and was rescued by the envoy of the female Luo country. At that time, the female Luo envoy visited Daqi, it was on the way back to China, the envoy met Hou Ye by chance, and knew that he was the household servant of Daqi, after rescuing Hou Ye on the boat, he wanted to wait for Hou Ye to wake up and let him get off the boat, but unexpectedly, Hou Ye was seriously injured, not only his leg was broken and he couldn't walk, but he was also groggy and couldn't wake up. ”

"What? He—he's not awake all the time? Meng's voice trembled, It's easy to know that he's still alive, hasn't he woken up? Don't remember himself, and don't remember his son and daughter?

King Yu nodded, "Lord Hou may have suffered a head injury when he fell into the water, perhaps because he fell from a high place and the impact of the water was too great. The envoy saw that Hou Ye was seriously injured and unconscious, but he had bad intentions and took the opportunity to bring Hou Ye back to Nuluo Kingdom. ”

"Why did he take his father away?" Ye Qian looked at King Yu in confusion, since the envoy knew that his father was a household servant, even if he didn't send his father back in person, he should put his father down at the post station.

"Because Hou Ye is a very talented person, the empress of the female Luo Kingdom has been working hard to recruit talents, and people like Hou Ye are exactly what she needs." After Wang Yu explained, he continued: "Hou Ye was taken to the Nuluo Kingdom, and the Empress sent the most clever imperial doctors in the palace to treat Hou Ye. The envoy lied that he didn't know the Hou Ye, so he brought him back. In any case, the female Luo country has a life-saving grace for the Hou Ye, and the empress asked the Hou Ye to stay in the female Luo country for three years, not to be an official, but as a guest, to give advice to his household department. The other party coerced the favor to report, and Hou Ye was not an ungrateful person, so he agreed, and in the past three years, he wrote a lot of letters back to Daqi, but never received a reply. ”

"We've never heard from him!" Meng was happy and angry, happy that Hou Ye's injury was finally healed, and angry was that he didn't know who intercepted Hou Ye's letter.

King Yu said: "Because the empress asked the Hou Ye to intercept all the letters, those letters have never been able to send the female Luo." ”

Ye Lijian's brows furrowed, "Except for those letters, the three-year period has already arrived, why hasn't my father come back?" "Could it be that the Empress intercepted her father as well?

"Because the empress refuses to let her go." King Yu sighed, "Although Hou Ye is not directly in charge of the household department, just by making suggestions, the treasury of the Nuluo Kingdom is becoming more and more abundant, and the empress is really reluctant to let Hou Ye leave, so when Hou Ye insists on resigning, the empress will ...... him Under house arrest. ”

"The Empress is too bad!" Ye Qian clenched her little fists angrily, "What's the matter if you have to leave someone's father with her?!" "She had a rich treasury, but she had not been able to reunite her family, and her father had left when she was a year old, and she didn't even know what he looked like.

King Yu rubbed her little head, "Lord Hou has also tried to escape many times, but he was unsuccessful, but fortunately, the empress respects him and hopes that he will change his mind one day, but he is under house arrest and does not let him leave, and it does not hurt him." ”

"So what now?" Meng Shi and Ye Li both looked at King Yu expectantly, he promised to rescue Hou Ye back, there should be some arrangements.

"Now we should not act rashly, if we go to ask for someone, the empress can be said to be left by the Hou Ye himself, and when the time comes, we will not be allowed to see the Hou Ye, or use some subordinate means to make the Hou Ye delirious, then it will be difficult to do, not only will we not be able to find people, but it will make the Hou Ye bear the charge of treason." King Yu looked at the two solemnly, "So, the person I arranged is to secretly bring Master Hou back." They have already been in contact with Hou Ye, and Hou Ye himself wants to leave, and it should not be difficult to do it. As long as Hou Ye returns to Daqi, it will all depend on us what rhetoric we use. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "If the Hou Ye hates Nu Luo deeply, it can be said that the female Luo envoy forcibly took him away, and he was detained for another seven years, and finally escaped. This argument was enough to cause the two countries to go to war, and the Empress had always been concerned with recuperation, and the war was an outcome that she absolutely did not want. Or Hou Ye can also say that he was seriously injured and lost his memory, after thinking about it, the empress let him go very generously, if this rhetoric is used, the empress will definitely cooperate in order to continue to have friendly exchanges with Daqi. ”

"This empress is so hateful, she should be taught a good lesson! When the time comes, the two countries will go to war, and I will personally go to the battlefield to kill the enemy! Ye Li was indignant.

King Yu shook his head and sighed: "Ah Li, the two countries are at war, and the people of Li are the most bitter. When the time comes, the people are hungry and cold, the white-haired mother is looking forward to the safe return of her son, the young child is waiting for the father, and the woman in the boudoir worries about her husband's safety day and night. Ah Li Ke once heard a poem, 'Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream', think about the soldiers who buried their bones in the frontier, I don't know how many people remember, but they can never wait. ”

Ye Li was stunned, he had never thought about this, he thought of the time last night when he thought he was going to die, at that time the thought in his heart was that his mother and sister learned of his death, and he didn't know how to be sad, without himself, his mother and sister didn't know how difficult the future would be. He was a little dazed, "Could it be that you have been bullied and insulted by other countries, and you have to endure it?" ”

"No, I mean that wars that can be avoided should be avoided as much as possible, but the dignity of a country cannot be trampled on, for example, if a neighboring country invades our borders and harasses our people, it will naturally fight back fiercely." King Yu glanced at Ye Li with a smile, "Ah Li wants to practice martial arts and learn the art of war well, maybe he will use it one day." ”

Hearing him say this, the pride in Ye Li's heart rose again, that's right, learn the art of martial arts and war, even if you don't start a war with Nuluo, you can protect your family and defend the country.

King Yu looked at Meng Shi and saw that she was still a little worried, so he comforted: "My people have already contacted Hou Ye, and they have started to lay out, counting the journey, it is estimated that Hou Ye will be able to come back next year."

Nuluo has a long way to go, and they have to escape from the empress's surveillance, it must not be easy, it is already good to be able to come back next year, Meng Shi said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Wang." "If it weren't for King Yu, their family wouldn't know when they would be reunited.

King Yu smiled: "Mother-in-law is too polite, father-in-law is in trouble, and the son-in-law should do his best." He squeezed the little hand he held in his palm, and when he thought that his little princess was not an orphan girl in this life, he had a father, a mother and a brother, and his heart was very happy.

Knowing the exact news of the Hou Ye, Meng and Ye Li were overjoyed and excited, while some people in the Jiping Hou Mansion were gloomy.

Shou Antang

The old lady stared at the third old man, Ye Chengshu, "Your second brother has an accident, you can't ignore it, isn't your father-in-law a capable officer under King Rui, it shouldn't be difficult to get someone out of the criminal department, right?" ”

"The second brother is my brother, how can I not care." Ye Chengshu sighed secretly, the prince faction has the prince and the third prince King Kang, but King Rui only has himself, if he goes to save the second brother, it is equivalent to going against King Yu, then King Rui and the three princes will become enemies, in his estimation, King Rui is not stupid to such a point, it would be good if he didn't help King Yu to completely shoot the second brother to death, he would never save the second brother, and he would not allow his subordinates to save him.

"Then you'd better come up with a charter." The old lady said dissatisfiedly, she had long looked at Mei's unpleasant eyes, if it weren't for her father's sake, how could she tolerate her, now is the time to need her father.

Ye Chengshu pinched his eyebrows helplessly, and said perfunctorily: "I will go to my father-in-law to discuss." However, we'd better take a multi-pronged approach, Sister Fu'er, you can go to the prince for help. The old lady did not hide from him about Yefu and the prince, and he did not object to this. Who knows who will win in the future, the prince and King Rui, King Rui will naturally win, and his father-in-law will have the merit of following the dragon, and he can also get some benefits, but if the prince ascends to the throne, he will definitely not be able to spare his father-in-law, and he will also be implicated. It would be different if Sister Fu got the favor of the prince, he was Sister Fu'er's third uncle, and Sister Fu'er's father was a sibling, and the prince would be able to reap the benefits of the prince's accession to the throne.

The old lady nodded, "You're right, it's a multi-pronged approach, no matter what the method is, you have to try it, I will let Sister Fu'er go to the prince." "Not only that, but the big house also has to put some effort into it, Meng is not easy to coax, Sister Qian is still young, maybe she can coax it, with Meng and Brother Li'er's love for Sister Qian'er, if she cries and makes trouble for Brother Qian'er to withdraw the lawsuit, maybe she will agree.

Ye Qian followed her mother and brother back to the Hou Mansion, and just after lunch, Yeats came.

"Why is the second sister here, please take a seat." Ye Qian got up to greet her, the three sisters in the second room hadn't come to her for a long time, and everyone met when they were greeting the old lady.

Yeats smiled: "I haven't come to see the fourth sister for a long time, come and have a look." "She was sent by the old lady, Ye Fu has another task, Ye Rong's temper is too explosive, and her relationship with Ye Qian is the worst, and she will only quarrel when she comes, so she can only be sent. Of course, she came willingly, it's okay to say without the Qi family, anyway, it's not her biological mother, it's just her mother-in-law, if she doesn't even have a father, then her life will be difficult, she is an unfavored concubine, and if she doesn't have a father to cover her, she will have a bleak future when she thinks about it.

"Second sister can have lunch?" Ye Qian asked Bai Zhen to pour Ye Zhi a cup of tea and put it in her hand.

"I used it." Yeats took the tea, took a sip, and showed a hint of envy on her delicate little face, Ye Qian's tea here was not so good before, it seems that the Meng family is back in charge, and Ye Qian's treatment has also risen, she raised her eyes and glanced in the room, and sure enough, the utensils and knick-knacks everywhere have been changed.

Bai Zhen was waiting on the side, and Mama Feng entered the hall lightly, and sat quietly with Lu Fei, listening to the movement in the house. If there is such a big event as the second master buying a murderer to assassinate the prince, it must be a good thing for the girl in the second room to come over, she has to listen to it, don't let them coax the little princess.

Yeats put down the teacup, "Fourth sister, there is such a big incident in the family, I am really uneasy. I think this must be a misunderstanding, my father is the second uncle of the eldest brother, how can he ask someone to assassinate the eldest brother. ”

Ye Qian didn't make a sound, she trusted King Yu and her brother, since they said that the second uncle did it, it was the second uncle who did it.

"Fourth sister, the criminal department is not easy to treat, I heard that there are rats in it, my father has never done anything, but he was put in prison by the eldest brother, and when the truth is revealed, the eldest brother will definitely feel guilty, so let the eldest brother withdraw the lawsuit now." Yeats wanted to hold Ye Qian's hand, but Ye Qian just went to get the teacup and avoided it.

"The second sister is wrong, the second uncle was not put in prison by his brother." Ye Qian has already heard her brother tell the ins and outs of the matter, "My brother only said that someone assassinated him and sent those thieves to the criminal department, and he didn't sue the second uncle." It was the officials of the Criminal Department who interrogated those thieves and thought that the second uncle was suspicious, so they were arrested and put in prison, which has nothing to do with my brother. ”

Mama Feng just wanted to applaud when she heard it, look at our little princess, she is so organized at a young age, how powerful!

The corners of Yeats's mouth twitched, "Since the eldest brother did not sue my father, then let the eldest brother go to the criminal department to say it, just say that my father has nothing to do with this matter, and let the criminal department release my father." ”

Ye Qian shook her head, "Is it irrelevant, then the officials of the Criminal Department will only know after the trial, and my brother doesn't know, how can I make this guarantee and let the Criminal Department release people?" ”

She's really not going to get in! Yeats gritted his teeth, "Fourth sister, my father is innocent, and he will be released sooner or later anyway, why not let him go home early?" ”

"Since he is innocent, as long as the Criminal Department asks clearly, he will naturally be let back, second sister, don't worry, just wait with peace of mind." Ye Qian comforted very seriously.

Yeats was ruthless, secretly pinched his leg, tears welled up, and he wanted to cry, "Fourth sister, what if the Criminal Department asks you to be punished, my father is not in good health, how can I stand it, my mother has been locked up, can you bear to see that the second sister doesn't even have a father?" ”

She looked like she was about to cry, but Ye Qian didn't comfort her this time, her bulging little face stiffened, and she said: "Your mother is just copying Buddhist scriptures in the small courtyard, cultivating herself, and her body is fine, but my mother was poisoned and bedridden, if she hadn't been discovered by Mama Feng, she wouldn't have been able to get up yet." Your father was just arrested and put in the criminal department, and as long as he was innocent, he would be released, but my father was ...... It is still nowhere to be seen. Your brother is safe and sound, but my brother was assassinated and almost died. Second sister, can you bear it? ”

"This—" Yeats was speechless.

Lu Fei was almost about to applaud her own girl, and Mama Feng was also smiling, it seemed that she was worried in vain, the little princess was smart, and she would not be coaxed.

Bai Zhen glanced at Yeats with disdain, these two girls usually lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eyes, she thought it was a good one, but she didn't expect that the people in the second room were really shameless, and almost killed the life of their own prince, and they were embarrassed to come to the girl, and wanted to coax the girl to let the prince withdraw the lawsuit, but although the girl was young, she was not confused.