Mrs. Li didn't know that Chu Xi would invite her on purpose, but after thinking about it, she dressed up and went out, and specially brought Yuan Shan and Lu Ya over together, as if she was here to demonstrate.

When they came, Chu Xi was putting the folded flowers in the flower hall, Yuan Shan watched Chu Xi go through so many things from a distance, and it was really rare to be able to maintain such tranquility now, no wonder even a character like Lin Shizi was so devoted to her.

Chu Xi heard the sound, turned her head and saw that Mrs. Li was wearing a red wide-sleeved embroidered gold-rimmed robe, a complete set of gold-inlaid jade heads, which looked very luxurious, but Yuan Shan, who came from a large family on the side, was dressed much more plainly, with a snow-blue cardigan long skirt, only a few beaded flowers on her head, but they were all extremely rare styles, and the jade bracelets exposed on her wrists inadvertently were also very shiny.

"Auntie." Chu Xi stepped forward and saluted.

When Mrs. Li saw that she knew that she had saluted her, she was a little surprised: "Why did you invite someone to invite me over?" She didn't talk to Chu Xi politely at all,

The lower Chu Xi's posture was, the more convinced she was that Chu Xi was now cornered.

Chu Xi turned aside and waited for them to sit down, and then said, "There is really no other way to invite my aunt over this time." ”

"Oh? Is it? The smile on Mrs. Li's face widened, and she had a feeling that she could handle Chu Xi: "Then tell me, what is the matter, if I can help, I will help you." ”

Chu Xiwan'er thanked her with a smile, and then said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I always have nightmares these days, and I dream that my grandmother always holds my hand and says that I must take care of the Chu family, hey......"

Speaking of the Chu family, Mrs. Li's heart also sank, the Chu family is her maiden family, the Chu family fell like this, how could she not feel distressed, but there is no way to be distressed, the matter has come to this, and she can't change anything.

"Then you're going to ......"

"Ji'er plans to invite the presiding master of Changle Nunnery to come over and chant the scriptures, but you also know that once this dojo is done, it will take 7749 days before I return to Beijing, Qingyu was invited into the palace and there is no news, Zheng Yun was imprisoned again, and I really don't have any extra money in my hands to make this dojo." Chu Xi's face was full of embarrassment, but when Mrs. Li heard it, she hurriedly asked, "How much silver does this seven-seven-forty-nine day dojo get?" ”

"Not much, please host the master, one hundred taels a day, seven seven forty-nine days, that is, four thousand nine hundred taels, plus props such as incense and candles, my aunt will lend me five thousand taels of silver." Chu Xi looked at her expectantly, but she almost shouted in surprise: "Five thousand taels of silver!" ”

Yuan Shan frowned dissatisfiedly, five thousand taels is not much, and it is not enough for a country like Mrs. Li to see the world.

"Mother, you can get it in the five thousand taels of mansions." Yuan Shan said, she doesn't mind the silver.

Mrs. Li was not happy, thinking that she used to save money, but now she took out 5,000 taels for nothing, and she didn't use it for herself, how could she not feel distressed: "Sister, look at this ......"

"It just so happens that it's a ritual for my grandmother and father, what do you mean aunt?" Chu Xi directly interrupted her and said.

Chu Xi said everything about this, she definitely couldn't refuse, but let her take out five thousand taels...... No, it's so distressing.

"Do you want to invite another nurse?" Mrs. Li discussed, but she regretted coming to this trip.

"Auntie is distressed about the silver?"

"That's not ......" Mrs. Li stiffened her face and waved her hand, panicking in her heart, but heard Chu Xi say again: "Originally, Yi'er and Mrs. Yun said that they just wanted to go to Changle Nunnery to pray for blessings, and they could light the immortal lamp for me to pray, but ......"

"That's a good idea." Mrs. Li blurted out, and Yuan Shan lowered her eyes and didn't bother to listen again.

Chu Ji smiled and shook his head: "Although this method is good, they also have a heart, but I don't know that Yi'er said that they can't get out of the city at all, and the Yan family's Yan Jifu is blocked from letting them go." ”

"And such a thing?"

"Hmm." Chu Xi nodded, Yuan Shan raised her eyes and looked at Chu Xi at this time, I heard Li Xiao say that she has always been smart, and it is rare to encounter such a helpless thing and show weakness to others, unless, her method this time is to use her mother.

Seeing that Yuan Shan seemed to see it, Chu Xi raised her eyes and looked at her and said with a smile: "Young lady, are you willing to tell Master Li about the five thousand taels?" I'm a woman, and it's always hard to get through. ”

"No, no." Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "It is definitely better to go to the temple to pray for blessings than for the laborers to come here, how can there be more aura here than in the nunnery." ”

"But I can't leave the capital, Yi'er and they also have the heart but power." Chu Xi frowned slightly, but Mrs. Li laughed: "Silly boy, my aunt is here, and I'm afraid that the Yan family won't succeed." ”

"That aunt means ......"

"Don't worry, you ask people, they want to go now, and if they go now, they will not know it." Mrs. Li said with a smile.

Yuan Shan always felt strange and wanted to remind her: "Mother, let's discuss this matter with your husband before making a decision." ”

Mrs. Li didn't know that Li Xiao had always liked Chu Xi, if she let Li Xiao know, don't say five thousand taels, even fifty thousand taels will definitely take it out without blinking, so she said, "No need." ”

Chu Xi looked at Yuan Shan with a faint smile, and had already sent someone to inform Yun Songyi and Mrs. Yun.

After a while, Xiao Fu'er rushed over and said, "Madame said, you can leave now, just go to ask Master Zheng for the Bodhisattva." ”

"That's good, but you have to avoid the Yan family, I'm afraid that the two of them will be wronged." Mrs. Li hurriedly laughed.

Chu Xi'er, Xiao Fu'er nodded in response, and Mrs. Li directly assigned two subordinates who were about the same size as Yun Songyi and Mrs. Yun to follow Xiao Fu'er over, and when they came back after a while, they were already different people, but they lowered their faces and couldn't recognize them if they didn't look carefully.

"I'm afraid I'm going to bother my aunt and send me out of the city directly."

"After I send them out of the city, I will have them sent directly to the nunnery." Mrs. Li said busily.

"Okay." Chu Xi nodded, stepped forward and explained to Yun Songyi: "You go to the nunnery first, just pray seriously." Zheng Yunji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine. ”

Yun Songyi grabbed Chu Xi's hand and trembled a little, and choked up slightly: "But Sister Xi'er, I'm worried about you." ”

"Don't worry, it's just a nightmare, and when you sincerely wish the Bodhisattva, I'll be fine." Chu Xi winked at her, Yun Songyi saw this, and then bowed slightly, they were just a burden to stay now.

Chu Ji turned her head to look at Mrs. Li: "Auntie, it's better not to talk about this matter for the time being, otherwise the Yan family will make trouble......"

"Don't worry." Mrs. Li said busily, as soon as this matter spreads, Li Xiao will know, and once Li Xiao knows, she will not be able to keep the five thousand taels.

Watching Mrs. Li go out, Chu Xi glanced at Yuan Shan, who was following behind: "Does the young lady know why I didn't go directly to Lord Li?" ”

Yuan Shan's footsteps paused slightly: "Don't worry, I won't say anything about this matter, but I hope it won't affect the Li Mansion." ”

"As long as you don't say a word, the Li Mansion will naturally be fine." Chu Xi said with a smile, Yuan Shan is a smart person, and she has no trouble talking.

Yuan Shan's footsteps paused, and then he followed and left, and the green buds followed from beginning to end, without saying a word, but when he was about to leave, he quietly left all the valuable objects on his body.

Chu Xi watched everyone leave, and then turned her head and instructed Mei Niang: "Go and inform Aunt Hong, let her people keep an eye on Yi'er and them, and they must leave safely." ”

"Yes!" Mei Niang didn't say a word and walked in another direction, and Chu Xi turned her head back to the room.

Xiao Fu'er came over with a bunch of jewelry and jade pendants and put them in front of Chu Xi: "Miss, this is left by the green buds." ”

Chu Xi looked at the embarrassed eyes of the green buds when she left, and smiled: "This stupid girl...... Come on, put the things away, and return them to her when all these things are over. ”

Aunt Fu also came in, saw Chu Xi, and said, "Miss, you sent them away, what should you do yourself?" ”

"There's always a way." Chu Xi smiled and looked at Xiao Fu'er and Aunt Fu: "You have to go too." ”

"Slaves don't leave!" Xiao Fu'er made a move: "If the slave and maid leave, there will really be no one around the young lady, and the slave and maid will not go anywhere." Xiao Fu'er sobbed and sobbed, and couldn't help but cry loudly, no one could persuade her.

Chu Xi looked at Aunt Fu helplessly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Qingyu is still there, I will be fine." ”

The more Chu Xi comforted, the more fierce Xiao Fu'er cried, there was no way, Chu Xi could only not mention this matter for the time being, and turned her head to think about how to fish Zheng Yun out, but she didn't expect that she didn't need to think of a way, the emperor gave the order first, saying that Qiushan was hunting and let Zheng Yun go over, so he let Jing Zhaoyin beat him with fifty sticks and carried him back.

It was Lord Jingzhao Yin Liang who sent Zheng Yun back, and when he came, he changed out of his official robe and was only wearing a regular uniform.

When Chu Ji saw him, he was about thirty years old, which was still young, but he had no relationship with him.

Zheng Yun was carried back, and Chu Xi directly asked people to carry him to the backyard.

"Hey, why don't you see Mrs. Zheng?" Lord Liang asked, Zheng Yun was in the prison before, and Yun Songyi had to go there a day to take a good look.

Chu Ji said while leading him inside: "After she came back from the prison, she cried for a long time, and she stopped now, and Mrs. Yun was also taking care of her later." ”

"Oh." Lord Liang didn't doubt it much, and sat down in the flower hall before explaining his intention: "I came here this time because I knew that Mrs. Lin had a very good relationship with the former Jingzhao Yin Han, so I came here and wanted to ask Mrs. Lin to write a letter." ”

"What letter to write?" Chu Xi looked at him and asked.

Lord Liang was a little embarrassed, but he still smiled; "This Guan Yuan is also a student under Lord Han, but that was more than ten years ago, originally transferred to the capital this time, I wanted to catch up with my teacher, and I wanted to discuss the things of Jingzhao Mansion, but I came over to find out about the tragedy of the Han family, and when I looked for someone to find it, I couldn't find any trace of my teacher. Before leaving, the teacher heard that he had met Mrs. Lin once, so I ......"

Chu Ji looked at him in surprise, Han Min was secretly sent out of the city by himself and Lin Qingyu, how could he know that he had met Han Min, could it be that Zhao Xuanyi was still planning to invite Lord Han back.

"I don't know." Chu Xi smiled faintly.

"Don't know?" Lord Liang was a little unconvinced, but looking at her calm and waveless face, he knew that he couldn't ask at once, so he only got up and raised his hand towards Chu Xi: "Then I won't bother much." ”

"Lord Liang......" Chu Ji saw that he was leaving, and said again.

Lord Liang thought she was going to tell herself, but when she heard her, she said, "Yuankang's matter, have you ever investigated it carefully, is his leg really broken by Zheng Yun?" ”

Lord Liang turned back slightly puzzled: "Hasn't the emperor already made a decree on this matter......

Chu Ji got up and came over, and said, "I don't have any other meaning, I just want to ask Lord Liang to investigate carefully, if this Yunkang conspires with someone to slander Zheng Yun, such a person must not be spared, otherwise I don't know who he will be in next time." ”

"I understand." Lord Liang bowed his head, he didn't want Yunkang to get a difficult one next time, and this time his broken leg was indeed strange: "I will check again, if Mrs. Lin has nothing else, I will leave." ”

"Slow down, adults." Chu Xiwan'er watched Lord Liang leave in a hurry, and then he turned his head and went to find Zheng Yun.

A doctor had already drugged him, but fifty sticks had actually fallen on him.

"Can you still go to the hunting ground?" As soon as Chu Ji came in, he saw Zheng Yun lying on the bed and couldn't move.

Zheng Yun nodded in embarrassment, and laughed loudly: "I survived the battle on the battlefield, this injury, that is, a caterpillar bite, nothing serious." ”

Xiao Fu'er looked at the bloodshot clothes he had changed into, and was glad that Yun Songyi didn't see it, otherwise he would be distressed.

"That's good, after the Mongolian princess enters the city tomorrow, Prince Yu will come back soon, you have to be ready at any time, don't die." Chu Ji admonished.

Zheng Yun smiled again: "Don't worry, you can't die." ”

"Then you have to be careful, otherwise your child will be born without a father, and their mother's life will not be easy in the future." Chu Xi's lips raised slightly, Zheng Yun didn't seem to react yet, waved his hand and laughed: "Don't worry, I'm fine...... Wait, kids, mothers? ”

Looking at his shocked eyes, Xiao Fu'er covered her lips and chuckled: "Miss Yun is already pregnant!" ”

"Seriously!" He was so excited that he was about to get up, but when he pulled the wound on his body, he took a sharp breath in pain and hurriedly lay down again.

"What am I lying to you about, Akiyama Hunting Ground, I'm worried that the emperor has other plans, you have to give me my heart to my throat, and as soon as Prince Yu arrives, he will leave the capital immediately!" Chu Xi instructed.

Zheng Yun fell into ecstasy: "Then, what about Yi'er and my mother-in-law now?" ”

"It's time to leave the capital." Xiao Fu'er hurriedly said, and hurriedly booed: "You can't let people know about this." ”

Zheng Yun glanced at Chu Xi gratefully: "Don't worry! ”

Chu Xi left Aunt Fu to take care of him, and then turned around and left.

Leaving from Zheng Yun's room, it was already dark, and at this time, outside the city, a delegation of several hundred people was almost there.

The woman in an exotic dress with a whip lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to the people outside: "How long will I sit in this carriage, can't I ride a horse?" ”

"Princess, this is the Central Plains, and women have to follow three virtues and four virtues." Others hurriedly said: "It is absolutely impossible for an unmarried girl to ride a horse outside." ”

After hearing this, she was so angry that her eyes widened: "Then how long will it take to get to the capital of the Central Plains?" ”

"We're off tonight, and we'll be able to go in early tomorrow morning." The bystanders looked at the capital not far away and laughed.

"Okay......" She felt sad when she remembered the purpose of this trip, but it seemed good to be able to see the man who had caught a glimpse of him at the beginning.

They paused at a small inn nearby to get ready to rest, but in the middle of the night for some reason, a fire suddenly broke out in the inn, and for a while, the fire quickly flooded the inn.

"Quick, protect the merciful princess!"

The Mongolian warriors rushed towards the inn in unison, but just as they entered the burning inn, an inky figure flew out of the window on the second floor, holding a girl in his hand, and slowly fell to the ground.

"It's okay." He asked the man in his arms.

Pity looked at him and was going to be stupid: "It's you!" ”

Zhao Ke put her on the ground, and the attendants who followed him also came: "Lord Wang, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Zhao Ke said with a smile.

"Why are you here!" Mercy didn't seem to be frightened by the fire, but squinted at him.

Zhao Kewaner: "I also came to the guest house, but before I fell asleep, I saw a fire, and I just saw you spinning around the room like a headless fly."

"I'm trying to protect myself." Pity was busy, but seeing the person who had been thinking about her appearance in such a way made her even more determined in her thoughts.

Zhao Ke smiled, but he looked at the person who was hidden in the dark not far away, and the person arched his hand towards him and ran, this fire was set by him.

"Looks like we don't have an inn to stay in tonight." Zhao Ke laughed, his handsome face seemed to be radiating light, making people unable to take their eyes off.

With a wave of his hand, he pointed to his carriage: "My carriage is very spacious, why don't you sleep in the carriage with me?" ”

"Princess......" The others hurriedly reminded, pity didn't care about this, and laughed: "What's this, I originally came to make peace with each other, and my father didn't say that I had to marry their emperor, if I married their prince, what difference would it make." ”

Pity doesn't care about these politics, and the minister of mission on the side is in a hurry.

Zhao Ke directly stepped past her and said lightly: "I don't have to sleep, the city gate will open in two hours, I'll wait for a while." ”

Mercy hurriedly turned his head: "You——! ”

"Princess, don't be willful!" The minister grabbed her arm.

Seeing that he couldn't struggle, he smiled and shouted at Zhao Ke: "Can you wait next to my carriage?" ”

Zhao Ke felt that this princess was a little interesting: "Mongolian princesses, are they as innocent and bold as you?" ”

Pity looked at him standing there fixedly, and his heart couldn't stop moving: "Isn't it special?" ”

Zhao Ke inexplicably followed his heart: "Special." ”

"That's good." Without saying a word, Mercy crossed him with his little hand behind his back, got into the carriage, lifted the carriage curtain and pointed to the side: "You just wait here." ”

"Lord Wang......" The people around Zhao Ke frowned, but Zhao Ke only smiled faintly, walked over and stood up, and the two didn't speak, but Pity felt that the carriage seemed to have become likable.

By the time Li Xiao knew that Mrs. Li had actually sent Yun Songyi's mother and daughter out of the city, it was already the next morning, and when she was having breakfast, Mrs. Li accidentally said something.

"How dare you send them out without permission!" Li Xiao looked very angry and simply didn't eat breakfast.

Mrs. Li was stunned and frowned slightly: "Xiao'er, is this your attitude when talking to your mother?" ”

"You ......" Li Xiao didn't know what to say, but she knew that Mrs. Li had also fallen into Chu Xi's trap, so she only sighed heavily: "Don't go to see Chu Xi again in the future." "Chu Xi has more eyes than Mrs. Li.

"She invited me to ......"

"She will ask you later, you tell me directly." Li Xiao stood up directly, and was about to come out after a simple cleanup.

Yuan Shan looked at his back and said, "People sent it to Changle Nunnery......"

"It's definitely not in Changlean now." Li Xiao knew Chu Xi very well, and also knew her purpose for sending them away: "Don't talk about this matter for the time being." "He must find the person back before the emperor finds out, otherwise when he finds out, he will definitely not be pleased.

"Xiao'er, you don't eat breakfast, this soup has been stewed by my mother for five hours......"

"I won't eat it." Li Xiao said that he was about to leave, but before stepping out of the door, his face darkened: "The concubine that Mrs. said before, I will listen to you, and all the three maid rings who are familiar with the green buds will be opened to make a room." ”

"Yes." Yuan Shan got up and answered, and only after watching him leave did he lower his eyes lightly.

When Lu Ya heard the news, the hand holding the handkerchief paused slightly, but the needle pierced into the finger, and the blood stained the white handkerchief, and instantly dyed a blood-red flower.

"Auntie, the slave maid doesn't want to be an adult's maid, my mother has ordered me to have a family affair, and the slave maid will marry in half a year......"

She knelt on the ground and cried silently, and the green sprouts were not like a knife, he was punishing himself and punishing Miss because of Miss's business.

"Get up." Green Sprouts said calmly.

"Can that aunt help me ......"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you." Green Sprout's eyes were full of tears, and he got up to help her up, looking at her apologetically: "It's me who is sorry for your ......"

"Aunt ......"

"I'm sorry." She kept saying sorry, but she didn't know who she was saying sorry to, as if she was telling them, and as if she was saying it to Chu Xi, but it was more like she was saying it to herself.

The noise in the morning finally calmed down, and when he went to court in the morning, Ma Yushi said that he was sick at home and did not come to the court, and it was at this time that someone jumped out.

"Your Majesty, cholera is not stopping in the south, and the matter of sacrificing to the sky must be carried out!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, the people are complaining that there is no sacrifice to the sky, and in some places there are even mobs that have begun to make trouble, and in the long run, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the country."

……

The ministers below began to chatter and shout, and Zhao Xuanyi also knew that it was imperative to sacrifice to the sky, but it was not appropriate for him to speak after all, after all, what needed to be sacrificed was the noble daughter, that is, the daughters of these ministers under the hall.

Someone came out and said: "Your Majesty, in the eyes of the minister, the youngest granddaughter of Ma Yushi is of appropriate age and noble status, if the emperor gives the title of princess again, it is the most suitable thing to sacrifice to the sky." ”

As soon as he said this, except for those who didn't have any suitable children at home, they all jumped out and began to respond: "That's right, I think it's also very suitable, so it's better to settle on Master Ma's family." ”

The people in the hall seem to have already helped Zhao Xuanyi make a decision, but another old man who is also a royal historian disagrees.

He is almost ten years older than Ma Yushi, and he is already at the age of retirement, but he is still in this court, drowsy every day, but he really can't stand it because his body: "Your Majesty ......"

As soon as he spoke, the crowd became aware of his presence, for he barely spoke.

Zhao Xuanyi still has some respect for him: "My lord, ......"

"If you say that the most noble woman in the world, who else is there besides your only daughter, Princess Yao'er?" He raised his face, his face was full of wrinkles that were so old that he was huddled together, and he didn't want to speak, and he had long lost the righteous indignation of his youth: "Ma Yushi is the only old minister in the court who dares to tell the truth, the emperor should not chill his heart anymore." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the ministers who had just jumped out began to talk again.

"Your Majesty, this is a gift to Ma Yushi for glory, and being able to sacrifice to the sky is a blessing that cannot be cultivated in several lifetimes." Bystanders.

"Isn't it better to leave this blessing to the emperor?" The old man said slowly.

"You're bold!" He drank loudly, but the old man didn't say much, he was already old, and he couldn't play the intrigue for a long time, so he only looked at Zhao Xuanyi, and slowly knelt down: "Your Majesty, the old minister is eighty years old this year, please resign." ”

As soon as he said this, the ministers who usually didn't dare to speak but were on the side of Master Ma also knelt down: "The minister is also old, please resign and return to his hometown." ”

Zhao Xuanyi's face quickly darkened, and Li Xiao stood up and said, "Adults, why do you bother the saints? The emperor has only recently ascended the throne, and many things are not in his right hands, and he still needs a lot of support from you. ”

"The minister has exhausted Jiang Lang's talents, I'm afraid I can't assist the emperor." The old man's voice trembled slightly, and he knelt on the ground and refused to lift himself.

"You old horseman...... the adult of Fang Cai continued to scold, but Zhao Xuanyi directly chilled his face: "Do you have to resign?" Do you too? ”

"Yes." The boss was very resolute, and although one or two of the five or six people who followed him hesitated, there were three or four who firmly agreed.

Zhao Xuanyi sat upright and looked coldly at the people of His Royal Highness: "In this case, I will be approved." ”

The old ministers who jumped out before looked very happy, but Zhao Xuanyi said again: "Lord Huang, tell me, what kind of noble girl is this noble girl required by the heavens?" ”

Lord Huang, who was still trying to promote the granddaughter of Master Ma just now, was instantly blindfolded, and couldn't guess what Zhao Xuanyi wanted to do, did he really plan to let his only little princess come out to worship the sky?

"The Emperor's ......"

"Say!" Zhao Xuanyi stared at him fiercely, the people urgently needed to be appeased, and he naturally knew that only by worshipping the sky could he appease the restless people as quickly as possible.

"Returning to the emperor...... Lord Huang was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt directly on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Noble girl, naturally, the more valuable your identity and character, the better." ”

"In other words, Yao'er is indeed the best candidate?" Zhao Xuanyi asked in a cold voice.

Lord Huang looked at Li Xiao for help, and Li Xiao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, although Princess Yao'er is the eldest princess, her biological mother has passed away......

"Lord Li, have you forgotten that Ma Yushi's youngest granddaughter is the death of both parents?" The old man spoke, and he didn't like Li Xiao more and more. The philistine, sleek, does not do practical things for the people, thinks about playing with power all the time, and after that, he only took off his official hat and put it in his hand, and saluted Zhao Xuanyi again: "Your Majesty, the grass people have spoken in vain, and please punish the emperor." ”

Zhao Xuanyi's teeth tightened slightly, looked at the gray-haired old man, closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Lord Huang must have already calculated the auspicious day?" ”

"Yes, yes...... No, no, no, no......" Lord Huang wanted to get through the trick, but his hand shook, and there was a good day in his sleeve that he had written a long time ago, waiting to be presented to Zhao Xuanyi.

Gonggong Gao glanced at the little eunuch on the side, and when the little eunuch picked it up and presented it, Lord Huang was already sweating profusely.

"The most recent days are half a month later." Zhao Xuanyi's face was slightly pale.

"Your Majesty, the little princess is your only daughter......" Lord Huang began to speak incoherently: "The little granddaughter of the Ma Imperial Historian is the most suitable ......"

"No more." After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he stood up directly and glanced at Li Xiao: "Li Xiao, come with me." With that, he left directly.

Lord Huang was so frightened that his legs were weak, and when he went to pull Li Xiao's clothes, Li Xiao just frowned and glanced at him and left directly.

When Zhao Xuanyi saw Yao'er, she was holding a book, reading it in a good way, next to Lin Qingyu who was sitting lazily on a recliner, the early autumn morning was still a little cold, he put a white thin shirt on his body, and taught Yao'er to read sentence by sentence.

Yao'er saw Zhao Xuanyi coming, and happily ran over and hugged his legs: "Father, you are here." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Xuanyi looked at her, let the grandmother on the side hug her down, and then walked to Lin Qingyu, who had already gotten up: "How did you think about it?" ”

"What does the emperor mean?"

"Help me." Zhao Xuanyi's eyes showed murderous intent, but Lin Qingyu just smiled: "Does the emperor think the minister will agree?" ”

"What if you bet on Chu Xi?"

"Then the emperor will definitely regret it." Lin Qingyu looked at him calmly and smiled.

Seeing that he was so determined, Zhao Xuanyi turned around and directly pulled out the attendant's sword and put it on Lin Qingyu's neck: "Believe it or not, I can kill you now!" ”

"Faith." Lin Qing was foolish, since he came from the adventure, he naturally made all kinds of plans: "But killing me will also not help, but it will tire the emperor's reputation, and now everyone in the world knows that the emperor has put his ministers under house arrest in the palace, and if he dies, it is not unusual." ”

"You ——!" Zhao Xuanyi was angry: "Do you have to be so forced?" ”

"The emperor thought about what to do with the ministers at the beginning, why did the ministers force the emperor to say it?" Lin Qingyu smiled: "Also, now the Mongolian princess should go to the capital." ”

After Lin Qingyu finished speaking, he saw someone come to report: "Your Majesty, the Mongolian mission has arrived, and there is Prince Yu who has returned with him." ”

Zhao Xuanyi furrowed his brows fiercely, and removed the sword hanging on Lin Qingyu's neck: "Instead of you helping others, I should kill you." After saying that, he threw the sword to the side and made a cold sound, then turned around and asked, "Isn't Prince Yu still thousands of miles away?" ”

"Yes, Prince Yu's carriage and horse have not yet come, but Prince Yu himself has come, and it seems that he met the Mongolian mission last night." That's humane.

After hearing this, Zhao Xuanyi immediately thought that Zhao Ke was planning to collude with the Mongolian mission in advance, so he didn't stay any longer, and hurried out.

Lin Qingyu watched his back leave, but in the end he just sighed, turned his head to look at the golden color that began to slowly rise in the sky, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and finally the sun was about to come out.

Chu Ji heard the news that Zhao Ke came back with the Mongolian princess, and felt a lot more relieved, Mei Niang also came in from outside, and poured a cup of tea without saying a word: "It's all arranged, now Miss Yun's mother and daughter have been received, and they are ready to go to meet Yang Ci and them, and last night I also arranged for the Mongolian princess to meet Prince Yu." But as it happens, their trip just happened to be in time, and our people just happened to let them have an encounter. ”

Chu Xi flipped through Mrs. Hou's travelogue to Lituo Island, which she had quietly brought from the Hou Mansion, and laughed: "That's good, as soon as Prince Yu comes back, we can also prepare to leave." ”

"I'm still worried about tomorrow, Akiyama hunting, that Akiyama is not small, I heard that there are many tigers in it, and there are cliffs and wilderness." Mei Niang said.

Chu Xi smiled lightly; "I hope it'll be fine, now the people we want to send away in the capital have also been sent away, just wait for Qingyu to agree with Zhao Ke, we can also leave."

Mei Niang looked at Chu Xi fascinated by the way she looked at the travelogue, and chuckled: "Can the master tell you about this Lituo Island?" ”

Chu Xi shook his head slightly: "It's just that it's full of flowers, it's an island." ”

Mei Niang bent her eyes: "I was fortunate to be there once, in addition to serving strange, this island is also rich in products, which can be said to be a paradise." And the only nobleman on the island is the emperor, and there are no ministers, so there are not many things like the tilting of the powerful. ”

"Really?" Chu Xi listened to it and felt a little yearning: "Then why did Lin Fu follow Qingyu out?" ”

"That's another story, hahaha." Mei Niang thought about it and felt funny: "When you go to Lituo Island in the future, I will tell you slowly, then you will definitely like that place, white seabirds, blue water, as well as comfortable sun and idle life." ”

Mei Niang herself said very yearningly, and Xiao Fu'er was about to fall out of her saliva when she heard it: "Is it really so good?" ”

"Of course." Mei Niang nodded: "Wait, I'll take you to the sea with the fishermen, it's more interesting than boating on the lake, there are a lot of big fish under the water......"

The more Mei Niang talked, the more she spoke, Xiao Fu'er also listened to it with a yearning face, Chu Xi flipped through the travelogue in her hand, and leaned against the window leisurely, and when things were over, it seemed good to take her family and lover to a place like that for a lifetime.

Yan Yi's sudden return was also something Chu Xi hadn't expected, he came this time not only to bring news of Zhao Xunyan, but also to bring news from Lu Tan and Lin Fu.

When he returned, he still had wounds on his body, and it was obvious that he had fought with someone, and some of the wounds looked to be rotten, which should have been scratched many days ago.

Xiao Fu'er brought him clean water and pressed him on the stool: "What are you anxious about, no matter how urgent you are, you must clean the wound first." ”

Yan Yi frowned, looked at the half-grown girl who reprimanded him seriously, sat down and didn't move again, only looked at Chu Xi and said: "Zhao Xunyan escaped back, but we met the Zheng family halfway, they were also looking for Zhao Xunyan, we mistakenly thought that the other party was from southern Xinjiang, and as a result, we had a fight and lost him." ”

Zheng Yun also came over, sat next to him and said busily: "Then in which direction did he escape?" Capital? ”

"Near the capital, I don't know where it is." Yan Yi said coldly.

Chu Xi thought of a place: "In the past few days, the emperor is going to take a group of people to Qiushan to hunt has already been rumored, if he wants to make a last fight, he will definitely go to Qiushan." ”

Zheng Yun also thought of it: "But he can't do anything by himself." ”

"So......" Chu Ji looked at Zheng Yun: "Did he start cooperating with the people of Southern Xinjiang again?" ”

Yan's face was slightly dark: "I don't know, but when he escaped from southern Xinjiang, there was indeed no one to chase him anymore." ”

Chu Xi sighed slightly: "That's it, this matter immediately sent someone to inform Jing Zhaoyin, he must want to catch Zhao Xunyan." ”

Yan shook his head and said: "There are also Lu Tan and Lin Fu, I heard that Lu Tan has married the king of Fanbang, and the 50,000 elite soldiers of the king of Fanbang have also marched to southern Xinjiang. ”

Chu Xi didn't know that now Zhao Xuanyi didn't let the old general Yang make a move, so he planned to drag him first, let the soldiers and horses of Fanbang destroy southern Xinjiang after entering the country, and then take the opportunity to dispose of the old general.

"Where's Lin Fu?" Chu Xi asked.

"Already on the way back." Yan Yi sighed, Chu Xi was also in a deep mood, since Lu Tan returned to Southern Xinjiang, his fate was not under his control.

Chu Ji turned his head to look at Zheng Yun: "I want to trouble you to tell the Zheng family, you must protect the safety of Lutan, if it is the last moment, I hope to save her life." "If Prince Yu hadn't made a move before Fanbang entered southern Xinjiang, Lu Tan was afraid that it would be more than lucky. But even if she knows these things now, tells Lu Tan, and tells the king of Nanjiang, the king of Nanjiang will never believe it, the king of Nanjiang can be said to be embattled now, and all she can do is to end the matter here as soon as possible.

"Good!" Zheng Yun responded very happily, and Chu Ji looked at Yan Yi at this time: "You are tired all the way, go down and rest first." ”

"I'm not tired!" Yan Yi was about to stand up, but he didn't notice Xiao Fu'er, who was still bandaging him, and immediately knocked her to the ground.

Xiao Fu'er sat on the ground with her buttocks, covered it, and waited until she felt the pain from her buttocks, her eyes turned red, she cut the bandage with scissors, and ran away with her tears.

Yan Yi frowned, Zheng Yun listened to the sound of Xiao Fu'er sitting on the ground, and touched his ass with palpitations.

Chu Xiwaner: "Xiao Fu'er is still young. ”

Yan Yi didn't know how to deal with this situation at all, he dealt with people, and he had never seen anyone crying in front of him: "That...... I'm going to apologize! ”

"Okay." Chu Xi smiled helplessly, watching him stiffly chase out, then he shook his head with a smile and looked at Zheng Yun: "Since the Zheng family has come to the capital, you can also go and meet him." ”

"That's what I mean. If you want to leave this time, I'm afraid you need their help! Zheng Yun remembered that he still had to go back to the Zheng family after all, got up, and walked out with a resolute face, he didn't forget that now that he was a father, he had to be more responsible.

The morning passed like this, and Chu Xi asked Aunt Fu to clean up briefly: "After I go to Qiushan tomorrow, you will take the opportunity to leave the capital." ”

Aunt Fu's hand to clean up her things paused slightly, and she sighed in her heart that she had met such a good master: "Miss, don't worry, the slaves and maids will never hold you back." ”

Chu Xiwan'er carefully considered tomorrow's plan, and after making sure that it was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The matter of sacrificing to the sky only spread in the afternoon, because Master Ma, who was clearly lying on the bed and couldn't move, knew that the emperor must sacrifice to the sky and planned to take Princess Yao'er as a noble girl to worship the sky, so he knelt down directly in front of the palace gate, and he couldn't afford to kneel.

When the people found out, they were naturally happy in their hearts, because sacrificing to heaven meant that God would bless them, and the women used for sacrifice were not from their own family, so they naturally didn't care.

Mrs. Ma looked at Ma Yushi's stubbornness, fainted a few times in a hurry, and cried when she woke up, but it was useless to cry, Ma Yushi only thought about Jiangshan Sheji at all, and was ready to 'die' at any time.

When Li Xiao came out of the palace, his face was also not good-looking, because the emperor had already planned to let him go to Jiangnan to deal with cholera.

Cholera is such a terrible disease that if he really had to go there himself, he didn't know if he would be able to come back alive.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Ma Yushi kneeling, and he didn't want to say anything to him, he was about to leave, and Ma Yushi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Lord Li, you talk to the emperor about ......"

"Sacrificing to the heavens should have been done, why should Lord Ma bother to obstruct it?" Li Xiao lost his patience and looked at the people around him, so he held back his anger and said: "Since it is for the good of the people, it should be done, Ma Yushi blocked it like this, does he want to see the people still in dire straits?" ”

When Ma Yushi heard this, he was a little angry: "Lord Li! The people are in dire straits, do they all blame God for not blessing them! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Xiao suddenly paused and looked at Ma Yushidao.

"You know exactly what I mean." Ma Yushi didn't say it directly, but Li Xiao insisted that he say the sentence 'The suffering of the people today is caused by the new emperor's improper governance': "Master Ma, do you think that God knows the fault, that is, you think that this is all caused by the emperor's poor governance?" ”

Ma Yushi did not refute, Li Xiao immediately scolded: "What a Master Ma! How dare you talk nonsense here......"

Before Li Xiao's fire was finished, he heard a slightly cool voice: "This king has been listening here for a long time, why didn't he seem to hear what Master Ma said wrong?" ”

Li Xiao turned around and saw that it was Zhao Ke, the Prince of Yu who was still in the palace, and hurriedly saluted: "Lord, this matter ......"

"Lord Li, didn't the emperor ask you to clean up and deal with cholera." Zhao Ke smiled faintly.

Li Xiao's face was slightly dark: "The emperor only said that the ministers should prepare first." ”

"Then you're going to prepare, right?" Zhao Ke said, looking at Ma Yushi: "Master Ma, the Mongolian mission has just come, this is not the time to discuss this matter, and the sacrifice to the sky will not start in these two days, and after this while, the emperor also has time, isn't it better for you to say it again?" ”

"But the prince...... The old minister wants to stop the emperor from thinking like this, the ritual law of sacrificing to the sky has long been abolished, and now the emperor has to take it out......"

"Why don't you go to this king's mansion and sit down?" Zhao Ke said with a smile.

Ma Yushi looked at Li Xiao, who had an ugly face, and just sighed, and arched his hand towards Zhao Ke: "Yes." ”

Zhao Ke turned back with a smile and glanced at Li Xiao: "Lord Li, the victims who have suffered from cholera will bother you." ”

Li Xiao didn't want to speak, bowed down and bowed to him, and as soon as he left, he also turned around and left.

Chu Xi didn't expect that the emperor would plan to send Li Xiao to deal with cholera, looking at Li Xiao sitting in the flower hall, Chu Xi didn't say anything.

Li Xiao drank the tea silently, and only after a while did he speak: "You sent Yun Songyi's mother and daughter away, do you plan to leave yourself?" ”

Chu Xi looked at him, but he didn't hide it, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to: "What do you think?" ”

Li Xiao didn't expect her to go around the bend, and turned her head to look at her: "You guys are against the emperor like this, have you thought about the consequences?" Mo said that the entire Central Plains now, in the near future, even Southern Xinjiang, Fanbang and more surrounding countries will be the emperor, where do you think you can escape? ”

"If the emperor can really rule the world, will he still have the energy to manage us?" Chu Xi chuckled, if Zhao Xuanyi could really conquer the world, she wouldn't be worried, but he was biased towards using Li Xiao and a group of people who seemed to only know how to slap horses and had no real skills, and he was bent on eliminating dissidents, and even people like the old general and Prince Yu couldn't tolerate it. Once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope, how could such an emperor rule the world.

Li Xiao didn't speak, he could see that Chu Xi didn't believe it, and only said: "Xi'er, you are just a woman's family." ”

Seeing him say this, Chu Xi did not refute it.

Seeing that she was silent, Li Xiao continued: "You don't know the sinister at all, and you don't know how ruthless people's hearts can be. ”

"Are you referring to the sacrifice of Yao'er to the sky?" Chu Xi said lightly, whether Zhao Xuanyi will use the real Yao'er to sacrifice to the sky, she won't say for the time being, but the matter of sacrificing the sky is far from being close at hand, and the situation in southern Xinjiang and Fanbang is getting tighter and tighter.

Seeing that she still had such a light attitude, Li Xiao lowered her eyes, put down the teacup, looked at Chu Xi sitting upright, looked at the red plum blossoms embroidered on her plain white clothes, and suddenly smiled: "Maybe I haven't known you all along, since I first saw you, you are not an ordinary boudoir woman who only knows embroidery." You are not only more scheming than Zhen Zhen and them, but also a little more indifferent. ”

Regarding Li Xiao's accusation, Chu Xi did not speak.

Li Xiao finally stood up and sighed lightly: "Tomorrow Qiushan, you be careful." ”

"Won't Master Li come over?" Chu Xi asked.

Li Xiao turned his head to look at the sunset that had begun to fall outside, and said: "Since the emperor wants me to go to Jiangnan, I won't stay longer, and I will ask for a decree to leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Looking at Li Xiao, who suddenly sighed, he seemed to have returned to his original appearance, bright and handsome, full of ambition.

"I don't know if I can ...... my family when I leave"

"The Dongjun Mansion is the best place to shelter." Chu Xi spoke, she couldn't guess Li Xiao's thoughts now.

Li Xiao was surprised for a moment, then turned around, the corners of his mouth were indifferent, and he walked away.

As soon as he left, Mei Niang felt that he was strange today.

"Miss, do you want someone to follow him?"

Chu Xi also felt that he was a little strange: "Let's follow and see what he wants to do." "Li Xiao shouldn't be so easy to give up everything he worked hard in the capital, he can't go to Jiangnan like this, he must have other plans.

"Okay." Mei Niang hurriedly went to make arrangements.

Zheng Yun went out to see the Zheng family at this time, and he hadn't come back yet, and when Yan Yi came over, there was only one Xiao Fu'er who had just brought the soup to Chu Xi. As soon as Xiao Fu'er saw him, he remembered that his buttocks still hurt until now, and ran away with a red face.

"Hey, she ......" Yan Yi raised his hand to stop her, but when the words reached his throat, he seemed to be stuck, and he didn't say anything, he just looked at Chu Xi and said, "Miss is going to Qiushan tomorrow, but what else do you have to prepare?" ”

"Everything that should be arranged has been arranged, but the autumn mountain is too big, and the emperor ordered the hunting, I'm afraid that it will be in vain for us to make too many preparations, so rest well today and adapt to the situation tomorrow." Chu Xuanyi said helplessly, I only hope that Zhao Xuanyi won't play any ruthless tricks tomorrow.

Yan Yi also nodded, Qiushan and they really can't intervene, it is a royal hunting ground, and the guards are all Praetorian Guards, ordinary emperors may not go once in several years, and they only go hunting, and nothing else, so they don't put spies in.

Just as they were about to go back to rest, a holy decree came from the palace.

The content of the will is nothing more than to let Chu Xi meet tomorrow, nothing else, but he was rewarded with a lot of jewelry, and a set of splendid palace robes that she must wear tomorrow, bright red, embroidered with hibiscus peonies.

"This ......" Yan Yi frowned when he looked at his clothes, and Chu Xi's face sank, but the father-in-law smiled; The prince also has a set, specially prepared by the emperor, there will be a carriage and a horse in the palace to pick you up tomorrow, please Mrs. Lin prepare early. With that, he left with a group of people.

Chu Xi looked through the palace robe, saw that there was nothing abnormal, but didn't say anything, and was about to turn back, but a figure flashed in front of her, so frightened that Yan Yi hurriedly pulled out his sword, but heard a familiar voice: "What are you doing with your sword, fierce." ”

Xu Jihe glared at Yan Yi, turned his head to look at the set of clothes he was holding in his hand, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who is this clothes?" ”

"I'm going to wear it tomorrow." Chu Xi said: "What's the matter?" ”

"There's something in there." Xu Jihe also hesitated: "There is medicinal powder, but it is non-toxic." After she took out the silver needle and checked it, she simply shook some fine powder in the palm of her hand and looked at it again: "Non-toxic, then why did he put these on his clothes?" ”

She began to think, Yan Yi looked at her and said, "Could it be that it is highly poisonous when mixed with some kind of medicinal powder?" ”

"Haha, your imagination is quite rich." Xu Jihe smiled and became serious: "But what you said has some truth, I have seen someone mix two non-toxic powders together, and they become drugs, but I have not seen them become poisons." ”

"Drugged?"

"Hmm." Xu Jihe turned his head to look at Chu Ji: "Someone wants to harm you." ”

"Is there a way to crack it?"

"Yes, yes, it's ......" Xu Jihe pinched his chin, looked at Chu Ji meaningfully, and said with a smile: "It's a little cruel." ”