The second lady was confused when she heard this, and when she left Shen Baizhou's house, she couldn't help but ask.

"What the hell is going on? Hanzhang, you haven't told your mother yet, why did you come back suddenly? Why did you come back with your aunt when she died? Did something happen?"

Hearing this, Shen Hanzhang glanced at the second lady and signaled that the second lady was not the place to speak.

When he arrived at the second lady's house and dismissed all the servants who were waiting, Shen Hanzhang spoke.

"I received a secret letter from my father, the dead man who was handed over to him by the eldest uncle received the news from the Xingchen Pavilion, and now the young pavilion master of the Xingchen Pavilion is gathering these people, because these people were originally given to the eldest uncle by the Empress Renxiao, so before the simple pavilion master's token, they are not allowed to leave without permission, and my father knows that something must have happened in Jingzhong, so I let me come back with Bai Zhou. We also waited until we arrived in the capital to learn the news of my aunt's death. ”

Shen Hanzhang's face was very serious after speaking.

Rao is second lady, and her face has changed at this moment.

"Star Pavilion Master?"

"My father and I guess that the pavilion master of this Star Pavilion should be his cousin if nothing else. ”

"You mean Hua Zhen?" the second lady was surprised when she heard this

"Yes. ”

"How is it possible, if this Star Pavilion really exists, the queen should also be left to the crown prince, how can this be left to Hua Zhen. ”

"Mother, you don't understand this, if I were the Empress of Renxiao, I would leave these to my cousin and not the prince. Shen Hanzhang said with a smile on his face: "Mother, why do you think the prince is the prince?"

"The prince is where the East Palace is located, and he should be canonized as the prince, is there anything wrong with this?" the more the second lady listened, the more confused she became.

Shen Hanzhang laughed: "What my mother said is right, the prince is the eldest son of the emperor, and if the crown prince is canonized, he should be the eldest son." But in addition to the crown prince, our emperor still has ten princes, even if you don't count the ten princes who are still in infancy, and the nine princes who are only eight years old, there are four princes who can compete with the crown prince. Even the eldest brother-in-law King Qi's talent is also better than that of the prince, the emperor is not a fool, and naturally knows that what is needed to govern the country is a capable person and not a mediocre master. If it was just because the crown prince was the eldest son, it would be the performance of the prince now, and the emperor would have abolished him a long time ago and set up another person. The reason why the emperor did not abolish the crown prince after the death of Empress Renxiao is that he is afraid that he has long recognized the prince as his successor in his heart, and now the emperor is still young, and he still has many years of emperor to do, so he naturally does not want his prince to be too strong, which will endanger his imperial power. Therefore, the more mediocre and incompetent the prince is, the less inferior he is to King Qi, the more the emperor will defend him, and Queen Renxiao is such a smart person, naturally she understands. ”

"But—" The second lady was still a little incredulous.

Shen Hanzhang's expression was slightly condensed: "If my guess is right, Empress Renxiao's death may not be because she is seriously ill, but because the emperor wants to leave her mother and son." ”

"What do you mean?" The second lady suddenly changed her face in fright.

"The emperor was able to seize the throne at the beginning, completely relying on the Ning family and Hua Yan, and later after the emperor ascended the throne, this military power was in the hands of the Ning family and Hua Yan, mother, think about it. As the king of a country, how can he endure the loss of power. When seizing power, it may have been a last resort, but after seizing the throne, doesn't the emperor want to regain military power himself? Therefore, after the Ning family garrisoned Lu Long, Hua Yan died on the battlefield. Now that the emperor has let Xiao Shizi enter Beijing and make peace with him, anyone can see that the emperor has moved to deal with the Ning family, and he wants to take all the military power in the hands of the Ning family in his own hands. Our emperor has been on the throne for so many years, and he has suffered a lot of crimes, how can he bear to look at his son as himself. So he got rid of the queen and the Ning family, just to hand over a complete country to his descendants of the Zhao family. ”

Shen Hanzhang said with a gleam in his eyes: "A smart person like the queen naturally understands the emperor's thoughts, if she hands over the Xingchen Pavilion to the prince at this time, the prince will naturally not be like this when he has the Xingchen Pavilion, and when the time comes, as long as he reveals a cent, I am afraid that the first person who can't tolerate the prince is the emperor." The cousin is different, the cousin is a woman, and she lived in the palace in the past and had a very close relationship with the prince. Coupled with the affection of this cousin and sister, and the queen's affection for her at the beginning, she handed over the Xingchen Pavilion to her cousin, and she would definitely help the prince. This does not affect the crown prince, and the prince has not saved all his forces, and the queen's calculation is really high. ”

The second lady listened to Shen Hanzhang say this, and then she understood.

After thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong: "Then what does this have to do with your father asking you to come back?"

Hearing this, Shen Hanzhang didn't answer, but just looked at the second lady: "Mother, my father specially wrote to tell you not to have a bad relationship with your cousin, what are you doing these days?"

Hearing this, the second lady glanced at Shen Hanzhang: "You don't worry about your mother, since she came back, I have been waiting for my life." After all, we are still in the Shen family, although it means that we are not like Yuqing to make friends with her, but in private there is absolutely no pity for her, this Zhixiangyuan thing, I should have picked it up and sent it over, and I didn't offend her at all. ”

Hearing this, Shen Hanzhang nodded: "Mother doesn't need to befriend her, as long as she doesn't offend." Judging from the events of these days, my cousin is now very wary, if my mother deliberately befriends her, I am afraid that she will doubt your intentions, as long as she knows that you have no malicious intentions. ”

"Hanzhang, my mother still doesn't understand after listening to it for a long time, what does this have to do with us?"

Shen Hanzhang looked at the second lady when he heard this, and there was a smile in his eyes: "The day of our second room may have come." ”

After speaking, he didn't explain to the second lady, but just told the second lady to take care of Shen Baizhou, and he still had something to do, so he left the house.

The second lady looked at her son, who was becoming more and more incomprehensible, and couldn't help but sigh lightly in her heart.

Thinking of the intelligence and courage of his son and his father-in-law, Shen Chongmao and Shen Baizhou are not comparable at all, just because they are the eldest sons.

This is called her father-in-law and son, and she has been swallowing her anger with Dafang, as long as she thinks about this day, she feels very aggrieved in her heart, and she really doesn't know when it will be the end.

Thinking like this, I don't want to care about Shen Baizhou anymore, after all, he is the concubine of the big house.

But thinking of Shen Hanzhang's explanation, he could only sigh and tell the maid to take care of Shen Baizhou.

Because of the disturbance in the morning, it was not good for those who came to mourn for a long time, and they all left.

The Shen family packed up the mourning hall, and when Shen Songqiao came back, they hastily carried it to the funeral.

Shen Yuyao sat in the room thinking about these things, and felt very wronged in her heart.

Thinking about my mother, because of this, she couldn't even die peacefully.

Tears rolled down the corners of his eyes.

Sit on the bed, let the tears flow, and don't wipe them.

"Why are you crying so sadly. ”

Suddenly, a pair of hands touched her face, and Shen Yuyao was immediately frightened and hid in the bed, and when she saw the person clearly, her expression changed: "Brother, why did you come here at this time, it's still daytime, if someone sees it..."

"What's wrong with letting people see it? This is the Shen family, who dares to say anything?" Shen Songqiao said and sat down on the chair next to him.

Stretched out his hand and took a piece of pastry on the side and ate a piece, looked at Shen Yuyao and said, "I'm just that you are not at ease with you, I am afraid that you will be cranky, so I came to take a look, and there is no other meaning." ”

Hearing Shen Songqiao say this, Shen Yuyao breathed a sigh of relief and put down the quilt in her hand to cover herself.

Shen Songqiao watched her movements, the corners of his eyes moved, and he immediately said, "What, you are so defensive of me now?"

"It's not..."Shen Yuyao just wanted to explain, but she couldn't find a suitable reason so she had to lower her head.

"My mother just left, the bones are not cold, my grandmother's body is still lying in the Changping Hou Mansion, and it has not been buried, and now my grandfather and uncle are about to be driven out of the capital, and my brother is not reconciled. Shen Yuyao said as tears dripped on the back of her hand.

Suddenly, Shen Songqiao looked distressed, and the trace of anger in his eyes disappeared without a trace: "Don't be uncomfortable, I will never settle this matter so easily, I will definitely not let her go." ”

"But Daddy told us not to provoke her again. Shen Yuyao thought about Shen Chongmao's angry face, and was a little scared in her heart.

Hearing this, a mocking smile rose at the corner of Shen Songqiao's mouth: "He is afraid of her, but I am not afraid of her." Isn't he afraid that he will be implicated when the time comes, and the title will not be guaranteed, since this is the case, let's let others do it, why do it ourselves. ”

"What does my brother mean?" Shen Yuyao's eyes suddenly lit up with hope when she heard this, and she looked at Shen Songqiao.

Hearing this, Shen Songqiao stood up, walked to the bed, and reached out to touch Shen Yuyao's face.

Ignoring Shen Yuyao's body trembling lightly because of fear, he just leaned on her ear and said, "You have my own way, as long as you serve me well, I will definitely not let you down." ”

Shen Songqiao's words suddenly made Shen Yuyao's entire body tremble.

Shen Songqiao looked at her like this, and his heart was even more happy, as if he was looking at his prey.

The more she trembled because she was frightened, the more excited he became, and he hated to correct her on the spot right now.

Feeling the same as Shen Songqiao, Shen Yuyao leaned back and dodged his hand, and then asked, "How does my brother plan to deal with her?"

Hearing this, Shen Songqiao looked at Shen Yuyao with playfulness in his eyes: "I'll tell you when I call Xianggong." ”

Being teased like this by her own brother, Shen Yuyao only felt sick from her stomach, and she wanted to vomit out in her heart.

But he didn't dare to show it and endure it, but that sentence of fairness was unspeakable after all.

Seeing Shen Yuyao's complexion, Shen Songqiao was slightly displeased, and reached out to pinch her chin: "What, you are very unwilling?"

The force was so heavy that Shen Yuyao's painful tears poured out.

Seeing Shen Yuyao like this, Shen Songqiao began to feel a little unbearable, and immediately let go of his hand and hugged Shen Yuyao into his arms.

Stroked her back: "I'm sorry, it's my brother I'm sorry, my brother just can't look at the disgust in your eyes, Yuyao, you believe in brother, I really love you, believe in brother." ”