The time has passed, Shu Anhou is dressed in a middle coat and sits quietly on the chair for a long time.

Suddenly, he picked up the letter in his hand and lit it with a candle.

The housekeeper bowed down and said respectfully: "Master Hou, the hour is still early, if you go out of the city at this time, it should be too late." ”

"It's too late." Shu Anhou's eyes were gloomy, and there were a few more wrinkles on his face out of thin air.

The person who wrote the letter informed him that the matter of Jiangnan Guanyin had been exposed, and tactfully told him that he would take it all in.

In this way, the bloodline of the Hou Li family of Shu'an may still be able to retain a line.

Shu Anhou still can't think of what went wrong.

In just a few months, such a behemoth as the Hou Mansion of Shu'an declined so quickly for some reason.

Perhaps, he shouldn't have indulged Li Qing's habit of breaking sleeves back then.

Perhaps, he should have maintained the neutral attitude of Shu'an Hou in the court back then, and not be in the same league with that person.

And—

Shu Anhou's godless eyes flashed slightly.

I wonder who handled this case?

Could it be Xie Yunyan?

Was it a coincidence that he came to take charge of the case, or was that thing revealed?

Shu Anhou felt more and more that his guess was true.

He suddenly said to the butler, "Go and call the young lady over." ”

The housekeeper guessed what Hou Ye wanted, and bowed down.

Not long after Li Shiqing fell asleep, she had nightmares and nightmares, and she always had a bad premonition.

When she saw Shu Anhou's depressed expression, she frowned slightly.

"Father? What's going on so late? ”

Shu Anhou stared at his proudest daughter for a long time, reluctantly gathered a sad expression, and smiled lovingly:

"Qing'er, you go to your aunt's house for a few days."

"Why?"

Although she often stayed at her aunt's house, this time, she had a hunch that it might be the last time.

A complicated color flashed in Shu Anhou's eyes.

was hesitating to tell her the truth, but Li Shiqing said, "Father, I'm not young anymore. As the concubine of the Hou Mansion, I have the right to know what happened to the Hou Mansion. ”

Judging from Shu Anhou's complexion, this matter must be more difficult than the heinous crime committed by Li Qing.

Shu Anhou sighed, "Yes, Qing'er is not small, and there are some things that I dare not hide from you." ”

The matter has come to this point, even if he has the intention to hide it, as soon as it dawns tomorrow, I am afraid that the whole of Kyoto will know about Shu Anhou.

Knowing the truth from other people's mouths is better than his father explaining it to Li Shiqing himself.

is so, from the beginning of Li Qing's childhood when he was different, to how he listened to someone's coercion and temptation and embarked on the road of no return step by step, telling the story.

But in order to maintain the last father image in his daughter's heart, he concealed the matter of uniting Xie Yunyan and Ning Shu in the general judgment.

Father and daughter talked in detail in a closed room for an hour.

Li Shiqing was already sleepy, and he looked at Shu Anhou, who had aged a lot in an instant, in disbelief, with tears in his eyes.

"Father is confused!"

"yes, my father is confused."

Li Shiqing roared regardless of her image, "My uncle-in-law has the help of the nobles in the palace, but what does my father have?" How can you gamble on the entire Shu'an Hou Mansion and be in cahoots with him Lian Rong? ”

Inadvertently, Li Shiqing has changed the name of her uncle, and calls him by his name disrespectfully.

Lian Rong, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is also Li Shiqing's brother-in-law.

It is the strongest backing for Concubine Lian and the four princes.

It might be said that the two forces have achieved each other.

She often went to live at her aunt's house, but she didn't get along much with this uncle-in-law who didn't see the end of the dragon.

can be as smart as her, and she has long seen that Lian Rong is not a simple character.

Her premonition has been fulfilled, and the Hou Mansion of Shu'an is completely over.

"Why don't we go and be honest with Your Majesty and tell the truth?"

Shu Anhou smiled bitterly and shook his head, if he had evidence, would he be discarded by Lian Rong like a pawn?

"It's too late—"

"But—"

Shu Anhou raised his hand to stop her words, "Don't be, for the sake of me helping him so much, and your aunt's preference for you, you go to Lianfu, and this matter will not hurt you." ”

"I'm not leaving, I want to share the honor and disgrace with the Hou Mansion of Shu'an."

"Nonsense!" Shu'anhou lowered his eyes, and shouted to Li Shiqing for the first time: "Qing'er, you are the pride of your father's life, you can live without Shu'anhou Mansion for your father, but I hope you can live!" Live well, and one day, my father believes that you can revive the glory of the Hou Mansion of Shu'an. ”

Now, Shu Anhou can only pin his hopes on Li Shiqing's "natural phoenix life".

Li Shiqing resolutely refused to leave, and Shu Anhou was helpless, so he found a housekeeper to drag Li Shiqing out.

The sky is already dark.

Shu Anhou put on his clothes, moved a chair and sat in front of the door of the mansion, staring at the red-painted door with a wrong gaze.

……

Ning Shu was woken up.

Outside the door, Long Shan and Shuang'er's small discussions had been suppressed as much as possible, but Ning Shu still woke up.

"Long Shan."

She called softly, and Long Shan and Shuang'er hurriedly walked in.

One carries a wooden basin full of warm water for washing, and one arm hangs a change of clothes.

"Why did you two wake up so early today?"

"Girl, you're awake, there's a commotion on the street outside." Shuang'er put down the basin of water and explained it to Ning Shu in detail with excitement.

At dawn, this alley was full of people from Jinyiwei and Dali Temple.

There is no need to ask, just standing at the door, you can see that something happened to the Hou Mansion of Shu'an.

As for what exactly, it is unknown.

Ning Shu listened indifferently, and a touch of happiness swelled in her heart.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

When the three of them came to the main entrance, the entrance was already full of people watching the excitement

The leader is still Ning Jiao, who has not been seen for a long time, and beside her, there is a person who is even more rare.

Aunt Zhou's complexion was obviously much better than when they first met.

The clothes on his body are also sandwiched with a few traces of bright colors.

Seeing Ning Shu coming, the two were stunned, and then hurriedly told Ning Shu the location.

"The concubine has seen the eldest lady."

"Sister."

I don't know if Ning Jiao was honest or restrained by Aunt Zhou's teaching, at least for now, Ning Shu can't find any fault.

"Hmm." Ning Shu answered softly, walked to the door and looked diagonally opposite.

There were no less than 100 people guarding the courtyard.

Everyone in the mansion gathered in the main courtyard, crying and crying as if they were handling the funeral for Shu Anhou.

Through the vermilion gate, you can occasionally see a dark figure dangling around.

He wears a crown with black hair, and the jade tree is in the wind.

Just by looking at the back, you can recognize his identity.

Xie Yunyan was directing the people of Jinyi Wei to "dismantle" the places in the Hou Mansion that he didn't like to see, and he dismantled them to a point before he bowed down and smiled at Shu Anhou who looked gray:

"This official is also acting on orders, and I hope that the Hou Ye will not mind. After all, Hou Ye likes to hide things underground, doesn't he? ”

Shu Anhou looked at Xie Yunyan's smug expression coldly, and a bad premonition arose.

He finally knew!