Although the lord of Xiaohui usually dislikes his son and doesn't like to talk, and he is not close to him, he knows that Xue Zhen was born in such a family, and he has no interest, but he has some skills, so life and death have long been out of his hands.

But having self-knowledge, and things happening in front of you, are destined to be different.

Xue Zhen has been self-restrained since she was a child, and she is polite in front of outsiders, and she will not call her a mother outside, but only "mother"; At the age of fifteen, after sealing the prince and starting to set up a household, even when he was at home, he never posed as a child.

If it weren't for the unspeakable sadness in his heart, those people would have killed him, and he wouldn't have shown his talent in front of others.

Queen Zhan has a hard time for her son; And she naturally has to fight for her son.

Li Yuejiao heard that the county lord of Xiaohui took the initiative to mention the blood edict, and tilted her head again to look at Xue Zhen who was sitting on the chair.

Xue Zhen caught her gaze and shook his head almost invisibly, signaling that she didn't have to worry.

Li Yuejiao let out a breath, simply retreated under her feet, and stood near Xue Zhen, looking at her mouth and heart, just as if she didn't exist.

The county lord of Xiaohui had already moved to the side of the eldest princess, blocking Li Yuejiao's figure, and only took his mother's hand and said:

"Mother, my son's hands are very cold now, and if you patronize your granddaughter-in-law, you won't love your daughter and your grandson."

The eldest princess took her hand and said kindly, "People in their forties, why are they still coquettish at this time, and there are no rules."

"In front of my mother and uncle, even if I am eighty years old, I am still a child, and there are no rules." Lord Xiaohui said with a smile, and looked at Emperor Jianlong again, "Uncle, I have been wronged."

said it so calmly that he didn't look at Queen Zhan at all.

Empress Zhan looked at her, with a helpless, but still arrogant sneer on the corner of her mouth.

The lord of Xiaohui has this capital, her mother is the sister of Emperor Jianlong's first wife, and she has done a lot to help Emperor Jianlong ascend the throne; And her husband and eldest son died, and her youngest son and daughter-in-law almost died in a conspiracy now.

In this matter, Empress Zhan has a very complicated mentality about her husband's life and death and her son's soft-heartedness, and the only thing that she is really unwilling to do is that the prince's capital in the temple is not as good as Jane's Xue Zhen in the emperor's heart.

The eldest princess was still disgusted: "Nonsense, can Your Majesty still wronged you?"

Emperor Jianlong glanced at the eldest princess who was there with the old god.

He originally wanted not to mention the matter of revealing the blood edict, but now that he doesn't give an explanation to the Xue family, he has to give an explanation to the imperial sister.

He coughed, looked at Xue Zhen and said, "Zhong Jing, what did your mother say?"

Xue Zhen straightened up in the chair and said:

"Your Majesty, when the minister was in the prison, someone asked the minister if he was edicted, and the minister answered truthfully because he was worried that the Yue family would return to Beijing without an edict. It's just that the minister didn't expect them to ask the minister's wife. As for burning the blood edict......

He glanced at Li Yuejiao, who was shrunk behind his mother as a wooden man, and smiled softly: "Your Majesty knows, the courtier's wife has always been timid, how dare she do something to destroy the holy decree."

Lord Xiaohui glanced back at his son, not very happy.

The eldest princess held her hand and motioned for her to be calm.

Emperor Jianlong was calm, looked at Li Yuejiao and said, "It seems that I am sick, what kind of demons and monsters have come out, and even the blood edict that I don't know has come out, heh, Li Clan, what is going on?"

Li Yuejiao had been listening attentively to their group of heavenly nobles, and at this time she had already understood, so she said behind the lord of Xiaohui:

"Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers don't know what the blood edict is. The courtiers were only worried about their father, so they begged the son to take me home. It was true that some people went to the Hou Mansion to look for the courtiers and said some strange things, but the courtiers were afraid and got into an argument with their leader, and accidentally dropped the Linglong lock that they used to play with when they were children in the brazier and burned it, and they misunderstood it even more......

Li Yuejiao is not good at lying, and her words are reversed, but she is more sure of the two words that everyone from the eldest princess to Xue Zhen has evaluated her - timid.

Emperor Jianlong said with satisfaction: "I see, okay, Li, I will make the decision for you."

Target. As for Zhong Jing......

He glared at Xue Zhen: "You returned to Beijing without an edict for the sake of your children's personal affairs, ignoring the border people, I was going to punish you for your crimes, but now I see you like this...... It's also a lesson, so let's make a note of this time, and don't you want me to go back to the north?"

Xue Zhen immediately said, "Yes, the minister obeys the order, and the minister will take the minister's wife back to Anhua County."

With that, he struggled to get up, and because his leg was badly injured, he couldn't stand on his feet and staggered.

Li Yuejiao was closest to him, and couldn't help but reach out to help him.

Xue Zhen had a hard time standing up, and every time he moved, it hurt to peel off his skin and bones, but he still stood up by himself and refused to lose his honor in front of the king.

He just didn't expect Li Yuejiao to come to help him, looked at her face that didn't have much blood because of fatigue, gritted his teeth and stood firm on himself, refusing to lean on Li Yuejiao.

The two took a few steps back, and when they turned around, he whispered in Li Yuejiao's ear:

"Let's go."

After speaking, he endured the pain and walked to the door of the hall.

Li Yuejiao carefully held his left arm, and when she got closer, she could smell the bloody smell of incense on his body, and she also felt the slimy thing through her clothes.

It's blood.

She felt a little sorry for him, and she was strange because of his two words and what he did next.

"Shizi," Fuhai at the door supported Xue Zhen on the other side of the threshold, supported him to go out of the door, and whispered, "The old slaves have prepared a soft sedan chair for Shizi, but they have to ask Shizi to go down the steps by himself."

He wanted to speak, but he stopped.

Xue Zhen looked at Fuhai and had another gentle face: "Thank you grandpa for taking care of you, but in the future, please ask grandpa to take care of the prince."

He said that he was overstepping, but he had to say it.

Fu Hai supported him with a smile, didn't answer, and said, "The old slaves are the servants of the Heavenly Family, so they naturally have to listen to the words of the Heavenly Family."

Xue Zhen smiled, said no more, and only forced himself to go down the steps.

Li Yuejiao felt that they were talking in a foggy manner, and there was no way to ask, so they didn't say a word.

Unexpectedly, they had just descended two steps when suddenly an inner supervisor staggered over and shouted, "Your Majesty, something has happened to the noble concubine!" The concubine hanged herself!" And he rushed up the steps.

The guards at the foot of the stairs first recognized that it was someone from Tu Guifei's palace, and then they were even more stunned when they heard his words, so no one dared to stop them, and they let the little eunuch run up the stairs smoothly while shouting.

Xue Zhen stood on the steps, looked down at the little eunuch who was running up, his face was not good, and he whispered to the frightened Li Yuejiao, "Go up."

Li Yuejiao listened to his words, and without thinking much about it, she let go of Xue Zhen, went up two steps, and stood behind Xue Zhen.

And Xue Zhen used his right hand that could still move, and threw the little eunuch by the collar on the steps when he ran to his side.

Fortunately, the steps are wide, otherwise according to Xue Zhen's current situation, I am afraid that he will have to roll down with this little eunuch.

But just this fall also broke all the wounds on Xue Zhen's body, and he almost fainted.

"Shizi!" Only then did Li Yuejiao know what he was going to do, and she didn't dare to move for fear of mistaking him, so she could only say urgently.

The little eunuch who had been pressed down was still shouting, "Your Majesty! Mother is wronged! The concubine died unjustly!"

"What are you doing? Don't stop this crazy man's mouth yet!" Xue Zhen roared at Fuhai and the others.

Fuhai and the others were all shocked by this wave of unsettled and sudden changes, and they reacted when they heard Xue Zhen's shout, and immediately came over to get people.

Xue Zhen grabbed Fuhai and asked, "Grandpa, where is King Huai?"

"Count the days, I should have just entered the city by now." Fuhai sweated on his forehead.

Xue Zhen glanced at the guards who were frozen there like dead people under the steps: "Grandpa, the palace doors are locked, don't let them come out."

"Don't worry, the old slave will arrange it immediately." Fuhai, who was reminded by him, hurriedly shook Xue Zhen and was in a hurry.

Only then did Li Yuejiao dare to come over to help Xue Zhen.

This time, Xue Zhen really didn't have much strength, and Li Yuejiao took a lot of effort to barely help him up.

Xue Zhen felt that there were Venus in front of him, but fortunately, his mind was still clear, and he only said to Li Yuejiao:

"Madam, don't look back, go quickly."

Where does Li Yuejiao dare to turn back? Only supported Xue Zhen hard, and moved down the steps little by little.

Inside and outside the Cheng'an Hall behind him, the momentary silence was terrifyingly broken by Emperor Jianlong's angry roar:

"Poisonous woman! How dare you—"

"Your Majesty! Is Your Majesty sick and confused? Do you even think it's all done by the concubines? Is there such a simple thing in the world?" Empress Zhan said angrily, "Xiao Zheng, if you walk between life and death, might you not be as good as that little boy from Xue Zhen who can understand it?"

"Queen Mother!"

"Shut up! Xiao Zheng, since you think I did this, I am in the Kunyuan Palace, waiting for you to abolish the queen."

The door of the large hall could no longer stop the quarrel of the saints inside, and the sound came out, and it went down the steps.

When the Heavenly Family questioned them before, everyone was driven to the bottom of the steps, and only the three great eunuchs were strictly guarded.

But now, because of the arrival of that little eunuch, everything that the Heavenly Family wants to cover up can't be covered.

Xue Zhen easily walked down the steps, and when he got on the soft sedan chair, he glanced at the foreman and the head of the guard, and sneered:

"Lord Zhou, before you plan to think about your future, did you touch your neck and how many heads do you have?"

The foreman and the head of the guard only felt a cold in his neck, and he didn't dare to say a word.

"What happened just now, let your people rot in their stomachs, and they can still live." Xue Zhen finally said, his tone was very cold.

*

The soft sedan chair sent the couple to the gate of the palace and changed to the carriage of the Marquis of Anyang.

As soon as she got into the car, Li Yuejiao shrank in the corner and sat down, because only Xue Zhen was by her side, she no longer hid her fear, tiredness and other emotions.

She was dizzy, like a person in the clouds, and she seemed to have completely forgotten what had happened in the past few days.

What is engraved into the bone marrow is the shock when he first learned of the change, the cold on the way back to Beijing, the despair on the day Xue Zhen was arrested, the thick bloody atmosphere in the prison, the long waiting in the East Palace, and the horror of hearing that Tu Guifei had an accident.

In her life, she didn't want to go through it a second time.