Over the years, holding that secret alone, Yu's mother has never had a real peace of mind.

At first, she had nightmares night after night, dreaming that her lies were exposed, that she and her second son were once again thrown back into the nest of homeless people, beggars.

Fortunately, the nightmare did not come true, more than 20 years have passed, she is the mother of the head of the palace, wearing brocade clothes, and she has learned to burn incense and worship the Buddha like those noble ladies. Although her second son had no skills, he was also stained with his brother's light, found a serious and idle errand in Beijing, married an understanding wife, and gave birth to a bright and lively grandson for her......

The days are so good, so good that she no longer has nightmares, and begins to dream frequently that her grandson will become an official when she grows up, and the Yu family will continue to inherit it with great glory...... And all of this stems from the lie she told at the beginning.

The lie was risky, but it was worth it to her.

Every time she looked at everything in front of her, she would feel that even if she did it all over again, she would still make the same choice.

Her gray hair gradually increased, which made her gradually give birth to the illusion that when people get old, everything will settle with it, and there will be no other major twists and turns in life except for waiting for old age to die and leave.

Until that night, in the cellar, "Yu Zeng" told her that he knew everything clearly.

At first, she tried to feign puzzlement, but looking at the dim face and the eyes without the slightest emotion, the luck in her heart quickly vanished.

She wrenched her hands tightly together in an extremely uneasy expression, and muttered to him when he had noticed.

He said in a very low voice: [When you and I first met. 】

The woman's head rumbled.

Therefore, when she recognizes the mistake of the person, the other party is also the mistake of the mistake?

She had too many things to figure out, but she didn't dare to ask, she knelt down in a panic, crying and begging him to see the mother-son relationship for many years, and Yu Guang never knew about it, and always treated him as his own brother......

Before she finished her pleading, she heard him say: "You used me for greed, and I also used you for greed, and you and I don't owe each other. 】

She was stunned, he was greedy? What is there in her and her second son that he covets?

But what she cares more about is that since she has been "wrong for so many years...... Why did he choose to speak out at this time?

"Yu Zeng" quickly gave her the answer.

[I leave Beijing this time, and I may not be able to return safely. If anything happens to me, you can leave here. 】

Looking at the door of the dark room that had been pushed open, the woman was momentarily unresponsive.

[Disaster may come suddenly, in order to avoid temporary difficulty in getting out, you can take this secret way to leave early, and let the servants call it back to their hometown to visit relatives - bring enough shelter, change your identity, and go farther.] 】

She froze, go farther? Now that it's so messy outside, where can you go? She has seen the terrible world of cannibalism...... The second son is mediocre, after leaving, can they really protect themselves?

He said, "You may not be able to return safely", so it doesn't necessarily mean that you won't be able to come back, right? Maybe it can save the day? The days can still go on, right?

The woman couldn't imagine what was at stake, she just knew that if she left, she would never come back!

She looked at the door, and nodded her head unwillingly.

Out of this door, the future of her second son and grandson is rich and safe...... It's all going to be gone.

She thought to herself, it's better to bet once, and gamble again like she did more than twenty years ago.

She came back to her senses and said to "Yu Zeng": [Over the years, my mother has long regarded you as a parent...... We are already like a family, how can we leave you behind? 】

She didn't know anything, but she knew what she wanted.

"Yu Zeng" didn't know if he had seen through her calculations, so he didn't say much.

He has given reminders and arrangements, as for how the other party chooses, he doesn't have to go around.

Yu's mother chose to stay, and after Yu Zeng left, she fasted and recited the Buddha every day, praying for him to save the day, and her piety was extreme...... But it's time to come, and it's coming tonight.

This time, she had bad luck in gambling, but fortunately, she had made up her mind from the beginning to only gamble with herself, so she asked her henchmen and servants to make arrangements in advance.

The bet was won, and everything was as she wanted; Lost the bet...... She bears it herself!

Her plan is nothing more than the greedy and clumsy calculations of the ignorant little people, but if she tries again, she will still do it.

Inside the carriage, the woman's tears were cold and damp like the dense raindrops outside the carriage.

After getting out of the carriage, she saw the tall and majestic palace walls hidden in the night, which she had never had the opportunity to see in her life.

In Sigong Taizhong, Yu Zeng's body has not yet been transported, and the purpose of her coming here tonight is not to identify the body.

The palace is in charge of court punishment, and also handles some people and things that are inconvenient for the emperor to see the light, so there is a torture department.

Under the eaves, the raindrops in the alternating light and dark light were dripping down, as if they were dyed with two points of bloody coldness.

……

Ma Xingzhou returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was late, but Mrs. Ma Xiang still did not sleep.

After the people in the room retreated, Mrs. Ma Xiang showed a restless look: "Recently, in my dreams, I always dreamed that Wan'er was crying and calling her grandmother...... Lord Lang, tell me, how is Wan'er doing now? ”

Ma Xingzhou, who had changed into a middle coat, sat on the edge of the couch and said in a very low voice: "King Rong has indeed rebelled. ”

Mrs. Ma Xiang, who had gray hair, tightened her face when she heard this: "Then let's ...... Wan'er"

Ma Xingzhou only closed his eyes and sighed.

"Wan'er hasn't returned from the family heirloom for two months......" Mrs. Ma Xiang grabbed her husband's arm, and asked urgently with red eyes: "Now that it has been confirmed that King Rong is against him, can you try to bring Wan'er back?" Or maybe find out the news of her current situation first! ”

She is Ma Xingzhou's bad wife, born in poverty, although she has been ordered to live for many years, she still can't be absolutely rational in a hurry.

Seeing that her husband was silent, she tearfully asked, "Master Lang, are you talking!" ”

"Madam......" Ma Xingzhou sighed again, shook his head and said: "At this time, the Rongwang Mansion will definitely keep an eye on Wan'er's every move, the more we do, the more unfavorable it will only be to Wan'er." ”

Mrs. Ma Xiang's tears fell: "Then just watch ......?"

"The day Wan'er makes her decision, we should be prepared for this." Ma Xingzhou's voice was as slow as saying to himself: "Until now, I can only look at her creation." ”

"The sage ......" Mrs. Ma Xiang wanted to ask "what the sage said", but when the words came to her mouth, they only turned into tears.

What would the saints say? Wan'er is just a chess piece, and she, as a grandmother, has vaguely noticed from Wan'er's letter that Wan'er treats the prince of Rong Wang with a lot of sincerity, so that the evaluation of Rong Wangfu is not objective, so in a strict sense, Wan'er is not even a qualified chess piece......

Now, he has become an outcast in this situation, do you still expect the saint to be ashamed and merciful and come to the rescue?

Mrs. Ma Xiang is not stupid, and after thinking through all this, her tears became more and more painful and desperate.

Outside the window, the rain fell all night until the next morning, when the morning cleared.

The Emperor of the Holy Book returned to the Manna Hall on the Emperor's Throne, changed into his heavy and cumbersome court clothes under the service of the palace people, and moved to the study to deal with government affairs.

When the hot tea was served, he whispered: "Your Majesty, that woman is cowardly, and when she inflicts a little punishment, she will be full of words of forgiveness...... But she didn't know who Yu Chang was doing, so she couldn't find out the confidential information. ”

This was expected by the Holy Emperor, but he heard the attendant say, "However, she also told a secret...... She is not Yu Changshi's own mother. ”

The chamberlain carefully explained all the details of the woman's confession: "When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked people to find relatives for Yu Changshi, he found her......"

After hearing this, the Holy Book Emperor sneered slightly: "It turns out that Yu Zeng has replaced the identity of others from the very beginning, so it is no wonder. ”

But the woman didn't know Yu Zeng's original identity, she just made a mistake and wanted to make a living for herself and her second son.

So, who was Yu Zeng originally? The one who was the king in the beginning?

If so, then the long-planned concealment and betrayal that King Rong had planned to complete through Yu Zeng was enough to put him in the heart of Ah Shang in a place of no return.

"Your Majesty, the woman's second son Yu Guang and his wife and children are missing at this time, do you want to ......?"

The woman said to him many intercessions, saying that the second son knew nothing and that he should have mercy and spare his life, but these meaningless words did not need to be relayed to the emperor.

The emperor's voice was flat: "Ignorance and uselessness are not worth the effort. ”

The chamberlain replied and tried to ask, "...... woman?"

The Emperor of the Holy Book said unpretentiously: "A foolish and timid person is bold in the matter of being a mother. ”

More than 20 years ago, the woman gambled for the first time for herself and her second son. That time, there was clearly a way to leave, but he still didn't go, it was for the second gamble, and it was obviously just for the second son who was planning and calculating.

"Give her a good time, take her out of the palace and bury it."

The chamberlain responded and withdrew.

At the end of noon, some palace people entered the palace to spread the word, saying that the envoy official who sent Dongluo returned to Beijing safely, came to restore his life, and asked to see him outside the palace.

The Holy Book Emperor put down the pen in his hand: "Quick Xuan." ”

In a moment, the envoys who had changed their clothes and bathed, but still gave people the feeling of being dusty and servant, entered the hall and saluted.

The leaders are Wei Shuyi and Wu Siqing, Song Xian and Tan Li and others also have a rare opportunity to enter the Manna Hall to face the saint, and at this moment they all respectfully bowed their heads and stood on the back, not daring to look sideways.

After saluting, Wei Shuyi presented the document presented by the Dongluo monarch to the Dasheng Emperor, and asked for sin: "The ministers are slow to return to Beijing, and please punish Your Majesty." ”

The empress looked at the many thinner courtiers: "You Aiqing have traveled a long way, the road is full of dangers, and on the way back, you accidentally contracted the disease due to fatigue, which is really hard...... How can I be guilty of indiscriminate punishment without distinction between merit and demerit? ”

At this point, concern asks if the crowd has been healed.

Wei Shuyi raised his hand and saluted: "Your Majesty Lao is concerned and compassionate, and the ministers are no longer in serious trouble." ”

On the way, they contracted a wind chill, which can be mild or severe, and it is not without examples that it kills people, and they are infected with a severe disease.

The accompanying medical officer was also defeated in the process of treating them, and the attendants who cared for them were not spared...... Soon, among the hundreds of people in the group, only the horses were left without snot.

For the sake of his life, he could only temporarily stop and hurry, and he spent half a month in the post house before starting again.

During the period of recuperation in the post house, Wei Shuyi had a high fever that did not go away, and he was so confused that he, a person who did not have much attachment to this world, actually had the idea of being very afraid of death for the first time - you must know that he had not even had time to return to Beijing to confirm the truth to his mother, and he was unwilling to die like this.

Thinking that he was going to be a ghost, Wei Shilang shook his head violently in a drowsiness, and suddenly opened his eyes soberly.

Or because of the support of all kinds of thoughts, he turned out to be the fastest and sharpest one in the group.

Emperor Saint still invited a few medical officers to come and check the pulse for Wei Shuyi and others.

"Your lords often see signs of fatigue and weakness, and weakness of the spleen and stomach...... It should be due to fatigue after illness, there is no major problem, but it is also necessary to recuperate carefully, and the lower official will prescribe medicine for all adults. The medical officer's words were very smooth, after all, most of the officials who asked them to see a doctor recently had such a symptom.

The officials in Beijing are overworked, and those who go out of Beijing are not much better.

When the Emperor of the Holy Book heard this, he only let Wei Shuyi and the others make a simple reinstatement, so he allowed them to go back to their homes to rest and wash the dust, and said that they would be rewarded for their merits in the morning of tomorrow.

Due to the frequent wars in various places and the heavy government affairs, the early dynasty has been changed from one day every two days to one day and one day.

In addition to the early dynasty, the affairs of various ministries are also becoming more and more complicated, and it is difficult to guarantee the rest of the country, although the officials are tired, but the Son of Heaven is leading the way, and they do not dare to complain.

The day before yesterday, some officials even fainted in the morning.

The entire court was supported by extreme tension and exhaustion.

After Wei Shuyi and the others thanked him and left the palace, they went home and dispersed.

When Wei Shuyi returned to Zheng Guogong's mansion, the front hall was full of Wei family members waiting to pick him up.

Wei Shuyi covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed a few times.

"Just now in the palace, the medical officer showed Lang Jun, saying that Lang Jun has not recovered yet and needs to recuperate."

After Chang Ji finished speaking, he felt that his reaction was perfect, and Lang Jun only coughed a few times, and he was able to comprehend it so thoroughly, it was really too good-although, on the way back, Lang Jun had explained to him in advance, and this part also accounted for some reasons.

Wei Yu said to everyone: "In this way, let Zigu rest first, and it's not too late to say anything later." ”

For the most outstanding genius children of the Wei family in the past hundred years, everyone's tolerance and love are very gratifying, and after explaining that Uncle Wei is easy to recuperate, they all dispersed.

After everyone left, Duan looked at his son's emaciated face, and couldn't help but say distressedly: "Son, I haven't seen you for many days, why is it ugly like this......

Wei Shuyi: "......"

How could a mother say such cold words with such a loving demeanor?

"Brother's face is not as resistant to tossing as that of the Governor of Cui." Wei Miaoqing, who has always looked at her face, also said coldly, and looked senior and objective: "It seems that Brother is only the best looking if he is raised in a rich pile, so Brother is really a rich flower that needs to be carefully pampered." ”

"......" Wei Shuyi looked at his father - is there really no one to speak up for him?

Zheng Guogong stroked his neat short beard and offered a perfunctory method: "That's right." ”

Duan's distress was not fake, and without too much gossip, he sent his son back to the courtyard with his husband and daughter, and took advantage of the work on the road to talk.

After sending the people back to the courtyard, Duan told his subordinates to take care of them, and when he was about to leave, he heard Uncle Wei say: "Mother, my son has something to say to you." ”

That anxious matter has been carried for more than two months, and Uncle Wei really doesn't want to wait for a day.

Seeing his expression, Duan Shi noticed something, so he nodded.

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