From a distance, I saw that the inner hall in the backyard was full of people, and in the center was General Xue Li. I saw General Xue's face gloomy, sitting in the hall without saying a word. There was a noble lady sitting beside him, not gorgeously dressed but decent, but this noble lady now had a sad face and was constantly wiping her tears with a silk handkerchief.

There is a middle-aged man sitting on the lower right of General Xue, with a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, very similar to General Xue, and he is Xue Ne, the son of the Xue family who has the true inheritance of General Xue. Beside Xue Ne sat a young woman, dressed in a short dress, looking very shrewd and capable. And the lower left head of General Xue is sitting Xue Shenfu, who I have had several encounters with in the Ministry of Rites. It's just that Chu Qing was not seen among the people.

At this time, except for the middle-aged woman who wept alone, the rest of the people were sitting in a precarious position, which made the atmosphere extremely solemn.

Suddenly, the beautiful young woman stood up with a look of indignation, and said loudly, "Father-in-law, what are you still hesitating about? Peony and the bones of the unborn child are still in the fourth brother's room, you should let the officials come to see what kind of price our Xue family paid in order to marry the princess who was high! Could it be that for the sake of their so-called royal face, they have to sacrifice the lives of the peony and the child? It's simply dehumanizing! ”

I couldn't help but be stunned. From the young woman's speech and demeanor, I concluded that she was the famous female general Fan Lihua. The peony in her mouth must have met with an accident. Just, who is Peony? Whose child is in her womb? How could she be in Chu Qing's room? What does Peony's tragic death have to do with me?

"Shut up!" It was Xue Ne who spoke.

While I was pondering, the old slave had already entered the inner hall to spread the word. The whole Xue family greeted each other and knelt down in front of me.

"The minister didn't know that the princess was coming, and he didn't welcome him from afar, and he asked the princess to forgive his sins!" General Xue kowtowed.

"General Xue, Mrs. Xue, please get up! Major General Xue, General Fan, and Lord Xue are also invited! I helped Mrs. Xue up and disguised, "Actually, this princess is here to find Chu Qing......"

"The princess wants to find the fourth brother, and he can find it there." Fan Lihua pointed to a room rather hostilely.

"Sister-in-law, how can you let the princess see it?" Xue Shen whispered, and then said to me with a smile on his face, "It should be Chu Qing who came to see Princess Fengjia, and the minister immediately went to call Chu Qing." ”

Seeing Xue Shen's confusion, I had even more doubts in my heart. "Don't hide it, what happened?" I asked, posing princess-like.

Everyone in the Xue family, you look at me, I look at you, but no one said anything. In the end, Fan Lihua said coldly: "Princess, don't want the cat to cry and fake mercy!" How could the princess not know the reason for this? ”

"Pear Blossom!" General Xue and Xue Ne spoke at the same time to stop it.

"Father-in-law, Peony and the child died miserably!" Fan Lihua suddenly "pounced" and knelt down in front of General Xue.

"Let's go!" General Xue shook his head, leaving two lines of cloudy tears, and trembled slightly, took out a holy decree on the desk and handed it to me, "Princess, please see for yourself." ”

I slowly unfolded the holy decree: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Xue Chuqing, who heard the horse, has already married his wife's surname Qiu Mingpeony." However, the princess of Xiaodingguo is the daughter of Emperor Wen, and her status is noble, how can she be subordinate to the people? Therefore, Xue Chuqing was specially ordered to divorce his wife immediately to prepare for the wedding! Xue Li, the general of the right Weiwei, urged his parents and children to bring the letter of resignation to the Ganlu Hall within five days to resume his life. Chin this! ”

The Zhu Pi on the holy decree is so dazzling, like a sharp blade dripping with blood, piercing into my heart. Peony, the fetus in the womb, Chu Qing, one corpse and two lives, these words are finally connected by this holy decree, but the truth behind this is so cruel and decisive!

My whole body trembled slightly because I was afraid to face the truth, but I still slowly walked towards Chu Qing's room. As I walked past Fan Lihua, I could feel her fierce gaze. I looked at her fearlessly, "If this princess says that this princess never knew of the existence of this holy decree, would you believe it?" ”

I didn't care how Fan Lihua would react, so I walked straight to the door of Chu Qing's room and gently pushed it open. With a "squeak", the door opened, and the sunlight followed me into the gray and gloomy room, making it slightly brighter. Although I was prepared, I was still amazed by the sight of the room. Qiu Peony's corpse hung alone on the beam, and the high bulging abdomen stinged my eyes, the fetus had already formed and had its own consciousness, but it was so tragically strangled in the mother's womb.

Chu Qing knelt beside Peony at this moment, his eyes glazed over, obviously he didn't expect that his wife would use such an extreme way as suicide by hanging a beam to resist the decree to complain about her husband's ruthless abandonment of him.

I wanted to comfort Chu Qing, but I didn't know what to say. Yuhan saw a piece of paper on the ground next to Chu Qing, so he picked it up and handed it to me.

There are four huge blood words written on the paper - this revenge will be avenged! Avenge? To me and Chu Qing? I was shocked, my hand shook, and the blood book fell to the ground again.

I felt that all the strength of my body was drained by an invisible force, and humiliation, grievance, and fear came to my heart together. I want to hate Chu Qing, but I feel that he is also very pitiful. In the end, I mentioned the only strength I had and said quietly: "Chu Qing, you have hidden so much from me!" You shouldn't be like that, and make things like this! ”

Chu Qing raised his head slowly, and he was already in tears at this time.

I didn't want to stay in that hellish room any longer, and I fled in a hurry with a pale face. In the face of the Xue family, I can only say a pale promise: I will invite the emperor to bury the peony. Although this promise seemed so insignificant in the face of the Xue family's deep grief, it was also the only little heart I could enter now.