Hearing this, Li nodded, "Got it." ”

"By the way, Ling Ling will return to the door tomorrow, are you ready to prepare?" Tao Tian diverted the topic.

"Don't worry, you're all set." Lee's Road.

"That's good." Tao Tian nodded, thought of something, paused, and asked, "Is Jing Yan back today?" ”

Speaking of the eldest son, Li couldn't help but sigh, "Except for the day of Ling Ling's wedding, he was at home, and the rest of the time, he stayed in the Criminal Department and didn't come back at all." ”

Tao Tian soothed: "It's okay, he's already an adult, give him time, he will figure it out." ”

"I hope so." Li Shi nodded, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice, "I heard that after Princess Na Sangjing entered the palace, she did not fall well, and since the Xiongnu envoys left, the emperor began to snub her." ”

Tao Tian nodded, "I also heard, I heard that she is in the harem, it is not good, some time ago it was rumored that the emperor favored her, and it was for the Hun envoys to see." ”

Li sighed again, "It's quite pitiful." ”

"There's no way, she's Dayan, who is carrying the envoys." Tao Tian said.

Li nodded and did not speak again.

She was originally annoyed that Princess Sang Jing had hurt her son's heart, and she hated that she shouldn't have come to provoke her son, but after learning that she was in a bad situation after entering the palace, her anger against her dissipated again.

In the final analysis, Princess Sang Jing is also a hard-working person.

……

Guogong Mansion.

When night fell, it was raining heavily.

Tao Yao sat by the window, looking at the rain curtain outside in a daze.

"Miss, it's raining so hard, don't sit by the window, be careful about getting cold." Xi'er walked over and persuaded.

Tao Yao smiled: "It's okay, it hasn't rained for a long time, I'll just sit here and watch for a while." ”

Xi'er said funny: "What's so nice about the rain? ”

Tao Yao leaned on the window lattice, listened to the sound of rain falling outside for a while, and then replied: "The rain is nothing to look at, but don't you think the sound of rain is very beautiful?"

In particular, the sound of rain splashing on the branches and leaves and the roof is wonderful. ”

She doesn't like rain, but she likes to hear it.

Xi'er heard her say this, and couldn't help but calm down and listen to the sound of rain outside.

Suddenly, I also felt that the sound of falling rain was very good.

At this moment, Dong'er said outside: "Madam, Guogong is back." ”

When Tao Yao heard this, he hurriedly got off the ground and walked out.

Sure enough, in the rain, Lu Jiuyuan came with an umbrella.

At this time, the rain was falling heavily, and the rain was splashing, and although he was holding an umbrella, the rain still splashed on the corners of his robe and boots.

But he walked very fast, his legs were long, and in a few steps he went up the stairs and went under the eaves.

Dong'er immediately reached out to take the umbrella he handed him, and Xi'er took a dry cloth towel, and when she wanted to help him wipe off the water droplets on the hem of his robe, she was refused.

"I'll just do it myself."

Xi'er had served him and Tao Yao for so long, knowing his temperament, and immediately handed over the cloth towel.

After Lu Jiuyuan took it, he bent down and wiped the water droplets on the hem of his robe.

After wiping it, seeing Tao Yao looking at himself without blinking, he couldn't help but say funny: "What are you looking at?" ”

Tao Yao said with a smile: "Look at us as approachable and unscrupulous Lu Guogong, but to be honest, no one will believe it." ”

Who would have known that Lu Jiuyuan, who was indifferent and alienated outside, was like this at home?

No one will believe this.

When Lu Jiuyuan heard this, he said helplessly: "Don't button my hat indiscriminately." ”

Tao Yao smiled, looked at Xi'er and Dong'er, and deliberately said with a straight face: "What I just said, you should not have heard it." ”

The two maids also knew that she said this on purpose, and nodded cooperatively at the moment, "Slaves and maids can save it." ”

Lu Jiuyuan shook his head helplessly, and after handing the cloth towel to Xi'er, he took Tao Yao's shoulder and went in.

"By the way, when you came back this time, why didn't I see Uze? Was he injured, or was he on another errand? Entering the house, Tao Yao remembered something and asked.

Lu Jiuyuan paused, "There is another errand." ”

"What's the errand? Aren't those rebellions pacified? Tao Yao asked.

"Those who rebelled and surrendered to obedience, died and died, but there were still a few leaders who took advantage of the chaos and ran away." Lu Jiuyuan said.

Tao Yao was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Rong Niang...... Ran away too? ”

Lu Jiuyuan hesitated and shook his head, "No, she fell off the cliff." ”

Tao Yao was stunned, "Fell off the cliff?" ”

"Well, the soldiers and horses she hoarded, the soldiers and horses led by the prince, were besieged in Chiyan Village for half a month, she still wanted to resist stubbornly, so she wanted to lead the troops to break through, but her men and horses had been hungry for a few days, and their morale was low, and they were not the opponents of the imperial court soldiers and horses at all, and they were quickly defeated.

But she still didn't give up, and even wanted to hold the prince hostage and force us to withdraw from the army.

When I played her, she was stabbed by my sword and fell off a cliff. Lu Jiuyuan briefly recounted the battle in Chiyan Village that day.

Tao Yao was silent.

She was not surprised by Rong Niang's ending, Rong Niang wanted to rebel, but this was a head-off thing.

She was even glad that Rong Niang was dead.

Otherwise, if she falls into the hands of the court, I am afraid that there will be more incidents, and if it is found out that Rong Niang once had a relationship with the Tao family, the Tao family and her will be implicated.

After all, rebellion is a capital offense.

Thinking about it, she sighed and said, "This is the path she chose by herself, and she can't blame anyone." ”

Lu Jiuyuan paused, and couldn't help but say: "But she didn't fall off the cliff originally, I deliberately forced her to the cliff, so that she had no way to retreat, and stabbed her with a sword, so she fell." ”

Hearing this, Tao Yao looked at him in surprise.

But she quickly understood, and nodded, "You did nothing wrong. ”

Lu Jiuyuan was stunned, "You don't blame me?" ”

"What do you blame? If she doesn't die, but falls into the hands of the imperial court, I'm afraid she will leak out her life experience, and when the time comes, we will also get into big trouble. Tao Yao said, how could she not understand Lu Jiuyuan's intentions?

He did that to protect her and the Tao family.

Lu Jiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since Rong Niang fell off the cliff, he has always had scruples in his heart, and he was afraid that Tao Yao would blame him.

After all, no matter how bad Rong Niang is, she is also her biological mother.

Tao Yao caught a glimpse of his expression and said funny: "You have been refusing to tell me about the counterinsurgency, just because you are worried about this matter?" ”

Lu Jiuyuan said: "I can't be unscrupulous. ”

Tao Yao paused, and suddenly knew what was going on with Taifu's strange expression when he went to Taifu's mansion that day.

Mrs. Guo must have known about Rong Niang's relationship with her, and she also learned about Rong Niang's fall off the cliff, so like Lu Jiuyuan, she was a little worried about her reaction when she found out.

"I don't blame you, really." She said calmly, "Although Rong Niang is my biological mother, she has not taken me and my father seriously, and even tried to harm me many times, besides, she knows that rebellion is a capital crime, but she still insists on going her own way, that is, she doesn't care whether I and the Tao family live or die." ”