Yun Xue and his wife stayed in the Han family until the end of the day, and then they left and returned to the Hou Mansion. After returning to the Hou Mansion, Yun Xue called Aunt Fu over and asked carefully about some of the things of the year.

"Aunt Fu, you are the dowry of the Duchess of the Kingdom, and you know the situation of the Duchess of the Kingdom best. When Madame was at home, how was her health, but Yuan herself was weak? Yun Xue asked first.

Aunt Fu shook her head, "I won't hide it from you, when our wife was in her mother's house, she was always in good health." It was when he married into the Guogong Mansion that he gradually became unpleasant and heavier. ”

"Then, after the Duchess of the State married into the Guogong Mansion, how did she get along with the Duchess of the Kingdom? The prince treats his wife very coldly? ”

Aunt Fu shook her head, "Grandpa Guo treats his wife very well, and the two are inseparable at the beginning. However, Mrs. entered the house for two years, but failed to give birth to a child, and Grandpa Guo's affection for Mrs. gradually faded. Later, there were many fewer visits to the lady's room. Young Master Hongji was there at that time. ”

"Young Master Hongji was born, and Mrs. took him over to raise him, but Guogong still didn't want to come to Mrs. It seems that when Young Master Hongji was one year old, Grandpa Guo drank too much, so he stayed on Madame's side, and then Madame became pregnant with the Third Young Master. Although Aunt Fu didn't know what Bai Yunxue was going to do when she asked what she was going to do, she still said what she could remember.

"Yesterday, I packed up with Master Hou, but I saw a few sachets. Hou Ye said that it was Mrs. Guo Gonggong who wore it, but is there such a thing? "Yun Xue is a little confused now. Since the prince and his wife had a good relationship at the beginning, what happened to the strangeness in the sachet?

"Yes, at that time, Mrs. saw that Grandpa Guo particularly liked a spice, so she personally embroidered a few sachets for Grandpa Guo. Every time I look at the old sachet, I replace it with one. However, later, the prince gradually came less, and the lady's health was not good, so she stopped embroidering. It's just that the old ones, Madame is reluctant to lose them, and they all remain. Aunt Fu was a little strange Yun Xue asked what she was doing with this, but she didn't hide anything, and said everything she had to say.

"The spices in the sachet were put in by Mrs. or is it Grandpa Guo's own?"

"Grandpa Guo only loves this kind of spice, and the Guogong Mansion is configured by a special person, not by his wife." Aunt Fu shook her head and said.

Yun Xue felt that this matter was still quite strange, but she couldn't say why. So, I could only wave my hand and let Aunt Fu go out first.

Aunt Fu left, Yun Xue saw that Shen Hongjun had not returned to the house, asked for a while, and said that it was in the study, so Yun Xue went to the study to find Shen Hongjun. saw Shen Hongjun sitting behind the bookcase, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were not on the book, and he didn't know what to think about for a long time.

"Zhiyuan?" Yun Xue called him softly.

Shen Hongjun came back to his senses, and when he saw that it was Yun Xue, he smiled, stretched out his hand and dragged Yun Xue over, and hugged him on his lap.

"What are you thinking?" Yun Xue raised her head, looked at Shen Hongjun's somewhat melancholy face and asked.

"I was thinking, the things in the sachet, I was thinking, I was thinking about what I heard in the ancestral hall that day, and I was also thinking about my father's attitude towards me over the years. I was a little skeptical that my father and stepmother had negotiated to kill my mother, and then my stepmother could enter the door. Shen Hongjun hugged Yun Xue tightly, as if only the heat on Yun Xue's body could warm his cold heart.

Yun Xue leaned her head on Shen Hongjun's chest and reached out to hold Shen Hongjun's hand, "I asked Aunt Fu and said that Guogong was very good to his mother at the beginning." I think, from the perspective of Guogong's personality, he is not so vicious and inhumane. Perhaps, there is something we don't know about this. Now, it's hard to make a conclusion too early. ”

Yun Xue saw Shen Xuan only twice, but the overall feeling was that this person was a little weak and had no idea. Speaking of which, he has soft ears and can't stand the instigation of others, but he is not the kind of person who harms people ruthlessly.

On the contrary, it was the Yun family, although she looked kind-hearted and soft-faced on the surface, but there was a viciousness hidden in her eyes. It's like a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows, and if you don't pay attention, it will bite violently, and one bite will be fatal.

"I hope so, he's my real father after all. If my mother's death really had something to do with him, I really don't know what to do. Shen Hongjun sighed, no matter how Shen Xuan treated him, but he had always admired Shen Xuan. If his mother's death was really planned by his father, then his life would be a tragedy.

"No, it won't, don't be sad." Yun Xue could only comfort Shen Hongjun like this. Shen Hongjun's experience over the years, Yun Xue has never participated in it, and she can't really understand it. Therefore, she has no right to express any opinion at all, so she can only comfort him like this.

Shen Hongjun buried his face in Yun Xue's neck socket, and took two deep breaths before raising his head. "I'm sorry that you were implicated because of these things. Cher, your body won't be affected, will it? ”

Yun Xue shook her head, "It's okay, I only touched that thing yesterday, it won't have much effect." Yun Xue didn't say Yun Ni's worries, she didn't want Shen Hongjun to worry about it.

"Tomorrow, shall we go and pay homage to our mother? Now that I'm her daughter-in-law, I should go and see it. Yun Xue didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she brought it up.

"Okay, tomorrow we will go outside the city to worship our mother, and then we will live in the Zhuangzi. Stay a few more days and come back at the time of the Chinese New Year. Shen Hongjun proposed.

The emperor gave Shen Hongjun a twenty-day vacation and asked him to move and add to his family, which was almost the time of his childhood. However, after the new year, the yamen will no longer handle official business, and it will not be reopened until after the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. So, they still have a long time to use at will.

Yun Xue doesn't care about these, as long as she is with Shen Hongjun, no matter where she lives. Moreover, she also wanted to see what the hot spring Zhuangzi looked like. In this winter, can there still be greens? It's not a previous life, there is a greenhouse.

The two of them hugged each other and sat in the study, quietly, and no one made a sound. I don't know how long it took, but it was already dark in the room, and the two of them still sat still.

"Master Hou, madam, dinner has been prepared." Rulan's voice sounded outside the door.

Only then did the two of them come back to their senses, "Let's go, let's go get something to eat." It's useless to think about it at the moment, there is no evidence, and we can't help anyone. Shen Hongjun helped Yun Xue up, and the two of them went out of the study and went to dinner together.

That night, the two of them didn't do anything more, Shen Hongjun hugged Yun Xue very calmly and talked about some things when he was a child.

Yun Xue nested in Shen Hongjun's arms, listening to him talk about the joys and sorrows of his childhood, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

The ancestral tomb of the Shen family is located in the northwest of the capital, a feng shui treasure land with mountains and rivers in the background. The ancestor of the Shen family, who fought in the south and the north, fought in the east and west, and when the world was pacified, he personally chose a place here as a burial place after death.

There are a few loyal servants who have been following the ancestors of the Shen family, staying here to guard. After nearly two hundred years of multiplication, the original two or three families have now become hundreds, forming a village, known as Shenjiazhuang.

When Shen Hongjun and his entourage came, Zhuang Tou, who had already gotten the news, took all the men, women and children of Shenjiazhuang out to greet them.

Today, the wind and snow have stopped, but the weather after the snow is still cold. Shen Hongjun carefully helped Yun Xue get out of the car, and when he saw so many people, he hurriedly asked everyone to go home, "It's cold, don't freeze everyone." ”

When the crowd heard this, they scattered in twos and threes. Only a few very old men, after accompanying Shen Hongjun to talk for a while, then accompanied Shen Hongjun and others to the mountain together.

Everyone carried all kinds of sacrifices of whole pigs and sheep, and walked all the way along the path that had been cleared up a long time ago to the tomb of Shen Hongjun's mother, Xu.

Xu's tomb is very simple, not very luxurious, just clean and tidy, covered with a little snowflake. It can be seen that there are people cleaning and tidying up here all year round, and they are very careful to maintain it.

Shen Hongjun pulled Yun Xue and stepped forward to give Xu's incense. Then a servant brought a futon to cushion the ground, and Yun Xue and Shen Hongjun kowtowed in front of Xu's spirit.

Kneeling in front of Xu's tomb, Yun Xue's heart was surprisingly quiet. "Mother, rest assured, I will take good care of Zhiyuan, and in the future, he will not be lonely again. If Mother has a spirit in heaven, please guide us and find out what happened back then. The mother was wronged, and Zhiyuan was worried day and night. As a son of man, if he can't know the true thoughts of his mother's death, Zhiyuan will regret it for the rest of his life. ”

The wind was strong on the mountain, and the howling cold wind blew, bringing a whimpering sound, like a woman's low cry.

Shen Hongjun and Yun Xue got up and stood in front of the grave for a while before turning around and going down the mountain.

"Zhiyuan, mother will definitely bless us. She must love you very much, and she can't bear to see you worry day and night, and feel sorry for her. On the way down the mountain, Yun Xue stretched out her hand, quietly held Shen Hongjun's hand, and said softly.

"Yes, I know. I will definitely find out what happened back then, and no matter how long it takes, I will continue to follow it up. Shen Hongjun hooked the corners of his mouth, and there was a warm smile in his eyes.

"However, I will not delay everything else because of this incident. I still want to have a baby with you to live, I believe that my mother has a spirit in heaven, and I must hope to see my little grandson born sooner. Perhaps because he had worshiped his mother, Shen Hongjun's heart suddenly became much more relaxed, and he was also in the mood to joke with Yun Xue.

Yun Xue's face was a little hot, but she didn't say anything, let Shen Hongjun take her hand and go all the way down the mountain.

Zhuangtou wanted to leave Shen Hongjun and his party here for lunch, Shen Hongjun shook his head, "We still have to go to Zhuangzi in the north, it's quite far away." I'm not here today, but I'll have a chance in the future. ”