That night, Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi and did not go to the Xie family's ancestral house, but rested in the private residence of the Xie family's big house.

Xie Zhanghua is the daughter of the big house, and the former first assistant Xie Xun is Xie Zhanghua's brother-in-law.

Since Xie Xun retired, he has been cultivating in the mountains and rarely returning home.

The private house of the big house is only taken care of by domestic servants on weekdays, but it is also quiet.

The third room of the Xie family, as well as the county magistrate of Qixia County, learned that the prince was coming, so they naturally came to the door very attentively to ask for a meeting.

was sent back by Chu Yan's embroidered envoy.

When Xie Zhanghua was young, although he didn't live in this mansion often, he also had a lot of precious memories.

Her dead soul, with Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi, walked around the courtyard and told a lot of interesting things, which were conveyed by Shen Lingxi and told Chu Yan to listen.

“…… Look at this osmanthus tree, when I was a child, it was only as tall as Rokuro, and there used to be a few begonias here. When it comes to the 12th Flower Festival in February, the sisters in the family tie silk silk to the flower branches, which is called 'appreciating red', which means that the daughters are as delicate as flowers. The brothers would hang silk silk on this osmanthus tree, so that they would be as strong as the trees......"

“…… This courtyard Liulang should also remember, one year to go to the imperial mausoleum to worship, back to Beijing passing through Qixia County, resting here, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, the elders in the family are using realgar wine, on the forehead of the child to draw the word "king", meaning to "tiger" to ward off evil and repel insects and snakes, he looked fun, but also let me draw a picture for him, when people will open their teeth and claws, saying that they are a little tiger......"

“…… This is called Mrs. Bamboo, also known as the green slave, when she was young, A-Niang liked to put some fragrant flowers in this bamboo cage, so she could fall asleep with the fragrance of flowers and sleep well, so we also called it the Lady of Flowers. ”

“…… The lotus flowers in this lotus pond bloom best, pinch a little tea with a small yarn bag at night, put it in the center of the flower, take it out overnight, make tea to drink, the fragrance is particularly good......"

Most of the time, Chu Yan listened to Shen Lingxi's remarks with a faint expression.

On the contrary, it is Shen Lingxi, because of the relationship in his previous life, he has little contact with the customs and customs outside the Yunguo Palace, even if he has been alive for five years, he is busy with corpses most of the time, and he has more contact with the dead than the living, and there are more sad things than joy, and it is rare for someone to talk to her about these interesting things.

Therefore, she listened very carefully and attentively, with a pair of clear apricot eyes, always full of curiosity, and responded very supportively:

"Really?"

"Haha, it's so cute."

"How can this be?"

She was so interested, Xie Zhanghua also said very energetically, and the two chatted very hotly.

Especially in the customs and trivial things that sounded popular many years ago to some people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shen Lingxi would show an unheard of and extremely surprised look.

This made Chu Yan, who had been watching her silently by the side, her eyes move slightly, and she was keenly aware of the unusual.

So, it's late at night, it's bedtime.

Chu Yan lay on his side on the bed, and in the dark night, his eyes stared at Shen Ling's unfinished smile, and asked casually, "Are you really so happy to chat with your mother?" ”

"yes." Shen Lingxi praised unreservedly, "What the first crown princess said sounds very interesting, she must be a person who knows how to live very well." ”

"It's just some common folk customs and gadgets." Chu Yan asked casually, "Haven't you seen it when you were young?" ”

Shen Lingxi thought that when he was young, the highest place he stood on was the altar. The farthest I've ever been to is Jingu. The most said words are "blessing you, etc."

Even Ah Niang and the little aunt have never heard of these folk anecdotes.

"I've never seen it." In the dark night, Shen Lingxi remembered his previous life, and the corners of his lips silently hooked up a touch of mockery.

After a long time, she sighed, "I only hope that for the rest of my life, three meals and four seasons, can be warm and interesting, then I will have no regrets in this life." ”

When the little aunt comes out of the cage, she will tell her these interesting things face to face, and they will be happier than in their previous lives when they go to live ordinary people's lives.

Chu Yan's ink-like eyes, because of these words, gently rippled faintly.

He stretched out his hand, lightly grasped her fingertips, and said in a dumb voice: "As long as you want, I will accompany you." ”

Shen Lingxi's fingertips trembled imperceptibly, and he closed his eyes silently......

*

Early in the morning of the second day, the carriage carrying Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi, surrounded by the embroidered envoy and the black armor guard, slowly drove towards the West Mountain.

Although Xie Zhangting was not a married daughter, when she died, she was no longer perfect, so the Xie family buried her on a small hill not too far from the ancestral grave.

The Xie family didn't see Chu Yan last night, and they came to Xie Zhangting's grave to wait with the county order early this morning.

Shen Lingxi got out of the carriage with Chu Yan, and saw a large group of people kneeling on the ground, including the official of Qixia County.

The first crown princess Xie Zhanghua, because of her deep relationship with her cousin, although she didn't say it on her face, she still resisted the opening of the coffin for the autopsy.

Therefore, as soon as their carriage arrived at Xie Zhangting's grave, Xie Zhanghua saw that his uncle and aunt were there, and he was already full of guilt, sitting next to the grave and silently confessing to Xie Zhangting's tombstone.

Chu Yan had long expected that this would be the case, and glanced at the victorious evil on the side.

Shengye stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "This time, His Royal Highness opened the coffin for an autopsy, and it was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate the case of the former crown princess, and no one else retreated as soon as possible." ”

The officials of Qixia County did not dare to disobey the prince's wishes, and when they heard that it was related to the death of the former crown princess, they silently wrote it down in their hearts, and respectfully kowtowed and retired.

Xie Sheng, the third grandfather, and the third old lady Guo, that is, Xie Zhanghua's third uncle and third aunt, took the three rooms to stay in the ancestral house, but they never knelt on the ground, and they had no intention of leaving.

Xie Sheng is old, his hair is gray, and his face looks still healthy.

"Your Highness." He said tremblingly, "When the little girl died, the first crown princess personally sent someone to bury the little girl. Now that the little girl has been in the ground for more than ten years, why did His Highness suddenly open the coffin for an autopsy? ”

"The first crown princess and the little girl have been close since childhood, if she learns about this, I am afraid that she will blame His Highness, and please think twice......"

After all, Xie Sheng has the grace of nurturing the former crown princess.

Chu Yan walked up to him, stretched out his hand to personally support his arm, and helped him up, "Don't blame the third uncle, just because I found in the palace a few days ago that someone had engraved the name of the mother concubine in the soul lock well, and the emperor ordered Lone to investigate this matter thoroughly." It is related to the evil sect and witchcraft, and Lone checked the file and learned that his aunt's death was different, and he was afraid that he was also killed by witchcraft, so he came to investigate. ”

Xie Sheng's cloudy eyes looked at Chu Yan, and old tears were rampant.

"Your Highness's expectation is good." He said in a trembling voice, "Back then, the little girl was indeed deceived by the Fang Shi from Yunjiang, so she died in another country, and it was the first princess who couldn't bear to damage the reputation of the little girl after her death, so she issued a gag order and pressed the matter." If His Royal Highness wants to open the coffin for an autopsy now, this matter will definitely be known to everyone, and that is against the wishes of the former crown princess......"

As soon as these words came out, Shen Lingxi subconsciously looked at Xie Zhanghua who was floating beside the grave.

Xie Zhanghua raised his head blankly, looked at the back of the third old lady, and then turned his head to look at Shen Lingxi, "Where is this, I never knew about it......"

The folk customs are all based on the real folk customs of ancient times, and the lotus tea comes from the "Six Records of Floating Life" of Shen Fu of the Qing Dynasty

(End of chapter)