It was late at night, and the king of Shu was lightly dressed and quietly went to Zhizhuyuan.

Li Jinzhi had already fallen asleep, and when he saw that the King of Shu came alone late at night, Peng Liang hurriedly withdrew and went to guard the door.

Li Jinzhi got up to salute the King of Shu, but the King of Shu didn't speak, but his eyes turned red first, and the hands holding Li Jinzhi's shoulders kept trembling.

Li Jinzhi smiled, helped the King of Shu and asked him to sit down, and he also sat down next to him.

The eldest son in the candlelight was dressed in white, and his black hair was scattered behind him, and his face was like jade.

The King of Shu couldn't help choking up and whispered:

"The capital is a tiger and wolf land, you have to be careful everywhere when you go, just serve your imperial grandmother well, after two years, once your imperial grandmother ...... Father will take you back right away. ”

Li Jinzhi smiled again, changed his previous gentle and elegant image, looked into the eyes of the King of Shu with shining eyes and said:

"Father, do you really believe that the palace just wants me to go back to serve the imperial grandmother?"

The King of Shu was stunned, and only after a long time sighed and hung his head.

He and the emperor are brothers of the same mother, but the two brothers have not been close since childhood. Later, Li Jinzhi was born, and because of the preference of the first emperor, the emperor was even more jealous of him.

If it weren't for his reputation inside and outside the court, how could the emperor let him live peacefully in Shu for so many years?

Li Jinzhi put his hands on his knees, lowered his eyes and chuckled:

"I thought my life would be short, but since God refuses to accept me, I want to live a good life."

He said and raised his eyes to look at the King of Shu:

"Father, we have lived too long with the sword hanging on the top, rather than not knowing when we are going to die, it is better to give it a go, even if we die, we have no regrets."

The King of Shu looked at his son in disbelief with a shocked face, and only muttered after a long time:

"Your imperial grandfather is right, you sooner or later, you will ...... sooner or later"

Hearing the King of Shu mention the first emperor, Li Jinzhi's eyes turned red, but he refused to cry, only gritted his teeth, and the tears in his eyes gradually disappeared.

The King of Shu took out a black iron butterfly token from his sleeve with trembling hands, handed it to Li Jinzhi and said:

"Your imperial grandfather handed it to me before he left, saying that if one day, you are cornered, take this out, this is the person he left for you, and he can always keep you alive."

Li Jinzhi took the butterfly token, stroked it lightly with his hand and said:

"If I am defeated, I would rather die in the capital. and the emperor's grandfather soul is in the same place, and I have no regrets. ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at the King of Shu and said:

"Father, if I succeed one day, I will definitely take you back to Beijing as soon as possible, so that the imperial grandmother can see you again in her lifetime."

The King of Shu couldn't hold back any longer, covered his face with his hands and cried silently.

It took two days to load the ship, and in addition to the big ship on which Li Jinzhi and others were riding, there were several ships carrying goods and escorts in front and behind.

The King of Shu took Princess Shu and others to the dock to say goodbye, Mei Xue did not see Li Jinhuan, only Li Jinfeng, who was crying and red-eyed, accompanied Princess Shu.

Princess Shu has been able to deal with Concubine Lin for many years, and naturally she has some means, and now that Concubine Lin has entered Puji Temple again, her status in the palace is naturally unmatched.

Unsurprisingly, in addition to Chen Yiling, the people who accompanied the Shu Wangfu into Beijing also included Song Zhijie.

Only Xiao Yan smiled all the way, and as soon as he got on the boat, he went to talk to Mei Xue:

"Miss Mei, do you know? My cousin is just a genius, hahaha...... Cousin Feng was about to secretly leave Chengdu in the middle of the night last night, but was intercepted by my cousin's people, and my cousin also arranged for a few people to guard him every step of the way. ”

Xiao Yan's laughter, as Li Jinzhi's body improved, became significantly lower and lower.

Even when he sees a flower in the garden blooming better than before, he can enjoy it for a long time.

Mei Xue handed Ping'an to the nurse and asked her to take her to rest, poured Xiao Yan a cup of hot tea and said:

"Childe came just in time, I have something to ask you."

"If you have something, just ask, I will know everything."

Xiao Yan sat down in the chair with a grin, looked at Mei Xue with a smile and said.

Mei Xue smiled, calmly talked about the Yan family, and then asked Xiao Yan if he knew anything about the Yan family and the Qiao family:

"The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible, although my surname is Mei, Miss Qiao has already died.

But others have been planning to kill me for more than ten years, and I know more about it, so I can deal with it more. ”

has come to this point, even if he doesn't tell Xiao Yan now, he will definitely know about the storm in the city after arriving in Beijing.

Xiao Yan was already dumbfounded when he heard it, and only after a while did he jump up and say:

"The strict cultivation of the straight lady thief, the cheap thing with the gold seal on his face, dares to bully the head of the Shu Palace."

A few years ago, the Yan family father and son were sent to Liangzhou, and the adult men had tattoos on their faces.

Mei Xue shook her head, raised her hand to signal Xiao Yan to sit down, and said calmly:

"The killer of the Yan family left Beijing last winter, and I was not involved with the palace at that time."

So it can't be said that Yan Yuxiu bullied the head of the Shu Palace.

Xiao Yan was angry again and scolded:

"I don't care when those bastards trouble you, you are my cousin's savior, that is, the benefactor of our Xiao family, from now on, I and the family surnamed Yan are inseparable."

Xiao Yan was so angry that he jumped to his feet, drank two large cups of tea in a row to suppress his anger, and then told Mei Xue in detail some of the things he knew.

The Yan family has risen rapidly since Yan Yuncai's father and son returned to Beijing, and today, protégés and former officials are all over the government and the opposition, and Yan Yuncai has been promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet.

However, people in the capital generally do not have a high opinion of the Yan family, and one of the reasons is that several adult men of the Yan family have tattoos on their faces.

Although people know that Yan Yuncai was framed for being caught in the corruption case back then, the eyes of the world are like this, and no one can change it.

Therefore, over the years, no matter how beautiful the Yan family is, almost all women have married low, and few men can marry high.

After all, no wealthy family is willing to marry their daughter to a man with tattoos on his face.

And the girls who have grown up in the Yan family over the years have all been beaten into the lowly status in the catastrophe of their childhood, just ask, such a girl, who would want to marry such a good door?

Xiao Yan felt a little relieved when he said this, thought for a while and said to Mei Xue:

"As for the Qiao family, I have never met that Master Qiao, but I have heard that he is obsessed with Taoism and lives in the mountains all year round to cultivate Taoism.

As for that Qiao Yan, he is very famous, a well-known virtuous and virtuous person in Beijing.

Now it seems that eighty percent is also a wolf in sheep's clothing. ”

When Xiao Yan said this, he got angry again, slammed the table fiercely and said:

"I don't believe it, Yan Yuxiu's black-hearted thing that the straight lady thief did was not instructed by this woman, and sure enough, there are no good things for the stepmother in the world."

Mei Xue still looked indifferent, and even had a shallow smile in her eyes, correcting Xiao Yan and saying:

"She was personally ordered by the Holy Lord to be the wife of the Qiao family, not a concubine, nor a stepmother."

Xiao Yan pouted disdainfully, but after all, this issue involved Emperor Mingde, so he didn't want to say more.

Mei Xue asked him again:

"What about the twins of the Qiao family? Have you ever heard of it? ”

Xiao Yan's face became a little uncomfortable, he frowned, and he looked quite determined, and then said:

"Qiao Zhuowen's kid has some skills, he writes well, he reads books well, we study in Guozijian, he likes the professors the most."

Mei Xue looked at Xiao Yan's expression and guessed that he was probably not on good terms with Qiao Zhuowen.

"As for Qiao Zhuowen's sister, she is a famous talented woman in the capital, and she is also known as the first beauty in the capital, I have seen it, and just like that, she is pitiful when the wind blows."

Xiao Yan smiled again when he said this, looked at Mei Xue and said:

"Those ignorant fools in the capital are eager for Qiao Anran, I'm not like them, I never flatter Qiao Anran.

Speaking of which, you look better and are comfortable with you, Miss Mei, just like a brother. ”

Mei Xue was speechless, glanced at Xiao Yan and said:

"Personally, I think that when someone says that they want to treat a woman as a brother, it is often because the woman is ugly or unlikable, and this person can't bear to hurt her, so there is this euphemism."

Xiao Yan laughed loudly, so happy that he collapsed in the round chair and couldn't get up.

Mei Xue looked at him with a smile, and her lowered eyes were cold.