As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Emperor Mingde fell on the bed and couldn't get up.

Mei Xue hurriedly gave him a needle, and An Jiang brought the medicine that had been prepared a long time ago to Emperor Mingde.

When he finally breathed a sigh of relief, Emperor Mingde said to Mei Xue:

"You bandage Jinzhi's handle first."

Even if he was so seriously ill, everything around him still couldn't escape the eyes of Emperor Mingde.

An Jiang hurriedly went out and brought Mei Xue's medicine box in, Mei Xue hung her head and bandaged Li Jinzhi's arm, Li Jinyu said to Emperor Mingde guiltily:

"Father, Jinzhi was injured to protect me, and he didn't know kung fu in the first place."

Emperor Mingde looked at Li Jinzhi with deep eyes, and said "um" when he heard the words:

"You are brothers, Jinzhi sacrificed his life for you and forgot to die, and you can't treat him badly in the future."

"That's nature, my son remembers."

Li Jinyu's face was full of gratitude, and after answering Emperor Mingde, he asked Li Jinzhi how his injuries were.

Mei Xue had already bandaged Li Jinzhi, so she saluted Emperor Mingde and Li Jinyu and said:

"The son of the world only suffered skin injuries, not muscles and bones."

Emperor Mingde nodded with satisfaction, lay back on the soft pillow with a tired face, and said:

"Today, the Meng family suffered a catastrophe, and the Queen Mother must have been deeply hit, the three of you will go to Cining Palace to have a look.

Mei Xue, after reading the Queen Mother, you will go back with Jinzhi to rest for a few days, if I feel unwell, I will order someone to call you.

I really can't hold it anymore, let's go to visit the queen mother tomorrow! ”

After saying the last sentence, Emperor Mingde closed his eyes, and tears loomed in the corners of his eyes.

Li Jinyu choked up instantly, led Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi to kowtow to Emperor Mingde and retreated.

On the first day of the new year, the sky was slightly bright, but the whole palace was bleak, and even the air was faintly smelling of blood.

People came and went on the palace road, but there was silence, only a steady stream of corpses were carried out.

Through the faint morning light, Mei Xue lowered her head, and she could still see the blood stains remaining on the road.

There was a dead silence in Cining Palace, the ladies had already been evacuated from the palace, and the county lord of Changle went to the East Palace to help the crown princess Xie Danqin guard a few children.

Princess Chenyang's eyes were red and swollen, and she whispered to Mei Xue and the others outside the bedroom of the Empress Dowager Jing'an:

"The royal brother has made arrangements in advance, so nothing serious happened on our side, but we were just a little frightened.

But the queen mother, the queen mother she ......"

Princess Chenyang couldn't speak, and covered her face with a handkerchief and sobbed silently.

Wu'an Hou Mansion, the queen mother's maiden family, in order to avoid suspicion, the men in the family have only studied for generations and have not been out of office, but they still can't avoid disaster.

This time, none of the adult men in the Hou Mansion of Wu'an were spared, leaving only a lonely widow.

Mei Xue bit her lip sadly, thinking of the old lady of Wu'anhou's Mansion who had been lying in bed, and Mrs. Wu'anhou.

Mrs. Wu Anhou loves her son Meng Ziyi deeply, but now she has lost her husband and son overnight, how should she bear it?

The Empress Dowager Jing'an was in a coma on the bed, unaware of the arrival of Mei Xue and the others.

Mei Xue sat down on the edge of the bed, checked the pulse of the Empress Dowager Jing'an, and then walked out of the bedroom and said to Princess Chenyang:

"The Queen Mother is fine, but she is too sad and needs to recuperate for a while."

Li Jinzhi wanted to stay and take care of the Empress Dowager Jing'an, but Li Jinyu refused, and said to him and Mei Xue:

"The capital has suffered such a great change, the palace must also be panicked, you go back to take care of the two children first, if there is a change in the condition of the imperial grandmother, I will definitely let people inform you as soon as possible."

Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi could only respond, and after bidding farewell to Princess Chenyang, they left Cining Palace.

The sky was already bright, but the New Year's sun was only showing a faint yellow, and it was not able to penetrate the thick clouds.

Mei Gang, Peng Liang, and Gao Yuan waited anxiously outside the palace all night, and as soon as they saw Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi walking out side by side, they hurriedly greeted them.

There was silence in the street market, not to mention the excitement of the New Year, not even the slightest sound of people.

Li Jinzhi hugged Mei Xue in his arms, and his eyes gradually turned red.

Mei Xue reached out and touched his face, and whispered:

"Let's go to the Hou Mansion first, and then see the old lady and them."

Li Jinzhi nodded, calmed down his emotions and ordered Mei Gang to change his route to the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion.

There was a cry in the Hou Mansion, and the people were busy removing the red lanterns and red couplets everywhere.

Mrs. Wu Anhou was lying on the bed with a high fever and was unconscious, and Liang Jinsong was guarding the bedside, her eyes were already blood-red.

Mrs. Hou was concealed from the news, but she still noticed the abnormality, and kept asking Li Jinzhi why the men in the Hou Mansion had not come to greet her.

Mei Xue's tears almost burst out of her eyes, and she hurriedly turned her head and walked out of the bedroom.

This poor old man, who was so angry that she was trapped in bed for two years because of her grandson's marriage, and now she has lost many children and grandchildren overnight, how painful should she be for the rest of her life?

Mei Xue went to prescribe a prescription for Mrs. Wu'an Hou, and gave her acupuncture twice, until her body temperature finally dropped before leaving the Hou Mansion.

It was already more than half of noon when he returned to the palace, and Song Zhijie was waiting at the gate of the palace, and he hurriedly greeted the carriage as soon as he saw it from a distance.

The three of them returned to the inner courtyard together, and as soon as Ping An saw Mei Xue, he pounced on him with a smile.

Li Mingze was held in Jiu'er's arms, and when he saw Li Jinzhi, he tried his best to make a "woo, woo, woo" sound.

Li Jinzhi hurriedly stepped forward and took Li Mingze into his arms and hugged him.

At lunch, except for the peace and joy of the unworldly, the rest of the people were tasteless, and only used a few mouthfuls of food before stopping the chopsticks.

In the afternoon, Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi were accompanying the two children, Xiao Yan rushed over, sat down and gasped for a while and began to talk about the situation outside.

In just one morning, more than 30 mansions in the capital have been raided, and the rest of the implicated families are still increasing, and the Xu family and the Chu Wangfu, whether they are masters or subordinates, have been killed on the spot, and none of them have been spared.

"The prison cells of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yu Linwei are all stuffed with people, I just took a look at Shen Qingyang, Yu Linwei is in charge of the Xu family and the Chu Palace, everyone is red-eyed."

Mei Xue, Li Jinzhi, and Song Zhijie were all speechless, this unique New Year will probably be remembered by the people of Beijing for many years.

There was no other news in the palace, so Mei Xue rested quietly in the palace for two days, and on the morning of the third day, she took her two children back to the Mei house in Lilac.

Mama Zhang stayed in the Mei Mansion to take care of Mama Mei, and the people were always closed.

Qin Li and Sun Qiang have been leading people to guard the mansion, and Song Zhijie has also sent people from the palace to reinforce them, so the Mei Mansion has always been safe and sound.

Shen Qingyang came to the Mei Mansion on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and Li Jinzhi, Xiao Yan, Changle County Lord and others were also there.

As soon as he saw Shen Qingyang coming from the dust, the county lord of Changle had red eyes, but he still got up first and served him a bowl of hot soup.

Shen Qingyang didn't say anything, and after drinking the soup, he was silent as always, just watching Xiao Yan play with the two children.

The Lantern Festival is approaching, and the atmosphere in the capital is still extremely solemn, until the news of the victory of the King of Shu leading his troops to attack the two lakes came.

Emperor Mingde issued several decrees in succession, showing mercy to the families of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion and Feng Jinyao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, including other imperial relatives and ministers who died at the palace banquet.

In mid-February, the defeated King of Chu was escorted to the capital, and Emperor Mingde refused to even see him, and directly ordered him to be escorted to the entrance of the Jingxi Caishi.

The heads of the kings of Chu, father and son and Xu Wenhua hung on the gate tower of western Beijing, and below were a steady stream of families of prisoners who were escorted out of Beijing and exiled.

Mei Xue went back to Zhaoyang Hall to serve, and occasionally went to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager Jing'an, and sometimes met the crown princess Xie Danqin with two small lords accompanying the Empress Dowager Jing'an.

When leaving, Xie Danqin invited Mei Xue to come along. The two little county lords didn't know their sorrows, and ran in front of them frolicking, Xie Danqin smiled lightly and said to Mei Xue:

"The seventh sister sent me a letter, saying that she was about to leave, and brought me a lot of Qiantang specialties."

Mei Xue was speechless, she knew that Xie Danqin must have been fully prepared and did not need any comfort.

Xie Danqin was still smiling, looked up at the clear blue sky in spring and said:

"I have been in the palace for many years, and I have long been accustomed to the food in the capital, and I don't miss any specialties in Qiantang.

But I miss my parents and my brothers and sisters, and I will let my grandmother and aunt send them to me obediently. ”

Mei Xue lowered her eyes, saluted Xie Danqin and said:

"Weichen also hopes that everything will go well for Niangniang."

Xie Danqin smiled, took Mei Xue's hand and continued to walk forward.