As soon as the day dawned, the gate of the Shu King's Mansion was slapped by Xiao Yan.

As soon as Li Jinzhi came out of the room, Xiao Yan crashed into his arms.

Li Jinzhi laughed, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and asked:

"Why is my cousin so alarmed?"

Xiao Yan was so anxious that he stomped his feet, wiped the sweat on his head and said:

"The news I just got, Liang Jinsong told me, Your Majesty wants to marry you and the Lord of Nanling County, so what about Miss Mei?"

Meng Shuyi, the lord of Nanling County, is the daughter of the late Marquis of Wu'an, and after the adult males of the Meng family died in the Zhaoyang Palace, Emperor Mingde rewarded the widows and widows of the Marquis of Wu'an for showing the emperor's grace.

Among them, Meng Shuyi received the heaviest reward, not only was he named the lord of Nanling County, but also gave him a fief.

After listening to Xiao Yan's words, Li Jinzhi's footsteps paused, but then he continued to walk out without any surprise.

Li Jinyu will use the contradiction between Li Jinhuan and Huang Qingya as an excuse to accuse him of restlessness and force him to marry, which Li Jinzhi had expected a long time ago.

He just didn't know who Li Jinyu would choose as another victim.

And what Li Jinzhi couldn't tell Xiao Yan was that in Shu, Li Jinyu's people had already done it to the king of Shu several times.

Last time, the king of Shu was assassinated in his study and had been in a coma for many days.

Li Jinyu probably felt that the time was ripe, so he began to persecute him and Mei Xue in order to take the opportunity to punish him.

Xiao Yan was so anxious that he was about to cry, and he pulled Li Jinzhi's sleeve and said:

"Cousin, you can't promise Your Majesty. I have seen Miss Mei's dedication to you over the years, and you can't live up to her. ”

Li Jinzhi's nose was sour, and his eyes suddenly turned red, but he quickly regained his look, nodded and said to Xiao Yan in a low voice:

"Don't worry, I know what to do.

He's about to announce me into the palace in a moment, so you go out through the back door now, and don't run into the chamberlain who comes up to deliver the decree. ”

Xiao Yan nodded hurriedly, watching Li Jinzhi walk away from the courtyard gate before he turned around and left through the back door of the main hall.

It was already extremely hot outside, and the sunlight of the white flowers was shining on the ground through the window paper.

There was an ice basin in the imperial study, and there was a wisp of cool air.

Li Jinzhi knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily before raising his face to look at Li Jinyu and said:

"Brother Huang, my heart is only on Miss Mei, and I will never marry anyone other than her.

There is only one lonely widow left in the Wu'an Hou Mansion, although the imperial grandmother has no complaints, but her sadness, you and I know it.

Once the decree of marriage is issued, I am a man, and I don't need to care too much about the rumors of the world, but my cousin Nanling has no way out.

Brother Huang, for the sake of the Meng family's loyalty to the imperial court, and for the sake of the emperor's grandmother who is already too old to be hit again, I beg you not to marry my cousin Nanling, I don't want to ruin the rest of her life.

The king's order cannot be violated, I ask to be dismissed from the position of the deceased son, and from now on I will not leave the house for half a step after studying behind closed doors. ”

This is tantamount to asking for a trap.

But Li Jinyu was not satisfied, he smiled lightly and said:

"Jinzhi, your ability, even if I can't find it very clearly, I probably have a number in my heart.

Therefore, we will not talk about the empty talk of reading books behind closed doors as punishment.

As for wanting to marry Mei Xue, I originally thought about fulfilling you.

But in the affairs of Jinhuan's husband and wife, she interfered too much and lost her proportion.

Moreover, to make a person become a living dead without warning, but naturally, I think only Mei Xue has this ability.

It was also for the sake of you and Ming Ze's face that I remained silent on this matter.

Your wife will be a princess in the future, and she must be an example to her subjects. But over the years, Mei Xue has been proud of her achievements, she has dared to poison Jinhuan, how can she guarantee that she will not turn the silver needle in her hand to me in the future?

Moreover, you and I actually know her life experience in our hearts.

Therefore, she must not become the princess of the Shu Palace, and I can give her the status of a side concubine at most. ”

Tears gradually welled up in Li Jinzhi's eyes, he was still calling the person in front of him "Brother Huang", but this person only called himself "I" now.

This person has forgotten how Mei Xue did her best for him in the first place.

His two wives and three sons were all able to survive because of Mei Xue, and his eldest son was also raised by Mei Xue himself.

In order for him to ascend to the throne and for the stability of his country, Mei Xue went to danger alone and went out of Beijing several times to run for him.

But now, if it weren't for the terrible words of others, he would probably want to put Mei Xue to death immediately.

The scorching sun was scorching, and Li Jinzhi knelt on the stone floor outside the Zhaoyang Palace, and sweat quickly soaked his clothes.

The sweat in his hair fell on the hot stone floor, and instantly evaporated without a trace.

Shen Qingyang walked past Li Jinzhi, his footsteps were only slightly paused, and he didn't look ready to stop.

But he still heard Li Jinzhi's whisper: Cousin Changle is about to give birth, don't alarm her in anything.

Glancing slightly, seeing Li Jinzhi's pale face, Shen Qingyang closed his eyes, but still strode away.

In Kunning Palace, Empress Xie frowned slightly and looked at Mei Xue and said:

"Miss Mei, this palace has always thought that you are a smart person with a clear mind.

Jinzhi's friendship with you can be seen clearly even by us outsiders.

So, it's just a concubine who does decorations, so why do you care so much? ”

Mei Xue stood up from the brocade stool and saluted Empress Xie, then looked at her calmly and said:

"Niangniang, Weichen is not just concerned about a name.

In my opinion, the county lord is not at fault, not to mention, her father and brother both died for the court, so why should the county lord become an ornament? And why should you ruin a lifetime of happiness?

For myself, I can never marry. But if I get married, I will not only be a wife, but also will never accept the concubine of the prince, even if it is just a girl who has no name to serve food and clothing, I can't accept it.

No matter what the world may be, in my heart, at least on the part of women, my husband can only love me with all his heart.

And I am willing to wash my hands and make soup for him, and mend his clothes under the lamp. ”

Aunt Hai opened her mouth wide in shock, and she couldn't recover for a long time. She had always known that Mei Xue was an extremely powerful person, but she never expected her to be so tough.

Such jealous and contrary to women's morality, she said it so justifiably.

Or for today's queen mother.

Empress Xie was directly laughed at angrily, and said with a cold look:

"Miss Mei, Jinzhi is the son of the world, and he will be a prince in the future, you don't even allow any woman to serve him by his side, is this possible?"

Mei Xue was unmoved, and still said with a light expression:

"If Niangniang has other requirements, Weichen can consider it.

Only in this matter, Weichen must not back down. ”

After speaking, Mei Xue knelt down and gave a big salute to Queen Xie, and then got up and left indifferently.

Empress Xie was so angry that her face turned white, and she grabbed the jade Ruyi on the table and smashed it on the ground.

The violent shattering sound behind her did not make Mei Xue feel moved.

But when she got out of Kunning Palace and went around to Zhaoyang Hall and saw Li Jin kneeling on the ground, Mei Xue's tears rolled down.

It was late at night, but the light in the study was still on.

Gao Yuan, who was guarding the door, frowned in a hurry, and as soon as he saw Song Zhijie and Peng Liang escorting him from a distance, he hurriedly opened the door of the study in advance.

Li Jinzhi got up and poured tea for Song Zhijie, Song Zhijie took out a wax-sealed bamboo tube from his sleeve and handed it to Li Jinzhi and said:

"I hope the prince is out of danger."

Li Jinzhi opened the bamboo tube and read the letter inside, looked up at Song Zhijie with a sigh of relief, and said:

"Father has finally woken up, the matter of raising troops has been decided, and Mr. can arrange the evacuation immediately."

The Shu Wangfu and the Mei Mansion have long been under the strict monitoring of the internal guards, but Li Jinzhi and Song Zhijie are now most worried about the Xiao family.

The palace is guarded by secret guards with strong martial arts, while the population of the Mei Mansion is small, and there is a secret passage that leads to Wanlin Bookstore.

Only the Xiao family, which has a large population, and is all women and children and men who are civil officials, is the most difficult to evacuate.

In the past two years, although Li Jinzhi and Song Zhijie have operated relatively mature channels, it is still very risky to evacuate so many people safely to the Lianghu area.

But Song Zhijie knew very well that they had no other way, and they had no more time.

He nodded, got up and walked out, and Li Jinzhi followed him out.

In the courtyard sprinkled with moonlight, Shen Qingyang, who was dressed in black, floated down, he tore off the face towel on his face, and said coldly:

"Three days later, I will take someone to transport a large number of weapons out of the city, and I can hide the Xiao family in boxes and send them out.

It's only Miss Mei, you must be careful, you must not let her and the children have an accident. ”

Song Zhijie let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed to Shen Qingyang to thank him.

Li Jinzhi hurriedly walked a few steps forward, but before he could say the word "thanks", Shen Qingyang had already flown up and disappeared into the night silently.