Xue house, there are a few plum blossoms newly planted in the backyard, although they have not yet opened, but the branches and leaves are sparse, and they are very good-looking.

This was planted by Yan Yan casually, I was worried that she wouldn't be able to live, but she didn't expect the growth to be gratifying, she can always do things effortlessly.

Early in the morning, the husband and wife got up and moved towards the flower tree.

"A big watermelon, cut it in half, half for you, half for him......"

After becoming the lady in charge of the house, after lying in bed for a few days, Yan Yan still couldn't escape the discipline of her aunt after all, the last time she returned to the door, Wei Yun told her a few words about her physical problems, and then Xue Bai often took her to practice as long as she was free at home.

On the other side of the path, Yong'er stood there watching this scene, a smile on the corner of her mouth, even happier than Yan Yan, as if she was in love with Xue Bai for her.

After the two of them pushed a set of slow boxing techniques, Yong'er Fang stepped forward and said, "Lang Jun, lady, Mrs. is here." ”

"A-Niang is here to take care of me again."

Wei Yun had been sitting in the hall for a while, and when she saw her daughter and son-in-law coming over, she nodded with satisfaction, took Yan Yan's hand, and asked her how she was doing recently and whether she had been drinking medicine on time.

In the end, she asked Yan Yan to bring the recent female celebrity homework to her.

After taking away her daughter, Wei Yun looked at Xue Bai and asked, "Your relationship is okay." ”

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, it's good."

Wei Yun lowered her head and took a sip of tea soup, and asked casually, "What about ...... When do you plan to have a baby? ”

She is a mother, and some things can obviously be seen.

Xue Bai groaned slightly, and said: "Sanniang is still too young, and her health is not good, I am afraid it will be dangerous to give birth to a child now, so it is better to recuperate more at the moment." ”

"That's too." Wei Yun nodded worriedly, and said hesitantly: "Recently, Chang'an has said that you are a decent gentleman and clean yourself, which is very good." But since Sanniang is married, she should give birth to an heir for you, and you care about her frailty, but she should not lose her responsibility as a wife......"

Xue Bai couldn't help but be puzzled and asked, "Dare to ask my mother-in-law, what did someone say to you recently?" ”

Wei Yun sighed, with a son-in-law like Xue Bai, the pressure on her was not small.

There are not a few ladies who want to marry Xue Bai, and some people have ridiculed Yan Yan at some banquets and were counterattacked by Yan Yan, but this malice did not dissipate, and part of it was transferred to the Yan family, saying that Yan Yan could not have children.

Wei Yun is not good at dealing with these, but fortunately, Cui's is still in Chang'an, so he reminded her.

"We have also thought that Sanniang's disease may not be cured in a few years, and your side is not very quiet." Wei Yun pondered and said slowly: "I asked Yong'er just now, she has served Sanniang since she was a child, she should be inseparable...... Do you understand? ”

"Understood." Xue Bai said: "Mother-in-law doesn't have to pay attention to what others say, Sanniang and I are still young, and there are many things, so we are not in a hurry." ”

"You've always been calm."

Wei Yun sighed with emotion, feeling that seeing Xue Bai's unhurried attitude, even if he didn't talk about any results, the worries in his heart disappeared a lot.

After that, Yan Yan came over with some of the female red she embroidered.

"What are these embroideries?"

"It's all the tricks that my husband likes." Yan Yan said as a matter of course, "This is a gourd baby, Yong'er has also heard her husband tell this story and say that embroidery is auspicious." ”

"Okay." Wei Yun had no way to take her daughter, "You send your mother out." ”

……

Qing Lan saw Wei Yun leave the hall, walked to Xue Bai's side, and said in a low voice: "Lang Jun, Erniang is waiting in the West Chamber." ”

"Okay." Xue Bai turned his head to look at Qing Lan and asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Madame gave me a pair of gold bracelets, and I deserve it."

"Understood." Xue Bai shook her hand and said, "If you feel relieved if you don't accept it, you can return it to Sanniang, she won't care." ”

Qing Lan's eyes lit up.

Although Wei Yun didn't say it, giving such a valuable gift should be in the hope that Qinglan would be able to pass a child to Yan Yan's room in the future, but Qinglan finally got out of the lowly status, but she was actually unwilling.

"Don't worry." Xue Bai said, "My mother-in-law is also a very good person to get along with, and Sanniang is even more so, she treats people very transparently." If you give it back to her, she will understand your intentions and will not care. ”

"Lang Jun, I think too."

Qinglan nodded vigorously, although they had only been together for a short time, she already trusted Yan Yan very much.

~~

Pushing the door into the guest room of the West Chamber, Xue Bai smelled a familiar fragrance.

Du Yan came after washing her hair, and she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and arranging her sideburns.

"Here we are." Xue Bai said, "I plan to go to Fengwei Building in a while." ”

"I'm not here to mess around with you, I found out important news, do you know what the murder weapon that killed Li Qian was?"

"Not a saber?"

Du Yan asked, "But someone told you that it was a saber?" ”

"What Princess Tangchang said is that the soldier killed Li Qian by mistake and then 'slashed' others."

"But he didn't say what he killed Li Qian by mistake? Could it be that you picked up something else? ”

Xue Bai thought about it, Princess Tangchang and Lord Boping had never said such details. Among them, Princess Tangchang did not see the scene when Li Qian was killed by mistake, and the lord of Boping was still young and may not have noticed it.

"No one really said it, I subconsciously thought it was a saber."

"Paperweight."

Xue Bai was surprised.

Du Yan pursed her lips and smiled slightly, beckoned him to come close to his ear, and said in a low voice: "It is a long strip of brass paperweight, carved with a mantle, entrenched on the paperweight, lifelike." ”

The cockroach is a kind of dragon without horns, the legend is the son born of the dragon and the Jiao, because the dragon has horns, the cockroach has no horns, the cockroach often goes to the mortal world to ask people if it is like a dragon, if it hears a word, it will swallow people in one bite.

Today's bell and tripod ritual vessels, steles, temple pillars, temple steps, and seals are often decorated with claws.

"Where is this paperweight now?"

"I don't know yet, but Li Jin has been looking for it since I met you." Du Yan said, "He did see the situation when Li Qian died. Also, do you know how Concubine Wu Hui was scared to death? ”

"Something to do with this paperweight?"

"Listen to that meaning, when Concubine Wu Hui died, the paperweight was in her house, and she thought it was put by the ghost of Princess Xue, and asked her to pay for her life......"

Xue Bai thought about it, combined with the news he heard from Li Jin, after Li Qian's death, Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli confirmed in the past that the paperweight was once in their hands, so if someone deliberately scared Concubine Wu Hui to death, it was likely that these two people did it.

"Li Jin heard me say that Li Qian is not dead, and he has doubts in his heart, and wants to see that paperweight again, can he kill someone?"

"When it is."

"Where's the thing? I had to see it with my own eyes. ”

"After Concubine Wu Hui died, all the valuable items were left to Li Xuan, unless someone deliberately took it away." Du Yan said, "We bought a maid beside Li Xuan, just wait for news." ”

Xue Bai thought that if he wanted to pretend to be the emperor's grandson, he would have to buy or get rid of all the insiders, and now it seems that some of the insiders were involved in the death of Concubine Wu Hui.

After talking for a while, Qinglan said outside the door: "Lang Jun, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion sent someone to invite." ”

"Let's go."

When the two people in the house came out, Qinglan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "That...... The lady asked Erniang to come over. ”

Xue Bai was taken aback and smiled bitterly at himself.

Du Yan glared at him, and sneered: "You go and do your own business, I'll go see your lady and see if she can also handle these many things for you." ”

Although the words were powerful, Du Yan really didn't expect Yan Yan to deal like this, she thought that she would pretend not to know about it, or make trouble with Xue Bai in private.

Unexpectedly, she dared to face her again.

……

Walking around to the lobby, I smelled a strong smell of medicine before I entered the door.

Yan Yan was sitting behind the table, holding a bowl bigger than her face and drinking medicine.

Maybe it was because the medicinal soup was too bitter, and when she put down the bowl, she showed a pitiful face, which made Du Yan feel a little soft-hearted for a while.

"Second sister is here, sit down."

Yan Yan patted the stool on the side, continued to pour a sip of the medicine that had not been drunk, and said, "Yong'er, you go to the kitchen and get me another piece of candy." ”

"Yes."

Du Yan smiled and told herself not to be confused by Yan Yan, this little girl is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Have something to say to me?"

"The second sister is here to relieve boredom together?"

"I'm busy." Du Yan smiled: "My life is not good, unlike you who sit at home and have everything, I have to earn many things by myself." ”

"I'm in a good life, everything has gone smoothly since I was a child. Only my body and bones are not good, if I don't have a husband to save me and hire a famous doctor for me, I will probably die. Yan Yan said: "Now the medicine I drink every day, salvia is dug from Changbai Mountain, ordinary people can't afford it, and my husband bought it with the money earned from Fengweilou." ”

Speaking of this, she said calmly: "In this bowl of medicinal soup, there is also a part of the second sister's heart. ”

Du Yan didn't eat this set, and said that Yan Yan was a good hand at buying people's hearts, so it was no wonder that Li Tengkong didn't blame her at all.

"Xiao Qian, as long as Sanniang's illness can be cured, it's nothing."

Yan Yan finally finished drinking the decoction and said casually: "It's not an easy disease to cure, it should be carried for the rest of your life." ”

She didn't have a grudge, she was used to it, and then added.

"I thought, just have a good time every day."

"Happy?"

Du Yan glanced at Yan Yan again, but she was sure that the joy was indeed not faked.

But thinking about it again, she was also happy if she married Xue Bai.

Suddenly, Yan Yan asked.

"The second sister wants to give birth to a child for her husband, but in what name should she raise it?"

"What?"

Du Yan never expected that she would be caught off guard by Yan Yan.

She wasn't afraid of her, she just felt sorry for herself.

In the past, the identity of the prince Liangdi made it impossible for her to marry Xue Bai, but now she has to suffer this kind of humiliation.

She has had ambition since she was a child, she can't pick the moon in the sky, and she has climbed high to look at it, as if she was only one step away from the sky, but she fell to the bottom. When I looked up today, I found that I was at Yan Yan's feet.

"You ......"

When Du Yan came today, she saw Wei Yun's car and guessed that Wei Yun should have reminded Yan Yan.

Yan Yan said: "I'm not stupid, before getting married...... Well, you should know, A-Niang told me. In the past few days, my husband often goes to Fengwei Building, I can smell the incense you use, second sister, my husband is probably tired, he sleeps much heavier than usual at night, and he doesn't wake up in the morning, right? ”

Du Yan didn't answer.

"The second sister hasn't thought about what name she should raise? If you really have this child, what if someone else knows about it? ”

"I've thought about it." Du Yan said lightly, she knew that if she really gave birth to a child, the East Palace and even the imperial court would never allow their mother and son to survive in the world.

"That?"

"Hide it."

She had thought about it, but she didn't think about it deeply, far less far-sighted than she did with the things she did, because she knew that it would be difficult for her to have a child.

"Okay."

Yan Yan took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve, Du Yan thought it was an important object, and looked at it curiously, but saw that the small cloth bag was opened, and there was a piece of candy hidden in it, Yan Yan picked up the whole piece and stuffed it into her mouth.

"It's a pity that I have a reputation, but my body is not good; You want to have children, but you don't have a name. ”

Because of the sugar in her mouth, this sentence was a little vague, and Yan Yan also seemed careless.

Du Yan was stunned again.

"What did you say?"

Yan Yan turned her head, looked at her, smiled, and asked, "Does the second sister think it's okay?" ”

"Can you accept that?"

"I read the family's accounts, my husband's money is only so little, the family's money is all earned by you, I spend your money, and I can listen to your children call 'A-Niang', I don't lose anyway."

"Can you call the shots in this matter?"

"Guess what the husband thinks in his heart? He is the most scheming. Yan Yan said: "I listen to Yong'er complain every day. ”

Du Yan suddenly understood, no wonder Xue Bai didn't say anything, and fully cooperated with her, presumably with such a thought, the so-called "deepest scheming" probably wanted to wait for the water to come true.

On the contrary, it was this Yan Yan who said it early and sold her a favor.

"Wouldn't it be more faithful to you to let Yong'er give birth to one?"

"Not faithful, but sincere."

Du Yan sneered: "At a young age, there are too many eyes. ”

"The second sister only said yes or no."

"Let's talk about it."

Du Yan responded lightly, pinched Yan Yan's cheeks that bulged out because of the sugar, turned around and walked out.

Qinglan went to see Du Yan off and then turned back to the hall, and listened to Yan Yan sitting there muttering.

"The past romantic debts have been settled for you, if you dare to recruit new ones, you will be finished......"

Qing Lan hurriedly lowered her head and pretended not to hear.

Yan Yan asked her, "Did you hear it?" Turn around and warn your family. ”

"Don't be angry, lady."

"I didn't bother to be angry with him." Yan Yan took Qinglan's hand and asked, "Now you are relieved?" ”

"Hmm."

"You take the gold bracelet, not to force you to do anything, but to buy you."

"Lady, this won't work......"

"Take it with peace of mind, my aunt just wants you to treat me well. Don't talk about this, I'll draw the story of the gourd baby to show you? ”

"Okay!"

~~

Right Prime Minister's House.

Li Linfu saw Xue Bai and said directly: "The saint wants to see his true appearance, you sort out all the important things in the DPRK and China recently, and talk about it." ”

"In the government and politics, most of the preparations are made around Wang Zhonghe's war against Nanzhao, as long as you believe in Wang Zhongsi, there will be good news before the end of the year." Xue Bai glanced at Li Xiu on the side and said, "These, presumably Shilang has told the right minister, and the sage summoned the right minister at this time, for the marriage of the lord of Rongyi?" ”

"Yes, An Lushan wants to destroy Khitan and Xi this year, but in time for the Nanzhao War, the sage has already refuted his decision to send troops. In order to appease him, An Qingzong's wedding must be grand. ”

Xue Bai couldn't help but think that An Lushan boasted of Haikou in the Shangyuan Dynasty, perhaps because he had guessed that Nanzhao was going to rebel and did it on purpose.

He replied casually: "The right minister can be accepted, and when the time comes, I will handle it, and I will satisfy the saint." ”

"Usage?"

Li Xiu replied first: "Before the summer harvest, Taifu was not rich. ”

Xue Bai replied: "No matter how much it is used, it will satisfy the saint." ”

"That's it." Li Linfu asked again: "Have you thought about it, how to remove Zhang Yanpingzhang from the post of secretary of the sect?" ”

Xue Bai didn't bother to pay attention to this matter, and was about to perfunctory the past, when his heart suddenly moved.

"Can you know a copper paperweight on the right?"

"Copper paperweight?"

Li Linfu muttered, his eyes flashed with memory, his face was not very good, and he struggled to think.

Xue Bai also thought about it in an instant, and said: "I heard King Qing say that if you want to get rid of Zhang Yan, you only need to find a copper paperweight, and there is a dragon coiled on the paperweight. ”

"Dragon?"

Li Linfu was obviously surprised, closed his eyes, and seemed to be asleep.

After a while, Xue Bai asked, "Right Phase?" ”

"What did you just say?" Li Linfu didn't open his eyes.

"King Qing said that Concubine Wu Hui's death was related to the copper paperweight."

"King Qing?" Li Linfu repeated it and muttered: "King Qing wants to hold a funeral for Concubine Wu Hui, and what he is fighting for is nothing more than the idea of fighting for the storage position, he is very smart, and he sees that King Shou probably has no reason for the storage position." ”

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment, and wanted to speak, but saw Xue Bai raise his finger, press it on his lips, and make a silent movement.

I only heard Li Linfu continue: "I promised Concubine Hui that I would protect King Shou, but I am afraid that I will break my promise in the future." ”

"Why?"

"When Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Li Ji fought for the position of queen and prince, and finally died of hatred. Li Linfu sighed and said, "Before Concubine Hui was alive, every time she applied it, she was a gift to the queen. After his death, he was posthumously named the queen, and when he was buried, he was only buried hastily with the gift of a concubine, and King Qing also asked for instructions for this, but the saint did not want to spend any more. ”

"Grandpa, don't say it." Li Xiu finally couldn't help it, and interrupted: "These words are ...... a big reversal."

"Shut up." Li Linfu said, "There is no place for house slaves to speak here. ”

Li Xiu had no choice but to pull Xue Bai.

Xue Bai gave him a reassuring look and continued to ask Li Linfu questions.

"Why?"

"Do you think that the saint favored Concubine Hui just because he was too affectionate? How could it be so easy to cleanse the demon wind of Wu Zhou. As soon as Concubine Hui died, the Wu family's relatives made a lot of trouble, so they had to appease them with the title of a queen. As for the cost of Taifu, it is not for the dead. ”

Xue Bai asked, "In this way, the saint is ......?"

"We've all been taken advantage of by saints." Li Linfu said, "The sage is using us to get rid of the crown prince and Zhang Jiuling. Now that the matter is done, the saint will sweep away the disobedient chess pieces. ”

When Li Xiu heard such words, his face turned pale with fright, and he wanted to stop him again, but he was too frightened to speak easily.

"Could Concubine Wu Hui be ...... The saint gave death? ”

"She's going to be thirty-eight years old this year, right? She has always been healthy, how can she be scared to death by unjust spirits? ”

"But what about the copper paperweight?"

"When the wine was given, there was the copper paperweight on the plate. What should you be? That was a reason, a reason for Concubine Hui to drink the wine. ”

Xue Bai asked again: "Where did the copper paperweight go?" ”

"It seems that it was given to King Shou together with Concubine Hui's other relics, or it was received in the Taifu treasury."

"To King Shou? Did the saint want to warn King Shou with the death of the emperor's grandson? ”

Li Linfu was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "The saint doesn't care about the emperor and grandson at all, there are many more grandsons than sons, what is there to care about?" If you really care, why only Concubine Hui died, and you're fine, I'm fine. ”

Xue Bai didn't know what to say, Li Linfu's view on this matter was completely different from that of Princess Tangchang, who said that the saint was found to be deceived by Concubine Wu Hui because of the death of the emperor's grandson, and interpreted it from the perspective of family affection; Li Linfu only had cold rules of power in his eyes.

So, who is the one who really said what Li Longji was thinking?

"That copper paperweight, can you kill someone?" Xue Bai asked again.

"Now that you have been killed, what do you mean by saying more?" Li Linfu said, "This matter ends here, in the future, I just don't know about it, and it will rot in my heart." ”

Seeing that he didn't want to say anything more, Xue Bai still asked another question.

"So, who is I on the right side?"

"Yang Huan." Li Linfu didn't open his eyes, "Are you kidding me?" ”

Xue Bai then pointed to Li Xiu and asked, "What about him?" Who is it? ”

"Cangbi, send-off."

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment, so he had to raise his hand and say to Xue Bai: "Donkey, please." ”

Li Linfu opened his eyes at this time, and kept watching the two figures leave, with a faint light flashing in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

He tugged at the rope behind him, beckoned a female envoy, and commanded, "Call the dumb slave." ”

"Whoa."

When the dumb slave who saw the library came, Li Linfu made a few gestures, meaning to bring the box of files hidden in the underground dark compartment.

When the file arrived, he opened it and read the record of Xue Xiu again.

For a long time, Li Linfu looked up at the sky, touched his beard, and muttered to himself in his heart: "Why did the vertical son inquire about these old things? ”

~~

Shouwang Mansion.

Li Jin approached the house again and asked Li Jing, "Did you find it?" ”

"Why do you have to look for it?"

"I don't understand, if Li Qian is not dead, why does it still appear in Queen Zhenshun's house."

"Brother, you usually don't care about everything." Li Xuan was puzzled and asked, "Why are you so worried about this matter?" ”

Li Jin frowned slightly and muttered to himself in a low voice.

"If she wasn't scared to death, but paid for Li Qian's life, why didn't she blame me? If Li Qian didn't die, why did she die? ”

"What did you say?"

"Nothing." Li Jin came back to his senses and asked, "Copper paperweight, is it lost or not in your house?" ”

"I never opened those two boxes of relics, so I guess they weren't there in the first place."

Li Jin said: "Then it is hidden in the Taifu Treasury, and I will look for it." ”

Li Jing didn't think there was anything worth caring about, so he sent Li Jin away, shook his head, and went to his wife Wei's house.

When he arrived at the house, he said, "When the lord of Rongyi gets married, you will go to the banquet with me." ”

"Yes."

Li Xuan turned his head to look around and found that the beautiful maid was not there.

He returned to the flower hall from the princess's courtyard, and on the way, he saw Chi Shu coming in a panic, so he stopped her and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"The princess called the slave maid to ask Eighteen Lang if she would go to the wedding banquet of the lord of Rongyi."

"I told her, you come with me."

"Whoa."

Chi Shu followed Li Jing back to the flower hall before entering the door, and her waist was already hugged.

"Are you trying to seduce me? Lately, it's always dangling under my nose. ”

"Slave maid...... The slave and maid have no ......"

"Dare you say no, I've seen you."

Chi Shu was scared and wanted to struggle, but the person had been pressed down by Li Xuan.

~~

In the hut, the bed creaked for a long time.

Two people were out of breath.

"Come ......"

Du Yan felt dazed for a while, and then remembered something, and pressed Xue Bai's powerful waist with both hands.

She was tired, closed her eyes and rested for a while, thinking of something far away. If she gave birth to a child, she would send the child to Yan Yan's knees.

At first, she was extremely unwilling, but she thought about it, and only then could everything she earned be handed over to her children in the smoothest way, and she would inevitably earn a lot of things, because she was born strong.

Sometimes, she also realizes that what she wants is not a child, but to make her strong more meaningful.

Like Xue Bai, she always loves herself.

Of course, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and at the moment she doesn't say these things to Xue Bai, but prefers to say something happy.

"I'll prove it for you...... You're good at it. ”

"Why proof?"

"Because many people in Chang'an say you can't do it." Du Yan smiled and wiped the broken hair stuck to her face with sweat, "But how good you are, only I know recently." ”

"We can just be happy, whatever they say."

"Okay, just listen to you, a gentleman who doesn't sit still."

To this day, Du Yan's mentality has changed a little, and she is no longer jealous of Yan Yan. She thought of the way she was holding a big bowl and drinking medicine, and knew that she would definitely not be able to fight Xue Bai to the death like herself.

At this time, the bell in the courtyard rang, and it was Qushui coming.

This servant girl is now much more sensible, if it weren't for the urgency, she wouldn't have come when Du Yan and Xue Bai met.

"Erniang."

"Wait."

Du Yan responded, glanced at Xue Bai, wanted to get up, but immediately lay down again, and said, "You go." ”

"Okay."

Xue Bai got up and put on his clothes, tidied up his hair, bypassed the screen, pulled the bolt of the door, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Da Xi Niangzi is here, saying that she has something urgent to tell Lang Jun."

Xue Bai then went over to meet.

He walked into the hall in front of him with a serious face and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Da Xi Yingying sniffed, glanced at Xue Bai, brushed her hair that was not scattered, lowered her head, and responded: "Something happened, Chi Shu died." ”

"Who killed it?"

"It's Li Xuan."

"He noticed that we had bought Chi Shu?"

"It should be ......"

At this time, Shi Zhong also hurried over and reported a piece of news that surprised Xue Bai.

"Lang Jun, King Ruyang fell ill and died."

"What? Are you talking about Li Jin, the king of Ruyang? ”

Xue Bai was a little incredulous, he had only met Li Jin not long ago, the other party was in the prime of life, and his complexion was quite good, how could he die of a violent illness in just a few days?

But if someone is harmful, how can a dignified king be harmful?

"I've got to go check it out."

Xue Bai was going to go to the Ruyang Palace, but he thought for a moment that he actually had no reason to go, so he ordered: "I'll go to Du Fu, and you will arrange someone to tell Du Fu the news when you arrive." ”

He walked out of the hall, thinking about the copper paperweight in his mind, guessing whether Li Jin's death was related to it, and suddenly thought, Li Ying is like a dragon, how is Li Jin not like it?

(End of chapter)