Zhu Lan is dead

"What is this place?"

Looking up at some neglected mansions in front of me, the afterglow of the setting sun is engraved on the still solid door nails, as if the only brilliance that was left on the painted red door.

Yu Changqi got off his horse and reached out to catch him. Ye Fanji wanted to refuse, but he hugged him involuntarily, and walked aside while holding the rein in his hand. He smiled softly, "This is the man I used to live in past place."

"..."

Seeing Ye Fan's somewhat astonished expression, after tying up the horse, he stepped forward to grab him and led him over.

Stretching out his hand to push open the somewhat bulky door, there was a squeak and it slammed open in front of his ears, a cloud of dust rose in front of his eyes, and then a square courtyard stood in front of him.

There are flower stands, screen walls, small brickwork surrounded by various stone corridors, ponds and rockery, and there are all kinds of pavilions and small pavilions.

Ye Fan looked at everything in front of him, and he could roughly feel in his heart that if this place didn't decline, it would be a very beautiful and magnificent mansion.

Yu Changqi took his hand and walked step by step through the overgrown road, as if passing through the dust buried by time, desolation and decline permeated everywhere.

From time to time, flocks of birds flew over the ridge, and once in a while one or two landed, their dark eyes surveyed the dilapidated mansion.

"Here..." Ye Fan hesitated and said, "How did it become like this?"

Yu Changqi smiled, his eyes dim, "The courtyard without people to take care of it will naturally become like this."

As he spoke, he walked forward and pushed open a gatehouse. The creaking sound echoed in his ears. He walked into the dark room in a familiar way, groping around the table for a while, and a cluster of light gradually filled the room.

Ye Fan widened his eyes slightly in surprise, but found that this room is different from the outside. Although it is not luxurious and exquisite, it is very clean. The bookshelves and couch are spotless, and there is a slight scent of water in the air. breath.

It seems that someone always stays here.

"Sit down." Yu Changqi stretched out his hand to pour him a cup of tea, Ye Fan took it without thinking, took a big sip gently, and finally quenched his thirst all the way.

His brows and eyes were gilded with an inch of light, and Yu Changqi said quietly, "You must be wondering why I brought you here."

Ye Fan responded a few times, waiting for him to continue.

As if to peel off the dusty memories in his heart, he looked at all this in a daze, "In fact, this is where my mother lives. I have lived here since I can remember. I live with her, and my surname is also Let her go, but I have never seen my father in half my life."

There was no trace of remembrance or regret in the words, as if describing a very ordinary thing, "I heard from outsiders that my mother is not as dignified as an ordinary girl in a boudoir. In this life, I have never committed myself to anyone, and I often stay drunk in the Goulan market, it can be said that I am not inferior to any man."

Ye Fan couldn't help being a little surprised, and suddenly found that the contradiction in Yu Changqi's body made sense.

"Because of her misbehavior and unrestrained behavior, she was often chased and taught by her grandfather, but she refused to mend her ways and continued to enjoy herself after her marriage age. Therefore, many people criticized her, and my grandfather often faced the danger of losing his official position and being fined. "

A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he continued: "It's just that Merry owes a lot of debts, and she will eventually suffer retribution. Until one day, she was found to be pregnant and was almost drowned in the river by everyone."

A bad feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and Ye Fan frowned worriedly as he looked at his profile.

"I don't know who the child's father is. He is a trafficker, a celebrity, or a rich and powerful man. My grandfather almost turned his hair gray because of her, and tried desperately to protect her. Just like that... the child was kept. "

Yu Changqi suddenly turned his head to look at him, with a smile in his eyes, he couldn't tell whether it was sad or happy, "But in the end, almost everyone in this mansion was killed because of this child."

"You..." Nine times out of ten, I guessed in my heart that this child was probably Yu Changqi himself, and wanted to try to comfort him, only to find that I was so clumsy that I didn't know what to say.

Yu Changqi said very calmly: "Back then, Zhou Yong, the younger brother of the late emperor, was also a well-known romantic figure in the capital. Because of fate, he had been infatuated with her once, but there was a concubine by Zhou Yong's side that time. It's called Rujie."

"..." Ye Fan was shocked when he heard the words a few times, and felt that the name seemed familiar, but Yu Changqi seemed to have sensed his thoughts, "That Rujie was the new crown prince back then, Zhou Huaiqi's biological mother. Such as Mrs. Jie."

"I heard that this little concubine is versatile and a peerless beauty. Back then when Zhou Yongyou left the state of Zhou, she was only jealous by nature. Zhou Yong was not allowed to mess around, so he killed many women whom Zhou Yong favored, and Fortunately, Zhou Yong never wronged her because he doted on her, so many people, including the late emperor, began to wonder what kind of charm this little concubine has."

"It wasn't until later that I found out that my mother was involved with Zhou Yong, so I went to find her to reason with her personally, but it was a pity that she was not a temperament to be slaughtered, so she humiliated the little concubine viciously, and then directly swept her out of the house."

Reaching out his hand to sip his tea, he continued: "Then that little concubine was sacrificed to the late Emperor for some reason, and the late Emperor loved her very much, and soon after that she had a son, Zhou Huaiqi."

"And then..." The memory seems to be a bit chaotic, "A lot of things happened, I only heard that Mrs. Rujie wanted to drive a wedge between the present Majesty and the former prince, and Zhou Huaiqi and Zhou Lixiao had a good relationship back then, but it's a pity Rujie regards the queen as an enemy, so she tries to frame and frame the queen to make her have a miscarriage."

"Why..." Ye Fan frowned, but found that these things were completely different from what Zhou Huaiqi said to him.

My heart skipped a beat, could it be that Zhou Huaiqi has held grudges all these years because she misunderstood Zhou Lixiao's biological mother for harming her mother?

At the moment when I understood the truth, I felt as if I had fallen into an ice cave, and my whole body trembled from the cold.

Yu Changqi said to himself: "And my mother is the best pawn for her to frame the queen. She has a grudge against my mother, so she used her pregnancy to pretend that she had a miscarriage, and thus dragged the queen into the water..."

"Didn't you just say that... the fact that she was pregnant was discovered, and how did Rujie use this to frame the queen?"

"Do you know why she survived when she was found pregnant?"

"Because Rujie saved her and pleaded for her to avoid the death penalty of drowning, but she just told everyone that the child in her belly was dead." Her eyes were cold and without any warmth at all, "I thought Rujie Helping her regardless of previous suspicions, but never thinking of planting the seeds of disaster for the future."

Ye Fanji suddenly grabbed his hand, his expression was stiff, "Then tell me, that Mrs. Rujie's miscarriage..." There seemed to be a thorn in his heart, "Is it fake?"

Yu Changqi laughed lightly, and shook his head after a while, with a vague look, "I don't remember these things clearly, but people told me later, it's just who treats whom now." It doesn't make any sense to be wrong..."

"But..." He refused to give up, he just felt that this matter was strange. Why did Zhou Huaiqi and Zhou Lixiao turn against each other in an instant, until now?If it was really because of Rujie's miscarriage, he couldn't tell, but if Rujie didn't really have a miscarriage...

There was a sudden shock in his heart, he was really afraid that all Zhou Huaiqi's support these years would be in vain after learning the truth...

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and a somewhat hunched figure appeared in the door frame. After seeing Yu Changqi clearly with those cloudy eyes, his expression suddenly became agitated, "Young master...you are back?"

After stopping the topic just now, Yu Changqi smiled gently, and pulled Ye Fan a few times: "This is the nanny who took care of me since I was a child. She was a maid in the palace when she was young, and she stayed in the palace after she came out. here."

The old lady looked at Ye Fan with a benevolent face and smiled a little, "This young gentleman is really handsome, it seems that our young master likes you very much, doesn't he?"

"..." Ye Fanji suddenly cried out in surprise, "Why..."

"Nurse is old and likes to joke." Yu Changqi smiled at him, "And it's all the truth."

When Ye Fan heard the words, his ears couldn't help turning red.

Then she looked at the old nanny and said, "I want to ask you something."

After all, the two of them exchanged glances calmly, and before Ye Fan could react, Yu Changqi suddenly picked him up and walked towards the couch beside him.

"What are you doing?" Ye Fan was about to resist, but found that his hands and feet were suddenly weak, and he couldn't use his strength.

But Yu Changqi put him on the couch, and said gently: "You don't have to worry, the medicinal properties of the tea will only take about an hour at most, and it will be very fast."

Ye Fan was almost angry, looked at him and said, "What... do you want to do?"

He reached out and smoothed the broken hair on his temples, "I know those needles are still in your body."

"..."

Seeing Ye Fan's slightly awkward expression, he smiled, "You don't have to hide it from me, I know it clearly in my heart, don't blame me, I just want you to be well, Mammy used to study in the palace There are many treasured classics, and there will be a way to cure you."

His eyes suddenly became sore, but he was embarrassed to show too much fluctuation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Can't you say something like this in advance?"

"I don't want you to feel burdened. In fact, it's nothing. It's just a matter of sleeping."

After all, he reached out to untie his clothes, Ye Fan instinctively wanted to resist, but found that he had completely lost his strength.

I just felt that I fell into this person's hands again and again without any precautions, but I still refused to grow half of my memory.

The skirt was ripped open, revealing the white collarbone and upper body, dimly dizzy in the candlelight, all sensations seemed to disappear slowly, the only thing I remembered was that this person hugged him tightly and refused to let go of him.