The Empire and the Kingdom

Mrs. Wang was really curious, and after walking around the house a few times, she was about to go out to watch the excitement.As soon as they reached the gate of the yard, Xue Yi happened to walk in.

"Mom, are you going out?"

Mrs. Wang pulled Xue Yi into the yard, pointed in the direction of Wanning Garden and whispered: "Didn't you hear? It's the madam and the young lady who got into trouble. Mother went to see the excitement. Just wait, mother." Just come back."

Xue Yi said: "Mother, if I were you, I wouldn't touch my father right now."

Wang stopped and looked back at her little daughter.

Xue Yi pulled Wang Shi into the room, dismissed the servants, and closed the door, "Mother, haven't you always wanted the right to head the house?"

"Yes." Wang replied smoothly.Suddenly, she stared at Xue Yi with wide eyes, "Yi'er, you mean..."

"My wife is punished, how can I convince the public in the future? Father can be so cruel, it means that the lady's mistake is definitely not a small mistake. Father is furious at this time, mother, as long as you are obedient, the rights you want will be obtained." Xue Yi said calmly.

Now Wang is not curious about what mistakes Pan has made, but she is curious why her daughter, who has always been ignorant of her family affairs, suddenly talks about it.

"Yi'er, mother already knows that you are the smartest, as long as you are willing to help mother, will our mother and daughter still worry about not being able to defeat Wanningyuan?"

Xue Yi shook her head, "Mother, my daughter's little cleverness can't be hidden from my father's eyes. If you want to be in the top position, just wait well, don't make trouble, don't take pleasure in other people's misfortunes."

She drank a cup of tea and got up to leave, "My daughter still doesn't care about these trivial matters, but the second sister is not here, so I will always protect you."

Xue Yi left, Wang slammed her lips and asked the maid next to her, "Why do I feel that Yi'er speaks so much like Master Xiang?"

Xue Yi walked out of Xihai Residence, and ran into Xue Ruo who was just going to watch the fun, but was reprimanded by Xue Xiang, "Fourth Sister."

Seeing Xue Yi, Xue Ruo looked at the direction Xue Yi came from, "Fifth Sister is also going to discuss the matter of Da Furen with Aunt Wang?"

Xue Yi smiled, "I'm also curious. Fourth sister knows?"

Xue Ruo shook her head, "I don't know, I'm as curious as you, why don't we go to the front yard and ask father?"

Xue Yi spread his hands, "I'm not going, I have to go back to practice calligraphy." After speaking, he took the maid and left.

Xue Ruo looked at Xue Yi's thin back, "This girl is really smart."

Ignore Xue's gossip.Feng Jingsu brought Xue Ai back to Shenhe Palace. On the one hand, he asked the imperial physician to continue the treatment, and on the other hand, he went to plead guilty to the emperor.

The emperor listened, "Yun Yi, you are really kind to Xue Ai."

"I am very close to her." Feng Jingsu looked up at the emperor, "Father, I don't want to lose this friend. I leave the barracks without authorization, and I am willing to bear any responsibility."

The emperor seldom saw Feng Jingsu lose control of his emotions, so he nodded, "I understand. My daughter's family also has a steadfast friendship, and I will let the imperial physician do my best to treat you. As for you leaving the barracks without authorization, we will talk about it after Xue Ai survives."

Feng Jingsu left, and Princess Ming Qi came again.The emperor laughed. A little Xue Ai made a princess, a long princess, worry so much. Thinking of the queen who sent someone to assassinate her before, this Xue Ai is an interesting person.

The eldest princess is not a fool. After everyone had left, she realized that Feng Jingsu had come back without permission. No matter how she was responsible for this matter, she hurried into the palace to explain the situation to the emperor.After getting the emperor's assurance that she would not pursue this matter, she left with confidence.

"I don't know Xiaoai is like this, oh my little monkey, don't let anything happen to you." Princess Ming Qi was already reciting Amitabha.

The imperial physicians have all come to see, not only can't cure the poison, but they can't even find out what kind of poison Xue Ai has.Princess Yongning secretly came here every night to help Xue Ai use kung fu to force poison, and then handed over the method of luck to Feng Jingsu, so that Feng Jingsu helped Xue Ai force poison once during the day, but Feng Jingsu practiced the Ice Art, and her internal energy was extremely cold, so she dared not give Xue Ai Ai input too much internal energy, so the main thing is to rely on Princess Yongning.

The life-saving letter to Fei Yejin was sent out as soon as possible, but Feng Jingsu was very anxious when he didn't get a reply.

Xue Ai's current body is completely supported by the internal strength of Princess Yongning and Feng Jingsu. As for how long it can last, no one has a clue.

"Xiao Ai is so pitiful." Guan Xuejing was still in charge of the training of the garrison, but she would often come back to check on the situation in the palace.Right now she was sitting in Feng Qianzi's room, because she was in a bad mood, she was not even in the mood to eat peanuts.

"What do you say about the eldest princess' mansion?" On the day Xue Ai was poisoned, Guan Xuejing told Feng Qianzi the news. Feng Jingsu didn't have time to investigate this matter, and she didn't have time either. Maybe Feng Qianzi, a half-fairy, could think of it. What.

"No news." Guan Xuejing knew what she wanted to ask, "There is news from the Prime Minister's Mansion that Mrs. Xue and Miss Xue were locked up by Prime Minister Xue as soon as he returned to the mansion that day, and he even tortured the two people in the courtyard. people."

Feng Qianzi snorted coldly, "Xue Xiang is a sensible person, it seems that this matter should be done by the people of the Xiangfu."

Guan Xuejing shuddered, "One is my mother and the other is my sister. Could it really be them? This is too scary!"

"Both of them are stupid and selfish people, but..." Feng Qianzi suddenly stopped at this point.

Guan Xuejing watched her frown her beautiful eyebrows, narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, and hurried over, "What did you think of?"

Feng Qianzi looked at her doggy eyes, and reached out to pat her head, "If their mother and daughter did it, as you said, a sister and a mother, why did they harm Xiaoai?"

"There's no need to ask, I'm jealous." Guan Xuejing said.

Feng Qianzi shook her head, "Who would kill someone just because of jealousy? The mother and daughter are both dawdlers in the back house. If you want to make a stumbling block, you can still use a snack machine, but killing...they don't have this courage."

"So it's not them?" Guan Xuejing felt that Feng Qianzi's words made sense.

Feng Qianzi did not speak. If there were other possibilities, she would not doubt Pan Shi and Xue Ying, because it was unnecessary.Xue Ai's death, what good will it do for the mother and daughter? "Will they benefit?" she asked the question unconsciously.

"What's the benefit?" Guan Xuejing thought she was asking herself, "What's the benefit? It's just getting rid of someone you don't like."

Feng Qianzi frowned, this reason was ridiculous. "You're going to kill someone just because you don't like her?"

Guan Xuejing waved her hand, "Of course I won't. But it's hard to guarantee that others won't do this. Didn't the queen send someone to assassinate her just because she didn't like Xiao Ai? If it's not a family, don't enter a family, Miss Xue She really looks like her future mother-in-law."

Guan Xuejing just sighed casually, but Feng Qianzi suddenly understood.The only benefit that Pan and Xue Ying can get from this incident is the queen!They helped the queen fulfill her wish to kill Xue Ai, and the queen will definitely treat Xue Ying kindly.

Coming to such a conclusion, even Feng Qianzi herself felt a little absurd, and it was more of her own wishful thinking.

Seeing that she had thought of the answer, Guan Xuejing hurriedly urged her to speak out.

Feng Qianzi expressed her conjecture, Guan Xuejing opened her mouth wide, "Impossible?"

"Just take it as my wild guess, go tell the princess, and let her be on guard." Feng Qianzi rested her head on her hands, still thinking about other possibilities.

Guan Xuejing came over and covered her eyes with her hand, "Qianzi, don't think about it, take a rest."

Feng Qianzi pulled her hand down, "What did you call me?"

Guan Xuejing looked at her hand, "Oh, what are you trying to do by holding my hand?"

Both eyes were on the hands they held together, Feng Qianzi laughed with a "puchi", "You don't have to tease me, I'm fine. Xiaoai is so cute and cute, she will make it through."

Guan Xuejing nodded vigorously.

In the prime minister's mansion, all the women and maids were spanked, but none of them vomited.Mother Chen told Xue Xiang.Xue Xiang didn't even move his eyebrows, and sent someone to call all the parents who gave birth to the child, and asked them to persuade their daughter to tell the truth, otherwise the whole family would be sold out.

This trick really worked, a servant girl couldn't stand it, and finally told the truth.When Chen's mother saw it, she was the rough servant girl in Wanning Garden, named Fangmei.

Fangmei told the truth while crying.The poison was given to her by Mrs. Pan. She is a rough servant girl, and she is not qualified to enter the house to wait on her, so no one will pay attention to her.Her mother is a helper in the big kitchen, and she often goes to the big kitchen to find her mother, so no one will notice when she goes in and out of the big kitchen.She just poured the poison into Xue Ai's porridge when others were not paying attention. At that time, because she was too nervous, she spilled more than half of the powder and only poured in a little.

After hearing this, Xiang Xue asked, "What benefits did Madam give you?"

Fangmei said: "The madam said that she would mention my mother to be the steward of the big kitchen, and would ration me to the official's son and make me a decent lady. And... gave me ten taels of silver, but I didn't dare to take it home. , buried on the edge of the yard."

"Go and dig!" Xue Xiang waved his hand, and after a while, someone brought the silver.

Xue Xiang looked at Yinzi and nodded, "Lock them all up, watch out, and don't let anyone get into trouble."

Chen's mother thought that Xiang Xue was going to bring Mrs. Pan up, but Xiang Xue let everyone go down, and he wanted to be alone for a while.

That night, Mrs. Pan was taken to the study.After being imprisoned for a few days, when she saw Xiang Xue, she knelt down and cried loudly. She just cried and said that she didn't take good care of Xue Ai, that she didn't blame Xiang Xue for being angry, and that it was all her fault. Said to let Xue Xiang release Xue Ying.

Xue Pengping was at a loss for words, so she said, "Is it over? Get up when you're done, it's cold on the ground."

Pan stood up and sat aside, "Master, this matter is my fault. But Ai'er is in the palace, there is nothing I can do if I want to take good care of her."

Xue Xiang patted her on the shoulder, "Are you afraid that Ai'er is not dead and want to make up for it?"

Pan's eyes widened, and the expression on his face froze, which turned out to be a little ferocious. "Master, you... what do you mean? Ai'er is my own daughter, the meat that fell from my pregnancy in October. How could I kill her?"

"For Xue Ying!" Xue Xiang stared at Pan's face, "For Xue Ying, you accepted the queen's instruction to get rid of Ai'er secretly. Now that Ai'er's life and death are uncertain, of course you don't worry, you want me Take Ai Er back, and then you will take care of it yourself, and make up the last knife to ensure that she will die." All the words, Xue Xiang used an affirmative tone.

Pan's whole body was trembling, she thought that Prime Minister Xue must have known the whole thing, otherwise how could he know so clearly even the Queen's hint?

"You don't talk?" Xue Xiang sneered, "If you don't talk, you are acquiescing." He grabbed Pan's left hand, "Ma'am, you and I are young husband and wife. Over the years, I love you and respect you, even if you are I have never disliked being from a poor family. I have achieved my position today through my own hard work, so I don’t ask my daughters to marry noble families. As long as they can live happily, I am satisfied as a father. My Xue family Although they are not from a family, it is enough for them to marry a happy husband and live a happy life. I thought you understood me, but I didn't expect you to just blindly cling to the powerful and covet the emperor's favor. Ma'am, do you think the daughter-in-law of the Tian family is so easy to do? You have abolished Xue Ying, made her selfish and greedy for profit, homeless and fatherless! No matter what, I will pretend that I don’t have this daughter. But you actually want to kill another daughter for the sake of one daughter! Mrs. Pan, today you can obey the empress’s words, Kill Ai'er for Xue Ying, tomorrow you can kill me for Xue Ying! My Xue family will never allow a murderer to be a wife!"

After he finished speaking, Pan nearly passed out.After being married for many years, she still knows Xiang Xue very well.Xue Xiang has always been adhering to the principle of "a humble gentleman, never speak evil words", even if it is a political opponent, it is a life-and-death struggle for power, Xue Xiang will not say anything that is difficult for people to accept.But once he said it, it meant that there was no room for turning things around, or in other words, Prime Minister Xue had no plans to turn things around.

"Master, I will bear children for you and serve my parents-in-law. You can't divorce me!" There is no one in her natal family. If she is divorced, she will only die.

Xue Xiang shook his head, "You worry too much. I never planned to divorce you. You are a member of my Xue family in life, and a ghost of my Xue family in death." He let go of Pan's hand, "Pan, I will Shut you up in Wanning Garden, and let you spend the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing. This is what you deserve for taking care of my parents for many years."

Pan made such a big mistake, Xue Xiang was angry, but he also missed the love of husband and wife for many years.

Pan burst into tears, "Master, I was wrong. I dare not beg your forgiveness, but Ying'er really doesn't know about this, can you not blame her?"

Xue Xiang nodded, "Don't worry, I won't anger her." Pan felt a little relieved just now, when Xue Xiang continued, "Since she ran away from home last time, I don't think I don't have this daughter."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Pan wanted to intercede with Xue Ying again, but Xiang Xue didn't want to hear any more, so he waved his hands to send Mrs. Pan back to Wanning Garden.

Xue Xiang ordered: "Mother Chen, let Madam Xie, who is beside Madam, return to the yard to wait on her, and that sister Fang just now is also locked in Wanning Garden. Send Miss Fang's parents to the village outside the city. There will be no more trouble."

"Yes." Mother Chen went down to make arrangements.

After Xue Ying was imprisoned for a few days, she was released back to the Weiying Pavilion for no reason, but all the maids and women around her were replaced by strangers she didn't know.She didn't understand what was going on, so she hurried out to find Mrs. Pan, but was stopped by two women at the entrance of Weiying Pavilion.

"Miss, according to the order of the Prime Minister, you are a person to be married. From today on, you should stay in the yard to embroider the dowry, and don't go out and run around."