old grace

Princess Su Dachang, whose boudoir name is Treasure Qi, is the late emperor's half-brother.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, the princess was promoted directly to the eldest princess, who was the famous Suchang princess in the royal capital.

Princess Suchang was deeply favored by the late emperor, and the late emperor personally selected her son-in-law to descend down. After opening the mansion, she seldom stayed in the princess mansion.

This very favored Princess Suchang has a bad problem, that is, she is extremely greedy for money.Seeing the emperor and empress asked for various rewards, meeting various officials and implying that they would make confessions, extorting bribes everywhere, breaking the law, and even selling officials to sell their titles, which finally offended the late emperor.

What's strange is that the matter of using power for personal gain and disrupting the government, if the princes and kings took this offense, most of them would also cut their titles and titles.

Under the rage of the first emperor, he just kicked Princess Suchang out of the palace and forbade her to live in Yu'ai Palace forever, without any other punishment.Every new year's birthday, when the wives at home and abroad meet, the queen still invites Princess Suchang into the palace as usual, and Princess Sulong has never been left behind in the various rewards and ceremonies bestowed by the palace, and she always gets the most lucrative rewards. one serving.

The partiality in the palace has fueled the power of Princess Suchang. After she was reprimanded by the late emperor, she can still go up and down in a glorious manner, accepting money to introduce personal interests to various yamen, extorting bribes to disrupt the law, and selling officials to sell nobles. She has been doing things all the time. It's just not as high-profile as before.

When Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan first entered the capital, when the Chu family was brutally destroyed by the city gate officials, they instructed his family to find someone to beg for asylum.

One is the benevolence of the East Palace, the other is the justice of King Jing, and the third candidate is the greedy princess Su Chang.

The Elder Lord is known to love money, as long as she is willing to donate money to her, the huge king will always have a solution.Of course, Princess Su's reputation is not very good.Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, it is said that there are rumors that black people eat black people. If things can't be done well after collecting money, they will simply kill the buyers.

All in all, this princess is not a good person, without any royal ladylike character, as bad as a man.

After the crown prince ascended the throne, he didn't forget the emperor's aunt, so Princess Su was promoted to be Princess Su Dachang.

When the little eunuch came to the Dachang Princess's mansion with the emperor's oral order, Suzhu just woke up from a hangover, and was drinking the revival soup with his beloved noodles in his arms-that is, people who are hungover have a cup of wine after waking up, which is called revival.

Hearing that the emperor summoned her, Su Zhu rubbed her forehead, and the remaining makeup on her forehead fell apart immediately, bright red and yellow like a bunch of old flowers.She buried her head in the arms of the handsome young man, her long and thin fingers tightly grabbed the young man's arm, pinching blood marks.

"I can't go." Master Su staggered in the boy's arms, "I drank too much last night and felt dizzy. I can't go."

The little eunuch got advice from his seniors, knowing that this princess is not easy to mess with, and that coercion and temptation are not easy to use, so he can only play softly.

There is a big bed in Suzhu's palace, and the people sitting and lying on the bed are all handsome and delicate young men, and the maidservant standing in the corner of the room is also as beautiful as a flower.The little eunuch knelt on the ground and whimpered and cried for a while, begging Su Master to wash and enter the palace, Su Master just shook his head and refused, and the little eunuch climbed onto the bed, obsequiously and attentively, holding a Shuijiu: "The servant serves His Highness to drink..."

Su Zhu is used to seeing all kinds of beauties, and suddenly being approached by the flat face of the little eunuch, he was so ugly that his stomach churns: "Ugh..."

After vomiting, Master Su pointed at the little eunuch and scolded: "Get out of here, get out of here!"

The little eunuch looked at Suzhu pitifully.

Su Zhu woke up a lot after vomiting, and said angrily: "Wait for me to wash and change my clothes... The emperor is really promising!"

After such a toss, Master Su at least sobered up and changed his clothes, boarded the chariot, and followed the angel into the palace.When passing by Yong'an Lane, Master Su lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the burned rotten wood from a distance, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

The chariot rode straight to Xuanhuai Hall, and the maid Fu Su got off the car. An eunuch had already gone to the palace to report.When the emperor heard about it, the Su Lord went directly to the door.

"Auntie." The Son of Heaven stood up from the table and seemed to be welcoming, but stopped in front of the jade curtain.

Su Zhu saluted the emperor perfunctorily, and asked, "Why did the emperor summon you?"

The atmosphere when aunts and nephews met was less polite, and the palace servants who were serving in the house knew something was wrong, and after sneaking glances at the emperor, they quickly retreated.

"I do have something to ask my aunt." The emperor never walked out of the jade curtain, and stood in front of the imperial case, stroking his hands and bowing to Su Zhu, "Auntie is the last witch in the spirit world. ..."

Master Su interrupted him with a sneer: "The Son of Heaven made a mistake. Sixteen years ago, my identity was revoked and my inheritance was cut off. Even if I used to be a witch in the spirit world, it was too many years ago. The Son of Heaven asks You shouldn't ask me about ghosts and gods' extraterrestrial techniques."

"Auntie, the spiritual world has been burned, and there is no other witch in the world except aunt." The emperor said.

Su Zhu sneered, "What does that have to do with me?"

"I have a relationship with my aunt that 'if there is no skin, hair will not grow', and a relationship with my aunt that is 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold'."

"My aunt was born to be honorable, she was clothed in rich clothes and fine food, she called her slaves and her maidservants, and in recent years she has collected money from people, sitting on a mountain of gold. If the world is destroyed, the family and the country are destroyed, can my aunt still live a life of raising faces and wantonly extorting bribes? This country is my country, why is it not my family's country, not my aunt's country?" asked the Son of Heaven.

"The Son of Heaven has just ascended to the Great Treasure and is worshiped by others. The Supreme Being under Heaven has not had enough of his addiction, so he will be nostalgic for it."

Suzhu looked at the emperor without a trace of respect, but with some sarcasm: "I have been happy and happy for decades, and I am tired of the good life. The food is delicious, but it is hard to swallow. The wine is delicious, but it is tasteless. Even this I have ridden all the beautiful men in the world...just waiting to die."

The Son of Heaven was silent for a moment, and asked, "Auntie, don't you care about zanyan?"

Su Zhu's eyes flickered slightly, and it was only for a moment, before returning to normal soon.

Her red lips curled up, and her eyes were full of sarcasm: "I said earlier that you were putting on airs and pretending to be hypocritical, but Uncle Wang didn't believe it. Heh."

"You men and husbands always feel that with a child in your hands, you can coerce your mother to get whatever you want. Back then, your imperial father had this wishful thinking. Did he make it right? When he squeezed the child, I cried and knelt down." Did you come down and beg for mercy cowardly? Now you are also here to pick on this so-called 'weakness' and 'handle'."

"If people's hearts are like this, is there any difference between men and women?"

"Your imperial father can kill Yu Pu cruelly, why can't I bear it? She wasn't the child I wanted in the first place."

Master Su lowered his hands, straightened his wide sleeves, and asked with his head tilted: "If the Son of Heaven has no other orders, I will take my leave first."

"Zan Zan has been trapped in Qingzhou for two months. Qingzhou spies came to report that Zan Zan was imprisoned in another palace by Chen Qiyou." The emperor picked up a roll of soft leather paper from the imperial case, "Auntie wants to see Do you see?"

Master Su didn't look back: "The way she chooses, she walks on her own. If she is smart, she will live, but if she is stupid, she will die. I can't save her."

"I heard that Chen Qi tortured her by death," said the emperor.

Master Su slammed open the layers of tents in the royal hall, raised his skirt and strode away.

Before boarding the chariot, Su Zhu ordered the family boy: "Go back to the house!"

After getting into the car, Su Zhu let out a sigh of relief and slumped in the golden silk upholstered carriage, tears poured out unconsciously, washing off his delicately dressed face, finally showing a trace of oldness.She bit her lower lip and cried silently for a moment, clasping her thin hands tightly.

The emperor didn't know that she had already lost the ability to cast spells and make ghosts.

Su Zhu wiped away the tear stains on his face with the back of his hand, and deep-seated hatred floated in his eyes.

"As long as I still have a little bit of strength..." Su advocated that there was no sound in his mouth, and he cursed silently, "You are the one who died."

All the men in the concubine's family should be damned!

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Qingzhou.

Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan are both busy.

A few years ago, Chen Qi used the excuse of taking a vacation to recuperate and blocked a lot of affairs. Since Zhengdan sent an order to amnesty the world, he has been busy in all aspects.

The state capitals are mainly busy with the investigation of the criminal prisons, followed by the arrangement of spring plowing, no one dares to neglect.

Besides, the matter of amnesty is too sensitive, and the generals of the states dare not relax, and are ready to deploy troops at any time to suppress those who are not ministers. , what should I do?Hit him of course!

Although such a short-sighted force was basically wiped out a few years ago, the soldiers everywhere had to defend loyally, just in case.

Shan Xugang's side is even more aggressive, ready to respond to Qingzhou at any time and attack the king's capital again.

Fu Chuan followed You Jing anytime and anywhere, accompanied him to meet his subordinates, generals and officials, accompanied him to patrol the camp, and celebrated the New Year with the soldiers.Shuang Ling was in charge of most of the copywriting work. Sometimes Fu Chuan went out with You Jing, and Shuang Ling had to accompany Mrs. Jiang to entertain guests.

When a person is in a high position, there are always countless old relatives and friends who will walk around every New Year's day.

Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan are both young, but they each have their own way of socializing, and each has a group of old friends around them.Shuang Ling handled things appropriately, after all, Xie Qinghe was careful in dealing with things, and smart people had to worry about Chen Qi when dealing with him, as long as the etiquette was met.

Fu Chuan's side is more complicated.

The one closest to him is the yet-to-be-named San Lang, the poor little child born to Chen Ji and his maidservant.After being dug out of her mother's womb, she has been taken care of by Su Gu and grew up. Then the family changed one after another. First, Mrs. Chang was "dead" and lost her identity to take shelter by Mrs. Jiang. Not long after, another spies appeared around Mrs. Jiang. No matter, the child fell into Su Gu's hands.

At this time, it is fashionable to talk about the false age when raising a child. When one year old is born, and the new year increases, the child is considered to be three years old.

Three-year-old children need to know etiquette. During the New Year's Eve, the nanny will hold them to greet their parents and elders, and go to relatives and adults alone to squeeze money.

Fu Chuan follows Youjing every day, and doesn't care about his younger brother. This little oil bottle lives in the side hall, so Shuangling has to take on the responsibilities of the elders, take him to the Moon Palace to meet the elders, and officially become a member of the family. part of.

Mrs. Jiang liked children very much, she hugged Sanlang on her lap, and the servants and maids around her surrounded him to tease Saburo.

"It should have a name," Mrs. Chang said.

Mrs. Chang was furious at the beginning because of her husband saving a maidservant and giving birth to a child, but now she has abandoned her status as a wife and completely severed her husband and wife relationship with Chen Ji, and she has no hatred for this innocent child.

Saburo likes shiny things, so he grabbed the pearls on Mrs. Jiang's crown and stuffed them into his mouth. Mrs. Jiang took out the pearls calmly, took off the crown, and asked the maid to take it away: "Tell him Swallow it and stuff your throat."

Saburo didn't struggle to chase after it, and didn't play with pearls for him, so he went to hook Mrs. Jiang's earrings, golden pearls, very beautiful.

"Let the Lord give one to me." Mrs. Jiang's ears hurt from being pulled, and the servant quickly came to help her remove the earrings. She was not angry, but hugged Saburo and scratched his little nose, "It would be great if it was a girl, Aunt gave you all the jewelry in the box to wear."

"What's the matter with you these days? Are you tired?" Mrs. Jiang was concerned about Shuang Ling who was sitting on the side eating oranges.

All of Shuangling's emotional reactions are "dramas" based on judgmental simulations, just because Fu Chuan doesn't like Mrs. Jiang. Recently, Shuang Ling pretended casually, and Mrs. Jiang didn't realize that he was wrong.

It's just that after spending more time together, Shuangling judged that Mrs. Jiang didn't find her problem, and she became more and more lazy to act. After all, Mrs. Jiang still felt a little weird.Why is my son, who is always gentle and polite, always sitting on the side with a cold face, ignoring anyone?

Before Shuang Ling could speak, Mrs. Chang had already smiled and explained: "These days Jun'er has gone out with the Lord."

Mrs. Jiang, who had been trying to make her son a beautiful maid a year earlier, smiled mysteriously and said, "Oh, oh. I miss my brother."

He spit out the core of the orange petal in his mouth refreshingly, turning a deaf ear to the teasing of the two female elders.

Mrs. Jiang was playing with Sanlang, while thinking: "It's just that I sent the wrong person before. Hey, my son likes men, so this is not easy to deal with." Sending a beautiful maidservant to her son is to hope that there will be an heir as soon as possible. What's the matter with the son sending the little handsome boy?

Especially with Chen Cong's status, sending him a beautiful manservant is suspected of harming the heirs of the ancestral temple, and secondly, men are always considered to be more capable than women. If you give Chen Cong a manservant, you will make a contribution A treacherous sycophant, trying to sway the young master's suspicion.

"No need to send it away." Shuang Ling felt that it was already crowded for two people to sleep in one quilt. If it wasn't that he couldn't beat him, he wanted to throw all the juniors out.another one?several?I can't even think about it.

"One person is enough." Shuang Ling emphasized again.

After getting a refreshing answer, Mrs. Chang ate a piece of orange with satisfaction, and rolled her eyes at Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang couldn't help shaking her head: "Nothing."

While talking, there was a slave outside the door who came to report: "Xiao Langjun, Uncle Li is here to invite you."

Chen Li is the head of Xie Qinghe's guards, and because he is on duty all the year round in Ziyang Palace, he also acts as Xie Qinghe's housekeeper for the time being.

If there are any major or minor matters, they will all be handed over to Chen Li.He is not responsible for the specific handling, but is responsible for dispatching in the middle, telling the servants to go to Su Gu for this matter, Chang Chao for this matter, and Tian Wen for this matter... For matters that need to be handled by Xie Qinghe himself, he will also directly see them Mr. Xiao Lang.

Shuang Ling rubbed her hands and stood up, seeing Mrs. Jiang having fun with Saburo in her arms, she said, "Mum, let's go and have a look first."

Mrs. Jiang didn't even raise her head: "Don't worry, Sanlang will eat at my place, and I'll send you back when the time comes."

Shuang Ling walked out slowly, put on thick clothes, and saw Chen Li waiting in front of the hall: "What's the matter?"

"Xiao Yindian suddenly vomited blood and said he wanted to see Mr. Xiao Lang again." Chen Li leaned close to his ear and said softly.

The Xiaoyin Palace is located in a secluded part of the other palace. It was originally a good place to enjoy the scenery. Over the years, the other palace has been neglected. The so-called landscape has become overgrown with weeds, desolate and desolate, and the Xiaoyin Palace has been abandoned.Zuan Zuan was placed under house arrest in Xiao Yindian.

Shuang Ling was silent for a moment, and said, "Go to Xiao Yindian."

In Xiao Yin Palace.

Zuan Zuan was sitting on the couch, weakly holding on to the table, the spittoon was full of blood she had just spit out.

Shuang Ling saw at a glance that her condition was unusual. Normal people vomit blood because of internal organs injuries, and when she vomits blood, she is not far from death.The weakness of Zuan is not in the body, but in the soul.Her internal organs are all healthy, and she shouldn't have vomited blood.

"Ping retreat." Zuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help vomiting two mouthfuls of blood, "I have something to talk to you alone."

Shuang Ling nodded, and the maids in charge of guarding the scroll bowed and filed out.

"What's the matter with you?" Shuang Ling seemed to be very concerned, but he didn't want to show that he cared.

"I'm fine. It's not that I'm vomiting blood..." Yan Zuan really wanted to spit out all the remaining blood, so as to stop the process of vomiting blood, but no matter how hard she tried, the blood in the depths of her body kept gushing up, They spat out from their mouths one after another, "The children of mortals are born of the blood of their father and their mother. What I spit out...is all the blood my mother gave me."

Shuang Ling could feel that she was in such a strange state because of some evil method, but he didn't cultivate in this life, and his induction was relatively weak, so he couldn't tell what kind of evil method it was, but it must be caused by an evil method that Xie Qinghe didn't understand. Sincerely.

"You may have heard that there are witches serving in the Temple of the Son of Heaven, offering sacrifices to ancestors of ghosts and gods, and proficient in some techniques of good fortune."

"My mother is a witch who specializes in serving the emperor's family temple. She...she knows magic."

"I... well, I don't know how to explain it. She hasn't practiced ghost control for many years, and now she suddenly came to ask for the blood left in my body, probably because she wanted to perform the spell again." The blood in Zuan's mouth pulled the string to Obscene, "I don't know what she wants to do with the spell, but, Shaojun."

Zuan Zuan's finger that had wiped the blood still had a few hints of mournful crimson. He grabbed Xie Qinghe's sleeve and immediately stained it.

"If something unexpected happens, Shaojun should make plans early." Zuan Zuan said.

Shuang Ling understood.

Zuan Zuan's mother lost the ability to cast spells for some reason, and now she can restore the ability to cast spells by withdrawing the blood from Zuan Zuan's body.

Zuan suspected that her mother was trying to curse Chen Qi to death. Chen Qi died suddenly, and the Chen family was bound to fall into chaos.This confused girl was very worried that Chen Cong would lose his authority in the chaos, so she wanted to warn Chen Cong to prepare for the chaos immediately and seize the opportunity.

What she didn't understand was that Shuang Ling couldn't make any mistakes in Chen Qi's skin.

Not only because the ghost is still in that skin, but also because that skin is the place where the master lives.

"Thank you for letting me know." Shuang Ling turned and left.