after i found out my new wife was a man

that night.

The night was thick, the dew was heavy, and the wind was blowing, as if it was about to uproot the trees, and the dark night reflected a bit of ferocity.

In Xu's study room, there was no light in the room, and there was no servant, only Xu Yuanwu was sitting in front of the desk with his left hand resting on his forehead.

Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, so sharp that it seemed to tear the sky apart. The lightning was pale, bright and then extinguished, dimly illuminating half of his face for an instant, and his brows were tightly wrinkled, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. Come out and wet your temples.

It's like falling into some terrible nightmare.

It's not just him, the deep palace surrounded by Taoist palace walls is the deepest nightmare of many people, when many people dream back at midnight.

The dream was grotesque. He saluted the prince, got off the carriage, and walked into the palace. Behind him, the prince looked at his back with dark but excited eyes. The poisonous snake coiled under his feet hissed and crawled onto him.

The palace wall seems to be higher, so high that you can hardly see the sky when you look up, and the palace is getting bigger and bigger, so big that you are like an ant.

The Holy Majesty's voice was both high and far away, as if he was sitting in the sky, but the voice was very close, as if someone was clinging to him, talking in his ear, and the cold air flowed from the mouth, It seeped into his bones, making him shiver uncontrollably.

"Do you know what you said just now?!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside the window, and several consecutive lightning bolts illuminated the sky like daytime. In an instant, heavy rain fell from the sky.

Xu Yuanwu's eyes were closed tightly, but he still didn't wake up.

In the dream, the palace suddenly seeped water from nowhere, and the water rose higher and higher, submerging the insteps in an instant.

Kneeling himself, his forehead pressed tightly against the ground, his voice became hoarse and rough for some reason, and he was startled when he uttered a sound.

"What I said is true! The father and son of the Xie family are rebellious, and the minister is obsessed with ghosts and gangsters. Now that I wake up, I regret it! The minister is willing to lead the army to inquire about the evidence, and send it to the saint. Knowing the deepest evil is the most evil, death is more than a crime, and when you understand it, even if the car is torn apart, you will not have the slightest complaint."

More and more water seeped out of the temple.

The world was spinning, and it seemed that it had been a long, long time before I heard a voice coming: "I really don't want to believe it, but I have to investigate the crime of treason. I only give you 12 hours. If you don't see it at zero o'clock the next day Physical evidence..."

The sound of the water became louder, and he could hardly hear what the Holy Master said. He stood up in panic and panic, looked up and looked around in panic, but suddenly found that there was nothing around him.

The only thing was the boundless pouring water. A snake swam over and wrapped itself tightly around him. It was so cold and sticky that he couldn't breathe.

This snake...isn't it the one that wrapped around the prince just now?

Xu Yuanwu sat up panting heavily, touched the cold table, and suddenly realized that he was dreaming.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a loud bang, and the door of the study was slammed open. The cold wind and rain blew into the room, a figure rushed in, and then punched heavily on the table.

"What happened to Xie's family! What did you do?!"

The veins in Xu Yaoling's hands were bulging, and he stared closely at the sitting person, his eyes were red, as if he was about to bleed.

Behind him, a group of attendants quickly knelt down and apologized: "This subordinate is incompetent and did not take good care of the young master. Please punish the general!"

Xu Yuanwu sighed and waved for them to go down.

The door of the study was closed tightly again, the room was silent, and even time seemed to freeze.

Finally Xu Yuanwu spoke to break the silence.

"sit down."

Xu Yaoling's voice trembled, and his voice was so low that it seemed to be suppressed in his throat: "It is true that you told the emperor that Xie's father and son were 'rebellious and colluded with the enemy'. Are you and Aunt Xie under house arrest?"

He spoke too hastily, and he coughed violently, but his eyes were still fixed on his father, with that earnest and eager expression, he was waiting for the person in front of him to deny him.

But Xu Yuanwu was destined to disappoint him.

"good."

"How could they be collaborating with the enemy and treason? Do you know what you are doing?! They are—"

"What are they?" Xu Yuanwu interrupted him, "Not only you, but everyone knows that the Xie family can't collude with the enemy and treason, but so what? The important thing is whether the sage will believe it or not."

Xu Yaoling looked at her father, and for a moment it felt like she was looking at a stranger.

"What the emperor wants is not the truth, but a reason that can completely pull out the Xie family and stop the mouths of the whole world, so even if the tiger is a danger, he will never, and dare not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I gave it to him."

"So this is your so-called scheme? They 'cooperate with the enemy and treason', you are 'collaborating'? After the incident, even if you 'reveal it first', after all, you have participated in it, will there be any benefits?"

"It's true now, but His Majesty will think that I have committed crimes and meritorious deeds, ordered me to be dismissed and apologized, and even exiled to the frontier. Within a few years, our Xu family will be quiet, and there will be no chance to stand out," Xu Yuanwu stretched out his hand and gently brushed The table case, the voice is very soft, "But there is still the prince."

Xu Yaoling staggered back a few steps, his voice was shrill, hoarse and trembling: "What are you doing for?"

"For what?" Xu Yuanwu chuckled, "What am I for? Don't you really know?"

Xu Yaoling gritted his teeth and felt as if he had never known his father before: "Is power really so important?"

Xu Yuanwu shook his head and said, "No, I'm for the Xu family."

"What Xu family are you for!" Xu Yaoling roared sharply, "If you act like this, what Xu family do you want!"

Xu Yuanwu looked at him, frowning slightly, as if he was looking at an ignorant child: "You will understand later."

"...Then I would rather not understand in this life."

Xu Yaoling's voice was hoarse and weak, and he was almost speechless. He couldn't figure out why his father would do this anyway.

Isn't it good enough that we are now?

Why put down a trick full of loopholes, and at the same time involve yourself in it. After the collapse of Xie's family, can our family still be alone?

Even if you really made an agreement with the prince, aren't you afraid that he will cross the river and tear down the bridge?

Xu Yaoling raised his eyes and looked at his father, feeling that the person sitting in front of him was extremely strange, as if he had never really known him before.

Xu Yuanwu leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed his temples, and didn't want to say any more: "Come here, take the young master back to the room. Before dawn, you can't leave the room for half a step."

"Yes!"

The attendants surrounded him to arrest him, Xu Yaoling couldn't move, only trembling when he left the door, he said the last sentence.

"The sentence I didn't finish at the beginning... Are they the brothers who went to the battlefield with you, and the nephew you saw growing up as a half-son, or me..."

Xu Yuanwu paused slightly for the hand rubbing his temples. He was silent for a long time, suppressing all the emotions in his heart, only indifference remained: "Send the young master back to the room."

The night was deeper.

The lightning continued, the thunder roared, and the rain was overwhelming, as if it wanted to engulf everything in the world.

In a certain palace in the west corner of the palace, several teams of guards were on duty in turn, all with vigilant eyes and ready for battle.

In the center of the palace, there was a cold air coming from the deep pool, Ningshuang sword was lying on the bottom of the pool, the sword body was still as clear as snow.

Xu Yuanwu got up and opened the window, looking at the sky, the cold wind and water howling, wet his robe in an instant.

——It's only one and three quarters from zero o'clock tomorrow.