Chance encounter

Concubine Li's father, Li Yuandao, arrived in the capital a few days later than planned. Since there was no rule that the relatives of the state were not allowed to enter the capital, Li Yuandao did not come to the capital again after returning home.This time he came to Beijing with the emperor's letter, and swaggered into the capital with a family of dozens of people and a dozen or so carriages.

Li Yuandao entered the mansion without even sitting down, so he took the eldest lady into the palace. The second lady arranged for manpower to tidy up the mansion. The third lady carefully guarded his boxes. The fourth lady went somewhere, and the fifth lady Once in Beijing, I looked around cautiously, afraid that my curious and joyful appearance would be seen by others.

The second lady arranged things for everyone, found a chair in the yard, and sat down. She was out of focus, and saw the fourth lady sitting on the fence knocking sunflower seeds, and glanced at herself from time to time.The second lady didn't bother to pay attention, turned her head, and saw the fourth lady walking towards the third young master by the ear, the fourth lady pulled the third young master to the second lady and said: "If you do anything wrong in the capital, no one will protect you like before. Those cronies before you, it’s best to cut off contact, and if you let me know that you are going to Fireworks Lane, I will send you to the palace to serve your empress." After the fourth lady finished speaking, the fourth lady snorted , threw the remaining melon seeds on the ground.

The fourth lady glanced at her, and said: "Someone doesn't want to hear it anymore, do you want to enter the palace and can't get in?" The fourth lady pointed all the blame against the third young master at the fourth lady.

Miss Si said: "Who cares about going in? Do you think how Third Sister died, but Si Niang, if you send Third Brother in, do you want to serve Second Sister or want him to serve the Emperor?"

The fourth lady glanced at the second lady who was sitting on a chair and turned a blind eye to them, and said: "I don't have such a good fate to give birth to such capable children, but what's the use of being born, even entering the palace to receive a reward None."

The second lady stood up and said, "You guys are arguing about yourselves, don't talk about me." Then she walked away.

The fourth lady walked up to the third lady and said, "Mother, what is the use of looking at these boxes every day?"

The third lady said: "Why is it useless, these are the most useful."

The third young master saw that his own mother was paying attention to other things, so he walked up to the fifth lady and whispered: "Little mother, I know all the interesting places in the capital, and I will take you there later. There are also delicious ones, I'll take you to eat too, and the biggest and best silk and satin shop in the capital, I'll take you there, do you think it's okay?"

The third young master didn't wait for the fifth lady to answer, but the fourth lady twisted his ears and pulled her away. The third young master yelled: "Mother, mother, take it easy, it hurts, it hurts, mother, take it easy."

The fourth lady didn't let go, and said: "I know it hurts, you should be more honest in the future, if you didn't go to Beijing this time, your affairs would not be settled. You just arrested the girl from the Zhang family and almost ruined your father's affairs. Your father You thought it was over before I had time to teach you, and I will teach you for your father today."

After finishing speaking, the fourth lady took out a leather whip from nowhere, and the third young master immediately begged for mercy when he saw this, and the fourth lady said in a low voice: "Be patient first, mother will finish beating you in front of these people, your father will not be able to do it." When your father comes to beat you, your life will be gone."

The fourth lady seemed to use all her strength to whip the third young master, and the third young master let out bursts of screams in coordination.

The second wife, the third wife and the fourth lady were already familiar with this, but the fifth lady was a little scared when she saw it.

Li Yuandao hurried into the palace with the eldest lady, originally thinking of staging a touching scene of family reunion, but they waited outside Xixiu Palace for half an hour before entering, Li Yuandao's face was a bit ugly, Although the eldest lady was also a little angry, she didn't dare to show it, and she still had a smile on her face.

Concubine Li Gui was reclining on the couch, she was wrapped in thick clothes and she looked even more bloated. Concubine Li Gui saw Li Yuandao's displeasure, and then looked at the smiling Da Furen, she said: "Dad, do you know that the emperor Why did I call you into Beijing?"

Li Yuandao smiled and said, "I don't know."

Concubine Li Gui said with a smile: "Because I asked the emperor to write that handwriting."

Li Yuandao said: "Even if the emperor doesn't pass the order, I can still enter Beijing."

Concubine Li Gui said: "Without the emperor's order, father, if you go to Beijing, you are resisting the decree and treason. Even if you know the emperor's situation, the world does not know. What the world knows is that you cannot enter the capital unless your relatives are summoned."

Li Yuandao said: "What do you mean?"

Concubine Li Gui said: "It's nothing interesting, just to remind you not to forget that all your plans are based on the child in my womb."

Li Yuandao was a little annoyed after hearing this, and he said, "Then you will have your wish fulfilled."

Concubine Li Gui said: "I will definitely get what I want. At most, I will wait a few more years, but Dad, you can't wait any longer. I have no other intentions. I just remind you that everything has just begun when you arrive in the capital. Dad, no matter how anxious you are, you can't wait." Be patient, you have been waiting for so many years, it doesn't matter if you wait any longer. And if I enter the palace next time, my mother won't come, and I don't want to see anyone else."

After hearing this, the eldest lady closed her mouth tightly and lowered her head slightly.

After Li Yuandao returned to the mansion, his complexion was a little ugly. After dinner, he called the whole family to the study room. The young master Li Zheng said that the young lady was unwell, so he went back to take care of her.Li Yuandao sighed in his heart, he looked at the second wife, the two children he liked the most and the two children he was most proud of were born to the second wife, normally, his relationship with the second wife should be the best, but he But he couldn't feel any emotion between them.But now, these two sons and daughters made him feel a little headache again. Concubine Li Gui became the most powerful woman in the harem, but she was no longer the second daughter who could act like a spoiled child. Sometimes he even suspected that his third The daughter is dead at her hands.But his eldest son, the most knowledgeable and promising, capable of both literature and martial arts, chose to do business. Even this time he came to Beijing, he was not willing to follow him.

After Li Yuandao told everyone, he kept the second wife. After the others went out, Li Yuandao said, "Is everything ready at Li Jun's place? I asked General Wang before I came, but I'm still a little worried."

The second lady replied: "Second young master has no problem, everything is waiting for news from here. Also, the eldest lady said that my uncle's health is getting worse and worse, and she has to take care of her two children, so she won't come to the capital."

Li Yuandao nodded after hearing this, and said, "For so many years, I'm the most at ease with you doing things." Li Yuandao was silent for a while, and then said: "The empress said that you have time to go to the palace."

The second lady said: "With my status, if I want to enter the palace, I can only enter the palace after the emperor gives birth to a dragon son."

Li Yuandao didn't say anything after hearing this. He knew that the second wife actually wanted to enter the palace, but she was afraid, afraid of the rumor about the third lady, and also afraid of the daughter who had become a stranger.

In a ruined temple more than a hundred miles away from the south of the capital, when the sun shone on all the pillars that were still standing in the temple, Liu Wuyan nodded solemnly and said with a serious face: "This time you can Alright, let's go."

The prince said with a depressed face: "Why do you only put on makeup for me and turn it into this?"

Liu Wuyan pulled down the prince's hand that wanted to touch his face, and said: "It's so easy to draw it, don't touch it, let's go, if you don't go, another day will pass."

The prince looked at the sky and said, "It's not that you insist on painting me like this, why don't you pretend to be an old man yourself."

Liu Wuyan put the burden on the carriage and said, "Do you want you to call me father? Pretending to be the first emperor is to punish the nine clans."

The prince reluctantly took the whip and said, "You can pretend to be my old servant."

Liu Wuyan said: "How can there be an old servant who sits in the car by himself and asks the young master to drive the car? I have already drawn it for you, so don't talk so much. In fact, you look pretty like this, my lord father."

The prince pulled the carriage out of the temple gate, Liu Wuyan and the prince sat in the carriage, and the prince drove the carriage steadily and slowly on the road.

Zhang Shuo didn't know what happened at home, and he was worried all the way, but after seeing his parents, he was relieved. Wu Ying saw that Zhang Shuo's father didn't look well, Sure enough, Zhang Shuo's sensitive nerves that have not receded noticed the abnormality of his parents. He saw that his mother's eyes were red and swollen, and her body was much thinner than when he left. His father also looked much older. Zhang Shuo looked at them. When he was about to cry, his father sighed. Zhang Shuo looked around and finally realized that he hadn't seen his younger sister, so he asked, "Father, where is my younger sister?"

Zhang Shuo's father sighed again, his mother's tears had flowed out, Zhang Shuo didn't want to think about it, but his father said: "Ke'er, she, she, hey." The father couldn't speak, so he had to sigh again tone.

Zhang Shuo shook his head in disbelief, and said, "What's wrong with Ke'er? What happened? But she's sick, and I'll bring a miracle doctor. Where is Ke'er?"

Wu Ying pulled Zhang Shuo, who was shaking his father, and his father said, "Behind."

Zhang Shuo ran to the backyard, and Wu Ying followed Zhang Shuo to the backyard.

Zhang Shuo saw a dark coffin in the backyard. He walked over and stared at it for a long time, then he turned around suddenly and saw his father standing a few steps away from him. Put it here? What happened to Ke'er?"

The father said in a trembling voice: "Father is incompetent, father can't save her, father is incompetent, father can't do anything except guard that broken book."

At this time, Zhang Shuo's cousin came over, pulled Zhang Shuo aside, and said, "Uncle doesn't want to do this either, you go and rest first, and I will tell you what happened in the evening."

Zhang Shuo said: "Cousin, Ke'er is already like this, just tell me, I'm not in the mood to rest."

The cousin said softly: "My cousin went to Qingshan on the day of the Shangsi Festival. When I came back, I met Li Fei, the uncle of the Li family and the Three Kingdoms. Li Fei saw that his cousin was beautiful, so he wanted to tease him. The cousin didn't want to suffer, so he responded with a few words." , Li Fei left after getting bored, who knows that not long after, his cousin was stopped by Li Fei in the street when he went out to the street. I was angry, but I didn’t make it difficult for my cousin anymore. My uncle was afraid that Li Fei would make trouble, so he locked up my cousin and refused to let her go out. After a few months of silence, my cousin thought it was all right, so she went out to play during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but after going out He didn't come back, and on the second day, people from Li's house said that his cousin had become Li Fei's young wife, and then those people put down a few big boxes and left. Unable to enter the door, my uncle went to the yamen to file a complaint, but no one dared to take care of this matter. When I saw my cousin again, she was already lying here. Half a month ago, Li Fei sent this coffin, saying that my cousin was not Fufu went to Beijing with him and died of illness, but Nian finished copying the Baicaojian before he died, so he sent his cousin's body back."

Zhang Shuo was speechless after hearing this. After a while, he whispered, "It's all my fault. I used to take her out to play during the Shangsi Festival, but I went to the capital this year. I'll leave a month later." gone."

The cousin persuaded: "There are some things, it's useless for you to regret it. What should happen is something you can't hide from. The Li family may have known about Baicao Jian for a long time, so he pestered my cousin."

After Zhang Shuo heard it, he said, "What's the use of that? Why does he think Ke'er can recite it?"

The cousin said: "Maybe he wanted to exchange his cousin with his uncle at first, but he didn't expect the cousin to be able to recite it. Now that the cousin is gone, no one knows what happened. Now the Li family has moved to the capital. There is only one housekeeper left here, they have gone to the capital, it is even more difficult to seek justice for my cousin."

Zhang Shuo turned around to leave after hearing this, but his cousin held him back and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Shuo said: "Going to the capital, we can't let them go if we can't get justice."

The cousin said: "Calm down first, can you fight them alone? Besides, you just let go of these things at home. The cousin's coffin has been here for so long, just waiting for you to come back. Don't you Hurry up and let her rest in peace. Besides, my uncle and aunt have already been hit, and if something happens to you because of impulsiveness, what do you ask them two old people to do?"

Zhang Shuo calmed down immediately after hearing this. He knew that there were many things waiting for him to do. Even if he was going to the capital, he still had to arrange his family affairs.

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