I was a princess in ancient times

"Duke, madam, there is a letter from Mrs. Sanfang's natal family."

The butler's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

The faces of the British father-in-law and his wife who had just calmed down were condensed again, and their eyes were fixed on the door.

The housekeeper bit the bullet and handed out the envelope, cold sweat silently running down the corner of his forehead.

He had long ago discovered that if the natal family of Mrs. Sanfang sent letters, if the confidants of Patriarch Zheng were not left to answer the Duke and his wife, the Duke and his wife would be unhappy.

However, the housekeeper didn't keep his mouth shut.

Patriarch Zheng's confidant seemed to be pressed against the neck by a blade, and would rather tear himself apart with the housekeeper than leave immediately.The next time I come to the British government to deliver a letter, I will be able to call the housekeeper a brother and brother as if nothing happened.

Over time, the housekeeper has understood that when Patriarch Zheng's confidant sends a letter but refuses to answer, the letter has nothing to do with Patriarch Zheng in all likelihood.

Although Mrs. Zheng was willing to pass on the letter, she regarded this matter as troublesome and refused to contaminate more.

The more he thought about it, the more suffocated the housekeeper felt.

He bowed his head deeply, for fear of accidentally catching a glimpse of a few words on the letter paper and falling into an unknown abyss.

The British Duke's fingers carefully stroked the inconspicuous depressions of the wax paint, and the boredom in his eyes became more and more intense.

Three years ago, Duke Ying, Taishi Cui and other patriarchs "had to" fade out of the court to avoid the unscrupulous persecution of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the remnants of the previous dynasty actually supported the old Rouran to become the new khan of the grassland, and took advantage of the opportunity to become the righteous king of the grassland.

King Ming once again used the evidence that the family had betrayed the Yu Dynasty to force the family to assassinate Emperor Changping or disrupt the Yu Dynasty.

If the family cannot prove that they are still loyal to King Ming, King Ming will reveal the evidence that the family has betrayed the Yu Dynasty to Emperor Changping.

At that time, it had been two years since the last compromise with the remnants of the previous dynasty.

The new tax law gradually spread throughout the Yu Dynasty, the great victory in Beijiang took back the land lost during the Yanguang Dynasty, and Emperor Changping's reputation among the people successively surpassed that of his father and ancestors, even comparable to the founding empress.

Accept the threat of the remnants of the previous dynasty, and become an enemy of the more terrifying Emperor Changping than two years ago.

Even with the help of the right time and place, the Fifth Highness, who successfully assassinated Emperor Changping, implemented the new tax and restored the manhood under the witness of the courtiers, can stabilize the situation, and will not give the remnants of the previous dynasty and the old and new Rouran the opportunity to enter.

What will the family do then?

run?I'm afraid that as soon as there is a change, they will be torn apart by the angry Fifth Highness and the eldest princess. Even the courtiers who have different intentions will not let go of those who dare to murder Emperor Changping.

don't run?Even if they were lucky enough to escape many investigations and not be caught, the aristocratic family cannot guarantee that the remnants of the previous dynasty will not continue to persecute them.

As long as the remnants of the previous dynasty still exist and the Yu Dynasty does not decline, the aristocratic family will always be threatened by the remnants of the previous dynasty because they betrayed the Yu Dynasty.

Ying Gong met Cui Taishi and others several times, and finally made the same choice as three years ago.

Continue to procrastinate.

Take the initiative to give up some of the hole cards that have been in business for many years in exchange for breathing time.

Take advantage of the trend to push the Yu family to take the blame, and then show kindness to those who have not been implicated in the Yu family, so that they will not have to devote their energy to prevent the Yu family from backstabbing when they are struggling between Emperor Changping and the remnants of the previous dynasty.

It just so happened that the imperial mausoleum had an auspicious scene, and news of Emperor Jianxing's apparition reached Chang'an, and the aristocratic family reluctantly planned an "assassination" in an attempt to prove to the rest of the world that they were still willing to abide by the agreement made by their ancestors and King Ming.

However, they never expected that there would be irreversible mistakes in the plan at the most critical point.So much so that the loss of the family far exceeded expectations, and it may even be unbearable.

Among the 35 assassins, nine knew more information than the others, and they must not be allowed to confess.

The aristocratic family first took advantage of the convenience of the small officials of the Ministry of Punishment to imprison the nine people in the same place, and then found the most suitable person to poison them.

It's a pity that Ji Jingyu was too diligent in judging the case, and would rather delay the meal time to interrogate the assassin, resulting in the poison that could kill nine people, only poisoned eight people in the end.

But it doesn't matter, the aristocratic family still has a plan.

These nine people have taken the moon eclipse poison in advance.

Just give the fish that slipped through the net one more dose of moon erosion poison, and it will make him unable to speak again.

It's a pity that the family miscalculated again.

Not only did the fish that slipped through the net not be poisoned to death by Ji Cheng, who was ashamed and angry as the news from the Ministry of Punishment official, but also survived the poison of the lunar eclipse inexplicably.

Everything that happened after that was completely out of the family's control.

Originally, the aristocratic family just wanted to sacrifice some small fish to appease the remnants of the previous dynasty, but now the entire fish pond has been paid for it.Over the years, all the operations in Habayashiwei, Qianniuwei and Beijing Suburb Daying have been uprooted.

The most uncomfortable thing for the aristocratic family is that not only did they not dare to take any action to struggle, but even in order to clear the relationship, they had to take advantage of the confidants in the two guards and one battalion before they could react, and act first.

It wasn't until the courtiers caused a turmoil in the court because of the petty official's family that the aristocratic family realized that there are more uncomfortable things than years of hard work in vain.

The time and effort they put into the small official family far exceeded the two guards and one battalion.There are too many confidantes to deal with, and if you are not careful, you will be backlashed, so that you can't start.

The British government and others can only hope that the court will show mercy to the small official family, just replace them, don't kill them all, forcing the small official family to jump over the wall and drag out the family.

In addition to being overwhelmed by successive "accidents", the aristocratic family hates the remnants of the previous dynasty even more than ever.

If there was no persecution from the remnants of the previous dynasty, why would they face such a predicament?

The British Duchess waved away the servants in the room and asked, "What do they think?"

"It is said that the grassland is bitter and cold, and even the weapons are more likely to rust than the Central Plains, so let us send some weapons." The British Duke sneered, holding up the letter paper to the British Duke and Madam.

Since the sixth year of Changping, when Yu Heng and Ji Jingyu dug up a large amount of gold, silver and jewels in the deep mountains of northern Xinjiang, the control of foreign merchants in northern Xinjiang has become stricter day by day.

Even if there is only half a catty of bean and two roots of ginseng, if you want to leave the North Great Wall, you must have a seal from the county government office to prove your origin.

The Duke and Duchess of England closed their eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly smiled, "Ming Wang is short of someone."

Although the control of food, medicinal materials and weapons by the northern border city defense is heinously strict, they will only interrogate the goods of the caravan, and will not interrogate the weapons and emergency herbs carried by the caravan guards.

If the aristocratic family wants to meet King Ming's request, they can only find a suitable reason to send a caravan to northern Xinjiang.

Serenity appeared in the British Duke's eyes, and he said in a gentle voice, "I think we are not the only ones who have received such letters. Tomorrow, I will invite Brother Cui and Brother Zheng to come to the mansion for a gathering, and carefully select the person who will send the weapons."

The situation outside the North Great Wall is complicated. There are both the old and new Rouran who look down on each other and have more and more conflicts, the Turks who have genocide hatred for the old and new Rouran, and the Mohe tribe who are unwilling to bow their heads to the Yu Dynasty are also silent. Moved west to the territory that originally belonged to the Turks.

If the remnants of the previous dynasty made mistakes and were exterminated overnight...the aristocratic family would no longer have to be restricted everywhere.

"Don't worry, we, cough, cough, cough!"

Before the British lady could finish her words, she suddenly grabbed the British Duke's hand, coughing uncontrollably.

Seeing this, the British Duke quickly embraced the British Duke and Duchess in his arms, his eyes full of pity, "In half a day, the century-old snow lotus that Da Lang found will be delivered to you, just bear with it."

Although the century-old exotic snow lotus has been unable to heal the British Duchess, at least it can last at least five years for the British Duchess who has already run out of fuel.

The British Duchess nodded exhaustedly, and tears rolled down the corners of her eyes silently.

She is not reconciled.

She still has so many things she wants to do, but she didn't have time to do them, and she didn't grow old with the British father-in-law. How could she fall down so easily?

Yu Heng didn't look back at Qi Baizhi and Qi Shisan, and went straight to the sixth room.

The majesty between his brows was too heavy, the servant who originally wanted to guide him did not dare to approach, and followed five steps away.

After a long while, Yu Heng stopped at a place where he could see unfamiliar scenery.

He seems to be...lost.

Since Qi Boxuan returned to Chang'an, every time he met with Qi Boxuan, he was either outside the British government's residence, or in the main courtyard of the British prince and his wife.

The last time I went back to Liufang was ten years ago, before the death of the late emperor.

The servants around knew nothing about Yu Heng's thoughts, and they didn't dare to interrupt Yu Heng's deep thinking rashly. They all stopped in the distance, and they didn't even dare to secretly look at Yu Heng's face.

Yu Heng looked around, walked towards the lush peach tree along the path, broke off two lush peach blossoms, and said to the servant as if nothing had happened, "Send it to Aye."

The servant was stunned for a while, then took the peach blossoms and went to the main room of the sixth courtyard.

Liu Lang doesn't like peach blossoms, but Mrs. Li likes peach blossoms.

Yu Heng silently remembered the direction in which the servant left, picked two peach blossoms that bloomed better, and then turned back along the way.

Passing through the corridor, the smell of spicy mixed with wine suddenly became obvious.

Yu Heng didn't need to observe carefully any more, and easily followed the aroma of the wine to find Qi Baixuan who was lazily leaning against the limp.

"Aye." He handed the peach branches he broke off casually to Qi Baixuan, "I saw that the peach blossoms in the yard were blooming just right, so I specially broke two branches for Aye."

Qi Boxuan raised his drunken eyes to stare at Yu Heng, and asked slowly, "Who are you?"

Yu Heng handed the peach branch to the servant, and replied patiently, "I am Yu Heng."

"Yu Heng?" The ignorance in Qi Boxuan's eyes deepened, as if he didn't remember such a person at all.

The servant who was guarding Qi Baixuan quickly bent down and pressed it against Qi Baixuan's ear to remind him, "It's Feng Lang."

Qi Boxuan suddenly realized, and looked at Yu Heng carefully.

Phoenix eyes, black hair, and thin lips, just like Yu Yu.

Yu Heng didn't want to reason with the drunk, so he naturally turned his attention to the steaming pot.

It's a mandarin duck pot, but it's a pity that both sides are red.

It can be seen that the people who eat the pot are greedy, dipping in the east and rinsing in the west.

"Don't eat." Qi Boxuan took away the bowls and chopsticks in front of Yu Heng, lost strength halfway, and immediately buckled the teacup that he mistaken for a bowl towards Yu Heng.

Seeing this, the servant who was always by Qi Boxuan's side hurriedly took out a clean handkerchief and wiped Yu Heng's front which was wet with tea, "Please calm down, Liu Lang is drunk. He didn't mean to make you unhappy. He has been coughing very badly recently. I'm afraid there will be tuberculosis, and we have long been forbidden to pick up his leftovers."

Yu Heng raised his eyelids to look at the servant who was about his age, and suddenly felt a little familiar.

Phoenix eyes, thin lips, black hair...

"What's your name?" he asked casually.

Hesitation appeared between the servant's brows, and he looked back at Qi Boxuan before whispering, "My name is Chu Qingjiu."

The drunk and ignorant Qi Boxuan suddenly laughed, "Qianqian! Come pour me some wine!"

Yu Heng looked down at the hand that was grasping Chu Qingjiu's belt, and slowly raised his eyebrows, "Chu, Qing, Jiu?"

"Qianqian? Who are you talking to, come and pour the wine!" Qi Boxuan lost all patience, and his tone suddenly became serious, "Otherwise, get out of the British government, far away!"

Chu Qingjiu grabbed her belt tightly, wishing she could curl up into a ball under Yu Heng's gaze.

His real name was Chu Qingjiu, which was the name Qi Boxuan personally chose for him.

Of course, Qianqian was also the name Qi Boxuan chose for him.

Although I don't know why Liu Lang gave him such a nickname after giving him a big name with all his heart, but he has been with Qi Baixuan since he was five years old, and he has never seen Liu Lang contaminate a man, and it is impossible for him to have anything extra thoughts.

Calling him over is really just pouring wine!

Chu Qingjiu didn't know how to explain it, so she just gave up.He went straight back to Qi Boxuan, and coaxed, "Don't you want to see the county king? The county king has already arrived, sober yourself up so you can talk to the county king."

Qi Boxuan raised the corner of his mouth, "I don't want to see him, wine is more important than him."

Yu Heng withdrew his gaze from Chu Qingjiu.

He didn't want to delve into Qi Baixuan's romantic debts, otherwise Qi Baixuan's nine sons and nine daughters in the south of the Yangtze River would waste a lot of his time.

"Go get him a drink."

Yu Heng just wanted to coax Qi Boxuan well, and convince Qi Boxuan and the British government that he would be obedient to Qi Boxuan.

"Prince of the county!" Chu Qingjiu's face showed unbearable, and the speed of speech suddenly accelerated, "Liulang can't drink anymore, he kept vomiting blood last night and refused to call the imperial doctor, I'm afraid..."

"Qianqian, go get two cups of tea."

The drunkenness on Qi Boxuan's body suddenly disappeared.

Not only is the confusion in his eyes clear, but there is even a romantic charm between his brows as in the portrait of the most beautiful man in Chang'an. It looks like two completely different people from a moment ago.

Chu Qingjiu froze in place, "Liulang?"

Qi Boxuan smiled, and the corners of his eyes, which were already full of fine folds, unexpectedly revealed a barely visible kindness, "Go, three cups of tea, I won't drive you away."

Chu Qingjiu turned around immediately, and ran out of the door in a rampage.

Yu Heng stared down at the drops of water on the back of his hand.

It was the person who didn't know whether his name was Chu Qingjiu or Qianqian, and who might not even be a servant, shed tears.

He doesn't understand, and doesn't want to understand.

Qi Boxuan put the remaining meat rolls on the plate into the pot, and picked up the jug to try to pour the wine.

It's a pity that he only hid half a pot of wine, and he drank it up long ago.

He shook his head, and finally looked up at Yu Heng, "What do you want to ask?"

Yu Heng wiped off the water droplets on the back of his hand with the handkerchief that Chu Qingjiu left behind, and the question was not answered, "I have been busy with His Majesty's instructions recently, so I didn't take the time to say hello to Aye."

People in the British government said that Qi Boxuan missed him, so he came to the British government.

It's not that he has something to ask.

It was Qi Boxuan who wanted to tell him something.

Qi Boxuan shook his head again, "You're not like Yu Yu, you're like the Princess of Qin, you won't suffer at all."

Yu Heng silently picked up the chopsticks, and scooped up the cooked delicious food for Qi Baixuan.

For a while, there was only the sound of soup boiling in the house.

Qi Boxuan looked at Yu Heng for a while, and then spoke without warning.

"Qianqian is right, I am dying."

The pieces of meat hanging in the air fell back into the red soup, and the unique smell of mutton splashed on Yu Heng's cuffs.

"I thought I would leave quietly last night." Qi Baixuan seemed to be telling someone else's story, his tone was full of indifference, "I didn't expect God to treat me well, and there is even a good thing about returning to the light."

"The person just now was called Chu Qingjiu. When I was in Jiangnan, I already gave him his citizenship, but he insisted on going back to Chang'an with me and seeing me off for the last time."

"After I died, you gave me a casual order to protect him and keep the property under his name. In exchange, no matter what you ask, I will tell the truth."

Qi Boxuan smiled, "This is called dying, and his words are good."

Yu Heng frowned, and attributed the indescribable complexity in his heart to the fact that Qi Boxuan should not have died at this time in his plan with Ji Xinxue.

He got up and walked to the door, "I'll send someone to fetch the imperial doctor."

"Fenglang" Qi Boxuan called to stop Yu Heng, "Even the imperial doctor can't save the damned person."

"If Aye and Aniang come here, I won't answer your questions." Qi Boxuan smiled inscrutablely, and said, "After all, I'm a filial son, so I can't disobey my parents."

Chu Qingjiu left and returned, her black eye sockets turned pink.

He looked at Yu Heng with pleading eyes, "Your Majesty, you can talk to Liu Lang, next time... I don't know, when will I be able to..."

Even though he tried his best to hold back, he still couldn't hold back his sobs.

Yu Heng withdrew his gaze towards the sky, and returned to Qi Boxuan's side like a gust of wind, staring fixedly at Qi Boxuan's side face.

Qi Baixuan slowly swallowed the pot in his mouth, and ordered Chu Qingjiu to close the doors and windows.

After a while, Qi Boxuan was full again, but Yu Heng never spoke.

He turned his head and looked at Yu Heng, his eyes were full of indifference, he didn't know whether it was comforting or sarcasm, and said, "You just treat yourself as a distant relative who has not been in touch for nearly ten years. After you regain contact, you don't have to be sad about it." .”

Yu Heng still didn't speak.

Helplessness appeared in Qi Boxuan's eyes, and he reminded, "I'm already full, and I'm waiting for Lord Yan's call at any time. If you don't ask now, you will only regret it in the future."

"Did you really like Aunt back then?" Yu Heng asked.

Qi Boxuan was stunned, feeling mostly disappointed in his heart.

However, he has already promised to answer every question, and Qi Boxuan does not want to go back on his word before he dies.

He looked at Chu Qingjiu who was crying silently while holding the teacup, and said with a smile, "I liked it."

Yu Heng silently let go of the unknowingly clenched hands under his wide sleeves.

Like, pass.

It is both reasonable and expected.

He didn't want to probe into his parents' feelings anymore, and tried his best to hold back the idea of ​​continuing to ask, and asked hoarsely, "Does the death of my grandmother have anything to do with the British government?"

Hearing this, Qi Boxuan immediately let go of the concerns raised about the last question.

Feng Lang is not like Yu Yu, how can he be so indulged in love and forget about business?

In this way, at least he doesn't have to worry that Feng Lang will lose his life because of his entanglement with His Highness Fifth.

Yu Heng still does not know whether the death of Princess Qin is related to the British government.But he already knew that the person who did it was the Jin Wuwei.

This is what Yu Heng learned when he went to the Jinwu Guard to check the top-secret files with the permission of Emperor Changping.

Although he already believed that Qi Boxuan was in the state of returning to life, Yu Heng still couldn't dispel his doubts about Qi Boxuan.

In case Qi Boxuan was tempting him for the British government, he believed it to be true, and the questions he asked might reveal how much he knew about the aristocratic family and the remnants of the previous dynasty so far.

Qi Boxuan took a sip of tea, leaned back lazily, "This matter is a bit complicated."

Princess Qin suspects that the British government has evil intentions, and spends a lot of manpower and material resources investigating the British government.

As a person whose own problems cannot withstand scrutiny, the British public is not tired of this.Besides, the Duke of England asked Qi Boxuan to marry Yu Yu because he wanted to control the wealth and land of Princess Anguo's mansion.

Obviously, as long as there is the princess of Qin, the British Duke will not be able to achieve his goal.

Therefore, the British Duke became murderous towards Princess Qin.

He first disclosed Chu Mo's news to Princess Qin quietly, which caused Princess Qin to find out about the Bai family, and then revealed what Princess Qin had done to Emperor Yanguang.

Emperor Yanguang ordered the Jinwu Guard to deal with Princess Qin without hesitation, just as the Duke of England had expected.

"I can't produce any evidence." Qi Boxuan coughed twice, and said perfunctorily, "If you don't believe me, just listen to a story."

Yu Heng believed it.

Qi Boxuan not only fully stated Chu Mo's encounters in the south of the Yangtze River and the existence of the remnants of the previous dynasty, but also the conclusions were consistent with the top secret files in the Jinwuwei Yamen, and also involved the British Duke.

Indeed, as he promised, he knew everything and said everything.

Yu Heng didn't comment on the answer to the first question, and asked the second question directly, "Is Mrs. Zheng the 'Princess'?"

"Princess?" Qi Boxuan tilted his head lost in thought, and smiled, "That's a good title."

"I don't know if she has the blood of the previous royal family, but King Ming, who is far north of the Great Wall, has confidence that she will never betray the Zeng family."

"Apart from the nails in the Two Guards and One Battalion and the family of petty officials, is there any other recruits for the aristocratic family?"

"How would I know?" Qi Boxuan couldn't help laughing, "I'm just a useless person. Could it be that His Majesty will tell Princess Jinming and Princess Jichang the most important things?"

"Has the Yu family ever betrayed the Yu Dynasty?"

"What counts as betraying the Yu Dynasty? Knowing about the transaction between the family and King Ming but keeping silent? Or sharing all kinds of information collected by the caravan with the Bai family? Or mining iron ore privately, smelting weapons, and selling them to the Bai family at a low price ?”

……

When the setting sun was about to sink into the horizon, Qi Boxuan vomited blood violently and fell unconscious.

"Liulang!" Chu Qingjiu rushed to Qi Baixuan's side, at a loss, not knowing what to do, and looked blankly at Yu Heng who didn't know when he was standing behind him, "Jun Wang?"

The light in the room was too dark, so he couldn't see Yu Heng's expression clearly, and he could only vaguely feel that his bright eyes were locked on Qi Boxuan's face.

Chu Qingjiu didn't even know whether he should ask Yu Heng to save Qi Boxuan at this time, or whether he should ask Yu Heng to collect Qi Boxuan's body himself.

For those who have long wanted to leave, is it cruel to force them to stay?

Yu Heng closed his eyes amidst the gradually unbridled crying, turned around suddenly, and strode towards the door.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ji Xinxue, who received the news, hurried over with the imperial physician and imperial physician.

The medicinal materials in the palace and the medicinal materials of Princess Anguo were sent to the British government like flowing water, such as Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu, Qinghe County Prince's Mansion, Xinyang County Prince's Mansion, etc. People who heard the news also sent people to send precious medicinal materials that can save their lives .

However, from Shenshi the day before yesterday to Chenshi the next day, Qi Baixuan was still awake, and his breathing became weaker and weaker.

Yu Heng only stayed in the house for half a quarter of an hour before he became bloody.

In an unnoticed corner, the condition of the British princess suddenly worsened.

In the past few hours, the British Duke's sideburns have obviously become grayer than before.

He said to Yu Heng in a hoarse voice, "Your grandmother's side is also not very good, it may happen at any time... you go and see?"

Yu Heng shook his head, and ordered Qingzhu to ask the imperial physician to treat the British princess, and said in a low voice, "I want to guard Aye."

The British Duke nodded, stood there for a while, and then turned and left quietly.