I heard my brother is a tyrant

Brother, do you want me anymore?

Brother, you will never want me, will you?

Xie Dan sighed lightly, feeling very distressed.

He hugged her quietly, stroked the soft hair on the back of her head, and said seriously: "Of course not, brother and An'an will never be separated."

The little girl was still not at ease, and asked: "Then would you like another woman? Would you marry a sister-in-law and get closer to her?"

"No. Brother won't like any other woman." Xie Dan smiled silently, and asked after thinking, "Then An An will like other men, and then want to marry him?"

"No." Ye Chu shook his head firmly, "Brother, you must never marry me. Don't scare me. I don't want to marry. I'm not going anywhere. I want my brother to support me for the rest of my life."

"That's it...then why doesn't An An want to get married?" Xie Dan hugged her, sat up straight from the grass, and met her clear eyes and asked seriously, "The so-called male college should get married, and the female college should get married." Marriage is the law of nature and human relations in the world. Why did An An say she didn't want to marry?"

"Why do you want to marry?" The little girl asked back, "It's terrible to marry into a stranger's house and live in their house for the rest of your life. Maybe you will meet a wicked mother-in-law and a difficult sister-in-law, just like Han Jin'er In that way, she doesn't even know her husband-in-law, who knows if he is a bad person and will bully her?"

Xie Dan felt that it was good for her to think so, and did not intend to correct her at all, and asked, "Did Han Jin'er tell you?"

"Han Jingshu said that she said that Han Jin'er didn't want to marry out of the capital, and she was crying secretly, saying that she hoped that her husband-in-law would get an honor in the exam and bring her back to the capital."

Girls who are only fifteen or sixteen years old will always have some unknown fear of getting married. Mrs. Xuan Pinghou treats her two concubines generously. It seems normal for Han Jin'er not to want to marry out of the capital.

However, Xie Dan was quite satisfied when he heard the little girl's remarks, and was very pleased.

"Yes, what An An said is very reasonable." Xie Dan smiled and said to her, "Brother assures you, I will never marry An An to any man, let alone let anyone bully An An, An An doesn't want to marry, brother I will support you forever."

Why should he hand over his younger sister, who was raised by himself, to another man? No one in this world deserves it.

If you want to marry, you can only marry your brother.She doesn't have to go to a stranger's house, doesn't have to worry about her husband being bad, and doesn't have a difficult sister-in-law or a wicked mother-in-law.

Xie Dan always felt that An An was still young, and the youngest daughter's family might not really understand what he was talking about. She had never experienced the normal life of her parents and family, and he had never taught her what a husband and wife were, or what a man and a woman were.Xie Dan's mind turned, how should he let her understand?

An An's mind is pure and flawless, how could he tell her that her brother has such thoughts for her?

The little girl seemed satisfied and felt at ease.Xie Dan warned: "Then An'an, remember from now on, all the men outside are not good people, let them stay away from you."

Ye Chu agreed deeply, nodding his head in agreement.

Xie Dan lay down again on the grass, Ye Chu sat next to him, he thought the grass was uncomfortable and refused to lie down, Xie Dan stretched out an arm around her, put one hand behind his head, and closed his eyes to enjoy the peace and comfort of this moment.

The sun blocked by the mountain finally climbed up. The strong sunlight shone into the valley and fell on his eyelids, making his eyelids tremble slightly. Ye Chu stretched out his hand to scratch his eyelids.

"Brother, get up, get up." She pushed his eyelids away, Xie Dan grabbed her hand and closed his eyes again, with a smile on his lips: "What are you doing?"

"But what are you doing lying here?" Ye Chu stretched out his hand to pull him, and said coquettishly, "Brother, get up, you said you brought me to play on the mountain, not to sleep on the mountain."

Xie Dan grabbed her troublesome little hand and held it in the palm of her hand, and the little girl changed her other hand to hold his ear, threatening in her mouth: "If you don't get up, if you don't get up, I'm going to play by myself, so I don't want to talk to you." Lying on the grass, there may be bugs biting people."

Xie Dan was pulled to sit up by her, not wanting to move lazily. He looked at the pool at the bottom of the valley and asked again: "An'an, do you want to fish? This pool is near the palace and no one is allowed to come casually. Usually no one catches it. You should There will be big fish."

The little girl was in a better mood now, she seemed to have forgotten what she said just now about "burning the piano and cooking the crane", she stood up and looked at the pool and asked: "The water in the pool is so clear, is there really any fish?"

"Yes, the water is very deep, and the fish are hidden at the bottom of the pool." Xie Dan said, "The water here is cool, and the fish seldom smell of earth, so they should be delicious."

"Then let's catch it, and you ask someone to bring the fishing tackle."

Xie Dan was pulled up by her, and he held her hand and walked carefully down the slope, while laughing and teasing, "Aren't you afraid of burning the qin and boiling the crane?"

"I didn't say to bake it here." Ye Chuli said confidently, "We can take it home and eat it."

The two spent a whole day on the mountain. In the morning, they caught a few fish called "shanxilin" by the locals. This kind of fish only grows in the running water of mountain streams with excellent water quality. It is said to be very delicious. They are called guards in buckets. Send it back first.

Because the little girl said that she couldn't burn the piano and cook the crane, she didn't eat grilled fish for lunch, and she didn't want to grill it even though it was hot.The guards set up tents in the mountains, and they ate some pastries, cooked food and fruits they brought on the mountain. After lunch break, they continued to explore the mountains and picked some wild fruits. They waited to see the sunset on the mountains before going down the mountain. return.

On the way down the mountain, Ye Chu was too tired to move, even though the accompanying guards had prepared a sedan chair with sliding poles, Xie Dan carried her all the way down the mountain and back to the palace.

Xie Dan returned to his room, only to hear someone report that the Empress Dowager was ill.

He asked about the situation, and sent a few imperial physicians to accompany him to visit the sick patient calmly.The Empress Dowager was fine, the imperial doctor said that the heat was too hot and waterlogged, and her heart was stagnant.

There is no solution to this matter.Xie Dan looked at the imperial physician's diagnosis and treatment prescription, and served the decoction with his own hands.

The Empress Dowager said: "Ai's family is getting old, and if they lie down tonight, they may not be able to get up again tomorrow morning. I'm afraid they won't be alive for a few days."

Xie Dan said: "Grandmother don't say these things are unlucky, the weather is hot, just a little ailment. You are in good health, and you will surely live a long and boundless life."

The empress dowager snorted, who can live forever.

Chu Congchan bowed his head and said, "The Empress Dowager has been ill for a whole day, and she has sent people to report to Qingliang Palace several times, but Eunuch Chen keeps saying that His Majesty is not here, that His Majesty went out with some armored generals."

"It's my fault, Grandmother forgive me." Xie Dan said in a low voice, "I thought about how hard it is to be free today, so I went for a walk on the mountain, but I didn't know that Grandmother was ill. It's because I'm not filial."

The Empress Dowager only waved her hands, her eyes were slightly closed as if she didn't want to speak, Xie Dan asked the imperial physician to make a good diagnosis and treatment, and ordered Concubine Shu and Concubine Wei to serve the illness wholeheartedly.After tossing for more than an hour, he came out of Funing Hall.

As soon as Xie Dan left, the Empress Dowager sent away all the idlers, leaving only Chu Congchan and her confidant nanny by her side.

The Empress Dowager asked the nanny: "Is this matter confirmed?"

The mother said: "It should not be wrong. Someone from the Qingliang Hall saw it with their own eyes."

Chu Congchan said bitterly: "Grandmother, I told you a long time ago, but you still don't believe me. The emperor is becoming more and more unscrupulous now. He used to keep people outside, but now he has brought people to the palace in a grand manner. I don't know what it is." Come on, how decent it is!"

The Empress Dowager lay on the pillow and said slowly: "Don't worry about her background, who in the harem lives on a little favor, the emperor likes her, that's enough. The emperor has been on the throne for two or three years, His wings have hardened a long time ago, what do you think he has to fear now?"

"Then let them do it?" Chu Congchan said angrily, "No wonder His Majesty doesn't step into the harem. With this woman around every day, what else can others do? Auntie, this person can't Not removed."

"Exorcism?" The Empress Dowager glanced at her as if she had heard some joke, and scolded coldly, "How capable do you think you are? The emperor dares to bring people to the palace now, that means he has enough confidence to protect her , otherwise he has been hiding for so long and you haven't found out any news. He doesn't even pay attention to Aijia now, so he is afraid that you will fail? Aijia can warn you, you must not act rashly, as long as you dare Reach out, don't know how to die."

The empress dowager was still puzzled after she had been counting for a long time, pointing at Chu Congchan and scolding: "It's not that you are useless, the Ai family still counts on you, isn't the emperor a man too, you are his concubine, even Even a man can't be coaxed, what use is Aijia wanting you!"

Chu Congchan was so scolded that she didn't dare to look up, she shed tears quietly full of grievances.

"The Empress Dowager, calm down." The nurse next to her persuaded, "The Empress Dowager, you are still sick, so don't get angry anymore, it's important to take care of yourself first."

The Empress Dowager sighed, and asked for a while, "What do you think?"

The nanny bowed and said, "I feel that for the present, you can't fight with the emperor, and you can only praise her. It's better for you to put someone in the harem and give her a higher status than the old one." It is strong to keep the girl in front of the emperor every day. The emperor kept the girl outside, it must be because of her background, if you make the decision, the girl's identity is better than Minglu, the emperor should be willing."

"That's all it takes."

The Empress Dowager sighed, and said, "He is the grandson of the Ai family. If I had known this, the Ai family should not have allowed him to be on the throne in the first place. It would be more filial and obedient to adopt one from the clan."

Mammy bowed her head in silence.There was no choice back then, the country was already in the hands of the emperor, he held a heavy army, occupied the border town and would not return, there were only two ways before the empress dowager and all the old ministers of the family: either bow their heads and become a minister, and return his status, just and honest If the light allows him to ascend the throne, the capital can still transition safely; or wait until he sends his troops into the capital, blood will flow like a river, and wait until he slaughters all the clan and old officials, all of them are killed, and he himself ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor.

Where can I choose.

***

In Yuqianzhai, Ye Chu was really tired after playing all day, obviously Xie Dan carried him all the way into the room, he collapsed on the beauty couch, crying weakly that his feet were sore.

A bunch of maids were both funny and distressed, and hurriedly washed and tidied her up.After Ye Chu took a bath, he climbed into bed with wet hair, and went to bed without eating dinner.

While letting her sleep, the maids gently spread her wet hair and fanned it to dry with a small fan.

Ye Hui and Ye Ling followed on the mountain for a day. The martial arts practitioners are strong, and they seemed to be fine. Ye Hui was still concerned about the few fish that were sent back.

Ye Hui called a little maid: "Bingtang, go to the kitchen and tell me to keep that fish well. The water should be cooler than usual, so don't let it die. Let the girl eat it tomorrow."

No matter where the girl can eat, she can't miss her mouthful after all.

Ye Ling smiled helplessly: "You foodie, why don't you want to order anything else."

With a sour plum in his mouth, Ye Hui said solemnly: "You don't understand, the mountain scales are not found everywhere, and the fish are rare. They grow in the mountain streams and rock ponds. There is little food and the water is still cold. I don't know." How many years will it take to grow so big, especially delicious, it would be a pity to die."

Ye Ling shook her head helplessly, and convinced her.She just sat down when the little maid said that Butler Chang was looking for her outside, so Ye Ling got up and went out.

Chang Shun heard that the girl had already fallen asleep, so he said: "Mrs. Han is outside, she said today is the girl's birthday, so she wanted to come and see her."

"Where is Mrs. Han?"

"We're waiting at the palace gate. Our side is the imperial court, and the palace gate didn't dare to let her in. She came to ask during the day, and the servant told her to come later because the girl had gone up the mountain."

Ye Ling thought for a while, and then said: "The girl has already fallen asleep. It's weird to be tired all day. It's really hard to wake her up again, but Mrs. Han is no better than others. Let's go and report to the master. I'll go to entertain Mrs. Han first."

Ye Ling picked Ye Yu into the palace and walked with her all the way in. This was Ye Yu's first time entering the palace, and she was worried that she would not see anyone, but Ye Ling came to greet her in person outside the palace.

Ye Ling told her that Ye Chu had been playing on the mountain all day and was so tired that he just fell asleep.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yu said: "Oh, don't call her that, she is young and weak, let her sleep, I just prepared a birthday gift for her, you can give it to her for me."

Ye Ling hurriedly said: "Mrs. Han, the servants will accompany the girl to play with Miss Han some other day. Today is really a coincidence. If you don't let the girl wake up, the servants will stop calling. When your majesty hears that you are coming, let's go." Said to entertain you on behalf of the girl."

Ye Yu couldn't help being flattered, and followed Ye Ling all the way to Yuqianzhai.Xie Dan just came back from the Empress Dowager's Palace, and met her in the front hall.

Ye Yu took out a red lacquer and mother-of-pearl carved box and said: "It's so late that women shouldn't bother me, just thinking about the girl's 15th birthday, but my aunt celebrated her birthday for the first time. This thing was given to me by my elder sister The dowry gift, the woman wants to give it to the girl as a thought."

The waiter took the box, opened it and presented it to them. Inside was a pair of suet white jade bracelets. Xie Dan nodded and said, "I accept it on behalf of An'an. Thank you Mrs. Han. I will hand it over to her tomorrow and ask her to take it well." I will tell her the origin of this bracelet in the future."

Although she didn't see Ye Chu, Ye Yu left the palace full of gratification. The next day, she set off to return to the capital to prepare for Han Jin'er's marriage. Only Mrs. Xuan Pinghou and Han Jingshu were left in the other courtyard of the Han family to escape the summer heat.

Han Jingshu couldn't rest all day long, she was full of energy and went wild everywhere, and after Ye Chu went up the mountain from Duanyang, she didn't know whether she was really tired or lazy due to the heat, so she stayed in the palace for several days without going out.

On the tenth day of the Great Court Meeting, Xie Dan summoned all the officials in the Qingliang Hall early in the morning. As usual, Ye Chu hadn’t gotten up yet. Suddenly, an unexpected visitor came to Yuqianzhai. An old eunuch with a whisk came to Yuqianzhai, claiming to be Funing Hall The eunuch in charge, arrogantly declared that the empress dowager had summoned him.

However, Yuqianzhai was brought over by Ye Zhai, few of them were familiar with the palace.If the emperor has something to say, Chen Lianjiang in front of the imperial court is not allowed to disturb them, let alone the people in the palace of the empress dowager.

Ye Ling asked: "This father-in-law, who is the empress dowager going to summon?"

"The empress dowager said to summon the girl who lives in Yuqianzhai."

Ye Ling said: "You don't even know our girl's last name, and you even said that the Empress Dowager summoned her. Who knows if what you said is true or not?"

While she was talking, a servant quietly left to fetch reinforcements, Ye Ling gave Chunjiang a wink, Chunjiang turned and went in.

The people around the old eunuch said: "Bold, this is Eunuch Liu from the Empress Dowager's Palace. Who in the palace doesn't know him? The Empress Dowager summoned you, quickly call your master out."

Ye Ling asked: "Since the Empress Dowager summoned me, is there any order?"

Eunuch Liu said: "With the orders of the Empress Dowager, you dare to ask for Yi's decree?"

Ye Ling said: "There is no Yizhi, and there is no evidence to say it. This father-in-law, it is a serious crime to falsely pass on the Yizhi. Just by opening your mouth, how do we know who you are? If you are a wicked liar with evil intentions, we will Follow you too?"

"Bold! You..." The old eunuch pointed to the maidservants blocking the entrance of Yuqian Zhai, and said angrily, "You don't even know our family, and you dare to hang out in this palace, and you don't ask about it. Our family has been with the Empress Dowager for decades, and no one in this palace dares to disrespect our family!"

Ye Ling said with a smile: "Slaves are blind, I really don't know."

The old eunuch said: "No wonder you are so unruly. The people outside the palace really haven't been trained|taught and don't know the rules. The empress dowager ordered our family to come. How dare you neglect and wait for punishment later. The empress dowager summoned her, That's her blessing, tell her to come with our family quickly, don't delay the matter of the Empress Dowager, otherwise the Empress Dowager will blame her, can you bear it?"

Ye Ling smiled and said: "We can't afford it, you can take care of it yourself. We don't have the person you are looking for here, father-in-law, please do it yourself."

The old eunuch was very angry, seeing that they were all maidservants, he called the four eunuchs behind him and said: "You guys, teach them the rules and give me a slap."

"Who does Eunuch Liu want to teach?" Following the sound, Chang Shun rushed over after hearing the news, walked over and said, "Eunuch Liu, this servant reminds you, this is the place before the imperial court, have you crossed the line? ?”

"Which palace are you from?" Eunuch Liu asked.

"The little one is here for Yuqianzhai." Chang Shun said, "Eunuch Liu, I would like to advise you, this is the place in front of the emperor, not your Funing Palace, let alone any other place. Your Majesty told us to serve the good girl." , without His Majesty's words, even if he comes, I will not be able to invite our girl."

"It's the other way around, you guys are going to rebel, go ask your master if he understands the truth, the empress dowager is your majesty's own grandmother, even if your majesty comes down, you have to listen to the empress dowager. Which small sect did the master come from? Sure enough, her status is low and uneducated, and she can't get on the stage. It is her blessing that the empress dowager lifts her up, and she dares to disobey Yi's order?"

The old eunuch pointed to the four people behind him, "You guys, teach them the rules."

An eunuch rushed over and slapped Ye Ling. Ye Ling frowned and raised his hand, and firmly held the eunuch's wrist.

The old eunuch's face really changed now, he took a step back, and the remaining three people he brought stepped forward to block in front of the old eunuch, just about to say a few more bluffs, when Ye Hui rushed up unexpectedly.

No one even saw Ye Hui's figure clearly, Ye Hui bullied him without saying a word, and kicked the old eunuch out with one kick.

In fact, everyone in the palace knows these ways. Eunuch Liu is not stupid after having been immersed in the harem for decades. It’s just that everyone is their own master. That's all, so it was nothing more than a quarrel.

Who knew that Ye Hui would suddenly pop out, such an indiscriminate and indiscriminate person, she would just go straight to her feet without saying a word.

Ye Hui didn't have so many twists and turns, and heard the old eunuch disrespectful to the girl, he kicked up, then hooked his knees and pushed it, the old eunuch didn't allow the old eunuch to scream, and held the old eunuch's neck in the blink of an eye He leaned firmly on the ground, clutching the old eunuch's throat and said: "Slow down, don't yell and disturb our girl to sleep, our girl hasn't woken up yet."

The old eunuch didn't expect such an accident, his neck was tightly buckled, and his face was purple.I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the old eunuch saw a little coldness slipping down from Ye Hui's sleeve, like a sleeve arrow, if he moved forward an inch, his old life would be over.

Ye Hui knew her temperament, and Ye Ling was afraid that she would really kill someone in Yuqianzhai, and if she really killed someone, it would be difficult to deal with it, in case she frightened the girl again.

"Ye Hui!" Ye Ling called out.

Ye Hui clasped the old eunuch's neck and shoved, then relaxed a bit, and said, "Did you hear that? Get out of here."

The people brought by the old eunuch were also stunned. The rules in the palace were strict and the ranks were clearly defined. Everyone was bluffing in front of their faces. How could they have seen such a way? They reacted and quickly helped the old eunuch.

The old eunuch managed to catch his breath, clutched his neck and panted heavily, and asked, "You... who are you? You dare to disrespect the Empress Dowager, our family was called by the Empress Dowager, even our Do you dare to move at home?"

Ye Hui said: "I don't care who you are, it's useless for you to tell me these things. I'm a girl's man, and I only listen to girls and protect girls. The emperor scolded me for being naive, as long as it's in the way of girls, I dare not listen to the emperor's words."

The old eunuch was helped up by his subordinates to leave, but he did not forget to say a cruel sentence: "You... you wait for me!"

Ye Hui said: "Wait and wait, next time you dare to disrespect the girl, I will kill you."