emperor of a dynasty

After explaining the matter about Du Weijun, Murong Xun was relieved a lot, and the rest was Yan Wuwei's business. Regarding Yan Wuwei's style of handling things, Murong Xun was always at ease, so there was nothing wrong with it. She went back to the bedroom, had lunch, and then took a good nap. It wasn't that she was relieved, but she knew that the next few days were the most critical time.

General's House

As Gong Shuji's only son-in-law, Gong Shucheng suddenly died, and the General's Mansion was thrown into chaos. In addition, Gong Shuji didn't get any good fruit from Murong Xun in the court today, and he was very angry when he came back. As soon as the fire was fired, everyone in the general's mansion tensed up, for fear that Gong Shuji, who lost his son at this time, would implicate his anger on himself. Everyone was in danger, except for Gong Shucheng's first wife Xue Xiaojie. outside.

When Xue Xiaojie heard the news that Uncle Cheng was killed, Xue Xiaojie still couldn't believe it, "It's true, ma'am, the son was killed by Gu Ming in the workshop!" The maid said to Xue Xiaojie like this It's time. Xue Xiaojie's first reaction is, if her husband, Uncle Cheng, is dead, will she be freed?

Probably seeing what Xue Xiaojie was thinking, Caiyun, the servant girl who had served her since she was a child, persuaded her in a low voice, "Little...Young Madam, this servant knows what you are thinking, but the more you are at this time, the more you have to hold your breath. .”

Xue Xiaojie sat on the dressing table and looked at herself in mourning clothes, without saying a word, Caiyun didn't feel distressed seeing her like this, "Young Madam, just listen to the servant girl, my uncle is gone... at this time, if you ask to return Maternal family, the general will not spare you, let alone the master!"

That's right, Xue Xiaojie lowered her eyes and quietly thought, yes, at this time, if she said that she wanted to leave the General's Mansion and go back to her mother's house, not only would she be talking about herself, but she would also offend the uncle who always pays attention to reputation. Maybe his parents can't get rid of the relationship, right?

The power of the great general is in the court, how can a small Shangshu of their Xue family can contend for it?

Forget it, just admit it, for the mother, for the father, for everyone... just admit it, Xue Xiaojie slowly closed her eyes, unwillingly thinking of who among all the people she considered, who would be like this? Thought about her?Married to an idiot-like husband, and never looked at her directly, she thought she would never be able to get rid of such a marriage. Now that her father-in-law is dead, she never thought that she would still be a bird in a cage. , woman...or what is the point?

"Young Madam!" Seeing Xue Xiaojie's unwilling face, Cai Yun called out to her again, "Young Madam..."

"I see..." Xue Xiaojie said softly, "I understand."

Even though Murong Yan didn't say that he was accused of death in the court hall, Gong Shucheng's funeral could not be delayed. On the day when Gong Shucheng's body returned to the mansion, white lanterns were hung in the General's Mansion as the widow's funeral. Xue Xiaojie also had to appear in the mourning hall. According to the rules, she had to guard the spirit of her deceased husband for three days.Uncle Cheng died suddenly, and the in-laws in the General's Mansion had not gotten the news so quickly, so there was no one in Uncle Cheng's mourning hall except Xue Xiaojie.

The second day of the vigil is July and a half. According to the rules of previous years, the people in the General’s Mansion will go to the Yuqing Pavilion outside the royal capital to offer incense to their ancestors. The matter of Xiang is very complicated. In previous years, Gongshuji would take his son-in-law Gongshucheng to go there one day in advance. It took three days to come and go. This year, Gongshucheng disappeared suddenly, and Gongshuji didn’t have so much time to prepare , but he had to go to worship the ancestors and offer incense, so Gong Shuji took people to the Yuqing Hall on the day of July and a half. Seeing that Uncle Ji, who had aged ten years overnight, couldn't say anything to refuse, so he obediently nodded in agreement.

It is her duty to be left and right. After marrying Gongshucheng, she is no longer herself, but Gongshucheng's wife.

Uncle Ji took half of the people in the General's Mansion away, and he left in a straightforward manner. It seemed that he felt that Murong Yan would not take the opportunity to do anything to him. That's right, everyone in the entire capital now knows about him. His son was killed in broad daylight. At this time, if Murong Xun, the king, did anything to his courtier who lost his independence, there might really not be any good words left in the history books.

But there is an accident in everything, just like the uncle's illness, who has been greedy for power for most of his life. He never thought that his only son, Uncle Cheng, would be killed when he came to the door of Lord Yan. After saving Mu Congcong back then, all the descendants went out and were shot with a sword, as if they hid in Xue Xiaojie's boudoir.

The accident this time is still cloudy, but in the final analysis it was Murong Yan, the uncle did not understand Murong Yan, so he would not have expected that Murong Yan would choose to kill him when he lost his son - he thought Murong Yan would He is a timid king who is afraid of trouble and pays attention to reputation, but he never thought that Murong Xun is a king who is not too big to cause trouble.

On the night after Uncle Ji went to Yuqing Pavilion to offer incense to his ancestors, Xue Xiaojie still knelt in front of Uncle Cheng's mourning hall to guard the spirit of her husband, Uncle Cheng, who didn't want to see her before he was alive. There was a lot of noise, Caiyun said that something was lost in the mansion, maybe a thief had entered, so Xue Xiaojie didn't have to worry, "The soldiers of the mansion are arresting the thief everywhere, young madam is not worried, maybe they will catch it in a while."

Xue Xiaojie didn't care whether the thieves in the mansion were caught or not. For her, the most important thing right now was to guard the spirit of her deceased husband. After guarding the spirit, she would be a widow, and maybe the days to come will be better. There are many.

Summer nights are not as cool as spring days, but Xue Xiaojie, who has been guarding for two days and one night, obviously couldn't hold on any longer. In the middle of the night, even the maids fell asleep on their knees. Xue Xiaojie felt sleepy at this time It's not a matter of losing one's identity.

It was just that she had just closed her eyes when a pebble was thrown in front of her. Xue Xiaojie suddenly raised her head and looked around. There was no one. cooked.

"Pa—" Another small stone was thrown in front of her.

Xue Xiaojie straightened up at once, and was about to call someone, when she glanced at her eyes, she saw a pair of white embroidered shoes exposed under the curtain behind Gongshucheng's coffin, Xue Xiaojie froze for a moment, as if she knew who it was, but she She didn't move, and after a while, probably because the person saw that she couldn't go, so he threw another small stone in front of her.

Xue Xiaojie: "..."

Is this person so courageous?

Xue Xiaojie thought and thought, and saw no one around, so she got up, but she had been kneeling for too long, she couldn't stand up suddenly, and almost fell down, but before she fell down, a white figure Ru Yao came up to her and supported her, "Are you all right?" the man asked her.

Xue Xiaojie looked at the man's unrestrained and unrestrained eyebrows, was startled, and looked away, "It's okay."

After a pause, she lowered her voice and said, "Why are you here?"

The man laughed when he heard the words, "I haven't come here once or twice, and I've lived here for a while, isn't it strange?"

That's right, the person who came was Yun Yang, the rivers and lakes girl Xue Xiaojie rescued a long time ago.

Xue Xiaojie broke away from Yun Yang's hand holding her, and said in a low voice, "You shouldn't have come here, this is the General's Mansion."

"I'll come and see you." Yun Yang said.

Xue Xiaojie didn't speak, Yun Yang thought she was worried that people would hear their voices, so she comforted her, "Don't worry, I have drugged all the maids and servants here, and they must sleep until dawn."

"You..." Hearing this at first, Xue Xiaojie wanted to say that she was acting recklessly, but then she remembered Yun Yang's unawareness when she came to see her a few times ago, so she swallowed the words again, and changed her route, "You What are you doing here?" She knew that the person in front of her had a whole body of good skills, but it was different now, Uncle Cheng was dead, and Uncle Ji was now like a mad dog, if Uncle Ji found out that Yun Yang was here When the time comes to the General's Mansion, even if the world is turned upside down, Gong Shuji will definitely find Yun Yang and kill her.

"I've said it, let's come and see you." Yun Yang's eyes were filled with worry, "Uncle Cheng is dead, what should you do?"

Xue Xiaojie smiled wryly, "What can I do?"

As Gong Shucheng's widow, what else could she do?

Seeing her like this, Yun Yang frowned a little bit, "I'll take you away."

Hearing this, Xue Xiaojie raised her head and said in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Yun Yang just looked at her.

Xue Xiaojie finally came to her senses, shook her head and said, "I'm leaving...my father and mother will die."

Yun Yang looked at her steadfastly, and after a while, Yun Yang said, "If I have a way, will you go with me?"

Xue Xiaojie looked at Yunyang's handsome and beautiful face. A long time ago, when she was studying at the beginning, she had longed for her own appearance when she grew up. She thought that when she grew up, she would be a free cloud in the sky. In the end, it became an involuntary pawn on the planning chess table.

She is envious of Yunyang, maybe she is a wandering swordsman in her bones, that's why she dared to take the risk of saving Yunyang, and then wanted to be friends with Yunyang, every time she secretly flipped through When I jumped into my room, I listened to her talk about those romantic affairs in the rivers and lakes.

But it is impossible after all. She is Xue Xiaojie, the daughter of the Shangshu, and she is very different from the Jianghu girl Yunyang, and the different paths lead to different destinations, so she said, "I...can't go."

Yun Yang smiled lightly, "But you want to go."

Xue Xiaojie remained silent.

After another cup of tea, Yun Yang said, "I'm here to get some things from the General." She answered the question that Xue Xiaojie asked her at the beginning.

After hearing what she said, Xue Xiaojie belatedly remembered the thieves catching up in the mansion in the evening.

"You are that thief?!" Xue Xiaojie exclaimed.