The Princess Chang's Mansion, located in the inner city, is as luxurious and splendid as ever, and it is festively decorated on this good New Year's day.

It's just that Princess Yongning was sitting in the room with a dazed expression on her face.

The young man with a face like pink crouched at her feet, and gently beat her legs, trying to attract her attention: "Princess, everyone is happy outside. What's wrong with you?"

The purple gold auspicious beast incense burner on the case was burning expensive agarwood incense, but it couldn't calm her heart even half at the moment.

Her consort is Xue Kuang's second uncle, Xue Huan.

What came to her mind at the moment were the words that the late emperor had no intention of mentioning to her when he was still alive, and the words that she relayed to Xiao Che more than ten years ago.

Xue Kuang is back.

He should have come for Gu Juefei.

But don't know why, when she was taking a nap just now, she dreamed of Xue Huan with blood on her face, the concubine who used to love her...

To this day, Princess Yongning has to admit that——

Gu Juefei is right.

Xue Kuang really wanted to rebel back then, otherwise he wouldn't have come back so prepared now, with the so-called heart of the people, and the achievements of the future!

Perhaps, the dark plan of the royal family, this man who lived under the protection of his father and brother in the past, is clear.

He came back, not only for Gu Juefei.

"There are 36 checkpoints from the border to the capital. If he comes all the way through the checkpoint, it is impossible for him to pass without the slightest bit of wind along the way. And how can these 36 checkpoints allow him to pass safely..."

Princess Yongning's eyes were empty, and she muttered to herself.

"It was someone in this dynasty who was answering him, someone wanted him back!"

"Princess, princess?"

The male pet has never seen her so absent-minded, only to think that her graceful face with traces of time has actually added a layer of eerie terror!

With a trembling voice, he called out to her.

But Princess Yongning, who was sitting high on the imperial concubine's couch, just turned her head slowly when she heard the sound, her icy eyes fell on him, but a plain and unwavering sentence: "Get off."

The sky is clear after the snow, and the wind and smoke dissipate.

The prosperous capital is the same as in the past. Ordinary and mediocre people walk among the buildings, laughing and laughing, but they can't detect the brewing situation and the dormant danger.

Lu Jinxi slept until the afternoon.

Shen Zheng momentarily, she opened her eyes lazily.

The rumor that flew all over the capital, of course, also spread to the Taishi Mansion, which was closely related to it, and was known to every servant in the house.

It's just that Gu Juefei has already issued a strict order, and no one dared to show any strange expression, let alone take the initiative to mention this in front of Lu Jinxi.

Everything was business as usual, as if nothing major had happened.

The same goes for the wind chimes, who only bowed their heads and came up to serve her in dressing and washing.

After she came back last night, she ate nothing, and then slept again, her belly was inevitably empty. The porridge and rice for nourishing the stomach had already been prepared in the kitchen, and it was hot when she woke up, and it was delivered all the way.

After she finished washing, she just sat down at the dining table to eat.

Lu Jinxi took the bowl and squeezed the spoon. He didn't ask what was going on outside, but only asked, "Where is your lord?"

"In Lonely Window Building, it's like I called someone to talk about things. Just now, Mr. Meng came here to pick up things. When he mentioned it, he said that the adults have not gone to rest."

She didn't need to say more, Feng Chi knew what she was really asking, so she told the truth.

Lu Jinxi was silent for a while, and finally didn't ask any more questions.

Today, how could Gu Juefei fall asleep peacefully?

There are too many, too many things he still has to plan and prepare...

Feng Chi quietly looked at her expression, brought the last hot soup, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "More than an hour ago, someone from the old lady came to look for you, but I heard you were sleeping, so I didn't disturb you. I left a message and said that I will tell you when you wake up, and please go to the old lady."

It should come, it will come eventually.

She remarried, but Xue Kuang came back. The old lady was the one who opposed this marriage, not to mention that after Gu Juefei's explanation this morning, she has completely understood the relationship between him and Gu Juefei's father and son. resentment.

Now, what will his attitude be?

Lu Jinxi closed his eyes, looked at the lotus seed soup in the bowl, stirred it around with a small white porcelain spoon, and after a while said, "Got it."

She ate the meal without saying a word.

The maids inside and outside didn't even dare to breathe.

After a little tidying up after the meal, and light makeup on her face, Lu Jinxicai led her maid through two corridors with a calm and collected face, and entered the old lady's house after being passed around.

"L……"

The snow melted on the eaves and merged into a stream of water, which fell bit by bit from above.

The old lady Gu Chengqian's white hair was like flying fluff, leaning on the cane tremblingly, standing under the porch and looking up at the empty sky.

The hunched body, the old state of Long Zhong.

Just looking at it like this, there is an indescribable sadness and desolation.

"Daughter-in-law Jinxi has seen the old lady, and I wish her well."

Lu Jinxi walked over, stood five steps away from him, and bowed to him.

Hearing the sound, Gu Chengqian turned his head to look at her. Those old eyes were filled with so many emotions that Lu Jinxi couldn't distinguish them right away.

Complicated to the extreme.

He seemed to be in a trance, looked at her for a long time, and then asked in that old and broken voice: "...These days, let him go first, is it okay?"

"..."

Lu Jinxi was suddenly stunned.

This is the first time she has heard from Gu Chengqian that he mentioned Gu Juefei and asked about his current situation since she married into the Gu family for three and a half years.

For a moment, her heart was agitated, and a burning and scorching emotion arose deep in her heart.

But before she could answer, Gu Chengqian sighed with a smile.

He leaned on crutches, staggered into the house, and said, "You came just in time, play chess with me."

All the words that were about to be said but not said were blocked in his throat, and Lu Jinxi couldn't even react.

When he returned to his senses, Gu Chengqian had already walked into the house.

She could vaguely understand the complex state of mind of this old master who had been in the courtroom, and stood silently for a while, and finally walked in.

The chessboard is placed under the window.

The dragon in the room was as warm as ever.

Lu Jinxi's chess skills are as good as ever, and the old lady's chess style is as steady as ever. It's just that she has keenly and sadly noticed that the old man sitting opposite her holding on to the white pawn has placed several wrong pieces because of his old and disobedient hand...

It's just that she doesn't say it.

dare not say.

Can not bear to say.

After a game of chess, Lu Jinxi still lost.

The old lady then sighed and laughed, shook her head and said, "Why don't you improve your chess skills so much? You don't look like your father at all. When Lu Jiuling played chess with me, he was very good at it. Very."

How could she be like Lu Jiuling?

If the person sitting here is the Lu family, there may be some possibility.

Lu Jinxi laughed along with her, but she put her hand down and scrambled the pieces on the chessboard, picking out the black and white pieces that had already been decided, and said, "You and your daughter-in-law have been playing chess for three and a half years. I know that my daughter-in-law has no talent at all. Even if the eldest son has taught her hand-in-hand, it is still difficult to match you. It's not that the daughter-in-law is too weak, but the old lady, your chess skills are too strong. "