"Do you know if it's just our mansion that was surrounded?" Shen Xinyan asked.

"It's not just our mansion. The mansions on this street are all surrounded. I think it's just to trap people in each mansion, and they are not allowed to enter and leave at will."

Shen Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it didn't hurt anyone, it wasn't her turn to worry about the rest.

Fortunately, Wei Chengzhao and other juniors returned to the house early in the morning, which made people feel relieved.

The palace has changed, and this night is destined to be an uneven night.

"Second sister-in-law, what happened? How did I hear that officers and soldiers surrounded our mansion?" Mrs. Yang hurried over, with sweat on her forehead.

"I don't know either. Now the officers and soldiers are just besieging the mansion, but there is no other action. It should be fine for the time being." Shen Xinyan replied.

Yang shi frowned: "It's really an eventful autumn, and there has been no relaxing time in the past year. The officers and soldiers surround the mansion, is it possible that the man in the palace is going to be replaced?"

The last sentence, she said in a low voice.

"Be careful that the walls have ears." Shen Xinyan made a silent gesture to her, and shook her head disapprovingly, seeing Yang patted her mouth and raised an apologetic smile, she then slowly said, "The one in the palace It's not our turn to take care of things, so just wait with peace of mind."

"I've always been up and down in my heart recently. Finally, a happy event came today. I haven't had time to catch my breath, and there's trouble outside!" Yang sighed.

"When the father and son of the father and son come back, let's happily hold a happy event for Brother Zhao to wash away all the bad luck and bad luck." Shen Xinyan said with a smile.

Seeing her relaxed expression, she didn't seem to be worried about the outside world at all. Before she knew it, Yang's whole person also relaxed a lot, and she smiled and said, "So, let Brother Zhao come to kowtow to his second aunt another day. ."

"But you are the most shrewd. After receiving his gift, I will go out and do a big game for him!" Shen Xinyan joked.

Yang shi smiled with joy: "It's more than a big event, and your second aunt's congratulations can't be too thin!"

"Oh, I dare you to ask for a gift for Brother Zhao!" Shen Xinyan joked.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Mr. Yang took a reassurance and left.

Shen Xinyan thought for a while, fearing that the eldest princess was worried, she turned around and went to the eldest princess.

When entered, didn't see the figure of the first princess, and when asked the maid, knew that the first princess went to the small Buddha hall. She simply found the small Buddha hall again, and waited for the eldest princess to finish reciting the scriptures, and then stepped forward to help her up.

"You've also been tired all day, you should go back to rest early. I'm so old, what kind of wind and rain have you never seen before? When the late emperor ascended the throne, the capital was also bloody and unstable. Tonight, the officers and soldiers just gave our house to us. What's the point of being surrounded."

"It's better for them to be surrounded! It means that they have no intention of hurting us, and they don't want us to get involved in the incident. I want to come to the palaces of the most famous princes and ministers in the court, but they are all surrounded." Seat, take it easy.

"In the end, it's my mother who is well-informed, unlike my daughter-in-law, who just heard what Ziyan said, and almost didn't scare my soul away." Shen Xinyan sighed.

The eldest princess lightly smiled and patted the back of her hand, and said kindly: "Go back! There are tall people supporting the sky even when the sky is falling. We are just women and people. Even if we have intentions, we are powerless. Why bother to think about it? To keep myself safe."

Shen Xinyan said yes, she helped her back to the room, and waited for her to wash up with the maid before leaving.

But she didn't go back to her house, but turned around to see her little grandson again. Seeing the little baby sleeping soundly, she couldn't help but gently poked the red face with her fingertips.

Rongsheng grandmother, such a feeling is too novel, it seems that not long ago her daughter was a little girl who likes to be coquettish, impulsive and extremely protective. She still remembers that the little girl was like a little tiger in anger, guarding Yun tightly. Fu does not let people drive him away.

In the blink of an eye, the little girl had grown up, married and had children.

Her thoughts were all on the baby in the swaddle, so she naturally paid less attention to the blood and blood outside, and her heart gradually calmed down.

When Chunliu came over, she was shocked to realize that she had been sitting like this for nearly a night.

"Madam is really easy to find, the fourth aunt woke up and wants to see the child!" Chunliu said helplessly.

Shen Xinyan got up and rubbed her aching shoulders, and Chun Liu hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

Naturally, the grandmother who followed up took the child out.

"Have Ying'er ever eaten?" Shen Xinyan asked.

"I've used it, and I'm hungry when I wake up."

"What's going on outside? Is there any news?" Shen Xinyan asked again.

"All the doors in the house are tightly locked, and people are also arranged to pay attention to the movement outside the door. At this moment, there is no abnormal noise. I think those officers and soldiers are still tightly surrounded, and there is nothing else."

However, when the sky turned white, the officers and soldiers outside the mansion quietly withdrew, and Shen Xinyan's tense nerves suddenly loosened, and immediately ordered someone to go outside to find out.

"I heard that some rogue thieves broke into the palace, intending to force the palace, but I don't believe that Your Majesty has made sufficient preparations to capture all the thieves and put them in the sky prison." The guard who went to inquire about the news quickly returned. Simple things happen.

"Yesterday's Weifu was indeed a person from the government?" Shen Xinyan asked.

"It's really someone from the government." The guard replied.

Shen Xinyan let him down without asking any more questions.

In the palace, Emperor Yuanyou sat high on the throne with a somewhat ugly face, until Qiao Liu came in and reported that he had captured all the rest of King Cheng, and his expression softened a little.

"Is there a fish that slipped through the net?" he asked worriedly.

"Not a single one."

Emperor Yuanyou nodded, and then sneered: "As a descendant of the royal family, for the sake of selfishness, you have colluded with foreign enemies, causing the court and the common people to have nothing. Even a hundred deaths are not enough for such a person!"

No wonder Rong Di was able to quickly capture two cities at the beginning. Prince Cheng was a general in those days, and he had a certain understanding of the frontier defense arrangement of the court. The prince of Prince Cheng, who had surrendered to foreign enemies, naturally leaked these out.

Fortunately, he didn't know much, so after Rong Di had attacked two cities in a row, the offensive had slowed down when he reached the third city.

"This time, I won't let any of them go, it's necessary for them to fall to the ground!"

These are all hidden dangers left by cutting weeds and not eradicating the roots. This time, he must dig out all the poisonous tumors!

He took a deep breath and asked Heizi on the other side, "How is Zhou Mao's injury?"

"The wound is deep, but not life-threatening."

"Thanks to him for protecting me in time this time, otherwise my life would be over!" Emperor Yuanyou was somewhat fortunate.

Qiao Liu raised his eyebrows, secretly thinking that Zhou Mao was indeed a smart and decisive person this week, no wonder that old slick Wei Junhang never dared to underestimate him.

Queen Zhou colluded with Prince Cheng's son, intending to force the palace. This was a big crime to punish the nine clans, but Zhou Mao took a firm stand to draw a clear line with them from the very beginning, and now the Zhou family is about to be liquidated. The power of driving.

With this great credit, at least one room was saved.

Such a person is smart, clear-headed, resolute, and loyal to His Majesty. Even though His Majesty is extremely disgusted with the surname Zhou, he has always been merciful to him.

It's a pity that there are too many people holding him back for such a smart person, including his biological father, mother, brothers, and even his wife and daughter.

Otherwise, with his talent, why would he only be in the position of a minister of the Honglu Temple, and he would sit for so many years without moving a single cent.

In the days that followed, Shen Xinyan received daily reports about which officials were thrown into prison and whose homes were raided. Among them, there was the former Zhou Shoufu and his two direct sons and two concubines.

It can be said that with the exception of the eldest son Zhou Mao, none of the Zhou family was spared, even including the Queen Zhou in the palace.

Also implicated are Mrs. Fang and Fang Birong's maiden family, the Marquis of Pingliang.

Seeing Mrs Fang who was desperately kowtowing to the eldest princess and asking her to intercede for her family, Shen Xinyan's eyes were a little complicated.

Fang Shi soon saw her, rushed over crying, grabbed her skirt and said, "Second brother and sister, all the mistakes in the past are all my fault, and I have no face to ask you for forgiveness, I just ask you to forgive me. The noble concubine said a few good words, at least she will save her father's life, I beg you..."

While speaking, he also kowtowed to Shen Xinyan.

Shen Xinyan hurriedly grabbed her to stop her from knocking again: "Sister-in-law, don't do this, the noble concubine is a woman in the deep palace, how can you interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty."

"Just ask her to say two good words to His Majesty on behalf of her father and save her life." Mrs Fang said hurriedly.

"If it's something else, it's okay for me to go out and find the noble concubine, but now it's involved in rebellion, and His Majesty looks like he intends to deal with it seriously, but it's not easy to talk." Shen Xinyan said embarrassingly.

The eldest princess sighed and said, "Shen shi is right, His Majesty is at the time of anger, and when you go to intercede at this time, don't you just hit the muzzle? You shouldn't worry too much, your majesty is just in prison, not like Those next to him were either beheaded, exiled, or their homes searched, so it can be seen that his crime is not serious, and His Majesty is not going to take his life."

"Really?" Fang shi twitched his lips and asked with tears in his eyes.

"Why should mother lie to you, get up quickly, if you let the children see how bad it is." Shen Xinyan helped her up.

Fang Shi got up with her strength, and kept mumbling something like "Nothing will happen, nothing will happen", and I don't know if she wanted to convince others or herself.

Shen Xinyan had some sympathy, and it was really not a blessing to have such a relative who had limited talent and knowledge and was unwilling to submit to others.

She thought that the real smart people in the Marquis of Pingliang's family were the only one who wanted to come here.

The harem of the former dynasty began a big reckoning, and countless people were dealt with every day. For a time, the people in the court and the public were panicked, especially those officials who were spared. They were fortunate to have saved themselves, but they were inevitably sad.

After this time, the ministers in the court went to May 12, and watched the figures of those courtiers who had some friendship or always loved tit-for-tat disappear into the golden temple. Qi Ran.

Emperor Yuanyou stared at Empress Zhou, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground and could not see the graceful Empress Zhou of the past.

"Really? I really want to thank Your Majesty Long En for this." After experiencing the fear and fear that night, Queen Zhou breathed a sigh of relief at the moment of death.

Life or death had already become a given, no matter how worried she was, it was useless.

However, when she saw the undisguised disgust on Emperor Yuanyou's face, her heart still trembled.

If she honestly married into Prince Cheng's mansion and didn't think about those who did not belong to her, would the ending be different today?

"I forgot to tell you that the person you worked for, I have already ordered people to dismember him, collude with foreign enemies, lead the Rong and Di people to enter the customs and other crimes, and now they have been reviled by all the people. There is no peace after death.”

"No, I was wrong, they are no longer members of the royal family, and the royal uncle officially put them out of the family! Now they are just lonely ghosts with no foundation. If you go faster, you can still be with us now. That person is a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate."

Empress Zhou's face was bloodless, and she tried her best to look at him with her eyes open. The man in front of her who was full of murderous aura and hated her so much, was she really the one she wanted to marry when she abandoned Prince Cheng?

Even though she married him back then, she did have a desire for power, but she also had a love for him.

"Come here, give the Zhou family three feet of white silk!" Emperor Yuanyou didn't want to see her anymore, so he turned around and commanded loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter who had been waiting outside the hall walked in with the neatly folded white silk in both hands.

Empress Zhou's face was ashen, but she just asked reluctantly: "After all these years, is it possible that you have no affection for me at all?"

"No! If it wasn't for your design back then, I would not have accepted you at all." Emperor Yuanyou replied indifferently, and after speaking, he strode out of the hall.

"Please, Empress Dowager!" The high-pitched voice of the chamberlain resounded in the hall. Empress Zhou looked desperately at the figure that was getting farther and farther away from her. When the white silk was wrapped around her neck, she didn't struggle, and still She stared at the direction where the man outside the hall disappeared.

Breathing became more and more difficult, and she finally struggled violently. She grabbed the white silk around her neck with both hands, as if she wanted to tear it apart, but the strength on her body gradually failed.

Consciousness became more and more dissipated, and in a trance, she saw the pair of bi men at Bibo Pavilion, accompanied by Qin and Xiao, and the tender feelings lingering on them, even if she was far away, she could deeply feel.

She thought enviously, if only that person could treat her like this.

But the next moment, the scene of Prince Cheng falling in a pool of blood appeared in front of her again, and she murmured again: Wrong, everything is wrong, she should not be greedy for things that did not belong to her back then, but You should live your life to manage your own happiness...

After a long time, her hand holding Bai Ling finally fell down weakly.

"The Empress's funeral!" After a while, the voice of the maid rang out.

Concubine Rui Gui stood by the window, staring into the distance dazedly. When the news of the Queen's funeral came, she just said 'I got it'. out.

dead? Well, living is nothing but torture, it is better to be dead.

She knew that she should feel happy, and since then this harem has truly become her world, and the imperial decree to establish her as the queen has been placed in the imperial study, and it has been there for so many years.

She thought, perhaps she should have let the imperial edict be opened long ago.

The battle between her and the Zhou family ended with her overall victory.

But did she really win? what did she get? Queen's seat? Countless glory and wealth? She curled the corners of her mouth bitterly, raising her hand to lightly cover her eyes.

Those eyes that were said to be as clear as a child's, after so many killings, have long since become turbid. Even those private methods, she used it with perfection.

"Niangniang, Lord Hou has a letter!"

She was stunned, and the indifference on her body was immediately swept away: "Take it and let this palace take a look."

She thought that no matter whether the road in the second half of her life was bumpy or not, she would go on without hesitation, for the people she cared about.

When the door of the British government opened again, it was the time when the army was about to return to the DPRK.

The mansion swept away the dullness of the past and became beaming, from the eldest princess to the ordinary sweeping servants, all stretched their necks and waited for the return of the man of the mansion.

"Where are the people? Why haven't you come back?" The eldest princess waited and waited, but she was in a hurry when she didn't see her son and eldest grandson returning.

"It's still early. Now that I have just entered the city gate, I have to enter the palace. I'm afraid it will take a while before I can go back to the palace." Wei Chengyue, who had gone out to find out the news, ran back in a hurry, hearing her question. , answered quickly.

The eldest princess could only suppress her inner anxiety and let Shen Xinyan help her into the room and sit down.

"The last time I waited for their father and son to come back victorious was many years ago." The eldest princess's face was full of nostalgia, but she heard Shen Xinyan and Yang's presence and others' faces changed slightly.

Because they all knew that this father and son would definitely not be referring to Wei Junhang and Wei Chenglin, because it was the first time that Wei Chenglin had led an army on an expedition, and it could never have happened many years ago.

Shen Xinyan and Yang shi looked at each other, and both saw worry in each other's eyes.

Obviously, the eldest princess has been much better during this period of time, and she has never been confused again. didn't expect to do it again today.

"Brother Lin achieved this achievement in the first battle to kill the enemy. It's no worse than his eldest uncle back then. He really deserves to be brought up by his grandfather." Yang Shi paused and said with a smile.

"That's right, this kid is a good candidate, and it doesn't mean he has let down his grandfather's many years of hard work." The eldest princess nodded repeatedly with a smile.

Shen Xinyan and Yang shi looked at each other again.

Is this... it's back?

The eldest princess didn't know what the two were thinking, so she turned around happily and teased the great-grandson that Wei Yingzhi had just brought in.

At this time, Wei Junhang also felt like an arrow, and didn't pay too much attention to Emperor Yuanyou's questioning. Wei Chenglin, who was beside him, saw that Emperor Yuanyou was angry and funny, and finally waved his hand helplessly: "Forget it. Forget it, you father and son will go back to the manor, and auntie will be anxious to come."

The two hurriedly saluted and retired, and after exiting the hall, they saw Zhou Mao walking over under the leadership of the inner servant.

Zhou Mao also saw them, he paused in his footsteps, and said lightly: "Congratulations to the grandfather and the prince for their successful return."

"Thank you, thank you!" Wei Junhang replied politely as if he didn't feel his indifference.

On the other hand, Wei Chenglin had a bit of hesitation on his face, and with a bit of guilt that he couldn't hide, he bowed his hands respectfully: "Master Zhou."

Zhou Mao just glanced at him, didn't say any more, and stepped into the hall.

For him to treat the Wei father and son with a normal heart, it is difficult for him to go to the sky, especially when he thinks of his daughter who is equivalent to being under house arrest in the house, his heart is bleeding.

What happened today is all because of Wei Chenglin, if it wasn't for him, how could his daughter end up like this!

He took a deep breath, pressed down his full of resentment, and knelt down toward Emperor Yuanyou on the throne: "Chen Zhou Mao, see Your Majesty!"

On the way out of the palace, Wei Junhang glanced at his son beside him, as if he could understand what he was thinking. For a moment, he reached out and patted his shoulder, but didn't say a word.

Wei Chenglin felt his father's silent comfort, and the inexplicable feelings in his heart dissipated a lot, and he called out in a low voice, "Father."

"Go back, your grandmother and mother are still waiting for us!"

"Um."

The relationship between the eldest son and the Zhou family girl has long been unclear. The Zhou family's daughter is at fault, but the eldest son is not wrong? In the final analysis, but whose children are distressed.

And he, after all, is just a selfish father.

"The grandfather of the country is back, the prince is back! The prince of the country is back, the prince is back!" The joyful cries of the servants spread layer after layer, and Shen Xinyan in the room abruptly stood up. It was Princess Lian. He couldn't care less, and rushed out quickly.

On the contrary, Yang shi smiled and helped the eldest princess, and followed Shen Xinyan with her.

Shen Xinyan stood under the porch, looking out the door excitedly, until a pair of men also wearing armor gradually appeared in the distance. She finally turned red and stared at the man walking in front.

The man's steps were steady but a little impatient, as if he saw her, but he was staggering. Fortunately, the person beside him helped him, but the next moment, he pushed the arm that was supporting him and walked away. Stepping further, he came over eagerly.

Wei Chenglin looked at his father who was walking faster and faster, then looked at his grandmother and mother who were looking forward to it under the corridor, pursed his lips tightly, and then quickly followed his father's figure away.

"Mother, the unfilial son Junhang is back!" Wei Junhang walked in front of the eldest princess, knelt down with a plop, and choked.

The eldest princess shed tears and trembled her hands to help him: "Okay, it's good to be back, it's good to be back!"