"My elder sister had two pregnancies, the first miscarriage without reason, and the second gave birth to a stillbirth."

Empress Xu had a miscarriage when she was only a noble concubine. The imperial physician said that it was caused by overthinking. At that time, when Xu Yuanqing was dying, Empress Xu worried day and night and caused a miscarriage. She suffered for a long time, and the root cause of the disease fell.

After many years of intensive care, she finally became pregnant again after she became a queen. His Majesty was overjoyed and cared for her everywhere, but she gave birth to a stillborn baby in ten months of pregnancy. Emperor Chongming was afraid that she would be hit, so he secretly buried the stillborn baby and lied to her that the baby was weak and should be fine.Careful care, the child is hugged around for fear of getting winded.

After coaxing and deceiving for half a month, the talkative palace official revealed that Empress Xu fainted in pain, did not eat, did not drink soup and medicine, and was depressed all day long.

Emperor Chongming was very worried, and specially ordered Xu's family to freely enter and leave the palace to comfort the queen's pain of losing her son.

Xu Yuanqing will never forget the sick look of her gentle and considerate sister. She hugged the bellyband and toys prepared for the child, crying bitterly, crying about her joy when she was pregnant with the child.

Cried and passed out, woke up and cried again.

Xu Yuanqing asked someone to take all the things away, so she hugged Xu Yuanqing and cried, her voice was hoarse, even if she didn't want to cry, tears would fall down uncontrollably.

He has had a shallow relationship since he was a child. His parents separated when he was a child. He was thrown around like a ball. He has long been used to being alone and self-centered, so his relationship with his family is weak.

Looking at the grief-stricken Empress Xu, he clearly felt the mother's love for the child for the first time.

Such a radiant woman is like a walking corpse because of grief, lifeless and lifeless.

Empress Xu had the idea of committing suicide, because of Xu Yuanqing's patient explanation and Emperor Chongming's company day and night, she gradually came out of the haze.

This matter is well known in the capital, so it is said that Emperor Chongming has a deep relationship with the empress and his wife.

Xin Zhengyuan naturally knew that Xu Yuanqing would not mention this matter for no reason. After thinking about it for a while, he looked ugly, and asked with some doubts, "Is it not an accident?"

Thinking about the past, Xu Yuanqing nodded solemnly.

He didn't know everything until he turned against Shen Qiwen. If it was just frivolity and failed, Xu Yuanqing would not hate him to the bone.

The imperial physician who checked Empress Xu's pulse twice was the same person, and he could not absolve himself of the blame for Empress Xu's stillbirth.

The imperial physician was afraid that there were many cases of family members committing suicide in the palace, but Emperor Chongming was not a tyrannical king, he was clear about rewards and punishments, never harshly punished the palace people, even if it was about the empress, he would not take human life lightly.

Xu Yuanqing later had a grudge with Shen Qiwen, and he asked Liu Qian to investigate the crown prince, only to find out that shortly after the imperial doctor's death, his family moved out of the capital, met robbers and killed his family.

After careful investigation, the family has countless gold, silver and jade objects, which are not the savings that the imperial physician's salary can have.

Shen Qiwen has two faces and three swords, with a human face and a beast's heart.

He knew very well that he was relying on his status as the eldest son, pretending to be obedient and obedient in front of Emperor Chongming, but in fact he had been playing tricks secretly. He was most afraid that Empress Xu would give birth to a son, and his position as the crown prince would be in jeopardy.

The person he used was the confidant of the former empress when he was alive, and he would never betray him, and he could handle things properly without any trace of him. He only needs to be a good fisherman, and still maintain a respectful attitude in front of Empress Xu,Do not arouse suspicion.

Xu Yuanqing also went around for a long time before he dared to make a decision. Shen Qiwen killed his nephew whom he had never met.

Xin Zhengyuan slapped the table and said angrily, "It's absolutely impossible!"

"The prince doesn't have such a city!"

In his panic, he didn't choose what to say, and he almost shouted "Shen Qiwen doesn't have such a brain".

Xu Yuanqing sneered coldly with cold eyes.

Shen Qiwen does not have such a brain, but there are people around him, the grand master who raised him since he was a child, and the cousin who treated him as a puppet, which one is not a treacherous minister who is chilling in the court.

They all want to coerce the emperor to make the princes. What they support is not Shen Qiwen, but a puppet.

Xin Zhengyuan is not a reckless person. Seeing the sneer on Xu Yuanqing's face, he gradually became flustered. He still refused to give up even though he already had the answer.?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuanqing sneered, eyes full of disdain.

He gathered his cloak, gently rubbed the teacup with his fingertips, and said coldly, "If you want to lie to yourself, you can lie to yourself. You know better than me what kind of person Shen Qiwen is."

Xin Zhengyuan looked embarrassed, clenched his fists and said nothing.

Xu Yuanqing took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly, "Yang Ming cherishes talent, if you are willing to let go of your obsession, maybe you can really realize your grand plan and great cause."

Xin Zhengyuan twitched the corners of his mouth, and smiled extremely bitterly. He has come to the current situation all because of his own fault. He has no choice but no regrets when he thinks about the former empress.

The two sit quietly, pear blossoms are flying, and the spring scenery is sultry.

After a long time, Xin Zhengyuan shook his head.

Seeing this, Xu Yuanqing frowned slightly, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

Knowing that there are tigers on the mountain and walking towards the mountain, this is not bravery, it is ignorance, and it is stubbornness.

"Those assassins are either looking for a mother, or looking for the general."

Xunniang went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to cooperate with the trial because of her involvement in the case. After stating the cause of the incident, Xiao Zheng thought about it and felt that the assassin was going towards her, and Xiang Changbo was only injured because of saving people.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice maintains that the assassin did not target Xiang Changbo, so in this case, clues should be found from Xunniang.

If Xu Yuanqing didn't know about Xunniang and Xiang Changbo's correspondence, maybe he also thought as Xiao Zheng judged.

The letter sent to Qizi by Xiang Changbo traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and Xiao Yu'an deliberately tricked Xiao Yu'an to send the letter to Xu's mansion by his hand. After Xunniang saw her, he immediately went to find Xiang Changbo, who happened to be on the street.After being ambushed, Xiang Changbo happened to appear on that street again.

Xu Yuanqing never believed that the target was only looking for a mother.

But thinking about why, he had no idea.

Xin Zhengyuan continued to express his opinion, "The two generals of the Xiang family have affairs one after another. The son must have guessed that Shen Yuze is targeting the Xiang family, but you haven't figured out what his purpose is."

Xu Yuanqing specially invited him here just to hear his opinion, naturally he would not pretend to understand, nodded frankly, and expressed his concerns without concealment, "The chief envoy of the northern Xinjiang negotiations has a close relationship with the prince, even if the prince does notWith that kind of mind, I am afraid that Xiang's family will suffer if he contributes to the flames."

Since ancient times, the high achievements of military generals have attracted the suspicion of emperors. The military households of the Xiang family have been able to stand in the capital for a hundred years. Apart from not participating in party struggles, it is also because the generals know how to advance and retreat, and they will not take credit for pride and coerce the emperor.

Once the military commander has a different heart, the emperor will be jealous, and he will definitely get rid of it quickly.

In the original book, Shen Yuze took advantage of the emperor's mind of check and balance to plot against the Xiang family, making the emperor even more suspicious, and finally using Xiang Changyuan as a bait to make Xiang Ru and Xiang Changbo have nowhere to go, and all the heroes of Xiang's family died of conspiracytrick.

What Xu Yuanqing is most worried about is that Xiang's ending will repeat the same mistakes.

"I can break this situation for my son." Xin Zhengyuan sat upright, not smiling.

Xu Yuanqing raised his eyes to look at him, he has read hundreds of volumes and has been an official for many years, what he knows and thinks is different from Xu Yuanqing.

Xu Yuanqing asked himself, not relying on God's perspective, he is not half as smart as him.

"Conditions." He added after finishing speaking, "If it is still about the prince, then there is no need to talk about it."

Xin Zhengyuan was stunned, with a different look in his eyes, "Is hatred more important than a close friend to Shizi?"

No, Xu Yuanqing knew that the balance in his heart was in favor of Xiang Jia, whether it was because of his best friend or Xiang Changyuan, he chose Xiang Jia without hesitation.

Shen Qiwen and Shen Yuze have thousands of ways to make them pay the price, but the Xiang family is the only one, if he chooses the wrong one, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

He dared to talk to Xin Zhengyuan like this because he had a measure in his heart. Even if Xin Zhengyuan didn't break the situation for him, he still had a way to break the situation, but the way might not be calm.

He replied in a deep voice, "You don't need to test me. No matter how capable Shen Yuze is, there must be flaws. I invite you here not to ask for your help. Whether you come or not will not change the result."

Xin Zhengyuan: "My son is very confident."

Liu Qian, who had been standing quietly for a long time, suddenly laughed, and the two who were addicted to the conversation noticed that there was someone beside them, and they looked sideways at the same time.

Liu Qian calmly received the attention of the two people, raised his foot and approached, passed the teacup in front of Xu Yuanqing, took a sip of tea with half of the mask off, put the teacup down and put on the mask, never caring about it from the beginning to the endThe eyes of the two.

He suddenly pulled out the sword from Biezai's waist, and pried off half of the scabbard with his thumb. There was a sound of "噗", the dazzling sword light dazzled, and the falling pear blossom was cut in half.

Liu Qian glanced at Xin Zhengyuan, pushed the sword closer, and said in a cold voice, "I have a thousand ways to kill you, and it happens that you don't have to worry about Shen Qiwen's death."

Xin Zhengyuan looked at the sword that was close at hand, dodged reflexively, and looked at the indifferent Xu Yuanqing in disbelief.

The sword was getting closer and closer, Xin Zhengyuan dodged away from the table in embarrassment, the lantern under the eaves was shaking, Zuo Yue didn't know when to light the candle, the yard was bright everywhere, and he had nowhere to hide his unbearable pain.

Xu Yuanqing slowly raised his hand and perfunctorily stopped Liu Qian, looked up at Xin Zhengyuan, thought for a moment and then said, "I can give Shen Qiwen a chance, if His Majesty doesn't give him the death penalty, I won't kill them all."

He made the most impossible concession, Liu Qian turned his head to look at him, surprise appeared in his plain eyes.

Xin Zhengyuan was startled when he heard the words, and then he was overjoyed.

"Yunzhou, bandits in Yunzhou are rampant. The general passed through Yunzhou when he led his troops on an expedition. When Dasheng was short of troops, the general ordered to recruit security. Unexpectedly, the bandits refused.Order to be strangled."

After he finished speaking non-stop, Xu Yuanqing was confused, his thoughts swirled, and he suddenly remembered that Xiao Yu'an's messenger died in Yunzhou.

Xu Yuanqing hurriedly asked, "How sure are you?"

Xin Zhengyuan raised his hand, raised his fingers one by one, and finally spread a slap.

50% sure.

He asked again, "If not?"

Xin Zhengyuan was certain, "The governor of Yunzhou has a very close relationship with Prime Minister Jiang, and Shen Yuze will not get nothing after staying in the prime minister's residence for many years."

After thinking for a while, Xu Yuanqing had an answer.

After Xin Zhengyuan left, Liu Qian lifted his mask, the look of surprise in his eyes remained undiminished, "Are you really going to let the prince go?"

He mentioned Xu Yuanqing's affairs because he knew how much he wanted Shen Qiwen to die, and he agreed to let him go just because of Shen Yuze. This decision is really incredible.

Killing intent flashed across Xu Yuanqing's eyes, and he said coldly, "He must die."

The premise he said was that Emperor Chongming would let him go, but he was sure that Emperor Chongming would not let him go, even if they were father and son.

Hearing this, the astonishment in Liu Qian's eyes finally faded away.

Xu Yuanqing suppressed the killing intent in his eyes, he turned his head to look at the thin pear blossoms, his expression could not be seen clearly under the faint candlelight, he ordered in a deep voice, "Go and send a message to Chen Wenjing, and then go to Xiangfu."

Liu Qian: "To the long run?"

Xu Yuanqing shook his head, "To the old general."

If it was really about the banditry in Yunzhou, he should have guessed Shen Yuze's purpose. From the moment Xin Zhengyuan stepped out of the Xu Mansion, Shen Yuze probably understood that his plan had been exposed.

Now is the time to race against time, Xiang Changyuan is simple in heart, even if he knows about the plot, he will hesitate to Xiang Changbo, only Xiangru can come forward to make everything work.

At midnight, the night is quiet.

Xu Yuanqing coaxed Zuo Yue to go to sleep, and he sat quietly on the porch alone, staring at the spring breeze dancing with the pear blossoms.

It took him a long time to move his body, stood up and walked out of the courtyard, walked along the long corridor, and went straight to Changlao's courtyard.

Xunniang recently ran back and forth between the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Xiang's family, and Xu's mansion could no longer see her. Chang Lao only sighed and did not blame her when he knew it.

Xu Yuanqing walked into the courtyard lightly, with a few candlesticks scattered around, he could barely see the way.

If you look closely, you can vaguely see a human figure on the bamboo chair outside the house by moonlight and candlelight.

He walked down the steps and heard the figure ask, "Have you thought about it?"

Xu Yuanqing nodded, "Thought it out."

He had thought about it from the moment Xiang Changbo was injured.

The arrow was smeared with poison, which made him have to think about it.

If it continues to delay, I'm afraid he is not the only one who is in danger, Chang Lao will also be implicated.

Chang Lao stood up, his wheat-colored face looked mysterious under the moonlight, he turned and opened the door, sighing slightly, "Come in."

Xu Yuanqing then went in, the room smelled strongly of medicine, candlesticks were lit everywhere, bright and eye-catching, a large bathtub was placed behind the screen, the smell of medicine emanated from it.

"go in."

He took off his coat behind the screen, and entered the medicine bucket without hesitation. A tingling sensation spread all over his body. He was soaked in the medicine bath. At first he felt nothing, then itching, and then tingling pain.

Like tens of thousands of ants biting the skin, and a small needle piercing the bone marrow, the pain hit him, he had difficulty breathing, his heart was beating violently, and he fell into the 18th level of hell in an instant, the pain was unspeakable.

Chang Lao listened to his humming through the screen, and shook his head helplessly.

"ah!"

Xu Yuanqing's patience reached the limit, and she cried out in pain, as if her feet were stepped on the ground for a moment, and she fell suddenly.

He seemed to hear a familiar voice, and then the gate of the Criminal Department appeared in front of him.

A resplendent carriage stopped at the entrance of the criminal department, and a small official stood by the window and whispered a report, and a dissatisfied voice came from inside: "Or not?"

The little official hurriedly lowered his head and said "calm the anger", and then lifted the curtain of the car with a hand with strong knuckles, and a man with a handsome face and a big cloak got down from it.

The sound of whipping came from the torture room. The whip soaked in pepper water was heavy, and every stroke made life worse than death.On the bleeding fresh wound, he clenched his teeth and did not beg for mercy or groan. If it were an ordinary person, he would have fainted to death after being unable to bear this kind of torture, which shows that the tortured person is extremely patient.

The torturer stopped when his hands were sore, put the whip aside, and said sharply: "It's time to tell the young master!"

Xiang Changyuan didn't say a word, his blood-stained eyes were cloudy, he heard the cruel official salute "Master Shen", and immediately there was a new dress in plain clothes, he raised his eyes with difficulty, and what caught his eyes was aA harmless face for humans and animals.

Xiang Changyuan, who had been patient with the criminal law and kept silent, finally reacted. The backlog of grievances, pain and grief surged out like a river bursting its embankment. He called him with all his strength, "Shen Yuze!"

The chains that held him rattled, resentful along with his voice.

Seeing his emotional collapse, Shen Yuze slightly lowered his eyes and sneered, "In view of my past relationship with you, as long as you are willing, I will leave your whole body."

Xiang Changyuan couldn't believe that his former best friend wanted to put him to death, "Why?"

"Why?" Shen Yuze repeated his question with a playful expression.

Xu Yuanqing later realized that this was the story that should have happened. He leaned forward slightly, looking at Xiang Changyuan's face covered with scars and eyes covered with blood.

He knew that Shen Yuze still hated Xiang Changyuan at this moment, because even if Xiang Changyuan was in a mess, he could still feel his demeanor as a child of an aristocratic family.

This is exactly what Shen Yuze hates about him the most, no matter what situation he is in, he will never beg for mercy, and put on a superior attitude.

Shen Yuze's poor self-esteem was at work.

"Xiang Changyuan, do you think you can stop the guilt?" With a playful smile on the corner of Shen Yuze's mouth, he took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve. After opening it, it was densely red. If you look closely, it is a blood book, which was written by Xiang Changyuanplea.

Xiang Changyuan looked at the blood book, and the chains that bound his limbs rang. He wished he could tear the person in front of him to pieces.Sent it away secretly, just begging His Majesty to forgive the family, all grievances are limited to him.

"Shen Yuze, you must die!"

Xu Yuanqing had never heard him speak badly, even in this situation, he just cursed him.

The more he is like this, the more excited Shen Yuze is

The Xiang family has been loyal and good for generations, has served in the army for several generations, and the youngest son has been reckless. He has traveled around the world since he was a child, and after returning to Beijing, he warms people's hearts like the sun. He is in the light, as if all plots, tricks, and filth should not come near him.But Shen Yuze just couldn't see him so clean, and he would feel comfortable when he was trampled under his feet and crushed in the dirt like he is now.

"By the way, you don't know, I actually did what happened to your sister."

His voice is light and light, as if he once said "eat together" with lightness.

Xiang Changyuan's eyes were wide open, his sister was stigmatized, and people all over the world criticized her. She was forced to abandon her spear and take off her military uniform to become a monk.Since then, the Xiang family has become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"I'll tell you one more thing. Your father and brother have already entered the capital. When they come back, I will send your family to reunite. By the way, the west city was lost, and the crime was to send a false order to the old general. You personally sent the order."

Xu Yuanqing looked at Xiang Changyuan in great pain, he tried hard to touch him but couldn't get close, he could only look at him through a layer of mist, he looked at him like an outsider, unable to intervene.

He thought, Xiang Changyuan didn't see until now that Mr. Shen Yuze was holding a pure and innocent face, it turned out to be the body of such a wolf, tiger and leopard, eating human flesh and blood, and destroying human bones.

The Xiang family quelled countless choleras, kept the people safe, and kept the country clean and bright. He should not have ended up being plotted by villains, framed by his relatives, and ruined his reputation.

He was full of pride, and would rather die than bow his head to the villain, but now he had to let go of his vulnerable self-esteem, and begged in a low voice, "Shen Yuze, I beg you not to."

He was tortured for half a month, and he was tortured day by day. He never begged a word in the face of the cruel officials' torture. Under Shen Yuze's few words, he begged in a low voice..

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Shen Yuze listened to his begging, watched his tears fall like rain across the smudges on his face, and laughed wildly. He ordered someone to untie his chains, and looked down at him lying on the ground desperately thinkingPeople who want to touch themselves.

Xiang Changyuan's innocent heart is the cheapest one in his calculations, so what about the proud son of heaven, he still has to prostrate himself on the ground in front of him, he knelt down and stared at him, with sinister eyes, telling him word by word, "It's over for Xiangjia."

Praying for Chang Yuan's collapse, Shen Yuze was indifferent, with murderous intent in his eyes, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves, and told the cruel official: "Ling Chi."

Heavy snow fell into the torture chamber, scattered on the ground and accumulated a thin layer of snow, but it was not white but bright red in color. If Bai Xue had a heart, she would probably not want to fall on this dirty place and ruin her innocence.

On New Year's Eve, the people in the city are reunited with their families, with snow and red lights, laughter by the fireside, the sound of firecrackers, and gorgeous fireworks.

Xu Yuanqing watched helplessly as the young Lang seemed to be in the prison cell of the Criminal Ministry, a dark and dirty place under the sky.

His heart was riddled with holes, it was so painful that it was hard to breathe, no matter how desperately he smashed the water mist in front of him, it was useless.Pores are stinging.

"To the long run!"

He called out his name heart-piercingly but failed to wake him up, watching his blood flow out little by little.

Once upon a time, they were separated by a page, Xu Yuanqing, like thousands of readers, just sighed at his death, and then boasted of Shen Yuze's ruthlessness and his determination to kill.

Now it was so painful that she wished to cut Shen Yuze into pieces.

It turns out that if the pain is not in your body, you will never feel it.

Xu Yuanqing opened his eyes in great grief, and Chang Lao was sitting in front of him, taking a silver needle for him.

Seeing him open his eyes, Chang Lao heaved a sigh of relief, and joked, "I thought you wouldn't wake up."

Xu Yuanqing was exhausted, every inch of his skin was made of wood, he couldn't move, he looked at Chang Lao quietly.

"It will be fine in two hours."

Chang Lao took off the last needle, then took the knife and stabbed him on the wrist, the black blood flowed down the wrist and fell into the basin, then lifted his clothes, the knife stabbed into his chest, Chang Lao used the handkerchiefThen the black blood flowed out, and the white instantly became black and red.

Xu Yuanqing didn't feel anything, and he didn't feel anything when he watched Chang Lao carry away the pot of black blood. He was lying like a log, unable to move his limbs except for thinking in his head.

I don't know how long it took before Xu Yuanqing felt that his limbs regained consciousness, and the pain increased little by little, until he couldn't bear it anymore, and the whole body returned to normal.

His whole body was tingling, and his hands and feet were weak.

After seeing that he was able to move, Mr. Chang checked his pulse carefully and said with a smile in disbelief, "Your boy is determined, and you are a ruthless person."

He put his hand back, took a elixir from his waist and fed it to him, and told him earnestly, "You may not be able to take it clean once, but you have been looking for me in the past few days. This elixir can relieve your pain."

"En." Xu Yuanqing tried hard to respond.