Chapter 224

Xue Huaiyuan only asked Ji Xuan to go in, but didn't ask Jiang Li or Xue Zhao to go in together. Jiang Li was worried and didn't know what they would say in it.

Her anxious look was seen by Xue Zhao. Xue Zhao pushed the wheelchair to Jiang Li and motioned for Jiang Li to come and listen. Jiang Li leaned down, and Xue Zhao whispered in her ear, "Dad, look at my son-in-law, naturally there are many words to explain. He also knows your identity, dad doesn't have to be afraid of anything, sister, don't worry, Dad won't eat his brother-in-law."

He shouted "brother-in-law" one at a time, which was quite natural. He didn't know, but he thought they were close brothers-in-law who had been together for many years. Jiang Li said heartily that she was not worried about what Xue Huaiyuan did. Her father had always been gentle. What she was worried about was that Ji Heng's temper made her father angry.

But on second thought, when Ji Heng saw Xue Huaiyuan today, his gentle and polite appearance surprised even Ji's veteran army. It can be seen that his hypocritical anti ability is not bad. Now no matter how much you think here, it's all in vain. Jiang Li won't think about it.

Turning around, he saw situ Jiujiu staring at her and Xue Zhao with thoughtful eyes. Jiang Li felt a pause in her heart. The posture of her and Xue Zhao at this moment was really a little too close. Situ Jiujiu didn't know that Xue Zhao and Jiang Li were brothers and sisters, so it was inevitable that he would think more.

She stood up straight, about peering into situ Jiujiu's mind, but was particularly tolerant, and said to situ Jiujiu, "Miss September, you didn't come here today to see ah Zhao's wound for the convenience of developing new poisons. It's better to go to ah Zhao first."

Xue Zhao looked at Jiang Li in some confusion and didn't understand how Jiang Li suddenly talked about it. However, situ September's kindness, he would not refuse, and said with a smile, "is it? Dr. situ, my injury is much better now. If it can be useful for you to refine poison, it's really great."

Situ Jiujiu moved his lips and finally said, "come in with me." Although the face is still cold, the tone is much milder.

Jiang Li was about to say a few words with general Ji, when she saw that not far away, general Ji and ye Mingyu were talking in full swing. They should be discussing knife skills. General Ji's words were blushing, thick necked and loud.

Lin Yao sat cross legged on the stone bench, on which there were plates full of snacks and scented tea. He was having a good time, and the corners of his mouth were full of cake crumbs. Jiang Li looked and laughed. She took out her handkerchief and wiped Lin Yao's mouth. "Eat slowly, Xiao Yao. Didn't the government prepare these for you? Why did you eat so quickly?"

Wen Renyao also picked up a small piece of Osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth. He sighed, "don't say it's a little apprentice. Even as a teacher, I haven't eaten such delicious cakes in the government house."

Jiang Liqi said, "why? The Ye family is not short of money. They can afford to hire a cook, but the government is not poor. How can they be harsh on them in eating?"

"Miss Jiang Er, do you really think Ji Heng will be intimate enough to cook such sweets for everyone? The cooks of the national government cook according to the tastes of ah Heng and the old general, and these things are not cooked at ordinary times. If you want to eat, you have to buy them on the street. Of course, if ah Heng cooks one day, you can eat them. But ah Heng cooks too few days, maybe several times in ten years."

Jiang Li couldn't help laughing at what he said.

Hearing that Jiang Li didn't believe it, he hurriedly said, "what I said is absolutely true. Even now that you are engaged to ahong, I have to call you sister-in-law in the future. I still have to say something about ahong's bad." As he said this, he muttered, "speaking of it, how did ah Heng get engaged to the girl? I thought he would never get married in his life."

"Why can't he get married all his life?" Jiang Li asked. She thought Wen Renyao would say that Ji Heng had a bad temper, but she didn't expect Wen Renyao's answer to be surprising.

"Because of that divination sign!"

Jiang Li asked, "what divination sign?"

Wen Renyao didn't hide it, but said, "ten years ago, when he divined for ah Heng, the divination showed that 'the moon was born in winter, the prince was born, and was robbed due to a female disaster, the corpses were destroyed in the wilderness, and the eagles and dogs pecked.' hearing this divination, it was very fierce. Although ah Heng didn't take this matter to heart on the surface, I haven't seen him mention marrying a wife and having children for so many years, so I think maybe he still cares. But I didn't expect to take the initiative to propose to the emperor again."

Jiang Li heard: "what is the female disaster?"

"It's because of the disaster caused by women. Hey," Wen Renyao seemed to realize that what he said was wrong, and hurried to remedy it, saying, "I'm not talking about the second young lady. And the divination... May not be right. Ah Chen himself is not afraid. My master also said that the shaman sect is not as good as one generation. In my generation, my shaman skills have been in a mess, which is humiliating to the sect, so I may have made a mistake."

Although Wen Renyao said so, Jiang Li didn't relax because of his explanation. Somehow, she had a bad premonition in her heart, like a stone pressing heavily on her chest.

Seeing Jiang Li's expression, she still didn't relax. Hearing that people scolded her for being talkative, she suddenly thought of something and said, "don't worry, Miss Jiang Er, this divination is not over, just one side, and the back, I......"

Before he finished speaking, the door of Xue Huaiyuan's house opened, and Ji Heng came out.

Wen Renyao immediately forgot what he wanted to say, only looked at Ji Heng and said strangely, "are you actually very happy?"

Jiang Li looked at Ji Heng, whose face was very good, and her mouth was smiling, which seemed very relaxed. Her heart fell back a little, and Xue Huaiyuan followed. Xue Huaiyuan also looked good. He nodded at Jiang Li with a smile. Jiang Li's heart was completely put down.

She went to Ji Heng and asked softly, "what did your father say to you?"

Ji Xuan said, "you are arrogant and willful, so let me bear more in the future."

Jiang Li stared at him and knew that what he said was not true. Where did she indulge? In terms of willfulness, Ji Heng was the most willful one. What else should she say? Ye Mingyu has asked everyone to go to the front hall for dinner. Because it's a family dinner, there's no need to be constrained.

The Ye family is still uncomfortable, and others are all right. Old general Ji is frank and frank. He hears that Renyao is a self familiar person who likes to join in the fun. Lin Yao is a child. Situ September is a little colder, but he is a doctor, and he is very beautiful. He can endure it. But Ji Chen is not good. Although Ji Chen is also beautiful, his beauty is too aggressive. Although he has a smile all the time, people are always afraid that he will drag people out and destroy them in the next moment.

Moreover, ye Shijie insisted that Ji Xuan stole his niece. Originally, his idea was to match Jiang Li and ye Shijie, so that Jiang Li would be married to his family in the future, and the Ye family would take good care of him. Who knew such a man was killed halfway.

Ye Mingyu's eyes were full of hate when eating.

Jiang Li was amused, but to her satisfaction, Xue Huaiyuan, Xue Zhao and Ji Heng got along well. Because she is her father and brother, Jiang Li also knows very well. She can see that Xue Zhao is a fool. Ji Heng has saved his life, and her heart has long been biased towards Ji Heng. Although her father didn't show special joy, he absolutely didn't resist. It was very natural, and she didn't know if it was Jiang Li's illusion. She even felt that Xue Huaiyuan seemed to like Ji Xuan more than Shen Yurong in those days.

This meal is a treat. When it's afternoon, they all have to go back. Jiang Li whispered to Ji Xuan, "wait for me outside first. My father a Zhao and I have something to say."

Ji Heng nodded, and heard that Renyao and old general Ji had got on the carriage outside the door. Situ septemberalso put away the medicine box. Ye Mingyu looked coldly outside, thinking what was going on. He was Jiang Li's uncle, but whether it was Ji Heng or Jiang Li, he always whispered with Xue Huaiyuan. Does the Xue family have anything to do with the government?

Ye Shijie is much more polite than ye Mingyu. In fact, his time in the court is not very long, only a year, but he is really different from the boy who would be on the street in the past because of a painting arguing with popularity. In officialdom, it is really difficult to keep his true heart. He is also growing rapidly. Although he is not happy or angry, he also begins to learn to hide his emotions from others.

Although he felt that his own loss might not hide from the eyes of the young man in front of him. But he still did so, hoping that his posture would be better and he would exit with dignity, which would not insult the Ye family.

At the other end, Jiang Li and Xue Zhao and Xue Huaiyuan returned to the house.

Jiang Li closed the door and said, "Dad, what did you and Ji Heng say in the room today?"

She was really curious.

Xue Zhao said indifferently, "sister, why don't you understand that my father-in-law told my son-in-law?"

Jiang Li said unhappily, "I didn't ask you."

In front of Xue Huaiyuan and Xue Zhao, her past temperament was revealed, as if she had not experienced those great injuries. Xue Huaiyuan looked in his eyes and was a little bleary for a moment, but soon, he came back to his senses and said with a smile, "your brother was right. I really told him something. After all, I'm not at ease about giving Ali to him in the future."

Jiang Li asked nervously, "what's the result?"

"I don't care what others say about him. After all, there are too many inconsistencies in the world. Even if outsiders think this person is a good person, he may not be as kind to his family and friends on the surface. So dad doesn't care about other people's comments, and dad wants to see it for himself."

"There are many honest, honest and kind people in the world, but maybe Ali doesn't like them. After so many things, I don't want Ali to marry a flawless and noble person. But if the person Ali likes is not like this, I won't stop it. Ali likes a person, there are always some reasons. I didn't understand what ah Zhao said before, how Ji Hu protects you. Today I talked to him, I I feel relieved. "

Jiang Li looked at him in surprise.

"Dad can safely give you to him." Xue Huaiyuan laughed. His tone didn't seem to be fake. Even Xue Zhao was stunned for a while. When he used to be with Shen Yurong, Xue Huaiyuan was not so confident.

Xue Huaiyuan also thought of the past.

Jiang Li was born without a mother, a little girl carved in pink and jade. He himself was both a father and a mother, pulling her. When I first went to Tongxiang as a child, when I was the poorest, there was no servant girl at home. Xue Huaiyuan learned to comb Jiang Li's hair. It is conceivable how reluctant he was to marry Jiang Li to Shen Yurong.

At that time, Shen Yurong knelt in front of him and promised that he would definitely win the first prize and become a prosperous man, so that Ali could live a good life and take good care of her. But in fact, at that time, Xue Huaiyuan was not very happy. He knew that his daughter was not obsessed with wealth, and what he wanted to do most was not his husband's prosperity and becoming an official wife himself. But at that time, Ali liked Shen Yurong. Shen Yurong also had this heart, and Xue Huaiyuan was all.

Today's Ji Xuan didn't kneel down in front of Xue Huaiyuan. He could see the pride of the young people from Ji Xuan's eyes, just like Ji Minghan in the past. Ji Heng is different from Shen Yurong. The government has power and money. He doesn't have to worry about seizing it like Shen Yurong. What can he do for Ali?

"I guarantee that she will be safe and happy all her life. She will never have to compromise for others to be another person, including myself." Ji Tao.

His words were slow, but they seemed to be the most precious promises.

In his previous life, Ali did something unhappy because of Shen Yurong's compromise for the Shen family. Ji Heng understood this, so he said, let Ali be a Li forever, even for him, there is no need to change.

"I don't understand. What do you like about Ali?" Xue Huaiyuan said, "because of her appearance? She is not the first beauty in Yanjing now, because she is brave, because she is smart? Ji Heng, there are many women like this around you."

"Lord Xue," Ji Heng said with a smile, "I don't like her because I like her quality. I like her because I like her quality. If she is a murderous, domineering, arrogant, willful, malicious woman, if I like her, no matter what kind of person she is, I like her."

He is really unscrupulous. How many people in the world dare to say such words? It's easy to promise, but it's too difficult to promise sincerely. He is originally a strong and gorgeous person, so his love is also so determined and profound.

"I'm not afraid of the stigma in the world." Ji Heng smiled lightly and said, "I'll do the bad things. She can always grow up like this in front of her eyes. Lord Xue," he looked at Xue Huaiyuan's eyes, amber eyes, sober and almost cold, but his words were so gentle, like a beast showing the softest fur, stubbornly guarding the most precious things. He said, "Shen Yurong can't protect her, I can."

It is this sentence that makes Xue Huaiyuan's doubts disappear.

His daughter, who once saw her hurt, for a father, is hoping that she can be safe. Although Ali is very smart and can do many things, when danger comes, a person who can protect her is better than all.

Xue Huaiyuan said, "you won."

Ji Xuan was still smiling.

"I'll give you Ali, Ji Heng," Xue Huaiyuan said, "please take good care of her."

The young man faded the venom in the rumors, and was gentle and incredible. He said, "I will take good care of you, too, because you are her family."

The dialogue with Ji Heng seemed to be still in front of him. Xue Huaiyuan frowned before meeting Jiang Li and said, "but what did you say?"

"Ali." Xue Huai said, "Dad is old. Maybe he can't accompany you for a long time in the future. He can protect you. Dad has confidence in him, and you should also have confidence in him and yourself."

Jiang Li is silent.

She could see that Xue Huaiyuan was really relaxing. This meeting with Ji Heng was smoother than Jiang Li had imagined. Xue Huaiyuan refused to say, and Jiang Li didn't continue to ask. Dad didn't say it. It's the truth of natural dad. Besides, it's a conversation between my father and Ji Hong. It's a secret between them and should be respected.

She told Xue Huaiyuan to leave again. Xue Zhao said behind, "sister, help me say goodbye to my brother-in-law."

This kid! Jiang Li was amused. He accepted it faster than anyone else. After thinking about it, Jiang Li said, "Zhao, you should also thank Dr. situ on weekdays. People heal your wound for you, and you don't pay the silver, so it's unreasonable? This is not the style of the Xue family."

With these words, she ignored the stunned Xue Zhao and went out by herself.

Waiting outside to say goodbye to Ye Mingyu and ye Shijie, Jiang Li walked to Ji Heng. In fact, she had something else to say to Ji Heng. However, hearing that they were all on the carriage, it was inconvenient to say anything, and they had to separate themselves. Just before they parted, Jiang Li couldn't help but say, "how could you speak to your father like that today, which scared me."

Ji Heng has never been so polite to people.

"Because that's your father, because of you." He laughed.

Jiang Li was stunned.

Xu is because in her previous life, she was a person who changed for others. She knows that kind of sadness, and has never been tolerant of others changing for her, but Ji Heng, the villain in in everyone's eyes, will change for her.

She laughed, and felt that Ji Heng was really a fairy sent by heaven to make up for her, just like those scholars in unofficial history scripts. At a critical moment of bad luck, a gorgeous demon girl would fall from the sky, add fragrance to his tea, rub shoulders with him, and then go up the list of gold topics all the way.

But those gorgeous witches didn't have a good ending in the end, and those scholars abandoned them as an affair, but she silently read in her heart that she would never abandon Ji Heng.

Ji Xuan saw that she was staring at her and just laughing, so he reached out and pinched her cheek. He laid his hand very gently and hissed on his mouth, "silly."

splendid.

……

The meeting between Xue Huaiyuan and Ji Heng passed smoothly. After that, Ji Heng was busy, and Jiang Li couldn't see him again. Zhao Ke returned to the yuan family as a gardener again, and tong'er asked the other servants of the yuan family. The servants also took it for granted that Zhao Ke had left before to go home for mourning.

This lie, however, is well founded. From the beginning, it was to pave the way for coming back.

The weather was getting colder and colder day by day. Slowly, tong'er took advantage of the sun to take out the rabbit hair cloak and fox skin cloak to dry. He said that in a month or two, it was afraid that Yanjing city would really have a heavy snow in winter. It's cold. Get these things ready in advance.

The Jiang family is also very busy, so busy that Jiang Li sometimes can't see Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping for several days. They went out early and returned late. When they came back in the evening, Jiang Li had already slept, so they couldn't see it naturally. Jiang Li guessed that it was because of Yin Zhan. Old lady Jiang and Lu gradually accepted that the uncle of the Jiang family was Ji Heng, and gradually began to prepare a dowry for Jiang Li. When ye Zhenzhen married, the dowry was really rich. After Ji shuran passed through the door, she took those things as her own. Originally, she wanted to marry Jiang Youyao when she became a monk. She never expected this change. Old lady Jiang gave the key to the warehouse to Jiang Li and asked Lu Shi to draw up a dowry list.

Jiang Li looked at the dowry list. If it's from the first daughter's share, it's really not low, but it's impossible to say how high it should be. Many of them were brought by Ye Zhenzhen that year. Jiang Li didn't care either. She didn't care how much dowry she had. But in her heart, she felt sorry for the real Miss Jiang er. It was so easy to get back what belonged to her mother, but the person who accepted it was no longer herself, but herself.

Life was so flat until Jiang Li got a message from Zhao Ke. Yin Zhan, the king of Xia County, doesn't have to go back to the clouds.

When Jiang Li heard the news, she was not very surprised, probably because Ji Chen had reminded her before that the Yan family was not as isolated as it seemed. But she still asked, "why?"

Zhao Ke said, "it's winter. It's snowing all the way from Yanjing to Yunzhong. It's not easy for soldiers to travel, wasting food and salaries, and there's no need to guard in the clouds. On the contrary, we should be wary of the forces of King Cheng coming back, and Yanjing city is the most dangerous."

Jiang Li smiled. This reason is not bad, but it is not good. It can be seen that Yin Zhan really wanted to stay in Yanjing City, and Yin Zhan should also see from the last marriage granted by Emperor Hong Xiao that emperor Hong Xiao was suspicious of the Yin family. Simply don't hide your ambition, even if it's obvious, you have to stay.

Yin Zhan is different from King Cheng. In order to deal with King Cheng, Emperor Hong Xiaodi prepared for as many years as king Cheng had made chips. But Yin Zhan returned to Yanjing city a long time later. For so many years, Chaozhong almost forgot this person. If it weren't for the shocking bravery he showed in this rehabilitation, people in the court wouldn't pay attention to him. For Yin Zhan, Emperor Hong Xiao was not prepared and did not understand. He could not act rashly. The way of catching turtles in a jar and waiting for others to fall into the net like King Cheng was not applicable to Yin Zhan.

They are all fighting against each other.

Jiang Li's heart also had some worries, so the peaceful days would end at some time. Once it ended, the government and the Jiang family were bound to be implicated.

I hope it's all right.

……

In the deep palace, the flowers withered, and after prosperity, it was strange and desolate.

Almost all the flowers in the garden withered. Even those evergreen trees seem to be covered with a layer of dust in the dark weather. Winter in Yanjing city is coming soon, and winter always lasts a long time. People always miss the beginning of spring before the end of winter.

The young emperor stood with his hands on his back and was heavily guarded outside the imperial mausoleum. He stood in front of the tombstone, where his biological mother, Xia Guifei, was buried.

In the deep palace, there are all kinds of rumors about Xia Guifei. Many old people in the palace are either dead or scattered, and few remain. So no one mentioned the past youth. Emperor Hong Xiao was born as a prince. He had seen the changes of the northern Yan Court and several times of ups and downs. He should have been indifferent to these things, but as a son, it is a matter of course to remember his mother.

Different from the shrewdness and beauty of Princess Liu in her youth, and the gentleness and modesty of the Empress Dowager in her youth, concubine Xia is cunning, smart and beautiful. She is kind to servants. She is smart, opinionated and knows how to advance and retreat. She is an interesting person. The emperor appreciates her.

But in general, the word "red face and poor life" is a curse. Xia Guifei died of illness shortly after giving birth to him. Emperor Hong Xiao didn't know what his biological mother looked like. He can only find the appearance of Xia Guifei in the painter's previous paintings in the palace, and can only rely on those rumors that he doesn't know whether it's true or not, just a few words to piece together the appearance of Xia Guifei. But even so, whenever he stood in front of his biological mother's tomb, his memory was only blank.

The former Emperor handed him over to the queen, who had a prince at that time and was not close. Later, the prince died early, and the queen even thought he was the murderer until the imperial doctor came to clear his grievances and proved that the prince was congenitally deficient and died of sudden heart disease.

But at that time, everyone, including his father and emperor, looked at his suspicious eyes, and he still can't forget it. Sometimes I wake up from my dream in the middle of the night, and I can remember the deep sadness and despair.

Then, the emperor made him the crown prince, and Cheng Wang's mother and son became more and more arrogant. In order to keep their position, the queen took him as a bargaining chip to fight with Cheng Wang's mother and son. For the time being, he and the queen can't tear their faces. At least they should show kindness and filial piety, and people can't take advantage of it.

Emperor Hong Xiao can't remember when he and the Empress Dowager looked particularly friendly, as if they were a real mother and son. But in his heart, the past never passed, he never really got out of those things, so he would be so angry when he heard what happened to Jiang Li. He gradually learned how to be a real emperor, but how to be a son was deprived of power when he was very young.

"Mother concubine," the emperor's expression was in a trance, with an imperceptible vulnerability, and his voice seemed to be at a loss. He said, "how are you doing now?"

……

In the palace of mercy and tranquility, the smoke curled. Mei Xiang walked up to the person kneeling in front of the statue of Buddha and whispered, "empress dowager, the spy has just returned, and his majesty went down to the imperial mausoleum, in front of the tomb of Xia Guifei."

Wearing silk clothes, the Empress Dowager was beating wooden fish's hand. In the smoke, a light and soft smile appeared on her face.

She sighed faintly, "it's really an unfamiliar white eyed wolf."

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The little emperor can be said to be very sad [covering his face]