"When I was very young, Wanniang told me that the most honorable woman in the world is the queen, and the palace where the queen lives is called 'Kunning Palace'. I asked

Wanniang what the Kunning Palace is like."

"Wanniang said that she didn't know either.

"I was sitting under the leaky eaves in the countryside, and I thought, if I could turn into a swan goose flying by that day, fly to the bustling capital, fly to the Forbidden City, and see what the Kunning Palace looks like, it would be wonderful. How good is it?"

The gate of the palace is claustrophobic, only a window on the left is left open.

The sky was overcast and the light was dim.

In the bustling Kunning Palace in the past, there is no one in the palace at this moment.

Only Jiang Xuening was left kneeling in front of the table, holding the chopsticks with her white and slender fingers, and fiddled lightly in the wrong Jinboshan stove on the table, and the smoke like wisps of smoke floated up slowly from the pores , her robes woven with gold and rusty phoenix spread long behind her, and the complicated moiré pattern floated faintly in the darkness with little brilliance.

"Later, I really went to the capital. God played a big joke on me. He gave me a delusional mind that I shouldn't have, but let me grow up in the countryside. I didn't raise the famous ladies in the capital and the ladies With such a magnanimous attitude, you still put me in this bustling place, the arena of battle, and only give me a good skin..."

Jiang Xuening's appearance is extremely bright, burning like a flower.

The crescent eyebrows are tactile, the tails of the eyes are slightly raised, and the

sandalwood lips are tinged with vermilion, which is a natural charm, and because of

holding the Phoenix Seal and being in a high position these years, she has developed a rare grace and dignity.

When you lower your eyebrows and narrow your eyes, it can make people's heart skip a beat.

You Fangyin stood quietly behind her for a long time, listening to her faint voice, and thinking of her life in the eyes of the world, where she was full of tricks and fame and

fortune, she suddenly became a little dazed.

There is a kind of sadness that arises from my heart.

They all knew that she could not escape.

Jiang Xuening suddenly smiled: "Fang Yin,

during this period of time, I have been thinking, am I really wrong?"

When she was a child, she was brought up by Wanniang, not knowing her own background, and she roamed wild in the rural landscape outside Zhuangzi. She was a bird that no one could control, and only Wanniang's rouge and gouache could bring her home.

Wanniang was born on a thin horse, a woman among women.

She said that the world is dominated by men, and only men can conquer it; while women only need to conquer men to conquer the world.

After going back to Beijing, she got to know Yan Lin, the young master of Yongyi Hou's mansion. He took her to disguise herself as a man, and played around in the capital. Even her parents didn't dare to discipline her too much. meaning.

Later, the Yongyi Hou Mansion was implicated in the rebellion case of King Pingnan.

Yan Lin's family was exiled for thousands of miles.

The young man who had not yet reached the crown climbed over the high wall of the Jiang Mansion to find her at night, with a hoarse voice, he squeezed her hand vigorously: "Ningning, wait for me, I will definitely come back to marry you."

But Jiang Xuening said to him: "I want to marry Shen Jie, and I want to be a queen."

I still remember that when Yan Lin was a teenager, he looked at her with a piercing gaze, like a struggling animal, his eyes were red, and his teeth were clenched.

That night, the boy faded away all his

youthfulness, let go of her hand, turned around and escaped into the darkness.

Five years later, she was Shen Jie's queen.

The road to the next position was not so smooth, so in her short life, there were still many people like Yan Lin.

For example, Xiao Dingfei, the servant of the Ministry of officials.

For example, Zhou Yinzhi, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Even, it was Shen Zhiyi, the eldest princess of Leyang who died in Yidi later...

However, no one expected that the boy from the past would make a comeback one day.

After making military exploits at the border, Yan Lin voted for Xie Wei, and under the

banner of "the side of the Qing emperor",

returned in armor, led the army to surround the capital, took control of the entire Forbidden City, and put her under house arrest.

Shen Jie was poisoned, lingered on the sick bed, and ignored the government.

He entered and exited her palace in a grand manner, and often shunned the palace people when he came.

Inside and outside the court, no one dared to speak.

Everyone knows that he is Xie Wei's

right-hand man.

When Xie Wei slaughtered half of the palace, he was the one who led the soldiers to guard the gates of the palaces to prevent anyone from escaping; young and old catch...

Now, he is standing outside the gate of her palace with that former imperial teacher Xie Wei.

Shen Jie has passed away, leaving an imperial edict ordering her to listen to the government behind the curtain.

However, the crown prince, who was inherited from the clan, had not yet been supported and ascended the throne. On the way to the capital, his head was cut off by the uprising Tianjiao rebel party and hung at the city gate.

Now, it's her turn.

Jiang Xuening blinked lightly, and her thick and curled eyelashes cast a faint shadow under her eyelids, which made her look a bit desolate with the unpredictable changes in the world.

You Fangyin looked at her with some regret.

But she had already put down the incense chopsticks, covered the incense burner, took the big boxy brocade box on the table, and opened it. Inside were the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom, and a letter of imperial edict that she had written and sealed an hour ago.

It is written in Yizhi that she voluntarily died for the late emperor, and asked the prince and grand teacher Xie Weikuang to help the

country, assist the government, and select a virtuous monarch to succeed her.

Jiang Xuening suddenly raised her head and glanced out the window.

At some point, the snow that had fallen all night had stopped.

The blinding sun came through the gloomy clouds, and shone through the windows of the gloomy palace, casting a bright beam of light.

She murmured: "If I had known it would be the end of today, why bother to spend a lot of time? It's better to travel thousands of miles, see the thousands of miles of rivers and

mountains, and be like a free bird. In this life, I just entered the palace by mistake. The wall, the bustling cocoon..."

You Fangyin remained silent.

Jiang Xuening then asked: "Fangyin, if you were given a chance to choose, would you still come?"

You Fangyin is the strangest one among all the people Jiang Xuening has ever met.

She was originally a concubine daughter of the uncle's mansion, clumsy and pitiful, once she fell into the water, she changed her

temperament drastically. From then on, she showed her face, became rich in business, opened a billing account, established a

chamber of commerce, and became the

leading businessman in Jiangning Mansion in just a few years.

Calling her "You Bancheng" is not an

exaggeration.

It's just that she was unlucky. In this court

battle, she was on the wrong team first.

Although she also surrendered to Xie Wei later, she has been guarded these days and is under house arrest in this palace.

The two were so miserable together that they became confidants who talked about

everything.

Jiang Xuening heard her talk about her

self-made experience, many of which were novel, and she also heard complaints that the overseas barbarians she went to when she was doing business didn't even have a steam engine.

Jiang Xuening didn't know what a steam

engine was.

But You Fangyin always said that she was not from here, but from a place far away from which she could no longer return.

She also said that the former court had a huge secret, if they knew it, anyone with a little brain would not make mistakes in this battle.

It's just a pity that she knew it too late.

You Fang sighed faintly and smiled bitterly: "In this era when birds don't poop and get angry, whoever likes to wear them will wear them!"

Jiang Xuening hadn't heard such vulgar words for a long time, she was in a daze for a while, but when she remembered the time, she

suddenly raised her voice and shouted: "Thank you, sir!"

The vermilion palace walls are covered with white snow.

There was a crowd of people outside the palace gate.

Yan Lin pressed his sword to his side.

The leader stood tall, but did not answer when he heard the words.

Jiang Xuening knew he could hear it.

This is the most scheming person in the whole Daqian Dynasty.

The skin of a saint, the heart of a devil.

The emperor of the two dynasties, the prince and the grand master, how many people respected him, respected him, and admired him? Little did they know that under this noble and clean appearance, there was a heart full of rage and murder: Shang Fang's sword, bestowed by the emperor, was covered with the blood of the royal family, killing the moat. The water turned red; in the hands of the Fuqin writer, the lives of Xiao's family were tightly held, and the corpses of those implicated were piled up like a mountain.

This is the only person she can't please with all her powers.

"You killed the royal family, the Xiao family, and the Tianjiao. You are the one who holds the power and my life. It stands to reason that I have no right to negotiate terms with you." Jiang Xuening's eyes suddenly shed a tear, burning On the back of her hand, "In my life, I have used many people, but after careful calculation, I betrayed Yan Lin, and Yan Lin also took revenge on me; I used Xiao Dingfei and Zhou Yinzhi, and they also borrowed me to take the position; I plotted against Shen Jie, and now I also want to be buried for him and go to the underworld together. I don't owe them..."

The ups and downs of life's fate, just like this.

The dagger was in her sleeve.

She pulled it out lightly, the blade surface shone with cold light, reflecting her eyes and the gorgeous golden step rock on her temples.

Jiang Xuening's body trembled, her voice

trembled, her eyes were full of tears, but she didn't have the right to cry, she just said every single word like tears of blood: "But there is only one person who has been upright all his life, with strict laws and regulations, It was I who coerced him, made him go astray, and

ruined his reputation for half a lifetime. He is a good official, and I sincerely hope that Mr. Xie would take care of you when Xue Ning gave you blood on the way to Beijing, and exchange my life for him One life, let him live..."

Who would have expected that the empress, who is so heartless and heartless, would one day be exchanged for a servant of the Ministry of Punishment by her own life?

Is it because she has no heart, or is it that

others have failed to warm up this heart?

The man outside the palace gate stood still for a long time.

It took a long time before I heard the plain word: "Yes."

What a nice voice.

It's like a long time ago.

Jiang Xuening smiled in relief, and decided to raise her hand—

"Pfft."

When the sharp dagger pierced the blood on the slender neck, there was a sound like

cracking paper, and it seemed to be

accompanied by the clang of a long sword

falling to the ground outside the palace gate.

She also fell.

The delicate golden steps smashed to the ground, and the deep ruby ​​inlaid on them shattered and splashed out. The warm blood slowly soaked along the steps on the cold ground, just like the shallow stream she used to step on and play with bare feet when she was young.

Entering the palace wall by mistake, the

prosperity becomes a cocoon.

This Kunning Palace eventually became a tomb where her bones were swallowed and her life was buried.

The sunny sun came out of the window and shone on the snow, bit by bit, it slowly melted...

It was a long dream, in which the karma of the whole life was chaotic, only the feeling when the blade touched the neck was extremely clear.

It hurts.

Jiang Xuening thought, if I knew it earlier, I should choose a painless way to die.

"cough."

There seemed to be something pressing on her chest in the dream, making her breathless, so she coughed and finally opened her eyes with difficulty.

But this look was scary.

She was lying on a messy couch, or rather,

between two men. Close at hand, there is a handsome and elegant young man's face, which almost intersects with her breath, and even raised a hand to embrace her carelessly.

Jiang Xuening's scalp exploded.

This scene reminded her of how Yan Lin put her under house arrest after returning to the court, and always quietly stepped into her palace, making her sleepless...

She shook off the man's hand, turned over and stood up from the couch.

The young man opened his eyes in a drunken dream, surprised by her behavior, half sat up, and stretched out his hand to pull her: "Well, Brother Jiang, let's continue to sleep—

"presumptuous!"

At any rate, he was a queen and even commanded hundreds of officials. Jiang Xuening heard his rude words and saw his unrestrained behavior, so she slapped him in the face completely subconsciously!

"Snapped!"

The sound was so loud that it finally disturbed the young man in black robe who was sleeping soundly with his sword on his pillow on the other side of the couch.

When he opened his eyes, he had long

eyebrows, straight nose and thin lips, with a vigor of his own. Looking at this scene, I was at a loss for a moment, but then I caught a glimpse of the messy robe of the young man in Chinese clothes, five reddish finger prints on the right cheek, and Jiang Xuening's surprised and

angry face.

With a sound of "Zheng", the young man came to his senses, stepped in front of Jiang Xuening in an instant, drew his sword out of its sheath, and pressed the tip of the sword on the young man's neck!

The face that was still a bit green was covered with frost.

He asked coldly: "What did you do to her?!"

On the one hand, the young man was surprised that he dared to draw his sword at him so impulsively. On the other hand, he was aggrieved and innocent, so he couldn't help covering his cheeks: "What can I do? This king doesn't stop!"

The young man frowned, looking at him suspiciously.

My king... Jiang Xuening suddenly froze.

It wasn't until this time that she belatedly

noticed that she smelled of alcohol, and

realized that she was wearing a green robe embroidered with bamboo patterns in silver thread, dressed as a teenager, and there was a burning pain from the palm of her beating hand just now.

Dress up as a man.

Not in a dream.

And the face of the young man pointed at by the sword, and the figure of the young man standing in front of her, finally gradually emerged from her memory: one was Shen Jie, the king of Linzi who later became the emperor, and the other was the figure of the young man who later became the emperor. Yan Lin, the young master of the rebellious minister!

Is this the "rebirth" that You Fangyin often talked about?

In her previous life, she was cautious and coaxed men around, but in this life, she slapped the future emperor at the very

beginning...

Is it too late to kneel down and apologize now?

【Wash your heart, the old friend is here】

Reborn — Eighteen and a half years old.

But neither at the beginning nor after it's all happened.

When she returned to Beijing at the age of fourteen, she began to disguise herself as a man, pretending to be the young master of the distant cousin of Jiang Shilang's mansion in Beijing, and followed Yan Lin to play wildly in Beijing; at the age of eighteen, in September, she was called into the palace as the head of Leyang. Accompanied by the princess; in

November of the same year, an accident

occurred in the Yongyi Hou's mansion.

Jiang Xuening vaguely remembered that when she was really young, Yan Lin was there.

With Yan Lin, she is not afraid of anything.

The young man was born as a general, and had stayed in the frontier fortress for a period of time. He had a high-spirited spirit that most men in the capital did not have. He walked with a sword in fresh clothes and angry horses. He was always by her side, loving her, and protecting her.

If there are no accidents, he should marry her and go home.

Only in this year, when she followed Yan Lin, she ran into Shen Jie, the king of Linzi who came to look for Yan Lin.

At that time, she didn't know Shen Jie's

identity.

But when Yan Lin saw this gentle and elegant young man in Chinese clothes, the first thing he blurted out was: "Why did you come out?"

What is Yan Lin's identity?

In the Yongyi Hou Mansion, which is

comparable to the Xiao family, the eldest son who was handpicked by the Holy Majesty early on was very popular in the palace. Wherever he went, others would respectfully call him "Little Marquis".

There are not many people who can let him use the word "you".

In the previous life, Jiang Xuening always wanted to be a queen, so she secretly fell in love with her. After careful inquiry, she found out that Shen Jie is the king of Linzi, and the emperor has no children, so she wanted to make Shen Jie the emperor's younger brother.

So the original unintentional contact turned into an intentional approach.

Later, something happened to Yongyi Hou's mansion, and she married Shen Jie as she wished.

Within two years, the Holy Majesty passed away due to illness, and passed the throne to Shen Jie, who also became a queen.

It's just that although Shen Jie grew up in the court, he is different from his other brothers. He is so kind-hearted that he is too gentle, and his temperament is too gentle to be cowardly. All the civil and military officials couldn't hold back, so Xie Wei, the new crown prince and grand teacher, would always have to deal with it for him.

In the end, he was poisoned and killed by

others.

Jiang Xuening was already under house arrest by Yan Lin at that time, and she couldn't even see him for the last time.

A person who is too kind cannot be an

emperor.

This is the only enlightenment that Jiang

Xuening could get from Shen Jie's tragedy in her previous life.

Now, she happened to be reborn not long ago when she first met Shen Jie, fortunately she was not deeply involved.

Don't enter the palace again in this life.

Kunning Palace is her tomb.

The rooms are simply furnished, yet elegant.

In the slightly cool air of early autumn, there was still the faint smell of last night's alcohol.

Outside the closed windows, there were faint sounds from the market in the distance.

Yan Lin was still holding a sword in his hand. Although he was a young man, he could

already see the curve of his waist and back clearly. The corners of his mouth were straightened, and when he didn't have a smile on his face, he was already somewhat

attractive.

He ignored Shen Jie for now.

Turning around, the coldness in the corners of the brows could not fade from the lowered brows, and he asked coldly: "Which hand did he touch you?"

Jiang Xuening finally came back from the trance when she suddenly realized that she was reborn. The boy's brows and eyes that were as bright as morning stars were close to her, and they hadn't been soaked in the pain of the Yan family's suffering, nor had they been eroded by the darkness of the court battles. .

Clean, bright and dazzling.

Like a scorching sun hanging in the sky.

Just this question...

As long as she answered, he was about to chop off Shen Jie's claws.

Cold sweat broke out on Jiang Xuening's

forehead, and she hurriedly put his arms around him: "No, no, it's nothing! A

misunderstanding. I blamed me for having a nightmare just now, and I had a nightmare. When I opened my eyes, I didn't understand the situation, and I thought Mr. Shen was someone The bad guy hit him in a panic. Put down the sword quickly and hurt people

carefully!"

Yan Lin frowned: "Really?"

Hearing Jiang Xuening's remarks, Shen Jie thought to himself that he was unlucky.

But after all, Young Master Jiang is Yan Lin's friend. Although his status and status are very different from him, how can he get into trouble with others just because of this slap?

It's really ungentlemanly.

It's just that Yan Lin's disbelieving appearance really made him dumbfounded: "Can you still believe in my character? Don't say that I didn't mean to offend, if I really offended, how could you really cut off my hand?" No?"

He is the king of Linzi.

Tianhuang nobles.

Unexpectedly, Yan Lin looked at him quietly for a moment, then quickly put his sword back into its sheath, but said firmly: "I will."

Shen Jie's eyelids twitched, and he

immediately looked up at him.

Yan Lin turned around to look at Jiang Xuening, and her cold voice softened a bit, as if years of ice and snow had suddenly melted: "Are you okay? I drank so much last night while I wasn't paying attention. I Shall I take you home?"

When Jiang Xuening heard his words "I will", she couldn't help but think of her previous life: after Yan Lin returned to the court, she voted for Xie Wei, and together with Xie Wei, she emptied Shen Jie. Soon after, Shen Jie was

poisoned to death.

In her previous life, she felt that it was

probably Xie Wei who did it.

But now I feel that it may not be Yan Lin who did it.

When she was young, she regarded this kind of intention as normal, but now that she was reborn, she realized how rare it is.

Young people's sincerity, even if they don't know how to hide it, if you like it, you should protect it by your side, if you care about it, you should show it, and you can't wait to hold it in your hand all the time.

It's a pity that she doesn't deserve such a

liking.

Jiang Xuening stared at him blankly and forgot to speak for a while.

Shen Jie felt a little subtle, and suddenly said: "Mr. Xie is going to give a lecture at the

Wenhua Palace today, and we will go too. It's time, Yan Lin, shouldn't you enter the palace with me?"

Only then did Jiang Xuening react.

Of course she was going back home.

But when he was reborn suddenly, his mind was in a mess and needed to be sorted out, but he didn't want to be sent back to the

mansion by Yan Lin, so he said: "Of course things in the palace cannot be delayed, Yan Lin, I also want to go back by myself today."

Back then, she was notoriously spoiled

Part of it was because her father, Jiang Shilang, felt guilty and didn't dare to take care of her daughter who took her back to Beijing; the other part was because of Yan Lin's habit.

So she wanted to go back by herself, but she didn't need a reason at all.

Sure enough, Yan Lin really didn't ask why, as if she was already used to her willfulness and pampering, anyway, it was Ning Ning who he put on top of his heart, so he just said: "Then I will ask Qing Feng to follow you from afar. "

Qing Feng is one of his two personal

attendants.

Jiang Xuening knew that although she wanted to refuse, but seeing his expression, she

suppressed this thought for the time being and nodded obediently.

The more Shen Jie looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong with these two people.

He is a naturally good-tempered person, not easily angered.

In all fairness, the appearance is also very good.

YouQi's eyes are slightly bent when he smiles, elegant and gentle like a piece of beautiful jade.

After Jiang Xuening married him, she never had a single quarrel.

The reasons are very simple, one is that Shen Jie has a too good temper, two is that he doesn't really like her, and three is that she doesn't like him either, she just likes that

position, so nothing else can affect her heart.

In the eyes of those who don't know, it can be regarded as "the case is equal, the emperor and the queen are in harmony", right?

In any case, she was rude first, and Jiang Xuening looked at him with some apology: "I offended you just now, and I even shot and hurt Mr. Shen. I hope Mr. Shen is not to blame. I will serve you some wine in the future, and I will apologize to you." .”

He was slapped for no reason, and it would be a lie to say that he was out of breath.

And Yan Lin is very domineering.

But when Jiang Xuening said this, her voice was soft, looking at his eyes seemed to have been soaked in spring water, a slender young man with a powdery face, red lips and white teeth, perhaps under his age, the contours of his face were still soft, which complemented his facial features Delicacy is a kind of indistinguishable beauty.

Shen Jie didn't know why, but he couldn't get angry all at once.

He never liked to make things difficult for

others, so he smiled immediately and said: "You don't have a heavy handbook. But since you say that, then I'm not going to be polite, and I'll wait for Young Master Jiang to drink some other day."

Yan Lin suddenly wanted to beat this up.

He turned cold, and only told Qing Feng a few words before tidying up and leaving the inn with Shen Jie first.

On the way back to the palace, Shen Jie

recalled all the details of the previous inn, and always felt that something was not quite right, especially when Yan Lin was defending the young master of the Jiang family who drew his sword and pressed it on his neck.

Thinking about it again, that young man is slender and has an outstanding appearance...

Shen Jie frowned slightly, feeling that he was older than Yan Lin, and he should remind him of some things, so he raised the curtain of the car and said, "Hey, Yan Lin, although some literati in Beijing are quite masculine, then The young master of the Jiang family is indeed good-looking, but you are the son of the Yongyi Hou family, and you will marry in the future..."

Shen Jie was sitting in a carriage.

Yan Lin rode a horse and walked alongside the carriage.

Ma Jun is even more handsome.

Hearing his words, his face turned black: "Your Highness, I don't love men."

This time it was Shen Jie's turn to look at him suspiciously: "Then what do you say to that young master of the Jiang family?"

"She's not some young cousin of the Jiang family."

Yan Lin also remembered what happened just now, especially the way Jiang Xuening looked at Shen Jie just now, which made him feel

uncomfortable.

A bit of thought flashed through his dark eyes.

The young man who was worried suddenly turned to the side and said solemnly: "She is the second daughter of the Jiang family."

"Pfft! Cough, cough, cough..."

Shen Jie, who had just picked up a cup of tea to drink in the carriage, choked, and couldn't believe what he heard!

"You, you actually—"

Yan Lin didn't feel anything.

He was on the horse, and his stature was even more tall and straight as a result of his black robe.

At this moment, I only said: "She loves

prosperity and freedom, so I will take her out to play. Your Highness treats me like a brother and a friend. I told her her identity today

because I want His Highness to know that she is a daughter's family. In the past, His

Highness didn't know when, so naturally I don't blame her." ; In the future, His Highness will know, so he can be more careful and avoid the shock this morning."

Shen Jie subconsciously nodded.

Just after nodding, he felt something was wrong: "Aren't you the one who should be more careful? If the news gets out, how can it be easy for a girl to get married?"

The young man's sharp eyebrows and eyes were slightly sharp, and he just smiled and said: "I spoil you, and I will marry you

What a big breath.

It's just that Shen Jie calculated his age, after staying for two months and having undergone the coronation ceremony, it is indeed time to talk about marriage.

He said with a smile: "You think so, does Hou Ye know?"

"Know."

With Yan Linjian at his waist, he turned his wrist and flicked his horsewhip casually, with a chic posture.

The Jiuzhong Palace Ban is just ahead.

He untied his saber first, and then said: "Father said that the Jiang family's poems and books are passed down to the family, and Mr. Jiang is now the servant of the household department. She can be regarded as meritorious service from the dragon, and she is also friends with Mr. Jiang. She is the daughter of the Jiang

family, and I can barely be regarded as a close relative. After the crown ceremony in

November, I will invite someone to come to propose marriage."

"You kid usually don't pay attention to those dandies in the capital, and you don't pay any attention to ladies and ladies who flatter you. This king still thinks that you are young and don't know about children, so you are

pure-hearted and ascetic. Who would have thought that you have something behind this Can't tell!"

Shen Jie thought about it carefully, and slowly came back to it.

"Besides, after I was drunk last night, I didn't behave like Meng Lang. It was just that I

accidentally put her on the shoulder when I woke up this morning. You rushed to tell me the identity of her daughter's family, and said that you would marry him in the future. Yan Lin, is this too much protection?"

As the saying goes, "A friend's wife should not be bullied", Yan Lin's previous words, besides reminding Shen Jie that Jiang Xuening is a girl's family, and that he should keep a

distance from her in the future, also clearly

included Jiang Xuening in his territory. Stamped his seal, so that before other people have any ideas, they will stop others from

coveting.

The young man's little thoughts were exposed by humanity, his handsome face was slightly red, but his voice was louder than before, as if something could be covered up like this: "What's the matter with protecting, I am

willing!"

So domineering.

Shen Jie couldn't help laughing.

The two stopped in front of the Meridian Gate.

Yan Lin handed over his saber, and together with Shen Jie, went to the right through Huiji Gate to Wenhua Hall.

The present sage, that is, Shen Jie's elder brother Shen Lang, ascended the throne four years ago.

Any dynasty, the year when the throne changes, is extremely dangerous.

The year Shen Lang ascended the throne was no exception.

The first emperor was ill and confused, so he confined Shen Lang in the palace, and

somehow lost his senses and wanted to send him to the fiefdom, all the officials under his sect were in a mess. Fortunately, Xie Wei

entered the capital, and he was born out of nowhere. He first stabilized Shen Lang's

power in the capital, and then invited a famous doctor to cure the late emperor's illness. Lang.

Xie Wei, courtesy name Ju'an, was born in the Xie family, a prominent family in Jinling, that is, the "Xie" in the poem "Old King Xietang qianyan".

It's just that by the time of this dynasty, the Xie family was almost in decline.

He passed the Jinshi when he was twenty years old, and also entered the Hanlin

Academy. But not long after, the funeral news came from Jinling, saying that Xie's mother died of illness at home. Xie Wei and Ding You went back to Jinling to be filial piety for his mother for three years.

Three years later, at the age of twenty-three, he secretly returned to Beijing, just in time for the occasion.

Once they turned the tide and helped Shen Lang ascend the throne smoothly, together with Monk Yuanji, he became the most trusted person of the new emperor.

There is no real job in the body, but he is named the prince's junior teacher.

There is no need to give lectures to the prince if there is no prince in the palace for a long time. Instead, he lectures to the emperor.

Recently, the autumn has turned cold, and Shen Lang gradually felt unwell, so he secretly called the three cabinet ministers into the palace several times.

What exactly was discussed is unknown.

But since last month, Shen Lang issued a

decree to invite some of the clan's children into the palace to listen to the scriptures and

lectures with him, including several of his brothers, including Shen Jie.

When Yan Lin and Shen Jie arrived in front of the Wenhua Palace, the daily lecture had

already started for a while.

Huang De, the chief guarding the door,

hurriedly leaned over and bent over when he saw the two of them coming, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness and the young master came so late today, we've been talking for two minutes, both of you When you go in, you must be seen by the young master!"

I was happy while drinking last night, how can I remember listening to the daily lecture today?

Shen Jie and Yan Lin looked at each other,

feeling a headache.

This gentleman, Xie Wei, has always been

lenient and strict, humane "has the legacy of the ancient saints", but he doesn't rub the sand in his eyes much.

Last time, King Yanping, who was loved by His Majesty, was only half a moment late, and he didn't dare to say anything, he just sneaked in from the door of the palace. He memorized the "Party Treatise" he talked about yesterday.

King Yanping was playful when he was young, how could he recite it?

Standing there faltering and haggling for a long time, I made a big blush.

Xie Wei wasn't angry either, instead Wen asked him to go back and sit down, saying that yesterday he might have said something too complicated and couldn't remember what was normal, so he took the blame on himself.

King Yeonpyeong was really ashamed when he sat down.

When I returned to my mansion that day, I turned on the lamp to read it at night, and

arrived at the Wenhua Palace the next day without delay. Not only did I recite "Party

Theory" smoothly, but I also recited

"Remonstrance Taizong Shisishu", which was impressive.

Since then, I have worked hard.

No matter how embarrassing King Yanping was, he was only fourteen years old, and he could still argue that he was a child and ignorant.

But Yan Lin and Shen Jie are not too young, so they are embarrassing.

Now looking at the gate of Wenhua Palace and listening to the faint sound of lectures coming from inside, I felt my scalp numb and a little apprehensive for a moment.

It was still Huang De who was clever,

pondered for a while, and gave an idea:

"Master Shao always explodes on the spot when something happens. Once the time has passed, he will not pursue it, and he will never settle old scores with anyone. Shangyi Bureau sent it up today. A piece of Guqin, the Holy Majesty gave Young Master a gift. There will be two tea breaks in a while, and there is a need to try the piano. The Young Master loves the piano. Why don’t His Highness and Young Master wait for a while, and then enter after the Young Master plays the piano. Perfunctory past."

Shen Jieyan suddenly felt saved, and hurriedly bowed to him: "Thank you, father-in-law!"

After finishing speaking, I quietly went to the side hall and waited without mentioning it.

Jiang Xuening didn't know what it would be like for Yan Lin and Shen Jie to go to the palace to listen to the lecture on the feast day at this time.

After the two of them left, she also quickly

embarked on the road back home.

When she was young, she walked almost all the streets and alleys in Beijing. I just came out of the inn, and I still feel a little strange, and I don't know the right direction. Fortunately, within two steps, the old memories gradually recovered, and soon found the way back to the Jiang Mansion.

People come and go on the street.

The peddlers hung up their smiling faces and shouted loudly.

There are young children holding masks and chasing and playing...

All the mortal smoke and fire rushed towards Jiang Xuening's face, staining Jiang Xuening's brows, her originally tense body slowly relaxed, and finally felt that the matter of

rebirth was real, and it was no longer the same as when she faced Shen Jie and Yan

Temporary before. It's like a chaotic dream.

Now she is not queen.

There is no need to always live in the Kunning Palace surrounded by high walls.

Jiang Xuening walked on this street, like a fish back into the water, even her steps became brisk.

Jiang's Mansion is located in Huaishu Alley, so you don't need to go too far, and you can see the vermilion gate in a short while.

Frankly speaking, she didn't have very deep feelings for Jiang Fu.

After all, she didn't return to the capital until she was fourteen years old. Before that, she grew up on a farm in Tongzhou and was raised by her father Jiang Boyou's concubine

Wanniang.

In the words of her own mother, she was raised and disabled.

Jiang Xuening's life experience is a little bit said.

She was born of her father's first wife,

Mengshi, but when Mengshi was pregnant with her, she was having an unpleasant fight with Wanniang.

Wanniang is a lean horse from Yangzhou, who was given to her father, and later raised as a concubine. She is quite favored by her father, and she is also pregnant.

According to Wanniang, it was Meng who made a mistake and wanted to drive her to Zhuangzi.

Wanniang is not a good person to be with.

Seeing that his fate of being expelled to the Tongzhou farm was determined, he simply did not stop doing two things, taking advantage of the chaos of the same night of labor with the Meng family, to replace the daughter born by her with the daughter born by the Meng family.

From then on, Wanniang's daughter

transformed herself into the concubine of Jiang's family. She was well-clothed and

well-fed, and learned from etiquette and

righteousness. She was called Jiang Xuehui;

The Meng family's daughter went to the farm with Wanniang, and she didn't know the rules of being a lady in the wild.

This unlucky daughter of the Meng family is naturally Jiang Xuening.

Fortunately, Wanniang was very kind to her, and taught her to read and write, and taught her to play with makeup, and did not treat her harshly.

Jiang Xuening thinks about it now, Wanniang's calculations are extremely deep.

Because Wanniang was seriously ill four years ago, she wrote a letter and went to Beijing

directly, revealing the truth about the

replacement of the civet cat for the prince.

This time, the entire Jiang Mansion exploded.

After checking, people came from Beijing.

But Wanniang didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, she said "it's too late to regret" and passed away, leaving a mess.

The Meng family hated Wanniang very much, but Wanniang didn't treat her daughter

harshly after all, and left a sentence "It's too late to regret", which proves that she has a heart of repentance.

She couldn't argue with a dead person

anymore.

It was even more impossible to vent his anger on Jiang Xuehui.

Jiang's family is also a respectable family, so it is not good to make such a scandal happen;

although the eldest girl is from Wanniang, she was raised under Meng's knees since she was a child. It has nothing to do with the events of the year, if she regains her status as a

concubine, it may cause ridicule, and the

marriage may also be difficult.

So the whole house made a total calculation and chose a compromise method.

That is to falsely claim that Jiang Xuening was ordered by the master when she was young, that before the age of fourteen, she would be in trouble, and she had to stay away from the prosperity to survive, so she was sent to the village to be raised as a child of an ordinary family.

Now that the 14th has passed, it is natural to take it back to the mansion.

In this way, the Jiang family has two

concubines.

When Jiang Xuening first returned to the Jiang Mansion, she was quite reserved, and the Meng family did whatever she asked her to learn, and tried her best to be a lady of the big family. But Jiang Shilang is a loving father, and he feels pity for this miserable daughter, and he feels a little bit guilty, so he is more or less spoiled.

As time went by, Jiang Xuening's temperament became pampered.

Even Jiang Xuehui bullied her.

After getting to know Yan Lin, no one can

control her.

When the matter of the woman disguised as a man was revealed for the first time, Meng was so angry that she was really raised by that

little **** Wanniang.

Jiang Boyou finally felt a little out of line.

But Yan Lin couldn't help but take her out to play, the young Yan Lin paid a visit to Jiang's mansion, and after talking with Jiang Boyou, the mansion acquiesced in this behavior.

If Jiang Xuening disguised herself as a man, everyone would call her "Master Cousin" and cover up and down together, as if there was really such a number one person in Jiang's mansion.

So now that she came back, the concierge raised his eyelids in shock, quickly buried his head down, and shouted timidly, "Master Biao is back."

The land in the capital is expensive, and

although Jiang Boyou occupied a real shortage like the servant of the household department, he was only a third-rank official after all, and his family was rich and he did not dare to make too much of it.

Jiang Xuening still remembered that she should be living in the west wing room at this time.

Next door is Jiang Xuehui.

When she first came back from the previous life, she saw Jiang Xuehui with low

self-esteem and jealousy. After being spoiled, she always took advantage of her status as a concubine to manipulate her, and tacitly

allowed the servants to treat her poorly.

She snatched Jiang Xuehui's chance to study with her in the palace.

She even stole Jiang Xuehui's marriage—

The person Shen Jie originally liked was

actually Jiang Xuehui, but he only had a

handkerchief as a token, and he didn't know which lady of the Jiang family it was, so Jiang Xuening found the opportunity.

Jiang Xuehui later married a Jinshi of the first department, and followed him out of Beijing.

Jiang Xuening saw her again when the married woman came to the palace to pay homage on New Year's Day, but they were all far away.

I just heard that she is doing well.

Now that she has to face this "sister" who seems to have taken away what should belong to her life, Jiang Xuening is somewhat

complicated. She wants to go back to her room and think about how to treat Jiang Xuehui in the future.

But as soon as she got to the veranda, she heard a pinching voice.

Obviously a woman.

"Young lady, what you said is really ridiculous, there are many people in our room, and there are few people in your room, why should we take more of this case?

"You don't know who you are?

"Don't say it's you, even if the second girl comes, I won't be afraid! I, I went to pick up the second girl back to the house, and she obeyed me. I told her to go east and she dared not go west!"

"you!"

Standing under the verandah is a woman wearing a sky blue embroidered lotus-patterned skirt, with an oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows. Although her facial features are not as charming and amazing as Jiang Xuening's, there is a sense of dignity in her eyebrows and eyes.

At this moment, a little anger came to the

surface.

This is Jiang Xuehui.

Behind her was a little girl wearing bijia, and the friend three steps away in front of her was a woman wearing gold and silver, a black mole under her lip showed a bit of meanness, the corner of her mouth curled up to one side, looking at Jiang Xuehui's face The eyes are mocking with indifference.

When Jiang Xuening came over, she happened to be standing behind her, so she didn't see him.

Hearing her words "obey what you say", she raised her brows suddenly—

How could she not know who she was

listening to?

The woman belonged to Wang Xing's family who was serving in Jiang Xuening's room. She used to serve at Meng's side. She was indeed picked up from Zhuangzi back then, and she was taken care of along the way.

Later, Jiang Xuening asked the Meng family for this person.

From then on, Wang Xing's family treated her as if they were reborn parents, wishing they could kneel down and lick her.

Why is there such a virtue behind the scenes?

Wang Xing's family couldn't see Jiang Xuening, but Jiang Xuehui, who was facing her, saw it clearly.

At this moment, my heart is really cold.

The younger sister in the mansion is a well-known demon king in the world, and she is arguing about this juncture, and she is afraid that she will be indiscriminate again, causing a lot of embarrassment.

The girl standing behind her was weak in legs, trembling, and shouted to Jiang Xuening:

"Second, second girl, hello..."

Wang Xingjia's body froze immediately, but when he turned around, the previous

domineering and sarcastic had disappeared completely, the smile on his face was warm and flattering, and he was extremely

pleasantly surprised: "Oh, my second girl, you are back The old slave stewed black chicken soup at home, and prepared your favorite pineapple cake!"

When she was talking, she extended her hand to Jiang Xuening graciously, as if she wanted to help her.

On that wrist was a sapphire bracelet.

The jade quality is clear and the color is bright and lustrous.

At first glance, it looks like a high-quality

Hetian sapphire.

Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes, and her pupils suddenly shrank...

this bracelet...

In the previous life, Wanniang held her hand before she left. Although she knew that

Wanniang was not her own mother, but the villain who took her away, but after all these years of getting along, she didn't know the pros and cons of it, and she didn't treat

Wanniang well. Hate.

So she thought that Wanniang had something to say to her.

Who would have thought that when

Wanniang stuffed the bracelet into her hand, she said to her sadly: "Ningning, I beg you to do something, if you go back home and see the eldest girl, help me give this to her ..."

At that time, Jiang Xuening only felt that a basin of cold water was being poured over her head.

Maybe her jealousy of Jiang Xuehui started at that time.

When Wanniang left, she went back to Jiang's residence, but she threw the bracelet in the box, preferring not to give it to Jiang Xuehui when she died.

Later, when she encountered many things, thought of Wanniang, and remembered all kinds of things in the past, when she wanted to look for this bracelet again, she really couldn't find it anymore.

Unexpectedly, it was here at Wang Xing's house.

Jiang Xue quietly looked at Wang Xing's family, and the expression on her face suddenly

became unpredictable.

Wang Xing's family is still laughing: "Looking at your body, you must be tired from playing, the old slave will wait for you to go back to the house..."

However, when she raised her eyes and met Jiang Xuening's eyes, for some reason, a chill ran down her spine.

Jiang Xuening didn't look at Jiang Xuehui next to her, she just pulled the corner of her lips lightly, and looked at Wang Xing's family: "Why didn't you know before that you are so capable that you can even change faces?"