Kangxi thought for a while, and felt that what he said was reasonable. He nodded and said, "Although what you said is not unreasonable, it is state-owned and national-law, and the family has house rules. Let's talk about it when the imperial envoy returns from Tanglin."
Si elder brother replied in a deep voice: "Yes, the children listen to Huang Ama."
Kangxi looked at him again and instructed Li Dequan: "Take them to the clan mansion first and take care of them."
Qingchuan got up from the ground with the fourth eldest brother. Although she didn't understand what he had and the arrangements, she could see his calm appearance, but she was calm in her heart. Now that she has reached this point, she can only continue to walk firmly. .
The two were imprisoned in the cell of the clan mansion. Across the wooden fence, the two sat back to back, Qingchuan couldn't help sighing. Brother Si over there listened and asked: "What's the matter?"
Qingchuan thought for a while and replied, "I feel I have never been so bold."
Si elder brother was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked Qingchuan, "Qingchuan, let me ask you a word. If my plan fails and Huang Ama is going to behead our heads, will you blame me?"
Qingchuan smiled and shook his head, "I won't blame you, my luck is always very bad. I had a good time at home, but I ended up here. Then I was either kidnapped or robbed and entered the palace. Still being bullied. It's just..." She stopped, her smile became a little reluctant, and her voice lowered.
"I regret that I was tired of you. I should have taken all the blame just now, but I was cowardly."
Brother Si was stunned to hear, but somewhere in his heart he felt unusually soft. He lowered his head and was silent before asking softly, "Am I really that good? At this time, you are still thinking about me." ."
Qingchuan couldn't understand his heart anymore. When did it start? Was it when he taught her to walk the gravel with his boots, or when he rescued her from the two rascals? She herself can't remember, she has been controlling her emotions, telling herself that he is the future emperor, he has a wife and a son... He should only be a historical figure to her!
But when the assassin stabbed a sharp knife towards him, she suddenly realized that he had already burned her heart. She didn't want him to die, she didn't want him to die at all, even if it was her life in exchange!
Qingchuan couldn't help but laughed at himself, knowing that he was a poison tomorrow morning, but he was still attracted to him involuntarily.
After a long time waiting for her answer, Si elder brother suddenly became a little nervous, and whispered, "Qingchuan?"
"Well," Qingchuan replied, paused, and replied calmly: "I don't want to be like this either, but the heart is involuntary, the body is involuntary, there is no way..."
Si elder brother was moved in his heart that he had never felt before. It turned out that there is still such a woman in this world who loves him wholeheartedly, but he wanted to put her to death several times for the sake of rights. He couldn't help but bowed his head guiltily, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I am not as good as you think..."
Qingchuan turned around, looked at him across the railing, and said, "You are an insecure person."
Brother Si was taken aback, "Sense of security?"
Qingchuan smiled and nodded, and said, "You stretch out your hand."
Si elder brother stretched out his hand from between the wooden fences in doubt, Qingchuan smiled and held his hand, and asked: "Now what? Is it better? When I was young, I also felt insecure. My mother just held it like this. My hand, she said that because of trust, I am at ease, and because I am at ease, I am no longer afraid. Do you... understand?"
Trust, it happened that he had abandoned it since he was a child. The fourth eldest brother looked at Qingchuan and felt a little confused for a while, "It seems to understand, and it seems that I don't understand. But your hands are very warm, which is a feeling I have never felt before."
Qingchuan smiled and said, "Then don't think about it, just wait for the result to come."
Si elder brother nodded and said: "Okay, I'll just listen to you."
The two were holding hands, and suddenly they heard a sharp voice from behind, "You guys! Let go!"
Qingchuan was startled, and subconsciously let go of her hand. When Si elder brother reacted, she went to hold her hand back. She had already retracted her hand behind her back. Jin Zhi, dressed as a little eunuch, walked up angrily and cursed at Qingchuan: "Death is imminent, so shameless..."
Si elder brother glanced at her coldly and asked: "Why are you here?"
Jin Zhi consciously looked at him aggrievedly and said: "I won't come to someone to save you this grief, I have discussed with my Ama, if this continues, the emperor will definitely not let you two go, and now I want to save you. There is only one way."
When Qingchuan heard that there was a way to save the fourth elder brother, he hurriedly asked, "What way?"
Jin Zhi kept looking at Brother Si and replied: "It is to let Qingchuan take all the charges down and tell the emperor that she escaped from the imperial tomb and went to the brothel to sell herself. It's nothing to do with Brother Si..."
Brother Si categorically refused: "No, you can't do this..."
"Brother Si!" Qingchuan cried, she paused, and then said calmly: "The time you expected has passed. If you keep entangled, neither of us will survive. It's better to listen to Fujin's arrangements, at least we can Save your life."
Si elder brother's attitude is very firm, only coldly said: "No!"
"You have to do it, this is the best way." Jin Zhi endured the jealousy in his heart, approached Qingchuan, looked at her and said: "You can rest assured Qingchuan, if you are willing to bear all charges, I will not It will make you suffer from decapitation. There is a pill here. After you draw it, swallow it and go soon. There is no pain at all." Then he took out a pill from his arms and gave it to Qingchuan handed it over.
Qingchuan stretched out his hand to take it, but the fourth elder brother took the lead first.
Jin Zhi exclaimed: "Four Lord, what are you doing?"
Si elder brother ignored her, only looked at Qingchuan, and said word by word: "To be born and live together, to die and die together, Qingchuan, if you listen to her doing stupid things, I will swallow this medicine." After that, he walked to the other corner of the cell and lay down on the wooden plank.
Jin Zhi was angry and angry. She begged Ama to save the man. Not only did he refuse to appreciate Qingchuan, but also died for Qingchuan. Since he couldn't keep his heart, she simply gave up his man! Jin Zhi sneered at Si elder brother: "Since you are so infatuated with her, then you two should wait for death together! Even if you are dead, I am also a dignified Sifu Jin!"
After speaking, he turned around and left.
Qingchuan looked very anxious, and begged Si elder brother: "Si elder brother, you give me the medicine, Si elder brother..."
He lay there, closing his eyes slowly. Qingchuan asked for a moment, but when he saw that he ignored him, he couldn't help but cried bitterly while covering his mouth.
In the Yonghe Palace, Concubine De had been kneeling in front of the Buddha and reciting the scriptures religiously. The emerald came in gently from the outside and cautiously called: "Master."
De Fei answered softly, and asked faintly: "How's it going? Go to Yuqing Palace?"
Jade stepped forward a few steps and knelt beside Concubine De, and said in a low voice: "The prince was surprised and delighted when he heard that Qingchuan was not dead, so he told the servants to take Qingchuan to Yuqing Palace as soon as the servants ordered. Tell him that the emperor will execute Qingchuan tomorrow, he really messed up immediately, and agreed to inform the old army of the army to enter the palace to save Qingchuan. I said that the master has arranged everything, as soon as people are rescued, he will immediately arrange for him and Qingchuan Chuan left the capital, he believed them all, and gave the tokens to the servants and asked the servants to pass them to the master so that he could inform his old ministry."
As Jade spoke, he handed a beaulieu jade pendant to Concubine De.
Concubine Defei took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and sighed in a low voice: "The prince is a kind of love." She got up from the futon and said, "Let's go to the emperor. If something goes wrong in the evening. , Only by the emperor's side, the emperor will not doubt us."
Jade hurriedly helped her walk outside the hall.
When he arrived at the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial envoy sent by Kangxi to the Dongling had just returned from outside the palace and reported to Kangxi: "The fourth elder brother is true. Qingchuan was indeed taken away by captives because she is a third-rank female officer appointed by the emperor. Aunt Xuezhen, the manager of the concubine’s bed, was afraid of the emperor’s anger, so she only sent people to pursue them in private, but did not dare to report the matter.
Kangxi was silent for a moment when he heard the words, looked at Concubine De, and asked, "What do you think?"
Although Concubine De did not know why the people in the concubine’s bed would act like this, but in this way it was extremely powerful for the fourth elder brother. When Kangxi asked her, she replied: "The concubine always thinks that the fourth child is a good law-abiding man My child, I won't do anything like that, but Jin Zhi has always been jealous. On weekdays, the fourth child and the maid would make trouble with me. Compared to this time, she was also wildly suspicious."
Kangxi nodded, and then called someone to the clan's mansion to bring Si elder brother and Qingchuan over.
After a while, the fourth elder brother and Qingchuan followed Li De's body into the Nuan Pavilion, and both knelt down in front of Kangxi. Kangxi said coldly: "Although the fourth child is telling the truth, the dignified royal brother went to the brothel and asked the fourth wife to come to me. Where do you put the royal rules?"
The fourth elder brother squatted his head when he heard the words: "Report to the emperor Ama, the son knows that he is wrong."
Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "Major crimes are forgiven, and minor crimes are hard to forgive. I'll fine you three months of salary. Go home and reflect on it!" As he said, he looked at Qingchuan, his complexion slightly relaxed, "Qingchuan, Now that the imperial tomb has been closed, your mission will be completed. From now on, you will return to the Qing Palace as an errand!"
Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment. When she was taken out of the ancestral mansion just now, she only said that she was going to be decapitated, but she did not expect such a result. It is a great fortunate to be able to save her life. She squatted her head and said: " Purpose."
Concubine De saw him by the side. She couldn't help but wiped the corners of her eyes with a veil. She stepped forward and helped Si elder brother and Qingchuan, and said to Si elder brother: "Go back soon, Jin Zhi is also worried about it in the past two days. No matter how many she is not, she is your daughter-in-law at any rate. Don't dislike her and teach her well in the future."