Shao Jing's mind suddenly became clear, and he suddenly remembered something that happened long ago.
That was what he was doing on the border. At that time, he was preparing to assassinate his brother. He wanted the title of Duke of Xingguo. Why could his eldest brother, who was born a few years earlier than him, be able to accept the title calmly? He is also very hard-working, and he can also carry forward the Xingguo Palace.
At the border, he met a strange old man. He didn't look like he was from the Dongcang country, but he looked like the Yao country he saw this time. At that time, he and his men stopped their horses to rest on the roadside, and the strange old man walked up to him. , just kept shaking his head.
He was curious and asked someone to bring the old man over and ask him why he was shaking his head at him.
The old man smiled and said that he couldn't change anything, but he just told him that all cause and effect will be rewarded in the end. What he gets today, he will lose tomorrow.
The one who caused the separation of wives and children will eventually be his turn!
This is indeed the case now. Although the eldest brother is dead, Princess Qinghua is still there, and the eldest brother's children are also there, but as for me, I have nothing. After the Jiang family is dead, I will die too, and my daughter has become a plaything. If there is a son, even if the son survives for life, there is no hope.
At that time, the old man also said something very strange. Because it was strange, it made people feel scared. Shao Jing remembered it inexplicably, and subconsciously murmured to himself, "If the dragon and the phoenix are separated, life and death will be the same." Sacrifice, blue blood stains the sky!"
"What?" Chu Liuchen didn't understand what he said. He felt he didn't like it for some reason. He tapped his fingers heavily on the table and asked displeasedly, "What?"
"It's nothing, a sentence I heard before." Shao Jing said bitterly. He really had nothing at the moment. "Eldest brother seems to have found a few calligraphy and paintings. I don't know how many there are. Princess Qinghua can't tell clearly. She woke up She rarely speaks, and when she wakes up, she speaks vaguely. I can’t always follow her and ask this question, so I want her to fake death and live in my hands. I can ask her anytime.”
"Later I finally asked about one, and it turned out to be in the capital. After my eldest brother found it, he sent it to the capital. I looked for it in his yard, and later gave it to King Cheng."
Shao Jing said, some blurry shadows flashed before his eyes, and there was boundless blood. In the tall palaces, blood was dripping drop by drop. There were many beautiful women, including palace servants and concubines, and finally his own daughter Shao Yanru, whose face was covered with blood. She was lying on the ground with blood, but her feet and hands were cut off and divided into several parts. Looking at her screaming and twisted face, you can know how painful her death was...
How could this happen? It couldn't possibly be like this. How could it be like this!
Shao Jing spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell limply to the ground, his consciousness blurred. Could it be that he had been busy for so long and finally let his daughter end up like this
"Come here, pull him down!" Seeing Shao Jing fainting, Chu Liuchen raised his hand and Xiao Xuanzi said loudly.
Two government officials came outside the door and dragged Shao Jing down.
Chu Liuchen stood up and took Xiao Xuanzi out of the house, and happened to meet Wen Xichi who had just come over.
"I have met His Highness King Chen!" Wen Xichi stepped aside and saluted respectfully.
"You're welcome, Mr. Wen, Shao Jing fainted." Chu Liuchen said with a smile.
"No problem." Wen Xichi said seriously.
Chu Liuchen didn't move his feet. After looking at Wen Xichi for a few times, he suddenly smiled and said: "I heard that Mrs. Wen Xiang is going to choose a bride for Mr. Wen. I wonder if I can choose a suitable one?"
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Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, not yet. "Wen Xichi said slowly, word by word.
"Master Wen is not young anymore. He can't keep forgetting his important events for the sake of the country. When the time comes to get married, I have to let this king have a sip of the wedding wine!" Chu Liuchen said teasingly.
"I will definitely invite the prince." Wen Xichi lowered his eyes and said.
"That's the best. It also prevents Mr. Wen from being alone in the long night!" Chu Liuchen's handsome lips curved slightly, "I will leave first, and I will leave the affairs of the Criminal Department to Mr. Wen!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, your subordinates will definitely take care of it!" Wen Xichi said, looking at his toes.
Seeing what he said, Chu Liuchen was satisfied, nodded to him with a smile, and walked forward along the road.
Wen Xichi still lowered his head, looking at his shoes, motionless. After a long time when he couldn't hear Chu Liuchen's footsteps, he stiffly raised his head, his eyes were stiff, and he looked in the direction Chu Liuchen was leaving. , the clenched fist slowly lowered, what else could be done? Isn’t it all a dream
As long as she is doing well now!
King Chen was a dangerous person, but when such a dangerous person faced her, he was always gentle, and he could see that tenderness.
So, what else can be done!
Even if he doesn't want to, what can he do
A bitter smile bloomed on the handsome face, with unspeakable bitterness...
Chu Liuchen did not return to Prince Chen's Mansion, but went to the Princess Ruian's Mansion. Shao Wanru went to the Princess Ruian's Mansion early in the morning to see her grandmother and mother.
Princess Qinghua looked like this, which made her uneasy. Although she knew that her grandmother loved her mother more than herself, she still couldn't rest assured.
When Chu Liuchen came in, he saw a lot of people in the room. Although Princess Ruian's eyes were still red, her face looked fine. From time to time she looked at Princess Qinghua who was sitting embroidering. The Lord was very quiet, as if there was nothing else in the room, only occasionally muttering a few words to himself.
Shao Wanru sat on the other side of her, and Shao Yuanhao also looked at her mother quietly.
Everyone in the room was very quiet, looking at Princess Qinghua quietly, with sadness on everyone's face.
This is their relative, but now they are like this, how can they not feel sad or sad.
Seeing Chu Liuchen come in, Shao Wanru stood up hurriedly, walked to him in a few steps, and pulled his sleeves. She knew that Chu Liuchen had gone to the Criminal Department early in the morning.
"Grandma, Zhuo Zhuo and I will go over to the side to talk." Chu Liuchen said knowingly to the eldest princess Ruian.
He now calls him the same as Shao Wanru.
"You go!" Princess Ruian nodded, looked at Shao Yuanhao on the side, and said lovingly, "Hao'er goes to school, your mother is fine, and nothing will happen to you in the future. Grandma will take good care of your mother. , I will never let anything happen to your mother again."
"Hao'er goes to school." Upon hearing this, Chu Liuchen knew that Shao Yuanhao was here at this time because he didn't go to school, so he scolded him with a smile.
Shao Yuanhao was now convinced of his brother-in-law, so he stopped being stubborn. He stood up with red eyes, bowed to Princess Qinghua, then excused himself to Princess Ruian, and followed Shao Wanru out.
"Sister, is it really that old thief Shao Jing who made my mother like this?" When he walked outside, Shao Yuanhao grabbed the corner of Shao Wanru's skirt and said bitterly.
"Of course it's him, he wants all of us
The life is not only mine, but also yours! "Shao Wanru nodded, his eyes a little red.
In her last life, she never expected that her mother was still alive. Now, although her mother was mentally ill, she still had the opportunity to serve her by her side, so she felt happy.
What I fear most is that my mother has gone and will never come back.
So he and Hao'er are no longer orphans without a father and a mother!
"I'm going to kill him!" Shao Yuanhao said bitterly with some blood in his blood.
"Wouldn't it be easier for him to kill him? If you're not afraid, you can watch him during his execution." Chu Liuchen patted his head and said.
"I'm not afraid, I will go and see it!" Shao Yuanhao gritted his teeth and said. He wanted to see the old thief cut into pieces to pay homage to his father's spirit in heaven. If possible, he would even go to the execution himself.
He used to regard Shao Jing as his uncle, but now he hates him so much. He thought that these people were his relatives, but they turned out to be vicious snakes.
"Okay, let's go to school now." Chu Liuchen nodded.
"Sister, brother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely succeed and I won't let you down." Shao Yuanhao nodded and took two steps, then suddenly turned back and said solemnly, as if he had grown up overnight.
The corners of Shao Wanru's eyes were a little sour again, and she nodded immediately, watching the young boy leave firmly. In this life, there was finally no need to separate flesh and blood, and finally there was no need to watch herself fall into such a hopeless situation.
Her hand gently fell into a familiar big hand, half wrapping her small hand in it, with some warmth and gentleness, "Let's go, let's talk as we walk!"
Shao Wanru nodded, and the two walked casually hand in hand.
"Shao Jing wanted to find calligraphy and painting from your father. He said... the late emperor's tiger talisman was hidden inside." Chu Liuchen said slowly.
"Isn't the tiger talisman in the hand of Concubine Lan?" Shao Wanru calmed down and asked in surprise. Concubine Lan had already given the tiger talisman to her hand before.
"That's half a piece!" Chu Liuchen said implicitly.
"You...you mean there is still half of it that is not in the palace, but in the calligraphy and painting?" Shao Wanru asked, pressing his eyebrows with his other hand.
"It should be so." Chu Liuchen said, "It said that your father was originally going to Jiangnan at that time. Later, the emperor's decree made him change his route and go to trace these calligraphy and paintings. After that, your father disappeared and there was no one to do this. Mention it again."
"The emperor... asked my father to go, so he... he knew that my father was at the border?" Shao Wanru's heart trembled, and he looked at Chu Liuchen with tears in his eyes. Everyone said that his father took his mother away regardless of the overall situation, but In fact, my father had the emperor's mission, but from the beginning to the end, the emperor did not ask any more questions. Did he think that asking more questions would be useless
Chu Liuchen exerted a slight force on his hand and held her hand more tightly. His eyes were soft and a bit cold: "He doesn't want people to know that he also wants to get the tiger talisman of the late emperor."
"Then... then he..." Shao Wanru felt that he could no longer ask. Some words seemed inappropriate no matter how he asked them. He took a deep breath and calmed his heart slowly, and then said, "Father left something in his hand." Several calligraphy and paintings are in my hands. I almost had an accident and you found me because of those calligraphy and paintings."
This matter has been weighing on Shao Wanru's mind and he has never said it. He originally thought that he was just trying to catch someone's shadow, but now he clearly knows that it is true. Someone really thought about those calligraphy and paintings, not just other people, but also Qin Huaiyong!