daughter-in-law next door

"The evidence of the fourth prince's crime came out, the emperor died, and the capital is about to change."

It took Su Jinshi a few seconds to digest the news. She immediately went back to her room and saw that the wooden box Lu Jingchen had given her was still on the table, and she had already burned the letter.

So what is the so-called evidence that can get Ning Qiyue arrested?

And the sudden death of the emperor must have been stimulated, and this stimulation must be the evidence that the fourth prince committed the crime.

only……

What is the evidence?

Su Jinshi thought for a long time in his room but couldn't figure it out.

Who will inherit the throne has also become confusing. If Ning Xifeng wants to inherit the throne, he must know the evidence and report it to the emperor, so the emperor will be completely disappointed with Ning Qiyue and have a good impression of Ning Xifeng instead.

If he wanted to falsify evidence, could the sick emperor see it?

Su Jinshi shook his head, it shouldn't be like this, if so, he could have faked it earlier, and they don't need to investigate at all.

Besides, she didn't believe that Ning Xifeng would do such a thing for the throne.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, but it is still a dull cloudy sky, with layers of gray clouds, and it seems that it will rain heavily soon.

It had been a long time since dawn, but there was no movement in Nian Su's room. Su Jinshi felt a little strange, so he walked over and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

For some reason, her heart suddenly became flustered, and the sound of knocking on the door also became chaotic. After knocking for a while, the door finally opened, and it was Xiaodouzi who opened the door.

Su Jinshi was taken aback, "Little Douzi, where did mother go?"

Xiaodouzi rubbed her sleepy eyes, "Mother has gone out for breakfast."

Su Jinshi's heart sank, she had been awake since dawn, and she didn't hear any sound of Nian Su opening the door in the room.

"How did Xiaodouzi know?" Su Jinshi asked in panic.

Xiaodouzi said as a matter of course: "Mother is usually having breakfast at this time, it should be not long after going out."

Su Jinshi's mind went blank, but he still forced himself to calm down, "Little Douzi, if you're sleepy, go back to sleep."

After finishing speaking, Su Jinshi left Nian Su's room. She returned to her own room, closed the door, and slumped weakly along the door.

Again.

Nian Su disappeared beside her again.

Su Jinshi covered her eyes with her hands to keep herself from crying, she could almost guess who kidnapped Nian Su.

What can she do.

Yesterday's dream reappeared in front of her eyes again, the deep sense of powerlessness made her have a splitting headache, and she felt pain all over her body.

She is so useless.

You can't even protect your loved ones.

Su Jinshi bit her lips tightly, not letting herself make a sound, until she tasted the smell of blood, she finally regained some sense.

She doesn't know what's going on in the palace now, and she can't wait for Tang Mingze and Tang Yaxin to come back and tell her.

She licked her lips with her tongue, stood up, changed into the maid uniform that Tang Yaxin had given her before, went to Tang Yaxin's room to get a cloak, and hurried out.

At the gate of the palace, Su Jinshi raised the cloak in his hand and smiled brightly: "My lord, my lady entered the palace without wearing a cloak, and she specially sent me back to get it."

The official who guarded the gate also knew Su Jinshi, so he let her go, and did not forget to tell her: "The situation in the palace is complicated now, so don't wander around."

Su Jinshi nodded, thanked him, and entered the palace without looking back.

She lowered her head and hugged the cloak, but no one noticed her, perhaps as the official said, the situation in the palace was complicated.

Along the way, she has almost understood what happened.

It turned out that a few more corpses were found in the palace yesterday, and I thought it would be impossible to detect them, but Ning Xifeng brought an eyewitness with him. The witness was an eunuch in Ning Qiyue Palace. Qi Yue killed someone, and even produced the so-called evidence - Ning Qiyue's personal jade pendant.

After learning about it, the emperor immediately summoned Ning Qiyue and Ning Xifeng, and asked Ning Qiyue sharply if he really committed the crime.

Surprisingly, Ning Qiyue admitted it directly, but said: "The previous cases were all done by me, but this one was not me."

It's just that the emperor couldn't listen to the latter sentence, only when Ning Qiyue admitted that the condition of anger worsened on the spot, maybe because he knew that he didn't have much time, so he called his father-in-law, drafted the imperial decree himself, and ordered it to go down. It was announced half a month after his death, and during this period, Ning Xifeng took over the throne temporarily.

The father-in-law who kept the imperial edict was a loyal servant of the emperor, and he defended the imperial edict firmly.

It's just that he didn't expect the emperor to faint after giving these words, but he never woke up again.

Su Jinshi had already reached the Imperial Study Room. If Ning Xifeng took his place temporarily, then he must be in the Imperial Study Room now, and the backbone of the Tang family supporting him must also be in the Royal Study Room.

However, when she reached the door, she didn't know whether to go in or eavesdrop. If she eavesdropped, she would definitely be discovered by Ning Xifeng.

Su Jinshi thought for a while, then left the imperial study and walked towards the fourth prince's bedroom.

It is heard that the sixth prince, thinking of his brotherhood, put Ning Qiyue under house arrest in his bedroom.

Su Jinshi saw from a distance that there were guards with knives outside the palace of the fourth prince, and it was difficult to get in.

Su Jinshi stayed at the door for a while, but when he saw a father-in-law coming out, Su Jinshi hurriedly hid in the grass beside him.

The father-in-law had a big belly. After he came out, he stopped again. Su Jinshi poked his head out to look, but saw him looking at Ning Qiyue's bedroom. Turning his head, he said in a low voice: "It's really as His Majesty said, I don't care about the throne at all."

The father-in-law sighed and left.

Su Jinshi waited for the father-in-law to disappear before she came out from the bushes. She looked left and right for a while to make sure she couldn't get in before leaving.

She was walking aimlessly in the palace. If Ning Qiyue was already under house arrest in the palace, what would be the use of him taking Nian Su away?

Su Jinshi stopped in his tracks, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

Could it be that it was...

Ning Xifeng?

Su Jinshi was frightened by his own thoughts, if Ning Xifeng really took Nian Su away, what's the use?

The only person Nian Su can hold back is her...

Why did Ning Xifeng restrain her?

Su Jinshi just felt a chill down her spine. Perhaps Ning Xifeng never intended to let Su Jinshi and the others go from the beginning. She was suddenly glad that she had been cooperating with Ning Xifeng. If she didn't cooperate, she couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

Case this morning...

Su Jinshi didn't dare to think about it anymore, for a moment, she felt that no one could believe it, but she wanted to rescue Nian Su.

She was thinking wildly, but she felt someone pat her on the shoulder. She was so frightened that she turned her head immediately, only to see that it was Su Huaijin.

"Brother, why are you here? What happened?" Su Jinshi anxiously grabbed Su Huaijin's arm, and said a little helplessly.

Before she knew it, she really regarded Su Huaijin as her brother.

"Jin Shi, what are you doing here? Go back quickly, the power in this palace is unknown, so you should obediently go to the prime minister's mansion and wait for news." Su Huaijin did not answer her question.

Su Jinshi shook his head, lowered his head, happened to miss the trace of pain in Su Huaijin's eyes.

"Brother, Susu is gone, I must rescue her!"

Su Jinshi became confused again, Su Huaijin raised his hand and touched her head, with a serious expression on his face, "Jinshi, you go back to the mansion first, and when the situation is clear, I will talk to you in detail."

"You always say that the situation is unclear, what is the situation now? Brother, Susu is gone now, and I have already guessed who took her away, what is the plan of that person, I also have some ideas, brother, I miss you Help me." Su Jinshi grabbed Su Huaijin's arm with both hands, his eyes anxious.

Su Huaijin sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "Come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Huaijin left, and Su Jinshi immediately followed Su Huaijin quickly.

Looking at Su Huaijin's back, she suddenly felt a little strange. This feeling scared Su Jinshi, and she couldn't imagine that even Su Huaijin would plot against her.

She shook her head and put these thoughts behind her. She thought, even if everyone plotted against her, Su Huaijin would not.

He regards her as his sister.

After talking with Su Huaijin, Su Jinshi only felt powerless, followed by deep fear.

What happened in the past few days made the strings in her mind tense.

She didn't know how she got back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she closed the door of her room tightly, she didn't dare to look at Xiaodouzi, she was afraid that Xiaodouzi would ask where her mother had gone, and how she should answer.

Her mind was chaotic, thinking of Lu Jingchen for a while, Ning Qiyue for a while, and that dream yesterday...

A chaotic scene flashed before her eyes, her head hurt more and more, her body became weaker and weaker, and finally she fell limply on the ground.

When she woke up again, she was lying on the bed, a warm little hand held her hand, and she heard the soft voice of Xiaodouzi:

"Why hasn't Aunt Jin Shi woke up yet?"

Su Jinshi opened his heavy eyes, and then he saw clearly that there were people around her bed, and her hand moved, "What's wrong with me?"

"The doctor said that you were under too much pressure recently and passed out in your own room." Tang Yaxin explained.

There was concern in her eyes, Su Jinshi nodded, but her mind was still on Nian Su's captivity, but she heard Xiaodouzi say:

"Aunt Jin Shi, Miss Tang said that my mother was suddenly infected with a disease and she was recuperating in another place. Is it true?"

Su Jinshi was taken aback, and looked at Tang Yaxin, seeing her pursed her lips and nodded slightly, she glanced at her gratefully.

"Little Douzi, don't be afraid, mother will be back in a while." Su Jinshi raised his hand to pat Xiaodouzi's head, and comforted him.

Xiaodouzi nodded heavily, "Then can I go and see mother?"

Tang Yaxin squatted down, took Xiaodouzi's little hand, and said helplessly: "Xiaodouzi, your mother's disease will be contagious. If Xiaodouzi goes there, it will be bad if you get infected. If you want to come, your mother will also want to You've always been healthy, haven't you?"

Xiaodouzi pursed her lips and said nothing, her big eyes were full of worry.

Tang Yaxin comforted Xiaodouzi, and then he obediently went back to the room. Su Jinshi lay on the bed for a while before he regained his strength.

After seeing Su Jinshi's condition, the doctor prescribed some medicines and then left.

The room was originally full, but now only Tang Yaxin and Su Jinshi were left.

Tang Yaxin did not leave, so Su Jinshi poured her a cup of tea.

"Jin Shi, did you enter the palace today?" Tang Yaxin took the teacup, but didn't drink it.

Su Jinshi noticed Tang Yaxin's movements, paused, but still nodded, "I found out that Susu was gone this morning. I was very anxious, so I wanted to go to the palace to look for you, but I couldn't find you for a long time, so I came back."

Su Jinshi briefly explained, but concealed that she had been to Ning Qiyue's bedroom, and Tang Yaxin did not doubt what Su Jinshi said.

"Take a good rest. The past few days are not peaceful. If nothing happens, don't enter the palace... I will find a way to help you with the matter of age."

Tang Yaxin lowered her face, Su Jinshi couldn't see her expression clearly, but she still said gratefully: "Thank you."

She paused, but still asked: "Yaxin, do you have to marry Ning Xifeng?"

Tang Yaxin was silent for a long time, raised her head, but there was sadness on her face, she whispered, "Probably."

For some reason, when she heard this sentence, she felt a little sad, and she didn't know what to say.

She thought, she should know what Ning Xifeng did.

Su Jinshi suddenly thought that when she first met Tang Yaxin, she seemed cheerful and lively, she seemed to have not seen her for a long time, and they seemed to have changed.

The two talked a few more words, Tang Yaxin left, and Su Jinshi lay on the bed.

It began to rain again outside the house, and the pattering sound made her calm down from the disappearance of Nian Su, and from what Su Huaijin had said to her.

She knew the horror of the palace, but she didn't know it was this terrible.

Ning Xifeng took over the throne temporarily within fifteen days. Although his foundation was not stable, he handled things in an orderly manner. Ning Xifeng also handled some problems left by the late emperor due to his poor health.

On the night before the imperial decree was announced, Su Jinshi sneaked out of the Tang residence and went to the inn in the city to look for Su Huaijin.

Su Huaijin moved out of the Tang residence a month ago, and her relationship with the brothers and sisters of the Tang family seems to be normal recently.

A few days ago, it began to snow in the capital city. This year's snow came earlier than before, and it was clearly winter, but the snow could not wait to fall.

Su Jinshi put on a white cloak and walked on the snow-covered road, the cold wind biting his bones.

After finally reaching the inn, Su Jinshi knocked on the door of the inn, and after a while, Su Huaijin opened the door for her.

"Brother, is the plan you mentioned earlier feasible?" Su Jinshi asked eagerly before he sat down, "I always feel very uneasy. Would a person like Ning Xifeng not consider that issue?"

Su Huaijin poured a cup of hot tea for Su Jinshi, and comforted him: "If there are no accidents, it is feasible, but human nature is changeable."

Su Jinshi was silent, and naturally understood what Su Huaijin was referring to, and she was also worried about that problem.

"If... it is really the worst case, is it possible for Nian Su to be rescued then?" Su Jinshi asked hesitantly, this was the last thing she wanted to think about, but she had to think about it.

Su Huaijin sighed: "If it's really the worst, Jin Shi."

He paused, looked at her with a sad expression, and continued: "I must send you out of the capital safely, regardless of whether Nian Su can be rescued or not."

Hearing this, Su Jinshi gasped and shook his head quickly, "No...brother, I can't do this, Nian Su is still locked up, I can't leave alone, I can't leave her behind!"

Su Huaijin smiled reluctantly, "Jin Shi, don't get excited, I know it naturally, so we don't allow the worst to happen."

When he stopped looking at Su Jinshi, he looked at the snow scene outside, and there were tiny snow particles falling from the sky. Su Jinshi heard Su Huaijin say:

"The task that the late emperor entrusted to me, I must complete!"

Su Jinshi suddenly felt a little flustered, "Brother, if... it's the worst situation, please take care of your family, your parents and sister-in-law need you."

Su Huaijin was taken aback when she heard this, turned her head, and said with a smile: "Jin Shi, where are you thinking of? Naturally, I won't apologize with death, but I don't know how the emperor will deal with me then."

His voice was very soft, and the last few sentences seemed to be addressed to himself, but the winter snowy night was too quiet, with the cold air flowing in from the window, Su Huaijin's few words seemed clear and terrifying.

Su Jinshi shook his head, walked up to Su Huaijin, patted his shoulder, and gave him a comforting smile:

"Don't be too pessimistic, maybe Ning Xifeng won't be so cruel? We have to believe that he is not so decisive."

Su Huaijin didn't speak, but his tightly pursed lips revealed his uneasiness.

The next day was slightly bright, and news of the second prince's death suddenly spread from the palace. It took only an hour from the onset of illness to his death, and the imperial physician was helpless.

When Su Jinshi heard the news, the succession hall was already being held in the palace.

She heard that the second prince had a kind heart, treated others with gentleness and courtesy, and was the most kind-hearted person in the palace, but he died suddenly.

She heard that the first emperor originally passed on the throne to the second prince, but the second prince did not enjoy the blessings.

She heard that the sixth prince can govern the country well within fifteen days, and the ministers all agreed that it is the best way to let the sixth prince succeed to the throne.

She heard that the emperor was not going to hold a big succession hall, but he wanted to hold a big funeral for the second prince, just because the second prince and the sixth prince were good brothers who grew up together.

……

She heard a lot of things, but she didn't hear the news about Nian Su from Su Huaijin.

Thinking about it, her and Su Huaijin's plan failed. They underestimated Ning Xifeng's methods and overestimated Ning Xifeng's humanity.

Su Jinshi still lives in the Tang Mansion, but she has calmed down. The snow outside the house is falling, as if trying to bury everything.

I don't know where Nian Su is and whether she is doing well.

She sat in front of the window and watched the snow for a long time, but it seemed to be very short, it seemed that she had only watched it for a few hours, but it seemed that she had watched it for a few days.

"Jin Shi, Jin Shi."

It seemed that someone was calling her, and she was being patted on the shoulder, who was it?Could it be age?

Su Jinshi turned her head, but saw Tang Yaxin looking at her worriedly, instead of the Niansu she was thinking about, so she turned her head back and continued to look at Xue.

Tang Yaxin looked at Su Jinshi's appearance, and couldn't help sighing. She had been watching the snow in front of this window for the past few days, and she would eat whatever was given to her without even looking at it. No response was received.

"Jin Shi, I have a way to rescue Nian Su."

Tang Yaxin's voice was a little light, but Su Jinshi seemed to have heard some great news, and immediately stood up from the chair, but felt dizzy and couldn't stand still.

Tang Yaxin sighed again, and helped her to sit down, "Don't get excited."

How could Su Jinshi not be excited? She held Tang Yaxin's hand tightly with both hands and kept asking, "Really? Do you really know how to rescue Nian Su?"

Tang Yaxin gave her an affirmative answer, and Su Jinshi was so excited that she shed tears.

Tang Yaxin's eyes darkened, but she smiled and said, "It's just that you need to tell me, do you and Su Huaijin know anything?"

She asked vaguely, Su Jinshi looked into her eyes, but understood what she meant.

"My brother...how is my brother?" Su Jinshi asked tremblingly.

After the incident, she also went to the inn to look for Su Huaijin, but he was no longer there, and she had no way to get news of him.

"Mr. Su is fine, but he can't move around freely..."

What Tang Yaxin said was a little vague, but Su Jinshi understood what she meant, and couldn't help but feel sour.

She suddenly thought of what Su Huaijin said to her before the incident: I will naturally not apologize with death, but I don't know how the emperor will deal with me then.

Maybe he had thought about all kinds of possibilities at that time.

"Jinshi, Mr. Su is the late emperor's confidant, do you know about this?" Tang Yaxin changed the topic, but her tone was full of helplessness.

Su Jinshi didn't speak, she guessed that Tang Yaxin already had the answer in her heart, and she was just confirming it with her.

"The first emperor originally planned to let the second prince succeed. Eunuch Sun's imperial decree is part of it, and the other part is in Su Huaijin's hands, right?" Tang Yaxin was even more helpless.

Su Jinshi remained silent.

"The first emperor didn't want the sixth prince to succeed him, but he framed the fourth prince, making him ineligible to inherit the throne, and threatened Eunuch Sun. Knowing the emperor's intentions, he secretly disposed of the second prince. His throne ...that's how it came about."

Tang Yaxin's voice was very soft, but her tone was very cold. When she didn't look at Su Jin, she looked at the snow falling outside the window. She heard her say:

"As for me, I will marry such a person in the future, tidy up the harem for him, and let him govern the country with peace of mind."

Su Jinshi didn't know how to comfort Tang Yaxin. There were tears in her eyes, but they didn't fall for a long time. Su Jinshi suddenly felt that she hadn't seen Tang Yaxin's tears for a long time.

The little girl who escaped before gradually became strong and learned to be silent.

"If you don't want to..."

Before Su Jinshi finished speaking, she heard Tang Yaxin say: "Don't marry if you don't want to? He is the emperor, my father, my brother, and I can't leave him alone. Jinshi, every decision I make will affect Do you understand the feeling of life and death of everyone in this mansion?"

Su Jinshi didn't speak, she walked up to Tang Yaxin, gently hugged her shoulders, and let her head rest on her shoulders:

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you before, it's because of Ning Xifeng, you and Ning Xifeng have a very good relationship, so I dare not entrust it to you, Yaxin, in fact, if the Fourth Prince is repentant, the throne will still be his. It's just that he didn't, so it fell into the hands of the second prince, but the late emperor didn't expect Ning Xifeng to be so ruthless."

"The first emperor loved Ning Qiyue from the beginning to the end."

Su Jinshi said lightly, "The first emperor was a man of emotions, so he would not appreciate the decisive and ruthless sixth prince."

"But this is not necessarily bad. No matter how dirty the means he used to ascend to the throne, as long as he governs the country in a proper way, future generations will only remember the prosperity of the country and the people when he was in power."

Su Jinshi felt heat on her neck, she knew Tang Yaxin was crying.

Many years later, when Su Jinshi recalls that time, she still feels sad, but whenever she sees Nian Su who is busy beside her, she feels that although that time is unforgettable and painful, if there is no such time, maybe she I don't understand how important age is to her.

She may not be able to understand the joy of regaining what was lost.

"Jinshi, what are you thinking?" Nian Su shook his hand in front of Su Jinshi.

"I miss you."

As the sunlight came in, Su Jinshi smiled at Nian Su, his brows and eyes curved.

After they left the capital, they went to many places, and finally stayed in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, where the four seasons are like spring and there is no winter snow.

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