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In the dark study room of Marquis Wuding's mansion, a ray of flames lighted up silently.

The eldest princess Huaiyang came to the bookshelf wearing clothes and holding on to the candle, hesitated for a few more breaths, and finally made up her mind, opened the hidden compartment in the bookshelf, and took out a box from inside.

The lid of the box was lifted, and half of the copper tiger talisman was hidden in it. The inscription on the talisman shone golden under the candlelight.

Her husband has never kept any secrets from her, and everything in the family told her that it was there, but she never took it to heart, and never thought it would come in handy at this time...

"Is Xuancheng feeling better?"

"How's Xuancheng's appetite recently?"

Lu Meng saw the list of unmarried ministers sent by the Ministry of Rites. After picking and choosing, he was very dissatisfied with these people, and couldn't help throwing the list on the table. , send these unsightly people to be candidates for Xuancheng's son-in-law?"

Those on the list are either rough and ugly generals with well-developed limbs, or children from aristocratic families who have been hollowed out by wine, sex and wealth. Who can be worthy of his Xuancheng? !

Zuo Huai paused in delivering the herbal tea, hesitating for a moment, but he had already walked to the emperor's side, and it would be even worse to withdraw, so he could only bite the bullet and persuade: "Go back to the emperor, maybe all the ministers Is there a small number of people who are of the right age and unmarried to the princess? The Ministry of Rites should also be in a dilemma."

Who is to blame?It should be blamed on Concubine Shu for being too outstanding, under the background of such a bright and moon-like person, even the pearls everywhere turned into sand, Zuo Huai slandered silently, but dared not say these words in front of the emperor.

"According to calculations, it has been more than three years since the last imperial examination, and next year will happen to be the year of the Grand Competition.

Or wait for the next year's imperial examination, and the emperor will choose a suitable candidate for the princess from among those new scholars? "

He tried to delay a little time for the princess: "Besides, the princess is pregnant, so is it wrong to remarry at this time?"

"No! This matter should be done sooner rather than later." Xuancheng is already pregnant, he can't ignore her body and ask her to abort the child abruptly, but he will never allow his grandson to have a surname Shu.

Lu Meng said without doubt: "What if Xuancheng is pregnant? Who would dare to reject my daughter?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zuo Huai dared not disobey orders.

Lu Meng thought about it, and then asked: "When did Liang Zhengxu, whom I was optimistic about, get married?"

Zuo Huai thought about it for a while, and replied: "About half a year ago? It's still a newlywed, so it's not easy to break up."

Lu Meng frowned, the meaning in his words made Zuo Huai involuntarily start to worry about Liang Yushi.

He rested for a moment, beating a drum in his heart, and said: "I am confused, I don't know what to say in front of the emperor? Say it."

Lu Meng glanced at him and said, "Tell me..."

Zuo Huai tentatively asked: "Didn't Feng Zheng of the Ministry of Punishment already admit that he took the dossier about the anti-poetry case with Shu Consort, so shouldn't Shu Concubine suffer innocently? Why did the Emperor choose another concubine for the princess?" ?”

Lu Meng snorted coldly, raised his hand and overturned the stack of memorials beside him in front of Zuo Huai, saying: "You read these memorials first before speaking."

Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, but with the emperor's permission, Zuo Huai is no longer bound by any rules, he randomly selected a book from among them, opened it and glanced at it, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that the fact that Prince Shu was suspected to be the son of Daqi's survivor had somehow spread among the people and spread throughout the streets and alleys.

People with good deeds compiled the rumors they heard, so a book was written about redressing the father's grievance, getting a test of merit, being on the gold list, and becoming a son-in-law.

In ordinary stories, there will always be a villain, or a bully who robs the daughters of the people, or the parents who beat the mandarin ducks with clubs. In the stories of Shu's son-in-law passed down by word of mouth, the emperor who doesn't know how to be loyal becomes? It should be? the villains.

I don't know from which corner came the news that the orphan of Daqi's royal family is still alive, and when the two got together, someone added fuel to the rumor that the son-in-law was the orphan of Daqi, and that's why the emperor wanted to drive him out.

This... Zuo Huaisu secretly raised his eyes to look at the emperor in front of him, the emperor always cherishes his face, how could he tolerate such rumors spreading around.

With his temper, those boring scholars who make up these stories are probably already arrested by Yousi, and the emperor's son-in-law at the center of these stories will naturally not be easily let go...

The foolish people don't know that every word and sentence they say is provoking the dignity of the emperor, and driving this unparalleled son-in-law in the folk tale book to a dead end step by step.

Zuo Huai closed his eyes in despair, returned the memorial to the table, and said, "It's the servant who is talking too much."

He had just put down the booklet, and Lu Meng, who had been undecided about how to deal with Shu Shen, suddenly had an idea that had the best of both worlds, which could make him disappear completely, and at the same time tell Xuancheng the past.

"Go and call the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment." He said to Zuo Huai.

After Lu Meng finished reading, his face changed slightly.

According to the emergency report, because the five kings missed the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, the vanguard general Feng Baocheng was trapped in the border mountains, isolated and helpless, and died in a desperate battle.

In the back are his illustrious military exploits in this foreign invasion battle, and the general's regret for his death on the battlefield. I hope the emperor can comfort Prime Minister Feng personally, so that he will lessen the pain of losing his son.Looking at the date of inscription, this was already a month ago?

Feng Baocheng—the eldest son of Feng Huansen, brother of Feng Zheng...

In the sky prison on the other side of the capital, taking advantage of the late night, his colleagues were on the verge of drowsiness, found an excuse to patrol the cell, and slipped to the cell with the key alone .

Shu Dianhe was locked in a secluded corner alone, and there were no other prisoners here except her.

Across the prison bar, I almost stuffed a porcelain bottle of medicine into the cell, and said respectfully: "This is given to you by the princess, please hide it quickly."

He took out another bottle of medicine with a different appearance from his sleeve, "This is some gold-chuang medicine, which the humble official brought in secretly. The concubine can use it to apply those whip wounds on your body so that they heal quickly. Some."

After Shu Dianhe thanked him, he defended his colleagues embarrassingly: "My son-in-law, don't blame those prison guards who tortured you, they were also forced to do nothing..."

"I understand..." Shu Dianhe grinned, referring to the wound on his cheek, and the tearing pain when he was just injured, after a few days, it has become much lighter now, and the surface of the wound has scabbed over.

"Actually, you don't have to take this risk for me. If your superiors know about it, they won't be able to spare you." She squeezed the medicine bottle in her hand and said.

These words were just an excuse on the surface, and she was even more afraid that these people would be implicated by herself and endanger their lives.Lu Meng became more suspicious day by day, who knows what he will do next.

The prison is isolated from the world, and there is no news. She still doesn't know that Feng Zheng is a substitute for her in front of Lu Meng.I was almost afraid that she would miss it, and dared not mention it in front of her.

Scratching the back of his head, he said with a nonchalant smile, "It's an honor to be able to do something for the son-in-law, so why should I be afraid of a humble job?"

"There is also the princess who asked the humble official not to hurt the son-in-law." He paused and said, "Liang Yushi also gave the humble official a little money to take good care of the son-in-law."

Xuancheng made a confession, which Shu Dianhe could have predicted, but Liang Zhengxu...

Shu Dianhe was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "This person is upright, it's not easy to do bribery."

There were far more than these reasons, and then his expression became serious, and he said: "What's more, the son-in-law still has kindness to the humble job."

"Huh?" Shu Dianhe became confused, and took a careful look at the man in front of him.

He looks about twenty to five years old, and his appearance is the most common among men in Dayu. The only unique thing is that there is a scar on his forehead, as if he was hit by something.

Shu Dianhe doesn't remember that he knew him before entering the prison.

He almost noticed the son-in-law's scrutiny, raised his hand to touch the scar on his forehead, and said with a smile: "This scar is the evidence of the son-in-law's kindness to his humble position."

"What's the bad guy's name?" Shu Dianhe asked even more puzzled, trying to find the same fragment in his memory through the other person's name.

"I am ashamed to let the son-in-law hear about the bad name, and the humble name is Chen, and the ear is Chen."

"Chen Chatou?" Shu Dianhe was still thinking.

He almost stopped going around in circles, took a step away from the jail, bowed his waist and bowed his hands solemnly to Shu Dianhe, and said: "The humble job is from Dianzhou, and I personally experienced the earthquake in Dianzhou a few years ago."

"The scar on Humble's forehead was hit by the falling girder at that time. Humble's parents both died in the earthquake, and Humble also had a younger sister.

At that time, Beizhi and his sister were lucky enough to escape from the earthquake, but they were accidentally infected with the plague.

If the son-in-law hadn't arrived in time, Humble Job and his sister would have died long ago! "

He poured out all his details in front of Shu Dianhe, knelt down and kowtowed as he spoke: "My son-in-law's kindness to the people of Dianzhou, to the humble and my sister, I will never forget it in this lifetime."

It was precisely because of this kind of life-saving grace that he firmly believed that the son-in-law had suffered an injustice after the son-in-law was imprisoned, so he was willing to take care of the son-in-law secretly.

"So that's how it is..." After Shu Dianhe was stunned at the beginning, he suddenly understood his intentions, and quickly raised his hand to make people stand up.

Unexpectedly, something I did in the past will affect the people around me now, like a slight ripple on the water, and after many years, I will be splashed with cold water, saying that it was caused by that little ripple back then , Is it too coincidental?

"I..." She suddenly didn't know what to say. It was wrong to admit it, and it was wrong to deny it.

"Then Lingmei is okay?" She found a topic temporarily, and she asked incoherently.

Chen Chatou was very excited by Shu Dianhe's inquiry, thinking that he still missed his sister's body, stood up and said: "My sister is very well, she is still young now, I think I will work hard for her in the past two years Save up some dowry, buy her a flower hairpin, dress up my younger sister beautifully in the future, and marry a good family, a humble job will be enough for this life."

Shu Dianhe was filled with emotions, nodded, and couldn't help asking curiously: "How did you come from Dianzhou to Kyoto?"

You must know that there are thousands of miles of trek between Dianzhou and Kyoto, the mountains are high and the roads are far away. Ordinary people will stay in one place all their lives and will not move easily.

"My home is gone, where can I go?" Chen Chatou sighed desolately, and said: "The humble job and my younger sister were originally going to stay in Dianzhou, but I happened to meet a friend who helped me, so I followed him to the capital. inside.

On his recommendation, the low-ranking officer was able to enter this prison to work as an official and a half-job, and he has been here for almost a year. "

"But if you can survive the earthquake and plague, the hardships you will suffer later are nothing." Chen Chatou regained his spirits in a blink of an eye.

His eyes moved back to Shu Dianhe's body, seeing his benefactor suffering here, he couldn't help being angry, clenched his fists, and suddenly asked: "My son-in-law, do you want to escape from this prison?"

The author has something to say: Someone persuaded me to be kind, so I will force myself to be kind...