The shadow guard laughs at me with a broken sleeve

, the letter is full of trivial matters, just like what he used to whisper in her ear.

She laughed and cried, Rong Yi has an old illness, she knows it, if this trip is gone forever, she can accept it.

But being able to accept it doesn't mean being able to bear it.

After a few days, Mrs. Rong fell ill and summoned Xue Lang to make her final plans.

Xue Lang sat by her bed alone, and the old woman on the bed looked haggard, with sad eyes, Ling Xiao said that a dying person cannot be saved.

"You are here." Mrs. Rong said softly, stretching out a hand from under the quilt with difficulty, holding a jade talisman in her hand.

Xue Lang picked it up, it was nothing but the family heirloom of the Rong family.

The old man looked at it with nostalgia, somehow became interested, and talked about the past a little bit: "...your grandfather, he is used to bean curd with a knife mouth, he told me about you and that child. What about your opinion..." She smiled kindly.

"If you really like him, you have to treat him well. That child is very sincere and dependent on you. Even if you will take a concubine in the future, don't treat him badly; if you don't like him, don't use him to do it for you. It's not good for you to bind yourself with many things... The old woman is old, just talk about it, don't worry about it."

Xue Lang calmed down and listened to her, and finally replied: "I like him, and he will only be around me."

The old man nodded weakly, obviously he didn't take his words seriously, Xue Lang didn't argue, and chose to accompany her through this period of time in silence.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and explained the function of the jade talisman: "This jade talisman is a token passed down from generation to generation by the Rong family, and now I will give it to you...don't refuse it yet... ...The descendants of the Rong family are withered, if you don't accept it, then this huge family business can only be handed over to others, your grandfather and I have been working hard for it all our lives..."

"I know I shouldn't force it on you...Can you just take pity on me, an old woman, and don't let it fall too quickly when we are all far away from this world?"

Tears glistened in her eyes, and pleas filled her ravine face, the last wish of a dying man.

Xue Lang had a hard-hearted heart, but he softened under such eyes. "I promise you."

In this way, Mrs. Rong could feel at ease, she closed her eyes with a smile, before the tears were dried, she was gone with the wind.

On the same day, Wangcheng reported the funeral, and Chen Tong logically took over the 20 Qing army, half of the world was in Xue Lang's hands.

It was also written in that letter - hand over the Rong Mansion to him, as our little compensation to him.

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I’m so long——it’s almost a few days, I can’t wait to dig a new hole

63、I want to find a way out

Because of the Rong family's funeral, Xue Lang had a reason not to return to the court. Emperor Qing thought of Rong Yi's illustrious military exploits, acquiesced in his behavior, and allowed Concubine Rong to go back to the general's mansion, but she didn't want to, and she didn't want to. Never mind.And those who were waiting for Xue Lang couldn't sit still anymore, they followed the scent to find him.

Xue Lang's name is Dai Xiao, but in fact he stays behind closed doors at Prince Li's Mansion, and hangs out with Yan Li all day long. During the busy break, Yan Li raises his head and asks, "Old lady... um, what did I tell you?" ?”

"It seems that I didn't work hard enough, and you still have the strength to think about other things?" Xue Lang licked his lips, giggled twice, and then said seriously, "She said that she would give you Rongfu as a betrothal gift."

"what?"

"I also said that I am very satisfied with you...well, I am also very satisfied, so sweet, Yanyan—"

Yan Li turned red from her earlobes to her toes, and stopped talking.

King Rui didn't find anyone in Rong's mansion, so he turned around and came to Li Wang's mansion, and asked his subordinates to knock on the door outside, which upset Xue Lang who had just fallen asleep.

"who?"

The butler just wiped the sweat from his brow and ran outside the door, and replied after hearing the words: "My lord, it's King Rui, I insist on you going out to see him."

"I don't see," Xue Lang said angrily, "If he dares to make trouble again, he will just call him out."

"......Yes."

Steward Wang bravely relayed Xue Lang's words, but King Rui relied on many forces to back him up, forgive him for not daring to do anything to him, and has been relentless.

"I've offended you, Lord Rui," Steward Wang stopped laughing and clapped his hands backwards. In an instant, a dozen men in black fell into the empty courtyard. He said sternly, "obey the order of the Lord, and beat them away."

The man in black moved like the wind, Xue Qiufeng and his guards were not opponents at all, they were quickly beaten to pieces and fled the street all the way.

Returning to the palace full of resentment, Xue Qiufeng couldn't think of it anyway, and lost his temper at the innocent court ladies and eunuchs. At this time, a confidant eunuch beside him said something with ulterior motives - Xue Lang has so many people under his command, Emperor Qing Got it, can you tolerate it?

As stupid as he was, he immediately understood the meaning of it, so he went to visit his father without stopping, and added fuel to Xue Lang's raising of shadow guards. Northern Yan Army, Chu State that seemed to be captured overnight.

Although Emperor Qing frowned the whole time, and scolded him out of the imperial study at the end, every word he said hit his heart, Xue Lang, his ambition was indeed too great.

But he didn't think about it, Xue Lang was also his son, if he were a dull and introverted prince, if he did this, he would be willing to take the Zen position immediately.

Concubine Rong hinted to him several times that she wanted Xue Lang to be one of the crown princes: the empress also came here, and she was superior, and once again used her natal family's financial resources to keep the crown prince's position.

After that day, Xue Lang was called into the palace to forcibly end the short mourning period. Emperor Qing sat high in the hall with a majestic expression. There were only three people in the entire hall, him, Xue Lang, and Eunuch Chen.

"Lang'er, I heard that you have trained a group of shadow guards with outstanding martial arts?"

Xue Lang asked back puzzledly: "Didn't the emperor not want this shadow guard? He promised that the son can dispose of it by himself, have you forgotten?"

There is such a thing, many years ago, when Emperor Qing first came to the throne, he inherited this sharp blade from the previous generation of emperors, but later he felt that they always like to hide in the dark, like mice in the night, which is annoying. He begged to play for a while, and he agreed without hesitation. How could he have imagined that the heavily weakened Shadow Guard would develop so quickly.

"Don't make excuses," Emperor Qing would definitely not admit it, but instead angrily said, "If you don't have ulterior motives, hand them all over, so that you can contribute to the Qing Kingdom."

I see.Xue Lang raised his lips mockingly, and asked lightly, "Does the emperor want my son to be returned to the Northern Yan Army?"

"The Northern Yan Army belongs to Daqing fundamentally. If you don't want to be charged with unnecessary crimes, just..." He did not deny that this invincible army was indeed led by Xue Lang.

"Sure," Xue Lang nodded and said with a smile, "as long as you can handle it."

The joy in Emperor Qing's eyes flashed, he changed his expression, relaxed, and said kindly: "This is my good son. Go down, and I will send Eunuch Chen to negotiate with you in a while."

Xue Lang accepted it with a smile: "My son will leave."

In just half a month after returning to China, he experienced ups and downs. Before the upsurge of making contributions to the country could be boasted, he prepared for a wave of unwarranted slander and criticism.The storm is still rolling, and he is the center of the storm.

However, Emperor Qing's move was tantamount to finding a reminder for himself.

There were a lot of secret guards around the palace, Eunuch Chen even followed him home, he walked and stopped along the way with a calm demeanor, bought some exquisite gadgets, and prepared to bring them back for Yanli to play with.

After entering the palace, Yan Li appeared from behind him and asked suspiciously, "Why is Eunuch Chen following so closely?"

Xue Lang took out the things in the bag one by one, small animals made of wood, rabbits, chickens, dogs, everything. He remembered that when he finished shopping, the young vendor happily closed his stall.

"It's not a big deal." Xue Lang pulled him to sit down and asked, "Look, do you like it?"

Yan Li picked up a little rabbit and asked in disbelief, "Really?"

Xue Lang raised his eyes and smiled: "It's just that the old man is tired and crooked. He wants all the power under me, and he doesn't weigh whether he is qualified or not. It's really—a goddamn ghost who can't persuade you with good words."

At sunset, the two were having fun in the courtyard, when Butler Wang came again with a long sigh: "Eunuch Chen from the palace is waiting outside the palace, and said he wants to see you, my lord. See you, lord?"

Xue Lang put down the rabbit's head, clapped his hands, and said, "See, why didn't you see me?"

After a few steps to the door, Eunuch Chen came alone, with a respectful attitude, Xue Lang pretended to be confused: "Eunuch Chen, what wind brought you here?"

Eunuch Chen just said: "Our family is here to get what you promised."

"Oh, what is it?"

"My lord, please don't embarrass the slave."

Xue Lang smiled: "Oh, it's that one, no problem."

He turned his head and whispered a few words to Yan Li, and the latter glanced at Eunuch Chen before turning around and leaving, disappearing from everyone's sight, Eunuch Chen raised his head and looked vaguely at the afterimage he left behind.I thought: This son, a young genius, if he can't use it, then he can't keep it.

Noticing his gaze, Xue Lang said proudly: "How is it? Can this king's concubine win the favor of Eunuch Chen?"

Eunuch Chen's pupils trembled, and his thin voice almost broke: "Princess?"

"Yes." Xue Lang nodded.

The person opposite him quickly adjusted his expression, lowered his brows and eyes submissively, no matter how unreasonable it was, it was not his concern.

Not long after, Yan Li came back and handed something to Xue Lang,