The first work of the imperial prison

"puff."

Ye Baiting couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

Qiu Yiqing raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't quite understand the smile.

"I'm sorry," Ye Baiting coughed twice as he pressed his fist to his lips, pretending to drink some tea, "Maybe the weather is so hot, I always feel a little dry."

He actually remembered some...not very appropriate stories. The length is really impressive, but whenever it is mentioned, it will make people think of certain storylines reflexively.

And Qiu Yiqing now...it is true that the medicine has not been stopped, and it is time to take the medicine in a while.

He coughed twice and put down the teacup: "But even if others only know your ranking and not your name, they still know your surname."

Qiu Yiqing stared at Xiao Wuzuo, Xiao Wuzuo looked away, obviously there was something wrong, she definitely thought of something just now, she didn't tell the truth, let alone... Is it because Shen Jiang was on the side?

His eyes slid over Shen Jiang, this big stupid man was making refills for Xiao Wu, and he didn't feel anything wrong at all.

What else is that?What's wrong with his name?

He glanced at Ye Baiting meaningfully, and decided not to mention it in advance, and will ask later to continue explaining his past.

"You should know that the late emperor was a little faint..."

"En." Ye Baiting nodded immediately, indicating that he needn't say any more. In the current situation, although the late emperor has passed away, it's still a little inappropriate to talk about it like this. If someone hears it, he will be blamed. We both know each other well. good.

Qiu Yiqing: "Frozen three feet, it is not a day's cold, Dazhao's situation was bleak in the past few years, it is not the work of one person, the previous two generations of monarchs... today I will not talk about the government, but only the situation. Although my mother is the eldest princess , The living conditions were not good when I was young, and I had no mother to rely on, and I grew up smoothly. In her words, I am very lucky."

"A girl from an ordinary family, without the protection of her father and brother, how is life? We are used to investigating and handling various cases. We should know that the same is true in the palace. My mother and Ji, at the age of marriage, the direction she is allowed to go is not the same. Many, her marriage must become a tool for imperial power struggle and harem strife. She worked hard to walk among various forces, even at the cost of damaging her own body, reducing her sense of existence, and trying her best to fight for herself. The one she likes, the one who won't cause any more trouble and is suitable everywhere is my father."

"My father's ancestor used to be a general, and he made great military exploits for Dazhao. However, Wala is powerful, and there is no hero in my dynasty. No matter how powerful the generals are, they are no match for so many casualties, no match for the emperor's retreat again and again, Don't provoke too much' military orders. Since great-grandfather, the heirs in the family have been single-passed. When it came to my father, not only was he the only son, but my grandmother was also unable to learn martial arts because of accidents during childbirth. My father was weak and sick. ..."

"The glory of the family is long gone, and my father is full of literary spirit. He looks like a poor scholar. Except for the military servants in the family for generations, and the sword that has been handed down to the family, no one is willing to sell it. The most I can say is that it’s rare, nothing else. If my father hadn’t won my mother’s favor, this family would probably have disappeared from the world and ceased to exist.”

When Qiu Xunqing said these words, his expression was not sad, as if it had been a long time, and the pain has been smoothed over the years. Whether people remember it or not, it will not affect the glory of the ancestors, nor will it affect his ambition.

History rolls forward, there are many ups and downs, dynasties, emperors, and families. Talents come out from generation to generation, and new generations replace old ones. Except for the starry sky above the head and the land under the feet, there seems to be nothing, which is eternal in the world.

Qing Qing understands these principles, and Ye Baiting also understands them. When looking at the past, he would sigh that time has passed, and the sea has changed, but it is always regrettable that these things happened to him.

"The enemy general! I remember!"

Shen Jiang suddenly patted the table: "I grew up listening to their stories when I was young! My grandfather knew some kung fu, worshiped the general since he was a child, and wanted to go to the battlefield, but because of some things, he was suppressed by his family and never went out. , but until his death, he never extinguished this thought. Whenever he caught me when he was a child, he would tell me a bunch of stories from the past, such as "the old general captured the thief's head skillfully", "the young forward attacked seven nights", The 36 plan is to use the tiger's wind, the style of fighting with many soldiers, the style of fighting with few soldiers, and the style of fighting with few soldiers. I have never lost! If it weren't for the emperor's old man, how could our Dazhao be bullied! Don't When I was young, even now, there were often such storytelling jokes in teahouses, but it has become less and less in recent years, but if you ask people my age, most of them have heard of it! The most powerful person in my eyes, the most admired person!"

Ye Baiting's eyes are slightly hot, this kind of being remembered, looking up to and following with sincerity can give people strength.

When the enemies rushed forward and sacrificed themselves, they might not have thought of being remembered and grateful. They only thought that was what they should do, but they were worth it.There will always be people looking up at the starry sky, remembering the beauty of meteors passing by, and thanking them for the light they have brought.

Shen Jiang looks carefree, but in fact he always makes mistakes, does these things, and says such things, which makes people feel warm.

Ye Baiting looked at him and smiled slightly: "Then why didn't you mention it to me before?"

"I didn't know that the young master wanted to hear these stories. If you want to hear it, I will tell you the same thing later. My grandfather nagged me so much that my ears were covered with calluses. I remember it really, especially the "Volcano Five Company" '," Shen Jiang really thought that Ye Baiting wanted to be curious about this, but he was serious, "I mixed with Yin and Yang Taoism in the Book of Changes, which is amazing! But this story is a bit long, and I can't finish it in a while..."

Qiu Xunqing watched Xiao Wuzuo and Silly Qianhu muttering, feeling warm in his heart, and the corners of his lips twitched. He wanted to raise a cup of tea, only to find that his palms were a little tight, and when he clenched his fists, it hurt a little.

Now...it really doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if the family glory is gone, he will rebuild it, and he will let the world know the surname Qiu again, know the blood and legend of the ancestors.

"Okay, I don't have much time today, so stop talking nonsense."

"Yes!" Shen Jiang quickly sat up straight, and stopped telling Ye Baiting the story of the enemy's army, but he gave Ye Baiting a very quick wink, as if to say - let's talk in private.

In front of the commander, he winked at Ye Baiting.

As usual, he would have been picked up by Qiu Yiqing long ago. Today's luck is really good, and he was not named.

Qiu Yiqing took a sip of tea and continued: "My father is not in good health, and spends a lot of time alone. He likes to delve into the literature. He is also somewhat talented. He can barely be called brilliant. He has read a lot of books, has an open mind, and has a good personality. Lotte is humorous and considerate. After meeting my mother, he thought of Jian Jia, but he never thought about marriage at that time. Because of the different identities of the two parties, he was afraid that his life would not last long, which would drag him down. My mother, but at that time my mother's living environment was also... the matter of the elders, I dare not lie, in short, they got married in the end, and the relationship between husband and wife is deep."

"But everyone is not optimistic about this marriage. The first emperor and the harem also think that my mother is of no use, and gradually stop looking for her. My father is also because of his health. After entering the imperial court, the two married for several years, lived in a secluded corner, isolated from the world, and was even forgotten by people, and my surname has gradually been ignored by outsiders."

Qiu Yiqing slowly talked about the past: "I was very naughty when I was a child, and I was also lawless when I was young. I took the emperor to sneak down the mountain countless times to play. It's not that I haven't never fought in the streets of the capital. The emperor occasionally has a little violent temper. It was brought out by me at that time... I caused some troubles back then, and I was hated by others. When the Empress returned to the palace, someone who cared would check the past, and would naturally find out my surname, but I 'died' due to some unexpected circumstances, so everyone is no longer vigilant , I even forgot this surname.”

"I came back to the capital from the border, and met the emperor for the first time. There was nothing wrong with his expression, and I did not make a mistake in my performance. Even with the same surname, no one doubted my identity. Young, nostalgic, still greedy for the warmth given by the eldest princess back then, because of the same surname, it gave me some face."

"And after that, I didn't have much contact with the emperor, and I didn't even enter the palace to see him except for necessary official business, so the courtiers didn't have too much guesswork..."

Ye Baiting understood.

The fading of Qiu Yiqing in the memory of the world is traceable and takes a long time. It may even be part of his and Emperor Yu'an's judging plan for the future when he and Emperor Yu'an were young. The first meeting in front of outsiders may not be the real first time. They have their own feelings to maintain, and they will also have an agreed secret mark. According to the current government situation, future development direction and adjustments, they will definitely have a meeting. An in-depth conversation... We have met before, and we will naturally not be too excited when we plan to meet again.

As for not having too many intersections afterwards, it's normal, because it's unnecessary.They know each other well, they have a tacit understanding of each other, and they act in a tacit understanding. Some things don't need to be confirmed frequently. When something happens, they will know how to choose each other, how to deal with it, and how to treat each other best.

Qiu Xunqing: "Talk back to my mother. It was actually very difficult for my mother to raise me and the emperor at that time. We were young and didn't know the hardships of adults. We thought that she said nothing was nothing, and that she was happy if she could laugh every day. Mischievous and mischievous, digging out birds and catching fish, I do everything. The emperor is also an unpleasant child. When he was only two or three years old, he was gloomy and sensitive, but he has a good heart. Get rid of him, or coax him to do bad things with me, and then my mother will find out, blame each other, and plan to make the other party blame..."

"At the beginning, our relationship was really bad. The thing I was best at was not listening to my mother. I hit you every day and you designed me. If it wasn't for my mother's tenacity, she was always gentle, and carried the house with her weak shoulders. She was tolerant. We, caring about us, even if we did something big wrong, they never gave up on us, abandoned us, always guiding us, teaching us to be kind... Without her, we might really grow up to be unacceptable in the world A big villain, not what he is now, who does things for others without seeking anything, does not seek power, does not greedy for profit, and does everything because he thinks that a man should be born in the world."

Ye Baiting's eyes were slightly hot: "You have a good mother."

"Ah."

Qiu Yiqing lowered his eyebrows: "...In short, this journey is not easy, but there is no problem with the origin of the emperor and me, and the genealogy and emperor's letter can be checked, and the evidence is rich."

Shen Jiang rubbed his chin: "Then the third prince is out of his mind and can't think of anything else, so he did this?"

"Not necessarily, the third prince has a bad temper, but he didn't lose his mind. If it wasn't for being deceived by others, or making a decision made by being too excited--there must be a reason." Ye Baiting took a different view, looking at Qiu Yiqing, "You and Chang Back then, did the princess have any interaction with the third prince?"

Qiu Yiqing shook her head lightly: "I'm not sure. If there is an intersection with this case, I can only think of one. My mother was punished by the first emperor to be confined in a temple. The time was 23 years ago."

Ye Baiting quickly calculated that after the birth of the third prince, the first emperor and concubine You Taigui left the Jiangnan palace and returned to the capital to settle down.

Qiu Yiqing thought carefully: "At that time the emperor was not even born, I was still young, and my father had just passed away, so I didn't remember much, and it was even more impossible to understand the court situation. It was only in retrospect that I realized it was subtle."

"My mother was disrespectful to Concubine You Taigui and angered the late emperor at the palace banquet, and she was punished on the spot. But my mother grew up in the palace since she was a child, and what she knows best is to read eyes and distinguish timing. During the banquet, she disrespected the noble concubine who was being favored at that time, and angered the late emperor, even if some accident happened, she still had the wits to think of a way, and she was punished on the spot..."

"I suspect that all these are just excuses. My mother probably knew something that shouldn't be done. She was tabooed and hated. Because she is a royal family after all, her status is different from that of ordinary people, so she can't be killed casually. She has always been 'timid' and has no connections, so it is better to confine her to temples, so as to control her whereabouts or spread news."

Following Qiu Yiqing's words, Ye Baiting's brain turned rapidly. The matter of Concubine You's use of her sons to fight for favor affected three groups, perhaps more than three groups of palace officials. The first group died before leaving the capital and deciding to go to the south of the Yangtze River. The second batch was in the south of the Yangtze River. During the "miscarriage of pregnancy", there was a wave of cleaning. The third batch was cleaned after returning to Beijing, probably to cut the grass and roots.

With so many continuous actions, smart people will always guess something. For example, the eldest princess, she may not want to get involved in these right and wrong, but as long as you are close to the palace, there are some people and things that you just don’t want to touch, and you will be forced to see them. , guess something...

Concubine Youtai was already very favored at that time, almost at the peak of the sky, so what about the eldest princess, she dared to do anything if she wanted to cure her.

Ye Baiting judged that she was 'almost' in full bloom, not already, because at this time after returning to the palace, there were still people in the harem who were pregnant. The imperial concubine murdered him, and Emperor Yu'an was also conceived and born at this stage.

Everyone knows about Emperor Yu'an's life experience. There was no natal family, and his birth mother was just a court lady. Ye Baiting didn't know what the situation in the palace was like at that time, but Concubine Youtai was very powerful. Come down, obviously smart.

She died of dystocia and hemorrhage. Emperor Yu'an was born with congenital deficiencies and disease roots. Ye Baiting even guessed whether it is because mothers are stronger. In order to save the life of the child, the palace maids did this on purpose, even giving up their own lives.

Later, as expected, Emperor Yu'an became weak like this, not to mention his mother clan, even his own mother died, I don't know how many days he can live in the palace, Concubine You Taigui simply ignored him, let him fend for himself, it was annoying to watch, In the end, it was thrown directly into the royal temple...

"The eldest princess may know the secret of the third prince's life experience..."

Ye Baiting pondered: "However, it has been so many years since the incident, and the third prince took out this incident to attack at this time, there must be some other reason, which is convenient to use."

The third prince said that Emperor Yu'an was the son of the eldest princess, and he even made an oath firmly and unswervingly. Does he think this is the truth?

If this is a deliberate lie, the past evidence is too easy to check and will be exposed soon. Why would he think that this matter is the truth?

Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing, and asked another very crucial point: "Is there any doubt about the death of the eldest princess? You just said that in the eyes of the world, you are a 'dead' person. Why is that?" ?”

At this point, Qiu Yiqing was startled, and then frowned, as if he understood something: "I went to the border in the winter when I was 14 years old, and my mother passed away the year before."

"At that time, my xinxing had grown a lot, and my relationship with the emperor was also very good. We were no longer enemies, but back-to-back partners, but we were still very naughty. We often slipped out to play, and I didn't know the crisis inside and outside the court. They didn't tell us, just by themselves, silently paying attention to everything that happened in the outside world, how the situation changed."

"The emperor and I have a lot of homework every day, which is taught by my mother herself. My mother is very gentle and easy to talk to other times. Only in this way, she never shows mercy. The teacher in the clan taught me to practice martial arts with the emperor. We Even dare to rebel occasionally, once my mother picked up the palm, the two of us dare not move, under pressure, we will want to quietly run out to play."

"That year was before Chinese New Year. After the Laba Festival, the emperor and I went to the city to play. We came out late and encountered some accidents. My mother waited for us on the mountain for a long time, so she came down the mountain to look for us... She It shouldn't have come out."

Qiu Yiqing pinched the center of her brows: "A lot of things happened that night, it was too complicated, we were all injured, because I hurt the back of my head at that time, I woke up and forgot some things, I always think about it, my mother But she said it wasn't important and everything was resolved... But not long after the new year, she passed away."

Ye Baiting: "So suddenly? Is there a reason?"

"I can't see it," Qiu Xingqing said, "I just remember that she caught a cold after that night, and she hasn't recovered. She started coughing up blood after the new year, and she died before the end of the first month."

"What the hell happened that winter night...you don't remember anything?"

"I only remember that there were Wala people, and a child who was about the same age as the emperor, and there was silver, a lot more silver..." Hatred Qingyang said, "That night, and the experience of the next year, made me and The emperor grew up quickly, and it was the first time that we faced the treacherous situation directly. There were too many times when we didn't know what to do, how to deal with it. Fortunately, although my mother didn't mention these things to us, she has taught us well in her daily schoolwork. The method, even rehearsed with us, how to deal with it, how to find your own position, clever four or two moves..."

"We have suffered a lot, and we didn't waste the wisdom my mother gave us. We saved our lives, but the future is very unclear. After a painful decision, we decided to split into two groups. The emperor went back to the court and tried to live If I can win, I will be worthy of my mother's teaching and protection. If I can't win, but I still lose, and I will be worthy of the bones and blood flowing from my body."

Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing's expression, knowing that he was talking about the past, and he was also analyzing and thinking about the inner context. Seeing the blackness in his eyes, he seemed to have realized something, and the strings in his mind seemed to be opened: "Do you think ... On that winter night, the child in memory was the Third Prince himself?"

Qiu Yiqing looked at him firmly: "Yes."

"There are many things I didn't know at the time, but now that I think about it, I can understand that the third prince had colluded with the Wala people, and the root cause may have been at that time," he sank his eyes. Compromise, when the Empress Dowager and Concubine You were fighting, they more or less took advantage of these relationships, but too many things were lost in time, and they couldn't figure it out, I'm afraid only they, the parties involved, would know best."

Ye Baiting: "You still have silver in your memory, what's the matter with silver?"

Qiu Xunqing: "I don't remember much, I only know that the amount is huge, and it's official bank, with a logo on the bottom, it seems... It's the word 'Yu'."

"What word did you say?" Ye Baiting suddenly shuddered, "Yu?"

"That's right, it's the word 'Yu', give me what you ask for." Qiu Xunqing looked at him, "What's wrong?"

Ye Baiting's voice was a little low: "You said that this incident happened a year before you went to the border, that is... the winter of about 13 years ago?"

"Almost," Qiu Guqing's head said, "Do the math, you should only be five or six years old?"

Ye Baiting took a deep breath: "Do you still remember the time and place?"

Qiu Yiqing thought for a while, and said: "The location is not far from the outskirts of Beijing, on the official road. It's only been a day since Laba, about Xu time."

Ye Baiting asked: "There is a slope over there, and the shape in the north is a bit weird, like a tiger full of food?"

Qiu Yiqing was startled: "How do you know?"

"I know why this case is related to my father..." Ye Baiting closed his eyes, "Because we were also at the scene that day."

Let alone Qiu Yiqing now, Shen Jiang was stunned: "Ah? What's going on, why are you here, young master!"

Ye Baiting tried hard to remember.

After living here for so long, he became more and more comfortable and able to understand everything that happened around him. The content of the original story in his memory became more and more blurred, and he couldn't even remember the direction of the story. It was very vague at first, but the original owner But more memories emerged, as long as he wanted to, it seemed that he could merge, as if he had completely replaced this person, he was the modern Ye Baiting, and also the Ye Baiting of this world.

"At that time, I was young and I didn't remember many things clearly, but that night, I was very impressed."

Ye Baiting raised his head slightly, with a light in his eyes: "My father and I are indeed at the scene."