The emperor's heart alone

Xu Yunqin grew up in a family like the Xu Mansion, and she has a more forthright and free-spirited personality than other court officials. Fortunately, this personality did not bring much change to her life. Generally speaking, she is still a A boudoir girl who is admired and pursued by talented men in the capital, Xu Yunjin's reputation as a dude in the capital did not have a bad influence on Xu Yunqin. At the age when Xu Yunqin was about to reach the age of Ji, the matchmaker had long since broken through the threshold of Xu's residence.

Perhaps it can be said that Xu Yunqin is a very smart woman, she knows what she should do, even if she really hates her future fate, she will not really show it, it is not because she says what kind of life she wants What kind of life is there? In such an era, if a woman is too thoughtful or rebellious, it will not be unconventional or attractive, but unfeminine, and even affect the entire family.

What kind of thing to do when, even if it makes people feel helpless, it is something that people must do, unless you have the ability to change the world.

When Xu Yunjin arrived at the dining hall, Xu Yunqin had already finished his meal and left the dining hall. When Xu Yunjin got the news that Xu Yunqin was working as a female worker recently, he smiled smugly, causing Xu Jiashi to keep asking what happened, Xu Yunjin just smiled and said nothing.

Only Xu Yunjin and Xu Jiashi looked very warm at the dinner table. After the meal, Xu Jiashi drove Xu Yunjin back to rest, Xu Yunjin agreed, and took a walk around the road on the way back to avoid food accumulation at night.

Silent all night.

The next day, Xu Yunjin woke up early, and was about to leave the mansion with his green pendant and green ring. Unexpectedly, he ran into Xu Tao who hadn't returned all night.

As soon as he saw Xu Yunjin, Xu Tao immediately began to blow his beard and stare: "You beast! You still know how to come back!"

Xu Yunjin didn't feel any emotion at all when he heard the two "bad beasts", and he didn't feel nervous when he saw Xu Tao came back: "Father, you must have stayed up all night in the palace, hurry back and report."

Xu Tao pointed at Xu Yunjin angrily: "Naughty animal! Naughty animal!"

Xu Yunjin had no choice but to say, "Father, can we change the word? I'm tired of listening to all the vile things."

Xu Tao covered his chest with his right hand, with a pained expression on his face, Xu Yunjin hurriedly supported Xu Tao: "Father? Father? Don't get excited, don't get excited! That, that—" Xu Yunjin looked around, and casually pointed to a place that was standing far away from him. The nearest servant said, "You, hurry up and help the master go back to the room to rest, see how tired my father has been during this time, and help my father back quickly."

Xu Tao firmly grasped Xu Yunjin who was about to slip away, took a few breaths, and then regained his strength: "Don't go, tell me where have you been these days?"

"I didn't go to do anything, I just went to live with my friends for a few days."

Xu Tao snorted coldly: "I don't believe it!"

Xu Yunjin was even more helpless, he was clearly telling the truth, what could he do if he didn't believe him?Father is also true, he is still like an old child at such an old age.

Xu Tao waved his hand impatiently: "I don't care what you do these days, in short, you are not allowed to leave the house from today on."

"What?" Xu Yunjin was surprised, "Why?"

"Why? No reason!" Xu Tao waved his hand, "Bring him back to the mansion!"

...nobody moved.

Before Xu Tao got angry again, Xu Yunjin hurriedly said: "Father, you have to give me a reason for letting me leave the house, otherwise you won't be able to convince my mother."

Xu Tao frowned, pondered for a moment and said, "Follow me to the study."

Xu Yunjin had no choice but to follow Xu Tao to the study, and when there were only the two of them left in the study, Xu Tao showed real exhaustion on his face: "You know more or less the things in the capital. "

Xu Yunjin nodded: "I've heard about it once or twice."

Xu Tao's face became serious: "You just need to know that things are serious now."

"That is to say, their power in the south must be very weak now?" Xu Yunjin's thoughts drifted to the business in the south. The Baihe Sect has a huge power in the south and has a lot of financial resources, which is why they can always fight against the Daping Dynasty. The reason is that no matter what you do, you need to use financial resources to support it.

Xu Tao was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion, "The south? What does it have to do with the south?"

"Ah, it's nothing." Xu Yunjin came back to his senses and hurriedly denied it.

"Don't have any messy thoughts." Xu Tao frowned and warned, "The son of an official ordered by the court is not allowed to leave the capital for a hundred miles."

"I know, I know." Xu Yunjin nodded, "Isn't it because Young Master Li went down to the south a few days ago, and I was worried about him."

"Young Master Li?" Xu Tao thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "Is it the Li family kid? It doesn't matter if you leave or leave, it's very chaotic now, and you can go to the south to take refuge."

Xu Yunjin snickered in his heart, Xu Tao thought that Young Master Li was going to seek refuge, but he didn't know that Young Master Li was doing business for the four of them.Speaking of this, I have to say that Xu Yunjin has to thank his family for one thing, that is, he never interferes with his interactions with others, and even no matter what kind of friends he makes, they will not complain and scold him for it , or speak ill of his friend behind his back, he has to thank his family for giving him such understanding and tolerance.

Just like when bad things about him were spread overwhelmingly in the capital, his family members always stood behind him and never doubted him. He thanked them for never giving up on themselves when he was most confused, And today, it's time to protect them by myself, even if this protection is not worth mentioning or even dismissive to them.

"It's for your own good that I don't let you go out. I know your ability to cause trouble very well. At this time, Jingli is very nervous. If something goes wrong, I may not be able to save you." Xu Tao said earnestly.

"I understand, dad." Xu Yunjin's expression was also a little serious. He knew that the matter was serious, but Xu Tao paid more attention to this matter than he thought, which made Xu Yunjin guess that in this case Did something happen that I didn't know about.

"However, Dad, can I stay at home starting tomorrow? Young Master Su sent someone to look for me just now."

"This..." Xu Tao hesitated.

"Father, I promise I won't do anything. When I leave the house in a while, I'll go directly to Young Master Su. I won't cause any trouble."

Xu Tao frowned: "Okay, but I have to come back before it gets dark today."

"No problem!" Xu Yunjin stood up directly from the chair, "Then I'm leaving now, dad."

"Wait!" Xu Tao called out to stop Xu Yunjin, "Change your clothes before going."

Xu Yunjin looked down at the big red shirt on his body, curled his lips, turned and left, he refused to change his clothes!

Of course, Young Master Su didn't receive the news that Young Master Su invited someone to call him before. He went out early in the morning just to go out, but since he had already told Xu Tao that he would be with Young Master Su, Xu Yunjin didn't mind if he did. Just stay with Young Master Su.

When they arrived at Donglaiju, Xu Yunjin asked someone to find Young Master Su, after thinking about it, he asked someone to invite Third Young Master Liu and Second Young Master Zhao, since they got together, let's just get together.

"Coincidentally, I was about to send someone to invite you guys to have a gathering." Zhao Ershao said with a big laugh as soon as he entered the box door.

"That's a good relationship. It seems that I really did the right thing today." Xu Yunjin raised his eyebrows.

"By the way, why did you invite us here today? It is said that we are the ones looking for you on weekdays, and it is rare for you to look for all of us." Liu Sanshao interjected.

"It's nothing." Xu Yunjin casually picked up the wine glass in his hand, "I was grounded by my father, I don't know when I can come out, so I took advantage of the last day of today to get together with you, and listen to any news by the way. And when will this matter end?"

"Foot grounding?" Su Shao frowned, "It's not enough to be grounded, my father doesn't care about me these days."

"Foot grounding is fine." Zhao Ershao said suddenly.

"Oh? How do you say that?" Liu Sanshao couldn't help asking.

"Didn't I just say that I wanted to send someone to meet you?" Zhao Ershao lowered his voice, "I have something to tell you."

Xu Yunjin and the others pondered for a moment, then waved the waiters around to retreat, leaving only Qingpei guarding the door, and even cleared out the guests in the side box, and let them go to another box.

"I got news that last night, there was a fire in the house of a merchant in the capital."

"So what?" Su Shao asked.

"If it's just a simple fire, of course it's nothing. The strange thing is that no one in this merchant's family escaped." Zhao Ershao continued, "This merchant is also one of the best in the capital. Now that you are a big family, there are many servants in the house, even if there is a fire in the middle of the night, it is impossible for everyone to sleep soundly, and no one can escape."

Seeing the serious expressions of the three people around him, Zhao Ershao continued to talk about the news he had received: "The autopsy results have come out, and the merchant's family did not die from the fire, but from poison or sharp knives. The autopsy results Not long after I came out, this matter was suppressed, and I heard that it was submitted to the higher authorities, and they were furious."

"It's strange if you don't get angry about this kind of thing." Liu Sanshao muttered, and Su Shao's fan "slapped" on Liu Sanshao's hand, and Liu Sanshao fell silent.

"The thing that most confirms my thoughts is that the money in this merchant's home was looted."

"Okay, don't say any more." Xu Yunjin said suddenly, stopping Zhao Ershao from continuing, "Young Master Su, Young Master Li's Li family can be regarded as the number one merchant in the capital. , I can't do anything to protect the Li family, it's up to you."

"It's inevitable." Su Shao frowned tightly, "They are also bold."

Xu Yunjin sneered: "It's not easy to recruit those martial arts people. It seems that they will be benevolent if they don't succeed this time. That's fine, so that they won't go back to the south to compete with us for business."

Su Shao smiled and said: "No, the power in the south should also be reshuffled."

"It's not too late, Young Master Su, go back and make arrangements now, and we're also separated. I won't be able to come out in the near future, so you don't want to come out anytime soon."

Everyone agreed, and immediately returned to their own mansions.