The two little sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time, and when they were feeling excited, Ling Bao asked Shang Jingxian to stay, and they slept together and talked quietly all night.
Shang Jingxian was lying on the inside, looking at Ling Bao sideways, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Ling Bao, my father... passed away."
Ling Bao's eyes widened in surprise, his expression blank: "Huh?"
She thought of Magistrate Shang in his official uniform, who did not look like a short-lived person.
"Is it a sudden illness?" Ling Bao asked, raising his hand to put on her body and patting her comfortingly, knowing that Sister Shang must be feeling bad.
This simple action made Shang Jingxian's eyes turn red. She shook her head slightly and whispered, "No, he was executed by the Holy One."
As soon as these words came out, Ling Baobi was even more shocked to hear that Magistrate Shang had passed away.
Being executed by the Holy One? What must he have done?
"What...thing did he do?"
In fact, Ling Bao wanted to ask, "What bad thing did he do?" because she felt that her emperor uncle was a wise man, and Magistrate Shang must have done something bad to be executed. It was just because Magistrate Shang was Sister Shang's biological father.
, it’s hard for her to say it directly.
Shang Jingxian said in a low voice: "He privately buys livestock hides, tendons, horns and other items."
Ling Bao sat up with a "flutter" and stared at her dumbfounded. After a while, he said quietly: "He must be too courageous...".
The animal's hide, tendons, horns and other items are important items for making weapons, so they have always been strictly prohibited by the imperial court.
Fortunately, Magistrate Shang only purchased weapons and did not make his own weapons. Otherwise, the charge of "rebellion" would not be able to escape, and even Shang Jingxian and others might be implicated.
But Aunt Zhao and the others were not so lucky, and they were all executed along with Magistrate Shang.
At that time, Mrs. Xu was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and restrained her children, not daring to go out. It was not until she was sure that they were not implicated that she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she felt something was wrong and secretly investigated, and she made a decisive decision that she would rather be divorced.
Be reconciled, otherwise... Mrs. Xu will shudder no matter how many times she thinks about it.
Because of her fear, Mrs. Xu fell seriously ill after the incident was over.
Ling Bao was speechless for a long time. Why is Magistrate Shang so confused? What's the use of asking for that thing? He is still the magistrate. Isn't this knowing the law and breaking the law?
In fact, the truth was more complicated than they knew. There was King Qi behind the scenes. Unfortunately, King Qi was so powerful that he could not be touched and had no choice but to take action against Magistrate Shang.
Shang Jingxian vaguely knew that it was related to King Qi, but it was related to the emperor's relatives, so she couldn't say anything more.
If she didn't really trust Ling Bao, she wouldn't have said it just because Ling Bao was also a "relative of the emperor".
Lingbao leaned over and hugged Shang Jingxian. Shang Jingxian blinked and shed tears, and said with a sigh of relief: "Lingbao, actually I am very sad. Even if my father has all kinds of bad things, he is still mine."
Dad..."
Shang Jingxian's mood was too complicated. On the one hand, she felt ashamed and on the other hand, she felt sad.
Apart from missing Ling Bao, this is the main reason why I am depressed and unhappy.
Mrs. Xu was afraid that Shang Jingxian would be depressed, so she gritted her teeth and decided to come to the capital.
Ling Bao said nothing, patted Shang Jingxian on the back and made her cry heartily.
After a while, Shang Jingxian's sobbing gradually stopped, her eyes and nose were wet, and her cheeks were wet. She looked at the clothes on Ling Bao's shoulders with embarrassment - they were wet from her crying.
Shang Jingxian wiped Ling Bao with her sleeve. As you can imagine, it couldn't be wiped clean at all.
"I'm sorry, Ling Bao." Shang Jingxian said, "I'll pay you one piece some other time."
Lingbao said nonchalantly: "Just wash it and it's not broken, so there's no need to pay for it."
Shang Jingxian said: "Then change into something clean quickly to avoid getting cold."
"Just a little water, why is it so cold?" Ling Bao's eyes turned into crescent moons and he couldn't stop laughing.
But it was really uncomfortable to have wet shoulders, so Lingbao went to look for it.
Put on something clean.
Shang Jingxian wanted to wash her face again. She had just cried a lot and now her face was dry. Lingbao put on her coat and called "Sister Chunhua".
Chunhua immediately responded and came in. After hearing this, he ordered the maid to fetch hot water and waited until the two of them went to bed again before exiting.
When Chunhua came in again to check, he saw that they were sleeping soundly with their heads leaning against each other. He couldn't help but smile. They were really in a good relationship.
Since the place to stay could not be chosen quickly, Mrs. Xu and Shang Yuan, mother and son, stayed at the inn first. Shang Jingxian wanted to go back, but Jiang Baohui saw that her daughter finally had a playmate, so how could she let her stay there?
As for the inn, they enthusiastically invited me to stay.
"Girl Xian, since you and Ling Bao are close friends, why don't you stay temporarily in the eldest princess's mansion, in the same courtyard as Ling Bao, until your mother finds a place to live? It won't be too late to go there."
Ling Bao took her hand and nodded: "Yes, yes, it's a big place anyway."
Shang Jingxian was a little moved. She was really reluctant to part with Ling Bao. In addition, there was Jiang Baohui beside her, so she simply agreed.
It was not until five days later that Mrs. Shang finally chose a place. It was not big, just a courtyard with one entrance. But land is very expensive in the capital, so just such a small courtyard with one entrance cost a lot of money, and there was also the eldest princess's mansion.
people are helping secretly.
I have to say something here, thanks to Mrs. Xu's good mind, the shops under her are running prosperously, and the monthly income is quite large, otherwise it would be really unaffordable!
Ling Bao said to Shang Jingxian: "Sister Shang, come and play with me when you have time. All the disciples of the eldest princess's house will recognize you."
Shang Jingxian nodded: "Yeah, I will go there often."
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In two months, it will be the Wanshou Festival of Emperor Jingtai, and vassal princes and officials from all over the country have also begun to write letters to express their desire to go to Beijing to celebrate the emperor's birthday.
The most eye-catching one among them is nothing more than the excerpt from His Highness King Qi.
Emperor Jingtai looked at the fold in his hand with unclear eyes, his emotions and anger were expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After a long while, he marked "yes" on the folding paper and put it aside.
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On this day, Shang Jingxian was going home after saying goodbye to Lingbao. Suddenly she heard a wailing sound on the road.
He couldn't help but look around, and saw several young men standing at the entrance of the alley. There was also a man lying on the ground, covering his abdomen. One of the men in blue robes raised his foot and kicked the man underneath him in the abdomen, and let out another cry.
Shang Jingxian was stunned for a moment, turned pale with fright, and quickly ran over: "Brother!"
Shang Yuan was in pain and was confused when he heard it. He thought he heard it wrong, but he was quickly helped to sit up. He hurriedly said: "Jingxian, you go home first."
He was afraid that his sister would be angered and implicated.
But how could Shang Jingxian be willing? She looked at the young men angrily: "Why are you beating my brother?!"