When Hu Xiaotian heard that the jade Pixiu had such a use, he felt that he had made a good deal. He happily picked up the Pixiu and looked at it: "Thank you, brother. By the way, I haven't taught you how to use the Invincible Diamond Set yet.
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Xue Shengjing said: "This is not simple yet."
Hu Xiaotian said: "It sounds simple, but it's actually not simple. Let me tell you."
Xue Shengjing was naturally upset because he had cheated him once. He shook his head and said, "No need to tell me, I know where to put it on."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Brother, every time you use it, you'd better blow it first to make sure there is no air leakage."
Xue Shengjing said: "I understand, brother, if there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Brother, you are really a noble person who forgets things. Didn't you just promise to take me to Dali Temple to visit General Huo?".
Xue Shengjing forced a smile and said: "Look at my memory, I actually forgot!" Hu Xiaotian saw that Xue Shengjing was in a bad mood, and knew that he must be in pain because he had cheated him. Hu Xiaotian didn't care about him.
The more it hurts this guy, the better. Who asked you not to lend me the Black Hell Ice Clam? Thinking that I exchanged twelve invincible diamond sets for such a treasure, I feel really good. He
He went back to his room, changed his clothes, and went out with Xue Shengjing.
After boarding the carriage of King Yan Xue Shengjing, Xue Shengjing suddenly asked: "Brother, isn't it inappropriate that you are not here to keep vigil?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Actually, the wake-up call is just a show for others, and it cannot represent true feelings. I was loyal to the princess when she was alive. Even if she is alive in heaven, she should understand the benefits I have to her. Besides, after the first seven days,
, I still want to return to Dakang with the princess's ashes, and keep vigil for her day and night. I am not in a hurry for this moment, not to mention that His Highness the Seventh Prince is staying in the mourning hall now, and I can't get involved even if I stay."
King Yan Xue Shengjing burst into laughter. What Hu Xiaotian said was indeed true. This shows that his sworn brother is a sensible person. He should have noticed that Xue Daoming was simply acting here.
Xue Shengjing asked: "When did our brothers leave Yongdu?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "We will leave after the first seven days."
Xue Shengding nodded and said: "If brother can spare time in these two days, I will hold a banquet at the palace to see him off."
Hu Xiaotian politely declined and said: "The princess's body is still cold. These things can be avoided if possible. I will definitely keep the good things that eldest brother did to Xiaotian in my heart. We brothers will definitely meet again in the future. When we meet one day, we will have a good time."
Have a drink."
When Xue Shengjing asked to see him off, he already knew that Hu Xiaotian would not agree, and it was just a token courtesy. He just walked down the steps when he heard Hu Xiaotian's response: "Okay, let's drink later."
Although Huo Shengnan was imprisoned in Dali Temple, she was not treated like other ordinary prisoners. Because of her background and relationship in the palace, Dali Temple was also very polite to her and specially prepared a separate cell for her.
The hospital did not give her any instruments of torture.
The afternoon sun was warm, but Huo Shengnan's heart was filled with darkness. She could not calm down for a moment in the past two days, and the bloody scene in the palace that night always appeared in her mind.
The door of the room was pushed open from the outside. Except for three meals a day, no one came to visit in the past two days. Huo Shengnan raised his eyes and saw his adoptive father Yuchi Chong walking in slowly.
Huo Shengnan stood up in a hurry, and before he came to Yu Chichong, he knelt down and said, "Father!"
Yuchi took three quick steps in front of her and helped her up: "Sheng Nan, why are you doing this?"
Huo Shengnan said: "Shengnan is ashamed of his foster father."
Yuchi rushed: "Get up quickly. You didn't do anything wrong!"
Huo Shengnan stood up, and Yuchichong took her wrist and came to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard. Looking at the adopted daughter who had become haggard, Yuchichong couldn't help but sigh and said: "You've lost weight! Did they make things difficult for you?"
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Huo Shengnan shook his head and smiled calmly: "They didn't make things difficult for me. Everyone in Dali Temple was very polite to me."
Yuchi rushed: "Shengnan, I really feel wronged to you."
"Father, I'm not wronged, Shengnan. I deserve everything I'm experiencing now. If it hadn't been for me leaving my post without permission, maybe the tragedy in Qichen Palace could have been avoided."
Yuchichong shook his head and said: "I also understand some things that night. This assassination must have been planned for a long time. There is also someone disguised as a palace maid who has been lurking next to Princess Anping. As for Zhao Xuan, she has always been the one you trust the most.
A subordinate of yours, who is a sister to you, how could you have thought that she would betray you?"
Huo Shengnan said: "Father, Shengnan doesn't want to shirk his responsibility. Even if the court deals with me this time, Shengnan will not complain."
Yuchi said: "It was the Queen Mother who called you to Ci'en Garden that night. How could you disobey the Queen Mother's order?"
Huo Shengnan said: "It's Shengnan's fault and has nothing to do with the Queen Mother."
Yuchi Chong stroked the beard under his chin, and his deep eyes showed an extremely complicated light. He whispered: "I wanted to see your Majesty, but your Majesty refused to see me for some excuse."
Huo Shengnan said: "Father, why should I ask Your Majesty about Shengnan? Shengnan doesn't want to embarrass his adoptive father."
Yuchi said: "I went to Ci'en Garden this morning."
Huo Shengnan bit her lips, feeling mixed emotions in her heart. She was touched that her adoptive father cared so much about her, but also felt guilty because her own affairs had forced her adoptive father, who had always been willing to be unyielding, to lose face and ask for help.
Yu Chichong said: "The Queen Mother is my godmother, and it was the Queen Mother who called you to Ci'en Garden that night. I thought that the Queen Mother would agree to come forward to intercede with the emperor, but..."
From the expression on Yuchichong's face, Huo Shengnan had already guessed that the result was not satisfactory. She comforted Yuchichong and said: "Father, the Queen Mother must be in trouble in this matter. The assassination of Princess Anping is such a big thing, so that Dayong will be in the world."
I have lost face in front of me. The country has national laws and family rules. If I are not held accountable, what will I do to convince the public in the future? I believe that the emperor is also very entangled in this matter."
Yuchi Chong sighed and said: "You kid are always thinking about others." He slowly stood up, walked a few steps forward, and whispered: "How can the emperor's thoughts be so easy to figure out?
Although I am the adopted son of the Queen Mother, I have always been a courtier in her heart."
Huo Shengnan couldn't help being startled when she heard her adoptive father speak like this, but she didn't know what happened to make her adoptive father feel so decadent. She stood up and walked behind Yuchichong, whispering: "Sir, your adoptive father, are you winning?"
Has the man's matter affected you?"
Yu Chichong shook his head and said: "How could it be possible? It was your adoptive father who got you involved."
The more Huo Shengnan listened, the more frightened he became, and he said in a trembling voice: "Father, what happened?"
Yuchi came back to his senses, looked at Huo Shengnan with sadness and said: "I have just discovered that your Majesty has always been wary of me as a Kang man. His Majesty wants to send troops south, and he once asked me about this matter.
He also asked me to personally lead the southern expedition."
Huo Shengnan blinked, her adoptive father had never told her about this matter.
Yuchi said: "I rejected your Majesty. In fact, your Majesty has no intention of letting me lead the troops south. He was just testing me."
Huo Shengnan said: "My foster father recovered the seven towns in the north, drove the Black Hu people out of the Great Wall, and made an immortal contribution to Dayong. His loyalty to your majesty can be seen from the sky, and can be demonstrated by the sun and the moon. What can your majesty have to doubt?"
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Yuchi said: "No wonder Your Majesty, no matter who is sitting in that seat, he will become cautious and hand over the power of troops and horses to the hands of a foreign general. What a risky thing it will be!"
Huo Shengnan bit her lips. She had completely understood what her adoptive father had said. Yuchichong felt desolate because he had seen through the whole thing. Not to mention that the Queen Mother called her to Ci'en Palace that night, Yuchichong alone was the most important person.
Yong Li's unparalleled achievements, the emperor would not be too ruthless towards his goddaughter. He had to show some kindness to this old commander no matter what, but the emperor put on a business-like attitude.
Moreover, he said that he would be severely punished, and it seemed that he wanted to use his own affairs to give his adoptive father a hard beating.
Yuchichong had already seen through the whole thing, but what made him most distressed was not the emperor. The emperor was on guard because he had too much military power. He had made immortal contributions to Dayong, even if he was his enemy.
He will not deny this. The emperor should have had the intention of weakening his military power for a long time, but he was afraid that doing so would chill the generals and make it difficult to convince the public, so he used this incident to let himself retreat in the face of difficulties. Yuchi rushed
He was already ready to ask the emperor to reduce his military power. However, the ambiguous and incomprehensible expression of the Queen Mother made him even more sad. The Queen Mother knew Huo Shengnan's affairs better than anyone else. She had gone to Qichen Palace to visit Princess Anping in person that day.
She offered to let Huo Shengnan go to Ci En Garden to chat with her.
However, the Queen Mother's attitude after the Qichen Palace incident made Yuchi Chong feel chilled. He even thought that the opportunity for the Queen Mother's appearance was indeed a coincidence, but these things could only be buried in his heart and could not be told to anyone except himself.
, not even Huo Shengnan can.
Huo Shengnan said: "Master foster father, you don't have to worry about Shengnan's affairs. Shengnan has indeed made a big mistake and is ready to bear any punishment."
Yuchi rushed and said: "Sheng Nan, Yongdu is not the place for us to stay." His heart had already flown back to Northern Xinjiang. Even if he died in battle, it would be better than staying in Yongdu and suffering all kinds of suspicions.
Huo Shengnan said: "Father, Shengnan has only one request. You must not make concessions for Shengnan's affairs, let alone do things you are unwilling to do."
Yuchi looked at Huo Shengnan, pursed his lips hard, and nodded slowly. At this moment, he heard a sharp and thin voice coming from outside: "Is General Huo here?".
It actually got stuck on the forty-nine card again. When Octopus woke up, he still hadn't reached fifty. He sent two updates in succession, adding some fuel to himself and encouraging his brothers at the same time. Isn't it just a monthly ticket? I believe it's crowded.
There is still a squeeze! Extra updates have been delivered. Monthly tickets should come to my bowl soon! (To be continued...)
