Seeing the incomprehensible expressions of the three elders, Shen Cha became even more panicked.
"You three, please don't do this. I didn't really guess it right, did I?"
"What's so accurate?" The Duke of Qianzhen stretched out his hand and flicked Shen Cha's forehead, "Little child, what are you thinking about!"
"I'm not imagining things. You can't blame me for that, right?" Shen Cha pouted and rubbed his forehead, "The reaction of the three of you just now tells me that we are indeed talking to Uncle Xue and Uncle Xue. Is it related to my aunt?" She snorted twice, "Isn't it?"
"Of course not!" Qian Zhen Guo Gong denied it and reached out to flick Shen Cha's forehead twice more. "However, I can't be so sure. What should I say? It is true that I have something to do with your Uncle Xue and Aunt Xue. , but it doesn’t matter that much.”
Shen Cha looked at his father, then at Master Huilan, and finally at his mother, and shook his head gently.
"Is it related or not? I don't understand!"
"That's very clear." The Duke of Qianzhen and his wife looked at each other, deliberately wanting to tease Shen Cha, and said with a smile, "Cha is so smart, he can definitely guess it, so you might as well take it seriously Think about it?"
"Does it have something to do with them, but not much to do with them?" Shen Cha muttered it several times and pondered for a while. Suddenly an idea suddenly occurred to him. He raised his head and looked at the Duke of Qianzhen and said, "What father wants to say is, actually Is it because of the empress in the palace? Is the whole thing related to that empress? "
The Duke of Qianzhen did not answer her question directly. He just smiled and said, "Why does Cha'er think that it must be related to the empress?"
"Those who are related to Uncle Xue and Aunt Xue but have nothing to do with it are either people from Uncle Xue's family or Aunt Xue's natal family. In addition, what my father, mother and master just mentioned emphatically is that no matter how close they are, You have to be ruthless in your relationships. Then the only one who is related to Uncle Xue and Aunt Xue, as well as to my father and mother, is the empress in the palace."
"The baby is so smart." Mrs. Qian Zhenguo nodded, "It is indeed her."
"But mother..." Shen Cha sighed, with a hint of confusion on his face, "As far as I know, that empress has lived in the palace for a long time and is not in good health. How could she be involved in this kind of thing? Have a relationship? Or..." She looked at the former Zhen Guo Gong, and then at the former Zhen Guo Gong's wife, "When the empress was still in the boudoir, she had already had a relationship with them? But this doesn't make sense, if There was a relationship at that time, and Uncle Xue should know it, after all, the relationship between the two brothers and sister is very good, it is not an exaggeration to say that they depend on each other for life. "
"Mom told the baby before that I, your Aunt Xue, and my mother grew up together. They often go to the palace to accompany us. The three of us should talk about everything. I grew up in the palace when I was a child, and they He often comes to accompany me, looking at flowers, drinking tea, and practicing martial arts. Anyway, we get along very harmoniously and our relationship is very good. Such a happy life changed when we were ten years old. It seemed like it was my birthday party One day after the end, news came from the Xue Mansion in the morning that the empress could not enter the palace because she was not feeling well. From this time on, she almost never entered the palace, and began to live in seclusion and rarely leave the Xue Mansion. Life at the Gate.”
"Yes..." Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Is there some dispute?"
"No, I don't know at all." Mrs. Qian Zhenguo sighed softly, "I also thought there was some conflict or misunderstanding. I also wanted to solve this problem, so I posted many times to invite her to the palace. , were all rejected by the Xue family. Later, I asked your Aunt Xue to ask, but unfortunately she still came back without success. "
"Is it because she wants to enter the palace as a concubine and must avoid suspicion?"
"There was no such thing at that time, and there was no need for her to do this. Later, she asked her brother..." Mrs. Qian Zhenguo looked at her husband, "I went to inquire with your Uncle Xue, and then I found out that she was not only He won’t see us, not even his family members.”
"Not seeing and not being able to see are two different things. They are completely different in nature, right?" Shen Cha thought for a while, "Is the empress sick?"
"I'm sick, and very seriously ill. I can't see anyone and can't get wind."
"Really? How many days were there between my mother's birthday party and when she learned that my empress was sick?"
"Less than seven days."
"In other words, the empress has been ill for seven days and no news has been spread? Why is this? She is very ill?"
"It's very strange. In the first two days, I just said that I felt uncomfortable and had no strength. I just wanted to lie in bed. But in the next few days, I gradually fell into a coma. I spent less time awake and more time sleeping." Mrs. Zhen Guogong sighed, "In the end, I couldn't hide it anymore, so I had to ask for help. In the end, even the Taoist temples and temples near Xijing City were spared."
"Really?" Shen Cha looked at Master Huilan, "You..."
"Hey, stop it, I know what you want to say next." Master Huilan waved his hand, "At that time, I didn't know your father and mother, nor the Xue family, and I was not in Xijing City at that time. This matter has nothing to do with me. But I have heard of such an incident. The only daughter of the Xue family was seriously ill, and the medicine was useless. Later, a heavenly master was invited from Tianji Temple to open an altar and practice magic. For seven days, It took seventy-nine days to save the life of the Xue family's daughter. It is said that not only was she saved, but the little girl's fate was also changed, which is considered a blessing in disguise."
"So..." Shen Cha's eyes widened in surprise, "Is it so magical? Tianji Temple..." She shook her head gently, "There is such a Taoist temple in Xijing City? Why have you never heard of it? Still If that Heavenly Master is so capable, why has he never been mentioned by the elders of the Xue family, nor by the late emperor? This... seems unreasonable and abnormal."
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. Tianji Temple ceased to exist after that, because the Celestial Master passed away within a few days after opening the altar to practice." Seeing Shen Cha's eyes again Staring wide, Master Huilan explained, "For things like changing your destiny against the will of heaven, once you are not good at studying or you are not strong enough to withstand the punishment of God, you will easily suffer backlash. That empress's destiny is indeed not good. Great, if according to her original destiny, the year she was ten years old should be the year she passed away."
"So, that heavenly master exchanged his life for the life of the empress?"
"You could say that!"
"Then, what is the origin of that Celestial Master?" Shen Cha thought for a moment, "Could it be that the Celestial Master has something to do with the person behind it, and was entrusted by someone to come here specifically to change the fate of the empress?"
