In Fengkun Palace, the emperor and empress sat together in the bedroom.
Xiao Yi took Lin Feifeng's hand, looked down at the white jade bracelet on her wrist, and gently rubbed it with his fingertips.
"Where did Zilu find such an ancient bracelet?"
Lin Feifeng also looked at the white jade bracelet, raised her lips and smiled, with beautiful eyebrows.
"The day before yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought over many bracelets, and I found them pleasing to my eye. They are low-key, simple, and unassuming. Don't you like them, brother?"
"The jade is good, but the workmanship is too poor to be considered a fine product. Now that you are a member of a country, you should deserve something better."
As Xiao Yi spoke, he took off the white jade bracelet from Lin Feifeng's wrist and placed it aside.
"I remember that among the national gifts sent by Aziz, there was a piece of top-quality ruby, which is just right for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give you a pair of bracelets."
"Second brother still loves me." Lin Feifeng snuggled into Xiao Yi's arms, her eyes slightly curved and her words delicate.
"Today's ceremony, you are also tired, you should rest early." Xiao Yi patted Lin Feifeng's back, "There are many things at the end of the year, so I will go back to the imperial study to read the news for a while." After that, he stood up and left Fengkun Palace. . When leaving, he took away the pair of white jade bracelets.
Lin Feifeng looked at Xiao Yi's leaving figure, her smile slowly faded, her eyes grew colder, and her face was so heavy that water could drip from her face.
Xiao Yi has never been a lustful person. Although he and she rarely had physical contact in the past, he would still stay in her room from time to time, talk with her at night by candlelight, and sleep together.
But I don't know since when, he rarely sets foot in her room anymore, and even today is her wedding day, and he refuses to stay with her.
What went wrong?
"Bang!" Lin Feifeng slammed the tea cup on the table to the ground, causing tea and porcelain pieces to fly everywhere.
Don't think she doesn't know the origin of the pair of bracelets. If it wasn't the only thing Xiao Yi made with her own hands, how could she wear it at the ceremony? Shen Zhuo was also a queen of a country. She wore it on her wrist every day. Did he say anything inappropriate? !
Is it because her status as Lin Feifeng is too precious that this white jade bracelet is not worthy of her, or is it that this white jade bracelet is too precious and she cannot touch it?
Lin Feifeng gritted her teeth.
Shen Zhuo woke up with a burst of warmth, warm but not restless, making people very comfortable. She couldn't help but squint her eyes and stretched. When she reached halfway, she suddenly stopped. Hey, I seem to have feeling in my hands and feet?
Shen Zhuo opened her eyes suddenly, and what she saw was a dense and lush tree shade. Sunlight passed through the branches and leaves, and stars fell on her body. The breeze blew through, and the leaves rustled... .... What a midsummer scene.
All the memories came back, and Shen Zhuo remembered that he finally let go of his obsession at Lin Feifeng's conquest ceremony, and then his soul disappeared. So, is this the underworld?
Shen Zhuo admired sincerely: "It turns out that the underworld is such a beautiful scene."
Before Shen Zhuo could finish his praise, a clear sound like silver bells came from his side, and he was filled with smiles.
"Miss, could it be that you fell asleep? Where did the low-level and high-level mansions come from? This is Prince Zhao's Mansion."
Shen Zhuo turned around and looked over, only to see a little maid in pink arranging a fruit basket not far from her.
Shen Zhuo was stunned for a moment. She knew this little maid very well, it was her personal maid since childhood: Ying'er. But why is Ying'er here, still so young? He looks only eleven or twelve years old.
"Miss, miss! Come to your senses quickly. You have been sleeping under the shade of a tree for more than half an hour. If you don't get up and move, the cold will enter your body."
Shen Zhuo was dumbfounded and let Ying'er pull her up.
"Let's go find the eldest lady. I picked a lot of sweet apricots. The eldest lady likes to eat them the most." Ying'er smiled.
Shen Zhuo suddenly grabbed Ying'er's hand and his voice couldn't stop trembling: "Sister, sister is here too?"
"Yes... yes." Shen Zhuo's tearful eyes frightened Ying'er, and she said at a loss, "Miss, the eldest lady and my cousin went rowing to collect lotus pods."
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Zhuo hugged Shen Yao and cried loudly, causing Shen Yao to panic. While helping her, he coaxed her softly: "Jiaojiao, what's the matter? What's going on? But what happened? "
Shen Zhuo kept rubbing into Shen Yao's arms, constantly checking Shen Yao's warm body temperature and strong heartbeat. She's alive, she's alive!
Shen Zhuo cried so hard that he was out of breath. After a long time, he choked intermittently: "Sister, I had a nightmare...I dreamed that my father, mother, brother and sister were gone. They were all gone." ”
"Yes, yes, all are here." Shen Yao said in a loud voice. She patiently coaxed Shen Zhuo, and then sighed helplessly, "How much wine did you secretly drink today to get so drunk?"
Shen Zhuo didn't answer, but stubbornly pulled Shen Yao.
After that, Shen Zhuo followed Shen Yao step by step, holding on to Shen Yao's sleeves with a pair of small hands. Shen Yao staggered every two steps and stumbled every three steps. She couldn't help but touch her forehead, but when she saw the deep sadness and fear in Shen Zhuo's eyes, she had no choice but to let her go.
"Hee hee, I didn't expect you, a naughty monkey, to be scared sometimes. Come on, tell me, what did you dream about that made you so scared?" Xiao Yuchan laughed and joked around Shen Zhuo.
Xiao Yuchan is the eldest granddaughter of Prince Zhao's Palace. She was named the Lord of Zhaohe County when she was born. She is the same age as Shen Yao and is Shen Zhuo's cousin.
Shen Zhuo has been a cute little girl since she was a child. She has a sweet mouth and is particularly good at coaxing people. All her elders dote on her, and her brothers even protect her, so she develops the character of a little bully who is not afraid of anything. . It's really rare to see such a sad and scared look, let alone. Xiao Yuchan felt strange.
Shen Zhuo glanced at Xiao Yuchan with red eyes, and loosened Shen Yao's sleeves with some embarrassment. After crying, Shen Zhuo's mood finally calmed down.
When Shen Zhuo and Ying'er came to look for Shen Yao just now, she learned from Ying'er that she was not in the underworld, but back in the 22nd year of Zhengyuan, when she was twelve years old.
This year is also the year of Shen Yao and Hairpin. During this year, Shen Yao met two crucial people. A wrong choice led to Shen Yao's tragic life in the future.
This time, I must not let my sister make the same mistake again. Shen Zhuo secretly clenched his fists and swore secretly.
Shen Zhuo had never lived in Lanting Pavilion since he got married in his previous life. Even if she had to go back to the Shen Mansion for something, she would come and go in a hurry, never wanting to leave Prince Duan's Mansion for a moment.
Shen Zhuo was lying in the boudoir of Lanting Pavilion, looking out the window through the familiar yet unfamiliar window lattice. A bright moon hung in the sky, shining brightly. The moonlight in the twenty-second year of Zhengyuan is no different from the moonlight in the fourth year of Yuanjing, but the people are different and their moods are even different.
Shen Zhuo thought of the familiar figure he saw before the conferment ceremony, and couldn't help but feel his heart twisting. Why did Xiao Shitou return to the palace rashly? If someone discovers...the consequences will be disastrous.
Within a day, great sadness and great joy were intertwined. Shen Zhuo's mind was ups and downs, and she couldn't help but feel tired. She finally fell asleep in the gloom of her thoughts.
What Shen Zhuo didn't know was that Xiao Wei did not return to the palace rashly, but returned to the palace after careful planning.
Just after the New Year, it started to snow in Kyoto. The sky was filled with heavy snow for several days. It was like a white curtain hung between the sky and the earth. The entire capital was covered in silver and covered with snow.
Jiang Ning asked the inner court construction office to take this opportunity to prepare more ice cubes, so that he could go to the cellar to preserve the burning coffin.
Who would have thought that after the ice cubes were made, the coffin would be empty.
Shen Zhuo's bones were stolen.
Dozens of imperial guards and chamberlains were all kneeling on the ground, remaining silent, not even daring to speak out.
Everyone felt that His Majesty's breath at this moment was colder, more severe, and more trembling than all the ice cubes in the cellar put together.
"Ha! You are really promising." Xiao Yi sneered, with a cold look on his face.
In the cellar, the golden nanmu cover of the coffin was casually flipped over to the ground, and the coffin was wide open, all showing the arrogance of the corpse thief.
What's even more arrogant is that there are two books in the empty coffin, one is a royal jade certificate, and the "Prince Xiao Wei" column on the jade certificate has been crossed out heavily. The other is a genealogy of the Shen family. Below Shen Zhuo, there is a column of "eldest son Shen Lei". The ink is still fresh, obviously it was written not long ago.
Side by side with the two volumes, there was also the prince's jade plaque, which was smashed to pieces.
Everything left behind clearly tells everyone who did all this. This move was arrogant and arrogant, and it was extremely provocative and angry.
"I didn't know that the palace has become a vegetable market in recent years. People can come and go at will, come and leave as they please." Xiao Yi said quietly.
He coldly glanced around the dozens of kneeling people and felt pressure coming towards him.
The commander of the imperial army, Wei Xuan, was covered in cold sweat. He buried his head deeply on the ground and did not dare to say a word.
He only dared to curse in his heart. Although Xiao Wei had been missing for several years, he had not been deposed. According to etiquette, he was still the prince. Even his original guards in the East Palace have not been replaced. Is it strange that he can enter and exit the palace freely? Not to mention entering the cellar to steal a corpse, even moving the treasury was not difficult for Xiao Wei!
Who should he talk to to reason with this matter? As the father and son of the Tian family fight, they are the only ones who are unlucky in the end.
Xiao Yi picked up the two booklets, glanced at them, and sneered coldly: "Huh, Shen Lei?"
I saw him rubbing it with his fingertips, and the booklet shattered into powder. He raised his hand casually and said calmly:
"Go and check. If the bones cannot be recovered, there is no need to keep everyone on duty in the palace that day."
