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Chapter 346 The Heavenly Family Is Ruthless
But seeing that the eldest princess had no expression on her face, her eyes were fixed on Emperor Xian, her complexion was serious, and there was a sharp glint in her eyes.

Xu Jiao withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes calmly, hiding the deep thought in his eyes.

Emperor Xian seemed to be unaware, and said with a smile, "Yes, today is a little better. No, I have time to visit my mother. I don't know if my mother is feeling better today? The Tai Hospital came to ask for a Ping'an pulse. What do you say? of?"

"The emperor is worried. The Ai family will not die for the time being." This time, before the eldest princess could reply, the empress dowager said in a cold tone. Unexpectedly, just after she finished speaking, the empress dowager began to cough, and she coughed. It's endless, and you will feel out of breath at any time.

Xu Jiao's complexion changed slightly, but the eldest princess and the palace servants in Anfu Palace were serving warm tea and spittoons, Shun Qi Shun Qi, skilled and methodical.After a while, the Queen Mother's coughing gradually calmed down, but the Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "I'm tired of mourning, so go ahead and rest, you can do what you want."

As he spoke, he was really tired, and he gently closed his eyes.

The palace people at the other end brought a soft chair and moved the Queen Mother up. Emperor Xian, Xu Jiao and others saluted her, and the Eldest Princess followed and sent the Queen Mother back to the inner hall.

Emperor Xian withdrew his gaze, looked at Xu Jiao with a smile and said, "Concubine Wan specially asked me to send Ajiao into the palace today to accompany me?"

"Return to Your Majesty, yes. It's just that Yingyue may not have visited the Empress Dowager and mother for a long time. After sitting in Cuiwei Palace for a while, she confessed to Concubine Wan and came to Anfu Palace." Xu Jiao lowered her eyes and replied in a respectful tone. .

Emperor Xian nodded, with a smile still on his face, "Ajiao is a good and filial boy." Emperor Xian sat down on the chair beside him as he spoke, and asked casually, "I just heard that when Ajiao entered the palace, she didn't come empty-handed, she seemed to have brought something with her?"

Xu Jiao thought to herself, it really was because of this that she couldn't wait.Now that she knows the mystery in the painting, she naturally understands Emperor Xian's urgency, but she doesn't show it at all on the face, "Speaking of it, it's the errand that His Majesty entrusted to me before. If it didn't happen to be in Anfu I met His Majesty in the palace, and I have to go to the Imperial Study Room to ask to see Your Majesty after a while to welcome the moon."

"Oh?" Emperor Xian raised his brows, as if he was a little puzzled, as if he had forgotten to do some errands for Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao scolded hypocrisy in his heart, but on his face he said with a sweet smile, "I think His Majesty is busy, so he forgot about it long ago. Earlier, His Majesty handed Yingyue a painting by his late father to let Yingyue Yue copying, these days are busy and delayed. No, I just got the painting, and it happened to enter the palace today, so I brought it along with it." Xu Jiao glanced at the snow behind him while talking, The latter understood, and came forward with a box in his hand. Xu Jiao turned around, opened the box, took out two scrolls, one new and one old, and presented them to Emperor Xian with both hands, "Please, Your Majesty, Take a look."

"It turned out to be this matter, Ajiao didn't say it, I almost forgot." Emperor Xian replied with a smile, and glanced at Gan's attendant from the corner of his eye, who came forward knowingly and took it from Xu Jiao's hand. Those two scrolls, "quickly open them and let me have a look." Emperor Xian said with great interest.

"Yes." Gan Nei waited, and raised his hand to call a few servants, and together with him, opened the two scrolls, and slowly spread them out in front of Emperor Xian.

Emperor Xian looked carefully, his eyes were deep, but the smile on his face was slightly restrained.

Seeing this, Xu Jiao hurriedly squatted down in panic and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I am ashamed to say that Yingyue's painting skills are far inferior to those of my late father. I will tell you my majesty, my late father Yingyue has also copied a lot of paintings, but this one is the only one that I always feel is a bit unusual. After studying for a long time, many paintings were damaged, and I managed to get this one, which is still eye-catching. But it seems that His Majesty is still disappointed."

Emperor Xian turned to look at her, and said with a light smile, "Yingyue said that this painting is a bit unusual?"

Xu Jiao was apprehensively looked at by him, bit his lower lip lightly, and said with an uneasy expression, "It's a bit unusual, but what is unusual about it, Yingyueyi can't tell for a while, but it is different from my father's previous paintings. Compared with it, it is really different. It's just a pity that Yingyue is dull. Earlier, my father's paintings were studied a lot before I managed to get some knowledge. Now this one. Although I have studied it over and over again for a long time, I still can't figure it out. Maybe, it's not enough talent after all, which disappointed His Majesty." Xu Jiaoxu was really disturbed, and when he said this, he knelt down directly and apologized to Emperor Xian.

Emperor Xian didn't make a sound for a long while, as if he was thinking and weighing. After a while, he smiled and stretched out his hand to help Xu Jiao up, "You don't have to do this to Yingyue, I believe you did your best, as you said, probably The later paintings left by your father are slightly different from the early ones, and you only got this one, and the details are not enough, so you don’t get the essence. In this way, there are still a few paintings left by your father, which are about the same period as this one The leftover paintings, before you leave the palace, I will ask Gan Yi to send them to you, and you can take them back, and read them carefully. As for the copying, there is no rush, and it will not be too late to start writing after you get to the essence of the details. "

When Xu Jiao heard this, he immediately showed his face, and his eyes lit up even more. Looking at Emperor Xian, he was happy and thankful, "Thank you for your compassion. To be honest, Yingyue is really infatuated with paintings. This time I have always been dissatisfied with this painting. Thanks to Your Majesty for giving me more paintings for reference, Yingyue is very grateful, and I will definitely step up to participate in the details, and I will live up to Your Majesty's kindness and high expectations!"

"It's just a few paintings, and they are all from your father's hand, so there is no need for that. It's just that these paintings are precious after all, and I hope that Ajiao must be careful when he examines them carefully." Emperor Xian said earnestly.

"It's natural. Yingyue will cherish these paintings more than anyone else." Xu Jiao's face was sincere and cute.

Seeing this, Emperor Xian nodded and smiled even more satisfied, "I certainly believe it."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xian looked in the direction leading to the inner hall, "Since the queen mother is resting, and there are some government affairs to be dealt with in the imperial study, then I will not bother you. I will ask Ganyi to bring the painting to you."

After saying that, Emperor Xian turned his head and went out.

Xu Jiao hurriedly squatted behind him to send each other off, "Respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

After Emperor Xian led the people out of the palace, she could no longer see the people, she stood up straight, and looked at the direction the people left for a moment with deep eyes, then turned around, but she didn't want to be caught by the extra person behind her. The figure was startled, "Mother?"

Standing behind is the eldest princess, she does not know when she came, at least she did not show up before Emperor Xian left, and now her eyes are also looking behind Xu Jiao, the direction where Emperor Xian left, with deep eyes, Like the dark night and the deep sea, it is difficult to see through.

There was an eerie silence all around.

After a long time, the eldest princess turned to look at Xu Jiao and asked, "What painting did His Majesty ask you to copy?"

Xu Jiao thought to herself, she really heard it.With a sweet face, he said with a smile, "Your Majesty asked me to copy a few paintings of my late father's calligraphy in the palace. Didn't mother know about this a long time ago?"

At the beginning, the eldest princess also knew about the painting that she was asked to take back to the house to copy.

The eldest princess still frowned deeply, "Which year is the painting that I asked you to copy this time?" The date of painting will be written on the signature of the painting.

Xu Jiao's eyes dimmed, "It was painted in the 21st year of Yuanzhao, the year my father died."

Xu Jiao's gaze has been on the eldest princess all the time, so naturally he didn't miss the slight changes on her face. You know, a person like the eldest princess grew up in the palace since she was a child, and fought in the battlefield with her father. She has practiced the kung fu of nourishing Qi with a high degree of proficiency, which can change her face, even if it is only for a moment, and the change is so subtle that she can miss it if she is not paying attention. This incident is also a great impact to her.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Seeing that the eldest princess hadn't spoken for a while, but her eyes were deep and thoughtful, Xu Jiao asked a little uneasily.

The eldest princess came to her senses and said to Xu Jiao, "Ajiao, the errand that His Majesty gave you is not trivial, those paintings are treasured in the palace, you must be careful. If there is anything wrong, remember not to tell anyone , come to discuss with mother first, do you understand?"

The eldest princess spoke earnestly, and when she said these words, her eyes were fixed on Xu Jiao's face without blinking.

Xu Jiao seemed frightened by her solemnity, and nodded numbly.

Her appearance fell into the eyes of the eldest princess, but she was not satisfied. Immediately, she frowned and said, "Don't just nod, tell mother clearly, you can hear everything mother said to you clearly? Keep it in your heart Yet?"

Xu Jiao looked at her with clear eyes but nodded slightly uneasy.

Seeing how well-behaved she was, the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to gently embrace her, patting her on the back like a child, "Don't be afraid, mother is here, this time, mother will always To protect you well."

If it was someone else, maybe they might not know the deep meaning of the eldest princess's words, but Xu Jiao couldn't understand it all too well, and the tip of his nose couldn't help but feel sore.

After returning to Helian Mansion, Xu Jiao told Helian Shu all the affairs in the palace.

He Lianshu's eyes and ears in the palace were very clever, and he knew the current relationship between the Queen Mother, the eldest princess, and Emperor Xian, so he said to Xu Jiao lightly, "Although the one who covers the issue of the refugee camp tightly, But a shrewd person like the queen mother can't let him fool him, of course he knows it well! Later, the mother and son had a big quarrel. It's getting worse."

No wonder there was such an embarrassing atmosphere when several people met in Anfu Palace earlier.

It was probably because of this that the eldest princess became suspicious of the reason why Emperor Xian rushed to Anfu Palace in such a hurry.

After all, he hadn't visited the queen mother for a long time, so coincidentally, when Xu Jiao went, he followed in a hurry.

What can make him care so much, can't wait?
"People say that blood is thicker than water, but at this point, what's the point of kissing or not? The heavenly family is ruthless, it really is so." Xu Jiao sighed, thinking that He Lianshu also grew up in such an environment, suddenly My heart hurts even more.

The two fell silent for a moment, and after a long while, Xu Jiao leaned into his arms and asked softly, "You said... mother, does she know something?" There was a net wrapped around it, and he asked softly, but his eyes were dark.

"If the eldest princess says she doesn't know anything, it's definitely impossible. But the eldest princess is still not very similar to the father and son of the first emperor. If not, she would not have handed over the military power, and the death of Princess Wuyang..." He Lian Shu seems to be aware of the entanglement in her heart, and every word falls on the most important part of her heart.

He Lianshu lowered his head and planted a kiss on the top of her head, "Ajiao, don't embarrass yourself too much. It's too difficult to convince yourself not to hate someone when you clearly hate someone, but you insist on persuading yourself to hate someone when you obviously don't hate someone. It is even more difficult. Sometimes, you don’t have to think too much, your heart will naturally tell you the answer.”

Xu Jiao naturally understood what he meant, and after a while, he gave a low "hmm".

Afterwards, Xu Jiao closed the door and studied those paintings. Although she had already seen through the mysteries in the paintings, she couldn't destroy the paintings early in the morning. She had to imitate the fakes first. just do.

As soon as Xu Jiao got into the pile of paintings, he stayed there day and night, and everyone in the house was used to it, so they didn't find it strange.

Under normal circumstances, no one dared to disturb her.

But the three meals a day must be eaten on time and according to order, and Helian Shu will directly take her out of the study after returning home.Take her for a walk, or gossip.

It's just that He Lianshu also left early and returned late recently, and it was already late at night when he came back, and the others couldn't persuade Xu Jiao, she really had the posture of forgetting to eat and sleep, it took only ten days to bring the painting back to the house, She had lost a lot of weight visibly to the naked eye.

On this day, He Lianshu returned to the mansion early on a rare occasion, and it was still bright, so he went directly into the study when he returned to the mansion, and took Xu Jiao out of the pile of paintings.Seeing her face, she frowned.

"It seems that you didn't pay attention to what I said to you. Look at you, how red are your eyes? If this continues, do you still want these eyes?"

Xu Jiao let him scold him, and didn't answer back, just raised her face, looked at him and giggled.

Seeing her appearance, He Lianshu immediately lost his temper, raised his hand and tapped her forehead lightly, and sighed, "You look like this, how can I leave with peace of mind?"

When Xu Jiao heard the sound, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, he said nothing, and looked at He Lianshu with a pair of black and white eyes. Although he didn't say anything, it seemed that he had already said a thousand words.

He Lianshu's heart suddenly pinched, and he led her to the side of the soft couch to sit down, pondered for a moment, and then said, "These days you have been burying your head in the study and painting all day, so you don't know what's going on outside. "

"The Jiedu envoys followed their orders and sent soldiers to suppress the civil unrest, but who knew that these refugees had already become popular. The people sent by the Jiedu envoys not only did not seek cheapness, but also lost a lot, and lost a few states. government."

(End of this chapter)