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Chapter 10 High-rise Lianyuan
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yi wearing a light blue tunic shirt strode out from behind the screen, and bowed to the empress dowager and the noble concubine: "Grandmother, little empress," and laughed, "The fifth younger sister is also here gone."

Siqing was still in a daze, and was held back by Shen Huanhua to salute, Xiao Yi signaled that there was no need to be too polite, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "You came just in time, no, you have another younger sister."

Now Xiao Yi was stunned, glanced at Shen Huanhua, and said deliberately: "This is... a relative of the sister of Shen's family? Is it from the old lady's family?"

Shen Huanhua understood, and said with a smile: "My mother's house is gone, and there are a few relatives who are far away, and they have long since stopped seeing each other."

Only then did Xiao Yi pretend to say: "I see...he looks like the fifth sister's husband-in-law."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "That's right, this is Ye Xiufeng's girl. Your Majesty, look how much she looks like Ye's brother!" Then she asked Siqing, "Are your brothers and sisters twins?"

Siqing shook her head, Shen Huanhua smiled and said, "Her brother is older than her." After speaking, she pushed Siqing to sit next to the Grand Concubine. Although Siqing was awkward, the Grand Concubine was indeed very kind. She was so gentle, and Si Qing secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Everyone was gossiping, and after a cup of tea, the Empress Dowager got up to worship the Buddha, and asked Shen Huanhua's sister-in-law to sit longer before going.Everyone sent them out of Yimen, and Xiao Yi went with the Empress Dowager.

After sending off the Empress Dowager and Xiao Yi, under the urging eyes of Shen Huanhua, Si Qing called out "little lady" and left her seat again to salute.The noble concubine was naturally very happy, and rewarded her with various jewelry and rulers.

In the evening, Shen Huanhua's sister-in-law, Siqing, spoke to the Concubine Gui, and the Concubine Gui told them to come often, saying, "My heart is empty when your fourth sister is married. The first queen is gone, and the palace is also deserted. I'm glad you come here often."

The two left Yining Palace, there was a yellow door leading the way, Siqing asked: "Sister, who is your fourth sister?"

Shen Huanhua smiled, "Since the little lady recognizes you as a daughter, you can also call her the fourth sister now. She is the eldest daughter and the adopted daughter of the former emperor. She was named the eldest princess of Xianju. She married Han Shouchen, the second son of Dingnan Fan last year. , married to Jingjiang Mansion."

Siqing said: "Married to Jingjiang? It's a long way."

Lu met a beautiful woman with strict make-up and gorgeous clothes, wearing a special bun with beads on her head, Shen Huanhua hurriedly pulled La Siqing, and retreated to the side of the road to salute: "What a beautiful Jin'an."

Si Qing followed suit and saluted, only to hear that beauty He said with a smile: "The wife of my family hadn't left the palace at this time, it turned out to be Mrs. Xiaoye. This is..."

The Huangmen official who led the way smiled and said: "This is Ye Xiang's son-in-law. Just now, the noble concubine has recognized her as a righteous daughter."

He Meiren said "Oh", with a very complicated look on her face, and she seemed relieved and said: "Miss Ye is really a cold beauty."

The Ye family's finding their daughter back at this season must have moved their minds to let her enter the palace to choose a concubine. Now that the noble concubine Ding'an accepts Siqing as a righteous daughter, it means that the noble concubine does not approve of the Ye family's daughter entering the palace as a concubine.

"It's getting late, we should leave the palace." Shen Huanhua said calmly.After finishing speaking, without waiting for He Meiren to speak, she bowed again and pulled Siqing away.

"He Meiren's clothes are pretty." Shen Huanhua said to the official Huangmen who led the way.

The Huangmen officer laughed dryly, and said meaningfully: "Miss Shen said that, and the Empress Dowager also said the same."

After going out of the palace and getting into the carriage of Ye Mansion, Si Qing asked, "Who is Beauty He?"

"He Shizhi's niece, the first empress's cousin. The former empress had no brothers, so the title of the He family was given to He Meiren's elder brother." Shen Huanhua replied, "The first empress was filial piety, and she just dressed like this. They are beautiful. When the empress was still there, she went around saying that the sisters are deeply in love, which shows that they really are deeply in love."

Siqing didn't expect that the gentle Shen Huanhua would use this tone to comment on others, and secretly wondered whether this palace family member had misbehavior.When I wanted to ask Shen Huanhua a few more words, I felt it was redundant, so I kept silent.

Siqing originally thought that Concubine Ding'an's recognition of her as a righteous daughter was just a joke, but unexpectedly, although there was no imperial edict, Concubine Ding'an became serious, and asked Siqing to enter the palace several times, and asked Siqing to accompany her to Xiyuan to appreciate Autumn.After discussing with Shen Huanhua, Siqing prepared a gift and went to the palace to thank him.

As a result, the people in the mansion treated Si Qing very politely, and there were more court officials and female relatives in the imperial capital who interacted with Si Qing, and the fourth wife did not dare to provoke Si Qing anymore.

Shen Huanhua and the third wife were happy for her, needless to say.Ye Lancheng is reticent by nature, since returning to Ye Mansion, he has rarely talked with Si Qing, and he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief for Si Qing.Only Ye Xiufeng had other thoughts, and he had mixed feelings about it.This day Ye Xiufeng suddenly said to Si Qing: "Mr. Lan from Weiyang has passed away, do you think you should go for a walk?"

Siqing became suspicious, "What Mr. Lan?"

Ye Xiufeng said: "Have you forgotten? Let me tell people that you have been raised by Wei Yang, a businessman surnamed Lan, and this family happened to have a little contact with the family in recent years. Since he passed away, you should go take a look." , one shows that you are polite and gracious, and the other is..."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away?" Siqing interrupted.

Ye Xiufeng said lightly, "I'm not afraid."

Siqing was furious, "How did this guy surnamed Lan die? Could it be that you murdered him to silence him?"

Ye Xiufeng said angrily: "Is being a father such a villain in your heart?"

Siqing sneered: "It's a pity that I didn't recognize you as a father, but you also admit that you are a villain?"

Ye Xiufeng was so angry that he fell on his back, Siqing pushed him away and rushed away.

Siqing saw Xiao Yi again at the edge of Taiye Pond in Xiyuan in early September.

Siqing came to accompany Concubine Ding'an to visit the garden. Seeing her gloomy expression, Concubine Gui asked, "But what's bothering you?"

Siqing shook her head and did not answer, so Concubine Gui dismissed her with an excuse, and kept Lingzhen to ask why.Ling Zhen said: "Our girl's adoptive father is gone, our master wants her to go to the south for the funeral. I wonder if our girl's adoptive father treated us badly in the past, and our girl is not willing to go."

The Concubine Gui sighed after hearing this, "Since Siqing doesn't want to go, then don't go. If Ye Xiangfei lets her go, then you will say that I said so, and don't tell Siqing to go south."

Ling Zhen repeatedly agreed, and the matter of going to the funeral was left behind.

The imperial concubine left Ling Zhen to talk for some reason during her lunch break, so Si Qing took two young palace servants to hang out by the pool.Siqing saw that the palace man was also tired, so he said: "You two sisters, go and have a rest. I will stroll around by myself, and I will be back in a while."

Siqing walked to the door of the moon cave, and suddenly turned around: "Who!"

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Miss Ye, are you so vigilant?"

"Your Majesty?" Siqing saluted respectfully.

It was awkward for them to meet again.

Xiao Yi signaled that she didn't need to be too polite, and said sternly, "Miss Ye, your adoptive father, Lu Yuan, had correspondence with Yu Yunhe, the head of the Yasukuni case, and Mr. Lu wrote the preface to this collection. There's only one manuscript, and it's not published, is it?"

Si Qing was surprised: "Your Majesty really went to investigate this matter?"

"The manuscript of Jizi is here." Xiao Yi took out the manuscript wrapped in silk from his bosom, "Thousands of people were implicated in this case at the beginning, and Lu Yuan was only an accomplice who later expanded the case, and my name is only on the note in the Ministry of Punishment I’ve seen it with the sea arrest documents issued later. There are also the original documents of the Ministry of Punishment and the original sea arrest documents. The documents that have been issued cannot be retrieved. Miss Ye will handle these things by herself.”

Siqing took it and was stunned for a moment, "Why do you help me do these?"

Xiao Yi replied: "Ms. Ye helped me, and I will also give Ms. Ye a favor. There were other complications in the matter of Duke Jing and Yu Yunhe back then. I was not in charge of the government at that time, and there was nothing I could do."

Siqing took a step back, raised her hand and saluted in appreciation.

Xiao Yi said: "There is no need to be too polite."

Siqing got up and straightened her skirt, only to hear Xiao Yi say again: "I don't know what evidence your father has about your adoptive father, Lord Yasukuni, and Yu's case, maybe it's a sea arrest document? Letters between your adoptive father and Yu Yunhe? The girl needs to be careful."

Siqing said: "Thank you Your Majesty, I can save it."

Xiao Yi suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay for you to call me third brother, my little lady is very happy to hear that."

Siqing was short-handed, so she said, "Third brother."

Xiao Yi smiled, and immediately became depressed: "I have a cousin, who is also my righteous sister, who was implicated in the imperial capital's rebellion case and was unable to escape until her death. This imperial capital is not a good place, and the water in the imperial capital is very deep. Quite, if you can go back to Nan Province, go south. If there is a way out, why stay in Beijing."

Si Qing thought to herself that this jade-like Majesty could speak so tenderly, so she thanked her again, and said: "That Mr. Cheng - he injured his meridian at that time, I don't know if he has recovered now? I studied it for a few days Doctors, but they are rough and tight, and I am really afraid that the doctor will not be good."

Xiao Yi said: "He is fine now, thank you."

For fear of being seen, the two hurriedly left.Xiao Yi walked a long way, but couldn't help but turn back, and saw Siqing's sky-blue skirt gradually disappearing into a red leaf, and also took away the only vibrant color from his eyes.

Siqing was returning to Ye Mansion from Xiyuan in the evening, when she met Shen Huanhua walking over, Shen Huanhua smiled and asked, "Why did you come back?"

Siqing smiled and said: "My little lady burns incense and has to check the incense spectrum, so she comes back late. Sister-in-law, I'll go back and change my clothes first."

Back in the attic, Siqing sent Ling Zhen away again with an excuse, took out the manuscripts and documents Xiao Yi had given her, looked at them, took the brazier and burned them all, and breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking about how to set Ye Xiufeng up to see if he would return. There is something about her adoptive father.

Another month later, Empress Xianhe delivered Empress Xianhe to Xijing, and now she left the capital to send Empress Xian's golden coffin to the west to the temple beside the Yongling Mausoleum in Xijing. Concubine Ding'an also went with her, and the capital was much quieter.

Out of Empress Xianhe's filial piety, Siqing's elder brother Ye Lancheng was going to Jiangnan to take up his post, and Shen Huanhua was also going south, so he was busy packing.

Shen Huanhua and Si Qing discussed that before leaving Beijing, they would be hosts in the mansion to invite friends from the old boudoir, and they were also busy posting posts to take care of various matters.

Unexpectedly, before the empress dowager and Concubine Ding'an returned to Beijing, the Empress Dowager suddenly issued an edict ordering Siqing to be a concubine.Ye Xiufeng was overjoyed to see his long-cherished wish come true.

Because Siqing was attending a banquet with the third wife in Uncle Taiping's mansion when the imperial edict was passed on, and she was not in the mansion, so she didn't know until a few minutes later.That night, the more Siqing thought about it, the more she felt furious, so she went to find Ye Xiufeng alone at night.

Although Ye Xiufeng's study was quiet and quiet, the night watchman saw a thin figure in the distance, so he bravely went up to meet him, raised the lantern a little, and asked softly, "Is the master here?"

"It's me." Following Qingyue's female voice, Siqing, dressed in a water-colored gown and a white skirt, walked under the lamp.

The guard at night beat Qian'er in a hurry, knowing that Ye Siqing, the eldest lady of the Ye Mansion who had just been found from the south, was not easy to provoke, and she was about to enter the palace as the main seat, so she was even more difficult to provoke. Said that there are a few most important things to deal with, don't let the little ones disturb..."

Siqing's cold eyes swept over, especially cold under the dim light.The servant shuddered for no reason, "What's the big girl, can we talk about it tomorrow?"

Siqing said lightly: "Give me the lantern, it's none of your business here, go down."

Seeing that the little servant couldn't persuade him, he hurriedly bowed down and disappeared in a flash.

Siqing held the lantern and pushed open the door of the study, the dagger hidden in his sleeve almost fell out when he pushed the door.Siqing looked left and right, and hurriedly tucked her sleeves.

Ye Xiufeng heard the sound and annoyed, "Who is it!"

"It's me!" Siqing threw the lantern casually, stepped forward, and stared closely at her biological father, Ye Xiufeng, who was sitting upright behind the desk.

Ye Xiufeng spread his shoulders back, and his posture was quite imposing. From a distance, he seemed calm, but in fact his eyes were looking away.

The father and daughter opened up a negotiation posture and confronted each other for a long time. Ye Xiufeng was about to ask Siqing what he wanted to say, but Siqing preempted him and said coldly: "I came back to Beijing from the south all the way, not to recognize you. The 'father' who never raised me".

She bit the word "father" very hard.

Ye Xiufeng abandoned his infant daughter with his own hands back then, and now he is ridiculed by her daughter face to face. He couldn't hold back his face, and couldn't help being furious: "You bastard!"

Hearing a "chuckle", a dagger suddenly popped out from Siqing's water-colored pipa sleeve.

Ever since she was assassinated on the way back to the imperial capital, she always kept this sword by her side for self-defense.

"You!" Ye Xiufeng said, "You unfilial thing, you still have to kill your father and king!"

The servant heard the sound and tried outside the study: "Master? Miss?"

Ye Xiufeng's body trembled, and he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Get out! Get away, no one is allowed to approach the study room without my order!" There was only a rustling sound, and it seemed that the boy ran away.

Siqing laughed and trembled, revealing a row of white teeth: "That's right, I just plan to kill my father, if you keep pushing me from behind, I can also kill a king. Anyway, the Ye family abandoned me when they were young, and I How about pulling the heartless Ye family to plow the mud together?"

Ye Xiufeng's voice suddenly weakened: "Isn't it right for you to recognize your ancestors and return to them? Do you need a reason?"

"I don't want a reason, and I don't want you, a cheap old man. If you really have a heart, let me go back to the south, and stop threatening me with my adoptive father's past."

Ye Xiufeng suddenly choked up, and said softly: "Father knows I'm sorry for you, and I've tried everything I can to find you back to Beijing these years, just to make up for you."

"I'm afraid you want to sell your daughter and become a concubine to subsidize yourself."

"What are you talking about as a concubine? Your Majesty's concubine is more noble than anyone's wife! Why are you so ignorant?" Ye Xiufeng returned to his indifferent look.

The cause of death of Empress Dowager Yan of Renkang is a mystery, and there is even a question about the date of her next life.The cause of Empress He's death was a mystery before, but now when Empress He is mentioned, she is terrified.

Today, her original partner, Empress He, suddenly died of collapse after giving birth, and even the funeral was hastily arranged.Every time Shen Huanhua mentioned this former empress, his complexion changed drastically. Since the seventh year of Xining, the palace has not been peaceful.

This man-eating palace city, the emperor Jingxun, avoided it. The empress dowager wanted to make the granddaughter of the Duke of England a concubine, and the Duke of England was so frightened that he married the girl out of Beijing overnight.The seemingly benevolent, filial and loving father in front of him deceived himself to return to the capital, forced him to enter the palace, and continued to talk high-sounding nonsense.

Siqing sneered: "The first empress died for no apparent reason. Although you are old and not blind, you can see clearly what is going on in the palace. You want to push me into the fire pit, but you also expect me to give you a hand in the future. Make your Spring and Autumn Dream!"

Siqing didn't give Ye Xiufeng a chance to interrupt, and said like a cannonball: "Don't think I don't know, look at your Majesty's Empress Yuan, who hastily brought me back to Beijing in order to sell me to the palace at this time It’s a good price. I’ll tell you what I said today. If I become a superior person in the future, I’m determined to make you regret it for the rest of my life. My adoptive father doesn’t let me call him father, he doesn’t let me call him father, he only asks me to call him Uncle. He said my father must be thinking of me,'

She knew in her heart that at this point, Ye Xiufeng would never say in any case whether her adoptive father Fu Linchuan was the handle of the traitor Lu Yuan in his hands, so she spoke urgently and quickly, and the golden lantern earrings were on the lamp. A cold light reflected from the bottom, "Also, I said that I would no longer contact the old people in Jiangnan, and I will do what I said. If you threaten me with my adoptive father again, you will have your own end. If you don't believe me, just try it. "

Ye Xiufeng was startled: "What did you say?"

Seeing Ye Xiufeng's expression, Siqing wanted to gag.Her complexion changed again and again, she suddenly put the sword back into its sheath, and said lightly: "Do you know who gave me this sword? Do you know if my adoptive father has any old friends in Beijing? So don't think that you have no plans, you don't know things, and many more."

Ye Xiufeng suddenly looked suspiciously at this strange biological daughter, and asked casually, "You want your adoptive father Fu Linchuan to have relatives and friends who are famous all over Jiangzuo, and have a wide network?"

Siqing put the dagger back into her sleeve, "So I advise you to calm down a bit, if you really have a lawsuit against him, someone will naturally push you down from behind - the person I am talking about is not from Jiangzuo, but from Jiang Zuo. People from Zhili, or in other words, people from Dijing.”

Ye Xiufeng stood up suddenly: "So you and Fu Linchuan's people have never lost contact!"

Ye Xiufeng seemed very guilty. He was afraid that the daughter he got would run away before he could sell it, just like what Shen Huanhua thought, he was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away from his mouth.

"Do you think that everyone is just like you, with one yin and one yang? My words must be spoken, and my deeds must be resolute. If you don't believe me, you can watch as much as you want." Siqing turned and left, then turned back suddenly With a smile, "You might as well buy a girl from Ren Yazi, give her a great favor, tell her to remember your good son forever, and then send her to the palace as a real daughter. I'm not from the imperial capital. Young lady of the family who has never stepped forward, since you insist on torturing me, don't regret it in the future." After finishing speaking, she slammed the door without looking back.

Ye Xiufeng sat down and murmured: "If it weren't for the fact that you and your biological elder brother are so similar in appearance, it's not easy for outsiders to spread gossip, who would want such an unfilial thing like you."

Shen Huanhua and Ye Lancheng were also very anxious.Shen Huanhua said anxiously: "The third brother is not in Beijing, and the little lady is not in Beijing either. If the third brother is in Beijing, there may be a turning point."

Ye Lancheng shook his head: "This matter is not that simple. Father and King Duan are not on good terms, and King Duan is unwilling to have a relative like ours. King Duan is Zuo Zongzheng, but he can't do anything about the Queen Mother's will."

"I understand." Shen Huanhua stood up slowly, walked to the mirror and helped him to distract himself, "The queen has a new story, so it's not good to choose a new one. The empress dowager asked the imperial concubine to recognize our sister as a righteous daughter At that time, I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that my third brother was nothing more than an extra sister. The empress dowager's move naturally reassured King Duan and He Xiang. But the imperial concubine recognized our sister as a righteous daughter, and there was nothing to say. Now The former Empress Fengan, the Empress Dowager suddenly issued an edict to let Siqing enter the palace, which caught Duan Wang and He Xiang by surprise."

Ye Lancheng said: "Isn't there still in the palace the former queen's cousin He Meiren, the empress dowager..."

Shen Huanhua shook his head: "The Empress Dowager looks down on her."

Ye Lancheng suddenly became anxious, "I have to keep an eye on Si Qing, the lives of the whole family depend on her, so don't mess around with her."

"Where is the forbidden place? Think about it, how weird is the death of the first queen? Since the first queen is gone, the third brother seems to be in a daze. Why should our sister go to this muddy water? You are the elder brother, Why don't you think more about your sister? According to me, if our sister can leave, you don't have to interfere."

Ye Lancheng was helpless: "If I knew this day would come, I would not let Siqing come back to Beijing anyway. But now the Empress Dowager has issued an edict, if she leaves, what will happen to the lives of the whole family? She leaves Going back to find her adoptive father, wouldn't it hurt her adoptive father's family?" Said and hurried away.

Shen Huanhua is already familiar with Siqing's temperament, knowing that Ye Lancheng will have a dispute with Siqing, and Ye Lancheng will definitely not be able to say goodbye to Siqing.But Shen Huanhua did not stop Ye Lancheng, she looked at her husband's back, and a chill came to her heart.

There is a plum blossom pavilion in the west garden of Yefu. The doors and windows are carved out, the walls are painted, the ground is ground, and the utensils are all shaped like plum blossoms.Siqing came out of Ye Xiufeng's study, passed by the pavilion, and saw Ye Lancheng's back.She pretended not to see, and wanted to take a detour, but Ye Lancheng turned around and called her, "Siqing."

Siqing picked up her skirt and walked in, said calmly: "Don't worry, I won't run away. Even if I don't think about the Ye family, I will think about myself. The old man has already threatened me, you don't need to warn me again."

Ye Lancheng sighed, "What did father threaten you with?"

"It has nothing to do with you," Si Qing said, "You don't have to ask. It's getting late, I have to go back."

Ye Lancheng thought for a while and said, "Father is your father after all..."

Si Qing said: "Don't do this with me. Seeing that the old man lied to you when he pretended to be sick and tricked me back to the Imperial Capital, I never exposed you. Those who didn't go to the city Who is the person who wants to kill me, you should have known it for a long time, right? It’s a pity that I don’t understand the situation in the Imperial Capital, and I only figured it out now. Even my sister-in-law repeatedly asked me to leave the Imperial Capital, but you saw your mouth Gourd? Why didn't you remind me when I was stabbed and poisoned before entering the city? Why didn't you let me go back to the south?"

"Father lied to you, he was wrong. I think since you are back, you must see your father. When you see your father, if you want to go back to the south, I will help you..."

"I saw the old man! I can't go!"

"Then why don't you tell me, what father is threatening you with, I'm fine..."

Siqing sneered and said: "I remind you, don't try to find out about your father's threats to me, let alone tell others—this other person, including sister-in-law. Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as you. I have never been educated since I was a child. You, the Ye family, don’t owe you much for raising me. I still call you 'brother' today because my sister-in-law is dedicated to helping me out of trouble. From now on, we will have nothing to do with each other."

"Your surname is Ye..."

"Does my last name matter to you?"

Siqing took out a jade pendant from her sleeve and said softly: "You said this is the jade pendant that my mother put in my baby back then, I will return it to you today."

Ye Lancheng didn't answer, "Even if you don't recognize your father, you still have to recognize your mother..." Before she finished speaking, Siqing let go of her hand.Seeing that the jade pendant was about to fall to the ground and shatter, Ye Lancheng quickly caught it, "When you were born, you always cried. My mother said that jade can exorcise evil spirits, so she put it in the baby."

"Now the one who is related to my mother's family is Taiping Bo's Mansion. I will repay my favor, and it has nothing to do with your Ye family. If I don't entrust everything to you today, there is no guarantee that your Ye family will not be shameless and oppress your mother in the future." Me." Siqing said lightly, "My adoptive father named me 'Siqing' because he thought that my father must miss me day and night. I didn't expect your Ye family to ignore me for more than ten years. The Empress of Shangyuan is gone today, so I think about it very closely. Let me say it again for the last time, don't try to use the illusory blood to suppress me, this trick is useless to me." After speaking, he turned and left.

"You really think that the Ye family has nothing to do with you?" Ye Lancheng asked.

Siqing suddenly looked back and smiled, "Maybe there will be in the future. So let me remind you first, watch your father, his hands are too long. If there is any trouble in Japan, I will turn my face and be merciless."

When she turned around, she saw Shen Huanhua standing in front of her worriedly, handing over a small bundle, which looked heavy.Shen Huanhua ignored Ye Lancheng, and only said to Siqing: "Siqing, if Guochao married into the royal family and became a female family member of the Xiao family, it is like being cursed, and there is seldom a good ending. The Ye family has lost to you, so don't be soft-hearted." , let’s go, leave the imperial capital as soon as possible.”

(End of this chapter)