The refreshing night breeze gently brushed across the entire Gushan Mountain with the fragrance of flowers, and the light of fire illuminated the West Lake in the distance. The sound of brisk footsteps on the quiet stone path of Gushan Mountain from far to near. Under the blurred and exquisiteness under the night, Li Fengniang looked at the West Lake in the distance in a daze.

As time passed slowly at his fingertips, Li Fengniang's mood became more and more complicated, anxious, and she wanted to scream at the darkness in front of her to vent her anxiety.

She really wanted to believe that tomorrow is the day when Ye Qing left Lin'an and went to the north, and it did not disappear from this world. After a few years, Ye Qing would appear from the north again in Lin'an and in front of Xingyuan and her.

Li Fengniang just wanted to make her feel a little painful deep in her heart, and she would not feel the heartbreaking feeling of separation from life and death. She just wanted to make this lie she woven herself, convince herself not to think about tomorrow's things, and not to think about her life tomorrow, and she would be separated from Ye Qing forever.

But no matter how she told herself in her heart, she treated tomorrow as the day when Ye Qing left Lin'an and went to the north, but there was a voice deep in her heart that made her soberly know that everything was a lie she wanted to give herself, a lie that deceived herself not to pay attention to the situation in Lin'an.

"What's wrong with Lin'an?" Li Fengniang continued to look at the dim lights ahead, and asked calmly like a sculpture.

"When I go back to the queen, there are patrolling imperial guards everywhere in the city. Donghua Gate and Jiahui Gate are all from the Guard Division, the Palace Front Division, and the palace..." Zhu Yeer said softly from the side.

"Where is him?" Li Fengniang still looked dazed.

"At noon, when Shi Miyuan and Han Tuozhou mobilized his men, hundreds of soldiers from the Hua family army took the opportunity to enter the city, and now they are all in Ye's mansion." Zhu Ye'er continued to reply.

Li Fengniang looked at the West Lake in the distance and began to remain silent. Even though the distance was very far away, even if she could not hear a trace of sound, through the blurry light, she seemed to feel the excitement and happiness under the West Lake in the night. After only reacting into her heart, they all turned into anxiety and uneasiness.

"It seems that he noticed it, but it's a pity... if he could detect it when I left Lin'an." Li Fengniang's charming and charming face was a little melancholy and sorrow, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and tears began to spin in her eyes.

"Lord Ye is a lucky person who has a good fortune... He was able to get through the heavy siege of Xia people back then..." Zhu Ye'er comforted carefully.

"It is precisely because of the lesson from the last time that people have made such a big fanfare and set up such a battle to kill him... What shouldn't have come back really shouldn't have come back. I should believe that I can help him solve the problems of the North, rather than paying his life for the North." Li Fengniang's tone was still calm, but the tears in her eyes began to slowly slide down her cheeks, making her charming cheeks, under the hazy night, have a hint of weak helplessness, and less gracefulness and sharpness as usual.

"Queen, I have something to say..."

"No need to say, this is his life. From the time he decided to return to Lin'an, he would have thought that sooner or later there will be today." Li Fengniang wiped the tears on her cheeks with her hands, and some bitterness that flowed into her mouth made her even more sad and sad: "Leave the memorial to impeach Xie Shenfu to the emperor to criticize, tomorrow... tomorrow you go back to Lin'an to settle his funeral for him, so put it in... and then seal the Xingyuan, and no one is allowed to enter. Also... After the resettlement is completed, find Li Lifang immediately, and ask the Ministry of Justice to capture Xie Shenfu's clan, and hand it over to Dali Temple and Imperial City Department to deal with him, and be buried with him in seven days!"

Finally, Li Fengniang's lips had bitten a faint blood, and her hands were clenched into fists and trembled continuously.

Zhu Ye'er stood aside. She believed that this was the first step for the queen to avenge Lord Ye Qingye. Once the queen returned to Lin'an, there might be more people who would be buried with Ye Qing.

"Yes, I will return to Lin'an City tomorrow." Zhu Ye'er replied in a low voice, her hands trembling.

Two lines of clear tears burst out from Li Fengniang's eyes, and Ye Qing's easy-going smile appeared again in front of her misty eyes. There was the look of surprise when she saw her when she was married, the look of evil when she was warm with her in the Xingyuan, and the look of gloomy face but helpless when she quarreled with her.

The queen on Gushan was crying, and in the eyes of the people, Lin'an City still had no changes as yesterday. Of course, if there was, it was a messy formation created in the streets and alleys of the city to welcome the Supreme Emperor who had not returned to Lin'an for several years.

So when a large number of imperial guards began to appear in Lin'an City since noon, the people once thought something big had happened, and they all pricked up their ears and made a statement of listening, but in the end they only heard the news that the Supreme Emperor would return to Lin'an tomorrow, and nothing else was left except these.

This also made the people in the city relax again after less than two hours of nervousness. What the officials were going to do had little to do with them. As for why they had not returned to Lin'an for many years, no one was willing to investigate the reasons behind it. After all, the royal family or the court affairs were still too far away from them.

However, in the eyes of some meticulous people, they can still smell an unusual smell in Lin'an City. Whether it is Jiahui Gate, Donghua Gate, or in various streets and alleys in the city, they are doing it as if they are going to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to the palace. But why are the current emperor and the queen not coming back from Gushan? Isn't this a doubt?

What's more, even in order to make Lin'an City feel better, prosperous and lively in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor who has not returned to Lin'an for many years, it is understandable that the imperial guards need to go out to the streets to deal with the idle rogues today. But why is it now almost the beginning of the Hai Dynasty and the always scattered imperial guards still seem to have no intention of going back to rest? Instead, as the night falls, it becomes increasingly dense.

From time to time, you can hear the sound of running and the sound of the leaves of the armor, wrapped in dozens of imperial guards passing through the streets and alleys. From time to time, you can see the carriages and sedan chairs of some officials being escorted to the gate of the mansion by the imperial guards.

A carriage on the street was also escorted by the massive imperial guards and rushed into another street and alley. As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by another team of imperial guards in the alley.

"Who is this person? This road is blocked tonight? Let's take a detour from elsewhere." A very majestic voice sounded in the dark alley.

Tao Qian on the shaft held the reins in one hand, looked at the imperial guards on the shaft next to him, and laughed: "I'm working hard, please inform them."

"Don't worry, Mr. Tao is all his own people, so easy to talk to. Besides, the commander has ordered that there is no place in Lin'an City? Mr. Tao waits for a while, I will go over and reveal my identity." The imperial guard jumped out of the shaft, walked forward a few steps and began to report to his house at the top of his throat.

As the imperial guards in the dark alley made a way, Tao Qian finally arrived at the gate of Xie Shenfu's mansion in a carriage.

"Master Ye, we are here." Tao Qian said to the carriage. Unlike the other people's name of Lord Ye Qingye, Tao Man Wai took a different approach to the name of Ye Qing and was unique, that is, he wanted to be different from others.

"Let the imperial guards in the alley be dispersed." Ye Qing jumped out of the carriage and looked around in the dark. Only two dim lanterns were lit at the closed gate of Xie's mansion in front of him.

"It's not that simple, right?" Tao Qian whispered a few words to the imperial guards behind him, and then said with some concern after watching the imperial guards in the alley slowly disappear.

"Of course it's not that simple. Call the door, there may be people inside." Ye Qing smiled, and then walked to a shadow with his hands behind his back. Then, more than a dozen imperial city ban soldiers appeared behind Tao Qian, and followed Tao Qian to slam the door of Xie's mansion.

The sound of the slap made the originally peaceful night instantly add a hint of tension. What was also shocking with the sound of the door was that the door of Xie’s mansion did not open because of this, but the side door opened, and a man vaguely armored head poked out: “What are you knocking? Then knocking you to the prison, do you know where this place is…”

"I have something to do to see Xie Shenfu and Lord Xie..."

"Mr. Xie won't see guests tonight, let alone you..." The head on the side door slowly flashed out, looking up and down at Tao Qian, dressed in an outerwear, and looked at the dozen guards behind him who were not wearing armor, and said lightly: "Mr. Xie won't see anyone tonight, let alone you, even if the left prime minister is here, Lord Xie won't see you, get out."

"What if I have to see you?" Tao Qian sneered, and his expression became colder. The eunuch's unique gloomy and cruel spirit became clearer and more shocking at this moment.

"Are you looking for death? You'll ask me to remind you again?" Another person at the side door looked like a leader, holding the waist knife around his waist and stepped out, looking at Tao Qian with some disdain and said.

"It seems that you are not the Imperial Guard." Tao Qian looked at the leader in front of him again, and then looked slightly at the shadow where Ye Qing stood beside him.

"Be gentler. You are talking to others when you come to the door, not for revenge." Ye Qing's voice sounded faintly in the shadow, which scared the two people who came out of Xie's mansion.

Then when they turned around and looked at Tao Qian and others again, they saw a fist that had already smashed towards his face. Then a scream was heard from the side door, and soldiers in armor rushed out of the side door and rushed towards Tao Qian and others.

At this time, in the small garden of Xie Mansion, Xie Daoqing, who had just reported to her mother, saw her father Xie Qubo today, was sitting on a chair, waving her legs, looking at the starry night sky, thinking to Xie Shenfu that after her father came back from Dali Temple, he would definitely cook to welcome his father in person.

On the other side, Xie Shenfu's face, which was originally quite solemn, couldn't help but laugh happily because of his carefree granddaughter's imagination.

"You, it would be great if this matter was as simple as you thought." Xie Shenfu's granddaughter, who was unwilling to attack, said with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Of course I thought so, and today I told my dad, and my dad said, if I don't make it delicious

He took the wine pot to Yipinlou and asked me to pay for him. Grandpa, you have to talk to your granddaughter. You must say that I cook delicious food, and you can't let your father go to Yipinlou to eat." Xie Daoqing smiled innocently, without seeing the worries in her grandfather's eyes.

"Okay, okay, grandpa will definitely help you when the time comes, and let him finish the rice you cook. Otherwise, he will not be allowed to leave the house." Xie Shenfu responded casually to Xie Daoqing's words, and noisy footsteps came from his ears.

Looking back with Xie Daoqing, he looked in the direction of the footsteps, and saw the butler running over in panic, yelling all the way around, "Oh, something big happened to you, Master."

"Why are you so anxious? What's the point? What's wrong?" Xie Shenfu just finished asking, and he heard the voices of talking from time to time in the front yard.

"Someone insisted on seeing you tonight, and they fought with the people from the Palace Front Office in the protection of the mansion. They couldn't stop them, and they were about to die, Master." The general manager of the Xie Mansion looked at Xie Shenfu and explained hurriedly.

"Didn't you tell them that I won't see guests tonight?" Xie Shenfu frowned, and began to wonder who would come to the door, even the guards in the front office dared to fight.

Shi Miyuan appeared in his mind first, but he denied it immediately. Without waiting for him to wonder if it was Ye Qing, Ye Qing's voice had already come from not far away.

"I'm really sorry to bother Lord Xie so late." Ye Qing, wearing a dark blue narrow-sleeved robe, followed by a follower who looked like a man, and walked towards Xie Shenfu and others with a smile on his face.

"Master, it's him, he ordered the beating." After the official took advantage of the light, he saw Ye Qing's face clearly and immediately complained to Xie Shenfu.

Xie Shenfu frowned at this time, with a serious expression. His tightly closed lips were about to speak, but the little girl next to him immediately said excitedly: "Uncle Ye? Why are you... you here?"

A pretty figure passed by Xie Shenfu and rushed towards Ye Qing, who was smiling on the opposite side. Then he stopped in front of him and looked at Ye Qing happily and asked again: "Is there anything wrong with me so late? You... even the people in the front office of the Palace dare to fight?"

"Some trivial matters are not worth mentioning. I will scold the commander of the front office of the palace to show you another day." Ye Qing said with a smile to Xie Daoqing who ran to his eyes, and then his eyes flew over Xie Daoqing's head and said, "Ye has come, so why don't Lord Xie ask Ye to sit down and talk?"

Xie Shenfu's expression seemed particularly solemn at this time. He really didn't expect that Ye Qing would come to his mansion in person at this time, but he also knew from it that Ye Qing had already realized how unfavorable the current situation was for him. Otherwise, how could he have reduced his identity to his mansion?

"The lower official is different from Lord Ye, so please come back. The lower official's attitude when he was in Dali Temple that day will never change." Xie Shenfu shook his head firmly. In front of Xie Daoqing, he was not willing to make the words clear. Of course, it was not because he was concerned about Ye Qing's face, but because he was afraid of hurting his precious granddaughter's heart.

"I had expected Lord Xie to say this, but since Ye was here, he naturally refused to leave easily." Ye Qing smiled, and then when he was in a wrong relationship with Xie Daoqing, he raised his hand and bounced Xie Daoqing's jade-like forehead.

The little girl pretended to make a sound, and then when Ye Qing turned around and looked at her, she stroked her forehead with one hand, while playing naughtyly sticking out her tongue and making a face to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing walked directly to the chair where Xie Daoqing had just sat down, and then looked at Xie Shenfu, the butler, and Xie Daoqing who was still standing there.

"The officials have already said everything they should say. Even if Lord Ye continues to say it, it will be a waste of words." Xie Shenfu frowned, looked at Ye Qing sitting down with ease and said.

The housekeeper next to him was extremely surprised at this moment. He never expected that this man who seemed a few years younger than the young lady's father would have a higher official position than their master. The master actually claimed to be the following official in front of him.

Xie Daoqing looked at her unkind grandfather. As soon as she wanted to speak, she felt her sleeves being secretly pulled by the man who looked a little bad next to her. Then she turned around and saw the man who was silent at her, whispering: "Where is the only thing you little girl can interrupt here? You just listen, otherwise you wouldn't even be qualified to listen."

"You..." Xie Daoqing raised his eyebrows. This person who looked very bad actually dared to teach himself a lesson at his own home.

But before she could question Tao Qian, Xie Shenfu said in a deep voice: "Qing'er, go to your mother's place, there is no business for you here."

"I...I didn't say anything, Grandpa." Xie Daoqing was stunned and couldn't help but protest according to Tao Qian's thoughts just now warning her.

"Go quickly." Xie Shenfu's face turned gloomy and said in an unquestionable tone, but Xie Daoqing looked at Ye Qing and looked at her, nodded to her, and then he ran to the backyard unwillingly.
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