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Chapter 395 Dazzling?
The concierge who opened the door was a more than 30-year-old man. While opening the door with great difficulty, he said happily:

"General Xie, the magistrate is waiting for you, so you're here."

Xie Yuan gave a "hmm", smiled at the porter, left the horses to the guards, and walked quickly across the threshold by himself.

During the first period of her stay in Beijing, apart from practicing martial arts at the Princess's Mansion, she would occasionally visit Master Shen Qingzhi's, so she was very familiar with the layout of Shen's father's courtyard.

Xie Yuan didn't need anyone to lead the way, and walked quickly to the door of the house in the hall along the way, and saw her master Shen Qingzhi eating in the house.

When Father Shen saw Xie Yuan coming, he happily "hahahaha" laughed twice, then quickly waved and said:
"Come on, come on, you haven't eaten yet, eat with me." Then he said to the maid who served beside him: "Quickly serve the rest of the dishes."

After today's scene in the palace, Xie Yuan couldn't be happier. She smiled subtly, and even called "Master" obediently before she walked to the desk and sat down.

Seeing that there were five or six dishes on the table, Xie Yuan said, "Master, these are enough, don't serve them. Is it bad to eat like this during the national funeral?"

Father Shen's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he said: "...what are you afraid of, since there is no meat or wine, they are all vegetarian dishes, so it's okay."

Xie Yuan looked at the dishes in front of him and stopped talking.

Seeing that she was not in a good mood, Father Shen put down his chopsticks and said:
"Isn't today's event quite dangerous?"

Xie Yuan sighed, and said: "Ma Guogong and his son wanted to kill me, so they set up a trick and asked me to face His Majesty with a sword. I didn't think it was right, so I didn't take it. If I did, I would definitely die today."

Father Shen also sighed deeply, his already gray hair raised his brows, making him look older, as if he had a thousand words of melancholy, but he didn't know where to start.

Xie Yuan was very distressed, so he lowered his voice and continued:

"Why is Xindi so..."

Xie Yuan frowned and swallowed the word "stupid" into his stomach, and continued:

"He ordered me to wear a sword, and if I followed the order to see him with a sword, he ordered me to be besieged and killed. Doesn't he think this matter is a big problem?... Just such a nonsense My idea, he can listen to Uncle Ma Guo, so I just..."

Xie Yuan licked his lips very speechlessly, and said disappointedly:

"...At the beginning when Liu Zhen said that the new emperor might be in trouble, I was already mentally prepared, but I really didn't expect it to be so bad..."

When Father Shen heard this, he became happy again, laughed "hahahaha" a few times, and said:
"Good boy, can he even guess this?"

"Master... how can you still laugh?" Xie Yuan asked helplessly.

Only then did Shen's father slowly put away his smile, and said: "It's already like this, so what can you do if you don't smile? The emperor is also a human being, and he also has his own likes and dislikes. In fact, among the princes, there are some who are better than the one sitting on the seat." , but how not to please the late emperor was never in his consideration."

Xie Yuan asked: "Since he chose such an heir, and he chose you, Master, to be the pillar of the country, and let me be the general of hussars to guard the gate of the country, then why did he let Duke Ma be the uncle of the country? Regarding the matter of the princess, he should bear a grudge against the Ma family."

Shen Qingzhi listened, glanced at Xie Yuan, and said a little tiredly:

"The emperor is also a human being, with such a large family fortune to pass on, he will be more suspicious than others.

He trusts you and me more than the Ma family.But you don't have that much trust, that's why you let the daughter of Ma Guogong, who has a relationship with you, be the new emperor's queen.Let them Ma family to contain you and me, to achieve a balance. "

Father Shen sighed deeply again, and said: "It is impossible for the emperor to let a single person dominate, even if he trusts you in his heart, just in case, he must add a guarantee."

Xie Yuan thought for a while, and asked: "So, the current situation is that I have the right to lead the army, Master, you are the prime minister, and Ma Guogong and his son have become relatives, controlling the defense of the imperial army, and the pillow wind of the new emperor?"

Shen's father nodded, looked at Xie Yuan and said, "It's clear at one point!... That's true."

He said, pointing up with a finger, and said:

"Think about it, it is impossible for the new emperor to listen to me, and it is impossible to listen to Ma Guogong. We have different opinions with Ma Guogong, and we are bound to fight back and forth. As long as we keep fighting, his son's throne will be safe. .Unless one day, one of the two of us falls down..."

fall down?How to call it down?

At this point, if he falls, he will definitely end up being convicted and beheaded.

Xie Yuan has read history books, and has the lessons learned from the Xie family. She knew in her heart that court battles were always cruel, and basically all families were killed, and the whole family would suffer, so no one could escape unscathed.

She looked at Shen's father's gray hair opposite her, and was panicked for a moment. She pursed her lips and said:
"Master...it's too dangerous. Liu Zhen hopes that you can enjoy your old age in peace..."

When Father Shen heard this, he disapproved, and said, "How did Master teach you before, the more dangerous you are, you must be optimistic in your heart. This is just the beginning, why do you always feel depressed?" What do you think? The commander of the first army, if he loses his fighting spirit first, how can he do it if he loses his morale?"

Xie Yuan bowed his head and said "yes", but added after a while:
"I don't care about myself, I'm just afraid of you, Master..."

"All right, all right, let's not talk about this, eat the food when it's here." Shen's father interrupted her, and then said, "As long as you and Liu Zhen are doing well, I have nothing to be afraid of in this life .”

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In the evening, Xie Yuancai returned to the inn.

The light was already on at the entrance of the inn. The moment she got off her horse, she glanced at the yard of the inn. She felt that there was a figure who looked like Shen Liuzhen. The figure was nowhere to be found.

Xie Yuan immediately walked a few steps into the courtyard door, searched around, went to the counter, and asked the shopkeeper according to Shen Liuzhen's appearance, but the shopkeeper said that there was no such person.

Xie Yuan was suddenly in a daze, but then he thought about it, how could Shen Liuzhen come to the capital of Song State?
It must be that she has been worrying too much recently and missed him too much, so her eyes are dazzled.

Just as she was thinking so dejectedly, she heard a familiar voice calling her from the second floor of the inn:
"Xie Yuan!"

Xie Yuan's body stiffened immediately, he tightened his lips, turned around and looked behind him...

(End of this chapter)