All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

At the same time, late at night, Zhen Guogong Mansion, Songshouyuan.

Ever since the old lady Zhen Guo Gong and his wife went to their hometown in Suzhou, the huge Zhen Guo Gong Mansion has become empty.

On weekdays, only the old servants take care of the palace.

Most of the young maids and servants are either working in various villages or have already set off for Yunjiang after the new year.

Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi and used Qinggong to arrive at Songshou Courtyard. The courtyard was pitch dark, there was not even a wind lantern, let alone a living person.

The ancestor of Zhen Guo Gong was already waiting on the porch of the main room.

These days have passed, and the ancestors have probably seen that Xu Yuanshan can no longer make trouble, and are relieved. The color of his soul is getting lighter day by day, which is a sign that it is about to dissipate.

Chu Yan found a stone bench in the courtyard and sat down, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you outside."

Shen Lingxi gently squeezed his palm and thanked him silently, then stepped forward and walked in front of her ancestor.

The ancestor spoke first: "In order to prevent that evildoer from knowing about it, I asked Meiren Liu to secretly send you a message and ask you to meet here... It is thanks to your help that the Xu family can avoid a disaster. What a disaster. Girl, I cannot repay a great kindness. In the past few days, I heard that you were investigating the death case of Emperor Xiaode, and then I remembered that I have something here that you might be able to use."

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi's eyes flashed with surprise.

"You come with me." The ancestor waved to her, turned around and floated into the upper room.

Shen Lingxi followed and walked in. The room was pitch dark, and it was hard to see where to go. Since it had been unoccupied for a long time, although it was cleaned regularly, there was still a musty smell.

"There are candles here." The ancestor floated to the table and motioned to her.

Shen Lingxi took out the fire stick she had with her, lit the candle as instructed, and followed her ancestor into the inner room.

The ancestor passed away in Yunjiang, and her room still looks like it did when she left the capital.

She walked to the dressing table, caressed the rosewood countertop and the row of dowry items on it with nostalgia, and sighed: "This was my dowry when I was young. Now, decades later, they are still shiny. , but I am already old, and I am no longer alive now. It is indeed something external to me, no matter how good it is, if I don’t bring it with me in life, I won’t take it with me in death..."

Shen Lingxi looked at the Mohele carved into a boy holding a lotus on the table, put down the candle in his hand, and offered the Mohele to his ancestors.

She said warmly: "Even if you can't take this thing with you, once you have it, you will have a memory. If you still remember it when you leave, you will have no regrets."

The ancestor picked up the Mohele from her hand, rubbed it in his hand, and nodded with relief, "You are still transparent."

As he spoke, the ancestor pointed to the dowry at the bottom and said, "Here's the thing."

Shen Lingxi followed the instructions, opened the makeup package, and saw something wrapped in plain white brocade cloth inside.

She took out the brocade cloth and opened it——

I saw only two extremely well-preserved landscape embroidery fragments. Under the candlelight, it seemed as if brilliance was surging between the silk threads.

This is a fragment cut from the landscape embroidery picture she once possessed.

Shen Lingxi had already obtained two pieces from the Shen family and one piece from the eldest princess. Adding these two pieces together, there were five pieces.

The size of these two embroidered picture fragments is larger than the three fragments that Shen Lingxi obtained previously.

Based on Shen Lingxi's understanding of the embroidery picture, these five fragments should be able to put together most of the embroidery picture.

"This was brought to the house on the day Emperor Xiaode passed away." The ancestor said: "I looked at the landscape embroidered on it, which looks like the west, and the embroidery work is also extremely rare. Order someone to put it away."

"Later I heard rumors that the fragments of the embroidery were leaked from the East Palace and related to the curse of Emperor Ru, so I became even more afraid to take them out."

Shen Lingxi raised her eyes and looked at her ancestor, "Then do you know who sent these two embroidered pictures to my house?"

The ancestor shook his head.

"I asked people to search for it, but no one was found." She recalled: "The people in the mansion reported that it was a woman with fireworks dressed up very brightly. She handed it over to the little beggar and asked the little beggar to take it to the concierge and ask for it by name. Give this thing to Da Lang’s wife.”

"When the Dalang's wife got something, she thought it was strange, so she showed it to me. I originally thought that the Dalang was at the border and had incurred some romantic debt. I wanted to ask him face to face, so I kept it in the room... Later, when Dalang came back, I found that the person who came back was not Dalang, but that evildoer in disguise, so I never mentioned it again."

The four fragments of embroidery pictures that Shen Lingxi collected previously were either accidentally picked up by Aweng from the dying eunuch of the East Palace, or the eldest princess obtained them directly from the emperor. It said where it came from, but it definitely wasn't delivered to the door by someone else.

Only these two pieces in the hands of the ancestor of Zhen Guogong were sent by someone on a special trip on the day Emperor Xiaode died suddenly...

The Zhenguo Palace and the East Palace have always been on good terms.

The origin of this fragment of embroidered picture is even more strange.

Fireworks Woman... is kind of interesting.

Shen Lingxi rewrapped the fragments of the embroidery picture, put them into her sleeves, and thanked her ancestors.

When the ancestor saw that she accepted it, he knew that this thing was useful to her. He felt relieved at last, and the color of the soul became lighter.

She told Shen Lingxi a few more words and asked Shen Lingxi to convey the words to the juniors. She stroked the Mohele in her hand again, and her soul gradually dissipated in the candlelight...

After Shen Lingxi saw off his ancestors, he came out of the upper room and saw Chu Yan resting on a stone bench in the courtyard with his eyes half-closed, leaning on his hands.

The Spring Festival has just passed, and there are a lot of government affairs that need to be dealt with in the court.

He is now the legitimate crown prince. Now that he has returned from Yunjiang, the emperor will naturally not miss the opportunity to send him.

Shen Lingxi knew that he was always busy, so she rarely disturbed him.

Today she received a message from her ancestor and originally wanted to ask Chunjun to send her here.

It happened that Chu Yan came back from the palace. After hearing about this, he immediately accompanied her.

At this moment, the bright moonlight spread a layer of clear light on his handsome profile, making him look peaceful and lonely.

Shen Lingxi thought of hearing from Yun Chong the poison that caused Emperor Xiaode's death during the day, and then looked at Chu Yan at this moment, and felt a strong tug in her heart.

She walked lightly to him, and was hesitating whether to wake him up, when her hand was suddenly gently held by his warm palm.

"Is the conversation over?" he asked in a hoarse voice, with a hint of laziness in his voice.

Shen Lingxi held his hand and said softly, "Okay, go back. It's getting late. It's time to go back and rest."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan stood up.

Under the moonlight, his phoenix eyes looked at her, his big palm caressed the top of her hair lovingly, and asked with a smile, "I heard from Chunjun that you have been busy in and out of the palace today, and now you finally Do you know you are sleepy?"

His cold brows and eyes finally had a hint of fireworks because of this smile, and the loneliness that had made Shen Lingxi heart-wrenching just now also disappeared.

Shen Lingxi put her arms around his waist and nestled into his arms, listening to the strong heartbeat in his chest. Without explaining, she just said, "I'm really sleepy. I want to rest early."

"it is good."

Chu Yan wrapped her tightly in his arms with his cloak, used Qing Kung Fu, and flew out of the house.

When Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan returned to the East Palace, Sheng Xie was already waiting outside the dormitory.

In addition to him, Xu Yuanshan's dead soul was also wandering outside the dormitory with his head raised.

Seeing them coming back, Xu Yuanshan floated a few feet away from Shen Lingxi and looked at her, "Where have you been?"

Shen Lingxi didn't even bother to look at him and looked at Sheng Xie.

Sheng Xie saw the ceremony and reported: "Several subordinates followed Yun Chong all the way to Zuihua Courtyard in Huafang. He went to ask for Mr. Chunshan, but as soon as he entered the courtyard, he disappeared. There should be a secret passage, and my subordinates don't dare to alert the enemy, so let them guard there and come back specifically to report."

Drunk Flower Courtyard.

When Shen Lingxi heard these three words, she subconsciously thought of the "Fireworks Woman" that Zhen Guogong's ancestor spoke of before his soul disappeared.

Even though she was working for free, she had heard a lot of Mr. Chunshan's names.A brothel owner who never shows his true colors.

A prince who has long since perished.

Shen Lingxi didn't know that there was still a connection between the two people.

It seems that things are getting more interesting.

"Hey, little girl, let me ask you something." Xu Yuanshan asked Shen Lingxi directly: "Where did my mother go?"

Shen Lingxi did not answer his words, but just confirmed in her heart that Xu Yuanshan should have nothing to do with this "Mr. Chunshan", otherwise he would not take Sheng Xie's words seriously.

"There is no need to alert the enemy, you just need to follow Yun Chong." Shen Lingxi told Sheng Xie.

She knew that Yun Chong was going to meet the contact person. In addition to sending Sheng Xie, a living person, to follow, she naturally also invited Liu Meiren and the concubine to help.

Under the sky, except for formations, there is no place where the souls of the dead cannot enter.

Liu Meiren and the others don't know how to win over evil and lose people.

When Liu Meiren and the others came back, she would naturally know where Yun Chong had been and who he had met.

Maybe, even the eighteenth generation of Mr. Chunshan's ancestors can be revealed.

Sheng Xie took Shen Lingxi's order and turned to leave.

In front of Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan, Xu Yuanshan was the only one left.

Seeing that Xu Yuanshan was reluctant and wanted to ask questions, Shen Lingxi pretended not to see him, took Chu Yan's hand, raised her head and said to Chu Yan with a smile: "It's getting late, we should rest, let's go to sleep."

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Over the past few days, Shen Lingxi's habit of falling asleep as soon as she touched the pillow has gradually eased.

It means that her soul and body are becoming more and more integrated.

However, due to concerns about Shen Lingxi's body, even though the two of them slept on the same bed, Chu Yan strictly abided by etiquette and never dared to step outside the boundaries.

So much so that Liu Meiren and the others always joked with Shen Lingxi about this matter, "Is it the young man who can't do it, or you?"

"Could it be that neither of you can do it?"

"If you have difficulties or don't understand something, don't be shy. Ask your sisters openly and they will teach you."

"I finally understand what it means that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry. If they encounter such a master, it will be really difficult for those eunuchs."

Every time like this, Shen Lingxi didn't dare to say another word and ran away.

Fortunately, these dead souls are still polite and will not easily drift into the dormitory at night.

Otherwise, Shen Lingxi really didn't know how to face Chu Yan calmly and calmly under such teasing.

However, today——

But it's different from other times.

A person like Xu Yuanshan, who has no limits, naturally does not know how to write the word "etiquette".

He had been following Li before, and had never been around Shen Lingxi.

But now that the "Zhao Yuanwai" pretended by Yun Chong is dead, Li is still running the spice shop.

After listening to the conversation between Yun Chong and Shen Lingxi, Xu Yuanshan decided to follow Shen Lingxi.

Just now they took a secret passage to get rid of him and secretly met with their ancestors.

At this time, Xu Yuanshan naturally would not let Shen Lingxi go.

Shen Lingxi pulled Chu Yan into the dormitory. Xu Yuanshan also floated in without any intention of avoiding it, and stood still a few feet away from Chu Yan.

Shen Lingxi kept asking: "The direction you just went to is the Zhenguo Palace? Are you with my mother? Where is my mother? Why didn't she come back? What are you plotting?"

The more someone wants to know something, the less likely they are to reveal a single word. This feeling can be maddening.

Naturally, Shen Lingxi would not let go of any opportunity to make people like Xu Yuanshan unhappy.

Of course she would not tell Xu Yuanshan the whereabouts of her ancestor.

Because Shen Lingxi didn't even look at Xu Yuanshan from the beginning to the end.

Naturally, Chu Yan didn't know that there was another ghost in this dormitory.

Seeing that Shen Lingxi didn't even change her clothes or take off her hairpin, she went to bed.

Chu Yan said amusedly: "If you are extremely sleepy and don't want to move, I can just ask someone to help you change your clothes."

Shen Lingxi shook her head like a rattle.

"No need, I'm too sleepy, I just want to sleep now."

In front of Xu Yuanshan.

Apart from sleeping with Chu Yan, she couldn't do anything.

"If you don't tell me where my mother has gone, you won't be able to sleep tonight." Xu Yuanshan floated in front of her and said sadly, "And you won't be able to have fun with your lover."

Shen Lingxi smiled mockingly at him.

She turned around and saw Chu Yan standing at the door, looking at her with raised eyebrows, but didn't move.

She had every intention of turning around and going out to call someone to serve her.

Shen Lingxi hurried back, grabbed his hand, and walked directly to the bed.

"Come on, don't waste time. It's not like you don't know that I'm not used to being served by others. Besides, it's getting late. I can't sleep without you. Don't you want to sleep too?"

This was originally what Shen Lingxi said unintentionally, but in Chu Yan's ears, it had more unexplainable meaning.

In particular, she took off her cloak as she walked, and her risk-taking attitude was very similar to the way she had taken the initiative to kiss him and tell him "I like you."

Chu Yan's eyelashes twitched slightly, and she was passively pulled away by Shen Lingxi. The pinna of her ears was visibly stained with a hint of crimson.

Shen Lingxi only wanted to separate Xu Yuanshan and did not notice anything strange about Chu Yan.

She pulled Chu Yan one step closer to the bed, and Xu Yuanshan had to take three steps back.

It wasn't until she half pulled and half pushed Chu Yan onto the bed that Xu Yuanshan also floated outside the bed.

Shen Lingxi smiled at him and put down the curtains around the bed.

The entire bed was immediately shrouded in Chu Yan's evil aura, and the bed curtain also completely blocked the entire bed.

Xu Yuanshan finally disappeared from Shen Lingxi's sight.

She suddenly felt calm and let out a long sigh of relief.

However, when her eyes fell on Chu Yan, she finally noticed something strange about him.

"Huh?" Shen Lingxi came up to him, looked at him with clear black and white almond eyes, and asked, "Why is your face... so red?"