Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 77 A good choice
"King Qi, stop for the Ai family!" Yu said angrily.

Fang Yan stepped forward, his steps were smooth, and his tone was soft, "Empress Dowager, if you continue to act recklessly, I'm afraid Uncle Yu Guo will not be able to help you."

Yu's face changed slightly.

The little emperor stood behind her, glared at her angrily, and waved his fist.

Stepping on his calves, he chased after Fang Yan, "Uncle, wait for me!"

King Qi walked ahead with Shen Xiniang in his arms.

Jin Xiang clutched her injured arm and followed behind.

The little emperor trotted slightly on his short legs.

"Miss Shen, I'm sorry... Uncle told me not to tell others. I didn't tell the Queen Mother, but I accidentally slipped my mouth and said that I missed Lady Shen and Lady Shen's pear cup... but the Queen Mother noticed... I'm sorry , almost hurt you today..."

The little emperor ran away, wiping away tears.

The eunuch followed behind, wanted to persuade, but dared not.

"Uncle, the hidden guards you left for me are disobedient! I asked them to save Mrs. Shen, but they didn't listen..." The little emperor's immature voice was filled with grievances.

Shen Xinniang sighed helplessly.

Fang Yan suddenly stopped his strides.

The little emperor was unprepared, and bumped into his back with a bang, making his nose sore and painful.

"Where is the discomfort?" Fang Yan asked warmly.

Shen Xinniang looked up at him, "You hug me, it makes me uncomfortable!"

Jin Xiang lowered her head and suppressed a smile.

Fang Yan hooked the corner of his mouth, "Then you just bear with it."

Shen Xinniang was very speechless: "I am not injured, and my legs and feet are even better, can you let me down?"

Fang Yan looked down at her, his eyes seemed to be full of stars, "I can't."

He didn't want to tell her that only by holding her tightly in his arms could he feel at ease.

He didn't want to tell her that he regretted not staying in the mansion with her today.

He didn't want to tell her, he didn't even dare to think about what would happen to him if he saw her die by the knife...

More than a year ago, he had experienced that despair.Her appearance is the only bit of fresh green in his barren heart.

How can I be willing to let go?

He carried her all the way to the Mingguang Palace, comforted the little emperor and left.

It was passed that the imperial physician went to the side hall to see Jin Xiang's injury.

He also ordered the maid to fetch the clothes before putting her down.

"I want to take a bath." Shen Xinniang said slowly, looking at the blood on her body.

Fang Yan asked someone to prepare water, looked at her and said, "What don't you want to ask? Or explain?"

Shen Xinniang looked up at him, her pitch-black eyes were calm and unwavering, but too deep, as if hiding too many pasts that she couldn't see clearly.

"More than a year ago, the fire in my hometown, Wuxingping County, was it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?" Shen Xiniang looked into Fang Yan's eyes and asked.

"I thought it was a man-made disaster." Fang Yan said in a very slow voice with too heavy emotions.

"What do you think?" Shen Xinniang asked back.

"When I was young, I was sent out of the palace because of a struggle for imperial power. I was lucky enough to enter Deling Mountain and was fostered under the head of the sect. The emperor's brother was seriously ill. I expected that the empress Yu's family would definitely intervene in politics and seize the imperial power. In order to protect Fang's family , Recall me and make me the regent to assist the crown prince." Fang Yan knelt and sat down opposite Shen Xinniang.

The pleasant smell of ambergris on his body dilutes the smell of blood between her mouth and nose.

"It's a pity that Brother Huang passed away before I could come back. The Yu family held great power and ruled out dissidents. They wanted to rob and kill me on the way. Let me return to the capital by luck. Then there is the current situation of confrontation." Fang Yan said briefly.

But the hardships and dangers behind his few words are not difficult to guess.

"There are rumors that the sect I belong to has a big secret. Those who hold the secret can bring the dead back to life and control the rise and fall of the world. So after the Yu clan plotted against me several times, they believed this rumor and began to secretly Looking for the place where I was fostered." Fang Yan lowered her head as she spoke, as if looking at the gorgeous patterns on the carpet, as if she was breaking free from the shackles of her memories.

"They found Lingshan, the Lingshan in Wuxingping County?" Shen Xinniang asked suddenly.

Fang Yan nodded slowly.

Shen Xinniang tilted her head slightly, her dark eyes were extremely dark, as if she was trying to think about something.

"I can't remember..."

Fang Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, "You don't have to think about it, no one knows the sect in Lingshan. The Lingshan sect is extremely secretive, and it was beyond my expectation that the Yu family could find it..."

"So the Yu family destroyed the Lingshan sect and set it free in that fire? Did your beloved also die in that fire?" Shen Xiniang straightened her upper body, approached Fang Yan, and asked, looking into his eyes.

Fang Yan slightly closed his eyes.

There was silence in the hall.

She thought he would not answer the question.

But he said in a low and hoarse voice, "Yes."

"Why didn't you kill the Yu clan, destroy the Yu clan, and avenge her and Lingshan?" Shen Xiniang asked bluntly.

Fang Yan snorted softly, "Master Yu knows that you are my concubine and that I care about you, but she dares to act like this today. Why do you say?"

Shen Xinniang looked at him quietly.

"The elder brother of the Yu family, Uncle Yu is in charge of the left army. The younger brother of the Yu family is in charge of the Northwest army. If it wasn't for the emperor's elder brother who was seriously ill, he would hand over the southern army and the northern army to the loyal Gongsun family and the Xie family. Even if I come back with a narrow escape, it will be difficult to save the Fang family's imperial power. Now that the situation is facing each other, both sides have small moves, but they are not completely sure, and no one wants to break it." Fang Yan said with a sneer.

Shen Xinniang lowered her eyes, "Oh."

"It had nothing to do with you before, but now you can't stay out of it." Fang Yan looked at her with clear eyes.

"Do you have similar guesses in your heart as the Queen Mother?" Shen Xinniang raised her eyes, her dark eyes fixed on him, her tone was softer than ever before, "You also think that my sudden recovery is related to more than a year Is it closely related to the previous fire? Is what happened to me related to the Lingshan sect?"

Her soft tone made Fang Yan look straight at her, but cautiously did not nod, for fear of nodding, she would no longer be gentle at this moment.

Shen Xinniang got up and shook her blood-stained skirt, "I can't tell you the answer...because I don't know myself."

She turned around and walked towards the bathroom where the palace man had prepared water.

The smell of blood between her mouth and nose made her extremely uncomfortable.

It was a familiar discomfort, like something heavy was pressing on my heart.

She took off her bloody clothes and stepped into the spacious and comfortable bath, where the warm water wrapped her flawless white body.

She spread out the palm of her left hand, and the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram on it unexpectedly turned blood-red in color, bright red, as if stained with fresh blood.

Does the fire a year ago, the extermination of the Lingshan faction have anything to do with her recovery?
Where did her memories before the fire go?What secrets are hidden in the memory?
Does the yin-yang spring eye in her palm have anything to do with the Lingshan sect?
Shen Xiniang's head suddenly hurt.

With weak legs, she slid into the water and took two sips of water before standing firmly again.

Regarding the past, her mind is still in chaos.

There is no breakthrough, no light, it is as dark as her eyes, and there is no edge to be found.

She carefully washed off the bloody smell on her body, and put on a brand new wide-sleeved flowing fairy dress.

The court lady smoked and dried her hair.

The faint scent of cinnamon lingered in the hair, and there was no smell of blood.

Only then did she calm down, and her face returned to her usual indifference.

"Since you are in the palace, why not cook a meal for the Holy Majesty before leaving?" Fang Yan has been waiting for her in the Mingguang Hall.

Shen Xinniang lowered her eyes and did not speak.

Having just experienced life and death in the palace, who would be in the mood to cook?
Fang Yan sighed softly, "The Holy Majesty is not the empress dowager's child. His birth mother, Mrs. Fang, was framed and died. The first emperor only had such a son, and it looks glorious. But he actually had a hard life. He misses you very much, and he is always with me and me. Mr. Lu is talking about you in front of you."

Shen Xinniang looked up at him, "You like him very much?"

Fang Yan froze for a moment, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Shen Xinniang has been looking at him very calmly.

He frowned slightly, "I'm his uncle."

"The Empress Dowager likes you, and the Holy Majesty's cough probably has a reason. If you don't like him, you can join forces with the Yu family and have a son and a half with the Empress Dowager, who will inherit the orthodoxy of your Fang family." Shen Xinniang said slowly.

Fang Yan stared at her in surprise and anger.

He put down the arhat head walnut with only one left in his hand, asked the case, and stood up.

With a vigorous movement like a swimming dragon, with a gust of wind, he came to her in the blink of an eye.

His strong and powerful fingers, like eagle claws, pinched her chin, and his glazed eyes were full of anger, "What did you say?"

Shen Xinniang looked at him, "This is actually a good choice for you. Beauty, power, and status."

Fang Yan flipped her hand to push her away, closed her eyes in pain, and sighed with difficulty, "I misread you. You are really cruel. You only see the outcome on the chessboard. You have no worries or feelings. How can you Will it be like her?"

Shen Xinniang tilted her head, as if thinking about what he said, but after a while, she didn't deny it, "It's not bad if you say so. But I hate Mrs. Yu."

After she finished speaking, she turned and went to the side hall.

Jin Xiang had already been bandaged and changed into clean clothes.

Seeing that she was fine, Shen Xiniang took her and asked someone to lead the way to the imperial dining room.

Fang Yan heard that she did not leave, but went to the imperial dining room.

Can't help frowning.

Why is she acting so erratically?

(End of this chapter)