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Hearing that Si Qinghu was not in the Duke's mansion, Xiao Tong's first reaction was unwilling to believe it. Since Duke Chu had arrested Si Qinghu, how could he be willing to admit it?

With anger on his face, he walked straight in: "Let me see Duke Chu!"

The family member hurried to Xiao Tong, stopped her with open arms, and persuaded her in a good voice: "My lord, don't embarrass the little one, the New Year's Eve dinner at the house is about to start, and the Duke has no time to entertain you." .”

"Qinghu must be inside."

"If the Duke says he's not here, he's gone."

"I do not believe!"

Xiao Tong was in a hurry, pushed the servant away and was about to break in, when suddenly Xiao Yi's voice came from behind, "Shiro!"

Xiao Tong looked back, Xiao Yi rode a horse and stopped behind her.She was very puzzled, Xiao Yi and Si Qinghu went out together, now only Xiao Yi is left, what happened?

Xiao Yi added: "You come with me."

The lights of thousands of houses are bright red, and the shops on the street are pasted with Spring Festival couplets and decorated with lights, which makes the atmosphere full of New Year's festive atmosphere.

It was lunch time, Xiao Tong and Xiao Yi rode slowly on the empty street.Xiao Tong understood the ins and outs of the matter, and learned that Si Qinghu had infiltrated the Duke's mansion to inquire about Wu Shisan, and was caught by Li Zao's men after he escaped.Now Si Qinghu is indeed not in the Duke's Mansion, but in the Xiangguo Mansion.

"Don't worry, she's safe now!" Xiao Yi comforted.

Xiao Tong was still worried, "Then why didn't Li Zao let her go home with you?"

When this matter was mentioned, Xiao Yi looked depressed and fell silent.

After they escaped from the Duke's Mansion, they immediately fell into Li Shen's net, and were directly stuffed into a carriage and brought to the Duke's Mansion. From Li Shen's mouth, they learned that Li Zao had already known about Si Qinghu's entry into the Duke's Mansion. They sent Li Shen to rescue them, but before they could make a move, they escaped.The Duke of Chu will definitely use Si Qinghu's identity to impeach Li Zao for losing his morals in the future. It is impossible for Li Zao to let her go back. Perhaps, Si Qinghu will return to the Li family from now on.

Xiao Tong pulled the reins, stopped the horse, and a touch of pain crossed his face while thinking.Recalling that Si Qinghu had mentioned to her before that Li Zao was jealous that Si Qinghu's status as a geisha would humiliate her family, and hoped that she would fake her death and restore her status as Xiangguo's daughter.Right now, Si Qinghu will inevitably become a stain on Chu Guogong's impeachment of Li Zao. Li Zao has no choice but to announce the death of Si Qinghu according to the original plan, so that Chu Guogong's impeachment will be uncontested.

But in this way, isn't her marriage with Si Qinghu the same as what Li Zao said before?After all, her unmarried wife died, and the one who lived was Xiangguo's daughter, so Li Zao could completely deny this marriage.More importantly than this, Li Zao, as the leader of the new party, is related to the smooth implementation of the government's new policies, and there is no room for any mistakes. At that time, Si Qinghu's life may not be decided by Li Zao, so the officials ordered him to be executed in secret !

The blood of princes, generals and ministers is cold. There have always been power struggles and the sacrifice of a son and a half daughter!

She said to Xiao Yi: "You go home first, I will go to Xiangguo Mansion!"

She rode her horse towards the forked road, when she suddenly thought of something, she held on to the rein tightly, with a hesitant face on her face.

Instead of going to the prime minister's mansion, why not enter the palace first and report the matter to the officials?Li Zao lost her virtue and was unkind to them, so don't blame her for being unrighteous.

But the official and Li Zao are in the same camp. She rashly provokes the private affairs of the Prime Minister, which is equivalent to Ni Longlin. How is it different from Chu Guogong?The Duke of Chu has a high position and power, and the officials dare not do anything to him, but he is only a small official, and the officials killed her like an ant.

But if she doesn't strike first, the one whose life is in danger is Si Qinghu!

The veins in the hand holding the rein were bulging, Xiao Tong closed his eyes, frowned, thought for a long time in pain, and finally decided to turn the horse's head and enter the palace.

In the Xiangguo Mansion, several oil lamps were lit in the huge room, and the bright light shone inside the house.

Si Qinghu sat on the stool with an indifferent face, "How can Li Xiang let me go back?"

Li Zao stood in front of her with his hands behind his back, raised his serious face, and said in a cold voice: "Now the Duke of Chu has attacked the family members of the New Party in order to oppose the New Deal, and my father did not hesitate to send more people to guard you. Hitting the muzzle of Chu Guogong? How can you be worthy of your father's good intentions?"

"Since the child dares to go in, he can come out with certainty, why should daddy worry about it?"

"You think you can come out without me sending Duke Chu away?"

Si Qinghu looked up at Li Zao, astonishment flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly understood that it was Li Zao who planned the summoning of Chu Guogong by the officials.She knew that she owed favors, even if she hated Li Zao no matter how much she had to say: "Thank you Daddy for saving me."

Then he got up and walked out the door, "It's getting late, people who don't go back to Xiao's house have to worry if I don't go back. Besides, tonight's New Year's Eve, shouldn't Mr. Li go to have a reunion dinner with his wife and daughter?"

"It's not your turn to tell me what to do as a father? You stop for me!"

Si Qinghu stopped in front of the threshold, and exhaled helplessly.

"Your life was saved for your father, so you should stay in Li's mansion honestly!"

Si Qinghu sneered coldly, what a shameless one!She turned around and said that today Chu Guogong intends to win her to cooperate in exposing Li Zao, but she would rather risk her life and refuse.

"If I promise Duke Chu that I don't have to die at all, how can you save me? Since I won't conspire with others to testify against you, and you saved me, we'll be cleared, and you let me go back!"

After that, she raised her footsteps and crossed the threshold, but was stopped by two guards outside the door.

Li Zao said: "Regardless of your cooperation, the Duke of Chu will launch an impeachment tomorrow, and Si Qinghu will inevitably be implicated. I have already thought about it as a father, and I will go out and announce Si Qinghu's death in a while. This person!"

Her heart was shaken, she turned her head suddenly, and stared at Li Zao with resentful eyes.

I only heard Li Zao say again: "As for Xiao Tong, my son has nothing to do with her! You should die."

Si Qinghu was trembling with anger, his throat seemed to be blocked by a big ball of cotton, and he was choking.It took a long time before he squeezed out a word between his teeth, "Li Zao, you are shameless!"

He personally admitted that the reason why he did everything possible to make her fake death was just to cover up the fact that Chu Guogong impeached him and forced his daughter to run away from home and fall into prostitution.Si Qinghu is dead, and there is no evidence for this matter!

"Hehe." She sneered, with watery eyes rising, "Then why didn't you really kill me?"

Si Qinghu died, her marriage contract with Xiao Tong was wiped out, and the surviving Xiangguo's daughter, whose life was at the mercy of Li Zao, what's the point of living?

Li Zao's tone softened, "You are my daughter, how could I kill you?"

"After the new year, you are only nineteen. It is a very good time. The days ahead will be long, and you will gradually get used to it. Stay here well. From now on, there will be no Siqing Lake in the world."

Li Zao walked out of the room, and was about to deal with the matter of suspended animation.Li Shen hurried into the courtyard, "Master Xiangguo, the deputy envoy of Jiaofang is here!"

Xiao Tong's voice followed closely, "Li Zao, where did you hide Qinghu?"

"Shiro!" Si Qinghu heard the voice, and wanted to run out anxiously. The two guards quickly drew their knives out of their sheaths, and crossed them in the middle of the door to block her.

Xiao Tong rushed into the courtyard regardless of the guards' obstruction, and stood on the corridor facing the door, his eyes passed over Li Zao in front of him, and fell on Si Qinghu who was blocked by the guards.Seeing that the person was intact, he was obviously relieved, and then turned his attention to Li Zao.

She had just come out of the university, she was still wearing a green official uniform and a long-winged hat, her body and face were relatively thin, but she looked dignified all over her body.

"Li Zao, don't expect her to fake her death? I have already reported this matter to the officials."

This news was like a thunderbolt, Li Zao's body suddenly trembled, his shocked face seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, after a while, his gaze shot towards Xiao Tong like a knife blade, and said: "A Deputy Envoy of Jiaofang, unexpectedly Discuss the truth in front of officials?"

With a sound of "咻", Li Zao suddenly pulled out Li Shen's sword beside him, and angrily wiped the blade on Xiao Tong's neck.

Si Qinghu exclaimed, "Li Zao!"

Li Shen also said anxiously: "Xiangguo think twice!"

Although Xiao Tong was only a minor official, he was also serving under the emperor's feet. No matter how high the official position of Xiangguo was, he could not indiscriminately kill officials ordered by the court.

Li Zao's sword didn't move forward, it stopped at Xiao Tong's neck tremblingly.

Xiao Tong had just entered the university and reported to the officials that this matter had gone through a life-and-death test, and he would never put Li Zao's sword in his eyes. Frankly admit it?"

"Don't think that you dare not kill you for the truth! For the sake of your ridiculous children's love, you actually reported this matter to the official family. You are ruining the official family's New Deal, and you have failed the official family's trust in you."

"As long as it doesn't endanger Qinghu's life, I won't do it. Could it be that like Xiangguo, letting Qinghu fake her death and concealing her life can really save her life? Chu Guogong knows everything about you, impeachment is Inevitably, now that your father and daughter haven't recognized each other, if the government wants to stop Duke Chu from granting Qinghu to death, how will the prime minister choose?"

Every word Xiao Tong said was like a heavy hammer, hitting Li Zao hard on Li Zao's heart. Li Zao lowered his head, feeling ashamed.The government is young and energetic, and it is inevitable to attack the old party. It is indeed possible that he will let him kill his daughter in order to protect him.He will definitely sacrifice his daughter for the sake of great things!

Xiao Tong said again: "I don't care who wins or loses between you and Chu Guogong, what is right and what is wrong, everything I do is to protect the people I want to protect!"

Li Zao couldn't believe it, "The officials let you out alive?"

Xiao Tong smiled, it was also thanks to Huaelou reminding her to perform more in front of the officials, she arranged several sets of operas for the officials, for him to watch during lunch, was called into the palace several times, walked around a lot Now, the relationship has gradually become familiar.In addition, he was satisfied with the operas released, so he was appreciated by the officials.

After she entered the palace and saw the official family, she did not report the matter seriously. Instead, she used the story of the opera "Zhang Xie Zhuangyuan" that the official family had seen to tell it step by step, and finally revealed that her unmarried wife was Li Zao. Chu Guogong wanted to blackmail Li Zao with this matter.

And a compromise solution is given.That is, Li Zao rushed to announce the matter in front of Chu Guogong before he was impeached, pleading guilty, and the officials thought that he would repent, and then sent him a lighter sentence.

The officials saw Xiao Tong's sincerity, and she had no intention of obstructing the New Deal, and even offered a solution to help the New School.Also for the sake of mutual acquaintance, they did not punish her, but blamed Li Zao for his failure of morality.

As for Si Qinghu, in the eyes of the officials, she is firstly Xiao Tong's unmarried wife, and secondly Li Zao's lost daughter. Since he has spared Xiao Tong, he will not hurt her wife!

Li Zao was very angry, and angrily scolded: "You jester!"

Isn't it just what jesters do to rely on opera to make fun of officials to gain trust, and to make opinions on government affairs without authorization and influence the judgment of officials?

Xiao Tong sneered: "If you have time to babble here, why don't you hurry up and plead guilty to the officials before tomorrow's court?"

Li Zao threw away the sword in his hand angrily, and flung his sleeves away.

Xiao Tong's eyes turned to the room again, the people inside looked at her, their worried eyes seemed to tell her to go over quickly.

Thinking that he was willing to take the risk of beheading in order to save Si Qinghu's life, but the other party did not listen to her, did not spare his life, and rashly broke into the Chu State Duke's mansion, Xiao Tong could not restrain his anger.

With a sullen face, she hesitated for a moment before walking towards her. Si Qinghu immediately supported her shoulders and looked at her neck with concern, "Did Li Zao hurt you?"

She pushed away Si Qinghu's hand, took half a step back, looked at the person in front of her solemnly, and was still thinking about what to say.

Si Qinghu met her gaze and was stunned for a moment, she knew Xiao Tong was angry.Squeezing out a smile, he deliberately changed the subject and said: "Silang, thanks to you explaining Li Zao's shamelessness in front of the officials this time, I survived the disaster safely."

Xiao Tong was unmoved, and his eyes were still cold.Si Qinghu was in a hurry, and quickly took her hand and said, "I met Wu Shisan in the Duke's mansion, and I checked it out."

"I don't want to hear it right now!"

Xiao Tong shook off her hand again, his voice was hoarse with tears, and his eyes were shining with water.Thinking of when she learned that Si Qinghu went to see the Duke of Chu, her sky was about to fall, and the feeling of fear of losing hit her heart strongly, and it still hasn't dissipated.When she thought about the fact that she almost sacrificed her life in exchange for it, it was hard for her to accept it.

"Shiro, did I cause trouble tonight?" She asked nervously.

Xiao Tong choked with sobs, held back his tears, and said: "Don't you understand, I can even risk my own life to protect you, but you, you don't listen to my advice and go to see the Duke of Chu alone , you don't spare your own life!"

Chu Guogong didn't want to put pressure on Li Zao because she broke into the Duke's mansion. This matter has nothing to do with her. It just happened that she was Li Zao's daughter and was involved in it.She was angry that Si Qinghu despised her own life.

"sorry."

Si Qinghu was so ashamed that he froze on the spot, tears welled up in his eyes, and fell like rain.

"I'm sorry, don't ignore me." She tugged at Xiao Tong's sleeve anxiously.

Xiao Tong couldn't bear to look directly at her, held her wrist with his backhand, and said indifferently: "I still have to enter the palace to prepare for the imperial court. You rest here first, and I will pick you up tomorrow."

The person in front of her couldn't hold back her tears, her eyes and nose were red from crying, which matched her stunning face, making her extremely lovely and pitiful.Xiao Tong's heart was a little shaken, and if he stayed for a while longer, he might not be able to hold her in his arms to comfort him, not wanting to appear unprincipled, so he left without looking back.

The author has something to say: Shiro: My daughter-in-law is disobedient, it's time to rua.