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Shen Xiu was in the courtyard of Jingyue Palace, holding Shen Duan'er in his arms from day to night, Ta Chunhong tried to persuade him, but he couldn't persuade him no matter what.

He hugged Shen Duan'er's cold body like that, motionless, and he was stunned.

It was Yan Sui who couldn't bear to see him, and asked someone to pull him up, and then forcibly pulled Shen Duan'er out of his arms.

He finally came back to his senses, looked at Yan Sui with dull eyes, and said slowly: "There is no such thing as the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the three letters and the six engagements of Feng Guanxia, ​​and you have never paid her a visit to the church, so you just treat it as a gift." Gong is to accompany me and let me bury her body in the tomb of the Shen family. Is it possible?"

Shen asked in his sleeves, but his knees fell heavily on the ground.

Seeing the tears in his eyes, Yan Sui stabbed hard in his heart, and responded softly: "Okay."

Shen Duan'er was like a transparent person in the Shen family, now that she died, the Shen family didn't want to get involved in this trouble, so Shen Xiu took care of her funeral affairs all by herself.

Shen Xiu insisted on removing the title of Concubine Shen Duan'er Jing, the Shen family didn't care, the palace would not be able to set up a mourning hall for her, her body had nowhere to be placed, so she could only be buried early.

Yan Sui also had to receive the envoy who was temporarily staying in Yuhua City, so he didn't have time to accompany him to deliver Shen Duan'er's coffin for burial.

He watched without saying a word as the coffin bearers shoveled the loess to bury the coffin, and a new grave was erected on the ground.

According to the rules, Shen Duan'er was not allowed to erect a monument, but Shen Xiu insisted on erecting a monument for her.

The words on the tombstone were written by him last night, only two lines of words.

——The tomb of Shen Duaner.

——Eldest Brother: Shen Xiu.

The year of birth and death is not written.

Others don't need when she was born or when she died, as long as they know that Shen Duan'er is Shen Xiu's younger sister, it's good to remember to worship her every year in the future.

"Duan'er, in this life, elder brother is useless and failed to protect you well. Now I will bury you here with mother next to you. After you get there, no one will dare to bully you."

Shen Xiu lightly touched Shen Duan'er's name on the tombstone, then got up and gave the money for carrying the coffin for burial, and told the rest to leave first.

After everyone had left, he lifted the basket next to the tomb to the tombstone, lit incense wax and burned paper money in front of the new tomb and the old tomb next to it.

Seeing that the paper money was burned, he knelt down in front of the old tomb and kowtowed three times.

When he straightened up, his forehead was slightly bruised.

He didn't get up, just knelt upright like this, and said to the old tomb: "Mother, this is the last time Xiuxiu came to see you. I didn't protect my sister well, and she lost her life for nothing. , I am ashamed of you and my sister in this life, but your leader, as the general of Kyushu, cannot die so spineless."

If he easily seeks death for the sake of his son and daughter's love, his mother may be even more disappointed with him.

The mother in my memory is gentle and quiet. Although she embroiders mandarin ducks with needles in her hands, her heart is the heart of a virtuous minister who is loyal to the emperor and loves the people.

Ever since Shen Xiu could remember, she had often heard her say that sentence: A gentleman should take protecting his family and the country as his duty;

From the point of view of the common people and his subjects, Yan Sui is a wise emperor, he should support him, and he will certainly support him in the future.

Besides supporting...

Thinking of Yan Sui, he couldn't stop feeling bored.

He secretly stabilized his emotions, got up from the ground, turned around and left without looking back.

Shen Xiu knew that someone was following in the dark, so she never thought about taking this opportunity to escape, walked out of the Shen family's ancestral tomb, and went straight to the palace.

Yan Sui waited in front of the palace gate, and when he saw him come back, a soft smile appeared on his lips, but considering Shen Xiu's mood, he immediately put the smile back.

"I'm back." As he spoke, he walked up to Shen Xiu and held his hand tightly.

Shen Xiu subconsciously wanted to break free, but she gave up the thought the moment she looked up at Yan Sui, and replied lightly: "En."

Even though they were holding hands, Shen Xiu didn't dare to cross the line and walk side by side with Yan Sui.

He was always paying attention, half a step behind Yan Sui.

Yan Sui was happy because he came back on his own initiative, but he didn't notice his abnormality at all, he just took his hand and walked into the palace, talking to him about what happened in the palace today.

Shen Xiu didn't listen to what he said, he just felt that from the moment he stepped into the palace gate, every step he took was extremely heavy.

He raised his eyes to look at everything in the palace, and firmly believed in his heart that the red walls, blue tiles and white jade steps of this palace were all stained with his sister's blood.And every step he took, he stepped on the bones of his sister.

On the night of Shen Duan'er's death, Yan casually sent people down to investigate, but they found nothing.

The assassin is not the Taocheng killer, nor is Shen Jingshu the one who pays for the murder.

The two assassins died simply, and their whereabouts were wiped clean, as if it was really just a tacit understanding between a dancer and a palace maid who wanted to pick someone to kill.

Yan was often assassinated at any time, and he was used to it, so he checked it carefully, and shelved it if he couldn't find anything.

This incident seemed to have been buried in the loess along with Shen Duan'er's burial, and no one deliberately mentioned it.

But others didn't mention it, but Shen Xiu's heart became clearer.

Why did Duan'er replace Qin Nu to play the tune of lily of the valley under such circumstances?How could the helpless Duan'er block the knife for him so quickly when everyone couldn't react in time?And the killer was clearly pointing at him, but why did Duan'er stab her in the heart when he turned around?

Others would not think about these issues, but it was his sister who died, he would.

Just thinking about it in terms of interests, there is really no clue to this matter, but Shen Duan'er has been kissing his elder brother since he was a child, and he knows exactly what kind of temperament she is.

This assassination was originally planned by Shen Duan'er himself. The purpose was not to assassinate anyone, but to kill himself reasonably in this way.

Shen Xiu knew clearly when Yan Sui told him that he had not found any results.

But it was precisely because of this that his heart became so heavy.

In the past, no matter how deep the conflict between him and Yan Sui was, it was just the two of them.As long as it doesn't affect others, no matter how much Yan Sui treats him, he can choose to forgive, but now that Duan'er is dead, his affairs are no longer his affairs alone.

Shen Xiu was thinking about things preoccupied, he didn't know when he would return to Feiluan Palace, he only knew that Qianyue's rather worried look was reflected in his eyes when he came back to his senses.

"My lord, you..." Qianyue tentatively opened her mouth, but before she could finish speaking, Shen Xiu shook her head.

Shen Xiu looked sideways at Yan Sui, and said softly: "I'm a little tired today, so I won't have dinner with you, you go back first."

Yan Sui just nodded and didn't say anything more.

He has always understood how good the relationship between Shen Xiu and Shen Duan'er is, otherwise he would not have brought Shen Duan'er into the harem to restrain Shen Xiu.

But now that Shen Duan'er is dead, he can also feel how sad Shen Xiu is.To be honest, looking at Shen Xiu's sleepy expression, he felt distressed, but perhaps Shen Xiu didn't need his distress.

Watching Yan Sui leave, Shen Xiu entered the room without saying a word.

The red gauze hanging in the room is particularly dazzling, but he can't ask for anything, he can only make himself not look at it.

Hiding his whole body under the thick quilt, Shen Xiu curled up into a ball.

He emptied himself, forcing himself not to think about anything.

He thought of when he was afraid and sad when he was a child, his mother patted him on the back and said to him: "Hey, go to sleep, just sleep and you'll be fine."

Shen Xiu said silently in her heart, darling, sleep, sleep, sleep will be fine.

Closing his eyes and repeating this sentence over and over again, Shen Xiu finally fell asleep, but this time, he did not sleep peacefully.

He had many, many nightmares, dreaming about the death of his mother and Duan'er, dreaming that Yan Sui pressed him under him but called Shen Jingshu's name in every voice, dreaming that Yan Sui listened to the slander and killed him with his own hands, He also dreamed about killing people on the battlefield for the first time when he was a child, and finally woke up suddenly in a battle dream where thousands of arrows pierced his heart.

Lifting the quilt, Shen Xiu only felt a chill on his body.It was caused by the sudden exposure to the wind after the clothes were soaked in sweat.

Shen Xiu slowed down, then got up and sat on the side of the bed.

"Thousands of months."

He yelled lightly, and there was an immediate response from the outside, "My lord, what can I tell you?"

It was not Qianyue who responded to him, but the little palace maid arranged by Yan later.Judging by the voice, it should be the one named Aman.

Shen Xiu didn't worry about whether it was Aman or Yuanyuan. Hearing the response, he followed up and said, "I want to take a bath and prepare clothes for me."

"Yes."

Shen Xiu sat by the bed for a while before putting on his coat and opening the door.

Yuan Yuan stood outside the door, looked up at him a little, then quickly lowered his head, "Master, the clean clothes are ready, and Aman is still waiting in the bath."

"Ah."

Walking into the bath, Shen Xiu sent Aman and Yuanyuan away.Looking at the dense water, he slowly took off his clothes and stepped into the bath early.

The warm water flowed from his toes to his chest, he exhaled heavily, and leaned against the edge of the bath.

Even after sleeping, he still feels tired when he wakes up.

The body is really not as good as before.

He couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart, the whole person was extremely confused.

Loyalty to the emperor and love for the people is what he has heard since he was a child; protecting the monarch and the people of his family with the sword in his hand is what he has done since he was a child.

He is so obedient...

He is so obedient!

He supported the monarch with his flesh and blood, and he never had any selfishness, let alone conspired against him. But why is he always losing?

Niangqin, Yan Sui, and Duan'er, the three most important people in his life, were separated from each other, saying goodbye to each other.He thought, after he died, he must ask King Yama for clarification, and ask him if he was a heinous and wicked person in his previous life, which is why he has suffered so much in this life.

The more Shen Xiu thought about it, the more angry he became, his eyes were red with anger, his heart was stuffy with anger, so angry... a mouthful of blood gushed from his throat, and he couldn't swallow it anymore.

He coughed twice uncontrollably, and the blood in his mouth was brought out, spat into the bath, gradually dissolved by the clear water, and the traces disappeared.

Raising his hand to wipe away the remaining blood around his mouth, he held water in his hands and washed his entire face, then quickly scrubbed his body, put on his clothes and went out.

It's too stuffy here, and he will feel uncomfortable if he stays for a while.