C220 (1/2)

After Xu Shiqiu led Yan Ye here and met the Empress Hu, he was prepared to bring Dong Shu and leave. After all, it was not good for them to listen to what the ancestor and grandson had to say.

Although Dong Shu was not as smart as her husband, she still understood the rules that they had to follow. She knew that what she should do the most now was to quickly leave with her husband.

Even if he didn't go straight home, he should have found a distant courtyard to stay away from.

Only, the two of them did not expect that although Empress Hu was staring at her grandson, she was also paying attention to them from the corner of her eyes.

Seeing that the couple wanted to leave the yard, he hurriedly said, ”There's a stove and snacks in the side room. The two of you go heat up some water to make tea and wait for a while, you don't have to go far.”

With Empress Hu saying this, Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu felt too embarrassed to immediately leave the courtyard, let alone return home.

But they were all in the same courtyard, afraid that the Empress Hu and Yan Ye would hear something if they were to speak too loudly.

When Xu Shiqiu led Dong Shu into the side room, they saw not only a stove with fine charcoal on it, but also a few expensive tea leaves and jade spring water. There were also a lot of different pastries and dried fruits. One glance was enough to tell that they were well-prepared.

Looking at all of these things, Dong Shu asked Xu Shiqiu helplessly: ”Empress, have you calculated what happened today?”

”The Empress just did not guess it all, so I'm afraid she guessed quite a bit.” After all, Yanzhu was indeed not in the capital, and other people might not be able to find him, but if the Empress wanted to know, she only needed to ask the Mama Yan. And the Empress knows very well of Yan Ye's feelings. ” There were very few girls that could make Xu Shiqiu admire them, but the Empress Hu was one.

Back then, if the Wu Gu wasn't so serious, and Ye Jingche and her son and the Liu Family weren't so ruthless and anxious, the Empress Hu might really be able to protect the crown prince's family.

That was why in the end, she was able to make Consort De willingly continue to lower her head and act as if she was small. However, Consort De and his brother-in-law was extremely grateful to Empress Hu, and did not even hesitate to marry Ye Xuan to reassure him.

Dong Shu didn't understand so much, but after hearing what Xu Shiqiu said, the respect in his heart for the Empress Hu grew even deeper.

The two of them did not know how long Empress Hu and Yan Ye would talk, so they could only start boiling water to make tea. However, it was rare for the two of them to calm down and do such a thing, and it was rather fun.

As for the main house, after Empress Hu and Yan Ye's grandfather entered, Yan Ye immediately knelt in front of Empress Hu with a 'putong' sound.

Seeing Yan Ye kneeling down, the Empress Hu did not immediately wake him up, but stared at him, and said: ”Yan'er, you are truly unfilial!”

Upon hearing Empress Hu's words, Yan Ye's eyes turned sour, and she forced herself to cry as she replied: ”Yes, this grandson is unfilial.”

Hearing her eldest grandson admitting that she was unfilial, Empress Hu's expression became much better. She stared at Yan Ye for a while, then said: ”Stand up, of course you know you're unfilial. I already heard about Yanzhu's matter, the two of you were too careless, luckily not many people knew about it, when we return today, Grandmother will definitely help you guys clean up. ”

Ever since Yan Ye was young, he knew that his grandmother's schemes did not surpass the emperor's only because of her daughter's family identity.

Later on, when she entered the palace, because of her feelings for that person, she had to put up with all the other girls in the harem. Later on, when something happened to her family, her heart was probably dead.

With that thought, Yan Ye also slowly got up. Following Empress Hu's instructions, he walked to the side and sat down on a chair, then said: ”Back then, it was indeed because of grandson and Yanzhu's carelessness. Fortunately, Jiang Han was advised by the Xu Family in time.” Yan Ye didn't mind adding more glory to Xu Family at this time, but he knew his grandmother's capabilities and didn't dare to exaggerate too much.

Now that Empress Hu found out that his eldest grandson was still alive, and that his beloved girl was already satisfied with her pregnancy, thinking about how her great-grandson would carry her in a few more months, she looked at Yan Ye with an even more joyous expression.

”Tell Grandmother how you escaped and what happened next.”

When Yan Ye heard his grandmother's words, he was shocked. He raised his head and looked at his grandmother, and seeing that her expression was normal, he knew that his grandmother had truly let go.

”When my family was imprisoned in the crown prince's mansion, father sensed that something was wrong. When he found out that it was General Xu guarding our family, he thought that it was a false alarm, but he still sent a message to Elder Sun, telling them to work together with General Xu to investigate what was going on.” Speaking of what happened that year, Yan Ye was truly saddened, but if his grandmother wanted to hear it, he could only describe her in detail.

”I just did not expect them to move so fast. Before the Elder Sun even arrived, the crown prince's mansion had already caught fire, and most importantly, we felt that we did not have any strength left in our bodies, as if we had been drugged. That would mean that General Xu would be waiting outside for Elder Sun. When he saw the Main Yard catch fire, he immediately wanted to arrange for people to rescue our family, but father hesitated for a moment. Just at that moment, the great flames burned to Main Yard, so it will definitely be very difficult for us to escape. ”

Thinking about General Xu who wanted to rush in and save her after seeing the fire, Yan Ye couldn't help but sigh, ”Father said that it was our family's calamity and that he had let down our grandmother. However, the wet nurse ignored father's scolding and changed the clothes between me and my brother, and together with Father, she threw me out from the fire. Before I fainted, I only remember that General Xu risked nothing to save me, and the next time I woke up, it was in Elder Sun's family's convoy heading to their hometown. ”

”Your father is confused!” The Empress Hu did not care that Yan Ye was still narrating, she angrily opened her mouth and planned for Yan Ye's words. After a moment of shock, she continued, ”Continue.”

Yan Ye looked at his grandmother and saw that she was only angry and did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. He then continued: ”Although I was saved, because I was drugged and my skin was burnt afterwards, and because I was unwilling, I stayed at the Sun family to rest for half a year before I could recover. ”When I recovered, I found out that General Xu was saved in order to hide it from me, and that he couldn't save Father and the rest due to guilt. He was executed without a word of explanation.”

”Xu Zhenbei is a good person. He feels that he has let down the royal family, and is willing to die for the sake of bearing the wrath and sin of his master.” The Empress Hu knew Xu Zhenbei's personality very well. Ever since he had been promoted by the Prince Duan, he had always felt that his life was the doing of the Ye Family.

That was why he chose not to defend himself and allowed Ye Jingche and the Liu Family to splash dirty water on him when he saw his own family being burned to death.

Because he knew that the Emperor Ruikang had lost his son, the crown prince. He was not willing to lose his other son.

This person could not be the emperor, nor could he be the biological son of an emperor that he was reluctant to part with. Thus, he could only accept the crime of not being well guarded, and bear the anger of the Emperor Ruikang.

It was just that Xu Zhenbei had perhaps forgotten that Emperor Ruikang was no longer the wise and wise emperor when he had just ascended to the throne. Because he had personally imprisoned his own son, after what had happened, although Xu Zhenbei had become his loyal servant and held him accountable, the Emperor Ruikang had no way of protecting his family.

Back then, if not for Prince Duan's help, his Xu Family might really be unable to protect his family's lives.