On the end of the New Year's Eve, the three kingdoms of Qin, Jin and Wei were filled with a festive atmosphere.

Far away in Xuanjia Village, Jin State, Xuan Haoran was walking past the fairy peach tree with a large wild boar leg and walked towards Linjia Village. Along the way, he met many people from Linjia Village, and they knew where Xuan Haoran was going.

Now Xuan Haoran has grown a lot taller, and his strong figure can be seen in his cotton coat. Moreover, their hunting team has gained a lot every time they go out, so more and more families want Xuan Haoran to be his son-in-law, including those from Linjia Village I met on the road. Especially when they saw Xuan Haoran coming with good things, they were envious and a little jealous.

The people who came to Xuan Haoran's house to talk about their relatives were rejected by Xuan Haoran's mother. They had known that their children had a heart of their own. Although the other party was a girl from Linjia Village, they didn't mind these things. Now, Xuan Haoran had just returned from hunting, and Xuan Haoran's father said that it was New Year's Eve and asked Xuan Haoran to send something over. Xuan Haoran took out the big pig legs he had hunted without thinking. Seeing his children's anxious look out, Xuan Haoran's mother really didn't know what to say.

When Xuan Haoran came to Lin Jiaqiu's door, he was nervous and then knocked on the door gently.

The one who opened the door for him was Lin Jiaqiu's elder brother Lin Hu. He and Xuan Haoran still had a bit of a holiday, but they were not deep. After all, Lin Hu was beaten by Shi Wu at that time, and he had little to do with him.

Xuan Haoran has been here several times, and he said enthusiastically: "Brother Hu, I'll give you a good wish for you first."

As the saying goes, "Lin Hu looks at Xuan Haoran like this, holding a big pig's leg in his hand and replied, "Come in and sit down."

"Hey!" Xuan Haoran entered the door without any timidity and came to the Lin family's yard. He saw Lin Hu feeding the chickens and ducks in the yard with rice bran from the dustpan.

Lin Hu had almost finished feeding. Seeing Xuan Haoran standing stupidly in the yard, he said, "What are you watching here? My sister and my parents are in the house. Go in."

As he said that, Lin Hu led Xuan Haoran into the inner room. The Lin family has four rooms, and the middle room is larger. In addition to a hall, it is also connected to Lin Hu's parents' house. The rooms on both sides are Lin Hu and Lin Jiaqiu. The smallest and next to the kitchen they used to cook.

After entering the inner room, Xuan Haoran saw Lin Jiaqiu, who was making a girl. Lin's mother was still guiding her. Lin's father was drinking tea and reading an old book with some wrinkles in his hand.

Seeing Xuan Haoran coming, Lin’s father put down the books in his hand and said kindly: “Haoran is here.”

Xuan Haoran said respectfully: "Uncle Lin, my father said the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so let me come here to pay my respects to my early years."

"Haha, your father is too polite," Lin said with a smile.

"It should be." As he said that, Xuan Haoran handed the big pig leg to Lin's mother and said, "Aunt Lin, this is the wild boar leg I just distributed two days ago. The braised soup tastes good."

Lin's mother looked at the wild boar legs that weighed 20 or 30 pounds and said embarrassedly: "Haoran, you brought a deer leg some time ago. Now you have such a big pig leg for us. Is it enough for your family to celebrate the New Year?"

Xuan Haoran smiled and said, "It's enough, my father's portion is more than mine. And the venison we brought back a few days ago was made into dried sausages, and there is no shortage of meat during the Chinese New Year."

Lin's mother nodded, but the pig's legs were too big, and Lin's mother hadn't taken it off at once. Fortunately, Xuan Haoran helped to lift it.

Lin Jiaqiu saw this and spat, "You idiot, why can my mother take this pig's leg? Why don't you let my brother take it over?"

After Lin Jiaqiu said that, Xuan Haoran was not annoyed, but just smiled foolishly and said, "Yes."

Lin Hu looked at the pig legs handed over by his future brother-in-law, and felt that life was really wonderful. Some days ago, both sides beat each other back and for the fairy Tao. It has only been a few months since then, and the family seems to have regarded Xuan Haoran as his future son-in-law. Xuan Haoran is also very proud. He is the most popular among the hunter teams in Xuanlin Villages.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lin's father asked Lin's mother to go to the kitchen to cook and leave Xuan Haoran for lunch here.

Xuan Haoran was naturally very happy, but after being glared at Lin Jiaqiu, he pretended to be polite and said, "Uncle Lin, don't have to be so troublesome. It's the same for me to go back to eat."

Lin's father said, "How come this is the case? You have sent such a heavy gift. I won't leave you to eat for a meal. If you are seen by those gossiping people, you might have to say much gossip behind me."

Xuan Haoran looked at Lin Jiaqiu and saw Lin Jiaqiu smiling slightly, he happily agreed, "Then disturb Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin."

"What are you so polite to this kid?" Lin's mother also likes Xuan Haoran from the bottom of her heart. She heard that Xuan Haoran protects her daughter in front of so many people in Xuanlin villages. She just wants her daughter to find a good family. If Xuan Haoran and Lin Jiaqiu were not young now, she would have wanted to tell Xuan Haoran's mother about life and settle the matter.

After Lin's mother went out to work, Lin's father asked Xuan Haoran and Lin Hu to come and chat. They were all hunting in the forest and they naturally got along with each other about hunting. Moreover, Xuan Haoran has hunted a lot of good goods recently, so they are also excited to chat.

After lunch, Xuan Haoran chatted with Lin Jiaqiu for a while before leaving. Thinking that the girl sent Xuan Haoran out would have a bad impact, after Lin Jiaqiu said goodbye to Xuan Haoran in the yard, Lin's father asked Lin Hu to give him one to Xuan Haoran.

The two walked side by side on the dirt road outside, and Lin Hu suddenly asked, "Is there any news about Shi Wu?"

Xuan Haoran didn't know why Lin Hu asked Shi Wu, so he said, "Not yet. But he said that he would come back when the disease is cured. Brother Hu, are you missing him?"

Lin Hu smiled and said, "Yes. I never lost when I fought in the village. I didn't expect to lose to him at that time. I think I am even better now. I want to fight him after he gets done."

Xuan Haoran laughed and said, "Brother Hu, don't, he is my brother. In the past, we had to do something to compete for the fairy peach. Now we are all a family, so we can't do it."

"You kid, you're not polite." Lin Hu said angrily, "But to be honest, I'll treat my sister better in the future, otherwise I won't let you go."

Xuan Haoran immediately said seriously: "Brother Hu, don't worry, with me here, no one can bully Jiaqiu!"

"Well! Actually, I'm still relieved to you. I secretly tell you that the handkerchief my sister embroidered now is for you. Don't say it was what I said." Lin Hu said mysteriously.

Xuan Haoran laughed so hard that he couldn't stop and said, "Yeah, thank you brother-in-law!"

Seeing that Xuan Haoran called out directly, Lin Hu pretended to be angry and said, "Go away quickly. When I think that my sister will marry into your Xuanjia Village in a few years, I feel so upset."

"Brother Hu, Xuanjia Village is very close." Xuan Haoran smiled, "But it's time for me to go back. I'll pay my respects to you for a long time. I wish you a beautiful wife as soon as possible. I'll give you a big red envelope."

"You boy!" Lin Hu said happily, "Then I will accept your good words. I also wish you and your family good health and a lot of good goods when hunting in the forest next year."

Xuan Haoran said thank you and went back. On the way, Xuan Haoran unconsciously thought of Shi Wu and said to himself: "Xiao Wu, I am a very powerful hunter now. Maybe it's because I ate the fairy peach we won back. What about you? Have your cold disease been cured? I miss you."

Thinking about the distance, perhaps you can really cross thousands of mountains and rivers to reach the person you are thinking about.

"Ah--" Shi Wu, who was in the main room of Shi's hometown, suddenly sneezes. He rubbed his nose and said, "Who is scolding me?"

Liu Li, who was accompanying Shi Wu, explained: "No, Young Master, the old man said that after thinking about it, you sneeze just now, and someone misses you."

Shi Wu thought that someone was scolding behind his back when he suddenly sneezes, so he said, "So that's the case. It must be Grandpa A missing me, and it may be my sister A Ling. And..."

Liu Li asked, "Who else?"

Shi Wu smiled and said, "There are also my good brothers Xuan Haoran and Brother Wei, or my parents who are missing."

Liu Li also smiled and said, "Young Master is so good, so you must be more than the only ones who are Gu Nian."

Shi Wu was afraid that Liu Li would remember something unhappy, so he said, "Young Master will care about you. When the first day of the New Year, you will give you a big red envelope."

"Well! Thank you, Master Xiao Li." Liu Li jumped up happily. She had never received New Year's money. Now she can finally get a New Year's money like other children during the New Year.

Looking at Liu Li who was very happy, Shi Wu supported his chin and wondered if Ada had arrived in Jinping City and whether he had gone to Qinyinfang.

In the Qin capital, each household had two big red lanterns on each household. The event jointly prepared by the merchants of Qin State also started on New Year's Eve. In addition to collecting money to apply for a large venue in the government, they also invited famous Qin opera teams to set up a stage to perform operas. Yu Xiangsufang, Xianting Snack and other places to order a large batch of food so that the passing merchants could eat and watch.

Zeng Rong was also among the group of merchants. He looked at the lively crowd and thought that his incompetent son would come back from Jiangnan to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, so he happily became happy with the merchants.

The festive atmosphere did not extend to the Qin Palace, and it was even a little solemn and cold. In the side hall of the foreign guests, Xiao Zhujun seemed particularly uneasy. After returning from the palace that day, Scorpion slave reported to him all the tragic situation he saw in the palace. Xiao Zhujun's first reaction was that something big happened in the Qin Palace, but when he saw the prince Jiang Xin, who was already in charge of the country on the second day, he had not had time to express his request to return to Wei State recently, the prince Jiang Xin was searching for suspicious foreign personnel.

The reason for protecting Xiao Zhujun's safety was kept. Later, Xiao Zhujun asked to go back to Wei many times, but they were rejected by Prince Jiang Xin. Prince Jiang Xin said that Qin was hospitality, so there was no such reason for letting Xiao Zhujun celebrate the New Year on the road, so he said that he would keep him in Qin for the New Year before leaving. When Xiao Zhujun wanted to talk about it again, two teams of black armored troops had been listed outside the door, patrolling the outside of the side hall day and night. It was called protecting the safety of such noble foreign guests as Xiao Zhujun, but in fact it was to monitor house arrest and let him not have any other ideas.

Xiao Zhujun's sick and white face showed impatience: "Snake slave, scorpion slave, if the prince of Qin has not let us go after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we will find our own way out and do our own things."

The snake slave and the scorpion slave understood what Xiao Zhujun meant, pressed his right hand on his left shoulder and said, "Yes!"

Compared to Xiao Zhujun's treatment of almost house arrest, Yu Jin and his party in the side hall next to him were much more comfortable. Guo Zheng and the others were still idle and started throwing stones with the tour guide Lao Jin. They just drew a small circle in the distance and put the silver in the circle. Whoever threw the stones in it would win.

In the afternoon, the prince sent someone to inform him that tonight's conservative banquet invited Yu Jin to have dinner with his mother, and there was no outsider. Grandma Ji looked at the clothes and jewelry sent by the prince, and everything was of the queen's grade, and she couldn't help but feel worried.

Grandma Ji instructed: "Princess, this time, the prince's conservative banquet may bring up some things, you'd better respond. I think the trend of the Qin Palace has been a bit weird recently. Even if he really wants to marry you as the princess, according to convention, you will return to Jin State to report it."

Yu Jin didn't realize it, she said, "Grandma Ji, I will deal with it carefully."

In the Zunyi Hall, the palace maids and eunuchs around the queen have been replaced by the prince. Now, the Zunyi Queen is a deaf and blind man in the Zunyi Hall, and no news can be transmitted from the outside world. The only thing that can be known is that the commander of the Black Armor Army has been replaced by the prince's confidant Ding Feng. This was what Queen Zunyi accidentally learned when she was blocked by the Black Armor Army outside the door when she was about to go out.

Seeing the numerous defenders outside the Zunyi Hall, Queen Zunyi always felt that her son knew something, but she could no longer confirm it. Her hands, feet, eyes and ears that could be sent out in the Zunyi Hall were cut off by Prince Jiang Xin. The only thing she could have high hopes was Shi Qiyu, who had gone to Jiugong Mountain.

But when Prince Jiang Xin came over in the afternoon, he broke the only hope of Queen Zunyi.

In the Zunyi Hall, Queen Zunyi said with anger: "The prince is so elegant today. He actually came here in person. Isn't it okay to bring a message or send someone to guard outside the door?"

Prince Jiang Xin did not respond to the sarcastic words of Queen Zunyi, but placed a long wooden box in his hand on the table and sat down and said, "I am here today to tell my mother something."

As he said that, Prince Jiang Xin took down all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall.

Queen Zunyi looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who dispersed after the order of the prince Jiang Xin, and sneered: "Since the prince can even do such a thing as house arrest, can he not let others know about it?"

Prince Jiang Xin said calmly, "No, I'm just afraid that my mother and the queen will not be able to bear the stimulation and faint, so as not to be seen by those servants and be disfigured."

"I really gave birth to a good son. I actually think about my mother so much." Queen Zunyi said gritting her teeth.

"Oh." Prince Jiang Xin sighed, "Xin'er sometimes wonders why people need to grow up, how good it would be to let Xin'er live at the age of three forever."

Queen Zunyi didn't know the meaning of Prince Jiang Xin's words, and snorted: "If you have something to say, you don't have to beat around the bush."

Prince Jiang Xin calmed down and took the long wooden box to Queen Zunyi and said, "This is found by Shi Qiyu from near Jiugong Mountain. Please take a look at it."

Queen Zunyi didn't know what medicine was selling in the prince Jiang Xin's gourd. She took the wooden box and opened it and saw that it was actually a dry broken arm. The blood on it looked like it was sucked dry, exactly the same as the person who was killed by monsters at that time.

Queen Zunyi tried hard to control her emotions and said, "Where is Shi Qiyu!"

Prince Jiang Xin said slowly: "Let's rest in the mansion."

"Why don't you let him in!" Queen Zunyi suddenly thought of something and said coldly, "So that's it! With his ability, as long as he doesn't use the technique of controlling the air, no one can stop him. Since he gave you this broken arm, it means that you have taken him under your command. The prince is really good at scheming, and you have cleaned up all the people around the Ai family!"

"Mother, according to what Shi Qiyu said, the father may have encountered an unexpected accident." said Prince Jiang Xin.

When Queen Zunyi saw this dry and broken arm, she felt uneasy. Now when she heard Prince Jiang Xin say it, she stood up unsteadily and leaned against her seat with a depressed expression.

Seeing that Empress Zunyi was like this, the prince Jiang Xin made the final concession: "Mother, although the father is probably gone, I promise you that after I ascend the throne, I will immediately propose marriage to Jin State and marry Princess Yujin as my queen. You will be your queen in the palace. When Yujin makes something happen, whether it is a prince or a princess, you can enjoy your grandchildren with peace of mind. All other matters will be left to me!"

Queen Zunyi, who held the broken arm, heard the prince's words and said anxiously: "Did you know something?"

The prince Jiang Xin said resolutely: "My son knows nothing, and no one in the world knows it. You are the queen Zhou, who is admired by thousands of people, and the mother of Jiang Xin, the new emperor of Qin tomorrow."

Queen Zunyi said in shock: "You want to usurp the throne!"

"I just welcomed the throne earlier. When my father was alive, he had already clearly passed the throne to his ministers. How could he say that we should usurp the throne? And now, except for some old stubborn people, the court has already surrendered to his children. As long as I kill those emperors who left the fiefdom privately, I will have no worries." A chill appeared on the face of the prince Jiang Xin.

When Empress Zunyi heard the content of the Crown Prince Jiang Xin’s secret decree, she immediately determined that Gao Jing had also surrendered to the Crown Prince and said in surprise: “What method did you use to make Gao Jing betray Emperor Shengde!”

Seeing that Queen Zunyi had misunderstood, the prince knelt down without explanation and said, "My mother, don't care about the affairs in the court and the affairs of the world anymore. I can guarantee you to live a good life. I beg you, stay in the palace and let the child solve everything."

Queen Zunyi looked at Prince Jiang Xin kneeling down and begging, and finally let out: "Okay."

The prince Jiang Xin heard this and kowtowed gratitude and said, "Thank you, my son, thank you, Empress!" In this way, he could let go of his hands and feet. His hands could be covered with blood from his brothers, or he could be criticized by the historian. However, Jiang Xin didn't care about these things. As long as he took everything himself, no one would discuss his mother's affairs. His mother would always be the Queen of Qin, and even the Queen of Honor in the future.
To be continued...