In the corner pavilion of the river of flowers, I sat quietly, like many afternoons, listening to the sounds around me, waiting for the footsteps of different shades to break the suffocating silence.

Helian Yue had been away from Anseong for three days, and he had heard that the Yiluo army seemed to be trying to provoke a war, and in addition, he had heard that the remnants of Lord Xuande were rampant in the border town of Umeng, and Helian Yue was afraid that he would not be able to return to Ancheng for some days.

I asked the lord of Jinping Xuande what was going on, and Jinping told me for a long time that he was only fifteen years old when Helian Yue's father, Helian Chu, passed the throne to Helian Yue. Helian Yue was ruthless and brutal by nature, ruled Xirong by bloody means, swept the entire Xirong with iron cavalry in half a year, and unified the other two branches, Haiqing and Yuelun, into his territory. Helian Yue is a martial idiot, all day long to practice martial arts, the government affairs are often handled by the only uncle Xining King Helian Sen, Helian Yue when he was twenty-six years old I don't know what happened, disappeared overnight, two months later Helian Sen ascended the throne, called Xuande Lord. However, five years later, in a palace coup, Helian Yue, who had returned to Anseong, was beheaded on charges of conspiracy to usurp the throne, and all of Helensen's relatives were slaughtered.

That year was the year of Jiazi, which is known as the Jiazi Change.

Helian Yue re-ascended to the position of lord of Xirong at the age of thirty-one, but the remnants of the lord of Xuande fluctuated from time to time, and now the army of Yiluo is pressing, and the commander who is responsible for hunting down the remnants of Xuande has been assassinated.

Before leaving, he put a fluffy and fluffy mass in my arms, and the little thing moved, and his wet tongue licked my hand, and I knew it was an animal.

"Is it a cat, or is it a dog?" my hand hesitated as I stroked its fur.

"Neither. He chuckled and put a necklace around my neck, "There's a whistle here, it's running away, and as soon as you blow the whistle it will come back." Then he grabbed my index finger, and a tingling pain struck, and I frowned and exclaimed, but the tongue of the little thing licked it, and I asked Helian Yue:

"You...... What is this doing?"

"It has licked your blood, and from then on it has only one master. I'm going to the border, as soon as January or as late as March, for fear that you will be bored, so I will give Aya to you to avoid my worries. Jinping knows how to feed, so you can rest assured. ”

"Aya?" I was stunned, "she's a mother, why did she change her name like that?"

He didn't say a word, but took me into his arms, and ran his fingers over one of my green silks, and put my head close to his heart with a little force, and the rhythmic heartbeat sounded in his ears, and he said in a dumb voice:

"Xiyang, remember what you said that day, and wait for me to come back. ”

On the day he left, all the concubines and ladies of the harem went to see each other off, and the entire palace was quiet for a moment.

And I was playing the yaoqin in Xiyang Palace for a while, and I couldn't get out of tune.

"It's too late, so Mrs. Xiyang has been waiting for a long time. A gentle, mellow voice rang out, cutting off my thoughts.

"Sir doesn't need to be polite, Xiyang is idle and boring. I said, when Min Sikong sat down, I couldn't hear the usual sound of cooking tea on the stove, and I couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. is not drinking tea today?"

"It was almost early autumn, and Sikong brought something better than Biluochun. ”

Suddenly smelling a fresh aroma of wine at the end of my nose, followed by a sweet and sour smell, I subconsciously said:

"Plum wine?"

"Madame has a good memory, this is exactly the plum wine. He poured a small glass and put it in my hand, "Madame, why don't you try if this plum wine tastes the same as before?"

As before?

I put down the cup and said apologetically: "The imperial doctor told Xi Yang that he should not drink until his body is not well." Mr. Meiyi, Xiyang heart understood. ”

Min Sikong was silent for a moment, but I felt faintly uneasy in my heart.

"I wonder which book you want to talk about today?" I said, breaking the deadlock.

Min Sikong smiled with relief: "What does Madam want to hear, a talented and beautiful woman or a princely general?"

I shook my head, "Sir, do you have any new stories or experiences?"

"Have you ever heard of a horrific incident of cooking people in broad daylight five years ago?

"Oh?" I couldn't help but smile as curiosity piqued, "Cooking people in broad daylight?

Min Sikong also smiled, his tone gradually deepened and distant, as if with a trace of nostalgia and memory, said:

"The bold person is actually a woman who is eighteen years old, and her name is Mei Ziyan......"

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The story begins in the summer of that year.......