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At night, among the streets and alleys of the Pearl Market, the sheng song is slow, the lights are longing, and the green is red. Around the Huaishui River bank of Dingjiang City, the painted boats carved beams and pillars flutter with colorful silk, which leads people to reverie.

After thanking his teacher, Mu Yan had to invite his classmates to a banquet. They moved from Bai Wan, no one here knows his detailed past, only that he is not the biological child of the Gu family, he was adopted, and they don't know that he is a ruthless and cold person, he has been adjusted/taught in recent years, pretending to learn very well, in the eyes of his classmates, he is a diligent and studious, shy and sincere, and helpful good boy. There are many gentlemen in Bailu students, and they are used to coming to Huajie for fun, but Mu Yan has never been invited, and everyone thinks that he is young and thin-skinned, but in fact, he has already come to Zhushi. Earlier, when they were still young guys, Gu Xuezhou sometimes had to deliver the goods by himself, Mu Yan was afraid that this big fool would be coaxed and abducted by a wild woman when he entered Zhu City, so he had to follow him to protect him every time.

The classmates coaxed him to have a banquet on the Yanshui Painting Boat, but Mu Yan didn't want to agree, but at that time, Gu Xuezhou glanced at him, and somehow, he agreed in a ghostly way. Since it was their classmates' party, Gu Xuezhou felt that as a parent, he should not disturb a group of children to have fun, and personally helped Mu Ge'er set a painting boat, telling him to enjoy singing and dancing in addition to eating and drinking, and not to do anything out of line.

The few people invited by Mu Yan are all good classmates on weekdays, and this time they all passed the hospital exam, and they were all proud. After the people arrived, a young lady with a beautiful face and a weak body about sixteen or seventeen years old held the piano and got on the boat, followed by a pair of little ladies who were only thirteen or fourteen, with twin faces, one holding Xiao and one hugging the pipa.

The little lady was blessed and said, "Congratulations to the little boy for nominating the case." ”

Through the painting fan screen, the boys coaxed, "Yaofang Niangzi! This is Doufang's head Yaofang Niangzi! Mu Yan, how do you know her? She is hard to find a song, and she is here for you." ”

Yaofang Niangzi smiled: "The kindness of the son is more than a daughter. He plucked the strings as he spoke.

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows, he knew that the "son" in Yaofang's mouth was not him, but Gu Xuezhou. The painting boat and the singer were all found by Gu Xuezhou, the fool must have gone directly to Mrs. Yu for help, Mu Yan looked at the impressive eyes of the people around him, and didn't feel too proud, so he only thanked him lightly: "Thank you Yaofang Niang." ”

The three little ladies played a song of "Spring Breeze Crossing" for the occasion, first it was quiet and gorgeous, as if the courtyard was beautiful and beautiful, and then the spring breeze left the courtyard, to the streets and alleys, peaceful and lively, a group of young men in fresh clothes and angry horses flew by, riding the wind to the mountains and wilderness, but seeing the sky high and the clouds far away, the spring is infinite, and the future is thousands of miles. After the song, a group of teenagers only felt that they were open-minded and full of ambitions, and the lady of Yaofang left after a song, and did not stay long.

The young men on the boat could not let go, they were aroused by this song, they were young and famous, and they all felt that they were the pillars of the talent, and they were going to support the society in the future, anyway, there was no one else on the wilderness river, they discussed and talked about the affairs of the court. Mu Yan listened calmly, he had no sexual interest, he was selfish, but he was not as open-minded as others.

“…… Since the death of the crown prince two years ago, the country has lost its prince, it is turbulent, the court is treacherous, and I don't know which His Royal Highness will enter the palace in the end. ”

"When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died of illness, King Xiao made a rebellion and asked the Holy Lord to be cleared immediately, I think the Holy Lord has his own measure, and he must have a heart to belong. Otherwise, a few princes will not be summoned to Beijing, and it must be necessary to choose another virtuous monarch among the princes. ”

"The three princes King Jian, the sixth prince Liao Wang, and the ten princes in Beijing, who do you think can inherit the unification?"

Mu Yan looked at these individuals, fluttering as if Zhuge was reincarnated, able to strategize thousands of miles away, just waiting for him to guess the prince's high school he could take advantage of the dragon's merit to go to the pavilion to pay homage, he took a sip of sake, and did not say a word.

"I think it's the sixth prince Liao Wang, the six princes are the sons of the imperial concubines, and the six princes' domains are still the anointed places of Liaodi, which shows His Majesty's favoritism, and I heard that the six princes, Corporal Lixian, are all good at riding archery and horses. ”

"What about the Ten Princes? You said that the Imperial Concubine is favored, that is also a matter of the old imperial calendar, but the biological mother of the Ten Princes, Concubine Shu, is rightfully favored, and the Ten Princes also have a reputation for early wisdom and virtuousness......"

The two groups of people argued, and turned their heads to ask Mu Yan.

"You kid has been silent, hiding to finish the wine!Which Highness do you think it will be?"

"I won't express my opinion on this court matter......"

"No, we're two against two now, and we're just one vote away from you. ”

Mu Yan pursed his lips and said, "Why didn't anyone say that the third prince King Jian." ”

The other party was slightly stunned: "Do you think that King Jian is the son of the first queen?" However, it has been 20 years since the first queen died, and after General Chen's death, the Chen family has no successors, and the foreign family has no help. And back then, His Majesty raised the three princes under the knees of the Queen Mother of the West Palace, the Queen Mother was not Her Majesty's biological mother, her feelings were cold, and she didn't eat vegetarian food all day long...... Well, when you go to a bitter cold and remote place, the title is still a 'Jane' word that is not salty or light, and it is obviously not pleasing to the saints. ”

Mu Yan nodded, "As you said, my third prince, King Jian, is the son of the first queen, and he is the oldest, he is in the hands of the queen mother, he is both a grandson and a long, and his status is noble. What's more, he started his business early, and he has been operating in the territory for ten years, so he may not be as weak as you think. ”

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Liu Erniang hesitated for two days before finding the door of Xiangxue Zhai, she saw the delicate and elegant rouge incense powder shop from a distance, the cabinet actually used a glass cover, the door was parked with a canopy carriage, and the women and sisters-in-law who came in and out were all dressed in gold and were proud and rich, she took a look, looked down at her coarse cloth dress, and walked over without taking a step anyway.

One of the fellows came out to sweep the floor, noticed her, and just glanced at her, and she was so frightened that her face turned red and she turned and ran away. She didn't know how far she had run, she stopped and rested for a while, wiping her cheeks, her fingertips full of tears.

She wiped away her tears and returned to the workman's shop. The shopkeeper was good, he took pity on her as a widow with a child, hired her, and provided food and shelter. Today she was on the way to the delivery found that she secretly went to see it, originally the delivery of this kind of work was done by men, but the store lacked manpower, and the shopkeeper would give her more money. In order to save money, she can do any dirty work, her Xiaobao is five years old this year, Mrs. Li in the city opened a school, only a little money can let the child enlighten literacy there, she also needs more money, and wants to send Xiaobao to study next year.

The whole body was dusty, and Liu Erniang wanted to wash her face with a scoop of water, but she leaned over and saw her appearance reflected on the water surface of the water tank, and she was immediately stunned. The woman on the water is plain faced, described as withered, and her hair is messy, she can't remember what she looked like six years ago, at that time she was still a delicate girl favored by her parents, and she was angry all day long for her parents' partiality little sister, fighting for a pearl flower and half a group, back then, she was not short of rouge gouache, that Gu fool would send it to her, along with her mother's and sister's share, but she still couldn't raise her head in the little sisters, because Gu Xuezhou was too ugly, and she stammered when she spoke, and she stammered even more after being scolded. At that moment, she felt crazy at the thought that she was going to live with such a person for the rest of her life.

Gu Xuezhou is ugly and saltless, wooden and stammering, only a tattered and half-dead rouge shop; and Zhao Lang is a picker who often comes to sell goods, his tongue is like a lotus, and he is also tall and handsome, although the family has no permanent property, but at that time they were in love, she always thought that she had brought so much money, they went to the field to open a small shop, with her cleverness, Zhao Lang was more diligent, and the days were getting better and better, which was called hope. But marry is a wife, run is a concubine, because she ran out of the house, household registration is unknown, can only live with the lover unclear, and later she gave birth to a child, the child is also raised indiscriminately, but at first they have a lot of money, and they have a sweet life, and then several times the business failed, and gradually fell into difficulty, Zhao Lang picked up the goods and left for ten days and half a month, and a copper plate could not be taken back, she had to go out to wash clothes for people to earn some rations, otherwise she and the child would have starved to death...... Later, Zhao Lang once went out and said that he went to Dingjiang to sell goods, but he never came back, she couldn't pay the rent, and secretly ran away with the child at night, came to Dingjiang to find someone, couldn't find it, and wanted to go back to her parents' house, but her father and mother had already thought she was dead, and even the household registration was cancelled. She can only find a way to survive on her own, and now she works in a wine shop, but she is more stable than before.

Over the years, she always remembered Gu Xuezhou, remembered that he always blushed and stammered handing the rouge box to herself, and said timidly: "Second, second lady, this, this is for you." And she dislikes him every time he is embarrassed, even if he is ugly, he can't even speak!

Because of the recent repeated thoughts, so that day in the restaurant Liu Erniang recognized Gu Xuezhou at a glance, all these years, he has hardly changed, but the original red spots on his face have disappeared, can no longer be said to be ugly, at least he is a delicate and clean little man, wearing brocade clothes and satin, and eating is still in the box upstairs of the hotel.

Liu Erniang coaxed the child to sleep, but she couldn't sleep at all, her heart seemed to be tormented in oil, and she was uncomfortable. She touched her face, although she was thin, but she should still have a little bit of posture, some time ago someone introduced her to a widower, and she almost agreed.

I have to work tomorrow, so I have to go to bed early. She closed her eyes, but her mind kept coming up with the appearance of Gu Xuezhou whispering in front of her in the past, and her heart was cold and hot for a while:

I heard that he hasn't married again in all these years......

Back then, he was bullied so badly that he never got angry......

He is the one who even picked up sick cats and puppies on the side of the road and raised them......