"Who knows? The old lady replied, "How can we fathom Your Highness's thoughts?"

"It's just that His Royal Highness and the princess are in the palace all day long, and they don't get tired of seeing each other. Those of us who are slaves and maidservants see it in our eyes.

"And our princess is not an ordinary woman.

"It is said that before His Royal Highness was not yet noble, he had made a private agreement with her in Yunzhou for life.

"Over the years, His Royal Highness has been edicted to fight in the south and in the north, and it is the princess who is taking care of the government affairs of Rinzhou for His Royal Highness. Even if she is busy on weekdays, the princess always has to take the time to visit the concubine.

"Besides, the princess has always been merciful, generous and indiscriminate, and there is no one in the house who does not love her.

"Even if it is the third lady of the Xiao family, who is known for her virtuous and virtuous virtues, I am afraid that she will not be able to compare to her. ”

"Sister," she suddenly bit her sleeve and said stupidly, "when do you say that we will be able to meet someone like Your Highness?" ”

"I'm afraid I don't have such a great blessing. As for you......" The lady laughed sneered, and said, "I will look for it in my dreams." ”

"Sister, why are you like this, I'm very ......"

However, at this time, Yao saw a familiar figure passing through the step and walking straight towards the Yutang Palace where the concubine was located.

I saw that the man was holding the sinister shackle under his armpit, and the dark blue mountain armor was glowing with cold light.

They stopped suddenly, and no longer dared to make any noise here.

Because in this huge Zhaoxin Palace, there is only one person who can quietly cross the defense line of the dark demon horseman, wear armor and hold a sword in the inner courtyard and move freely.

That is the king of Zhaoxin - Dugu Ye.

The lady standing on the left and right immediately stepped aside, her knees slightly bent and her chin bowed, and she saluted him solemnly: "Slave maid see Your Highness." ”

"Get up," Dugu Ye raised his hand slightly, and asked them, "When did the concubine go to sleep?"

Since he returned to Beijing to resume his life, he has rushed back to Rinzhou non-stop. Therefore, his face was full of wind and frost, and his expression was slightly tired.

"It's about unitary time. The old lady then replied respectfully, "The concubine used to cry at night, but now she sleeps very peacefully." ”

The two ladies slowly pushed open the Qizhu partition door behind them, and Dugu Ye stepped into the palace.

He peered through the dark green curtain at his mother's back on the couch.

Her body was covered with brocade, and she tossed and turned with her back to the crowd.

Dugu Ye therefore concluded that his mother had not yet fallen asleep, so he respectfully bowed down to her to say goodbye, but there was no response, which made him suddenly frown slightly, and quickly stepped forward to open the embroidered curtain.

At this moment, Lord Xiao Shangyi was tied to the couch by red silk, but the female official uniform was changed into the brocade dress of the concubine.

I saw that her mouth was stuffed with strips of rags, and she was sweating profusely, constantly struggling there, and when she saw His Royal Highness King Zhaoxin, she suddenly looked terrified.

The two ladies hurriedly untied her for her, while Dugu Ye asked coldly, "Why are you here?"

"The minister was originally ordered by the princess to come to play music for the concubine. Lord Xiao Shangyi replied: "Later, the concubine gave her acacia lotus seed soup, and the minister felt dizzy and became like this when he woke up. ”

"Haven't you noticed the clue?" Dugu Ye turned around and asked calmly.

"Slaves and maids deserve death. The two ladies immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, and were silent.

However, he didn't have a seizure, and just walked silently out the next door.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a well-known woman with a good demeanor carried another little Shangyi to the stone steps, which made Dugu Ye immediately turn his worries into joy.

Since Emperor Daozhi made him a seventh general, Dugu Ye married Huiyue in Qianzhao and moved to Linzhou together.

The ups and downs over the years have made the former Oiran more and more standard, exuding the charm of a mature woman.

The cherry blossoms in spring are good, but the autumn leaves are also beautiful.

To describe the changes in his wife like this, Dugu Ye felt that it was more appropriate.

Nangong Huiyue slowly raised her face, only to notice Dugu Ye, who had been absent for a long time.

Then, she smiled flawlessly at the other party, and her eyes swelled with love like crescent moons.

"Mother, where have you been again? Dugu Ye stepped forward to hold the hand of the palace woman and persuaded: "If you enter and leave the mansion in the future, you must let the ladies accompany you." One is that your old man is taken care of, and the other is to reassure us. ”

Yuwen Xinluo had a recurrence of heart disease, and suddenly tried his best to shake his sleeves, and said to him with a sullen face: "Where did you come from, you are really rude." If there is such entanglement again, the slave family will have to call someone to report to the official. ”

"Yes, how can there be such bad people in the world. Nangong Huiyue deliberately acted on the spot, and also sneered at him. "Sister, let's hurry in and ignore him anymore. ”

Seeing this situation, Dugu Ye had to raise his left eyebrow slightly, and stood there without saying a word.

And the little Shangyi and the two ladies behind him couldn't help laughing out loud because of this.

Later, according to Eizuki's instructions, they dragged the concubine to the bathhouse to wash and change clothes.

And Dugu Ye and his wife took advantage of the clear moonlight and walked into the back courtyard hand in hand.

It's autumn again, and the golden wind is very cold at night.

The sycamore pavilion in the middle of the road is like a canopy, and the stone road leading to the flower garden is paved with moonlight.

"How's Mother doing?"

"It's still the same, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Nangong Huiyue proposed: "I want to send some more people to other countries to visit famous doctors, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”

That's what I want. Dugu Ye replied: "It's just that her old man is old, so she needs to send more people to take care of her." ”

"After a while, I will carefully select some ladies and send them to Yutang Palace to serve her. Nangong Huiyue looked back at Dugu Ye and said, "This time there is no danger, but I am a little afraid to think about it." ”

"How did she get out of the dormitory?"

"It's not that you don't know. Nangong Huiyue replied: "The old lady has always been proficient in the art of disguise, and when she is sober, she can answer with people like a stream, and ordinary palace maids naturally don't recognize her."

"If I hadn't happened to go to Yutang Palace to visit her, saw the suspicious appearance of the female official in front of me, and asked me about Murong Shao's whereabouts, I'm afraid even I would have been almost hidden by her.

It was dusk, and I was afraid that she would be cranky at night, so I coaxed her to visit the garden. When the old lady was tired, he led her back to the dormitory. ”

"It's really hard for you. Dugu Ye said, "Over the years, I have tired you. ”

After hearing this, Nangong Huiyue shook her head slightly and said, "Worry about the king, the duty of a concubine." ”

"After returning from this victory, I specially brought you a treasure. Dugu Ye said suddenly.

"Good and decent, why did you remember to bring me something?"

"Close your eyes, and make sure you'll like it when you see it. ”

"What? A very shallow smile appeared on Nangong Huiyue's face, but she still squinted her eyes as instructed.

At this time, Dugu Ye walked around behind Huiyue and pinned a hairpin on the left side of her bun.

I saw that the top of the golden hairpin was inlaid with cherry blossom-shaped jade, and its color turned white from pink.

Ezuki raised her hand and groped for the cherry blossom hairpin on the top of her head, and after recognizing its familiar style, she suddenly shed tears and sobbed: "This is a relic of my mother, how did you find it?"

"After the Northern Expedition, I made a special trip to your hometown, Yunzhou Thousand Cherry Blossom City. Dugu Ye replied: "I have redeemed all the property that your grandfather bought there in the past. And in that old house where you grew up as a child, I happened to find this hairpin under the floor. ”

"Thank you, I'll treasure it. ”

"There's one more thing you have to listen to. Dugu Ye paused slightly and said, "Your father, Nangong Huan, was already impermanent three years ago.

It is said that he later went in and out of the Jujin Gambling House again, but because he could not repay the huge debt, he was cut off by the deacon in the gambling house, and finally drowned himself by the river.

"As for the Jujin Gambling House that destroyed your family, I have ordered the Thousand Sakura City Lord to investigate it thoroughly.

"People who used to be involved in human trafficking have been exiled to the border to build walls, and they will not live long.

"I wonder if that makes you feel more comfortable?"

After hearing this, Nangong Huiyue kept beating him, and cried bitterly: "Why do you mention that person who received a thousand knives?"

"It's me who is bad and makes you sad. And Dugu Ye hugged Huiyue into his arms, caressed her back through his clothes, and replied softly: "From now on, you still have me." ”

And Aetsuki leaned her face against his chest, tears streaming down her fingers. Her weak shoulders leaned on Dugu Ye's body, trembling slightly in the sad cry.

However, such a warm moment is not destined to last long.

Because His Majesty Daozhi has secretly issued an edict, ordering him and the seventh general Li Yixuan to go on an expedition to Nanhua, and he will lead the troops to set off on the same day.

Although he hadn't closed his eyes for several days, he still wanted to rush back to the house.

At least for this bleak night, I can stay in the palace with her.

When Dugu Ye hugged Huiyue, he thought so in his heart.

Hopefully, the dawn will come a little later than usual.

At the same time, his lieutenant Wei Jiqian had already led a light army and rode out of Linzhou at night.

With Dugu Ye's handwritten letter on his body, he was about to go to Heita Mountain to meet the leader there, the Heavenly Wolf King.

Wei Jiqian was born into a declining samurai family, and his grandfather was the head of the Wei clan in the Northland. As for Wei Zeming, the famous warrior of the dark demon clan, it is his brother.

It's just that his bloodline later fell into the middle of the family, and the situation was not as good as in the past. In order to support the old and young in his family, Wei Jiqian swore to join the rebels who rebelled against the Dugu Dynasty.

As for the cause of the rebellion of the dark demon clan, it has to start from when Wang Yu governed Rinzhou.

Since Wang Yu took office as the seventh general, he began to act arbitrarily in Rinzhou, and expropriated violently, making the people angry and afraid to speak, but they sharpened their swords in their hearts.

Later, he coveted the beauty of the moon of the Dark Demon Clan, the daughter of the patriarch, Atina, recruited Anzedas, and planned to kidnap her, and brutally murdered her after humiliating her in every way.

This made the patriarch of the Dark Demon clan finally unbearable and decided to unite the rest of the tribes to raise an army to rebel.

The Dark Demon Department was originally the most powerful clan in Rinzhou except for the Wind Tiger Tribe. Therefore, in the early stage of the rebellion, they won great victories one after another, and they had the potential to seize the state.

Unexpectedly, this was a trap carefully set by Wang Yu. The reason why he ordered the tiger to ride and fight and retreat was because he wanted to lure the rebels to Changjicheng and carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression there.

In fact, he wrote to the court in secret earlier, and would borrow 100,000 soldiers and horses from the rest of the generals to garrison the city, and mobilize 200,000 tiger horsemen to ambush outside the city.

The rebels who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties, and the patriarch of the captured Dark Demon Clan was sentenced to split the car in the school grounds.

Later, the defeated and surrendered rebels were all confiscated and reduced to slavery, and exiled to the frontier.

From then on, Wang Yu ordered the tax on the dark demon clan to be increased, causing starvation all over the territory of Rinzhou.

Because they toiled all day long, and there was not enough food left for the next year's sowing.

As for the rest of the tribes involved in the rebellion, they were also destroyed by this.

They had to move their tribes north, leaving nearly half of them dead during the long migration.

On the other hand, the tiger horses composed of the wind and tiger department under Wang Yu are becoming more and more extravagant, and they are addicted to wine all day long.

Sometimes, they even fight to kidnap the women they like.

And Wei Jiqian, under the scorching sun, watched the clansmen beside him fall one after another, but he still endured the whipping and insults of the officers and soldiers, and walked on the hot sand with heavy wooden stakes.

The world is unfair, and it has always been so.

In the middle of many dark nights, Wei Jiqian once asked the heavens, why did he bring such suffering on the world? However, he never got a response.

Later, he finally realized that the god was dead. If you want to be saved, you can only cross yourself.

Since then, Wei Jiqian has begun to study hard at night, and his martial arts have become more and more sophisticated.

One day, my cultivation will be enough to defeat all the monsters here, and I will be able to escape from here. The rest of his life must not be buried here.

Until one day, Rinju ushered in a new owner.

His Majesty the Emperor canonized Dugu Ye as the new Taichen Seven Generals, and appointed him to guard Rinzhou.

After he found out the cause of the rebellion, he ordered the forgiveness of the Dark Demon clan and the rest of the tribes. For a time, all demons were expelled, and future generations were exempted from slavery.

With the Jianwei transferred from Qianzhao City, Dugu Ye completely swept away the remnants of Wang Yu's faction in Linzhou, and then deposed a large number of old dignitaries.

Moreover, according to the barrenness of the population and land, he divided the land and taxes on the people, encouraged trade, and strictly forbade officers and soldiers to disturb the people.

At the same time, he built school palaces and martial arts institutes in various parts of Linzhou, and ordered the examiners to check his cultural and martial arts before he could be added to the ranks.

Rinzhou is governed by great governance, and the government is harmonious.

The long-abandoned market began to flourish, and the night scene on the shore was once again bustling as before.

After Wei Jiqian got rid of his status as a slave, he went to Jicheng, the governor of the state, to gain fame, and successfully joined the dark demon cavalry formed by Dugu Ye.

Since then, he has been determined to be loyal to Dugute.

This man gave me freedom, and I willingly gave my life for it.