In 671 AD, on September 13, the 18th year of Yongqing, Yu Wenyi won a complete victory, and the class returned to the dynasty.

Yuwen Zhihong had rushed to Chang'an, Kyoto, with Yuwen Yanshu and Yuwen Yi's concubine Bai three days ago.

"Brother, how long will it take for us to get to Chang'an?" Yuwen Yanshu lifted the curtain of the car to let in the fresh air outside

"Huh-," Yuwen Zhihong strangled the horse's head, and was just about to answer his sister's words, when a few low laughter came from the carriage, "I said Yanshu, this is a long way but I can't come in a hurry, the letters of the Liu family have been sent to the barracks, a few days earlier and a few days later, the result is not all the same, alas, it's a pity that our family is such a flowery young lady." ””

Yuwen Yanshu smiled at Yuwen Zhihong, sat back in the car, looked at the white concubine who was dressed in red on the opposite side, and said with a smile: "What my aunt said is also true, thinking that Liu Chengbiao must be a thing that will not work, otherwise I would not have proposed to withdraw from the marriage when my father was triumphant." After a pause, he sighed heavily: "Auntie, you said, the Liu family is weak and weak, my father was willing to marry them back then, completely thinking of saving face with Concubine Xian, in the final analysis, it was their Liu family who climbed high, and now this slap is the face of my father and his old man, and I don't know how Concubine Xian will explain to him, auntie, if it is you, what should I say?" glanced at the person opposite with a smile, looking diligent and inquisitive.

Bai's face was red for a while, and Concubine Xian's real name was Liu Xinyun, born to Mrs. Liu's second aunt. General Dingyuan and the fourth lady of the Liu family used to be a good story in the capital, but the Liu family still sent her to the splendid palace when Liu Xinyun was sixteen years old. This is a scar on Yu Wenyi's heart, after marrying his wife, he still remembers it, because he is cold and irritable, almost no one dares to say a word in front of him, except for the second lady in front of him.

Bai Shiqiang smiled: "Yan Shu said that she was laughing, Concubine Xian Niangniang is high, how can her mind be guessed by a small person like me." ”

"It's also," Yuwen Yanshu casually lifted the curtain and glanced out, "It's hard for my aunt to remember the difference between dignity and inferiority." Smiling eyes swept lightly across Bai's face.

Bai Shi said curtly: "Second Miss is really joking. The girl in front of her was obviously only eight years old, but Bai still felt the sharp edge flashing in her eyes. My heart trembled.

"Shu'er, it's stuffy in the car, do you want to come out for a walk?" He drove the horse to the front of the carriage and broke the dull atmosphere in the carriage at the right time.

"Okay. Yuwen Yanshu dragged the tail note long, lifted the curtain with a "huh", and jumped in the direction of Ah. Ah Long Arm stretched out his arms and hugged her, gently placed it on his horse's back, and said, "Hey, be careful." ”。

Yuwen Zhihong came over and said with a smile: "Shu'er should sleep with my brother tonight, ah? After being quarreled with by you for a few nights, he is about to become a rabbit's eye." "Yuwen Yanshu has a habit that ordinary people can't understand when she is a child, she must be held to sleep at night, and she sleeps very restlessly, either kicking the quilt or accidentally sleeping on the ground. Since she was a child, she has been clinging to Yuwen Zhihong, and she has to see her brother every night before she is willing to sleep. After Yuwen Zhihong participated in military affairs, she ran to Ah Zhi's bed with a pillow in her arms. A long time ago, Ah Qi had always wondered why Yan Shu didn't drill into her bed? Why did Yan Shu's sense of male and female defense be so weak? She also asked Ah Yan Shu in private if there was anything abnormal when she slept, and Ah said: "No, she sleeps very well, and when she sleeps soundly, she is like a frightened child, holding you tightly." ”

"How can there be", Yuwen Yanshu pouted dissatisfiedly, "Brother went to Jiulitun with General Gao to spy on the enemy some time ago, and only came back yesterday, okay?" After speaking, the whole person nested on Ah Qi's chest like a cat, "I have been sleeping with Sister Ah Qi for the past few days." ”

Yuwen Zhihong turned his head to look at Ah Qi, who was silent on the side, Ah Qi smiled at him with relief, and there was tiredness in his eyes, which made him a little unbearable, and he was a little unhappy at the moment: "Nonsense, Ah Qi, a girl's family, can withstand your blind toss, if you change your quirk earlier, how will you run out of the Liu family." ”

Yuwen Yan Shu simply put his whole body into Ah Yan's arms, and rubbed it, "That's a good thing, I'm still young, there will be opportunities in the future, it's really impossible, as long as Ah Brother doesn't marry, I will die begging for him to stick to him for the rest of my life." ”

Ah, he laughed: "Why don't you rely on your eldest brother, I have nothing, but I can't afford to support you." ”

Yuwen Yan glanced at him: "My brother is twenty years old, and he hasn't married a wife yet, this time my father returned triumphantly, maybe the emperor Lao'er is a whim, pointing to a barbarian princess, I dare to touch my eldest brother, it's strange not to be peeled off." ”

Ah Qi snorted, with a mocking look: "It's good if you don't mess with her, and it's her turn to bully you?"

Everyone laughed loudly, Yan Shu's ability to play tricks on people was really not covered, when Ah Qi and Ah came to the barracks for the first time, she gave them an unforgettable meeting gift - a half-man tall wolf dog chased their sister and brother in the camp.

At night, the sky was full of stars, and the lights of a room near the water that ushered in the inn flickered and disappeared. A black shadow shot out of the room, like a gust of wind, and flew a few feet away in an instant, disappearing into the night.

"Brother, is this okay?What if something happens, Ying Rui doesn't care about what he does?" Yuwen Yanshu pulled the corner of the quilt and said to Yuwen Zhihong worriedly.

Yuwen Zhihong smiled slightly, tightened the quilt for her, and said, "Don't worry, he just demolished the Wei family, and I just broke the wine cup, it's not a big deal." ”

"But brother", Yuwen Yanshu tightened his heart, and the hand holding Yuwen Zhihong also tightened, and put his body into his arms, absorbing warmth, "I'm afraid." ”

Yuwen Zhihong patted her on the back gently: "Don't be afraid, what about me?" After a pause, he asked again: "How is it in your Qingliu Courtyard, can you use it now?"

Yuwen Yanshu frowned lightly, she really didn't like to treat others as tools, but she had to use those people to implement the role of tools, sometimes she was contradictory and unbearable, so she could only try to improve their treatment. Living in a family like theirs, without some unknown forces in their hands, they cannot take root intact. She knew this better than anyone else, and the power in their hands was also cultivated by her.

"The earliest batch can already participate in various affairs, I have asked Ah to infiltrate them into various forces, last year's batch was too small, after a year of training, Ah Qi selected some early wisdom and intelligence to foster in various capacities to better families, and now there are only about 300 people left. ”

Yuwen Zhihong listened, worried that the foundation was too thin, but he had enough spare strength: "It's not early, let's sleep first." ”

At the same time, the capital of Chu Wangfu.

A sedan chair embroidered with flowers stopped in front of the house, and the sedan curtain was still shaking slightly. Yang Zhen, who had been named the king of Chu, personally stepped forward to lift the curtain, and a woman came out of the sedan chair.

The delicate melon seed face, the bright eyes are shining, the willow eyebrows are slender like spring daisies, the red lips under the delicate nose are not dotted and vermilion, and the goose-yellow palace clothes are lined with her face like pink jade.

Yang Zhen stepped forward to hug her, his face was happy, but he complained in his mouth: "What's the matter, just send someone here, and I'm not afraid of freezing my body in the middle of the night." ”

The woman said coquettishly: "You, there are a lot of nobles, if I don't come in person, I don't know what year and month I can see you?"

Yang Zhen's smile deepened: "Yes, my younger brother is ignorant and didn't go to see my sister, so I asked my sister to raise her noble hand and spare my younger brother." ”

Yang chuckled helplessly, and the smile of the whole country even faded a little in the night. Three years ago, Yang Xu, who had just reached the end of his life, asked for his brother's life, regardless of the identity of a woman, and appeared on the Golden Palace, like a celestial, stunned a group of civil and military ministers, and even the emperor, who had never looked at his daughter, was stunned to see God. After that, not only was Yang Zhen's past crimes not to blame, but Yang Zhen also became the most favored princess in the palace.

The two laughed and walked through the corridor to the Heavenly Residence. This is Yang's favorite place, when the mansion was built, Yang personally designed, surrounded by water, pontoon bridges, cloisters, rain pavilions, etc. are all built with bamboos with thick arms instead of bricks. The willow trees planted by the waterside are the Guanyin willows that Yang Zhen specially transplanted back from the south of the Yangtze River, and the double-petaled lotus flowers in the water are also transported back from Shu.

In the middle of September, the lotus remnants and willows were defeated, Yang Zhen closed the remaining windows, opened the one facing south, and several pots of famous chrysanthemums swaggering in the night breeze on the corridor came into view.

There is a small round vermilion lacquer table with four round wooden chairs of the same color on the side of the table, and a copper incense burner on the table emits lingering incense.

The maid sent the best Dongting Biluochun, added a few pieces of incense to the incense burner and withdrew.

"You know why I'm here, right?" Yang took a sip of fragrant tea and put down the cup.

Yang Zhen smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, I will handle it properly." ”

"When the water is clear, there are no fish, and now the situation is too clear, but it is not easy to start," Yang sighed, "Since I heard the news of Yu Wenyi's return to Beijing, I have been unable to sleep and eat, for fear that someone will make a big fuss about the events of the year He is now at the cusp of the wind and waves, you are in the center of the whirlpool, once you are involved, people with a heart will chase after you, and we can't be wrong now." ”

"Sister, you can relax, women will get old fast if they worry too much, in case Lord Xue marries a grandmother, wouldn't he have to regret it for the rest of his life. Yang Zhen teased her.

Yang's face was flushed and he smacked: "Stunned boy, dare to laugh at your sister." Yang Zhen hurriedly surrendered his hand to beg for mercy, laughed for a while, and Yang suddenly said seriously: "Hey, I heard that the Yuwen family has a daughter, who was originally married to the young master of the Liu family, but this time she was divorced by the Liu family?"

Yang Zhen laughed, "This daughter of the Yuwen family, I have met once, Ji Han and I suffered back then, thanks to her, named Yan Shu, I heard Yuwen Zhihong say that his sister has been different from ordinary people since she was a child, and her style of behavior is older than those who have lived for decades. “

"If this is the case, then the Liu family's withdrawal from relatives has a big insider. "Yang?

The Liu family said that Liu Chengbiao had a crush on Dou Qianjiao, the daughter of Dou Dezhang, who defended Gyeonggi City, and that he would not marry this woman, so Lord Liu and Mrs. Liu couldn't persuade him so much so they had to follow him. ”

"But this family was personally set by Concubine Liu Xian, how can they have the final say, and at this time of many events, could it be that the woman heard something?" Yang is full of suspicion about the Liu family's retreat, and her years of life in the cracks of thin ice have cultivated her extremely keen sense of smell of danger, and she is like a police dog that has been trained for many years to raise her vigilance, staring at every possible trigger.

"By the way, did you ever have the jasper paste I asked for a few days ago?" As soon as the topic changed, Yang remembered something. Jasper paste comes from the hands of Shu Mingyue, a celebrity in the south of the Yangtze River, smelling it can make people refreshed, and it has a more miraculous effect after applying, and the middle-aged beauty who still has the charm will gradually change back to the beauty of the twenty-eight beauty, but Shu Mingyue is reluctant to reveal the prescription, and she can't make a few boxes a year, and the things are rare and expensive, and those boxes are extremely precious and sought-after every year, and even raised to sky-high prices.

Yang Zhen shook his head, "I still have to wait for a while, I asked her to add something to it." ”

"Oh," Yang nodded, "You can do it yourself." After that, he stretched, "It's late at night, I'll rest here tonight, no comment." ”

Yang Zhen spread his hands and made a helpless gesture: "Can you drive away?"