He Qingzhou was very favored by the new emperor after walking in front of the palace, he was not only brilliant in learning, but also vivid and witty in the narrative, which could make people laugh and make people think deeply, even the queen mother often asked him for questions.

Once during a conversation, I didn't know how to talk about the first emperor, He Qingzhou smiled and said that he had the honor to meet the first emperor, Mo Yan was curious when he heard it, where did he get the opportunity to meet Duan Li as a white-faced scholar?

He Qingzhou replied: "It's also a fluke, at the Lantern Festival, Weichen picked up the lantern that Niangniang put in the river and returned it to His Majesty, so I was fortunate to see Jun Yan." ”

In the past, he heard people say that Emperor Xiuwu didn't like the queen Si Moyan, but when he saw the first emperor get the river lantern, he looked at the river lantern in his hand with soft and warm eyes, as if he was looking at his beloved through the river lantern, he knew that the rumors outside were untrue, and the first emperor must be concerned about the queen.

"And such a thing! This mourner has never heard of it. Regarding the topic of talking about Duan Li, she was afraid to hear it but couldn't help but want to hear it. No matter what came to mind in his heart, he smiled on his face.

"Wechen is just a small person, the queen mother has never heard of it should be, don't hide it from you, at that time, when wechen first entered the capital, I heard people all over the capital say that the emperor and queen are out of harmony, fighting for power with each other, and the ministers of the crowd also think like this, but that time I saw the first emperor once by offering the lamp, although it was only for a while, but the minister looked at the first emperor when he looked at the river lamp with a precious look, and he saw that the first emperor had you in his heart. He Qingzhou said with emotion, this is also the so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing.

"He Aiqing can take a peek at the leopard with one side, which can be seen, it is really wise, with you to take care of the emperor, the mourning family is very relieved. Mo Yan praised, but his heart felt like he had been pricked by a needle, it didn't hurt too much, but he couldn't ignore its existence.

You see, even a person who has only one side of the relationship can see it, but she has spent several years not being able to break it, she is not blind but blind in heart.

"Niang Niang Miao praise, Weichen is ashamed to be, assisting His Majesty is the responsibility of Weichen, and he must do his best. He Qingzhou said modestly.

After talking for a while, Mo Yan instructed Moon Shadow to send He Qingzhou out of the palace, and she sat there with her thoughts drifting away, she still remembered that on the day of the Lantern Festival, she and Duan Li put river lanterns by the Xinghe River.

At that time, she hated Duan Li to the core, and she didn't even bother to do it, she simply wrote down the prayers in the river lamp, and now she wanted her to think about what she wrote at that time and put it in, she couldn't remember it, but she didn't expect that he could cherish the perfunctory words he wrote casually.

Every time she regretted that she couldn't live with him a lot, the more she found that she couldn't live with him more, she was briefly moved, and then there was endless regret.

At that time, Duan Li's river lantern was not sent back to the palace, and she didn't know what he wrote on it, but even if it was sent back to the palace, what would it be?

But now, as if it was masochism, she knew that seeing the prayer note written to her by Duan Li would only increase her heartache, but she just wanted to know - half a year after Duan Li's death.

When she gave this order to Wuyiwei, Wu Qiuju glanced at her with a complicated expression, his Duan Li's personal guard, of course he knew about Duan Li's affairs, even if there were some things that Duan Li didn't say, he connected everything and thought about it, and he understood.

To tell the truth, in his heart, he respected and hated Mo Yan, and his ruthlessness of hating Mo Yan made Duan Li regret it, and at the same time understood that it was Duan Li's own choice, he hoped that he could serve her and be loyal to her, although he had hatred in his heart, he could only respect it.

When she heard Mo Yan tell him to go find the river lantern that Duan Li released on the night of the Lantern Festival, whether Mo Yan regretted it because she knew the truth, or for some other reason, at least she didn't forget him immediately, and this realization calmed down the resentment in his heart a lot.

It's just that Wu Qiu led Wuyiwei to search for a few days, but there was no news at all, and I thought about it, it has been so long, how can a small river lantern be found so easily, Mo Yan also knew it in his heart, so he didn't rush him.

After a few more days, there was still no news at all, Mo Yan almost gave up, maybe the river lantern was long gone like Duan Li, she didn't know how to cherish it at the time, and now she can't find it anymore.

When Wu Qiuju began to send people to look for the river lantern, it was also done secretly, but after looking for a long time and there was no news, he was inevitably anxious, so he stepped up his efforts, so that many people knew that he was looking for the lamp.

Qin Xiangzhong's heart sank when he knew it, this river lantern naturally would not be what Wu Qiu wanted, but only what Mo Yan asked him to find.

He waved away his subordinates, walked to the dark compartment in the study, opened the dark compartment and took out the river lamp, the river lamp was already a little yellowed because of the long time.

He looked at the river lamp in his hand, and his heart was full of bitterness, did she regret coming to find this river lamp now?

In fact, when he dreamed back at midnight, he couldn't help but ask himself, was he doing the right thing? But thinking that this was Mo Yan's will, he didn't think about it anymore, if Mo Yan regretted it now, what else could he insist on?

He put the lantern on the table, and sat all night in front of it, until the light was light, and then he sighed and entered the palace with it.

Mo Yan's eyes lit up when he saw the river lantern, and he asked him happily. "I haven't found this river lamp for a long time, but I didn't expect you to help me find it, you must have put a lot of effort and hard work. ”

Qin Xiangzhong looked at her happy look, and said bitterly in his mouth: "It's also a coincidence, the minister heard that Niangniang was looking for this river lamp, so he sent someone out to look for it, but he didn't expect to find it, the person who found the river lamp was illiterate, and he didn't know that this was the palace lamp he found, so he just looked at the exquisite workmanship and put it at home." ”

"I see. Mo Yan nodded, "No wonder no one sent it back to the palace, it turned out to be like this." ”

As soon as Qin Xiangzhong left, Mo Yan couldn't wait to open the base of the river lamp, took out the note to watch, and saw the words written on it, she shed tears, when they were incompatible, his wish was simply to hope that he would be safe and happy.

The note reads: May my wife be safe and obedient, and I will have no worries for a lifetime. Simple but affectionate.

Moon Shadow came in and reminded her, "It's not too early, it's time for the mother to go to the morning court." ”

"Got it, here it is. She wiped the tears from her face, carefully folded the note and put it in a brocade box, and turned to leave.

A few days later, Qin Xiang resubmitted the recital, requesting to resign from the post of Tai Lieutenant and go to the border pass. Mo Yan looked at the persuasion a few times, and knew that he had made up his mind, so he sighed and went with him.