Lu Ruxue is not the first time to come to Xiaoling, when the emperor first ascended the throne, she accompanied the queen and came here to worship the ancestors. Xiaoling is close to the Purple Mountain, north of Dulong Everest, south of Meihua Mountain, is a good place for pine forest sponge extension, Zhong Lingyu Xiu.

There are more than 5,000 people in the garrison of the filial piety mausoleum, raise a thousand heads of deer, enjoy the perennial smoke in the hall, the pavilions in the mausoleum are connected, and the momentum is extraordinary.

Lu Ruxue got off the car in the lower horse workshop, passed the Shenlie Mountain Monument, the Great Golden Gate, bypassed the Shinto stone carvings through the Sifang City, entered the Lingxing Gate, crossed the Yuhe Bridge, and worshipped at the Xiangdian Palace.

It took nearly two hours to go back and forth for more than four miles, kneeling and worshipping and worshipping incense. Only then did Bai Guang lead the way, return according to the original way, go out of the horse workshop, and arrive at his own place of settlement.

For safety, Mu Xuanyang placed his wife's residence next to Xiaolingwei's station, in a small courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles.

This courtyard was originally the residence of the commander of Xiaolingwei. Because of this command history, he has some friendship with the ministers who advocate the deposition of the crown princess and other ministers. So before Lu Ruxue came, the prince made an excuse and demoted out of Beijing.

Today's Xiaolingwei commander Shi is the prince's confidant, Zhou Xinwen, who was born in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.

Zhou Xinwen was exceptionally promoted, and he knew in his heart that the prince wanted him to take over Xiaolingwei, but he was not dissatisfied with him, let alone wanted him to come here to guard the tomb.

Instead, he was sent to protect the safety of Concubine Lubian. Just look at the prince's order to seal the close guard Zang Feng and guard thousands of households for filial piety, you can know the key to this.

Therefore, the first thing Xinwen and the new official did when he took office this week was to vacate the courtyard of the original commander. And according to the prince's will, it was renovated and left for the concubine to live.

The prince was very satisfied with Zhou Xinwen's knowledge, and rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver.

Xiaoling Wei originally had thousands and hundreds of households, and there were many dissatisfied with this new official and the crown princess who was demoted. didn't wait for Lu Ruxue to arrive, and they were all solved by Zhou Xinwen.

The prince will not say these things to his wife, and Lu Ruxue will not ask in detail. A wise woman should know what she needs to understand and when to pretend to be confused.

After the sacrifice, Bai Guang led the way back to the residence. first met with Zhou Xinwen and other thousands of households, hundreds of households.

"Lord Zhou has worked hard, and I will have to be taken care of by Lord Lao in the future. Lu Ruxue nodded politely and thanked her.

Zhou Xinwen dared to accept thanks, got up and excused himself, and didn't even dare to say it. The prince gave orders again and again, and the next day he sent someone to inform him, and the official would never dare to take it lightly. During the period when Niangniang was guarding the mausoleum, if there was a need, she just sent someone to inform her. ”

"How dare you have Lord Lao Zhou, it's just that I have a servant under me, who usually sends some fresh vegetables and fruits every once in a while, and I also have to ask Lord Zhou to make it convenient. ”

In addition to being a vegetarian every day, Lu Ruxue also has to copy scriptures and worship the Buddha, and according to the order, she must not leave without permission, let alone meet outsiders.

But even if she said that Lu Feng was her minion, she was not an outsider. The visible and the invisible, all in Zhou Xinwen's sentence.

"This is nature, this is nature!" Zhou Xinwen nodded again and again, thinking that this concubine on the side of the land did not have any arrogance, nor did she make any excessive requests, but she was a master who was easy to serve.

Before he came to take office, he inquired about the former crown princess carefully among the teachers in Beijing. But there is everything to say, when he doesn't see anyone, he is not very stable in his heart, he is afraid that this concubine on the side of the land will be degraded, and he is angry, so he has to give him some face.

But seeing it at this moment, the concubine on the side of the land was full of kindness, and there was no trace of sadness on her face because she was demoted. Even Zhou Xinwen felt that the words of the concubine on the side of the land were like going out to listen to a play, revealing a sense of comfort.

I feel that the rumors are not to be believed, "Ming'er is a slave of the mother, and the official ordered someone to give him a waist card of filial piety, which will save a lot of trouble in and out in the future." ”

"Then thank you Lord Zhou!" "Walking through such a back door and borrowing some light, it is harmless, and I don't have much affection. Lu Ruxue happily thanked her, and asked her a few more words, and then served tea to the guests.

Zhou Xinwen took a few thousand households, silently walked out of the "Aoshuang Garden" that had changed the name of the hospital, and returned to Xiaolingwei.

"My lord, this concubine on the side of the land is such a big driver!" Although these thousands of households have never been on the battlefield, they are also generals with swords and spears, and they are not used to seeing a woman, sitting there, high up.

"But no, I heard that this woman was originally the crown princess, but she offended the emperor, so she was demoted and demoted here to guard the tomb for Emperor Gaozu and Empress Xiaoci. I really thought I was still the crown princess!"

One person complained, and several thousands of households followed suit.

"Okay, if you still want to eat this bowl of official rice, keep your mouth shut for me. Don't look at this landside concubine offended the emperor, but the prince is very fond of the landside concubine. ”

"Let the people under his hands be in good spirits, this concubine Lu is only afraid that there will be a comeback. For those of us who will smoke from the ancestral grave, whether we will soar in the future, or whether we will guard the mausoleum here for the rest of our lives, it all depends on whether we can protect this side concubine. ”

Most of the soldiers who can come here to guard the mausoleum are not from high backgrounds, and some capable people will not be willing to stay here, and they will not have a chance to come out in their lives.

So I heard Lord Zhou say that as long as they protect the concubine on the side of the land, they may be able to leave here, and I still don't believe it.

But this Lord Zhou Xinwen didn't do it with the envoy of the Five Military Governor's Mansion, and came here to guard the mausoleum, and he had a reason to come.

Although a few thousand households were suspicious, they still obeyed the order and told their subordinates to restrain the soldiers and not offend this concubine.

In the "Aoshuang Garden", Bai Guangzheng called a group of little eunuchs to clean the courtyard.

Cai Sang led the red dust, red new, red fruit, red treasure, placed in the cage, one by one registered storage.

Cai Qing's envoy called Hanxiao, Water Lily, Tielan, Zitan, and some small palace maids brought out of the palace to clean the house and prepare lunch.

Lu Ruxue was strolling leisurely, and walked around in the second courtyard. The flowers and trees in the back garden have been cut down, and the soil is freshly renovated.

Mu Xuanyang said before leaving the palace that these places were reserved for his wife to grow herbs. He also specially sent a few little eunuchs who had tended to the flowers and plants.

There is a lotus pond in the back garden, and dozens of koi fish are raised in the pond. Lu Ruxue was tired of walking, sitting in the pavilion by the pond, looking at the fish playing in the middle of the wall, and the fragrance of the earth lingered in her nose.

In a trance, I remembered Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", "The good fields are beautiful, the ponds are mulberry bamboo, and the grass is colorful." ”

was looking at it in a daze, and suddenly Caiqing's voice came from his ears, "Niangniang, this stone bench is cold, the slave maid will give you a brocade mat!"

Lu Ruxue was called back to her senses, got up with a smile, and took a brocade mat from Cai Qing under her body, and added a cloak to her body.