Chapter 334 Woe

The chamberlain came out quietly, bowed down, and did not look at King Cheng, and his voice clearly conveyed the emperor's will,

"Lord Cheng, the emperor invites you in."

King Cheng came to his senses, and the emperor invited him in? Is the emperor still alive? The emperor is still alive

King Cheng took a few deep breaths, jumped up the steps in a few steps, paused, took another deep breath, closed his eyes and slowly exhaled, calmed his excitement, and followed the chamberlain into the hall.

Zhou Jingran strode to the front, he couldn't wait to step into the Ruisi Palace, the inner attendant bowed, the small broken steps moved very fast, followed closely behind Zhou Jingran, Tang Xiang and Yan Xiang carried their robes, and trotted all the way behind the inner attendant, and the front of the palace commanded Cao Chengbiao to follow Yan Xiang in a big stride, and the group rushed to Ruisi Palace.

A few steps away from Ruisi Palace, Zhou Jingran bumped into Cheng Guifei head-on, and hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother with tears on his face, Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Yan Cheng glanced at each other, quietly took two steps back, and took two steps back, Cao Chengbiao looked at Zhou Jingran while aiming at the two prime ministers, and then retreated.

Cheng Guifei looked up at her son, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice:

"King Cheng is inside, the emperor reassures me, don't worry about the palace, hurry up."

Zhou Jingran's heart fell, his eyes shrank slightly, and he said softly, and whispered:

"Mother Beware"

Cheng Guifei nodded, took half a step back, looked up at her son, turned around and helped the female official's hand into the sedan chair, and went straight back to Yuncui Palace.

Zhou Jingran stood straight, for a moment, turned around, looked at Tang Xiang and the others who were more than ten steps away from him, with a cold face, turned around and walked into Ruisi Palace.

The courtyard of Rui Si Palace was full of waiters who bowed their heads and lowered their hands, and at the door of the main hall, four personal attendants hung their hands and guarded, seeing Zhou Jingran and Tang Chengxiang and others coming in, the waiters who were guarding the outermost hurriedly greeted the courtyard, bowed down to salute, and reported in a low voice:

"Lord Jing, the emperor is fine."

Zhou Jingran closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, Prime Minister Tang raised his hand to wipe his sweat, the emperor's major affairs have not been explained, at this time, nothing can happen.

The four of them were restless, only to hear a loud shout in the hall, King Cheng's roar came out clearly, Zhou Jingran's eyes suddenly sharpened, pointed at the waiter at the door, and commanded:

"Come in and wait for the emperor"

The four attendants guarding the door rushed in, squeezed together at the door, and squeezed in, Zhou Jingran was about to rush in, King Cheng rushed out angrily, Cao Chengbiao reacted very quickly, and rushed to Zhou Jingran with a brisk step, staring at King Cheng, and protecting Zhou Jingran behind him, King Cheng paused slightly, his eyes were on fire, he stared at Zhou Jingran fiercely, and strode out of the Ruisi Palace.

Zhou Jingran didn't care about King Cheng, took a few steps up the steps, and rushed into the hall.

On the bed in the hall, the emperor was lying upright, the imperial doctors had already come in, the imperial doctor was half-kneeling in front of the bed, his face was full of cold sweat and his pulse was diagnosed, Zhou Jingran threw himself in front of the bed, looked at the pale and unconscious emperor, and was sad from the heart, and fell on the bed and cried bitterly.

Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Yan Cheng glanced at each other, and turned their heads together to stare at Song Yizheng, Song Yizheng's nervous Adam's apple was rolling, his throat was dry, and he barely squeezed a few words.

"The emperor is weak, he doesn't dare to use needles, and he doesn't know ......"

Tang Chengxiang took a few steps forward, squeezed Song Yizheng's arm tightly, lowered his voice, and said anxiously:

"In any case, we have to make the emperor wake up"

Song Yizheng nodded hurriedly, kept nodding, and Prime Minister Yan stepped forward to help Zhou Jingran, and persuaded in a low voice:

"Don't cry at this time, you have to preside over the overall situation, this palace has to be sealed first."

Zhou Jingran straightened up, turned his head with sweat on his face and looked at the chief waiter standing at the head of the bed, and ordered Prime Minister Yan:

"I'm very disturbed, this Ruisi Palace, in this palace, you listen to Yan Yan's dispatch."

The chief waiter immediately bowed down and agreed, turned his gaze, and looked at Prime Minister Yan Cheng inquiringly, Prime Minister Yan took a few steps back, called the chief waiter over, and gave a low command for a while, the chief waiter agreed, turned around and went out to arrange.

Cao Chengbiao stood behind Zhou Jingran, turned his head to look at a few people, thought about it, moved to Zhou Jingran's side, and suggested in a low voice:

"Lord Wang, do you want to go out and make arrangements?"

Zhou Jingran closed his eyes and sighed,

"Well, you listen to the arrangement of the prince of Runan."

Cao Chengbiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Changyi agreed, and quietly retreated.

Several imperial doctors took turns to diagnose the emperor's pulse, gathered together, muttered and discussed for a while, and Doctor Song came over and bowed down to report:

"Lord, the emperor's body is extremely weak, just now he was in a hurry, and he fainted for a while, if he uses a needle at this time, I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to bear it, or ...... First...... Wait, wait, maybe wake up in a moment. ”

Imperial Physician Song breathed nervously, Zhou Jingran sat sideways on the edge of the bed, staring at his comatose father, closed his eyes, and agreed.

Several people were anxious for two or three hours, the emperor's breathing calmed down, but he didn't wake up, Prime Minister Tang looked at Prime Minister Yan Cheng who was also anxious, the two moved to the corner of the hall, and muttered a few words, Prime Minister Yan walked to Zhou Jingran's side and suggested in a low voice:

"Lord, you can't delay it, you have to let the emperor wake up, use a needle."

Zhou Jingran looked at his unconscious father sadly, and stayed for a long time before he nodded slowly, Doctor Song was turning his head to look at Imperial Physician Wang, Imperial Physician Wang smiled bitterly and said in a low voice:

"Lord Song, it's still you, my legs are weak."

Doctor Song walked to the bed hard, took the silver needle handed by Imperial Doctor Hu, adjusted his breath a few times, pinched the silver needle, and steadily pierced the big hole on the emperor's head, Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Prime Minister Yan Cheng raised their hearts to their throats, staring at the emperor's face tightly, Zhou Jingran held his father's hand tightly, and looked at the more and more silver needles on his father's head with heartache.

The silver plunged into it, swirled, and pulled it out, and after a while, Imperial Doctor Song's back was soaked with cold sweat.

The emperor shook suddenly, suddenly exhaled, and opened his eyes.

Zhou Jingran hurriedly stood up, half-kneeling and fell in front of the emperor's ****,

"Father, are you awake?"

The emperor closed his eyes, exhaled slowly, let his son hold his hand, gathered strength for a while, opened his eyes, looked at Prime Minister Tang and Prime Minister Yan Cheng who looked at him, and spit out words very slowly,

"...... under the pillow"

The two prime ministers immediately understood, the chamberlain held the emperor's head very lightly, changed the pillow and came out, the two prime ministers hurriedly dismantled the pillow, took the axe yellow silk holy decree out, unfolded it, and held it in front of the emperor and Zhou Jingran, the emperor gathered his scattered eyes and took a look,

"Yes."

Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Prime Minister Yan Cheng breathed a long sigh of relief, rolled up the holy decree, and knelt on the ground with their arms, Zhou Jingran's heart completely relaxed, and tears fell on the yellow silk quilt like rain.

The emperor closed his eyes, slowly eased his breath for a while, opened his eyes, looked at Zhou Jingran, and said with difficulty:

"Ah Cheng ......"

Tears rolled out of the corners of the emperor's eyes,

"Father...... I'm sorry for him. ”

Zhou Jingran held his breath, looked at the emperor, and waited for him to give orders, the emperor looked at the roof with blank eyes, sighed softly, and slowly closed his eyes.

Zhou Jingran felt a thick ominous feeling in his heart, and hurriedly turned his head, his voice had changed,

"Doctor Father"

Doctor Song rushed over, pressed his trembling hand on the emperor's wrist, stayed for a moment, fell to his knees, and his lips trembled for a long time before he spoke,

"Mountain...... Collapse. ”

Zhou Jingran's eyes were dark, and he threw himself on the bed, Song Yizheng hurriedly hugged it, stretched out his hand to pinch Zhou Jingran's middle man, Prime Minister Yan signaled to the chief attendant, and together with Prime Minister Tang Cheng, he hurriedly took off the auspicious clothes of the New Year's Day and wore them back.

Zhou Jingran woke up, several chamberlains had already moved a chair over, helped him sit on the chair, Zhou Jingran sat in a daze, his eyes were dazed with a hint of indifference, looking at his father who seemed to be just asleep, his eyes slowly moved over his father, looking at the palace, this palace, he rarely came, his father was rarely here, and his father was always at his mother's place......

Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Prime Minister Yan Cheng cried a few times according to the ceremony, this is not the time to be sad, the two discussed in a low voice for a moment, bowed Zhou Jingran, and ordered someone to invite King Xin, King Min and King Runan to enter the palace immediately, King Cheng left angrily, outside, still in the wind and rain.

The New Year's Day of the thirty-ninth year of Tianxi passed like this.

Cheng Ke sent the little servant back to the palace with peace of mind, and Li Xiaonuan briefly explained the things in and out of the palace, the first emperor on New Year's Day Shen Chu left, left a will, Zhou Jingran ascended the throne in front of the spirit, King Cheng came out of the palace, and even the palace did not return, so he took Zhou Shixin, under the escort of the attendants, out of the city, and went to the north three roads, Qianyue chased after him with people.

Li Xiaonuan sighed, the old monk is really unreliable, this battle can't be avoided, King Cheng went out of the city early in the morning, Qianyue can catch up, but I'm afraid I can't hurt him.

Li Xiaonuan sent peace of mind back, got up and went to Ruizi Hall, the old lady had changed into plain clothes, and was standing in the small Buddha hall with incense, Li Xiaonuan quietly entered the Buddha Hall, took a few old incense sticks from Mama Bai's hand, lit them, held them in her hands, closed her eyes and said goodbye to the emperor, prayed a few words, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

The old lady sighed heavily, picked up the crutches leaning against the offering table, raised it up and looked at it, and sighed:

"In the blink of an eye, it's the first emperor, this person!"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly stepped forward to hold the old lady, wanting to persuade her, but she didn't know where to persuade her, the old lady put down her crutches, tried to be on crutches, turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan with a sad face, and persuaded her,

"Silly girl, birth, old age, sickness and death, but all things are reincarnated, there is the joy of life, there must be the sorrow of death, the ancestors also have the day to leave, who can you do without? If our ancestors and grandchildren are destined, maybe we can still be grandchildren in the next life. ”

"Even if I become an ancestor again, my ancestors won't remember me."

Li Xiaonuan muttered lowly.

Chapter 335: Heartbreak

Li Xiaonuan took the old lady back to the east room of the main house, the old lady sat on the couch, took the tea offered by Mama Bai and took a sip, looked at Li Xiaonuan and ordered:

"Later today, there should be a will in the palace, early tomorrow morning, the internal and external women, all go in to cry and mourn, tomorrow I will go with your mother, you can tell the sick, there must be someone at home to watch, your mother can't."

"It's better for me to accompany my mother, the ancestor is old, where can he stand it."

Li Xiaonuan replied in a low voice, the old lady looked out of the window attentively, and after a while, she turned her head, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and sighed,

"I'll go, say goodbye to the emperor, do my best, besides, I don't worry about Ah Ran."

"Well, the old ancestor will go tomorrow for a day, and I will go the day after tomorrow."

The old lady stretched out her hand to stroke Li Xiaonuan's sideburns, sighed and nodded.

Cheng Ke didn't return to Qinglian Courtyard until the third watch, while going to the cloak, he shouted that he was hungry, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly asked people to send the prepared meals, Cheng Ke ate a big meal, held a cup of tea, leaned comfortably on the Luohan bed, and motioned for Li Xiaonuan to sit beside him,

"King Cheng has entered the boundary of the North Third Road, Qianyue has not caught up, Lord Cao and I have been busy in the military department for this day, I have to quickly transfer troops to the north, you let people pack up my things, tomorrow morning, I have to live in the military camp outside the city, except for the five or six thousand people in the capital, the other soldiers and horses have to be transferred from all over the place, you have to be tighter, the soldiers and horses have arrived, if you can practice for two days, alas! It's really going to be a fight. ”

Cheng Ke sighed, Li Xiaonuan stretched out his hand to stroke Cheng Ke's eyebrows, and said gloomily:

"Just hit it."

"It's also a helpless thing, don't worry, this matter, me and Xiaojing...... I thought of it two years earlier with the emperor, and I have been slowly arranging and scheduling, except for the North Third Road, people are arranged elsewhere, but I can't transfer troops in advance, and the emperor is in a hurry. ”

Cheng Ke comforted Li Xiaonuan, but his brows furrowed, Li Xiaonuan moved, next to Cheng Ke, buried his head in Cheng Ke's arms, was silent for a long time, and then asked in a low voice:

"Chengwang Mansion? There are only three women left, Princess Cheng, and they also look like it? ”

"Hmm."

"Who's else? Today I heard that I took someone. ”

"Well, I took the military department book, Shilang, and some, take it down and lock it up first, now it's very time, it's good for them to be locked up first, the Lin family, Jingbei Wangfu, the Xu family, and a few others, it must be seen for a while, and the will of King Xuancheng to return to Beijing for the funeral has been sent out, all of them are ...... Had to do. ”

Li Xiaonuan sighed softly and did not answer, Cheng Ke reached out and stroked her back, and explained in a low voice:

"It's okay, the emperor has won the hearts of the people in recent years, and now the court has Tang Xiang and Yan Xiang stable, there is no obstacle in political affairs, the capital garrison is in the hands of Lord Cao and his father, and there is no hindrance, and there is no worry in the south, except for the three roads in the north, the emperor has been carefully arranging in recent years, in the past two years, with Yan Xiang and Tang Xiang secretly helping, there is no hindrance, if it is not for King Cheng to escape from the capital, alas, this war, in the end, did not avoid the past!"

Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes and nodded.

Before dawn the next day, Li Xiaonuan got up, checked the things that Cheng Ke wanted to bring again, ate with him, and sent him to the door, Cheng Ke reached out and grabbed her,

"Don't worry, this battle, you just have to rest assured, I and the emperor have been preparing for the past few years, this is a long time planned, and now the emperor has the advantage of the central government, the benefit of the people, there is no reason to be invincible in this battle, but it is good to be able to fight quickly, otherwise, those tribes in the north are afraid to take advantage of the situation to enter the ......"

Cheng Ke paused, Li Xiaonuan reached out and pulled his cloak, and said with a smile:

"I'm relieved, with you going, what else do I have to worry about, you yourself should be more careful, King Cheng has fought for so many years, and he is a ruthless corner, he treats human life like a mustard, don't take it lightly."

Cheng Ke nodded, stared at Li Xiaonuan for a while, and said in a low voice:

"When this battle is over, I won't receive any more errands, and I won't leave the capital!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and pushed him,

"You can finish this battle first, and then let's go."

Cheng Ke turned around and walked out of the weeping flower gate and strode out.

The joy of the Spring Festival, in a blink of an eye, turned into a piece of white flowers, the whole capital, the streets and alleys, can no longer see a trace of red festivity, each household received the red lanterns, hung the plain white lanterns out, the big family of the high gate was busy painting the vermilion gate overnight, put away the red lanterns, red silk and green belts and other things with a little bit of joy, the inside and outside of a plain white, the streets and alleys of the capital are dressed up in plain white.

The palace is even more white, the sound of crying is endless, civil and military officials, internal and external women, return every morning to night, crying and mourning after hard work, and constantly bowing and mourning according to the hour.

The old lady of Runan Wangfu had snow-white hair, was dressed in plain clothes, and was on crutches, crying for the first day, she entered the palace early, knelt in front of the spirit, and shed tears without waiting to mourn, Cheng Guifei, who is now the Empress Dowager Cheng, hurriedly helped the ground to help the old lady, Zhou Jingran hurriedly stood up, helped the old lady up with her mother, and persuaded in a low voice with red and swollen eyes:

"The ancestor is old, please mourn, I will send you to the side hall to rest for a while."

The old lady looked at Zhou Jingran, patted Zhou Jingran's arm heavily, nodded, and was helped into the side hall by him.

Empress Dowager Cheng gave a few words to the female official in a low voice, followed closely behind, took the tea from the female official's hand, and gave it to the old lady, watching the female officials and attendants retreat, before sitting down next to the old lady and whispering:

"Mother is old, why is she here?"

"It's okay, I'm in good health, I want to come and see you, look at Xiaojing, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I can't put my mind at ease."

The old lady sighed, looked at Empress Dowager Cheng, turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran who was standing next to her, sighed heavily, reached out to hold Zhou Jingran's hand, and patted it lightly a few times,

"It's hard for you."

Zhou Jingran was stunned, with tears in her eyes, she lowered her head and did not speak, Empress Dowager Cheng turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran, sighed as if she didn't have anything, and said in a low voice:

"You go get busy, I'll talk to my mother, don't be too tired, I'm afraid that it will be hard for a few years."

Zhou Jingran agreed in a low voice, arched his hand, turned around and walked out of the side hall, went to the spirit and put incense on the pillar again, raised a round of mourning, and then helped the inner servant and went to the front hall, the front hall, Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Prime Minister Yan Cheng's eyes were red, and together with the six Shangshu, they were waiting for the new emperor Zhou Jingran, countless things that were either important, or urgent, or could only be decided by the emperor, were waiting for him to make the final decision.

On the right side of the spiritual seat, where the daughters-in-law guarded the spirit, Meng knelt in the front, crying high and low, his eyes swept over Dai and Sun who were half a step behind her from time to time, Dai and Sun ignored Meng, while crying, while paying attention to the movements of the Empress Dowager Cheng, lest they miss a half.

Princess Cheng knelt behind Sun with a blank face, staggering her head to the ground, motionless, as if she was just a statue.

Zhou Wanruo was next to her mother, her fingers were picking at the flat ground, she was extremely cold, she didn't know whether it was cold or afraid, her body kept trembling slightly, she moved, leaned over to her mother, and squeezed again, as if she wanted to squeeze into her mother's arms. Princess Cheng was squeezed by her to straighten up slightly, turned her head, looked at her daughter calmly, moved her hand on the ground, held her daughter's hand and pinched it, her daughter's hand was cold, and her hand was also cold.

Xu knelt down behind Princess Cheng without moving, as if he was dead.

Princess Xin knelt in the seat behind Princess Cheng, her face was blue and gray with loneliness and calm, her hands were on the ground, as if she was supporting her body very hard, and Concubine Qian's eyes were still with panic, only looking at Princess Xin, she cried and she cried, and she worshiped her.

Princess Min was quiet and silent, as usual, kneeling at the back very unobtrusively, following the sound of etiquette, bowing meticulously, holding up mourning.

Empress Dowager Cheng came out of the side hall, paused, slowly swept past the daughters-in-law kneeling together, and then turned her head to look at the inner and outer wives kneeling in the felt tent outside the hall, and turned her head to instruct the inner servants,

"Make more charcoal pots and send them over, the ground is cold, one mat per person."

The waiter respectfully agreed, and after a while, more than a dozen waiters carried charcoal basins and sent them in one after another, and put them in the hall and felt tents.

Zhou Wanruo held her mother tightly, followed Princess Cheng into the car, turned around and lifted the curtain slit, watched Xu get into the car behind her, and couldn't help but spit hatefully, Princess Cheng's face was tired and unusually crooked on the pillow, and she didn't even want to open her eyes.

Zhou Wanruo moved to her mother's side and gently beat her mother's legs,

"My mother has a leg injury and has been kneeling for a day......"

"Mother is fine."

Princess Cheng opened her eyes, looked at her daughter lovingly and sadly, reached out to stroke her hair, and leaned her on her shoulder.

"They all say golden branches and jade leaves, alas!"

Princess Cheng let out a long sigh, Zhou Wanruo leaned on her mother, tears fell like beads,

"Mother, I'm not afraid, I'm really not afraid, but once I die, I'm not afraid at all."

"Hmm."

Princess Cheng looked at her daughter, opened her mouth, and didn't say anything, but tears fell, the day of the army in the north is the day when their mother and daughter die? How many more days can there be? The daughters are not yet adults, and there are sons, sons who are far away in the south, has the emperor summoned him back for the funeral? Is it a funeral, but also a rush to Huangquan Road? Her two children, these two children, how can she endure this heart?!

Princess Cheng hugged her daughter tightly and couldn't cry.

Early the next morning, Li Xiaonuan got up early, wore a thick and soft legging pants, and carefully hung the purse with delicate snacks, Qingshen pills and other things in the skirt for Li Xiaonuan.

Chapter 336: Death and Resurrection

Li Xiaonuan knelt behind the princess, extremely cautious and rude, full of sadness, the new emperor ascended the throne, Runan Wangfu was immediately hot, Li Xiaonuan was at home yesterday, and beat the palace inside and outside, big and small, and let Li Fugui and Uncle Ting tightly bind the stewards in her shop.

The princess was sad from the bottom of her heart, and her tears never stopped, Li Xiaonuan swept the Empress Dowager Cheng and several princesses out of the corner of her eyes, and watched the surroundings vigilantly.

Princess Cheng cried lowly, her suppressed cry was full of sadness, and the people who listened to it were extremely sad, Li Xiaonuan danced and worshipped, sweeping Princess Cheng who was kneeling in front of her side and Zhou Wanruo, who was next to Princess Cheng, her heart was sour, and she lowered her eyes, her grief, no one could help.

The female officer led Li Xiaonuan to the back to clean the room, Li Xiaonuan came out, cleaned her hands, hung her head slightly, followed the female officer back to the main hall, just turned a corner, Zhou Wanruo followed a female official to face her, Li Xiaonuan looked at her warmly, and greeted her with a chin that seemed to be absent, Zhou Wanruo paused at her feet, suddenly burst out of joy in surprise, bit her lip, took two steps towards Li Xiaonuan, and bent her knees to salute.

Li Xiaonuan's heart swelled with a thick sourness, such a proud little girl...... Li Xiaonuan hurriedly reached out to caressed Zhou Wanruo, and comforted her in a low voice.

"Xu Yi also said yesterday that it will be two years before I can see the lights upstairs again."

Zhou Wanruo's lips twitched a few times, Li Xiaonuan patted her hand lightly, and went straight back to the main hall.

In the evening, a misty drizzle fell down, enveloping a white ocean of palace, so that in this sorrow, there was a lot of depression, this sorrow and depression spread out from the majestic palace, covering the entire capital.

Zhou Wanruo followed her mother into the car, impatiently next to her mother, and said in a low voice about her chance encounter with Li Xiaonuan,

“…… Mother! Look for her, don't you keep saying that she's the smartest person? Now that Runan Wangfu is so imposing, she must have a way, mother! Why don't I go with my grandmother? Otherwise, let's just say I'll go find Sister Xuyi, mother, there must be a way, you have to give it a try, and brother, let's try? ”

Princess Cheng looked at her daughter, tears fell down like beads with broken threads, and she choked for a long time before she spoke.

"Silly girl, this is not a smart or unsmart thing, no one can help us, no one can help, not even the Queen Mother, don't think so much, this is our life!"

"Mother! Always try! Mother, just think about your brother! Didn't you teach me that you have to try everything with your heart and your best before you can say no? Mother ......"

Before she finished speaking, Zhou Wanruo cried so much that she couldn't speak, and Princess Cheng hugged her daughter and cried together.

In the middle of the night, Princess Cheng sat sideways on the edge of the bed, Zhou Wanruo curled up on the bed, the quilt was tightly tucked, she was already asleep, and in her sleep, she sobbed from time to time, Princess Cheng unconsciously patted her daughter, looking at the darkness in the room with blank eyes, as if to see the light from the darkness.

Counting the days, it is almost time for the prince to enter Taiyuan City, and those who follow him to Taiyuan City must still have the edict of the new emperor, the edict? Hmph, if he is willing to obey the edict, he will not flee back to Taiyuan Mansion!

In the past 30 years, he has regarded himself as the prince for more than 30 years, he is a concubine, he is a long, he has military merits, his temper is only the fault of others, how could he have missed it? Everyone in the world is his subjects, thunder and rain are all blessings, his reward is a blessing, and his killing is also a blessing!

Princess Cheng shuddered, she thought far away, these days, she is always in a trance, Princess Cheng sighed lowly, turned her head to look at the silhouette of her daughter in the dark, at this time, her daughter fell asleep, and she breathed and breathed very quietly, in the future, she must find a family for her daughter, and never let her family bully her, she is the same as the princess of Runan, she is also a short-term protector, Princess Cheng suddenly breathed out in pain, she has no chance to protect her short, daughter ...... No need to marry!

Princess Cheng covered her face with a handkerchief, her eyes were sore, but she couldn't shed tears, she always had to try, she had to try! Gotta try! Princess Cheng stood up, walked to the window, stretched out her hand and pushed the window open, and a gust of wind swept the rain on her face, drenching Princess Cheng's hot face, making her sober up and gradually calm down.

This may be the only way, put it to death and live later, at least, you can live a long life!

Princess Cheng turned her head, through the darkness, as if she could clearly see her daughter's frowning brows in her sleep, her Wan'er, if things fail, her Wan'er, she will take it away, go together! On Huangquan Road, she can also have her care.

Princess Cheng closed her eyes, breathed slowly, her mind turned quickly, and she calmly thought about it step by step.

Outside the window, the drizzle is sprinkled with the wind, moistening the new spring of this new dynasty, in the rain, there are still snowflakes, gradually, the snow flakes are getting denser and denser, bigger and bigger, and they are falling down in a hurry.

Princess Cheng closed the window, went out, stood under the verandah, and watched the snowflakes flying in the sky, falling on the plain white lanterns in the courtyard, falling on the bluestone ground, and piling up quickly.

Princess Cheng slowly descended the steps, standing in the courtyard, the snowflakes kept falling on her head and shoulders, and the girl on duty hurriedly came out with an umbrella, holding her feet, and carefully lifted the umbrella above Princess Cheng's head.

Princess Cheng turned around, walked up the steps in two steps, and indifferently commanded:

"Ask Jin Ling and Yu Jian to come and see me."

The little girl hurriedly agreed, turned around and ran out to call someone.

Princess Cheng returned to the house, raised her hand to stop coming in with the lamp, and was about to wait for her to change her clothes, reached out to take the lamp in the little girl's hand, lifted the curtain and entered the inner room, looked at the sleeping daughter lovingly, came out lightly, handed the lamp to the little girl, turned into the east room, and waited by the girl's mother-in-law to change into dry clothes, sat cross-legged on the couch, drank a cup of hot tea, and quietly waited for her two henchmen to marry the big girl - Jin Ling and Yu Jian.

After a while, Jin Ling and Yu Jian hurriedly came in, Princess Cheng waved away the girl waiting in the house, put down the cup in her hand, turned her head to look at the two, and motioned for the two to sit on the edge of the couch.

"You two followed me when you were seven or eight years old, and I regarded you as sisters in my heart."

Jin Ling and Yu Jian looked at each other in surprise, and Princess Cheng looked at the two of them, and was silent for a moment before continuing:

"Follow me, I haven't had a few days of comfortable life, and now, I have to burden you with no way to live."

"Where is this princess?! Being able to follow the princess and wait for the princess is the blessing of me and Jin Ling, that is, death, death is death, who doesn't die!"

"That is, how did the princess say this? At that time, I and Yu Jian will protect you and the girl from the capital! ”

Jin Ling said simply, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Princess Cheng's mouth, lowered her voice, and said bluntly:

"I want to leave Beijing tomorrow and go to Taiyuan Mansion to find the prince!"

Jin Ling raised her eyebrows in surprise, opened her mouth to speak, and looked at Yu Jian again, Yu Jian frowned, looked at Princess Cheng and asked in a low voice:

"Do you want to bring a girl?"

"Take it, she'll have to follow me."

"The eldest young master?"

"It's for him!"

Yu Jian's eyes flashed brightly, and he turned his head to look at Jin Ling, Jin Ling twisted his brows, looked at Princess Cheng, and then looked at Yu Jian, Yu Jian smiled and pulled her,

"The girl is going to take us to the wolf's den."

Jin Ling blinked her eyes a few times, thought about it, and then understood, turned her head to look at Princess Cheng and asked:

"What about the West Courtyard? Also with it? ”

"What to take her for?"

Yu Jian looked at Jin Ling reproachfully and said, Princess Cheng took a deep breath, slowly spit it out, squinted her eyes, paused for a long time, and commanded in a low voice:

"Tomorrow the two of you stay in the house, quietly order a few that can be beaten and killed, get ready, and when I come back tomorrow, we will leave, quietly, don't alarm people."

Jin Ling and Yu Jian agreed, got up and withdrew.

Princess Cheng sat on the couch and sat for another half an hour before entering the inner room and falling asleep next to her daughter.

The snow fell all night, and when it was dawn, it gradually stopped, the palace had been cleaned, and countless large and small snow bears, snow deer, and snowmen were piled up, and it was another day of crying and dancing, and the sky was getting dark, Princess Cheng looked at Li Xiaonuan, and took her daughter not far behind Li Xiaonuan and Princess Runan, and arrived at the gate of the palace, and got into the car.

Li Xiaonuan was tired in the car, yawned, and was worried that she would cry for a few days.

The car paused suddenly, stopped, cicada wings hurriedly lifted the curtain, and was about to ask, Princess Cheng was wrapped in a coarse cloth cloak, the cloak and hat were tightly covering her face, stretched out her hand to push away the cicada wings, and whispered to Li Xiaonuan:

"It's me, get in the car and talk."

Li Xiaonuan sat up straight all of a sudden, and hurriedly signaled the cicada wings, the cicada wings didn't even care about wearing a cloak, hurriedly jumped out of the car, and went to the back car and a few jade buckles to sit.

Princess Cheng jumped into the car, lowered the curtain, pushed down her hat, looked at Li Xiaonuan, exhaled softly, and asked with a wry smile:

"Scaring you?"

"It's a bluff, what's the urgency of the princess?"

"Well, I'll have to ask you for help."

Princess Cheng didn't go around in circles, and said bluntly:

"I'm going to Taiyuan Mansion to find our lord back, and I want to ask you for a way."

Li Xiaonuan was stunned for a moment, Princess Cheng looked at her, and then said:

"Don't worry, I won't affect you and Runan Wangfu, you are also a mother, you should understand the heart of a mother, but for the sake of the child, for the sake of the child, what can't we do?!"

Li Xiaonuan had all the flavors in her heart, she didn't know what to say for a while, she stayed for a while, and subconsciously reached out and took Princess Cheng's hand, opened her mouth, but she didn't know where to persuade and how to persuade her, Princess Cheng squeezed Li Xiaonuan's hand hard,

"I'll take Wanruo away, if you can't come back, please take care of some worlds, let him be incognito, just ask for peace."

Chapter 337: Galloping

Li Xiaonuan looked straight at Princess Cheng, sighed for a long time, and suggested in a low voice: "Why don't you let Wanruo come over and be a companion with Xuyi?" ”

"This is your kindness, thank you, you are a reasonable person, I can only take her away."

Princess Cheng wanted to laugh, but sadness surged from the bottom of her heart, this smile and sorrow collided and converged on her face, Princess Cheng's face twitched, and she hurriedly covered her face with her hand, and after a while, she put down her hand and shook her head with despair, "You know, she can only go with me." ”

Li Xiaonuan sighed lowly, and did not persuade again, if Zhou Wan didn't follow her, how could she win the trust of King Cheng? They are husband and wife, after all, it is not her and Cheng Ke.

"When are you going to leave?"

"Tonight."

Princess Cheng raised her chin slightly, suppressed her tears, her face calmed down slightly, and she replied with a secret sigh of relief.

"Well, in an hour, I'll ask someone to come to you, and you can leave me a letter." Li Xiaonuan thought for a while and said in a low voice.

Princess Cheng thought for a while, raised her hand to untie a small but unusually smooth jade gourd around her neck, and handed it to Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan took it, held the jade gourd that still had Princess Cheng's body temperature, looked up at her, and whispered with concern: "Don't come hard, slow down first, find a good opportunity, don't hurt yourself, you still have Wanruo." ”

Princess Cheng smiled miserably, looked at Li Xiaonuan with sad eyes, her lips moved, but she didn't answer, lowered her head, raised her hand to wrap her hat, turned around and lifted the curtain and got out of the car, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly moved forward, picked up a thin slit in the curtain, and looked at Princess Cheng's straight back and disappeared at the corner of the street in a blink of an eye.

Almost immediately, Cicada Wing jumped into the car lightly, looked at Li Xiaonuan with a concerned face, Li Xiaonuan held the jade gourd tightly in his hand, leaned back on the pillow, thought carefully for a long time, and commanded in a low voice: "Tell my mother, I'm going to go to the master's place, let her go back and rest first." ”

Cicada Wing agreed, jumped out of the car, passed the word in the past, came back and instructed the coachman, and then jumped into Li Xiaonuan's car and waited with him, followed Li Xiaonuan's long entourage and mother-in-law behind the car, turned the head of the car, and went to Cheng Ke's military camp.

Princess Cheng turned a few corners before jumping into a very ordinary carriage waiting on a secluded street, Zhou Wanruo hurriedly lifted the curtain from the car, let her mother in, her fingers trembled and helped her untie the cloak, Princess Cheng gently pressed Zhou Wanruo's hand, and whispered: "Mother came by herself, it's okay." ”

Zhou Wanruo breathed a sigh of relief, moved back, took the cloak that Princess Cheng had taken off, flipped it over, and stuffed it into the corner of the car in a mess. Princess Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back on the pillow, closed her eyes, and swayed as the car swayed, contemplating what to do next.

The car entered the palace gate and stopped in the second gate, Princess Cheng got out of the car, Yu Jian stepped forward to support Princess Cheng and her arm, close to her, and said in a low voice: "It's all right." ”

"Well, find a proper mother-in-law, go to the West Courtyard, and say that the master has a letter, let her come over."

Yu Jian agreed, turned around and called a mother-in-law to come over, and commanded in the ear, and the mother-in-law agreed, and trotted to the west courtyard to pass the word.

Princess Cheng returned to the main courtyard with a calm demeanor, and was waited by Jin Ling and Yu Jian to change into a neat short riding costume, and Zhou Wanruo followed her mother closely and also changed into a riding costume. As soon as the two of them packed up, there was a report from the mother-in-law at the door, Xu had already entered the weeping flower door, Princess Cheng stroked her daughter's cheek, and ordered with a relaxed smile: "Go to the house, don't come out, let's leave in a while." Zhou Wanruo obediently agreed, turned around and entered the inner room.

Yu Jian looked at Princess Cheng inquiringly, saw that she nodded, and quietly waved her hand to retreat from the girls waiting in the house, only herself and Jin Ling waited left and right.

The mother-in-law lifted the curtain, Xu's face was pale with anticipation, and the footsteps hurriedly entered the house, Yu Jian half-lowered her eyes, leading her into the east chamber, Princess Cheng was dressed neatly and shortly, sitting on the couch, seeing Xu come in, she didn't talk much, she looked at Jin Ling, drooped her eyelids, Jin Ling flashed out from behind the door of the east chamber, shook the bright red silk rope in her hand, tightly wrapped around Xu's neck, Yu Jian stepped forward, kicked Xu behind her knees, Xu's two hands desperately picked the rope in her neck, and her two eyes protruded and fell to the ground, Princess Cheng picked up the cup, looked at Xu, took a sip of tea slowly, and said lightly: "The master has sent a letter, let you be martyred." ”

Xu's face turned purple as if it was twice as big in an instant, desperately struggling to stare at Princess Cheng, the feather arrow stepped on her head, Jin Ling tightened the red rope hard, Xu's tongue spit out, and his legs kicked straight back a few times, and then he lost his breath, Princess Cheng took a deep breath, put down the cup, and indifferently ordered: "Fill it in the backyard well." ”

Jin Ling and Yu Jian silently agreed, pulled out the cloth bag that had been prepared long ago from behind the door, one opened the mouth of the bag, and the other put Xu in, Yu Jian tightened the mouth of the bag, and Jin Ling lifted the bag together, quietly went out of the door, turned to the back yard of the main courtyard, went out of the corner door, turned around again, put down the bag, Jin Ling walked to a dry well, pushed away the bluestone pressed on it, the two carried Xu and threw it in, and heard a dull ' After the plopping sound, Jin Ling glanced at the feather arrow, and the two carried the bluestone to its place, clapped their hands, and turned around to go back to the main courtyard to resume their lives.

Princess Cheng breathed a long sigh of relief, sat silently on the couch, closed her eyes and thought for a long time, instructed Yu Jian to take the pen and paper, carried the pen, and thought about it with sadness for a long time.

The henchman outside, the mother-in-law, led a tightly wrapped woman who looked like a woman, entered the weeping flower door, and the feather arrow hurriedly took it, and she didn't care about the mother-in-law who passed the word, just stared at the person who looked like the mother-in-law, and asked in a low voice: "Where is the princess?" The person who looked like a mother-in-law nodded as if he didn't have anything, Yu Jian was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved his hand to retreat from the mother-in-law, leading the person into the main house, Princess Cheng was still writing an explanation to Zhou Shiyuan, Yu Jian's voice was full of joy, and he reported in a low voice: "Princess, people are here." ”

Princess Cheng reluctantly stopped the pen, closed her eyes, and nodded while collecting dozens of pieces of paper with more and more messy handwriting, and the feather arrow bent her knees and retreated, leading the person who looked like a mother-in-law into the east chamber. The woman looked like a man took off the cloak outside, it was an ordinary young man, the little guy grinned, holding a crystal clear jade gourd, and offered it, the feather arrow hurriedly stepped forward to take it, handed it to Princess Cheng, Princess Cheng picked up the jade gourd casually, pinched it in the palm of her hand, stared at the little maid tightly, the little maid shook it to the end, and said respectfully: "The young lady ordered, let the little one send the princess out of the city, outside the city, the young lady was also settled, and escorted the princess all the way to Taiyuan Mansion." ”

Princess Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, "Well, okay, let's go." ”

Princess Cheng said, got up and got off the bed, Zhou Wanruo had already secretly hidden behind the curtain in the inner room, staring intently at the movement of the east chamber, listening to Princess Cheng's words, hurriedly lifted the curtain and came out, with a hint of excitement in her apprehension, looking at Princess Cheng, and then turning her head to look at the little girl curiously. Yu Jian and Jin Ling took the cloak and came over, waiting for Princess Cheng and Zhou Wanruo to wear it, and they also wore the cloak, and the little maid still wrapped himself tightly with the cloak in the shape of a mother-in-law, and the group quietly went out of the back corner gate, got on the horse, wrapped cotton cloth on the horse's hooves, and ran silently in the direction of the city gate.

Out of the city, rushed for twenty or thirty miles, the little guy rushed ahead, looked around left and right, suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone, got off the horse, in the forest on the side of the road, quietly came out of a dozen people, and a very inconspicuous, but unusually strong carriage came, the little guy turned the horse's head, ran to Princess Cheng's side, and said in a low voice: "Princess, our young lady ordered, the girl is not used to riding a horse, if you ride all the way like this, I am afraid that the girl will not be able to stand it, or please ask the girl and the princess to get on the car, let's hurry, day and night, and not slow." ”

Princess Cheng turned her head to look at her daughter, who was already panting, sighed and thanked: "Thank you for your young lady's thoughtfulness, so be it." ”

Saying that, he got off the horse and got into the car with Zhou Wanruo, the car was very spacious, covered with thick and soft cushions, snacks and tea were readily available, Zhou Wanruo cheered lowly, Princess Cheng sighed, looked at her daughter with pity, and watched her crooked in the car, and fell asleep after a while.

Princess Cheng lifted the curtain and stared blankly at the sparse starlight in the distance.

Li Xiaonuan crooked in the car, closed his eyes, as if asleep, the cicada wings gently unfolded the bed quilt and covered Li Xiaonuan's body, Li Xiaonuan stretched his body, put himself comfortable, as the car shook slightly, thinking carefully about the bits and pieces that came out of the palace, seemed to sigh, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, Princess Cheng took Zhou Wanruo, rushed to Taiyuan City like a moth to a fire, is he helping her, or is he sending her to Huangquan Road? In this world, there may really be Huangquan Road, and maybe, she can be like herself, and she has gone to another unknown place......

In the early hours of the morning, the people and horses who had rushed around the **** quietly stopped in a small forest to rest, Zhou Wanruo helped her mother get out of the car, and walked slowly around the car, Jin Ling and Yu Jian watched the fire of life cooking, and those strange guards talked and laughed easily, arranging the harness and luggage, and preparing for the next round of galloping. In the post station that was a day's journey away from the group, Qianyue was dressed in black, with a gloomy face, with her hands behind her back, listening intently to the low report of the pale guards who were hurrying, her brows gradually tightened more and more, and she escorted Princess Cheng into Taiyuan Mansion! What is this going to do? Qianyue turned her head, stared at the guard who was passing the word for a while, and instructed indifferently: "Thank you for your hard work, go back and report to the master, and say that you know." The guard agreed, and lowered his hand.

Chapter 338: Scorched Earth

After a few days of driving, Zhou Wanruo fell ill, Princess Cheng was anxious to rush to Taiyuan Mansion, holding the low-temperature Zhou Wanruo forcibly rushed to **** for a day, and in the evening, when she arrived at a very small town, Zhou Wanruo was already hot, and she started a high fever, and the head of the guard chartered an inconspicuous small inn, and hurriedly sent two guards to find the best doctor in the town with Yu Jian.

If Zhou Wan is overworked and frightened, she suffers from the cold, although it is not a difficult disease, but as the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread, and the group is in the small town, and it has been delayed for seven or eight days, Princess Cheng guards her daughter day and night, worried about her daughter, and is also anxious about the situation of Taiyuan Mansion, so anxious that a string of fire bubbles rises at the corner of her mouth, although she is anxious, but if she doesn't wait for her daughter to get better, she will set off, maybe she can't reach Taiyuan Mansion, and she will take her daughter's life, alas, after all, she was raised by Jin Zun and Yugui, and the five concubines of Cheng had to be patient, Waiting for Zhou Wanruo to recover.

Just after the first seven days of the emperor, Zhou Jingcheng proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan Mansion, claiming that Zhou Jingran had conspired against the edict, and the 100,000 documents he begged for were hurriedly handed into the palace.

In the Wende Palace, Zhou Jingran was dressed in filial piety clothes, his hair was scattered, and he stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, with a hint of indifference, listening to Prime Minister Tang Cheng reading King Cheng's crusade against the text, King Runan sat on the first drum stool on the right, half-closed eyes, as if he was recuperating his spirits, with the voice of Prime Minister Tang Cheng in his ears, but his mind turned elsewhere, Prime Minister Yan turned sideways, sat on the drum stool opposite King Runan, twisted his brows and listened carefully to the text, King Xin squinted his eyes, staring closely at Zhou Jingran's back, King Min sat under King Xin, Listened respectfully to the text, and glanced worriedly at the King of Faith who was full of anger from time to time.

Lu Wenlong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood behind Prime Minister Yan Cheng, while listening carefully to the text, while paying attention to the King of Runan, Yang Yuanfeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood extremely regularly, preoccupied with the text and Zhou Jingran, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, Wu Ciyuan, had a thick anger on his face, as if he was about to ask for war immediately, Yao Anqin, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Zhao Junshi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood side by side steadily, listening to the text with a relaxed mind, Cao Qingyi, the secretary of the household department, twisted his brows, touched the fold in his sleeve, and carefully sorted out the grain, grass and silver money again while listening. Prepared for the emperor to ask, this war, the household is very heavy, the first emperor is buried, the new emperor ascends the throne, and the concubine canonized, these ceremonies are all silver, and now they have to fight again!

After Tang Chengxiang finished reading the text, he looked up at Zhou Jingran while rolling it, Zhou Jingran slowly turned around and instructed lightly:

"Let's talk about it first."

Wu Ciyuan was about to speak, but suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly turned his head to stare at Prime Minister Yan, but Prime Minister Yan was looking at Prime Minister Tang, Prime Minister Tang turned his head to look at King Runan, King Runan glanced at King Xin and King Min, looked at Zhou Jingran, and said respectfully:

"Let's listen to the meaning of the two princes first."

King Xin was about to stand up, but King Min pulled his arm and sat back, Zhou Jingran's eyes trembled, and he didn't look at Zhou Jingmin, just stared at Zhou Jingxin, and said gently:

"Second brother, let's talk about it first."

"When the emperor left, you were the only one by his side!"

Prime Minister Tang's face was pale and gray, and he turned his head to look at King Xin and reprimanded sharply:

"It's rude to believe in the prince! How can you and I have a gift with the emperor? ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Yang Yuanfeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then reprimanded:

"You are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and you are in charge of etiquette matters, how can you teach the etiquette of these hundred officials?"

Yang Yuanfeng was busy at Zhou Jingran, confessing his guilt for a long time, Zhou Jingxin's face was pale, biting his lip, staring at Tang Chengxiang with hatred in his eyes, Zhou Jingmin hurriedly pushed him, and eagerly explained:

"Isn't it only the emperor who is here, Tang Xiang, Yan Xiang, and Lord Cao? Big brother, no, that King Cheng is also there, how can you talk to the emperor like this? ”

"The third brother is kind."

Zhou Jingran looked at Zhou Jingxin, his voice was calm with a little coldness,

"The second brother is too sad and sad, let's go back and have a good rest."

Prime Minister Tang Cheng's eyes were full of bitterness, and he hurriedly stood up and suggested:

"Your Majesty, I believe that the prince is too sad for a while, and his mind is lost, so it is better to send him back, so as not to be in a trance and make trouble."

"Hmm."

Zhou Jingran agreed, and the head of the chamberlain standing in the corner of the hall pouted, and several young and strong chamberlains stepped forward, half supporting and half supporting Zhou Jingxin and retreating.

King Runan looked at Prime Minister Tang Cheng, who had grown old in just a few days, sighed as if he didn't have anything, looked at Zhou Jingmin, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingran and suggested:

"Your Majesty, this battle, I'm afraid I can't avoid it, the minister's meaning, let Cheng Ke lead the troops, you see?"

Zhou Jingran turned his head and looked at everyone inquiringly, Prime Minister Yan twisted his beard and wrinkled his brows, as if after extremely serious thinking,

"The minister also thinks that the prince of Runan is the most suitable."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Prime Minister Tang turned his head to look at Cao Qingyi, the head of the household department, and said:

"Your Majesty, the war is fought in the rear, this soldier and horse moves, it is Jinshan Yinshan, Mishan Mianshan, if only the household department and the military department are dispatched separately, I am afraid that Lord Cao and Lord Wu will be too heavy, and second, I am afraid that the dispatch of places outside these two departments is unfavorable, the meaning of the minister, or the logistics of heavy matters, let Yan Xiangtong generalize?"

"Tang Xiang's words are very true, in the end, he has been thinking about it for many years."

Zhou Jingran praised repeatedly, thought about it for a while, looked at Prime Minister Yan, and then turned his head to look at Prime Minister Tang,

"This battle, it must be resolved quickly, not for a long time, Yan Xiang is not as good as you in this overall planning, it is better for you to take charge of the overall scheduling, here in the military department, let the king of Runan help you bother to watch."

Prime Minister Tang hurriedly agreed, secretly relieved in his heart, such a major event, willing to let him coordinate the scheduling, the emperor still trusts him, as long as he trusts, it will be good, after fighting this time, this credit can also keep his family safe.

The clouds of war quietly and quickly hung over the heads of thousands of people in the Yuanhui Dynasty, under the bright light, Li Xiaonuan scattered his hair, leaning on the bed of Luohan, with a few account books and a small abacus in front of him, carefully calculating the silver grain in the hands of the household and himself, as well as the grain in the hands of those merchants on Liangzhejiang Road.

After a long time, Li Xiaonuan closed the account book and sighed heavily, there is really not much food in his hands, it is best not to drag on this war for too long, there is only silver to be made in peacetime, and the wealth of this war is not very peaceful after all.

Taiyuan inside and outside the city, a murderous atmosphere, King Cheng first seven days in the palace enthroned the emperor, countless messengers with King Cheng's letters and countless promises, rushed to the north of the tribes, Taiyuan Mansion is not enough, grain, grass and silver money is extremely scarce, to recapture the world, recapture the capital, he needs the support and help of the tribes in the north.

In the early hours of the morning, in the majestic main hall of the palace, King Cheng was dressed in bright yellow armor, sitting on the throne, Zhou Jingxin held his head high, standing beside King Cheng, King Cheng turned his head and glanced at the generals and civil officials who were standing in a room, and commanded with a high momentum:

"It's only a month or two, and I'll go back to the capital! I want to cleanse the thieves! Send troops to Qin Fenglu, and first take Longzhou Mansion for me! ”

Everyone agreed in unison, King Cheng stood up, strode out of the mansion gate, got on the horse, went out of the city to lead people, and went to Longzhou Mansion on Qinfeng Road to kill.

Princess Cheng took Zhou Wanruo and entered Beisan Road, but before she arrived at Taiyuan Mansion, she heard King Cheng lead troops to kill Qinfeng Road's letter, and a group of more than ten people hurriedly changed the direction and rushed to Longzhou Mansion.

As soon as they entered the boundary of the North Third Road, they had been following the guards who were guarding them, and they took their leave and returned to the capital, a very small caravan, four or five young people who went to visit relatives and friends, and a group of cars not far away, like a traveling companion on a road, and Princess Cheng and his party walked together to rest, Princess Cheng looked at it carefully for a day, breathed a long sigh of relief, and entered the North Third Road, and the princess gave her and Wanruo's Ming Wei, and now it was replaced by a secret guard.

Princess Cheng and her entourage of four people turned around and ran for a few more days before entering the boundary of Qinfeng Road, Princess Cheng was crooked in the carriage, her eyes closed, as if she was sleeping and not sleeping, Zhou Wanruo lifted the curtain and looked back boredly, suddenly, Zhou Wanruo exclaimed in a low voice, the curtain slipped down from her hand, Princess Cheng hurriedly sat up, and hugged her daughter with concern,

"What scared you?"

Zhou Wanruo looked at her mother with a frightened face, raised her finger, wanted to point outside, but seemed to dare not point, Princess Cheng lifted the car curtain suspiciously, and looked out.

The car has entered the boundary of Qinfeng Road, outside, a scorched earth, the village in the distance, as if it is still smoking, on both sides of this road, the originally prosperous market town, was burned to the point that only half of the scorched half of the wall remains, between the broken walls and ruins, there are broken hands and legs everywhere, even on the trees, there are some complete or incomplete men, women and children, in the wind, filled with the stench of burnt flesh.

Princess Cheng shuddered, was hit by a foul smell, her stomach churned and vomited, Zhou Wanruo hurriedly pounced, Princess Cheng pushed her back into the car, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and commanded sharply:

"Sit down, don't look out!"

Princess Cheng tightened the curtain of the car, and Zhou Wanruo flattened her mouth, as if she was about to cry when she touched it.

"Mother, is this all my father's doing? How could he do that? ”

Princess Cheng stretched out her hand to hug her daughter, and was speechless for a long time.

The caravan and the four or five people quietly gathered around the several cars of Princess Cheng and her party, threw away the excess luggage, held the sword, lit the quiver, turned their backs to the car, and marched towards Longzhou Mansion with vigilance and speed.

Along the way, the tragedy continued unabated, occasionally encountering one or two lucky people who survived the catastrophe, but they did not wait for anyone to see clearly, like a frightened bird and fled for a moment without a trace, in addition, almost did not encounter a living creature, and the group seemed to walk in a dead hell.

After walking for two days, in the evening, approaching Longzhou Mansion, Princess Cheng lifted the curtain of the car and asked in a deep voice:

"Which of you is the leader, I have something to say."

A man about twenty years old with an extremely honest face who looked like a scholar pulled a horse, approached Princess Cheng's car, and arched his hand.

"What does the princess command?"

"Follow me into the city, and say that you are a descendant of the king's house."

Chapter 339: Showing the Crowd

The scholar-like person frowned, and was about to speak, when Princess Cheng hurriedly explained in a low voice:

"First, there are many people in the house, and secondly, the prince never bothered to write down people's faces and names, don't worry, at this time, if you turn back and are seen by the spies, something will happen."

The scholar thought for a while, arched his hand and took half a step back, discussed a few words in a low voice with a man about thirty years old and porter-like next to him, turned around, and said with a slight smile:

"Just listen to the princess."

Princess Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and lowered the curtain.

The car continued to rush forward, and walked for another half an hour, and in the distance, the soldiers defending the city shouted loudly, the sound of bowstrings sounded again and again, and dozens of bows and arrows were full, aimed at the group, just waiting for an order, the arrow was about to be shot.

The scholar-like man raised his hand to stop everyone, and stood motionless, Princess Cheng lifted the curtain of the car, jumped out of the car, walked steadily to the front of the line, and shouted:

"I'm the princess Yang, why don't you hurry up and report to the prince!"

The leader of the soldiers on duty put one hand on his forehead, looked suspiciously at Princess Cheng who was standing at the front with a calm bearing, stunned, turned his head to look at the soldiers next to him, several soldiers looked at each other for a moment, the leader of the soldiers did not dare to be good at it, and hurriedly rushed into the city to find the general who guarded the city to report.

Princess Cheng faced the cold wind in the north, tightened her cloak, looked up and looked around, above the gate of Longzhou City, a human-shaped thing fluttered with the wind, Princess Cheng squinted her eyes slightly, carefully looked at the long object, the scholar-like guard carefully moved two steps forward, and said in a low voice:

"It's a person who hangs, and I can't see my face clearly."

Princess Cheng's heart fell straight down like a speeding **** weight, but it couldn't fall to the end, was he crazy? Is this scorched earth all over the place just to be beaten down and kept for hell? Who did he hang on the gates? If a person dies like a lamp goes out, will he humiliate the corpse like this?

Her heart made her a little dizzy, Princess Cheng closed her eyes, turned her head to look at the scholar-like person and asked in a low voice:

"What's your name?"

"The princess calls me Xiao Wu."

Princess Cheng nodded, more than a dozen horsemen rushed out of the city gate in the distance, galloped in the direction of Princess Cheng, and it was a place of shooting, and in a blink of an eye, the middle-aged general who rushed to the front grabbed the reins, raised his hand to stop everyone, and hurriedly jumped off the horse, threw the reins, ran forward for more than ten steps, clasped his hands into fists, and knelt on one knee to salute:

"Please forgive the mother, the subordinate is rude!"

Princess Cheng's body shook slightly, and a faint sneer oozed from the corner of her mouth, mother?! I really don't know whether to live or die! Princess Cheng raised her hand and commanded:

"General Wang has worked hard, can you be in the city?"

"Back to Niangniang, the emperor went out of the city in the morning to drive people away, I don't know if I've come back."

"Exorcism?"

Princess Cheng repeated in disbelief, and General Wang looked up at Princess Cheng and explained in a low voice with bitter eyes:

"This is the emperor's strategy, to drive the people of Qinfeng Road, to rush in the direction of Lizhou Road and Jingnan Road, first, to block the army of the capital, and second,"

General Wang hung his head, his voice low and muffled,

"Second, it is difficult for the hungry people all the way, whether they are good or not."

Princess Cheng's face was pale, she looked at General Wang blankly, and she didn't say anything for a long time, General Wang looked up at Princess Cheng carefully, and said in a low voice with a hint of expectation:

"It's good that Niangniang is here, Niangniang persuaded the emperor...... It's good that the mother is here. ”

Princess Cheng slowly slid down tears from the corners of her eyes, stood with her eyes closed for a moment, then raised her hand and pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, let out a long breath, looked at General Wang, and said in a low voice:

"Let the lady and the family be well."

As she spoke, Princess Cheng turned around and went back to the car, lifted the curtain and jumped into the car.

General Wang's body shook slightly, his face seemed to be happy and sad for a moment, he hurriedly turned around, gestured, and the guards led the horse over, General Wang got on the horse, escorted the group, and slowly walked towards Longzhou City.

Princess Cheng sat in the car, lifted the curtain of the car, and looked carefully outside with a solemn expression, Zhou Wanruo shrank behind her mother obediently, not moving or speaking.

On the city gate, the head down was hanging down, ******, his arms strangely clinging to his head, hanging straight down, his long hair curling in the wind, and the whole person turned and turned with the wind.

The car entered the city gate, and the hanging man turned around with the wind, his face was already dirty, his eyes were round, and his mouth was half open, as if he was still shouting.

Princess Cheng's fingers trembled violently, and she could barely pinch the car curtain, and it was Zhao Yuanming, Qin Fenglu's pacification envoy and governor of Longzhou! Princess Cheng's throat is so dry that she can't even breathe in, he's crazy!

General Wang escorted Princess Cheng, all the way into the Yamen of Longzhou Zhizhou, the car stopped in front of the moon gate in the backyard, General Wang got off the horse, stood respectfully next to him, saw Princess Cheng get out of the car, and reported:

"Niangniang, the emperor has been staying here for the past few days, and the ministers have sent someone to report the letter from Niangniang to the emperor, and ask Niangniang to go in to rest."

"Hmm."

Princess Cheng agreed with a calm face, and General Wang looked up at Princess Cheng with a gloomy face, knelt down on one knee and saluted, and withdrew.

Xiao Wu commanded everyone to carry the few things in the car, while looking around vigilantly, Zhou Wanruo got out of the car, held her mother's arm, and looked around timidly and carefully.

Princess Cheng turned her head and looked around for a moment, gently patted Zhou Wanruo's hand, turned her head, pointed to a few empty houses outside the Moon Gate, and commanded peacefully:

"Xiao Wu, a few of you, you will live here in the future, guarding this moon gate, since there are female dependents, there must be a difference between inside and outside."

Xiao Wu hurriedly agreed, Princess Cheng turned around, pointed to the four guards standing straight in front of the moon gate and ordered:

"From today on, this place will be guarded by Xiao Wu and a few of them, a few of you, two of you will guard the side door over there, and two will guard both sides of the shadow wall."

The four guards looked at each other, hesitated slightly, and did not dare to disobey Princess Cheng's order, so they agreed with their fists, and according to Princess Cheng's orders, they guarded the past in twos.

Princess Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Zhou Wanruo, stepped into the moon gate, and went straight to the inner courtyard.

Princess Cheng sat upright on the couch in the main room, holding a cup, drinking the cold tea, Yu Jian stood beside her, looking at Princess Cheng worriedly, but she didn't dare to speak. Jin Ling took the mothers-in-law to clean up Zhou Wanruo's residence, this courtyard was originally very small, and the main house and the east wing were originally cleaned up, thinking that it was the residence of King Cheng and Zhou Shixin.

It seemed that after a short time, the sky was completely dark, and a few mothers-in-law turned over a few lanterns and hung them in the courtyard, and under the cold moonlight, the red lanterns wrapped in white cotton paper were even dimmer, impulsed by the wind, exuding a faint light and shadow like ghost fire.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and Princess Cheng woke up suddenly, and she shuddered, hurriedly got off the bed, and strode out. Zhou Wanruo's face was pale, and she wanted to follow her mother out, but she couldn't move, and looked at Yu Jian with a busy request for help, Yu Jian had already run out two steps, and hurriedly turned back, helping Zhou Wanruo, while walking out in a hurry, she whispered:

"Don't be afraid, girl, there is a princess, don't be afraid."

Zhou Wanruo swallowed her saliva, and walked out with a feather arrow, wanting to speak, but couldn't speak.

Outside, King Cheng took Zhou Shixin and strode into the courtyard, greeted Princess Cheng, laughed and bent down to help Princess Cheng who had fallen to the ground,

"Get up, I've heard that you've worked hard all the way, you've worked hard! Let's go inside and talk. ”

King Cheng said, while passing Princess Cheng, past Zhou Wanruo, and walked straight to the main house, Zhou Shixin followed closely, looking left and right, Princess Cheng smiled and explained in a low voice:

"Your mother is weak, besides, there must be someone in the capital, don't worry, your mother is fine."

Zhou Shixin stared at Princess Cheng vigilantly, and then turned his head to look at Zhou Wanruo who was hiding behind his mother, he didn't dare to be too rude, so he barely bowed and let Princess Cheng and Zhou Wanruo enter the main house.

When the kitchen was served, King Cheng commanded loudly, in a very good mood:

"Bring the wine! Today's reunion of my family is a good sign! I'm going to have a few drinks! ”

Princess Cheng burst into joy from her eyes, stood up hurriedly, personally watched people bring in a few jars of good wine, and personally poured them into the cup in front of King Cheng, and suggested with a smile:

"Today can be regarded as a small reunion, otherwise, let Shixin accompany the emperor for a few drinks."

"Good! Wanruo also came over, today I don't talk about the rules, I will sit down, and have a few drinks with me. ”

Zhou Shixin smiled and agreed crisply, and sat on the right hand side of King Cheng, Zhou Wanruo looked at her father with fear in her eyes, and cowered back, Princess Cheng hurriedly put down the cup in her hand, stepped forward to hold Zhou Wanruo, and stroked her with pity, while explaining with a smile:

"The emperor doesn't know, on the way here, Wanruo was seriously ill, and she was in a hurry on the road, and she couldn't take care of it until now, the emperor saw that this face was still pale and scary, and the doctor said that she had to recuperate for a few months, or let her go down and rest first, right?"

King Cheng waved his hand casually,

"Go, go, don't look like my princess at all!"

Zhou Wanruo breathed a sigh of relief, held Jin Ling's hand weakly on the soles of her feet, and turned into the West Chamber to rest.

Princess Cheng was busy ordering the kitchen to add a mutton pot, and added a few dishes that King Cheng liked to eat, and poured a pot of wine.

King Cheng drank a few pots in a row, his mood became more and more pleasant, he turned his head to look at the busy Princess Cheng, and said with a smile:

"My journey is like a bamboo!"

"Father is like a god with soldiers, how can anyone stop him in this world?"

Zhou Shixin was busy flattering, King Cheng laughed, put down the cup, raised his hand and pulled Princess Cheng to sit down, and said with a smile:

"Just let the minions wait, you sit down, I have something to discuss with you."

Chapter 340: Violent Death

The princess sat down with a meek smile, and poured another glass of wine for King Cheng, who drank the wine in the cup and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Two years ago, the emperor transferred a lot of soldiers and horses to the south, and now I have insufficient soldiers and horses in my hands, although I have let people go to the north to borrow troops from several big tribes, but first, I don't know how much I can borrow, second, even if there is, I can't borrow too much, so as not to bully the master, I thought, why don't you set off tomorrow, go to Xijing Road, find your uncle, and seconded some people to the extreme northern tribe, although there are not many people in the extreme northern tribe, but they can all be used as ten, and they are their own people, I can borrow 10,000 people, and I am not afraid of anything."

Princess Cheng nodded hurriedly in agreement,

"The emperor can rest assured, the concubine will leave early tomorrow morning."

Princess Cheng's eyebrows were flying, and she was overjoyed,

"Good, good! In the end, I am the queen, it is really at a critical juncture, or we have to work side by side! ”

Zhou Shixin glanced at Princess Cheng with gloomy eyes, took the wine jug, and poured wine for King Cheng attentively, King Cheng drank the wine, as if he remembered something, and looked at Princess Cheng with a smoky look and asked:

"Shiyuan is alright, right?"

"It's okay, the concubine has already asked someone to escort him over."

Princess Cheng replied calmly, King Cheng said 'um', turned his head to look at Zhou Shixin, who had already gotten up and stood beside him, and poured wine and cloth dishes carelessly, hesitated, turned his head to look at Princess Cheng and then asked:

"Xu didn't come along?"

"Xu's body is weak, the concubine is in a hurry, when she comes, I don't know if I can escape, and I don't know if I can find the emperor, besides, there is no one in the palace in the capital, the concubine and the Xu family discussed, so let her stay in the capital, the concubine took Wanruo to go first, the emperor can rest assured, when the concubine entered the city just now, she has sent someone back to deliver the letter, so she will take the Xu family over."

King Cheng nodded with satisfaction, Zhou Shixin breathed a sigh of relief, his body relaxed, and he poured the wine more diligently.

Princess Cheng stood up, lifted the curtain and came out, instructed her mother-in-law to withdraw the cold dishes, served the hot dishes again, and ordered Jin Ling to warm the pot of wine again, beckoned Yu Jian to come over, Yu Jian looked straight at Princess Cheng, Princess Cheng smiled and ordered:

"You go to the front yard, Xiao Wu and a few of them are very the way, you personally send them some wine and food, and then instruct them to go down, I have to leave for Xijing Road early tomorrow morning, without further ado, let them hurry up and prepare, and, the girl is tired on the road, I remember the medicine we brought, it seems to be put in the purse that Xiao Wu carried, let him take some for you, and I will send it to the girl."

Princess Cheng nagged and instructed carefully, Yu Jian listened carefully, bent her knees with a solemn face, turned around and went to the kitchen, took a few mothers-in-law, carried wine and food, and went to the front yard.

After a while, Yu Jian came back, and entered the main house lightly, Princess Cheng laid out the dishes for King Cheng, glanced at Yu Jian and asked:

"All ordered?"

"Back to the princess, I have been instructed, and the girl's medicine has also been taken, and I just asked Grandma Sun to send it to the girl."

Princess Cheng said 'um', shook the half-empty wine jug in her hand, handed it to Yu Jian casually, turned her head to look at King Cheng who was already seven or eight percent drunk, and persuaded with a smile:

"The emperor drank a lot today, the concubine let people warm a pot of wine, drink it, the concubine will wait for the master to go in and rest, this wine can't be too much."

King Cheng burped, and his tongue was a little stiff in agreement,

"Okay, Shixin has also worked hard, let's go down and rest."

Zhou Shixin hurriedly stood up, said goodbye to the retreat, helped a mother-in-law, and went back to the east wing room with some floating steps.

Yu Jian stepped forward with the wine jug in both hands, and handed it to Princess Cheng very carefully, Princess Cheng took the wine jug, closed her eyes and paused, turned around, and poured the wine in King Cheng's cup, King Cheng drank two glasses in a row, waved his hand, and retreated everyone, and his tongue knotted and ordered:

"Go down, go down, let the princess wait, just do it." Yu Jian looked at Princess Cheng with worried eyes, Princess Cheng glanced at Yu Jian, King Cheng had already stretched out his hand and pulled Princess Cheng into his arms,

"Come, concubine, I miss you."

Princess Cheng quietly broke free of King Cheng's hand, turned to King Cheng's side, helped him to stand up, and gently suggested:

"The emperor is tired for a day, so wait for the emperor to go in and rest."

King Cheng's thoughts were scattered, his eyes were becoming more and more trance-like, looking at the gentle face under the shadow of the lamp, he shook his head vigorously, stumbled twice, raised his hand to support Princess Cheng's chin, ate and smiled, and said in a **** whisper:

"Heart and liver, last time, the master didn't have a good time, and I will wait for the master again tonight."

Princess Cheng bit her lip and didn't answer, only helped King Cheng, half-pushed and half-dragged him into the inner room, pushed King Cheng to the bed, Princess Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, bent down, lifted King Cheng's legs hard, put them on the bed, took off his boots for him, pushed him to lie down, took half a step back, looked at King Cheng who kept muttering and laughing at himself, and after a while, King Cheng fainted and fell asleep with him, Princess Cheng stared at King Cheng who was sleepy, until half an hour later, she breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked to the door, and lifted the curtain beckoned Jin Ling in.

Jin Ling and a strong woman flashed into the inner room, staring timidly at King Cheng on the bed, Princess Cheng raised her hand and signaled to the two, Jin

Ling breathed a sigh of relief, posted to Princess Cheng's side, and reported in a low voice:

"They are all drugged and have already fallen, Yu Jian led people to guard the inner courtyard, and Xiao Wu guarded the outer courtyard."

Princess Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head to look at King Cheng who was sleeping on the bed as if she was dead, drooped her shoulders, stood with her head down for a long time, and then turned around calmly and walked to the hanger next to her, picked a long silk silk, pulled it in her hand, walked to the bed, looked down at King Cheng who was sleeping with a smile on his face, tears fell, turned around and beckoned, Jin Ling and the mother-in-law walked to the bed, lowered their heads, one pressed their legs, one pressed their arms, held it down, and looked up at Princess Cheng.

Princess Cheng took a deep breath, suddenly wrapped the silk silk in her hand around King Cheng's neck quickly, gritted her teeth and tightened it hard, Jin Ling and her mother-in-law almost at the same time, pressed King Cheng's limbs hard, King Cheng's two eyes were so open that they almost fell out, his mouth was wide open, his whole body trembled like a sieve, and after a while, his face was purple and his tongue was spit out.

Princess Cheng twisted her head, didn't look at King Cheng, only forced the silk silk, Jin Ling and her mother-in-law pressed for a quarter of an hour, and the body of King Cheng under her hands had been stiff and loose and paralyzed, Jin Ling relaxed her hand, moved two steps forward, plucked up her courage, put her finger on King Cheng's mouth and nose, tried for a long time, then let out a long breath, reached out and took the silk silk in Princess Cheng's hand, and said in a low voice:

"Princess, the lord is gone."

Princess Cheng let go of her hand in a daze, stood up, and looked at King Cheng with a hideous face, Jin Ling signaled to her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law stepped forward, hugged the bed quilt, and wrapped King Cheng with his head and feet.

Princess Cheng took the handkerchief handed by Jin Ling, wiped the tears off her face, tilted her head, closed her eyes and calmed down for a moment, and calmly ordered:

"Tie up Zhou Shixin and call Xiao Wu in."

Jin Ling agreed, hurriedly out of the house, Princess Cheng turned her head, as if she wanted to take another look at King Cheng on the bed, but she turned her head back stiffly, strode out of the house, the mother-in-law sighed lowly, took a small pestle out, sat at the door, guarded the house, guarded King Cheng.

Xiao Wu took a middle-aged man and hurriedly entered the courtyard, Princess Cheng came out, pointed to the inside, and said lightly:

"The prince has an emergency, and he can't be treated for a while, so he has already left."

Xiao Wu paused, took half a step back, looked at Princess Cheng, suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and the middle-aged man also knelt on the ground and kowtowed, kowtowed, and without waiting for the princess to command, Xiao Wu had already stood up neatly, looked at Princess Cheng and asked in a low voice:

"In this army, are there any people who are willing to listen to the princess's orders and can restrain the army?"

Princess Cheng nodded,

"In this city, it is General Wang, you and Yu Jian go together to invite him over, and say that the lord has something to tell him."

Xiao Wu nodded and agreed, and together with Yu Jian, he hurried out of the courtyard, asked for a horse, and rushed to General Wang's residence. In the middle of the night, the south gate of Longzhou City quietly opened, and a man dressed in black and covered in black cloth, holding the golden order of King Cheng, went out of the city, lay on his horse, and galloped away in the direction of Cheng Ke's military camp opposite.

Less than a month after King Cheng raised his army, he died of a violent illness in the camp, Princess Cheng led the generals to confess their crimes, but Zhou Shixin took advantage of the chaos to escape, and fled all the way to the north under the escort of dozens of personal guards.

Cheng Ke sent people to escort Princess Cheng and his party and King Cheng's corpse back to the capital, while cleaning up the people in the North Third Route Army, and before he had time to collect the soldiers and horses of the North Third Road, the northern tribes took advantage of the invitation of King Cheng to take advantage of the emptiness of the North Third Road, and drove all the way down, burning and looting, and the people on the north side of Yongxing Military Road and Hedong Road, following the countless miserable refugees on Qinfeng Road, also fled to the south in panic, seeking a way to survive in the direction of the imperial city.

Cheng Ke hurriedly incorporated the Northern Third Route Army into the armies of various places, commanded the army, waved his army north, and marched rapidly day and night to meet the northern tribes.

To the north of the capital, refugees help the old and drag the young, in an endless stream, in the cold and famine of early spring, they rush to the direction of the capital in a panic.

Li Xiaonuan leaned on the pillow, and while paying attention to Ah Ben, who was squeaking and talking to Cheng Xuyi next to him, he flipped through the copy in his hand.

The canonization of the queen mother and the emperor's enthronement ceremony were all simplified, and the canonization of the queen and concubine of the harem simply did not have a ceremony.

Alas, too, now is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, that is, the usual year, at this time, the poorer people also have to live half-full, and now the people of the entire North Third Road have almost become refugees, all the way to flee, even begging for food, can not be begged, these people, had to come to the emperor to help, this has to raise troops, and to relieve so many refugees, the treasury is not rich, but also everything should be simple.

Chapter 341: Homecoming

Li Xiaonuan put down the copy in his hand, turned his head to look at the two who were having fun, Ah Ben waved the wooden sword in his hand, and followed Cheng Xuyi to read 'Father...... Bang', Cheng Xuyi was holding a puppet, looking for Ah Ben's sword, pretending to fight around, and laughing speechlessly,

"Little stupid, it's my father's fault, whether I raise it or not, it's my father's fault."

Cheng Xuyi read it extremely patiently, Ah Ben suddenly lost the wooden sword in his hand, turned around and crawled into Li Xiaonuan's arms, looked up at her, and pouted aggrievedly:

"Father...... Thirsty! ”

Cicada Wing hurriedly turned around and signaled to the nurse, Li Xiaonuan waved his hand, hugged Ah Ben, and kissed him,

"Isn't Ben missing his father?"

Ah Ben hurriedly nodded his head heavily, his mouth flattened, and he looked like he was about to cry, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly hugged Ah Ben, gently stroked Ah Ben's back, and comforted him gently,

"Father went to fight the bad guys, and my father also wanted to be stupid, my father wrote a letter to us yesterday, if I miss my father, let's write a letter to my father, okay?"

"Okay."

Ah Ben happily dragged the long tone and agreed, Cheng Xuyi hurriedly jumped off the bed, laughing while helping the cicada wings to set up the paper and pen, Li Xiaonuan hugged Ah Ben, put it to his ear, and whispered:

"Don't call your father's name, do you hear?"

Ah Ben stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Li Xiaonuan's neck, kissed him a few times, and said flatteringly:

"Stupid."

Li Xiaonuan couldn't bear to blame him anymore, so he moved around him, leaned in front of the couch, took a pen and dipped it in ink, and carefully stuffed it into Ah Ben's hand, Cheng Xuyi knelt next to him, and reached out to press a few pieces of rice paper.

Ah Ben grabbed the pen, drew a crooked circle on the paper very seriously, halfway through the drawing, the pen was soft and scribbled, and a tail came out, Ah Ben appreciated it, and then painted a piece of black mess on the paper, until the ink dipped in the pen was exhausted, then he turned around and handed the pen to Li Xiaonuan, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Stupid!"

Li Xiaonuan took the pen, handed it to the cicada wings, stretched out his head to look at the messy picture drawn by Ah Ben, and praised while laughing:

"Ah Ben's letter is so well drawn, my father must be happy to read it, let's let someone send it to my father, okay?"

Saying that, folding the rice paper, Ah Ben stretched out his hand, excitedly helped Li Xiaonuan press it randomly, the two folded it, Li Xiaonuan handed the 'letter' to the cicada wing and ordered:

"Put it away first, and let someone send it out with the letter later."

"Sister-in-law really wants to send this letter to my brother?"

Cheng Xuyi asked in surprise, Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded,

"This is a letter from Ben to his father, so naturally he has to send it over."

Ah Ben understood what he said, and looked at Cheng Xuyi unhappy,

"No, no, no!"

Cicada Wing laughed silently,

"The third lady forgot that it wasn't, but you can't say something that the stupid young master doesn't like to hear, the little young master has long understood good and bad things!"

Cheng Xuyi was busy smiling and admitting her mistake to Ah Ben,

"It's my aunt who said the wrong thing."

Outside the door, the mother-in-law reported that the old lady and the princess had come back from the palace, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly got off the bed, sent Cheng Xuyi back, got dressed, and went out with A Ben.

The old lady had a hint of tiredness on her face, changed her clothes, hugged Ah Ben and laughed happily for a while, turned her head to look at the princess and ordered:

"You go back and rest first, I'll talk to Xiao Nuan."

The princess looked at Ah Ben and stood up reluctantly, Li Xiaonuan glanced at the old lady with a tired face, and suggested with a smile:

"The old ancestor has something to explain, but it is better to send Ah Ben back first, he can now learn to speak."

The old lady hugged Ah Ben and praised with a smile:

"My stupid is smart, such a big child, there is nothing he can't understand!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and didn't answer, only stepped forward to pick up Ah Ben and put it on the ground, the princess didn't wait for the old lady to talk to Li Xiaonuan, and hurriedly said:

"I'll take Ben out to play, come, Ben, will you go to the garden with my grandmother?"

Ah Ben jumped excitedly and agreed, the princess bent over, tied her hands, and stared nervously at Ah Ben, who was leaning over and trotting out all the way, didn't care about retreating, and hurriedly ran out after him.

The old lady watched the two go out with a smile in her eyes, turned her head, and beckoned Li Xiaonuan,

"Come and sit here."

Li Xiaonuan motioned to Mama Bai, Mama Bai quietly retreated with the girls and mothers-in-law standing in the room, Li Xiaonuan sat sideways beside the old lady, slowly beat her legs, looked at the old lady, and waited for her to speak. The old lady sighed heavily,

"Ah Ran is for the refugees from the north."

Li Xiaonuan continued in a low voice:

"I thought about the Queen Mother inviting someone to drink tea at this time, that's it, old ancestor, this thing, it just so happened that last summer, the eldest sister of the Gu family said that the grain in the harvest year must be cheap, it is better to collect some and save it, I answered her, and took some silver out, let her collect it, but really collected some grain in, and now it is stored in the second sister of the Gu family and the eldest sister in a few wedding villages outside the city, you see, or, take out these grains first?"

The old lady straightened up, stretched out her hand to pat Li Xiaonuan, and said with emotion:

"I'll just say that Xiao Ke was able to marry you, which is a blessing he cultivated in his previous life."

Li Xiaonuan pursed her lips and smiled,

"Ancestor's words, but you must say it again in front of Xiao Ke!"

"Good, good! Not only in front of Xiao Ke, but also in front of your parents-in-law, you have to say it a few more times, okay? ”

The old ancestor laughed, and Li Xiaonuan laughed and blamed:

"The old ancestor is laughing at me again!"

The two laughed for a while, Li Xiaonuan moved to the old lady's side, and said in a low voice:

"Ancestor, this soup kitchen, I thought, while our government came forward to set up a few porridge sheds in the name of you and the Queen Mother, and on the other hand, the eldest sister of the Gu family came forward, in the name of Old Madam Li, what do you see?"

The old lady squinted at Li Xiaonuan, stretched out her hand and pointed at her forehead,

"You girl, you have a lot of eyes, so let's leave it at that."

Li Xiaonuan agreed with a smile, and didn't dare to delay more, accompanied the old lady to say a few more words, then withdrew, and ordered someone to invite Gu Yunshan, Gu Yunhuan and Yan to come over, and discussed carefully for more than an hour, a few people went back, and they were busy overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the Runan Palace, the Ancient Mansion, and the Zheng family transferred most of the servants in the palace, and rushed out of the city in the first batch, to set up sheds outside the city, bury pots, and transport grain.

The porridge shed of Jingbei Wangfu was only slightly late, and it was also set up one by one, cooked thick porridge rice, and began to give porridge, followed by Zhenning Hou Mansion, Qian Family, Tang Family, Min Wangfu and other people, who also went out of the city to find a place in the afternoon and set up a porridge shed, and the next day, all the families in the capital also followed with the large and small porridge sheds, the Queen Mother and the old lady of Runan Wangfu donated jewelry and silver to give porridge, but anyone who can afford it, who doesn't want to come to the scene? In such chaos, who would dare not come out to support the game?

Along the north gate to both sides, the soup kitchen shed a few steps apart, straight out of a mile or two, the hungry crowd has a stutter to eat, and the heart has settled down a little, looking for a place where the leeward sun rises, set up a shack, just wait for the army of the imperial court to send back the good news, then turn back to their hometown.

In mid-March, Princess Cheng took the corpses of King Cheng and Zhao Yuanming, the governor of Longzhou, and quietly entered the capital from the north gate under the escort of hundreds of soldiers sent by Cheng Ke.

Princess Cheng looked haggard and thin, sat in the car, lifted the curtain and looked out.

A few miles to the north of the capital, there are men, women and children in tattered clothes, and the porridge shed with high reed sheds is emitting green smoke and heat, becoming the most conspicuous landmark and center, and those low shacks are scattered around the porridge shed, and in the cold of early spring, there is a panic and sadness of liveliness.

Princess Cheng put her head against the window frame of the car, silently looked outside, not far from the car, a seven or eight-year-old boy, barefoot, holding a pottery bowl that was only missing a big mouth, ran over quickly, knelt on the ground in front of the old woman lying in a pile of rags, and sent the bowl to the mother-in-law with a smile on her face.

Princess Cheng lowered the curtain, hung her head and was silent for a moment, then turned her head to look at Zhou Wanruo, who was next to her, her thin eyes were wide, and said in a low voice:

"Wanruo, my mother is going to take out all the dowry and exchange it for silver porridge to atone for a little bit of your father's sins, and in the future, you will marry and marry...... That's it. ”

"I also have some silver, I will also take it out, mother, I don't want it, I have a mother, don't be sad mother."

Princess Cheng raised her hand to caress Zhou Wanruo's thin and blue cheeks, looking at her daughter with sad and desperate eyes, her tears were like beads with broken threads, and she couldn't stop it.

Zhao Yuanming's body was sent by the Ministry of Rites to the Zhao Mansion that was already white and white, and the crying shook the sky, and the coffin was put into the coffin, and the mourning hall was set up, Li Xiaonuan accompanied the old lady, and went to the Zhao family to cry in the afternoon.

The next morning, the emperor accompanied the queen mother, came to pay tribute to the loyal soul, after the emperor and the queen mother left, the Zhao family was even more feet on the ground, and more and more people came and went to mourn.

The gate of King Cheng's Mansion was closed, leaving only a side door for people to enter and exit, and in the lonely main hall, there was a black coffin, but not even a white candle was lit.

The main courtyard is also pitch black, only the east chamber, lit with the candlelight of the bean dusk, the candlelight is burning quietly, occasionally shaking violently a few times, illuminating the wooden carved clay sculpture on the couch Princess Cheng seems to move.

Princess Jingbei wore a black cloak, the cloak and hat wrapped her face, followed by the feather arrow, the shadow turned into the hanging flower door, entered the house, the feather arrow lifted the curtain at the door of the east chamber, the princess of Jingbei looked at the old and wooden daughter who was sitting upright, her lips trembled, and she barely raised her hand for a long time and waved, and entered the house, the feather arrow put down the curtain, and withdrew from the house lightly, and quietly guarded the door.

Chapter 342: Death by Injury

The rising sun jumped out of the ground, from the desolation and warmth, the sun sprinkled all over the capital, Chengwangfu was also bathed in a golden warmth, Zhou Wanruo took two girls, along the garden path, the footsteps were a little hurried to the main courtyard, early in the morning to ask her mother for peace, was stopped by the feather arrow, she was in a panic, not at ease for a moment, the haze that has been pressed on her heart in the past few months, is just when she heard that her father died violently, she dispersed for a while, and in the blink of an eye, she gathered in her heart again, coercing herself, mother, There must have been something hidden from her, and I didn't tell her.

Zhou Wanruo turned into the weeping flower door, and at the door of the main house, there was a group of strange girls standing, Zhou Wanruo paused, looked at the feather arrow who came out suspiciously, and the feather arrow explained in a low voice with an expressionless face:

"The princess of Runan came to see the princess."

Zhou Wanruo was stunned and half-opened her mouth, but immediately reacted, took her skirt, and hurriedly entered the house.

In the house, Li Xiaonuan and the princess sat opposite each other on the couch, the princess half-hung her head, and there were two letters on the table in front of her, one was wrapped in bright yellow noodles, which was the fold on the entrance, and the other was enveloped in the envelope, but the seal was still open, Li Xiaonuan sat straight, looking at Princess Cheng with sad eyes,

Cheng Xuyi sat on Li Xiaonuan's side solemnly, and when she saw Zhou Wanruo coming in, she hurriedly stood up and greeted her.

"Mother?"

Princess Cheng didn't wait for Zhou Wanruo to finish speaking, raised her hand to stop her words, her face was calm and relieved, and she motioned to her and Cheng Xuyi,

"Sit down."

Cheng Suyi sat stiffly reclining, Zhou Wanruo sat on the edge of the couch, subconsciously reached out and pulled Princess Cheng's sleeve, Li Xiaonuan looked at her with pity, Princess Cheng patted Zhou Wanruo's hand, and commanded peacefully:

"I entrusted you to the princess, and in the future, you will treat her as me."

Zhou Wanruo's eyes widened in fear, Li Xiaonuan looked away and lowered her head, this kind of parting from life and death is something she never wants to face, whether it is someone else or herself. Princess Cheng stretched out her hand to hold Zhou Wanruo, gently stroked her daughter's back, and explained in a gentle voice:

"I left a letter and carefully explained to your brother, you are a sensible person, in the future, you and your brother will marry, just look at people and be reasonable, next to ......"

Princess Cheng paused and turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan, with a smile in her peaceful expression,

"You just have to worry about it, I'm not worried about this girl, it's Shiyuan, that's a fool."

"Don't worry."

Li Xiaonuan replied in a low voice, Princess Cheng looked down at her weeping daughter, no longer paid attention to her, took the sealing mud on the side of the couch, carefully sealed the letter with her mouth open, picked it up and looked at it, and handed it to Zhou Wanruo,

"The emperor has transferred your brother to serve on the front line in the north, and he will return to the capital in a few days, give him this letter, and tell him his mother's instructions."

Zhou Wanruo took the letter, nodded while crying, Princess Cheng didn't look at her, turned her head to look at Li Xiaonuan,

"Take her to stay for a while."

Li Xiaonuan sighed lowly, got up and got off the bed, Cheng Xuyi glanced at Li Xiaonuan, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhou Wanruo, and persuaded with a stutter:

"Wanruo, I'll do us"

Zhou Wanruo held her mother's hand and refused to let go, Princess Cheng looked at her daughter with a quiet look in her eyes, and commanded in a gentle whisper:

"Go, go live with the princess for a while, this courtyard will also be returned to the Zongren Mansion, and in the future, when your brother comes back, let's talk about it, don't cry, remember my mother's words."

Li Xiaonuan stood in front of the couch, looked at Zhou Wanruo, who was crying, closed her eyes, turned her head and commanded Yu Jian:

"Wait for the girl to get in the car."

Yu Jian's tears fell, knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times at Princess Cheng, stood up, hung his head, didn't look at Princess Cheng, picked up Zhou Wanruo, followed Li Xiaonuan out of the door, Cheng Xuyi bent down to pick up Zhou Wanruo's handkerchief, and trotted all the way out of the hanging flower door.

Li Xiaonuan watched Yu Jian get into the car with Zhou Wanruo in his arms, Cheng Xuyi climbed into the car after him, and then got into the car with the hand of the cicada wing, the car shook, and went out of the Chengwang Mansion and went back to the Runan Palace.

Cicada Wing poured a cup of tea and carefully handed it to Li Xiaonuan, who looked gloomy, Li Xiaonuan waved his hand, Cicada Wing put the tea aside, sighed softly, and said in a low voice:

"Young lady, there is no other way?"

"What can be done?"

Li Xiaonuan was silent for a long time, and said sadly,

"What can a woman in this world do? King Cheng, that's rebellion. ”

Cicada looked cautiously at Li Xiaonuan, who suddenly became angry, Li Xiaonuan straightened up, and after a while, he suddenly sighed and fell weakly on the pillow.

"The princess is a strange woman, and she saved her children's lives and future."

"She doesn't have to die, why does she have to die? Didn't the young lady say that she killed King Cheng? She made a meritorious service. ”

The cicada wings muttered lowly, Li Xiaonuan leaned on the pillow, her body swayed softly with the car, and sighed one after another,

"In this world, how can a woman be allowed to kill her husband? If she doesn't kill, she is a great crime of rebellion, and if she kills, she is a woman who kills her husband, and it is difficult to tolerate it in the world, and she is unladylike when she meets people, that's it, she is dead, so that she can live well, and her children can live well. ”

Cicada Wing blinked his eyes, followed by Li Xiaonuan and sighed,

"Men are bastards, but women are guilty!"

Li Xiaonuan leaned back, closed her eyes, and didn't speak again.

Princess Cheng watched her daughter who was crying and almost fainted being carried out, and suddenly raised her hand to cover her chipped cheeks, and only after a while did she force herself to calm down, tilted her head, sighed long, and called Jin Ling to come in and go into the clean room.

Jin Ling took people and waited for Princess Cheng to bathe and wash, put on the princess's dress, Princess Cheng slowly walked to the clean main house that had been cleaned up, sat cross-legged on the couch, reached out and took the red gold nugget in the hand of Jin Ling, who was crying, put it in her mouth, and swallowed it with her neck straight.

Princess Cheng's testament is a clear fold, presented into the palace by the Ministry of Rites, the emperor sighed for a long time, according to Princess Cheng's wishes, Ming sent the world.

A few days later, Lin Huaiye accompanied Zhou Shiyuan and rushed back to the capital in a haggard state.

Chengwang's Mansion is in a state of decay, in the main hall, there are two black lacquered coffins on the left and right, Zhou Wanruo is filial piety, kneeling alone next to the coffin on the right, crying has no tears.

Cheng Xuyi accompanied Zhou Wanruo inch by inch, Lan Chu took more than a dozen maids and daughters-in-law of Runan Wangfu to take care of them, and outside, they were the stewards of Jingbei Wangfu and Lin Mansion, and they were busy with some things that had to be busy.

The servants of King Cheng's Mansion are still safely staying in the mansion, that is, a few girls and mothers-in-law who have followed Princess Cheng to Longzhou Mansion, gathered around Zhou Wanruo to wait, and the rest are almost all involved in rebellion, death and exile.

The vast Chengwang Mansion, except for the main hall where the coffin is placed, the rest of the places have been copied and inspected by the Criminal Department, sealed with seals, and the majestic and beautiful Chengwang Mansion has withered as if it is about to break its roots in a moment.

Zhou Shiyuan knelt in front of Princess Cheng's spirit and guarded the ****, early the next morning, the will was transmitted to the Chengwang Mansion, Chengwang Zhou Jingcheng conspired against him, degraded to a concubine, Princess Cheng has been righteous to King Cheng, with the prince and princess to return to the imperial mausoleum, and sent Zhou Shiyuan to Cheng Ke to serve in the army, Zhou Shixin disobedient and unenlightened, wanted in the world, Zhou Wanruo went to the Gospel Temple, and kept filial piety for his mother for three years.

King Cheng conspired against the big event, so the thunder and rain came to an end, and the magnates in the capital who were carrying their hearts day and night breathed a long sigh of relief, the biggest crisis of the new dynasty, everyone can be regarded as surviving.

Returned to the burial of the first emperor, King Xin went to the fold, begging to guard the tomb of the first emperor, Zhou Jingran immediately approved King Xin's excerpt, Princess Xin Tang sat on the couch, looked at the side concubine Qian standing in front of the couch, and instructed lightly:

"Early tomorrow morning, my grandfather and I will set off, and this house will be entrusted to you."

Qian turned his head to look at Zhou Jingxin, whose face was blue and gray, and casually crooked opposite Princess Xin, Zhou Jingxin looked at Princess Tang and said with a sneer:

"If I want to die, you will stop it desperately, why should you stop it? Yes? Tang Xiang and the Qian family are both smart people, how much knowledge and practice do they have?! What are you afraid of? I'm dead, you can all live well, and now I'm going to guard the mausoleum, you have to follow, what do you follow? ”

Qian opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak, Tang lowered his eyes, and didn't look at Zhou Jingxin, but continued to tell Qian,

"I'm going with my grandfather, and there's no time to come back, a few children, look at the placement, my dowry is here, and I'll hand it over to you to collect."

The ridicule on Zhou Jingxin's face became even stronger, Qian glanced at Zhou Jingxin timidly, looked at Tang and said in a low voice:

"Princess, or I will accompany my grandfather to guard the mausoleum, you stay and watch the house, you know, I am incompetent, and my temperament is cowardly, in this mansion, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold up, or I will accompany my grandfather, you look at the child."

"Humph! It's not a good thing to accompany the master now, and this still has to be argued? ”

Tang Shi turned his head to look at Zhou Jingxin, and said lightly:

"I went with you to guard the mausoleum, not for you, my sister-in-law is for the two children, and I am just for the children."

Tang said, ignoring Zhou Jingxin, who was pale, turned his head to look at Qian, and explained in a low voice:

"I've thought about this countless times, just because I thought that you were incompetent and weak, so I left you to guard the house, and I couldn't live with you in the past...... You are a kind-hearted person, the child is handed over to you, I can rest assured, I and the lord went to guard the mausoleum, the emperor has no knot in our house, you are cowardly and timid, the Qian family, connected to the Min Wangfu, your father and the ancient family are close, after I and the master left, you restrain a few children, live in peace, a peace is no hindrance, we are now, but ask for peace. ”

Tang closed his eyes,

"I also thought about dying, but my grandfather and I can't die, we don't deserve to die, and we will also affect the children."

Tang's voice choked, Zhou Jingxin's head fell on the pillow, his eyes closed when he fell asleep, and tears slowly oozed from the corners of his eyes.

Chapter 343: A New Dynasty

King Cheng died violently, Princess Cheng committed suicide, Zhou Shiyuan went to Cheng Ke's army to serve, King Xin and his wife invited to guard the tomb, Cheng Ke's army continued to receive good news, this round of new and old alternation ended in sorrow and joy, the new emperor's decree was unimpeded everywhere in the Yuan Hui Dynasty, and the officials of all sizes played up the spirit of twelve, and worked hard to leave the first impression of the new emperor who was loyal and capable.

At the beginning of March, as Cheng Ke's army advanced all the way north, countless refugees gathered around the capital began to return to their devastated hometowns and rebuild their homes under the arrangement of officials along the way.

At the end of March, the provincial examination was crowded with people from all over the capital, and the ancient champion's essay was compiled into a must-have book for everyone, and I heard that the emperor personally copied the poem of the ancient champion's manifestation on the city wall of Longzhou, and rewarded it to those ministers, and I heard that the poem was also hung on the main hall of the six departments······ I heard ······ All the news shows that the ancient champion is extraordinary.

The heart that the king of Runan has been tense gradually eased, in April, the palace test was opened, the first batch of fresh blood of the new dynasty quickly replenished into the six departments and various places, the court situation is becoming more and more stable day by day, the king of Runan found an opportunity to sue the sick, Zhou Jingran did not stay much, the new dynasty needs a new atmosphere, the king of Runan's illness shows a certain attitude of the new emperor, Tang Chengxiang's body is not good, played the emperor, transferred Mr. Suiyun's students, Zhao Zhongming, who has been a pacification envoy for more than ten years, entered Beijing, took over the household department, and assisted Tang Chengxiang in dispatching military supplies, Yan Xiang also went to the fold to sue for illness, but he was refuted, and the replacement had to come slowly step by step.

Weiyuan Marquis Lin Yinglong had an illness in March, did not survive, passed away, the son Lin Yide attacked the knight, cried blood to the book, supported Lin Yinglong's coffin, and took the whole family back to the hometown to guard the spirit, Lin Yiqing was promoted to the criminal department, Lin Huaiye entered the household department, and in the Lin clan, he saw the sudden rise of the Lin family's second room ****.

Yang Yuanfeng, the prince of Jingbei, was transferred to the North Third Road Inspection Envoy, Zheng Jiyu was promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, on the day of receiving the order, Zheng Xijiu locked himself in the study and thought about it carefully, and the next day he went to the emperor to beg for bones, and recommended Qian Jiyuan to be the Guozi Supervisor Wine, Zhou Jingran approved the excerpt of Zheng Sacrificial Wine, and ordered him to retire in Beijing.

The king of Runan returned to his house after illness, and his spirit reopened the first major event of the Runan Palace: teaching the extremely smart little Ah Ben to become a talent.

Ah Ben is already one and a half years old, his eyes are bright and his hands are fast, as long as he opens his eyes, he will not be idle for a moment, the old lady only stares at him to take a medicinal bath to practice exhalation, next to him, what he smashes is a trivial matter, the princess can't keep up with him with her eyes, legs and feet, and secondly, she can't see the corners of her grandson's mouth down even if it is only a star and a half, without waiting for Ah Ben to cry, she herself first shed tears in distress, just like that, Ah Ben has become the first scourge of the palace, the only one who can manage him is Li Xiaonuan, but Li Xiaonuan is busy inside and out for a moment, I didn't care about disciplining him for a while.

King Runan took such a scourge in his hands, and he had a headache for a long time, and in Ah Ben's babbling 'father's fault', he had an idea, and remembered that Ah Ben had a husband!

The next day, King Runan hugged Ah Ben and rode a horse to the Tang Mansion to find Mr. Suiyun to go to school.

In the back garden of the Tang Mansion, the cool breeze was blowing slowly, King Runan and Mr. Suiyun sat opposite each other, sipping tea, chatting some gossip, looking at Ah Ben, who had just woken up, looking around for a while, reaching out and grabbing an ancient book on the side of him, spreading it on his little fat legs, and looking at it seriously, Mr. Suiyun raised his eyebrows, his face was full of pride,

"This kid just has to follow the Master, you see, it's only a few days of work, and he loves to read like this, so he loves to read, and if it's not for me, if it weren't for me, if it weren't for me, if it weren't for me, if it wasn't for me,

King Runan snorted, and was about to speak, when he saw Ah Ben breathe a long sigh of relief, raised the ancient book in his hand, and said clearly:

"After reading it, tear it up!"

Saying that, he had already torn a few pages in a row, Mr. Suiyun screamed, rushed over and snatched the book and the torn pages from Ah Ben's hand, held it in his arms with great heartache, and lit Ah Ben, Ah Ben's eyes were full of tears, and he pouted aggrievedly, just waiting for him to dare to reproach, he was about to cry loudly, Mr. Suiyun blinked his eyes a few times, turned around and shouted angrily at King Runan,

"That bastard boy! You pay me for the book! This is a one-of-a-kind book! Handwritten by the sages! ”

King Runan raised his eyebrows, looked at his grandson who was full of grievances, turned his head to look at Mr. Suiyun, who was distressed and angry, blinked his eyes a few times, turned his head to look at Ah Ben, and reprimanded with a tense face:

"Bastard, do you know what's wrong?"

Ah Ben hurriedly turned left and right, didn't see the old ancestor, didn't see the grandmother, Ah Ben hurriedly climbed two steps on the couch, stood up, stretched his arms, and threw himself into Grandpa's arms with a face full of grievances and shouted:

"Ah, Chen, the teacher is lazy."

King Runan stayed for a moment, picked up Ah Ben, laughed and nodded at Mr. Suiyun, and said proudly:

"Did you hear that? Do you hear that? If the teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy! Obviously, your master didn't teach well, so you are embarrassed to blame my good grandson? ”

Mr. Suiyun suffocated his chest in one breath, looked at the broken book in his hand, then looked at Ah Ben, and then turned his head to look at the smug shaking head King Runan, and couldn't say a word.

In the middle of May, all the ethnic groups in the north were driven out of the North Third Road, Cheng Ke led the army, all the way to pursue the past, he wanted to make a big move, scattered the vitality of the northern departments, and beat them so that they did not have the strength to disturb the border for several years.

The refugees around the capital have returned to their hometowns one after another with the financial support of the government along the way, and the porridge sheds outside the city are getting fewer and fewer day by day, and after the last porridge shed is demolished, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, calculate and summarize the grain and silver of each porridge shed of each family, and present it into the palace.

Shi Yin the most, is Princess Cheng, the most food, is Gu Yunshan, Zhou Jingran slowly flipped through to see the end, sighed sadly, Princess Cheng's silver, in addition to her dowry, there is also Princess Jingbei's dowry, this is to atone for King Cheng, but also for the children to accumulate blessings, behind Gu Yunshan, is Li Xiaonuan, only her, can have so much silver, in order to have this vision, in order to collect grain and store grain in last year's bumper year, saved so much grain, the merchants of the two Zhejiang Road are willing to give the grain in their hands to the government, also because of her, Zhou Jingran stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the pink lotus and white lotus blooming in the early bloom outside the window with his hands behind his back, as if from that year, he fell in love with this lotus lotus leaf, that lotus, slim and elegant, with her shape, but not that smart.

He knew her intentions, and he couldn't bear to go against her will.

The will of commendation was soon passed down from the palace, Gu Yunshan was righteous for the people, and devoted all his resources to help the people, which could be an example for the people's women, and was named Mrs. Ningguo.

A few days later, the Queen Mother went to the Gospel Temple to pray for blessings, specially called Zhou Wanruo in, accompanied her with incense, talked carefully for a long time, and ordered her to accompany her to eat a vegetarian meal.

The Jin family, which has been closed since the Spring Festival, is even more dull because of Gu Yunshan's edict, and the old lady Jin is lying on the bed with broken bones, closing his eyes, listening to the little grandson read the copy of the house clearly and slowly, sighing slowly, opening his eyes, looking at his son who is standing in front of the bed with his hands down, and said in a slow and short breath voice:

"The Kim family······ After waiting for two or three generations of opportunities, it was ruined and ruined······ The second son-in-law of the Gu family, that Zheng Jiyu, was promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, did you hear it? ”

Master Jin lowered his head, and he didn't dare to come out,

"Zheng Xijiu is a smart man with great wisdom······ Retreat bravely to make way for children and grandchildren······"

Old lady Jin muttered like a distracted person,

"He's a smart man······ To give way······ When it is broken, it is broken! ”

Old lady Jin squinted her eyes, looked at the roof, and for a while, turned her head to look at Old Man Jin, and asked coldly:

"Zheng Saijiu can make way for your children and grandchildren, can you do it?"

Master Jin hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied in a dumb voice:

"The father's command is that the son is willing to die!"

"I don't need you to die, I'm dead, the Jin family, all the inheritance, the position of the head of the family, will be handed over to Mo'er!"

Mr. Jin looked at his father in amazement, and Mrs. Jin looked at his second grandson, Jin Zhiqing, and said slowly:

"The Gu family is annoyed by the Jin family, and the princess of Runan is ······"

Mrs. Jin suddenly sighed with emotion,

"The Li family! The woman of the Li family! Pull out the local atmosphere of Jiangnan! Mrs. Xian Li is admirable, the princess of the world······ Li's small warmth, green out of the blue! Life turned a dead man into a god! Turned the ancient family into a famous family of the Yuan Hui Dynasty! She is annoyed with the Jin family, and the Jin family has not had a bright future in the past few decades! ”

Mrs. Jin exerted too much force, leading to a violent cough, Mr. Jin hurriedly stepped forward on his knees, stroked his father's chest, Mrs. Jin took a breath, looked at his son and second grandson, sighed and explained:

"Put to death and then live, the Jin family is in the same vein, all in Mo'er and Yushu, as well as Yan'er, women should not be underestimated, look at the two strange women of the Li family! After I die, you take the whole family back to your hometown to guard the spirit, just die in the countryside, Zhiyang, let him be ordained a monk, and guard the cemetery for me for the rest of my life! Little concubine, don't be recorded in the Jin family tree, let people take it to the south and hand it over to your brother, take it to the sea, and don't come back. ”

Old Man Jin choked up, kept kowtowing with tears, and Old Lady Jin glared at him fiercely,

"Listen well, Lao Tzu's words, if you dare to disobey half a point, I won't be able to spare you as a ghost! Your daughter-in-law, if you dare to act recklessly, Lao Tzu strangled her with a rope! ”

Old lady Jin gasped for breath, and it took a while for him to breathe.

Half a month later, Mrs. Jin died of illness, and before she died, she was transferred by the Ministry of Rites, asking her son to keep a spiritual guard for himself for ten years, and asking her eldest grandson Jin Zhiyang to shave his own grave. After Zhou Jingran was stunned, he laughed for a while, and was full of emotion, and approved the word 'quasi' in vermilion after folding.

Chapter 344 Correct the name

Qian Jiyuan did the first thing of the country's sacrificial wine, that is, to fold the book to the emperor, to correct Gu Zhiheng's name, after the excerpt, attached a small biography written by himself for Gu Zhiheng, sprinkled with 10,000 words, and promised to be the first proud work in his life, Zhou Jingran sent the excerpt to Yan Xiang, Tang Xiang and Liubu, but did not say no.

After a short period of silence, he asked for a correct name, and even said that the excerpt of the ancient champion's manifestation flew into the imperial city like snowflakes, and Zhou Jingran issued an edict in response to the good weather: '······ The emperor respected him very much, and repeatedly sent his servants to sacrifice privately······ Posthumously presented to the Taishi, nicknamed 'Wenzheng', the Ministry of Rites was sacrificed at four o'clock, and Longzhou and Yuezhou were allowed to build shrines to worship them.

It wasn't until the end of the year that Cheng Ke returned from the North Third Road with his personal guards, and Zhou Jingran was escorted by Qianyue and others, quietly went out of the city, and greeted dozens of miles away, but the Ministry of Rites did not have a victory celebration ceremony or the like, and the royal flesh and blood killed each other, so that the people were freed from suffering, and there was nothing to celebrate.

Li Xiaonuan took A Ben and waited outside the second gate early, Cheng Ke got off the horse at the gate of the house, rushed into the gate, greeted Li Xiaonuan, with a bright smile on his face, A Ben twisted his head in Li Xiaonuan's arms, looked at Cheng Ke curiously, saw him rushing all the way, and hurriedly stretched out two fat hands to block the front,

"No!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and patted Ah Ben's hand,

"That's your father, don't you recognize?"

Cheng Ke stretched out his hand to take Ah Ben from Li Xiaonuan's arms,

"So heavy?! Where can you hold him, don't hug him in the future. ”

Ah Ben reached out and grabbed Cheng Ke's ear, and while pulling it out, he shouted angrily:

"Negative! Don't lose! ”

"Stinky boy, let go!"

Cheng Ke hurriedly lifted Ah Ben out, Li Xiaonuan smiled and patted Ah Ben's hand,

"Mother can't hold you, if you don't let your father hug you, then walk back by yourself!"

Ah Ben pouted aggrievedly, weighed for a moment, and obediently nested in Cheng Ke's arms, Cheng Ke held him with one hand, and took Li Xiaonuan with one free hand, whispering all the way to Rui Zitang.

At the end of the unitary period, the nurse hugged the sleeping Ben back, and Cheng Ke breathed a long sigh of relief.

"This stinky boy is so pestering every day?"

"Where can I grab it usually, today is just that you are back, the ancestor, father and mother let him be closer to you, usually, in the morning, the ancestor will take him to practice tuna, and the mother must watch at lunch, and after dinner, the father will take him to the gentleman's house to study, and come back in the evening, and he will ······ the next day."

Cheng Ke listened absentmindedly, stretched out his hand to grab Li Xiaonuan, and said vaguely while bowing his head and kissing it:

"That's good······ Xiao Nuan, I miss you, I dream of you as soon as I close my eyes, do you think I don't have it? ”

The yellow light in the corner of the house shrouded the warmth of the room and the breath of ****, Li Xiaonuan's upper body was covered with dense beads of sweat, lying on Cheng Ke's chest, and his voice was soft and vague as if he was dripping with water.

"I'm so tired that I can't get up tomorrow morning."

"Well, I'll sue you tomorrow, Xiao Nuan, let me see you, just look at ······"

······

The next day, when Li Xiaonuan barely got up, it was already after Chenzheng, Cheng Ke leaned on the head of the bed refreshedly, stretched out his hand to hold her, smiled softly, and whispered with some lack of confidence:

"Xiao Nuan, yesterday······ When I saw you, I forgot, that, the emperor said, let us enter the palace at noon today, it is his private banquet······"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly stood up, turned his head to look at the hourglass, Cheng Ke looked through Li Xiaonuan's scattered ****, his eyes were full of fascination, and his hand also probed in.

"Xiao Nuan, you are here, it's getting better and better!"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly pulled his clothes and patted Cheng Ke's hand,

"What time is it? You ······"

"It's early, it's early, Xiao Nuan, let me see, just take a look······ Don't move, you rest, let me ······ Just go in for a while······"

Cicada wings with the little girl, far away at the door of the main house, watching the sun rise little by little, yesterday the master ordered, did not hear the call, no one is allowed to enter, at this time, are three poles on the day.

Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan got up, bathed and washed, and ate a little, Cheng Ke changed into a silver and blue silk gown, watched Li Xiaonuan change into a silver and blue silk ten-piece skirt, a silver and blue embroidered pink hibiscus waist-length short jacket, nodded with satisfaction, cicada wings took two silver and blue silk sable cloaks, waited for the two to wear them, Cheng Ke gently hugged Li Xiaonuan, went out of the courtyard gate, got into the car in the second gate, and went to the palace.

The chamberlain led the two of them all the way into the back garden.

In the warm pavilion next to the jade liquid pool, Zhou Jingran was wearing a silver-white woolen robe, waving a fishing rod, and was poking and poking fishing.

Cheng Ke took Li Xiaonuan and followed the waiter into the warm pavilion, and was about to kneel down and kowtow to say goodbye, Zhou Jingran threw the fishing rod and waved his hand impatiently,

"Don't kneel, get up quickly, I told you that it was a family banquet, and you knelt around, you don't have to be annoyed!"

Cheng Ke ignored him, Gu Zi pulled Li Xiaonuan to bow, stood up, bowed to the end, and said with a smile:

"The emperor's family banquet is also a national gift, and horses can't be confused!"

Zhou Jingran's face sank, and he turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan,

"Sister, don't learn from him!"

Li Xiaonuan looked at Zhou Jingran cautiously, her heart moved slightly, and she replied with a smile:

"Well, I'll listen to the fourth brother."

Zhou Jingran laughed and pointed at Cheng Ke,

"I'll just say, you are far worse than Xiao Nuan, after all, you are a layman!"

Zhou Jingran smiled and let the two of them sit, the waiter sent all kinds of fresh vegetables and meat, and put a red copper pot up, Zhou Jingran pointed to the pot,

"Fish and sheep pot, and venison, this is a gelatin, Xiao Nuan said, this hot pot is a must-have gum vegetable."

Li Xiaonuan stood up with a smile,

"Fourth brother, if you want to say that I have the most experience in eating this pot, I will wait, which one will be put first, which one will be put later, but I am also particular."

Zhou Jingran raised his eyebrows,

"There's this exquisite, I didn't pay attention to this last time."

Li Xiaonuan stood up, took the wine jug from the waiter's hand and sniffed it, and commanded with a smile:

"Take some of the best rice wine, and then cut some ginger shreds, if you want more, take a tael of rock sugar, and then take a larger silver wine jug, and put it on the small red clay stove over there, and cook it and drink it now."

The waiter glanced at Zhou Jingran, hurriedly retreated, and after a while, all the things Li Xiaonuan wanted were served, Li Xiaonuan watched people boil a pot of hot rice wine, and personally held the pot and poured most of the cup for the two, Zhou Jingran picked up the cup, took a sip, and exhaled comfortably,

"Well, drinking rice wine like this, it's really different!"

Li Xiaonuan stood at the table, pouring wine while waiting for the hot pot, Zhou Jingran drank two glasses of wine and signaled to the waiter,

"Have you learned?"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and handed the wine pot and the long chopsticks of shabu shabu to the waiter next to him, sat down, Zhou Jingran didn't let Li Xiaonuan drink, only drank hot rice wine with Cheng Ke one by one, and said some gossip inside and out, Li Xiaonuan listened quietly, didn't say much, watched the two of them drink slightly, and asked people to take three bowls of japonica rice.

"The fourth brother works hard every day, three meals a day, you must eat some rice, and rice grain is the most supportive."

"Xiao Nuan still remembers the fourth brother's hard work?"

"Well, the fourth brother does the most tiring and hardest work in the world, and he must eat well."

Li Xiaonuan replied as if inadvertently, Zhou Jingran was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to take the japonica rice, Cheng Ke looked at Zhou Jingran, coughed lightly, Zhou Jingran turned his head to look at Cheng Ke who was full of distress, and suddenly felt better.

The waiter withdrew the hot pot and served tea, Zhou Jingran looked at Cheng Ke with a smile,

"I heard that Mr. has a headache when he sees Ben?"

Cheng Ke was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan frowned, weighed and replied:

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Dumb loves to tear books."

Zhou Jingran stared, choked on a sip of tea, and said with a laugh after a while:

"It's really not a big deal, it's just tearing up the book······ That is, tear up the book! ”

"Fourth brother, don't laugh, what can a child under two years old understand? Don't talk about books, it's just a silver ticket, just tear it up, in his eyes, it's just something to play with, that piece of paper, it's an ancient book, it's a silver ticket, or something amazing, it's all seen in the eyes of adults, children can't see this, it's really not a big deal, the fourth brother, the princes and princesses, I'm afraid it's the same. ”

Zhou Jingran gradually smiled, waved his hand and retreated from the waiters waiting in the warm pavilion, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said slowly:

"Your fourth brother's prince and princess, all of them are extraordinary, they know how to honor your fourth brother if they can't speak, and they know that they have the world in their hearts if they can't walk."

Li Xiaonuan listened to the coldness in Zhou Jingran's words, and was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice:

"The emperor also came from the prince, and the fourth brother also knows that the prince is different from the common people's family after all."

Zhou Jingran raised his hand to stop Cheng Ke, who was about to speak, and looked straight at Li Xiaonuan,

"Xiao Nuan, the fourth brother knows that you are different from this world, you say, royal, there is really no father-son relationship?"

Li Xiaonuan looked at Zhou Jingran, was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice:

"What did the fourth brother say?"

Zhou Jingran slowly leaned back on the chair, looking blankly at the cold lake outside the window, and the silence in the warm pavilion made people panic. After a while, Zhou Jingran turned his head and looked at Li Xiaonuan with a bitter face,

"You see, you know, you won't marry into the royal family anyway?"

"Hmm."

Cheng Ke's eyes flashed, his eyelids drooped, Li Xiaonuan looked at Zhou Jingran with careful eyes, and muttered in a low voice:

"There is a big tree of the fourth brother, life is good, Ah Ben doesn't need to be extraordinary, it's good if he doesn't learn badly, just don't let Xiao Ke go out again, otherwise, let me go with me."

Zhou Jingran's eyes slowly widened, and he pointed at Li Xiaonuan,

"You!"

'You' didn't say anything for a long time, just stroked your forehead and fell back.

Chapter 345: Replacement

The three of them drank tea and talked for a long time, Zhou Jingran accompanied the two to Wanshou Palace to ask for peace to the Empress Dowager Cheng, Wanshou Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager, although the Empress Dowager Cheng was unwilling to move away from Yuncui Palace, but she didn't say much, etiquette and rules, for her, she must keep it.

The Wanshou Palace is lively, the concubines Sun, Dai, Shufei Zhang, Xinna's concubines, with two princes and a princess, are all happy in the Wanshou Palace and doing their filial piety.

With the spread of the inner servant, the hall that was lively and laughing was silent all of a sudden, and even the second prince Zhou Shijing, who had just turned one year old, was careful to lie in the arms of the nurse, and he didn't dare to say quietly.

Li Xiaonuan sighed sadly in his heart, in the end, it is the emperor's house, there are only rules and regulations, Cheng Ke paused at the door of the hall, hung his head, and was about to retreat, this full of concubines, he followed up, it didn't seem appropriate, Zhou Jingran turned around, grabbed Cheng Ke, and said casually:

"You're getting more and more pedantic!"

Empress Dowager Cheng straightened up from the middle couch and beckoned Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan,

"Come here, I'm about to ask you something."

Cheng Ke agreed repeatedly, followed behind Zhou Jingran with a smile on his face, and went into the hall, Sun Guifei and Dai Guifei were in front, leading everyone to bend their knees to Zhou Jingran to salute, Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan lowered their hands to the side, and waited for everyone to see the salute, before they took a few steps forward and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Cheng.

Zhou Jingran sat on the armchair in front of the couch, watching the two kowtow to say goodbye, Cheng Ke kowtowed, got up and retreated behind Zhou Jingran, standing with his hands down, Li Xiaonuan smiled gently and respectfully, took a few steps back, and respectfully bowed his knees to Sun Guifei, Dai Guifei and Zhang Shufei, Sun and Dai looked at the Empress Dowager Cheng, and affectionately helped Li Xiaonuan, Zhang Shufei looked at Dai, and also followed the affectionate and polite let Li Xiaonuan, Sun stepped forward affectionately and took Li Xiaonuan's hand, and introduced her to several newly promoted concubines.

Zhou Jingran and Empress Dowager Cheng were talking, as if they didn't see the lively salutes and introductions next to them, Empress Dowager Cheng looked at the Sun family who was introducing Li Xiaonuan to several new concubines, and sighed secretly, my son's harem, there is no one who really understands the general situation, the princess of Runan, the future princess of Runan, what are you doing to make friends with the concubines in the palace? Empress Dowager Cheng straightened up slightly, beckoning Li Xiaonuan,

"Come here, sit here, there's something, I'm going to ask you about it."

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly turned to the front of the couch, sat sideways on the edge of the couch, and looked at the Empress Dowager Cheng with uneasy and confused eyes, Empress Dowager Cheng laughed out loud, pointed at Li Xiaonuan, turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran and said:

"Look at her like this, I haven't spoken yet!"

Zhou Jingran glanced at Li Xiaonuan, and replied with a smile The Queen Mother's words,

"Stupid messing around again?"

"That's not it, the pair of canaries you asked people to send before, I thought it was something in the south, my mother must like it, so I sent it to Ruizitang to honor my mother, and my mother sent someone early yesterday morning, saying that I wanted to ask for another pair of such finch, but it happened that the canary was that pair, I just want to ask Xiao Nuan, can I change a pair of birds next to me? Tell me, what kind of finch mother can like? ”

Empress Dowager Cheng said, turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran and explained:

"Mother's temperament and preferences, Xiao Nuan knows best."

Li Xiaonuan raised her hand and pressed her eyebrows, looked at Empress Dowager Cheng with a weak heart, and said in a low voice:

"Queen Mother······ Don't bother, don't ······ Spoiled the finch, yesterday I had a pair of sparrows caught and sent over. ”

After Empress Dowager Cheng was stunned, she slowly raised her eyebrows and looked at Li Xiaonuan,

"Dumb again? What's going on this time? Could it be that you can eat those canaries? ”

"Well, it's soup."

Zhou Jingran just took a sip of the tea served by the inner waiter, didn't have time to swallow, and squirted out all of a sudden, the inner servant hurriedly stepped forward to take the cup, Zhou Jingran took the handkerchief from the inner servant and wiped his hands, his smiling face turned red, and he turned his head and nodded at Cheng Ke,

"I've always seen you as a rough man, but now you look like you're a very elegant person."

Cheng Ke looked at Zhou Jingran with a distressed face, Empress Dowager Cheng raised her hand and rubbed her forehead, she didn't know what to say for a while, Sun Guifei looked at everyone carefully, and stepped forward to make fun:

"I heard that Ah Ben also likes to tear books, this is really called burning the qin and cooking cranes."

The smile on Zhou Jingran's face froze, gradually narrowed his smile, turned his head to look at Sun Guifei, and asked abruptly:

"Is the queen better today? When is the pulse diagnosed? Did you adjust the formula? Is it the same recipe as last time? ”

Sun Guifei was stunned, she had not been to the queen's palace for more than ten days, Empress Dowager Cheng looked at Zhou Jingran deeply, straightened up, looked at Sun Guifei and commanded:

"The queen is sick, you and Dai are presiding over the harem, you should be more concerned, the pulse case prescription, you have to use more heart, if the queen is not in good spirits, you don't have to go over every day to ask for peace, so as not to disturb her recuperation, but the gift can not be wasted, every other three days and five days, you also have to go over to say hello, okay, it's still early at this time, a few of you will go to the queen's palace to ask for peace."

Sun Guifei's face was pale, she retreated to Dai Guifei's side, led everyone, and bent her knees to withdraw.

Li Xiaonuan hung her head slightly, her eyes and nose looked at her nose, and her nose sat upright, Queen Meng's long-term illness and recuperation, even such a big gift on New Year's Day, it was also said that she was sick, quiet as if there was no such person, but several brothers of the Meng family were extremely important, Queen Meng's two brothers, now one east and one west stationed on the North Third Road, are already important members of the army, the inner courtyard of the palace, pay attention to balance, there are pets without children, there are children without pets, there are no children without pets, and the mother's family can gain momentum.

Li Xiaonuan accompanied the Empress Dowager Cheng, casually talking about some homely things, worried about the ancestor's doting on Ah Ben, and distressed about the ancestor's more and more vigorous energy and temper, Zhou Jingran leaned comfortably on the armchair, drank tea slowly, and didn't speak, just listened to the two chattering about those trivial things, Cheng Ke stood behind Zhou Jingran with his hands down, looking at Li Xiaonuan boredly.

Li Xiaonuan accompanied Empress Dowager Cheng for more than half an hour before withdrawing and getting into the car at the palace gate.

Cheng Ke took Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan raised his hand to take off the heavy step shake on his head, leaned on Cheng Ke's arms, and breathed a sigh of relief, Cheng Ke lowered his head and kissed her on the face, and comforted her in a low voice:

"Don't worry, the icing on the cake in our family is not a year or two, one generation or two generations, there is nothing to worry about."

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan squeezed into Cheng Ke's arms, and made a plausible 'um', Cheng Ke hugged her tightly, with a hint of a smile in his voice, and then said:

"Xiaojing is only twenty-six or seventeen years old this year, even if he only lives to the age of the emperor, there are nearly thirty years, you can rest assured, I grew up with Xiaojing since I was a child, he knows me, I also know him, I listen to you, in the future, the two of us will have fun every day, and watch others make contributions."

"I'm not worried about you, I'm stupid."

Li Xiaonuan frowned and said in a low voice:

"The emperor's temperament is too cold, and the harem is ······ In this way, you see, there is no one who can talk to him, the eldest son and the second son of the emperor today, alas, you see, my aunt doesn't look down on those two children at all, and I don't look down on me, Ah Ben is a very smart person, I'm afraid of ······"

Li Xiaonuan looked up at Cheng Ke,

"He messed around, and I didn't care about him, at this time, it's better to mess around than to be sensible."

"Well, the lord is weak and the minister is strong······"

Cheng Ke groaned for a long time, looked down at Li Xiaonuan,

"It's too early to say this, let's see it in ten or eight years, Ah Stupid, just mess around, just be measured, my father and I discussed it, and I thought that I would be knighted after the New Year, and it was originally ······"

Cheng Ke laughed,

"Originally, my father planned to take the ancestors back to the south for the rest of his life, but now I don't have to worry about this, the ancestors have a stupid, is not going anywhere, after the New Year, I will accompany you back to Xiali Town, when I came back, I and the emperor asked my father-in-law and mother-in-law to posthumously seal, about the New Year can be edicted, I will accompany you back to a trip, and then go to Shangli Town to live for a few days, come back and then bend to Hangzhou Mansion, you have not always wanted to go to Hangzhou Mansion to see? Let's play all the way. ”

"And Suzhou Mansion!"

Li Xiaonuan's eyes lit up with excitement,

"Okay, let's play all over the two Zhejiang roads and come back, and when we come back, we can't go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers like this."

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan stretched out his hand to hook Cheng Ke's neck and kissed him heavily on the lips, Cheng Ke lowered his head and kissed her gently, kissed her ear, and said in a low voice:

"Don't worry, everything has me, let my father accompany the ancestor and Ah Ben back to the south next year, that is our root, there are many things, I will tell you slowly in the evening."

The next day, Zhou Jingran suddenly made a decree to the Runan Palace, a "Shun Emperor Emperor's will" how to seal Li Xiaonuan as the eldest princess of Anfu, Li Xiaonuan took the will, but a little crying and laughing, this eldest princess, the Yuan Hui Dynasty has been the eldest princess in the past dynasties to get the title of the eldest princess, what is the matter with her? Besides, what does she want the eldest princess to do?

But with this title, she entered the palace again, as long as she gave the queen mother, the queen, and the imperial concubine three people to greet them, Li Xiaonuan instructed Lan Chu to collect the eldest princess's clothes and chariots, and excitedly prepared for the Spring Festival and the return to Shangli Town after the festival, she discussed with Cheng Ke, and no one agreed that she should take Ah Ben, Cheng Ke refused to take that bastard boy, the old lady and the princess, and even the prince, were worried that Ah Ben was too small, 'I can't stand the hard work on the road!' ”

Chapter 346: Homecoming

Out of the fifteenth, picked an auspicious day, Cheng Ke took Li Xiaonuan, brought dozens of cars of daily things, with personal guards, long attendants, small servants and maids-in-law, a group of one or two hundred people, and set off on the road in a mighty way.

Li Xiaonuan looked at the mighty convoy, looked at Cheng Ke with some depression and muttered:

"It's just the two of us, why did you pack so many things out? What do you want so many people to follow? Didn't we say that the light car is simple, go quietly, and return quietly. ”

"Well, isn't this just going quietly, there are only a few cars, how many people, in the past, the emperor and I went to Shangli Town, openly and secretly, thousands of people."

Li Xiaonuan glanced at Cheng Ke, no longer entangled in the fact that there were few cars and fewer people, turned around and knelt on Cheng Ke's chest, and said with a smile:

"When it's far away from the capital, you take me on a horse, this spring is a good time, it's best to ride a horse, I haven't ridden a horse yet!"

"Good! It's easy! Wherever you say, we'll go where you want! ”

The two walked very slowly along the way, walked slowly and played slowly, and walked straight for almost two months before entering the Xiuzhou territory.

The steward who rushed to Xiuzhou Mansion a few years ago took out the boundary of Xiuzhou, invited Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan, and reported carefully:

"Obeyed the order of the young lady, the tomb of the old lady did not dare to overhaul, that is, according to the original slight repair, after the New Year, the small one saw the posthumous seal of the Ministry of Rites, and let people in front of the tomb of the old lady, according to the regulations to put the altar to enjoy the hall, and did not dare to be too luxurious, that is, the sacrifice field is a little less, and the small general can buy all the land within a radius of five miles, and there is not much, the young lady looks, do you want to expand it again, buy it within a radius of ten miles?"

"No need, that's enough, hard work for you."

Li Xiaonuan flipped through the title deed in his hand, roughly calculated, and said with a smile, Cheng Ke sent Xiuzhou Zhizhou away, turned around and came in, looked at the steward and asked:

"Is there a place to live?"

"Back to the master, there is no place to settle in Tianwo Village, the little one has found an inn in Xiali Town and chartered it, and has sent people to scrub it inside and out."

"We'll just stay for one night, that's it."

Li Xiaonuan pulled Cheng Ke, whose face was gloomy, turned his head to look at the steward and ordered:

"Leaving Xiali Town, my master and I will take a boat to Shangli Town, and rest at the Yunjian Inn in Yunpu Town at night, you go and talk to Steward Sun, and let him send someone to prepare first."

The steward hurriedly agreed, and carefully withdrew.

Li Xiaonuan watched the steward go out, looked at Cheng Ke and sighed,

"When you go out, there are always such and such inconveniences, and this is already good."

"I led soldiers to fight, and I slept in the open air, but I don't care about this, I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

Cheng Ke hugged Li Xiaonuan and said pityingly, Li Xiaonuan laughed silently, looked up at Cheng Ke, and said while laughing:

"The first time I went back to Tianwo Village, I stayed on a boat at night, a very small black boat, squeezed three or four people, I lived at that time, I felt that there was really no better place than that, and now compared with that time, there is no better place than this, besides."

Li Xiaonuan stretched out his hand to hold Cheng Ke's neck, with a smile on his face, and said in a soft and sweet whisper:

"It's the best place to be with you."

Cheng Ke lowered his head against Li Xiaonuan's forehead and sighed with satisfaction.

The next morning, the sky was just white, and the two left the inn, took a sedan chair, and rushed to Tianwo Village.

Tianwo Village has already been arranged, the head of the Li family, the old lady Li who is nearly seventy years old, with the people of the family, rushed to the ancestral cemetery of Tianwo Village in the middle of the night, waiting for Li Xiaonuan and Cheng Ke.

The feng shui of the ancestral tomb of the Li family seems to be the most prosperous woman surnamed Li! Mrs. Li looked at the ancestral cemetery sadly and sighed, the glory of Mrs. Li a few years ago, although he was also invited by the governor of Yuezhou, and was listed among them, although Mrs. Li was the girl of the Li family, but in the final analysis, it was the glory of the ancient family, the waist pole was the straightest, it was the ancient head, and Mrs. Li's heart was always sour.

This has just passed the New Year, and it is a girl from the Li family, so this time she is chasing the seal, it is the real descendant of the Li family, alas, although this is still the blessing of the girl of the Li family, but in the end it is much different, and now the girls of the Li family are all in demand, but the men of the Li family must also have a strong head, in the end, the revitalization of the family depends on men!

Cheng Ke got off the sedan chair, ignored the officials and clan elders who knelt on the ground, turned around and hugged Li Xiaonuan down, and then raised his hand to signal,

"Get up, don't be polite, I'll accompany Neiko back to my hometown to worship my ancestors, and I should follow the family etiquette."

Old lady Li had a smile on her face, blinked her eyes, and hurriedly turned her head to look at Lord Huang, the governor of Xiuzhou, who bowed down and politely let in,

"Old lady, please."

The prince of Runan and the eldest princess returned to their hometown to worship, but they had to obey the family etiquette, how could they obey the law? He doesn't have a clue, let alone the rules.

Li Xiaonuan looked at the blink with a smile, you look at me, I look at your people, and said with a smile:

"The tomb of my father and mother has always been taken care of by my uncle, so today I would like to invite my uncle to come and preside over this ceremony."

Old lady Li blinked, hurriedly turned her head and asked her son next to her, and the son ran out, and after a while, he led a thin old man in his sixties to walk over.

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly signaled to Lan Chu, Lan Chu understood, hurriedly walked over, helped the old man, and said with a smile:

"The old lady is slower, if you bump into it, but the young lady is not filial."

Master Li slowed down in embarrassment, bowed his waist, respectfully supported his uncle, and said in a continuous voice:

"The old lady is slow, don't dare to be in a hurry."

Li Xiaonuan took two steps forward, bent his knees with a smile, and saluted,

"Give the uncle a gift, I haven't seen him for many years, and the uncle looks very tough! How is the eldest lady? ”

The uncle stopped, looked at Li Xiaonuan carefully, and smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Is Ahmad's Xiaonuan back?"

"Yes!"

Li Xiaonuan agreed crisply, stepped forward to help the uncle, pointed at Cheng Ke, and introduced with a smile:

"This is the son-in-law of the Ahmad family."

Cheng Ke looked at Li Xiaonuan with a surprised face, listened to Li Xiaonuan's introduction, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Cheng Ke has seen uncle."

Uncle looked at Cheng Ke carefully, turned his head, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and asked hesitantly:

"It's not that you are married to a prince, such a young descendant, he doesn't look like a prince."

"Uncle, don't care if it's like it or not, we're marrying a person, not the throne, you just look at whether the person is good or not."

Li Xiaonuan said seriously while laughing, and the uncle looked at it carefully,

"It's a good offspring."

Lord Huang took half a step forward and said with a smile on his face:

"Old lady, this is a really good offspring, capable of literature and martial arts, last year put down the rebellion of the North Third Road, and beat the robbers in the north back to his hometown, it is your niece and son-in-law!"

Uncle looked at the smiling Lord Huang in amazement, and was nervous for a moment and didn't know how to answer, Li Xiaonuan smiled clearly, helped the uncle, let Lord Huang, and asked the uncle while walking forward,

"Lady's health? What about the two sisters-in-law? How many grandchildren have you added? ”

"I added two male boys, but added three female babies, your aunt, gone, the year before last, I left, an illness, I didn't stay, I still remember you before leaving, I went to Shangli Town the year before last, I heard that you followed the ancient family into Beijing, and I didn't inquire about the future, and I don't know if you're good, just a few years ago, an uncle came to our village, and I heard your letter."

The uncle was chattering, Li Xiaonuan stagnated under his feet, and said in a low voice:

"Later, Uncle will take me to put incense on the eldest mother."

"Alas, when I heard your letter, I went to talk to her, she lived to be more than fifty years old, and she was also happy and mourned, and when she was old, she had to go, don't go to your heart, don't be sad."

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan agreed in a low voice.

The group walked to Li Qingshan and Li Lian's grave in front of the platform and stood up, the platform was full of guards, long and small servants, the uncle led Li Xiaonuan and Cheng Ke, and bowed, Lord Huang and Mrs. Li led the crowd, followed by the ups and downs of kowtowing, although the surrounding was full of people, but it was silent, only the uncle chattered:

"Ah, Xiao Nuan came to see you again, Xiao Nuan's son-in-law is a good offspring, Xiao Nuan has grown up, ......"

Li Xiaonuan sacrificed Li Qingshan and Li Lian's family, stood up, folded his hands, closed his eyes and secretly prayed a few words, and then turned around to worship the eldest mother before exiting the cemetery. Li Xiaonuan tilted his head to look at Cheng Ke and said in a low voice:

"I want to go to my uncle's house for a glass of water, will you go?"

"Hmm."

Cheng Ke agreed with a smile, Li Xiaonuan smiled and said to the uncle, holding the uncle, Cheng Ke followed closely behind Li Xiaonuan, Lord Huang and Mrs. Li followed, and the group entered the village and walked all the way to the courtyard of the uncle's house.

Cheng Ke stood in the courtyard with a big bowl full of hot water, looking at Li Xiaonuan who was sitting on a small stool, taking a sweet sip of tea in the bowl, and talking to his uncle, I couldn't understand how Xiaonuan swallowed such a dirty bowl and such dirty water? !

Li Xiaonuan entrusted the sacrificial field to the uncle, and the careful uncle explained,

“…… These fields, in addition to the sacrifices of the four seasons of the year, beside them, the uncle looked at the distribution to the poor and widowed families in the village, if there are children who love to study, they will also subsidize some, and they will be handed over to the uncle to manage, and every other year or two, the uncle will send the eldest brother and sister-in-law or the second brother and second sister-in-law into Beijing to go to the Runan palace to find me, and talk to ......."

After talking for more than a quarter of an hour, Li Xiaonuan got up and said goodbye, ordered someone to call Mrs. Li, returned to the inn, and called the steward to come over and order:

"You and Mrs. Li are discussing, putting some worship fields, and then finding a suitable place, building a academy, and handing it over to Mrs. Li."

Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look at Mrs. Li and said gently:

"First of all, Mrs. Li often told me that the Li family has a lot of children who are smart and willing to learn, but they are too poor, and the Li family is unable to provide for these children to study, and the Li family has withered from generation to generation.

Mrs. Li hurriedly agreed, and didn't know what to say for a while, Li Xiaonuan didn't say much to him, and explained a few words to the steward, and asked Mrs. Li to go back.

Chapter 347: Whispers (Finale)

The next day, it was not until the end of the morning that the two of them packed up and boarded the boat, and Cheng Ke ordered the accompanying escort ships to follow behind, "You are in the way, what else are you watching?" ’

The two sat leisurely in the cabin with the windows open, Li Xiaonuan pointed to the scenery along the coast, smiled and cooed with Cheng Ke about the various pieces of tomb sweeping that came back from Qingming every year before last, and the warm sun lazily shone in the twilight spring, and the breeze with the fragrance of flowers and plants on both sides of the strait blew through the cabin, gently raising Li Xiaonuan's long skirt.

In the evening, the sunset shone red, dyed the water surface a bright red, the bow of the boat broke through the water, stirring up countless pieces of gold green, jumping and dancing, Cheng Ke held Li Xiaonuan, standing in the bow of the boat in the wind, far away, you can already see Yunpu Town.

The guards who accompanied them from the shore and the stewards, mothers-in-law, and girls who had arrived at the Yunjian Inn early in the morning had already been cleaned up. On the dock of the Yunjian Inn, the innkeeper Sun's nervous forehead was sweating, and several stewards stretched their necks and waited on the dock, from the letter that the eldest princess and the prince wanted to live in his inn, from the inside to the outside, he did not have a moment of peace, and the noble people who could be counted in the world made it clear that they wanted to live in his inn! This is really the ancestor of virtue, in the future, his inn, this inn in the clouds, is a world-famous inn!

Shopkeeper Sun swallowed his saliva, stretched his neck and looked at the string of black dots in the distance, here! Shopkeeper Sun swallowed his saliva again, from the time he received the letter, before he sent away the guests in the inn, Lord Huang of Xiuzhou Zhizhou arrived, he was the first time in his life to see such a big official as Zhizhou, and there was an adult, I don't know who it was, looking at Lord Huang's respectful appearance, I was afraid that it was the official of Hangzhou Mansion or the capital, and the inn would not let him clean, and his inn would not let him in, first a few adults, and then those stewards and mothers-in-law

I heard that this eldest princess is the girl of the Li family in Xiali Town, this Li family is really an ancestor of virtue, and the daughters who got married still take care of their mother's family one by one, the old lady Li in Shangli Town first, this time is the eldest princess, this girl surnamed Li, how did she become a royal princess again?

Shopkeeper Sun's nonsense thought, seeing the long list of ships slowly leaning on the dock, Shopkeeper Sun swallowed heavily, quietly wiped the cold sweat on his palms on his clothes, stared closely at the steward next to him, half-hung his head, and didn't dare to look at the boat, only stared at the steward, he went further, he went further, he stopped, he stopped, he long, he also long.

A corner of the moon-white silk robe moved to the front of him, and a gentle and soft female voice next to him seemed to be talking to him:

"I'm tired of the shopkeeper."

"No annoyance, no annoyance!"

Shopkeeper Sun hurriedly waved his hands and replied, Cheng Ke laughed, turned his head to look at the steward and ordered:

"Give him more silver, I'm afraid that his inn won't be doing business for the past few days, don't lose him."

The steward agreed, pulled the shopkeeper Sun, and took half a step back. Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look around, pointed to the stone stake tied to the cable, and said with a smile:

"It's still the same here as it was ten years ago, it hasn't changed, the stone stake is still there, and when I came back that year, Chaoyun hid behind the stake, followed me into the inn, and then followed me."

Cheng Ke turned his head to look at the half-human-tall, rough and ancient stone pile, raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile:

"This is her blessing, if I didn't follow you, how could I have today's chance? Now the Yunda shopkeeper of Houdeju in the capital is also a well-known figure! ”

Cheng Ke thought about the embarrassment of Houdeju not making money every year, laughed loudly, lowered his head and spoke, hugged Li Xiaonuan, and slowly walked into the inn.

The next day, the two got up early in the morning and arrived at the Gujia Wharf in Shangli Town, but just after the beginning of the year, the ancient family patriarch Gu Taiye, the Yuezhou Zhizhou Huang, the Liangzhejiang Road Xuanfu Envoy Han, the Gu family housekeeper and others crowded the narrow wharf, Li Xiaonuan wore a hat, helped Cheng Ke's men to get off the boat, followed the grandmother Sun who had returned to her hometown to retire, and went straight to Songfeng Courtyard to rest.

Cheng Ke greeted the ancient master, Lord Huang, Lord Han and others, let everyone enter the ancient mansion, accompanied everyone to lunch, explained the things entrusted by Mrs. Zhou, and entertained for a long time before sending everyone away and returning to Songfeng Courtyard.

In the back garden of the ancient house, the lotus leaves of the pond have just been stretched, floating on the clear water, fresh and itchy, the two wandered around in the back garden of the ancient mansion for an afternoon, until the evening, they returned to the Songfeng Courtyard, and had a meal and rested.

Early the next morning, Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan dressed in plain clothes, left the ancient mansion, got into the car, and went to the ancestral tomb of the ancient family.

Cheng Ke sacrificed Mrs. Li and Gu Zhiheng privately on behalf of the emperor, and then sacrificed the two of them with Li Xiaonuan.

Mrs. Li was not buried with her husband, but was buried behind Gu Zhiheng's cemetery, just like before her death, her mother stood behind her son, looking at her son lovingly and proudly, watching him grow up little by little.

Li Xiaonuan stood in front of the tomb of Mrs. Li, looked at the pine and cypress behind the cemetery, which was already gloomy, stayed for a moment, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said in a low voice:

"I want to say a few words to the old lady."

Cheng Ke nodded:

"I'll wait for you over there."

"Hmm."

Cheng Ke raised his hand, and the girls and mothers-in-law who were accompanying him stepped back lightly, leaving Li Xiaonuan standing alone in front of Mrs. Li's tomb. Li Xiaonuan carried her skirt, walked a few steps forward, knelt in front of the tombstone, stretched out her hand to caress the red letters engraved on the tombstone, the person who loves her the most in the world and knows her the most has become the red letter on the tombstone, these years, she always suddenly felt that if one day she returned to Shangli Town, returned to Ruixuan Hall, she was still there, smiling and calling her "Xiao Nuan is back"

Li Xiaonuan put his head against the tombstone, tears fell like balls, and after a while, he raised his head, with tears, and said in a low voice:

"Ancestor, Xiao Nuan is back, I have done everything you asked me to do, years ago, they all told you, the Xu family went back to the countryside to live in the ancestral house, just like we did back then, but you have hope, you have a daughter-in-law, a grandson, a granddaughter, there is Xiao Nuan, they don't, they only have a son, I have let people castrate him, ancestor, you are suffering because of your son, they are suffering, you said, death is not bitter, it is the living who suffer, I will let them live."

Li Xiaonuan let out a long breath, his fingers unconsciously crossed the tombstone, looked up at the tomb made of blue bricks, was silent for a long time, moved forward, as if to rely on the ancestor to get closer, and said in a low voice:

"Ancestor, maybe you are listening to me somewhere, I can't see you, but you can definitely see me, I know that people really have souls."

Li Xiaonuan paused, as if thinking about how to say it,

"Ancestor, are you gone? Are you listening to me? Ancestor, I'm not Xiao Nuan, I'm not Li Xiaonuan, I'm actually a wisp of soul, coming from a place you don't know, just like a person who was reincarnated without drinking Meng Po soup, with a previous life, so I'm smarter than others, Ancestor, are you still there? Gone?

Yesterday I went back to worship my father and mother and Xiao Nuan, Xiao Ke asked my father and mother to posthumously seal, I have done a lot of prayer for Xiao Nuan, I hope she will be happy in the next life, better than me, I also let people build a clan school for the Li family, buy a clan field, so that the children of the clan can study, the ancestor, I am Li Xiaonuan, the girl of the Li family, the same as you. ”

Li Xiaonuan breathed a long sigh of relief, stood up, looked at the tomb and said goodbye:

"Ancestor, I'm going back, next time I come to see you, I don't know when, Xiao Ke will inherit the throne when he goes back, in the future, I won't be able to leave the capital, Ancestor, you can rest assured, I will guard the ancient family, like you. I'm leaving. ”

Li Xiaonuan took a step back, took another step back, and was about to turn around, when a violent whirlwind suddenly swirled on the left side of the tomb, rolling the soil, rolling the paper money that had been burned to ashes, rolling into a straight line, roaring and rushing to the sky.

Cheng Ke jumped over in two steps and pulled Li Xiaonuan back, Li Xiaonuan fell into Cheng Ke's arms, his eyes were firmly fixed on the whirlwind, and he choked and shouted:

"That's the Ancestor! It's the ancestor! She heard me and she's gone! ”

Cheng Ke looked at the whirlwind that had already entered the sky with awe, bent down and hugged Li Xiaonuan, who was crying silently, and strode back.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaonuan woke up, Cheng Ke was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at a book, and when he saw that she was awake, he hurriedly threw away the book, looked down at her and asked:

"Better?"

"yes, alright."

Li Xiaonuan stood up,

"What time is it?"

"Shen Zheng."

Cheng Ke saw Li Xiaonuan's expression soothing, put his mind at ease, and said with a smile:

"Just now the housekeeper came over and said that tonight Shangli Town is going to set off fireworks and sing a hundred operas, I heard that it is the silver from several big families in the town, saying that it is to celebrate your aunt and grandmother returning to her parents' house."

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows, her interest was high,

"Let's have dinner and watch the fireworks! Whenever there is any lively thing in Shangli Town, it must be in the Temple of Literature, and there is a family selling quail dumplings next to the Temple of Literature, and his quail dumplings are the best! ”

Cheng Ke was more interested in Li Xiaonuan's interest, Li Xiaonuan got up and washed, changed into a moon white silk embroidered folded branches and green plum pleated skirt, a light green silk jacket, Cheng Ke wore a moon white silk gown, the two eaten, came out of the side door, the guard, the chief followed as passers-by, Lan Chu took a few girls and women, not far away and waiting.

Cheng Ke took Li Xiaonuan in his arms, crossed a bridge, in front of him was the most lively and prosperous place in the town, the night had fallen, on both sides of the street, red lanterns were hung under the eaves of every house, illuminating the street red and festive, the street was full of people, from time to time I saw neatly dressed young women, in groups of three or five, whispering and laughing, and moving forward along the flow of people.

Li Xiaonuan led Cheng Ke and walked in the direction of the Confucian Temple along the flow of people, talking and laughing as he walked, and told him about the excitement he had seen and passed in Shangli Town.

The two turned a few street corners, and the lights were bright in the distance, and the sound of babbling singing and shouting came from time to time.

In the Temple of Literature, there was a stage in the middle, singing out of an unknown play, Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan stood under the stage and watched for a while, puzzled, Lan Chu took two steps forward, smiled and whispered:

"Why didn't the master and the young lady hear it, this singing Wenqu star is difficult to go down to, isn't it our old master!"

Li Xiaonuan was half furious in surprise, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke, blinked his eyes and couldn't speak, Cheng Ke shook off the folding fan in his hand, covered the two of them and stepped back, laughing as he retreated:

"If you say, don't you let people sing? It's not a bad thing, just sing it. ”

Li Xiaonuan shook his head while sighing, followed Cheng Ke to look at the side of the illusion hundred operas, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he heard a loud and crisp shouting sound in front of him:

"Sell quail dumplings!"

Li Xiaonuan's eyes lit up suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled Cheng Ke forward:

"Let's go, the dumplings are coming! It's his house, I ate it once, I remember his voice, let's go buy dumplings to eat! ”

When Cheng Ke smiled and squeezed Li Xiaonuan over, there was already a full crowd in front of the dumpling stall, Li Xiaonuan pulled Cheng Ke, looked at it on tiptoe, and lined up with drooling, Cheng Ke lowered his head, and in his smiling eyes, he only saw Li Xiaonuan.

The two slowly lined up in front, and Li Xiaonuan stretched out his hand in front of Lan Chu:

"Ten big bucks is enough."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said with a smile:

"This bun is big, it's enough for the two of us to eat a bunch."

The stall owner neatly tied two dumplings, took a withered lotus leaf, wrapped it and handed it to Cheng Ke, Li Xiaonuan pointed to the vinegar mill:

"Dip this! I love to be jealous! ”

Cheng Ke laughed so hard that his hands trembled, barely dipped in vinegar, retreated to the side, and handed the steamed dumplings to Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan took Cheng Ke's hand, took a bite carefully, narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, and motioned for Cheng Ke to eat too, the two stood in the corner of the street, you eat the dumplings in one bite, and I eat the dumplings in one bite.

In the distance, there was a dull roar, and the magnificent fireworks bloomed in mid-air, Li Xiaonuan leaned on Cheng Ke's arms, looked up at the fireworks in the distance, and sighed leisurely for a while, and turned his head to look at Cheng Ke:

"It's my blessing to be with you in this life."

Cheng Ke looked down at Li Xiaonuan with bright eyes, and suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the forehead,

"You are my blessing!"

The fireworks in the distance shone brightly and darkly on the two people who were leaning on each other, warm and peaceful.