In early spring and February, the smoke and rain soaked into the south of the Yangtze River, and the withered grass occupied the fields, and the tender green of the newly sprouted grass could not be seen. The mountains, the water, the villages, the trees, the cows, the people, the bridges, the streams, ...... In the rain and fog, everything was hazy and looming.

Yueyao is no longer a woman pretending to be a man on this trip, but hugging back and forth, bringing dozens of people out. The places to play have also been emptied.

Xiang Wei saw that Yueyao had a melancholy look and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yue Yao looked into the distance and said for a long time: "It's nothing, I just remembered something." She remembered the days when her father took her out to play. If my father and mother were still here, I would definitely be very happy to see her achieve what she has achieved today.

On this trip, Yueyao also brought Kexin out, it was difficult to get Jiangnan, it was a pity not to take Kexin out to see the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan, as for the three brothers and boys, there was a chance to come out in the future, so Yueyao didn't bring it this time.

Kexin asked in a low voice, "Mother, do you think that your grandfather and grandmother still have a father?" Her mother rarely had this kind of expression.

Yue Yao patted her daughter's shoulder, and people said that she knew her daughter Mo Ruomu, and her family was just the opposite: "Well, I miss your father." "Last year, there were several battles in the northwest, but the result was more losses and fewer wins, and it was not until the winter that the two sides recuperated, and now in February, the ice and snow in the northwest are about to melt, and there will definitely be another war, Yueyao is very calm on the face, in fact, she is still worried, the sword has no eyes, and no one dares to guarantee 100% safety.

Kexin said very confidently: "Mother, don't worry, Dad will definitely come back safely." "Kexin and Brother Sheng don't have much impression of An Zhichen, but the people around them always tell them, especially Kexin, who has always heard from the mother-in-law around her how her father loved her before, and she is like a baby bump, so every time she talks about An Zhichen, Kexin's heart is warm.

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Well, I will definitely come back safely." ”

It wasn't until nightfall that Yueyao took everyone back, and after going back, Yueyao found Niu Yanghui and Mingzhu and said, "I'm going to leave for the capital the day after tomorrow." ”

Mingzhu was very surprised: "Didn't you say that you would leave at the beginning of March?" How do you want to leave now? Is something wrong?"

Mingzhu has invited a doctor to come over for a follow-up two days ago, and now it is confirmed that Mingzhu is a month pregnant, and now Mingzhu is giving birth in the mansion every day, otherwise she will definitely follow Yueyao to go outside to see the scenery.

Yue Yao nodded: "It's some unexpected incident." "Even if she doesn't plan to go back now, she will go back in two days, so it's better to make arrangements early.

Niu Yanghui frowned and said, "What happened in the capital?" Yueyao had already written a plea last year, and said that she would leave for the capital in early March, and what unexpected events could make Yueyao suddenly change her itinerary and return to Beijing in a hurry.

Yue Yao didn't hide it from the husband and wife: "A few days ago, I dreamed that there was a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, so I wrote an excerpt and sent it back to the capital. "Even if you don't tell Niu Yanghui and Mingzhu now, they will know later.

Mingzhu lost her voice and said, "Oh my God, drought?"

Niu Yanghui was very puzzled: "What kind of excerpts do you write in your dreams?" He used to dream of killing Aunt Liu! But this can't be taken seriously.

Yue Yao smiled bitterly: "I'm different from others, if I have a dream, I just forget it after waking up, if I wake up and remember the things in the dream, these things will happen nine times out of ten, I dreamed of drought in Jiangnan, and there will definitely be a drought in Jiangnan this year." ”

Niu Yanghui has been honed in officialdom for so long, and he can already be happy and angry, but after listening to Yueyao's words, he was still shocked, and then looked at Yueyao, as if looking at a monster, and finally, Niu Yanghui looked at Mingzhu and asked, "What the second sister said is true?"

Mingzhu didn't know what Yueyao had dreamed before, but she knew that Yueyao's dreams were very weird, and the things in her dreams were often the same as reality: "People's dreams are the opposite of reality, and her dreams are basically what happens when she dreams about something." ”

Niu Yanghui still didn't believe it, Niu Yanghui looked at Yueyao and said, "Who did you give the excerpt you wrote?"

Yueyao's expression was very calm: "First hand it over to Hou Ye, and then ask Hou Ye to hand it over to the emperor." ”

Niu Yanghui was sure that Yue Yao was not joking, and said half-loudly: "In case there is no drought, do you know what this is?" This is the sin of deception! The sin of deceitful kings will be copied all over the door. ”

Yue Yao shook her head and said: "No, even if the emperor believes in this matter, he will not make a big move, plus He Yue is fighting in the northwest, even if there is no drought at that time, the emperor will ask me at most." "This is the result of Yueyao's measurement and re-measurement.

Mingzhu understood what was going on, and was angry at the moment: "Are you stupid? What are you doing with such a big thing? If you don't say it, no one knows, and if you say it, no matter whether it's true or not, you won't get anything good!"

Yue Yao let out a long breath: "Actually, I have struggled a lot, but I think, if I don't say it, once the drought happens, how many people will starve to death here?" The Northwest will certainly be affected by the time, I thought about it a lot, but in the end I still can't pass the conscience level. As she told Xiang Wei, she didn't say it, she had to live in guilt for the rest of her life.

Mingzhu pulled Yueyao's arm and couldn't help crying: "Why are you so stupid!" You don't discuss such a big matter with us. ”

Xiang Wei couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's useless to discuss with you, we were sold by Master Hou, and Mingzhu couldn't stop him if he knew it.

Niu Yanghui glanced at Yue Yao deeply, and then said, "Don't worry, I will arrange a boat for you tomorrow, and you will leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow." "Whether this is true or not, we will know in two months whether Yueyao's dream is true or false, in the end, Niu Yanghui still doesn't believe it.

After Yue Yao went back, she looked at Xiang Wei, who had been lowering her head, and said with a smile: "I don't blame you for this, people always need to do something to live, even if they cost their lives." She actually felt that this life was very complete, and the only thing she couldn't give up was An Zhichen and a few children.

Xiang Wei looked up and said, "It's going to be fine." ”

Yue Yao smiled and said: "Well, it's going to be fine, I still have to find a satisfactory son-in-law for Kexin, and I have to watch Brother Sheng marry a wife and have children!" Where is she willing to die!

Ming Yao always thought that Yueyao would not be able to return to Beijing until March, but now she was caught off guard by Yueyao, and she only had one day to prepare, so the people in Niufu suddenly turned their backs.

Yueyao also had a lot of things, and it took a whole day to pack up her things, and early the next morning, she returned to Beijing with her four children and a small group.

Mingzhu was at the pier, looking at the ships in the distance, crying with tears in his eyes, this next goodbye will be three years later.

Niu Yanghui didn't smile at all, he kept thinking about what Yue Yao said, if it was really a drought, should he prepare now, at least, encourage the people to plant drought-tolerant food, it would be a good case.

Thinking of this, Niu Yanghui shook his head, he was an envoy to supervise hundreds of officials, not a governor in charge of the people's livelihood, but Niu Yanghui was not in a hurry, this matter still depends on the intention of the imperial court.

Ming Yao felt that Yue Yao was a little stupid: "Husband, did you say that Yue Yao would be in danger?" Dream by yourself, dream things come true, you know it, why tell the emperor? If it doesn't work, this one is not good, it is the crime of bullying the king, and the whole family has to be put into it, Mingzhu didn't understand what Yueyao did for the first time, anyway, it was her, and she resolutely didn't do it.

Niu Yanghui shook his head and said, "No, there may be punishment, but there will be no danger to life." He said that Yueyao's life was in danger that day, but he was actually exaggerating.

Mingzhu was a little surprised: "Why do you say that?"

Niu Yanghui explained: "Have you ever seen that Qin Tianjian was not allowed in advance, and the emperor killed them all?" At most, he was dismissed. "Yue Yao's behavior is similar to the nature of Qin Tianjian's foreshadowing, and the emperor killed Yue Yao without reason.

Mingzhu felt that Niu Yanghui was reasonable: "Then what if the emperor wants Yueyao to predict good luck in the future?"

Niu Yanghui smiled and said: "This kind of thing needs to be followed, where can it be forced, the emperor is a Ming monarch, and he will not do such a thing." ”

On the fifth day of Yueyao's departure, the messenger from the capital arrived in Suzhou.

The messenger knew that Yue Yao had left Suzhou by boat and returned to the capital, so he hurriedly went to chase after him after asking for the route.

The emperor issued a secret edict, and Mingzhu ordered no one to reveal the news.

When Yueyao went to Suzhou from the capital, she toured the scenery all the way, and when she saw the dock, she docked, and it took more than a month to get to Suzhou.

Kexin also sensed that something was wrong, and asked nervously, "Mother, is something wrong with my father?" For the three brothers Kexin and Brother Sheng, this is the most worrying thing.

Yue Yao chuckled and said, "Don't curse your father, he's in the northwest!" It's my mother who has something, and my mother wants to hurry back to the capital to do something. ”

Kexin breathed a sigh of relief, as long as her father was fine, she was relieved: "Mother, when will Dad come back?" She only knows what her father looks like based on her imagination.

Yue Yao pondered for a moment and said, "I'll come back after this battle." ”

Kexin wanted to ask when this battle would end, but she didn't dare to ask looking at Yueyao's face.

Yueyao is still uncertain, after all, with the effect of her butterfly, many things may change: "Your father will come back next year at the latest." ”

Kexin was a little happy: "Really?" Getting Yueyao's affirmation, Kexin hurriedly went out to tell the three brothers of Brother Sheng'er about this happy event, although it will take more than two years, but at least there is an expectation, not as far away as before.

On the eleventh day, the messenger caught up with them, but there was no way, no matter how fast Yueyao's ships were, they had to stop at night, and it was believed that their ships were day and night.

The leader was a father-in-law, who saw Yueyao and immediately took out the emperor's secret decree to read it, and after Yueyao received the holy decree, the father-in-law said: "Please also ask Mrs. Lian to rush to the imperial city with us." "They have to be in a hurry, where can they be like Yueyao, slowly.

This incident did not give Yue Yao any room to regret at all, and nodded at the moment and said, "Wait until I explain it clearly to a few children, and then pack a few more clothes and go with you." ”

No matter how much time I rushed, it was not too late, and the father-in-law at the head agreed to this condition.

Brother Sheng was waiting for news in the cabin at this time, and a group of strangers came up from their ship for no reason, and they went directly to find Yueyao, and several children were worried.

When Fei Ge'er saw Yueyao's figure, he hurriedly rushed over and asked, "Mother, who are these people?" What are they going to do?" It's not a good person to look at.

Yue Yao also made a long story short: "It's a messenger sent by the emperor, so my mother has to follow them first, you listen to Aunt Wei's words, and in about ten days, our family can be reunited." ”

The four children were stunned, and thought of many possibilities, but they didn't expect that it was the emperor who summoned her mother, and Fei Ge'er had more things, and said with some worry: "Mother, why did the emperor summon you?" was still in such a hurry, Fei Ge'er instinctively felt that it was not a good thing.

Yue Yao smiled: "I don't know, but it shouldn't be a bad thing." "Those complicated things, Yueyao is not ready to tell a few children.

Several children hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Xiang Wei in unison.

Xiang Wei felt very stressed: "There will be no bad things, if it is a bad thing, it will not be a holy decree, but directly with handcuffs and ankles to arrest your mother." ”

The corners of Yueyao's mouth twitched.

Several children, especially Brother Sheng, often followed Xiang Wei out, and some saw prisoners with handcuffs and anklets, so this description was very vivid, and several children immediately had no objections.

Yue Yao rolled up a cage or two, and got on the messenger's ship.

Several children stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the ship that disappeared in the blink of an eye, and asked Xiang Wei together: "Why is their ship so fast and we are so slow?"

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "Their boat is small, but our ship is big, so it will be slow." "Of course, this is secondary, and the most important thing is that the letter uses the best ship, not only fast, but also very convenient, and the flag of that ship, all as long as they look at it, give way.

Kexin pulled Xiang Wei's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, is my mother really okay?"

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "Don't worry, it'll be fine, in half a month, you will be able to see her." "It's going to be okay now, but I don't know in two months.

Seven days later, the boat docked, and when Yueyao went ashore, there was a carriage waiting on the shore, and Yueyao sat in the carriage for less than two hours, and the whole person was dizzy: "Stop, stop." ”

With Yueyao was Gu Lan, Gu Lan helped Yueyao get out of the carriage, Yueyao vomited and her face was sallow, she often took the carriage, but the speed of the carriage was usually less than half of the current one.

After Yueyao rinsed her mouth, she said to her father-in-law who was the leader: "If I am in such a hurry, I will have to faint." "It's also good that she's in good health, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to stand it on the boat.

The father-in-law at the head is also reasonable: "Okay, then slow down." "Anyway, they have been able to bring people back at the time set by the emperor, so they don't panic.

When I arrived in the capital, it was already evening.

Yueyao thought that she would go to the palace the next day, but she didn't expect the emperor to see her immediately, she was still dizzy at this time, and she was really worried about losing her manners.

Yue Yao went home first, bathed and changed into a life suit after bathing and changing, and then followed the person into the palace after eating and drinking, at this time, it was already dark.

Yueyao came back in a hurry, scared the people in Anfu enough, thinking that something was wrong, seeing that Yueyao was a little tired, everything else was fine, everyone was relieved, and when Hao's mother knew that Yueyao was going to enter the palace to see the emperor, she was startled again, and then served Yueyao well, and sent Yueyao out of the door with trepidation.

Yue Yao has been to the palace several times, but she used to come to the palace during the day, and this is the first time she has come to the palace at night.

The palace at night is particularly quiet, even the sound of crows can't be heard, but the sound of walking can be heard occasionally, and in the palace at night, there are more and more guards who come and go, and after walking for less than two quarters of an hour, Yueyao saw more than a dozen patrolling guards, who began to check not very carefully, and finally checked more and more carefully.

Yue Yao's brain was still a little messy at this time, and the journey of most of the month was forced to shrink into nine days, and thinking about how tired this person must be, this is not counting, thinking about seeing the emperor, Yue Yao was nervous for a while, and her palms were all sweaty.

Yueyao was like a puppet, with the father-in-law who was the leader, and I don't know how long she had been walking, the father-in-law looked at Yueyao and said, "Mrs. An is standing inside, let's go in and return to Long Live Lord." ”

Yue Yao was not confused, and said respectfully: "Grandpa Cui, please." "After nine days of getting along, apart from hearing that this person's surname is Cui, Yue Yao didn't know anything, of course, the main thing was that Yue Yao had never dealt with anyone in the palace, and she didn't know the identities of these eunuchs.

After a while, a eunuch came out to let Yueyao in.

As soon as Yue Yao stepped into the high threshold, she smelled a fragrance, Yue Yao followed Cui Gonggong into the house, and when she arrived in the house, she felt that there was a person sitting on the floor, and at this time, there was no one else in the room, this person must be the emperor.

Yue Yao knelt on the ground as cold as water and gave the emperor a big salute.

The emperor said lightly: "Raise your head." ”

Yue Yao didn't dare to disobey the emperor's order, and slowly raised her head, Yue Yao usually wears light makeup, but when she enters the palace, she dresses up, and today is no exception, but because she was too tired to travel, dressing up covered up Yue Yao's tired face.

The emperor looked at Yue Yao fixedly.

Yue Yao shuddered, and involuntarily lowered her head again, the emperor's momentum was already able to scare people to death, and with a knife in his eyes, he could scare people to death more and more.

The emperor didn't care, and when he saw him trembling, Yueyao was not the only one: "I have already seen the excerpts you presented, and you are really sure that there will be a drought in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Yue Yao lowered her head, trying to keep herself calm, and then tried to speak to herself more calmly: "The courtesy had several dreams before, and then the things in the dreams came true. ”

The emperor thought that Yueyao was quite interesting, obviously very scared, and his hands were trembling, but he spoke very neatly, and he didn't stumble: "For example?"

Yue Yao's voice was very slow, she was afraid that the emperor would not hear me clearly: "Your Majesty, eighteen years ago, the courtiers dreamed that my eldest aunt wanted to kill me. As a result, I believe that the emperor must know.

The emperor looked at Yue Yao and said, "Was that dream that made your temperament change greatly?" In this month, the emperor already knew what happened to Yueyao, and the strangest thing was that Yueyao seemed to have changed overnight.

Yueyao nodded: "Yes." ”

The emperor suddenly threw a bombshell: "That year, Ma Peng was able to pass the Jinshi examination, does it have anything to do with you?" "Ma Pengzhong Jinshi, it's too strange.

Yue Yao won't admit it: "Back to the emperor, cousin Zhongjinshi has nothing to do with courtiers!" It is a matter of the imperial examination, and it cannot be said that he was killed.

The emperor asked again: "There was a big flood in Shandong that year, Ma Peng was able to take precautions in advance, and you also dreamed of warning him?"

Yue Yao shook her head and said: "No, back to the emperor, my dreams are generally only related to myself, I actually heard that my cousin prevented the flood, and I also thought that my cousin was like me, and he could dream to predict good luck and evil, so I asked my eldest cousin about this matter, and my eldest cousin said that he just wanted to do some practical things in the local area, and he didn't know that there was a flood later." "Yue Yao won't tell the emperor that Ma Peng can also be a good omen, she can go into the water alone, don't drag Ma Peng into the water.

The emperor was still very satisfied when he heard this, and those who were officials should do practical things: "Since you have the ability to predict good luck and evil, why can't you predict that Zhou Shu will kidnap you?" Zhou Shu didn't do it just once, but twice.

Yueyao's head lowered by three points: "Actually, the courtiers had an omen, but it was the first time that they served the people around me with strong martial arts and could protect me, and the second time I thought I would be safe at my uncle's house......" This means careless, and the second time I didn't expect Zhou Shu to be bold.

The emperor didn't speak, and the room was so quiet that he could only hear the whirring wind outside, and he didn't know how long it took before the emperor spoke: "I believe you, but in the end there is no drought in Jiangnan, what do you say?"

Yue Yao said in a mosquito-like voice: "The courtiers are willing to wait for the emperor's fate." "If you don't talk about it now, there will be a room for what to do.

The Emperor said lightly, "If it's fake, I want your head." ”

Yueyao's head was almost lowered to the floor, and her voice was still as smooth as at the beginning: "If there is no drought in Jiangnan, the courtiers are willing to die, just beg not to implicate the lord and the child." ”

The emperor said with interest: "You are not afraid of death?"

The imperial jade on the floor is very beautiful, but it makes people feel the biting cold, Yue Yao said softly: "I'm afraid, but the courtiers just think about it, if there is really a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't go to the emperor, I don't know how many people will die in the future, the Buddha family has clouds, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, if I can use my life, in exchange for hundreds of lives, the courtiers think it's worth it." ”

The emperor also seriously considered why Yue Yao wrote an excerpt to tell him about this, and thought of many reasons, but none of them were what Yue Yao said: "Can you tell Master Xuantian about your dream that can predict good fortune?"

Yue Yao nodded and said, "Yes, Master Xuantian said that this is my blessing." "Yue Yao really didn't deceive the emperor about this, she really asked Master Xuantian, and Master Xuantian did say so.

The emperor's hand slapped on the table, and every time the emperor struck, Yueyao's heart sank a little, and Yueyao felt that she had never been so scared in her life.

The emperor looked at Yue Yao, who was kneeling unsteadily, and sighed a little, looking at him who was not a bold person, he was afraid that he had really exhausted all his courage: "You go down!"

Yue Yao gave the emperor another big salute, and then got up, because her legs were numb after kneeling for too long, and when she got up, she didn't stand firm and fell, and after Yue Yao stood firm, she quickly retreated.

Out of the imperial study, the wind blew on her body, Yue Yao shivered with cold, and at this time Yue Yao realized that not only were her palms full of sweat, but her body was also sticky.

Yue Yao let out a sigh of relief, no matter what, this level is over, and next, just wait to see if there is really a drought in Jiangnan.