Outside of Yanjiao, Dai Qin ordered everyone to stop and stay in an inn. I couldn't help but ask him why. He replied, "The emperor ordered me to escort my mother back to Beijing, and in Yanjiao, except for Li Jinglong and Lord Li to take over, you must not rush into Beijing." ”

Only then did I realize that Zhu Diliang was very attentive, he asked Li Jinglong to pick me up, and I could go back to the crescent moon with Li Jinglong, and then enter the palace together, so that there was momentum, and everyone knew that I had returned to the palace.

Dai Qin saw that I understood and smiled faintly, "Niangniang doesn't need to worry, everything is in the emperor's control, just wait here quietly." ”

"Thank you for your hard work. After I return to the palace, will you take a break in Beijing, or will you go back to Kaifeng? I asked Dai Chin. The parting is imminent, and I always feel that when I meet him this time, I don't even have the confidence to drink and talk like a normal friend, and my heart is infinitely melancholy.

Dai Qin paused, "Since the emperor has gone to Kaifeng, I think that the local people will not suffer anymore, I am a grass people, there is no more than me, no less than me, no less, everywhere I go, it is the same." ”

I was a little ashamed, it seemed that our visit had disrupted the peaceful life of their brother and sister after all. Dai Qin chose to be there, already with an attitude of escapism, this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find peace in the future. Nodding slightly to him, he took his leave and went back to his room, and in the evening, Nuo Min came to call me for dinner, and said with a smile, "I have already contacted Master Li, and he will come to pick you up tomorrow morning, and when the time comes, we will hand you over to him, and it will be considered a complete merit." I heard my brother say that you have a little princess now, and I haven't congratulated you all the time. ”

Nuo Min is rotten by nature, and she doesn't call me by the honorific title of Niangniang like her brother, and she is still the same as before, which makes me somewhat relieved, "You brothers and sisters are reunited, and I should also congratulate you." ”

Nuo Min smiled and nodded, "Finally, everyone has a home." After all, your identity has changed, although I want to be close to you, but my brother warned me that you are close to us Jianghu people, it will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble, so, I don't dare to get close to you anymore, if there is no such mortal shackles, I must go to see the little princess. ”

My lips moved, but in the end I didn't refute it, after all, what Dai Qin said was right, and being close to me was not only that I was in trouble, but I was afraid that it would cause them trouble. Thinking that tonight is the last reunion, I feel sad and cherish it at the same time, and I am determined not to hold my own identity anymore and have a good talk with this brother and sister.

Dai Qin was afraid that someone would find out my identity when he was close to the capital, so he ordered a table of food in his room and lured me and Nuo Min in. I swept over the table and smiled, "Why is there no wine?" ”

Dai Qin was stunned, "Niangniang returned to Beijing because she was weak, where can she afford to drink?" ”

I smiled and said, "You know how to heal, you touch your conscience and say, don't lie, I drink two drinks tonight, will it be a big problem?" ”

Seeing that I was quite interested, Dai Qin smiled helplessly, shook his head and said, "It's not a big problem, but I'm afraid that it will be a big problem if I leave for Beijing tomorrow morning." ”

"What's in the way of this, come on, send a good burning knife from the altar!" I said with a smile.

Nuo Min licked his lips, "These days, for the plague and to send you back to Beijing, I am so busy that I can't even sleep, let alone eat and drink, don't say it, I'm also very greedy." ”

Dai Qin picked up a chopstick and knocked it on Nuo Min's head, "You have to be respectful when you talk to Niangniang, this time is different from the past." ”

"I have so many rules for you, and my mother is not such a person who talks about etiquette." Nomin laughed.

I also said to Dai Chin, "Those who know me." Nomin also. Tonight, everyone is not drunk, and you are not allowed to pay attention to these red tapes, as if this is seven or eight years ago, as if this place is a prairie, just as you and I are still the same few people back then! I opened the liquor that had been brought up, poured the bowl full of each of them, and took a sip myself, and the wine choked out my tears, I hissed, raised the bowl and laughed at the two of them, "I haven't drunk for many years, and I can't even go back!" ”

Seeing me rising, Nuo Min also raised his neck and drank half of the bowl, only Dai Qin's face was full of anxiety, "You two ...... Ay! He put the wine bowl to the tip of his nose and sniffed, "This wine is too strong, it is better to change to a jar of flower carvings or rice wine, and drink it." ”

I put the wine bowl down, "No matter how strong it is, it's just wine, Huadiao rice wine, that's a thing to coax children, how can you use it to fool us?" Nomin and I both drank, you shouldn't hurry! ”

Nuo Min drank half a bowl of wine, his tongue was a little curled, and even Mongolian words came out, "Aha (brother), we all drank, why don't you drink it yet, like a girl, you were not like this before, when you were on the grassland, you could put down ten wrestling men." ”

Dai Qin was speechless, so he had to raise his neck, clean the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and said without changing his face, "Okay, the wine is here, that's it, let's eat." ”

Nomin stood up, filled all the wine bowls for the three of us, and laughed, "Aha, what does Grandma say in the song she taught us to sing when she was a child?" How can the wild horse that has been sprinkled with wine at the beginning be stopped? ”

I didn't want to respect any of them, but I raised the wine and drank it myself, and Dai Qin stopped me while pulling Nuomin, and I was in a hurry, and I was too busy to socialize, and I held Nuo Min here, and I was half a bowl down, and I came to dissuade me, and Nuo Min finished drinking again, and finally he had to give up, and simply took the wine and drank it himself.

It turned out that when I was on an errand with Yuelong City, I was very drunk, and often, Yuelong City couldn't drink me, and now although it has been delayed for a few years, after all, there is still some foundation, Nuo Min usually drinks the amount of mare's milk wine, but two bowls of wine, have been talking nonsense, dancing, I am quite sober, and finally know that my body can not be too bad, and I dare not drink. Only Dai Qin changed the small cup and sipped it one by one, until Nuo Min fell down with a bang, Dai Qin said, "It's not too early, it's time to rest, I'll send Nuo Min into the room, and Niang Niang will please take care of yourself." ”

I staggered to my feet, leaned against the wall, and said, "You don't have to worry about me. ”

Dai Qin nodded, carried Nuo Min on his shoulders and sent him out, I looked at their backs, my eyes became more and more blurred, the raised legs and feet stepped on the ground as if they were stepping on the clouds, weak and weak, walked for a long time, and before I reached the door, I was dazzled and ringing in my ears, and I simply fell on the wall and took a nap.

After a while, Dai Qin's footsteps came back, he walked up to me, sighed, hesitated for a long time, and finally gently helped me up, "Niangniang, I'll help you back to the house." ”

I waved my hand, "I can walk on my own." ”

Dai Qin's hand stopped in mid-air, stunned for a long time, and finally retracted, "You slow down." ”

I smiled and slowly moved out, and Dai Qin followed me until I reached the door of my room, and he walked to the front and pushed the door open for me, "Niangniang, you go in, I'm here watching you." ”

I turned to look at him and patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you, thank you all the way." ”

Dai Qin's eyes were as gentle as water, and he smiled faintly, "I just did it by respecting the emperor's orders, you should thank the emperor and thank him for attaching so much importance to you." ”

I nodded his shoulder, "Husband and wife, there is no need to say thanks, this thank you should have been me and him to tell you together." ”

Dai Qin's face changed slightly, and he quickly returned to his smile, "Niangniang and the emperor have a deep affection, which is enviable, and it will definitely be a good story." ”

"You should also find a woman, it's always bad to wander like this all the time, even if you can be like this for the rest of your life, you should think about your sister, if she is also delayed like this for life, you will blame yourself and regret it in the future."

Dai Qin nodded, "That's what Niangniang said." ”

"When I return to the palace tomorrow, you have to take care of yourself and Nomin."

"Yes, sissy."

I drank a few glasses of wine, and the words became more and more, just hugging the door frame, like a koala, and thinking about Dai Qin for a long time, and Dai Qin, who kept nodding yes, smiling, for a long time, I didn't know what I was talking about, and slowly slid down the door. In the fog, I felt that someone helped me to the bed, folded the quilt, and said in a low voice, "I've been watching you all the time, if you're doing well, I'll become invisible, if you're not doing well, I can show up......"

I whispered, "Hmm~" and rolled over and fell asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Jinglong really dressed up, he went to the palace to invite the royal sedan chair, invited me to get on the sedan chair back to the palace, the whole inn people were frightened, learned that I was the mother of the palace, all came to see the excitement, or Dai Qin hurriedly took Li Pingyuan to command the guards to disperse the crowd to the side, I looked at the figures who stretched out their heads and shook their heads, sat on the sedan chair, and only felt like an outsider.

It was just a hurried goodbye to Dai Qin and Nuo Min, who were isolated and waved at me, and I glanced back and couldn't bear to look at them. Li Jinglong was very lively here, opened the curtain and said to me as he walked, "Niangniang, the princess is very good in my house." I received a secret decree from the emperor, saying that I would take you to my house to bring the princess back first. ”

I nodded, "Thank you so much these days." ”

"The emperor's letter said that Niangniang's old illness has attacked, and I have already arranged for the imperial doctor in the palace, and when you return to the palace, someone will immediately rectify it for you." Li Jinglong said with a grin.

"It's just a little tired, my own body is not angry, so I don't have to bluff so much."

I didn't say anything all the way, and when I arrived at Li Jinglong's house, I just quickly took the crescent moon out, I thought I wouldn't be too excited, but when I saw Bao'er come out with the crescent moon in her arms, I was still like thousands of mothers who left their children, and I couldn't wait to kiss the crescent moon enough.

Hurry up, we finally returned to the palace before noon---- because there are rules in the palace, entering the palace after noon, unless it is a courtier, otherwise the omen is not good.

Back in the Lotus Palace, everything is so familiar. When I was running around on the road, I thought that it would be good to be able to come back here and stop earlier, but I really sat on the familiar soft couch again, and my heart was empty---- although there was a sweet smile of the crescent moon in my arms, I couldn't hear Zhu Di's advice in my ears, and what I thought at this time was that even if he scolded me twice by his side, it was much better than being thousands of miles away like this---- this is the first time we have separated since we entered the palace, and this separation is bound to be a long time.

However, obviously, the palace did not allow me to enjoy this empty loneliness, but after a while, many concubines learned of my return to the palace and came to visit in waves. The queen also sent the palace maid to inform, "Because Qiankun has just been a guest of two courtiers, so I can't come to visit in person, and I'll talk about it tomorrow when I ask for good morning." ”

I have a headache, I still have to come, Zhu Di is not in the palace, what I am most worried about is that I have to face Xu Yunhua alone. Listening to Zhu'er, Xu Yunhua is now relying on himself to be the biggest in the palace, and he has gradually let Lu Yunyi walk around in the Qiankun Palace, which is the same as not being grounded, but he doesn't go out of the palace. And Concubine Lu is pitiful, for more than two months, without my care, I heard that sometimes I can't even eat enough. Hearing these words, I became more and more disturbed, and the crescent moon was a little rusty because she had not seen me for many days, and she was always crying in my arms, and I was almost more busy than on the road. It wasn't until the evening that the imperial doctor was summoned in at Bao'er's insistence. The imperial doctor didn't say anything, only said that he would take some tonic medicine first. After I heard this, I didn't really care, so I asked Bao'er to let go of the reward and send it out.

Because Zhu Di was not in the palace, I was very careful and asked Bao'er to come in with the crescent moon to sleep with me at night, and Zhu'er was out to keep vigil with a few reliable old grandmothers.

Until the dead of night, I finally had time to talk to Bao'er. I knew that Bao'er wanted to know the situation of Sanbao very much, so I told her what I had seen and heard in the past two months. After listening to this, she only said worriedly, "Plague? Are the three brothers and the emperor in danger? ”

When she asked, I was also worried, but I still comforted her, "Don't be afraid, there is a doctor in their entourage, so there will be no problems." ”

Bao'er stopped talking, and after a long time, she raised her neck and asked, "Niangniang, you go back to the palace alone this time, the emperor will not come back in three or four months, have you ever thought about ......it?"

I leaned back and looked at the hazy roof of the tent under the flickering red candles, and said helplessly, "I know everything...... If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't follow the emperor, he wouldn't want me to come back to this land of strife. I haven't seen the queen for many days, and it's inevitable to ask for good morning tomorrow, I ...... "What I want to say is that I can't think of what will happen, so I can't sleep with melancholy."

Bao'er had already guessed my mind and comforted, "No matter what, you are a concubine, and you have to take care of the princess, there is no fault, there is no quarrel, the queen mother can't find your fault, you are weak, and you still want so many things, isn't it a frustration for yourself?" ”<