The ministers dispersed and there was already a stick of incense, Du Ruhui sat seriously in the Wanchun Palace, and there were several palace people in the palace who stood in the palace, standing one by one, without moving, almost becoming the pillars of the palace.

After reciting the blessing and prayer and giving fire, he was about to retire with everyone, but he was called by the inner supervisor who was accompanying Li Shimin and asked him to wait for the Wanchun Palace. His heart sank, and he couldn't escape what he should have come after all.

There was a long passage at the entrance of the Wanchun Palace, and then the door of the hall slowly opened, emitting a dull creaking sound unique to thick wood. Li Shimin took off the court robe he wore during the ceremony, and wore a narrow-necked beard with stone blue gold thread embroidered with auspicious clouds and dragon patterns, dressed in a very homely manner, and walked into the Wanchun Palace.

Du Ruhui hurriedly got up and saluted, and his body was only halfway down, and he was already supported by someone. "It's just you and me in private, and it's just a courtesy of a monarch and a minister." Li Shimin blocked his arm with one hand, and pulled him to sit down with the other, "Don't be restrained by those courtesies, sit down and talk." ”

Du Ruhui sat back on the brocade cushion behind the case according to his words. Although he couldn't see Li Shimin's expression, just listening to him not call him "I", but changed his name to "I", and the tone of his kind relatives, Du Ruhui had already guessed what he was going to talk about tonight.

Sure enough, before he could make a cup of tea, Li Shimin asked: "Last time, when I talked about Changqing's marriage, Du Qing has thought about it?" ”

Although he was prepared, Du Ruhui's hand holding the tea cup still trembled involuntarily, and the tea soup in the azure tea cup swayed after the rain, and it was not spilled out dangerously. He put down the teacup, lowered his head and said, "The minister is getting older, but I am afraid that I will miss the eldest princess." ”

"Du Qing is just strong, why do you say this." Li Shimin frowned slightly, the hand that put down the teacup was obviously seven or eight points stiff, and the fine porcelain made a heavy "rattle" sound on the desk of the pear wood, as if there was a circle of echoes in the hall. "I think what Qi Niang has to say? Could it be that she is not a wife or a concubine, and can she still overshadow the daughter of the heavenly family? ”

Du Ruhui hurriedly got up and walked out from behind the low case, and knocked on the ground in a dignified manner: "The minister doesn't dare, and Qi Niang doesn't dare." It's really flattered, the eldest princess is noble, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid of losing the eldest princess. Marriage from God. The minister is overjoyed, and he can also appreciate the importance of the saint's treatment of the minister, and hope for the minister's earnestness......"

The tip of his nose almost touched the blue bricks of the treasure pattern on the ground, and the subtle engravings between the carvings were also clearly visible. A drop of sweat from the corner of his forehead dripped onto the lines of the green bricks, and the faint "snapping" sound was clearly audible, Du Ruhui finally closed his eyes, and opened his mouth to say: "The minister must bow down and act cautiously and do his best." I also hope that the Holy Lord will forgive me for some time, and the good ministers will prepare carefully and greet the eldest princess with all the salutes. ”

"Bow down and act cautiously, do your best to ......" Li Shimin laughed loudly, "This is a family matter, should it be handled as a government errand?" Keming and reassuring, Changqing is kind and generous, and he will not be wronged by Qi Niang. The inner eunuch beside him also covered his mouth and laughed a few times, and the air in the entire Wanchun Hall instantly thawed, and the joy that came from somewhere quickly filled the hall.

Du Ruhui's body stiffened and lay in the ground for a long time. finally sighed secretly, got up and said goodbye, and thanked him for this long. and then a few words with the inner supervisor who congratulated him repeatedly, I don't know how to say goodbye to the Son of Heaven, and I don't know how to get out of the Wanchun Palace, I only know that the inner supervisor who followed the lamp walked out step by step.

Li Shimin looked at his dejected back and disappeared in the darkness outside the hall little by little, and laughed for some reason, the laughter was faint and cold, and the joy in the Wanchun Hall that had not yet faded was instantly swept away. "Luckily, he's not stupid."

"Your Majesty, with the dignity of the eldest princess. If you marry him, how dare you resign. The attendant inner supervisor smiled and said with relief: "The old slave Fang Cai also sweated for Cai Guogong. If he can't figure it out for a while, or if he thinks about Mrs. Gu......"

"I can't help him." Li Shimin said firmly: "The eldest grandson clan is entrenched in the court. Although the eldest grandson Wuji is no longer in an important position, he has a deep foundation in the end, and those people are all looking at the queen with their eyes. There are not many people in the Du clan in the court, and there are few implications, and Keming is a square person. Only by helping him become powerful can he restrain the Changsun family, so he must marry Changqing, stand in the door of my Li family, and cultivate the power of the Li family, so as to teach me peace of mind. ”

"The slave maid heard that Cai Guogong and his wife are deeply affectionate, but they are afraid that Mrs. Gu will ......"

Li Shimin waved his hand indifferently, "The Gu family is just a woman, why is it difficult to deal with a tasteless and rankless woman?" ”

The inner supervisor couldn't help but secretly shrank his neck, and shrank back along with the sentence on the tip of his tongue, "Mrs. Gu is Mrs. Yinghua's sister after all". In the heavenly family, how ruthless, don't say that it's just the wife of a foreign minister, isn't it even a brother who has also cut it clean?

The inner supervisor who led the way sent Du Ruhui out of Chengtianmen, and said goodbye to him, only then did he realize that he had left the inner garden. Standing still looking back at the majestic and glorious Taiji Hall in the dark, and then looking up at the Chengtian Gate made of huge stones overhead, Du Ruyan smiled bitterly, as if he had made a great determination, resolutely turned around, and strode towards the palace gate. Seeing that he finally came out, Du Qi hurriedly led his horse forward, "Ah Lang ......"

"You don't have to go home with me yet." Du Ruhui raised his hand to interrupt his words, "Take my amulet, go to Anshun Hall in Dongshi, and immediately take Zhao Cang over the house to talk about it, if someone asks, he said that he was in the house and asked Doctor Zhao to see him." ”

Du Qi led the order to urge the horse away, and Du Ruhui stepped on the horse and returned to Yongxingfang without mentioning it.

Chang'an City has run through two spring rains, the climate is gradually going to summer, everything is soaked in the warm air, growing vigorously, even the locusts in the field are also growing very well, the young green seedlings that have just emerged have been eaten cleanly, the locusts that have no seedlings to gnaw begin to scatter to the city, one or two cyan young locusts pop up from time to time between some grass blades on the street, and there are a few insects that have been crushed by cars and horses on the ground of the Vermilion Bird Avenue that has been smoothed by boulders.

"After the alternation of drought and flood, there will be a plague of locusts." Ada muttered, reaching out to brush away a locust that had fallen onto the curtain of the carriage. Mu Qing leaned out of the car and looked at the insects underground, frowned, didn't say anything, but sighed in his heart, he was afraid that there would be a few flying locusts in the back garden of the imperial city.

Thinking about Du Ruhui's life at the moment, he has not returned in the palace for several days, the last time I saw him, he was tired and exhausted, and the blood and qi that had been recuperated for a whole winter last year were almost consumed now, his face was pale and gray, and it was more and more ugly than when Zhao Cang came to consult last year.

As a last resort, she went to invite Zhao Cang again. After a few consultations, how could Nai Du Ruyan often not be in the house, and the decoction was difficult to continue, but Zhao Cang said that it was okay. After three or five days, an apprentice from Anshun Hall was sent to the Cai Guogong Mansion to deliver a porcelain bottle of pills and directly to Du Qi. Mu Qingyin didn't see the pill, so he asked Du Qi once. Du Qi only replied: "Doctor Zhao is thoughtful, and knows that Ah Lang often does things in front of the holy car, and it is inconvenient to drink the decoction, so he mixed the medicine with honey and pinched it into pills, so that Ah Lang can take it with him. After eating, wait for him to come to check the pulse and make it again. ”

Mu Qing nodded, and said, "He has a heart", knowing that he would not accept gold cakes, treasures and other things. sent Du Qi to send some ordinary things such as cloth rice and meat vegetables, and thanked her for it.

"Lady, there is a noble person in front of us, we have to avoid it for a while." Ada said to her outside the car. Mu Qing retracted his wandering thoughts, "Just avoid it." "I secretly wonder in my heart, although it is also in the etiquette for high-ranking people to travel and put on a battle, but there are many nobles in Chang'an City, and most of them think that it is troublesome to have that honor guard, and very few people will make such a big posture when they go out on weekdays.

Mu Qing pushed open the pane and looked out, and sure enough, a thin guard of honor came to him. Impressive, teaching people to know at a glance that it was the eldest princess of Changqing who had arrived. Mu Qingyi frowned, thinking of the eldest princess who spoke-for-tat at the Lizheng Hall on the day of the cold food, and always felt that something was wrong in his heart.

A moment later. I didn't see the guard of honor in front of me move, and this inappropriateness really came true. A servant from the eldest princess's mansion trotted to her car and asked loudly outside the car, "Is it Mrs. Gu from Cai Guogong's mansion in the car?" ”

Aliu lifted the curtain, "Exactly." What does the eldest princess have to say? ”

The little girl clasped his hands, "My princess met Madame by chance, and she has something to ask Madame about." I wonder if Mrs. will have time to talk about the tea shop ahead? ”

Ah Liu looked back at Mu Qing, Mu Qing nodded helplessly, since the heart has blocked people in the road, how can I not go? Immediately got out of the car with Ah Liu, followed the little guy who led the way in front, and went all the way to the tea shop in front.

The tea shop has been emptied of idle people, and the little maid led the two of them to an elegant cubicle, but Ah Liu did not allow her to enter, Mu Qing knew that the eldest princess of Changqing had great rules, and waved his hand to order Ah Liu to wait at the door.

Ah Liu waited at the door of the compartment for half an hour, looking at the warriors guarding the left and right without moving, his heart was inevitably a little anxious, and he couldn't hear any movement inside. Just as he was worried, suddenly a maid opened the door of the compartment, and a nobleman dressed proudly walked out of it, not looking at him, domineering.

When Shi Shiran, the warrior servants and maids she led, left, Mu Qing still didn't come out. Ah Liu turned his head and saw that they were out of the tea shop, so he boldly walked into the compartment, but saw Mu Qing sitting alone by the desk in a daze, the copper cho on the stove was almost boiled dry, making a strange sound, and the bamboo tube for storing tea leaves in her hand was dumped on the desk, and the tea leaves were half spilled, and she didn't care.

"Qi Niang?" Aliu called out to her hesitantly. She didn't respond for a while. was about to step forward to push her, only to hear her sigh weakly and weakly, her throat seemed to be blocked with cotton wool, and she said dryly: "Ah Liu, the eldest princess of Changqing will marry the Cai Guo Mansion, and you and I don't know anything about what was agreed on the day of the cold food." Next month, the gift of asking for the name will be carried out, and in the spring of next year, the six ceremonies will be completed and welcomed. ”

Ah Liu's brain seemed to be hit by a loud cymbal, and she fell to the seat, and asked in a low voice again and again: "Qi Niang, what are you talking about?" What are you talking about......"

Mu Qing slowly moved his gaze and smiled sadly at her, "Ah Liu, it turns out that you are right, the Holy Lord really wants to marry an eldest princess to the Cai Guo Mansion to be at ease, I knew this was the case, why did I resign from the title of Mrs. Wu Guo." In vain, everyone accused me of being a calculating worker, and I was the most stupid ......."

"Is that what Ah Lang answered?" Ah Liu was still incredulous, "Why haven't you heard him mention a word?" ”

Mu Qing had already understood it thoroughly at this moment, why did the Changsun clan specially ask her to enter the Lizheng Hall to speak on the day of the cold food, and she didn't want the Du clan and the Li clan to marry and join forces to fight against the Changsun clan's power in the court, but she didn't dare to say more, this was deliberately trying to penetrate herself, and she only complained that she didn't understand it at that time.

"How could he not? When did our saint stop what he was determined to do before he achieved his goal? If I hadn't gotten down, I would still be able to sit here right now? I'm afraid I'm no longer here. Mu Qing helped the desk, got up from the mat with difficulty, and walked out of the compartment slowly, "Let's go, let's go back first." Now that we know, it's better to prepare for some things. ”

Aliu sniffed, hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and walked towards the carriage parked outside. The emblem of Cai Guogong's Mansion on the carriage looked particularly conspicuous at this time, and it shone proudly on the beam of the carriage awkwardly and abruptly.

Aliu returned to the house. was angry for two days, and according to her intentions, it was necessary to ask Du Ruhui for an explanation. Ada stiffened his neck and said in a sullen voice, "I have followed Ah Lang for more than twenty years. I don't know how to figure out people's hearts, and I know what kind of character he is, so when it comes to stopping his wife and remarrying for the sake of glory and power, Ah Lang can't do it. ”

Aliu glanced at him, whispering in his belly. Whoever stops marrying again is clearly not married. In the end, I was afraid that Mu Qing would feel uncomfortable when he heard it, so he couldn't say anything.

Mu Qing calmed down for two days, the framework of the whole matter was clear, at the beginning, because of the panic and sadness, there was inevitably chaos in his mind, calm his mind, and then think about it, he was helpless, and he had done his best to protect himself from harm. Complain only complain, such a big thing. He hid it well, and he didn't explain it to her. According to the current situation, it is vaguely possible to guess where she will go in the future, but Zuo is just hiding her in Yuhang's Gu Mansion again.

When Du Ruhui returned home from the palace, it was three days later. Mu Qingyuan wanted to ask him a good question, but when he saw his face when he entered the door, he silently swallowed back the question, his face was sick and tired, and she couldn't mention those questioning words. Ah Liu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, but Mu Qing gave him a strict order. No one is allowed to mention it, so I have to hold it in my heart and do it in a hurry.

Seeing that summer had passed and autumn and winter were approaching, Mu Qing seemed as if he had never seen the eldest princess of Changqing in the tea shop by the market that day. lived his days as if he had nothing to do, and even was busy with Ayan's enlistment in the Xuanjia Army. Every ten days, Ah Liu couldn't help but ask her again, but he had asked Ah Lang about the matter of the eldest princess of Changqing, and she was very sure, "If he wants to bear me." I always can't stop it, he doesn't want me to know, so what's the good of asking. When he wants to speak, he will speak. ”

She didn't believe that Du Ruhui would really abandon her because of the power of the sky, and she expected that he would have some plans, so she made up her mind to press it and ignore it. Although the words were indifferent, because he couldn't guess what he was going to do, and every time he saw his complexion declining day by day, he had a lot of worries in his heart, like layers of mountains and rocks and thick mud, which could not be dissipated. Therefore, I have been restless in eating and sleeping for months, and I can't help but widen my clothes and belts, and my complexion is gloomy.

When it came to the winter festival, seeing that the New Year Festival was approaching, and the spring would begin after the New Year's Festival, the six rites would be completed, Mu Qing finally made up his mind to talk to him during the New Year's Festival and ask him what he was going to do.

At this time, the court handed down an edict again, ordering Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji to go to Xiyue Huashan to worship together, in order to pray for the coming year Gu Shuncheng, Heqing Haiyan.

The natural disasters that have been raging for two consecutive years have made this Xiyue Shrine Mountain different from the previous winter festival with a performance in front of the palace gate. Up to the Son of Heaven, down to the people of Li, all placed high hopes on this mountain ceremony, so it was the two most prestigious officials in the court who went to worship for the Son of Heaven, at least the people saw this, as for what the Son of Heaven thought in his heart, the holy will was unpredictable, and the left and right were different from what the people thought.

Because the officials and dependents were not allowed to accompany him, Mu Qing had to pack his bags for him, and told everything one by one with Du Qi, who was going with him, and carefully sorted out the materials. Two days before leaving, Zhao Cang came to the house to deliver pills, and personally handed them over to Du Qi, and when he saw Mu Qing, he only hurriedly saluted.

A thought flashed in Mu Qing's mind, Zhao Cang was not the first time to diagnose and treat Du Ruhui, thinking of the past, taking care of the medicine, he would tell her in detail, only this time, how could he only deliver the medicine to Du Qi, but never her hand? This year, she was taught to tremble, and hurriedly called Zhao Cang, "Doctor Zhao walks slowly." ”

Zhao Cang stood still with some surprise. Mu Qing hesitated in front of him for a while, and sighed: "It's not that Qi Niang can't believe in Doctor Zhao's Qihuang technique, it's just that the clumsy husband's body is always not good......"

"Qi Niang is not anxious, there is a way to get sick like a thread, not to mention that Du Gong is so tired, naturally he is slower." Zhao Cang pondered for a while, relieved himself, raised his eyes and saw Mu Qing looking at him uprightly, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, and looked away in a sneering manner, crossed her shoulder, and only looked away.

"In the world today, there are very few people who can fully believe in Qi Niang, and Doctor Zhao is one." Mu Qing said solemnly, word by word.

Zhao Cang's expression was slightly embarrassed, his eyes wandered around for a while, and then he retracted it again, and simply met Mu Qing's eyes, "Back then, Mrs. personally tried medicine to excuse someone, and this trust will be remembered for life." A certain is a straight person, and he will not do those false and real things, Mrs. only needs to know that in this life, he will be sent by Mrs. and Du Gong, and everything must be done with the safety of the two first. As for Du Gong's illness...... Madame, don't worry, the time will always be fine. ”

After saying that, he bowed his hand, said goodbye, turned around and left. Mu Qing stood blankly in the cold wind for a while, watching him walk away quickly, and suddenly felt that there was a thick curtain in front of him, and something was happening inside, but he was surrounded by impenetrable wind, no matter how eager she was, she couldn't look inside. (To be continued.) )

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