It rained for several days in a row, and everything was moistened, and the crops in the fields were as lush as ever, a scene of vitality.

Qu Yi stood under the old pine, holding the pine branch in his hand, looking ahead, not far from him, the pine forest fluctuated, and a misty white mist moved in the sky.

The wind and fog dissipated, and the girl in fresh clothes flew over, slowly retracting the reins, and the tall steed whirled in place.

Ninety thousand ropes stopped the jade-topped black horse, Yuan Lingjun jumped off the horse, and ran forward along the green and yellow slopes, she looked very struggling, the withered grass in midsummer was lush and tough, every few steps, she had to bend down to untie the grass stems wrapped around her calves, and after a while, she was so hot that she was sweaty.

"Give me the knife." Qu Yi took the long knife in the hands of the guards and cut all the weeds and thorns that blocked the way.

Yuan Lingjun staggered up, stood still in front of Qu Yi with a head of grass clippings, and ordered the child servants on the left and right: "I'm dying of thirst, tea soup." ”

Tianbao handed over the tea that had been thoroughly dried, Yuan Lingjun drank it with a grunt, wiped the water from his lips indiscriminately, grabbed Qu Yi's sleeve, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why don't you send a servant to report when you come?" I almost missed it. ”

Hearing that Qu Yi came back from Fangzhou County, she rushed to greet her.

Qu Yi smiled lightly, lowered her head and brushed away the blades of grass that fell in her hair, and waited for Yuan Lingjun to calm down before explaining: "It's useless to report, I have to rush back to Baling." ”

In an instant, Yuan Lingjun's face changed, his eyebrows and eyes were wrinkled, and he shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, what should I do if you leave?" You stay and help me do my work before I go back. ”

If he really leaves, and encounters any troubles, who will help her get an idea, and she is not always so lucky, she can meet one or two gods and men to help, and they haven't seen each other for a few days, and it's hard to have a hot summer, and she wants to hold the natural "curling" to cool off. In terms of public and private, Yuan Lingjun was not happy that he would leave so soon.

Since the two of them got married this spring, the husband and wife have been harmonious, and Hou Yu has been peaceful, but there is only one thing, Yuan Lingjun's nature has been exposed after getting along for a long time, and he is domineering and willful, and he loves to play petty.

"Alleviate the drought in time, the people are grateful to the sovereign, and the sovereign has done a good job this time."

He hadn't seen the god man who had accurately predicted the time of the rainfall, and Yuan Ling was very interested: "Thanks to the god man mentioned in His Highness's letter." Call him another day, I want to see if he has heavenly eyes. ”

Qu Yi smiled helplessly, took her hand, and the two walked side by side.

"You haven't promised me yet, don't leave yet, okay?" She didn't give up, tugging on Qu Yi's wide sleeves and shaking.

The attendants had already packed their bags and were about to set off on their way, when they saw the king come down and bring their horses for travel.

"Mingyu, come here." Qu Yi patted the saddle.

Yuan Lingjun was still angry, burying his face, he just didn't want to pay attention to him.

"If I don't come back, I'll really go back to Baling." Qu Yi recognized the stirrup and got on the horse, and made a posture of raising the whip to urge the horse.

"So you coaxed me." Yuan Lingjun immediately grinned, quickly grasped the horsewhip, and turned over neatly with Qu Yi's belt.

Qu Yi tugged at the reins, and the horse was about to get up.

"Childe is in a hurry to return to Baling, is his mother sending another errand?"

"Well, assist Fan Ying in the assessment of female officials."

"Since my mother wants to promote and exercise Fan Ying, she should let him think about it by himself."

The women's examination and the music examination in the autumn were held as usual, Fan Jiang wanted to appoint her nephew Fan Ying as the chief examiner, and the old minister recommended Lu Yaoxue, and the two parties quarreled in the court and broke up unhappily. Yuan Lingjun left Baling and came to this county to treat the drought, and Fan Ying had already taken office and began to prepare for the female official assessment and the autumn examination of music workers.

In private, Yuan Lingjun was dissatisfied with Fan Jiang's decision, but there was no way to speak of it, Zhen Chuanting just admonished, the matter of cultivating power was long and difficult, and it was impossible to do it overnight.

"The Fan family is full of capable people, why do they need the help of the son, they want to let the dignified Changshan Palace fight, but they don't agree...... What is it? Yuan Lingjun groped for a strange object around his waist, untied it without authorization, and raised it to his eyes to observe, it turned out to be a black horizontal bamboo with exquisite workmanship.

When she was young, she asked for Qu Yi's black flute many times, and was scolded by her father when she returned, and now she was finally caught. Yuan Lingjun bit his lip and smiled secretly, leaned to his lips to play, and found that there were eight holes on the bamboo.

Qu Yi saw her moving around, as if she was uncomfortable: "If you feel uncomfortable, how about sitting in front of me?" ”

Yuan Lingjun's face and neck were half red, and he hurriedly hid the bamboo in his sleeve, and said no.

There are rumors scattered in Lin'an, His Majesty is not good, the spirit is sluggish in the past two months, and he wants to abdicate and go south to recuperate on the next day, the countries are in an uproar, the Xu family advocates weakening the feudal state, the princess is on the throne, the princes and princes are inevitably panicked, Fan Guifei has secretly dispatched the Changshan army, stationed in the suburbs of Beijing to obey orders at any time.

Fu Piaochun came at night to pass the news to Yuan Lingjun, accompanied by the messenger who sent a letter from the Jin Palace, and the cronies and guards left in the capital by Gongsun Zixi.

"Your Majesty's secret edict?" Gongsun Zixi changed his usual casualness, as if facing a great enemy. She had a secret letter in her hand.

The chamberlain arched his sleeves and replied respectfully: "As the general sees, His Majesty has an order, and the general will go to his post immediately after seeing the order, without delay." ”

Gongsun Zixi couldn't believe it, and carefully read the contents of the letter from beginning to end, staring at the vermilion seal for a long time before he was sure of one thing. The princess summoned her back to Beijing to relieve her of military power and restrain the Gongsun clan, and His Majesty, who supported the Gongsun clan, did not say a word from beginning to end, but did it on purpose. His Majesty first prompted the princess to mention yì, sent her to supervise Changshan, and then transferred her to the East China Sea to cooperate with the Marquis of Wu'an to supervise the training of sailors.

She and Wu Anhou were the strongest shields in Lin'an, and the last wall between the states of Wu and Jin.

His Majesty actually entrusted her with such a heavy responsibility...... Gongsun Zixi had mixed feelings in his heart, took the letter paper, and said, "Okay, I'll set off now." ”

When the chamberlain received the message, he hurriedly returned without resting for a moment.

Gongsun Zixi was about to leave suddenly, and when she heard this, Lu Yaoxue felt strange and limped over.

Gongsun Zixi packed up in the room, and when he saw that he looked depressed, he was stunned and didn't have a good tone: "You should lie down." ”

The buttocks were burning and hurting, and she didn't dare to complain, for fear that Aunt Zhao would add a few more boards, so Lu Yaoxue could only stand and speak: "What is the reason for Aunt Xià Yuan?" My aunt is stationed in the north all the year round and is not good at going to sea to fight. ”

Gongsun Zixi's frowning eyebrows stretched, his narrow and delicate phoenix eyes flickered, and he said, "Saying that you are stupid is a lift." At that time, the old ministers were retained from the king of Changshan, and there were also Gongsun clans, but the grandfather expressed his allegiance to His Majesty, and was willing to stay in Lin'an, and His Majesty was invited by his grandfather. His Majesty is now sending me to the East China Sea to urge the Marquis of Wu An, needless to say, he is afraid that the Jin Kingdom will fall into the flow of troubled times, and according to the cowardly and fearful temperament of the princess, he is unable to prosper the country, and the throne is not guaranteed, but the foundation of the Jin Kingdom is the lifeblood of the Yuan family, and if it is lost, it will perish. If this naïve come, the East China Sea, as a strong backing for Lin'an, can be prevented. ”

Majesty is far-sighted. Lu Yaoxue wanted to ask some more about the rest of the matter, so the guards came over to urge her to set off.

Lu Yaoxue sent her aunt outside the county to the county, with a bitter look on her face, as if she was really reluctant, and she was very happy in her heart. The Buddha was finally sent away.

Gongsun Zixi fell into the stirrups and got on the horse, glared at Lu Yaoxue, who was wandering in his eyes, and ordered loudly: "You come forward." ”

She is dressed in an emerald green deep coat, wearing a three-foot long front "Qinghong" at her waist, cloudy and foggy sideburns, Juanjuan moon eyebrows, phoenix eyes and flowers, when she is quiet, she is charming and heroic, so that people can't take their eyes off.

"Stupid boy, aunt will come back and see you weakly, hairpins are powdered, be careful with the whip."

Gongsun Zixi raised his horsewhip in front of him, raised his eyebrows and smiled, kicked the horse's belly violently, and the mount quickly galloped out, kicking Lu Yaoxue's face with mud.