7. Chapter VII

In order to show the importance of peace with the Western Qin, Emperor Yongguang named Zhou Qingqing as the princess of Changning, and the whole city of Jinling City was plastered with notices, and Zhou Qingqing was still waiting for the word boudoir. There are many discussions in the streets and alleys, some sighs, some sighs, and some praises.

According to the promise, the emperor named Zhou Xun, the son of the West Palace, as the king of Changping County, gave the house to open the mansion, rewarded more than 20 slaves and maids, and compared Juelu with the adult county king.

In addition, he also rewarded Dingxi Wangfu with two boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin. Zhou Qingqing was afraid that the two brothers of the Xu family would be remembered, so they were all sent to Zhou Xun's new mansion, leaving only a few silk horses in the old palace.

Xu Shi had a lot of complaints, but he didn't dare to say more. Zhou Qingqing just didn't see it.

After a few days, the Zhou family had accepted the fact that Zhou Qingqing was married to Xiqin, and they had cried enough to make enough trouble, and began to honestly prepare for Zhou Qingqing's departure.

In fact, there is nothing to prepare, the phoenix crown and the jewelry, are all rewarded by the palace, and the rich dowry is also purchased by the palace, and there are a lot of food and clothing.

Yongguang Dite arranged a team of more than 200 people to send off relatives, and the person in charge was General Chen, the second-rank military attache of the DPRK and China. In total, one of the qiē is compared to the emperor's marriage to a daughter, the scenery is beautiful,

But there is nothing to prepare, and there is no peace in the palace, a few subordinates, in order to show their loyalty, have to follow the eldest lady to Xijing, grinding for a few days, Zhou Qingqing did not let go, and then he was annoyed, and a few voices roared, so that he stopped slightly.

From nearly 100 people in the Dingxi Palace, there are now less than 10 people left, and they are naturally loyal servants who have no intentions. But most of them also have relatives, and Zhou Qingqing really feels that there is no need to take them to leave their hometown with him.

After a few days of trouble, they were basically dispersed, only Zhou Qingqing's maid Bihe persevered, and after crying, she moved with affection and reason, but the day before departure, her own lady still did not agree.

In the evening, Bihe cried at the door of Zhou Qingqing's boudoir, and when she saw that she ignored her, her eyes were closed, her heart was horizontal, and she held a white silk to seek death on the osmanthus tree in the courtyard.

Zhou Qingqing listened to her thoughts outside, thinking that she was just startling and scaring herself, but in the end she was still not at ease, and when she opened the door, she really saw this girl, hanging under the osmanthus tree.

The osmanthus tree is not tall, and her toes are still on the ground.

Zhou Qingqing couldn't cry or laugh, ran up and pulled her down, threw her on the ground, and scolded angrily: "If you want to find a big tree for death, your body is not light, don't crush this precious laurel tree." ”

Bihe got up from the ground, hugged her legs and cried: "Miss, the slave has no father and no mother, and she has followed you since she was a child, and she is the reborn parent of the slave and maid, if you don't take the slave and maid to Xijing, how can the slave and the maid live?" ”

The corners of Zhou Qingqing's mouth twitched: "I can't give birth to a girl as big as you." ”

Bihe wiped her sparse face, hugged her legs and didn't let go: "If you don't take the slave and maid, as soon as you leave with the front foot tomorrow, the slave and the maid will follow with the back foot." ”

Zhou Qingqing was impatient with her, picked her up, glanced at her dirty face, and said, "Okay, if you want to follow, I'm afraid of you." As he spoke, he slapped her again, "Don't cry anymore, go to bed early, Ming'er has to get up early." ”

Bihe burst into tears, wiped his face, and ran away with a smile.

Zhou Qingqing shook her head, turned around and prepared to enter the house, but when she saw Nie Jin standing at the door, she walked over and smiled: "You are the only one in the whole house who didn't make trouble for me." After that, he said as if he remembered something, "Ah Jin, you go and dig an altar for me to dig out the daughter red buried by my father under the locust tree in the outer courtyard, and marry away from home, there is no father and mother to say goodbye, you accompany me to drink an altar." ”

Nie Jin hummed, turned around and went out, and after a while, he came in with a wine jar that was still sticky with dirt.

Zhou Qingqing prepared three wine bowls and placed them on the stone table. Nie Jin sat down opposite her, opened the red rope and oil paper that sealed the altar, and the aroma of aged wine immediately came to his nose.

Zhou Qingqing took a deep breath and said with a smile: "I remember when my father buried these wines, he also said that he would dig them out when I got married and drink them with me." I didn't think that he didn't wait for me to get married, so he went to my mother. ”

Nie Jin said: "Don't worry, I'll drink with the eldest lady." ”

He filled three bowls. Zhou Qingqing picked up the wine bowl in front of him, raised it in front of his nose and smelled it: "It is indeed good wine." ”

Then he touched the wine bowl next to him, and said: "Dad, tomorrow Qingqing will marry away from home, you bless me safe under Jiuquan, I don't blame you for leaving our sisters and brothers to find my mother first." ”

Nie Jin chuckled.

After Zhou Qingqing finished speaking, he picked up the wine bowl on the stone table and spilled it on the ground.

Then he lifted his bowl and put it in his mouth. It's just that this daughter smells the fragrance and drinks it in her mouth, but it is very strong, she drinks it too violently, choking her tears.

She put down the bowl, wiped her mouth, and coughed twice, her cheeks stained red.

Nie Jin smiled: "The more mellow the wine, the stronger it will be, just drink a little bit of it." ”

Zhou Qingqing nodded.

And Nie Jin himself took a sip of wine, and when he put down the bowl, he had already bottomed out.

Zhou Qingqing said: "From Jinling to Xijing, it will take at least three months, and I don't know if there will be any twists and turns along the way." ”

Nie Jin said lightly: "Don't worry, eldest lady, I will protect you." ”

Maybe he drank some wine, and he was a little drunk, but Zhou Qingqing didn't react for a while: "What did you say?" ”

Nie Jin's tone was still calm and light: "I said that I would protect the eldest lady thoroughly." ”

Zhou Qingqing understood what he meant, and laughed twice: "Ah Jin, I thought that you were the only one in the whole mansion who was sensible, and you didn't want to go to Xijing with me to live or die, it turned out that you didn't plan to ask my opinion at all, and you had already made a decision." ”

Nie Jin said lightly: "If it weren't for the eldest lady to save me, I would have frozen to death in the snow at the age of twelve." Miss is going to Xiqin now, the future is uncertain, I can't let go, so I naturally want to follow you to protect you. ”

Zhou Qingqing said angrily: "I don't need it, Xun'er is still young, you stay in Jinling to help him." ”

"The prince is gifted and intelligent, and he is diligent and motivated, and now he is knighted and opens the mansion, and he doesn't need the help of a rough man like me."

"You-" Zhou Qingqing was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Nie Jin stood up suddenly, knelt on the ground with a plop, faced the sky, and said word by word: "Lord Wang, Ah Jin once swore in front of your sickbed, no matter where Miss goes, I will protect her thoroughly, and Ah Jin will never break his oath." I hope that the prince will be fulfilled in the spirit of heaven. ”

Zhou Qingqing saw her move out of her dead father, so angry that she picked up the wine jar and threw it on the ground: "It's useless for you to take out my father and say something, I don't need your protection, you can kneel if you want." ”

One can come more than the other, she is angry, and rushes back to her boudoir angrily.

The next day he was going to leave for Xiqin, but Zhou Qingqing couldn't sleep, there was no movement outside the hospital, and Xu is Nie Jin had already left. She tossed and turned, and heard the small courtyard next to her, Zhou Ranran crying faintly, as if the strings had been plucked, which made people feel uncomfortable. She knew her big sister was crying for her.

Shh She's not dead!

Fortunately, after drinking some wine, the daughter's red stamina slowly came up, Zhou Qingqing was a little groggy, and gradually didn't know what day it was.

The next day, Zhou Qingqing woke up, opened his eyes and looked at the curtains on the top of the bed, and was stunned for a long time before he remembered that today was the day when he left Jinling to go to Xiqin and his relatives.

These days, although she was restless, she had never been afraid, but when it came to this day, she was a little scared and wanted to escape from this qiē.

She slapped herself lightly, got out of bed and went out. It was still early, and the courtyard was quiet, and Nie Jin knelt at the stone table yesterday, Xu was kneeling all night without getting up, and his hair seemed to be stained with a little morning dew.

Zhou Qingqing looked at him from afar, his throat tightened for a while, and after a pause, he slowly walked over and stood in front of the man with his head down: "Do you have to be such a tendon?" I'm letting you stay in Jinling for your own good! ”

Nie Jin didn't raise his head, but said lightly: "I swore in front of the prince." ”

Zhou Qingqing sneered twice: "Okay, both of you are powerful, Bihe and I are looking for death and life, you can carry out my father and kneel here all night." But......" she paused, then smiled wryly, "if you want to come with me." In fact, this time, the future is uncertain, I am really scared, having you by my side can give me courage. ”