In the twenty-fourth year of Kaibao, on the second day of the sixth month, the emperor Bintian.

The crown prince Mu Ying inherited the unification and gave the emperor the nickname "Mu". This year still uses the era name of Kaibao, and plans to next year as the first year of "Qikang". Canonized the concubine with the Wu family as the queen. The first emperor's new funeral is scheduled to be held on the queen's birthday next year.

Although no ceremony was held, according to the system, all women had to enter the palace to congratulate the queen.

Rong Zheng also had to put on makeup according to the ceremony, and prepared to enter the palace to congratulate the new queen.

Mei Fen took in the boxes with big red lacquer engraved flowers one by one, and opened the boxes to show Rong Zheng.

～bsp; The box contained a few pieces of jewelry that Rong Zheng had named. A bit of emerald flowers, Han jade carved steps, white agarwood bracelets, opal necklaces. These are not rare things, but they are the safest to give them.

Each of the Rong Zheng was carefully examined, and after comparing the gift list, and after confirming that it was correct, she asked Mei Fen to close the lid.

Rong Zheng entered the palace, and the queen's bedroom had been moved from the former Chengqian Palace to Kunning Palace. The new queen received the bowing and congratulations of the wives in the front hall of Kunning Palace.

The trivial matters in the palace are very complicated and cannot be described one by one.

Rong Zheng went to the Yuming Hall when he was free.

Rong Yun is now the lord of the Yuming Palace, the previous Concubine Qing died two years ago, and Rong Yun gave birth to the ninth princess, and her position has also entered the noble from the previous talent. Under Rong Zheng's early intervention, the ninth princess did not die early as in her previous life, but fortunately grew up to the present and looked very healthy.

Rong Zheng saved the life of the ninth princess, which made Rong Yun full of gratitude to Rong Zheng, so when she heard that Rong Yun came to see her, she was very excited and pulled her daughter out of the banquet room.

"Third sister, you're here!"

Rong Zheng blessed Rong Yun with a blessed body and saluted.

Rong Yun grabbed her and said, "Don't be like this, why should your sisters be polite when they see each other." ”

Rong Zheng smiled and said hello to the ninth princess, the ninth princess is not yet seven years old, she looks very cute, a little like Rong Yun.

"My sister is here to congratulate the new queen, right?"

Rong Zheng smiled: "Yes, I sat in Kunning Palace for a while, and I was thinking about Niangniang, so I took a step back to visit you and the princess." ”

Rong Yun is dressed plainly, which is because he is guarding the system for the emperor.

"They said they wanted me to move to the area around Shoukang Palace. But I don't really want to go, I've been here for more than ten years, and I'm reluctant to leave. Rong Yun looked at the furnishings in the house, she was already full of feelings for this place.

The area around Shoukang Palace is where the old queen mother and the old concubines live, close to the Buddha Palace. Anyway, they, the concubines of the former dynasty, have been accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha all their lives.

Rong Zheng could understand Rong Yun, and said with a smile: "It's the same as when I was leaving Bianliang, I feel the same mood." ”

The Ninth Princess looked up and asked, "Third Aunt, why didn't you see Sister Yuan coming?" ”

Rong Zheng bent over and said with a smile: "Princess, your sister didn't come out with me today. I'll bring her to greet the princess another day. ”

Rong Zheng sat down for no more than a cup of tea, and a female official from Kunning Palace came and asked Rong Zheng to come over. Rong Zheng had no choice but to say goodbye: "Niangniang, princess, take care!" I'll go back to the palace and say hello to you. ”

Rong Yun nodded and smiled: "The queen called you, go quickly." Don't get down to business. ”

When the new emperor ascends the throne, there is always something indispensable. When Mu Xuan went home, she was already on the shift.

A few candles were lit in the candlestick in the corner, illuminating the whole room. Mu Xuan didn't see Rong Zheng's figure, and saw that the room next door was also lit with candles, so she opened the curtain and walked in.

Mu Xuan saw Rong Zheng sitting under the lamp, holding his cheek with one hand, looking at the candle flame in a daze. I don't know what I'm thinking, I'm so fascinated that Mu Xuan walked up to her, and she didn't realize it.

Mu Xuan gently blindfolded Rong Zheng's eyes.

Rong Zheng broke Mu Xuan's hand away, stood up, tried to pull out a smile, and said, "I came back quite late today." ”

"There's no way around it, I've been busy lately. After a while, the emperor said that I would be allowed to rest for a while. I have already planned, take advantage of this effort, take you and the children back to Bianliang. ”

Rong Zheng bowed his head and said, "Okay, I haven't been back for a long time." ”

Mu Xuan held Rong Zheng's face, and stared at her face carefully by the warm candlelight, he could never see enough of this face, and said with a smile: "I have good news for you." ”

"Hmm, what's the good news?" "The emperor said he wanted to reward me with a knighthood?"

"What knighthood?" Rong Zheng was a little surprised.

Mu Xuan said with a smile: "Guess what." ”

"Marquis?"

Mu Xuan shook his head.

"Auxiliary Guogong?"

Mu Xuan still shook her head.

"That's Zhen Guogong?"

Mu Xuan said with a smile: "No." ”

"The rest of ......"

"It's a county king. The king's name has been prepared, and he is waiting for the decree to be announced. It may just be a few days. ”

Rong Zheng looked at Mu Xuan in amazement. How is this possible, how can it suddenly be crowned the king of the county? Although Mu Xuan is also a clan, he is not a prince and has lost the qualification to inherit the title. Although I have been in the barracks for a few years and have made some military achievements, it was only a few years ago. In the past few years, he has been the commander of the pro-guard army, and if you want to talk about merit, he eradicated King Wu for the crown prince, and he was suddenly reused and did not recover for a while. However, when he contacted what Queen Bai said to her, Rong Zheng didn't feel so surprised.

"Today the queen summoned me privately and said a few words to me."

"Well, what did the queen say?"

Rong Zheng's voice became deeper and deeper, and said, "The queen's meaning is to take our sister Yuan as her adopted daughter. ”

This was replaced by Mu Xuan, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and said in surprise: "How can you reply?" ”

"Can I still disobey the queen's will, but I didn't agree immediately, saying that I would come back to discuss with you. Meritus, what do you mean by that, Queen. ”

"What does that mean, isn't it obvious? The children raised by the queen were all sons and had no daughters. The emperor has only one daughter, who is only half a year old. The emperor needs a princess. ”

Rong Zheng said with tears in his eyes: "Why did you fall in love with Sister Yuan?" The princess is not so easy to do, I am reluctant to let Sister Yuan leave me, she is still so young. ”

"Now the world is obedient, and the world is peaceful. There are very few things to get along with. However, Sister Yuan has really become a princess, and her marriage will not be up to us in the future. ”

Rong Zheng was distressed for a while. Over the years, she and Mu Xuanyan have been agreeable and in love. So far, she has raised a total of three children, and her daughter is only one sister. Sister Yuan was naughty when she was a child, but now she is getting older and more obedient, and she hurts like a baby. I don't want Sister Yuan to be raised in the palace.

On the fifteenth of August, the edict of canonization came down. Mu Xuan was given the title of "Xiping" king. Children and grandchildren who are not military exploits will be demoted to inheritance. No, it's not a feudal domain. This is not a special case in the history of Bactria for more than 100 years. At the same time, there is also a queen's decree to adopt Mu Xuan's eldest daughter as an adopted daughter, and wait for the title of princess after marriage. At the same time, the will also said that Princess Xiping would bring Sister Yuan into the palace every Friday, and let her accompany the queen in Kunning Palace. On ordinary days, I live in the Xiping Palace.

When Rong Zheng heard the back, tears were about to fall. Fortunately, the queen still let her daughter stay by her side most of the time.

Mu Xuan was named the king of the county, and for a while became the upstart of the court, there were not a few princes and nobles who came to congratulate, and Rong Zheng was also called "princess" by the top and bottom of the family, and the sudden new identity made her quite uncomfortable.

For this reason, the emperor also specially allocated a piece of land to Mu Xuan to build a mansion, and also rewarded thousands of hectares of fertile land.

Mu Xuan can finally come out of the background of King Yu's eldest son in this life, and he finally relied on his own ability to break out of the world and have his own merits and status.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, everything is calm. Mu Xuan carried Rong Zheng into the palace to ask the emperor for instructions, planning to go back to Bianliang.

The emperor didn't say anything. The queen was just reluctant to Sister Yuan, and said to Rong Zheng: "Leave the princess with me." ”

Sister Yuan had long wanted to go back to Bianliang to take a look, and she was a little tearful when she heard this. Seeing his daughter like this, Rong Zheng had no choice but to say: "Queen Mother, the concubine still wants to take Sister Yuan back to Bianliang." Her aunt had been talking about her for a long time, and she wanted to see her very much. When she comes back from Bianliang, let her come to Kunning Palace to stay for a few days. ”

The queen gently stroked Sister Yuan's hair, and said with some reluctance: "Okay, I want to come to the county lord and talk about my niece." Be sure to come back and stay here for a few days. ”

Sister Yuan's blessing is yes.

The more the queen looked at it, the more she loved it, and praised: "I have seen a lot of little girls among the princes and nobles, but Sister Yuan is the most standard-looking." How can people not like it. ”

Sister Yuan replied diligently: "Thank you for your praise." ”

The queen took out a brocade box from behind her and said, "This is a gift I prepared for the county lord, and I said hello to me when I saw her." If her body is fine, let her come to Beijing, saying that Princess Ning Yu is still thinking about her. ”

"Yes, the concubine will definitely convey the queen's will to her."

Everything was ready, and Mu Xuan set off on August 21. Rong Zheng took his children to Bianliang, who had been absent for many days.

From north to south, the road was supposed to pass through half a month. Fortunately, the journey was smooth, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and it was still peaceful. The hired carriages and horses were fast, so it only took 12 days to get from the capital to Bianliang.

Although Mu Xuan sent someone to write a letter to Qixia Villa before leaving, they arrived home a few days early, which still caught the county lord of Duanhui a little off guard.

When she saw Mu Xuan's family, she was overjoyed.

"I also said that you would arrive in two days, but I didn't expect it to be early. It's not easy to travel big and small along the way. ”

Rong Zheng was holding his young son Lang Ge'er, who had just turned one and a half years old, in his arms, and Mu Xuan was holding his seven-year-old good brother. Sister Yuan saw that her aunt broke free from the maid's hand, and ran towards Duanhui with her legs scattered.

"Auntie! Aunt! I miss you, why didn't you come to see me? ”

The last time we met was in the winter of Kaibao's twenty-second year, and I haven't seen each other for almost two years. Duanhui originally liked children, but when she saw that Sister Yuan was still so close to her, her eyes were already filled with tears.

"Niuniu, my good niuniu."

The aunt and nephew were inseparable, and after a while, Duanhui held Sister Yuan with one hand, and then smiled and said to Rong Zheng and Mu Xuan: "It's been hard along the way." Fortunately, the Qingyin Pavilion has always been cleaned, and the bedding and everything are ready-made. Still liveable. ”

Mu Xuan saw that his sister was wearing a plain gown with stone blue, holding a low bun, inserting a jasper hairpin, and a string of sandalwood prayer beads on her chest, and there were no other beads. He looked a little older than when he came back two years ago, and his heart was a little pantothenic, and he greeted him sincerely: "Sister, are you okay lately?" ”

Duan Huihan smiled and said, "Okay, it's good." I just want you to think about it. ”

Rong Zheng took the opportunity to say: "Then my sister will go to Beijing with us this time." We also have a lot of houses there, and we can live there. ”

"Eh, I'm leaving, who's guarding here. I can't bear it. "Over the years, Duanhui has been living with memories.

A rare reunion of the family, there are laughter and tears. As early as two years ago, the lord of Duanhui County became a layman at home, eating fasting and reciting Buddha every day, and no one came to persuade her to remarry. She went to Yuntai Temple to live for a period of time every once in a while, and her life was very quiet.

Duanhui already knew in the letter written by Mu Xuan that Mu Xuan had been crowned the prince and Sister Yuan was adopted by the queen as an adopted daughter. With tears in her eyes, she said, "The concubine must be happy in the spirit of heaven. After all, our room still didn't make people look down. It's just Sister Yuan'er......"

Duanhui said, hugged Sister Yuan'er's shoulder, and said with some distress: "That's it, there are a few people in the world who can have such a blessing as her." I didn't expect that our team would have another princess. ”

In private, Duanhui and Rong Zheng said: "While you are still young, you have another daughter, and I will still help you raise it." ”

Rong Zheng touched his nose with some embarrassment, and sneered: "What's this...... Sister, the queen also asked me to say hello, and said that you would like to go to Beijing to live for a while. Princess Ning Yu misses you very much. Rong Zheng directly changed the topic.

Duan Hui asked, "Aunt Youyi, is she okay?" ”

Rong Zheng said: "I often go into the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, and it is quite good to see her once in a while." Rong Zheng pulled Duan Huiyang and begged: "Sister, let's go to Beijing together, after the New Year, we will return to Bianliang when the spring is warm, okay?" ”

Duan Hui was always a little reluctant, and said, "But the winter in the capital is too cold. ”

"The earth dragon was burned, and there was a fire kang. You don't go out much, so it doesn't matter. The palace has already allocated land and will soon be built. When it's finished, you'll be able to move in for a while. Meritus is such a sister as you. He is not at ease if you stay in Bianliang. Although the two places are not too far apart, you gradually have spring and autumn, and your body is not very good. There is also a lot of care when we are together. There are also people here to clean up and guard, when you want to go back to Bianliang to live, it's okay. ”

How to say that it is a small stay, but it has become a long stay.

This time, Duanhui did not immediately reject Rong Zheng, but said solemnly: "I'll think about it." ”

Rong Zheng saw hope, nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll wait for my sister's good news." ”

Another thing she followed Mu Xuan back to Bianliang this time was to deal with the two shops in Bianliang, and at the same time to pick up Ziying and Zisu, and the two families also went to Beijing together to help her take care of the industry in Beijing.

Ziying and Zisu made an appointment to greet Rong Zheng.

"Grandma, we have long wanted to follow grandma to the capital. It's decided to stay the same this time, right? ”

Rong Zheng said with a smile: "It won't change." I've also found your place to stay in the capital. In the future, I will rely on your help. ”

Shiso and Ziying are both happy and full of yearning for the future. Rong Zheng hadn't returned to Bianliang for almost two years, so he talked to Zisu and Ziying about Bianliang.

Ziying's brother-in-law is still on an errand in the Rong Mansion, and she knows more about the Rong family's side than Zisu, so she talked to Rong Zheng about the Rong family.

"Two days ago, I heard my little brother-in-law talk about his wife and Miss Five, saying that Miss Five had been living at her parents' house for half a month, and Mrs. was tired of it, so she drove her. The fifth lady somehow quarreled with her wife, and the quarrel was very high. It's not too much of a rush to get angry and sick. The people in the house turned over on their backs, and it was a mess. ”

Rong Zheng knew that when Kaibao was twenty years old, his father told Rong Sheng about a family matter. Rong Sheng was not married to the son of his father's colleague in his previous life, but to an ordinary family in Bianliang. The family's surname is Hu, and there is only one son. Ma disliked the poor family and was dissatisfied with his son-in-law in every way. The son of the Hu family is an only son, and Hu's mother is very pampered. Rong Sheng is such a temper again, he can't live a few days a month, the husband and wife often quarrel, and every time they quarrel, Rong Sheng will go back to Qingyun Lane. After staying for a few days, Hu's mother asked her son to pick him up. And so on and so forth.

She had never met Rong Sheng's husband, and she didn't want to have anything to do with this sister in this life. After listening to Ziying's words, she frowned slightly and didn't say anything.

Ziying saw that Rong Zheng was not very happy, so she simply didn't say anything.

Xiao Wang came over and said to Rong Zheng: "Princess, the county lord said that he would invite Grandma Cui Qi to come and sit, when do you think it is appropriate?" ”

Rong Zheng thought about it for a while, and then said, "Listen to the county lord's arrangement." ”

Xiao Wang smiled: "Okay, the old slave will go back to the county lord." ”

Zi Su and Zi Ying knew that Rong Zheng had done the princess's business, and they both kowtowed to Rong Zheng happily to congratulate him.

Rong Zheng smiled: "I'm not used to this new identity yet. Don't be too restricted, just do the same as before. ”

In the evening, Xiao Wang and Rong Zheng mentioned the matter.

"Princess, do you remember that Mrs. Liao in Nanyang?"

Rong Zheng said: "Remember, of course remember, what happened to their family?" ”

Xiao Wang said: "I heard that something happened to their in-laws, and that Mrs. Liao was afraid that the Liao family would be implicated, and she was encouraging the Liao family to divorce his wife. You say that's too cool, isn't it? That Jiang also raised a son and a daughter for the Liao family, and he said that he would take a break. Isn't it pitiful to leave a pair of children behind? This Jiang didn't make any mistakes, it's really chilling. ”

When Rong Zheng heard this, he seemed to see himself in his previous life, and he was speechless for a long time.

Two days later, Fifteen Niang brought Brother Xiang to Qixia Villa to visit Rong Zheng, who had not been seen for a long time.

Fifteen Niang looked more calm than in the previous two years, and said to Rong Zheng: "I'm about to get out of the way." Brother Xiang has already made a name for himself, and he won a fourth place in the college exam this year. ”

Rong Zheng hurriedly congratulated the fifteenth mother, and said: "It has not been easy for you all these years. Brother Xiang is not young, is he about to say kiss, right? ”

Fifteen Niang said: "He said that he was still young, and he didn't dare to say goodbye to him before he became famous." ”

"It's an aspiring one. In the future, when your daughter-in-law marries, it will be much better if you have one more person to help you. ”

Fifteen Niang smiled.

Sister Yuan was playing in Peach Blossom Dock, and Brother Xiang came over. Sister Yuan saw him, beckoned to him and smiled, "Brother Xiang, come here." Let's go by boat! ”

Brother Xiang hesitated before stepping forward, respectfully bowed to Sister Yuan, and said humbly: "Say hello to the princess!" ”

Sister Yuan'er's originally smiling face was like a flower, but she immediately pulled it down and snorted: "What princess, even you came to make fun of me." I ask you, why have you grown so much in more than a year. I can't reach you on tiptoe. ”

The maid behind him smiled: "Master Cui is growing his body, so he is changing quickly." Princess, you will grow taller in another year or two. ”

Sister Yuan pointed at Brother Xiang and said, "You must not grow too fast, otherwise I will look up at you the next time we meet, it will be too difficult." ”

Brother Xiang couldn't help but laugh and responded. Before he came, his mother told him that there was a difference between respect and inferiority, and when he saw that the princess was polite, he was no longer allowed to be as casual as when he was a child.

The boat lady over there had already prepared the boat, and Sister Yuan was bold enough to jump off the boat without anyone's support.

"Brother Xiang! You come too! Sister Yuan beckoned to Brother Xiang.

Rong Zheng and Fifteen Niang were sitting in the house gossiping, and suddenly the maid came to report: "Princess, the princess has gone by boat." ”

When Rong Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Rong Zheng and Fifteen Niang came to the river, and there was indeed a grasshopper boat in the river. Fifteen Niang looked at it, and it was not the boat lady who rowed the oars and supported the boat. It turned out to be Sister Yuan and Brother Xiang. Fifteen Niang was shocked and sweated.

Rong Zheng frowned and said, "The children are really nonsense!" "Hurriedly ordered those who can swim to keep watch carefully on the shore.

Fifteen Niang took Brother Xiang to play in Qixia Villa until it was getting late before going back, and before leaving, Fifteen Niang quietly handed Rong Zheng a thing.

"Please pass this on to that person for me."

Rong Zheng was a little puzzled: "To whom?" She looked at it and saw that it was a book of poetry.

Fifteen Niang said: "There is one thing in it, you can see it again when I leave." Ah Zheng, in the early years, you persuaded me, but I didn't listen to half of it. I've always had a pimple in my heart all these years, until one day I turned over to this. Everything is understood in my heart. Cui Qiye was also bitter in his heart, but he was afraid that he would not be able to say it until he died. You can help me pass this on to her. As long as she sees it, everything understands. ”

Rong Zheng had vaguely guessed what it was in his heart.

She handed over this book of poetry to the lord of Duanhui. Duan Hui was puzzled.

Rong Zheng said: "This is what Fifteen Niang asked me to give to my sister." When my sister reads it, she may understand. ”

Duan Hui sat under the lampstand in front of Rong Zheng and opened the thick book of poetry, and the sentences in it were all poems she had read when she was a child.

Finally, on one page, her movements stopped.

Rong Zheng looked at the candlelight, and there was a piece of paper between the pages. Duan Hui unfolded the paper, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman was depicted on it. She looked at the portrait and was silent for a long time, until tears rolled out.

Rong Zheng glanced at the poem next to him, which happened to be the one: "The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost." The so-called Iraqi people are ...... on the water side"

"Ah Zheng, my sister said that she is willing to go to Beijing with us."

Rong Zheng said happily: "This is great. ”

Mu Xuan frowned and said: "Shangzhou, he doesn't want to say anything, over the years, he has buried everything in his heart." I'll go see him tomorrow and I'll be sure to count him down a few words. ”

Rong Zheng said: "Don't scold him. In those years, he didn't have an easy time. ”

Mu Xuan put his arm around Rong Zheng's body and said, "I know." Ah Zheng, I will be doubly good to you in the future. ”

Rong Zheng looked at him in surprise.

Mu Xuan said: "While we are still young and together, I want to give you the best things in the world." There will be no regrets in the future. ”

Rong Zheng understands that the most beautiful thing in the world is when two people are like-minded. She spent two lifetimes of time before finally meeting the person in front of her. She changed herself, and she changed him. No matter what happens in the future, she will firmly go on with him.

(To be continued.) )