After the Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival is really over, but on the tenth day of the first month, hundreds of officials will start to go to court.

And the eighth day of the first lunar month is the day when the banquet of 100 officials is held.

At that time, regardless of the size of the official position, the officials of Beijing and Central China will gather together, not discuss court affairs, only listen to songs and dances, and talk about wine, which can be regarded as a major event at the beginning of the year.

However, the situation has changed this year, and when people talk about the banquet, the atmosphere is not as lively as before.

An Shiyan's news is true, Duchess Wei Guo and An Ruolan are also on the banquet list, but the two did not attend as wives, but instead of their respective husbands, they drank with hundreds of officials. From this arrangement, everyone can see King Gong's promotion of the Wei family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Since receiving the post of the Baiguan banquet on the fifth day of the new year, Duchess Wei Guo and An Ruolan seem to be a little distracted. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have the same idea, they both think that if the husband is still alive, he will definitely appear on the day of the Baiguan banquet, but that day must be more auspicious and less auspicious. It was because the two hoped to see their husbands as soon as possible, but they were worried that the father and son would be in danger again.

And this concern cannot be shared with outsiders.

Wei Shao also had a faint premonition that the day of the Hundred Officials Banquet would not be peaceful, because she was very worried about her mother and sister-in-law who were going to attend the Hundred Officials Banquet, but she was neither a life wife nor an official position, so she could not accompany her, so she could only do it in a hurry.

Seeing it, it was the eighth day of the new year.

Duchess Wei Guo and An Ruolan dressed up early, and went to the palace in formal clothes, Wei Shao was really not at ease, thought about it, and became the maid of the two, following behind the two.

When she was in the carriage, Duchess Wei repeatedly told An Ruolan. said: "You don't know martial arts, you have to follow me closely then, so that if something happens." We're good at taking care of it. ”

An Ruolan nodded cautiously and said, "I just hope that this storm will pass quickly." ”

She knew in her heart that if the guards were hiding and waiting for an opportunity to act, then today would be the best opportunity, and success or failure would be in this move, and if it was done, they would be safe and smooth in the future. If not......

She probably didn't dare to think about it.

It had just begun in spring, and there was still a thick layer of snow on the ground, and the horses' hooves made a dull creaking sound on it. It seems dull and depressing, and today's atmosphere just echoes.

The banquet of the hundred officials only started at noon, and the carriage of the Weiguo Mansion arrived neither early nor too late, and followed the flow.

At that time, many officials had already arrived at the palace gate. I am holding a post in line. An Ruolan lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw a small sedan chair and carriages, parked full, blocking the palace gate tightly.

Duchess Wei Guo instructed the coachman to drive the car aside, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got out of the car and went to line up with the post.

Before entering the palace, you must verify your identity and check your official position and post. This was to prevent the Assassins from infiltrating the palace.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood at the end, very conspicuous in a large group of men. A soldier in charge of the investigation saw the two of them, came over and hugged his fists and said: "Presumably the two are the Duchess of Weiguo and the county lord of Chenshuang, the prince has already explained, and the two of them can enter the palace directly." He made a gesture of please.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchanged a look, and the Duchess of Weiguo smiled and said, "I'm tired." ”

An Ruolan was amused in her heart, it seems that King Gong is really in this palace now.

is not hypocritical, Duchess Wei Guo and An Ruolan followed the soldier to the palace gate. When I got closer, I found that there was a large group of soldiers in front of the palace gate, all wearing armor, stiff and mighty, guarding the palace gate.

The soldier did not directly take the two of them in, but said to one person: "General, the prince has an order, the Duchess of Weiguo and the county lord of Chenshuang can enter the palace directly." ”

The man turned around, and An Ruolan realized that it was Xiang Ye.

With a slight shock in his heart, An Ruolan greeted without moving: "General Xiang." ”

Xiang Ye bowed slightly, his gaze slowly swept over the maid behind the two, and said with a smile: "Go in." As he spoke, he swept his thumb over the fingernail of his index finger as if inadvertently.

An Ruolan took this small action into his eyes, and after bowing his head slightly, he helped the Duchess of Weiguo into the palace gate.

Entering the palace gate, An Ruolan didn't dare to look left and right, and whispered to Duchess Weiguo without squinting: "Mother, don't worry, my father-in-law has already arranged it." The curvature of her lips was so small that she couldn't have noticed her if she hadn't stared closely.

Duchess Wei paused slightly, and then continued to walk forward without moving.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't stop surging with excitement and joy in their hearts.

After entering the palace, you still need to wait in the side hall, and the banquet will not start until all the officials have arrived.

Because of the different identities of the two, An Ruolan and Duchess Wei Guo were arranged separately in a side hall.

The side hall is not big, and the inside is as warm as spring, and the palace maid serves refreshments for the two and then retreats.

The door of the hall was closed, and there were only two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the entire side hall, which was so quiet that the needles could be heard, but despite this, the two did not dare to talk at will, and only drank tea quietly.

Time passes at an unusually slow rate.

I don't know how long later, a female official came in and said, "The Queen Mother summoned the Duchess of Weiguo." ”

Duchess Wei Guo was shocked, why did the Queen Mother summon her at this time?

Secretly exchanging a look with An Ruolan, Duchess Wei hesitated again and again, and finally got up and left with the female officer under An Ruolan's reassuring gaze.

In this way, only An Ruolan was left in the hall.

Incense curled up, An Ruolan tasted tea as usual, but if you look closely, you will find that her hands tremble slightly, and the tea cup in her hand collides with a slight sound.

She was waiting, waiting for someone, and after seeing Uncle Xiang's gesture, she was sure that that person would definitely come to see her.

Outside the palace gate from time to time, Praetorian guards walked around, An Ruolan looked up at the door, and his clenched hands tightened unconsciously.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door, and a rough voice shouted: "Search me, and the thief must not be allowed to escape!" ”

An Ruolan's heart tightened, could it be......

Before she could think about it, the door of the temple was pushed open with a bang, and a group of heavily armored guards rushed in, the first of whom had a face that was not unfamiliar.

"General Zhang?" An Ruolan exclaimed in surprise, and the person who came was General Zhang, who had searched the Weiguo Mansion at the beginning.

"I've disturbed the county lord, just now a thief broke into the palace, the last general is searching, and the county lord is asking for cooperation." General Zhang clenched his fists, and then casually pointed at the two soldiers, and said, "You stay here and continue to search, and the others will follow me to find other places!" ”

As soon as he waved, he rushed out of the door with people, and An Ruolan didn't even have time to say a word.

Frowning slightly, An Ruolan was worried about whether the guard was discovered, but she was suddenly pulled into an embrace, and in a panic, she subconsciously bumped back with her elbow.

"It's me." A low, familiar voice sounded in his ears, and An Ruolan's elbow that he slammed back violently instantly unloaded.

The door of the hall was closed at some point, and only himself and the people behind him were left inside, An Ruolan didn't dare to look back, for fear that it was just a dream he had.

"It's me, I'm back." The familiar voice sounded again, and the hand around his waist tightened tighter and tighter.

An Ruolan's eyes turned red instantly, and finally couldn't help covering her mouth and sobbing, choking up: "Why did you only come back now......

When the words fell, she suddenly turned around and hugged the person behind her, as if she was afraid that he would disappear half more, and hugged him to death, because only in this way could she be sure that he was real and not a dream of her own.

Feeling his warm embrace, her tears rained down, her insistence was not wrong, he came back, safe and sound!

Thinking of this, all the worry and panic turned into tears, which slid down their cheeks and wet their clothes.

Seeing her tears and thinking of everything she had endured during this time, Wei Xing was distressed, kissed her forehead and whispered: "I'm sorry ......"

"I don't need to apologize." An Ruolan shook his head in his arms and sobbed: "I'm very angry, very angry, and apologizing can't make me angry." ”

Wei Xing was speechless, so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do, so he could only hug her tightly and said: "Don't be angry, worry about being angry, don't worry, when things settle down, I will let you deal with it." ”

It seemed that he was in deep love, and he couldn't help but say: "Ruolan, I miss you, I think about you all the time." ”

Hearing this, An Ruolan cried even more fiercely, but she was happy.

He is so clumsy and not good at expressing himself, but now he is saying such love words, how can she still be angry?

Glancing at this honest man, but who can always use a word to dispel all her grievances and anger at critical moments, An Ruolan burst into tears and smiled, and said: "Even if you say sweet words, it's useless, wait for the family law to serve!" ”

Seeing her smile, Wei Xing breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out the tense facial lines, and replied, "Okay." ”

An Ruolan stood on tiptoe, held his face against his forehead, closed his eyes and sighed lowly: "I miss you too, all the time." ”

Wei Xing's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he lowered his head to kiss her slightly pale lips. (To be continued......)