Just after the Great Yan made the capital Tianjing, the situation in the imperial court became more and more stable, with the Yangtze River as the boundary, the south showed signs of chaos. Dating back to four months ago, on the eve of the fall of the An Dynasty, the two empress dowagers and the empress Xia Jiang took the young crown prince Liu Huan to take refuge in the Luoyang Palace.

In August of the same year, Liu Huan, who was only six years old, was proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, and neighboring prefectures and counties responded one after another, while Emperor Chongzhen, who was trapped in Tianjing, was "abdicated" without knowing it. The following month, the southern expedition sent by Emperor Yan arrived in Luoyang, and it took three days to break through the city, and the two empress dowagers and the empress dowager Xia Jiang once again escaped with the little emperor wolf Bèi and went straight to Fujian.

The 100,000 Yan soldiers were divided into two routes, one way to the south to pursue, all the way followed by Zhao'an and the aftermath, and the war burned from Luoyang to Jiangnan. In the face of the battle-hardened Dayan Iron Cavalry, the soldiers and horses of the former court guards were vulnerable, not to mention the rebels who had been temporarily assembled. The remnants of the former dynasty were defeated repeatedly to surrender without a fight, and the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Xia Jiang also disappeared in the war, and the two empress dowagers, Rui and Xue, were captured and escorted back to Beijing.

At the end of October, Emperor Yan canonized Ji as the queen and announced it to the world. Shortly after the canonization ceremony, Guan Yu, the minister of the Qin Mission, returned from Luoyang and escorted more than a dozen prisoner carts to the capital, including the remnants of the previous dynasty, including Rui and Xue.

ran away from the little emperor's mother and son, Emperor Yan did not blame him angrily, and got Guan Yu's performance for Ma Penghui, the general of Zhengnan, and other generals, and approved it that night. The next morning, he gave favor to the court, appointed Guan Yu as the secretary of the Criminal Department, led the scholar of Wu Yingdian University, and entered the cabinet; Ma Penghui was awarded Yong Yibo and rewarded 100 taels of gold. Sweat and blood BMW. The rest of the people talk about the reward for meritorious deeds, and will not repeat it.

Guan Yu became a celebrity in front of the emperor, and was targeted by a group of people when he got out of the court. For nothing else, this new bachelor has just turned 30 years old this year, the eldest is not small, but he was born handsome, married his wife and died of illness in his early years, and only one daughter is still young, without a father, no mother, and no brothers. is really a good son-in-law candidate.

Seeing that the emperor was established. All the ministers in the court have risen up to marry each other, who has children and daughters, can they not strike first? So as soon as the morning came, Guan Yu was surrounded by people. On the one hand, he congratulated him, and on the other hand, he was close to him.

Yu Shu and Xue Rui will not join in this excitement. There is no need to bother with which. The two walked out of the Taiji Hall while talking, and when they passed by this group of people, Yu Shu glanced back at Guan Yu. Seeing what he looked like, he immediately guessed what these people were thinking, and couldn't help but smile.

Xue Rui only saw her smiling at Guan Yu's little white face, coughed, and said: "Don't look at this guy's decent appearance, in fact, he is very cunning, when I led the troops to capture Dingzhou, this guy followed behind to pick up cheap, and I didn't see a drop of blood, but I made a military merit on the battle report sent back to Dadu." This time, he also used rhetoric to coax the emperor to send him as a messenger to the south, followed Ma Penghui to grab credit, and actually asked him to sneak into the cabinet. ”

As soon as Yu Shu heard it, he knew that there was moisture in his words, Guan Yu was really so unbearable, he would have started to eradicate him early in the morning, how could he allow people to flatter Emperor Yan. She didn't dismantle Xue Rui, but said: "This person has a peach blossom face, and he will be in trouble soon, you can see." ”

Xue Rui was happy, and she knew that her smile just now was gloating, not anything else

The two laughed out of the palace gate, Xue Rui could take a sedan chair in the palace, but he was more willing to accompany her for a while, how could he not cherish the day and night that he had worked so hard for.

In her spare time today, Xue Rui asked her to go out for a walk in the afternoon, didn't say where to go, only taught her to dress comfortably and casually, and he went to pick her up when the time came. It is said that although they are married, one is busy repairing books, and the other is busy reorganizing the heavenly prison, so he has never even had time for a tryst.

Yu Shu returned home, first let people prepare hot water, ate a bowl of jade soup for nourishment, and then went to bathe, just sit in the bathtub, her own maid and slave maid washed her hair and wiped her back, massaged her hands and feet, and at this time there was a fire dragon burning underground and did not feel cold. In her early years, she was not used to having people serve her in front and back, but after being in a high position, this problem slowly changed, but she was tired enough outside, and she couldn't enjoy it when she got home.

"I'll go out later, and I'll find light clothes." She ordered, and the maid outside the bathroom door responded, and turned her head to find Sister Xin'er, who was in charge of the clothes box.

When Yu Shu came out of the bath and returned to the bedroom from the small door corridor in a velvet coat, Xin'er had already picked up all the newly cut clothes and skirts of this season, and even the boots and pendants were matched one by one and placed in front of him.

This winter is not too cold, the day before yesterday there was a fluttering light snow, the sun has risen again in the past two days, Yu Shu is cold and not heat-resistant, so he asked the maid to put away the long-haired coat and cloak, pick a blue jade brocade cotton lining placket small sleeves, only on the cuffs inlaid with black fox fur piping, lined with a crow blue pleated long skirt, and the heel, revealing the blue gold thick-soled cloud toe boots, and then hang a string of crystal tassels around the waist to prohibit walking, even if Qi lived.

After drying his hair, he sat in front of the makeup mirror and combed it, pulled it into a peach blossom bun, put on a fashionable sable hairpin flower, decorated with two agate hairpins, the skin was white and did not need to be powdered, and the silk cotton was dipped in a thin layer of rouge on the cheeks, and the lips were a little bit, the best thing was that there was a pair of willow leaf curved eyebrows that did not need to be modified, and the eyebrows were decorated with gold leaf flowers.

"The girl's eyebrows are so good, but it's a pity that they are always thick and sharp on weekdays," Lin Er skillfully dressed up, muttered, and saw Xin'er frowning at her, but didn't dare to say any more. There are many rumors outside that their girl is a disfigured saltless woman, in fact, the scar on her eyebrows is not ugly, but the girl likes to use cinnabar paste to paint it into a dazzling firework, and she wants to draw a pair of sword eyebrows that look like a man, which makes people daunting, and they dare not look directly at her face.

Yu Shu looked in the mirror, and felt that she was more beautiful than usual, more like a woman's family, but there was no way, she was the master of Si Tianjian and a first-class minister above everyone, if she used this delicate and deceitful appearance to enter and leave the court. Talk about prestige.

"Let people go ahead and see if King Ping's carriage and horses have arrived." She stood up by the maid's hand, and walked back and forth in the room twice, slowing down her pace with the demeanor of a lady.

After a while, there was a reply outside the door, and Prince Ping arrived and was waiting in the living room. Yu Shu picked Xiaokui to follow, didn't bring many people, and went straight to the front yard. When I walked outside the door of the living room, I heard the sound of conversation and laughter inside, one was Xue Rui. One turned out to be Yu Xiu.

"Hahaha. Then Zhao Da was frightened, thinking that he was really lame, crying and shouting that he would never dare again, and begged for mercy with a handful of snot and tears. That's when I pulled out the needle in his leg. Spare him this time. Presumably, he will never dare to go to other medical centers to slander people. ”

"You are doing the right thing, like this villain who bullies the weak and fears the hard, you have to let him suffer the consequences. I won't hurt people in the future. ”

Yu Shu stood behind the door panel for a while, and when he heard them chatting happily, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and walked in - "What are you talking about?" ”

Xue Rui looked back and saw her new appearance, his heart palpitated, others can only show warmth when they wear red and yellow in winter, only with such a cold tone, the same suitability, and has a very graceful demeanor, and the rare delicate state makes him look at it so much.

Yu Shuwang saw his hot eyes and knew that she was dressed up correctly today, glanced at him, turned his head and said to his younger brother, "Why did you come back so early today." ”

Yu Xiu grinned and said, "Hu Tian'er asked me to accompany him to choose a birthday gift for his little sister in the afternoon, and my father asked me to go home first." I just bumped into the prince at the door, I'll treat you as a guest, hehe. ”

Hu's father entrusted Yu Shu's blessing, was not dismissed from the official house, and was still working as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, but unfortunately his father-in-law, Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, had the talent of a pillar, but he was dedicated to his career and did not want to stay in the court.

"You're going out, right, then go quickly." Yu Xiu got up and walked out, passed by Yu Shu, turned his back to Xue Rui and winked at her, turned around and said, "Lord Wang, don't forget what we just said, you have time to take me to the suburbs to hunt on horseback." ”

Xue Rui agreed, and when he was gone, he said to Yu Shu: "You have sued him?" Xiao Xiu was a little repulsed by his new identity before, but today he is uncharacteristically close to him, so it can be seen that he knows something.

Yu Shu's tone was helpless: "Who let this kid never forget his big brother Xue, or let him talk a little, just because I am a negative person." ”

"You two brothers and sisters are affectionate people." Xue Rui stepped forward to take her hand, looked down at her eyebrows, and covered the view outside the living room door with a sideways turn, and gently pecked at the center of her eyebrows.

"Ah Shu looks good no matter what."

Yu Shu poked his chin with a finger to push his face away, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were smiling: "Where are we going?" ”

"Let's go anywhere," Xue Rui sold a pass, and just pulled her out, Yu Shu twitched twice and couldn't pull his hand back, so he went. When a few of the subordinates on duty in the front yard saw it, they secretly smiled and turned their backs, saving the pair from being uncomfortable.

Xue Rui kept bringing her to the carriage and holding her waist to get into the carriage, the curtain of the carriage hung down, and he confided in his heart: "I had to pretend to be a brother and sister to get close to you and meet you secretly." I've been looking forward to it for so long, and I can finally walk by your side with dignity. ”

Yu Shu was touched by his words, took his arm and leaned on his shoulder, and responded softly: "Why don't I look forward to today." ”

Xue Rui was satisfied, no longer sighed about the past, and talked about the marriage with her: "Our wedding date is set in Layue, and in half a month, the palace will be properly arranged, so let the Ministry of Rites send the dowry to the door, that is the emperor's grace, because the treasury is empty, it will not be too rich, you don't have to be wronged, I will make up for you when I go back." ”

Yu Shu raised his head when he heard this, and reminded him: "Didn't you give me that share a long time ago." When they separated five years ago, he solemnly handed over all his net worth to her as a dowry, and the forgetting machine building was his hard work, and the 50,000 taels of gold were his family funds. He can do everything for her, what else does she have to be wronged by

The two rode in a carriage, from the north of the city to the south of the city, stopping and stopping all the way. Xue Rui said that he wanted to take her out for a walk, but it was not aimless, but to revisit the old place, first went to Qiu Kwai Fong, and they met again in the capital after saying goodbye to Yiyang.

"You set up a fortune-telling stall outside the door of this teahouse, remember?" Xue Rui sat in the car and pointed to the old teahouse across the street.

"Of course I do," Yu Shu thought about it and laughed angrily. "I lost people that day, and you saw them all, and you still pretended not to know me, it's really hateful."

Xue Rui shook his head, pointed to the next seat under the teahouse, and told her: "Then you must not know, because I saw that you were being bullied, I investigated the rent-collecting gangs on this street, found out the backers behind them, and cleaned up for you." ”

"Huh?" Yu Shu hadn't heard him talk about it at all.

Xue Rui asked the coachman to continue south. Soon they arrived at another place that Yu Shu was familiar with. There is an alley on Huixing Street, and there is a small courtyard in the alley, which is the first place she settled in the capital. At that time, she lived under the same roof with Xiao Xiu, Jing Chen, and Xia Jiangmin.

The carriage was parked on the side of the road. Xue Rui and her got out of the car and walked forward. The people living in this neighborhood are ordinary people. At first glance, a pair of men and women in brocade clothes appeared at the intersection, and they all looked sideways.

Xue Rui and Yu Shu didn't care about the eyes of others, and walked through crowded places. When he was about to reach the mouth of the alley, Xue Rui suddenly stopped, Yu Shu took two steps past him and looked back at him, "What's wrong?" ”

Xue Rui said quietly: "You must not know, during the time you lived here, every time I sent you to the alley, I had to watch you disappear before I was willing to leave, always hoping that you could look back at me." At that time, she had something else in her heart, and she was afraid of him, if it weren't for his perseverance, where would she be able to turn back.

Yu Shu was stunned, and realized his disappointment and loneliness that day from his short words, his heart trembled, and blurted out to him: "It's not simple, you stand still." ”

As she spoke, she stepped back, turned her back and took a step forward, glanced back at him, turned her back and walked forward, looked back at him again, and looked back at him again and again, until his face was full of smiles, so bright that even the sunset was not as bright.

Leaving Huixing Street, Xue Rui took her to the old house where their sister and brother and Zhao Hui's family used to live in the south of the city. I went to the Chunlan River to watch the Qiongyu Building of the Shuangyang Society. Went to the Jade Lion Lake where they were boating in the summer. Of course, there is also the forgetting machine building where the two of them are in love.

Everywhere he went, he could say something she didn't know, which moved and distressed her, and waited for him and was more sincere to him.

When night fell, the carriage stopped outside the door of the Dingba Museum. After dark, the temperature plummeted, Xue Rui tied a cloak for her to keep out the cold, and led people into the inner courtyard. Uncle Zhong had been waiting for them to come back, and when he saw Yu Shu, he bowed to greet him: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how is the girl?" ”

Yu Shu nodded at him, and said with a pleasant face: "Uncle Zhong has worked hard to take care of the prince these days. ”

Uncle Zhong smiled, "It's not hard or hard, it's the duty of the old slave." The garden prepared wine and food, and the prince and the girl moved together. Looking at their hand in hand, he looked very relieved - he was able to repay the favor for the dead lord to watch the eldest son get married and start a business.

The garden of the Dingbo Pavilion is different from other places, there is a natural lake, the lake is very deep, there is a stone bridge more than 30 zhang long on the surface of the lake, because the bridge is carved with the colorful painting of a hundred birds taking off, every night the quiet lake reflects the bright starry sky, the whole bridge is like erecting on the Milky Way, so it is jokingly called "Magpie Bridge".

It's a pity that tonight the moon is sparse, there are no lights on the bridge, the lake is pitch black, and you can't see the beautiful scenery of the magpie bridge.

There is a table of exquisite wine and food in the lakeside water pavilion, the four corners are placed with a stove to warm up, and the bamboo curtains on both sides hang down, covering the gust of east wind, making people not feel cold at all, accompanied by that round of silver moon, adding a lot of fun.

"I salute my eldest brother, I wish you good health and all your wishes come true." Yu Shu filled his wine glass and saluted Xue Rui.

Xue Rui held her wrist and didn't take the glass of wine, his eyes flashed, and he embarrassed her: "Although I like to hear you call me eldest brother, but this is not intimate enough, and it is even more unreasonable to be a husband and wife in the future, can you change your name?" ”

Yu Shu was in love with him at this time, so he complied with him: "Then what should I call you?" ”

Xue Rui pretended to raise his head and thought about it, and said distressedly: "Now that I have changed my name, it is not appropriate for you to call me Chengbi again." ”

"And my name is yours? Shining? ”

Xue Rui shook his head, "This is the name given to me by my biological mother, I can't help but be sentimental, I don't want you to call me by this name." Why don't you give me another watchword? ”

"How can this work," Yu Shu immediately laughed after listening to his inconspicuous words: "Isn't this nonsense, the words are given by the elders, where can anyone take them." ”

Who knew that Xue Rui was serious, and his expression didn't look like he was joking at all - "My name is just a title to me, and I don't belong to it." You are the closest person to me in this world, you know my background, you know my past, and will spend the rest of my life with me, I hope to have a mark of different meaning, imprinted on my body, so that I will never forget who I am, Ashu, can you give it to me? ”

Yu Shu was silent for a long time, took out a free hand to dip the wine in the glass, and wrote one stroke at a time on the table in front of him, jokingly: "You know that I haven't read a few poetry books, and I am a layman who can't read a few big characters, so you want to embarrass me." Since I took it, even if you don't like it, you can't change it. ”

Xue Rui watched her fingertips wander intently, and wrote a word uprightly, seeing this word clearly, he stretched his frowns, smiled happily, and his dark eyes lit up with fireworks, as bright as stars.

Yu Shu said softly: "A gentleman is like jade, he should be like Jinyu, and 'Yu' is a beautiful jade." The eldest brother is affectionate and courageous, and he is a unique gentleman in my mind, and he is my Yulang. ”

This "Yulang" spit out from her mouth, which was extraordinarily pleasant, and had more than connotation. Yu Lang, who sounds like Yu Lang, is clearly calling her Yu Shu's Langjun, affectionate, so unpleasant.

"Okay, from now on, I will be your Yulang." Xue Rui held up her wrist, leaned forward to drink the glass of wine, took the empty glass, grabbed her wrist and pulled her up from the seat, took her to his arms, turned to the railing, wrapped his arms around her flexible waist, held her hand tightly, and stared down at her face, full of love.

"Do you still remember the Hibiscus Gentleman's Banquet that year, I jumped into the bottom of this lake to find a hibiscus lantern made of real gold wick, in order to fight for a golden jade hibiscus, even if I can't confess my heart to you in public, I want you to see my sincerity. You must not know that I am not good at water, and when I jump, I have only one thought in my heart - even death cannot give you to others. Thankfully, I did. ”

Yu Shu saved up the day's touch, at this moment like a tide of crazy rise, full of love I don't know how to tell, just about to speak, I saw the dark lake behind him "boom" a dazzling red light, countless jumping sparks like meteors, across the silent lake, the sky phosphorescence flashed from the opposite shore to the eye.

Countless red lotus lamps were lit on the surface of the lake for the first time, like a sea of flowers blooming under the moon, and the magpie bridge in the middle of the lake appeared out of thin air, which was originally a thousand bright lights on the bridge, across the Milky Way.

The picture was so beautiful that she was reluctant to blink, so he robbed her lines-

"Life and death are wide, and Zicheng said. I wish to hold the hand of the son and grow old with the son. ”

"Yuro" (To be continued......

PS:――(The text is almost over here, readers who have chased New Tang should know that I will not write out the ending of everyone and everything in detail except for the protagonist, but leave room for reverie, let you make up for it yourself, haha, so that there is a pit. There will be a few chapters of the story of diplomacy in the future. In addition, a new book will be opened next month, it is still an ancient saying, with the Ming Dynasty as the background, the story will be relatively relaxed, there are not so many grievances and grievances, the heroine is not reborn and does not cross, not in vain, she is a little weak chicken in the early stage, and the male protagonist will have a lot of roles, you can look forward to it. ）