Chapter 121

On the day when the Beidi envoy Jin met the Liang Emperor Bixia, Rong Yan wore a Beidi costume and followed behind the second envoy to act as a "lady of etiquette" who offered tribute. The speed update is waiting for you () Baidu search can be done!

A box of various colored gems bought from the Kokand Khanate, ten horses of sweat and blood, and a set of jade brought back from the Yarkand Khanate.

Yaerqiang jade craftsmen like to carve with pure color jade, that is, one vessel and one color, especially white jade or green and white jade, transparent and crystalline. The locals believe that the food utensils made of jade can avoid poison, so they are generally mostly practical bowls, cups, washers, plates, pots and other eating utensils.

Beidi has the saying that "Xikun jade is extremely ingenious, and the water mill grinds jade as thin as paper", and it has always been the favorite utensils of the royal family and nobles of Beidi.

Yaerqiang jade is very local characteristics, Rong Yan is holding this set of cups and pots inlaid with gold and silver filaments, as well as red, yellow, blue and green gemstones, decorated in the shape of plant flowers and leaves, the carcass is thin, gorgeous and noble. If you have a pot of blue wine or golden wine, you can see the color of the liquid inside from the outside.

Rong Yan lifted the cloud brocade covered on the tray, and the courtiers of the Great Liang State on both sides admired the jade of Yaerqiang in court, and they were all amazed, only when the jade on this plate and the little lady holding the jade were all Beidi tributes, just waiting for Rong Yan to personally hold the tray and salute it, kneeling under the Dan rhino, a little eunuch came forward to pick up the tray, she raised her head and collided with Xiao Ze, saw the stunned in the other party's eyes, smiled and kowtowed.

"Ah-" Xiao Ze was both surprised and delighted, considering that this moment was in front of the civil and military ministers, it was not a time to reminisce about the past, so he could only suppress his joy.

Rong Yan's purpose is to let Xiao Ze see her with his own eyes, and since the goal has been achieved, she is not worth the trip.

In the evening, Jinshang set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the Beidi envoys, and halfway through the banquet, a little eunuch came over and quietly summoned Rong Yan out of the palace and led her to the side hall.

The sharp-eyed minister only thought that the new emperor was interested in this little lady of Beidi, and he didn't take it seriously, and continued to eat, drink, and watch singing and dancing.

Compared with the singing and dancing noise in the main hall, the side hall is quiet and does not hear people's words. The little eunuch who led Rong Yan to the door of the palace and motioned for her to go in by herself, but he stood in front of the door, and after Rong Yan entered, he closed the door of the palace outside.

The candlelight in the side hall is not as bright as the main hall, with a bit of darkness, Rong Yan walked a few steps into the hall, only to see Xiao Ze standing with his back to him, staring at the ridged window, and I don't know whether to look at the flowers blooming in the flower garden outside the window, or thinking about other things, when he heard the footsteps, he turned around.

"Ah Yan—"

Rong Yan took a few steps and knelt down to salute: "Rong Yan sees the saint, the saint is safe!" ”

Xiao Ze came over and helped her up personally: "Why does Ah Mei have to be like this? I said you should call me brother. ”

Rong Yan smiled: "That's all because Ah Yan was ignorant in the past." ”

Xiao Ze seemed to be a little preoccupied, as if the surprised look at the first meeting was fake. Rong Yan wondered, did he want to ask about the first crown princess

Back then, he left Sihe in a hurry, first the crown princess was terminally ill, and then the mother and son were separated from each other, life and death were boundless, and it was time to ask.

She was right. Sure enough, Xiao Ze opened his mouth and asked.

"Ayan, when I left, my mother ...... She ......"

Halfway through the question, he didn't even dare to ask any more.

He knew the body of the first crown princess better than anyone else, but later heard that the people of Sihe Village left overnight that night, whether the first princess went up halfway, or on the way to exile in Beidi, he still dare not ask. Even if there was a slim hope, looking forward to the fact that the first crown princess was still alive, even he couldn't believe it.

Rong Yan heard him ask, and she only felt sad in her heart, got up from her seat and knelt down again, "Shengshang, not long after you left, the crown princess died, and she was buried before dawn on the second day......" Let her sit and tell Xiao Ze about this lightly and skillfully, it is better for her to bow her head and kneel, at best, not to see Xiao Ze's face.

It's not that there's a lot of fear of Xiao Ze, it's just that ...... Even she felt sad in her heart, let alone Xiao Ze.

She was afraid to see his sad face.

Sure enough, she knelt there, listening to Xiao Ze's breathing getting rougher, like a low and hopeless gasp, and she didn't know if he was crying or trying to suppress her crying, she didn't want to see or even listen, so she knelt there silently.

Compared with the earth-shattering howl, such a suppressed low gasp is more sad.

After a long time, Xiao Ze's breathing returned to normal.

He seemed to notice that Rong Yan had been kneeling at this time, got up and helped her up, and smiled bitterly: "Ah Yan, is this separated from me?" At the beginning, you called me Brother, but when no one is around, you still call me Brother. ”

At this time, let her go against Xiao Ze's wishes again, and Rong Yan couldn't bear it.

Even if the young man in front of him is now rich, when he mentions the title, he probably just wants to save the old days.

Then...... The first crown princess is still alive, and he is just an ordinary teenager who worries about his seriously ill grandmother at home all day long.

"Brother."

"Hey."

After a moment's pause, he asked again about his experience over the years since he left Sihe.

Too much time has passed, and there are many things that Rong Yan almost feels like she has to forget, such as hunger and cold on the way to escape, and the old man Qiu who traveled with her finally fell ill, and there was no good doctor or medicine, so he finally passed away after a long delay.

They left in such a hurry that they couldn't even prepare a coffin for Old Man Qiu, so Zuihou had to wrap a bed of sheets and bury him forever on the Beidi grassland

Where can I describe all the hardships that followed?

However, after their lives got better, the descendants of the Qiu family once took people to find the place where the old man was buried, but there was no fixed reference on the grassland, there were no mountains and no water nearby, only an endless grassland......

Life finally got better.

The candles in the hall gradually dimmed, she got up and went to find the golden scissors on the side, cut off the candles, and the lights suddenly turned on again. The light shone on Xiao Ze's face, after four years of separation, his temperament has changed a lot, and he is no longer the smiling young man in Sihe back then.

The corners of his mouth left traces of majesty, his eyes were pensive, and even his facial features seemed to have become much deeper.

That night, Xiao Ze left Rong Yan in the palace.

He said there were many things he wanted to ask her.

When Amr and Mu Tongli and his party left the Daliang Palace, he kept looking back, and asked the little eunuch who saw him off: "What about the little lady who was just called away by you?" Why hasn't she come out yet? ”

The little eunuch who saw them off accompanied them and led them to walk on the palace road: "The little lady of the Rong family asked me to give a message to the two, and she will return to the embassy tomorrow." But he muttered in his heart: Since Bixia ascended the throne, he has never expressed such a solemn attitude towards any little lady. The little lady of the Rong family said that maybe there would be a great transformation, what should she do when she returned to the embassy?

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Mu Daodao, when he got into the carriage, knocked the door of Amur's head: "Don't have a brain!" Emperor Bixia of the Great Liang is looking at Ayan, don't you see it? The way he looked at Ah Yan was wrong! ”

Amr touched his forehead and muttered, "That...... What should Chu Saburo do? ”

"Poof!" Mu Tong looked at him with a smile and a smile: "What kind of are you?" It's just that they drank a drink together, so that they have so much leisure to worry about lifelong events for others? ”

Amur was very unconvinced, he really wanted to refute Mu Tong, but in the face of the facts, he had to keep his mouth shut.

Maybe Mu Tong is right, this leisure is far from his turn to worry about.

But in the past few years with Rong Yan, he is sure that she is far from being a woman who can be trapped in a corner, if she is really trapped in the palace by Emperor Bixia of the Great Liang, then what is the interest of her life?

Amur felt sorry for her.

On the second day, Chu Saburo ran to the embassy to report, and by the way, he saw his daughter-in-law, and was told by Amur that the little lady in your photo was intercepted by the emperor Bixia! Seeing Chu Sanlang's eyes, Amur wanted to gloat, but thought that the object of schadenfreude also included Rong Yan, so he gave up again.

After another two days, even the queen in the palace and several beauties knew that the emperor had left a Beidi woman, and after these two days, she was inseparable, so even the queen wanted to see this Beidi woman.

It's a pity that she didn't have a summons today, and she couldn't break into the Jade Phoenix Pavilion where the Beidi woman lived, which would really violate the dignity of the queen. It stands to reason that when a newcomer enters the harem, he should go to the middle palace to kowtow and say hello, but now that the newcomer didn't go to say hello, she rashly went to see the newcomer, and it was really a joke to say it.

In the Jade Phoenix Pavilion, which has been eyed by the queen of the palace and the concubines in recent days, Rong Yan and Xiao Ze fought against each other, and lost again, she stretched out her arms to protect the entire chessboard, blocking Xiao Ze from collecting the chess pieces, very frustrated.

"Brother, why can't you let me do a little bit? Just my stinky chess hand, always losing and losing, what else is there to play? ”

Xiao Ze smiled and watched her play tricks, and the haze on his face two days ago faded a lot, "You are such a scoundrel, have you brought bad Ah Qian in the past few years?" ”

Rong Yan had a shocked look on her face that was told the truth: "You, you...... How do you know? ”

Xiao Ze suddenly became up, "He's so weird, since you returned to Sihe, you've been naughty all day long, you really don't know how worried your aunt is?" My aunt was afraid that you wouldn't be able to get married, but now that I see it, her worries are right. ”

Rong Yan was left in the palace by Xiao Ze to accompany him these days, and when he opened his mouth, he would mention the old things of Sihe, and Rong Yan would accompany him. Thinking that although he lost his mother four years late, it must be heart-wrenching pain, and those beauties in the harem probably can't imagine what a desolate realm Sihe is - they are all little ladies who grew up in the family of golden and noble eunuchs, and there are some places in life that can't resonate, and it's normal.

Seeing that he was so familiar that he teased her about her marriage, Rong Yan did not show weakness, "Brother doesn't know, even if there are countless celebrities, it is difficult to find a confidant." Men are all three wives and four concubines, and I can't marry a few more, I can only marry once, of course, I have to choose carefully and slowly. ”

Xiao Zezheng took a sip of tea, and almost choked with laughter when he heard the words: "If you choose carefully, I'm afraid Chu Sanlang will be in a hurry to become a little old man!" ”

When he mentioned Chu Junyue in such a bright and righteous way, Rong Yan's face showed a little crimson, and he was still stiff: "He...... He is a person who can have three wives and four concubines, where would he be in such a hurry? ”

As he was talking, the little eunuch asked for instructions outside the door: "Holy Lord, General Chu Shao asks to see you!" ”

Xiao Ze's eyes were suddenly full of laughter: "I'll just say, let's see who is here?" He also instructed the little eunuch: "Bring it to the Jade Phoenix Pavilion." ”

Chao Rongyan made a look: "Sister, there is a difference between men and women, avoid it?!" ”

Rong Yan: "......"

He's just crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!

When Chu Junyue came in, Rong Yan just finished cleaning up the chess pieces on the table and went behind the screen with the chess basket.