Chapter 749: The youngest son of the year
The unfamiliar face, but the extremely familiar tone, made Meng Liangjun cover his mouth in disbelief after being stunned for a while, and asked in surprise:
"You...... You can't be Jinxuan, but the prince told me that you have been buried in Xizijiang, and he also built a tomb for you to return to Yangzhou. So Jinxuan has passed away a long time ago, who are you, why do you want to pretend to be the other party, don't you know the truth that the dead are great. ”
Meng Liangjun didn't want to believe it easily, and looked at each other angrily, Xiao Jinxuan didn't feel disappointed, let alone complain that the other party couldn't recognize her.
After all, her appearance has changed too much, Meng Liangjun was cautious in his heart and questioned it, which was a reasonable thing.
Wiping away the tears on her face, Xiao Jinxuan showed a light smile, and then she held the other party's hand tightly despite Meng Liangjun's resistant and frowning expression.
"Liangjun, even if your face is difficult for you to recognize, I will never forget that it was you who risked helping me, a criminal of the imperial court, to cover me and Yi'er to escape from the secret passage. And I gave you a letter at that time, and you brought me a lot of dry food. Except for Guo Yi back then, only you and I know about this matter, so you shouldn't doubt my identity now. ”
In fact, Xiao Jinxuan's words were only halfway through, and when he mentioned the secret passage, Meng Liangjun knew that the concubine in front of him was his good sister Xiao Jinxuan for many years.
After the vigilance and precautions were exhausted, Meng Liangjun also grabbed Xiao Jinxuan with her backhand, and carefully looked at the other party for a long time before she said excitedly:
"Jinxuan is really you, a few years ago, the prince told me that you died, and I chanted the scriptures for you for forty-nine days at that time, I really thought that the two of us sisters would have no chance to see each other again in this life. Now that you can come back safe and sound, this is really the blessing of the Emperor of the City God, tell me quickly, what you have experienced over the years, why even your appearance has become the way it is now. ”
For Meng Liangjun, Xiao Jinxuan naturally has nothing to believe.
Therefore, after the two sisters sat down arm in arm, she told Meng Liangjun everything about her experience over the years.
I heard that after Xiao Jinxuan fell off the cliff that year, she lost her memory, and almost married the western prince of Daliang, the current Emperor Xuan Fuche.
Later, due to the recovery of his memory, he refused to marry and returned to Beirong, found his biological mother, and also got the title of Princess Changde, and returned again for Zhou Xianyu.
This thrilling, tortuous and arduous experience, if Xiao Jinxuan hadn't said it herself, Meng Liangjun would have been unbelievable.
Because the other party's experience is even more fascinating than the story in the storyteller's mouth, it makes people's hearts go up and down, and it makes a heart tremble.
As for Xiao Jinxuan, she has experienced a lot, and she can face many things calmly, so after telling the past, she is very calm except for some emotion.
Therefore, after drinking a cup of herbal tea in the chamber, which was not a treasure, she raised her eyes and looked at the unpretentious environment around her, and then she cared about Meng Liangjun's affairs.
"After so many years, Liangjun, you are still staying in this City God Temple to lead the practice. Your heart for Meng Mian, and the relationship between the two of you who are by no means brother and sister, I naturally know everything. But your brother, now ranked as prime minister, has married Xiao Jinwen as his wife. On the other hand, you haven't been down the mountain for five or six years, and a woman has only a few years in her life. You should also look at it and plan for your future, is it difficult to become Meng Mian, you really want not to marry for the rest of your life, and you will not succeed in the ancient temple of Qingdeng. ”
Xiao Jinxuan's kindness of concern, although Meng Liangjun understood it, she has always been stubborn, so she didn't think about it, so she said with a sad smile:
"Jinxuan, you and the prince are fine, I will rest assured. As for the matter between me and my eldest brother, you don't have to worry about me. He is now an official worshipper, and he is the youngest prime minister in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although he was in a sudden change in his family, my father raised him and brought him back to my Meng family for the sake of being the son of an old friend. But these things, for the sake of Meng Mian's brother's reputation, do not let people question his bloodline, and they must not be made public. But if you don't explain his origin, in the eyes of outsiders, we are a pair of biological brothers and sisters. Whether the eldest brother likes me or not, and I have lost the opportunity to be his wife. ”
Even though Meng Mian got married and married Xiao Jinwen that year, Meng Liangjun was uncontrollable, and he impulsively expressed his intentions in public, and was scolded and humiliated by everyone in Beijing, and it has been five or six years in a flash.
But that feeling of being scolded by thousands of people and ridiculed by thousands of people, even if he thinks about it now, Meng Liangjun can't help but tremble slightly, and his heart hurts like blood.
When she smiled and wiped away all the tears on her face, she continued to sobble and said:
"I like Brother Meng Mian, since I was a few years old, I silently swore in my heart that I would not marry each other in this life. Maybe Jinxuan will think I'm stupid, but you are also a woman, if you are asked to marry a man you don't love at all, even if you are quiet after marriage, with your independent nature, I'm afraid you won't be willing. Although I don't have your courage, I, Meng Liangjun, will not marry lightly. I would rather be in the City God Temple, praying for my eldest brother every day and chanting, occasionally standing on the side of the mountain and looking at Changping City from afar, silently guarding him, which is enough for me. ”
Meng Liangjun didn't do a good job as an official eunuch, and came to the mountain to be a temple blessing.
In fact, her parents have been bitterly persuading and even threatening her over the years.
But with Meng Liangjun, who couldn't stay with Meng Mian and had a dark heart for a long time, she was still indifferent and chose to stay in the temple.
The two sisters talked for two hours, and when they saw the sunset, Zhou Xianchen was about to come back.
After hard persuasion could not shake Meng Liangjun at all, Xiao Jinxuan was also a person who was hurt by love, she understood how hard and bitter it was behind this persistence.
Therefore, although she feels sorry for Meng Liangjun, as a good sister, she is also willing to choose to support the other party's decision.
And then they stayed in the temple for three days.
This kind of isolation from the world, with the mountains, forests, streams, birds, cicadas and the sound of birds and cicadas as a companion, really makes people feel a sense of returning to the basics and feeling of peace of mind.
But drunk and lying in the mountains and forests, it is the life of vassals and elegant, idlers and wild cranes.
Xiang Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianchen, people with royal status, they are destined to be inseparable from deceit and the party and government seizing power in this life.
So even if she got along with Meng Liangjun for three days, it passed in a blink of an eye, and Xiao Jinxuan was quite reluctant in her heart.
It was inconvenient for Xiao Jinxuan to stay on the mountain for a long time, so after saying goodbye to the other party, she boarded the carriage.
It's just that when a team of people walked down Rabbit Ridge and went to the official road, Xiao Jinxuan's expression was always a little absent-minded, and she kept looking out the window.
Zhou Xianchen, who quietly looked at her actions in his eyes, after a look of hesitation and struggle flashed on his face, he still gritted his teeth suddenly, and said with determination:
"Seventh sister-in-law, I have something to tell you, in fact, I already know who you are. When I arrived at the Temple that day, you allowed me to go out and have fun. As a result, when I left the room, I found that the folding fan I had hung with me had forgotten on the table in the room. At that time, Bai Chu and I had already walked to the gate of the courtyard leading to the back mountain, so I told him to wait there and go back to get the folding fan alone. As a result, Xianchen didn't mean to eavesdrop, but coincidentally outside the door, he heard a lot of the words of Sister Xuan'er and Miss Meng. Sister Jinxuan, don't blame me, in fact, I know that you are not dead, and Xianchen doesn't know how happy he has been in the past two days. Now that I have the courage to say this, I am also looking forward to sharing the joy of reunion with my sister. ”
Because Zhou Xianchen is kind-hearted, he has always had no shelves.
In addition, he was still young, so he did not instruct Bai Chu to take the folding fan, but by mistake, he actually heard Xiao Jinxuan's secret.
Xiao Jinxuan, who was also surprised by this result, after recovering from her stunnedness, she also denied it, but said with a chuckle:
"Xianchen, it's not that my sister is deliberately hiding it from you, it's just that my true identity can't let your brother Wang know. For fear that you will leak out for a while, I have to hide it from you. But now that you know everything, you must keep it a secret for your sister. In addition, you should also know that my sister brought 200,000 soldiers and horses from Beirong this time, so after you know who I am, you should also be confident in yourself. Brave to face all setbacks like a king, my sister will definitely protect you, and assist you with Xianyu. ”
For Xiao Jinxuan, Zhou Xianchen is very trusting, after all, when Empress Xue rebelled, it was the other party who broke into Yanqing Palace and saved the concubine who swallowed Gu worms, as well as the lives of him and the eighth sister Xiangping.
Therefore, after seeing Zhou Xianchen nodding gratefully, he asked curiously:
"Sister Jinxuan, don't worry, although I don't know why you are hiding it from Seventh Brother. But I know that you care about the other person the most, and there must be a reason for doing so, so I will keep it secret for you. It's just that Chen'er doesn't know something, why my sister always looks out of the car window uneasily all the way, is there something on my sister's mind. ”
has already confessed her identity to Zhou Xianchen, so it is much easier for Xiao Jinxuan to speak, so I saw that she said with a strong look of concern in her eyes:
"Xianchen, do you still remember that you adopted Zhou Xue and Zhou Yi by my side back then. And when I escaped from the palace, Yi'er was jealous of your imperial brother and thought that I was going to assist him in fighting for the throne, so it was difficult to tolerate this child, so I fled outside the palace with me. But after all, he was still very young, and he was seriously ill by freezing at the beginning. Therefore, when I fled to Crescent City, I fostered him at the foot of the mountain behind Rabbit Ridge, in an old Langzhong house called Shisong Town. Now that I have come to Rabbit Ridge, I think of Zhou Yi, the child, and I don't know how he has lived over the years. ”
For Zhou Yi, although he is a child of Chiling, Zhou Xianrui and Xiao Jinxuan back then, in order to let him have an orthodox background that is not questioned by outsiders.
Therefore, Zhou Xianrui claimed that Zhou Yi was a woman he favored outside the house, and the child he gave birth to was his own blood.
This matter, except for a very small number of people who know the truth, Zhou Xianchen, who is not very old at that time, is naturally not clear, and he loves Zhou Yi as his own nephew.
Therefore, when he heard that Zhou Yi was actually living among the people, he was very benevolent, and he never thought that this nephew, who had the title of Zhou Xianrui's prince, would become a favorable contender for his throne.
On the contrary, he was very concerned, and said anxiously:
"Sister Jinxuan, since we have all come to Rabbit Ridge, even if your identity is inconvenient to disclose, you can't take Zhou Yi's nephew back to your side. But let's take a look at each other and know that he is okay, and he can still do it. Sister Jinxuan, let's not delay, let's go to Shisong Town quickly. ”