When the queen heard this, she sighed with emotion: "Not bad." Men work hard for the country, and women work hard for men. Ning Wanshu is really smart, she has guessed His Majesty's thoughts on you with a silk sachet on the way back from the south. It wasn't until later that she arrived at the East Palace, and soon after, the affair case happened, and her guess was confirmed, so she wanted to borrow the hand of the palace to get rid of you. So on the same day, she told the palace everything about the sachet and His Majesty's thoughts about you in front of the palace. Bengong suddenly remembered the sachet that fell out of His Majesty's sleeve, and wondered if it was what Ning Wanshu was talking about? As a result, I asked, and it was true. Naturally, Hongu understands a lot of things. ”

Yao Duran listened to it and sighed in her heart. That day, under the corridor of the side hall, the queen only hinted to her that Ning Wanshu had told her about the sachet. And at this moment, it was Xiang who listened to the details. Sure enough, regardless of interests, everyone will wear a mask of kindness, and once interests are involved, the mask of kindness will be shattered, and so is Ning Wanshu.

The queen continued: "On that day in the side hall, the palace thought that if Ning Wanshu confessed in front of you, you would not allow her, so as to dissuade her in front of Your Majesty. As a result, you don't eat this set. Now it's okay, Ning Wanshu has successfully become a concubine, let's have a good time in the future. ”

When Yao Duran heard this, she didn't agree in her heart, and said seriously: "Niangniang, Your Majesty is your husband, you should know better than your concubine." His Majesty attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and he is even more responsible to his own women. Ning Wanshu had followed His Majesty after the Northern Expedition, and it stands to reason that it should only be one of the loneliest times for men...... But later when you come to Nanqian, Your Majesty can place her by your side, it can be seen that Your Majesty will not lose her to his own woman at all. Later, Ning Wanshu traveled thousands of miles to find His Majesty, but she ended up now, and Her Majesty would not abandon her because of her feelings and shame. Therefore, no one can stop Ning Wanshu as a concubine, including the concubine. ”

After listening to this, the queen was silent for a long time, and her eyes slowly showed appreciation: "It's true, or you can see it through." Okay, the palace is tired, you go to the garden to pick up Shuang'er and go back to the palace. ”

"Yes, the concubine remembers the teachings of the mother, and the concubine retires."

In the garden of Fenghuan Palace, the scenery is beautiful. Yishuang is holding fish food by the blue pond to tease the fish.

September in the south is still warm.

The courtyard is deep in spring, and the dark fragrance floats. Jin Se Shaoguang, mandarin ducks swimming in the peach blossom water.

......

The dragon is barren and desert, and the moon is sprinkled with cold rivers. The days are short and the nights are long, and the old wings are busy several times.

In September in the north, the autumn wind is wrapped in sand, and the strange and familiar coldness is strange, and the vicissitudes of life after the return of the guests.

Qiao Fengzhi has been for a long time, and he has never seen this scene of cool autumn leaves.

"Ahem—" He coughed suddenly, clutching his chest. It's only September and autumn, and he is already covered in thick clothes, but even so, swallowing the wind and frost into his throat and the coldness into his body, he still commits the old disease.

Huo Jingyao lay on the seat in the carriage and slept lightly in the quilt. His cough was like thunder, dissipating all his comfort. He quickly sat up and lifted the quilt, revealing the teapot in his arms.

"Husband, I have been holding this tea in my arms all the way, although it is not hot but it is not cold, you can take a few sips."

The tea was tinkling into the cup, and Qiao Fengzhi brought it to his lips: "It is said that people go to tea and it is cold, but our pot of tea is really not cold." As he spoke, he drank it all and coughed down.

Huo Jingyao hugged the quilt again and wrapped himself and him together, and said, "Husband, it's so far to the north, we've been walking for almost twenty days, haven't we been yet?" ”

Qiao Fengzhi hugged him and said with a light smile: "That's just right, tonight, we can enter the border city." ”

Huo Jingyao laughed instantly: "Really?? ”

Qiao Fengzhi nodded: "Yes." As long as you can go to the city from the wilderness, everything will be convenient and comfortable. ”

Huo Jingyao was overjoyed: "Great! Tell me what time it snows in the north? ”

Qiao Fengzhi said: "Fool, it's still early for snow, it will snow after this autumn, and it won't snow until around November." ”

Huo Jingyao sighed: "Hey, I don't like the autumn on your side, the wind messes with my hair and my heart." ”

Qiao Fengzhi lowered his eyes and looked at the person in his arms: "Why are you in trouble?" Do you regret following me out? Okay, I'll send you back. ”

"Nonsense!" Huo Jingyao immediately raised his head to meet his gaze, his expression was sincere: "Husband, my heart is upset because of this long road of wandering, which has dragged your old illness all the way, and you coughed all the way to my heart." I'd love to settle down in some city in the Northlands so you can take care of it. ”

Qiao Fengzhi smiled gently: "It's coming, let's go into the city tonight and rest in the city for a few days." ”

Huo Jingyao smiled and bit his lower lip: "Husband, has your heart really fallen?" From now on, I will no longer get involved in the flow of power, and I will live a life like idle clouds and wild cranes in this world? ”

Qiao Fengzhi nodded solemnly: "Yes, my heart has fallen, and I no longer yearn for the scenery of the high place." It's cold in the heights, and I can't stand the snow in the north. Since then, we have been a couple outside the world, with no dirt in our bodies and no dust in our hearts. Cook wine under the moon for your husband, and burn meat on the fire. Accompany you to sency tea before flowers, and play chess behind the window. Accompany you to listen to the rain in the summer, and go to the snow in the winter. Accompany you to the wind and moon, and accompany you to the white-headed. ”

Huo Jingyao was full of excitement when he heard this, and his bright eyes were already wet. He buried his head in his neck: "Husband, it turns out that I came to this world to find you." ”

......

It has been more than a year since this vast land in the north has been included in the territory of Nanqian. Under the conquest and proper governance of the country of benevolence, this country of carbuncles is gradually healing from its illness and is also strong and stable.

A small border town, a thriving scene. Qiao Fengzhi and Huo Jingyao rested here for three days, although the two of them traveled thousands of miles, the tickets in their hands were inexhaustible. Settled in this small city, there is money and everything, there is hot tea to drink, there is food to taste, there is a warm bed to sleep, there is good medicine to eat, Qiao Fengzhi's cough disease has finally been suppressed. Only then did the two set off and headed for Changxuan City.

Changxuan City, the fief of Xiahou Feng, King Xuan of North Vietnam in the past. Now that the old master is dead, the new master has taken possession, and things have long been wrong. But Qiao Fengzhi just wanted to stay in Changxuancheng to live, and in addition, Changxuancheng still had his last ......

This road is very comfortable, all the way is the county seat, what is lacking is made up on the spot. It's not like the wilderness, where you have money and no place to buy it.

After three days, I finally arrived at Changxuan City.

The streets are prosperous, and the people are happy. After the two were settled in the inn, they went out to go shopping.

When I arrived at the new earth, everything was new. Huo Jingyao was very interested, and his eyes only looked at the roadside food stalls, which was called what he saw and what he ate, and praised again and again: "It's delicious!" ”

Qiao Fengzhi looked at him dotingly, wiping the corners of his lips for him from time to time. At this moment, the beacon smoke seems to have really been extinguished, making people slowly believe that the comfort in front of them will really not collapse again.

The two were strolling, eating, laughing, and chatting.

"Alas, husband, didn't you notice that the girl who sold jade noodles just now looks very similar to you?"

Qiao Fengzhi's footsteps stopped, and his eyes were full of solemnity: "Go back!" ”

The two immediately returned and came to the jade noodle stall. Sure enough, a woman who looked to be double ten years old was busy working on the stall. Qiao Fengzhi stared at her intently......

The skin is as white as snow, the sideburns are like clouds, the eyebrows are like willow leaves, the eyes are like a secluded pool, the nose is like a hanging gall, and the lips are like cherries. A very beautiful woman, even if she is dressed in coarse linen clothes and has a silver hairpin on her head, her words and deeds reveal the innate demeanor of everyone's ladies, and she is generous and elegant.

It's a lot like a person, the person in my memory, it's a lot like it......

Qiao Fengzhi's eyes gradually burned, and he didn't know that he was trembling.

"This girl, please forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, dare to ask the girl's name?"

The woman looked at Qiao Fengyi, and after being stunned for a moment, she replied calmly: "Childe, the name of the little woman is not enough to worry about." With that, he nodded slightly, turned around and went to work.

Qiao Fengzhi looked left and right, and came to a wonton stall not far away, and without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and gave the stall owner a reward, so he asked urgently.

"Stallholder, who is the woman selling jade noodles at the stall over there?"

The stall owner looked there and suddenly realized: "She? Alas, that woman is also a poor person! ”

Qiao Fengzhi asked: "Why is it pitiful?" ”

The stall owner sighed: "Alas, as the saying goes, flying on the branch becomes a phoenix, but she, but the phoenix is not as good as a chicken!" ”

Qiao Fengzhi said: "Stall owner, don't sell Guanzi!" Say it all at once! ”

The stall owner saw that he was anxious, so he stopped selling Guanzi: "She, she is the daughter of Xiahou Feng, the former prince of Xuan, and is called Xiahou Yun......"

There was a "boom" in his head, and Qiao Fengzhi felt that his heart was hit by something, and the boom seemed to rush out of his throat.

"Alas, in the past, Prince Xuan was in charge of Changxuan City, and she was the daughter of Prince Xuan, so her identity is self-evident! As a result, after the Northern Expedition, the sky changed greatly, and Prince Xuan wanted to stay in his homeland but offended the first emperor, so Prince Xuan was summoned to the south, and soon after Prince Xuan was beheaded by the first emperor because of a limerick poem! Madame, sister-in-law, none of them were spared. ”

"Only this Xiahou Yun county lord has been out of the cabinet to marry, so he has not been convicted, but even so, her husband's family is worried that she will affect the family and cause trouble! I don't dare to keep her! No, last year, she was divorced in a letter of resignation on the grounds that she had no children, the tree fell and scattered, and the lord of the county was swept away by her husband's family like this! ”

"Alas, I remember clearly that the day she was divorced was the day of December 17, which was my aunt's birthday, and when I was about to close the stall early and go home, I saw her passing by my stall, cold and hungry and had nowhere to go, so I called out to her and let her come into my stall to keep warm, and cooked a bowl of wontons for her to eat."

Later, she was helpless, but she still had to live, didn't she? Therefore, this former county lord has become the jade Xi Shi of Changxuan City, in order to make a living, he is busy setting up stalls every day, the people are beautiful, and the business is not deserted......"

At this point, everything is clear. Qiao Fengzhi didn't need to listen anymore, turned his head with red eyes and left. It wasn't until he was a little farther away that he stopped to look at the slender figure shuttling in and out of the stall.

She really looks like his mother. No, it's their mother.

It's just that this situation is not what he imagined. He wants to see her safe, and he wants to be sure that she is living a comfortable life, so that he can let go of everything and go out of the world leisurely. But now...... She is miserable, what is he going to do?