The Dragon Boat Festival is a busy and festive day, not only picking mugwort leaves, but also making mugwort cakes. Everyone was dressed in new clothes, dressed beautifully, with acacia knots wrapped around their arms and long-lived wisps hanging from their bodies. The hall is full of tables, Xiao Xuan, to feast here for the ministers of civil and military affairs of the north and south. It has been the case for many years, and this year is even different, because today is another day of great joy for the princess of Yue Kingdom.

According to the old custom, the princess's wedding was mostly attended by only the royal family and the monk's family, and the minister of civil and military affairs was not allowed to attend if he was not invited. But today, the Empress Dowager was happy to change customs, not only allowing the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to attend the wedding, but also inviting foreign envoys. Therefore, the wedding was extraordinarily grand.

Early in the morning, Xiao Hengde was dragged by someone, walked here for a while, walked there for a while, saluted this person, bowed to that person, and followed people to say something insincere, even he didn't understand; Listen to some insincere words of blessing that do not know what to say.

From the Xiao Mansion to the Imperial Palace, there were bustling crowds everywhere, chaotic and noisy, making Xiao Hengde dizzy. He felt tired and wanted to sit down and rest. However, I was always led to do this and that.

He watched blankly as people moved things in front of him, and he saw two beautiful cars pulled out of the harem, both covered with brocade, and the front of the car was a silver glittering mantle.

Xiao Hengde turned around and asked Xiao Pai in a low voice: "Who is this car for?" ”

Xiao Pai glanced at Xiao Hengde, and saw that he was full of red light and radiant, not like he was sick, and thought, I really don't know this reason without this matter. Then he smiled: "Wait a while, and you'll know who to give it to." ”

Xiao Hengde looked very excited at this time, and watched with wide eyes as those people pulled the car out of the palace gate, and then pulled out another car from the harem, which was also very beautiful, and the same brocade was headed by a silver mantle, but there were bells hanging at the four corners, and a big wool felt hung behind it.

Xiao Hengde asked again in a low voice: "Isn't this a final car?" What's wrong? ”

Xiao Pai looked at Xiao Hengde in surprise, grabbed his hand, pulled it to the side, and said, "Hengde, are you okay?" That's the princess's dowry. ”

Xiao Hengde was stunned for a moment and said, "You mean, those were all given to me?" ”

Xiao Pai put his mind at ease and said, "It's not for you or for whom?" ”

Xiao Hengde suddenly smiled and said, "They thought so thoughtfully, they even thought of death." ”

Xiao Pai touched Xiao Hengde's hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, what are you saying unlucky things on the big day?" ”

Back at Xiao Mansion, Xiao Hengde couldn't support it anymore and fell asleep.

Princess Yue knew that Xiao Hengde had drunk a lot of wine today, but she didn't expect to be so drunk, and the smell of wine on his body made her nauseous. As soon as he entered the room, he vomited and messed up, the bedding was dirty, and the whole room was filled with a foul fishy smell.

The princess of Yue Guo asked people to change the bedding and cleaned the ground more than a dozen times, but it still couldn't dispel the disgusting smell. In the end, Princess Wu asked people to send sandalwood, which finally covered up some of the smell of wine.

Xiao Hengde lay on the bed horizontally, fell asleep upright, and the whole bed was occupied by him like this.

The princess of Yue wanted to move him away, but he was as heavy as a stone. The princess of Yue Guo couldn't move even a little with all her strength, so she had to curl up in the corner of the bed.

Although, today, the princess of Yue Guo is also tired for a day, and she is already very tired, but at this time, she is not sleepy at all. The person in front of her made her both hate and love.

She knew that Xiao Hengde was very reluctant to marry her. But she didn't know where she made him look down on her. She is very confident in her appearance, she has inherited the advantages of her mother, although she dare not say that she is a peerless beauty, but she can be regarded as beautiful as a flower. status, not to mention. No matter who follows her, in the days to come, it will not be a green cloud, and it will be windy and rainy? But why can't he look down on it? Where is his heart?

But it doesn't matter, no matter how far his heart flies, it will eventually come back to me. The princess of Yue Guo is convinced of this.

Princess Yue Guo remembered what the queen mother told her yesterday: "Yue Guo, you will be an adult tomorrow, and in the future, your willful temper must be changed." He nodded his head at the time.

Yes, from today onwards, I will be closely associated with this person, closely related to each other, and share life and death.

The princess of Yue Guo looked up at Xiao Hengde lying on the bed, her heart was pounding, her face was burning, and her body was sweating. She remembered that last night she had been lying beside her mother, and that the two had spoken all night, for the first time in her life. The queen mother told her a lot of words, she is not at ease, is every parent like this: not worried about handing over the child to others? Even the emperor and empress, who are powerful in the world, are also in this mood.

"Yue Guo, I think Xiao Hengde's kid is a little muddy, I'm worried that you will suffer." When the Queen Mother said this, she was almost asleep.

She comforted her mother and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Hengde is a kind person and will be good to Yue Guo." ”

After saying this, he fell asleep, and when he woke up again, he saw that the Queen Mother had not slept yet, and she may not have closed her eyes all night.

Tonight, the princess of Yue Guo couldn't sleep at all. Maybe it was the disgusting smell, maybe it was Xiao Hengde's thunderous snoring, maybe it was that the place where she slept was too cramped. In short, she didn't feel sleepy.

It wasn't until after the third watch that there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the dome, and the princess of Yue felt that Xiao Hengde moved, and then, there was no movement again.

I only heard someone outside the tent asking, "Is my master in the house?" ”

He said, "Who is your master?" ”

"Yelu Guoliu, a good brother of the master of the horse."

"No, I'm leaving."

"Where did you go?"

"I don't know."

"Gee, that's a real rush."

"What's the matter? In a hurry to be like this, I came to find someone in the middle of the night. ”

"I'm going to die." The man stomped his foot and said.

Xiao Hengde jumped up from the bed and walked out of the tent.

The princess of Yue immediately sat up and said, "It's so late, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Hengde said: "Outside is the servant Marco left by Yelu Guoliu, and something may have happened to his family." "With that, get out of the tent.

The princess of Yue Guo stood up, took a step forward, then stopped and returned to the bed. I only heard Xiao Hengde ask: "Marco, what's wrong?" Looking for your master so late? ”

Marco said, "The little one should be damned, it alarmed the concubine." ”

Xiao Hengde said: "Don't talk nonsense, what are you looking for your master?" ”

Mark said, "Greatly, my master's wife and brother are going to die in our house." ”

Xiao Hengde said: "Why is he looking for death? ”

Mark said, "My master's wife's wife, Agu, oh, that's a mouthful. ”

Xiao Hengde said: "Agu? What's wrong with her? ”

Mark said: "She fell in love with a house slave and fornicated with him, and was seen by my master's wife and brother, and caught him in bed. Instead of pleading guilty, Agu and his slaves beat my master's wife and brother. My master's wife and brother could not beat them, so they ran to our house overnight and asked my master to judge the adulterer and adulteress. However, my master was not at home, and he was bullied, angry, anxious, ashamed, and ashamed, and was looking for death and life in our house. The hostess of my house had to send a small one to the house overnight to look for it, but she didn't expect to alarm the horse master, a capital crime. ”

"A pair of dog men and women," Xiao Hengde said, "Your master went to Yelu Yao's house to drink, and you came with me." ”

Soon, a rapid sound of horses' hooves passed through the dome, and the princess of Yue Kingdom seemed to fall asleep. However, she could not sleep, and before her eyes showed a vast prairie, with snow-capped mountains in the distance, goshawks hovering in the sky, and galloping horses on the ground. There are also blooming flowers. How intoxicating.

I don't know when, the princess of Yue Kingdom finally fell asleep, and when she woke up, the dome was full of people, and yesterday's festive face was covered with clouds.

Princess Wu was also here, and when she saw that Princess Yue had woken up, she said, "Sister Yanshou, it's not good, you killed someone." ”

The princess of Yue Kingdom was taken aback, but then calmed down and said, "The horse has killed someone, who has he killed?" ”

Princess Wu said: "He and Yelu Guoliu killed a slave in Yelu Guoliu's wife's brother's family. ”

The princess of Yue Guo had heard about this last night, knew the ins and outs of this matter, knew what Xiao Hengde had done, and she also praised her husband for this last night, thinking that he was a courageous, knowledgeable, righteous, and righteous husband. She smiled contemptuously and said, "Is a minion worth being so nervous about?" Besides, the minion deserves to die. ”

Princess Wu said: "But there is more than one slave who died. ”

The princess of Yue Guo said, "Who else?" ”

Princess Wu said, "There is also Agu." ”

"Agu," said the princess of Yue Guo disdainfully, "is that the adulteress?" ”

Seeing that Princess Yue didn't care, Princess Wu said hurriedly: "Do you know who Agu is?" ”

"Who is it?" Princess Yue said.

Princess Wu said: "She is the daughter of the second aunt, our aunt and cousin. ”

Princess Yue Guo was taken aback and said, "Is it our aunt and cousin?" How did I not know that there was such an aunt and cousin? ”

Princess Wu Guo said: "I don't know about this aunt and cousin, I heard that she is the only relative of the second aunt. The second uncle rebelled and was ambushed. The whole family was exiled, and the second aunt was moved to Zuzhou, where she was never allowed to leave. Later, the queen mother remembered the love of sisterhood, and gave her the second aunt permission to move freely, but she was not allowed to enter the palace, and later, this ban was also lifted. But when the second aunt rebelled, he was instigated by the second aunt a lot, and after the incident, the second aunt felt ashamed, and she never saw her mother, and she never entered the palace, so you didn't see this aunt and cousin. I also met this aunt when I went to see my second aunt with my mother. ”

Princess Yue Guo said: "What kind of aunt and cousin is she, what kind of aunt and cousin is she who did such a shameless thing?" ”

Princess Wu Guo sighed: "Actually, she is also a hard-working person!" ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "Bitter people? It was her father's sin, who could blame her? ”

Princess Wu said: "This is one of them, in fact, this aunt and cousin is a smart and capable person, and she is very beautiful. Who would have wanted to marry an ugly and old lame man. ”

The princess of Yue Guo hurriedly said: "Cripple? How to marry a cripple? ”

Princess Wu said: "In the end, it was the second aunt who killed him, he rebelled, he gave his life, not to mention, the family suffered, at that time, everyone avoided the second aunt's family, their family had a miserable life, and the aunt and cousin married the cripple at this time." ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "It is indeed a poor person. ”

Princess Wu said: "Let's not talk about this first, now that the colt has been arrested, you should think about how to save the colt first." ”

Princess Yue Guo hurriedly asked, "He was arrested?" Who caught it? ”

Princess Wu said, "Who dares to arrest him?" It was an order from the queen mother. ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "Why did the queen mother arrest him? ”

Princess Wu said: "I heard that the second aunt went to the palace, and the queen mother may not have a choice, so people can catch Hengde." ”

The princess of Yue Guo was anxious and said, "What should I do?" The queen mother has always enforced the law impartially and without favoritism, how can she let go of the horse if she has done such a big thing? What to do? What to do? ”

Princess Wu said: "Don't panic in the Yue Kingdom, let's go to the palace to beg the queen mother and see what the queen mother does." ”

Princess Yue Guo hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, let's go into the palace to rescue Hengde." ”

The two immediately got up and went to Ouchi, and when they walked to the door, Princess Wu Guo stopped.

Princess Yue asked, "Second sister, why don't you go in?" ”

Princess Wu said: "I'm a little panicked, what should we say when we see the queen mother?" Besides, the second aunt must be there too. ”

Princess Yue Guo said: "Yes, my heart is also very panicked, how to face the second aunt?" ”

Princess Wu said: "Why don't we go to see the queen mother first, let's go to the emperor first, and ask the emperor to intercede for the concubine, okay?" ”

The princess of Yue Guo hurriedly said, "Okay, it's more stable this way." ”