An edict from the emperor was delivered to Lian Zhi'er in the first snow of Beiliang.

She didn't know what was going on, she didn't know what she was going to face, she just looked at Shi Ran blankly, with a hint of fear in her eyes.

Shi Ran walked over and knelt beside her, but it was enough to comfort her.

After the eunuch who delivered the decree finished reading the holy decree, Lian Zhi'er breathed a heavy sigh of relief, but his eyes were full of disbelief.

Although the Central Plains is now in power, it is still stable, and none of the people of Gonggong Liu are indiscriminately killing innocent people, so you can't count on that cowardly and incompetent little emperor.

And she herself really couldn't figure out why the emperor issued an edict to restore the royal court of Beiliang, but her son Liankong was named the king of Beiliang.

Shi Ran understands that Akong has both the blood of the Central Plains and the blood of Beiliang, which is undoubtedly the best choice.

But she didn't know why she had such an arrangement, if someone didn't help Bei Liang, how could it be so? Now that the people in the court hate the Beiliang people to the bone, why should they be spared?

She was about to ask, but the chamberlain had already handed over the holy decree to her, as if he had seen through her thoughts, and only said with a smile, "Everything is cause and effect, you will be the princess of Beiliang in the future, and please govern Beiliang well, and in three years it will be Your Majesty's crown ceremony, you will take the little prince into Beijing, everything must be known by the search." ”

Lian Zhi'er didn't ask. Only generous gifts were prepared, and those who sent the message were gone.

She stood outside the tent and watched the snow cover the green grassland, and another cold winter was coming.

But the people in the distance are not only Beiliang people, but also many people, they pull salt and silk in exchange for Beiliang's sheep, the clansmen who originally wanted you to live and die, now have no scruples.

Shi Ran also stepped out at this time, covering her with a cloak. Covered her with the cold.

"It's snowing, it's really cold." She sniffed, and then exhaled a puff of white smoke.

"It's okay, the coldest winter is over." He slowly took her in his arms.

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When she entered Beijing in the third year, Akong, who was only seven years old, was full of joy, he had long forgotten that he had been to Beiliang, and he only felt that everything was very novel.

The carriage walked through the bustling streets of Beijing, but saw countless people standing on the side of the street, shouting in their mouths, while tiptoeing and sticking their heads to watch the excitement.

Ah Kong poked his head out of the car window, and then stretched back happily, and said with excitement on his face, "Ah Niang, I saw my pair of cloth tigers, but they don't seem to have my majesty." ”

Lian Zhi'er couldn't help but smile faintly, and only lifted the curtain, but saw that the capital had undergone earth-shaking changes, the former majestic Eldest Princess's Mansion was no longer there, and the Regent's Mansion had become an ordinary people's home.

She was watching. But I heard Ah Kong's excited voice, "Ah Niang, look, it's such a beautiful palace, like a fairy mansion." ”

Lian Zhi'er rubbed Ah Kong's head and said slowly, "You fool, this is just a cage." ”

Seeing Lian Zhi'er say this, his interest also decreased by half, at this time the sedan chair had fallen, and the palace attendants had greeted him, but when she saw the singing and dancing outside, she pulled Ah Kong and walked to the Jinluan Hall step by step.

The little emperor also grew up, wearing a dragon robe, and only said some compliments according to the gifts given to him by others, and Lian Zhi'er brought the treasures into the capital according to the number of rituals.

The emperor was overjoyed and only rewarded Ah Kong with some treasures.

In the Jinluan Palace, in front of all the courtiers, Ah Kong was calm and unhurried, and his words were also sonorous and powerful, compared to the slightest fear.

Among those ministers, I don't know who suddenly shouted, "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog, and he really looks like that person." ”

However, after the courtier finished speaking, he already regretted it, after all, Ruan Lu was a taboo, and he murdered the emperor, but he was already angry with everyone and gods.

Soon the prince's viewing ceremony ended, and the emperor went to the harem to change clothes. When Lian Zhi'er was about to leave, he saw Gonggong Liu walking over slowly, standing upright, and the people around him lowered their heads when they saw him.

He walked in front of Lian Zhi'er, looked at Ah Kong and said with a smile, "Our family really didn't make a mistake, he is an excellent child, and his work will be great in the future." ”

Ah Kong said respectfully, "My father-in-law praised it. ”

Gonggong Liu smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the princess will stay in Beijing for two days, if you are idle and bored, go to the Dingguo Temple outside the city to have a look, it was newly built three years ago, and it is the most effective to pray to God and worship the Buddha." ”

Lian Zhi'er was a little puzzled, but said with a smile, "Since my father-in-law likes it, it's excellent, I'll go and see it tomorrow." ”

Gonggong Liu said a few polite words, and then went back to the harem to serve the emperor, and only sent the people around him to send Lian Zhi'er's mother and daughter out of the palace.

Lian Zhi'er walked out of the deep palace, but saw a man in armor standing at the city gate in the distance, with a sword at his waist and a tiger's back, which made people can't help but take a few more looks.

Lian Zhi'er only felt that that person was very kind-faced, as if he had seen it somewhere, and then suddenly remembered that this person was not Hongwu and who he was.

She remembered that after Ruan Lu took her away that day, he was missing on the way, and she had always suspected that he had betrayed Ruan Lu, and when she saw him guarding the city gate today, she was even more sure of her thoughts there.

Just as she looked at him. That Hongwu had already come over.

Lian Zhi'er only told Ah Kong to get into the carriage and go there in a while.

After he left, Hong Wu had already walked in front of her, only looked at Akong's back from afar, and said slowly. "He really resembles that man, if only he could see it."

Lian Zhi'er smiled bitterly, "He is now the king of Beiliang, and he has nothing to do with the Central Plains, and I won't tell him anything about my life experience." ”

"King Beiliang?" Hong Wu sneered, there was already a trace of anger in his eyes, "Do you know that today's Beiliang and this child's position today are all things that the regent exchanged for his life, and he gave up his low-hanging fruit for these things, and finally ended up dying miserably." ”

Lian Zhi'er was a little stunned, "What? Why don't I know? ”

"Of course you don't know, that day in the woods, he wrote a letter for me to send to Gonggong Liu, he said the location of the tiger talisman, and then asked me to come back to take over the forbidden army and return to the court, he is willing to die to apologize, but as long as the stability of Beiliang for a hundred years, and the position of his son King Beiliang."

Lian Zhi'er suddenly felt a sour feeling in his eyes, and just said slowly, "He will always be that kind of person, and he will always be caught off guard." ”

It turned out that even if Lian Yan didn't shoot that arrow, he wouldn't have lived.

No wonder she didn't understand for so many years, why he was willing to die when he had already seen the arrow and could have dodged it. Then he watched her leave with a smile on his face.

Hong Wu looked at her, "Now you and Shi Ran Jinse and Ming, but they are all exchanged by him, if you still remember his kindness, you will be alive." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, his resolute back with a bit of ricketism, the person he respected the most was long gone.

Lian Zhi'er had to stay in the palace for four or five days according to the rules, just waiting for the emperor to summon him.

On the second day, she was really bored, but she heard that the emperor had a cold during the crown ceremony yesterday, and she would definitely not see them today, so she took Akong to Dingguo Temple.

Although it is a newly built temple by the imperial court, it is still full of incense, and there are many people who come and go.

She and Ah Kong were both dressed in the clothes of the Central Plains, but Ah Kong was not the kind of child who would never be buried in the crowd after all, but she saw many people looking at him, and even pinching his cheeks.

His temper is very similar to Ruan Lu's, he is always cold to others, seeing that he is being teased like a monkey, a few cold eyes swept over, and everyone dared not look at him anymore.

Ah Kong looked at the gilded Buddha statue in the hall from a distance and liked it very much, only shouting to go and worship, Lian Zhi'er looked at the black crowd, and only ordered the guards around him to take him, look at him carefully, and don't let him get into trouble.

Lian Zhi'er walked slowly to the backyard, she originally wanted to find the abbot of the temple, only to take some silver money and ask them to offer an oil lamp to the person she once hated so much.

However, compared to the crowd in the front yard. The backyard was surprisingly quiet. Xuanshu Literature Network

But I saw a few gray-clothed little monks in the courtyard cleaning up the fallen leaves, still whispering something, even stepping on the dead leaves under the branches, and they didn't hear the slightest sound.

When Lian Zhi'er approached, he heard one of the little monks say in astonishment, "I saw a child in the front yard, wearing a brocade dress, and he looked exactly like the mute man in the meditation room, like father and son. ”

The mute man was not too young when he came three years ago, and he must have already married a wife and had children, but he did not know where he came from, and he did not say a word, and he only recited and meditated there every day, and he did not know how many sins he had committed.

Lian Zhi'er's heart suddenly tightened, and she asked urgently, "Where is that person?" ”

Everyone was taken aback, and when they saw that she had asked, they quickly pointed to the wing room on the west side. There was a faint sound of knocking on wooden fish.

Lian Zhi'er didn't know whether to go over or not, but all she wanted was an answer, maybe she knew, and she would be able to feel at ease in Beiliang.

Every step was as if walking on a sharp blade, until I reached the door of the meditation room, and it took a long time to reach out and push the door open.

But I saw that the sandalwood was burning in the meditation room, but there was a familiar person knocking on the wooden fish, closing his eyes, hearing the movement but not opening it.

"Ruan Lu." She slowly called out the name.

And the hand that was originally knocking on the wooden fish paused slightly, and then the pair of dark, with the vicissitudes of life slowly opened, and the moment he saw her, the eyes seemed to set off a storm and waves, but they quickly disappeared, leaving only calm.

"The donor has recognized the wrong person." Xu hadn't spoken for too long, and his voice was as hard as a knife hidden.

She couldn't help but tug at the corners of her lips, "Then I didn't tell you, you just can't hear it." ”

He continued to tap the wooden fish, without the slightest disorder.

"Ruan Lu, take care, I'll leave soon, and I may not come to the Central Plains in this life." He bit the corner of his lip, "He regards the pair of tigers you gave to Akong as treasures, and he still hugs them when he sleeps, but he doesn't know that you gave him them." ”

"Click, click, ......" the sound of the wooden fish is still the same.

"One day, I'll tell him who his father is." She smiled, "I will tell him that his father has traded everything he has for the peace of his life." His father was a hero, and I would never hide it from him. ”

Lian Zhi'er saw that he was still knocking on the wooden fish, but he didn't care, but slowly stood up, walked outside, and walked until he walked outside the door, before slowly turning his head, "He's in the outer courtyard, if you want to see him, just go and see him." ”

With that, she slowly closed the door. Behind him, the sound of the wooden fish still came.

And at this moment, I saw an old monk in a robe walking over, "Amitabha, I don't know why the donor is here." ”

"He ......," Lian Zhi'er looked at the room behind her.

"He came here three years ago, and it was Gonggong Liu who ordered someone to send him, and he only said one word when he entered the temple, only saying that the next life was only used to atone for his sins, and now for three years, he didn't say a word."

Lian Zhi'er's heart was sour, but she couldn't bear to ask again.

"I don't know the donor'......"

"I originally wanted to light an oil lamp to pray for the blessing of the deceased. It seems that it is not necessary. Lian Zhi'er's face was full of bitterness, and then he said slowly, "If it's late today, I'm going down the mountain, take care." ”

She said these words to the man in the room.

When she came to the front yard, she saw that Ah Kong was still waiting for her, and when she saw her, she said excitedly, "What did Ah Niang do in the backyard, after so many hours, is there anything good in the backyard?" ”

Lian Zhi'er rubbed his face, and only smiled, "This is a temple, but I can't stand your toss, so I don't want to leave quickly." ”

After she finished speaking, she took Akong's hand and walked outside the temple.

Ah Kong followed behind her, only to feel that someone behind him was looking at him, so he couldn't help but turn his head, but saw the monk standing in the distance, looking a little familiar, but when he looked at it again, it was gone.

He didn't think much about it, just hurried to catch up with his mother and hurried down the mountain.

Lian Zhi'er only stayed in Beijing for three days and then went back, and Shi Ran also brought a letter over, only telling him to be careful on the road.

He was originally going to come, but there were a lot of things going on in Beiliang, and he would inevitably be sad when he came to the Central Plains, so he didn't let him come with him, and he only brought Akong here.

On the way back to Beiliang, there was nothing to do along the way, only to meet a few mountain bandits who didn't know how to look, and when they came out to see the majestic Beiliang people, they were so frightened that they quickly hid back in the bed and shivered.

When Lian Zhi'er arrived at the Cover Letter Pass, Ah Kong was reluctant to leave, and the carriage was already full of things he had bought, but he had to shout to buy some more things for the maids of the royal court.

Seeing him like this, Lian Zhi'er didn't stop him, but only took him to reluctantly pick out some rouge gouache.

But Akong was still reluctant to give up, only shouting that he was hungry and wanted to eat.

At this time, the guards had already come, and they only said that Shi Ran had come to cover them up in person. It'll be in just an hour.

Lian Zhi'er was messing around with this child, and wanted to take him to the best restaurant in the city for a meal, but when he passed by a wonton stall, the child seemed to be stuck to his feet, and he refused to leave.

Lian Zhi'er found out that it was the place where Ruan Lu brought him that day, and it was the old couple, who hadn't seen each other for three years, and there were a lot of wrinkles on their foreheads, but they were still very affectionate, which was enviable.

She really didn't want to think about those old things anymore, but Ah Kong had already sat down on the stool, wiped the oil on the table with his sleeve, and then pretended to be very familiar, "Two bowls of wontons." ”

The old woman couldn't help laughing when she saw that he was so young and pretending to be an adult, and when she served the wontons, she gave him a few more.

I couldn't even take care of it, so I only ate one in one bite. Then he stomped his feet in a hurry.

Lian Zhi'er only hurriedly asked him for a bowl of warm water, and after he drank it, it was better.

"It's really delicious." He ate again, then blew the hot air desperately, and then put the spoon in front of Lian Zhi'er, "A-Niang also eats." ”

Lian Zhi'er looked at his wrinkled eyes, and couldn't bear to refuse, so he had to take a bite.

The familiar smell filled her guts, as if everything had gone back to three years ago, especially when she saw the almost identical faces of Ah Kong and Ruan Lu.

Seeing that there was no business left, the woman walked over slowly, looked at Ah Kong's little face, and said with a smile, "I seem to have seen this face of yours, it looks like it was more than twenty years ago." ”

Ah Kong's eyes widened, and he almost choked to death from the wonton in his mouth, "More than twenty years ago, if you really saw me, it would be hell, and you didn't look at how old I was, so you said such things." ”

The old woman couldn't help but say, "Oh, I'm even more confused, it must be that when I was a nurse in the palace in the past, I saw a lot of good-looking children, and now when I see good-looking ones, I feel good-looking." ”

Lian Zhi'er couldn't help but wonder, could it be that she had seen Ruan Lu? He is the eldest princess's sister-in-law, and it is common for him to enter the palace.

She couldn't help but be afraid that the woman would say something she shouldn't have said, so she only ate the last wonton in the bowl, and then said with a smile, "It's really delicious, I guess I can eat the bowl cleanly, and I don't even want to throw away the soup." ”

The woman said with a smug face, "No, our wontons, but whoever eats them, there is nothing left." ”

She suddenly thought that when she came to eat with Ruan Lu three years ago, there was only one left, so she only laughed secretly and said nonsense.

The woman went and said suddenly, "But four years ago, there was a pair of fairy-like characters here today, and they all had one left, and the two of them only ate a bowl, and they looked at the two people who were preoccupied, but the man looked at the woman's eyes, and it was called a look." ”

Lian Zhi'er didn't listen anymore, but saw Shi Ran coming from a distance, and his appearance attracted people's eyes just by standing there.

Ah Kong shouted excitedly, "Daddy, Daddy." ”

Lian Zhi'er slowly walked towards him, holding Ah Kong tightly in her hand.