Xiao Wen seemed to have expected that Xiao Mingyue would make this request, and he has been reluctant to let Xiao Zhong go, half of the reason is that he doesn't want to leave him with any worries, and the other half is because he wants to use this to contain Xiao Mingyue and make her willing to submit, now that Xiao Mingyue took the initiative to make this request, Xiao Wen was naturally overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface, he said very indifferently: "Let him go, wouldn't I be tantamount to leaving myself with trouble?" "

Xiao Mingyue looked at the birds flying outside the window, and said slowly: "You know, my cousin won't do this. If you let him go, he will only thank you and will never pose any threat to you. "

Xiao Wen smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth: "The world is impermanent, and no one can guarantee that he will not lie on his salary and taste his courage, and he will be obscure." "

When Xiao Mingyue heard Xiao Wen say this, she immediately retorted: "You can rest assured, you should know best what your cousin is like, he is a humble gentleman, not King Goujian." "

Xiao Wen whispered in Xiao Mingyue's ear: "People will become, never be deceived by the surface. "

"If you don't say yes, we won't have much to say. I will still go back to Yuncui Nunnery and continue to be a nun. Xiao Mingyue said directly.

After speaking, he set off to prepare to go out, and was about to walk to the door, when he heard Xiao Wen say: "Don't worry, I will let people go, but you, you can only stay by my side in the future!"

After Xiao Mingyue heard this, she turned her head to look at Xiao Wen and said, "Okay! As long as you release people, I am willing to agree to your request. "

Xiao Wen looked at Xiao Mingyue and said: "Three days later, I will release him, as long as Xiao Zhong promises not to come back from now on, as for Chen Xian, he is the first warrior of my Daliang, and I keep him for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji." "

"I hope you keep your word." Xiao Mingyue said in response.

Xiao Wen knew in his heart that now Xiao Zhong was already a rat crossing the street, even if someone was willing to support him, it would be difficult to become a climate, but if Chen Xian was released, it would be a big loss, so he planned to keep Chen Xian by his side and entrust him with important tasks.

And Chen Xian was confined to the palace at this time, thinking that he had been going all the way, constantly climbing up, and wanted to get ahead, but in the end he couldn't even protect his sweetheart, so he couldn't help beating his chest and slapping his feet, and he was heartbroken.

swore that he must get rid of Xiao Wen and protect Xiao Mingyue and Xiao Zhongxin, so he had a plan in his heart, thinking that since Xiao Wen took a fancy to him, as long as he could gain his trust, he would kill him again.

……

Xiao Mingyue returned to Chunning Palace, first went to greet her aunt, and then returned to her room and ordered everyone in the palace to go out.

Sitting alone in front of the window, watching the birds flying freely in the air outside the window, I couldn't help but feel the scene, and sighed: "I really envy you, you can come and go freely, and you can go wherever you want." Then he turned sideways to look at the two sharp-tailed swifts in the cage and said, "You don't want to be imprisoned in this palace." After saying that, he opened the cage, released them to the window, and said, "Let's go, go and find freedom, don't listen to anyone, no matter what the world is, you two must be free and happy together." "

The two swifts seemed to understand and flew away.

Xiao Mingyue looked at the two swifts in the distance, and smiled with satisfaction: "Go and find true freedom for me, whether it is a human or an animal, only freedom is the most precious thing." "

After speaking, he said to the mirror again: "I won't really marry him." Then he thought, "It's just a stopgap measure now, it can drag on for a few months at most, but what will happen in a few months?" So he went to the bed, wrapped his head in a quilt, and said wistfully, "Who can come and save me?" "

……

Three days later, Xiao Wen fulfilled his promise to release Xiao Zhong and his wife, and also promised to let Xiao Zhong see Hu for the last time. Xiao Zhong saw that the Hu family was already lacking in skills, and couldn't help but burst into tears and said: "Mother, it's the child who is unfilial and can't take care of his mother. Now the child is going to be far away from his homeland, and he can no longer be filial piety by his mother's side, and he hopes that his mother will take care!" After that, he knelt down and kowtowed to Hu.

He also said to Xiao Mingyue: "Cousin, thank you for taking care of your mother all the time, my cousin has nothing to repay in this life, if I have a chance in the next life, my cousin will ......."

"Cousin! After my cousin went out, I lived a good life with Sister Gao, and if I went far, Mingyue and my aunt would be at ease. Xiao Mingyue said busily.

Xiao Zhong asked again: "Why do you have to sacrifice your own happiness, cousin? "

Xiao Mingyue smiled and comforted: "Cousin, don't worry about me, I will have a way to get out, if I really don't want to, he won't force me." After speaking, he asked Amber to secretly stuff Xiao Zhong and Gao Mengyao with some gold and silver in case they were needed on the road.

After speaking, the brother and sister said goodbye again.

Xiao Mingyue said: "I can't send you in person, you must be careful on the road." After saying that, he took out another piece of paper from his bosom, on which was written an address.

Then he said to Xiao Zhong and his wife: "You go out of the palace and go to this place." It's Yuwendi's villa, and it's full of his people, and I've asked Amber to send a letter to them and greet them, and when you get there, someone will naturally send you out of the city. "

Xiao Zhong took the letter and said to Xiao Mingyue movingly: "Cousin's life-saving grace, my husband and wife are unforgettable. It's just a mother, and she has to bother her cousin to take care of it. "

Xiao Mingyue said: "Don't forget that we are brother and sister. And since I entered the palace, in the past two or three years, my cousin has treated me like a sister, and now Mingyue can do only this for my cousin. For the rest, Mingyue can't do anything. "

Gao Mengyao also said gratefully: "Mingyue, the two of us will silently pray for you in our hearts wherever we go, and you must also protect yourself." "

After speaking, he burst into tears.

Xiao Mingyue also couldn't bear to part.

hurriedly urged: "It's not too early, it's too late for fear of accidents, without further ado, cousin and sister Gao hurry up and get on the road!" "

After speaking, he personally sent Xiao Zhong and his wife out of the Liang Palace, looking at their distant backs, he couldn't help crying, thinking about this farewell, I don't know when I will be able to meet my cousin again, and I am worried about my cousin's safety, thinking that my aunt's condition is so serious, I am also heartbroken.

was about to walk back, and saw the little eunuch beside Xiao Wen.

The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The group leader is here, Your Majesty is looking for you." "

Xiao Mingyue asked, "Did Your Majesty say that you were looking for me something?" "

The little eunuch replied: "The little one doesn't dare to reveal anything, the county lord will know when you go." "

Xiao Mingyue listened to it and thought that she was going to act in a full set. followed the little eunuch straight to Xiao Wen's imperial study.

When he arrived at the imperial study, he saw that Xiao Wen had been waiting for him for a long time.

He asked, "Your Majesty is looking for me and I don't know what to do?" "

Xiao Wen looked at Xiao Mingyue and said with a smile: "The widow heard that the county lord likes to ride horses, so he personally asked people to create an iron saddle in the style of hollow silk for you. "

Xiao Mingyue smiled back and said, "Your Majesty has bothered, my riding skills are clumsy, I'm afraid I will live up to Your Majesty's good intentions." "

Xiao Wen said: "It doesn't matter, the widow will send the best horse trainer to teach the county lord, the county lord is talented and intelligent, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes a good rider." "

Xiao Mingyue replied: "In this way, I have thanked Your Majesty." "

Xiao Wen smiled again: "The county lord doesn't have to be restrained, rest assured, the matter of your relationship with me, the widow will not be strong, you are so resistant to me now, I will not marry you so soon." However, I will not wait too long, and when I feel that the time has come, I will propose to your father and marry you as the queen of the beam. "

Xiao Mingyue listened and said to Xiao Wen: "In this case, Mingyue has thanked Your Majesty first." "

Xiao Wen smiled faintly and said, "I know that you and General Chen admired each other before, but if you don't want him to have anything to do, it's best to put away your feelings." "

Xiao Mingyue heard that Xiao Wen threatened Chen Xian with him, and she was angry and worried, so she could only say calmly on the surface: "Your Majesty, don't worry, General Chen and I were just young and ignorant before, Your Majesty doesn't have to take it to heart." "

I thought in my heart that only by saying this now can Xiao Wen let down his guard, and Brother Chen will be safer.

Xiao Wen saw Xiao Mingyue say this, and said with satisfaction: "This is very good, you will be my person in the future, I don't want you to have someone else in your heart, otherwise, I won't let him live well." "

"Mingyue is telling the truth." Xiao Mingyue said again.

After speaking, he left the imperial study with the saddle that Xiao Wen gave him.

After going back and thinking about it, he decided to let Amber quietly send a message to Chen Xian, saying that only by hiding each other's feelings first and making Xiao Wen not suspicious of the current situation can he have a chance to find a loophole and trigger Xiao Wen.

I thought about it again, now that my aunt is critically ill, and I and Brother Chen are in Xiao Wen's hands, although my cousin has left, I can't guarantee that Xiao Wen will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and his father, although he has military power, is far away at the border and can't come to Beijing, and even if he brings the troops back, there is no enough reason to crusade against Xiao Wen.

And Yu Wendi's people had already received Xiao Mingyue's letter, saw Xiao Zhong and his wife who came to defect, and saw two swifts flying back. Yiwei hurriedly sent someone to the Northern Wei Dynasty to inform Yu Wendi, settled Xiao Zhong and his wife, and prepared to send the couple out of the city secretly when it was dark.

And Yuwendi received Yiwei's letter, thinking that now that Xiao Wen had won the throne and left Xiao Mingyue by his side, it was obvious that he was interested in Xiao Mingyue, so he was angry, so he was ready to report to King Heqing to send troops to attack Daliang, and let Xiao Wen let Xiao Mingyue go.

But in a blink of an eye, although Xiao Mingyue can be rescued by brute force, it is time-consuming and laborious, if Xiao Wen is a dead-eyed person, I am afraid that even if he fights for three or five years, he will not be able to save Xiao Mingyue, so he is ready to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, which can not only not use the sword, but also make Xiao Wen unable to marry Xiao Mingyue.

Thinking of it, King Dang Xiang had already admired Xiao Mingyue before, and now Xiao Mingyue was picked up by Xiao Wen, if King Dang Xiang knew, he would not give up Xiao Mingyue easily, and when the time came, he would also go to propose marriage, if Xiao Wen didn't want to offend the forces of both sides and lose the emperor's throne, he naturally couldn't marry Xiao Mingyue.