After hearing this, Wu Guifei said: "It seems that the falling flowers are intentionally ruthless, it is really a creation to make people!" The concubine was worried that Ping'er would be so willful that when she went to Yunnan, she would not be able to achieve the purpose of marriage! ”

Zhao Gou said with an indifferent face: "If you can't achieve the purpose of marriage, then it's a big deal to visit here, I don't want Ping'er to give the old pig arch to the king of Yunnan!" ”

"Look at what you said, if Zhao Ping'er goes and affects the stability of Yunnan, what else do you want her to do?" Wu Guifei explained.

"But she's already decided, how can she regret it?" Zhao Gou said, "No, I will summon her tomorrow and see for myself what she thinks." ”

On the second day, Zhao Gou looked at Zhao Ping'er, who had a righteous and awe-inspiring face in front of him, and said: "Ping'er, it's not that I said you, you asked me to do this thing too eagerly, and there is a way that I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." ”

Zhao Ping'er said stiffly: "That's not the emperor, the way you asked questions was inappropriate. ”

"Have you eavesdropped on my conversation? In fact, Yongguo Gong is a tendon, and he can't bend it. ”

"Since the emperor told me the result, I don't think about it."

"Really?"

“…… And I'm going to Yunnan soon. ”

"Ping'er, I have been good with you since childhood, as long as you say that you don't really want it, I will immediately change someone, or simply refuse, and tell him that the county lords of our Great Song Dynasty are very sought-after, and they all married early." Zhao Gou said.

Zhao Ping'er is a heroine, but she wants to save face, and what she says is the water that is spilled, how can there be a gift of recovering the water. Besides, if you go back on your word and let other sisters go, you will trap them in unkindness, and if the emperor refuses to marry, it will trap the emperor in injustice, and the Buddha said, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", I should have this noble consciousness.

Zhao Ping'er said: "I have already decided, there is a way that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell, I, Zhao Ping'er, will not put my sisters and the emperor unkindly!" ”

The emperor knows her temperament, and since he said it, he will definitely do it. Zhao Gou said tentatively: "Then do you have any other requirements?" As long as you ask, I will do it for you! ”

Zhao Ping'er thought about it, hesitated again and said, "No need, this county lord is full of martial arts, what is there to fear." Besides, if Qingshan doesn't bury his bones, even if he dies in a foreign land, he can only say that my life is not good. ”

The more Zhao Ping'er talked, the more miserable it became, and Zhao Gou hurriedly asked her to stop, reassuring her that Yunnan is a beautiful place, and maybe the person she wants to marry is not the elderly king of Yunnan, it may be his son or nephew.

In the evening, Zhao Gou told Zhao Ping'er's pessimism to Wu Guifei, and Wu Guifei said: "Lord Ping'er won't be unable to think about it halfway!" ”

Zhao Gou patted his head, it is not impossible, in case she has the wrong head for a while. No, we have to find someone trustworthy to send her to Yunnan to each other.

So, the day before the Yunnan envoy Gao Mingchi was ready to bid farewell to the emperor and return to Yunnan, Qu Ping was called to Zhao Gou alone.

Zhao Gou said: "Anyway, the envoy of Yunnan is about to go back, and the choice of the county lord for the marriage has also been decided......"

"Which county lord is it?" Qu Ping couldn't help asking.

"What, are you concerned about this?"

"No, just ask."

Zhao Gou continued: "The election of the county lord is currently confidential, and it will not be made public until it arrives in Yunnan. ”

"Why is that?"

"This is a small request to grant the county lord."

Qu Ping said: "Oh, I see, this county lord must have made a lot of determination, the county lord is carrying the burden for the country, it is really singable and crying!" ”

"The county lord is so singing and crying, so I must send a trustworthy person to escort her to Yunnan!"

"It's nature." Qu Ping said.

"This person is you!"

"What! I? The Emperor ......"

Zhao Gou didn't give Qu Ping a chance to explain: "I heard that Dali has just officially become a part of my Great Song Dynasty, and there must be a person with enough weight to go to show his grace, and investigate and understand the situation in Yunnan, deepen communication, and make him truly a part of us!" ”

Qu Ping said ashamedly: "I see, it was the minister who misunderstood, if so, the minister is duty-bound." ”

"If it's just to escort the county lord, how can I be willing to let you go!"

"Yes." Qu Ping hesitated, "Your Majesty...... Ping'er, the county lord, she ......"

"Don't worry, it's not her."

"I want to ask her where she has been for so long."

Zhao Gou said: "What, guilty? Don't worry, she went back to Huainan. ”

"I'm afraid that there will be some misunderstanding." Qu Ping said.

"If you don't think about it, you won't be misunderstood. Okay, let's go back and say goodbye to my wife, just say that I mean, it's that I'm not close to people. ”

"Wife, in a few days, I'm going to Dali. The emperor asked me to make a handover with Yunnan as an envoy to show the importance of Yunnan. Under the dim oil lamp, Qu Ping looked at Xiao Lu, who had just finished breastfeeding the child.

Xiao Lu gently put her son in the cradle, looked at her son, and said, "Go, if you don't go around for the emperor to solve problems, how can you have today's status." ”

Qu Ping knew that she was reluctant and had a little temper, so he hugged her gently and said, "Don't worry, I'll go and come back quickly, I will take care of myself." ”

"It's fine. Who's going with you? ”

"Just me. Dali asked for a marriage with the imperial court, and the emperor married a county lord. ”

"Which county lord?"

"It's not clear, it's confidential."

Xiao Lu's heart jumped: "It won't be Zhao Ping'er, right!?" ”

"No, the emperor said that she went back to Huainan. I'll be on the road to find out. Qu Ping said. Hearing Xiao Lu say this, he was also a little skeptical.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qu Ping followed the Yunnan envoy Gao Mingchi to escort the mysterious county lord, a group of more than 100 people, with a full of generous gifts, bid farewell to the monarch and ministers, and embarked on the journey to Yunnan.

Most of the accommodation time along the way is in the post station, which is also more convenient, saving the people from living in the inn hotel and working hard and hurting the people. For five days out of the house, the county lord basically ate and lived in the car, except for staying at the post station and occasionally getting off the car to move his body, as long as he got off the car, the county lord and her maid were wearing felt hats, and the hat was hung down with a long veil, directly covering the calf.

When he arrived outside the post station that night, Qu Ping got out of the carriage and went to the county lord's car and said, "Your Royal Highness the county lord, you have arrived at the post station to stay, the county lord, please get off the car." ”

The curtain slowly opened, Qu Ping hurriedly helped carry it, and then the maid who came down first, bowed her head with her hat and saluted Qu Ping, and then stretched out her hand to follow the county lord to get out of the car. The county lord came down and looked left and right, and then was led by the maid to the special room of the post station to rest.

Gao Mingchi leaned over and said hesitantly: "Lord Guogong, we have been out for so many days, His Royal Highness the county lord does not speak, and the maid does not speak, and the communication is in sign language or writing, which is really strange." Could it be ...... Is it difficult for His Royal Highness the county lord to open Chrysostom? ”

"You want to say that the county lord is dumb, right?" Qu Ping said that in fact, he also thought about it, if they weren't dumb, see how long they could endure it, they didn't speak all day, and their mouths didn't stink.

"The lower officials don't dare, it's just really nerve-wracking."

"Don't worry, the emperor married a dumb person, and he has no face on his face!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Gao Mingchi led the way in front, "Lord Guogong, please." ”

Qu Ping said: "Why don't we go and investigate together in the evening." ”

"Forget it, don't you dare!"

"Just follow me!" Qu Ping said.

In the evening, Qu Ping had the food delivered to the county lord's room, so he and Gao Mingchi wore masks, and crept outside the county lord's house one after the other to implement the eavesdropping plan.

In the room, Zhao Ping'er and the maid Xiaolan looked at the big fish and meat on the table through the veil, and sighed sadly. Zhao Ping'er was just about to take off her hat to eat, Xiaolan stopped her, waved her hand again and again, and then wrote with water on the table: "Don't be careless, be careful that there are people on the wall, and all your efforts will be wasted." ”

Helplessly, the two of them only held the curtain in one hand and carefully delivered the food to their mouths with the other, not to mention how funny the picture was.

Zhao Ping'er stopped eating for a while, and wrote on the table: "Tired." ”

"The county lord holds on, persistence is victory, and it's still early to Yunnan." Xiaolan wrote.

"I want to run away."

"It's hard for the emperor to explain."

"But I can't explain it myself."

Xiaolan thought for a while and wrote: "I will unconditionally support whatever decision you make!" ”

Zhao Ping'er sighed: "Get ready to bathe." ”

Because it is still August, the weather is still hot, and the county lord who has traveled for a day has to bathe every day. The bath water was brought in with the meal, and the water temperature was just right after the meal.

Qu Ping and Gao Mingchi listened to the cat outside the window for a long time, but they didn't hear any movement, he thought: "You always have to show your face when you eat, it's better to simply pierce the window paper to see which county lord it is." He dipped his index finger in his mouth, pressed it lightly against the window paper, and with a small "poof", a small hole that allowed for a peep was created.

Gao Mingchi saw Qu Ping poke open the window paper, thinking that this was not a predetermined plan, he poked Qu Ping in the back, made a farewell gesture, and quickly slipped away. Qu Ping glanced at Gao Mingchi's fleeing back with disdain, turned his head and looked up at the window, his eyes had not yet touched the window, and suddenly shot a fast-moving water arrow from inside. Fortunately, Qu Ping reacted quickly and turned his head to dodge.

Qu Ping dared to stay anywhere, so he quickly ran away, touching his face while running, but fortunately, the mask was still there.

Zhao Ping'er looked out through the window hole and saw a figure disappearing into the corner, and the figure seemed a little familiar.

"Do you want to shout for help?" Xiaolan whispered in the back.

Zhao Ping'er shook her head: "Forget it, it is estimated that the prince or the Yunnan envoy sent to investigate." With the lesson of this time, I should not dare to make a mistake. ”

The next morning, Qu Ping and Gao Mingchi casually invited the county lord to get into the carriage and continue walking.