The day of the envoy to Bihai is set for half a month later, and the whole country is paying attention to this matter. The officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly checked various details such as the route of travel and the baggage weight of the entourage, for fear that there would be any mistakes.

On this morning, just about who should go before and who should be behind the chariot of Princess Yinquan and the crown prince, a group of old students in the Ministry of Rites argued for more than an hour.

It is said that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, since the envoy is in the blue sea, the princess is noble and the royal sister of the current blue sea emperor, so she should be in front. Immediately, someone retorted that it was precisely because of the envoy to the Bihai Sea Customs State that the crown prince was the prince of the Cangwu Kingdom, and wouldn't he lose face after following the princess of the Bihai Kingdom? The noise was not until Ye Zhiqiu entered the hall, and the noise was temporarily stopped.

"It is not appropriate to judge this matter in the order of the two countries, it is easy to hurt and be angry. The biological mother of the saint, the Empress Dowager Zhuang Shunjing, and the biological mother of the left and right Taishi, Li Taijun, are biological sisters, and Princess Yinquan is the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Taijun. I am the first in the hundred virtues and filial piety of the Cangwu country, and let the princess chariot go first, which not only takes into account the face of the blue sea country, but also shows the sage of my Cangwu country. Ye Zhiqiu said a few words, and when he landed, the old students who advocated that Princess Yinquan go first seemed quite proud.

"But this time, in the final analysis, it is the prince's envoy, not the princess's provincial relatives, and the trivial parts of the halo book still need to be changed. The princess can no longer use the Fang Ting chariot, changed to Changping chariot, the flag citation is changed from eight to four, and the driver is reduced from twenty to ten. Ye Zhiqiu's words changed, and the group of old ministers who supported the prince came to the spirit again.

"The Chang Pingyuan in the warehouse of the Ministry of Rites is a little old, and it is necessary to hurry up and make another set, and this matter will be handed over immediately. You will inform the Taishi Mansion of the change in regulations, so that Her Royal Highness the Princess can be prepared. When they heard this, they dispersed. Leaving Ye Zhiqiu alone in the hall, thoughtful.

One leaf can know autumn, and one leaf can obstruct the eyes.

Princess Zhu Yuxiao of Yinquan was sitting in front of Mu Yunyou's couch at this time, and the two cups of tea on the table were already cold, and they had not yet drunk it.

The two were silent.

"I'm going back soon, why aren't you happy?" In the end, Mu Yunyou opened his mouth first, but he had some difficulty speaking.

"I'm too worried, but I don't." Although Zhu Yuxiao was sitting there, she seemed to be wandering in all directions, and her answer was a little perfunctory.

"I haven't been back for twenty-four years, so I should be able to see a lot of old people I miss." Mu Yunyou seemed to be an unintentional remark.

Zhu Yuxiao tried her best to hide the agitation in her heart, and picked up the teacup with a gesture, but felt that the porcelain was cold and the tea was cold, so she could only put it back again, "There can be any old people, and the only one I can miss is my sister." ”

"I heard that Emperor Ming's health has not been very good in recent years, you have taken care of me here, and you have to take care of her when you go back, and you have to bother with it, you also have to pay attention to yourself, don't be too ...... It's too much work. Mu Yunyou said a few more words, and then he coughed.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuxiao had no choice but to smooth his back, shook his head and said, "You said that you have such a body, but you came to tell me...... Actually, you don't have to worry too much about my business. ”

"If I don't care about you...... So who cares? Mu Yunyou clearly looked decrepit, but his eyes were full of pity when he looked at Zhu Yuxiao. After coughing for a while, he said slowly, "...... You don't have to hide it anymore, I know you have a grudge in your heart. Over the years, you have refused to talk to me, and you have even laughed less, and I thought you would always be more comfortable going back this time. Mu Yunyou struggled to sit up, "Yuxiao ...... ...... the hell you?"

Mu Yunyou rarely called her by her first name. He is a gentleman, he has the arrogance of a gentleman, he doesn't want to win this woman's heart with flattery, but if you think about it carefully, adding her to the mission is not a kind of flattery. He is the most resourceful person in this country and even in the world, but he can't think of a way to really get close to her heart.

At this time, an old maid named Xiaobei suddenly ran in in a hurry, and when she saw Zhu Yuxiao, she shouted: "Princess, let the slave maid be easy to find." Zhu Yuxiao frowned, this girl has been following her from Bihai Country for all these years, she is an old aunt in her forties, and she is still walking so quickly.

"Princess, someone from the Ministry of Rites came just now, saying that our various ceremonial guards have been reduced, what steps have also been changed, and the drivers have also been reduced, and the cabinets that you carry with you are not allowed to exceed 100 boxes! That's too much of a bully. Uncle, how about you listen to this, the princess hasn't left yet, so Ye Zhiqiu splashed a bowl of herbal tea......

"Presumptuous!" Before Mu Yunyou opened his mouth, Zhu Yuxiao already shouted: "This is the prince's envoy, not my Zhu family!" Ye Zhiqiu is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he naturally has his reasons for doing this! You dare to criticize yourself even if you are a subordinate! Spread my word, and everything will be done according to the Ministry of Rites. ”

Xiaobei's face turned pale with fright, but after following the princess for a long time, she couldn't help but hum: "But the princess...... The slave and maid only put away a lot of things yesterday, and the princess has to take care of them inside and out this time, and the number of these hundred boxes is ......."

"Don't take it away!" Zhu Yuxiao clasped her hands, and when Xiaobei saw this, she was so frightened that she kowtowed and hurriedly escaped. She knew that every time the princess clasped her hands, it was when the mountain rain was about to come, and if she didn't avoid it, it would be over. can always press the master's bottom line to call the board, this is the power of the senior girl.

Mu Yunyou seemed to be accustomed to this situation, and said warmly:

"What's the matter, you can bring it if you want to, Ye Zhiqiu can really say nothing."

"No, I don't have anything to bring, but I just went back to visit, and my sister will let people prepare the things used, so why bother to pull them over with a lot of money." Zhu Yuxiao waved his hand.

"Yuxiao...... My mother heard last night that you were going back to Bihai, so she came to persuade me. Mu Yunyou said quietly.

Zhu Yuxiao was shocked in her heart, and asked silently on her face: "She...... She's here to persuade me not to go back to Bihai? ”

Mu Yunyou stared at his wife's wonderful eyes, and spit out two words very slowly: "Exactly." ”

"Why?"

"Mother said that if you go back to Bihai, you will not come back."

"Why did Mother say that? Why don't you come back? Oh, yes, is she still not at ease with you, afraid that I am not there and others will not serve you well. Actually, I'm just going back to live for a few months......" Zhu Yuxiao tried her best to calm down, but she was busy explaining, and her words were mixed with a little fear.

Mu Yunyou gently patted the back of his wife's hand and said with relief: "You don't have to worry, I have already told my mother, I asked you to go back, and my mother also agreed to me." ”

She thought about the matter of returning to the blue sea, how many years she thought about it for many years, and now she can really go back, but she is like a fish in her throat, unable to speak.

Zhu Yuxiao suddenly felt a little ashamed, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, wanting to comfort her husband on the couch, but she didn't know what to say. After a while, Fang said: "Thank you, thank you for always being so good to me." ”

Mu Yunyou heard her say this, his brows stretched a lot, and he smiled: "I am very happy when you say this, as long as you think it is good, it will be good......"

Facing her husband's incomparably sincere eyes, this sentence seemed to suddenly melt the iceberg that had been frozen in her heart for a long time, Zhu Yuxiao couldn't help but be emotional, and blurted out:

"I ...... I will be back. You have to take care of your body, too. ”

Everyone admires Mu Yunyou's cleverness, but he himself can't say it. Isn't it all good to be smart? For example, at this moment, he must not be smart enough to see that the last words of his wife are words of consolation.

The pain of a wise person lies in the powerlessness of knowing what is going to happen and not being able to do anything. But even if it was such a little kindness, Mu Yunyou didn't want to brush it off, he smiled and nodded, and felt a little tired again, so he closed his eyes.

Zhu Yuxiao sat silently, she knew that he was not asleep, but she didn't know what to say. She knew in her heart that he had treated herself meticulously and sincerely, and he couldn't have been better.

Although she hated that everything was because of him, but now that she thought about it, he was not an innocent person.

It's really a bad fate.

After sitting for a long time, she whispered, "Then you can rest first." After I'm gone, take care of yourself and eat lightly. Xianyun five-flavor plate, you can eat less...... Especially...... Don't put the plate of peppers anymore. ”

Mu Yunyou seemed to have closed his eyes and fell asleep without hearing, and when Zhu Yuxiao walked out of the door, he sighed lightly: "Don't come back." A line of tears quietly welled up in the corners of his eyes.

At the corner outside the room, after Zhu Yuxiao's figure disappeared, a crane panyun silver-headed crutch appeared, and the person holding the cane poked hatefully on the bluestone ground, bursting out two words: "Demon woman!" ”

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Since the envoy was decided, Su Xiaochen began to slowly pack his bags. When my aunt learned that the emperor had given her a green jade crown and an ink leaf shirt, she was overjoyed, and said that she would sew a pair of boots with her own hands to match a good outfit, and in the future, when she went to the capital of Taiye to meet Emperor Bihai Ming, she would not lose her dignity.

Su Xiaochen's heart didn't care so much, he always felt that it was most important for people to have real talents and learn the truth, if there was nothing to show it, what was the difference between it and those smugglers in Beijing? Having said that, because his uncle is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Su Xiaochen has not been influenced by him since he was a child, although he is only sixteen years old, he has only seen a lot of scenes of various official eunuchs walking. Therefore, Mu Yunyou chose him to be the prince's companion, it is not unreasonable, he is full of poetry and books, and he can go to the court, but what he lacks is just heat.

But these days, my uncle seems a little strange.

The discipline on weekdays couldn't be stricter, there are many rules for everything, and the uncle has to ask about everything. But this time I went to ask my uncle what he should do and what he shouldn't do, but his uncle had nothing to say. After asking too much, my uncle said: "Are you paid for my rites, when the prince made you join the group, the responsibilities of the envoys under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites have been clearly subdivided, where is there anything you want to do, you just follow the prince honestly." ”

Su Xiaochen returned to the room and thought about it, he was a young boy, where was his turn to worry about these things. But speaking of which, although he was sealed as the prince's companion, he has actually only seen the prince a few times, so how should I get along on this road.