The lonely three carriages left the city and waited at the post station, and when it was night, Cui Yi finally came.

He was followed by Xie Yuchan and the maids of the Xie family, as well as Concubine Duan who had changed into civilian clothes and several palace maids and eunuchs who accompanied him.

I haven't seen her for nearly a year, Xie Yuchan looks much more docile than she did at the beginning, although she still frowned in disgust when she saw Zhiying, she didn't yell and pounce on her to accuse her of being her fault, it seems that Concubine Duan really worked hard to train her, at least she looks a little bit like a lady.

Bailizan told Cui Yi about what had happened since he received the holy decree to copy the family, Cui Yi knelt in the Taimiao for a day, and he was also haggard at the moment, and after listening to his words, he just nodded and said, "Then go to Xuanzhou first." ”

What does it mean to go to Xuanzhou first, everyone present understands - when the team leaves Xuanzhou, Princess Wu will no longer be profitable.

Concubine Duan beckoned, and the eunuch and palace maid brought a few boxes, which were either gold and silver jewelry, or jade agate. Concubine Duan took Cui Yi's hand and said softly: "Ganzhou is not as good as the capital, it is bleak and desolate, Yi'er, you must pay attention to your body, when there are ups and downs in life, you must not be depressed, you know?" ”

Cui Yi nodded and shook her hand: "I know, the mother concubine should also take care." ”

Concubine Duan's eyes were red, and she told Xie Yuchan a few words to be careful on the road, as for Zhiying, her sister was the bane of this incident, and her father was the one who drove out the Wuwang Mansion.

After Concubine Duan left, Xie Yuchan took a step forward and said to Cui Yi sincerely: "Brother Yingrong, don't worry, when we arrive in Xuanzhou, my father will give us a few carts of food, and will not let us live a hard life in Ganzhou." ”

"Let's all go and rest, and we'll be on the road tomorrow morning." Cui Yi was noncommittal and waved his hand.

Nine people, except for Xie Yuchan, who lives alone, the rest are all two by two, Zhiying wanted to ask if she wanted to abdicate and make way for Xian, but as soon as this thought turned in her mind, it made her feel pity for herself - if others practice her, do you even have to practice yourself?

Even if he has no status in the camp of the Martial King in the future, he can't just admit defeat, Zhiying clenched his fists and said to himself: "I'm not alone, I still have Xian'er, for her, I have to hold on." ”

Xiaoqiu came over to wash the two, during which Cui Yi didn't say a word, and when she left, Zhiying also fed the child, hugged her in her arms and put her to sleep, before asking, "Don't you want to ask anything?" ”

Zhiying looked up at him: "What does the prince want me to ask?" ”

Cui Yi nodded, didn't say anything, and sat down on his bed.

"Okay, why did Miss Xie follow?" Zhiying knew that he just wanted to explain Xie Yuchan's appearance, but he didn't want to take the initiative to mention it, so he wanted her to ask.

But now, what's the difference between asking and not asking? She could have foreseen what was going to happen next.

Cui Yi put his fingers on his forehead and sighed: "I came out of the Taimiao, and she and Concubine Duan were waiting outside, she said...... No matter where I go, she is willing to follow me, even if one day I am no longer a prince or a general. ”

Zhiying smiled silently, put her sleeping daughter on the side of the bed, and then blew out the light, and the room suddenly went dark.

"Profit?" Cui Yi's voice was tinged with imperceptible nervousness.

Zhiying stood in the dark and looked at him, without speaking, Cui Yi swallowed his saliva, and stopped talking, Zhiying laughed and asked coldly: "Doesn't the prince want to ask anything?" ”

Cui Yi was stunned, then understood, and shook his head: "I don't want to doubt you." ”

It's "don't want to", not "no", and I don't know what kind of expression to use to face the tragedy.

"You're not going to betray me, are you?"

At this time, the answer was that even Zhiying herself would not believe it, so she could only avoid answering with a wry smile: "Go to bed early." ”

In the dark, the two of them lay down separately, unable to sleep, and knew that the other party was not asleep either, and stroked their daughter's tender face, and after a few struggles, they said loudly: "Lord Wang." ”

Cui Yi responded, sounding very sober.

"If Xie Xiao is still willing to marry his daughter to you, you ...... What are you going to do? When Xie Yong opened his mouth to suggest going through Xuanzhou, Zhiying already vaguely felt worried in his heart, and then Xie Yuchan also followed, and said that no matter whether he was rich or poor, he was willing to follow Cui Yi, and if she was a man, she would definitely be moved.

And moving, it is precisely the most easily misunderstood emotion in the world as a heartbeat, when the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and even the father can be ruthless regardless of the bloodline, the person who does not abandon has won a city first.

Sure enough, Cui Yi's answer was blank and empty: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it." ”

I'm afraid it's not that I haven't thought about it, but I don't want to think about it, Zhiying said in her heart, it seems that there is a step between "not marrying" and "not knowing", but there is a big gap between crossing and not crossing.

"Would you like to hear what I mean?"

"Say it."

Zhiying took a deep breath and said, "If the prince plans to escape to the mountains and forests and not ask about the world, he can refuse the Xie family, and our family of three will find a place to settle down, and it will have nothing to do with the palace from now on." Although I have not touched the spring water since I was a child, I still know some knitting women, sewing and mending for others, and I can also earn some family, if the prince is willing to farm, he will farm, if he is unwilling, he will go to the mountains to hunt, and the life can always go on. ”

Cui Yi didn't say a word on the opposite bed, obviously it was difficult to accept that the prince from high above fell directly to the common people.

"As for the sir, they can only let them go back to their respective homes, or find new branches."

"If the prince is unwilling to retire, then ......"

Zhiying swallowed her saliva with great difficulty, and her voice trembled: "Just marry Miss Xie, the prince was calculated, suffered injustice, and was even more thrown into the well, and was exploited so that there is not much left of the family's property, in the final analysis, it is all my harm, in the future, I will be a slave and a maid, Zhiying will not dare to have half a word of complaint, or the prince doesn't want to see me again, it's okay, I'll take Xiaoqiu tomorrow, it's just Xian'er-"

Cui Yi suddenly interrupted her: "Enough." ”

Zhiying fell silent.

"I am a martial king for one day, and you will be a martial princess for one day, there is no need to say more about the words, this king has his own plans."

Zhiying rubbed the corners of her eyes and said in a low voice, "Yes." ”

Sleepless nights.

The next morning, everyone got up, Cao Qian had led the Jianyuan Emperor to appoint eight thousand soldiers on the official road, when he learned that the carriage of the palace was seized by the eldest grandson, the female diners all walked to the post house, and they went to hire three carriages, but the space was much narrower, and the carriage could only sit the master, and the maid had to squeeze with the coachman.

Xie Yuchan pouted, very disgusted with the tattered carriage, but the maid persuaded and persuaded again, and then got on the car with a condescending expression. Zhiying didn't mind much, so she sat in with her daughter in her arms, and let Xiaoqiu go in to wait, and she and the coachman sat outside side by side.

In the autumn of October, in the city of Zizhang surrounded by mountains does not feel cold, north to Xuanzhou, before a third of the way, the temperature dropped by half, the winter padded jacket also turned out in advance and put on, sitting in the leaky carriage is still shivering from the cold.

Xiaoqiu worriedly looked at Zhiying breastfeeding the child with her clothes half-open, and proposed: "Madam, why don't you make a stove, this weather is too cold, you will be sick." ”

Holding Ying smiled without raising his head: "With such a small carriage, where can I put the stove when it is born?" It's okay, Xian'er is a small stove, and it won't be cold when you hold her. ”

"Madame......" Xiaoqiu looked at her indifferent appearance, and felt very uncomfortable.

When it was time to eat, the carriage stopped, the soldiers buried the stove to cook, Cui Yi handed over the golden crow to Cao Qian to feed, and walked towards the carriage himself.

Xie Yuchan just came out of the car, and when she saw him coming, she greeted him with a smile: "Brother Yingrong......" Cui Yi passed by her as if he didn't hear it, and walked straight to the side of Zhiying's carriage, lifted the curtain, and the master and servant inside were startled, Xiaoqiu patted his chest and said, "It turned out to be the prince." ”

"How?" Cui Yi glanced inside and understood, "It's cold or not, you're wearing too little." ”

Zhiying picked up the child and changed it to the side and continued to feed: "Fortunately, this is the thickest clothes, and it's okay if the wind doesn't blow in the carriage." ”

Cui Yi frowned and looked at her cold red hands, and said, "What about the mink, take it out and put it on." ”

Xiaoqiu lowered her head and whispered, "...... Master...... was detained by the eldest grandson ......"

Cui Yi frowned: "What?" Don't even bring winter clothes, can't you freeze people to death! ”

Xiao Qiu was trembling by his roar, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain: "No, no, no, Madame's mink happened to be in the three carriages that were detained by the eldest grandson. ”

The eldest grandson Tai stopped the three carriages of the Wuwang Mansion at the gate of the city, and Bailizan had already said it on the night of his departure, but Cui Yi had always cared about the affairs of the mansion, and he didn't ask about what was detained. What's in these three cars? ”

Although it was a derogatory, Emperor Jianyuan still symbolically gave him 8,000 soldiers, and the corresponding grain and grass were also available, so he didn't touch the three carriages of the palace much along the way.

Zhiying replied: "I have deducted a lot of silver tickets, as well as rice, flour, bacon, and a few winter clothes. ”

Cui Yi nodded and lowered the curtain: "Lang Yue went and fetched the sable fur of the king in the box." Lang Yue left, Cui Yi thought about it on the spot, and felt that it was necessary to confirm what else was in the box, so he also turned around and followed.

Lang Yue opened a suitcase, took out a sable fur, and was about to send it to Zhiying, Cui Yi followed, Nunu mouthed: "You, send things to the princess." The little soldier on the side hurriedly took it with both hands, and Cui Yi said again: "What is this carriage loaded with?" ”

"Back to the prince, they are all the clothes, shoes and socks that the prince often wears, armor, as well as a few relics left by the filial piety queen to the prince, and some valuable things in the main compartment." Lang Yue pointed and explained to him.

Cui Yi walked to the other car again: "What about here?" What's in it? Lang Yue came over and replied: "It's all gold and silver, and there are also silver tickets, as well as some precious medicinal materials in the palace, such as deer antler velvet and ginseng." ”

The last one is one that Zhiying has to check every day, Cui Yi knocked on the box, felt that it was very full, and asked, "These are Madame's clothes?" Why didn't the mink receive it together? ”

Lang Yue hesitated, but still reported truthfully: "This car, most of them are books, and a few boxes of grain, and Madame's change of clothes is not much, but Miss's clothes and diapers are a lot." ”

Cui Yi said dissatisfiedly: "Forget about the grain, what do you do with a big cart of books?" It's not useful. ”

Langyue didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, Cui Yi didn't dig deeper, turned around and left.