In fact, when Zhu Yunwen's carriage turned south, there was also a woman at the Guazhou ferry port on the other side of the river looking in the direction of the Xiaguan Wharf. Since crossing the river, she has been here for more than two hours, and finally, she turned around and looked at the fat man beside her: "Brother, let's go." ”

"What's wrong? Younger sister? Don't wait? The emperor may chase after him. ”

"No, he won't come, he may chase to the Yangtze River wharf, but he won't cross the river, after all, he is the emperor." As she spoke, Bai Fangrui wiped her tears, sniffled, and said, "He is the emperor, he is in love with the emperor, and he is destined not to stay together for a long time, so I can only choose to part." Sail! ”

Bai Fangrui gave an order, the big boat untied the cable, rippled in the water for a while, in the misty drizzle, the big boat was like a clever fish, breaking the splash, going north against the current.

Bai Fangrui stood by the window, looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait. Bai Wangru sat at the table, leaned his neck and drank a glass of wine, looked at his sister Xiao Se's back, and said, "Sister, have you really decided?" ”

"Well, brother, sister thought about it for a long time before making a decision."

"Why, didn't the emperor promise you that you don't need to pass the draft and become a concubine directly?"

"Because I'm in love with him, I can't enter the palace."

"Why? My brother can't understand you, you love him, why aren't you together? ”

"Brother, have you entered the palace, what do you think is a place there?"

Bai Wangru raised his head and thought about it, and said: "That place is very good, gold bricks and glazed tiles, nine-clawed coiled dragon pillars, white marble bridges, golden and brilliant, beautiful." ”

Bai Fangrui sighed faintly, turned around and sat on the chair, and brushed the hair scattered in front of her forehead with her hand: "Brother, my sister has seen the queen when she enters the palace, although she is very modest and very enthusiastic about her sister, but the nobility and pride in her bones make people dare not look at it directly. The queen also took her sister to meet the queen mother, she looked at her sister's eyes, so that her sister will never forget, although she is also very enthusiastic and understanding, but the sense of alienation in her bones, my sister feels it. ”

"My sister has read a lot of history books, the palace is the place with the most rights and wrongs in the world, the rules are extremely strict, only a few people can smile, if you don't fall in love with him, my sister may have entered the palace a long time ago, and get along with a person you don't love, it's actually very easy, either try to please him, or be indifferent and let him forget you; However, my sister fell in love with him, and she would like to see him every day, but that was impossible, the queen couldn't spoil the pepper room alone, let alone a concubine? Moreover, he is the emperor and controls the power of life and death for everyone, my sister is really afraid, I am really afraid to see his cold appearance, when that day comes, what should my sister do? ”

"But, sister, now that you have left him, will you never see him again? Don't you want to? ”

"Yes," Fang Rui sighed softly, "but I can only do this, so that at least he will remember me." ”

"But he's about to take a concubine, you're not by his side, what if he forgets you?"

"If that's the case, it's my life, and I don't have anything to think about."

......

Bai Wangru looked at the back of his sister returning to the cabin, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, his sister is a peerless beauty, poetry, calligraphy and painting, piano and Xiao Di know everything, she is very careful, she wants to find a strange man in the world, and her parents, including herself, think that her sister will get a happy relationship; However, although Jia Yuan met, it was not happy, and he met the emperor on the road of martial arts. For the emperor to devote himself to business, in a few years, responsible for the textile, mirror, glass and other workshops have been close to 10,000 people, for the emperor to raise a lot of funds, in Beijing has the "female Tao Zhu" said, so the emperor can have the financial resources to create an elite guard army when the prince.

The emperor is not a person of affection, after ascending the throne, he asked his sister to enter the palace, directly named the concubine, the sister is a businessman, and did not give birth to a dragon son, so generous, fully illustrates the true feelings for his sister, it is conceivable that this decision will cause much opposition in the court, but the sister gave up, went north alone, took all the wealth that can be controlled by hand to the north, to Liaodong, for the emperor to develop the great cause of Liaodong, he can not persuade himself, he can only go north with him.

Alas, perhaps it is true as the Tao Te Ching says, "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency by losing more than it loses, so the deficiency is better than the surplus." "A noble is the son of heaven, a peerless beauty, but can not stay together, but the sky is separated, see each other indefinitely, leaving only this surging river, day and night non-stop, hoping to bring each other's thoughts.

Although Bai Fangrui resolutely went north, the speed was not fast, and when she encountered a town, she would often go ashore to investigate some people's feelings, and Bai Wangru also asked people to investigate the prices of various grains, silk, cotton cloth, etc., to add material for her "Minsheng Xunbao".

When arriving at Xuyi on the shore of Hongze Lake, Bai Fangrui specially bought sacrifices and went to worship near the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family. When Bai Fangrui returned to the boat, she found that there was a person waiting for her on the shore, and when she saw her coming, she quickly knelt down: "White girl, the little one has been waiting here for a long time." It is Zhu Yunwen's personal eunuch, and now Liu Zhen, the head of the harem.

Bai Fangrui was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but look around, instantly understood, and helped Liu Zhen up: "Manager Liu, how dare you bother you to run, is there something wrong?" ”

Listening to Bai Fangrui's seemingly polite, but actually alienated words, Liu Zhen smiled bitterly: "It's inconvenient to talk here, please ask the white girl to board the boat, and the little one will return the favor." ”

When everyone returned to the boat, Bai Fangrui sat on the main seat, and everyone knelt down and said in unison: "See Shufei Niangniang, Niangniang Chitose, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose." ”

Bai Fangrui was startled, looked at Liu Zhen, and said coldly: "What's wrong?" Did he tell you to arrest me back? And bring so many guards? ”

Liu Zhen hurriedly stood up, swayed his hands and said, "Niangniang, please don't misunderstand, these people are all sent by the emperor to protect you." The next small one is to read the decree. ”

Everyone hurriedly knelt down, and Bai Fangrui was about to kneel, but was stopped by Liu Zhen: "Niangniang, the emperor's special decree, Niangniang can stand." ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said:"

"There is a people's daughter Bai, dignified, gentle and gentle, Roujia expression, the six elements are prepared, long Zhao Shude, compassion for the world, sympathy for the bitter cold of the world's weavers, saving the border land and wasteland, specially canonized as a concubine, given a Qincha token, on behalf of me to walk the world, local officials, guards encounter the token such as I come in person! Chin this! ”

When Bai Fangrui heard this, she couldn't help but kneel on the ground: "Concubine thanks, long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

Liu Zhen hurriedly picked up Bai Fangrui and said: "Niangniang, there is no need to be like this, the emperor has something to say, I hope you take care of the phoenix body and return to Beijing as soon as possible to relieve the pain of the emperor's lovesickness!" ”

Bai Fangrui took the holy decree and token, and really had the feeling of hurrying back to Beijing, flying to his side immediately, and staying with him. But after ,,, for a long time, she calmed down and pushed the holy decree and token in front of Liu Zhen: "Please ask Gonggong Liu to reply to the emperor, the concubines are blessed, and occasionally the emperor is favored, this life is enough, I dare not ask for him again, please ask the emperor to withdraw the holy decree and reward, the concubine can't afford it." ”

Liu Zhen has been carefully observing Bai Fangrui's expression, and when he saw her movements, he sighed in his heart and said with a wry smile: "Niangniang doesn't have to be like this, before leaving Beijing, the emperor knew that Niangniang would not return, and the people around him were sent by the emperor to protect Niangniang, the emperor was just worried about Niangniang's safety, please don't think about it, in addition, the emperor said that Niangniang can go back to Kyoto whenever she wants, I just hope that I can remember that there is still the emperor in Beijing to remember you." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhen waved his hand and ordered everyone to withdraw, and then walked in front of Bai Fangrui and knelt down on his knees: "Niangniang, the little one has been in the palace for more than 20 years, watching the emperor grow up since he was a child, and he has never seen the emperor so sad, but he finally obeyed your wishes, named you a concubine, and let you do whatever you want, the little one doesn't dare to ask you to return to Beijing immediately, I just hope that you have time to go and see the emperor, he thinks about you in his heart, but he can't help it, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he can't do whatever he wants." ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Bai Fangrui: "This is a handwritten letter from the emperor to his mother." ”

Bai Fangrui wiped her tears, took the letter, and after opening it, she found that the letter was very short:

Rui'er:

Let's go out and come back to see me when you have time.

Bai Fangrui looked at the signature "Yun Wei", and couldn't help crying, unable to suppress it for a long time. Liu Zhen also shed tears. At this moment, Bai Fangrui's body suddenly shook and slowly fell down.

Liu Zhen hurriedly held on and shouted: "Niangniang fainted, call the doctor, call the doctor quickly." ”

......

Everyone invited a doctor from the neighborhood, and after seeing that the white-bearded old man gave Bai Fangrui a pulse, he frowned, and looked at Bai Wangru and Liu Zhendao in front of him with some displeasure: "Madame is already pregnant, so she can't be happy and sad, looking at her pulse, it is clearly caused by excessive joy and sorrow, why don't you people take good care of it?" ”

What the? Liu Zhen and Bai Wangru glanced at each other and said in unison: "Pregnant?" How long has it been? ”

"What? You don't know? Judging by the pulse, it's been a month. ”

Liu Zhenmo calculated for a moment, grabbed it and said, "Doctor, you have to take care of it, this is not a joke." ”

The white-bearded old man glanced at Liu Zhen and snorted: "The old man has been practicing medicine for more than 40 years, and he is a figure with a head and a face in Xuyi, how can he be wrong." ”

"Well, doctor, the family can't speak, offended, please ask Mr. to prescribe some medicine to her sister to save the fetus in her womb."

"It's not difficult, Madame's health is still good, wait for me to prescribe two pairs of medicines, and I'll be fine if I take it, but remember not to be happy and sad."

The two respectfully sent the white-bearded old man out of the door and looked at each other, what should I do?

When the doctor was talking to Bai Wangru and Liu Zhen, Bai Fangrui had actually woken up, and she was also surprised to hear that she was pregnant, and she didn't know what to do.

After she took the medicine, she leaned on the pillow, and there were only Bai Wangru and Liu Zhen opposite, and even the green willow was driven out. Liu Zhen looked at Bai Fangrui's face and said, "Niangniang, since you are pregnant with a dragon seed, why don't we go back?" ”

Bai Fangrui pondered for a long time and said, "Since I am pregnant, I can't go back." ”

"But, but, how can the royal blood flow outside?"

Bai Fangrui hesitated: "I won't go to Liaodong this year, let's take a look in the north, and raise a baby by the way, you tell the emperor and ask him to send some people to protect the safety of my mother and son." ”

"Okay." Liu Zhen was helpless, thought about it, took the pen and paper again, wrote a poem, and handed it to Bai Wangru: "Niangniang, this is a poem written before the emperor's wedding, the original has been burned, this is a small one, please see." ”

A few times the flowers sat down and gave a, and the red wall of the silver man looked into the distance. It seems that this star is not last night, for whom the wind is exposed and the midnight is upset.

Lingering thoughts and pulling out the cocoon, like a sad heart peeling banana. In March and May of three or five years, the poor glass of wine never went away.

Bai Fangrui read and read, and couldn't help but smile on her face, it turned out that the emperor was not ruthless and unjust. I took the emperor's handwritten letter again, and copied two poems below.

Fortune operator

I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the end of the Yangtze River. Every day, I don't see you, and I drink the water of the Yangtze River.

When will this water stop, and when will this hatred end? I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love.

Partridge Day Acacia

The handshake and the tears of the west wind are not dry, and there have been many partings over the years. Listen to the rain in front of the lamp alone, and look at the mountain behind the snow with memories.

With a message, persuade to add food. Osmanthus is thrifty and repaid. It is clearly small like an agarwood wisp, and it is sad to paint.

......

After Liu Zhen left, Bai Wangru looked at his sister and said, "My sister is pregnant, why don't you want to go back, isn't it?" ”

Bai Fangrui looked at her brother a little inexplicably, suddenly understood, and said angrily: "What do you want?" How could I have a brother like you? ”

Bai Wangru hurriedly stood up and waved his hand: "I was wrong, sister, I was wrong, sister, don't tell your father, or you won't kill me." I didn't notice a stool behind me, I tripped and fell to the ground with a "plop" and a scream of "ahhh provoked the guards outside the door to open the door and take a look, and when they saw it clearly, they quickly closed the door.

Seeing her brother's strange appearance, Bai Fangrui couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling a lot sad.

"Brother, it's not what you think, if my sister returns at this time, it will be easy to enter the palace, but it will be impossible to leave the palace again."

"What about the kid?"

"My sister hasn't thought about it yet, let's talk about it when I'm born, I should send it back to the palace, and I hope he can have a good future."

.......

Liu Zhen entered Beijing to report to Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunwen was also stunned, he didn't expect his second child to come soon, but considering Bai Fangrui's reaction, he also had a headache. In the end, he had to make a note in the palace treasury file, and then sent the imperial doctor and guards to the north to take care of Bai Fangrui.