Empress Dowager Wan bowed her head and said: "The mourning family remembers that today is the day when the contract expires. "Half a year ago, Shi Fenglan knelt in this Ningshou Palace and begged her to marry her and Gongliang. Later, under her persuasion, a six-month appointment was made.

Under her gaze, Shi Fenglan raised her head, although she was shy, she didn't mean to avoid it, "Fenglan's heart is the same as half a year ago, it hasn't changed. Please ask your aunt to marry Feng Lan according to the agreement. ”

Empress Dowager Wan stared at her for a moment, and sighed lightly: "It seems that you didn't listen to a word of the mourning family's words." Marriage, the mourning family can refer to you, but Fenglan, you will definitely regret it! ”

"No!" Shi Fenglan pulled her sleeve and said eagerly: "Fenglan will not regret it, never." ”

"Forever ......" Empress Dowager Wan muttered and repeated these two words, the past passed through her mind like flowing water, and the corners of her mouth gave birth to a smile as cold as autumn water, "Don't say these two words lightly before going to the last moment." Once upon a time, she also believed in the word forever, but she almost lost her family.

The sudden remark made Shi Fenglan a little strange, but she didn't have the heart to think about it at the moment, and only blindly asked the Empress Dowager Wan to give her a decree to give marriage.

Ruoqiu couldn't bear it, and persuaded him: "The county lord has thousands of favors in one, why should he wronged himself like this for King Ning." You are like this, don't say the queen mother, even the slaves and maids feel distressed when they look at it. ”

Shi Fenglan bit her lip, "As long as I can be with Brother Yuzhi, no matter how many grievances I have, I will be willing!" ”

Empress Dowager Wan stroked her delicate cheeks, "Fenglan ......"

"Auntie!" Shi Fenglan interrupted her, "Feng Lan only marries her brother in this life, if you really refuse to give marriage, Feng Lan will be shaved as a nun, and from then on, the green light ancient Buddha will be with her for a long time!" ”

Ruoqiu hurriedly said: "The county lord is in his prime, how can he say such nonsense!" ”

"This is not nonsense, I can't be my brother's wife, I'd rather become a monk!"

Shi Fenglan's resoluteness made Ruoqiu secretly shake her head and leaned into the ear of the Empress Dowager Wan, who was speechless, "Empress Dowager, do you want the slave maid to invite Princess Pingyang to come?" ”

"Even if Zijun comes, it will be in vain." Saying this, Empress Dowager Wan stretched out her hand and pulled Shi Fenglan up from the ground, looked at her for a long time, and said slowly: "Never regret it?" ”

Facing the gaze of the Empress Dowager Wan, Shi Fenglan said word by word: "In the end, Fenglan I, never regret it!" ”

After a long silence, the Empress Dowager Wan bowed her head and said: "The mourning family understands, tomorrow the mourning family will summon the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian to Ningshou Palace to determine the auspicious day for the wedding!" ”

Shi Fenglan was overjoyed, waited for half a year, and finally waited for this sentence, she knelt on her knees and said in a choked voice: "Thank you aunt for your success, aunt is good to Feng Lan, Feng Lan must remember it for a lifetime and never dare to forget!" The joy of fulfilling her wish brought tears to her eyes.

Empress Dowager Wan wiped away the tears on her face and said in a deep voice: "I hope that the mourning family will not harm you by doing this." ”

Shi Fenglan said eagerly: "No, it must not be!" ”

In the face of her words, Empress Dowager Wan smiled and didn't say anything, and after leaving her for lunch, she was sent out.

Every afternoon, the Empress Dowager Wan has to take a rest for an hour, and after Shi Fenglan left, Ruoqiu waited for her to change her clothes, and couldn't help asking: "Empress Dowager, have you really decided to marry the county lord and King Ning?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan glanced at her and said indifferently: "What, you don't agree?" ”

"Slaves don't dare!" Ruoqiu bowed her head and said, "The slave is just worried that the county lord will regret her marriage in the future." ”

Empress Dowager Wan said indifferently: "The mourning family and you who can persuade have already been persuaded, but she has to choose this path, even if she regrets it in the future, it is her own business." ”

Ruoqiu tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and said in a low voice: "The slave understands, but after all, it is a pity." ”

"Nothing to be sorry about. The mourning family just took this opportunity to try the attitude of the speech. ”

"King Ning?" Ruoqiu was puzzled and said, "What's wrong with him?" ”

"King Xin, King Yan, and King An are all the masters who have a backbone in the back of their heads, but they ...... Those who refuse to keep to themselves, are they really the only ones? ”

Ruoqiu's eyebrows jumped, and he said in a low voice: "King Ning's mother and son have always been honest and duty-bound, and they should not be like King Xin." ”

"It's always good to be careful." Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Wan frowned and said: "And there have been so many things recently, and the mourning family is always not at peace in their hearts." ”

Ruoqiu nodded, and then remembered one more thing, "Queen Mother, Ye Xuemei's matter, should you really stop here?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan sighed faintly, "The emperor has already promised the envoy of the Xia Kingdom, if the mourning family gives marriage again, won't it make the emperor lose his trust?" ”

"That's just as well." Ruoqiu said, and reprimanded: "This Emperor Xia is really bold, his strength is far inferior to my Song Kingdom, and he dares to threaten Your Majesty." ”

It turned out that when Wang Yanliang was summoned by Gongliang Rongruo that day, he heard that he refused to return Ye Xuemei to Xia Guo, so according to what Ye Xuemei said to him before, he falsely passed on the holy decree, saying that Ye Xuemei must not marry in this life.

These words did annoy Gongliang Rongruo, but Wang Yanliang's threats to him also let him know that if he didn't allow it, there would be endless troubles. Once a war with the Xia State starts, the surrounding Heshe and Wu States will definitely take this opportunity to share a piece of the Xia State. Although the Song State was rich and strong, it was unable to deal with the attacks of these three countries at the same time. In desperation, he had to agree to Wang Yanliang and no longer mention Ye Xuemei's marriage.

At the mention of this, Mrs. Wan turned cold, "Although Murong Yu's strength is not strong, he knows how to take advantage of the situation. Xia has such a monarch, it is difficult not to rise. However, this also made the mourning family certain one thing. ”

"What?"

Empress Dowager Wan said slowly: "The prosperity of the Xia Kingdom is ...... with Ye Xuemei It shouldn't have much to do with it. ”

Ruoqiu said knowingly: "Indeed, if Ye Xuemei really has the talent to govern the country, the envoy sent by Emperor Xia will never stop there." So it seems that the prophecy cannot be fully believed. Since she is talentless, it doesn't matter if she is in our hands or not. ”

"That's exactly what happened." Empress Dowager Wan slowly lay down, and before closing her eyes to rest, she advised: "Remember to send Wufu Ruyi to Concubine Liu, and then go to the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian to let them come to see the mourning family tomorrow." ”

Ruoqiu responded and said, "Concubine Chen is King Ning's biological mother, do you want the slave to go and talk to her?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay, do what you want!" ”

"Yes." Ruoqiu gently lowered the curtain and withdrew from the hall with the sound of Empress Dowager Wan's even breathing.

The weather in November was sunny for a while, but it was also cloudy for a while. The weather that had been sunny suddenly became cloudy again, and it rained again in the sky.

Shi Fenglan, who had received the consent of the Empress Dowager Wan, was in a particularly good mood, and from time to time stretched out her hand out of the umbrella, caught the water flowing from the edge of the umbrella, and couldn't stop smiling.

Seeing this, the maid said nervously: "The county lord is careful of catching a cold. ”