The day Yao Jin entered the palace was Li Yao's enthronement ceremony. On this day, all the main streets of the capital were controlled by the forbidden army, and the colored flags of the golden dragon on the red background seemed to be planted all over the capital overnight, cloudless, and the huge sun occupied the entire sky, pouring endless enthusiasm on the ground, and the ground of the bluestone slab was washed again and again, under the baptism of the hot sun, there were white traces of exhaustion, just like Yao Jin's mood.

Since the day of the death of the first emperor Li Rui, in the small room on the side of the Huaqing Inn, Yao Jin's anxiety and helplessness have increased geometrically every day, and more than half a month is as long and difficult for her as half a year: without waiting for the figure of the king, he learned that the palace has issued an urgent order to the Nanguo Mansion for 600 miles, requiring Princess Heya to enter Beijing immediately to mourn the first emperor, Yao Jin was helpless, so he thought that he could only wait for the chariots and horses of the Nanguo Mansion to arrive in the capital, and then quietly meet with everyone and then make plans; , enter the palace to watch the ceremony. Nanguo Mansion hurriedly changed a set of carriage and horse equipment, and prepared all the dresses that entered the palace to watch the ceremony, escorted by Zhao Sheng, Wang Xiang and Liu Xiaolong, and the group pulled the empty carriage with a few boxes of clothes and jewelry, pretending that His Royal Highness the lord of the vassal country was also on the car, and set off from Lingjing in a mighty manner.

Along the way, Wang Xiang and the others not only had to let the dumb maid put on a cloak and a Zhaojun hat to pretend to be Yao Jin in various places where Yao Jin had to appear, but they also had to be vigilant at all times when someone approached the dumb maid who pretended to be Yao Jin and exposed the stuffing, which can be said to be worried for many days, until the night of entering Beijing and Yao Jin took over, everyone was relieved. However, Yao Jin, who had been waiting for a long time and was in a complicated mood, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that it was Zhao Sheng instead of Zhao Yu:

"Zhao Sheng?"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, are you all right? Alas, Mr. Xiang said before that you heard that there were people in Beijing who intended to pry the former emperor against Xiaonanguo, but you were determined to enter Beijing in person regardless of your safety-ohs, Your Highness, your subordinates are worried about your safety day and night, and now it's good to see that you are fine, you are so hard-"

Wang Xiang saw that he turned on the sycophant mode, not like he could stop talking after saying a few words, so he covered his nose and walked to him very deliberately and coughed hard, Zhao Sheng glanced at him sideways, and hurriedly said to Yao Jin: "Your Highness forgives your sins, Your Highness forgives your sins, and now that the first emperor has passed away and the new emperor has ascended the throne, the will in the palace is one after another, His Royal Highness must have mixed feelings in his heart, and the ministers are still chattering here, and the ministers are really confused." ”

"No, I'm fine, I'm okay......" Yao Jin glanced at Wang Xiang with a complicated expression and asked, "Zhao Yu, why didn't he come?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, there have been a lot of things in Huizhou recently, and my brother has to take care of my daily life in the Nanguo Mansion, and Mr. Xiang also said that it is better for my brother to stay, so this time it is the subordinate and Mr. Xiang who entered Beijing together. ”

"Then Zhao Yu, he's worked hard these days...... Yao Jin of course understands the various reasons why Zhao Yu didn't enter Beijing, whether it was to avoid meeting with Li Yao and getting to know each other, or to avoid all kinds of embarrassment to see himself, he had many reasons not to come, but thinking that before leaving Nanguo Mansion, she and Zhao Yu quarreled vividly, more than a month has passed, has Zhao Yu forgiven himself? Although from Zhao Sheng's words, she understood that Wang Xiang had made up a high-sounding reason for her departure from everyone inside and outside the Nanguo Mansion, even if Wang Xiang's letter had already vaguely mentioned this matter, Zhao Yu had been relieved, but seeing that Zhao Yu did not come, Yao Jin was always a little disappointed in his heart.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and several people were talking in the hall of the post house, when Xuannu suddenly came in from outside the door, and after a salute, she said, "Your Highness, can Xuannu ask Brother Xiang to go out and say a few words?"

Yao Jin laughed, looked at Wang Xiang and said: "Look at me confused, the two of you have been separated for so many days, naturally you have a lot of thoughtful things to say, you go - Zhao Sheng, you also go to rest, anyway, there are still a few days before entering the palace, and it is not too late to discuss something tomorrow." ”

"No," Xuannu walked up to Yao Jin and said calmly and persistently: "Xuannu is brave, please don't rest Your Highness, please don't rest for Your Highness and Lord Zhao, can you just wait for Xuannu here." It doesn't take long, it takes a while. ”

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, and saw that Yao Jin was also puzzled, the two of them looked at Wang Xiang together, watched him walk slowly to Xuannu's side in silence, bowed down like her, and said, "Please Your Highness and Lord Zhao wait for the two of me for a while—as for what the reason, we will know later." ”

Looking at the backs of Wang Xiang and Xuan Nu walking side by side, Yao Jin frowned, and an indescribable bad premonition hit her heart, she suddenly remembered that when she woke up in the carriage after leaving Caiyun City, the Xuan Nu beside her had said, "If you have the same mind, even if the ends of the earth have the same relationship", the way she spoke resurfaced in Yao Jin's mind, Yao Jin once thought that what she said was that she and Wang Xiang were connected, but at this moment, when she recalled it, Xuan Nu at that time seemed to be disappointed-

In the courtyard of the post station, the moonlight penetrated the clouds and sprinkled into the narrow courtyard, sprinkled on the blue skirt of Xuannu, outlining a layer of hazy fog, she put her hands in front of her and crossed them, stood straight, looked at the sky with half raised her head, and said softly: "Wang Xiang, you and I have finally met." ”

"Hmm. Are you okay these days?"

"Good. ”

"The kids are good, too...... I miss you so much. ”

Xuannu's body moved, she seemed to want to get closer to Wang Xiang, but after a moment's hesitation, she still didn't do so, "I said that when we meet again, I will tell you my decision. ”

"Xuannu, I also said that these days of separation, I hope you will think about it seriously, do you have to-"

"I want it. Xuannu's tone was extremely affirmative, she turned her face and looked at Wang Xiang calmly: "I have loved, I have begged, maybe I have never gotten it, but I have also been happy, so at this moment, I am not afraid of losing." When Sister Lu Tao was there, I looked at her, I always thought that maybe we could go on like this, no one should see too clearly, we will live like this, for the rest of our lives, like many people in this world, confused, and living in the same way. However, my sister is gone, and those hazy and gentle ones are gone, and we must always see each other clearly-Wang Xiang, maybe you can't see clearly, and you don't want to see clearly, but I can see myself clearly! I will never forget what you have given me, I am Xuannu, I don't want to give charity. ”

"Xuannu, you wronged yourself to marry me as a concubine, it is not easy for you, now without me, without the identity of this royal wife, you will be very hard alone, because you have to face the eyes of the world——"

"I can face it. Her Royal Highness the Lord of the Kingdom has established a country as a woman, and the eyes of the world have not been vicious to her? She can not care, and I am just a little woman, I just want a free body that belongs to me, why should I care. ”

"Xuannu, if you have no intention of marrying with me, I can also give you the identity of your wife, even if it is just a name, at least protect you from wind and rain for the rest of your life-"

"Don't see the wind and rain?" Xuan Nu's face had a proud smile, she showed her snow-white teeth, and said softly: "Don't you forget, I am from the sea, I am the daughter of the sea, and what I love most is wind and rain." ”

"But Your Highness will be suspicious, everyone will be suspicious! Xuannu, how can you and I be separated for no reason? What do you let others think?"

"So, that's what you really scruple about, Prime Minister. A trace of sadness flashed in Xuannu's eyes, "Don't worry, I won't talk about you, everything is my decision, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Wang Xiang was silent, as if he had been thinking for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "I can treat you like Lu Tao, we can do it like many ordinary couples-"

"When you say this, it's an insult to Sister Lu Tao. Xuan Nu interrupted him expressionlessly, "Wang Xiang, there is no need to say any more. Let's just leave a little integrity and beauty in each other's hearts...... At least when we're separated, we're all free, wouldn't that be nice?"