"Why, can't you make up your mind?" Cui Xiaofu smiled and took Cui Ning's hand and sat down, and said softly: "My aunt has watched you grow up since she was a child, how could she see you jumping into the fire pit, if you are a very good man, it would be fine, but it is that kind of person, if you marry him, I am sure that you will not be happy in this life, and Wang Yan will not be happy, I am very disgusted with your father, for the sake of his own little power, even sacrificing his only daughter."

"But I'm worried that if I go with him, my father will hate him to the bone and give him small shoes everywhere, which will hurt him." This is what Cui Ning is most worried about, her father's tone is so decisive, and even threatens herself with filial piety, she still doesn't understand why her father is so disgusted with Zhang Huan.

"That's because Zhang Huan is the son of Prince Yu." Cui Xiaofu seemed to see through Cui Ning's heart, and said with a smile: "Zhang Huan's strength will sooner or later be the enemy of the family's government, that's why your father hates him like this, as for what wife and concubine are just your father's excuses, he only cares about the interests of the Cui family." ”

Of course, Cui Xiaofu will not let Cui Ning marry Wang Yan, which will damage her vital interests and control Zhang Huan in her own hands, which is in her Cui Xiaofu's best interests, so Cui Ning must not go with Zhang Huan, and must take her into her own hands.

How can I have both, Cui Xiaofu already has a case in her heart.

"You're right, if you go with Zhang Huan, your father will never let him go, he is still very weak now, and he needs the support of the court in many aspects, if you go with him, his future will be very difficult."

Speaking of this, Cui Xiaofu saw that Cui Ning was about to speak, so she waved her hand to stop her. "Of course, my aunt won't let you marry Wang Yan. So as long as you listen to your aunt's arrangement, your father can only be helpless. ”

"Please make it clear to my aunt, if it hurts my father because of this, I won't agree either." Cui Ning suddenly became a little sensitive, and she felt that her aunt seemed to be using her.

"Don't you believe your aunt?" Cui Xiaofu's face suddenly became gloomy, and she said coldly: "Okay, you can marry Wang Yan!" To marry the eldest son of the absolute pure blood, I might as well tell you the truth, the Shannan Wang family is an unclean family. Do you know whose son Zhang Xuan, the eldest son of Zhang Ruohodi? It was done by their own Wang family, and your father actually knew about it. ”

Cui Ning's face turned pale, her head slowly lowered, and she didn't say a word, Cui Xiaofu saw that she was showing weakness. couldn't help but be secretly proud, she half-narrowed her eyes, and two words burst out of her mouth: "Monk!" ”

"Monks?" Cui Ning was a little dazed in her eyes, she had thought about becoming a monk, but after seeing Zhang Huan, her heart of becoming a monk disappeared without a trace, and now Cui Xiaofu suddenly proposed, which made her a little overwhelmed.

"Actually, it's not really a monk. It's just a way for you to avoid marriage. Cui Xiaofu looked at Cui Ning and said sincerely: "If I guess correctly, Zhang Huan will definitely arrest Wang Yan and make him unable to be a groom." So if you become a monk, you just give your father a step, and it won't hurt Zhang Huan either. ”

"If you think clearly, I'll arrange everything."

Cui Xiaofu left, and Cui Ning also fell into deep thought. It should be said that her aunt's words reminded her from the opposite side. Yes! Whether it is Zhang Huan taking Wang Yan away, or she leaving with Zhang Huan. Zhang Huan has ruined the marriage between the two gates, he has touched his father's bottom line, and his father will not let him go no matter what, as for whether he follows him or not, it doesn't matter.

Cui Ning is also an extremely smart woman, the biggest difference between her and Pei Ying is that she always thinks about others, and always thinks about what harm her behavior will bring to her family, so sometimes she would rather wronged herself, this is her gentle and considerate side, but it is also her weaker side, because of her softness and hesitation, she has been hurt again and again.

But this time is the biggest choice in her life, it will determine the fate of her own life, she must make a decision, whether to leave or become a monk?

"Click!" The door rang softly, and a ball of paper rolled in through the crack in the door, Cui Ning quickly stepped forward to pick up the paper ball, and saw a corner of the robe floating away from the crack in the door.

It's Li Chuanyun! Cui Ning was stunned for a moment, she closed the door and opened the paper ball, only to see a line of beautiful small words on it: Your aunt wants to use you to control Zhang Huan, if you need my help, just come to me!

This sentence seemed to be a bolt of lightning, suddenly illuminating Cui Ning's heart, at this moment she suddenly made up her mind, she walked quickly to the table, took out a piece of paper, and after a little concentration, she took up the pen and wrote: "Daddy, please forgive your daughter for being unfilial, this is the first time in her life that my daughter does not listen to you and wants to go with him, but my daughter also promised you that without your consent, my daughter will never marry him without permission, and please take pity on my poor daughter, except for him, my daughter does not want to marry anyone again."

Writing and writing, Cui Ning couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and tears rolled down onto the letterhead.

When a round of red sun erupted in the eastern sky, blooming with ten thousand golden lights, a new day came, early in the morning, Pei Fu was busy as usual, Pei Jun and several sons who were officials went to the court room early, and Zhang Huan and Pei Ying packed up their belongings and prepared to go out, today they temporarily decided to go to Zhongnan Mountain to play, soon, several carriages full of goods under the escort of two hundred personal soldiers quickly drove out of the city, at the same time, another team of cavalry also escorted several carriages from Yongjiafang.

The two groups of men and horses joined up in the city, and soon the soldiers stationed outside the city also rushed over, and they did not go to Zhongnan Mountain, but galloped in the direction of Tongguan

At noon, Zhang Huan led more than 100 people to quietly return to Chang'an.

Pingkangfang Cuiyunju, that is, the original wine shop of Jingniang, was later occupied by another big restaurant with Cui Qinggong as the backstage, and soon after, there was no authentic wine source, and its business gradually deteriorated day by day.

But yesterday, a big customer suddenly used 300 yuan wallet for a whole day, which is undoubtedly a great news for the restaurant with light business, and Cuiyunju has been cleaned up since early in the morning. Prepare for today's feast.

Zhang Huan sat alone in a hut in Cuiyun's residence and drank. Although there were already a few anxious children of the family outside, the person he was waiting for had not yet come, he was not in a hurry, he had just received the news, Wang Yan had already gone out, Zhang Huan glanced at the hourglass in the corner of the house, it was still noon, and there were still two hours before the time of the appointment, it seemed that he couldn't wait. Zhang Huan smiled, and then called the shopkeeper to explain a few words.

Wang Yan's age is similar to Zhang Huan, he is not tall, he has a cake face, and he can barely be regarded as dignified. This New Year, he will be double happy, first learned that he will marry Cui Ning, who is known as the first beauty in the family, and then got the position of the doorman of the criminal department. felt that if he didn't go out to show off to others, his two major happy events would become dull.

Coincidentally, Zhang Huan's remarks in the court aroused the public anger of the children of the family, as the most suitable person for this menyin reform. Wang Yan felt that he had the obligation to become the leader of this movement to protect the dignity of the children of the family, and after receiving Zhang Huan's war letter, he got busy early in the morning, conceiving words, brewing emotions, and at the same time selecting more than a dozen guards with big shoulders and round waists. Wait until noon. He couldn't bear it any longer, so he mounted his horse and led a group of his men to gallop towards Pingkangfang.

Cuiyunju has been here several times. Naturally, he was familiar with the door, walked to the door and registered, and immediately rushed up to two beautiful orchids, one left and one right, and pulled Wang Yan into the room affectionately.

The room was luxuriously furnished, in the middle was a rosewood square table, and opposite the square table sat a dark and thin man, dressed in a military uniform, about the same age as himself, he was smiling, and his appearance was quite kind.

"Could it be that he is Zhang Huan?" Wang Yan secretly thought, he arched his hand slightly, and said coldly: "In Xiaxiangyang Wang Yan, may I ask who Your Excellency is?" ”

"I'm Zhang Huan! I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

The night in late winter came quickly, the last rays of the sun had not disappeared, the stars were already shining in the deep blue sky, Cui Yuan was tired for a day, and he was exhausted when he returned to the house, he had just sat down to prepare for dinner, and suddenly an old housekeeper ran to report in a panic: "Master, Wang Shangshu is at the door, he said that he has something urgent to see." ”

Cui Yuan was stunned, he immediately realized that something was wrong, threw away the chopsticks and strode out of the door, and when he walked to the door, he saw Wang Ang pacing back and forth anxiously with his hands behind his back, and as soon as he saw Cui Yuan, he hurriedly said: "Cui Xiang, I'm afraid things are not good, the dog has not come back since he went out at noon." ”

"What!" Cui Yuan was taken aback, and he immediately asked, "Then do you know where Zhang Huan is?" ”

"I went to ask just now, and they said that they went to Zhongnan Mountain to play."

"Not good!" Cui Yuan's scalp was numb for a while, he had just relaxed his vigilance, and something happened, he suddenly remembered that his daughter solemnly kowtowed to him three times yesterday, and he thought that she was going to marry into the Wang family, but he didn't expect it to

"Someone! Prepare a carriage for me to go to Daming Palace. Cui Yuan could no longer restrain the anxiety in his heart and shouted loudly.

At this moment, a few horses galloped in the distance, but it was the palace guards, one of them flew off the horse, ran to the front, knelt down and held up a letter and said loudly: "This is a letter left by the county lord of Qinghe to Xiangguo, and the Queen Mother Chitose ordered me to send it." ”

A guard stepped forward to take it and handed it to Cui Yuan, Cui Yuan tore open the cover three times and twice, and hurriedly swept it through the faint light in front of the mansion, suddenly, his hands trembled violently, and he slowly raised his head, he looked up at the starry sky for a long time and was silent, his eyes showed incomparable melancholy and loss.

"Xiangguo, what should we do now?" Wang Ang asked cautiously.

"Go back! Wang Yan will be fine, Zhang Huan will release him back as long as he leaves Hedong. Cui Yuan looked at Wang Ang and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Wang Shangshu, since the marriage between our two families has not yet been announced, let's change it!" Change it to let Cui Xiong, the eldest son of Qinggongdi, marry your second daughter, and I will transfer Wang Yan to be a member of the ministry, what do you think? ”

Wang Ang knew that this was Cui Yuan's greatest compensation, and he nodded, "Everything obeys Xiangguo's orders!" ”

Cui Yuan looked at Wang Ang leaving, he immediately turned around and beckoned to his nephew Cui Wuxian, Cui Wuxian stepped forward and bowed and said, "Please command!" ”

"You immediately lead some people to chase in the direction of Tongguan, and if you can catch up with Miss, tell her that I vomited blood and fainted after reading her letter."

"But the head of the house, what if you can't catch up?"

"If you can't catch up, come back!."

Cui Wuxian answered, turned around and went to greet the guards, just when he got on the horse and was about to leave, Cui Yuan hesitated, and suddenly stopped him, Cui Yuan took out his daughter's letter again, read it over and over again, his eyes couldn't help but cry, after a long time, he finally shook his head and said: "Forget it, let her go!" ”

After speaking, Cui Yuan let out a long sigh, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.

Just when the sun had just set, the Chongxuanmen at the back door of Daming Palace quietly opened the secondary door, and Cui Ning, who was dressed in black and wearing a hat, walked out of the door quickly under the escort of Li Chuanyun.

"Eldest sister, go back!" Cui Ning waved her hand gratefully.

Li Chuanyun nodded slightly, she looked at the situation outside the Chongxuan Gate, in front of her was a large bare forest, which looked a little gloomy under the cover of night, this was when she saw a team of cavalry rushing out of the forest, the leader was Zhang Huan, Li Fanyun's heart finally fell, she said in a low voice: "You take care all the way!" ”

"Goodbye, big sister!"

Cui Ning kept looking at the door closing, then suddenly turned around and ran towards Zhang Huan excitedly, at this time Zhang Huan had already jumped off the horse, he opened his arms, and hugged Cui Ning, who was full of tears of joy, tightly in his arms.

Cui Ning looked up at his beloved blankly and muttered, "Huanlang, is this true?" I'm not dreaming! ”

"It's true, we'll always be together from now on." Zhang Huan gently wiped the tears from her face, he looked up at the sky, smiled slightly relieved, and said, "Let's go!" ”

Zhang Huan turned over on the horse, hugged Cui Ning onto his horse again, let her snuggle tightly in his arms, stared at her, and asked in a low voice in her ear for the last time, "Do you really not regret it?" ”

Cui Ning leaned on his broad chest, she felt that she had relied on her whole life, and in the past year, wasn't what she had dreamed of today today? She shook her head firmly, "Huan Lang, we have all sworn by Qujiang Pond, Dongnei Garden, and Daming Palace, as long as I can be with you, I will never regret it!" ”

"I don't regret it!"

"Let's go!" Zhang Huan snorted softly, galloped his horse, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rose, and a team of cavalry quickly disappeared into the vast night.